If saccharine holiday fare has you gagging, we've got just the ticket. This Sunday, December 27 at 6pm & 10pm ET/PT, Showcase has an encore presentation of Alice, a trippy new miniseries based on Lewis Carroll's trippy old books. In honour of Alice 2.0, a fiercely independent babe who traverses a technicolor dreamland (and Kathy Bates' terrifying Red Queen) to rescue her lover, here are our top 5 lady ass-kickers.

5. Lara Croft
She's hot, she takes no prisoners, she's based on a video game. Any questions?

4. Wonder Woman
Her outfit and invisible plane are obviously awesome, but don't overlook the Amazon's Lasso of Truth. If only we could sling one around politicians and bank execs, the world would be a happier, more peaceful place.

3. Yu Shu-Lien and Jen Yu
Two fierce female warriors made Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a must-see martial arts film, even for the action-averse. As Shu-Lien, Michelle Yeoh tore a ligament rehearsing for the awesome fight scene in which the duo give their all, performing a dangerous, otherwordly ballet. Rebelling against the constrictions of her aristocratic life, Ziyi Zhang as Jen prefers death over the loss of her freedom. Both women stand up to a male-dominated world, and their swordplay just looks crazy cool.

2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
These days, vampires are apparently a reason to lop ten years off your maturity level and get more than a little moist between the legs. How weak. Buffy knew how to be merciless with the forces of darkness, and still get some nookie, too.

1. The Bride, codename "Black Mamba"
Haven't you always wanted to be an assassin? Okay, maybe killing people ain't cool, but it's an infinitely superior job title than whatever you've got on your business card. Kill Bill saw Uma come back from the dead to dismember and pillage a phalanx of bad guys, before saving her kidnapped baby by murdering her former lover. All in a day's work.