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9	[[quoteright:350:[[Literature/GoneWithTheWind https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Southern_belle_1472.jpg]]]]
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11	->'''Lyons:''' Well, Miss Devereaux! And how is the fairest flower of the South?
12	->'''Diana:''' Senator Lyons, that's the prettiest thing been said to me since I left Louisiana. I sure been gettin' pow'ful homesick.
13	->'''One of the Girls:''' She sure is getting pow'ful Southern.
14	-->-- ''Theatre/OfTheeISing''
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16	A character archetype of an upper class rich girl from the DeepSouth -- or SweetHomeAlabama. She usually wears a PimpedOutDress to every [[DancesAndBalls dance or party]], carries a ParasolOfPrettiness in the daytime, and speaks in the most profound [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Dixie]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench accent]]. May be subject to {{fainting}} or saying, "Well, I do declare!" Typically has a variant of a HayseedName akin to Clarabelle, Tallulah, Anne-Marie, etc -- uniquely Southern but both feminine and dignified.
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18	A trope that grew out of the South during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, there are two versions of the historic Southern Belle: the '''[[ProperLady Bonne Belle]]''' ("good beauty" in French), who is loyal to her husband and family even as she sees them off to war, and the '''[[TheVamp Mauvaise Belle]]''' ("bad beauty" in French), who is selfish and vain and [[TheChessmaster manipulates those around to her to get what she wants]]. In terms of behavior, the Belle of either flavor exhibits an outgoing and gregarious personality, in contrast to her stoic foreign counterparts the YamatoNadeshiko and the EnglishRose. Southern hospitality is essential, with the Belle always willing to offer a nice pitcher of sweet tea or mint juleps to any guests that might arrive. She is witty and charming, but never oversteps the boundaries of her station, gender, or race. While always polite, she will not hesitate to call someone out for violating the rules of the cotillion.
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20	''Modern'' Southern Belles are a slightly different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the DeepSouth in a non-Southern setting who has a thick accent and fierce pride in her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm, and [[SouthernFriedGenius she may very well be academically smart and resourceful]] even if others underestimate her. And she'll probably be wearing a [[MsFanservice crop top and short shorts]] rather than a flouncy maxi-dress.
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22	The historic Southern Belle is now a DeadHorseTrope, usually limited to parody and historical romance novels. Compare SouthernGentleman (the SpearCounterpart), PrincessClassic, ProperLady (the general European counterpart of Bonne Belle).
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24	Compare and contrast TheFriendlyTexan.
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26	In RealLife, they sometimes go by ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_belle according to]] Website/TheOtherWiki) "Ya Ya Sisters", "Sweet Potato Queens", and "[[FunWithAcronyms GRITS (Girls Raised In The South)]]". [[note]]For people who don't get that one, grits is a popular porridge-like hot cereal/side dish made from maize that's particularly associated with the American South. Europeans in particular should think of thin polenta.[[/note]] Another nickname is "Georgia Peach" for examples specifically from Georgia.
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28	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not a]] version of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] from the DeepSouth.
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30	!!Examples:
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34	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
35	* ''Anime/TurnAGundam'': Lily Borjarno is a lady from Lousana ([[DividedStatesOfAmerica post-apocalyptic Dixie]]) that wears the archetypical regalia, including a frilly dress, big hat, and decorative parasol. In the series' FeudalFuture, she's not just an heiress but a PoliticallyActivePrincess and Lord Guin Sard Rhineford's self-declared fiancee, through which Lousana and Inglessa (New English) unite against the Moonrace invasion. Lily is generally friendly and well-meaning, but also a wily negotiator with a capricious and petty side; one episode is basically her scheme to humiliate Kihel for imagined advances on Guin.
36	* In one episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', James returns home to his blue-blooded family, who promptly inform him of his [[ArrangedMarriage engagement]] to a woman named [[PunnyName Jessebelle]], who turned out to be one of the reasons that led James to run away from home in the first place. She speaks with a Southern accent in the English dub and is a typical RichBitch with a vain, domineering personality, firmly making her a Mauvaise Belle.
