History Main / JewishAmericanPrincess

The Jewish American princess stereotype was a construct of and popularized by post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Jewish male writers. Notable works that popularized this stereotype are Herman Wouk's 1955 novel, ''Marjorie Morningstar'' and Creator/PhilipRoth's 1959 novel ''Literature/GoodbyeColumbus''.

** Brooks has since mentioned he named their planet Druidia solely to make this joke.

ValleyGirl is a SisterTrope (albeit with a New York rather than Los Angeles flavor). Some of these girls can fall under SpoiledBrat or IdleRich.

* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Midge, the main character, is a rich, fashionable, and pampered Jewish woman whose social circle is comprised of rich New Yorkers. She is friendly and kind, however, and willing to work to support herself.

[[folder:Film]]
* The Mel Brooks parody ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' features Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, a "Druish princess", who displays the attributes of the stereotype. It's even lampshaded.
-->'''Princess Vespa:''' I am Princess Vespa, daughter of Roland, King of the Druids.
-->'''Lone Starr:''' [groans] That's all we need. A [[{{Pun}} Druish princess]].
-->'''Barf:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall (looks at the camera)]] Funny, she doesn't ''look'' Druish.
** Brooks has since mentioned he named their planet Druidia solely to make this joke.

* In ''Film/GhostWorld'', Enid and Becky's annoying, stuck-up classmates Melorra and Naomi are disparagingly referred to by Enid as "the junior [=JAPs=] of America."
* Baby, the main protagonist in ''Film/DirtyDancing'', develops away from the negative aspects of the trope.
* ''Film/PrivateBenjamin'' involves one of these [[RecruitersAlwaysLie getting suckered into joining the Army]], with the expected FishOutOfWater results.

* The Lisa Kudrow vehicle ''Film/MarciX'' has the titular character being described as such. However, Marci is about as Jewish as she is a hip-hop princess, which is [[InformedJudaism next to none]] -- which is all the more bizarre considering that not only is she played by a Jewish actress, but the film's writer and director were ''also'' Jewish.

* Rita from ''Film/SlumsOfBeverlyHills'' has elements of this, this trope is avoided with her younger cousin Vivian (the main character) who is poor and her Father changes addresses so the kids go to the well-funded schools in Beverly Hills.

* Hannah more in the film adaptation of ''Literature/TheDevilsArithmetic''. She's a seventeen-year-old with her own car and BigFancyHouse, and her spoiled attitude is coded with the opening scene having her wanting a tattoo (Jews are traditionally forbidden from getting them). This is to set up her BreakTheHaughty as she gets sent back in time to relive the actual Holocaust, which encourages her to embrace her faith more. In the book, she was only twelve and more naïve than spoiled.

* Susan Silverman of the ''Literature/{{Spenser}}'' series jokingly refers to herself as one of these, though she averts the more negative parts of the trope.
* In ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', Spud has a fetish for Jewish princesses, apparently acquired through listening to Frank Zappa as he mentions Moon Unit Zappa and alludes to Zappa's other songs "Catholic Girls" and "Valley Girl" in the same chapter.

* In ''God Knows'', the biblical David accuses his fastidious, snobby, repressed wife Princess Michal of being one. [[AnachronismStew It's that kind of book]].

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* Creator/GildaRadner parodied the Jewish American Princess stereotype with her recurring ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character, Rhonda Weiss.
* Radner's take on the stereotype was a fake ad for "Jewess Jeans" which showed Radner and other women wearing designer jeans with light-up Stars of David and an offstage woman singing "she is an American princess!". The jingle refers to her being a {{Socialite}} who buys [[PrettyInMink reasonably priced furs]], while is also a {{Bookworm}} who [[FeminineWomenCanCook likes to cook]].

* Played with in a seasonal storyline on ''Series/{{Soap}}'' that merged the stereotype with the MafiaPrincess type by having Danny forced into a relationship, and then a marriage, by Elaine, the daughter of a Jewish mobster he had once worked for. Eventually, she becomes much nicer [[spoiler: and is naturally killed off in classic soap opera style.]] Somewhat at odds with the usual stereotype, though, Elaine is less [[AllWomenArePrudes frigid]] than she is [[AllWomenAreLustful terrifyingly overeager]] where sex is concerned.
%% * On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Jerry's girlfriend Rachel Goldstein, who appeared in three episodes, had elements of this character type.

* ''Series/TheNanny'': Francine "Fran" Fine, the titular nanny played by Fran Drescher, is a more sympathetic and working-class version of the stereotype: she is obsessed with marriage, beauty, and shopping yet is a sweet and street-smart MamaBear who really loves having sex.
%% * Leah in ''A Stranger Among Us'' is a subversion. She is a Rebbe's daughter who is very much a ProperLady.

