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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' builds up Jailbreak as a tough-as-nails, hypercompetent {{Hackette}} who can reprogram Gene into the "meh" he's always wanted to be, but she spends most of her screen time being a pushy {{jerkass}} rather than doing any actual hacking. Besides nearly falling to her death in the ''Just Dance'' app, her most plot-relevant action is [[spoiler:embracing her former identity as a PrincessClassic emoji so she can summon the Twitter Bird]], something which notably contradicts her character arc. We only see her reprogram something once, and it's ''not'' Gene -- rather than any of her own HollywoodHacking skills, it's her turning down his LoveConfession that turns him into a "meh."

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' builds up Jailbreak as a tough-as-nails, hypercompetent {{Hackette}} who can reprogram Gene into the "meh" he's always wanted to be, but she spends most of her screen time being a pushy {{jerkass}} rather than doing any actual hacking. Besides nearly falling to her death in the ''Just Dance'' app, her most plot-relevant action is [[spoiler:embracing her former identity as a PrincessClassic emoji so she can summon the Twitter Bird]], something which notably contradicts her character arc. We only see her reprogram something once, and it's ''not'' Gene -- rather than any of her own HollywoodHacking skills, it's her [[DidNotGetTheGirl turning down down]] his LoveConfession that turns him into a "meh."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' builds up Jailbreak as a tough-as-nails, hypercompetent {{Hackette}} who can reprogram Gene into the "meh" he's always wanted to be, but she spends most of her screen time being a pushy {{jerkass}} rather than doing any actual hacking. Besides nearly falling to her death in the ''Just Dance'' app, her most plot-relevant action is [[spoiler:embracing her former identity as a PrincessClassic emoji so she can summon the Twitter Bird]], something which notably contradicts her character arc. We only see her reprogram something once, and it's ''not'' Gene -- rather than any of her own HollywoodHacking skills, it's her turning down his LoveConfession that turns him into a "meh."
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* Jayne Magdalene in the ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' remake. In the prequel comic, she's shown as pretty competent. In the game, all she does is get clocked, [[spoiler:first clotheslined (literally, with his bionic arm cable) by Spencer and then stomped on by the BigBad]].

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* Jayne Magdalene in the ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' ''VideoGame/BionicCommando2009'' remake. In the prequel comic, she's shown as pretty competent. In the game, all she does is get clocked, [[spoiler:first clotheslined (literally, with his bionic arm cable) by Spencer and then stomped on by the BigBad]].
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* Two characters from Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries are shown to be more bark than bite:
** Harley Quinn is the Joker's right hand woman reportedly skilled in acrobatics and combat and, when she takes leadership after the Joker's death, widely shown to be feared by her goons. However, aside from beating up some guards and Nightwing in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight during her story campaign, she never really backs up her reputation and is easily dispatched by Batman whenever he faces against her and loses to fellow FauxActionGirl Talia al Ghul offscreen.

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* Two characters from Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'' are shown to be more bark than bite:
** Harley Quinn is the Joker's right hand woman reportedly skilled in acrobatics and combat and, when she takes leadership after the Joker's death, widely shown to be feared by her goons. However, aside from beating up some guards and Nightwing in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' during her story campaign, she never really backs up her reputation and is easily dispatched by Batman whenever he faces against her and loses to fellow FauxActionGirl Talia al Ghul offscreen.



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**Among the villains of the show, Chimera has that reputation. She is Stella's rival and would-be-stepsister, a fairly competent magic user, and the top student of another magic academy. When Stella and Chimera finally duel each other, Stella incapacitates Chimera with a single attack.
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*Series/{{Highlander}}: Cassandra is an immortal witch, with the rare (in this setting) abilities of CompellingVoice and VoluntaryShapeshifting. She is also thousands of years old and much more experienced than most of the other immortals we encounter (with four exceptions). Yet her fighting skills are far from impressive, and she is not much of a strategist. The only time in which she has a chance to kill a fellow immortal, the immortal in question is already exhausted from a previous fight and on his knees after receiving a quickening.
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*ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian: Marvel's version of the pirate queen Belit received years of regular appearances and character development, in comparison to her short story counterpart. Despite being a formidable fighter in regular combat, she was often depicted as disarmed, kidnapped or incapacitated in order to have her boyfriend Conan come to her rescue. Her sword-fighting skills were also depicted as inferior to both Conan and Red Sonja, because Belit had no formal training in her chosen weapon (unlike the other two).
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** ''Ninja Gaiden II'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} features Sonia, who is ''also'' a [[InformedAbility highly-trained CIA operative]]. Her story at first mimics Irene's ([[DamselInDistress capture]], then [[BigDamnHeroes saving Ryu's bacon]]), but she then gets captured ''again'', causing her to fall right back into this trope. However, it's hard to be of any use [[spoiler:in the Underworld]] if you're not a badass {{Ninja}} named Ryu Hayabusa. Perhaps a sequel will give Sonia a chance to redeem herself in the vein of Rachel and Momiji. As the original games have apparently been [[RetCon retconned]] to follow the Xbox titles (and by proxy, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''), it's eventually revealed in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' that Irene and Sonia are one and the same.

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** ''Ninja Gaiden II'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox Platform/{{Xbox 360}} features Sonia, who is ''also'' a [[InformedAbility highly-trained CIA operative]]. Her story at first mimics Irene's ([[DamselInDistress capture]], then [[BigDamnHeroes saving Ryu's bacon]]), but she then gets captured ''again'', causing her to fall right back into this trope. However, it's hard to be of any use [[spoiler:in the Underworld]] if you're not a badass {{Ninja}} named Ryu Hayabusa. Perhaps a sequel will give Sonia a chance to redeem herself in the vein of Rachel and Momiji. As the original games have apparently been [[RetCon retconned]] to follow the Xbox titles (and by proxy, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''), it's eventually revealed in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' that Irene and Sonia are one and the same.

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