37	%% * In ''Manga/FairyTail'', the alcoholic and uncouth Cana Alberona's [[BizarroUniverse Edolas counterpart]] is like this.
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40	[[folder:Audio Plays]]
41	* In Creator/TheFiresignTheater's album ''Everything You Know Is Wrong'' the wire recording of the medicine show features one of these. Celebrating that the South won the Civil War:
42	-->'''Beulah Belle:''' Think of those balls you'll have!\
43	'''Dad:''' You're too young to think about that, [[FreudianSlip Beulah Balls. Er, Belle]].
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46	[[folder:Comic Books]]
47	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] in the hands of Creator/ChrisClaremont was originally supposed to be of lower-class and a tomboy, and her youth on the Mississippi made her more similar to [[Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn Huckleberry Finn]] than anything. Later in the story she only dreams of being a Scarlett O'Hara-type belle, while in her everyday life she wears unladylike, sometimes masculine clothes and leads the life of a superhero. As time went on and writers changed hands, she became considerably more feminine in presentation, though her Southern-ness remains one of her defining traits. In some adaptations, such as ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', she retains her Southern origins (and accent), while in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' she's made more generically American as she was played by Canadian Creator/AnnaPaquin.
48	* Bunnie Rabbot from the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. There was a scrapped plotline about her origins that would have revealed her real name to be Scarlet O'Hare, as a ShoutOut to [[Literature/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]]. While that went nowhere, it's become official canon that while the name has always been spelt "Rabbot", it's actually pronounced "Rah-boh". Nobody calls her that because A: it's only evident in Bunnie's Dixie-ish accent, B: it's spelt Rabbot, and C: her HollywoodCyborg nature makes "Rabbot" too much of a pun to pass up. Her uncle, also a HollywoodCyborg, notes his name got the same treatment.
49	* Creator/GailSimone and Jim Calafiore's original graphic novel ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis'' featured a heroine named Southern Belle who started out as a Bonne Belle until she was corrupted along with the majority of the city's heroes when they fought an EldritchAbomination. She was part of a superhero team alongside Tom-O-Hawk and his son, Scout, but according to Scout she was actually a Mauvaise Belle who butted in on their partnership and treated Scout like crap. She's slated to be a main character in the sequel series ''Surviving Megalopolis'' and is described by Simone as "An incredibly horrible person."
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52	%%[[folder:Comic Strips]]
53	%%* April Kane from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates'' is a junior version.
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56	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
57	* Rayna Magnolia from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInRockNRoyals'' speaks with the accent of one, and she is feminine. She even asks Erika if she has turned a frog into a prince.
58	%% * Becky Thatcher from ''[[WesternAnimation/TomSawyer2000 Tom Sawyer]]''.
59	* Charlotte "Lottie" [=LaBouff=] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a Bonne version. She's the daughter of the richest man in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, has an accent thicker than gumbo, is outgoing and extraverted, and aspires to be the belle of the ball. However, she's also very kind and has a strong InterclassFriendship with the working, black Tiana.
60	* Rosetta in the ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' (a.k.a. ''Tinkerbell'') movies has a thick Southern accent, [[PinkMeansFeminine wears a pink dress]], and [[VanityIsFeminine takes great pride in her appearance]].
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63	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
64	%%* Melanie Hamilton (Bonne Belle) and Scarlett O'Hara (Mauvaise Belle) in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
65	%%* Julie Marsden (Creator/BetteDavis) in ''Film/{{Jezebel}}''. Very much mauvaise [[spoiler: until her HeelFaceTurn at the end.]]
66	%%* Everyone from Venus in ''Film/TheAmericanAstronaut'', seriously.
67	%%* Rosemary Bartlow in ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful''.
68	%%* The entire female cast of ''Film/SteelMagnolias''.
69	* ''Film/InThisOurLife'' featured Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/OliviaDeHavilland playing two sisters that fill these roles in TheGreatDepression setting.
70	** Stanley is the Mauvaise Belle - vain, superficial and manipulative towards everyone.
71	** Roy is the Bonne - dignified, ladylike and kind.
