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** Akira invokes the trope during the \\\"Mars vs. Mages\\\" battle, wearing a long white dress with a nurse\\\'s hat to go along with the staff she chose as her weapon.
* Kaaya of \\\'\\\'Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga\\\'\\\'. While normally a naive and innocent MysteriousWaif, she occasionally shows a very devious and manipulative side.
* Sylphiel in \\\'\\\'TheSlayers\\\'\\\'. Notable that by the time of \\\'\\\'Slayers NEXT\\\'\\\', her only offensive spell that she mastered was town-destroying Dragon Slave... and the only reason why she bothered to learn it was because she hoped to use it to compete for [[IdiotHero Gourry Gabriev\\\'s]] heart against [[{{Tsundere}} Lina]] [[BlackMagicianGirl Inverse]].
* While her powers of demon summoning are more in line with a BlackMagicianGirl, \\\'\\\'MahoujinGuruGuru\\\'\\\'\\\'s Kukuri has a personality more in line with a Staff Chick.
* \\\'\\\'RaveMaster\\\'\\\'\\\'s Belnika is suited to the role of Staff Chick.
* (DONE) Goldmoon, from the \\\'\\\'{{Dragonlance}}\\\'\\\' series, was a prototypical example of this.
* Wynn from the SagaOfTheNobleDead books is a scholar and minor magic-user who fits this role (as well as that of TheSmartGuy)- she\\\'s quiet, kindly, a sharp contrast to Magiere, the {{Tsundere}} ActionGirl heroine, and has next to no fighting skills, relying instead on her knowledge and ability to sense and identify magic to contribute to the adventures. In the second story arc, she even gets a \\\'\\\'literal\\\'\\\' staff, which can repel (though usually not totally destroy) the undead.
* In \\\'\\\'ShadowHearts\\\'\\\', the main female character - while fitting the standard of a healing-specialist Staff Chick - uses a \\\'\\\'book\\\'\\\'... [[ThrowTheBookAtThem as a bludgeoning weapon.]]
* [[LoveFreak Atoli]] and Shino in [[DotHack .hack//G.U.]] mostly fit the trope. Unlike the Wavemasters\\\'s of The World R:1 they\\\'re limited to healing spells only as the class was split between Harvest Clerics and Shadow Warlocks. (And Macabre dancers to some extent.)
* Alfina in \\\'\\\'{{Grandia}}\\\'\\\' III. She and Yuki are the obligatory blatant knockoffs of Elena and Ryudo respectively from II.
* Amy Sage in \\\'\\\'PhantasyStar II\\\'\\\'. Being a futuristic-themed game, Amy is actually classified as a Medical Doctor. While the actual use of staves in this game is limited to the \\\'\\\'Fire Staff\\\'\\\', which is entirely optional in favour of certain other weapons, she\\\'s the only one who can actually equip it.
** Male example in \\\'\\\'PhantasyStar IV\\\'\\\': Raja. All of his plentiful skills and spells are healing/support based, with one exception in the form of a devastating holy flame attack, and-- you guessed it-- he uses a staff. Somewhat unique in that he\\\'s a wise-cracking, elderly, ordained and respected priest, rather than being young and idealistic as the archetype tends to require.
* Furiae in \\\'\\\'{{Drakengard}}\\\'\\\'. When she\\\'s seen wielding anything, it is always a staff.
* Mia from the first \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GoldenSun\\\'\\\' game. Has the weapon, the personality, the [[ShipTease moments]], and specializes in water/ice and healing magic. Jenna and Sheba in the second game [[IncrediblyLamePun skirt]] the border between this trope and BlackMagicianGirl, and in Jenna\\\'s case also LadyOfWar and HotChickWithASword.
** \\\'\\\'[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]\\\'\\\' has Mia\\\'s son Rief take up the staff, and he\\\'s [[ViewerGenderConfusion arguably]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly]] [[DistressedDude enough]] to pass for the chick half anyway. Fandom debates Nowell\\\'s position, but [[StrongFamilyResemblance this seems a likely case for her, too]]. Meanwhile, Karis qualifies as an [[TheArcher archer]] variant, while [[EleventhHourRanger what little]] [[OneSceneWonder we see]] of Himi is pretty firmly in BlackMagicianGirl territory.
* Princess Peach in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG\\\'\\\', though she wields [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]] instead of staffs.
* Led from \\\'\\\'SepterraCore\\\'\\\' forgoes the traditional staff in favor of a giant wrench half her height. Works just as well, but also allows her to fix things.
