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14	The Creepy Loner Girl is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin loner]] and a weirdo. She will invariably have NoSocialSkills, which, combined with her [[TheEeyore gloomy personality]], will give off a creepy aura. She frequently has trouble talking to people, either being too shy to speak or devolving into uncertain stuttering. Because of this, it's common for her to [[FriendlessBackground have no friends.]] Personality-wise, she's either [[EmotionlessGirl deadpan]] or [[HystericalWoman overly emotional]], with a poor control of her moods.
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16	She will often have some sort of socially unsightly interest or hobby, such as [[BlackMagic the occult]], [[NightmareFetishist horrific things]], [[{{Chuunibyou}} building a fantasy daydream universe in her head]], {{Otaku}} culture, or [[{{Hipster}} something really obscure that few people even know about]]. If she's an {{Otaku}}, she may go the full stereotype route and be a {{Hikkikomori}}. She might very well also grow up to become a CrazyCatLady.
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18	Besides these common personality traits and characteristics, the Creepy Loner Girl also has a rather specific appearance as well. She will dress in frumpy and often dark-colored clothing, and care little for her appearance. Her hair will be [[MessyHair disheveled]] and usually long and dark in color as well, [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette to contrast with her pale skin.]] CreepyShadowedUndereyes are a must, as are DullEyesOfUnhappiness. Overall, her appearance suggests sleep deprivation, which is often exactly the case. She will be frequently described as unattractive, [[HollywoodHomely although more often than not, she will still look cute to the audience.]] In fact, she may end up looking CreepyCute.
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20	This is an almost AlwaysFemale character trope mainly native to Japanese media. In internet circles, this archetype is sometimes known as "mojyo", which is Japanese for "unpopular girl".
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22	SubTrope of LonersAreFreaks. LooksLikeCesare is the SpearCounterpart in terms of appearance, but not necessarily in personality. For characters whose shyness and social ineptitude make them endearing instead of creepy, see {{Dandere}}. In a FourTemperamentEnsemble, she's the melancholic.
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29	* [[MeaningfulName Oka Ruu]], the president (and sole remaining member) of the Supernatural Phenomena Science Club in ''Manga/AsobiAsobase''. She's an [[https://imgur.com/a/2hWJ87E incredibly creepy-looking]] girl with a ThousandYardStare and a disturbingly enthusiastic interest in the occult who wears a witch hat to school, and whose idea of having fun involves bringing a doll to life through a curse and playing hide-and-seek with it. Her incredibly disquieting mannerisms and creepy mumbling don't help her case, either.
30	* Literature Girl in ''Anime/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'', who is tall with long dark hair. Whenever Hidenori sees her she's always alone writing in her notebook, and she has an elaborate imagined universe involving Hidenori romancing her. Hidenori is weirded out by this, and when he tries to talk to her, she runs away. Subverted in that she actually has plenty of friends at her own school, and only acts like a creepy loner when around Hidenori because she's embarrassed about her hobby and crush on him.
31	* Miranda Lotto from ''Manga/DGrayMan'' is an introverted, neurotic, and friendless young woman wracked by a lifelong streak of bad luck. Being the OnlySaneWoman in a town stuck in a never-ending GroundhogDayLoop probably doesn't help her mental health, and she tends to stay in as much as she can with her beloved [[ArtifactOfPower grandfather clock.]] She also dresses in such plain, conservative outfits that she appears at least thirty years older than she actually is. She cleans up her act a little bit after [[spoiler: becoming an Exorcist]], starting to wear more relaxed outfits and LettingHerHairDown, but her awkward and neurotic personality still stays, as do the baggy eyes.
32	* ''Literature/Gamers2015'': Chiaki Hoshinomori is an asocial gamer who most of her classmates consider rather awkward and creepy. That is, until Amano challenges himself to befriend her. After he does, the two of them become very close friends and she demonstrates a very cute and friendly personality in his presence. So much so that it makes Karen, who has a crush on Amano, incredibly jealous. [[spoiler:Until the two of them wind up falling out due to their different tastes. On the urging of their mutual friend Uehara (who [[ShipperOnDeck wants Chiaki to win the love triangle]], she cuts her hair into a much cuter shape and later learns that Amano is actually an online crush she's had for years, making her fall in love with him all over again. Only this time, it's far too late because Amano and Tendou have started going steady.]]
33	* Adenela, the [[WarGod Goddess of War]] in ''Literature/TheHeroIsOverpoweredButOverlyCautious''. She speaks in near-monotone with a small stutter, has permanent ExhaustedEyeBags, and Rista on more than one occasion calls her creepy in her internal monologue. The only time she snaps out of her usually lethargic life is when the time comes to show her hidden nature as a massive BloodKnight, such as when [[EldritchAbomination Crossed Thanatos]] invaded the spirit world or [[DisproportionateRetribution Seiya didn't want to eat her cake,]] the latter instance also underscoring her as a {{Yandere}}.
