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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Discussed in "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained". The video argues that MPDG's defining trait is the impact she has on the male protagonist and that it would be incorrect to label every quirky, eccentric female character as an MPDG. "Why We Need the Manic Pixie Dream Boy" explains how this trope is portrayed differently when the genders are inverted.

* NoBisexuals: Conversed in the "Bisexuality Stories Onscreen" video, where if bisexual people aren't villainized, they're treated as nonexistent or a stepping stone to becoming straight or gay, and even the characters attracted to multiple genders often refuse to label themselves. Despite more complex modern depictions of sexuality, such as in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', depicting men who love men while still having a legitimate attraction to women, they're often treated strictly as homosexual by audiences.

* {{Gaslighting}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN4la0xOBdM Gaslighting, Explained | What Does It Meme?]]'' analyzes the trope, the history which the term has in pop culture, starting with the play ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' and it's movie adaptations, as well as examples like ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'' (1964) and ''Film/DangerousCrossing'' (1953), which establish the form of abuse as a very intimate one, often signalized by its domestic or limited settings, and how it often shifts into a fantastical version of it in media like ''Series/{{Westworld}}'', ''Series/JessicaJones'', and arguably even ''Film/TheMatrix''.

* NotWantingKidsIsWeird: Discussed in "The Childfree Woman Tropes Needs a SERIOUS Update", which examines how women who don't want children have been portrayed as unlovable, tragic, irresponsible, or too [[FamilyVersusCareer career focused]].

!Tropes Examined

* AlphaBitch: Discussed in "The Mean Girl Trope, Explained". The video discussed how girls channel their negative emotions through relational aggression (spreading rumors, manipulating people, etc.) because it's not socially acceptable for them to express their anger and pain overtly, like boys do.

* BookSmart: Discussed in "The Smart Girl Trope, Explained", specifically the portrayal of book smart girls. They are often ambitious, perceptive and self-aware, but overthinking, insecure, and self-conscious.

* CreepyLonerGirl: Discussed in "The Weird Girl Trope, Explained", which examine five different variations of this trope: the Goth, the Smartass, the Basket Case, the Space Cadet, and the Awkward Misfit. The portrayal of these characters reflects society's discomfort with women who are difficult to understand.

* FlawlessToken: In "The Model Minority Trope, Explained" and "The Strong Black Woman Trope, Explained", its explained how these portrayals set unrealistically high standards for real Asian people and Black women to live up to while erasing their flaws, struggles, and need for support.

* HystericalWoman: There are multiple videos which examine how anger and mental illness are demonized in women.

* JuniorCounterpart: The Becky to the Karen in ''"The Becky Trope, Explained"''. While it's explained that what makes a Becky different than a Karen isn't ''just'' their age, the components are connected with the former's youth and the latter's lack of it. While both are upper-class white women whose privilege and casual racism allows them to hurt others and be free of consequences, Becky usually does so out of genuine naivete and ignorance, rather than Karen's malice and attempt to hold whatever authority she has on the social hierarchy. Becky's youth usually gives her a chance of learning from it and change in order to not become a Karen in the future, whereas Karens are usually portrayed as already doomed characters whose nasty ways are too ingrained to change as easily as Becky's.

* LowerClassLout: Discussed in "The 'White Trash' Trope and its Real Hidden Agenda". Negative depictions of working class White people have often been used to reinforce classist attitudes and elevate middle- and upper-class White people by comparison. In many cases, poor White people are antagonists in White Savior narratives where wealthier White characters save Black characters from racism. This ignores the issue of racism and elitism among wealthy White people and uses Black people as pawns to demonstrate how great wealthy White people are.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Discussed in "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained". The video argues that MPDG's defining trait is the impact she has on the male protagonist and that it would be incorrect to label every quirky, eccentric female character as a MPDG. "Why We Need the Manic Pixie Dream Boy" explains how this trope is portrayed differently when the genders are inverted.

