UncannyValleyGirl scope

Uncanny Valley Girl has been bothering me for a while. The trope ("a seemingly perfect high school girl that has something off about her) doesn't have much to do with Uncanny Valley despite the description and the examples are all over the places (many of them are just examples of Cute and Psycho or Bitch in Sheep's Clothing).

I looked into an old TRS thread and apparently this trope was supposed to be renamed but that never happened. Looks like it could have been something like Perfectly Unnatural Girl.

That's more in line with the description but I am not sure how that looks in practice, if it's covered by other tropes we have, and if the definition needs to be specific to high school girls.

Edited by MacronNotes on Sep 6th 2023 at 11:50:20 AM

It seems to me like it's just meant as a pun on Valley Girl. I think it works fine, but if other people disagree, then it could be changed.

It's not just a pun on valley girl as the description does try to incorporate the Uncanny Valley trope into this one. The last sentence even says that focus is on the Uncanny Valley part and the girl part is just for word play.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 25th 2023 at 9:17:50 AM

Apologies, that's what I get for not being more thorough.

I'll start a wick check when I am done with another one I am working on but bumping for feedback on the trope's concept.

Funnily enough, I think actual horror show examples teeter on being chairs. I haven't checked that much of the rest, but they seem to be a mix of misuse and similarly defined chairs to "a seemingly perfect high school girl that has something off about her". I don't know how salvageable the concept alone is but I'd be willing to help with the wick check.

~Tropers/Coachpill This is late but I started Uncanny Valley Girl Wick Check and I will fill out when I feel up to it (busy with IRL + not as active on TVT). You can contribute if you still want to.