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Somehow she's hot and scary at the same time!
She's tall, pretty, aloof and composed. As a result, she generally attracts quite a following wherever she goes. She usually has waist-length, dark hair.
While it might not be fair to say that trouble follows her everywhere, it's accurate for most cases of the type. This sometimes causes an undeserved reputation as a delinquent.
Often the target of one or more Schoolgirl Lesbians. If she is one herself, expect her to have a more-or-less Moe or Shrinking Violet girlfriend.
The term was coined to describe Azuma Hazuki of Yami To Boushi To Hon No Tabibito, playing on the old description of a man as " Tall Dark And Handsome". However, this is not a purely physical characterization; the aloofness is a key aspect of the trope.
This character type crosses over rather regularly with the Ojou and Kuudere. Feel free to compare the examples.
Examples:
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Anime and Manga
- Akira in ARIA (pictured).
- Azuma Hazuki in Yami To Boushi To Hon No Tabibito, for whom the term was created, with Yuri Fans checking to see if anyone else fits the pattern.
- Tenjou Utena in Revolutionary Girl Utena, one of the early incarnations of this character type — except for her hair, which is pink in the anime and strawberry-blonde in the manga.
- Sakaki in Azumanga Daioh is a subversion - her apparent aloofness is really the because she's a Shrinking Violet, in spite of her physical appearance.
- Himemiya Chikane in Kannazuki No Miko, complete with blond and Moe Shrinking Violet girlfriend (Himeko).
- Mima in Perfect Blue despite having short dark hair.
- Shion, Mion, Rena, Miyo, and arguably Rina (although she is hated, and for good reason) in Higurashi.
- Majority of the female cast of Code Geass in terms of appearance, but proper examples are C.C., Cornelia, Euphemia and Marianne.
- Nico Robin in One Piece.
- Erika in Daimos.
- Lucy in Elfen Lied despite having red hair.
- Melfina in Outlaw Star.
- Momo in Peach Girl.
- Rukia Kuchiki, Miyako Sihba, Nanao Ise and Neliel in Bleach (despite Rukia being Short Dark and Bishoujo, and Neliel having greenish hair.)
- And Senna, from the Memories of Nobody movie.
- The three Flame Hazes in Shakugan No Shana, although like Rukia, Shana is short, while Margery and Wilhelmina are respectively blond and pink-haired. Pheles also counts despite having Green-hair.
- Natsuki Kuga and her Hot Mom Saeko in Mai-HiME. It Runs In The Family indeed.
- Zakuro in Tokyo Mew Mew.
- Aoyama Motoko in Love Hina.
- Lieutenant Kanuka Clancy from Patlabor. Possibly a part of her rivalry with Bifauxnen Lt. Kumagami.
- Madoka Ayukawa in Kimagure Orange Road — Since KOR was over 20 years ago, she is one of the originals.
- Same goes to her cousin-in-law, Yukari.
- Sai in Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer.
- Tomoyo in Clannad, who immediately gained fangirls upon transferring and received gifts from them. Also, compare on how tall she is compared to the other girls by looking at how tall her life-size teddy bear outfit is.
- Shizuma from Strawberry Panic. She has white hair, but otherwise fits this trope just fine.
- Maki Izumi from Martian Successor Nadesico is something of a subversion of this. Physically speaking, she's quite attractive; however she's always cracking bad puns, has a habit for playing the ukelele (terribly) and nobody seems sexually interested in her while she never shows any sexual interest in anyone else. At least not until the episode where everyone's repressed personalities come to the forefront and her sexual side tries to convince both Akito and Akatsuki to have sex with her. Of course, this is also the episode where it's explained that she's repressed her sexual side because both of her fiancees died young and she's convinced if she opens up to anyone they'll inevitably die as well and she'll just be alone and heartbroken again.
- Jun Fudo in Devilman Lady.
- Rider in Fate Stay Night embraces this trope. And her true Master was actually Sakura, a Yamato Nadeshiko girl.
- Asagi from Yotsuba&!, only the waist-length hair is brown and she's more troublemaker than troubled.
- Setsuna Meioh (AKA Sailor Pluto) and Rei Hino (Sailor Mars) from Sailor Moon. (At least Rei is Short, Dark and Bishoujo...)
- The manga version of Rei plays this trope terribly straight, looking much older than her actual age in the process.
- Kikyo and Kagura from Inuyasha.
- Reki from Haibane Renmei.
- Akira Ookuchi and Mana Tatsumiya from Mahou Sensei Negima.
- Cynthia from Pokemon, despite being blond.
- Don't forget about Gym Leaders Sabrina and Clair, as well as Pike Queen Lucy.
- Kotonoha Katsura in School Days looks the part but is a subversion, as she mixes it with Shrinking Violet and later Yandere.
- Ogasawara Sachiko in Maria-sama Ga Miteru.
- Ceres in Ayashi No Ceres.
- Amatsuka Megumi in Tenshi Na Konamaiki. (She has the wrong hair color, however.)
- Kazetsubaki Kuriko in Maburaho.
- Caren in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, and later, the other members of the secondary trio.
- Karen and Komachi in Yes! Precure 5. Karen best fits the personality part, though.
- Konoe Tsurugi in Hanaukyo Maid Tai.
- Simone from Shiroi Heya No Futari, the first shoujo Girls Love manga ever from way back in the '70s. Yes, this trope has existed ever since the beginning of the genre.
