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* ''[[Cool Cat Studio Creator/TCampbell'' features Liz, a Goth Girl who naturally has magical powers and knows everything about supernatural creatures.

* ''CoolCatStudio'' features Liz, a Goth Girl who naturally has magical powers and knows everything about supernatural creatures.

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* Hilda from Beelzebub
* Marion Fauna from Shaman King

* ''{{Final Fantasy X}}'': Lulu, who begins the game with [[ElementalPowers elemental spells]] and (provided you stay on her Sphere Grid Path) goes on to learn many other black magic spells.

* Black Alice from the ''BirdsOfPrey'' and ''SecretSix'' series is a Goth-styled anti-hero with the ability to effectively steal the powers of any magical being and temporarily use them as her own.

* ''{{Final Fantasy X}}'': Lulu, who begins the game with [[ElementalPowers elemental spells]] and (provided you stay on her Sphere Grid Path, goes on to learn many other black magic spells.

* Molly from TheDresdenFiles. PlayedWith in that she actually ditches more of the Goth trappings as she develops her magic more.

* The film version of ''{{Beastly}}'' has a Goth witch (played by Mary-Kate Olsen!) cursing the lead to "Embrace the suck," effectively turning him into [[AdaptationalAttractiveness the most rad Beast ever]].

* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gothita, Gothorita and Gothitelle]] are a family of feminine-looking Psychic type Pokémon, which are the close to magic users in the setting.

* The Hollow Ones from ''MageTheAscension'' are often shorthanded as the "Goth Tradition." While their history is linked to subcultures reaching back to the flappers and Bright Young Things, and their magic style is basically [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve chaos magic]], they're tightly linked in with Goths in the present day.

* A somewhat less surprising (and less "rebellious", as it's actually the "family business") example is Triana Orpheus of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. The Goth girl daughter of necromancer extraordinaire Dr. Byron Orpheus, Triana is studying magic with her mother, also an accomplished sorceress.

* The resident PerkyGoth Ophelia from ''BrutalLegend'' shows aptitude for the heavy metal magic. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the setting: [[spoiler:goths seem to be a separate ethnicity descended from the members of the ill-fated Black Tear Rebellion, who drank from the Sea of Black Tears and were granted ancient powers.]]

* During the "Dark Nella" arc, TheNostalgiaChick [[InvokedTrope invokes]] the trope (and uses it as an excuse to review ''The Craft'') by picking up a random Goth girl off the street to try to fix Nella via magic.

* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gothita, Gothorita and Gothitelle]] are a family of Psychic type Pokémon, which are the close to magic users in the setting.

* Nico Minoru from ''{{Runaways}}'' is a Goth girl who ends up wielding the sorcerous artifact known as the Staff of One, which is powered by BloodMagic. In a bit of a tweak on the trope, her parents--both dark sorcerers--adopted the guise of devout Christians and vocally disapproved of Nico's Goth trappings.

A lot of comedies/dramas/urban fantasy movies need some way for magic to leak into an otherwise mundane world. Some times it's through a GypsyCurse, or a magical wishing trinket, or the brain fart of a passing genie. But if you need a reliable human factor for this magical working, you can't go wrong with a {{Goth}} girl. After all, they wear black and occasionally have pentacles! That's what magic is all about, right?

This trope seems to be especially popular in films and other fiction since the release of TheCraft, but its roots lie in real life teenage rebellion. If a teen girl wants to rebel against the status quo, it's likely they might a) go Goth, b) take up some form of paganism, or c) do both at the same time. Fiction tends to take this farther, with Goth girls automatically casting hexes and flushing the RuleOfThree down the toilet.

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* Nico Minoru from ''{{Runaways}}'' is a Goth girl who ends up wielding the sorcerous artifact known as the Staff of One, which is powered by BloodMagic. In a bit of a tweak on the trope, her parents - both dark sorcerers - adopted the guise of devout Christians and vocally disapproved of Nico's Goth trappings.

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* The DaneCook vehicle ''Good Luck Chuck'' has the titular Chuck cursed to have female troubles all his life by a Goth chick he turned down for a round of "Seven Minutes in Heaven" during his youth.

* The Hollow Ones from ''MageTheAscension'' are often shorthanded as the "Goth Tradition." While their history is linked to subcultures reaching back to the flappers and Bright Young Things and their magic style is basically [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve chaos magic]], they're tightly linked in with Goths in the present day.

* During the "Dark Nella" arc, TheNostalgiaChick [[InvokedTrope invokes]] the trope (and uses it as an excuse to review ''TheCraft'') by picking up a random Goth girl off the street to try and fix Nella via magic.

* ''ScoobyDoo And The Witch's Ghost'' had some Wiccan goth girls who are seen making a potion. However their version of magic appears to be [[{{Demythification}} mostly harmless/ineffective]], and doesn't do a thing against the villain.
* A somewhat less surprising (and less "rebellious", as it's actually the "family business") example is Triana Orpheus of ''TheVentureBrothers''. The goth girl daughter of necromancer extraordinaire Dr. Byron Orpheus, she's studying magic with her mother, also an accomplished sorceress.

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A lot of comedies/dramas/urban fantasy movies need some way for magic to leak into an otherwise mundane world. Some times it's through a GypsyCurse, or a magical wishing trinket, or the brain fart of a passing genie. But if you need a reliable human factor for this magical working, you can't go wrong with a Goth girl. After all, they wear black and occasionally have pentacles! That's what magic is all about, right?