History Main / TheLadette

** Within the book, there's a specific example in the character of Margot "Go" Dunne, Nick's sister/Amy's sister-in-law. She's [[{{Foil}} the opposite of Amy]] in many ways, enjoys "masculine" things such as hard liquor and dirty jokes while disliking traditionally feminine things, and is the [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] OnlySaneWoman. However, she's also a deconstruction -- it's heavily implied that growing up with an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and [[HeManWomanHater rabidly misogynistic]] father made Go reluctant to be seen as stereotypically feminine out of fear of being insulted and belittled by her father like her mother was.

* The main character of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZgrIJwviE this]] commercial.

* ''Series/BurnNotice'': Fiona Glenanne, guns and explosives loving ex-terrorist

** Sanakan may not be an adult, but she is crude, tactless, aggressive, quite vulgar, and eats with her mouth open. In combat, [[ScreamingWarrior she]] charges towards the enemy while swinging a [[DropTheHammer large hammer]] or {{BFS}}.

* Nearly every girl in ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', but most of all Power, who dresses sloppily, never showers , pays no mind to etiquette when speaking, only cares about her appearance for using her attractiveness to get what she wants out of her male teammates.

Despite (or perhaps because of) their masculine personalities, Lad-ettes are generally heavily sexualised and are not likely to let any males in the company forget they are female. They usually disdain the hassle of highly elaborately feminine clothing/hair/makeup, but don't often dress in a truly cross-dressing way; TankTopTomboy is a common Lad-ette style. They are also generally attractive in an UnkemptBeauty kind of way; a genuinely ''[[BrawnHilda ugly]]'' Lad-ette is very unusual. She may occasionally invoke BlemishedBeauty a nose that has obviously been broken at least once, or a well-placed scar may be part of her charms. Male characters may well be sexually interested in Lad-ettes for various reasons, whether it's an appreciation of their masculine personality and interests because they don't disapprove of laddish behaviour, because Lad-ettes have lower body modesty and a more practical attitude than more "ladylike" women and hence show more skin, or simply because of their assumed openness to the idea of casual sex. Or heck, some guys just like a girl who is going to take charge. In turn, a Lad-ette can be utterly shameless in [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey exploiting male sexual interest]] for her own personal advantage.

Compare and contrast with other tropes about women who look or behave in a traditionally "masculine" way: {{Bifauxnen}} (where the girl can effectively pass as a male - though ironically while lacking most of the 'masculine' behaviour of the Ladette); her ancestor, the PirateGirl; and her great-grandmother, who shares some of her mannerisms and points of view, but retains a more feminine image: TheFlapper. If that hot girl is acting like a guy because she's not 100% girl, it's a case of EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite. Sometimes, especially in anime and manga, one of these gets teamed up with a [[BifauxnenAndLadette more-refined masculine-acting character]].

* ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'': Akira is an interesting case; she definitely used to be this way in her childhood (to the point where Akatsuki briefly suspects she is actually a transvestite), but her public personality could hardly be more feminine. When not taking customers, however, aspects of this shine through. She's tough-as-nails as an instructor, and prone to competitiveness, but ironically she doesn't drink as much as Alicia (in the manga, anyways).The sex part is unconfirmable, though, due to NoHuggingNoKissing.

* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'': Forte is an obsessed GunNut.

** Alice the B-rabbit is not only the most powerful Chain in the Abyss, she also insults everyone she meets, likes to eat meat and fight, can win arm-wrestling matches. Her idea of greeting someone is by "biting" them on the cheek, and she loves to fight. [[spoiler: When she was human, she was also this. She liked to wear dark dresses as opposed to her sister, who is lady-like in every way. She also likes to sit down on and beat up her plushies.]]

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': [[ArtificialHuman Ryoko]] develops a taste for alcohol and {{space pira|te}}cy sometime after [[spoiler: escaping from her mother, Washu's, laboratory]]. But the way she carries on, you'd think she's been doing it all her life. She's also a shameless flirt (especially when drunk) and [[AllWomenAreLustful very aggressive]] in her pursuit of Tenchi.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol, who's not very traditionally feminine; she's loud, brash, a junk food fiend, and favours her hair in a short cut. She's also sporty (being the captain of her school's football/soccer team) and generally athletic, beating her school's ''entire'' American Football team at arm-wrestling, aspires to be a military pilot like her uncle [[Series/StargateSG1 Jack O'Neill]], or a SHIELD Agent like her cousin Sharon Carter and grandmother Alison Carter [[spoiler: and great-grandparents, Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers]]. [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak However, she also doesn't mind (and actually quite likes) fancy dresses every now and then, usually being her uncle Jack's plus one at parties after his divorce]] - what bothers her more is the behaviour that some, primarily her StayInTheKitchen father (who wants her to be more of a ProperLady), try to force on her.

** Within the book, there's a specific example in the character of Margot "Go" Dunne, Nick's sister/Amy's sister-in-law. She's [[{{Foil}} the opposite of Amy]] in many ways, enjoys "masculine" things such as hard liquor and dirty jokes while disliking traditionally feminine things, and is the [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] OnlySaneWoman. However, she's also a deconstruction - it's heavily implied that growing up with an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and [[HeManWomanHater rabidly misogynistic]] father made Go reluctant to be seen as stereotypically feminine out of fear of being insulted and belittled by her father like her mother was.

