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* Mion Sonozaki, from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. Has a crush on the male lead Keiichi and really wouldn't have minded being given [[ForWantOfANail that cute doll]]...

** Vita of the Wolkenritter from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' dresses this way when "off duty", (with a dose of {{Perky Goth}} to boot!) and certainly lives up to the brashness requirement in [[DropTheHammer aggression.]]

* [[VideoGame/AtelierRyzaEverDarknessAndTheSecretHideout Reisalin Stout]], in contrast with previous ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' heroines with StockShoujoHeroine personalities and CuteWitch or WhiteMagicianGirl designs, has a more sporty, fanservicey design with shorts and a tank top and a spunky, tomboyish personality, [[CutenessProximity though she still has a weakness for cute things]].

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** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi, with her red hair, yellow tank top, and blue jeans, is blatantly an {{expy}} of fellow {{Mons}}-genre leading lady [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Misty]], though more conservatively dressed and mostly a {{Tomboy}} only next to [[GirlyGirl Mimi]]. She underwent a GirlinessUpgrade in ''02'' after resolving her MommyIssues.

** Ash's first female companion [[FieryRedhead Misty]] is the TropeCodifier and set the outfit standard in the anime; she was very much a tomboy and adventurer in her own right.
** Her successor, May, is a downplayed example; while she still wore outdoorsy clothes, she dressed more conservatively than Misty, had a much stronger GirlyGirl streak, and was more frequently prone to {{Fanservice}}.
** Lana and especially Mallow of Alola likewise qualify, wearing sportier clothes and being more tomboyish than resident GirlyGirl Lillie.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi, with her red hair, yellow tank top, and blue jeans, is blatantly an {{expy}} of fellow {{Mons}}-genre leading lady [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Misty]], though more conservatively dressed and mostly a {{Tomboy}} only next to [[GirlyGirl Mimi]]. She underwent a GirlinessUpgrade in ''02'' after resolving her MommyIssues.

* The friendly and adventurous 7-year-old WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer who wears pink.

%%* Misaka Mikoto from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''[=/=]''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya is the closest the series comes to having this archetype; evidence of this includes a passion for sports, which is most explicit in "Boredom", and her wardrobe including cuffed jean shorts, as seen in "Remote Island Syndrome", "Endless Eight", and "Sigh".

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': While Misty set the stage for the trope, overall the trend has been towards the GirlyGirl when selecting Ash's travelling companions.

* Taiga Aisaka from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', while not tomboyish, is very loud and brash. She also has one hell of a punch (and in the manga, a powerful kick too.)

[[caption-width-right:170:[[BareYourMidriff Tank top]], short shorts, and [[FieryRedhead attitude]].]]

A classic {{Tomboy}}ish female co-star type in ShonenDemographic-oriented series. She usually wears a lightly {{Fanservice}}-y, sporty outfit such as short shorts and a [[TankTopTomboy tanktop]] (hence the trope name), possibly [[BareYourMidriff Baring Her Midriff]]. If she's a bit girlier, she may wear miniskirts on occasion. She often argues with the male lead a lot, in a mild SlapSlapKiss kind of way, although the WillTheyOrWontThey debate is occasionally subverted.

* The ''main character'' of ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry''. Her tomboyish LittleMissBadass attitude is belied by her slightly girlish choices of clothing -- a nice hat, a [[BareYourMidriff belly shirt]], a miniskirt, ZettaiRyouiki stockings, and chunky boots that add about two inches to her height. [[CuteBruiser Not that she CAN'T kick your ass without breaking a sweat, but...]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': While Misty set the stage for the trope, overall the trend has been towards the GirlyGirl when selecting Ash's travelling companions.
** Ash's first female companion [[FieryRedhead Misty]] is the TropeCodifier and set the outfit standard in the anime; she was very much a tomboy and adventurer in her own right.
** Her successor, May, is a downplayed example; while she still wore outdoorsy clothes, she dressed more conservatively than Misty, had a much stronger GirlyGirl streak, and was more frequently prone to {{Fanservice}}.
** Lana and especially Mallow of Alola likewise qualify, wearing sportier clothes and being more tomboyish than resident GirlyGirl Lillie.

* Although she tends to prefer either gis or more feminine clothing, Akane Tendô of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' certainly qualifies.

* Tomoka Osakada and Kurumi Ijyuin from ''Anime/ThePrinceOfTennis''. They're not the main females, but otherwise they fit the trope quite well (Tomoka borders on {{Bokukko}}, though).
* Sakura Haruno, from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' wears a set in her timeskip uniform, although she does also wear a vest and apron over it.
* Rukia Kuchiki from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' can be defined like that. Except she only wears her Shinigami and school uniforms, one piece dresses and kimonos. Anytime she's hiding her usual rough and ready self, she is a ProperLady to her classmates, Ichigo's family and her AloofBigBrother. Everyone else is fair game and they get to see [[{{Tsundere}} either her kicks to the head, or her love for bunnies and shojo manga.]]
* Nadja Applefield from ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja''. She's a graceful self-taught dancer and can look pretty well in a gown, but is also very straightforward and was ''really'' tomboyish in her younger years.