* NoBisexuals: Conversed in the "Bisexuality Stories Onscreen" video, where if bisexual people aren't villainized, they're treated as nonexistent or a stepping stone to becoming straight or gay, and even the characters attracted to multiple genders often refuse to label themselves. Despite more complex modern depictions of sexuality, such as in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', depicting men who love men while still having legitimate attraction to women, they're often treated strictly as homosexual by audiences.
* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Discussed in "The Karen Trope, Explained". It explains how this character deals with feelings of powerlessness, insecurity, and fear by taking it out on people she considers lesser, usually working class people and people of color, and gets away with it by using society's idealization of white womanhood to [[WoundedGazelleGambit frame herself as the victim]]. The video also highlights that how public perceptions of this character are influenced by sexism and ageism without justifying her actions.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Discussed in "The 'Crazy' Ex-Girlfriend - A Manufactured Trope". This tropes traces it origins to historic sexist marriage laws that gave husbands complete control over their wives and made it difficult for women obtain divorces. Women who lashed out at this oppressive system were labeled insane, thus invoking the stigma against mental illness as an insult. Since then, the ex-girlfriend has been portrayed as a specter haunting the man's currently relationship rather than a fully fleshed out character. She's often framed as purely villainous, even if the man mistreated her during the relationship. However more recent media treats these characters with more sympathy and nuance. It's worth noting that in real life, ex-boyfriends are statistically more likely to harm their ex-girlfriends, rather than the other way around.
* RomanticizedAbuse: ''"Toxic Takeaways: How Not to Love, Actually"'' mentions how stalker-like behavior is a staple of the romance genre, especially in the case of Mark, whose obsession with a woman is portrayed as romantic limerence rather than an off-putting trait. Even the actor playing it had doubts about the role, questioning the director's choices and thinking he was coming off as stalker-ish, and in the years since the movie release, it has become a point of contention among critics.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Several video discuss the various ways masculine women and feminine women are pitted against each other on screen (often for a man's attention or for social acceptance), which implies that women are naturally antagonistic toward each other and that there's only one correct way to be a women.

* WetBlanketWife: Discussed in "The Nag Trope - It's Time to Write It Out", which typically frames women as unreasonable and insufferable regardless how how justified their frustrations are. She's often characterized as materialistic, overachieving, and unfaithful. The Nag is often the most hated character in a piece of media because she makes a convenient scapegoat for her husband's failures, misdeeds, and inadequacies.

* WickedStepmother: Discussed in "The Wicked Stepmother Trope, Explained", which explains how a combination of sexism and anxiety around [[MissingMom maternal death]], divorce, and blended families lead to the demonization of stepmothers in media. It's also briefly touches on negative portrayals of stepfathers, which aren't as common or ingrained in pop culture.

* IllGirl: Discussed in "The Sick Girl Trope, Explained".

* LowerClassLout: Discussed in "The 'White Trash' Trope and its Real Hidden Agenda". Negative depictions of working class White people have often been used to reinforce classist attitudes and elevate middle- and upper-class White people by comparison. In many cases, poor White people are antagonists in White Savior narratives where wealthier White characters save Black characters from racism. This ignores the issue of racism and elitism among wealth White people and uses Black people as pawns to demonstrate how great wealthy White people are.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Discussed in "The 'Crazy' Ex-Girlfriend - A Manufactured Trope". This tropes traces it origins to historic sexist marriage laws that gave husbands complete control over their wives and made it difficult for women obtain divorces. Women who lashed out at this oppressive system were labeled insane, thus invoking the stigma against mental illness as an insult. Since then, the ex-girlfriend has been portrayed as a specter haunting the man's currently relationship rather than a fully fleshed out character. She's often framed as purely villainous, even if the man mistreated her during the relationship. However more recent media treats these characters with more sympathy and nuance. It's worth noting that in real life, ex-boyfriends are statically more likely to harm their ex-girlfriends, rather than the other way around.
* RomanticizedAbuse: ''"Toxic Takeaways: How Not to Love, Actually"'' mentions how stalker-like behavior is a staple of the romance genre, especially in the case of Mark, whose obsession with a woman is portrayed as romantic limerence rather than an offputting trait. Even the actor playing it had doubts about the role, questioning the director's choices and thinking he was coming off as stalker-ish, and in the years since the movie release, it has become a point of contention among critics.

* HollywoodNerd: Discussed in "The Geek Trope, Explained".

* LowerClassLout: Discussed in "The 'White Trash' Trope and its Real Hidden Agenda". Negative depictions of working class White people have often been used to reinforce classist attitudes and elevate middle- and upper-class White people by comparison. In many cases, poor White people are antagonists in White Savior narratives where wealthier White characters save Black characters from racism. This ignores the issue of elitism among wealth White people and uses Black people as pawns to demonstrate how great wealthy White people are.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Discussed in "The 'Crazy' Ex-Girlfriend - A Manufactured Trope". This tropes traces it origins to historic sexist marriage laws that gave husbands complete control over their wives and made it difficult for women obtain divorces. Women who lashed out at this oppressive system were labeled insane, thus invoking the stigma against mental illness as an insult. Since then, the ex-girlfriend has been portrayed as a specter haunting the man's currently relationship rather than fully fleshed out characters, and framed as purely villainous even if the man mistreated her during the relationship. However more recently media frames these characters with more sympathy or nuance. It's worth noting that in real life, ex-boyfriends are statically more likely to harm their ex-girlfriends, rather than the other way around.

* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Mentioned by name in "The Girl Next Door Trope, Explained", highlighting famous examples of the GirlNextDoor being contrasted with TheVamp.

