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In some fiction, though, it seems that being a woman instantly gives you masterful ability in gunslinging, martial arts, swordplay, or sometimes more. In these settings, almost every major female character is an incredibly dangerous badass that could take on the police and military with their hands tied behind their back, and are far more numerous than the men to boot. While that's not to say that the ass-kicking men are non-existent, they are either secondary characters or just simply vastly outnumbered. It's far more likely that the men will be a [[Non-Action Guy]], tagging along and acting as either [[Mission Control]] or [[The Heart|moral support]].
When you have only a small squadron of badass women, that's an [[Amazon Brigade]]. When every man is just as badass as the women, and the numbers are fairly equal, that's a [[World of Badass]]. '''This trope is not the women of a [[World of Badass]];''' rather, it is when the numbers are decisively tilted in the women's side.
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* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is almost the poster for this trope. While Mr. Chang and Dutch certainly are no slouches, compared to Revy, Balalaika, Roberta, Eda, Fabiola, Sawyer, Shenhua, and others, they might as well just toss their guns up and kick back.
* Roughly every [[Magical Girl]] show, for obvious reasons. A lot of times, it's not just the main cast members; the monsters of the week are often all-female as well (as is often the case in [[Cutey Honey]] or [[Sailor Moon]]).
** Especially in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity|Kyubey]] has only ever contracted teenage girls to hunt [[Eldritch Abomination|Witches]], going as far back as {{spoiler|Cleopatra and Joan of Arc.}}
* ''[[Claymore]]'' actually tries to justify this trope. Women inherently make better Claymores than men, because men are more likely to become Awakened Beings.
* ''[[Dog Days]]'' plays with this while [[The Hero]] is a male there are more named Female [[Action Girl|warriors]].
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== Literature ==
* The [[Tortall Universe]] and the [[Circle of Magic]] Universe, both created by [[Tamora Pierce|the same author]], drift into it. While there are quite a few very strong male mages and fighters, all of the protagonists and the majority of their allies (and sometimes enemies) are female, and they can all kick ass. For example, the main case of Circle of Magic is composed of five girls and three guys, all of whom are some of the greatest mages in the world.
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