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* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
** ''[[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats She's Josie]]'' had Melody and Pepper. Pepper was a short haired SoapboxSadie who usually wears pants while Melody was a longer haired GirlyGirl and a DudeMagnet. During the {{retool}} to ''Josie and the Pussycats'' Pepper was [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse dropped]].
** Elizabeth 'Betty' Cooper and Veronica 'Ronnie' Lodge from the main ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' are this. Originally they were both feminine, however, CharacterizationMarchesOn made Betty go from a DumbBlonde to a WrenchWench with a TomboyishPonytail while Veronica stayed a GirlyGirl.
* ''ComicBook/CheerUpLoveAndPompoms'': Annie is the Tomboy to Beatrice's Girly-Girl. Annie loves wearing black clothing and stomping boots. Beatrice likes wearing makeup and being a cheerleader. They, of course, fall in love.
* ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' is the Tomboy to ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'''s Girly Girl. Kara is a masculine and aggressive brawler, has a crew cut and wears trousers and sweaters. Barbara is a feminine BadassBookworm, has long hair, and wears dresses and jewelry.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Beatriz/Fire and Tora/Ice play around with the trope. While Beatriz is much bolder and more extroverted than Tora, she hardly disdains so-called "girly" things; she even had a stint as a musical showgirl back in Brazil. Likewise shy, sweet Tora had no idea many of the "girly" things even existed until introduced to them... by Beatriz.
* ''ComicBook/LesLegendaires'' has girly MagicalGirl Jadina and tomboyish [[OurElvesAreDifferent elven]] [[ElementalPowers elemental-powered]] [[ActionGirl Shimy]]. While both actually are good at fighting, Jadina is portrayed as overly girly in the first books to the point of comedy. Ironically enough, the two of them ''hate'' each other... [[VitriolicBestBuds sort of]].
* ''ComicBook/NewMutants'':
** Hairstyles and power sets aside, [[PsychicPowers Dani]] and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Rahne]] fit this quite well. The [[HoYay/XMen romantic]] aspect is still up in the air.
** ComicBook/KittyPryde and [[ComicBook/{{Magik}} Illyana Rasputin]] are a subversion. Both are kick butt girly girls.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': The group Tim hangs out with at school only really includes two girls his rather girly girlfriend Ariana who wants to be a fashion designer and the rather tomboyish Callie Evans who structures her life around basketball and plays tabletop [=RPGs=] with the guys. Amusingly both of them play basketball for the school though Ariana drops off the team. After Ariana and Tim break up Callie only seems to become more of a tomboy, chopping her hair into a short pixie cut no longer wearing feminine tops.
* Molly Hayes and Klara Prast of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. Molly's a CuteBruiser who's become notorious for punching some of the toughest, manliest anti-heroes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse over embarrassingly vast distances. Klara's [[GreenThumb a plant-controller]] who ties up bad guys in vines and then turns them into living floral arrangements.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
** Tomboy princess Sally Acorn and sweet, romantic Amy Rose
** For that matter Sally and any other girl in the Freedom Fighters. Especially after the ContinuityReboot. Even Bunnie Rabbot is more feminine than her.
** Sally is also the tomboy to Fiona Fox, who is a villainous foil to her. Fiona is TheVamp who plays on her feminine charms to manipulate male heroes like Tails into doing what she wants, much to the disgust of the tomboyish Sally, who once gave her a gut punch for this. Fiona also looks a little more feminine, given the bow and skirt, as well as the bodysuit she used to wear as a hero, compared to Sally's more masculine appearance. That being said, Fiona does have a rough attitude and ironically calls Sally a 'Sugar Queen' despite the latter's tomboyishness.
** Before the Reboot, the Chaotix had the soft spoken Saffron who preferred to wear dresses and the former Dark Legioner Julie-Su who has always been a bit of a warrior.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The two great loves of Peter Parker's life, ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson and ComicBook/GwenStacy, at least during the era where Gwen [[ILetGwenStacyDie was alive.]] Gwen wears miniskirts, go-go boots and headbands, thinks often about boys, was the "beauty queen of Standard High", and often plays the role of the damsel in distress. Mary Jane (while she has a girly side) wears jeans and t-shirts, is a free spirit who shies from commitment, has taken on bad guys on her own, is brassy and bold and extroverted, and seems to live to have fun. This is contrary to their portrayals in a number of adaptations.
* ''ComicBook/TenThousandBlackFeathers'': Trish is the Girly-Girl and Jackie is the Tomboy. Jackie has short-cut hair dyed pink even as a child, wears boyish or gender-neutral clothing and gets her nose pierced in high school. Trish, on the other hand, has long hair throughout life and wears more feminine clothing as a child (but more gender-neutral ones as an adult).
* ''[[ComicBook/TomboySterling Tomboy]]'', an obscure 1950s superheroine has the secret identity of "perfect little lady" Janie Jackson.
