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* ''Fanfic/OnePieceParallelWorks'': While Aki loves [[{{Qipao}} pretty Chinese dresses]], is usually concerned about her appearance, loves to be with her boyfriend, Heathcliffe, and is a weaker fighter, Yuki-Rin is a great fighter with a katana, loves to explore new islands, and fully embraces and supports her pirate lifestyle.

** Sylvia hates girly stuff like dresses and prefers wearing [[SkirtOverSlacks a skirt over her pants]], and kicks butt, while Selene wears dresses aside of her standard outfit, which has pants, and is more openly feminine, likes cute stuff.

* [[Wrestling/RubyRiott "The Punk-Rock Ragdoll" Heidi Lovelace]] and [[Wrestling/KimberLee Princess Kimberlee/Kimber Lee]]. Heidi has worn BoyishShortHair at times during her career. Kimberlee has [[LongHairIsFeminine long]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue or even purple hair]], along with her usual blonde. In Wrestling/OldeWrestling in Ohio, they were repackaged as [[WrestlingDoesntPay Heidi The Riveter]] and "Kickin'" Kimber Lee, a wrestling [[TheFlapper Flapper]]. Dori Elizabeth Prange (Heidi) was a rock climbing instructor in college, while Kimberly Frankele has a {{Ballet}} background and has worked as a ballet instructor away from wrestling. That said, Heidi (WWE's [[Wrestling/TheRiottSquad Ruby Riott]]) [[SheCleansUpNicely cleans up very nicely]] as seen in [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BE91fHMv0-g/ this post from her Instagram]]. Also, both of them are {{Pint Sized Powerhouse}}s who have been able to throw around '''MEN''' who are much bigger than they are.

** Becky Lynch can also be considered the tomboy to Sonya Deville's girly girl. The interesting thing here is that they both started out as tomboys, and despite the two not having that much to do with each other on-screen, Sonya has made an effort to copy Becky's masculine persona to get herself over (they each refer to themselves as "The Man" and "Daddy Deville" respectively, at least as far as social media is concerned). But ironically, Sonya has been undergoing a gradual on-screen GirlinessUpgrade over time (compare when she made her debut to her recent dominatrix look, for example), in contrast to Becky's TomboynessUpgrade since her earlier years.

* The brief alliance of Team BAE had Wrestling/BeckyLynch as the Tomboy to Wrestling/SashaBanks's Girly Girl. Becky was a rocker who loved to head bang, while Sasha favoured outfits with lots of rhinestones on them. To a lesser extent, Becky Lynch is also the tomboy to best friend (or ArchEnemy) Wrestling/CharlotteFlair's girly girl. The two are "The Man" and "The Queen" respectively. Their example is similar to AJ and Kailyn's above in that while Charlotte is big, tall and muscular (though Becky has a decent, well toned muscular physique in her own right, though she's not as big as Charlotte), Becky has the more tomboyish personality. Since her 2018 heel turn, Becky has been compared to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin with a rough and edgy attitude (even before the heel turn, Becky once did a re-enactment of Stone Cold's famous King of the Ring speech along with fellow male superstars) and wears shirts, dark pants and jeans. Charlotte, especially when heel, has an AlphaBitch type of personality and often wears attires which sparkle and shine. Even before her heel turn, Becky was always the "lass kicker" who just enjoyed to fight and wasn't bothered about looking glamorous in front of the camera.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl/{{Film}}

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* ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'': Jade hates girly stuff like dresses, while Jinx wears a skirt and is more openly feminine (and, according to TT canon, likes unicorns). Ironically, they seem to have an OddFriendship going on.

The two ladies will have some sort of relationship with each other, whether they're best friends, sisters, on the same team, or even explicit lovers. Even when they aren't explicit lovers, this may lead to deliberate or accidental HomoeroticSubtext due to the overlap with the MasculineFeminineGayCouple stereotype. If they're together for reasons outside their control (i.e., part of a team), they might initially dislike or confuse each other with their ways, until the inevitable GirlsNightOutEpisode forces them to put aside their differences and forge a common bond (note: if there are more than two girls in the group, these two must have some kind of relationship over the others). When one is the mother of the other, [[FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter the mother will almost always be the girly girl, and the daughter will almost always be the tomboy]]. If they're [[PolarOppositeTwins female twins]], chances of this trope are more than fair. If they are sisters of different ages, the older sister will almost always be the girly girl, and the younger sister will almost always be the tomboy.

