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| 4 | [[quoteright:350:[[Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valleyelf_6391.jpg]]]] |
| 5 | |
| 6 | ->''Okay, fine\ |
| 7 | Fer sure, fer sure\ |
| 8 | She's a valley girl\ |
| 9 | And there is no cure'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''Music/FrankZappa''', "[[Music/ShipArrivingTooLateToSaveADrowningWitch Valley Girl]]" |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Oh my God! I'm, like, so totally glad to see you! |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Except you. [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn Put some pants on]], already! Gross! |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[VerbalTic Like]], anyway, I'm what some of you, {{like|IsLikeAComma}}, call a "[[StockParody Stalk Parody]] Character", and yes, there are some totally creepy guys who-- |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Oh, "''Stock'' Parody Character"! I am SOOOOOO completely embarrassed! I gotta watch out for [[{{Malaproper}} homophobes]]. Wait, that's, like, something else. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | So if you want to, like, put someone like me in a story, you need these four totally important traits. Leave one out, and you just have some cheap knockoff of me, and that would just be, like, ''so'' tacky. Oh my God. |
| 21 | # [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents The way I talk is, like, way important]]. Aside from my fabulous clothes, it's the easiest way to tell it's my hot self. You can do, like, degrees of it, but if I don't hear a hint of it, you're not truly from The Valley. Go, like, ''screw yourself'', impostor! |
| 22 | # I am ''so'' [[TheFashionista fashion-conscious]], everybody. See what I'm wearing? Does any of it, like, clash? I don't ''think so''! Unlike those skanky bitches on ''Series/SexAndTheCity'', I don't throw on just anything I feel like. A dress isn't like a car. You can't just, like, turn the key and drive off. It's like the space shuttle, or something. Everything has to be, you know, totally perfect before takeoff. |
| 23 | # [[TheDitz Some people say I'm dumb]], and I say those people are fat. But I just, like, don't have room in my head for too much. I mean, UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution was what, like, a hundred years ago? All the available Revlon lipstick colors are around ''right now''. [[BookDumb I think we all know which is more important]]. |
| 24 | # ...right? Yeah, 4. Being rich, is like, totally awesome, but you just need a good credit card. And if there isn't [[TheMall a mall]] or shopping district to hang out, or something, [[TeensLoveShopping there should be some good stores around to shop in]]. If there isn't either, you totally have my sympathies. Heck, give my friends and me a call, and we'll help you move. [[SincerityMode I am so, like, dead serious]]. Towns like that are for, like, ''no one''. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Okay, even though I'm best known for being from UsefulNotes/{{California}}, I can be, like, global, or something. The Valley isn't like, just in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley the Valley.]] Oh my God, was that like, totally deep or something? |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Oh, and I totally know that I'm, like, not a real person in real life, or anything. I'm some kind of stereotype, you know, like parroting teens in TheEighties and TheNineties, or some junk. Even nowadays, though nobody seriously talks like this anymore, I've become, like, the default "vapid white girl" dialect. And I'm also, like, intertwined with the DumbBlonde troop now, I mean trope. And I don't care what what Mitzy Connor said, this is NOT a dye job! Puhleez! |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Anyway, compare TotallyRadical, TheDitz, SurferDude (who's, like, totally hot, couldn't you just die?), BrainlessBeauty, RichInDollarsPoorInSense, {{Socialite}}, and some junk. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Also, totally not related to that UncannyValleyGirl. She's, like, ''soooooo'' weird. For sure! |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | !!Examples, {{like|IsLikeAComma}}, totally: |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 40 | * Some advertisements in the UK promoting imported American teen dramas will use Valley Girl-esque voiceovers. It can get very annoying when they're on every ad break. |
| 41 | -->"[=HellooOOOOooo=] it's your mom!" |
| 42 | %%* Played with in Creator/ParisHilton's [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d/paris-hilton-responds-to-mccain-ad-from-paris-hilton-adam-ghost-panther-mckay-and-chris-henchy parody presidential campaign.]] |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 46 | * When Nelvana dubbed ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' and converted it into Cardcaptors, they had Madison Tailor (Tomoyo Daidouji) talk like one. |
| 47 | * In the English dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Mimi's characterization is exaggerated to where she often comes across as vain and vapid, though she still has her moments of CharacterDevelopment that she had in the original. |
| 48 | * In the English dub of ''Manga/DNAngel'', Mio Hio was given a Valley Girl accent [[AccentAdaptation as a substitute]] for the character's GratuitousEnglish dialogue in the Japanese. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': At some point, after finding out she just lost her father and visitng his grave, Lucy goes for a walk with Natsu and Happy. As fate would have it, two Valley Girls appear soon after and bitch about how they hate their stupid, bossy, smelling fathers -- right in front of Lucy, who is so sad that she is not even able to cry. Natsu does not take it well. |
| 50 | * [[AccentAdaptation To translate her idiosyncratic way of speaking]], Tsuruya-san in the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' dub is given this type of accent. |
| 51 | * A couple of minor duelists in the English translation of ''Manga/HayateXBlade'' use Valley Girl speak. |
| 52 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': GenderInvertedTrope. Poland has a Nagoya highschooler dialect in the original Japanese strips, and this was [[AccentAdaptation translated into valley girl–speak]] in most of the English scanlations. It's questionable if this was an accurate translation, since the dialect is seen as very rude and tomboyish when a girl speaks it, but it happened to fit his character perfectly as he's an [[WholesomeCrossdresser effeminate]], [[DumbBlonde blond]] [[CloudCuckooLander airhead]]. |
| 53 | * The Viz Media translation of ''Manga/HotGimmick'' turns Hatsumi (and every other female character) into a Valley Girl, even though she is a quiet, unconfident and rather poor Japanese teenager; many fans find this annoying as middle-aged conservative Japanese housewives saying, "Oh my God, Asuza is, like, such a hottie," is very, very jarring. |
| 54 | * ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Lost Small World]]'': Aya Oogai's speech is [[NoExportForYou usually translated]] like this. |
| 55 | * Tokyopop's translation of the ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' manga had Caldina (or Gardina, as Tokyopop put it) talk like one in an attempt to [[AccentAdaptation tranaslate her Osaka accent for English speakers]]. |