72	* ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'' features Creator/BetteDavis playing an OldMaid who was once a Southern Belle. When her lover was murdered, she was suspected of it and stayed shut up in her house. She still [[AgeInappropriateDress dresses in her old debutante gown]] and [[TheOphelia steadily goes mad]].
73	* Creator/BetteDavis ([[{{Typecasting}} again]]) played a Mauvaise Belle in ''Film/{{Jezebel}}'', where she has the audacity of wearing red at her debutante ball as a petty revenge to her fiancé.
74	* Phyllis in ''Film/Excision2012'' is a modern-day Southern housewife who aspires to this. She wants to enroll her daughter Pauline in cotillion classes in order to teach her how to be a "proper" lady.
75	* Calvin Candie's sister Lara Lee in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of this type of character. She is polite, well-mannered, dedicated to her brother and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick thinks the only thing wrong with whipping slaves is talking about it at the dinner table.]] She's also the one to suggest selling Django to a mining company as a FateWorseThanDeath. The film practically spells out her complicity in the practice of slavery, and in the end [[BlownAcrossTheRoom she gets what she deserves.]]
76	* In ''Film/TheHorseSoldiers'', Hannah Hunter is a SilkHidingSteel example, posing as TheDitz while secretly eavesdropping on a staff meeting as Marlowe discusses his battle strategy to learn what his mission is.
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79	[[folder:Literature]]
80	* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'':
81	** Scarlett O'Hara is the TropeCodifier of the Mauvaise Belle. She is vain, self-centered, and very spoiled by her wealthy family. She can also be insecure, but is very intelligent, despite her fashionable pretense at ignorance and helplessness around men. Her family owns the O'Hara plantation and her father becomes traumatised by the hardships of the Civil War (especially the pillaging of by Union soldiers). After the war, Scarlett shows qualities very unbecoming to a classic belle, such as readiness to do hard work herself and an almost Yankee-like business sense and enterprise.
82	** Scarlett's [[TheRival rival]] Melanie is her contrast, Proper Lady-like Bonne Belle. She's naive and a perpetual ingenue. She is filled with kindness, loyalty, love and determination. As kindhearted and good as she is, she holds some incredibly racist views of blacks and sexist views of women. Her beliefs are of the "paternal" type, because she believes blacks are too inferior to take care of themselves and it's duty for whites to look after them.
83	* Mary Johnson of ''Fellow Travelers''. She's rich, from New Orleans, and well-educated for the time period ([=McCarthy=]-era Washington). She's also strong-willed and independent, and like so many of the belles on this page, that gets her into trouble.
84	%% * William Faulkner is especially fond of this trope, although his characters tend to be deconstructions.
85	%% * Zin of ''Literature/{{Everwild}}'' is the inverted version of this.
86	%% * Claire Goodman of Lynn Austin's Refiner's ''Fire'' trilogy is a Mauvaise Belle.
87	%% * Aramat Drawdes in one short novel in Caitlin R. Kiernan's ''Alabaster'' is an especially dangerous (and insane) Mauvaise Belle.
88	* The short story ''Witch War'' by Richard Matheson describes a group of very young Southern Belles (all teen or pre-teen girls) who are sitting on a porch, drinking lemonade, gossiping and other such activities associated with the trope ... until it's revealed they are a secret weapon to be used against enemy soldiers, whom the girls rapidly massacre with horrifying powers of telekinesis. They then return to gossiping and giggling, with a murmur of "aren't we awful!"
89	* The title character in Hortense Calisher's short story "The Rehabilitation of Ginevra Leake" is a deconstruction. Ginny Doll, a Southern girl who's moved to New York, has been raised like this by her very proper mother, but is unattractive, unable to get any male attention, and accordingly ends up with insanely high-strung and romantic ideas about men. [[spoiler:She eventually ends up joining the Communist Party and finding happiness, without ever ditching the lace towels and fancy hats.]]
90	* ''Literature/MyYearOfRestAndRelaxation'' has a late 20th-century example. The protagonist's mother is described as a member of drunken country-club Southern aristocracy, descended from "Mississippi loggers on one side and Louisiana oilmen on the other". She's a darker version of the trope, liking fine and beautiful things but proving selfish and neglectful, if not outright abusive.
