"Where ya gonna find another girl who can shoot the eye out of a Bug at two hundred meters?"
Action Girls in Western animated series.— Dizzy Flores, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Niko from Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, who also had Psychic Powers. Galaxy Rangers also boasted Action Girl recurring characters like Princess Maya, Annie O, and Audra Miles.
- Princess Jasmine is more of a Damsel out of Distress than a proper Action Girl in Aladdin. However, in the TV show spinoff, she graduates to this trope.
- Clover on All Hail King Julien serves as Julien's body guard and special ops.
- Rose from American Dragon: Jake Long. She is actually a highly skilled hunter, trained by the Huntsclan to fight and slay dragons.
- The title character from Atomic Betty is a spacefaring superheroine.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender has a lot of them:
- Toph is a small blind girl who is introduced beating up a large earthbender named: "The Boulder", and later defeats him, and a bunch of other wrestlers, easily.
- Katara started off as incompetent but as the series went on she graduated to Master Waterbender and full on Action Girl.
- Suki and her Kyoshi warriors, who were inspired by...
- Avatar Kyoshi, who created an island by splitting it off from the continent during a battle.
- Avatar Yanchan is never seen fighting, but as an Avatar can be presumed to be this.
- Any female character is awesome in their own right, like Azula's Quirky Miniboss Squad.
- Sequel Series The Legend of Korra has a few as well.
- Korra the current Avatar, a Child Prodigy, Lightning Bruiser and Spirited Competitor when wielding her considerable Elemental Powers.
- Chief Lin Bei Fong: Head of Republic City police, metal bender and Toph's daughter.
- Korra also has Asami, a continuation of the Avatar 'verse's Badass Normal tradition and Korra's eventual girlfriend in the bargain. She's a polite young lady living in Republic City, and has had extensive self-defense training.
- The two little Airbending girls, Jinora and Ikki. With their creative air-bending they make fine fighters.
- Katara's daughter, Kya, a master Waterbender like her mother.
- Suyin Bei Fong, Toph's other daughter. As tough as her sister with a less traditional fighting style.
- Suyin's daughter, Opal, grew into one once she got the hang of her Airbending.
- Uniqua and Tasha from The Backyardigans are preschool-friendly action girls.
- Ben 10:
- Gwen has a few action girl moments in the first season of the original series. After she starts learning magic, she becomes consistenly more useful in battle and is a powerful sorceress by the time of the sequel series.
- Max's alien ex-girlfriend Xylene has powerful telekinetic powers and is very capable in battle. She was also the one that fired the shot that put Vilgax on life support for most of the first season.
- Carbine, a recurring character on Biker Mice from Mars.
- Beth Tezuka from Bravest Warriors. She frequently fights alien monsters with her teammates.
- Mira Nova, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- Shao Lin from Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys.
- Chaotic.
- Sara. Admittedly, she looks like the Faux Action Girl for most of the first season, and is quickly defeated in the first battle she has, but the first battle of hers that the viewer actually sees is one of the most intense combats in the series up to that point.
- Some female creatures on the show also provide examples, such as Intress, Laarina, and Takinom.
- Gadget from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers can turn into one if need be, especially in "The Case of the Cola Cult".
- Yumi Ishiyama from Code Lyoko. Aelita also grows into one throughout the series, to settle it starting Season 3.
- The girls of the Codename: Kids Next Door, including Numbuh Three (Kuki Sanban), Numbuh Five (Abigail Lincoln) and Numbuh Three Sixty Two (Racheal McKenzie).
- Valerie Gray from Danny Phantom. She's been stated as a ninth-degree martial artist despite being only 14.
- Elise of Dan Vs. as Action Wife. Which is why Dan doesn't add her to his revenge list. He's too scared of her.
- Candy from Dave the Barbarian. Sometimes parodied, sometimes played straight. Also Fang, Candy's much more aggressive younger sister.
- The Dragon Prince has several examples. First we see the elven assassin Rayla. She is a 15-year-old girl, but more than capable of fighting against adult men and even against other elven assassins. She travels with two boys, and in her group she is undoubtedly the fighter who protects the boys.
- And there is also Claudia. While she is a witch rather than a fighter, she is still courageous and does not fear dangers. After the end of the second season, she is probably more in the direction of Dark Action Girl.
- Amaya is even a general, and a good example for Badass Normal. She can not only hold well against elven fighters, but is also by far the strongest fighter among the soldiers.
- A flashback shows her sister Sarai, who was even superior in martial arts to her husband, King Harrow. How badass she really is, is shown by the fact that she is fighting a dragon so that her husband, his court magician and a group of injured soldiers can escape.
- Queen Aanya is later shown to be a fantastic archer, using that skill to take down super-powered monster soldiers in a huge battle.
- Later seasons can show more examples because gender plays no role in the assassins and soldiers.
- Leela from Futurama. Easily the most badass person on the crew.
- Elisa Maza in Gargoyles (except in the case of gravity).
- And Fox, and Demona, and Angela, and Princess Katherine... Heck, every female in Gargoyles fits this, even Maggie the Cat is a superhumanly strong, winged mutant who can shoot lightning bolts from her hands.