* Mercy St. Clair and her neighbor [[spoiler:now girlfriend]] Molly in Ron Randall's ''ComicBook/{{Trekker}}'': Mercy is a badass bounty hunter; Molly is a [[HarpOfFemininity musician]]. That being said, Mercy does have her more feminine side, especially when she is with Molly.
* ''ComicBook/VixensKeep'' A furry comic. One of the plot lines is the relationship of two female warriors, one of whom is a feminine vixen whose fighting skills are inadequate and a tough rabbit warrior who disdains traditional feminine pursuits. Eventually, the pair find they can help each other with the rabbit teaching the Vixen to fight more effectively. In return, the Vixen helps the rabbit to dance since she was missing out dancing with the Vixen's brother, and is successful even if she had to describe the moves in terms of combat ("First, your sword arm, then your shield arm and repeat...)
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Volume 1]], ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' & ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'': Glamora Treat and Bobby Strong are Holliday Girls, and are close friends that are rarely seen without the other. Glamora is demure and fashion conscious, Bobby is rough and tumble and loves to go hunting. They're both excellent fighters, crack shots with a riffle and boy crazy to the point that Diana is concerned when she realizes the two of them are going to accompany ComicBook/SteveTrevor on a mission.
** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Volume 2]] & [[ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth Volume 5]]: When teaming up, ComicBook/{{Artemis}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman have this dynamic with Artemis as the Tomboy to Wonder Woman's Girly Girl.
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]], although she's handy at asskicking, is wealthy, graceful, and feminine in quite a lot of ways. She plays the girly girl to the tough-talking, surly, rather violent ComicBook/AmericaChavez.
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* ''WebAnimation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures'': Kuromi is the "tough as nails" tomboy to My Melody and Hello Kitty. That being said...she can be a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak at times.
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'''Note''': The name of this trope can be controversial due to the original definition of "tomboy", which is "a boy who is rambunctious, mischievous, or misbehaved." In addition, the phrasing of "tomboy" and "girly girl" comes off with the negative implication that girls who look or act masculine are defined by their activities, and thus not considered girls except by the current definition. Conversely, the term used for girls who act feminine can be seen as too redundant in its literal phrasing ("girly girl").
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* ''Theatre/{{Grease}}'' contrasts the sweet and innocent GirlyGirl Sandy with the tough, sarcastic, tomboyish "bad girl" [[LastNameBasis Rizzo.]] In the end, however, Sandy gets a TomboyishnessUpgrade when she dons black leather and tight pants to become a greaser babe.
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* Website/ChannelAwesome:
** WebVideo/MarzGurl and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. Of course, Marz is being a DrillSergeantNasty because she likes the power and the Chick is being an epic BitchInSheepsClothing because she wants to rule the micro-nation, so this is a pretty negative example.
** Subverted in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. It starts out Chick (as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Arwen]]) is the tomboy while [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] (as WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}) is the girly girl, but Lupa gets tired of that crap and picks up a gun, while Chick gets Jaffers in a fairly decent headlock.
** While on at different times (Rachel quit and Tamara took over), Rachel the character and Tamara the character is the girly girl and tomboy in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic respectively. Rachel had the long hair, was the BrokenBird TokenGoodTeammate and all the giggly girly roles, while Tamara has BoyishShortHair (though it's got longer), makes it clear she's TheLadette and Critic hires her because she beats him up good.
** The abused daughters in the Sweater Family sketches. One has Tamara dressed up in pigtails and rocking with teddy bears, while the other is louder and dresses in tomboyish clothes.
* ''Shopping in a Zombie Apocalypse'' features two girls breaking into a large grocery store after a, well, zombie apocalypse. Although both are quite beautiful, one is quite content to stay up front, play music over the PA, and do a sexy dance atop the checkout, while her girlfriend does a sweep of the store, casually (almost gleefully) dispatching a number of zombies with her cricket bat... while wearing ''rollerskates!''. When the store has been cleared her girly friend rewards her with a kiss, then joins her for a shopping spree now that the danger has been dealt with.
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* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'':
** Lagoona (though it's more of an InformedAttribute, as she seems just as girly as the others) and Draculaura.
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* Sanrio's ''Cinnamoroll'' features two girls in the group: the quick running sports buff, Chiffon, and the [[TheFashionista fashionista]], Mocha.

