Tropescilloscope: Action Girl

A Badass who just happens to be a girl. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Maybe Ever After Major Injury Underreaction Guile Hero Hoist by His Own Petard Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Final Girl Fat Bastard Throwing Your Sword Always Works Decoy Protagonist Jerk Jock Our Zombies Are Different Stepford Smiler Shell-Shocked Veteran The Chick Hypocrite Manic Pixie Dream Girl Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Only Sane Man Break the Cutie Destination Defenestration BFG "The Reason You Suck" Speech Superhero Armor-Piercing Question War Is Hell Fainting Knight Templar Every Car Is a Pinto Totally Radical Does Not Like Shoes Genre Throwback Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Alas, Poor Villain Friend to All Children Freeze-Frame Bonus Downer Ending Ax-Crazy Evil Cannot Comprehend Good World of Ham All Girls Want Bad Boys Defrosting Ice Queen Taking You with Me Psychopathic Manchild Man on Fire Combat Pragmatist Jerkass Has a Point Evil Is Petty Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking The Oner The Hero Loophole Abuse Anti-Villain Frame-Up Beware the Nice Ones Word of God Cassandra Truth Double Entendre Pragmatic Villainy Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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