- All the girls from the G.I. Joe cartoon could fight just as well as their male counterparts.
- It should be noted that the term "Action Girl" was potentially originated from the G.I. Nurse of the 1961 figure line as the Distaff Counterpart of "Action Man".
- Jessica from Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return, as she proves by single-handedly defeating the Big Bad's pet dragon and knocking down Orrore Profondo (the second strongest of the Volcano Gormiti).
- Gravity Falls: Mabel, Candy, and Grenda have all displayed definite Action Girl traits.
- "Into the Bunker" proves that Wendy is most definitely one of these. Pacifica also handled herself petty well in "The Golf War" and further cements her action girl status in "Northwest Mansion Mystery".
- Femme Fatale Viper of Jackie Chan Adventures, plus Adult Jade.
- Jade Armor: The show is full of them: We have the titular hero, her mother, her grandmother, her great-grandmother and two of her four villains, all women who are not afraid to trade punches.
- Jem and her band were no strangers to action...neither were their rivals, the Misfits.
- Like father like daughter, and so we get Jessie Bannon from Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures. Played hilariously when Jonny refuses to shoot a villain, but Jessie picks up the pistol and says she hasn't got that problem.
- Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman, Justice League. In Unlimited we gain Huntress, Black Canary, and Vixen.
- Fiona from Kid vs. Kat. Although she prefers to channel her skills into sports, she can still hold her own when she gets in trouble.
- Kim Possible beats up super-villains for kicks, using only her cheerleading skills. She can do anything indeed.
- Yori and even Zita when she needed to be, making Ron ask, "Are all girls like this, or just the ones I know?"
- Both Kim and Yori double as The Action Girlfriend.
- The Land Before Time: Cera. You have to respect a girl who can shatter rocks with her head.
- Kiva of Megas XLR. She was a very skilled mech pilot before she got sent back in time, and can handle a fight physically too.
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous Ladybug as Ladybug.
- Moana of Moana, being the only daughter of a chief, is typically portrayed like this in true Disney Princess style.
- Evy and Yanit from The Mummy: The Animated Series.
- In My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, All of the starring mares get their turn. Most obvious are Rainbow Dash and Applejack, while Twilight Sparkle is a Badass Bookworm, Pinkie Pie is an Earth pony who can catch up to even Rainbow Dash, Rarity should never be kept prisoner, and Fluttershy's outbursts can be... surprising.
- Ninjago brings us Nya, who takes down a horde of skeleton warriors on her own in one of the mini movies. She then creates a samurai alter ego and even surpasses her male teammates in fighting at some points. It took them ''forever'' to figure it out. She learns in season 6 that she possesses the elemental power of water and trains to be a ninja alongside the rest of the team.
- Most of the major female characters on Phineas and Ferb get a chance to play Action Girl at some point or another. Recurring character Vanessa may be the best example, though Candace, Isabella and the other Fireside Girls get plenty too. Candace once wrestled an alligator for an Achievement Patch. The very fact that this was an Achievement patch for preteen girls speaks volumes about the Fireside Girls.
- In the movie Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension the alternate versions of Isabella and the Fireside girls (who are called "Firestorm Girls" according to Word of God), more so than their normal counterparts. Candace-2 is more a Lady of War. One only needs to see Candace-2's first encounter with the Norm-bots for proof.
- Agent L in Men in Black: The Series.
- All three of The Powerpuff Girls. They fight to the degree that it's a rite of passage for kaiju to get beaten by them.
- Ms Bellum. She is one of the most accomplished martial artists in the series, capable of going toe to toe with Sedusa.
- Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders has the titular heroines themselves: Gwen, Fallon and Tamara, the magical defenders of the Kingdom of Avalon.
- Ready Jet Go! has Sydney, who can slip into this territory at times, most notably in "Back to Bortron 7".
- From ReBoot, all of the main female characters were more than capable of holding their own, though AndrAIa was the only one to be consistently in the fight. Dot and Mouse were more often used for their command and technical skills.
- Spinelli from Recess.
- Samurai Jack: The Scotsman's Wife. She singlehandedly beats an entire army of demons that both her husband and Jack — the two most badass warriors ever — had trouble fighting. She starts off the fighting by punching a Celtic demon god in the gut because said god called her fat. She's also the only person Jack has ever, without question, ran away from a fight with.
- Likewise from the final season, Ashi after her Heel–Face Turn. Dear God, Ashi. Just watch her jawdropping battle with the Orc Army or her fight against the Dominator for a demonstration.
- Scooby-Doo's Daphne Blake has been changed from her old Damsel in Distress image into action-scene multi-skilled in nearly every animated (and live-action) appearance starting since at least 1998, often to the surprise of her friends as a Running Gag.
- She-Ra: Princess of Power has the title character, as well as Huntara, a purple-skinned Grace Jones lookalike who has no powers except a bunch of really cool weapons, but held her own against She-Ra in a one-on-one fight. Other girls count too. The guys were usually Dudes in Distress which is understandable since the show was created as the girl's version of He-Man.
- The tomboyish Dahlia and superpowered Lana of Skyland.
