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* Noel in ''[[Claymore]]''. Her rival, Sophia, favors a more brute-force approach.
* Even Anzu/Téa of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' gets in on the action during the mummy fight in [[The Movie]]. [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|The Abridged Movie]] drives this point home by adding the following line: "[[Street Fighter|Spinning Bird Kick!]]"
* Maki of ''[[Airmaster]]'' uses a high-flying variant of She Fu. It's revealed that in her past she was a world-class gymnast. Unlike most instances of this trope, however, at least once it definitely loses a fight for
** ''Air Master'' also tends to subvert the trope just in general; while all the martial artists of the series do at least some outlandishly impossible stuff, the ''damage'' that gets thrown around never shies away from leaving everybody in the fight a bloody
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in ''[[Teppu]]'': all fighting girls there practice MMA.
* Casca from ''[[Berserk]]'' centers most of her offensive and defensive maneuvers around flipping about the enemy, being the [[Fragile Speedster]] of the Hawks.
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* Averted in the 1982 ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' film with Valeria. Sandahl Bergman, an accomplished dancer, did all of her own stunts, but her sword-fighting is as free of extraneous motions (with the exception of a [[Wall Jump]] thrust during the rescue of the princess) as the male heroes.
* Averted in most of Cynthia Rothrock's films. Her moves weren't any showier than male martial arts actors of the time, and she would regularly get brutally beaten by guys twice her size until the [[Heroic Second Wind]] kicked in. Or third wind, or fourth...
* Averted hard by the ''[[Kill Bill]]'' movies. The Bride gave as good as she took. This led a few reviewers to claim the movies were hateful toward women since it essentially meant the character was being put through everything any male action character would be put through. Apparently, the critics wanted
== Live Action TV ==
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* The Queen in ''[[Queen of Swords]]'' mixed a large amount of acrobatics into her fight scenes.
* Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl in ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', was a trained ballerina. Batgirl's fighting style was heavily [[Dance Battler|dance-influenced]], with lots of spins and high kicks. Unlike Batman and Robin, she never threw or took a punch (though she would fairly often throw or wield an [[Improvised Weapon]]).
** There's one interesting exception to the above rule about punching. Batgirl takes several punches in "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra"
* [[Amy Jo Johnson]] used to be a pro gymnast, so her character Kimberly from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' naturally used
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** Also played straight with Cammy.
* Mai Shiranui of ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[King of Fighters]]''
* [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''. Not only does it give its men [[Spy Catsuit
* Also [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inverted]] in ''[[Resident Evil|Resident Evil 4]]''. ''Player Character'' Leon S. Kennedy performs multiple (usually pointless) evasive backflips and wall-jumps. Then again, despite the hot Asian chick, Leon seems to be the [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|pretty girl of that game]].
** Sheva and later {{spoiler|Jill}} perform lots of acrobatic somersaults and cartwheels for their physical attack follow-ups in ''[[Resident Evil 5]]''. Mercenaries Reunion would let Excella Gionne get in on the action, as well. Surprisingly averted with Rebecca Chambers, who's more of a [[Combat Pragmatist]].
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