| 56 | %%* Yukana Yame from ''Manga/MyFirstGirlfriendIsAGal'' was given this treatment in the English dub. It seems to become increasingly over-the-top with each episode. |
| 57 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has Camie Utsushimi from Shiketsu High, always integrating trendy slang in her dialogue. |
| 58 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 59 | ** Misty's sisters talk like this in the English dub as a contrast to Misty's no-nonsense demeanor. |
| 60 | ** In ''Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns'', Domino talked this way at first, [[BitchInSheepsClothing but it turned out to be an act]]. |
| 61 | ** The episode "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" has Jessie and James pretend to be teenage Valley Girls. In the Japanese version, they were {{Gyaru Girl}}s. |
| 62 | * The North American Creator/DiC dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' used valley girl slang for the first two seasons. "I'm outie!" and "Whatevah!" were frequently uttered, to the chagrin of the viewers. Under Cloverway, the next two seasons [[FromBadToWorse switched to gangsta]]... |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'': GenderInvertedTrope; Kashuu Kiyomitsu is very into maintaining his appearance, and his body language and tone come off this way. He is neither dumb nor rich, but the overall effect is still there. |
| 64 | * While Princess Rose acts more like actual royalty in the original version of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', she is portrayed as this trope in the English dub. |
| 65 | * The English dub of ''Anime/YurikumaArashi'' has Chouko Oki speak like one, with all the usual {{Verbal Tic}}s in place; every two or so words out of her mouth are punctuated with "like", "way", or, "totally". Of course, she also has the accent to boot. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 69 | * Creator/GabrielIglesias uses this as his default white girl voice. |
| 70 | * Creator/PaulyShore made a name for himself playing a male version of this, dubbed "The Weasle", who spoke almost entirely in broad San Fernando Valley slang and an exaggerated SurferDude voice, with a habit of pausing in-between words for emphasis (such as "B-uh-DY!" or "FUH-ker!"). |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' featured a story involving the New X-Men as being part of a private academy. While many characters had similar personalities as their main universe selves, Sooraya Qadir is a radical departure as she goes from a modest, fundamentalist Muslim to a quintessential Valley Girl that rivals Tabitha "Boom Boom" Smith in vapidness. This is on account of being friends with actual Valley Girl (from L.A. no less) Jubilee in that reality. Their fellow students know them as "the Shallow Twins" and live in dread at their passing. (Still, they're just as willing to get involved in the story's adventure as everyone else.) |
| 75 | * Comet Queen from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' is a 31st Century version of a Valley Girl that speaks her own brand of slang, much to annoyance of nearly everyone she's around because half the time, they have no idea what she's talking about. |
| 76 | %%* Tabby Smith of ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. Creator/WarrenEllis even makes sure to {{lampshade|Hanging}} how annoying her dialogue is: |
| 77 | %%-->'''Elsa Bloodstone:''' I swear to God, nowhere on ''Earth'' do they talk like you, Tabby. |
| 78 | * Toola from ''ComicBook/PocketGod'' acts like one, but [[HiddenDepths she's also very motherly]]. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/KittyPryde is book smart, but has been portrayed as ditzy and slightly shallow at times. This was exaggerated almost beyond recognition in the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 83 | %%* Azula in [=GanXingBa's=] ''WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''. |
| 84 | * In ''WebVideo/KOnTheAbridgedSeries'', Mugi talks like one, [[CharacterCatchphrase like, yar]]. |
| 85 | * {{Exaggerated|Trope}} with Misty's sisters in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. There's also ''Paul's Pokédex'', who starts to talk like one after Ash's notices its personality matrix is too underdeveloped, and now he can't stand it. |
| 86 | %%* Sailor Venus from Megami33's ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged''. |
| 87 | * ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': Rainbow Dash is, like, totally weird. She has the talk down, but she's totally into sports, and instead of money, she has a [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood hilariously tragic backstory]]. Series creator Wacarb has said he originally planned to make Dash an absolutely straight example of a Valley Girl, but [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny he improvised all her lines]] so she quickly evolved into a distinct, but Valley-influenced, brand of [[TheDitz idiocy]]. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 91 | * The mermaids in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieMariposa'' are obsessed with fashion and completely ignore Mariposa's attempts to ask them about the antidote to save [[TheHighQueen Queen Marabella]]. When the protagonist's companions Rayna and Rayla offer to bargain with them by giving them rare combs, they're much more interested. |
| 92 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': [[TheDitz Sonata Dusk]] has the clothes, the dumbness, and the way of talking of one. |
| 93 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Stacy Frick tends to speak this way given her use of "OMG" twice. She seems very fashion-conscious and wealthy.[[note]]She immediately buys a panda headband and tail from Mei and her friends.[[/note]] She is implied to be not that smart since Mei's friends believe they can convince her that she imagined seeing Mei in panda form twice. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 97 | %%* Buffy in the original film incarnation of ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. |
| 98 | %%* Cher from ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' is easily one of the most popular Valley Girls in fiction. Most of the incarnations made after the movie reference it in some way. |
| 99 | * Although ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' is set in Illinois, Lynda is famed for saying "like" and "totally" at the end of every other sentence. |
| 100 | * A few minor characters in ''Film/InAWorld''; Lake Bell recruits them for her vocal training service to teach them to sound like [[RealWomenDontWearDresses "women" and not "sexy babies"]]. |
| 101 | * Elle and her two girlfriends in ''Film/LegallyBlonde''. Elle is an interesting variant: she has a pretty strong intellect, it's just that she likes the lifestyle and (at first) lacks ambition. |
| 102 | * ''Film/MeanGirls'': The Plastics are a vain GirlPosse of {{Alpha Bitch}}es who typically aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. |
| 103 | * ''Film/NightOfTheComet'': Samantha's only concern throughout TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is whether or not she'll get laid. |
