Would Hit a Girl in Western Animation.
- Batman: The Animated Series: During the start of the second part of a 2-part episode, "The Cat and the Claw", Batman finally comes face-to-face with Starter Villain Red Claw, a mysterious international terrorist leader who turns out to be a woman. During their fight, Red Claw asks if he has a problem with her being a woman, to which he quips "I'm an equal opportunity crimefighter."
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold:
- When Mrs. Manface gets her mech disarmed, she tries the line, but Batman only says: "The Hammer of Justice is Unisex!" and floors her.
- In a "Freaky Friday" Flip episode, Batwoman (a corrupt heiress, not the usual one) has switched bodies with Batman. Amusingly, Batman (in Batwoman's body) tries the "Batman would never hit a defenceless woman" line. Batwoman (in Batman's body) simply responds with "Funny, I don't have that problem" and decks him.
- Pointed outbabout by Batman and Magpie in Beware the Batman.Magpie: (after being kicked by Batman) Hey, you just hit a girl!Batman: No, I just hit a criminal.
- Taboos against hitting women are usually nonexistent on Celebrity Deathmatch. (Of course, they tend to hit back.) However Mills Lane says that usually, he doesn't do so, but he makes an exception when Judge Judy tries to take over his ring. (As Nick and Johnny say, making Mills angry is never wise.) Though Mills does give himself a handicap by putting on a blindfold beforehand.
- Fairly OddParents: In the later episode "The "Good Old Days"", he and his grandfather are transported into an old black-and-white cartoon, where they encounter a Dastardly Whiplash-esque version of Vicky. At the end of the episode, Timmy's about to knock seven bells out of her when his grandfather objects that you can't hit girls in old cartoons. Timmy immediately wishes that Vicky was a boy, and then knocks seven bells out of him.
- Family Guy:
- After Peter hits Lois in the beginning of the infamous family brawl scene, Lois tells that him that he can't hit her because she's a girl:
Lois: You can't hit me! I'm a girl!Peter: Sometimes I wonder.- Joe did punch Lois many times in the episode "Breaking Out is Hard to Do" after he catches and arrests her for stealing. He explains that regulations require him to treat all suspects the same way, regardless of gender. She was very understanding of the whole situation.
- This is a given in Gargoyles as all but one of the eponymous heroes are male and one of their major villains is a woman. They are shown to have no problem hitting her or any other female villain they encounter.
Jackal: (after Brooklyn punches Hyena clear across the room) Hey, that’s no way to treat a lady.
Brooklyn: That was no lady.
Brooklyn: That was no lady.
- Gravity Falls: Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a Pragmatic Hero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these, though Lost Legends is the only time where this is explicitly implied rather than shown: having helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl, Dipper vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of quickly-made-defenseless superheroes behind, thrown in with some subtle Lampshade Hanging while he stands next to Mabel.
- Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures: In one episode Race gets into a fight with Julia, knocks her out, and then says "Pop always said it's not nice to hit a lady. But then again, Miss Julia, you're no lady."
- Justice League Unlimited: Mostly everybody. Hawkgirl gets knocked out a lot.
- Played with when Giganta suddenly asks Superman if he would hit a girl. Superman stops in midair, unsure of what to do... and then Wonder Woman takes her down.
- On Kaeloo, Mr. Cat and Stumpy have no qualms with hitting Pretty, and in one instance Mr. Cat threatened to hit Kaeloo. Lampshaded in one episode where Pretty tells Stumpy he can't hit her because she's a girl, to which Stumpy responds by saying he supports gender equality and punches her.
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: Some villains hitting other female characters like Enid, Dendy and/or Carol.
- Superman: The Animated Series: In "Livewire", Superman tackles the titular villain through a wall, and she says "At least we know you hit girls!"
- X-Men: Evolution: The Girl's Night Out Episode "Walk on the Wild Side" has the girls form a vigilante group. When confronted by a chop-shop gang, Amara mockingly reprimands the boss about his mother telling him not to get in fights with girls. He responds it's too bad he never listened.