* Rachel Menken (later Katz) from ''Series/MadMen'' is an aversion of this trope. Despite being a wealthy, successful Jewish woman, she is neither selfish nor materialistic, and though she comes from money, she earned most of her wealth by growing and modernizing the family business (a midrange department store), not inheriting or marrying into money.
* Erica Goldberg, in AmbiguouslyJewish sitcom ''Series/TheGoldbergs'', shows many of the qualifying personal characteristics, especially in relations with her parents and brothers.
* It's implied that Mrs. Wolowitz from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' may have been this [[IWasQuiteALooker in her youth]]. She's Jewish and overbearing, and she mentions she had many admirers who were bringing her candy and tried to win her favours. She very much averts the trope in her middle age.
* Rebecca Bunch from ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' was raised in an upper-middle-class Jewish family. She has way too many mental problems to be a true JAP, but her SitcomArchNemesis, Audra Levine, looks like she is one. When they engage in a [[BattleRapping rap battle]], it's even called a "JAP Battle Rap" -- at which point, the concept itself is parodied and called offensive.
* Lisa of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' was written to be this - and she's the most materialistic of the girls, with frequent references to her spending "Daddy's money". When Lark Voorhees was cast, they removed any references to Lisa being Jewish.
* One of the central trio in ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'' is Dorien, a middle-aged Jewish divorcee who acts as if she is still in her twenties, has a sense of entitlement a mile high, sees the other two women as a combination of personal servants and people who are there to make her life easier; she refuses to scale down her expectations and believes the world is there to meet her demands. Dorien is a middle-aged British JAP who has never grown up.
* ''Series/Glow2017'': Melanie "Melrose" Rosen is a hard-partying Jewish girl who comes from a wealthy background and is heavily implied to have had a very pampered upbringing. Unlike most depictions of the trope, she is very promiscuous and proud of it (one episode had her say she doesn't "give a fuck" about marriage) but is knowledgable about her faith, even starting a make-shift impromptu Passover Seder with her friends.
* ''Series/{{Impeachment}}'': Monica Lewinsky was depicted as such by the media in RealLife (though they taunted her over her perceived promiscuity) and Creator/BeanieFeldstein depicts her as a flawed, but relatable and vulnerable version of this trope. Monica is depicted as a young college graduate who is sweet, a bit spoiled, intelligent, impulsive, a notable beauty but insecure, and vulnerable to the manipulations of her older friend (Linda Tripp) and her lover (President Bill Clinton) therefore lacking the power possessed by the trope.
* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': Midge, the main character, is a rich, fashionable, and pampered Jewish woman whose social circle is comprised of rich New Yorkers. She is friendly and kind, however, and willing to work to support herself.

* Music/FrankZappa's song "Jewish Princess" from the album ''Music/SheikYerbouti'', which led to accusations of anti-Semitism by the Anti-Defamation League. Zappa refused to apologize for the song, stating in his autobiography ''Literature/TheRealFrankZappaBook'' that, unlike the unicorn, Jewish Princesses actually exist. However, he did release the song "[[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic Girls]]" on his follow-up album, ''Joe's Garage'', in order to be an equal opportunity offender regarding young women's religions.[[note]]Zappa was raised Catholic, though he later turned his back on religion in general.[[/note]]

* Portia Gibbons from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' is a spoiled, entitled RichBitch who's eventually revealed to be Jewish (although she also has something resembling a ValleyGirl "accent" since she lives in California). Her cousin, Chelsea, is even more entitled and bratty, as seen when she berates Portia at the former's bat mitzvah.
%% * On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kyle's mother is usually portrayed as a JewishMother, but she occasionally behaves more like a Princess stereotype where her husband and marriage are concerned.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Sharri Rothberg is this. She's portrayed as so insufferable and demanding, Roger quickly regrets asking her to marry him so he could scam wedding presents, eventually managing to fob her off to the equally desperate MountainMan, Buckle.

* Tammy Larson from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is revealed to be one in the episode "Mazel-Tina" in which she refuses to invite her classmate Tina to her bat mitzvah, and begins acting like a stereotypically bratty ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'' star.

-->'''Lone Starr:''' [groans] That's all we need. A [[IncrediblyLamePun Druish princess]].

-->-- '''Gilda Radner'''

* ''Film/PrivateBenjamin'' involves one of these [[JoinTheArmyTheySaid getting suckered into joining the Army]], with the expected FishOutOfWater results.

[[folder:Art]]
* Inverted by Roger Shimomura's painting called KIKE, titled after a traditional slur against Jewish people. In the early 1990s, Shimomura had a fresh encounter with the old slur. A woman asked him if he knew what a "JAP" was. As he stared at her, she told him it was a Jewish American Princess. A couple of weeks later, he said, he happened to catch an Oprah show on the theme of "JAPS" or Jewish American Princesses, with no reference to its original meaning. Shortly thereafter, a Jewish woman conducted a seminar at the University of Kansas, where he teaches, about the word "JAP" and how hurtful it is to Jewish women. His response was not timid or the least bit politically correct: Sick of the old slur getting new life as Jewish American princess, Shimomura responded with "KIKE" or kinky, immature, kimono empress. In the painting accompanying this story, a lovely young Jewish woman gazes in the mirror, a crown on her head. Only the first letter of the banner across her chest is visible, and it's a "K."
[[/folder]]