| 104 | * The ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan-film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Five Pink Five]]'', a hilarious look at what happens when you send a Valley Girl to attack a Death Star. Two more films were made with the same character, set in each of the sequels. |
| 105 | * Romy of ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' is a born-again member of this group, since she walks the walk, talks the talk, but isn't rich and is actually from Arizona. Michelle does the same things, but doesn't ''sound'' so, like, totally Valley, dihoood. |
| 106 | %%* The movie ''Film/ValleyGirl'', of course! |
| 107 | %%* All the girls in ''Film/WhiteChicks'' had some form of this throughout the film. Including the Wayans. Karen, Lisa, and Tori to a lesser degree. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 111 | %%* In ''Literature/BeautyQueens'', [[spoiler:Shanti Singh is one, but puts on an British-inflected Indian accent, as she feels that this is how the judges want to see an Indian girl. She feels too Indian for the Americans, but too American for the Indians. This is why she disguises her true Valley Girl self.]] |
| 112 | * Despite being set in London, the ''Literature/BridgetJones'' series had a twenty-something assistant named [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Patchouli]] who behaves in a similar manner, yet subverts the trope by being very respectful (esp. to Bridget) and more competent than their incompetent and drug-addicted BadBoss Richard Finch. |
| 113 | * In ''Literature/BubbleWorld'', every girl in Agalinas is like this, partially due to memory erasure, partially due to an extreme focus on shopping, hair, and makeup, and partially due to the education system being tailored to their wants, not needs. |
| 114 | %%* Goss and Kylie in the ''Literature/CorinnaChapman'' series are Valley Girls, but they do actually help the protagonists occasionally. |
| 115 | * ''Golem[[superscript:100]]'' by Creator/AlfredBester opens with a group of eight futuristic versions, attempting [[SummoningRitual to summon the Devil]] out of boredom. |
| 116 | %%* Erin and Shaunee from ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'' fall into this category, but Zoey and Aphrodite do have their moments. |
| 117 | %%* George Alec Effinger plays with this in his stories about ''Literature/MaureenBirnbaumBarbarianSwordsperson''. The stories are also very funny riffs on fantasy and SF stories. |
| 118 | * ''Literature/AMagesPower'': Parodied by Mia when Tiza calls her a "smiling pink haired ditz". She affects the accent while threatening to give Tiza a mission that she knows Tiza will hate. Tiza immediately recants. |
| 119 | * In ''Literature/{{Murderess}}'', [[AlphaBitch Bridget]] and her posse are the English equivalent, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_girl Essex girls]]. |
| 120 | * Literature/PaladinOfShadows: In ''A Deeper Blue'', Katya takes up this sort of persona as a disguise. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 124 | * The original ''Series/AllThat'' had a recurring sketch called "Whateverrr!" which was a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jhNsMS-Ykg talk show hosted by two Valley Girls]], played by Amanda Bynes and Christy Knowings. |
| 125 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 126 | ** Cordelia was presented as this initially, but HiddenDepths were revealed pretty quickly, and she was revealed to be quite smart. |
| 127 | ** In Season 2, Buffy's appearance was tweaked to properly resemble a Valley Girl -- bleached blonde hair, fashionable clothes, a lot of bubblegum-coloured nails, etc. This was to make the dissonance between her appearance, and the fact that she was a fearsome ActionGirl even more pronounced. A flashback to her life before she was a Slayer shows that she fit the Valley Girl trope through and through. |
| 128 | * For a British chick, Creator/CatherineTate can be, like, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGZtrBeDcQ&feature=fvst totally Val!]] |
| 129 | * Amy and Allison, ThoseTwoGirls from ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' share many of the stereotypical Valley Girl attributes, despite hailing from Toronto and not California. |
| 130 | * ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Dharma acts like this when [[ItMakesSenseInContext shopping for a dress to wear on a date to a prom with a high school kid]]. |
| 131 | -->'''Shop owner:''' What's the dress for?\ |
| 132 | '''Dharma:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint For, like, my body]]. |
| 133 | * Hilary Banks from ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''; even though she has all the mannerisms down, she's actually from Bel-Air and in one episode describes hell as being "like, the Valley". |
| 134 | * ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' portrayed the LoveGoddess, Aphrodite as a Valley Girl played by Alexandra Tydings. |
| 135 | %%* Claire's friend Debbie from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. Claire herself is [[TotallyRadical kind of borderline]]. |
| 136 | * Parodied in "deleted scenes" from ''Series/{{House}}'' where actresses Lisa Edelstein and Jennifer Morrison perform some of their scenes together while speaking and acting like Valley Girls. |
| 137 | -->'''Cuddy:''' You just go and you, like, write something. And then, like, you end up in this really fancy office with like a huge desk and fancy shoes and, like, people will call you and they'll be like, "Omg, we like totally wanna work with Eric Foreman", and you'll be like "I have so many totally mean things to say to you."\ |
| 138 | '''Cameron:''' I get, like, fancy shoes?\ |
| 139 | '''Cuddy:''' Yeah, that's the best part. |
| 140 | * ''Series/LilHorrors'': Despite hailing from ancient Egypt, {{Mummy}} girl Cleo Patra is a mixture of New Age GranolaGirl and this, and uses a lot of of Valley Girl filler in her speech. |
| 141 | * ''Series/OrphanBlack'': Krystal Goderitch, one of the Project Leda clones -- loves pink, blonde hair, hot guys on her locker, she has it all… except there are [[HiddenDepths hints]] dropped all throughout her introductory episode in Season 3 that show she's a bit wiser than you'd expect. |
| 142 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': |
| 143 | ** Kimberly starts off ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (Season 1) as a stereotypical Valley Girl, but matures throughout the series. |
| 144 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' (Season 9) has Kapri and Marah; played with in that they had been [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending to be ditzy when they had made their plans to defeat the Power Rangers once and for all, and later double cross Lothor]], but they still retain their Valley Girl traits throughout, e.g. commenting on their new looks. |
| 145 | %%** Nadira from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (Season 7) plays this trope completely straight. %%HOW? |
| 146 | * The ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episode "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" features an entire sorority of Valley Girls. Juliet, going undercover as a member of their national organization, has to embrace their mentality to fit in. |
| 147 | * In the ''Series/PushingDaisies'' episode "Robbing Hood", Elise, the gold-digging wife of the VictimOfTheWeek, talks like a Valley Girl. ("Oh, my God! You think I totally did it!") |
