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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
For the shows my kids watch, why does the girl character always have some sort of flying power / ability / connection?
Paw Patrol - Skye - Uses a jet or helicopter
Spidey and his Amazing Friends - Gwen - Flying suit as Ghost Spider
PJ Masks - Amaya - Flying power as Owlette
Spirit Rangers - Summer - Transforms into a Hawk
I can't help but think it just caters to boys where they'll tolerate girl characters if they can do something cool like flying.
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I assume it's because it's stereotypically an elegant power/ability for a female character? Plus many writers are kinda lame and just copy similar tropes and story lines and jokes over and over. It might not be intentional beyond, "Oh, that IP has something like that, we're going to have one too!"