Tropescilloscope: The Smurfette Principle

All the main characters are male... except for one, whose femaleness is treated as her character trait. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot Vitriolic Best Buds Martial Arts Movie Cat Fight Big Bad Chekhov's Gun Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique B-Movie Call-Forward Darkest Hour Badass in a Nice Suit Death by Sex Hate Sink Humiliation Conga The Ghost Smug Snake Pretty in Mink Film Series Dark Action Girl Pretty Little Headshots Catch-Phrase Apocalypse How Foreshadowing Dutch Angle Neck Snap Superhero Cold-Blooded Torture Manic Pixie Dream Girl Sinister Minister Extreme Doormat Serial Killer Spared by the Adaptation Parental Abandonment Straight Gay Pyrrhic Victory Broken Aesop One Steve Limit Bilingual Bonus Freeze-Frame Bonus Obfuscating Stupidity A God Am I Continuity Nod Irony She Cleans Up Nicely Victoria's Secret Compartment Here We Go Again! Dramatic Irony Death by Adaptation Shown Their Work Up to Eleven Not So Stoic Mistaken for Gay Throwing Your Sword Always Works Kill 'em All Spanner in the Works Unreliable Narrator Deconstruction Neck Lift The X of Y The Starscream Arc Words Stuff Blowing Up Suspiciously Similar Substitute Intrepid Reporter Woman in White Retirony Too Dumb to Live Meaningful Background Event Riddle for the Ages Adult Fear The Hero Dies Fourth Date Marriage Sequel Hook timeperiod Scenery Porn Exactly What It Says on the Tin Show Within a Show Overprotective Dad Reckless Gun Usage Authority Equals Asskicking Easily Forgiven Storming the Castle Historical Villain Upgrade Pet the Dog Defrosting Ice Queen Undying Loyalty Mama Bear Actually Pretty Funny Action Survivor Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Foil The Stinger The Bully Man on Fire Disappeared Dad Demonic Possession All Men Are Perverts Sports Stories All There in the Manual Scare Chord Public Domain Feature Films Outrun the Fireball Smoking Is Cool Wicked Cultured Covers Always Lie Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Wham Line Time Skip Amusing Injuries Distracted by the Sexy Once More, with Clarity! Sir Swears-a-Lot Red Shirt And the Adventure Continues Hollywood Law Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Brainless Beauty Bare Your Midriff Ripped from the Headlines Brutal Honesty And I Must Scream The Ace Dual Wielding Epic Movie Shoot the Shaggy Dog Establishing Character Moment Failed a Spot Check The Ditz "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Dirty Cop Batman Gambit The Chick Fantasy Films Comically Missing the Point Eureka Moment Dropped a Bridge on Him Cool Old Lady Dirty Old Man Fake Shemp Cool Shades The Brute Depraved Bisexual Groin Attack Deliberately Monochrome Gory Discretion Shot Agony of the Feet Punny Name As Himself Beta Couple Happily Married Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Ass Shove Psychopathic Manchild Lighter and Softer Nice Hat Bad "Bad Acting" The Power of Love Defiant to the End Red Eyes, Take Warning Does This Remind You of Anything? 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As You Know Russian Films Drives Like Crazy For Want of a Nail Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Offscreen Teleportation Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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The '90s Those Two Bad Guys Black Comedy Rape May–December Romance Based on a True Story Greater-Scope Villain Whole Plot Reference Deliberate Values Dissonance Chekhov's Skill Bring My Brown Pants Market-Based Title Love at First Sight Jerk Jock Monumental Damage Bait-and-Switch You Killed My Father Karmic Death The Bad Guy Wins Historical In-Joke Abhorrent Admirer Faux Affably Evil Index of Film Westerns Totally Radical Abusive Parents Alas, Poor Villain Parental Substitute Peek-a-Boo Corpse Big Bad Duumvirate The Film of the Book Tranquil Fury Needs Wiki Magic Love Slap-Slap-Kiss Aluminum Christmas Trees The Reveal Twist Ending Police are Useless Demoted to Extra An Axe to Grind He Knows Too Much Mooks Works Set in World War II Handicapped Badass It Can Think Interrupted Suicide Adaptation Name Change Babies Ever After Honor Before Reason Celebrity Paradox Adaptation Distillation Friend to All Children Fate Worse than Death Mr. Exposition Reality Is Unrealistic "Well Done, Son!" Guy Light Is Not Good Retcon Stylistic Suck Psychological Thriller N-Word Privileges Soft Glass Very Loosely Based on a True Story Amoral Attorney Artistic License – History Rule of Cool Big-Bad Ensemble Funny Background Event In Name Only Red Right Hand Shout-Out Action Girl The Dog Bites Back What the Hell, Hero? Dies Wide Open Overly Long Gag Bowdlerise The Vamp Dark Reprise The '50s Despair Event Horizon Break the Haughty Freudian Excuse Dumb Blonde All There in the Script Children Are Innocent Music Stories Ms. Fanservice Rule of Symbolism Fingore Deus ex Machina Captain Obvious Blood Knight Unwitting Instigator of Doom Flipping the Bird Crazy Jealous Guy The '80s Antagonist Title One-Word Title Trailers Always Spoil Anti-Villain Horror Films Face Death with Dignity Unusually Uninteresting Sight NO INDOOR VOICE Wretched Hive Not Quite Dead Meaningful Name Rated M for Manly Damsel in Distress There Is No Kill Like Overkill Suspiciously Specific Denial Determinator aka: The Determinator Wham Shot She's Got Legs Slashed Throat Villain with Good Publicity Romantic False Lead Evil Is Petty Stealth Pun Anguished Declaration of Love Eye Scream Rich Bitch Facial Horror Ungrateful Bastard Alliterative Name Mystery and Detective Films Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Knife Nut Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer An Aesop Biopic The Dragon It's All About Me Bland-Name Product Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Chewing the Scenery Madness Mantra Villain Protagonist O.O.C. Is Serious Business Accidental Murder Evil Laugh Your Head A-Splode Driven to Suicide Early Installment Weirdness The Chessmaster "Awesome McCool" Name World of Ham Random Events Plot Obviously Evil Names to Run Away from Really Fast Insistent Terminology Body Horror Cool Car Almost Kiss Mind Screw Stepford Smiler Mighty Whitey Character Development Ghost Fiction Mugging the Monster Sequel Escalation Science Fiction Films Fantastic Racism Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Stock Footage Take That! Never Found the Body Tagline Impaled with Extreme Prejudice The Alcoholic Crazy-Prepared Japanese Films Villain Ball Even Evil Has Loved Ones Same Language Dub Dying Moment of Awesome True Companions Big "NO!" 