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Examples of Tomboy and Girly Girl in webcomics.


  • Gogo and Didi (respectively) of Bomango. Gogo is a Boisterous Bruiser who is unhygienic and very comfortable with doing gross things (a trait associated with young boys). Didi is a Lipstick Lesbian with a very perky personality and wears nice dresses.
  • El Goonish Shive: Catalina and Rhoda. Catalina is a Fiery Red Head who swears frequently and Rhoda is a sensitive Shrinking Violet.
  • Frivolesque: Best friend characters Chloe and Marie-Neige. The former is an easy going short haired geek girl always seen wearing jeans and T-Shirts. The latter is much more feminine, with long hair and girlier tastes in clothing.
  • Sasha and Iphigenie from Greek Ninja. Also Sasha and Eleonora to some extent.
  • Gunnerkrigg Court: Kat and Antimony, with the slight variation that tomboyish Kat is much more open emotionally (and more visibly interested in boys), while girly-girl Annie is quite proficient at lock picking (and judo). But Kat has no idea how to put on makeup, while Annie has visible lipstick and eyeshadow almost all the time. They become friends by necessity, as Annie was the New Transfer Student with No Social Skills and Kat was ostracized by her peers for being the rather nerdy daughter of two teachers. It helps that their parents were close childhood friends.
  • Homestuck:
  • JODDAS VAPD: Jen is the tomboy of the group being the most athletic of the five female characters and the least ladylike too. One arc has her struggle with the notion that No Guy Wants an Amazon.
    • The other four girls, Ophelia, Vanilla, Alice, and Alma by comparison are naturally more feminine in looks and demeanor.
  • Last Res0rt:
    • A team variant occurs, with the tomboy Team Andromeda (Jigsaw and Daisy are both strong characters, and Daisy's a Mad Scientist to boot) and the girly Team Gemini (Even though Slick's a guy, he's still pretty effeminate, and Addy is... a blonde princess with pink fur.)
    • Miho (Gamer Chick slash Dark Magical Girl) and Ping (literally hardwired to be cute and girly) also fit this trope...except when Miho is angsting about her relationship with Piro, or when Ping is committing extreme acts of violence.
  • Ménage à 3:
    • Zii and DiDi, roommates and friends (and eventually lovers) fit this pattern to an extent. Zii is The Lad-ette; DiDi has a fuller figure (to say the least) and domestic qualities.
    • Wrestling Tag Team Maura and Tess are both quite feminine, but while Tess has short (blue) hair and a slightly more cool-headed and pragmatic attitude, Maura is a bubbly blonde with a runaway "competitive flirting instinct".
  • In Sticky Dilly Buns, Shrinking Violet Ramona tends to play the girly-girl role next to her Hot-Blooded sister Angel, who isn't so much a tomboy as very gender fluid — admittedly becoming highly feminine in her female moments. Ramona does tend to "girly" details such as hair bows, whereas even at her most feminine, Angel adopts a more restrained Little Black Dress look.
  • M9 Girls!: Karla and Vero. They are best friends; Karla is the girly girl, with her fashionista and Valley Girl attitude, while Vero is the tomboy with her snarky attitude and tomboyish clothes.
  • Misfile: Emily and Missie are both pretty tomboyish, but Emily has long hair, often wears relatively feminine clothing, was a popular girl, and has only recently gotten into mechanics, while Missie has shorter hair, usually wears overalls, and has been a skilled mechanic for years. While initially romantic rivals over Ash, they're both members of Team Misfile, and later bond and become friends.
  • Nevermore: Lenore is a short-haired, scrappy Butch Lesbian. Her Love Interest, Annabel Lee, is an elegant, glamorous Lipstick Lesbian. Noticeably, Annabel Lee's uniform includes a skirt, while Lenore's uniform has pants.
    • Lenore's roommate Morella is a sweet, timid girly girl. She also wears a skirt as part of her uniform.