91	* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': ''Killer Blonde'' features [=SueEllen=] Kingsley, who is ''definitely'' a mauvaise. [[spoiler:Rather subverted, as it turns out the Aunt Melanie [=SueEllen=] raved about was actually running a whorehouse.]]
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94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Blind Date", Mr. Conklin is afraid of meeting his old college girlfriend, Lulubelle Calhoun of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had told his wife Martha that she was the only woman he ever loved. Mr. Conklin, being a vain and pompous individual, convinces himself that Lulubelle was visiting to try and breakup the Conklin's marriage and win him back. In truth, Lulubelle was visiting for unrelated reasons and left the night before. In truth, Lulubelle had told Mrs. Davis that she didn't even know what she had seen in Osgood!
96	%%* In ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Sophie Devereaux pretended to be one in "The Two Horse Job."
97	%%* In ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', Drew dates a Southern Belle in the later seasons.
98	%%* Charlotte from ''Series/PrivatePractice'' starts off as the mauvaise variation. And [[ConsummateLiar continues]] and continues and [[{{Jerkass}} continues]]...
99	* Blanche from ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' is the rare Mauvaise Belle in a modern work; her promiscuity is a RunningGag throughout the show. However, her Southern-ness is distinctly old-school compared to her children when they've appeared; her daughters and niece are definite Modern Belles.
100	%%* The ladies of ''Series/DesigningWomen''
101	%%* An episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' entitled "Jess-Belle", has examples of both. [[MeaningfulName Jess-Belle]] would be Mauvaise, while her rival Ellwyn would be an example of Bonne.
102	%%* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': Aeryn is one of these in an AU episode. It is freakin' ''terrifying''.
103	* Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Creator/KyraSedgwick) in ''Series/TheCloser''. She's a Southern Belle detective from Georgia who really stands out working in the Los Angeles police department. Her Southern charm and accent are actually a part of her interrogation tactic on suspects - although, as her husband Fritz points out, at heart she's "a bit of an old-fashioned girl".
104	%%* Maude Standish in ''Series/TheMagnificentSeven''- although, since she is a con artist, her credentials may be slightly suspect.
105	%%* Calleigh Duquesne from ''Series/CSIMiami'' has elements of this.
106	%%* Played by Emily Proctor - [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Ainsley Hayes]] of ''Series/TheWestWing''.
107	%%* "Colonel Daddy's daughter" on ''Series/HeeHaw''.
108	%%* Lemon Breeland on ''Series/HartOfDixie''.
109	%%* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harriet Sim's mother Lydia Beaumont Sims.
110	%%* One appears on ''Series/GoodEats'', and shares her (breakfast) grits with an Italian man who is enjoying some polenta (which she calls "dinner grits.")
111	%% * ''[[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House of Cards]]'' (US): Claire Underwood is a Texas Belle. Nonetheless, she buries her accent quite effectively.[[note]]Not that hard when [[HowsYourBritishAccent you're a native Texan raised in Southern California]].[[/note]]
112	* In the ''Series/FrontierCircus'' episode "The Courtship", the T & T Circus arrives in New Atlanta, a town run by a pair of aging southern belle sisters, one of whom attempts to inveigle Casey into marriage. Definitely Mauvaise Belles.
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115	%%[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
116	%% * ''Wrestling/{{GLOW}}'' once featured a [[TagTeam team]] called the Southern Belles. Their names were [[Literature/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett and Tara]].
117	%% * The Southern Belles of ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}}'', Charlotte and Savannah, were [[CaptainErsatz a deliberate pastiche]] of the earlier GLOW team.
118	%% * Lacey Evans, to the point that her RedBaron on the main roster is "The Sassy Southern Belle". Openly Mauvaise, describing herself as knowing how to "curry favor" to get her way.
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121	%% [[folder:Radio]]
122	%% * Mister Gently Benevolent posed as one in ''Radio/BleakExpectations''. He wasn't even bothering with the accent most of the time...