| 148 | %%* Larraine Newman on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' possibly did the [[UrExample first seen version]] of this type of character in the 1970s. |
| 149 | * ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': |
| 150 | ** Morgan is a little more capable than most examples but she's vain, fashion-obsessed and materialistic. {{Flanderization}} in Season 7 turned her into a straight example. |
| 151 | ** Sabrina herself becomes one when her EvilTwin infects her with an "airhead virus". She and Morgan get on very well when it happens. |
| 152 | ** [[PlayedForLaughs Used as a one-off joke]] in an episode where Sabrina tries to conjure up a princess. She gets a Valley Girl on her phone, begging Daddy not to cut her off. |
| 153 | * ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': |
| 154 | ** Lisa straddles the line; she's a fashion-obsessed rich girl who frequently spends "Daddy's money", occasionally dropping "like" and "totally", but she's a little smarter than most traditional instances -- and the fashion obsession is partly because she wants to work in the industry. |
| 155 | ** Minor character Ginger plays the trope straight, as a DumbBlonde who frequently pops up asking characters if there's lipstick on her teeth. |
| 156 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Alexis Rose starts the series off as a vain, bratty, and immature LovableAlphaBitch who tends to be InnocentlyInsensitive, and often slips into a Valley Girl-esque voice. |
| 157 | %%* Julie Stark from ''Series/{{Shark}}''. |
| 158 | * The short-lived [[TheEighties '80s]] show ''Series/SquarePegs'' ('82-'83), a teen sitcom set in the fictional Weemawee High School, features several Valley Girl characters, including popular student Jennifer [=DiNuccio=] (Tracy Nelson), the quintessential buxom Valley Girl. |
| 159 | * In the episode "Boston Tea Party" from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', Zack dreams that he and all his friends were the ones that participated in the titular event. In this dream, the cast is talking about the skyrocketing taxes, only for Maddie to exclaim that she may not afford the down payment on her used horse. Then she gives us this tidbit: |
| 160 | -->'''Maddie:''' And I'm totally getting my license, like, this year!\ |
| 161 | ''(Moseby looks sceptical)''\ |
| 162 | '''Esteban:''' She's a Valley Forge Girl.\ |
| 163 | '''Moseby:''' Ah. |
| 164 | * While she's from Wisconsin, Jackie Burkhart from ''Series/That70sShow'' otherwise has elements of this, being a rich, shallow, ditzy, and vain girl who grows into a LovableAlphaBitch after some CharacterDevelopment. |
| 165 | * During one "Hollywood Director Game" on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', Colin demanded that his "actors" portray the scene again as "clueless teenage girls" -- Valley Girl was the first thing on their minds, except Wayne Brady went with a [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Girl]] portrayal instead. |
| 166 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': "Syzygy" shows the terrible consequences of two Valley Girls gaining cosmic powers. |
| 167 | * ''Series/XPlay'''s [[TheEighties '80s]] flashback episode had Morgan Webb act like one of these. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 171 | * Sure, I'll like, totally tell you Music/TheChainsmokers song about us called "#Selfie", [[MemeticMutation but first, lemmie take a selfie]]. |
| 172 | * Music/FrankZappa's BlackSheepHit "Valley Girl" from ''Music/ShipArrivingTooLateToSaveADrowningWitch'' like, totally counts, for being like, ''totally'' the UrExample, and the TropeCodifier fer shure! Features guest vocals from Zappa's daughter Moon Unit, who generally doesn't talk like this. Frank would later [[CreatorBacklash disown the song]] when its success [[MisaimedFandom made him out to be a novelty act]]. |
| 173 | * Creator/JulieBrown: |
| 174 | ** Her character from her music video "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun", like, talks like this. |
| 175 | ** The music video for "Pretty Girls" by Music/BritneySpears and Music/IggyAzalea is inspired by the film ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'', which she directed and produced. |
| 176 | * Music/{{Kesha}}'s schtick is basically [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Valley Girl mannerisms and quirks plus]] AutoTune. Her first single, "Tik Tok", is a prime example. She's made it clear, though, that [[ObfuscatingStupidity it's definitely an act]]. |
| 177 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aseQzJI4zg Laura Pérez, la sin par de Caurimare]]" by Venezuelan comedy group Medioevo, shows a portrait of a local specimen circa 1982. The song is from the perspective of the titular Laura, trying to fend off the accusations of being a "''sifrina''" (the local word for this trope, albeit with insulting connotations) [[HypocriticalHumor while demonstrating every and each one of the associated stereotypes]]. |
| 178 | * "Stupid Girls" by Music/{{Pink}} is about these. She even appears briefly ([[DawsonCasting and convincingly]]) as one in the MusicVideo for the song. |
| 179 | * "Baby Got Back" by Music/SirMixALot famously opens with two (presumably Caucasian) mall brats talking about another girl's big butt. |
| 180 | -->"Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt. It is like, so big." |
| 181 | * Parodied in Creator/WilliamShatner's album ''Has Been''. |
| 182 | -->''My kids say, "He said to me, and I'm like and he's like and she's like"\ |
| 183 | "It's all, he's all, she's all"\ |
| 184 | I can't get behind that kind of, [[GotMeDoingIt like, English]]'' |
| 185 | %%* And then I went to [=TVTropes=], like, totally expecting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg this one]] in the list, but you're all like 'eeeghhn'...%%LINKS ARE NOT EXAMPLES |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 189 | * Heather, the DumbBlonde in ''Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted'': |
| 190 | -->"The elevator's stuck! There's, like, totally a ghost in here!" |
| 191 | %%* Played straight with one of the damsels in ''Pinball/MedievalMadness''. |
| 192 | * The DamselInDistress of ''Pinball/StrangeScience'' '''thinks''' in Val-speak. |
| 193 | -->''Help! Totally.'' |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 197 | * ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' gives us Cecil, the community radio host, narrator and (for all intents and purposes) main character. Very little is given about his physical appearance and economic status, and he is presented as quite intelligent and philosophical. This trope only comes across in his speech, when he sometimes drops into a Valley Girl cadence when reciting quotes from certain people or going on one of his "personal asides". |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 201 | * Nikki of the Wrestling/BellaTwins is sometimes presented as this. She's a California native and a lover of high fashion -- not to mention having the stereotypical Valley Girl voice. On ''Series/TotalDivas'', she's often played up as TheDitz to her GranolaGirl of a sister. |
| 202 | * California Doll from ''Wrestling/{{GLOW}}'' was a combination of this and the SurferDude. |
| 203 | * Wrestling/LayCool began as a generic AlphaBitch tandem, but CharacterizationMarchesOn saw them become exaggerated Valley Girls -- obsessed with make-up, fashion, fame and being "flawless". |