* Wynne, the recruitable healer in \\\'\\\'DragonAge: Origins\\\'\\\', is a subversion: she is a pacifist with a staff, but her role is not that of a LoveInterest and Co-Star but of a TeamMom, what with being a least twice as old as most of the human party members, and a CloserToEarth trusty adviser. You can even subvert the \\\"staff\\\" part late in the game, if you have her specialize in the [[MagicKnight Arcane Warrior]] PrestigeClass and wield a sword (while wearing massive armor, to boot).
* NeverwinterNights2 has Elanee, who fits every element of this trope if you give her a staff. Mask of the Betrayer has Safiya, who fits none except being a love interest for a male PC and having a staff.
* Meisia from \\\'\\\'MysticArk\\\'\\\'. Despite that the main hero and [[SquishyWizard Miriene]] can learn the best single heal spells in the game, Meisia is the only character that learns any heal-all healing spells outside the basic one.
* \\\'\\\'GuildWars\\\'\\\' has a distinct tendency towards this - with the exception of Mhenlo, all Monk Henchmen are female. Tahlkora is the most notable, a straight-up, squeamish staff chick who also turns out to be [[spoiler:a RebelliousPrincess]].
* Elena of \\\'\\\'[[GrandiaII Grandia II]]\\\'\\\' is this. She wields a staff, does little in direct combat, has holy-themed magical powers, and is used mostly for healing spells. In fact, true to form, [[spoiler: she shares a body with a [[DarkMagicalGirl Dark Magical Girl]] in the form of the Wings of Valmar.]]
* \\\'\\\'{{Nier}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s [[DemBones Emil]], after a certain story event, takes up the role as a Staff Chick and becomes the primary magic caster and healer for the party. A bit of a subversion; as the name might imply, Emil is, indeed, male.
* \\\'\\\'{{Demigod}}\\\'\\\' has Sedna, pretty much this trope from the ground up, save for two things. First, her staff [[BladeOnAStick is rather pointy]], second, while her main focus is healing and improving her allies\\\' longevity, she\\\'s excellent at harassment (being able to counter any non-instant skill or item) and her summoned yetis can do a lot of damage [[MightyGlacier once they close in]].
* Alice from \\\'\\\'BraveSoul\\\'\\\' is almost made of this. If not for the fact that she\\\'s a total clutz.
* Amnesty, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Mercy and Kindness and one of the most powerful superhumans in the \\\'\\\'GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse\\\'\\\'.
* Kaaya of \\\'\\\'Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga\\\'\\\'. While normally a naive and innocent MysteriousWaif, she occasionally shows a very devious and manipulative side.
* Sylphiel in \\\'\\\'TheSlayers\\\'\\\'. Notable that by the time of \\\'\\\'Slayers NEXT\\\'\\\', her only offensive spell that she mastered was town-destroying Dragon Slave... and the only reason why she bothered to learn it was because she hoped to use it to compete for [[IdiotHero Gourry Gabriev\\\'s]] heart against [[{{Tsundere}} Lina]] [[BlackMagicianGirl Inverse]].
* While her powers of demon summoning are more in line with a BlackMagicianGirl, \\\'\\\'MahoujinGuruGuru\\\'\\\'\\\'s Kukuri has a personality more in line with a Staff Chick.
* \\\'\\\'RaveMaster\\\'\\\'\\\'s Belnika is suited to the role of Staff Chick.
* (DONE) Goldmoon, from the \\\'\\\'{{Dragonlance}}\\\'\\\' series, was a prototypical example of this.
* Wynn from the SagaOfTheNobleDead books is a scholar and minor magic-user who fits this role (as well as that of TheSmartGuy)- she\\\'s quiet, kindly, a sharp contrast to Magiere, the {{Tsundere}} ActionGirl heroine, and has next to no fighting skills, relying instead on her knowledge and ability to sense and identify magic to contribute to the adventures. In the second story arc, she even gets a \\\'\\\'literal\\\'\\\' staff, which can repel (though usually not totally destroy) the undead.
* In \\\'\\\'ShadowHearts\\\'\\\', the main female character - while fitting the standard of a healing-specialist Staff Chick - uses a \\\'\\\'book\\\'\\\'... [[ThrowTheBookAtThem as a bludgeoning weapon.]]
* [[LoveFreak Atoli]] and Shino in [[DotHack .hack//G.U.]] mostly fit the trope. Unlike the Wavemasters\\\'s of The World R:1 they\\\'re limited to healing spells only as the class was split between Harvest Clerics and Shadow Warlocks. (And Macabre dancers to some extent.)
