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5	[[caption-width-right:170:Tank top, short shorts, and [[FieryRedhead attitude]].]]
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7	A classic {{Tomboy}}ish female co-star type in ShonenDemographic-oriented series. She usually wears a lightly {{Fanservice}}-y, sporty outfit such as short shorts and a [[TankTopTomboy tanktop]] (hence the trope name). If she's a bit girlier, she may wear a cropped top or miniskirts on occasion. She often argues with the male lead a lot, in a mild SlapSlapKiss kind of way, although the WillTheyOrWontThey debate is occasionally subverted.
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9	The character may not even be that tomboyish by Western standards, and may have [[CutenessProximity an extreme weakness for cute things]] and [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak "girlish" trappings]]. Conversely, she'll sometimes avoid the latter because she [[FemininityFailure just can't seem to make it work for her]]; this lack of femininity is often the butt of jokes, even if it's [[GenericCuteness clear to the audience she's very cute]]. In fact, she often has a soft spot in her heart for plants and animals, making her a FriendToAllLivingThings. If the living thing in question is a person, she'll probably become a BullyHunter.
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11	Often overlaps with {{Bokukko}}, GirlNextDoor or OneOfTheBoys. For the ''other'' kind of "short tank", see CuteBruiser (though it's definitely possible for a Shorttank to ''be'' a CuteBruiser). For the other, ''other'' kind of tank, see TankGoodness. Compare TomboyPrincess and SpiritedYoungLady.
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19	* Nadja Applefield from ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja''. She's a graceful self-taught dancer and can look pretty well in a gown, but is also very straightforward and was ''really'' tomboyish in her younger years.
20	* ''Anime/Barangay143'' has Vicky, who's pretty tomboyish (since she hangs out with the local basketball team all the time and assists in coaching them along with her dad, and knows the game herself quite a bit). Although she rarely wears a tank per se—being more partial to sleeves—indoors, her default outfit does have her in short shorts along with a t-shirt, whilst outdoors, she often wears a (stereotypically urban-style) hoodie and leggings. (Some promotional materials do have her in what looks to be a basketball jersey, a close enough equivalent.)
21	* Rukia Kuchiki from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' can be defined like that. Except she only wears her Shinigami and school uniforms, one piece dresses and kimonos. Anytime she's hiding her usual rough and ready self, she is a ProperLady to her classmates, Ichigo's family and her AloofBigBrother. Everyone else is fair game and they get to see [[{{Tsundere}} either her kicks to the head, or her love for bunnies and shojo manga.]]
22	* Candice "Candy" White from ''Manga/CandyCandy'' is very tomboyish, but she doesn't mind dresses and wears ribbons on her hair.
23	%%* Misaka Mikoto from ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex''[=/=]''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''.
24	* Kaori Makimura of ''Manga/CityHunter'' is a combination of this, a {{Bifauxnen}}, and a ClingyJealousGirl. She spends most of the series in unflattering clothing and talks in a very masculine way. It should be noted that while she is a {{Bifauxnen}}, she manages to invariably draw the, er, attention of the main character [[SheCleansUpNicely whenever put into feminine clothing and makeup]].
25	* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Nana toes the line between tomboy and girly girl, loves action and is quite hot-headed. She is nickamed "Anime/CandyCandy with a gun" by fans because of her appearance.
26	* ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'': After her suit is ruined, [[spoiler:Asahina]] wears a sleeveless top to go with her shorts she's wearing all the time. And for some reason, she undresses her tights, too, despite they weren't covered in fake blood. While her hair looks more feminine than before, her character is still as tomboyish as before. Furthermore, she has become a physical fighter over the years and she is pretty much Naegi's bodyguard and has to carry him on her back.
27	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Another {{Mons}} creation of the mid-nineties, Digimon was very much aware of the trope and its codifier.
28	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi, with her red hair, yellow tank top, and blue jeans, is blatantly an {{expy}} of fellow {{Mons}}-genre leading lady [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Misty]], though more conservatively dressed and mostly a {{Tomboy}} only next to [[GirlyGirl Mimi]]. She underwent a GirlinessUpgrade in ''02'' after resolving her MommyIssues.
29	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Kari Kamiya is an inversion; while she wears the shorts and tank top, her hot pink color scheme and gentle personality clearly cast her as the GirlyGirl of the group, whose real {{Tomboy}} is Yolei.
30	** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Rika Nonaka is an {{Expy}} of Sora, another redheaded {{Tomboy}} in jeans with a wealthy background and MommyIssues. While she's a ponytailed {{Tsundere}} like the Trope Codifier, her personality goes to an IceQueen extreme. Further, Ruki has no overt cuteness or sex appeal to speak of, which is unusual for the trope.