| 204 | * Malibu [=McKenzie=] of ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}}'' was advertised as this, but appeared as a HospitalHottie when she was actually on the show for some reason. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 208 | * Janice, the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one girl]] from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' is an early example. While she isn't seen shopping a lot, she looks fashionable for the period, and she definitely has the diction down. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 212 | * Like, Bizarro Sister from like, ''Roleplay/MallFight'', like, ya know? |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 216 | * While the Valley Elf in TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons is just a elven subrace that lives in the Valley of the Mage, an AprilFools issue of Magazine/{{Dragon}} described them like this and included a {{Parody}} of the Music/FrankZappa song. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 220 | %%* Veronika Lee and Britney Bloodrose from ''VideoGame/AllPointsBulletin''. |
| 221 | * In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', peppy villagers are often described as this. Like, the way they talk in ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'' really shows it. |
| 222 | * In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'', Nu-13, like, talked like a hybrid of this and a pirate in Ragna's gag reel. |
| 223 | %%* ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'': "Nu, for the love of God. The valley or the sea. Just pick one." |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains'' has Becky the Tarantula Mistress, who doesn't let being a hideously-mutated psychic trapped in a spider-like exoskeleton armour detract from her giddy enthusiasm upon meeting the player character. |
| 225 | %%* Berri from ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''. |
| 226 | %%* The Light Switches in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Old World Blues''. |
| 227 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Yuffie is localised as talking like this ("Oh, wow, I'm totally clueless."). Toned down enormously in the sequels and prequels, perhaps mercifully. |
| 228 | * ''Website/GaiaOnline'': Sasha; for some reason, her Valley Girl speech never shows in the comics, just her shop dialogue. |
| 229 | * Tracy De Santa from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. |
| 230 | -->'''Tracy:''' Oh my God, you're such a fucking dictator! |
| 231 | * The female patrons of the Kai Tek Resort in ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' all talk like this. |
| 232 | * Yuudachi from ''VideoGame/KanColle'' has the famous VerbalTic "''poi''", which is roughly translated as "like" in English. Hence, her speech pattern is often translated as a Valley Girl in English. |
| 233 | %%* Josephine from the obscure SNES game ''VideoGame/KendoRage''. |
| 234 | %%* Khrynia from ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' is, like, totally stronger than before! |
| 235 | %%* Rosa from ''VideoGame/{{The Legend of Zelda Oracle|Games}} of Seasons''. |
| 236 | * In the second installment of ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'', the sorceress met by the heroes in the early levels embodies this trope. Especially her voice acting. |
| 237 | * Priel from ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'' is portrayed like this. |
| 238 | * There was, like, that quarian girl from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' whose oblivious conversation with a lovestruck turian on Illium was one of the funniest moments of the game. She also [[LampshadeHanging echoed many of the comments]] made by fans who desired WrenchWench Tali from the first game as a love interest. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Fsng6KUX4 Uh, excuse me, human, private conver-say-shee-yun?! Ugh!]] |
| 239 | * The, like, ''red-headed'' elf-girl in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' talked like this. Like, totally, all the time! |
| 240 | * Cali and other Valley Mermaids from ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters''. It's in the species name! |
| 241 | %%* Goombella from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is an [[GeniusDitz odd hybrid]] of this and the {{geek}}. |
| 242 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 243 | %%** Ayase Yuka, the resident kogal, (see Real Life folder) is this in ''VideoGame/Persona1''. |
| 244 | ** Kamoshida's cognition of Ann Takamaki in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' acts like this while also being slavishly devoted to him, much to the real Ann's horror. |
| 245 | * Cipher Admin Lovrina from ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' shows most of the characteristics of a typical Valley Girl, but [[VerbalTic so]] not the lack of intelligence; she is so the EvilGenius, and, in fact, [[RuleOfThree so]] singlehandedly developed a way to make Lugia impossible to purify (through standard methods, at least)! |
| 246 | * MIO from ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy''; the dialect is part of the reason many consider her TheScrappy. |
| 247 | * In the English version of ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'', a few female followers display Valley Girl-like mannerisms in their flavor text and voiced dialogue. [[https://sv.bagoum.com/cards/112011010 Aldis, Trendsetting Seraph]] and [[https://sv.bagoum.com/cards/111511030 Marian the Mummy]] are two of the most obvious examples. |
| 248 | * A female character in a comic strip advertisement for ''VideoGame/SolarFox'' for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}} talks and acts like this. She even does it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYA6kRDZfs the TV commercial]]. |
| 249 | * The fauns in ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'' level "Fracture Hills". Unusually, Elora is a faun as well but she doesn't speak like this. |
| 250 | * Ibuki from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' was given Valley Girl-like traits going into ''IV'' to make her more feminine. In her win quotes, words such as "like" and "totally" are fairly common. |
| 251 | * While [[RobotGirl Alisa Bosconovitch]] of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' doesn't normally talk like this, she does temporarily start talking like this during ''Tekken 6''[='s=] Scenario Campaign mode, after Lee tries to get her to be less formal. |
| 252 | -->'''Alisa:''' Like, oh my god! We're going to have, like, so much fun tracking down this Jin dude!\ |
| 253 | '''Lee:''' [[NoJustNoReaction Good heavens, stop! I apologize. Please, never speak like that again]]. Where in the world did you learn that, anyway? |
| 254 | * Bratty and Catty from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. "We're, like... SO hyped for the destruction of humanity!" |
| 255 | * Cherry from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. "So, like, dodging's no fair, okay?" |
| 256 | * A licensed Platform/NintendoWii game based on ''Series/{{Wipeout|2008}}'' features a Valley Girl ([[ADogNamedDog aptly named Valley Girl]]) as one of the six lightweight characters the play can choose from. |
| 257 | --> '''Jill:''' Meet Valley Girl, who, like, would rather be shopping. |
