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* [[Ace (Doctor Who)]] | * [[Ace (Doctor Who)]] - last [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] of the original ''Dr Who''; she had her own character arc | ||
* [[Aeryn Sun]] | * [[Aeryn Sun]] - leading female character of ''[[Farscape]]'', who also occupies the non-traditional position of being the tough warrior in a male-female relationship | ||
* [[Alldera]] | * [[Alldera]] | ||
* [[Batwoman]] | * [[Batwoman]] | ||
* [[Isabelle Blundell]] | * [[Isabelle Blundell]] - lesbian teenager | ||
* [[Stephanie Brown]] (Female Robin) | * [[Stephanie Brown]] (Female Robin) | ||
* [[Susan Calvin]] - Major female scientist character by [[Isaac Asimov]] | * [[Susan Calvin]] - Major female scientist character by [[Isaac Asimov]] | ||
* [[Chiana]] | * [[Chiana]] - omnisexual alien outlaw | ||
* [[Lara Croft (character)|Lara Croft]] - The first successful character-based video game based on a female character, Lara Croft. | * [[Lara Croft (character)|Lara Croft]] - The first successful character-based video game based on a female character, Lara Croft. | ||
* [[Eowyn]] - Warrior woman in Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings'' | * [[Eowyn]] - Warrior woman in Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings'' | ||
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* [[Jirel of Joiry]] - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by [[C. L. Moore]] | * [[Jirel of Joiry]] - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by [[C. L. Moore]] | ||
* [[Princess Leia Organa]] - A wise-cracking leader of the Rebellion in "Star Wars" | * [[Princess Leia Organa]] - A wise-cracking leader of the Rebellion in "Star Wars" | ||
* [[Moya]] | * [[Moya]] - living, sentient spaceship character | ||
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Revision as of 08:58, 27 April 2007
This is a list of female characters who are notable as firsts; particularly inspirational, significant, or influential; etc. They are not necessarily ideal, perfect, feminist, or good role-models; they are notable.
A - M
- Ace (Doctor Who) - last companion of the original Dr Who; she had her own character arc
- Aeryn Sun - leading female character of Farscape, who also occupies the non-traditional position of being the tough warrior in a male-female relationship
- Alldera
- Batwoman
- Isabelle Blundell - lesbian teenager
- Stephanie Brown (Female Robin)
- Susan Calvin - Major female scientist character by Isaac Asimov
- Chiana - omnisexual alien outlaw
- Lara Croft - The first successful character-based video game based on a female character, Lara Croft.
- Eowyn - Warrior woman in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
- Gabrielle - Xena's companion and partner; see Xena-Gabrielle relationship
- Jean Grey (Phoenix) - Arguably the most powerful character in the entire Marvel pantheon
- Honor Harrington
- Jirel of Joiry - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by C. L. Moore
- Princess Leia Organa - A wise-cracking leader of the Rebellion in "Star Wars"
- Moya - living, sentient spaceship character
N - Z
- Vicki Nelson - lead character from a series of novels who became the lead in a TV series.
- Podkayne - A notable "spunky girl" character created by Robert A. Heinlein in Podkayne of Mars; noted for creating an admirable character whose initial character was inspirational but whose story-arc was infuriating.
- Ellen Ripley - Became an early female action hero in the film series "Alien".
- Toshiko Sato - first character of colour regular in a Dr Who spin-off
- Dana Scully - Groundbreaking "female scientist" protagonist in The X-Files
- Servalan - arch-villain of Blake's 7, ruthless fascist dictator with real political power
- Sarah Jane Smith - Doctor Who companion who got her own spin-off
- Starbuck (Kara Thrace) - At least in her first season of "Battlestar Galactica" (2004 re-imagining), Starbuck successfully regendered the "lovable rogue" character from the first "Battlestar Galactica", a character envisioned by at least one of its creators as indelibly masculine.
- Chloe Sullivan - Smallville character original to the TV series and kick-ass investigative reporter -- the one female character on that show who's neither Clark's relative or love interest
- Buffy Summers - Significant fandom; inspired numerous ass-kicking girl imitators.
- Tenar - Young Earthsea priestess who first appeared in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan, and who was the narrator and protagonist of Le Guin's feminist revisitation of Earthsea, Tehanu; also appeared in later
- Uhura - First black female character in a regular science fiction role on TV; Martin Luther King persuaded Nichelle Nichols to stay on Star Trek playing Uhura because she was a role model for African Americans; Uhura participated in first televised interracial kiss in US.
- Wonder Woman - First major female superhero
- Barbara Wright - arguably the real protagonist for S1 of the original Doctor Who series, rather than the Doctor
- Xena - Significant TV warrior princess.
- Zhaan - she's kicked more ass than you've sat on, and she's a plant
See also
- surely there are lots of other great lists of female characters we can make, like
- List of female superheroes
- List of woman of color protagonists
- List of lesbian protagonists
- List of mythological female characters
- List of fictional female scientists
- List of female pirates, thieves, robbers, pickpockets, and financial finaglers
- List of female political leaders
- List of professional athletes
- Black warrior women (not a list but contains one)
- Librarians (mixed gender list)
- Female revolutionaries
- Sex workers: strippers, actors & whores(list of works)
- Doctors and healers
- Female pilots & starship captains (list of works)
- Female mechanics and engineers
- Psychics and seers (mixed gender list of works)
- Sleuths, PIs, and detectives
- Witches and sorceresses (list of works)
- Assassins list of works