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| 13 | [[quoteright:350:[[Manga/GunslingerGirl https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomboy_2.png]]]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:350:Even the least girly of all girls [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals love their stuffed animals]].]] |
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| 16 | ->''"Why's everybody look so surprised when they find out I can sew? Yeah, I got a hobby! So what?!"'' |
| 17 | -->-- '''Vanessa''', ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' |
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| 19 | Most {{Tomboy}}s in fiction tend to dislike "girly" things and being associated with them, but sometimes something sneaks through. It may turn out that she [[PinkMeansFeminine likes the color pink]], has a thing for frilly and girly dresses, [[CutenessProximity is easily enamored by cute things]], or is [[SupremeChef a surprisingly good cook]] and has neat domestic skills. She may be a BruiserWithASoftCenter. In other words, this character may have a tomboyish physical appearance, but her interests will tend to be a mixture of tomboyish and girly interests, and her personality can swing either way. |
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| 21 | Reactions to this trait may vary. The tomboy in question, particularly if she still has a tomboyish personality, might be ashamed of her girly lapse and [[{{Tsundere}} try to hide it, at least at the start]], or she might actually be proud of it and be ready to give a hard smack to anybody who teases her about it. Usually, her peers will be surprised due to her usual boyish wear and outward attitude, or [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak vice versa, where she looks girly but acts boyish]], [[BerserkButton and those who tease will pay]]. However, if she has a girly personality, she is more likely to be open about her girly side, and not be ashamed of it, and other than correcting other people by saying that she's not exactly a tomboy, she will usually not get angry when other people call her a tomboy ([[BerserkButton unless they say something really bad about it]], usually by calling her [[FemininityFailure unfeminine]], in which case [[BewareTheNiceOnes she will punish them for it]]), although nonetheless, she will accept compliments for [[SheCleansUpNicely cleaning up nicely]]. In some cases, [[TomboyAngst these characters may even object to being called tomboys]], despite their somewhat tomboyish outer physical appearance, because of their girly personality and their girly interests, even if they also have tomboyish interests as well. |
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| 23 | The inversion (and normal {{Foil}}) is GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak. |
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| 27 | !!Example subpages: |
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| 29 | [[index]] |
| 30 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/AnimeAndManga |
| 31 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/{{Literature}} |
| 32 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/LiveActionFilms |
| 33 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/LiveActionTV |
| 34 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/VideoGames |
| 35 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak/WesternAnimation |
| 36 | [[/index]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!Other examples: |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': |
| 44 | ** Betty became this around the 1960s after a TomboynessUpGrade. She is a WrenchWench who wears a TomboyishPonytail and plays a lot of different sports, such as baseball and basketball. She also likes wearing pretty dresses, [[NiceGirl is sweet, kind, and caring]], and [[FeminineWomenCanCook has great]] [[TextileWorkIsFeminine domestic skills]]. |
| 45 | ** Midge has BoyishShortHair and plays for the school's softball team, and unlike Betty, she isn't known for her domestic talents--but she does enjoy wearing pretty dresses and shopping with her friends. |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': Dinah Laurel Lance, the modern-age Black Canary. She's an ActionGirl who loves [[TheLadette cars, bikes, getting drunk, getting laid, getting into fights]], and her dress sense is very much a ShortTank. She's also a CoolBigSis and TeamMom to any young hero she meets (having started off her heroics quite young herself), and her personality is very heart-on-sleeves emotional and loving. She can rock pretty dresses, and she likes wearing make-up. She's also prone to making very obscene jokes and remarks, in case she's ever ''too'' feminine. Her fellow ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey field agent [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]] is an [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak inversion of this mould]]. |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': Elisa from the ''Wish You Were Here'' arc is a self-taught ColdSniper with lots of facial piercings who seems comfortable doing outdoor work, but a lot of her shirts are pink or purple and her hair seems like she puts a decent effort into combing and brushing it. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': Medusa was introduced this way. One of the most fearsome warriors of Attilan, but she loved the flowers that grew in the Himalayas where Attilan was originally located. |
