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== Multiple Media ==
* Maid Marian from the ''[[Robin Hood]]'' legends is an odd case. She was an [[Action Girl]] in some of her original appearances (fighting Robin to a standstill while disguised as a boy in one ballad). [[Bowdlerization|Victorian writers]] [[Chickification|turned her into]] [[The Chick]]. Modern writers tend to make her the [[Action Girl]] again, with ''[[The New Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' turning her into a virtual Xena clone. ''[[The Outlaws of Sherwood]]'', the novel, has Marian and Robin actually sharing the public role of Robin Hood. Well-handled, but definitely an example.
** ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' does this in quite an odd way: it includes the "fight to a standstill" bit, then turns her into the [[Distressed Damsel]] for the rest of the film. Might even qualify for [[Faux Action Girl]] status.
** And of course there's ''[[Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (TV)|Maid Marian and Her Merry Men]]'', playing this trope (and [[Non-Action Guy]] with Robin) for laughs.
** See also Marian from the BBC's ''[[Robin Hood (TV)|Robin Hood]]'' under [[Live Action Television]].
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* Yuna in [[Final Fantasy X 2]]. She goes from being a White Mage / Songstress / Summoner (All the stock 'female' jobs in that franchise) to being gun slinging [[Action Girl]] who thanks to the metagame Dressphere system, can be any of several 'boyish' jobs such as Warrior, Dark Knight and Berserker.
* Fitting with the Alice in Wonderland example in Film, Alice takes ''several'' levels in [[Badass]] in [[American McGee's Alice]]. Justified as it's a [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]].
* Princess Zelda has progressively become more active in the games as the series went on. Originally just a classic [[Distressed Damsel]], in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' she gained the badass ([[Sweet Polly Oliver|though male]]) alter-ego Sheik, who admittedly didn't do much against the actual [[Big Bad]]. But in the later games, starting with ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', it became her schtick to fire Light Arrows at Ganon during the final battle, and in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' she even {{spoiler|helps Link push his sword into Malladus' head}}. ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' has her {{spoiler|spending most of the game entombed in crystal and serving as a [[Distressed Damsel]] again at the very end, but the first part has her getting all the way through one and a half major areas by herself before getting caught and needing Impa's help for bodyguard services, not to mention her backstory}}.
* [[Super Mario Bros|Princess Peach]] goes through this for every spinoff game. In the main series, she rarely does more than get kidnapped by a turtle, but in other games she tends to be a very strong and capable character. Most notably in [[Super Smash Bros]], where she is a very powerful fighter for her weight class.
** [[Super Mario 3D Land]] has Peach become strong enough to {{spoiler|actually escape Bowser's Lair on her own. However, she is not competent enough to get away before recapture. Still, A for effort.}}
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