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* Sanrio's ''Cinnamoroll'' ''Manga/{{Cinnamoroll}}'' features two girls in the group: the quick running sports buff, Chiffon, and the [[TheFashionista fashionista]], Mocha.



* Fanfic/KhaosOmega turns several canon tomboys into girly girls, famously including ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'''s Anise Azeat. This is largely because Khaos has preferences for long hair and high heels, two things usually seen on the girly girl.

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* Fanfic/KhaosOmega ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'':
** Of the Red Lotus Quarto, we have girly-girl Chloe Cerise with her dresses and flowing red hair in comparison to the pantsuit stoic Amelia Hughes.
** Chloe is again the girly girl to the pants and sneakers wearing Grace Monroe.
* ''Fanfic/KhaosOmega''
turns several canon tomboys into girly girls, famously including ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'''s Anise Azeat. This is largely because Khaos has preferences for long hair and high heels, two things usually seen on the girly girl.



* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'':
** Of the Red Lotus Quarto, we have girly-girl Chloe Cerise with her dresses and flowing red hair in comparison to the pantsuit stoic Amelia Hughes.
** Chloe is again the girly girl to the pants and sneakers wearing Grace Monroe.



* Music/IggyAzalea has served as the tomboy to the girly girls of Music/CharliXCX , Music/ArianaGrande , Music/JenniferLopez and Music/BritneySpears in “Fancy”, “Problem”, “Booty” and “Pretty Girls” respectively.
* Akira (tomboy) and Marcy (girly girl) from Disacode. This is due to Akira being a {{Bifauxnen}} wearing men's clothing in music videos and performances along with her hairstyle being a slightly spiky long black hair with a blonde streak and has been a female model for ''Kera'' and ''Kera Boku'' alternative magazines and having an occasional career as an actress since she played Narase Kaoru in the LiveActionAdaptation of ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' and in a CrosscastRole as Uesugi Kenshin in the stage show adaptation of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', while Marcy tends to wear colorful clothing, in addition, bleaching her hair blonde (as she is a natural brunette and at one point, she sported [[https://pic.prepics-cdn.com/pib58770542/8252780.jpeg pink hair]]) with a HimeCut and sometimes sporting her hair down, in a ponytail, in GirlishPigtails or in [[OdangoHair odango buns]].



