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Strong blonde women aren't always evil. Sometimes, they're ambitious, wise, strong (even ruthlessly, but on the good side), rich, super smart, and/or overall confident. We can tell who is blond at heart because she doesn't try to hide behind anyone or anything. Often, a superheroine can be found in this trope because of how admirable she is in her universe for her power and sex appeal. She may be The Fashionista, but how she looks is just to bring attention to what she does. One thing's for sure, the power blonde is not the Girl Next Door.
Some tend to have short hair as a sign of maturity or importance.
For some reason, like other people labeled by their hair color, this tends to be female. Of course, as it is possible to have male examples in the Hair Colors pages, powerful blond men will come up and do count, especially if they're superheroes.
Can be among Plenty of Blondes. The less ambition-driven blonde is Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold. If her only power is sex appeal, then it's Everyone Loves Blondes.
Blonde Republican Sex Kitten often overlaps.
Examples of Power Blonde include:
Anime & Manga[]
- Fate Testarossa from the Lyrical Nanoha franchise is a former Dark Magical Girl, who is counted among the most powerful aerial combat mages of the multiverse and works for the Time-Space Administration Bureau in the position of an Enforcer, giving her about as much personal authority in any dimension under Bureau's jurisdiction as a single human can possibly carry.
- Even better example, perhaps, would be Saint King Olivie Segbrecht, The Emperor of Belka, who managed to stop a thousand-year-old interdimensional war in the Backstory and is currently revered as the resident Crystal Dragon Jesus. Unsurprisingly, Fate becomes one of Clone Jesus Vivio's two mothers.
- Ai no Kusabi has the ruling class of "Blondies" as male examples. The top Blondie, Iason Mink, fits this to a T.
- Dragon Ball has the trigger-happy Bad Launch, the powerful cyborg Android 18, and of course the Super Saiyans, who are usually male examples, but games such as Dragon Ball Online feature female Super Saiyans.
Comics[]
- Every Supergirl, from Kara Zor-El to Matrix to Linda Danvers, is drawn as a blonde. Power Girl, her Earth-Two counterpart, is almost a literal example of this trope.
- Courtney Whitmore (a.k.a. Stargirl) has blonde hair.
- Susan Storm Richards, the Invisible Woman, founding member of the Fantastic Four, is not a scientist (as in the film version), but she is the Team Mom, is an Action Mom, generally administers the FF, is widely respected, and is generally considered the most powerful and versatile member of the group.
Film[]
- Sue Storm, "The Invisible Woman" from Fantastic Four, is the chief genetics researcher.
- Andie Anderson from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is sexy, cool, fun, smart, and beautiful.
- The cool, blond Barbara Novak from Down With Love is a role model for women everywhere.
- Played for laughs in My Super Ex-Girlfriend with the superheroine G-Girl, who is naturally (thanks to an asteroid) blond but hides it behind a wig as her normal self.
- In Uptown Girls, Rae Schleine is a spoiled 8-year-old who gives her nanny a "News flash! You're working for me," as well as her mother, Roma Schleine, who is a well-known record company owner.
- In the film version of A Wrinkle in Time, Mrs. Witch is dressed in a gold dress with curly blond hair, despite the fact that an appearance was not specified in the book. She is the wisest of, and the clear leader of, the three immortal women.
- Elle Woods is a force to be reckoned with at the end of Legally Blonde once she's taken Harvard by storm.
- Rapunzel of Tangled has long blonde hair which has the power to heal the sick and injured.
- Sgt. Tamara Calhoun from Wreck-It Ralph, shown above, is the heroine of the first-person shooter Hero's Duty, one of the fictional video games in the movie.
Literature[]
- Rachel in Animorphs is referred to by Marco as "Xena: Warrior Princess".
- Elizabeth Woodville, as portrayed in The White Queen, is noted frequently for her golden hair. She rises from being a penniless widow to the first ever commoner queen of England purely on the strength of her beauty and intelligence.
- Eowyn from The Lord of the Rings.
Live Action TV[]
- Joss Whedon says that he developed Buffy the Vampire Slayer to invert the Hollywood formula of "the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror movie." Whedon wanted "to subvert that idea and create someone who was a hero." He explained, "The very first mission statement of the show was the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it." She is Buffy Summers, the Chosen One who has the strength and skill to fight vampires.
- A couple of Smallville superheroes are Kara "Miss Sweet Corn" Kent, aka Supergirl, and Oliver Queen, who is the Green Arrow and the owner of Queen Industries.
- Heroes is filled with resourceful blondes, some good and some evil with various powers.
- Hart of Dixie has Lemon Breeland.
- To a certain extent, Miss Piggy of The Muppets.
- From The Borgias, Lucrezia is getting more and more powerful as the series goes on.
Professional Wrestling[]
- None other than the seven-time Women's Champion and Diva of the Decade, Trish Stratus (though she's a brunette now).
- Really, most of the blond WWE divas end up beloved at some point. Famous ones include Sable, Debra, Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler, and Terri Runnels.
- Recent ones include Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, Michelle McCool, Maryse, and Natalya.
- Once they turned face, The Beautiful People in TNA: Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, and Lacey von Eric.
- Invoked by Molly Holly when she did a Face Heel Turn, as she darkened her blond hair to brown in order to fit with her new character better.
Video Games[]
- Cyberswine: Lieutenant Sarah Lee is blonde, and she can hold her own in a fight.
- The Alexandra sisters, Sophitia and Cassandra, from the Soul Series.
- Nina Williams from Tekken is the only woman to have appeared in every game and even got her own spin-off game.
- Fiora from Xenoblade. One of the few JRPG examples.
- Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy.
- And Peach in the Mario sports games, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros series games.
- Queen Anora of Dragon Age, while she can be underhanded and even ruthless at times, is an assertive, politically astute woman, well-loved by the people, and was the real power in Ferelden during Cailan's five-year reign. And if you choose her as ruler at the Landsmeet, she proves to be a good one.
- The Boss of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is dignified, badass and never loses her cool. She is a charismatic leader as well as wise.
- Marisa Kirisame from Touhou is badass, a determinator, unstoppable, and if the games are to be believed, she has come out the winner in fight against vampires, the Grim Reaper, several deities, and even a nuclear crow from hell. And she's beloved by everyone too, but not like a kitty: she win hearts by being awesome. Have we mentioned that despite her looks, she's a dyed-in-the-wool Japanese?
- Samus Aran from the Metroid series.
- Anya Stroud of Gears of War becomes one in the third game, ditching her Mission Control job for a rifle.
- Nova from Starcraft II is a blond Ghost with psychic powers.
Webcomics[]
- Lirian from The Order of the Stick
Western Animation[]
- Applejack from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.
- Stella from Winx Club counts. Smart (though lazy), extroverted, loves fashion, is a rich princess, and will go through hell and back if it means helping her friends when they're in need.
- Clover in Totally Spies!.