123	%% * ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' did a parody of ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' featuring Lady Constance as "a real Southern Belle", leading to the pun: "She shore is shaped like one!"
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126	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
127	* Miss Peach, an heiress from Georgia. She's a member of the ExtendedUniverse of the TabletopGame/{{Clue}} series. While she pretends to be the Bonne Belle, most of Miss Peach's appearances point out that she is a pathological liar, and something of a temptress to rival Miss Scarlet, making her a true Mauvaise Belle.
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130	[[folder:Theatre]]
131	* Creator/TennesseeWilliams:
132	** ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Blanche is a Southern Belle in the 20th century, a fading relic of a bygone age. She is living in a world that doesn't really exist anymore and her ideals are hopelessly out of date. She has to deal with the loss of their mansion house Belle Reve in the South, having no money or prospects. She lives off her working-class brother-in-law Stanley as a guest at her sister Stella, but expects to be waited on and treated like a queen. She's constantly flirting with every man around, pursues young men and boys even, and keeps fishing for compliments. She looks down on (third-or-second-generation) immigrants and treats Stanley as if he were a primitive. She's insufferable but her fate is absolutely tragic.
133	** In ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'', Amanda (the mother) is a former washed-up Southern Belle. Because the present is so depressing (she has a fragile unmarried daughter and a moody son, and she lives in the Depression-era while her husband ran away from them), she chooses to live in the past and tries to think of her glory days, especially dancing and having her gentlemen callers whom she entertained with stories.
134	* Diana Devereaux in ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'', who was "the most beautiful blossom in all the Southland" until Wintergreen jilted her.
135	%% * Magnolia in ''Theatre/ShowBoat''.
136	%% * Cindy Lou Bethany in ''{{Kiss the Boys Goodbye}}''.
137	* A recurring in joke in Creator/TeamStarKid productions is Devin Lytle playing this archetype:
138	** In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' and ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel'', Cho Chang, who [[RaceLift was Asian in the original books]] is instead a vain (White), flirty GoodBadGirl with a strong Southern accent who everyone in the school wants to get with. She also has a fiery temper and gets quite indignant when she doesn't get what she wants.
139	** Miss Cooter in ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' is sweet and innocent yet sometimes impassioned and clad in a girly pink dress with a flower in her long, flowing hair. She has a strong southern accent to fit the stereotype.
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142	%% [[folder:Toys]]
143	%% * The [[http://cdn2.thegloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dolls-490x367.jpg "Cupcake Dolls"]] of TheNineties evoked this image when they weren't in "cupcake mode."
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146	[[folder:Video Games]]
147	%% * Alche-Miss from ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' is Southern Belle crossed with Dirty Hippie in a hilarious manner.
148	* One such 'beauty' greets the player near the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}''. She is described to look like Scarlett O'Hara. And all she said was "Thank you for coming back to me, my love. You will be mine forever.", but you only see her from the back. [[spoiler:Unless you do ''one'' certain thing and made preparations beforehand, however, she will reveal her face being devoid of flesh and there's nothing but skull in her head, and she starts ripping you away while screaming maniacally, therefore this is one hell of a nasty ''subversion'' of the trope.]]
149	%% * ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': Billy Jean Blackwood.
150	%% * Franchise/{{Pokemon}} has [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lilligant_(Pokémon) Lilligant]], a ''plant'' Mon that looks like one. It's [[OneGenderRace always female]].
151	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' gives us "[[PunnyName Diving Belles]]", southern belles who drowned themselves and came back as zombies that roam the depths of the Marinara Trench. Parodies of Scarlett O'Hara, their most dangerous attack is kissing the player really hard after mistaking him for an ex-boyfriend.
152	* The President of the United States in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', if you pick Female Voice 3. Can qualify as Mauvaise Belle, given that the President/the Boss is a murderous gangster.
153	%% * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
154	%% ** Princess Peach has extremely polite mannerisms and wears a ParasolOfPrettiness.
155	%% ** Princess Daisy, whose voice takes a lot of inspiration from Southern dialects like Dixie, Ebonics, and ValleySpeak.
