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* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Freak Show]]'': Conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler (both Paulson) along with Desiree are made the final girls of the season when Elsa Mars (Lange) allows Edward Mordrake to kill her.
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* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Freak Show]]'': Conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler (both Paulson) along with Desiree Dupree (Creator/AngelaBassett) are made the final girls of the season when Elsa Mars (Lange) allows Edward Mordrake to kill her.
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* Lana Winters, a lesbian journalist who spends the bulk of the season attempting to escape from an asylum after being wrongfully institutionalized, then surviving an encounter with Bloody Face, a ruthless serial killer, leaving her the only survivor of the season.
* Cordelia Goode, once again portrayed by Paulson, who manages to usurp the title of Supreme witch from her abusive and irresponsible mother, Fiona. Cordelia is also most notably the only witch, besides Fiona, who is not killed, only to be brought back using Vitalum Vitalis.
** Played with in terms of Zoe, who is initially introduced as TheHeroine, only to turn out to be a DecoyProtagonist. She never was the Supreme, as evidenced when she's impaled on a fence post while performing transmutation, one of the Seven Wonders.
* Lee Harris, portrayed by Adina Porter, an alcoholic and former police officer looking to clear her name in the murder of her ex husband by participating in the Roanoke documentaries.
** Played with as well. Shelby's survival seemed to have been a ForegoneConclusion, as she was one of the talking heads during the documentary segment, only to slit her own throat. Later, Audrey, the actress who played Shelby in the documentary segments, seems as though she's going to become the FinalGirl, but is quickly dispatched by police once she tries to avenge Monet, Sophie, and Milo, who had been killed by a possessed Lee.
* Ally Mayfair-Richards, a woman suffering from numerous phobias, who overcomes them to save herself and her son from a murderous clown cult.
* Mallory, played by Billie Lourd, who is a young witch and the next Supreme, tasked with vanquishing Michael Langdon, the Antichrist, taking up Cordelia's mantle and reversing time itself.
* While Donna also survives, GirlNextDoor Brooke fulfills this role wholeheartedly in the ninth season.
* Played with in the fifth season, in which transgender bartender Liz Taylor is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus; she's later killed by the Countess, albeit mercifully, reuniting her with her deceased lover.
* Cordelia Goode, once again portrayed by Paulson, who manages to usurp the title of Supreme witch from her abusive and irresponsible mother, Fiona. Cordelia is also most notably the only witch, besides Fiona, who is not killed, only to be brought back using Vitalum Vitalis.
** Played with in terms of Zoe, who is initially introduced as TheHeroine, only to turn out to be a DecoyProtagonist. She never was the Supreme, as evidenced when she's impaled on a fence post while performing transmutation, one of the Seven Wonders.
* Lee Harris, portrayed by Adina Porter, an alcoholic and former police officer looking to clear her name in the murder of her ex husband by participating in the Roanoke documentaries.
** Played with as well. Shelby's survival seemed to have been a ForegoneConclusion, as she was one of the talking heads during the documentary segment, only to slit her own throat. Later, Audrey, the actress who played Shelby in the documentary segments, seems as though she's going to become the FinalGirl, but is quickly dispatched by police once she tries to avenge Monet, Sophie, and Milo, who had been killed by a possessed Lee.
* Ally Mayfair-Richards, a woman suffering from numerous phobias, who overcomes them to save herself and her son from a murderous clown cult.
* Mallory, played by Billie Lourd, who is a young witch and the next Supreme, tasked with vanquishing Michael Langdon, the Antichrist, taking up Cordelia's mantle and reversing time itself.
* While Donna also survives, GirlNextDoor Brooke fulfills this role wholeheartedly in the ninth season.
* Played with in the fifth season, in which transgender bartender Liz Taylor is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus; she's later killed by the Countess, albeit mercifully, reuniting her with her deceased lover.
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!! ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'': Averted. The only real options for the final girl, Vivien (Creator/ConnieBritton) and Violet (Creator/TaissaFarmiga), are both dead by the final episode, with the latter more closely fitting the profile but spends half of the season as a ghost. Constance Langdon (Creator/JessicaLange) and Billie Dean Howard (Paulson) also both survive, but they're never directly in any danger throughout the season.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Asylum]]'': LanaWinters, Winters (Paulson), a lesbian journalist who spends the bulk of the season attempting to escape from an asylum after being wrongfully institutionalized, then surviving an encounter with Bloody Face, a ruthless serial killer, leaving her the only survivor of the season.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Coven]]'': Downplayed with CordeliaGoode, once again portrayed by Paulson, Goode (Paulson), who manages to usurp the title of Supreme witch from her abusive and irresponsible mother, Fiona. Cordelia She is also most notably the only witch, witch besides Fiona, Fiona who is not killed, only to be killed and brought back using Vitalum Vitalis.