* Alfina in \\\'\\\'{{Grandia}}\\\'\\\' III. She and Yuki are the obligatory blatant knockoffs of Elena and Ryudo respectively from II.
* Amy Sage in \\\'\\\'PhantasyStar II\\\'\\\'. Being a futuristic-themed game, Amy is actually classified as a Medical Doctor. While the actual use of staves in this game is limited to the \\\'\\\'Fire Staff\\\'\\\', which is entirely optional in favour of certain other weapons, she\\\'s the only one who can actually equip it.
** Male example in \\\'\\\'PhantasyStar IV\\\'\\\': Raja. All of his plentiful skills and spells are healing/support based, with one exception in the form of a devastating holy flame attack, and-- you guessed it-- he uses a staff. Somewhat unique in that he\\\'s a wise-cracking, elderly, ordained and respected priest, rather than being young and idealistic as the archetype tends to require.
* Furiae in \\\'\\\'{{Drakengard}}\\\'\\\'. When she\\\'s seen wielding anything, it is always a staff.
* Mia from the first \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GoldenSun\\\'\\\' game. Has the weapon, the personality, the [[ShipTease moments]], and specializes in water/ice and healing magic. Jenna and Sheba in the second game [[IncrediblyLamePun skirt]] the border between this trope and BlackMagicianGirl, and in Jenna\\\'s case also LadyOfWar and HotChickWithASword.
** \\\'\\\'[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]\\\'\\\' has Mia\\\'s son Rief take up the staff, and he\\\'s [[ViewerGenderConfusion arguably]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly]] [[DistressedDude enough]] to pass for the chick half anyway. Fandom debates Nowell\\\'s position, but [[StrongFamilyResemblance this seems a likely case for her, too]]. Meanwhile, Karis qualifies as an [[TheArcher archer]] variant, while [[EleventhHourRanger what little]] [[OneSceneWonder we see]] of Himi is pretty firmly in BlackMagicianGirl territory.
* Princess Peach in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG\\\'\\\', though she wields [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]] instead of staffs.
* Led from \\\'\\\'SepterraCore\\\'\\\' forgoes the traditional staff in favor of a giant wrench half her height. Works just as well, but also allows her to fix things.
* Wynne, the recruitable healer in \\\'\\\'DragonAge: Origins\\\'\\\', is a subversion: she is a pacifist with a staff, but her role is not that of a LoveInterest and Co-Star but of a TeamMom, what with being a least twice as old as most of the human party members, and a CloserToEarth trusty adviser. You can even subvert the \\\"staff\\\" part late in the game, if you have her specialize in the [[MagicKnight Arcane Warrior]] PrestigeClass and wield a sword (while wearing massive armor, to boot).
* NeverwinterNights2 has Elanee, who fits every element of this trope if you give her a staff. Mask of the Betrayer has Safiya, who fits none except being a love interest for a male PC and having a staff.
* Meisia from \\\'\\\'MysticArk\\\'\\\'. Despite that the main hero and [[SquishyWizard Miriene]] can learn the best single heal spells in the game, Meisia is the only character that learns any heal-all healing spells outside the basic one.
* \\\'\\\'GuildWars\\\'\\\' has a distinct tendency towards this - with the exception of Mhenlo, all Monk Henchmen are female. Tahlkora is the most notable, a straight-up, squeamish staff chick who also turns out to be [[spoiler:a RebelliousPrincess]].
* Elena of \\\'\\\'[[GrandiaII Grandia II]]\\\'\\\' is this. She wields a staff, does little in direct combat, has holy-themed magical powers, and is used mostly for healing spells. In fact, true to form, [[spoiler: she shares a body with a [[DarkMagicalGirl Dark Magical Girl]] in the form of the Wings of Valmar.]]
* \\\'\\\'{{Nier}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s [[DemBones Emil]], after a certain story event, takes up the role as a Staff Chick and becomes the primary magic caster and healer for the party. A bit of a subversion; as the name might imply, Emil is, indeed, male.
* \\\'\\\'{{Demigod}}\\\'\\\' has Sedna, pretty much this trope from the ground up, save for two things. First, her staff [[BladeOnAStick is rather pointy]], second, while her main focus is healing and improving her allies\\\' longevity, she\\\'s excellent at harassment (being able to counter any non-instant skill or item) and her summoned yetis can do a lot of damage [[MightyGlacier once they close in]].
* Alice from \\\'\\\'BraveSoul\\\'\\\' is almost made of this. If not for the fact that she\\\'s a total clutz.
* Amnesty, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Mercy and Kindness and one of the most powerful superhumans in the \\\'\\\'GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse\\\'\\\'.
