Who says all the badass motherf*ckers have to be the menfolk? In a generation raised on girl power no one is cooler than these BAMF TV ladies. Not all of them can literally kick your ass, but every single one of them has a spine of steel and are tougher, smarter, and more stubborn than anyone else they come up against- whether that be the Hellmouth or the FBI, terrorists or an ongoing global war against stupidity. They may not all be your traditional BAMF’s (Austin we’re looking at your Hannah Montana addition) but they’re some of our favorite bad asses.
These aren’t in any particular order, except for Buffy, because duh, she’s the supreme bad ass of all bad asses.
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Buffy Motherf*cking Summers – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Agent Dana Scully – The X-Files
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Daenerys Stormborn, KHALEESI OF ALL, FUCKERS – Game of Thrones
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Ziva David- NCIS
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Sydney Bristow – ALIAS
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Irene Adler – Sherlock
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Blair Waldorf- Gossip Girl
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Emma Peel – The Avengers
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Pam Swyndord De Beaufort- True Blood
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River Song – Doctor Who
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Tara Thornton – True Blood
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Sloan Sabbith – The Newsroom
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Amy Pond- Doctor Who
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Martha Jones- Doctor Who
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Dr. Temperance Brennan – BONES
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Piper Halliwell – Charmed
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Storm – X-Men: The Animated Series
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Velma – Scooby Doo
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Arya Stark – Game of Thrones
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Willow Rosenberg- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Bonnie Bennet – The Vampire Diaries
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Jadzia Dax – Star Trek
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Tammy Taylor- Friday Night Lights
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Lisa Cuddy – HOUSE
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MacKenzie ‘Mac’ McHale – The Newsroom
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Caroline Forbes – The Vampire Diaries
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Lucille Bluth – Arrested Development
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Carrie Mathison – Homeland
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Audrey Parker- Haven
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Nene Leakes – The Real Housewives of Atlanta
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Hannah Montana – Hannah Montana
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Sabrina the Teenage Fucking Witch [and Clarissa (who explained it ALL: girls can dominate daytime TV, too!)]
