Which part of the pic is the tomboy: Girliness Upgrade

"Our heroine is a tomboy — rough and tumble, as interested in fashion as she is interested in watching paint dry. However, in the reboot or in the doll, she becomes a girly girl." The trope image for this it's supposed to be a before and after pic of the heroine from tomboy to girly girl. So which is the tomboy? I see a Time Skip but not a transition from tomboy to girly. .

Exaggerated enough?◊ Not a reboot nor doll, though.

edited 26th Dec '11 8:52:51 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Definitely pull the current image. I'm not sold on the Joan of Arc one, though.

New Dora the Explorer◊.
Old Dora the Explorer◊.

edited 27th Dec '11 4:31:01 AM by Blurring

The second one seems to have some attitude, but definitely too subtle for the page image.

That looks perfect. We should probably put classic Dora first.

Actually, can't we use a couple of examples?

Old/new Dora, old/new Rainbow Brite, old/new Strawberry Shortcake◊? 2◊

More Rainbow Brite: 1◊

edited 27th Dec '11 10:26:27 AM by helterskelter

Strawberry Shortcake was too frilly originally, I think. Same for Rainbow Brite - too girly in the classic. In fact, Rainbow Brite just looks like a change in stylization, not a real makeover.

edited 27th Dec '11 10:27:14 AM by Katrika

I don't know, I think there's a notable difference—first, they made her older so she could be pretty and wear make-up. Second, she's a lot more fashionable. Her shoes were big and clunky, her dress was old-fashioned and more comedic than girly. I don't think she's girly, really. Rainbow Brite was a bit more girly, but there's definitely a difference that seems to follow with this trope: taller and skinner, wearing more make-up, and more fashionable clothes.

But perhaps the page image◊ for the work shows it better.

Although, I think the trope's opening could be rewritten—it's not always tomboy becomes girly girl, I don't think, but it could also be when a character is reinvented to simply be more girly than before, provided they are still targeting the same age group. There's the habit of making the reinvention taller, skinnier, wearing make-up and more fashionable clothes. Yes, Rainbow Brite was fairly cute, but the new one is clearly an attempt to make her more Barbie-like.

Here's my suggestions, although I'm unsure if they're better than Dora. I'm going to try to put it into a horizontal configuration, too. Also, I get what you're saying about RB and SS - the upgrade takes away their cartoony cuteness in favor of idealized, if kiddish, prettiness. Still unsure if that's this trope.

edited 27th Dec '11 10:47:32 AM by Katrika

I think the Dora pic is the best of the above suggestions.

The "Mulan cutting her hair" part of your collage is already in use at Important Haircut, you'll need to use something else to illustrate that part.

Eeeh, I'm actually favoring Dora at this point.

Dora is the best so far; the Strawberry Shortcake one looks pretty girly to begin with.

Yeah, Dora. Going from obvious tomboy to that is the best way to show the trope so far.

Definitely favoring Old Dora —> New Dora.

Yup that looks good.

Support for 16.

Perfect.

"Left: Dora The Explorer. Right: Dora The Valley Girl."

@20

Sweet.

That works.

Supporting Dora and suggested caption.

That's Dora The Explorer?? Support.

edited 28th Dec '11 1:28:25 AM by DoktorvonEurotrash

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Bigger and better but separate images. [2]◊[3]◊[4]◊[5]◊

edited 28th Dec '11 1:37:24 AM by Raso