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| * [[Ace (Doctor Who)]] - last [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] of the original ''Dr Who''; she had her own character arc | | * [[Ace (Doctor Who)]] - last [[Companion (Doctor Who)|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 | | * [[Aeryn Sun]] - leading female character of ''[[Farscape]]'', who also occupies the non-traditional position of being the tough warrior in a male-female relationship |
| * [[Alyx]] - first female antihero a la Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser or Elric; arguably the first well-defined ''character'' to introduce feminist analysis and action to a fictional luniverse | | * [[Alyx]] - first female antihero a la Fafhrd |
| * [[Isabelle Blundell]] -- lesbian teenager whose coming out was a plot point
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| * [[Stephanie Brown]] (Female Robin)
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| * [[Susan Calvin]] - Major female scientist character by [[Isaac Asimov]]; frequently cited as an example of both the intelligent female character, and also as what's wrong with characterizations of the intelligent female character.
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| * [[Chiana]] - omnisexual alien outlaw
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| * [[Lara Croft (character)|Lara Croft]] - The first successful character-based video game based on a female character, Lara Croft.
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| * [[Eowyn]] - Warrior woman in Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings''
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| * [[Gabrielle]] - Xena's companion and partner; see [[Xena-Gabrielle relationship]]; the Every Woman on a long coming-of-age, growth, and discipleship story arc
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| * [[Jean Grey (Phoenix)]] - Arguably the most powerful character in the entire Marvel pantheon
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| * [[Jirel of Joiry]] - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by [[C. L. Moore]]
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| * [[Princess Leia Organa]] - A wise-cracking leader of the Rebellion in "Star Wars"; only female representation in a major transformative media SF trend
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| * [[Moya]] - living, sentient spaceship character
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| === N - R ===
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| * [[Vicki Nelson]] - lead character from a series of novels who became the lead in a [[Blood Ties (TV series)|TV series]].
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| * [[Podkayne]] - A notable "spunky girl" character created by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] in ''[[Podkayne of Mars]]''; universally cited as the "spunky" girl character; also perhaps the most popular example of an infuriating story arc with a girl who grows up to give up her career ambitions for wifedom & motherhood
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| * [[Ellen Ripley]] - Arguably the first modern female action hero in a major SF film series "Alien".
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| * [[Toshiko Sato]] - first character of colour regular in a Dr Who spin-off
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| * [[Servalan]] - arch-villain of ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ruthless fascist dictator with real political power
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| * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Companion (Doctor Who)|Doctor Who companion]] who got her own spin-off
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| * [[Starbuck (Kara Thrace)]] - At least in her first season of "[[Battlestar Galactica (2004)|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.
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| * [[Chloe Sullivan]] - [[Smallville (TV series)|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
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| * [[Buffy Summers]] - Significant fandom; inspired numerous ass-kicking girl imitators.
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| * [[Tenar]] - Young [[Earthsea series|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 [[retelling|revisitation]] of Earthsea, ''[[Tehanu]]''; also appeared in later
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| * [[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.
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| * [[Wonder Woman]] - First major female superhero
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| * [[Barbara Wright]] - arguably the real protagonist for S1 of the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series, rather than the Doctor
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| * [[Xena]] - Significant TV warrior princess that transformed fandom and representations of ass-kicking women; lexbian subtext acceptability; importation of Hong Kong-style action hero
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| * [[Zhaan]] - she's kicked more ass than you've sat on, and she's a plant
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| ==See also==
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| * surely there are lots of other great lists of female characters we can make, like
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| * [[Index to female characters by occupation]]
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| * [[List of SF featuring women of color as protagonists]]
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| * [[List of SF featuring lesbians as protagonists]]
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| * [[List of mythological female characters]]
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| * [[Black warrior women]] (not a list but contains one)
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This is a list of female characters who are notable within SF.
Criteria
This is a list of female characters who are notable within SF, beyond their original work or series. Most have had a significant influence on the development of other female characters, and have been frequently studied/critiqued/cited/analyzed. These are specific, individual characters, not character types, archetypes, or stereotypes (like the "wicked stepmother"). See Clichés, Archetypes, Stereotypes of Female Characters in SF.
Criteria and examples might include:
- first example of a female character in a genre ("Jirel of Joiry")
- the character was pathbreaking ("Uhura" as played by Nichelle Nichols)
- the character is so well-known as to have virtually defined the character; she has achieved iconic status ("Mata Hari"; Xena as a warrior princess update of Jirel of Joiry)
- the character is cited by many real-life people as an inspiration for their art or in their lives ("Wonder Woman")
- the character is the exemplar or best-known example of a female character in that role or genre (e.g., "Lara Croft" for female POV characters in the action adventure gaming genre)
- the character's story arc ("Podkayne of Mars") or personality ("Podkayne of Mars" spunky girl; "Susan Calvin" sterile female scientist) is frequently cited as an example of a particular way of characterizing female characters
- the character is highly notable in a highly notable series or work and has achieved significant notability for that ("Jean Grey/Phoenix")
- the character is well-known as a character and was pivotal in a feminist reclamation of a particular type of female character ("Buffy" as a damsel in distress; "Tenar" as a reclamation of the Earthsea series; "Alyx" as the female adventurer)
- Massive influence on fandom or the genre in some other way ("Xena" and "Gabrielle")
Characters need not be necessarily ideal, perfect, feminist, or good role-models; they are notable.
List of characters
A - C
- 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
- Alyx - first female antihero a la Fafhrd