* Teres from ''Literature/KaneSeries''' ''Bloodstone'' is the only child of lord Malchion, ruler of Breimen, and his heir. To gain respect of male nobles and increase her chances of becoming the future ruler, she tries to become one of them: she is a competent fighter, wears masculine garb hiding her figure, drinks, swears and brawls alongside men - and even gets into a knife-throwing contest with her own father over who will spend the first night with their new ''female'' slave.

** Captain Jane Roland might be an example of a ''Man''ette -- which is to say, she has traits of The Lad-ette, but rather than acting like a stereotypical ''young'' man acts like an ''adult'' man, showing an easy emotional maturity most Lad-ettes don't. She smokes, drinks hard liquor, plays cards, speaks plainly, wears pants, sleeps with men she likes, and oh yeah, ''is in command of one of the deadliest dragons in the British Aerial Corps''. All this in the early 19th century. She usually has [[spoiler: or rather had, before being named a Peer and Admiral of the Air]] to fake ladylike appearance and dress outside of the coverts where the Aerial Corps spend most of their time, it is just that a certain strategically-critical breed of dragon will only accept female captains and so leeway must be granted resulting in a unique subculture.

* Naomi Landsman of ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'', a small-craft pilot and {{Determinator}}, who describes herself as a ButchLesbian "in everything but sexual preference." [[spoiler: [[VasquezAlwaysDies Oh and she's dead]] before the beginning of the novel.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Dorothy Gale "Ace" [=McShane=]. Companion to the Seventh Doctor. A juvenile delinquent who whipped up improvised explosives in her spare time, favored Doc Marten boots and Victorian menswear, and took out two Daleks single-handedly - one with a rocket launcher and one with a [[BatterUp enhanced baseball bat.]] It took an age-up and the novels for her to fully embrace the heavy drinking and casual hookups part, though the series guide says she did have a fling with space pirate Glitz while in her teens.

* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Marci's [[UncannyFamilyResemblance Identical Cousin]] is this trope in all but sexual preference; [[spoiler: Al even falls for her.]]

--->'''Arl Howe''': Well, well... Bryce Cousland's little spitfire? All grown up and [[StayInTheKitchen still playing the man]]!

* In ''Anime/GreatPretender'', Abigail "Abbie" Jones is a strong and taciturn con woman who is skilled in many kinds of combat, has an angry way of speaking, and whose "CatchPhrase" is FlippingTheBird at whoever's pissing her off.

* In the BritishSeries ''Series/WishMeLuck'', British Agent Mattie Firman is, [[TheForties unusually for the time]], a forthright, athletic woman who doesn't mince words, swears a lot--her CatchPhrase is "oh, SOD!"--is always willing to have a drink at the pub with the male cadets (and whup their asses in combat practice), and has one night stands, none of which are behaviors people approved of in women at the time. Even her {{Love Interest|s}} Colin/Cyrano is a bit thrown when [[FakeOutMakeOut after they]] sleep together, she says matter of factly "We don't have to make anything of it" and mentions picking up a guy at the movies for a fling the day before she shipped out.

* ''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk 2077}}'': V has the same personality regardless of gender, meaning that a female V is a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, car-obsessed, trigger-happy hedonist.

Despite (or perhaps because of) their masculine personalities, Lad-ettes are generally heavily sexualised and are not likely to let any males in the company forget they are female. They usually disdain the hassle of highly elaborately feminine clothing/hair/makeup, but don't often dress in a truly cross-dressing way; TankTopTomboy is a common Lad-ette style. They are also generally attractive; a genuinely ''[[BrawnHilda ugly]]'' Lad-ette is very unusual. Though a nose that has obviously been broken at least once, or a well-placed scar may be part of her charms. Male characters may well be sexually interested in Lad-ettes for various reasons, whether it's appreciation of their masculine personality and interests because they don't disapprove of laddish behaviour, because Lad-ettes have lower body modesty and a more practical attitude than more "ladylike" women and hence show more skin, or simply because of their assumed openness to the idea of casual sex. Or heck, some guys just like a girl who is going to take charge. In turn, a Lad-ette can be utterly shameless in [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey exploiting male sexual interest]] for her own personal advantage.

Note that this trope is not usually TruthInTelevision. Real people (yes even frat boys) don't act like this all the time. In fact usually this sort of behavior is to some extent an affectation. People usually act aggressively because they feel they have something to protect: their ego, another person, a secret etc. [[ThePigPen Lack of good hygiene]] can be a sign of depression or anxiety, or else a rebellion against an oppressive authority figure. Crudeness is a common trait of teenagers, since they have just discovered crude language and sexuality: so they are experimenting with it. Teenage girls just tend to do this experimentation when adults and boys aren't around, the Lad-ette is simply the girl who doesn't care. Someone who acts like this frequently may still have a softer side. Conversely, women who act more femininely most of the time may display this kind of behavior sometimes. As with many other tropes that are about women, this one is rather reductive.

* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'': Melissa Mao, depicted in the picture at the top of page. She is a Sergeant Major in Mithril, drinks ''way'' too much beer, smokes a lot, is a BigEater, and says very crude, foul language. Her hygiene is also pretty poor, as it's once shown that she left a bunch of cigarettes and at least 20 cans of beer on Tessa's coffee table. She even ran away from an arranged marriage to go join the marines (while still wearing her wedding dress). As for the sex part, she's very open about talking about it (as seen when she ruthlessly teases [[ChasteHero Sousuke]] and gets exasperated that he doesn't know what condoms are for). [[spoiler:She also apparently likes it a lot, as is revealed when she finally enters into a relationship with Kurz (they engage in sex multiple times a day).]]
* ''Literature/GoneGirl'' deconstructs this by highlighting the elements of male wish-fulfillment behind it, portraying this character type (referred to as the "Cool Girl") as popular among men because she flatters their interests and biases instead of calling out their boorishness or pressuring them to pull their lives together like an often-scorned WetBlanketWife would. [[spoiler:Pressure to live up to the ideal of the Cool Girl is what caused Amy to snap, [[FakingTheDead fake her death]], and frame her husband Nick for her murder.]] The full passage can be read on the Quotes page.

* Karlach from "VideoGame/BaldursGateIII". She's a barbarian bruiser from the infernal plane and has a cheery, "one of the boys" personality, but is still conventionally attractive with a feminine figure and face.

* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'': Played straight in the anime with Forte, what with being the obsessed GunNut that she is. Subverted with the game from which the anime was adapted (See the Video Games section entry).

* Captain Kanril Eleya from ''Fanfic/{{Bait and Switch|STO}}'' has traits of this. She's a Starfleet captain now and was a Bajoran Militia sergeant before that. She's a drinker (though not to excess, usually), she swears a lot, she pays attention to pro sports on Bajor, and she wasn't averse to casual sex before she fell in love with Gaarra (they met when she picked him up in a bar) and likes to take the lead.

* It was hinted at in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' canon, and ''FanFic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'' makes it explicit -- Ginny Weasley:
-->"I'm the only girl in a family of seven! I could belch the entire Chudley Cannons fight song by the time I was four, but Katie Bell had to tell me when I needed a bra and show me how to put the effing thing on, so don't act like I'm supposed to be some sheltered little flower about how boys are put together."
* Wrestling/BeckyLynch in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas.]]'' She curses like a drunken sailor, can drink almost anyone under the table, will kill you without a second thought and can do it easily, and delights in infuriating anyone around her. The only time she tries to "be girly" is when she and one of her CoDragons, Wrestling/BrookeTessmacher, seduced two EMT's so they could steal an ambulance as part of a bigger plan.
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, at various points there is [[FightingIrish Shauna O'Hennigan]], career Thief Steffi Gibbet, and a rising star might be [[{{Tykebomb}} Famke Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons]], a girl who aspired to pose as a boy and play scrum-half in a [[RugbyIsSlaughter fifteen-a-side]] team. And, of course, a lot of the younger witch-pilots in the [[Fanfic/ThePriceOfFlight Air Watch]], who fly hard and party harder.

* Teres from ''[[Literature/KaneSeries Bloodstone]]'' is the only child of lord Malchion, ruler of Breimen, and his heir. To gain respect of male nobles and increase her chances of becoming the future ruler, she tries to become one of them: she is a competent fighter, wears masculine garb hiding her figure, drinks, swears and brawls alongside men - and even gets into a knife-throwing contest with her own father over who will spend the first night with their new ''female'' slave.

* The Literature/InDeath series has Eve, who can't understand the appeal of anything feminine or frilly. In fact, she was downright panicked the time she had to host a bridal shower.

* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt:
** Beatrice Löwenström in ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}'' is pretty much a 19th century version of this trope. She's a tomboyish (but also bookish) proto-feminist, who competes with men in ice-skating and horse-riding. But despite that, and even though she's described as not that good-looking, she can also attract men if she wants to. And even though she never has ''casual'' sex, because that would have been unacceptable for a girl from her social class in that era, she has an affair with Seth before getting married to him, and that's enough for [[EvilUncle her own uncle]] to call her a slut.
** Magdalena Swärd in "De skandalösa" isn't quite as tomboyish as Beatrice, but still, she has a feisty proto-feminist attitude (and she's happy to not have to wear a corset during a costume party), that could make her qualify as a 17th-century version of this trope. And just like Beatrice, she is careful to not ruin her reputation by being promiscuous, but she still starts a highly sexual affair with her love interest (Gabriel) before they are married.
* The ''Literature/SagaOfRecluce'' has Tamra.

* Calamity Jane in the novels of Creator/JTEdson.
* In ''Literature/TheBridgeKingdomArchives'' [[TheProtagonist Aren]]'s twin sister, princess Ahnna, [[GenderIsNoObject Commander]] of the Southwatch. Always dressed to fight (although once she tries on a gown belonging to her brother's wife Lara -- out of curiosity, as she explains), likes to drink, uses foul language, and is a very capable warrior. By the end of book one, she also sports a big scar on her face. The same goes for Lia, Aren's former lover and a member of his personal guard.