Between the two types of tomboys, the effeminate tomboy is considered somewhat more socially acceptable than the butch tomboy. Keep in mind that our views of gender have actually changed over time, and some traits which now might be considered masculine or feminine, actually weren't in the past, so this is mostly only valid for modern characters. And also keep in mind that just because a girl is a tomboy, does not necessarily mean that she is a lesbian; they're split into three types, such as straight, gay, and bisexual. However the media, more often than not, usually portrays the type 2 effeminate tomboy as the "better" type of tomboy.

There are two types of tomboys and two types of girly girls, depending on their degree of femininity vs. masculinity:

* Types of tomboys:

# '''Butch Tomboy''' tends to be very masculine, to the point of actually being "manly", and [[TheLadette has very few, if any, feminine qualities and interests]]. She may also hate anything that is girly and feminine, such as the color pink.
# '''Effeminate Tomboy''' tends to be fairly masculine, but not overly masculine, nor overly feminine either, although she does not necessarily hate traditionally "girly" things. Although most of her qualities and interests are masculine, she may also have a few "feminine" qualities and interests as well.

* Types of girly girls:
# '''Proper Girly Girl''' has all of the qualities and interests that are traditionally associated with femininity. She is usually not good at any type of sports, other than perhaps dance sports.
# '''Moderate Girly Girl''' tends to be fairly feminine, but still retains a significant portion of feminine qualities and interests. If she's good at sports, she plays sports that are typically considered "feminine", such as golf, tennis, and volleyball.

FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter is a SubTrope that uses this contrast to explore changing gender norms. TenderTomboyishnessAndFoulFemininity is another subtrope where the tomboy is {{nice|Girl}} while the girly girl is [[{{Jerkass}} mean]].

FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter is a SubTrope that uses this contrast to explore changing gender norms.

Between the two types of tomboys, the effeminate tomboy is considered somewhat more socially acceptable than the butch tomboy. Keep in mind that our views of gender have actually changed over time, and some traits which now might be considered masculine or feminine, actually weren't in the past, so this is mostly only valid for modern characters. And also keep in mind that just because a girl is a tomboy, regardless of which type she is, does not necessarily mean that she is a lesbian; they're split into three types, such as straight, gay, and bisexual. However the media, more often than not, usually portrays the type 2 effeminate tomboy as the "better" type of tomboy.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl/{{Comics}}

Between the two types of tomboys, the effeminate tomboy is considered somewhat more socially acceptable than the butch tomboy. Keep in mind that our views of gender have actually changed over time, and some traits which now might be considered masculine or feminine, actually weren't in the past, so this is mostly only valid for modern characters. However the media, more often than not, usually portrays the type 2 effeminate tomboy as the "better" type of tomboy.

Between the two types of tomboys, the effeminate tomboy is considered somewhat more socially acceptable than the butch tomboy. Keep in mind that our views of gender have actually changed over time, and some traits which now might be considered masculine or feminine, actually weren't in the past, so this is mostly only valid for modern characters.And also keep in mind that just because a girl is a tomboy, regardless of which type she is, does not necessarily mean that she is a lesbian. they're split into three types, such as straight, gay, and bisexual. However the media, more often than not, usually portrays the type 2 effeminate tomboy as the "better" type of tomboy.

# '''Butch Tomboy''' tends to be very masculine, to the point of actually being "manly", and has very few, if any, feminine qualities and interests. She may also hate anything that is girly and feminine, such as the color pink.

# '''Moderate Girly Girl''' tends to be somewhat more masculine than a proper girly girl, but nonetheless still retains a significant portion of feminine qualities and interests. If she's good at sports, she plays sports that are typically considered "feminine", such as golf, tennis, and volleyball.

Keep in mind that just because a girl is a tomboy, regardless of which type she is, does not necessarily mean that she is a lesbian.

Compare/contrast BifauxnenAndLadette (the equivalent of this trope, only without the girly girl involved), LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine (the other equivalent, usually without the tomboy), and MasculineFeminineGayCouple (an equivalent involving a couple). Contrast SilkHidingSteel, SpiritedYoungLady, GirlyBruiser, LadyOfWar, and often PrettyPrincessPowerhouse; all of which are a mixture of the two. When a third girl is part of the dynamic but does not fit in either category, then she's among the TownGirls (Butch, Femme and Neither).

