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Some girls pal around with male friends instead of having girl friends. They play male games (baseball instead of softball), and might even become accepted as just one of the boys. She might be rude, and use crude, or less refined slang like a boy. She spits, bleeds, and plays in the dirt, without caring about getting dirty. She'd never say something like "[[IBrokeANail I broke a nail]]".

* WrenchWench Fio Piccolo of ''PorcoRosso''.
* Makoto from ''TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'', who is quite a {{tomboy}} but still manages to be girlishly charming in her own right.

* This is the story of Michael Tree's youth in the ''Ms. Tree'', where she was a total tomboy and largely kept at it at least straight through high school who had no trouble attracting boys' interest as much for her beauty as for her toughness.

* PJ, of the TBS sitcom ''My Boys'', sort of fits this trope; she works in a predominantly-male profession (sportswriting), has a group of male friends she hangs out with, likes to play poker, and typically dons jeans-and-sweatshirts attire. But she also has a close female friend and isn't averse to occasionally acting more girly.

* Ivy from ''90210'' is a surfer chick who gets very testy when someone doesn't treat her as Just One of the Guys

* Daughter Allie on ''Step by Step.'' Her distinguishing characteristic that seperated her from Dana (the smart one) and Karen (the pretty one) was that she was good at sports
* Tori on ''Saved by the Bell''

* {{The X-Files}} Scully is like this, and in flashbacks, is shown to have been like this as a child. Her brothers even went so far as to get her a rifle for her birthday. She chooses not only a male-dominated college major (her undergraduate degree was Physics; her medical degree is specialized in pathology), but a male-dominated profession (the FBI), which is commented on at times in the series. While not a tomboy in clothing or mannerisms, she gets very upset when someone does not treat her as One of the Boys. She puts up a tough front on pretty much everything; it takes a season and a half of Mulder telling her she can lean on him and a kidnapping encounter with a sociopath to even get her to lower her walls at all. And even though she's small, she's mighty. She's got great aim with her gun and can kick ass with the best of them. Evidenced by how many times she has to save Mulder when he'd gone half-cocked into a dangerous situation.

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** This Troper has heard it commented that Abby shows a little bit of One of the Boys characteristics too. Maybe it's just that she so much likes being part of [[{{Nakama}} the team]].

** Oh lordy, yes, Pippin Galadriel Moonchild is totally this. ''(attacked by Pepper for using the name)''

* Katy Perry's "One of the Boys", played straight with Chickification being a good thing. Balanced out when she snubs the guy she originally chickified for.

* ''HarryPotter'': Hermione is seen as this, much to her chagrin when a dance comes around and neither Harry nor Ron ask her, even when they are talking about getting their own dates.

* Misty from ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' (at least until Togepi starts [[{{Chickification}} sucking the life force out of her]]). Her sisters give her constant crap for not being girly enough, and since they're all [[AntiRoleModel airheads]] she just kind of runs with it to distance herself from them. Usually seen competing with Ash in pretty much every open competition they come across or cockblocking Brock.

* ''HarryPotter'': Hermione is seen as this, much to her chagrin when a dance comes around and neither Harry nor Ron ask her even though she is with then most of the time.

* ''HarryPotter'': Hermione is seen as this, much to her chagrin when a dance comes around and Ron doesn't ask her in time. This misunderstanding culminates in a gigantic fight known to fans as the [[FanNickname Yule Brawl.]]

* ''{{Ghost in the Shell}}'''s Major Kusanagi.