Girls and Boys and Samus Aran

Today, I will be talking about Samus Aran.  Samus Aran was one of the first female protagonists in a videogame (Metroid).  Moreso, she was one who wasn't overtly sexualised, and more than that, she was a strong, independent character.  Throughout the game, Samus, a bounty hunter with very little background and this weird, oversized cyborg suit-thingy is jumping around shooting the ass off things, and turning into this awesome ball, because the suit is awesome.  Then, right at the end, she is finally revealed to be a woman (you can watch it here).  Aside from the fact that she is suddenly wearing pink and giving a cute little wave at the camera, it's still fairly cool that such a powerful, independent, ass-kicking character is actually female.