* Carla from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' is abrasive and crass, likes watching sports games and playing poker with the guys, loves to listen in on tales of the guys' sex lives, and ReallyGetsAround. On multiple occasions, male characters imply or outright say that Carla "doesn't count" as a woman.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' offers a few examples, the first being Jane who needs coaching on how to be a friend, as most of her social circle is hanging out with the guys (and being really good at football). Bianca's profile suggests she'll be right at home with this trope too.

* ''Series/InPlainSight'' has Mary Shannon.

* Atalanta in the Hallmark adaptation of ''Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. Played for a bit of drama since she is in love with Jason but he considers them LikeBrotherAndSister (though he actually says "brother").

* ''Series/RadGirls'', the female equivalent of ''Series/JackAss''.

* ''Sharon Osbourne's Charm School''. Similarly to the ''Lad-ette to Lady'' example above, the contestants on the show.

* ''Square One TV'': one of the actresses, Cynthia Darlow, displayed a good PBS Kids version of a Lad-ette.

* On ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' it's Max. Bonus points for the TomboyishName.

* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'':
%%** Alex Russo fits this trope to a T.
%%** Stevie even more so.
** Of course it's common {{Fanon}} that Stevie is a lesbian and Alex is generally considered so... or in love with her brother.
** Alex's grandmother, Magdalena, seems to be a more elderly version of this:
--> '''Magdalena:''' "If I see one scratch on that bike, someone's gonna eat spokes."

* Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''. Among other things, she gets to the prince's castle by swimming through the moat, wrestles, lifts weights, and performs all of her songs in a loud, raucous manner. In fact, her preferred nickname isn't "Winnie"- it's Fred. Her brash and masculine behaviors are part of why many disapprove of her and Prince Dauntless as a couple.

** Marle has this as the entire beginning of her character arc.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran is famous for being a female character in a ''very'' masculine protagonist role where she gets to kick major ass. She wears a very bulky and intimidating suit of PoweredArmor, is rather un-feminine apart from her physical appearance (to a certain extent), and can even be seen [[http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Precita/Samus%20Aran/Samus_bar.gif hanging out at a bar]] in one ending of ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission''.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' the female Warden of the Dwarf Noble and Human Noble origins tends to lean into this trope. If the Warden is a female Noble Human and classed as a fighter, her mother with express some chagrin that she spends so much time sparring, sweating like a mule. During their final confrontation, Arl Howe mocks the Female Human Noble Warden for her unladylike behaviour.
--->'''Arl Howe''': Well, well... Bryce Cousland's little spitfire? All grown up and [[StayInTheKitchen still playing the man]]!
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
*** Aveline can hold her own in a fight rather better than most, is stubborn to a fault, and is rather masculine in temperament; she's rather more mature and less comfortable with courtship than most examples of this trope but she certainly behaves a lot more like a male character in a fantasy game than a female one. She's also described, despite being rather calm and reserved, as being so physically strong she's ''terrifying''. Isabela is a much better example: she enjoys her fights, drinks, gambling, big boats, and casual sex encounters, and she's not rude but loves to tease people with innuendo.
*** A Female Hawke with the sarcastic personality definitely falls into this category, being a witty, irreverent FightMagnet. At the end of the day she'd much prefer to head down to Lowtown and have a few drinks at ''[[GoodGuyBar The Hanged Man]]'', instead of attending formal balls and banquets with the nobility. Likewise, their mother is exasperated that her hopes of finding a "proper" husband are scuppered because her chosen romantic partners are either an ex-Warden Apostate, a Dalish Blood-Mage, a Pirate or an Elven ex-slave.

* Baiken of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is one of her world's greatest swordsmen, ever ready for a fight, and is similarly unrefined and brash in her behavior, down to her use of masculine pronouns in Japanese.

* ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' has Gene Petromolla, a tough-as-nails ComicBook/RedSonja-type [[DrivesLikeCrazy coachwoman]] with a rough masculine speech and [[OreOnna first-person pronouns]] pattern, who likes wine, is good friends with one of [[PetRat the local punks]], and enjoys the company of strong-willed manly men.
* Subverted in the case of Forte in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' if you pursue her route, where while she does like guns and shooting, she is firmly into dancing and is very much refined and cultured. Firmly established since the first game, where Tact, the main character, remarks on the supposed oddness of her using perfume. In his words:
-->'''Tact:''' I thought you'd say something like "The scent of gunpowder is my cologne!" or something.\\
'''Forte:''' Evidently, [[YouWatchTooMuchX you read too many novels]].
* Syrenne from ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' is a textbook example. Lowell actually comments that she doesn't count as a woman at one point, and gets knocked out with a bar stool for his trouble.
* Jun Kubota from ''VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo'' is a former Olympic-level wrestler who drinks lots of beer, rides a motorcycle, uses the UsefulNotes/{{Japanese Pronoun|s}} "ore" for herself, and has a reputation for being a merciless opponent. She does, however, have a GuiltyPleasure for stuffed animals and is quite the GeniusBruiser.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed with Chie Satonaka from ''VideoGame/Persona4''. She's a {{Tomboy}} who loves sports, beef, and fighting, and easily gets along with the guys, but secretly harbors a deep resentment towards her best friend Yukiko, who's both more feminine and more popular with the boys than she is. Her social link focuses on {{reconstruct|ion}}ing the trope and in the [[PlayableEpilogue epilogue]] of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'', [[spoiler:Chie sports a more feminine look, without compromising her {{tomboy}}ish character]].
** Before Chie, ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'' deconstructs Ulala Serizawa, [[TheHero Maya Amano's]] roommate. While she doesn't fully look or even act the part (she [[SupremeChef does all the cooking for herself and Maya]], wears thick makeup and a lacy dress, and even handles all of Maya's wardrobe, as revealed in ''Innocent Sin''), she is abrasive, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]], loves alcohol, and is an avid boxer. As time passes, we learn that it's all a cover for her [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex low self-esteem]]; despite having a lot of skills under her belt, she's stuck at a dead-end job and has been swindled by a number of past boyfriends, whereas Maya has a prolific editing job and is constantly fawned on by men. This jealousy and fear that her life has no meaning comes to a head when [[spoiler:she drunk-dials JOKER, as calling him allows the caller to kill whomever they wish, and she nearly turns into a Joker herself]]. CharacterDevelopment helps her out with this.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent''
** Ashe has some rather crude language and a habit of going skydiving without a parachute while carrying a customized Buster Gun which has more powerful shots than normal. She was raised by mercenaries and has a desire to [[IJustWantToBeSpecial make a name for herself]], which explains her personality.
** Atlas is a BloodKnight SocialDarwinist who treats everyone else gruffly and believes MiseryBuildsCharacter due to her past, which involves [[DarkAndTroubledPast being an orphan and soldier of a country torn by war]]. To drive it home, she's the Chosen One of [[PlayingWithFire Model F]], himself a BloodKnight who comes equipped with two giant {{Hand Cannon}}s that can [[MegatonPunch punch through metal obstacles]].
* Iysayana from ''Byteria Saga'', an elf who is culturally human, is a cross between this, a HardDrinkingPartyGirl and the [[ReallyGetsAround village bicycle]]. She cares about her feminine appearance but behaves like a stereotypical guy otherwise.
* The ultraviolent, light-fingered and scantily-clad Jinx in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is mostly a ComicBook/TankGirl {{Expy}}, with a dash of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Harley Quinn]].
** Vi is a [[GoodCopBadCop loud, rude, fight-happy cop]] who was beating up criminals with her fists for quite a while before joining the force to do it legally.
* Iselmyr from ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', a loud, violent, crude, and borderline psychotic woman with an incredibly thick [[ViolentGlaswegian Hylspeak accent]] who enjoys starting fights, finishing fights, and occasionally [[ButchLesbian flirting with pretty women]]. Of course, she can't get into too much trouble, seeing as [[spoiler:she's a previous reincarnation turned SplitPersonality to the quiet, ComicallySerious, and male wizard Aloth]].
* Amiri from ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' is an aggressive and loud barbarian woman with a potty mouth, a huge sword, and always in the mood for a good scrap with monsters.
* Undyne from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is loud, rude, loves fighting with a passion... And then there's her tendency to involve projectile vomiting in her puzzle ideas.
* Pretty hilariously, Kyu from ''VideoGame/HuniePop''. Why hilarious? Because Kyu is also a ''[[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairy]]''.
-->'''Kyu:''' ''[after eating pizza]'' Mmmmmm, ''fuck'', that's good! Yo, I'm about to bust a nut over here!
** Of the game's human characters, [[HotTeacher Aiko Yumi]] also qualifies. She's very swear-happy, has a high sex drive and speaks very casually about what she likes in bed, will [[{{Gasshole}} burp loudly and laugh about it]] if you try to give her food when she's full, and is one of the few characters who'll take alcohol at any time of day.
--->'''Aiko:''' That was a pussy drink! Hit me with something stronger!
* In ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'', female player characters behave just like their male counterparts; only differing in their body shape and voice. Although they apparently aren't too happy about this, since [[EasySexChange switching genders]] sometimes causes them to [[MediumAwareness complain about the writers being too lazy to give them different personalities]].
* Similarly, if you create a female Boss in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games, she'll act identically to a male Boss.
* 2B from ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''. Don't let her looks fool you; stoic, calculated, cold, dutiful, and able to kick robot ass with the rest of the guys, she definitely has a masculine-leaning personality for these reasons and more, one of the [[ActionGirl ma]][[MsFanservice ny]] reasons fans admire her character.
** A2 as well, arguably even moreso due to possessing a foul-mouthed, bitter, angry, and aggressive attitude in contrast.
* ''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk 2077}}'': V has the same personality regardless of gender, meaning that a female V is a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, car-obsessed, trigger-happy hedonist.

* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' has the Nitro Squad member/former trophy girl Ami retooled into one. Besides being really enthusiastic about racing and acting less dainty than the other girls, she has a [[TomboyishVoice raspy voice]] and an [[AmazonianBeauty athletic build]] that she likes to show off at any opportunity.
* In ''VideoGame/BugFables,'' the Ant and Bee Kingdoms are, as in real life, [[LadyLand almost entirely female.]] Soldier ants in particular tend to be [[TopHeavyGuy Top Heavy Gals]] who wear lots of armor, are gruff, and who love to get into scraps. Soldier bees, meanwhile, tend to be very dedicated to their jobs.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4,'' Forte is a downplayed example. She's a tough lady knight who defends the townsfolk, is highly dedicated to her training, and is much more formal than the other girls. She's also set up as an [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy obvious foil]] to her younger brother Kiel, who has traditionally feminine interests like romance novels and housework. However, she's actually very polite, and she has a few [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak girly traits]] (such as a love of sweets) she keeps to herself.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' games, not only do the Inkling girls fight just as hard as the boys, Callie takes it a step further with "Bomb Rush Blush", a song about the joys of wreaking havoc with her favorite ink-dispensing weapon.