* Music/FleetwoodMac: Christine [=McVie=] wasthe tomboy and Stevie Nicks was the girly girl. [=McVie=] admitted this in a 2015 cover story on Stevie: “I’m a tomboy,” says [=McVie=]. “I love men. I love hanging around with men. And Stevie is kind of a girly girl.”



* Music/IggyAzalea has served as the tomboy to the girly girls of Music/CharliXCX , Music/ArianaGrande , Music/JenniferLopez and Music/BritneySpears in “Fancy”, “Problem”, “Booty” and “Pretty Girls” respectively.



* Music/FleetwoodMac: Christine [=McVie=] wasthe tomboy and Stevie Nicks was the girly girl. [=McVie=] admitted this in a 2015 cover story on Stevie: “I’m a tomboy,” says [=McVie=]. “I love men. I love hanging around with men. And Stevie is kind of a girly girl.”
* Akira (tomboy) and Marcy (girly girl) from Disacode. This is due to Akira being a {{Bifauxnen}} wearing men's clothing in music videos and performances along with her hairstyle being a slightly spiky long black hair with a blonde streak and has been a female model for ''Kera'' and ''Kera Boku'' alternative magazines and having an occasional career as an actress since she played Narase Kaoru in the LiveActionAdaptation of ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' and in a CrosscastRole as Uesugi Kenshin in the stage show adaptation of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', while Marcy tends to wear colorful clothing, in addition, bleaching her hair blonde (as she is a natural brunette and at one point, she sported [[https://pic.prepics-cdn.com/pib58770542/8252780.jpeg pink hair]]) with a HimeCut and sometimes sporting her hair down, in a ponytail, in GirlishPigtails or in [[OdangoHair odango buns]].



* The Tomboyish mezzo soprano Patrice and the DumbBlonde soprano Kendra in ''{{Theatre/Thirteen}}'' although the alto Lucy and Kendra are an aversion since they're both just as girly.
* ''Theatre/AllShookUp'' has WrenchWench Natalie and her girly friend Lorraine. Later in the show, Natalie's tomboyishness is shown in contrast to the glamorous Miss Sandra.
* ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' 's Rosalind and Celia. Rosalind ''is'' very feminine in private, but her SweetPollyOliver disguise lends her a boyish boldness.
* Also, in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' there's the [[InnocentFlowergirl Innocent Seamstress]] Lucia/Mimi and the FemmeFatale {{Tsundere}} Musetta (both lyric sopranos).



* In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Louise and June are very much this. Louise is just a generic performer who is in her sister's act as one of the Newsboys, while June is for all intents and purposes a classically trained ballerina who knows how to rock a pretty dress onstage. Their performance of "May We Entertain You?" even establishes them like this with not just their respective costumes but also a couple of lines they sing back-to-back.
-->'''Baby June''': I will do some kicks\\
'''Baby Louise''': I will do some tricks
* In Philip Barry's ''{{Film/Holiday}}'', Linda is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. The "dramatis personae" describes them as follows:
-->'''Linda:''' She is slim, rather boyish, exceedingly fresh. She is smart, she is pretty, but beside '''Julia''''s grace, '''Julia''''s beauty, she seems a trifle gauche, and almost plain.
-->'''Julia:''' She is twenty-eight and quite beautiful.
* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' sees a contrast between Cinderella (girly girl, again, a soprano) and the Baker's Wife (tomboy with a lower vocal range).
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate'' contrasts the tough diva Lilli with BrainlessBeauty Lois. However Lilli the tomboy is the soprano singer while the girly Lois is the dancing alto. This was based on ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' with tomboyish "shrew" Katherina and her much more feminine sister Bianca.



* In ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}'', Elphaba is certainly the tomboy, being unafraid to express her mind or get her hands dirty, while Glinda is almost ridiculously girly. (Again, Glinda is a soprano and Elphaba is a mezzo-soprano.)