31	** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'': Angie Hinomoto is yet ''another'' redheaded leading lady in denim, though she was a noticeably modernized example of the trope, being a GenkiGirl GamerChick in short-legged overalls.
32	* The ''main character'' of ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry''. Her tomboyish LittleMissBadass attitude is belied by her slightly girlish choices of clothing -- a nice hat, a belly shirt, a miniskirt, ZettaiRyouiki stockings, and chunky boots that add about two inches to her height. [[CuteBruiser Not that she CAN'T kick your ass without breaking a sweat, but...]]
33	* Initially, Lucy from ''Manga/FairyTail'', though she is still a fairly feminine version. This aspect gets downplayed and later disappears almost entirely when Erza and Wendy get promoted to main characters, and Lucy often seems to seek their company and do girly things with them instead of hanging out with Natsu and Gray.
34	* WrenchWench Winry Rockbell from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is frequently referred to as a "gear head" or tomboy. She fits the dress code quite well as she wears a sports bra when working and in public wears a tank top, jacket, and short skirt.
35	* Mayo Sakaki from the 3rd ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' OVA. She wears her hair short, and she's on the Yotsubadai High School Girls' Basketball Team. She also [[HotForTeacher has a weakness for her coach]], Taka Tsukunami [[spoiler:a.k.a. Tamahome]].
36	* WrenchWench Miki Jounouchi from ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula''. She normally wears a mechanic uniform when working and listens to rock music. In parties, she is most likely wearing a nice cheongsam.
37	* Puria Richardson, of ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'', is a tomboy wearing shorts and a tanktop.
38	* Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya is the closest the series comes to having this archetype; evidence of this includes a passion for sports, which is most explicit in "Boredom", and her wardrobe including cuffed jean shorts, as seen in "Remote Island Syndrome", "Endless Eight", and "Sigh".
39	* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Hinagiku Katsura, though she tries to impress the fact that she is feminine while her friends try to convince her she acts more like a guy. She likes it when Hayate does notice that she's feminine though.
40	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
41	** The Principality of Wy is represented by a [[GirlishPigtails pigtailed]] LittleMissSnarker in shorts and a belly shirt.
42	** Belgium counts as a grown-up version of the trope. Seychelles also seems to have shades of this lately.
43	* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': Saya has the attitude, being she's a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and {{tsundere}}, set to ''"tsun"'' [[WillTheyOrWontThey in regards to Hirano.]] But she doesn't dress the part until chapter 18, where she made it official with her jean shorts and suspenders + T-shirt ensemble.
44	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
45	** Vita of the Wolkenritter from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' dresses this way when "off duty", (with a dose of {{Perky Goth}} to boot!) and certainly lives up to the brashness requirement in aggression.
46	** Subaru Nakajima from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' fits this to a tee: she's brash and HotBlooded, but is not actually any less feminine than the other female characters (and even cries ''more often'' than her more "girly" partner, Teana). She's also the LightningBruiser.
47	* Luna, the main character from ''Anime/MujinWakuseiSurvive''. She looks girlier than the standard, though, since she wears a miniskirt.
48	* Sakura Haruno, from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' wears a set in her timeskip uniform, although she does also wear a vest and apron over it.
49	%%* Nami from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a FieryRedhead who is very [[ActionGirl violent]], but likes to [[MsFanservice look good]].
50	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': While Misty set the stage for the trope, overall the trend has been towards the GirlyGirl when selecting Ash's travelling companions.
51	** Ash's [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries first ]]female companion [[FieryRedhead Misty]] is the TropeCodifier and set the outfit standard in the anime; she was very much a tomboy and adventurer in her own right.
52	** Her [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire successor]], May, is a downplayed example; while she still wore outdoorsy clothes, she dressed more conservatively than Misty, had a much stronger GirlyGirl streak, and was more frequently prone to {{Fanservice}}.
53	** Lana and especially Mallow of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Alola]] likewise qualify, wearing sportier clothes and being more tomboyish than resident GirlyGirl Lillie.
54	* Tomoka Osakada and Kurumi Ijyuin from ''Anime/ThePrinceOfTennis''. They're not the main females, but otherwise they fit the trope quite well (Tomoka borders on {{Bokukko}}, though).
55	* Although she tends to prefer either gis or more feminine clothing, Akane Tendô of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' certainly qualifies.
