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The Black Magician Girl is a character type frequently found in fantasy that is primarily an [[Black Mage|offensive magic user]]. In personality, she is likely to be immature and outgoing, frequently a [[Genki Girl]] and [[Tomboy]]. This is carried over to her design, which is far less likely to be as elaborate or impractical as the [[Lady of Black Magic]]. She's also far less likely to be [[Ms. Fanservice]] than the Lady.
Physically, the Black Magician Girl is weaker than the fighters, often being a [[Squishy Wizard]] or [[Glass Cannon]] and being unable to attack for much, if any, damage. Her weapon of choice is usually a rod or staff, although ranged weapons are not uncommon, nor are [[Improbable Weapon User|improbable ones]] such as books. Her primary role in combat is to stand back and pelt the enemy with [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]], not to [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot|get down in]] [[Johnny Cash|the mud, the blood and the beer]] [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot|with the melee types]].
She will often be younger than [[The Hero]], both physically and emotionally. Due to this, she will almost never be a love interest for him.
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NOT to be confused with [[Dark Magical Girl]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** Played straighter in the sequel ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete|Eternal Blue]]'' where Lemina (Mia's descendant) fits the trope by being the attack magic user and a [[Genki Girl]] while Ronfar, the healer is...um, a brash gambling guy.
* The sprite kid Popoi from ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' is an [[Keet|impulsive and energetic male version]] of this trope. Except in the German translation, where this character was generally referred to as female.
* Rita Mordio in ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'', [[Tsundere]] in personality and the [[Smart Guy|brains]] of the playable characters. Worth noting she's only [[Les Yay|deredere]] [[Romantic Two
* Female mages in ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' tend to either be [[Badass Bookworm|Badass Bookworms]] or start as [[White Magician Girl|White Magician Girls]] before becoming [[Magic Knight|Magic Knights]] through promotion, but there are still a few true Black Magician Girls (generally thunder or fire mages), including Tiltyu from the 4th game, Nino from the 7th, and Lute from the 8th. [[A Child Shall Lead Them|Empress Sanaki]] from the tenth (appears in the ninth game as well, but only in cut scenes). True to the above statement, her specialty is fire magic, but she's also skilled in thunder, wind, and light... and the ''only'' fully-promoted magic-user who can't use staves. And yes, she has the personality for it, much to Sigrun's consternation.
* Relm from ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]''. While the other two female members of the team are also very powerful spellcasters, she's the only one that [[Bratty Half Pint|fits this personality type.]]
* Aurora from ''[[Black Sigil]]: Blade of the Exiled''. Tomboyish, [[Fiery Redhead|Fiery]], and ''[[Playing With Fire|loves]]'' tossing [[Fireballs]] about.
* Annie from [[League of Legends]] is a cute, perky six-year-old girl who has a [[
* Arnoud from ''[[Wild Arms 4 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 4]]'' makes a rare male example of the cowardly variety.
* Qara in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''. Is also [[The Scrappy]] on account of being [[The Rival]] of [[Deadpan Snarker]] and fan favourite Sand, and for being a [[Chaotic Stupid]] arrogant brat.
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* ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'''s Marisa Kirisame fits this trope to a T. Loud, brash, and a [[Kleptomaniac Hero|pretty capable thief]] who uses her lifespan as an excuse for never returning anything she steals. Yet she's still one of the heroes of the setting, relatively speaking.
* Aht of ''[[Radiant Historia (Video Game)|Radiant Historia]]'' fits the personality type of this trope so well you'd think the writers read this trope first. Her primary combat role is [[Game Breaker|powerful trap]] and [[Area of Effect]] spells. She also comes with decent healing magic, but she's not as good in this role as [[White Mage]] Marco.
* [[Genki Girl]] Arle from [[Puyo Puyo|Madou Monogatari]] series is this. She's a [[One
* Merrill in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'': [[Genki Girl|Genki]], [[Moe]], [[The Pollyanna|naive]], dabbles in [[Blood Magic]] and [[Deal With the Devil|deals with demons]]. Her magic repertoire is strictly damage-dealing, and her two main specialty powers are called "[[Cast From Hit Points|Blood of the First]]" and "Wrath of the Elvhen."
* Melody Farklight in ''[[Nostalgia]]'', complete with tons of spunk (and a side helping of [[Tsundere]]-ness).
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