Tropescilloscope: Action Girl

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

More Tropes Bloody Hilarious Frame-Up Redshirt Army Recycled IN SPACE! Together in Death Action Genre The Cavalry Race Against the Clock Big Bad Ms. Fanservice Refuge in Audacity Everyone Has Standards Offscreen Teleportation Martial Arts Movie Corpsing Body Horror Dissonant Serenity Actor Allusion Psychopathic Manchild Red Herring From Nobody to Nightmare Facial Horror Film Noir Index Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Dramatic Gun Cock Bar Brawl Alpha Bitch Black Best Friend What the Hell, Hero? Kill 'em All Grey and Gray Morality Gold Digger Get Out! Parental Neglect Face–Heel Turn Hooker with a Heart of Gold Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Bring My Brown Pants Sexy Discretion Shot All for Nothing Madness Mantra Scare Chord Big-Bad Ensemble The Hero Dies Chase Scene There Is No Kill Like Overkill My Greatest Failure Punch-Clock Villain Epic Fail Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Ungrateful Bastard Nothing Is Scarier Sequel Hook Disproportionate Retribution Anyone Can Die The Mole Pretty Little Headshots Dressing as the Enemy Twist Ending Cold-Blooded Torture Posthumous Character Plot Hole Fatal Family Photo Fate Worse than Death Expy Central Theme Adaptational Badass Cowboy Cop Chekhov's Gunman Left the Background Music On NO INDOOR VOICE Woman Scorned Demoted to Extra Insistent Terminology Blackmail Shut Up, Hannibal! Coming-of-Age Story 20 Minutes into the Future Soft Glass Accidental Murder Ambiguously Gay Eye Scream Time Skip Artistic License – Law No Name Given Unusual Euphemism Neck Lift Chewing the Scenery Affably Evil Anti-Villain Throwing Your Sword Always Works Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Establishing Character Moment From Bad to Worse In Name Only Deliberately Monochrome Kick the Dog The Hero More Dakka The Un-Reveal Rasputinian Death Very Loosely Based on a True Story Unspoken Plan Guarantee The '60s Reality Ensues Victoria's Secret Compartment Femme Fatale Bald of Evil Suspiciously Similar Substitute Drugs Are Bad Dropped a Bridge on Him I Have Your Wife Expository Hairstyle Change Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Taking You with Me One-Word Title Screw the Money, I Have Rules! timeperiod Reality Is Unrealistic Retired Badass Gratuitous English Betty and Veronica Drill Sergeant Nasty Becoming the Mask Sealed Evil in a Can As Long as It Sounds Foreign Reasonable Authority Figure Credits Gag Sanity Slippage Narrator Humans Are Bastards Arc Words The Stoner Overly Long Gag N-Word Privileges Honor Before Reason Nice Guy Loads and Loads of Characters Real Life Writes the Plot Hell Is That Noise Television Movie Index Reality Has No Subtitles Evil Is Hammy The Cameo Historical In-Joke Manic Pixie Dream Girl Scenery Gorn Babies Ever After Beta Couple Big Brother Instinct Adorkable Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Visual Pun Dogged Nice Guy Abusive Parents Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Informed Ability Line-of-Sight Name Idiot Ball Silence Is Golden Gainax Ending Good Is Not Nice Meaningful Background Event Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? He Knows Too Much Pimped-Out Dress Pay Evil unto Evil Crazy-Prepared Even Evil Has Standards Spiteful Spit Dramedy No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Star-Crossed Lovers Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy "Well Done, Son!" Guy Stealth Pun Freeze-Frame Bonus Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Only a Flesh Wound Monumental Damage Agony of the Feet Never Found the Body Humiliation Conga Bilingual Bonus "Awesome McCool" Name Heroic BSoD Unresolved Sexual Tension Bond One-Liner I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Big Eater Those Two Bad Guys Dramatic Irony Evil Counterpart She Cleans Up Nicely Our Vampires Are Different Deliberate Values Dissonance Adaptation Dye-Job Belligerent Sexual Tension Death of a Child The Starscream Reckless Gun Usage Knife Nut Self-Deprecation Not So Stoic Mad Scientist The Stoic Downer Ending Re-Cut Wrong Genre Savvy Took a Level in Badass It Will Never Catch On Would Hurt a Child As the Good Book Says... Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Flipping the Bird Vitriolic Best Buds Translation Convention Heel–Face Turn Be Careful What You Wish For Those Wacky Nazis Cool Car Framing Device Book-Ends Brick Joke Death Glare Meaningful Echo Let's Get Dangerous! Cool Shades Epic Movie Jitter Cam Covers Always Lie Maybe Ever After Dwindling Party Well-Intentioned Extremist Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Jerk with a Heart of Gold Death by Adaptation For the Evulz Early Installment Weirdness Artistic License – Biology Those Two Guys Trailers Always Spoil Police are Useless Based on a True Story The Great Depression Not So Above It All Love at First Sight Cruel and Unusual Death Camp Gay Tagline Mind Screw Overprotective Dad Rule of Cool German Films World of Ham Zombie Stories Say My Name The Dog Bites Back Big Bad Duumvirate Vacation Films Kids Are Cruel Hong Kong Films Running Gag Immune to Bullets Author Appeal Light Is Not Good The Film of the Book Ominous Latin Chanting Wretched Hive Chiaroscuro Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Improvised Weapon Apocalypse How Drowning My Sorrows Jerkass Handicapped Badass It Can Think Parental Substitute Fun with Acronyms Here We Go Again! Comically Missing the Point Offscreen Moment of Awesome Leitmotif And Starring Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Deadpan Snarker Annoying Younger Sibling Eyepatch of Power All Men Are Perverts Spell My Name with an "S" Rousing Speech Diabolus ex Machina Killed Mid-Sentence Rated M for Manly Truth in Television Homage Redemption Equals Death Cool Old Lady War Is Hell Leave the Camera Running Spiritual Successor Face Death with Dignity A Minor Kidroduction Gorn Pet the Dog B-Movie Butt-Monkey Take That! Aside Glance Dark and Troubled Past Retirony A God Am I Spared by the Adaptation Blatant Lies The Stinger Four-Temperament Ensemble Department of Redundancy Department You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Villain with Good Publicity Even Evil Has Loved Ones My Beloved Smother Neck Snap Adults Are Useless The Alleged Car Bait-and-Switch My God, What Have I Done? Evil-Detecting Dog Soundtrack Dissonance Properly Paranoid Cat Fight Corrupt Corporate Executive Spanner in the Works Wicked Cultured No-Sell Yandere Danny Peary Cult Movies List Arranged Marriage Continuity Nod Conspicuous CG Improbable Weapon User Artistic License – Gun Safety Alas, Poor Villain He Who Fights Monsters Once More, with Clarity! Evil Brit Bury Your Gays Parental Incest Shell-Shocked Veteran Politically Incorrect Villain Evil Plan Ass Shove The Power of Love The Quiet One The Mafia Bad Boss Manchild Ax-Crazy Exactly What It Says on the Tin All There in the Script The Atoner Adaptation Distillation Retcon Playing Gertrude Logo Joke Villain Ball Mama Bear Rule of Symbolism Anachronic Order Science Fiction Films Country Matters Genre Throwback Drives Like Crazy I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Storming the Castle Made of Iron Only One Name Slasher Movie Straight Gay Your Cheating Heart Irony Knight Templar One Steve Limit Woman in White Daylight Horror Every Car Is a Pinto Mr. Fanservice Mexican Standoff Authority Equals Asskicking Card-Carrying Villain What You Are in the Dark Artistic License – Military Fatal Flaw "Shaggy Dog" Story Slashed Throat Anguished Declaration of Love Loophole Abuse I Did What I Had to Do Combat Pragmatist Non-Indicative Name Works Set in World War II Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Adapted Out The Remake Dutch Angle For Want of a Nail Not Using the "Z" Word Failed a Spot Check Brutal Honesty Hypocrite Red Shirt Deus ex Machina Famous Last Words Foil Japanese Films Thriller Biopic I Need a Freaking Drink The Brute Curse Cut Short Author Avatar The X of Y Room Full of Crazy This Is Gonna Suck Abhorrent Admirer Historical-Domain Character Fantasy Films Five-Man Band Unusually Uninteresting Sight Pragmatic Adaptation No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Adaptational Heroism Dual Wielding Stalker with a Crush Calling the Old Man Out Poor Communication Kills Deconstruction Male Frontal Nudity I'm a Humanitarian '80s Hair Early-Bird Cameo Freudian Excuse Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Pretty in Mink Fake Shemp Breaking the Fourth Wall Nice Hat A Date with Rosie Palms Does This Remind You of Anything? Manly Tears Film Series Badass Grandpa Love Triangle Ambiguous Ending Bottomless Magazines Fanservice Ascended Extra Plucky Comic Relief Bittersweet Ending Demonic Possession Our Zombies Are Different Celebrity Paradox The Vamp Smoking Is Cool Index of Film Westerns Hollywood Darkness Romantic False Lead Actually Pretty Funny Oh, Crap! Genre Savvy Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Bolivian Army Ending Exact Words Sci-Fi Horror Police Brutality Needs Wiki Magic