Quotes / Would Hit a Girl

Batman: Man or woman, a sick mind is capable of anything.
Poison Ivy: A very enlightened statement, Batman. We'll carve it on your headstone.

— Batman: The Animated Series, "Harley and Ivy"

"Guess there's no sex discrimination here..."

— Leon Kennedy (upon finding a woman with a pitchfork impaled through her face), Resident Evil 4

"So, it's ladies first, is it? That's fine with me! Now don't expect me to go easy on you! I fight to win!"

— Vegeta, to Android 18, Dragon Ball Z

Sorry, but it doesn't matter if you're a woman or even a child. I don't go easy on anybody who hurts my comrades.

— Gray Fullbuster, Fairy Tail

"I am an advocate of true gender equality. A guy who has no problem with doling out a drop kick to a female opponent. Don't think I'll go easy on you!"

— Kazuma, Konosuba

"You're dealing with an equal-opportunity villain, hedgehog. Grab the female!"

— Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, "Blank-Headed Eagle"

Leviathan: What kind of man attacks a lady from behind without warning?
Ashura: An equal opportunistic one!

— Two Evil Scientists

Alphonse: You won't really beat up that girl will you?
Edward: I'M NOT SEXIST!

— Fullmetal Alchemist

"Expect no chivalry here, woman!"

— Garland, Dissidia Final Fantasy

"I hate to hit a lady, but I guess I will!"

— John Marston, depending on how you play as him in Red Dead Redemption

"I don't hit women... but in your case... I'll make an exception."

— Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

Ms. Manface: You wouldn't hit a lady, would you?
Batman: The hammer of justice is unisex.
[POW!]

— Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Night of the Huntress!"

Female Xilien: You'd hit a woman?
[Colonel Gordon looks back at his fist and opens it.]
Gordon: Yeah.
[breaks the Xilien's Neck with a chop.]
Gordon: Sorry, Sweetheart.

— Godzilla: Final Wars

Magpie: Hey! You hit a girl!
Batman: No, I hit a criminal.

— Beware the Batman

[Lois punches Peter in the face]
Peter You-you just hit me?
Lois: [smugly] That's right!
[Peter punches Lois in the face and knocks her down]
Lois: You can't hit me! I'm a girl!
Peter: Sometimes I wonder.

— Family Guy

"Formerly God Vishnu himself killed Kyathi, the wife of Brignu, who harboured the asuras fleeing his wrath, when she refused to yield them. Mandorai, a woman bent on destroying all the worlds, was vanquished by Indra and he earned the gratitude of humanity. These are but two instances. A woman of demoniac tendencies loses all consideration to be treated as a woman."

— Viswamithra, Ramayana

Ten Of Spades: You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?
Booster Gold: Well, um, you see, it's, um, like this. [BOPP] Where I come from, equality of the sexes is a given, so we can hit anyone.
Ten: Oh... thank you so much... for explaining...

— Justice League Vol 2, issue 4

Kristin Gilles: Who the hell are you?!
Methos: A man born long before the age of chivalry.

— Highlander

Elektra King: You wouldn't kill me. You'd miss me.
James Bond: *bang* I never miss.

— The World Is Not Enough

Rouge: What are you babbling about? You call yourself a hunter? Attacking a lady? Shame on you!
Knuckles: What kind of lady goes around stealing gems anyway?!

— Sonic Adventure 2

"Ladies, don't just stand there and watch! After all, I'm an equal-opportunity murderer."

— Rouran, Eto Rangers

Platinum Priestess: We only really need to kill her.
Annihilator: But she's just a girl!
Platinum Priestess: I was "just a girl" once.

— The Young Protectors

"I'm not afraid to push a girl into make believe lava! In fact, it's been my primary strategy."

— Professor Duncan, Community

"There was a time when I wouldn't sully my hands with the pedestrian art of fisticuffs. Striking a woman— worse, a girl— reduces me to the level of some thug— a hooligan— on the street. Then, I see that "S" that you so brazenly decided to wear on your less than impressive chest. And I can almost forgive myself."

