History Main / FinalGirl

** Bee and Sophie are also a lesbian couple, and what's more, a lot of circumstantial evidence suggests that Sophie cheated on Bee with Jordan. By the end of the film, even though they both know that the other isn't the killer, their romance is likely toast.

* The titular Madoka Kaname of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' ends up being the last of Kyubey's five MagicalGirl victims to confront him. She was a NonActionGirl while the more proactive other girls met with a terrible fate, very much embodying the typical Final Girl traits of innocence and virginity. In particular, she contrasts with Sayaka, who got turned into a monster due to unrequited love and is the only one to not ascend to her Magical Girl heaven. In a way, it's an EnforcedTrope because Homura was stuck in an endless time loop where she saw multiple alternate futures where a more heroic Madoka got monsterfied and in response, prevented her from becoming a MagicalGirl to maintain her innocence and stop such a future from happening.

** However, it turns out that [[WrongGenreSavvy they were never in]] a SlasherMovie. David's death, the inciting incident of the plot, wasn't a murder, but an accident caused by [[TooDumbToLive his own drunken stupidity]]. When the rest of the cast discovered his body with a SlashedThroat and a blood-stained {{kukri|sAreKool}} nearby, they immediately suspected that he'd been murdered and that one of them was the killer, and all the death that followed was a result of them turning on each other. Nobody was in any danger, at least not before their paranoia got the better of them.

** Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, who (at least in versions where she isn't rescued by a conveniently placed male) either ends up the killer's final victim or fights him off herself.
** Gretel from ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' (which is likely the template for ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre''), who not only survives but saves her brother from the killer as well.

** Gretel from Literature/HanselAndGretel (which is likely the template for ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'') who not only survives but saves her brother from the killer as well.

Fairy tales have as many final girls as damsels in distress. The most obvious is Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, who (at least in versions where she isn't rescued by a conveniently placed male) either ends up the killer's final victim or fights him off herself. Another is Gretel from Literature/HanselAndGretel (which is likely the template for ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'') who not only survives but saves her brother from the killer as well.

* ''Film/{{Valentine}}'' with Kate, who was left for last because she was the only one who was not outright cruel to the killer when they were younger.

* In After Dark Horrorfest 4's movie ''Kill Theory'' subverts this trope when the expected final girl stabs her boyfriend in the stomach, breaking the rules and ends up being killed by the actual final girl who she had shot earlier.

* ''Series/DeadOfSummer'' has Amy Hughes, who initially seems to be this trope incarnate: HairOfGoldHeartOfGold, a DarkAndTroubledPast that (at first glance) only serves to make her more sympathetic, and being the token "good girl" on the show. She's actually the BigBad, and [[TheFakeCutie her wholesome image is nothing but lies]]. She was responsible for all of the murders on the show and was behind the ritual to raise the demon Malphas, having actually ''welcomed'' her DemonicPossession because Malphas was the only one who "understood her". Instead of Amy, it's the LovableAlphaBitch Jessie who becomes the final girl instead, together with Blair and Drew -- a gay guy and a trans boy, respectively, in another blow at the archetype.

** Solstice: Saadia Jalalzai. She subverts her reputation of goodness, because she is [[CreateYourOwnVillain directly responsible]] for the Druid's StartOfDarkness. She's still {{invoked|Trope}} as the Final Girl by the killer to become the alibi, and after the Druid dies, she saves herself and Dan from the accomplice, another girl named Jen Rijikers, who became the Druid along with her brother Connor out of revenge against their neighbors for their mother's suicide. Saadia tearfully confesses what she did to Jen as the latter dies.

* Margot Mills in ''Film/TheMenu'' wouldn't normally be seen as Final Girl material. She's a [[TheLadette lad-ette]] who smokes, curses, and wears [[HellBentForLeather a leather jacket]], Margot isn't her real name (it's Erin), and it's later revealed that she's a HighClassCallGirl who Richard had carried on an affair with and who Tyler hired to be his date for the dinner after his girlfriend broke up with him. However, by the standards of the film's EatTheRich morality, her status as a WorkingClassHero means that she's the most morally upright character in the film compared to the [[UpperClassTwit Upper-Class Twits]] around her, a fact that the EvilChef villain Julian recognizes when he decides to spare her and let her leave the island.