* WetBlanketWife: Discussed in "The Nag Trope - It's Time to Write It Out", which typically frames women as unreasonable and insufferable regardless how how justified her frustrations are. She's often characterized as materialistic, overachieving, and unfaithful. The Nag is often the most hated character in a piece of media because she make a convenient scapegoat of her husband's failures, misdeeds, and inadequacies.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Discussed in "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained". The video argues that MPDG's defining trait is the impact she on the male protagonist and that it would be incorrect to label every quirky, eccentric female character as a MPDG. "Why We Need the Manic Pixie Dream Boy" explains how this trope is portrayed differently when the genders are inverted.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Discussed in "The Bad Boy Trope, Explained".
* AlphaBitch: Discussed in "The Mean Girl, Tropes".

* BigFun: Discussed in "The Funny Fat Girl Trope, Explained".

* DumbBlonde: Discussed in "Legally Blonde and the History of the Dumb Blonde".
* DumbJock: Discussed in "The Dumb Jock Trope, Explained".

* FemmeFatale: Discussed in "The Femme Fatale Trope, Explained".

* GirlNextDoor: Discussed in "The Girl Next Door Trope, Explained".

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Discussed in "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained". "Why We Need the Manic Pixie Dream Boy" explains how this trope is portrayed differently when the genders are inverted.
* MightyWhitey: Discussed in "The White Savior Trope, Explained".

* NiceGuy: Discussed in "The Nice Guy Trope, Explained".

* IceQueen[=/=]DefrostingTheIceQueen: Jointed discussed in "The Ice Queen Trope, Explained -- Why She Always Defrosts".

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Discussed in "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained". "Why We Need the Manic Pixie Dream Boy" explained how the this trope is portrayed differently when the genders are inverted.

* MsFanservice: Discussed in "The Bombshell Trope, Explained", which explains how sexy women are simultaneous idealized and infantilized in media.

* TeenPregnancy: "The Teen Mom Trope | Tragic, Heroic, or Glam?" examines societies changing views of teenage mothers.

* WickedStepmother: Discussed in "The Wicked Stepmother Trope, Explained", which explains how a combination of sexism and anxiety around [[MissingMom maternal death]], divorce, and blended families lead to the demonization of stepmothers in media.

''The Take'' (previously called ''Screenprism'') is a Youtube channel that makes video essays, analyses, and explanations about multiple movies, {{trope}}s, series, etc.

!Tropes

* NoBisexuals: Conversed in the "Bisexuality Stories Onscreen" video, where if bisexual people aren't villainized, they're treated as nonexistent or a stepping stone to becoming straight or gay, and even the characters attracted to multiple genders often refuse to label themselves. Despite more complex modern depictions of sexuality, such as in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', depicting men who love men men while still having legitimate attraction to women, they're often treated strictly as homosexual by audiences.

''The Take'' (previously called ''Screenprism'') is a Youtube channel that makes video essays, analyses, and explanations about multiple movies, tropes, series, etc.

* NoBisexuals: Discussed in the "Bisexuality Stories Onscreen" video, where if bisexual people aren't villainized, they're treated as nonexistent or a stepping stone to becoming straight or gay, and even the characters attracted to multiple genders often refuse to label themselves. Despite more complex modern depictions of sexuality, such as in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', depicting men who love men men while still having legitimate attraction to women, they're often treated strictly as homosexual by audiences.

* NoBisexuals: Discussed in the "Bisexuality Stories Onscreen" video, where if bisexual people aren't villainized, they're treated as nonexistent or a stepping stone to becoming straight or gay. Despite more complex modern depictions of sexuality, such as in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', depicting men who love men men while still having legitimate attraction to women, they're often treated strictly as homosexual by audiences.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: According to ''"Mean Girls: Regina George, The Psychology of a Dictator"'', Regina and the social structure of North Shore High is similar to a dictatorship. The movie supports this by having Regina being compared to UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar (the plot of the film also being remarkably similar to that of [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar the Shakespeare play]]) and having Janis call Regina an "evil dictator" with three key pillars (with academic research to support it): Legitimacy (her boyfriend Aaron Samuels and conventional beauty and physique), Co-Optation/Co-Option (inviting challengers like the sexually attractive Karen, wealthy and gossipy Gretchen, and physically attractive and naive Cady), and Repression (keeping the Burn Book of secrets and insults about the student body, using Gretchen as her SecretPolice, using swift punishment like the phony Planned Parenthood call, silly rules like wearing pink on Wednesdays). Though most likely a coincidence, the only date mentioned in the movie is October 3rd, which becomes the unofficial Mean Girls Day among the fans, happens to be the mentioned date of the birthday and death day of Cassius, a prominent character in ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.

''The Take'' is a Youtube channel that makes analysis and explanations about multiple movies, tropes, series, etc.