| 258 | %%* Um... like, Nao-Nao from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. |
| 259 | * It's kinda weird, considering she's, like, supposed to be a Japanese [[GyaruGirl gone-goo-row girl]], but Musume Ronshaku in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' totally fits the mold. She even talks like a basic bitch, y'know? "OMG, you are like the best!" "Oh, my gawwwd." "[=WhatEVER.=]" |
| 260 | * In heavy contrast with her English (or Welsh)-accented party members, Sena from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has a very strong California-style accent with a Valley Girl way of speaking, emphasized by the fact that she is voiced by an American in the English dub, while other characters with UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents are [[FakeAmerican not]], and have very understated accents regardless. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 264 | * Junko Enoshima from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' was [[{{Woolseyism}} localized]] into one of these in the English dub, as she's a {{gyaru|Girl}}. [[spoiler:Or, at least, [[TwinSwitch her sister Mukuro]] was pretending to be one. The ''real'' Junko is a [[AxCrazy batshit insane]] sadist who [[HopeCrusher feeds off despair]], and is so mad with [[PrescienceIsPredictable boredom]] that she changes her personality on a whim.]] Her reappearance in the Despair Arc of ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' keeps this, to [[FountainOfMemes memetastic levels]]. |
| 265 | -->'''Junko:''' Kamukura, Kamukura, ''[[MemeticMutation YASS, QUEEN]]!!'' |
| 266 | * Ini Miney in the second ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game. [[spoiler:Except that it's an act adopted in imitation of the ''real'' Ini Miney. The one you meet is actually her sister.]] |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 270 | * ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': Little Miss Epic talks like this. |
| 271 | * Averted by Flamegirl from ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'', whose player is from Burbank, which is like, totally ''in'' the Valley; but she doesn't act like a Val at all. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 275 | * ''Webcomic/ByTheTail'': Ivory Monroe of Melody's is most definitely this. She talks like a valley girl, down to her rather frequent use of the word "like", and isn't really all that bright. |
| 276 | * The GM from ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' seems to play (here as NPC) [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Mon Mothma]], out of all the ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters, this way. |
| 277 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' with the humorously-named Val'erie Val'ley'gurl. |
| 278 | * ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Blair gets ahold of a [[GenderBender gender-bending]] orb, which he uses to transform people into Valley Girls, his "ideal woman". |
| 279 | %%* An anonymous extra in ''Webcomic/GoodGuyComic'' is one of these. |
| 280 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Diane [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=884 acts like this]] in order to get out of trouble. Raven sees through the act, but lets her go anyway and expresses appreciation that neither Grace nor Ellen try that routine on him. |
| 281 | * ''Webcomic/M9Girls'': Karla is the typical "''Niña Fresa''", with her status as TheFashionista and costumer designer of the girls, and having her own convertible. |
| 282 | * Sister America in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' is portrayed as this, at least initially; [[CharacterizationMarchesOn more recent strips have mostly dropped this part of her character]]. |
| 283 | * ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' has a [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1805-for-sure/ Valley Elf]]. |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 287 | %%* Kelly from Liam Sullivan's Kelly series. |
| 288 | * ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'': 26. Valley speak has no place in a fantasy setting. Especially if you're the paladin. |
| 289 | * Since the stories center around [[SuperheroSchool a high school]] in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', it shouldn't be surprising that some of the girls from California sound like this. Scrambler may be the worst, since she is a speedster and tends to talk faster than she thinks. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 293 | * There's a ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' parody called "valleygirl15". She recaps the series with a Valley Girl voice and liberal quantities of {{Take That}}s and snark. |
| 294 | * ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': Shelby has a love for riches and shopping and a distaste for blood and maggots, is a bit of a SelfieFiend, and makes plans to found the first mall on the Faction Isles because they don't have one. It should be noted that she's intended to be an {{Expy}} of Alexis Rose from ''Series/SchittsCreek'', who also fits the trope via her mannerisms and voice but also has HiddenDepths. |
| 295 | * ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Spoony pretends to be one for [[http://blip.tv/file/3246275 his review]] of "Party Mania". |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 299 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Lumpy Space Princess]], and pretty much everyone else from [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Lumpy Space]] for that matter. |
| 300 | %%* The Sphinx who guards the town from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' fits this to a tee. |
| 301 | * Ty Lee of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has been described as the Fire Nation version of this. Her [[{{Foil}} best friend]] is a snarky goth. |
| 302 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Claire Brewster auditions for a school play of ''Romeo and Juliet'' and throws in "total babe" in her lines, in contrast to Lydia, who delivers her lines straight and sincerely. |
| 303 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'': |
| 304 | %%** Jett, if the way she talks is any indication. |
| 305 | %%** Rachel and Cindy from "Eye of the Tigress." No, really; they're actually from Valley High and the way they talk make Jett sound absolutely posh. |
| 306 | * Kelly, Bobby's sister in ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'' speaks this way all the time, even using phrases such as "Like, seriously? Get real.". |
| 307 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bratz}}'': |
| 308 | %%** The "tweevils" from the ''Bratz'' TV series and (animated) movies ([[ToylessToylineCharacter there are no dolls of the tweevils]]). |
| 309 | %%** Cloe fits this too [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]]. |
| 310 | * The, like, wicked cheerleader Stacy appears in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' and totally fits this trope. For the record, she is actually from California. |
| 311 | %%* The Little Traitor Dudes For Children's Defense, from the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation P.O.O.L.", who were the MirrorUniverse counterparts to the Delightful Children From Down The Lane. |