The two ladies will have some sort of relationship with each other, whether they're best friends, sisters, on the same team, or even explicit lovers. Even when they aren't explicit lovers, this may lead to deliberate or accidental HomoeroticSubtext due to the overlap with the MasculineFeminineGayCouple stereotype. If they're together for reasons outside their control (i.e., part of a team), they might initially dislike or confuse each other with their ways, until the inevitable GirlsNightOutEpisode forces them to put aside their differences and forge a common bond (note: if there are more than two girls in the group, these two must have some kind of relationship over the others). When one is the mother of the other, [[FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter the mother will almost always be the girly girl, and the daughter will almost always be the tomboy]]. If they're [[PolarOppositeTwins female twins]], chances of this trope are more than fair. If they are sisters of different ages, [[FeminineOlderSisterTomboyishYoungerSister the older sister will almost always be the girly girl, and the younger sister will almost always be the tomboy]].

It may lead to FanDumb or HateDumb if one is portrayed as being "better" than the other, if the girly girl is portrayed as shallow or [[RealWomenDontWearDresses less strong]], or if the tomboy is portrayed as a cold [[DoesNotLikeMen man-hater]] or even [[AmbiguouslyGay ambiguously lesbian]] for taking a less traditional gender role. Works that involve ValuesDissonance are particularly vulnerable to this. At its most extreme, it reinforces the MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial mindset, where males on the team have varied personalities unrelated to their gender (due to maleness being seen as worthless) while the females are defined by their femininity or lack thereof (thus limiting their characterization and role variety).

There are two types of tomboys, two types of girly girls, and two types of hybrid girls, depending on their degree of femininity vs. masculinity, based on physical appearance, personality, and interests:

# '''Butch Tomboy''': This type of tomboy tends to be very masculine, to the point of actually being "manly", and has very few, if any, feminine qualities and interests. She may also hate anything that is girly and feminine, such as the color pink. Acts as a counterpart to the Extremely Macho Manly Man.
# '''Effeminate Tomboy''': This type of tomboy tends to be fairly masculine, but not overly masculine, nor overly feminine either, although she does not necessarily hate traditionally "girly" things. Although most of her qualities and interests are masculine, she may also have a few "feminine" qualities and interests as well. Acts as a counterpart to the Moderate/Balanced Manly Man.

# '''Proper Girly Girl''': This type of girly girl is very feminine, and has all of the qualities and interests that are traditionally associated with femininity. She has a girly appearance, a girly personality, and girly interests.
# '''Moderate Girly Girl''': This type of girly girl tends to be somewhat more masculine than a traditional proper girly girl, but nonetheless still retains a significant portion of feminine and "girly" qualities and interests. She has a girly appearance, a girly personality, and her interests are mostly girly, but she also has a few tomboyish interests as well.

* Types of tomboy/girly hybrid girls:
# '''TomboyWithAGirlyStreak''': This type of tomboy has a tomboyish appearance, but a girly personality, and her interests are a mixture of tomboyish and girly interests.
# '''GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak''': This type of tomboy has a girly appearance, but a tomboyish personality, and her interests are a mixture of tomboyish and girly interests.

Between the four types of tomboys, the toxic manly tomboy is generally considered to be the least desirable. Keep in mind that just because a girl is a tomboy, regardless of which type she is, does not necessarily mean that she is a lesbian. All types of tomboys can be straight, gay, or bisexual, and all types of girly girls can also be straight, gay, or bisexual.

'''Important Note''': While this is usually a straightforward trope, examples can still get subjective in regards to whether or not one of the girls is tomboyish enough, the other is girly enough, or whether they're different enough. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Keep a few points in mind when editing]];

# '''Toxic Manly Tomboy''': This type of tomboy tends to be very masculine, to the point of actually being "manly", and has no feminine qualities and interests at all, and hates anything that is girly and feminine, such as the color pink. She is the embodiment of toxic masculinity in girls and women, and is basically a FemaleMisogynist.
# '''Effeminate Boyish Tomboy''': This type of tomboy tends to be fairly masculine, but not overly masculine, nor overly feminine either, although she does not necessarily hate traditionally "girly" things. She has a tomboyish appearance, tomboyish personality (although by no means toxic), and many of her interests are tomboyish, but she also has a few girly interests as well.