34	* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Palm Siberia has long disheveled black hair and mostly keeps to herself, playing with her creepy mummified mermaid. Curiously enough, when Gon agrees to take her out on a date, SheCleansUpNicely.
35	* ''Manga/IGotMyWishAndReincarnatedAsTheVillainessLastBoss'': According to Chloe, before Elizabeth regains her PastLifeMemories, she was always alone in a room darkened by the dark miasma attracted by her dark magic, and barely moved, spoke, or even smiled. She would like the girl to be more energetic but wasn't expecting a PluckyGirl waiting for her on the latter's sixth birthday--she doesn't know God arranged an otherworlder to be reincarnated into her body, but sealed the latter's PastLifeMemories before 6 to "ensure a healthy physical and mental development"--and that girl is definitively a {{Determinator}} in her past life.
36	* Kuroe Akaishi, the title character of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', starts off as one. Due to her InvoluntaryShapeshifting that is triggered by strong emotion, she avoids interacting with people more than is necessary and wears unappealingly baggy clothes to cover up any PartialTransformation she might undergo. Her weird and creepy appearance and behavior have led to her classmates calling her "Psycho-tan". But once she starts attracting the attention of [[ChickMagnet Arata Minami]], who sees that she's a sweet girl underneath the awkward visage, she slowly moves out of this archetype.
37	* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Played with in the case of the titular protagonist. Komi thinks she's this trope and that people always keep their distance and murmur while ogling at her because she's weird and gloomy. [[EntertaininglyWrong In truth]] [[ObliviouslyBeautiful it's the complete opposite]].
38	* Kuroki Tomoko, the main character of ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' is an unattractive, friendless {{otaku}} with absolutely NoSocialSkills who stays up all night playing {{dating sim}}s to compensate for her nonexistent social and love lives and daydreams about becoming popular. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]
39	%%* The gym leader Sabrina from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.
40	* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' Tomoe may qualify and it's justified. Her mother died after her brother was born and therefore became a [[PromotedToParent "mother"]] and older sister overnight. She was also raised in a war-torn time in Japan and has experienced the death of many loved ones, making expressing emotions difficult for her. Just when she starts to get the hang of it, [[spoiler:she dies.]]
41	* Minami Yamabuki in ''Manga/RokudousBadGirls'' is a sinister, antisocial loan shark who always dresses in a gloomy overcoat and carries a black umbrella everywhere. Due to being anemic, she spends most of her time hanging upside down like a bat, to allow blood flow to her brain. As for her personality, she's so stingy her apartment has no electricity or running water, and she only ever eats discounted supermarket lunchboxes, despite the fact she's loaded. She's also so painfully socially awkward (when she's not extorting people, that is) that she has trouble making payments at a grocery store.
42	* Fuwa Hyouka, also known as [[MessyHair "Seaweed Girl"]], from ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'', is a high school MadScientist with an interest in sexual reproduction. While she's not shy in the least, her comically deadpan behavior, perpetually sleep-deprived appearance and NoSenseOfPersonalSpace still make her an utter weirdo who keeps creeping out the protagonists.
43	* Tae Yamada from ''Anime/ZombielandSaga''. A willowy zombie girl wearing a ragged black dress and looking like she tumbled straight out of a gothic horror story who, rather unfittingly for her waifish appearance, acts like an actual mindless, brain-eating zombie. She's been developing somewhat of a rudimentary personality, but she's still undoubtedly the most bestial of the girls.
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47	* Chloe Cerise in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' is reimagined as a NightmareFetishist with a temper who loves reading about the horror and macabre, writes stories that mostly end with characters end up with a FateWorseThanDeath, is fascinated with demons, peppers her speech with dark references and morbid lyrics and sometimes engages in the fantasy of her former ChildhoodFriend Goh ''dying''. However, instead of the dark colors usually associated with the trope, her dress color scheme is white and blue, and has the appearance of a normal girl.
48	* ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'' has Comic Book Guy's daughter Webcomic Kid. She's described as having long, unkempt black hair and ExhaustedEyeBags, rarely interacts with her classmates, and cares more about the internet than real life. She's also implied to be a fan of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', a webcomic that is known for [[AudienceAlienatingPremise being very hard]] [[ArchivePanic to get into]]; a fitting interest for a socially uncool person like her.
49	* In the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fandom, the most popular depiction of Alice Margatroid is a LonelyDollGirl and StalkerWithACrush who obsesses over Marisa Kirisame (as in building life-size dolls of Marisa and animating them so they can be together), disturbing other characters.
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53	* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': While [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the TV series]] depicted Wednesday Addams as a PerkyGoth CheerfulChild, the film adaptation gives her an AdaptationalPersonalityChange that makes her into this. She's an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette with a flat affect, a DeadpanSnarker personality, and very little desire to make friends, on top of the usual creepiness that comes with being an Addams. In the sequel ''Addams Family Values'', when she gets sent to Camp Chippewa, the only people she learns to tolerate are her fellow outcasts at the camp.
