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* The Queen in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''.

** Who is, by the way, at least 10 feet high, CGI generated and has the voice of a great Goddess. Oh yes, and she never moves, not even her mouth, she seems to use telepathy. At least until Maxheart, where she's reduced to a plain, 13 years old girl and 12 fairies (because one single girl couldn't possibly hold her awesomeness!)

* Flora in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go]]''.

* Belldandy from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' has elements of this combined with [[Yamato Nadeshiko]].

* The Queen in ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]''. The one that came before her, Majotourbillion, is the main antagonist of the series.

* Athena in ''[[Appleseed]]'' holds the office of Prime Minister of the City of Olympus, making her more or less the Supreme Leader of the World. She's not just good at her job and very capable of getting other national leaders in line, she's actually a member of a genetically engineered race specifically enhanced to govern humans.

* Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from ''[[Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na]]''.

* Helba from [[.hack]] easily qualifies for this. She's a Hacker in ''The World'' who's character stats are maxed out, has the ability to access regions of the game that no normal player would ever be able to access, and plays her name off as the Queen of Darkness mentioned in the lost poem the game was based around. She's not evil though. She prefers to stay behind the scenes to help players out.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Depending on the writer and storyline Queen Hyppolita, [[Wonder Woman]]'s mother and ruler of Themyscira, is usually portrayed as this. Even after she is shown going bat-shit crazy and creating an elaborate [[Gambit Roulette]] to humble her daughter and eliminate one of her opponents, she is eventually given an author-saving throw by going into the past and serving as the original JSA's Wonder Woman, returning and relinquishing voluntarily most of her authority to two elected amazons.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The Light Queen from ''[[Mirror Mask]]'', {{spoiler|who represents everything Helena loves about her Mother.}} Granted, she's [[Sealed Good in a Can|in a coma]] for most of the film, but she definitely falls under this trope.

* Mirana, the White Queen from the live-action Disney and [[Tim Burton]] version of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.

* Langiva in ''[[Black Death (film)|Black Death]]''.

* Elizabeth I of England was this in [[Real Life]] (as noted below in that category), but various cinematic representations of her don't always fit the bill. One which very much does is her portrayal by [[Cate Blanchett]] in ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age''.

* Queen Susan Pevensie from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' becomes this in ''[[Prince Caspian]]'' and will probably grow into this role even more in ''[[The Horse and His Boy]]''.

** Although in ''[[The Last Battle]]'' it is clearly implied that, in the "real world," she is anything but (nor is she like [[God Save Us From the Queen|the other kind of queen]]). The novel of ''Prince Caspian'' foreshadows this.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Woodcarver from ''[[Zones of Thought|A Fire Upon the Deep]]''.

 

* Isabella Rossellini's Athena in the TV miniseries of ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'' has an affectionate, conversational, almost casual relationship with her mortal. Her relative lack of imperious posturing (along with a gently teasing/chiding attitude) serves to enhance her confidence and thus her authority.

* Delenn in [[Babylon 5]].

** Series four also introduced Queen Annis, though she was portrayed as slightly older than most versions of this trope.

 

* Deborah from [[The Bible]], fourth Judge of Israel and [[Lady of War]]. So inspirational that her appointed military leader didn't think he could win the impending battle without her.

* Amaterasu from ''[[Japanese Mythology]]'' in a rare mythological example. She was made queen of heaven due to her radiant beauty and compassion and tends to be loved by all. She is rarely if ever overshadowed by any of the male deities or portrayed as having a dark side like Hera from [[Greek Mythology]].

* Speaking of whom, [[Greek Mythology|Hera]] herself often fit The High Queen mold when interacting with anyone who wasn't [[Woman Scorned|involved with Zeus]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|in an intimate way]]. Basically: don't have a tryst of any kind with Zeus, pay Hera her godly respects loyally, and she will bless and reward you quite generously.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* The Scarlet Empress from the RPG ''[[Exalted]]''. (To her subjects. To everyone else in Creation, it's [[God Save Us From the Queen]].)

** Also Merela, leader of the Solar Deliberative for much of the First Age.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Alexstrasza, [[Our Dragons Are Different|<Queen of the Dragons>]] from ''World of Warcraft'' takes the term [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] to a whole new level by being one of the most powerful, albeit [[Big Good|benign]] creatures in Azeroth. As a matter of fact, she could take down the resident [[Big Bad]] by her own if she wanted to. [[Story-Breaker Power|Of course]], [[Technical Pacifist|that]] [[Friend to All Living Things|would be]] [[Alice in Wonderland (film)|against her vows]].

** Although, at this point, [[Big Bad|Deathwing]] is so [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|absurdly powerful]] himself that when Alexstrasza and him finally fought in Twilight Highlands after the Cataclysm, it reached a stalemate of sorts with her severely wounded to the point that a mere mortal had to carry her off to safety, but yeah she is considered one of the most powerful creatures to ever have ''existed'' (that's about 60,000 years since she became the [[Our Dragons Are Different|Queen of the Dragons]]/Life-binder via the [[Powers That Be|Tit]][[Neglectful Precursors|ans]]); it makes you wonder why she didn't just shit all over the Burning Legion, Lich King, the Old Gods, or even Malygos before the [[Big Damn Heroes]] did all the hard work for her. She ''has'' been pissed off enough to kill and enact revenge, especially when her own literal children are involved -- "Nekrosss... You had them [[Berserk Button|ssslay my children]]! [[Mama Bear|My children]]!" (seconds before eating Nekros).

* ''[[King's Quest]]'': Valanice is the most prominent, but Genesta and Titania also do well here.

** Valanice is a good (as in non-evil) Queen, but she is not presented as a radiant untouchable goddess who is never wrong. The Fairy Queens fit this trope much better.

* Lady Shurelia, the Tower Administrator of ''[[Ar tonelico]]'', and the other Tower Administrators, to the degree that the three are worshiped as goddesses.

* Nimwe of the Seelie, from ''[[A Tale of Two Kingdoms]]''.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''. Princess Voluptua pulls off this image quite well. While not especially formal in her demeanor (as most of her immediate court are [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], she's the only one who ''doesn't'' speak in pseudo-Elizabethan highfalute), she always exudes an air of supreme confidence and competence.

* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', Sharess, legendary dokkalfar queen, and patron goddess to the drowolath and drowussu people, is regarded as having been this by those who still revere her. According to the legend, beseiged by [[Shapeshifting]], [[Body Snatching]] [[Eldritch Abominations]], she willingly sacrificed her (earthly) life to give her people a fighting chance of survival in exile. However, if she was at all [[Royally Screwed-Up|like every other elven or human ruler]] in the comic, she was [[No Hero to His Valet|no heroine to her valet]].

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Octavia Augusta, Caesar of the [[Precursors|Iormunean Imperium]] in the [[Backstory]] of ''[[Open Blue]]'', who was a wise and benevolent ruler. In fact, one of her recorded actions was giving the credit for a well-placed strategic move that she was clearly responsible for to wisdom from their goddess. She was also a [[Lady of War]] who died fighting in defiance of her [[The Empire|empire's]] destruction.

** And in the modern era, Khanzarina Misha of Yaman.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* On the subject of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', Rosedust, the queen of the Flutter Ponies, qualifies.

* Queen Lillian from the ''[[Shrek]]'' films.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==