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* In ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}'', Elphaba ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' Beatrice is certainly the tomboy, tomboy (although she prefers battles of wits over physical confrontations) while Hero is much more passive and conventionally feminine.
* In ''Theatre/{{Le nozze di Figaro}}'', there's the feminine and quiet Countess Rosina and her plucky maid Susanna. Both are played by sopranos, but in a variation, the "girly" Countess has a deeper tone (full lyric) than the "tomboyish" Susanna (light lyric) since she's the OlderAndWiser of the duo.
* Depending on how the actress plays it, sometimes Laurey and Ado Annie from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' can come across as this, with Laurey as the tomboy despite
being unafraid to express her mind or get her hands dirty, while Glinda the soprano. Sometimes she's as girly as Annie, just more sensible.
* In ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'', Millie
is almost ridiculously girly. (Again, Glinda is a soprano studious, bookish, wears glasses, smokes, and Elphaba plays basketball. Her sister Madge is a mezzo-soprano.)gorgeous and wears pretty dresses and says Millie should dress nicer.



* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' sees a contrast between Cinderella (girly girl, again, a soprano) and the Baker's Wife (tomboy with a lower vocal range).
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate'' contrasts the tough diva Lilli with BrainlessBeauty Lois. However Lilli the tomboy is the soprano singer while the girly Lois is the dancing alto. This was based on ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' with tomboyish "shrew" Katherina and her much more feminine sister Bianca.

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* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' sees a contrast between Cinderella In Agnes de Mille's ballet ''Theatre/{{Rodeo}}'',, the Cowgirl (tomboy) competes with the Rancher's Daughter (girly girl, again, a soprano) and girl) for the Baker's Wife (tomboy with a lower vocal range).
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate'' contrasts
attentions of the tough diva Lilli with BrainlessBeauty Lois. However Lilli the tomboy is the soprano singer while the girly Lois is the dancing alto. This was based on ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' with tomboyish "shrew" Katherina and her much more feminine sister Bianca.Head Wrangler.



* Depending on how the actress plays it, sometimes Laurey and Ado Annie from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' can come across as this, with Laurey as the tomboy despite being the soprano. Sometimes she's as girly as Annie, just more sensible.
* The Tomboyish mezzo soprano Patrice and the DumbBlonde soprano Kendra in ''{{Theatre/Thirteen}}'' although the alto Lucy and Kendra are an aversion since they're both just as girly.
* In ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' Beatrice is the tomboy (although she prefers battles of wits over physical confrontations) while Hero is much more passive and conventionally feminine.
* In ''Le nozze di Figaro'', there's the feminine and quiet Countess Rosina and her plucky maid Susanna. Both are played by sopranos, but in a variation, the "girly" Countess has a deeper tone (full lyric) than the "tomboyish" Susanna (light lyric) since she's the OlderAndWiser of the duo.
* Also, in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' there's the [[InnocentFlowergirl Innocent Seamstress]] Lucia/Mimi and the FemmeFatale {{Tsundere}} Musetta (both lyric sopranos).
* ''Theatre/AllShookUp'' has WrenchWench Natalie and her girly friend Lorraine. Later in the show, Natalie's tomboyishness is shown in contrast to the glamorous Miss Sandra.
* ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' 's Rosalind and Celia. Rosalind ''is'' very feminine in private, but her SweetPollyOliver disguise lends her a boyish boldness.
* In Agnes de Mille's ballet ''Rodeo,'' the Cowgirl (tomboy) competes with the Rancher's Daughter (girly girl) for the attentions of the Head Wrangler.
* In Philip Barry's ''{{Film/Holiday}}'', Linda is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. The "dramatis personae" describes them as follows:
-->'''Linda:''' She is slim, rather boyish, exceedingly fresh. She is smart, she is pretty, but beside '''Julia''''s grace, '''Julia''''s beauty, she seems a trifle gauche, and almost plain.
-->'''Julia:''' She is twenty-eight and quite beautiful.
* In ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'', Millie is studious, bookish, wears glasses, smokes, and plays basketball. Her sister Madge is gorgeous and wears pretty dresses and says Millie should dress nicer.
* In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Louise and June are very much this. Louise is just a generic performer who is in her sister's act as one of the Newsboys, while June is for all intents and purposes a classically trained ballerina who knows how to rock a pretty dress onstage. Their performance of "May We Entertain You?" even establishes them like this with not just their respective costumes but also a couple of lines they sing back-to-back.
-->'''Baby June''': I will do some kicks\\
'''Baby Louise''': I will do some tricks

