Tropescilloscope: Action Girl

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

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