Femininity Failure: Difference between revisions

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Love Hina]]'' has [[Samurai]] girl Motoko forced to try becoming more feminine after Keitaro (more or less accidentally) defeats her in a duel. She's too violent to be good at it, though.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Sarene in ''[[Elantris]]'' is a princess who tries to be traditionally feminine, but fails spectacularly at girly activities, leading to her having trouble fitting in with the court.

* In the ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'', heroine Jame is an [[Action Girl]] ''par excellence'' and all around harbinger of chaos {{spoiler|being a nascent avatar of destruction will do that for you}}, and needless to say, when she's forced to try and become a proper Highborn lady in the third book (translation: elaborate dresses, lots of sewing, power wielded primarily through political intrigue, and very little in the way of physical activity), hilarity ensues. And by hilarity, we mean "rampant anarchy".

* Several decidedly unfunny examples happen with [[Brawn Hilda|Brienne of Tarth]] in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]. She is so huge and ugly that attempts to dress her in a feminine way make her look worse than she does in armour, and while it provides some amusement for other characters, it only increases her feelings of being a freak unloved by all.

 

* In ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' tomboy LD tries to be more feminine, including getting a makeover from her best friend Lucy. It fails and the makeup makes her look like a clown.

* Sam from ''[[iCarly]]'' did this to get a guy's attention, with Carly giving her help to embrace her "inner daffodil". She ends up fighting with another girl by the end of the episode. {{spoiler|As it turns out, the guy was impressed and said he didn't want to date [[Ironic Echo|"some daffodil."]] }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'': Francine tries to be feminine for one day, picture day, where she goes to school in a dress and doesn't play kickball during recess so she'll be presentable for her photo. But she ends up playing anyway, and being scruffy in the picture.

* An episode of ''[[The Legend of Tarzan]]'' has Terk wanting to be feminine to attract another gorilla. She realizes by the end that it's completely unnecessary.

 

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[[Category:Femininity Tropes]]

[[Category:Always Female]]

[[Category:Gender and Sexuality Tropes]]

[[Category:Index Failure]]

[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]