* Margot Mills in ''Film/TheMenu'' wouldn't normally be seen as Final Girl material -- she smokes, she curses, she wears [[HellBentForLeather a leather jacket]], Margot isn't her real name (it's Erin), and it's later revealed that she's a HighClassCallGirl who Richard had carried on an affair with and who Tyler hired to be his date for the dinner after his girlfriend broke up with him. However, by the standards of the film's EatTheRich morality, her status as a WorkingClassHero means that she's the most morally upright character in the film compared to the [[UpperClassTwit Upper-Class Twits]] around her, a fact that the EvilChef villain Julian recognizes when he decides to spare her and let her leave the island.

* ''Literature/{{Devolution}}'': The protagonist, Kate, is the last survivor of her group, and while she is initially naive and conflict-averse, she [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and is the most virtuous member of her group. She ''may'' die shortly afterwards, but it's left ambiguous.

* Film/{{Valentine}}: Kate, the all-around NiceGirl and [[TokenGoodTeammate only good person]] of the cast, is [[DamselInDistress pretty pathetic]] when confronting the Cupid Killer and defending herself that her boyfriend Adam was the one to dispatch and unmasked them. Turns out she was never targeted in the first place since it was revealed to be Adam all this time, having tricked Kate by knocking out and dressing up her last surviving friend as The Cupid Killer.

* ''Literature/{{Clown in a Cornfield}}'': Downplayed; Quinn is the main character and has all of the hallmarks including GenderBlenderName. After she [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]], she manages to survive and kill [[spoiler:multiple Frendos]], but [[PapaWolf her father]] and [[TheNotLoveInterest both of the leading men]] surive. Though, [[PreserveYourGays Cole]] only survives because of [[BigDamnHeroes her efforts]].

* Emma Duval in the TV adaptation of ''Series/{{Scream|TVSeries}}''. While Sidney Prescott, her counterpart from [[Film/{{Scream}} the films]], is listed below as a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion, Emma is a straighter example, though not perfectly so. In the first season, she's one of several characters who survives, and most of the credit for defeating the killer goes to Audrey, a bicurious punk chick who seems to have been working with the killer all along, [[spoiler:though the end of season two reveals that she was innocent]]. Season two shows that Emma has been traumatized by the experience, her mental state not at all helped by a new killer running around.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'', while not exactly a slasher movie (although elements of the genre are there), has its own take on the Final Girl with Nancy Wheeler, named after the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' character. She subverts DeathBySex mainly due to her first time indirectly making it happen to someone else (Barb), has more sex and also drinks. She ends up a full ActionGirl as the series progresses and [[spoiler: despite some close calls, is still alive as of the end of Season 4]].

* ''Film/TalonFalls'': Lyndsey is the only one of the four main characters who manages to escape the park with her life and get help. [[spoiler:Sadly, her helper was [[CruelTwistEnding working with the park, and brought her right back to be tortured to death for entertainment]].]]

* ''Film/TalonFalls'': Lyndsey is the only one of the four main characters who manages to escape the park with her life and get help. [[spoiler:Sadly, her helper was [[CruelTwistEnding working with the park, and brought her right back to be tortured to death for entertainment]].]]

* ''Film/TalonFalls'': Lyndsey is the only one of the four main characters who manages to escape the park with her life and get help. [[spoiler:Sadly, her helper was [[CruelTwistEnding working with the park, and brought her right back to be tortured to death for entertainment]].]]

* A non-fatal example in the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]". During a lockdown of the Sector V Treehouse, Numbuh Five is the only operative left when her teammates are transformed into Spank-Happy Vampires. She is almost spanked by her vampirified teammates when she is caught using the Quadruple Emergency Bypass Code.

* Emma Duval in the TV adaptation of ''Series/{{Scream|TVSeries}}''. While Sidney Prescott, her counterpart from [[Film/{{Scream}} the films]], is listed below as a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion, Emma is a straighter example, though not perfectly so. In the first season, she's one of several characters who survives, and most of the credit for defeating the killer goes to Audrey, a bicurious punk chick who seems to have been working with the killer all along. Season two shows that Emma has been traumatized by the experience, her mental state not at all helped by a new killer running around.
** The third season, ''Series/ScreamResurrection'', plays with this. A boy named Deion Elliot is actually Ghostface's primary target, his girlfriend, Liv Reynolds, being a supporting role. Ironically, she and Deion are not the ones who defeats the killer despite Ghostface outright invoking Liv as the Final Girl, as another supporting girl is the one who finishes the job.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E8BOperationLOCKDOWN Operation: L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N.]]", during a lockdown of the Sector V Treehouse, Numbuh Five is the only operative left when her teammates are transformed into Spank-Happy Vampires.