| 49 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'': In issue #2 Rainbow Dash's vision of a CoolBike includes "streamers and a boss pink basket on the front". |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'': When she was introduced in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'', [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]] was a tomboy who wore baggy clothes and kept her hair cropped short, but she was interested in some stereotypical teenage girly things especially her taste in music. Her reviled ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' incarnation dropped all the tomboy elements to make her a vapid girly girl who was completely obsessed with her boyfriend. |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Later continuities invokes this. On one hand, she happily decapitates monsters and [[BloodKnight loves]] showing off her Amazon strength in battle. On the other hand, however, she adores children, likes wearing fancy dresses, is actually a very good secretary, and often plays TeamMom to her teammates. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 53 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] is a blatant example. She's a fiery Mississippi tomboy who can bench press a truck and tries to avoid dressing more femininely due to her TouchOfDeath. Conversely Rogue herself actually dreams of being a Scarlet O'Hara type and she does look beautiful in a dress (as [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] is quick to note). Rogue also loves reading romance books, cooks a wonderful pie, and has gotten upset at being unable to get cozy with a “cute guy”. During Jean and Scott's wedding, Rogue excitedly used her {{Flight}} to catch the bridal bouquet in mid-air before the rest of the X-Women could even react. |
| 54 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]] is even more tomboyish than Rogue but she's more girly than she lets on, having some ACupAngst, and is pretty fashion conscious. [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] notes amused that despite her being bored at the wedding Jubilee was still ''suspiciously'' quick to line up for the aforementioned bouquet throwing and was very ticked off when Rogue "cheated". |
| 55 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]]'s younger sister [[ComicBook/AllNewWolverine Gabby]]. She's a trained killer equipped with body armor...which she decorates with flowers and hearts. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 59 | * ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'': Gina shares similar interests with Dennis since she loves sports, but she also has long hair and usually wears a dress. When Dennis introduces her to a new kid in the neighborhood, he comments, "She doesn't look like a tomboy to me." [[IResembleThatRemark She then slugged Dennis for calling her a tomboy.]] |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Eastern Animation]] |
| 63 | * In ''Animation/FloweringHeart'', Sunwoo loves sports and other activities but uses eyeshadow and blush to transform. |
| 64 | * In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Jonie is [[TheBigGuy physically the strongest of the goats]] and is quite talkative, serving as the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl tomboy to Tibbie's fashionista girly girl]], but she is also kind-hearted and likes pink. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 68 | * In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Rainbow Dash is highly competitive and tomboyish, not afraid to challenge someone to a race nor divebomb a dragon attacking a campground and dropkick it in the face. That said she has no aversion to some dress-up and trying out feminine clothes, explained by her mother being a fashion designer and Rarity's mentor so she naturally tried on a lot of clothes growing up. |
| 69 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol Danvers as a DeadpanSnarker ActionGirl who's usually most at home in [[UnkemptBeauty scruffy jeans and a t-shirt]], loves captaining her school's ladies football (soccer) team, and wants to be a fighter pilot when she grows up. She is also quite comfortable being her uncle's plus one at fancy parties after his divorce (since said uncle is [[Series/StargateSG1 Jack O'Neill]], this is mainly to give him someone to talk to that he won't want to strangle) - indeed, this is how Harry first meets her - and actively enjoys both wearing fancy dresses from time to time, and dancing (though, granted, the dancing is mostly with Harry, her BestFriend, after most of two books of mutual {{U|nresolvedSexualTension}}ST and [[spoiler: they've just sealed a RelationshipUpgrade]]). She pretends not to, however, because she's reacting against her father, whose StayInTheKitchen attitude has him trying to make her be a ProperLady. |
| 70 | * In the semi-genderbent ''Sword Art Online'' fanfiction story ''FanFic/TheKiritaChronicles'', Kirigaya Kazuta (the genderbent counterpart of the main character Kirigaya Kazuto/Kirito) has taken karate classes and has admitted to herself she finds it easier to beat up boys than to talk to them. She prefers to be a male character in video games, she enjoys fighting in virtual reality games, and she was the best Beta Tester for ''Sword Art Online''. However, she is proud of her long hair, and she enjoys cooking. |
| 71 | * In ''Fanfic/LifeOreDeath'', the protagonist [[OriginalCharacter Ferris]] is a strong and brutal melee fighter who prefers to keep her legs free while fighting. Outside of the battlefield, she wears skirts and blouses, is noted to be subtly vain, can cook well enough, is very fond of cuddling, and often has emotional conversations with her friends. |