Love Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Roaring Rampage of Revenge Improbable Aiming Skills Mundane Made Awesome Stock Footage Fiery Redhead Instant Death Bullet Cat Scare Distracted by the Sexy Cluster F-Bomb Adaptational Attractiveness Sequel Escalation Cloudcuckoolander Defiant to the End Animated Credits Opening Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane As Himself Foregone Conclusion Casting Gag All There in the Manual Damsel in Distress Sassy Black Woman Silent Movie Beauty Is Never Tarnished Fanservice Extra Mystery and Detective Films The '50s Adaptation Name Change Meet Cute Serious Business Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Real Life Last-Name Basis Major Injury Underreaction Not What It Looks Like Canadian Movies Intrepid Reporter Novelization Fantastic Racism Taking the Bullet Market-Based Title La Résistance Easily Forgiven Accidental Misnaming Villain Song Cain and Abel All Just a Dream Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Tranquil Fury Pyrrhic Victory Dark Reprise Psychological Thriller No Antagonist The Faceless Eureka Moment Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Large Ham Rape as Drama Suspiciously Specific Denial Evil Is Petty Missing Mom Almost Kiss Bunny-Ears Lawyer Jump Scare An Axe to Grind Precision F-Strike Fan Disservice Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Italian Films folderlabel Groin Attack Hate Sink The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Malevolent Masked Men Fat Bastard How We Got Here Destination Defenestration Death by Sex Implacable Man Sadistic Choice Men Are the Expendable Gender Eagleland Broken Aesop Your Head A-Splode Fainting Music Stories No Celebrities Were Harmed Naïve Newcomer Setting Update Imagine Spot The Smurfette Principle Show Within a Show Put on a Bus Green-Eyed Monster Adaptational Villainy All Girls Want Bad Boys Catch-Phrase In the Back Camera Abuse Auto Erotica Wounded Gazelle Gambit Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Genre Shift Token Minority Funny Foreigner Fish out of Water Insane Troll Logic Darkest Hour A.I. Is a Crapshoot Insult Backfire Unreliable Narrator Mugging the Monster Crapsack World Villain Protagonist Batman Gambit The Dreaded Lighter and Softer Antagonist Title Obstructive Bureaucrat Off with His Head! True Companions Smug Snake The Chick Man on Fire Dirty Coward Shoot the Shaggy Dog Extremely Short Timespan Scary Black Man The '70s Costume Porn Driven to Suicide Fourth Date Marriage Disney Death Blood from the Mouth "The Reason You Suck" Speech Revenge Deal with the Devil Really Gets Around Christmas Movies Index The Alcoholic Awesome, but Impractical Papa Wolf Worthy Opponent Bound and Gagged The Lancer Heterosexual Life-Partners Scenery Porn Artistic License – History No OSHA Compliance Only in It for the Money Training Montage Captain Obvious Grievous Bottley Harm Contrived Coincidence Gilligan Cut Death by Irony The Smart Guy Crucified Hero Shot Make It Look Like an Accident Whole Plot Reference Race Lift A Father to His Men Riddle for the Ages Badass Boast Sir Swears-a-Lot Moment Killer Big Fancy House Red Oni, Blue Oni Evil Laugh Hypocritical Humor Depraved Bisexual Chekhov's Skill Ambiguous Disorder Only Sane Man Hope Spot Laser-Guided Karma Rule of Funny Noodle Incident Black Dude Dies First Mistaken for Gay Small Name, Big Ego Undying Loyalty Never Trust a Trailer Shown Their Work Double-Meaning Title Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Enemy Mine Villainous Breakdown The Load Only Known by Their Nickname Title Drop Never My Fault Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Advertised Extra Beard of Evil Cool Guns Romantic Comedy The End... Or Is It? Determinator Bloodier and Gorier Word of God Award-Bait Song The Oner Ship Tease Animal Title Index Cool Old Guy Age Lift Death Seeker Boom, Headshot! Slasher Smile An Aesop Match Cut Punny Name Meaningful Name Daddy's Girl Mooks Have a Gay Old Time Stuff Blowing Up Beware the Nice Ones Bond Villain Stupidity Adaptation Expansion Dirty Cop Red Right Hand Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Sports Stories Superhero Laughing Mad Getting Crap Past the Radar Berserk Button Eiffel Tower Effect Black and Gray Morality MacGuffin Manipulative Bastard Affectionate Parody The Sociopath Henpecked Husband Arch-Enemy Bullying a Dragon Bare Your Midriff Stepford Smiler Rich Bitch Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Children Are Innocent Pre-Mortem One-Liner Toplessness from the Back Funny Background Event Evil vs. Evil