156	* [[MsFanservice Mad Moxxi]] develops this persona in ''VideoGame/Borderlands3''. Or at least the Pandoran equivalent, being from the redneck tribe known as the Hodunk clan. ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' and ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', she hated being seen out-of-character[[note]] The OOC side of her being a WrenchWench with [[DeepSouth an Appalachian accent]], as opposed to the showgirl with a clown motif that she publicly presents[[/note]], and threatens anyone who catches her out-of-character with [[BuriedAlive a live burial in a shallow grave]] by one of her offspring. It's evident that she's made some peace with who she is. While her dating life is [[ReallyGetsAround questionable, at best]] (considering she's slept with people like [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Handsome Jack]] and various bandits), her genuinely kind nature makes her closer to a Bonne Belle.
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159	[[folder:Webcomics]]
160	* Charlotte Bishop in WebComic/LostCause. Born in southern Missouri, Charlie looks the part. Like any Southern Belle, she wears elaborate outfits, has a white plantation house, speaks with a lilting accent and is wealthy.
161	%% * Bree Kay in ''Webcomic/{{Kurami}}'' is a more modern Southern belle. It was hard to tell until September 2015, when she was given a mild FunetikAksent to make it more obvious.
162	* Faye's mother in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is something of one (at least compared to her daughters, the elder of whom chose to make her life in darkest Massachusetts and the younger who came out as a lesbian not long after). Faye herself also lampshades this somewhat by jokingly referencing herself with common southern belle stereotypes, such as getting "the vapors" and referring to Massachusetts as the "Godless north." Conversely, she's [[NWordPrivileges quite defensive of other people making fun of southern culture]].
163	* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': Referenced when The Boy visits France on an exchange trip. His host, Elodie, asks him about life in "Americanized" Britain, and he immediately starts playing along.
164	-->'''The Boy''': Well, the men all [[TheWildWest wear big hats and carry shooters.]] Women say things like "Oh mah gawrsh Ah do de-clay-uh." ...Pianos play themselves.\
165	'''Elodie''': Oh my God it sounds fantastic.
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168	%% [[folder:Web Original]]
169	%% * Cryssi of ''Website/DivaDirt'' titled her column 'Southern Belle Smack' and was prone to adding in a few "y'all"s and other southern expressions in her writing.
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172	[[folder:Web Videos]]
173	* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': Mrs Bennet, the beautiful but embarrassing mom of Lizzy, Jane and Lydia. It's her dream to see all her daughters married to rich men, having mothered two point five children and living in a house with a white picket fence. She lives in California, but her accent is decidedly Southern (as portrayed by Lizzie in her costume theatre). Her habits and life ideals are set in the past because she values stable life with marriage and children, and she can't even imagine that her daughters might want to pursue different things.
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176	[[folder:Western Animation]]
177	%% * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' episode ''The Trouble With Truffles'', Truffles is made aware that her voice scares people, so she obtains a dialing knob that changes it into that of calm refined Southern woman. It turns out to work too well because everyone begins to take her less seriously and gradually turn into cacemen.
178	%% * In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Josephine is a mellow, kind and very pretty Southern belle. [[BitchInSheepsClothing It's all an act.]]
179	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' has a few examples, being a show that takes place in Texas.
180	** Luanne and Nancy are modern takes on the belle. They're both blonde, beautiful [[DumbBlonde (if a bit vapid)]], proud Texans with thick Southern accents, but Luanne is firmly on the Bonne end of the spectrum since she is kind, generous, and hospitable.
181	** Nancy, however, is the opposite extreme and firmly on the Mauvaise end. She's one of the most beautiful female characters on the show, has a charming personality, and a great public image. But even once you get past the decade-plus affair, she's the most [[BitchInSheepsClothing self-absorbed, vindictive, and two-faced narcissist]] on the block without [[MoralityChain Dale around to keep her worst impulses in check]].
182	-->'''Peggy:''' You may look like a Southern Belle, but instead you're as vicious as a bulldog. Why, I've seen you ruin whole wedding showers with one catty remark.
