Final Girl

A is a common trope found in many s, particularly s. The archetype refers to the only heroine left alive that stands up against their adversary and manages to survive. The term "final girl" was coined by American professor in 1992, in her non-fiction book . Clover studied slasher films and defined the final girl as a female who is the sole survivor of a group who are chased by a villain. The final girl is the last one standing who gets a final confrontation against the villain where either she kills him, or she is saved at the last minute by someone else.
==Examples==
Film 	Character 	Actress
1963 - 	Doris Page 	Helen Hovey †
1972 - 	Mari Collingwood 	
1974 - 	Jess Bradford 	
1974 - 	Sally Hardesty 	†
1976 - 	Sue Snell 	
1976 - 	Suzy Bannion 	
1978 - 	Laurie Strode 	
1979 - 	Molly 	Jocelyn Jones
1979 - 	Ellen Ripley 	
1980 - 	Alice Hardy 	
1981 - 	Ginny Field 	
1981 - 	Chris Higgins 	
1981 - 	Sarah Mercer 	
1981 - 	Courtney 	Cecile Bagdadi
1981 - 	Katya Bennett 	
1982 - 	Deborah Ballin 	
1982 - 	Sandy Ralston 	
1983 - 	Katey Rose 	
1983 - 	Leigh Cabot 	
1984 - 	Nancy Thompson 	
1984 - 	Trish Jarvis 	
1986 - 	Megan Garris 	
1986 - 	Alison Parks 	
1986 - 	Vanita Brock 	
1986 - 	Beth Henkel 	Angela O'Neill
1987 - 	Kirsty Cotton 	
1988 - 	Cynthia 	
1988 - 	Karen Barclay 	
1988 - 	Jamie Lloyd 	
1988 - Halloween 4	Rachel Carruthers	
1988 - 	Tina Shepard 	
1989 - 	Rennie Wickham 	
1995 - 	Kara Strode 	
1996 - 	Sidney Prescott 	
2000 - 	Clear Rivers 	
2001 - 	Rowan LaFontaine 	
2003 - 	Kimberly Corman 	
2003 - 	Lori Campbell 	
2006 - 	Wendy Christensen	
2009 - 	Whitney Miller 	
2009 - 	Skye Rotter 	
2011 - 	Dana Polk 	
2011 - 	Erin Harson 	
2013 - 	Mia Allen 	
2014 - 	Jaime Height 	
2015 - 	Max Cartwright 	
2016 - 	Maddie Young 	
2016 - 	Victoria Heyes 	
2017 - 	Tree Gelbman 	
2019 - 	Grace Le Domas 	
2020 - 	Cecilia Kass 	
2020 - 	Jessie Adams 	
2021 - 	Deena Johnson 	
2022 - 	Maxine Minx 	
2022 - 	Sienna Shaw 	
==Gallery==
Mari Collingwood Laurie Strode Jess Bradford Nancy Thompson Ginny Field.jpg|Mari Collingwood, Laurie Strode, Jess Bradford, Nancy Thompson, and Ginny Field
Kirsty Cotton.jpg
Ginny Field.jpg|Ginny Field (Friday the 13th Part 2)
A-nightmare-on-elm-street-nancy-thompson.jpg|Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Laurie Strode 3.jpg|Laurie Strode (Halloween)
Sandra Peabody Mari Collingwood.jpg
DanaPolk.PNG|Dana Polk (The Cabin in the Woods)
==Trivia== 
* Final girls also appear in other media, such as video games. One such example is Jennifer Simpson from .
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