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Didn't Think This Through Scenery Gorn What You Are in the Dark Fatal Family Photo Our Zombies Are Different The '60s Hollywood Darkness Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Revenge Did Not Get the Girl Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Final Girl Belligerent Sexual Tension Homage Important Haircut Fat Bastard Novelization Fan Disservice Bloody Hilarious Real Life Writes the Plot Evil-Detecting Dog Big Brother Instinct Evil vs. Evil The Lost Lenore The Mafia German Films Implacable Man Femme Fatale Took a Level in Jerkass Kick the Son of a Bitch Made of Explodium Moment Killer Eiffel Tower Effect Product Placement Take a Third Option Lock and Load Montage Bound and Gagged The Alleged Car Curse Cut Short Even Evil Has Standards Adults Are Useless Together in Death Face–Heel Turn Rasputinian Death Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Calling the Old Man Out Jerk with a Heart of Gold Say My Name Villainous Breakdown Eldritch Abomination Kubrick Stare Idiot Ball Precision F-Strike Leave the Camera Running Military and Warfare Films Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Gold Digger Bullying a Dragon Large Ham The Remake Boom, Headshot! Cowboy Cop Badass Boast The Sociopath Not So Different Jerkass Has a Point The Smurfette Principle Artistic License – Law I Did What I Had to Do Maybe Ever After Race Against the Clock Offscreen Moment of Awesome The Casanova Bad Boss The Smart Guy Rewatch Bonus Death of a Child The Hero Darker and Edgier Cat Scare Loads and Loads of Characters Zombie Stories Adorkable Adaptational Villainy Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Improvised Weapon Credits Gag Meaningful Echo The Musical The End... Or Is It? Your Cheating Heart Action Genre Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Not Using the "Z" Word Visual Pun Suddenly SHOUTING! Gainax Ending The Voiceless Refuge in Audacity Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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The Oner Ominous Latin Chanting Christmas Movies Index '80s Hair Diabolus ex Machina Parental Incest Bolivian Army Ending As Long as It Sounds Foreign Recycled IN SPACE! Historical Hero Upgrade Bittersweet Ending Auto Erotica Bond Villain Stupidity My Greatest Failure The Great Depression Worthy Opponent The Place Attempted Rape Extremely Short Timespan The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite In Medias Res Chase Scene Black Best Friend Bar Brawl The Stoic Armor-Piercing Question Determinator Guile Hero Cluster F-Bomb Mr. Fanservice Rousing Speech Heel–Face Turn Lampshade Hanging More Dakka War Is Hell Token Minority Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Daylight Horror Composite Character Blood from the Mouth Affably Evil Casting Gag Redshirt Army Killed Mid-Sentence Title Drop Non-Indicative Name Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Sealed Evil in a Can Eyepatch of Power Every Car Is a Pinto BFG Dramatic Gun Cock Meet Cute The Quiet One Reality Ensues Butt-Monkey Informed Ability Manly Tears Badass Longcoat Four-Temperament Ensemble Reasonable Authority Figure Fun with Acronyms Rule of Funny Big Damn Heroes Green-Eyed Monster Creepy Child Love Triangle The Cavalry Logo Joke Laughing Mad My God, What Have I Done? Actor Allusion Awesome, but Impractical Henpecked Husband Animal Motifs Hoist by His Own Petard Hong Kong Films Betty and Veronica Never My Fault 20 Minutes into the Future Immune to Bullets After the End Cool Guns Dissonant Serenity The Mole Mad Scientist Plucky Comic Relief Bottomless Magazines Put on a Bus Fanservice Make It Look Like an Accident Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Those Two Guys Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Death Seeker Papa Wolf Five-Man Band The Un-Reveal Film Noir Index Morality Pet Central Theme Sanity Slippage Artistic License – Biology Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Television Movie Index The Big Guy Red Oni, Blue Oni Knight Templar Real Life Taking You with Me Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Artistic License – Military Sassy Black Woman Missing Mom No-Sell Death Glare As the Good Book Says... Protagonist Title Heroic BSoD Running Gag Ambiguous Ending Canon Foreigner Obstructive Bureaucrat Ascended Extra Vampire Fiction Thriller Stealth Hi/Bye Slasher Smile Fish out of Water Villain Song Does Not Like Shoes No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Evil Sounds Deep Paper-Thin Disguise Hair-Trigger Temper Fiery Redhead Sadistic Choice Arch-Enemy Beauty Is Never Tarnished Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Cloudcuckoolander Hope Spot Self-Deprecation Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Beard of Evil Would Hit a Girl Ax-Crazy Badass Bookworm Drowning My Sorrows Training Montage Spiritual Successor Mythology Gag La Résistance Would Hurt a Child Tempting Fate It Will Never Catch On Dark Is Not Evil Good Is Not Nice Taking the Bullet Bavarian Fire Drill Closed Circle