| 72 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Linka Loud]] in ''Fanfic/OneGirlWithTenBrothers'', as a result of growing up with so many brothers. One snobby female classmate ridicules her for not being very girly, which makes Linka realize that even her own room is more girly than her. This prompts her to join a beauty pageant, though she ultimately decides she'd rather be a tomboy with her brothers' support and love than worry about what a snob says about her. |
| 73 | * ''FanFic/PokemonClefairyTales'' has Misty, who is referred to on her Gym's signpost as "the tomboyish mermaid" and is indeed a {{Shorttank}} and ironic FieryRedhead like her anime counterpart. However, she's a quite bit more graceful than her girly counterpart Leaf, and she's fairly skilled at gymnastics and mentions having studied ballet under the [[ScoutOut Squirtle Scouts]]. Being a '90s girl, she also happens to be a huge fan of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', as she readily admits to Leaf in chapter 11. |
| 74 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'' has the main lead Holly. After coming out as a girl, she's a hotblooded trainer who loves Pokémon battling and is eager to learn how to make a molotov cocktail. She also wears a huge flower hairclip with a pair of low pigtails and is into magical girl series like Pretty Refresh. |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': Giulia is a brash and outspoken FieryRedhead who loves action and adventures and has an aversion to cheesy and mushy romance, but doesn't mind wearing a cute yellow dress at the SchoolFestival (making Vincenzo, the [[BigJerkOnCampus most popular boy in school]] who developed a crush on her [[AmazonChaser because of her brave and adventurous nature]], [[SheCleansUpNicely stare in awe]]). |
| 76 | * Played for drama in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''. Suguha in this treatment is a foul-mouthed [[BigBrotherBully Little Sister Bully]] who abuses her brother Kazuto both physically and verbally, and as in canon is a skilled kendo practitioner. But when she logs into ''Alfheim Online'' it's to [[TheRoleplayer roleplay]] (badly) as [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel "Princess Leafa,"]] and she's more worried that her brother will find out she once baked her [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "friend"]] Shinichi some cupcakes than she is that he'll learn what she and Shinichi have been up to in the school supply closet. Suguha suffers from InternalizedCategorism over her affection for "girly shit," to the extent that she assumes her brother's entered ''ALO'' solely to mock her for playing a game about fairies, which Yui speculates is due to some [[FreudianExcuse traumatic childhood event]] that made Suguha hate her own femininity as a sign of weakness. [[spoiler:Episode 17 reveals that after her brother dropped out of kendo, their grandfather, [[StayInTheKitchen who favored Kazuto as his successor]], put Suguha through TrainingFromHell in an effort to make her quit, forcing her to "man up" in Suguha's words.]] |
| 77 | * In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TangledInTime'', Tetra is tough as nails, assertive, and worked as a ranch-hand for seven years after the Royal Family was overthrown by Ganondorf. However, she enjoys wearing pretty dresses and ecstatic when Link manages to get one for her. |
| 78 | * ''Fanfic/TooMuchTooMuch'': Vallea Endrizzi is a plucky and spunky young girl who likes to [[AdventurerArchaeologist discover ancient Italian archeology]], playing sports, being outdoors and reading comic books and [[OneOfTheBoys her two closest friends are boys]], but also enjoys ballroom dancing, has a sweet and gentle personality and acts quite flirty and coy towards Luca. |
| 79 | * The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/WeasleyGirl'' depicts an AlternateUniverse in which [[GenderFlip Ron Weasley was born a girl]]. As you might expect from a girl with five older brothers, Veronica "Ronnie" Weasley is pretty tomboyish; she's brash, physical, Quidditch-obsessed, temperamental and an occasionally insensitive DeadpanSnarker who ''really'' [[LadySwearsALot likes to swear]], much like her canon male counterpart. However, she's also [[CuddleBug rather cuddly]] and is almost always the one initializing hugs between Potter's Gang, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she coos and fawns over animals]] (who adore her in return), she wears [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] pajamas (which are said to clash horribly with her hair) and judging by her vision in the Mirror of Erised, she wouldn't mind being prettier, and if Fred and George are to be believed, she also used to hold tea parties for her dolls when she was younger. At one point, she claims she wishes she was a boy — though it's more because she's tired of Percy, Fred and George being overprotective than of any actual dislike of traditionally girly things, and she changes her mind when she realizes that boys her age (at least Harry and Neville) are awkward about hugging and showing affection in public. |
| 80 | * In ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', Miriam is an AmazonianBeauty shipwright who when introduced wears nothing but a crude bikini and has an almost thuggish personality. She actually likes pretty dresses, it's just hard to get enough cloth for one at her size; she likes wearing her hair long, but older kids used to pull it to bully her; and she loves cheesy drama stories. |
