History Main / PirateGirl

** Zheng Yi Sao, or Ching Shih[[note]]literally "The Wife of Ching/Zheng"[[/note]] (who could be called a [[KingOfThieves Pirate Admiral or Pirate Queen]] given that she is believed to have commanded up to ''400'' ships) was ''[[OutscareTheEnemy absolutely terrifying]]'' in that she managed to hold an alliance of pirates with a [[HonorAmongThieves code of honor]] where breaches (such as disobeying orders, raiding protected villages, not sharing the plunder, {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing [[TheWomenAreSafeWithUs female captives]]) would likely result in death, and she managed to defeat the Chinese Dynastic navy and navies sent by England and Portugal with none of her fleet retreating because they would rather die in battle than [[TheMobBossIsScarier face her wrath]]. In the end, she ''negotiated'' her surrender allowing her to [[RetiredOutlaw retire in peace]] with all her loot.

** And the Captain from the CBBC ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2007TDWASTheInfiniteQuest The Infinite Quest]]'' cartoon.

* Asha Greyjoy of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' was bred and groomed for this by her father, the lord of the Iron Islands. She's well-loved by her crew, and is basically OneOfTheBoys, except that she's damned hot.

* Creator/LeijiMatsumoto's Anime/QueenEmeraldas, as well as Kei Yuki and Miime on Anime/CaptainHarlock's crew.

* Captain Morgan Adams, played by Creator/GeenaDavis. in ''Film/CutthroatIsland''. Although, technically, she's a Pirate ''Hunter''.

* Synthre, a [[RunawayPrincess runaway alien princess]] and member of the Galatic Marauders, a band of SpacePirates in the ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Alien Enemies''.

** Zheng Yi Sao, or Ching Shih[[note]]literally "The Wife of Ching/Zheng"[[/note]] (who could be called a [[KingOfThieves Pirate Admiral or Pirate Queen]] given that she is believed to have commanded up to ''400'' ships) was ''[[OutscareTheEnemy absolutely terryfying]]'' in that she managed to hold an alliance of pirates with a [[HonorAmongThieves code of honor]] where breaches (such as disobeying orders, raiding protected villages, not sharing the plunder, {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing [[TheWomenAreSafeWithUs female captives]]) would likely result in death, and she managed to defeat the Chinese Dynastic navy and navies sent by England and Portugal with none of her fleet retreating because they would rather die in battle than [[TheMobBossIsScarier face her wrath]]. In the end, she ''negotiated'' her demise allowing her to [[RetiredOutlaw retire in peace]] with all her loot.

* Marika Kato from ''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates''. Also Chiaki Kurihara, [[spoiler:daughter of the captain of Barbarossa]], though it doesn't show. At one point, Marika's entire high school yacht club gets in on the act (briefly).

* Being the theme song singer for ''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates'', the members of Music/MomoiroCloverZ dressed as space pirate girls in their single "Mouretsu".

* ''VideoGame/PurateHunter'' has a female pirate captain as one of the mid-game bosses, and she's one of the faster, deadlier boss battles in the game, moving all around the deck and landing hits on you and your crew with ease.

Avast! Anyone caught making cheap jokes about [[PirateBooty "booty"]] or [[GagBoobs "treasure chests"]] will be made to WalkThePlank.

* Captain Bloodhawke from ''ComicBook/TheWarlord''; captain of a band of SkyPirates in the LostWorld of Skataris.
* Phondari, the Pirate Queen of Mars, from Dynamite Comics ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars''.

** Zheng Yi Sao, or Ching Shih[[note]]literally "The Wife of Ching/Zheng[[/note]] (who could be called a [[KingOfThieves Pirate Admiral or Pirate Queen]] given that she is believed to have commanded up to ''400'' ships) was ''[[OutscareTheEnemy absolutely terryfying]]'' in that she managed to hold an alliance of pirates with a [[HonorAmongThieves code of honor]] where breaches (such as disobeying orders, raiding protected villages, not sharing the plunder, {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing [[TheWomenAreSafeWithUs female captives]]) would likely result in death, and she managed to defeat the Chinese Dynastic navy and navies sent by England and Portugal with none of her fleet retreating because they would rather die in battle than [[TheMobBossIsScarier face her wrath]]. In the end, she ''negotiated'' her demise allowing her to [[RetiredOutlaw retire in peace]] with all her loot.

