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* In ''[[The Lion King]]'', Sarabi leads the lioness who do the hunting. It's an informed attribute as it's only mentioned when there's no food to hunt. Nala almost kills Pumbaa and always pins Simba when they wrestle.
* Princess Kida in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''.
* Princess Peach is a ''serious'' [[Action Girl]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]''; to give just one example, she is only willing to let Mario come with her if he can complete the [[Deadly Training Area]] which [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-Qduvw9zY&ab_channel=Illumination she herself proceeds to demonstrate.]
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* [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]] in ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' was exiled to the forest by her wicked stepmother, and became a bandit, meeting [[Prince Charming]] by robbing his carriage! Her daughter? Well, Emma started out hunting bail-jumpers in Boston and recently {{spoiler|was elected sheriff of Storybrooke}} over the mayor's objections.
== Tabletop Game ==
* Amazoness Princess in the '' [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' game; if her name doesn't prove it, [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Amazoness_Princess the card itself will.]
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* Until near the end of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', Zelda has been [[It Was His Sled|disguised as a freakin' ninja]]; but at that point, she helps unlock the barriers keeping them from escaping the castle, and {{spoiler|she helps Link pin Ganon down so he could land the final blow}}. And during the final confrontations with Ganondorf in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'', she actually battles alongside Link with her light arrows. But she maxes out this trope in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'', where she possesses Phantoms, and actually fights beside Link, even becoming playable for certain segments.
** [[spoiler:Midna, the titular [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]], definitely qualifies as well, given that she helps Link out in fighting enemies as well, paralyzing a group of enemies in an energy field, leaving them weak and defenceless while Wolf Link attacks them, and even {{spoiler|throwing a large Beast Ganon across the room, leaving him vulnerable}}.
* Princesses Peach ''and'' Zelda in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl.''
* All three playable female characters in ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' are this.
* Lenna, Krile, and {{spoiler|Faris}} from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''.
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* Alena of ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' can't get her father to approve of her adventuring, so she kicks down her bedroom wall and leaves ''that'' way. Something she's clearly done before, given you have to [[Talk to Everyone]] in the castle to give the repairman enough time to board it up before making your escape. She even has to save her own fake double at one point of her chapter.
** ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' has a princess named [[Hello, Insert Name Here|Madchen]] Gotha, who can kick people's asses with her [[An Ice Person|ice magic]], and can turn herself into [[Scaled Up|a dragon]] later on. And she's only eight years old.
* In the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, this Trope has been applied to Peach, Daisy, or both:
* ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' is this trope. Mario and Luigi are captured by Bowser, and Princess Peach has to save them. This is a complete inversion of the typical storyline of many Mario platformers.▼
** Peach (or rather, Toadstool, as she was called at the time) was first [[Promoted to Playable]] way back in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.
▲** Even more so, ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', which ''is'' this trope. Mario and Luigi are captured by Bowser, and Princess Peach has to save them. This is a complete inversion of the typical storyline of many Mario platformers.
** In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Peach outright ''refuses'' to be the damsel in distress this time and joins you as the second hero, even if you [[But Thou Must!|insist she doesn't]].
** Peach is also the protagonist of the upcoming (March 2024) ''[[Princess Peach Showtime!]]'' which promises levels with Peach taking the spotlight as a [[Pirate Girl]], [[Anime Chinese Girl]] (who knows Kung Fu), [[Chef of Iron]], [[Amateur Sleuth]], [[Ninja]], and [[Cowgirl]].
** While Daisy rarely gets to play the hero outside of ''Super Smash Bros'', many fans have theorized that she is even more badass than Peach, and possibly a ''much'' more competent monarch. After all, [[Super Mario Land|she has only been kidnapped ''once'']] and Tatanga has yet to attempt a second invasion of Sarasaland.
** Peach ''and'' Daisy are playable in ''[[Super Mario Wonder]]''; multiplayer mode even allows two players to form a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] team. The developers claim they decided to include Peach ''and'' Daisy because their daughters (who playtested the game) kept arguing over who got to use Peach!
* Princess Monica Raybrandt of ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2''. Not only is she the one who shanghais [[Kid Hero|Max]] into the adventure, but she's actually the one who performs his [[Secret Test of Character]], comes to his aid more than once, spearheads the [[La Résistance|counterattack against]] [[Big Bad|Emperor Griffon]] across two eras, is an accomplished and surprisingly agile [[Magic Knight]] with a variety of [[BFS|swords as big as she is]] and elemental magic, leaps headfirst into [[It's Personal|personal duels]] with [[The Dragon]], and {{spoiler|is willing to break her own period's time-travel laws just to help out Max in his [[Bonus Dungeon|post-game quest]]}}. Even the one time she's in distress, it's because Max himself accidentally shot down the enemy airship while she was still on board.
* Farah from ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' is this.
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* Princess Lotta Lamour from the ''[[Tale Spin]]'' episode "The Road to Macadamia". She protects her kingdom from an [[Evil Chancellor]] by attacking him and his [[mook]]s with a big mallet.
* Princess Zelda from the 1989 cartoon ''[[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|The Legend of Zelda]]''. She did most of the fighting and had to save Link many times.
* From ''[[Disenchantment]]'', Princess Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeaux Grunkwitz (you can call her Bean) of Dreamland. Not the most beautiful of princesses [[Modest Royalty|nor the most extravagant]], and [[Rebellious Princess|something of a rebellious tomboy]], but certainly badass.
* Charlie Morningstar from ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' is Princess of Hell, combining this trope with [[Badass Pacifist]].
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