Red is the boss of the construction crew on Red and Ted's Roadshow.

Elvira, Theatre of Magic, Cirques Voltaire might be options.

It’s pretty slim pickings to be honest. I can’t think of one besides Elvira and that one is problematic in your situation for obvious reasons.

I guess maybe the Catwoman version of Batman 66 might work? Problem is she’s pretty much an afterthought beyond the translite.

Girl on back glass...check

Good point. My daughters like TMNT, but I see what you mean. My wife would love a Jem and the Holograms theme, for example; she literally cried when she met Jem's original voice actor.

TNA pretty much fits the bill with your description. While she isn’t featured predominately outside of the backglass, she’s the main character. You play as the female protagonist who travels to the future to save humanity.

Not scantily clad, not overly exaggerated. Just a tough, smart chick.

Mulitmorphic P3 would seem to have a couple good choices.
Lexy Lightspeed is the featured character on her game, and Heist has a couple female main characters.

This is 95% of this argument anyway! In pinball you’re not “playing” as anything or anyone, you’re shooting a metal ball at plastic lol. Who has the time to be thinking “does the character representing the metal ballbearing have a peach or an eggplant ?”

City Slicker has a chick mobster on the backglass and giant feature on the playfield and you are playing her robbing a bank and escaping from the cops.

You could also just get custom translites as well if you need a woman on them.

Whoa Nellie
She's so hot

IMG_20210723_004709 (resized).jpg

Here are some that come to mind
Charlie's Angels
Dolly Parton
Bride of Pinbot
Black Rose
Wizard of Oz
Stranger Things
Elvira (already mentioned, but times 3)

And if you want to read a thread where this question was recently posed (and not without a little pinside controversy of course):

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/real-talk-female-oriented-themes-in-pinball

Laser war would be a good one.

All the ladies in Future Spa and Hard Body look pretty strong to me.

What on earth? So that’s the problem with the latest pinball crowd and why they foam at the mouth with every release...
When I’m playing my Classic Stern’s, early 80s solid states and EMs I’m focusing on really fun shooting layouts and scoring a lot of points, not whatever lame fantasy is thinly laid over the game. Those classic games are far more engaging and fun than the crap that’s shoveled out now. AND they had more women.

Shockingly other woman enjoy seeing beautiful women too and don’t ogle at scantily clad chicks like men seem to think.
If you want that you could go play video games, they have endless female protagonists. They’re also boring and repetitive now. But what you’re saying is why people binge WOW and other MMOs now.

Pinball is player versus the machine and the fun is being better than the layout designed to beat you. The wish-fulfillment thing is strange, where do you find the time when you’re focusing on your shots and not draining?

Baywatch had a lot of strong female characters.
The great thing about pinball is any game your daughter plays SHE can be the strong female character.

God that game is an embarrasment.

Try Xenon. First pinball to feature female voice.

Cleopatra another option but probably not a theme you’d want to encourage.

Exactly what I was going to post. Plus, you can get BOTH games in the same cabinet for only slightly more than a NIB game. Heist is absolutely up to par with latest Stern games; understandable rules, multiple strategies, a whole bunch of multiballs. I will say though that is it HARD. Definitely change settings to make things easier.

Xenon and The Machine Bride of Pinbot. Of later games, maybe Monster Bash?

Someone beat me to it.
But Black Rose....Her Strong Call outs, Female in charge attitude.

Avengers has multiple lead female heroes and villains.

Avengers! Black Widow is an awesome, strong character in both games, and AIQ also adds the crazy powerful Captain Marvel (probably the most powerful of all the heroes honestly) and Wasp, who awards your extra ball.

Stranger Things heavily features Eleven, who is another very powerful female character, and I am guessing closer to your daughter's age bracket, so more relatable.

While I see the disappointment that April isn't a playable character in TMNT, you can point out that she is a VERY powerful ally in the game. She awards big points in her hurry-ups, but more importantly literally saves your turtle with her ball saves!

edit: Gah! Can't believe I forgot about Wanda in AIQ! I wish she had a bigger role, but Scarlet Witch is definitely there, and she's one of the few characters that might give Cap Marvel a run for her money as strongest character!

Also GOTG has some badass women in Gamora and Nebula. Marvel has really embraced empowering women in the MCU. Some may think it's over the top, but I think it's awesome and well done.

I wish we could get a Wonder Woman machine!

Yeah , but not the back glass

I think he means ESPECIALLY the backglass. It’s tongue-in-cheek but definitely hasn’t aged well... in fact I don’t think it ever went over well from the start.
They dedicated a ton of money to a boobie joke

Pinball Magic

X-Men is another with strong female characters! 3 of the 8 heroes are women, Storm, Rogue, and Phoenix. And really, they could kick the male heroes butts pretty easily! Lots of cameos from other female X-Men throughout the game too.

Deadpool features two female team-up allys, plus Dazzler being featured in a multiball.

In Star Wars you can choose Princess Leia as your character, with her own scoring advantages.

I'm sorry but the Bride of Pinbot suggestions are just killing me. lol.

I mean...the DOG wants to fuck her too?

Cute.

Star Wars has Leah as a playable character

Never even noticed that before...
That’s ruff

From the perspective of a lady pinballer that I send this thread to:
“So does he [OP] only play games with a male character on it so he can relate? Otherwise it wouldn't be engaging for him according to his logic“

How about the creepy Deliverance guys?

deliverance (resized).jpg

How about Barbwire

The new Heavy Metal game probably has THE strongest female of all time.

Yes, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and Captain Marvel are pretty good examples.
aiq1 (resized).jpgaiq2 (resized).jpg

M-A-N-D-A-L-O-R-I-A-N CARA DUNE FOR THE WIN!

.....oh wait, what?

Is just a female character enough and what specifically must they do to be "strong"?

Both Halloween and Ultraman with have them but not the sole theme of the game.

Oktoberfest has Inga and Otto. Inga is featured in many of the modes and callouts. It's a really fun game and theme. BTW, although there's plenty of beer drinking in it, there's also plenty of other carnival/circus elements too.

images (resized).jpeg