Line #19 ComicBook/Mandy


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3	''Mandy'' was a British comic book magazine for girls, published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. from 21 January 1967 to 11 May 1991, before becoming ''Mandy and Judy'' until 24 May 1997, then itself merging with ''ComicBook/{{Bunty}}'' before ceasing publication completely in 2001.
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6	!!This comic (and its strips) provide examples of:
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8	%%* ABoyAndHisX: Many of the stories had this for a concept.
9	* ActionGirl: This IS a girl's comic, after all.
10	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Played with - while several stories involve identical twins (and in the case of "Bonnie and Belinda", "The Two-In-One Taylors" and "Warrior Must Win!", the twins being identical is what motivates the plot), a few stories have non-identical twins.
11	* ArtInitiatesLife: "The Double Life of Sad Sarah". Also qualifies as NiceCharacterMeanActor.
12	* TheAtoner: Janie of "Sorry Sue".
13	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The concept behind "When Susie Sneezes".
14	* BitchInSheepsClothing: TheRival usually had this sort of personality. Sometimes, the heroine was the "supposedly sweet but really poisonous" one.
15	* {{Blackmail}}: Several stories revolved around the heroine or someone close to them being blackmailed.
16	* BoardingSchool: Many of their stories were set in one.
17	** BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Some of the stories took place in one.
18	* BreakTheHaughty: The fate of any SpoiledBrat heroines.
19	* ComicsMerger: ''Mandy and Judy'' was an unusually equal one: usually when two DC Thomson comics merge, the cancelled title appears in much smaller letters on the cover, and the title character disappears (as happened when ''Mandy'' earlier absorbed ''Debbie''). But ''M&J'' gave both titles equal billing, and the characters of Mandy and Judy had a shared strip.
20	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Played with - sometimes being an orphan is a good thing in the stories, sometimes it's a bad thing.
21	* DemonicDummy: "Little Lord Percival".
22	* DoorstopBaby: The heroine of "The Quest of Anna Midnight" was one of these.
23	%%* FairyGodmother: Mrs Goodheart of "Our Fairy Godmother!"
24	* GreenEyedMonster: In "Big Bad Sister!", Jane feels that her talented new foster sister is taking over from her and supplanting her in the affections of her siblings.
25	* HappilyAdopted: Several of the heroines.
26	* HorrorHost: The narrator of "Skeleton Corner" was, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a skeleton]].
27	* HumanAlien: Stella Saturn of "Sleeping Beauty from the Stars", "Jonny Comet - the Pop Star from Planet X", "Stella Starr".
28	* IdenticalStranger: If the heroine wasn't one, she would have to expose one.
29	* JekyllAndHyde: The concept of "That Girl’s Me!"
30	* LethalChef: The heroine of "Saucepan Cindy".
31	* MissingMom / DisappearedDad: Several heroines suffered from this, if it wasn't complete ParentalAbandonment.
32	* MistakenIdentity: The plot of "Film Star Nurse" is kicked off when the heroine is mistaken for a real nurse while wearing a nurse’s uniform from the serial she stars in.
33	* MysteriousProtector: The heroine of "Hateful Hattie", who poses as The Angel Ghost to make life better for the other children in the orphanage.
34	* NeverBeHurtAgain: Joanne Blake of "Little Miss Icicle" loses three loved ones in one week, so she vows to freeze her heart into ice so it will never feel such pain again.
35	* OnOneCondition: Several stories revolve around the heroine being forced to do something in order to claim an inheritance.
36	* OneGenderSchool: Several stories were set in a girls-only school.
37	* OrphanageOfFear: Quite a few stories were set in one.
38	* ParentWithNewParamour: Several stories involve the heroine having to get used to their parent either dating or remarrying.
39	* ParentalFavoritism: Whenever this trope appeared, the heroine was always TheUnfavorite.
40	* PonyTale: Many of the stories were focused on this trope.
41	* PrincessProtagonist: Many heroines are princesses.
42	* RagsToRiches: As well as RichesToRags.
43	* RaisedByWolves: Shona of "Seal Girl".
44	* {{Reincarnation}}: "Have I Been Here Before?"
45	* {{Revenge}}: Drove the plot of several stories.
46	* TheRival: Many of the stories involved at least one girl who was always trying to defeat the heroine.
47	* SculleryMaid: Any story set in Victorian times usually had the heroine play this role.
48	* SecretIdentity: Several heroines had one.
49	* SeparatedAtBirth: Jackie Jarvis of "Jackie and Jill" was separated from her twin sister Jill when they were adopted by different families as babies.
50	* ShowWithinAShow: [[Series/EastEnders Northsiders]] of "The Sorrows of Smiley".
51	* SiblingsWanted: Becky Burton of "Becky's Brothers" has always wanted a brother or sister. She gets her wish when her parents take in three boys to be her foster brothers.
52	* SpoiledBrat: Two varieties - 1. the heroine is the brat and becomes subjected to BreakTheHaughty. 2. - the heroine works for such a brat, but is unable to quit as her family needs the money the job offers.
53	* TrappedInThePast: Kyra of "A Switch in Time" - she's from the year 2084, and gets stuck in 1984.
54	* WickedStepmother: Or aunt, or stepfather, or adoptive family, etc.
55	* WitchHunt: The story "Bad Luck Barbara ", where life becomes very difficult for the heroine as the people of the village she has moved to believe that she is descended from the village witch, and start to persecute her.
56	* YouNoTakeCandle: In the early years of the comic, several foreign characters would talk like this.
57	* YourDaysAreNumbered: A variant - Fay of "The Sad Spells of Fay Martin" can cast spells, but each one she uses means she is a day closer to be taken back to the Underworld.

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