50 fearless, confident, all around badass women on television

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Veronica Mars – Veronica Mars

Attitude has a lot to do with being a badass, and this tough-talking teen gumshoe has it in spades. She had a tough exterior, but she really had a lot of the same problems and struggles as any young girl. However, she never let it get the best of her, even though she was surrounded by a lot of jerks and a-holes. Veronica was a fish out of water in her ritzy high school in the fancy part of Neptune, and never quite fit in as the Sheriff’s daughter.

She found her niche as a straight-A outcast by day and a top-notch sleuth by night. She gained the respect of her peers by solving all sorts of crimes. Sometimes she’s figuring out who stole the rival school’s mascot, but many times she stumbled onto some bigger and much more menacing crimes.

Neptune may have been a sleepy, sea-side hamlet, but there was a ton of crime and intrigue. Usually, Veronica and her father were right in the middle of it. She could go up against anybody in the world and still keep her cool, maintain her wit, and win the day. Both Kristen Bell and Veronica mars are ten pounds of dynamite in a five pound sack, but it was Veronica that proved she could do anything, anytime, and probably do it better than everybody else in the room.