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This typically involves a competent female fighter that would otherwise be assumed to be male whose gender is outed when a male opponent's hand rakes across her chest in the heat of battle.
## Why it's a trope
- It subverts expectations, but in an extremely clichéd way.
- It changes the focus of the scene from the woman's prowess to her physical attributes.
- This is often used to introduce a love interest for the female character.
## In practice
- Katsa's first encounter with Po in [[Graceling]]