**Played Subverted with in terms of Zoe, Zoe (Farmiga), who is initially introduced as TheHeroine, only to turn TheHeroine but turns out to be a DecoyProtagonist. She never was the Supreme, as evidenced when she's impaled on a fence post while performing transmutation, one DecoyProtagonist in favor of Cordelia. Unlike Cordelia, she ''does'' die, but is quickly brought back to life.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Freak Show]]'': Conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler (both Paulson) are made the final girls of theSeven Wonders.
season when Elsa Mars (Lange) allows Edward Mordrake to kill her.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'': Subverted with Liz Taylor (Creator/DenisOHare), a rare trans final girl. She is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus at the end of the season, eventually allowing the Countess to kill her mercifully so that she can reunite with her deceased lover and remain in the hotel with her friends.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryRoanoke Roanoke]]'': Subverted with LeeHarris, portrayed by Adina Porter, Harris (Creator/AdinaPorter), an alcoholic and former police officer looking to clear her name in the murder of her ex husband ex-husband by participating in ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. She is the last surviving character by the end of the series —actually doing some of the murders herself when she's possessed— and her death is a decision she makes for herself.
** Zig-zagged with Shelby (portrayed by Creator/LilyRabe), one of the subjects of ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. She obviously survives the initial horror so that she can narrate her experiences in ''My Roanoke Nightmare'', but she later slits her own throat when they're back at the Roanokedocumentaries.house.
**Played Parodied with as well. Shelby's survival seemed to have been a ForegoneConclusion, as she was one of the talking heads during the documentary segment, only to slit her own throat. Later, Audrey, Audrey (portrayed by Paulson), the actress who played portrays Shelby in the documentary segments, seems ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. She ''seems'' as though she's she is going to become the FinalGirl, but is quickly final girl until the very last second, when she's abruptly dispatched by police once as she tries to avenge Monet, Sophie, and Milo, her fallen friends, who had been were all killed by a possessed Lee.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCult Cult]]'': Subverted with AllyMayfair-Richards, Mayfair-Richards (portrayed by Paulson), a woman suffering from numerous phobias, who overcomes them to save herself and her son from a murderous clown cult. She ultimately manages to kill their leader, and then ''becomes'' the leader of a new cult.
*Mallory, played ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse Apocalypse]]'': Zig-zagged with Mallory (portrayed by Billie Lourd, who is Creator/BillieLourd), a young witch and the next Supreme, who is tasked with vanquishing antichrist Michael Langdon, the Antichrist, taking up Cordelia's mantle and reversing Langdon after all of her coven is wiped out. Succeeding Cordelia, she reverses time itself.
and kills Michael before he's given a chance to bring upon the apocalypse, effectively undoing all of the deaths caused by him.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984 1984]]'': Downplayed. While Donna Chambers (Creator/AngelicaRoss) alsosurvives, GirlNextDoor survives to the end, {{girl next door}} Brooke fulfills this role wholeheartedly (Creator/EmmaRoberts) more closely fits the profile of a final girl. Donna may also be the second trans final girl in the ninth season.
* Played withseries, as she is portrayed by a trans woman but never explicitly identified as trans in the fifth season, in which transgender bartender Liz Taylor is the only character to still be alive and not infected season.
!! ''Series/AmericanHorrorStories''
* ''[[Recap/AmericanHorrorStoriesS1E1S1E2RubberWoman Rubber (Wo)man]]'': Deconstructed with Scarlett Winslow (Sierra [=McCormick=]), who ''is'' thevirus; she's later killed by the Countess, albeit mercifully, reuniting her with her deceased lover.killer to an extent, but mostly as a self-appointed vigilante type rather than a cold-blooded murderer.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'': Averted. The only real options for the final girl, Vivien (Creator/ConnieBritton) and Violet (Creator/TaissaFarmiga), are both dead by the final episode, with the latter more closely fitting the profile but spends half of the season as a ghost. Constance Langdon (Creator/JessicaLange) and Billie Dean Howard (Paulson) also both survive, but they're never directly in any danger throughout the season.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Asylum]]'': Lana
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Coven]]'': Downplayed with Cordelia
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* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Freak Show]]'': Conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler (both Paulson) are made the final girls of the
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'': Subverted with Liz Taylor (Creator/DenisOHare), a rare trans final girl. She is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus at the end of the season, eventually allowing the Countess to kill her mercifully so that she can reunite with her deceased lover and remain in the hotel with her friends.
* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryRoanoke Roanoke]]'': Subverted with Lee
** Zig-zagged with Shelby (portrayed by Creator/LilyRabe), one of the subjects of ''My Roanoke Nightmare''. She obviously survives the initial horror so that she can narrate her experiences in ''My Roanoke Nightmare'', but she later slits her own throat when they're back at the Roanoke
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* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCult Cult]]'': Subverted with Ally
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* ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984 1984]]'': Downplayed. While Donna Chambers (Creator/AngelicaRoss) also
* Played with
!! ''Series/AmericanHorrorStories''
* ''[[Recap/AmericanHorrorStoriesS1E1S1E2RubberWoman Rubber (Wo)man]]'': Deconstructed with Scarlett Winslow (Sierra [=McCormick=]), who ''is'' the
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* Lana Winters, a lesbian journalist who spends the bulk of the season attempting to escape from an asylum after being wrongfully institutionalized, then surviving an encounter with Bloody Face, a ruthless serial killer, leaving her the only survivor of the season.
* Cordelia Goode, once again portrayed by Paulson, who manages to usurp the title of Supreme witch from her abusive and irresponsible mother, Fiona. Cordelia is also most notably the only witch, besides Fiona, who is not killed, only to be brought back using Vitalum Vitalis.
** Played with in terms of Zoe, who is initially introduced as TheHeroine, only to turn out to be a DecoyProtagonist. She never was the Supreme, as evidenced when she's impaled on a fence post while performing transmutation, one of the Seven Wonders.
* Lee Harris, portrayed by Adina Porter, an alcoholic and former police officer looking to clear her name in the murder of her ex husband by participating in the Roanoke documentaries.
** Played with as well. Shelby's survival seemed to have been a ForegoneConclusion, as she was one of the talking heads during the documentary segment, only to slit her own throat. Later, Audrey, the actress who played Shelby in the documentary segments, seems as though she's going to become the FinalGirl, but is quickly dispatched by police once she tries to avenge Monet, Sophie, and Milo, who had been killed by a possessed Lee.
* Ally Mayfair-Richards, a woman suffering from numerous phobias, who overcomes them to save herself and her son from a murderous clown cult.
* Mallory, played by Billie Lourd, who is a young witch and the next Supreme, tasked with vanquishing Michael Langdon, the Antichrist, taking up Cordelia's mantle and reversing time itself.
* While Donna also survives, GirlNextDoor Brooke fulfills this role wholeheartedly in the ninth season.
* Played with in the fifth season, in which transgender bartender Liz Taylor is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus; she's later killed by the Countess, albeit mercifully, reuniting her with her deceased lover.
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* Lana Winters, a lesbian journalist who spends the bulk of the season attempting to escape from an asylum after being wrongfully institutionalized, then surviving an encounter with Bloody Face, a ruthless serial killer, leaving her the only survivor of the season.
* Cordelia Goode, once again portrayed by Paulson, who manages to usurp the title of Supreme witch from her abusive and irresponsible mother, Fiona. Cordelia is also most notably the only witch, besides Fiona, who is not killed, only to be brought back using Vitalum Vitalis.
** Played with in terms of Zoe, who is initially introduced as TheHeroine, only to turn out to be a DecoyProtagonist. She never was the Supreme, as evidenced when she's impaled on a fence post while performing transmutation, one of the Seven Wonders.
* Lee Harris, portrayed by Adina Porter, an alcoholic and former police officer looking to clear her name in the murder of her ex husband by participating in the Roanoke documentaries.
** Played with as well. Shelby's survival seemed to have been a ForegoneConclusion, as she was one of the talking heads during the documentary segment, only to slit her own throat. Later, Audrey, the actress who played Shelby in the documentary segments, seems as though she's going to become the FinalGirl, but is quickly dispatched by police once she tries to avenge Monet, Sophie, and Milo, who had been killed by a possessed Lee.
* Ally Mayfair-Richards, a woman suffering from numerous phobias, who overcomes them to save herself and her son from a murderous clown cult.
* Mallory, played by Billie Lourd, who is a young witch and the next Supreme, tasked with vanquishing Michael Langdon, the Antichrist, taking up Cordelia's mantle and reversing time itself.
* While Donna also survives, GirlNextDoor Brooke fulfills this role wholeheartedly in the ninth season.
* Played with in the fifth season, in which transgender bartender Liz Taylor is the only character to still be alive and not infected with the virus; she's later killed by the Countess, albeit mercifully, reuniting her with her deceased lover.