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'':
** Faye is like this, to a certain extent. Subverted in that she is recognized as being an alcoholic and, at times, a total bitch. Plus, you know, the daddy issues.
** A straighter example would be Natasha (a.k.a. Nat). No love for hygiene, rude, crude, and often inappropriate. And once passed out topless on the copying machine at her workplace.
** May is also a good example. She's crude, tomboyish, and wants to be a fighter jet.
* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' Jodie as shown [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/403 here]], and {{lampshaded}} [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/530 here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'' Charon is the poster-child for this trope.
* ''Webcomic/{{Bomango}}'': Gogo is a NighInvulnerable tall muscle-bound BoisterousBruiser and BigEater. [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/The-Morrigan-Induction-288872616 One time she is shown joining an all-male rugby team.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' Wonderella.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' Zii.
* Pauline from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''

* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' Otsana, {{Justified|Trope}} as she is a real live cavewoman. Her introductory bio states "She likes smashing things and meat."
* ''Webcomic/RumorsOfWar'' Illyra likes to party and have fun -- which can include ConversationalTroping and trashing bozos. She thinks the rest of her adventuring party (including the devil-may-care AntiHero) need to lighten up. She gets the closest to vice she can in a setting that doesn't acknowledge [[LighterAndSofter drinking, swearing, or sex]]. Not a [[PlayingWithATrope straight]] example, however, since she [[PimpedOutDress wears a dress]] and actually [[GeniusBruiser has a good deal of cunning]].

* Shelly of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' tends towards this at times.

* Cho of ''Webcomic/{{Kagerou}}'' fits the trope to a T.

* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', the AntiHero Princess.

* Billy is every inch the Lad-ette in ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'', though she's an unusual bisexual-leaning-towards-lesbian example. She drinks, swears, rides a motorcycle, and expresses affection for her best friend Duncan by kicking his ass in fights.
* Adrestia from ''[[{{Webcomic/morphe}} morphE]]''. She [[SirSwearsALot has a foul mouth]], [[SatisfiedStreetRat was raised on the streets]], and [[TheBrute is physically the strongest of the heroes by a wide margin]].
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen often acts like this, especially her early characterization when she relished being considered "[[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2003-07-22 one of the guys]]".

* ''WebVideo/MirandaSings'': The Ballinger Girls. Rachel has an athletic body, enjoys working out, and has a more "masculine" fashion sense, while Colleen, seemingly the more feminine of the two, is a {{Gasshole}} with a crude sense of humour.

* Amethyst from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' picks her nose a lot, shapeshifts as a male wrestler for the heck of it, pees in the ocean, and eats without any table manners. This is just half of her normal behaviour.

* Wendy from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is a FieryRedhead who has [[RaisedByDudes a bunch of brothers]], [[MightyLumberjack a father who's infamous (and named) for being manly]], usually wields an axe as her signature weapon, [[DudeMagnet is very attractive]], and mostly acts like OneOfTheBoys. She [[BloodKnight loves a good brawl]], sits with her legs apart, gives friendly arm punches, and in "Weirdmageddon: Part 1", is thrilled at the prospect of driving a tank.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': Miu Iruma has a much more feminine outfit than Asahina and Owari, but her personality does speak for it. She's also an OreOnna like Owari, but she takes it further with using "ore-sama". Iruma is overly confident, has a big ego, insults people a lot, and uses a lot of sex jokes. Although, her arrogance seems more like a mask than anything to compensate for her lack of confidence. She's a GadgeteerGenius, which makes her talent less feminine than Asahina's and Owari's, but she's very proud of her beauty, [[BigBreastPride notably her giant breasts]] (that even surpasses Owari's) that are second only to [[BoobsOfSteel Oogami's]]. She also [[InsultBackfire has a sexual fetish for being insulted and degraded]] (with SlutShaming clearly being her favorite form of insult to have thrown at her), so it's possible she only acts the way she does purely to provoke people into insulting her.

* ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'': Avery is a former stripper and skilled horsewoman who takes a job among the RatedMForManly ranch hands. She fearlessly volunteers to sleep in the same bunkhouse as the other men and engages in all the same past times as they do.

* Janis Joplin was another RealLife one of these.

* Music/{{Kesha}}. Or at least the character she plays in her songs.
* Interestingly enough, Music/LadyGaga. During her concerts, she's loud, and crass, swearing and grinding on her dancers, and generally pissing off the MoralGuardians with her decidedly unladylike behavior all while having a blast. Has also stated she would carry around a razor in her mouth when she was growing up in UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}}.

* Grace Slick of Music/JeffersonAirplane. A large part of her allure was based on the fact that her appearance was very feminine, while her personality was very masculine. (She has been retired from music since 1989.)

