Slapstick Knows no Gender
This is when a female character lacks the usual immunity to slapstick that comes with her sex and is thus regularly on the receiving end of physical comedy in a manner normally reserved for male characters. She might regularly suffer Amusing Injuries, get Covered in Gunge, receive a Pie in the Face, get Panty Shot for Comedic Underwear Exposure, and have other slapstick tropes done to her. She is usually the Butt-Monkey or The Chew Toy of the show and what happens to the girl is Played for Laughs.
It is more rare to see women in these roles because of the Double Standard seen in things like Beauty Is Never Tarnished, Wouldn't Hit a Girl, ...read more