** Ching Shih (who could be called a Pirate Admiral or Pirate Queen given the number of ships she commanded)
*** It should be noted that she was ''[[OutscareTheEnemy absolutely terryfying]]'' in that she managed to hold an alliance of pirates (possibly up to 1800 ships) with a [[HonorAmongThieves code of honor]] where breaches (such as disobeying orders, raiding protected villages, not sharing the plunder, {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing [[TheWomenAreSafeWithUs female captives]]) would likely result in death, and she managed to defeat the Chinese Dynastic navy and navies sent by England and Portugal with none of her fleet retreating because they would rather die in battle than [[TheMobBossIsScarier face her wrath]]. In the end, she ''negotiated'' her demise allowing her to [[RetiredOutlaw retire in peace]] with all her loot.

* ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' have a sketch featuring a (male) pirate crew singing a song that sounds like they're bragging of conquests, but the last line of each verse reveals them to be unusually enlightened in their attitudes towards women (for example, a verse about a woman who gets so drunk she passes out ends "so we took her to bed, and rested her head, and we left 'cause that's what gentlemen do"). The last pirate to sing starts in on something that's clearly ''not'' going that direction, and he gets out about two lines before being shot dead by the (unseen before this point) female captain, of whom the other pirates are all visibly terrified.

* ''Fanfic/UponAFallingFeather'' has a cast populated entirely by ''MLP'''s main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female - primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).

* Charlotte de Berry is a (probably fictional) female pirate captain who stars in Edward Lloyd's ''History of the Pirates'', a "penny dreadful" or "penny blood" - cheap stories with a fairly gory or shocking theme written to entertain the masses.
* ''Hook's Revenge'' by Heidi Schulz features Jocelyn Hook, daughter of the famous Captain Hook, who takes on her own ship and crew [[spoiler: after the death of her father.]]

** Also two separate female "Red Corsairs" -- one a young Katrina Steiner on the run from her uncle's assassins (in backstory that's been alluded to but never actually detailed), one decades later a renegade Jade Falcon warrior [[spoiler: who was actually running a FalseFlagOperation for the Crusader Clans]] trying to use her own band of outcasts to break the Truce of Tukayyid and reignite the war between the Clans and the Inner Sphere.

* Although Playmobil usually manufactures male pirates, there have been at least two pirate girls - one as part of a pirate ship set and one in their "Fi?ures" line of mystery-bag characters.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}:'' Scylla of the Seacon Pirates of ''Beast Wars II''... theoretically. She's more concerned with doing whatever she feels like (usually harassing guys she's got a crush on) rather than helping her teammates pillage. However, her ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising'' incarnation is this trope in spades, complete with eyepatch and requisite accent, yar. But for some irony, that incarnation actually isn't a pirate - she's a leading member of LaResistance.

* Sally from ''VideoGame/ExitFate''. Might also be exaggerated, since she's "just" a young girl who owns her own ship. Her grandfather had been a famous {{pirate}}, but she herself isn't an actual one- just acts like one, complete with an accent.

** If you talk to her, she'll suggest that after the Collector business is over, you should take the ''Normandy'' and go pirate yourself - you can be the captain, and she'll be the [[StuffBlowingUp master of arms]], [[AxCrazy and do executions]].

* In ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' six-year-old Cream is the TokenGoodTeammate of the {{Sky Pirate}}s.

* ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'': Ann Sireina from ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier'' is the captain of the submarine Silent Vox, and wields a pair of HandCannon-tonfas. She's a buxom [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent half-]][[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] babe.

%%** Although Morgan [[IncrediblyLamePun LeFlay]] fits the description of this trope, she is '''not''' actually a pirate (this is even a plot point).%%How does she fit the description?

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': [[http://s111111919.onlinehome.us/shantae/ShantaePromo_RiskyGunPose.JPG Risky Boots]], the BigBad of the series. She's the self-proclaimed Queen of the Seven Seas and has her own crew of strange creatures called Tinkerbats. Shantae herself has a period of being one when circumstances [[EnemyMine force her and Risky to work together]] in the third game, ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse''.

TruthInTelevision--in rare instances. Pirates held many of the same prejudices and superstitions as other sailors, but, as they already existed on the fringes of society, were more likely to make exceptions. Historically, a number of female pirates did plough the seas along with the men, sometimes rising to positions of authority. Some did so by [[SweetPollyOliver disguising themselves as men]]; others found themselves among pirate groups who [[HonorAmongThieves didn't care about your gender]], as long as you [[EqualOpportunityEvil did your job in the crew]]. In the modern world, women might have a place on [[RuthlessModernPirates Ruthless Modern Pirate Ships]] (often referred to these days as maritime terrorists) depending on the local culture.

* ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'': Ann Sireina from ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier'' is the captain of the submarine Silent Vox, and wields a pair of HandCannon-[[DualTonfas tonfas]]. She's a buxom [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent half-]][[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] babe.

…and then there's the Pirate Girl, a young girl or woman who is part of a pirate crew. Except she is either [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory accepted by the roguish male crew]] without any apparent problem or explanation, or is part of a ship with [[AmazonBrigade an all female crew]]. Depending on age, she may or may not be a LittleMissBadass; either way, usually an ActionGirl. There are two types: one type would be either [[CuteBruiser cute]] or an statuesque. The much, much more common type is the [[TheLadette "bad girl"]].

** The one who acts most like a traditional pirate girl is surprisingly Nami. Besides drinking any of the guys under the table, she isn't nice (unless she's trying to scam you), and as the navigator she is completely in control of the ship, bar instructions from Luffy.

* Serra in ''ComicBook/{{Tellos}}''. A tough as nails sea captain who is in love with a thief. She sails around the world of Tellos.

* ''The Voyages of She-Buccaneer''. If Indiana Jones were a pirate, and a well endowed female, then that is exactly the type of tale you would find in the pages of She Buccaneer.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': In the "Silver Serpent" saga featured an all female cadre of SpacePirates who travel from planet to planet to steal that world's technology, recruit a small group of the females for membership and the remainder of the planet's people for food stock.

* Creator/MaureenOHara played this character -- notably as "Spitfire" Stephens opposite Creator/ErrolFlynn in ''Film/AgainstAllFlags''. She also appeared in ''The Black Swan'' (with Tyrone Power) and ''The Spanish Main'' (with Paul Henreid); she appears as a high-born lady of quality in both, but in the former changes into Pirate Girl garb in the final scene.

* The 2005 big budget pornographic film ''Pirates'' (also known as ''Pirates XXX'') starred Janine Lindemulder as Serena, the vicious first mate of the BigBad Captain Eric Victor Stagnetti, and Jesse Jane as Jules, her good guy counterpart among the pirate hunters. The sequel ''Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge'' adds Katsuni as Xifeng, a DragonLady pirate empress.

* Asha Greyjoy of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' was bred and groomed for this by her father, the lord of the Iron Islands. She's well loved by her crew, and is basically OneOfTheBoys, except that she's damned hot.

* In ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', Mick and Nate passes Amaya off as Dread Pirate Jiwe, who impresses even Blackbeard. In the future, a Captain Morgan-like spiced rum suddenly changes to Captain Jiwe spiced rum.

* ''Series/YancyDerringer'': In "The Fair Freebooter", Yancy must deal with a female pirate, Coco [=LaSalle=], who has stolen his shirt he ordered from Paris. Coco [=LaSalle=] returns in "The Wayward Warrior".

* Music/EmilieAutumn has always had one pirate captain since the first Asylum tour in 2007. The first was Captain Vecona who was also the Asylum seamstress and left the Bloody Crumpets after the first 2008 tour. The second was Captain Maggot who took over in fall 2008, she appears to be far more popular of a captain owing to her more pirate-y feel including being a drunkard who speaks like a pirate and having a costume that looks more like a pirate. She also is a circus performer in the real world, during the tours she stilt walks and hula-hoops.

* There are several songs out there celebrating Grace O'Malley, a real life Irish pirate. Music/TheDreadnoughts have a song about her, and there's a version of the Irish folk song "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile" about her as well.

* Members of metal band Zed Yago had a pirate image, so naturally the singer Jutta Weinhold was the pirate girl of the band. The band also has the song "Rebel Ladies", which is about the real life pirate women Ann Bonney and Mary Reed.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has had several female SpacePirates such as Morgan Fletcher, Suzy "One-Eye" Morgaine-Ryan and Paula "Lady Death" Trevaine, the latter are rare female MagnificentBastard.