| 81 | * In the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'', Blake is depicted as badass and manly as all heck, taking notes from none other than [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]. However, her favourite anime is ''Anime/CardcaptorSakura'' and she softens a lot when [[DisappearedDad her father]] is around. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
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| 84 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 85 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'': The titular character is gutsy, outspoken, not afraid to get her hands dirty, and happy to throw down grappling hooks and set gun powder alight when the need calls for it. However, she's also thrilled to go dress shopping in Paris and enjoys ballroom dancing. |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' is packed with these. First, there is Helga, the FemmeFatale slash ActionGirl. Kida, the romantic lead, is a fierce warrior and very outdoorsy and ballsy, but also sexy and in touch with her feminine intuition. The older example is CoolOldLady Ms. Packard, the no-nonsense CommunicationsOfficer. She is a DeadpanSnarker Ms. FanDisservice with a touch of ActionGirl but is very gossipy and surprisingly compassionate. Averted with WrenchWench Audrey, who is a hardcore tomboy through and through... well at least until the end where she kisses Milo on the cheek and wears an elegant dress in the epilogue. |
| 87 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheThreeMusketeers'': Corrine practices fencing, often wears pants and has a HotBlooded, fearless and adventurous personality. However, she also enjoys dancing and doesn't mind wearing a lovely pink ballgown when sneaking, along with Aramina, Renee and Viveca, at Prince Louis' ball in order to save him from being murdered by his cousin Philippe. |
| 88 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'': Kate Kane/Batwoman is a superhero and former military cadet who sometimes wears a [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket]] when she's not fighting crime. She also enjoys sketching and has a set of pink shopping bags and lots of [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple clothes]]. |
| 89 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'': Winifred "Winnie" Portley-Rind is outspoken, a LittleMissBadass, and a NightmareFetishist. She also wears a pink dress and likes to dance. |
| 90 | * ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'': Edith is interested in Gru's cool high-tech gadgets, thinks its cool that her bed is a hollowed-out bomb, was excited about Gru shaping her pancakes like a "dead guy", is violent to grown-ups she doesn't like and has a generally gross sense of humor. However, she is in the same ballet class as her sisters and is always seen wearing pink (and almost nothing else), especially her pink sherpa hat. |
| 91 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Luisa Madrigal has a powerfully muscular build and is proud of her strength and muscles. She shares the same garb as Mirabel and Dolores, including earrings and a hair ribbon. When she sings "Surface Pressure", she fantastizes about relaxing with adorable unicorn donkeys. |
| 92 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Anna is very much a TomboyPrincess, especially compared to her more prim sister, and she's rambunctious and willing to pick fights, but she's also very romantic and dreams of falling in love in her IWantSong. |
| 93 | * Astrid in ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is an axe-happy ActionGirl but she has a timorous girly side that Hiccup brings out and she still wears a skirt most of 90% of the time. |
| 94 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Riley is a pre-teen girl who plays hockey, which is known for being a very rough sport, and she tends to wear pants rather than skirts or dresses. However, she eventually gains an interest in {{Boy Band}}s, fashion, and [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga "tragic vampire romance" novels]] offscreen. As a little girl, she also liked Cutie Pie Princess dolls and could remember the names of each one. |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ariel, an adventurous and rebellious FieryRedhead, is more of a TomboyPrincess when compared to her sisters, but despite her tomboyish traits, her default personality is giddy, playful, bubbly and sensitive, and falling in love with Eric reveals that she can be very flirty and hopelessly romantic. |
| 96 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'': Ariel's daughter Melody is more unfeminine than Ariel was as a teen, and headstrong and daring [[LikeParentLikeChild just like both her parents]]. But despite being tomboyish, she has a princess canopy bed and a girlish styled bedroom. |
| 97 | * ''{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}}'''s titular heroine is quite unconventional and struggles to fit into the strict gender roles in Imperial China. However she does like the makeover she gets to prepare for the Matchmaker, had actually struggled with fitting in amongst the other soldiers (and even complained that she didn't want to smell like a man), and she finds comfort in a simpler (but no less lovely) blue dress in the finale. Her girly streak grows longer in [[WesternAnimation/MulanII the sequel]], as while Mulan is as badass as ever and [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl pretty tomboyish when compared to the princesses]], she's revealed to have a romantic side, which is best shown by how happy she was with marrying Shang and [[ShipperOnDeck how ecstatic she was]] when the princesses [[RelationshipUpgrade get together]] with [[spoiler:Yao, Ling and Chien Po]]. |