54	* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Allison Reynolds is an intentionally socially awkward emo girl. She rarely speaks, laughs at seemingly random times, and even makes art using the dandruff from her hair. Halfway through the detention session, the group finds out she hadn't even been assigned detention! Despite her off-putting behavior, she's really just lonely and socially inept and seeking a peer group.
55	* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'':
56	** Carrie White in [[Film/Carrie1976 all the]] [[Film/Carrie2002 assorted]] [[Film/Carrie2013 adaptations]] of the novel, as noted below under Literature.
57	** Rachel Lang in ''Film/TheRageCarrie2'' is a moody {{goth}} chick whose only friend Lisa [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]] near the start of the film. Her mother was institutionalized after trying to kill her out of a belief that she was possessed, her father left her a long time ago, her foster parents are [[LowerClassLout white-trash ingrates]] who only took her in to get money from the foster system, and most of her classmates see her as a freak.
58	* Pauline in ''Film/Excision2012'' is a deranged teenage girl living under a [[MyBelovedSmother controlling mother]] who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Her dreams largely consist of extremely gory fantasies of herself and others being mutilated, which start to seep over into her personal life and alienate everybody around her. By the end, she tries to [[spoiler:cure her DelicateAndSickly sister Grace's cystic fibrosis by giving her a back-alley lung transplant that ends with both Grace and another girl dead, to the shock and horror of her mother]].
59	* May Canady, the eponymous VillainProtagonist of ''Film/{{May}}''. A 28-year-old veterinary assistant, her only "friend" is [[LonelyDollGirl her doll Suzie]], her lazy eye (only recently fixed by her optometrist) having made her a target of mockery throughout her childhood that left her unable to make friends well into adulthood. Her two romantic interests, the {{hipster}} Adam and her co-worker Polly, both see her as a ManicPixieDreamGirl, not realizing that her "quirky" qualities are actually signs of a seriously disturbed young woman until it is too late. She can be thought of as [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]] if she didn't have [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and instead grew up into a maladjusted adult; unsurprisingly, her actress Creator/AngelaBettis went on to play Carrie in [[Film/Carrie2002 the 2002 adaptation]] of such, and was cast in that film partly because of her performance here.
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63	* Carrie White, the title character of Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' and its film adaptations, is a socially outcast teenage girl who, thanks to being raised under her mother's [[TheFundamentalist brutal religious fundamentalism]], has long since given up on making friends. [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe She does a double-take]] when Tommy asks her to the prom, and while SheCleansUpNicely, the AlphaBitch Chris blames her for ruining her life and getting her banned from the prom, leading Chris to plan a cruel prank to make her once more the laughingstock of the school. [[BewareTheNiceOnes It does not end well for anyone involved.]]
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67	* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' follows in the footsteps of the '90s ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]]'' movies in making Wednesday Addams this, now as a teenager. She fits in so poorly at normal schools, in fact, that Gomez and Morticia send her to [[AcademyOfAdventure Nevermore Academy]] in hopes that she'll find people more like her, in no small part because her creepiness has gotten her expelled from every other high school she's gone to.
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71	* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Riona, a banshee, used to live in seclusion and far away from cities because she looked "''significantly'' different" back then. When she started working as a taxi driver, people freaked out at her and canceled her, which is why she switched jobs to being a delivery person.
72	* Tharja from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is a gloomy [[LadyOfBlackMagic dark mage]] known for her dark hexes, jealous personality, and stalkerish interest in the protagonist. Unlike typical Creepy Loner Girls, however, she is also MsFanservice.
73	* The "Hex Maniac" is a female trainer class in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' who pinned the appearance part of the trope down to a T in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. Naturally, [[{{Fanon}} the fandom quickly attributed the personality traits to her too.]] The fact that she uses Ghost-type Pokémon probably helps.
74	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Oka Ruto, the Occult Club Leader. Shy, and insecure, WordOfGod calls her "creepy" and "spooky".
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78	* Touko Fukawa from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is a textbook example of this trope. She's literally described as radiating [[TheEeyore "an aura of negativity"]], speaks with a pronounced stutter, and has never had any friends except for her pet stinkbug.[[note]]Until ''VideoGame/UltraDespairGirls'' where she meets and befriends Komaru.[[/note]] She comes off as off-putting to others due to her being very obsessive and having a persecution complex, as well as [[ThePigPen never bathing]]. She wears a dark sailor fuku and has long, dark hair that is extremely frizzy when not in its usual braids.
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82	* ''Webcomic/NerdAndJock'': Olga the Stalker Girl is a StalkerWithACrush on Jock who looks like a StringyHairedGhostGirl, but it's not clear how much of a loner she actually is, since she, Tiger, Nerd, and Jock are the only named characters (other than [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Xarhuul]]]], but he doesn't appear much).
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86	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Maddie Flour, the oldest daughter of Wartwood's local baker, is a creepy frog girl around Sprig's age with an interest in black magic and other macabre things. Despite her unsettling demeanor, [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold she turns out to be a pretty decent person]] who only uses her magic for good purposes.
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