- Kan'u Unchou in Ikki Tousen. To be expected since she's supposed to be a voluptuous schoolgirl version of the resident Genius Bruiser and Gentle Giant of Romance Of The Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu.
- Ran, titular character of Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran, is a textbook example of the trope, particularly in that she attracts trouble like a magnet (or is attracted to it?) and has a Moe Chinese Girl following her around most of the time. However, she dresses and acts in a masculine way, despite looking quite feminine; if she were ever taken for a boy (oddly, no one makes this mistake) she would be bounced right over into Bifauxnen territory.
- People are often in the dark about her gender until she starts talking, though.
- Hinamori Amu from Shugo Chara wears a public persona that makes her appear as an example of this trope to her schoolmates — in reality, she's plagued by self-image issues and hates acting that way.
- Kanae Kotonami from Skip Beat fits this trope—at least the physical description, anyway. Her true personality is a bit more fiery.
- Isayama Yomi from Ga-Rei -Zero-. To certain extent, the main character Tsuchiyama Kagura also count.
- The chief of the Environment Ministry special division and her secretary, as well.
- And Natsuki Kasuga from the unfortunate Defense Ministry squad.
- Come to think of it, is there any woman not fitting this trope in Ga-Rei -Zero- ?
- Tatsuki from Hyakko, although it's her blond friend Torako who gets the fangirls.
- Anego from Dai Mahou Touge is the full-blown delinquent variety, even though she is nothing compared to the protagonist.
- Ami Kawashima and Sumire Kanou from Toradora
- Takane from Sora Wo Kakeru Shoujo.
- Suigintou from Rozen Maiden... as far as miniature dolls go anyway.
- Despite having WHITE hair.
- This is a major plot point for Yukari Hayasaka from Paradise Kiss, as she uses her appearance to break into professional modeling.
- Akiha Tohno from Tsukihime.
- Mio from K-On!, complete with an all-girl fanclub, despite being painfully shy.
- Futaba from Amanchu! is rather withdrawn, but as things look now she may score cute Hikari as her girlfriend.
- Katori-sensei perhaps qualifies even more, since she has the personality to match.
- Sae from Hidamari Sketch, despite having short hair and being a pettanko.
- Maya from Maya's Funeral Procession, another Girls Love manga from the '70s.
- There are at least two in different Gundam series:
- Sumika from Sasameki Koto.
- Mana Kuzunoha and the Natsume sisters, Maya and Aya in Tenjou Tenge.
- Nana Osaki from Nana though of the short hair variation
- Arashi Kishu from X and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.
- Takako Chigusa from Battle Royale
- Alice in Pandora Hearts is another example of Short, Dark And Bishoujo.
- Signum from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha also suits in even if she has pink hair, being one of the tallest girls in the third season.
Film
- Silhouette from Watchmen (she even has a cute nurse girlfriend) in spite of her bobbed hairstyle.
- To some extent, Liz Sherman. She had long hair in the first film; it was cut into a bob by the second.
- The Baroness from GI Joe.
Literature
Music
- Megurine Luka, one of the Vocaloids, was designed with this image in mind. ... Except her hair, which is pink like that of the previously mentioned Utena.
Video Games
- Tsugumi Komachi in Ever17.
- Hatsune in Atlach Nacha.
- Saki Tsuzura of Arcana Heart. The fact that she looks like Chikane may just be a coincidence, really.
- Shanoa from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, some of the women she rescues flirt with her, even.
- Also Tear Grants from Tales Of The Abyss
- Uzuki from Akai Ito, something that may have contributed to her popularity.
- Kaya from Aoi Shiro as well as a milder version in Ayashiro.
- Natsuhi from Umineko No Naku Koro Ni. Would probably be an adult counterpart to The Ojou if she didn't have a tendency to get upset and yell at people so easily.
- Sena from Chaos Head.
- Mai in Kanon, with the "undeserved delinquent reputation" variant.
- Shion in Otome Wa Boku Ni Koishiteru.
- Arguably, Yuugi Hoshiguma (despite her blond hair), Mima (green), Yuka Kazami (also green), and Eirin Yagokoro (white) would be the Touhou series' closest examples.
- Julia Chang and Zafina from Tekken
- Final Fantasy
- Tifa Lockheart and Aerith Gainesborough from Final Fantasy VII. The former fits this trope to a T, while the latter is much more gentler.
- Quistis Trepe from Final Fantasy VIII is another blond example.
- Princess Garnet from Final Fantasy IX could be another example of Short Dark And Bishoujo, but characters from the game are all designed to look small, so..
- Lulu from Final Fantasy X, although people generally leave her alone because of her sardonic nature. NPC Dona is pretty much the same, with an emphasis on "dark".
- Fran and Ashe (despite being blond) from Final Fantasy XII
- Oerba Yun Fang from Final Fantasy XIII fits this trope to a T, even more so than Tifa, in this troper's opinion. Even funnier is Fang's best friend, Vanille, who is considered by many Les Yay fans to be her Moe girlfriend. Also Lightning, from the same game, except she has strawberry blonde hair.
Webcomics
- Maaya Chiaki from Red String.
- Susan of El Goonish Shive eventually evolved into a flawless clone of Sakaki, and more or less fits this trope.
Web Original
- Sapphire has Khina Sabiri (although her hair is in a ponytail, and is medium-length besides) and Morgana Rubanenko.
- Shandala, heroine of Broken Saints, fits the physical type (until her haircut in Chapter 6), and trouble does tend to follow her around.
Western Animation
Real Life
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