History Main / DragonLady

** The mysterious, vain Tao Jones of super-villain team Helix, frequent foes of Infinity Inc., fits this trope somewhat. She wears a jade green slit gown with a dragon on it, and even sports a yin-yang choker.

* The TropeNamer is The Dragon Lady, also known as Madam Deal, introduced in 1934 in Milton Caniff's comic strip ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''. According to Trina Robbin's "Tender Mercies: Women Who Kill", the character was based on the real Lai Choi San, who was a rather successful pirate active in the China seas in the 1920s and 1930s.

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** Ms. Locke, sidekick to the ''Comicbook/XMen'' supervillain Arcade. She is pretty much called one to her face at one point, and [[InsultBackfire takes it as a compliment]].

* One of the main characters in ''The Periodic Table of Science Fiction'' is known as 'The Dragon Lady'.
** Miss Adrienne Wong-Heppworth, found in the chapter "[[http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.html Lutetium]]".

* [[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Lung Tien Lien]] has the personality down pat. She also happens to be a ''literal'' dragon.

* ''Literature/NorthwestFront'' features the Filipina [=RaBang=] Miller, a former prostitute that became a [=FBI=] Agent by sleeping with other agents and conspires against the protagonists. However, UnfortunateImplications are averted - [[FalseReassurance because the work is unashamedly white supremacist, so there's nothing to imply]].
* Madame Butterfly from ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' is a rather stereotypical Chinese immortal running the District's Asian-themed brothel. She's dangerous enough that contract killer Nikita agrees to go to the local {{Mordor}} for her without getting paid for it.

* Chinatsu from ComicBook/{{Drain}} is heroic version. Albeit she's a Japanese vampire ninja whose seeks revenge against her family's murderer while killing bad guys along the way. Play straight with the white Freya, Chinatsu former lover, who even dresses in a qipao.

* Xifeng in ''Pirates XXX 2''.

** [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], Lady Shiva's daughter and the third ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, temporarily became a Dragon Lady during her FaceHeelTurn.

** Superboy faced an opponent called--wait for it--Lady Dragon, the leader of the Silicon Dragons, who seems to fit in this trope. Like Roulette, the untrustworthiness is somewhat reduced by her obsession with fair play, or as Lady Dragon calls it, "equal measure."

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' features [[spoiler:Zhao Yun Run]] as the Dragon Lady of the game. Tong even refers to her as such.
** [[spoiler: And she's the final boss.]]

* General Fang, from the Creator/JackieChan version of ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays''.

** The [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]] foe Lynx. Her successor in ''Comicbook/RedRobin'' also pretends to be an over-the-top Dragon Lady villainess, but claims to be in actuality an undercover cop from Hong Kong.

* General Fang, from the Creator/JackieChan version of ''Film/AroundTheWorldIn80Days''.

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Contrast AnimeChineseGirl, AsianAirhead. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a [[TheDragon Dragon]] who is a woman.

* Mavra Chan (marginally) qualifies in ''{{Terinu}}''. Though she tends to wear stompy boots and an armoured corset rather than a kimono, she's certainly mysterious, sadistic, evil and perfectly willing to sell out the human race to make a fast buck. Unfortunately she's also the only human character in the main cast to show any ethnicity at all (the rest are white Australians).

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' have the Iron Queen, though current writer Ian Flynn made her a Technomage and less a traditional spellcaster.

* The title character of ''ExecutiveAssistantIris''.

** Spider-Ham, Marvel's [[AnimalSuperheroes Funny Animal Superhero]], once faced a ''canine'' Dragon Lady. She was, [[HurricaneOfPuns of course]], called "The Dragon Lassie".

TheBaroness [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] YellowPeril. The Dragon Lady is characterized by her overt [[EvilIsSexy sexual]] and [[DarkActionGirl physical aggression]], [[DevilInPlainSight untrustworthiness]], and {{mysterious|Woman}}[[InscrutableOriental ness]]. Probably [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery wears]] a {{qipao}} or {{kimono}} often with a dragon ''on it'' (even if she's not Chinese or Japanese), and knows [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts martial arts]]. If she carries a weapon, it's usually a concealed [[KnifeNut stabbing]] or [[CoolSword slashing]] weapon; folding metal fans are a perennial favorite. Is contractually obligated to have [[ShesGotLegs legs that would make Tina Turner jealous]], to better [[ShowSomeLeg pull off the dress]].

* While Shotzi Blackheart prefers to call herself "The Ballsy Badass", she's more commonly referred to as "Dragon Lady" or "Anime/{{Samurai Pizza Cat|s}}".

* While Shotzi Blackheart prefers to call herself "The Ballsy Badass", she's more commonly referred to as "Dragon Lady" or "[[Anime/TheSamuraiPizzaCats Samurai Pizza Cat]]".

* Interestingly, despite the relative ease of trying to apply this trope to pro-wrestling, this is one of a select few stereotypes that the WWE hasn't chewed up and spit out (and considering they were planning to do an Unfrozen Nazi angle at one point, that's surprising.) They came very close with Gail Kim. Although they never played up her Asian heritage (she's Korean-Canadian), she was promoted as a very dangerous and mysterious competitor. She also debuted during the peak of ''The Matrix''[='=]s fame, so this all combined into what might be called a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7mpOAAL5c cyberpunk Dragon Lady]].

* In the original ''DeadToRights'', Slate has to fight an entire massage parlor of dragon ladies