History Main / TomboyAngst

* ''Fanfic/BetweenTheLines'': [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10979729/42 Chapter 42]]:

** One of the well-known example is Music/BillieEilish who often wears baggy tomboyish clothes to [[DCupDistress avoid being sexualised due to her figure]] (in addition to being underage) and that the shoots were done to make her feel more comfortable of herself. Despite this, she started to wear more form-fitting clothes during the promotion of her LighterAndSofter GirlinessUpgrade album in 2021, causing enraged reception from numerous fans.

** One of the most well-known of this type is Music/BillieEilish who often wears baggy tomboyish clothes to avoid being sexualised (in addition to being underage) and that the shoots were done to make her feel more comfortable of herself. Despite this, she started to wear more form-fitting clothes during the promotion of her LighterAndSofter GirlinessUpgrade album in 2021, causing unhappiness of numerous fans.

** One of the most well-known of this type is Music/BillieEilish who often wear baggy tomboyish clothes to avoid being sexualised (in addition to being underage) and that the shoots were done to make her feel more comfortable in her skin. Despite this, she started to wear more form-fitting clothes during the promotion of her LighterAndSofter GirlinessUpgrade album in 2021, causing unhappiness of numerous fans.

** One of the most well-known of this type is Music/BillieEilish who used to known as baggy tomboyish clothes to avoid being sexualised (in addition to being underage) and that the shoots were done to make her feel more comfortable in her skin. Despite this, she started to wear more form-fitting clothes during the promotion of her LighterAndSofter GirlinessUpgrade album in 2021, causing unhappiness of numerous fans.

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May overlap with StayInTheKitchen, which is about how ''other'' people treat them.

* Implied with Janis of ''Film/MeanGirls'' who is the "art freak" that has been ostracised by AlphaBitch Regina George over her lack of traditional femininity.

* Inverted in ''Film/ReapTheWildWind'', where Loxie is a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak who's perfectly capable of [[SheCleansUpNicely wearing a pretty dress to parties]] - but her RefugeInAudacity behaviour (including trolling a group of shocked society ladies by performing a sea shanty at a luncheon) gives her maid several headaches.

* Creator/ThoraBirch claims that her career declined into adulthood because she "wouldn't wear the frilly bows". Having become a star in the 90s alongside many other tomboy actresses, she had a hard time fitting in with the TurnOfTheMillennium that favoured blonde {{Girly Girl}}s.
* Creator/MaraWilson of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' fame struggled in a similar way - hating the studio's attempts to give her a GirlinessUpgrade to make her "the next Creator/ShirleyTemple". One of the reasons Matilda was her favorite role is because she was simply an interesting girl with her own story, rather than someone whose cuteness was played up. In her autobiography, she talks about feeling insecure once she realised she wasn't as pretty as the other actresses being seen for the same roles - one of the reasons she decided to give up acting professionally. [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak She does love pink though!]]

* ''Franchise/LoveLive'': Rin is a tomboy who doesn't [[IAmNotPretty think she is attractive]] due to it.

* Numerous women wrestlers who get signed to WWE are tomboys who are unprepared for the all the feminine things required to look good on TV. The Wrestling/BellaTwins say that while Wrestling/{{Natalya}} taught them how to wrestle, they had to teach ''her'' how to do the "Diva thing". It's something of a RunningGag for a tomboy to say she had no idea how to put on fake eyelashes, do her make-up or sort out hair extensions when she first arrived. The documentary series ''Breaking Ground'' shows that female developmental trainees are given classes on how to do their own make-up while on the road. Wrestling/{{Bayley}} at one point says that the wrestling is easy for her; the make-up is hard.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Madoka has a lot features which makes her a tomboy (notably short hair and a husky voice), but an important part of her character is that she hates them.

* Fanfic/BetweenTheLines: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10979729/42 Chapter 42]]:

* Makoto from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' is a {{bifauxnen}} who has a lot of [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer female fans]] who like her looks. She wishes she were more girly and popular with boys.