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* Depending on how In ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}'', Elphaba is certainly the actress plays it, sometimes Laurey and Ado Annie from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' can come across as this, with Laurey as the tomboy despite tomboy, being the soprano. Sometimes she's as girly as Annie, just more sensible.
* The Tomboyish mezzo
unafraid to express her mind or get her hands dirty, while Glinda is almost ridiculously girly. (Again, Glinda is a soprano Patrice and the DumbBlonde soprano Kendra in ''{{Theatre/Thirteen}}'' although the alto Lucy and Kendra are an aversion since they're both just as girly.
* In ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' Beatrice
Elphaba is the tomboy (although she prefers battles of wits over physical confrontations) while Hero is much more passive and conventionally feminine.
* In ''Le nozze di Figaro'', there's the feminine and quiet Countess Rosina and her plucky maid Susanna. Both are played by sopranos, but in
a variation, the "girly" Countess has a deeper tone (full lyric) than the "tomboyish" Susanna (light lyric) since she's the OlderAndWiser of the duo.
* Also, in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' there's the [[InnocentFlowergirl Innocent Seamstress]] Lucia/Mimi and the FemmeFatale {{Tsundere}} Musetta (both lyric sopranos).
* ''Theatre/AllShookUp'' has WrenchWench Natalie and her girly friend Lorraine. Later in the show, Natalie's tomboyishness is shown in contrast to the glamorous Miss Sandra.
* ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' 's Rosalind and Celia. Rosalind ''is'' very feminine in private, but her SweetPollyOliver disguise lends her a boyish boldness.
* In Agnes de Mille's ballet ''Rodeo,'' the Cowgirl (tomboy) competes with the Rancher's Daughter (girly girl) for the attentions of the Head Wrangler.
* In Philip Barry's ''{{Film/Holiday}}'', Linda is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. The "dramatis personae" describes them as follows:
-->'''Linda:''' She is slim, rather boyish, exceedingly fresh. She is smart, she is pretty, but beside '''Julia''''s grace, '''Julia''''s beauty, she seems a trifle gauche, and almost plain.
-->'''Julia:''' She is twenty-eight and quite beautiful.
* In ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'', Millie is studious, bookish, wears glasses, smokes, and plays basketball. Her sister Madge is gorgeous and wears pretty dresses and says Millie should dress nicer.
* In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Louise and June are very much this. Louise is just a generic performer who is in her sister's act as one of the Newsboys, while June is for all intents and purposes a classically trained ballerina who knows how to rock a pretty dress onstage. Their performance of "May We Entertain You?" even establishes them like this with not just their respective costumes but also a couple of lines they sing back-to-back.
-->'''Baby June''': I will do some kicks\\
'''Baby Louise''': I will do some tricks
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* Roxie Hart (the girly girl/singer) versus Velma Kelly (the tomboy/dancer) in ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''.
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'': Cosette the graceful soprano and Eponine the hardscrabble mezzo-soprano.
* In ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}'', Elphaba is certainly the tomboy, being unafraid to express her mind or get her hands dirty, while Glinda is almost ridiculously girly. (Again, Glinda is a soprano and Elphaba is a mezzo-soprano.)
* In ''{{Theatre/RENT}}'', this shows up with Joanne and Maureen: ButchLesbian Joanne is the organized, career-driven lawyer, while Maureen is the diva performance artist with commitment/fidelity issues. Interestingly, Maureen was originated by Idina Menzel, who also originated tomboy Elphaba in ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}''.
* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' sees a contrast between Cinderella (girly girl, again, a soprano) and the Baker's Wife (tomboy with a lower vocal range).