* Music/MileyCyrus adopted this persona around the ''Bangerz'' period of her career, initiated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKLd9p4x3w "We Can't Stop"]] and its SurrealMusicVideo. This was also cemented by her VMA 2013 performance, in which she behaves in a raunchy and provocative manner, twerking against Music/RobinThicke and groping one of her dancers while wearing a [[NudeColoredClothes flesh-colored rubber bikini]]. Most of her songs and public behaviour were based around the concept of a sex-crazed, pharmaceutically-unbalanced FormerChildStar going to extremes to demolish her former ContractualPurity, although for those who were paying attention it was clear that she was a lot more in control than [[{{Kayfabe}} she was pretending]].

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* Queen Christina of Sweden, who even dressed up as a man.
* UsefulNotes/CalamityJane
* Alice Glass of ''Crystal Castles'', as well
* Music/AmyWinehouse
* Music/BillieHoliday was known for often being even more fond of drinking, brawling, gambling, and sex than the bands she toured with; in fact, she won so much money in dice rolls when touring with Dizzy Gillespie's band that she actually had to buy Christmas gifts for the families of the losers.
* Blues singer Memphis Minnie was known for being a tough woman who could hold her own and defend herself against anyone who would try to mess with her. She was also considered a guitarist up level with her male compatriots.
* UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat was seen as this.
* Music/CourtneyLove
* Denise Van Outen, Sara Cox, Donna Air actually any number of young, female British TV presenters of TheNineties.
* Creator/DrewBarrymore: She is a Barrymore, you know. She partied harder than you when she was ''eleven''.
* Creator/EmilyYoucis, the creator of ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'', is a good real-life example of this trope. She's pretty energetic and outspoken, likes to drink, makes sexually explicit and violent videos, and swears quite a bit.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand George Sand]], the MoustacheDePlume of novelist Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. She was notorious for wearing men's clothes and smoking cigars in public, at a time when this was considered shocking behavior for a woman.
* Music/GirlWritesWhat
* Grace Slick from Music/JeffersonAirplane
* Gretchen Wilson both lampshades and subverts this in "One Of the Boys".
* Music/JanisJoplin
* [[http://www.gq.com/women/photos/200911/january_jones_mad_men_cover_story January Jones]], apparently. (She loves beer and football, among other things.)
* Music/JoanJett
* Christine McVie of Music/FleetwoodMac
* UsefulNotes/JulieDAubigny: Though she had a quite successful career as an opera singer in the 17th century, she had a life that reads like the one of [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]].
** Ran away from UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} with a young man at age 18.
** Ended up in Marseille, where she made money by fighting duels.
** Seduced a nun and was tried for kidnapping and setting fire to a convent. It gets better: The girl was actually put in the convent by her family in the first place to keep her ''away'' from d'Aubigny and avoid a scandal. Not to be denied, d'Aubigny joined the convent herself.
** Pardoned by the King, and returned to UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}.
** Started a duel at a royal ball over a girl.
** Escaped from the law to Brussels, where she had an affair with the duke of Bavaria.
** Returned to France when she was pardoned, again.
** And she wasn't the only one. Opera singers in the 17th century were what rock stars are today, stereotypical behaviour included.
* Lisa Marie Presley, Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}' daughter
* Creator/LucyLawless worked as a miner in Australia when she was 19. Miners are pretty hardcore types even from the guys' perspective.
* Music/NickiMinaj started out with this sort of image but has moved increasingly away from it.
* Music/{{Pink}} often presents herself this way.
* Creator/SarahSilverman seems to pride herself on being as vulgar and unladylike as possible.
* Creator/TallulahBankhead could be considered an early Hollywood example, particularly with regards to her unapologetically brash attitudes toward sex.
* Music/{{Rihanna}}
* Creator/ZoeBell
* Ada "Byron" Lovelace. While literally inventing computer programming over a century before computers existed isn't typical of the Ladette, getting it published by fooling people into thinking "Byron" was her first name, is. Given her father was Creator/LordByron, this shouldn't be much of a surprise.
* French multi-sport athlete turned Nazi spy Violette Morris dressed like a man, smoke, drank hard, and was noted for having a foul mouth and getting into fights. As a younger woman, she was also a proficient and decorated athlete, and was no stranger to competing against men, including winning the French national boxing championship as the only female entrant. She even reportedly underwent a double mastectomy to better fit inside the seat of a race car. The French eventually ordered her to be ladylike and forbade her from doing all the athletic masculine things she loved, which was her reason for siding with the Nazis against France.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida is the biggest example among the Disney Princesses, if not the only one. She's loud, crude, unruly, HotBlooded, is more interested in archery, riding horses, or training with her father, and is completely lacking in good manners or elegance. It provides the contrast between her and Elinor, who wants Merida to be a ProperLady.

* Charlie from ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', minus the more 'adult' aspects of this trope. Charlie collects model cars and is big into car repair, and dresses in a very tomboyish manner: jeans, band shirts, boxers, shorts.
* Megan in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'' - sexually forward, not exactly a dainty eater and she even enthusiastically suggests setting up a female fight club for the bachelorette party.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Marceline is portrayed this way, mostly due to her willingness to fight everyone and everything, as well as the sheer joy she experiences from doing so. Not to mention fitting the hygiene part too, as displayed in episodes (most notably in "Marceline's Closet") where she is seen not washing her hands after using the bathroom, and remarking that her armpits stink.