** Subaru Nakajima from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' fits this to a tee: she's brash and HotBlooded, but is not actually any less feminine than the other female characters (and even cries ''more often'' than her more "girly" partner, Teana). She's also the LightningBruiser
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Hinagiku Katsura, though she tries to impress the fact that she is feminine while her friends try to convince her she acts more like a guy. She likes it when Hayate does notice that she's feminine though.

* Puria Richardson, of ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu''. Shorts, check. Tanktop, check. Tomboy, double check.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** The Principality of Wy is represented by a [[GirlishPigtails pigtailed]] LittleMissSnarker in shorts and a belly shirt.
** Belgium counts as a grown-up version of the trope. Seychelles also seems to have shades of this lately.
* Taiga Aisaka from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', while not tomboyish, is very loud and brash. She also has one hell of a punch (and in the manga, a powerful kick too.)
* Mayo Sakaki from the 3rd ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' OVA. She wears her hair short, and she's on the Yotsubadai High School Girls' Basketball Team. She also [[HotForTeacher has a weakness for her coach]], Taka Tsukunami [[spoiler:a.k.a. Tamahome]].
* WrenchWench Miki Jounouchi from ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula''. She normally wears a mechanic uniform when working and listens to rock music. In parties, she is most likely wearing a nice cheongsam.
* The ''main character'' of ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry''. Her tomboyish LittleMissBadass attitude is belied by her slightly girlish choices of clothing -- a nice hat, a [[BareYourMidriff belly shirt]], a miniskirt, ZettaiRyouiki stockings, and chunky boots that add about two inches to her height. [[CuteBruiser Not that she CAN'T kick your ass without breaking a sweat, but...]]
* Misaka Mikoto from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''[=/=]''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''.
* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' has Makimachi Misao, a tomboyish GenkiGirl who argues with Kenshin (and most other male characters, actually) and whose preferred fighting clothes are shorts and a sleeveless shirt. Even her "civilian" clothes involve shorts.
* Candice "Candy" White from ''Manga/CandyCandy'' is very tomboyish, but she doesn't mind dresses and wears ribbons on her hair.
* By the standards of ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', Kokoa Shuzen is one; an early chapter of the second serialization reveals that she's willing to train in the martial arts just to defeat her sister in a fair fight.
* Initially, Lucy from ''Manga/FairyTail'', though she is still a fairly feminine version. This aspect gets downplayed and later disappears almost entirely when Erza and Wendy get promoted to main characters, and Lucy often seems to seek their company and do girly things with them instead of hanging out with Natsu and Gray.

* WrenchWench Winry Rockbell from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is frequently referred to as a "gear head" or tomboy. She fits the dress code quite well as she wears a sports bra when working and in public wears a tank top, jacket, and short skirt.
%%* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Natsumi.

* ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'': After her suit is ruined, [[spoiler:Asahina]] wears a sleeveless top to go with her shorts she's wearing all the time. And for some reason, she undresses her tights, too, despite they weren't covered in fake blood. While her hair looks more feminine than before, her character is still as tomboyish as before. Furthermore, she has become a physical fighter over the years and she is pretty much Naegi's bodyguard and has to carry him on her back.
* ''Anime/Barangay143'' has Vicky, who's pretty tomboyish (since she hangs out with the local basketball team all the time and assists in coaching them along with her dad, and knows the game herself quite a bit). Although she rarely wears a tank per se—being more partial to sleeves—indoors, her default outfit does have her in short shorts along with a t-shirt, whilst outdoors, she often wears a (stereotypically urban-style) hoodie and leggings. (Some promotional materials do have her in what looks to be a basketball jersey, a close enough equivalent.)

* Julie from ''Film/{{Flipped}}'' will climb a tree, raise chickens and tame her yard but also says that the boy next door is walking around with her first kiss.

* Pepper from ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is more of a straight-up {{tomboy}}, but also counts due to being the only female in Them.

* Little League player Paula Quinn in ''Literature/TheDarkSideOfNowhere'' out pitched ugly, angry, Bully Chambers but right afterwards, to erase his humiliation, asked him out on a date.

* From ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' we have [[spoiler:UG!Shiki Misaki -- that is, Eri, whose appearance Shiki borrowed for the Game. RG!Shiki Misaki has a [[{{Meganekko}} different]] look.]]

* [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Game-version]] Misty counts just as much as her anime counterpart; she dresses the part, is outright called a tomboy, and gets rather {{Tsundere}} in the Johto games.
* Bebe from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' may count, though it's hard to tell from just her in-game sprite.

* Katrina (oddly, also referred to as Kat) [=McClellan=] from ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' is a crossbow - wielding 18 year old girl plays this trope ''completely'' straight - and the male characters love her for it.