- Sally Acorn, Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM). Also, Bunnie Rabbot. The two are The Leader and The Big Guy of their Five-Man Band.
- Wendy from South Park has shown herself to be a fairly decent fighter and is capable of kicking Cartman's ass in "Breast Cancers Show Ever".
- Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob SquarePants before being flanderized into a Gadgeteer Genius.
- Her ancestor, the Dark Knight, was badass enough to survive underwater without a fishbowl helmet.
- Staines Down Drains: Mary-Jane tries to be this, but it usually gets her into trouble.
- Shaak Ti, Asajj Ventress (a Dark Action Girl) and even Padme has her moments in Star Wars: Clone Wars.
- Also many female Jedi from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, most notably Ahsoka Tano. Padme also qualifies in this as well as any other females.
- The Gems from Steven Universe. They (Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl) are magical warriors who protect humanity with their unique abilities (Super-Strength, Voluntary Shapeshifting, Mental Image Projecting, etc.) and weaponry (Power Fists, a whip, and a spear).
- Nova from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go fits this perfectly. Want proof? Her weapon of choice is a pair of Giant fists.
- Jinmay, Aurora Six, and Alliana also deserve a mention here.
- Super Wish: Maylin is a Sprinx, a position that's of the highest order of the frosting pixies. She's usually seen battling creatures with the help of Fert the balloon.
- Lt. Felina Feral, the SWAT Kats' Friend on the Force and a supreme badass in her own right.
- Sym-Bionic Titan:
- Ilana. Primarily when she's in her mecha, Corus, as opposed to hand-to-hand combat.
- Although she never is seen seriously fighting anyone, Kristin practices martial arts and briefly spars with Lance.
- Sarasim Sarasim from "Cyborg The Barbarian", the leader of a strong barbarian tribe, is a formidable fighter with or without her armor and it's these aspects that definitely garner Cyborg's interest (although not exclusively the reasons).
- Total Drama
- Courtney definitely has Action Girl moments, such as ripping a lamppost off its base and hunting Harold down with it, and wrestling sharks in Total Drama Action.
- Heather definitely held her own in the more physical challenges. Though in the first season, she could also qualify for being a Dark Action Girl.
- Gwen, once kicked a serial killer in the face.
- Leshawna has her moments. And Eva, though we didn't get much of a change to see it.
- There's also Izzy, who gets into fights with a Scary Black Man twice her size.
- Sam, Alex, and Clover of Totally Spies! are this in spades. Not an episode goes by without these three girls leaping, punching, kicking, summer-salting, and using all kinds of gadgets on the show’s various wacky villains and their Mooks. Quite a few episodes involve one of them picking up a Distress Ball, in which case the other two step up their game until the third one is free. But the trio always wins and saves the day, no matter what.
- Sam often leads the team, displays the best hand-to-hand combat skills and gets kidnapped least. Clover combines this with Action Fashionista. Alex usually serves as the heavy hitter, and is also the most athletic of the three.
- Transformers has a pretty good record with this, despite females being in the extreme minority.
- The Transformers: The female Autobots, and later, Arcee.
- ...right up until Transformers: ★Headmasters, at which point she became a docile stay-at-home Extreme Doormat.
- Beast Wars: Airazor and Blackarachnia.
- Transformers: Energon: Arcee.
- Transformers: Cybertron: Override (male in Japan) and Thunderblast.
- Transformers Film Series: Mikaela.
- Transformers: Animated: Blackarachnia, Strika, Starscream's female clone and Sari, after she took a level in badass. Professor Princess might technically count, although she's more about the gadgets than actual combat. Arcee might have been one, but never got the chance.
- Transformers: Prime: Arcee gets the chance. And she runs with it, cutting a swath through Vehicons and never backing down, she's a seasoned, battle-scarred warrior.
- Miko the human gets a few action moments, including one episode wherein she gains possession of the Apex Armor.
- The Transformers: The female Autobots, and later, Arcee.
- Sylvia from Wander over Yonder. You do NOT want to be on her bad side.
- Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Aisha from Winx Club form a Magical Amazon Brigade.
- A similar case is Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin from W.I.T.C.H..
- We Bare Bears:
- In "Ranger Tabes" the Bears end up becoming friends of Dana Tabes, a boisterous park ranger who Drives Like Crazy, kicks serious butt, and takes every aspect of her job, big or small, seriously, from picking up litter and clearing out wasp's nests from campsites to wrangling unruly animals.
- The "Icy Nights" episodes introduce Yana, a punk-rock looking Russian lady who works as a barista in an all-night Internet cafe but has a shady, action-packed history with Ice Bear. And she's also the long-lost daughter of the man who raised Ice Bear into who he is today, which makes sense about their relationship.
- Zak Storm: Cece, the first mate of the 7C's, is very skilled in both martial arts and marksmanship. She often engages in fights and is considered to be one of the best fighters of the 7C's, alongside the titular hero and captain Zak Storm.
- Zorro: The Chronicles: Ines isn't about to let her brother take all the glory. On more than one occasion, she even dresses up as Zorro herself, managing to handle the whip quite well (though obviously her swordplay isn't as good).