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Despite (or perhaps because of) their masculine personalities, Lad-ettes are generally heavily sexualised and are not likely to let any males in the company forget they are female. They usually disdain the hassle of highly elaborately feminine clothing/hair/makeup, but don't often dress in a truly cross-dressing way; TankTopTomboy is a common Lad-ette style. They are also generally attractive; a genuinely ''[[BrawnHilda ugly]]'' Lad-ette is very unusual. Though a nose that has obviously been broken at least once, or a well placed scar may be part of her charms. Male characters may well be sexually interested in Lad-ettes for various reasons, whether it's appreciation of their masculine personality and interests because they don't disapprove of laddish behaviour, because Lad-ettes have lower body modesty and a more practical attitude than more "ladylike" women and hence show more skin, or simply because of their assumed openness to the idea of casual sex. Or heck, some guys just like a girl who is going to take charge. In turn, a Lad-ette can be utterly shameless in [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey exploiting male sexual interest]] for her own personal advantage.

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Misato is not particularly feminine but is loud, likes driving fast, and drinking a lot (as she proved in Asuka’s birthday party).

* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Misato enjoys eating junk food, drinking heavily and being loud, uncouth and slovenly. It’s so bad that Asuka identifies her apartment automatically when she smells the beer and curry. Shinji was disturbed by it, so he took surreptitious steps to talk her into cutting down the booze and junk food.

-->”I’m the only girl in a family of seven! I could belch the entire Chudley Cannons fight song by the time I was four, but Katie Bell had to tell me when I needed a bra and show me how to put the effing thing on, so don’t act like I’m supposed to be some sheltered little flower about how boys are put together.”

** To a lesser extent, [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]], or at least her Windows incarnation, who speaks rather coarsely and tends to beat people up and [[KleptomaniacHero take]] [[MemeticMutation their precious things.]]

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' had Roz, who, while classier than Carla from ''Cheers,'' was still tough-talking, [[ReallyGetsAround very openly sexual]], and ''definitely'' the [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy more masculine in her and Frasier's friendship]]. In one episode, Martin invited Roz to join his weekly poker game with his drinking buddies--something he'd never even done with his own sons.

** Robin, her dad having actually raised her as his son. Her full legal name is ''Robin [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Charles]] Scherbatsky Junior''. Her being Canadian often comes up in relation to this, usually for laughs. Her doppelganger was also a ButchLesbian.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol, who's not very traditionally feminine; she's loud, brash, a junk food fiend, and favours her hair in a short cut. She's also sporty (being the captain of her school's football/soccer team) and generally athletic, beating her school's ''entire'' American Football team at arm-wrestling, aspires to be a military pilot like her uncle [[{{Series/StargateSG1}} Jack O'Neill]], or a SHIELD Agent like her cousin Sharon Carter and grandmother Alison Carter [[spoiler: and great-grandparents, Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers]]. [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak However, she also doesn't mind (and actually quite likes) fancy dresses every now and then, usually being her uncle Jack's plus one at parties after his divorce]] - what bothers her more is the behaviour that some, primarily her StayInTheKitchen father (who wants her to be more of a ProperLady), try to force on her.

* The Literature/KinseyMillhone series. The titular character, although she softens a bit in the later books.

* ''Literature/TalesOfAnMazingGirl'' is more of a nerd than a pure Ladette -- but she will still get drunk and fool around -- only she does it at ''TableTopGame/Warhammer40000'' tournament, not a bar.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Suika and Yuugi both share this trait (along with HardDrinkingPartyGirl and CuteBruiser), and it is implied to be common to all female [[TheOgre oni]] in the series. Notably, the {{bifauxnen}} characters of the series are relatively more feminine.

* ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' has Gene Petromolla, a tough-as-nails Comicbook/RedSonja-type [[DrivesLikeCrazy coachwoman]] with a rough masculine speech and [[OreOnna first-person pronouns]] pattern, who likes wine, is good friends with one of [[PetRat the local punks]], and enjoys the company of strong-willed manly men.

** {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed with Chie Satonaka from ''VideoGame/Persona4''. She's a {{Tomboy}} who loves sports, beef, and fighting, and easily gets along with the guys, but secretly harbors a deep resentment towards her best friend Yukiko, who's both more feminine and more popular with the boys than she is. Her social link focuses on {{reconstruct|ion}}ing the trope and in the [[PlayableEpilogue epilogue]] of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'', [[spoiler:Chie sports a more feminine look, without compromising her [[{{Tomboy}} tomboyish]] character]].

* Amiri from ''Videogame/PathfinderKingmaker'' is an aggressive and loud barbarian woman with a potty mouth, a huge sword, and always in the mood for a good scrap with monsters.

* ''Webvideo/MirandaSings'': The Ballinger Girls. Rachel has an athletic body, enjoys working out, and has a more "masculine" fashion sense, while Colleen, seemingly the more feminine of the two, is a {{Gasshole}} with a crude sense of humour.