  • Pacificators:
    • Muneca and Cinna. It's actually one of things which cause problems between them - Cinna thinks Muneca is too uptight and 'prudent and fancy,' whereas Muneca thinks Cinna should learn manners and develop 'refined tastes.'
  • Penny and Aggie: The title characters: Penny is Alpha Bitch while Aggie is a Granola Girl.
  • In PreTeena, protagonist Teena is not that interested in her looks or clothes (she mostly wears a plain white t-shirt and blue jeans) and has a rather short haircut. And that is enough for the twins next door to keep mistaking her for a boy. Her sister Jeri is a wannabe Alpha Bitch with a more "girly" look (including a more feminine wardrobe, long hair, earrings and makeup).
  • Princess Princess (2012): Amira and Sadie, respectively. The former is a short-haired, sword-wielding hero who always wears a military uniform and rescues princesses, the latter a rather stereotypical princess classic who's the picture of traditional femininity, always clad in a dress with long hair.
  • The Senkari has Rachel and Freija being the girly girl and the tomboy to a certain degree, though aside from her taste in clothes Rachel is also a bit of a Tomboy.
  • Heartful Punch and Undine of Sleepless Domain gradually fall into this dynamic. As her name implies, HP is a brawler well known for fighting solo, her lunches are all health and energy foods to provide ass-kicking energy, and she leads an exercise and training club of fellow Magical Girls. In contrast, Undine is much more quiet, prefers to play peacemaker, and on her original team her role was primarily support. Their personality-reflecting magical girl forms are, respectively, a sporty, short skirt with a Scarf of Asskicking and a frillier dress featuring decorative bows with hair turning into girlish curls. Contrary to the dynamic, Heartful Punch's uniform and hair are pink while Undine's are blue.
  • Sun Jing from Their Story is a tall, tomboyish girl who always dresses in masculine attire outside of school (and even then she wears a tie instead of a bowtie). She has a crush on the resident Girly Girl Qiu Tong.
  • In Yokoka's Quest, as the tomboy of the party, Yokoka wears whatever pants and shirt she's given, has no accessories beyond her ribbon weapon, and does nothing with her hair. She likes to fight, though she does also like to hug. In contrast as the girly girl, Grace wears makeup and skirts, accessorizes with a handbag, bracelet, and a variety of earrings, styles her hair in multiple ways, and is happy to help Yokoka with her attire and hair for a wedding. Grace has shown no interest in fighting, and would rather learn about the world of Cisum.
  • TwoKinds: Flora is a tomboy, Kathrin, and Laura are girly girls. Adelaide seems to have gotten a happy medium between the two.
  • Crystal Fighters: Stella and Jessica. Stella is a tomboy who likes fighting games and is delighted when she discovers that the supposedly cute, family friendly game her parents have given her has a hidden side to it in the form of an underground fight club. Jessica, on the other hand, is very girly and is content to play Crystal Fighters in the way its creators intended.
  • Heartcore: Well, Ame isn't exactly tomboyish, but she's definitely an Action Girl, whereas her sister Sukina is demure and generally a non-combatant.
  • Evil Diva: Michelle and Diva respectively. As a point of reference, Michelle is grossed out when in a skirt or dress; Diva's main complaint when Brinson was away is how uncute she was drawn.
  • From A Knight To A Lady: Tomboy Estelle to girly Lucifela. Given Lucifela's consciousness is currently subdued, however, Estelle-in-Lucifela's-body forms a pair of sorts like this with Florence.
  • Girls Next Door: Sarah to Christine. Both are very much competent in their own right, but Sarah favors the most direct approach, while Christine prefers more subtle manipulation.
  • Missing Monday: Foyle is a trousers-wearing Wrench Wench with Boyish Short Hair who is impulsive and risk-taking. Monday's hair is a lot longer and more feminine, she acts tactfully and demurely, wears nice dresses and spends some time as a Damsel in Distress whom Foyle rescues.


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