For some reason this is very important to me. I just get very delighted when there's a female character who is an asskicker but isn't called a bitch or acts bitchy, so I can totally root for her, or is annoying and whiny but realizes this and tries to fix her problems.

• Sarah Walker (Chuck)
• Zoe Washburne (Firefly)
• Kaylee Frye (Firefly)
• Buffy Summers (Buffy)
• Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
• Elliot Reid (Scrubs)
• Robin Scherbatsky (How I Met Your Mother)
• Liz Lemon (30 Rock)