** Speaking of Jessica, it is possible for her to be the SoleSurvivor of the game's events as well. Mike has to follow as quickly as possible to catch up to the Wendigo while it absconds with Jess. Later, near the end of the game, Jessica has to remain perfectly still to avoid being killed by the Wendigo. Of course, Jessica is largely unaware of what's going on because she was knocked out for much of the second act. And by end of the game, Jessica suffers a major case of BreakTheCutie, regardless if she's the only survivor or not.

* In ''Film/CabinFever'', Karen is initially presented as Final Girl material, with [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde hair]], no nudity, and a relationship with the least debauched of the three guys in the group. Instead, she is the ''first'' to fall ill to the [[BodyHorror flesh-eating bacteria]]. The last survivor is Jeff, who decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run away from the cabin]] rather than risk getting infected, and even he [[KillEmAll gets gunned down by the police at the end]]. What's more, the film inverts TheScourgeOfGod in one notable way: the main vector for infection is the cabin's drinking water, so it's actually ''safer'' to get drunk than stay sober, hence why Jeff (who took two cases of beer when he fled) is the only one who doesn't get infected.

* Stacey from the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Creepy Town'' fits almost all of the usual Final Girl requirements: she's a pretty blonde, and while she does have a history of sleeping with a lot of people she doesn't get any action in the game itself. However, she ends up being the penultimate victim, which leaves spoiled rich kid Will as the last named character. [[KillEmAll And then Will dies at the end as well]], leaving no cast members alive.

* Can be played straight, subverted, or averted in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', a game in which [[EverybodyLives all the characters can survive]], [[KillEmAll none of them do]], or everybody ''except'' the obvious final girl survives. However, there are two characters who are set up as this archetype.

* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'': Chronologically, Soshun Murasame is a subversion. We see that he's the most plain-looking of the Student Council, the one who believes in his friends' ability to not cave in to murder, and he never kills anyone during the Tragedy, nor is he targeted. Perfect example of a Final Boy...until he gets extreme PTSD, fakes catonia, and gets choked out by one of the Tragedy's perpetrators once they find out [[HeKnowsTooMuch he still remembers]] in [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero the very book he debuts in]].

* Parodied in an episode of ''Manga/StrikeWitches''. An ancient fertility idol is found that creates a ZombieApocalypse that results in its victims boobs growing to enormous size. NiceGirl Lynette Bishop ends up being the final girl, and destroys the idol with her Anti-Tank Rifle.

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* In one ''Comicbook/{{Survival Geeks}}'' arc, the Geeks end up in a {{slasher| film}} universe. Sam and Clive are rescued by a group of Final Girls, who call themselves the Final Girls...but they want to cast Sam and Clive as the slut and the nerd to lure out the killers. The heroes turn their traps back on them, and Sam explains at length how the slut-shaming inherent in the standard Final Girl formula ''really'' isn't feminist.

** In ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'', Rachel and Jamie both shared this title, the latter notable for being a little girl. The ending, however, implies that the film was Jamie's StartOfDarkness and that she will become a killer like [[LongLostRelative her brother]] Michael Myers, though this plot element was dropped in later films.

%%* Lisa Pacifist from ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited''.

* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' ends with two survivors. Kate Fuller, the virginal [[PreachersKid preacher's daughter]], is a straight example of this trope. Seth Gecko, on the other hand, is not only a VillainProtagonist, but arguably the most evil character in the film. Whereas his AxCrazy rapist brother Richard is implied to be legitimately insane, the bikers and truckers at the Titty Twister are [[GoodIsNotNice rough-hewn but otherwise not harming anybody]], and even most of the vampires are portrayed as [[NonMaliciousMonster animalistic and killing out of instinct]], Seth is a professional {{bank robber|y}} who coldly murders multiple people out of pure greed or anger and is entirely aware and in control of his actions. That said, he does [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold get a bit nicer]] over the course of the film, convincing the preacher Jacob to recover his faith in God to help them fight the vampires and feeling regretful when he has to [[StakingTheLovedOne kill Richard]]. As he puts it to Kate at the end, "I may be a bastard, but I'm not a fucking bastard."