56	* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' has Makimachi Misao, a tomboyish GenkiGirl who argues with Kenshin (and most other male characters, actually) and whose preferred fighting clothes are shorts and a sleeveless shirt. Even her "civilian" clothes involve shorts.
57	* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'': Kurin only appears in the manga adaptation. She's basically [[{{expy}} a kid version]] of [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] and dresses in similar fashion - from a skin-tight pair of short shorts with [[TheGunslinger twin gun holsters]], to fingerless gloves and hiking boots. And you'd best believe she's got attitude to spare, because she's a bounty hunter... [[LittleMissBadass at 14 years old!]]
58	* Taiga Aisaka from ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'', while not tomboyish, is very loud and brash. She also has one hell of a punch (and in the manga, a powerful kick too.)
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62	* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]], co-protagonist of the doujin, is [[FieryRedhead aggressive, fierce]], [[HotBlooded hot-tempered, passionate]] and hardly feminine. She often wears tank-tops or shirts and short pants, is loud and blunt and [[BelligerentSexualTension argued with the male lead often]] until they [[RelationshipUpgrade got together]].
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66	* Independent spirited Katherine "Katy" [=McLaughlin=] from ''Film/{{Flicka}}'' doesn't want her hair too short or she'll look like a boy.
67	* Julie from ''Film/{{Flipped}}'' will climb a tree, raise chickens and tame her yard, but also says that the boy next door is walking around with her FirstKiss
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71	* Karin Murphy from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' probably counts, although she doesn't fit the age group for this trope exactly.
72	* Little League player Paula Quinn in ''Literature/TheDarkSideOfNowhere'' out pitched ugly, angry, Bully Chambers but right afterwards, to erase his humiliation, asked him out on a date.
73	* Sally Kimball from the ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' series, right down to the ambiguously romantic relationship with the protagonist.
74	* Pepper from ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is more of a straight-up {{tomboy}}, but also counts due to being the only female in Them.
75	* Quidditch playing Ginny Weasley from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is somewhat of a tomboy, but is about 75% girly.
76	* Annie of ''Literature/TheMagicTreehouse'' is Jack's little sister who's always ready to jump into adventure.
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80	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' gives us Kaylee. She's a distinct non-combatant, and sometimes DamselInDistress, but she is an amazing [[WrenchWench mechanic]] who happens to have a love for strawberries and frilly dresses. She's often covered in grease and in work clothes, but she's still pretty cute. And has enough [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] to keep up with the [[BadassCrew rest of the crew]], ''and'' keep her LoveInterest hot and bothered. As Simon mentions during a [[InVinoVeritas drunken heart-outpouring]], she's very cute, ''especially'' when she's covered in engine grease.
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84	* [[VideoGame/AtelierRyzaEverDarknessAndTheSecretHideout Reisalin Stout]], in contrast with previous ''VideoGame/AtelierSeries'' heroines with StockShoujoHeroine personalities and CuteWitch or WhiteMagicianGirl designs, has a more sporty, fanservicey design with shorts and a tank top and a spunky, tomboyish personality, [[CutenessProximity though she still has a weakness for cute things]].
85	* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'''s game-version Misty counts just as much as her anime counterpart; she dresses the part, is outright called a tomboy, and gets rather {{Tsundere}} in the Johto games.
86	* Bebe from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' may count, though it's hard to tell from just her in-game sprite.
87	* Several ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' characters fit this archetype, but the strongest is probably Cirno, the "beloved tomboy" ice fairy.
88	* From ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' we have [[spoiler:UG!Shiki Misaki -- that is, Eri, whose appearance Shiki borrowed for the Game. RG!Shiki Misaki has a [[{{Meganekko}} different]] look.]]
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92	* In the ''Doki Doki Survival'' {{Dating Sim}}s, the "Umibe no Secret" lead Ayaka fits the trope to a T.
93	* Mion Sonozaki, from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. Has a crush on the male lead Keiichi and really wouldn't have minded being given that cute doll...
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97	* Katrina (oddly, also referred to as Kat) [=McClellan=] from ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' is a crossbow - wielding 18 year old girl plays this trope ''completely'' straight - and the male characters love her for it.
98	* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' features Kat Vance, a oft-smirking CatFolk who either plays this straight, or puts on a jersey for the winter. She plays a mean game of ''Street Fighter'' too!
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102	* Tasha in ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', a rare example who wears dresses. Although Uniqua is more heavily tomboyish, Tasha can be really tough sometimes.
103	* The friendly and adventurous 7-year-old ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' who wears pink.
104	* Leela from ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.
105	* June from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''.
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