* Creator/MaraWilson of ''{{Film/Matilda}}'' fame struggled in a similar way - hating the studio's attempts to give her a GirlinessUpgrade to make her "the next Creator/ShirleyTemple". One of the reasons Matilda was her favorite role is because she was simply an interesting girl with her own story, rather than someone whose cuteness was played up. In her autobiography, she talks about feeling insecure once she realised she wasn't as pretty as the other actresses being seen for the same roles - one of the reasons she decided to give up acting professionally. [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak She does love pink though!]]
* Numerous women wrestlers who get signed to WWE are tomboys who are unprepared for the all the feminine things required to look good on TV. The Wrestling/BellaTwins say that while {{Wrestling/Natalya}} taught them how to wrestle, they had to teach ''her'' how to do the "Diva thing". It's something of a RunningGag for a tomboy to say she had no idea how to put on fake eyelashes, do her make-up or sort out hair extensions when she first arrived. The documentary series ''Breaking Ground'' shows that female developmental trainees are given classes on how to do their own make-up while on the road. {{Wrestling/Bayley}} at one point says that the wrestling is easy for her; the make-up is hard.

Some tomboys are fine with their stereotypically masculine personalities or even thrive in it. Others hate the fact they're tomboys but have difficulties trying to change their behavior. They may try to invoke a GirlinessUpgrade but this often results in FemininityFailure. NoGuyWantsAnAmazon is often a reason for them disliking being a tomboy. Whether they're fine with [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak their tomboyish streak]] is another matter.

This appears often in Japanese material and is a point of ValuesDissonance to many non-Japanese audiences. Due to Japanese society being very strict about gender roles, many female characters are embarrassed by seeming masculine and actively try to change it. It's comparatively much harder to find a pure tomboy in Japanese media who is fine with their behavior than it is to find in American or British media.

If a character had tomboy angst in the past this could be why they UsedToBeATomboy. Compare IWantToBeARealMan, which has boys being insecure about not conforming to masculine gender roles.

If a character had tomboy angst in the past this could be why they UsedToBeATomboy.

This appears often in Japanese material and is a point of ValuesDissonance to many non-Japanese audiences. Due to Japanese society being very strict about gender roles, many female characters are embarrassed by seeming masculine and actively try to change it. It's comparatively much harder to find a non-TomboyWithAGirlyStreak in Japanese media who is fine with their behavior than it is to find in American or British media.

This appears often in Japanese material and is a point of ValuesDissonance to many non-Japanese audiences. Due to Japanese gender roles, many female characters are embarrassed by seeming masculine and actively try to change it. It's comparatively much harder to find a non-TomboyWithAGirlyStreak in Japanese media who is fine with their behavior than it is to find in American or British media.

* Suggested with Hermione in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' where she can sense Ron likes her, but he doesn't ask her to the Yule Ball because he sees her as just another boy like Harry.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'': In "Tarzan and the Enemy Within", Terk, the abrasive tomboy female ape, was having a crisis over how she viewed her tomboyishness as a hindrance to gaining the affections of a new male ape rescued by Tarzan named Gobu.

* Numerous women wrestlers who get signed to WWE are tomboys who are unprepared for the all the feminine things required to look good on TV. The Wrestling/BellaTwins say that while {{Wrestling/Natalya}} taught them how to wrestle, they had to teach ''her'' how to do the "Diva thing". It's something of a RunningGag for a tomboy to say she had no idea how to put on fake eyelashes, do her make-up or sort out hair extensions when she first arrived. The documentary series ''Breaking Ground'' shows that female developmental trainees are given classes on how to do their own make-up while on the road.

* ''Manga/HimeChanNoRibon'': The titular character Himeko is a funny, energetic girl with BoyishShortHair who is seen by everyone as the biggest tomboy in the school. She has an insecurity that she is not feminine enough and actually wants to be like her sister Aiko, a soft-spoken, domesticated girl who is considered very beautiful. Himeko sees Aiko as a role model and the ''ideal woman''.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Madoka has a lot features which makes her a tomboy (notably short hair and a husky voice), but an important part of her character is that she hates them.

* In the [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen Twins movie]] ''Winning London'', the tomboyish Riley wishes her crush could see her as a potential girlfriend rather than one of the guys.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Madoka has a lot features which makes her a tomboy (notably short hair and a husky voice), but an important part of her character is that she hates them.

* ''Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku'': Yuki is a [[LadyLooksLikeADude androgynous looking woman]] who wishes she was more feminine and hates her reputation as OneOfTheBoys.