— Lex Luthor, Supergirl (2005), Girl Power

"I know it's not very classy for a guy to a clobber a girl, but whoever said I was classy?"

— Shikamaru Nara, Naruto

"Now, I don't think a man should EVER hit a woman! ...Until the fifth time she's cracked him in the face. So I smack her. Open handed! And I regret it... Because it wasn't as hard as I could've, man!"

— Christopher Titus, Love is Evol

"My arm will never falter
at the cries of women!
Woe betide those Delilahs
who damn their own souls!
We'll break their infernal charms
with the blade of the sword!"

— Marcel, Les Huguenots

"I'm all for gender equality. .....if someone's a waste of space, I'll smack 'em no matter who they are."

— Willard H. Wright, Umineko: When They Cry

"Call myself a gentleman, I'd never hit a lady
General Engel doesn’t count
That bitch is fucking crazy!"

— JT Music, Terror Billy

"I should warn you, kid, I'm not too chivalrous to hit a girl. In the face. With a sword."

— Tomato, Cucumber Quest, page 46

"My, my, I'm surprised at you, Superman... I always thought you were a gentleman! After all, just because I'm from Krypton and invulnerable like you— that's still no excuse to hit a woman!"

— Faora Hu-Ul, The Great Phantom Peril

"As long as individuals stand on the battlefield with a will to fight, they are no longer women, children or even men. Only equal fighters. There's no reason for them to hold back and neither do you."

— Evangeline A.K. MacDowell, Negima! Magister Negi Magi

Madame Lorraine: You wouldn't hit a lady!
Jonah Hex: You ain't no lady.

—DC Showcase: Jonah Hex

"As you see - I have no scruples about hitting a woman - even your dear old mother... And I'll do it again, if I must - but I must admit, sir, my heart wouldn't be in it. Motherhood and all that - Ah, but I can cut the throat of this young lady, sir. That I can do - as easy as pie."

— Oublenmach - Girl Genius

"I believe it's ungentlemanly to hurt a woman, but since the fate of the world hangs in the balance, I'm going to bend the rules. Now tell me who's behind this, or so help me you'll never breathe again."

— Duke of Oxford, The King's Man

"I don't care if she's a girl or a baby or somebody's grandmother. I'll still knock her out."

— Yusuke Urameshi, YuYu Hakusho

"I don't hit women. I'd never hit a woman, Chloë! I hit a woman who was trying to hit me with a bottle! That's different, that's self defense, isn't it? Or a woman who did karate. I'd never hit a woman generally, Chloë. Don't think that. God, you're pretty."

— Ray, In Bruges

"I bar hitting women, except for fun."

— Harry Paget Flashman, Flashman and the Dragon.

John Shaft Jr.: You can't beat up a woman!
John Shaft II: Why not?
John Shaft Jr.: Because she's a woman! That's like, misogynistic!
John Shaft II: You're the one being misogynistic, I ain't mention her gender! You the one bringing up her being a woman and shit. I don't give a fuck about her gender.
John Shaft Jr.: Okay
John Shaft II: I'm an equal-opportunity ass-whooper!

— Shaft (2019)

[Mafia member Vinny shoots a policewoman while fellow mobster Louie watches]
Louie: Jesus, Vinny. You just iced a woman, you know that?
Vinny: You know what you are, Louie? You're a fuckin' male chauvinist pig.
Louie: What do you mean, I'm a male chauvinist pig? You just shot a broad.
Vinny: A cop. I just shot a cop. They wanna be equal? I made her equal.

— Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

"That's right, I'm not afraid to hit a girl! I'm a rock star, losers!"

— Todd Ingram just after tossing Envy, Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness

"Equal rights, equal fights."

— Anonymous

"I only lay a hand on a woman if she lays hers on a child."

— Jack, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds

"You got a smart mouth, but it's gonna to be down a couple teeth in a sec. Now, I'm about to get all kinds of unchivalrous."

—Juzo Sakakura, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, "Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile"

"Why is it that chicks think it's okay to hit me, but if I lay a SINGLE FINGER on them, suddenly it's a whole other thing?"

—Damon, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm

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