Super Strength Guns Akimbo Shout-Out Not Quite Dead Badass Bookworm Action Girl The Ditz Vomit Indiscretion Shot Leaning on the Fourth Wall Suddenly SHOUTING! O.O.C. Is Serious Business Blood Knight Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass The Dragon Guile Hero Dumb Blonde Kill It with Fire Jerk Jock Mighty Whitey Take a Third Option Disappeared Dad Dying Moment of Awesome Heel Realization Despair Event Horizon Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Hero Antagonist Better to Die than Be Killed French Films Karmic Death Fingore Brainless Beauty Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! The Reveal Evil Sounds Deep Kick the Son of a Bitch Animal Motifs Bi the Way Slap-Slap-Kiss Half the Man He Used to Be Double Entendre Obfuscating Stupidity Villain Opening Scene Anachronism Stew Creator Cameo Wham Line Pragmatic Villainy Car Fu Broken Pedestal Interrupted Suicide Dirty Old Man Heroic Sacrifice Mood Whiplash Did Not Get the Girl Vomit Discretion Shot Hoist by His Own Petard You Killed My Father Brother–Sister Incest Composite Character Hair-Trigger Temper The '80s Eldritch Abomination Names to Run Away from Really Fast And the Adventure Continues Stylistic Suck The Place The '90s You Have Failed Me Hero of Another Story Defrosting Ice Queen Earn Your Happy Ending Flashback You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Dull Surprise Chekhov's Gun Domestic Abuse Horror Films Dark Action Girl Break the Cutie Totally Radical Motor Mouth The Casanova Curb-Stomp Battle Mercy Kill Creepy Child Mr. Exposition Big Applesauce Morality Pet Ghost Fiction Video Credits Hollywood Law Shipper on Deck Alliterative Name "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Up to Eleven Sinister Minister Crazy Jealous Guy Empathic Environment No Ending Attempted Rape Documentary Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Not Even Bothering with the Accent Developing Doomed Characters Rewatch Bonus One-Man Army Friend to All Children Took a Level in Jerkass Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Sole Survivor Male Gaze Call-Forward Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold BFG Psycho for Hire She's Got Legs Karma Houdini Lampshade Hanging Australian Movies Decoy Protagonist Cassandra Truth An Arm and a Leg Red Eyes, Take Warning Amusing Injuries Bland-Name Product Big Damn Heroes Action Prologue Bavarian Fire Drill Artistic License – Geography Canon Foreigner Final Girl Extreme Doormat Made of Explodium British Films The Ace The Musical The Bully Gender Flip May–December Romance Disney Villain Death It's Personal Asshole Victim Sacrificial Lion Amoral Attorney Parental Abandonment And I Must Scream Faux Affably Evil Outrun the Fireball Adult Fear Closed Circle Dark Is Not Evil Protagonist Title Action Survivor Ripped from the Headlines Artistic License – Physics After the End Badass Longcoat Not So Different Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Foreshadowing Rule of Three Badass Normal Darker and Edgier Important Haircut It's All About Me Intergenerational Friendship Russian Films Armor-Piercing Question Badass in a Nice Suit Vampire Fiction The Big Guy Faking the Dead Paper-Thin Disguise Stealth Hi/Bye Does Not Like Shoes What Happened to the Mouse? Random Events Plot Obviously Evil Aluminum Christmas Trees Skewed Priorities Call-Back Same Language Dub Black Comedy Peek-a-Boo Corpse Would Hit a Girl Historical Hero Upgrade Dies Wide Open Ironic Echo Unwitting Instigator of Doom Break the Haughty The Bad Guy Wins Bad "Bad Acting" Back from the Dead Married to the Job Didn't Think This Through Film Noir Creative Closing Credits Serial Killer Military and Warfare Films Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun In Medias Res Too Dumb to Live Black Comedy Rape Disguised in Drag Wham Shot Fire-Forged Friends The Voiceless Air-Vent Passageway Greater-Scope Villain Catapult Nightmare Product Placement Lock and Load Montage As You Know Character Development The Lost Lenore Happily Married Bloodless Carnage Captain Ersatz Off-into-the-Distance Ending Older Than They Look Tap on the Head Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" The Ghost Naked People Are Funny Big "NO!" Historical Villain Upgrade Shirtless Scene Kubrick Stare Determinator aka: The Determinator Gone Horribly Right Bowdlerise Tempting Fate Public Domain Feature Films Due to the Dead Heroes Want Redheads Mythology Gag Horror Comedy Shower Scene Gory Discretion Shot Broken Bird Anti-Hero The Chessmaster Jerkass Has a Point Hidden Depths