* Ed Greenwood has mentioned a number of female pirates in his ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting material, including Thilana, Azla and Laershala of the Emerald Eyes.
** Azla fits the "DarkAndTroubledPast" part. She was a noble and a Cormyrean army officer, but came across a Zhent party bigger than her patrol could handle and ran. In self-exile, she became a pirate, then her high-end training kicked in and soon she was one of the most influential captains on the Pirate Isles, raiding Sembian targets (Cormyr's in a cold war with Sembia). She appeared in ''The Threat from the Sea''.

* ''Theatre/ThePirateQueen'' is a musical written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. It is based on the life and adventures of the 17th century Irish chieftain and pirate Grace O'Malley.

* In ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'', Polly (or, in some productions, Jenny) sings "Music/PirateJenny," a revenge fantasy about a chamber maid who dreams of being a pirate queen.

* Isabela from the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series. She's an NPC that teaches the Duelist specialty for rogue classes in the first game, but gets upgraded to party member and love interest in the second. Her status as ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything is justified in her ship having sunk before the start of the second game.

* Biggid from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' is a deconstruction. Because she's a TokenGoodTeammate of the crowd of rogues and wouldn't let her men raid villages, she is quickly betrayed once its found out she was adopted by the late Captain and wasn't his blood daughter. She is also not of the Pirate class which is AlwaysMale in the series.

* Spina, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/GoldenForce'' is an ass-kicing lady pirate who DualWield a pair of cutlasses on her enemies.

* "Cap'n" Ginny of ''VideoGame/MySims'' is obessed with pretending to be a pirate, and her best friend (boyfriend?) goes along with it. By ''[=MySims=] Kingdom'', she's moved on to a new profession, but her old obsession is still referenced by Vic Vector when you give him a figurine of her.

* ''VideoGame/PiratesNIX'', a pirate-themed arcade game ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Who could've guessed?]]) have you playing as two pirates, one of each gender, in search of lost treasure while battling hordes and hordes of hostile pirates. In two-player mode the second player gets the pirate girl by default.

* ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer'': Captain Wendy, Buccaneer Bebe, and Swashbuckler Red, Wendy, Bebe and Red's Adventure set cards.

** Velvet, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' is technically one, even though she doesn't looks the part.

* In ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII'' the Vampire Coast figures the important thing is being a treacherous undead abomination capable of holding together an army of zombie pirates through force of will and dark magic, and gender is pretty irrelevant to that. The vampire fleet admirals can be male or female, though the female ones have a more classic pirate look (wielding a cutlass and pistol, while male ones have a halberd), and the vampire captains are all female. One of their factions is also led by Aranessa Saltspite, a living woman with ''two'' peglegs who was an infamous pirate even before she started employing vampires to bolster her forces.

* In ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' six-year old Cream is the TokenGoodTeammate of the {{Sky Pirate}}s.

* In chapter 7 of ''Webcomic/WhispersInTheWind'', a few members of the pirate crew are revealed. Among them is Charlie, only woman in a crew of men.

* Avantika from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is an elven pirate, and the captain of the Squall-Eater. She's also a warlock of Uk'otoa, and serves as the antagonist during the Mighty Nein's time in the Swavain Islands.

* Ridiath plays this role in ''[[Literature/GutsandSass Guts and Sass: An Anti-Epic]]'', where she has been mentored and trained by the pirate crew into not being useless.

* Lydia Deetz dresses in a pirate girl get up as she recruits a pirate band in helping to find WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'s head in the episode "Quit While You're a Head."

* Kim, the 18 year old niece of Captain Barnibus Crab in ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopaka''. Kim is quite an ethusiastic apprentice pirate and often seems far better at the actual business of piracy than her uncle.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson Jeanne de Clisson]], the Lioness of Brittany; when her husband was executed by the French government for treason, she swore revenge against the French King and sold her ancestral lands to buy three warships, which she painted black with red sails. She then spent the next thirteen years plying the English channel, capturing and looting every French ship she could find and beheading any French noblemen she could find ''personally'' with a huge axe.

TruthInTelevision--in rare instances. Pirates, going out of their way to scorn law and flout custom, were just as likely to ignore 'a woman's place' as any other rule. Historically, a number of female pirates did plough the seas along with the men, sometimes rising to positions of authority. Some did so by [[SweetPollyOliver disguising themselves as men]]; others found themselves among pirate groups who [[HonorAmongThieves didn't care about your gender]], as long as you [[EqualOpportunityEvil did your job in the crew]]. In the modern world, women might have a place on [[RuthlessModernPirates Ruthless Modern Pirate Ships]] (often referred to these days as maritime terrorists) depending on the local culture.