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate'' contrasts the tough diva Lilli with BrainlessBeauty Lois. However Lilli the tomboy is the soprano singer while the girly Lois is the dancing alto. This was based on ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' with tomboyish "shrew" Katherina and her much more feminine sister Bianca.
* ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' has the mezzo tomboy Millie with her best friend, the girly soprano Miss Dorothy. This contrast is shown by having Miss Dorothy wear her hair long and traditional dress while Millie has a short bob and "modern" 1920s flapper clothes.
* Depending on how the actress plays it, sometimes Laurey and Ado Annie from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' can come across as this, with Laurey as the tomboy despite being the soprano. Sometimes she's as girly as Annie, just more sensible.
* The Tomboyish mezzo soprano Patrice and the DumbBlonde soprano Kendra in ''{{Theatre/Thirteen}}'' although the alto Lucy and Kendra are an aversion since they're both just as girly.
* In ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' Beatrice is the tomboy (although she prefers battles of wits over physical confrontations) while Hero is much more passive and conventionally feminine.
* In ''Le nozze di Figaro'', there's the feminine and quiet Countess Rosina and her plucky maid Susanna. Both are played by sopranos, but in a variation, the "girly" Countess has a deeper tone (full lyric) than the "tomboyish" Susanna (light lyric) since she's the OlderAndWiser of the duo.
* Also, in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' there's the [[InnocentFlowergirl Innocent Seamstress]] Lucia/Mimi and the FemmeFatale {{Tsundere}} Musetta (both lyric sopranos).
* ''Theatre/AllShookUp'' has WrenchWench Natalie and her girly friend Lorraine. Later in the show, Natalie's tomboyishness is shown in contrast to the glamorous Miss Sandra.
* ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' 's Rosalind and Celia. Rosalind ''is'' very feminine in private, but her SweetPollyOliver disguise lends her a boyish boldness.
* In Agnes de Mille's ballet ''Rodeo,'' the Cowgirl (tomboy) competes with the Rancher's Daughter (girly girl) for the attentions of the Head Wrangler.
* In Philip Barry's ''{{Film/Holiday}}'', Linda is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. The "dramatis personae" describes them as follows:
-->'''Linda:''' She is slim, rather boyish, exceedingly fresh. She is smart, she is pretty, but beside '''Julia''''s grace, '''Julia''''s beauty, she seems a trifle gauche, and almost plain.
-->'''Julia:''' She is twenty-eight and quite beautiful.
* In ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'', Millie is studious, bookish, wears glasses, smokes, and plays basketball. Her sister Madge is gorgeous and wears pretty dresses and says Millie should dress nicer.
* In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Louise and June are very much this. Louise is just a generic performer who is in her sister's act as one of the Newsboys, while June is for all intents and purposes a classically trained ballerina who knows how to rock a pretty dress onstage. Their performance of "May We Entertain You?" even establishes them like this with not just their respective costumes but also a couple of lines they sing back-to-back.
-->'''Baby June''': I will do some kicks\\
'''Baby Louise''': I will do some tricks
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Athena Cykes and Juniper Woods. Athena is GenkiGirl with confirmed interest in martial arts, implied in sports in general, and TomboyishPonytail, while Juniper is calm with interests like gardening and [[TextileWorkIsFeminine knitting]].
** In a weird variant [[spoiler: Robin Newman]] is this with ''herself''. When we meet her she's rather aggressive, loud, and could easily pass as a boy. After [[spoiler: her gender is revealed]] her personality is turned on it's head, and she's dancing around with huge smile, is prone to crying and fainting and generally displays every girly habit possible.
* ''VisualNovel/Ascension2013'' has the heroine Aida, who is [[TheLadette crass]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold feisty]], and [[ActionGirl knows her way around knives]]. Aida also has no problem fighting anyone who challenges her, and even goads people into starting fights. Her HeterosexualLifePartner, Sky, is a NeutralFemale who is [[ProneToTears quick to cry]] (she develops into SilkHidingSteel though), and only becomes an ActionGirl in Chapter 2 where she has an electrified glove, effectively making her a LadyOfWar. She is often shown to be afraid of physical altercations as often as she is annoyed by having to take part in them.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'':