| 98 | * ''Film/SpaceJam'': Lola Bunny. On one hand, she's a sassy, no-nonsense woman who is good at basketball and hates being called "doll". On the other, she acts like the typical seductive FemmeFatale and her sex appeal is ''anything'' but masculine. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' she has a GirlinessUpgrade. |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': When she becomes a TomboyPrincess as a result of her CynicismCatalyst, Marianne adopts a lot of tomboy traits like wearing pants and [[HeroesPreferSwords learning to wield the sword]]. However, she also starts putting on eyeliner, showing that she isn't completely unfeminine. |
| 100 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Miriam is described as a bit of a tomboy, having the most masculine fashion sense of the four friends and carrying a skateboard at the beginning of the film, yet she's also the TeamMom in her circle of friends, and is head over heels over 4*Town like the rest of them. |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Officer Judy Hopps has an unwavering dream of being a real cop, wants to be the center of the action, is strong-willed, and feels most comfortable as a leader, but she also shows an interest in fashion and cute things, wears a pink shirt during the third act, and shows her emotions readily. |
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| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Mythology & Religion]] |
| 105 | * In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Athena is mostly remembered as the goddess of [[BadassBookworm wisdom and war]]; she can canonically take [[WarGod Ares]] in a fight and was literally [[BornAsAnAdult born]] wearing armor. However, she's also the patron of feminine art forms like weaving. She can also be rather vain: UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar began when she [[NotSoAboveItAll competed in a beauty contest]] with Hera and Aphrodite, and she gave up playing the flute (which she invented) because she thought that she looked ugly with her cheeks puffed out. There's also a very late, obscure legend where she [[ForcedTransformation turned Medusa into a monster]] for claiming to be more beautiful than her. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 109 | * Wrestling/AjaKong, the {{delinquent hair}}ed, [[ThisMeansWarPaint war painting]], sumo training nunchuck wielding backfisting WrestlingMonster randomly showed up in Future Of Wrestling as "Erika", a kiss-blowing cuddle bug. The gimmick was resurrected in Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle, with the addition of {{heart symbol}}ed {{blush sticker}}s, a tutu, flowers to give to the fans, and her W Kong TagTeam partner Wrestling/AmazingKong as the similarly suddenly girly Margaret. Also, baby face!Awesome Kong started wearing flower print apparel under her LadyLegionnaireWear after her WardrobeMalfunction in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]. |
| 110 | * The butch, boxing basket ball player [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] has an unashamed weakness for moderately expensive hair weaves, especially if it's Brazilian. |
| 111 | * Wrestling/SaraDelRey has the heart of a goofy, fashion-loving girl who likes a little makeup. She so often appears as an unkempt hard-ass, in angular masks or in [[ThisMeansWarPaint war paint]] because she's upset pro wrestling is not more respected and women's pro wrestling, in particular, is routinely disrespected in her home country. Still, every once and while she allows herself to be happy. Then some "girly" attributes shine through. During her active career, she was the Tomboy [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl to]] Wrestling/DaizeeHaze, who started her career in Gateway Championship Wrestling in her native Missouri as a NewAgeRetroHippie[=/=]TheStoner. |
| 112 | * "Sexy" [[Wrestling/MadisonRayne Lexi Lane]], captain of the track team, powerlifter, commonly dresses in sweats, [[OneOfTheBoys has two days of the week dedicated to training with the boys]], also served as a cheerleader for at least four years and participated in a pageant. She's still the least girly member of Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople but she took to the ''Film/MeanGirls'' [[WrestlingDoesntPay Porn Star]] Sorority [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mashup]] surprisingly well before [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] made her a Beauty Queen Call Girl hybrid. |
| 113 | * Wrestling/IvelisseVelez, an "[[RealWomenDontWearDresses anti diva]]", looks back on her time wearing jewelry and bustiers for the FCW {{revival}} and ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'' with shame, saying it was just for a [[MoneyDearBoy paycheck]]. She admits, however, to enjoying cheerleading practices. |
| 114 | * Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, loath as she is to admit it, has gradually let out hints that this is the case over her wrestling career, such as the build-up to a Shine event where she was supposed to be hyping her match Kimberly Maddox but started trying to remember how many [[Literature/TheCatInTheHat thing dolls]] Kimberly had. |
