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{{quote|''"Are all girls like this, or just the ones I know?"''|'''Ron Stoppable''''s newest female acquaintance springs into action (like all the others), ''[[
Gender equality is a bit of a funny thing.
Not too long ago, having a woman kicking ass was an earth-shocking novelty. Now, however, there are [[Hot Amazon|loads]] [[Action Girl|of]] [[Cute Bruiser|tropes]] [[Little Miss Badass|and]] [[Lady of War|archetypes]] that effortlessly manage to combine a double-dose of X chromosome and a double-dose of asskickery. We have powerful [[Metroid|video]] [[Tomb Raider|game]] [[Valkyrie Profile|heroines]], we have powerful [[Aliens|film]] [[Underworld (
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]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* 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 ''[[
* ''[[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]].
* [[El Hazard]] features a cast of magically empowered females, with Fujisawa as its only noteworthy male since Makoto and Jinnai are a pair of [[Ordinary High School Student|highschool students]] with no combat ability whatsoever. There's the three priestesses for starters: [[Playing
** In addition, both of the key positions of power are held by women: with [[Everything's Better
* In ''[[
* The [[One-Gender Race|Solonoids]] from [[Gall Force]].
* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' is like this. Not only are all the characters young girls, but all of them have been trained to [[More Deadly Than the Male|take advantage of how they're young girls.]]
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* In ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'', Same thing except for the [[The One Guy|main character]].
* ''[[Noir]]'', not is only almost every member of the cast some kind of [[Badass]] assassin, but most of the cast is also women.
* Mid-Childa from the ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sengoku Otome]]'' is [[Koihime Musou]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SENGOKU-ERA JAPAN]], so it qualifies.
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' is essentially about teenage action girls with magical power who tends to use guns as big as themselves to fight invading aliens.
* [[Tenchi Muyo!]], with a full cast of super powered heroines... and only two males, Tenchi and his grandfather {{spoiler|the legendary Jurian prince, Yosho}}, worth mentioning. He and the others often have to rely on [[Mad Scientist|Washuu's]] reality warping scientific genius, [[Space Pirate|Ryoko's]] raw power and tenacity, and [[The Ojou|Ayeka's]] Jurian powers to save them. Then there's the spiritual embodiment of Jurai's greatest battleship [[Lady of War|Tsunami]], queen of the universe (by proxy of Jurai) [[Hot Mom|Funaho]], and captain of the royal guard [[Cloudcuckoolander|Misaki]]. With women like these running the show, [[Stealth Pun|who needs Tenchi, indeed.]]
** An odd example, since Tenchi is the main character and eventually becomes the most powerful of them all, but aside from him, his Grandfather, and a handful of villains, everyone with power lacks a Y chromosome.
* ''[[
** Except the last part of the Sisters arc, as the main heroine needs to ask a guy to help her defeat the [[Big Bad]], but [[Justified]] since that's how it was on the original series.
* In ''[[Change 123]]'', the focus is mostly on female-on-male (with female usually being more skillful) or female-on-female fights, with the latter ones being more prevalent from the chapter 20 onwards. (And, on top of that, there is also an all-female ninja clan!) This creates an interesting situation during the sport festival, when the teachers insist that girls should be the "riders" on the "battle on horses", believing that they would be less aggressive than boys, not knowing that there is a badass girl in each of the three teams, one of them being also a [[Blood Knight]].
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has shades of this. While no one ever comes close to having the power of Buffy and Willow, the other females on the show do hold their own from time to time. Even Dawn and Anya get some badass moments from time to time (Dawn doesn't get any till the Season 6 finale though), and even Joyce gets in on the action, with a particularly awesome moment in "School Hard". By contrast with the males, only Spike, Angel and Riley are competent fighters, and the latter two are eventually [[Put
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Marilith]]'' is less extreme, as Marshall does get his share of the spotlight, but Valentino, Marilith, and even the barely-trained Kimiko overshine him.
* ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Gensokyo, the primary setting of the ''[[Touhou]]'' series, is filled to the brim with girls who will unleash [[Bullet Hell]] on you, with more than a few of them being very powerful monsters, if not actual goddesses.
* ''[[Maji
* ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' and its sequel has ''every'' single playable character as a female and would kick anyone's ass in their fight against [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|piracy]].
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[
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