%%* Leela from ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.

* June from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', though she WILL wear a dress for formal occasions.
* The friendly and adventurous 7-year-old ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' who wears pink despite being the main character of the show.

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* Nami from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a FieryRedhead who is very [[ActionGirl violent]], but likes to [[MsFanservice look good]].

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Natsumi.

* Leela from ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.

* The ''main character'' of ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry''. Her tomboyish LittleMissBadass attitude is belied by her slightly girlish choices of clothing -- a NiceHat, a [[BareYourMidriff belly shirt]], a miniskirt, ZettaiRyouiki stockings, and chunky boots that add about two inches to her height. [[CuteBruiser Not that she CAN'T kick your ass without breaking a sweat, but...]]

[[caption-width-right:170:[[BareYourMidriff Tank top]], [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]], and [[FieryRedhead attitude]].]]

A classic {{Tomboy}}ish female co-star type in ShonenDemographic-oriented series. She usually wears a lightly {{Fanservice}}-y, sporty outfit such as [[WhoWearsShortShorts Short Shorts]] and a [[TankTopTomboy tanktop]] (hence the trope name), possibly [[BareYourMidriff Baring Her Midriff]]. If she's a bit girlier, she may wear miniskirts on occasion. She often argues with the male lead a lot, in a mild SlapSlapKiss kind of way, although the WillTheyOrWontThey debate is occasionally subverted.

* ''Anime/Barangay143'' has Vicky, who's pretty tomboyish (since she hangs out with the local basketball team all the time and assists in coaching them along with her dad, and knows the game herself quite a bit). Although she rarely wears a tank per se—being more partial to sleeves—indoors, her default outfit does have her in [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] along with a t-shirt, whilst outdoors, she often wears a (stereotypically urban-style) hoodie and leggings. (Some promotional materials do have her in what looks to be a basketball jersey, a close enough equivalent.)

* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': Saya has the attitude, being she's a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and {{tsundere}}, set to ''"tsun"'' [[WillTheyOrWontThey in regards to Hirano.]] But she doesn't dress the part until chapter 18, where she made it official with her [[http://www.mangareader.net/170-11328-32/high-school-of-the-dead/chapter-18.html jean shorts and suspenders + T-shirt ensemble.]]

* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'': Kurin only appears in the manga adaptation. She's basically [[{{expy}} a kid version]] of [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] and [[http://mangapark.me/manga/star-ocean-till-the-end-of-time/s1/v4/c16.5/2 dresses in similar fashion]] - from a skin-tight pair of short shorts with [[TheGunslinger twin gun holsters]], to fingerless gloves and hiking boots. And you'd best believe she's got attitude to spare, because [[http://mangapark.me/manga/star-ocean-till-the-end-of-time/s1/v3/c0/151 she's a bounty hunter]]... [[LittleMissBadass at 14 years old!]]

* By the standards of ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', Kokoa Shuzen is one; an early chapter of the second serialization reveals that she's willing to train in the martial arts just to defeat her sister in a fair fight.

* [[VideoGame/AtelierRyzaEverDarknessAndTheSecretHideout Reisalin Stout]], in contrast with previous ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' heroines with StockShoujoHeroine personalities and CuteWitch or WhiteMagicianGirl designs, has a more sporty, fanservicey design with shorts and a tank top and a spunky, tomboyish personality.

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* Katrina (oddly, also referred to as Kat) McClellan from ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' is a crossbow - wielding 18 year old girl plays this trope ''completely'' straight - and the male characters love her for it.

** Ash's first female companion [[{{FieryRedhead}} Misty]] is the TropeCodifier and set the outfit standard in the anime; she was very much a tomboy and adventurer in her own right.

* The ''main character'' of ''Manga/YumekuiMerry''. Her tomboyish LittleMissBadass attitude is belied by her slightly girlish choices of clothing -- a NiceHat, a [[BareYourMidriff belly shirt]], a miniskirt, ZettaiRyouiki stockings, and chunky boots that add about two inches to her height. [[CuteBruiser Not that she CAN'T kick your ass without breaking a sweat, but...]]

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* WebComic/SequentialArt features Kat Vance, a oft-smirking CatFolk who either plays this straight, or puts on a jersey for the winter. She plays a mean game of Street Fighter too!

* [[VideoGame/AtelierRyzaEverDarknessAndTheSecretHideout Reisalin Stout]], in contrast with previous ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' heroines with StockShoujoHeroine personalities and CuteWitch or WhiteMagicianGirl designs, has a more sporty, fanservicey design and a spunky, tomboyish personality.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Another {{Mons}} creation of the mid-nineties, Digimon was very much aware of the iconic ShortTank trope and its codifier.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Kari Kamiya is an inversion; while she wears the shorts and tank top, her hot pink color scheme and gentle personality clearly cast her as the GirlyGirl of the cast, whose real {{Tomboy}} is Yolei.