| 115 | * Wrestling/BellaTwins: Nikki is presented as the Tomboy of the two, opting for a TomboyishBaseballCap and ring gear that resembles a soccer kit. She also wrestles with more power moves. Outside the ring, she was a GamerChick growing up and is also a BigEater. However she's the one more likely to be shown dressed to the nines when she's not wrestling - and in fact, has more pink outfits than her sister. ''Series/TotalDivas'' shows that she's TheFashionista with a huge love for designer shoes and bags. |
| 116 | * {{Wrestling/Kaitlyn}} eventually started calling herself "The Hybrid Diva" in reference to this trope. According to her, she was once told that she was a combination of the AmazonianBeauty and the GirlNextDoor. She was definitely TheLadette but also had a love for cute animals and didn't mind putting on a nice outfit when the occasion called for it. After she left wrestling, she started a clothing line - of women's workout clothes. |
| 117 | * Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart is a 3rd generation Diva who eats, sleeps, and breathes wrestling. She's the only woman to come out of her family's Hart Dungeon. She's also TheFashionista as well as being a self-admitted CrazyCatLady. |
| 118 | * {{Wrestling/Paige}} likewise comes from a wrestling dynasty and has been doing it since she was thirteen. She's also a PerkyGoth, wears plenty of make-up, and adores cats. She also admitted to being a huge fan of Music/BritneySpears when she was younger. |
| 119 | * Wrestling/LivMorgan of NXT is a {{Joisey}} [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] who wears a TomboyishBaseballCap to the ring. But she's also a glamorous blonde who was a model before wrestling and does a few SheFu moves in the ring. |
| 120 | * Creator/{{Mattel}} and WWE have teamed up to make a new toy line called [[https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2017/7/20/16006276/wwe-mattel-girls-toy-line-launches-first-ever-superstar-fashion-dolls-sasha-banks-eva-marie-bellas WWE Superstars]]. It consists of 12-inch fashion dolls based on Nikki and Brie Bella, Wrestling/SashaBanks, Natalya, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Wrestling/AliciaFox, and Wrestling/EvaMarie. Each figure comes with both a wrestling outfit and a dress suitable for the Red Carpet. |
| 121 | * Wrestling/SonyaDeville is a tough, rough, and tumble ActionGirl with an UsefulNotes/{{M|ixedMartialArts}}MA background and started off looking rather unfeminine, with the TomboyishPonytail and BraidsOfAction look. Not to mention, she had a very [[TomboyishVoice deep voice]] and an intense, confrontational in-your-attitude. As time went on, she became slightly more girly in terms of looks, having [[LongHairIsFeminine long, straight hair]], more make-up and eyeliner, and a somewhat more feminine appearance in general, even wearing some colourful short skirts, etc. In addition, she hangs around with the more feminine Wrestling/MandyRose and the two often form a little duo that goes around acting like [[AlphaBitch bullies]] towards Babyfaces and does things like try and sell girly magazines to other women on the roster. |
| 122 | * Wrestling/BeckyLynch is "The Man" and is probably the least feminine of all the women on the roster, but she still has a few notable if subtle girly traits. She does wear a little bit of make-up and usually comes out to the ring with straight, long, bright coloured hair. She also occasionally wears a little bit of feminine clothing like a skirt, dress, or skimpy wrestling attire (though still less revealing than most other women's outfits), though she mostly wears shirts, pants, and masculine clothes as of her current gimmick. |
| 123 | * While [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] is usually an OneOfTheBoys [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] HardDrinkingPartyGirl, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BfI0rIZF8NP/ this picture]] is of her dressed in {{Pink|MeansFeminine}} and cuddling a Toys/TeddyBear and looking forward to Valentine's Day. It's quite a different look for her, and [[SheCleansUpNicely it works]]. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 127 | * Ojo on ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' is rather sporty, holds her own well with the boys, and likes to pretend to be various professions such as detective or doctor that aren't traditionally known for being female. She also is quite attached to [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals her snowbear]], enjoys playing tea party and dressing up in girly costumes and accessories. |
| 128 | * Zoe on ''Series/SesameStreet'' is a tomboy who rides around in her "Zoe Mobile," and owns a Pet Rock named "Rocco." However, she also loves ballet and generally wears a tutu and barrettes in her hair. |
| 129 | * Bella on ''Series/{{Tweenies}}'' is a loud, outspoken, and argumentative tomboy who will fight with anyone if she doesn't agree with something and likes to play sports with the boys. She also enjoys playing girly games with her best friend, the girly Fizz, and dressing up as a queen or a fairy. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 133 | * Athena Cykes from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' is an outspoken, reckless, playful tomboy. Yet at the wedding in the ending of the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', she wears a pretty yellow dress and is ''very'' determined to catch the bridal bouquet. |
| 134 | * ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'': |