| 312 | * The "Paige and Saige" sections of ''WesternAnimation/{{Crashbox}}'' feature two Valley Girl twins who look suspiciously like Franchise/{{Barbie}} dolls. |
| 313 | * Lauchpad's teenage sister Loopy from the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' episode "Top Duck" talks like this, frequently using "like" and "totally" in her sentences. |
| 314 | %%* Veronica in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. |
| 315 | * [[AlphaBitch Shellsea]] from ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' has, like, a complete Valley Girl accent. |
| 316 | * Amy Wong from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is definitely an example of this: wealthy family, loves shopping and even uses a sci-fi-twisted version of the lingo ("guh" and "spluh" are favorites of hers), but it's played with in that she is extremely intelligent [[HiddenDepths despite her seemingly ditzy demeanor]], and has a [=PhD=] in applied physics. |
| 317 | * There's an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' where Garfield encounters a niece of Jon's who is explicitly referred to as a Valley Girl. Her accent is so bad that Garfield hires a professional linguist to add annotations explaining what she's saying to the audience; as a bonus, said linguist is named Dr. E. Darrell Moonunit, after the TropeCodifier Moon Unit Zappa. |
| 318 | * Tina [=DeVeer=] from ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'' cannot open her mouth [[LikeIsLikeAComma without using the word "like" at least once]], describes things as "totally random" and [[ProudBeauty constantly brings up her own "hotness"]]. |
| 319 | * Duzer the Gorgon in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh''. Among other things, she constantly says "Get a life" and "Or what?" |
| 320 | * Pacifica Northwest from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' starts off like, totally full-on Valley Girl, while also being a RichBitch. However, like later on during the show, when she got like, character development or junk, her accent is downplayed. |
| 321 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has Mindy. Also, Eris started out as one, but her accent was changed to British in later appearances. |
| 322 | * Trina Riffin from ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' talks and behaves like one, albeit a very [[{{Jerkass}} a very nasty and unpleasant one]]. %%Carrie Beff is also one as well, particularly in the episode "Wish Upon a Jug". |
| 323 | * Kimber from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' has aspects of this. It's understandable as she's a teen in 80s California. |
| 324 | * ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'': [[TheDitz Ditzy]] June had a slight Valley Girl accent [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the very early Season 1 episodes]], despite her being a huge tomboy. |
| 325 | * Ophelia from ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' would occasionally talk like a Valley Girl despite being a gothic punk girl. |
| 326 | %%* Whittany and Brittany Biskit, also known as the Biskit Twins, from, like, ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''. |
| 327 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has the two eldest Loud sisters, Lori and Leni. Lori is prone to abusing the word "literally" without end, is a PhoneaholicTeenager, and is thoroughly obsessed with her boyfriend, though it's downplayed as she's the most grounded of the Loud siblings. Leni, meanwhile, similarly abuses the word [[LikeIsLikeAComma "like" almost without end]], has an undying passion for clothing, and is incredibly ditzy. Hilariously, when Leni is made to imitate Lori, she adopts an incredibly exaggerated Valley Girl accent and visibly crosses her eyes, implying she believes her older sister to [[HypocriticalHumor fully fit the stereotype]]. %%Maggie the emo has been one. |
| 328 | %%* Portia Gibbons from the ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB''. |
| 329 | * Princess Zange from ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'' talks like the most stereotypical popular teen, and spends an episode clothes-shopping for herself ''and'' her hired bodyguards. She dodges the "dumb" part, though; she's not, like, a total brainiac, but there's times she knows, like, WAY more than she's telling. |
| 330 | * Chloé Bourgeois from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has a Valley Girl accent in the English dub, befitting her AlphaBitch personality. |
| 331 | %%* Claire from ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', even though she lives in Detroit (Deluxe). |
| 332 | * Miss Chatterbox in the U.S. dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''; it's all there in the name. |
| 333 | %%* XJ-6, Jenny's ''sister'', talks like this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''. |
| 334 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 335 | ** The episode "Putting Your Hoof Down" like, featured a couple of mares like this. They even, like, had total EightiesHair. Shoeshine, Sweetie Drops/Bon Bon, and Cherry Berry also have the accent in this episode. |
| 336 | ** Ditto Flitter and Cloudchaser, the Pegasus twins from "Hurricane Fluttershy"; and Lightning Dust from "Wonderbolts Academy": "We ''totally'' wiped them out with that tornado." |
| 337 | ** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "Waiting for your cutie mark is so last week… You're still totally invited to my cutceañera this weekend". |
| 338 | ** Lyra talks this way in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]". |
| 339 | ** Lily Lace, one of the fashion designers from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E9HonestApple Honest Apple]]". At one point, she, like, literally gets, like, so fed up with Applejack's attitude [[{{Angrish}} that she, like, literally, like, she can't even... *gag*]] |
| 340 | %%* Debbies from ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs''. |
| 341 | * ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks'': [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-Inverted]] with Mr. Jinks, "Like are you for sure, there." |
| 342 | * Brattina from ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s'', with her constant use of the term "mummy dearest" and referring to practically everything she doesn't like as "icky". |
| 343 | %%* Daphne becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''. |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' has this with [[AlphaBitch The Ashleys]]. "[[CharacterCatchphrase SCANDALOUS!]]" They apparently inherit this from their mothers. |
| 345 | * Summer of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is a milder example than most, but not so mild as to keep from getting mocked for it: |
| 346 | -->'''Ship A.I.:''' My function is "Keep Summer safe," not "[[SarcasmMode Keep Summer being, like, totally stoked about, like, the general vibe, and stuff.]]" …That's ''you''; that's how you talk. |
| 347 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 348 | ** The episode, "Summer of 4 ft. 2", has Lisa befriending a group of cool surfer kids on vacation. Besides dressing in hippy/surfer clothes, Lisa uses Valley Girl speech to disguise herself as one of them, instead of a shy nerd… like, you know, whatever. |
| 349 | ** In "Lard of the Dance", the new student, Alex Whitney, uses Valley Girl slang, which is mainly used by teenage girls. |