183	%% * In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', Buster and Babs meet three Southern belle alligators. They all try to marry (and possibly eat) Buster.
184	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Deep South", Fry meets a ''mermaid'' Southern Belle in the ruins of the legendary lost sunken city of UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}. Her father is a rich merman in a white suit. She has the accent, she's sweet and welcoming and is immediately smitten with Fry. Fry even settles in to enjoy his life with Umbriel deep down under the ocean, but upon encountering the MermaidProblem, he runs to try to catch his friends.
185	-->'''Fry:''' Turns out I loved her, but I wasn't ''in love'' with her.\
186	'''Amy:''' (''to Leela'') Trouble in the bedroom...
187	* Penelope Pitstop, first in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and then in her own series ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''.
188	* Cindy Bear in the ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' cartoons. She sometimes carries around her [[ParasolOfPrettiness little parasol]].
189	%% * Clarice Cow in ''WesternAnimation/ScienceCourt''. Granted, Clarice is a puppet that one of the main cast uses for their in-universe children's show.
190	%% * Annabelle in ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat''.
191	%% * Creator/TexAvery's WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood was depicted as a Southern belle in the cartoon "Uncle Tom's Cabana".
192	%% * [[MeaningfulName Tara Belle]] in ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens''.
193	%% * In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', one of Bloo's {{Imagine Spot}}s portrays Frankie as one, much to her confusion.
194	%% * Truly from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.
195	%% * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
196	%% ** Rarity herself has slight shades of this, although her [[IAmVeryBritish accent]] seems to lean more towards ProperLady.
197	%% ** Cherry Jubilee.
198	%% ** Applejack once pretends to be one ("Apple Jewel") in response to Rarity pretending to be a country bumpkin.
199	%% ** [[WholesomeCrossdresser Her brother Big Macintosh]] also pretends to be one ("Orchard Blossom") to participate in the Sisterhooves Social with Apple Bloom.
200	%% * Bones' cousin Lucy Belle in the Donkey Kong Jr cartoon "Double Or Nothing" from ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade''.
201	%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': Alice Tompkins has a sister named Miranda who acted like this. It didn't do her much good in New York.
202	%% * In 1940s WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''Confederate Honey'', Elmer Fudd tries to woo one of these.
203	%% * WesternAnimation/BugsBunny [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguises himself as one]] in both "Mississipi Hare" and "Southern Fried Rabbit".
204	%% * ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' has Bunnie. Although more of a tomboy then most examples, she still counts.
205	%% * Veronica Lodge is portrayed this way in ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow''.
206	%% * ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' has two southern belle cousins, Scooby-Dee, an actress whom he and Scooby-Dum fall for, and Dixie Doo, a showboat singer.
207	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': Eve who is the masked alter-ego of Evelyn speaks with a Southern Belle accent along with being confident, love-crazy, wild and genuinely insane but is a {{Nice Girl}} as she treats the man she loves gently after accidentally throwing him through the ceiling.
208	%% * The WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords episode, "Flirty Phantom" has a Penny Plasm, a {{yandere}} [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] southern belle.
209	%% * Zombie girl Blanche in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'', her name is even a reference to Blanche Du Bois.
210	* Episode "Til Death Do Us Part" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' spoofed this with a ghost girl named Dixie falling in-love with Egon and trying to marry him in a ShotgunWedding. The girl has the Southern Belle accent, attire and behavior to match.
211	%% * ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': In "Fire in a Crowded Workshop", a RashomonStyle episode, Amy Rose's story depicts Perci as one of these, using her wiles to seduce Sonic and Knuckles.
212	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' has Miranda, Alice's sister, who moves to New York at the end of the series. She's a more modern take on the trope, but still as glamorous and invested in marrying a rich husband. She falls for Jay's boss, Duke, who's also a southerner. Their meet-up has them even dressed up as Scarlett and Rhett.
213	* One of Creator/TexAvery's [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons MGM cartoons,]] "Uncle Tom's Cabana" featured his character Red (Originally from WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood) as a Southern Belle named Little Eva.
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