| 135 | ** Kyou Fujibayashi is aggressive, loud, athletic, and violent, but she's very good at cooking and is very proud of her long hair. |
| 136 | ** Tomoyo Sakagami also qualifies. Despite being rather masculine in her behavior and her insane fighting ability, she was genuinely upset when told that Sunohara suspected that she was a boy in disguise, and proved to be a rather decent cook when she prepared Tomoya's meals. |
| 137 | ** Ushio Okazaki likes toys for boys and plays baseball with her grandfather, but she does like cute things like the Dango Daikazoku and wears pretty dresses. |
| 138 | * Naomi Nakashima from ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'' is a bright, boisterous tomboy who has BoyishShortHair and takes the lead often, but behind this demeanor is a more girlish side that likes shopping and grooming as much as other average girls. |
| 139 | * Aoi Asahina from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is a PassionateSportsGirl who is skilled at every sport that exists to some degree and is a BigEater, but she also often talks about keeping in touch with her girl side, with her final Free Time Event revealing that she's often nervous of not being enough of a girl, with her trying to act as a stereotypical girlfriend. |
| 140 | * Morgan from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', who is tough and mechanically inclined, also has a soft side. |
| 141 | * Saber from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is a stoic female warrior who, due to the [[SheIsTheKing circumstances of her life]] before the Grail War, has trouble thinking of herself as a woman, and indeed has a rather masculine self-identity. However, those circumstances no longer apply in the modern era, allowing her to explore her femininity: she keeps her hair in a PrimAndProperBun kept in place with a ribbon, habitually wears dresses (like the long skirt/blouse combo given to her by Rin, and a BattleBallgown when fighting) and loves stuffed animals. |
| 142 | * Forte Stollen in ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'' is a GunNut with a huge collection of firearms, but she's still in touch with her feminine side, enjoying dressing up nicely for a party ball. Ranpha Franboise also counts, since she's an athletic and competitive martial artist, but also loves romantic movies, fortune telling and shopping. |
| 143 | * Emi Ibarazaki, the outgoing, flirtatious PassionateSportsGirl from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' - who is a nigh obsessively dedicated runner and whose secret dream is to be a pirate, also happens to be an excellent cook and afraid of lightning. (On the other hand, she herself claims people are always surprised to hear that her favorite color is blue, rather than pink.) |
| 144 | * ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'': |
| 145 | ** Mion Sonozaki from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is a very boisterous GenkiGirl who seems like a tomboy, so much so that Keiichi assumes she wouldn't enjoy the gift of a doll, which he gives to Rena instead, thus [[spoiler: inadvertently triggering feelings of jealousy in Shion and causing a tragedy]]. Later, we learn that Mion is actually really girly and that she '''really''' wanted the doll. She gets it in the Massacre Arc. In addition, Satoko is more boyish than the girly Rika, but she is a decent cook and has occasional DamselInDistress moments. |
| 146 | ** Jessica Ushiromiya from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has less of a girly side than Mion, but she's still very interested in romance and secretly wants a boyfriend. |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 150 | * ''WebAnimation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures'': Kuromi may like riding around on her scooter, dressing in black, and all things Halloween, but she also loves hot pink, has a pair of bat plushies, and loves a sugary sweet romance novel. |
| 151 | * ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Deandra is a snarky, brusque [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] who's a BigEater of truly epic proportions and eventually joins the football team. However, she wears a dress most days, is NotSoAboveItAll when it comes to winning prom queen, and is revealed to be a registered midwife (though she's incredibly blase about the gross stuff, as opposed to Trisha 2, who just about faints). |
| 152 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang Xiao Long is a loud, tough, aggressive, and rather crude BloodKnight who rides a motorcycle; in Volume 8, she is briefly shown to have enough skill as a mechanic to know how to fix a hoverbike model she's only had access to for a few hours. However, she also adds impractical girly twists to her outfits such as a fine, frilly half-skirt to her main outfit and huge delicate bows to her secondary outfit. From Volume 4, the girly twists disappear and her outfits become entirely practical, but her love of her cascading, golden hair is life-long. |