| 350 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Company Picnic", [=SpongeBob=] does a Valley Girl accent in the beginning when playing with the patty figures. |
| 351 | %%** Parodied with Girly Teen Girl in "Slumber Party". The |
| 352 | %%* Katiebug and Sadiebug, the ladybug twins from ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'''''s Berry Bitty Adventures''. |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': |
| 354 | ** Shirley the Loon is like, a mondo primo example. If only she had more fashion sense instead of, like, being a hippie new age girl, or some junk. Cha. |
| 355 | *** It should, like, be noted that the voice actress who did Shirley's voice is one Gail Matthius, a cast member from the sixth season of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' who had a recurring character who was a Valley Girl named Vicki (duh!). She also used this character on a syndicated sketch show called ''[=LaughTrax=]''. The last anyone's heard of Gail Matthius was during TheNineties when she did voicework in cartoons, often as a Valley Girl. |
| 356 | ** Babs also posed as one running the speech class of a fake charm school to outwit Dizzy Devil in one episode. Turns out the Valley Girl equivalent of the "Rain in Spain" verse is "The Walls in the Mall are ''tew''tally ''tew''tally tall." Fer sure. |
| 357 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': |
| 358 | ** The dear sweet [[KindheartedSimpleton Lindsay]] is very much one. Although she took a lesson in badass when [[spoiler:she cussed out Heather in Season 1 just before getting eliminated]], she reverted back to her usual self right afterward. |
| 359 | %%** Heather started as one, and there are still traces of it, but it's less noticeable in later seasons. |
| 360 | ** HeterosexualLifePartners Katie and Sadie have elements of this, with many of the speaking mannerisms and behavioural traits. |
| 361 | %%** Mean and bratty cheerleader Amy from the ''Pahkitew Island'' season is very much one. To a lesser extent, this applies to her twin sister Sammy/Samey as well. |
| 362 | ** Taylor from the spin-off ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace The Ridonculous Race]]'' talks in this accent, on top of her BuffySpeak. %%Jen too. |
| 363 | * The girls of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', especially Clover, speak fluent Valley speak and the surf culture language. |
| 364 | * In the 4Kids dub of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', Stella speaks in this manner. It seems out of place at first when viewed with the other two English dubs, but considering she's the Fairy of the Shining Sun, a fashion diva, and a beautiful blonde, it [[FridgeBrilliance actually makes sense]]. |
| 365 | * Debbie Thornberry from ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' has this accent to match her bratty personality. |
| 366 | * This is how the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' version of Shadowcat was for, like, just least the first season. And her voice actress, Maggie Blue O'Hara, totally voice-acted Madison Tailor in Cardcaptors! |
| 367 | ** Amusingly at one point Rogue touches her, and acts like a Valley Girl too. Much to her disgust. |
| 368 | --->'''Rogue:''' Ew, that was so totally like icksome. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Aw, now I'm talking like her?!]] |
| 369 | ** Ironically, the comics had a perfectly good Valley Girl in the form of Jubilee, who ''doesn't'' talk this way when she shows up in the series! |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 373 | !!!'''General and regional variations''' |
| 374 | * If you, like, actually think we don't exist in RealLife, you can, like, go to hell, or something. Oh, and, like, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJuEkDo-i_o&feature=related watch this video]]. You can totally see one of us about, like, a minute in. |
| 375 | * The speech patterns associated with Valley Girls, such as using "like" as an interjection or a substitute for "said", [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs have started to become ubiquitous among the younger generations]] in the United States and Canada, but can even be observed among people from older generations as well. |
| 376 | ** Within Southern California itself, the rising pitch has effectively entered the local accent among young people -- [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25232387 even the men]] are using it. |
| 377 | * For non-American equivalent tropes: |
| 378 | ** The British equivalent is the Essex girl, although it's more insulting as it focuses more on [[ReallyGetsAround being sexually promiscuous]] and unintelligent (very much like the DumbBlonde). It was briefly a DiscreditedTrope [[CyclicTrope before coming popular again]] when ''Series/TheOnlyWayIsEssex'' started appearing on the telly. |
| 379 | ** The Danish equivalent to the Essex girl is Randers girl: clueless, promiscuous, low-class girls with an attitude, especially against authorities. |
| 380 | ** The Japanese counterpart is the GyaruGirl, including the Kogals, characterized by their short skirts, and the Ganguro, which is Valley Girl with heavy tans. |
| 381 | ** The Mexican and Latin American equivalent is the "''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresa_(slang) Niña Fresa]]''" ("Strawberry Girl"), a stereotype of rich, upper-class, Americanized, and superficial girls, or "''Chica Nice''" ("Nice Chick/Girl"). |
| 382 | * Even within the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, there exist several analogues to the Valley Girl stereotype in other parts of the country. |
| 383 | ** The Jersey girl stereotype is pretty much a {{Joisey}}-accented version of the Essex girl (particularly the promiscuity), coupled with [[BrooklynRage an attitude problem]]. Given the similarities in stereotypes between UsefulNotes/NewJersey and Essex in general (i.e. suburban sprawl for the nation's largest city, filled with chavs and {{emo teen}}s[[note]]New Jersey even has an Essex County, the third most populated in the state and home to its largest city[[/note]]), this is rather fitting. |
| 384 | ** Also common on the East Coast is the stereotype of the JewishAmericanPrincess, which takes the vanity and self-centered characterization of the Valley Girl and adds sexual prudishness and an ethnic dimension. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | !!!'''Individuals''' |
| 387 | * UsefulNotes/LosAngeles billboard model and San Fernando Valley resident Angelyne has made a career from such a public image. In fact, she has been [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/angelyne-la-billboard-diva-30-years-1025678 pointed to]] as an UrExample for the likes of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. |
| 388 | * Creator/DrewBarrymore wrote in her 2015 memoir ''Wildflower'' that she talks "like a valley girl" because she lived in Sherman Oaks from the ages of 7 to 14. |
| 389 | * Creator/EmiliaClarke [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBg-w6TNLE jokes]] that she put this voice on to avoid being recognised in public once -- pretending to be "Callie from the valley". |
| 390 | -->"I, like, love ''Film/{{Clueless}}''." |
| 391 | * Cindy Margolis identifies herself as one: |
| 392 | -->"I'm a Valley Girl. You can't get me out of the Valley, I'm still here." |
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