** Though the two barely interact, Nagisa and Tomoyo fit this trope perfectly and subvert it as well. Nagisa, a Girly Girl, is timid, shy, and lacks self-confidence. She mostly speaks in a formal, polite way. However, she seeks to become more stronger. Tomoyo speaks in an informal way, but wants to be more feminine.
** Brash Tsundere Kyou is a Tomboy to her shy and kind twin, Ryou's Girly Girl.
** The brash, protective Misae played the Tomboy to her friends' Girly Girls.
** Ushio has this dynamic with Fuko when they become [[IntergenerationalFriendship best friends]]. Ushio has BoyishShortHair, likes toys geared towards boys (especially robots), and practices baseball with her grandfather. Meanwhile, Fuko is more feminine, as she has longer hair and likes starfish.
* Evie and Ambrosia in the ''VisualNovel/DeathRoom''. Evie's not afraid of picking up a gun and being sassy, while Ambrosia is a total sweetheart [[spoiler:for the most part]].
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Mion and Shion Sonozaki try to pass themselves off as this, one a loud and devious ClubPresident and the other a sweet and shy girl who wears FanserviceWithASmile to work. They go so far as to have Mion pass herself off as Shion when her [[{{Tsundere}} dere side]] manifests, so as not to damage her reputation - and [[spoiler:when Shion gets violent: both in flashbacks and early arcs, she's dressed up as Mion and has the whole town fooled]]. However, both of them are more complex than this, and both take part in the final battle for everyone's lives and sanity, with [[spoiler:'girly' Shion being the one with the gun]]. Much of this trope is averted, as Mion early on calls herself the "sweet" one and Shion the "nasty" one.
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** The sisters Akira and Lilly Satou. Older sister Akira is a {{Bifauxnen}} whom Hisao mistakes for a man at first, is a bad cook and tends to act much less refined than her younger sister. Said younger sister Lilly is a YamatoNadeshiko who enjoys drinking tea, and speaks more formally.
** Played with by Emi Ibarazaki and Rin Tezuka. Emi is the star of the track team, and her infamous [[spoiler:"anal scene" happened because the track team captain, a gay man, convinced her to try it]]. But she's probably the more girly of the pair in general in looks and is something of a TokenMiniMoe with her GirlishPigtails. Her best friend Rin, on the other hand, is blunt, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], and completely un-girly most of the time; she even wears a male uniform (partly to avoid panty shots since she has no arms and thus does everything with her feet).
** Shizune and Misha are a downplayed version. Shizune is short haired, blue haired, and (sometimes awkward levels of) assertive while Misha is the more feminine and pink haired. In the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen beta version]] Misha even mentions Shizune doesn't really like dressing up much like she does.
* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' has wild, [[BrutalHonesty blunt]], {{Tsundere}}-ish Rin and nurturing, [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]], WideEyedIdealist Komari.
* ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair'' has Rie and Runa. Rie is the loud and excitable type who likes throwing parties for her friends, while Runa is polite, reserved and ladylike.
* ''VisualNovel/War13thDay'' gives you Wildfire, the rough, tough-talking, sexually aggressive tomboy, and Ambrosia, the sweet, genteel lady - whose girliness is hilariously cranked up to eleven when Wildfire's the [[UnreliableNarrator narrator]]. They get along a little like fire and ice, as one might expect.
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