| 153 | ** Her sister Ruby is a lover of battle and weapons with short cropped hair and a huge weapon like scythe that doubles as a sniper rifle she carries around. She’s not shy about hopping into fights to defend others and is a fierce protector of all her friends and tends to be a DefiantCaptive. She even fumbles a curtsy when greeting Weiss’s sister and annoys Weiss by picking her nose in volume 1. She isn’t interesting in romance or is clueless to it and likes comic books. She also has a motif of roses to the point they follow her around when she uses her super speed and wears mostly “combat skirts”. She also uses corsets and her volume 4 outfit is very feminine looking. She doesn’t fumble a curtsy when greeting a wooden prince in volume 9. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 157 | * Barnet [[spoiler: Travoria]] from ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan''. She's a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and known for physically bullying her younger sister [[spoiler: since Barnet was the only one in the family born without magic]]. However, when delving into her memories during an interrogation, Dominic finds an image of her humming happily about the dress she's wearing. Barnet quickly starts answering his questions out of embarrassment in order to make him stop. |
| 158 | * Darcy from ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' is an ''incredibly'' butch woman (as she's an {{Expy}} of Darkseid), but she secretly enjoys cosplaying as magical girls. |
| 159 | * Violetta from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' may be a kickass [[McNinja Smoke Knight]], but what she really wants is to attend a fancy party in a pretty dress. If anything she becomes even more badass once she has the promise of a pretty dress to fight for. |
| 160 | * Nepeta Leijon of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' hunts wild animals and dresses in a rather tomboyish way, but she's also unabashedly interested in [[ShipperOnDeck romance]] and cute things. Her dreamself is also seen to be wearing a dress. |
| 161 | ** Vriska Serket also seems to fall under this as well with the fact that she participates in [[{{LARP}} FLARPing]] but also wears a fairy dress at one point and also has a dreamself sporting a dress. |
| 162 | * Tiger from ''Webcomic/NerdAndJock'' is a beefy, quick to anger, tough and incredibly strong tomboy with a brash, thuggish and aggressive demeanor towards anyone who does as little as looking at her wrong. She also has a soft spot for cute things (case in point the impossibly adorable Nerd, for whom [[ShipTease she harbors a massive crush]]), [[CrushBlush blushes]] and gets embarrassed quite easily and seems to be an avid reader of romance manga, apparently always carrying some around in her purse. |
| 163 | * Millie from ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' doesn't always play with dolls, but when she does it's as part of a "space commander" game, or she's making them do political protests. |
| 164 | * [[BlowYouAway Taffe Torbern]] of ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'' wears a pair of pegasus hairpins (she likes them quite a bit), and... she gets regularly mistaken for a boy because she ''really'' looks a ''lot'' like a boy. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 168 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5H0Zp3qbFA This voice acting exercise]] sums up the trope very well. [=FemScout=] of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is bought some clothes from her mother. She goes crazy about the hat, declaring she's going to paint it pink, but when offered a dress she gets ''very'' annoyed and complains loudly about it. She's fine with skirts because she can still run in them, but hates every second in the dress. |
| 169 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Anjren's a finicky tomboy almost to the point of being a {{Tsundere}}, and she's also prone to being super-sweet and acting like a "dainty young lady". |
| 170 | * TT from ''WebVideo/{{Kittisaurus}} is a tough, grey, short haired female cat, who happens to be the best fighter, and the fastest on the cat wheel. However, when Claire takes her shopping for a new cat harness, TT expresses interest in a light purple one with pretty bows, then struts around the shop like a queen when Claire fits it around her. |
| 171 | * Golgotha from ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' is basically a BoisterousBruiser that happens to be female and seems to be perceived as OneOfTheBoys by the cast misogynist. The web series and comic, however, show her wearing clothing fairly normal for a woman in her twenties in real life and even hair decorations in early installments. The web series gave her a mage avatar that she admits to choosing for the "dressing up in nice clothes" potential in what comes off as an OutOfCharacterMoment. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 175 | * TruthInTelevision: Due to societal or natural construction, or certain other factors, people are too complex for mere binary labels, and thus, many real-life tomboys will sometimes act girly or having feminine interests, out of curiosity or conforming to societies' norms: |
| 176 | ** [[http://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/27000852/women-samurai-2-578x1024.jpg This]] samurai woman was proud to pose with her armor and helmet, but also had her hair styled with flowers. |
| 177 | ** Cristina Sanchez, the first female bullfighter, collects stuffed toys and occasionally wore a pink traje des luces. |
| 178 | ** A lot of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches Night Witches]] spent their downtime embroidering or having song and dance contests. |
| 179 | ** By the standards of TheRoaringTwenties, TheFlapper was this in spades. In many cases, she would smoke or drink or speak casually about sex. She also [[TwentiesBobHaircut cut her hair short]], but she typically wore a dress that just barely covered the knees, and she wore make-up. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
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