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* ''[[The Little Mermaid]] II'' completely flipped the roles of Eric and Ariel. In the original film, Eric had to do all the action sequences and save a rather helpless Ariel in the climax. Meanwhile, in ''The Little Mermaid II'', Ariel was so action-oriented when Morganna tried to kidnap her infant daughter Melody, that she actually ripped Eric's sword out of its scabbard while he stood there slackjawed. Eric was mostly useless in the action scenes. Apparently only ''one'' member of that couple can be an action team.
** Ariel was also generally ''far'' more adventurous and action-oriented on the television series, which took place [[Prequel|before the first film]].
* Of course, ''all'' of the Disney Princesses get this ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDGNmqa8hO8 as a team]'' in ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''. Cinderella goes so far as to break one of her glass slippers [[Grievous Bottley Harm| to use as a shiv!]]
== Films -- Live Action ==
* In an attempt to make her an actual character (and cut down on the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]), Arwen from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was given a big chase scene on horseback that Glorfindel did in the book. She was originally intended to fight at Helm's Deep as well, in order to allow her and Aragorn to actually interact, but it was cut in favor of sticking closer to the books. By that point, however, fans had already dubbed her Xenarwen. Liv Tyler even comments on this in the extended version's behind the scenes, saying she had done months of swordplay training to prepare for Helm's Deep, before the fans caught wind and dubbed her "Liv Tyler, Warrior Princess", and the idea was scrapped.
* Hermione Granger was plenty proactive in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books, but a lot of it was mental work that apparently doesn't "count". The [[Harry Potter (film)|films]], ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' especially, have made her into what fans call the
* Daphne was played by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sarah Michelle Gellar]] in the [[Scooby
** Though that was given some reason (she was sick of being a [[Damsel in Distress]]) and years had passed while she gained her skills. Plus, she retained a lot of her valley girl ways.
* Susan Pevensie in the ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series of movies. In ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', she has a scene devoted to training, while she's never seen fighting in the book (despite being stated in ''Prince Caspian'' that she ''was'' already trained in bowmanship). In fact, when she is given her bow by Santa Claus in the book, she is expressly told not to use it, because "''[[Stay in the Kitchen|battles are ugly when women fight]]''". Also, in the scene when the wolf attacks, she gives herself and Lucy time to escape by throwing a blanket at it. In the book, she just climbed up a tree and nearly fainted—though it's understandable, because would '''you''' be super coolheaded when a [[Big Badass Wolf]] who doubles as [[The Dragon]] is chasing you? Surely you wouldn't, kids.
** In ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|Prince Caspian]]'', we have a horseback scene, though that is just a sample of her badassitude, as she was basically transformed into a brunette [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]]. Although Susan was an archer [[Action Girl]] in the books, too, it wouldn't have been as visually impressive because she [[Actual Pacifist|disliked fighting]], while the movie character [[Lady of War|didn't have a problem with it]].
** Arguably justified, because when they returned to Narnia, they regained the fighting skills they had after years of royal training. Peter was able to defeat the [[Big Bad]].
*** Susan was also ''already'' trained as [[The Archer]] in the real world, whereas the much younger Lucy picked up her archery skills in Narnia itself. On the other hand, she was trained as archery [[Passionate Sports Girl|as a sport]] than as survival means - which explains why she panicked horribly when Fenris was around, since until then she only had used her archery skills to point at blanks and not at living beings, much less wolves.
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