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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Your presence itself is like shouting."''
|'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Yomi]]''', to Tomo (pictured at right), from ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''}}
"Genki" is Japanese for energetic or enthusiastic. The '''Genki Girl''' is a
Despite what you'd think, the Genki Girl is usually not [[The Ditz]]. However, there have been a few blends. She is, of course, very often a [[Motor Mouth]] or [[The Nicknamer|a Nicknamer]]. If she focuses her powers on getting a boring guy to relish life, she's a [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]. Less sympathetic portrayals often make her the [[Jerkass]] of the group. Alternatively she could be both. Some are even the resident [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
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If a work of fiction gives its characters [[Flower Motifs|symbolic flowers]] that represent their personalities, the Genki Girl will likely get [[Sunny Sunflower Disposition|the sunflower]] while her animal is the [[Kindhearted Cat Lover|cat]], though her energy won't necessarily make her go [[Crazy Cat Lady|crazy]].
Whatever you do, don't give them [[Caffeine Bullet Time|too much coffee, cola or sugar. And definitely teach them that hard drugs are
Voice actors sometimes become famous for just being able to keep up the role.
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Contrast [[Emotionless Girl]].
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== Female examples ==
=== Adertising ===
* Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials.▼
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* Kurata Sana from ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' is the archetypical Genki Girl. The [[Fan Vid]] ''[
▲* Kurata Sana from ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' is the archetypical Genki Girl. The [[Fan Vid]] ''[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Caffeine+Encomium&search=Search Caffeine Ecomium]'' gives some inkling of just how energetic she is; none of the sequences in this video have been sped up.
* Shampoo, from ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
* Chi, the energetic kitten in ''[[Chi's Sweet Home]]''.
* Excel from ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]''
* Excel Saga's director also gave us Poemi from ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]''. Impossible as it may sound, at times she surpasses even Excel in genki-ness. ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' seemed to be a deliberate attempt to cram all the insanity of its parent series into two episodes.
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'':
** The title character is a very avalanche of
** Tsuruya-san, a minor character, is somewhat of a [[Motor Mouth]] and a cheerful Genki Girl, with emphasis on the 'cheerful'. A natural co-conspirator with Haruhi. (When Haruhi isn't working with Little Sister.)
** In the 9th/10th novel introduced Yasumi absolutely qualifies. No surprise, considering her true identity: {{spoiler|Haruhi's subconsciousness.}}
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* To a lesser degree, Hikaru Shidou from ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''.
* Mamoru from ''[[Sister Princess]]''.
* Mikoto from ''[[
* Radical Edward from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.
* Cisqua when near money in ''[[Elemental Gelade]]''.
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* Manabi from ''[[Manabi Straight!]]''.
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|Nozomi]] from ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''. With each "Kettei~!", you know she's going to drag the team into some [[Zany Scheme|good-hearted but implausible plan]], and somehow, her pure energy makes it work. On the other hand, from the following seasons, we have [[Fresh Pretty Cure|Love Momozono]] and [[Heartcatch Pretty Cure|Erika Kurumi]].
* Tamayo from ''[[
* Dita from ''[[Vandread]]'' fills this role, right down to [[Dojikko|frequently falling over while running]].
* Nano-Nano Pudding of ''[[Galaxy Angel (video game)|Galaxy]] [[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Angel]] II'', who may or may not be an [[Expy]] of Bu-ling.
* In [[The Ditz]] variation, Kana in ''[[Minami-ke]]'' steals the show from her [[Little Miss Snarker]] and [[Onee-Sama]] sisters.
* The Tachikomas from ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' are Genki ''tanks''.
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'':
* Nakuru Akizuki from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', who is also a [[Manipulative Bastard]]. And being a technically genderless spirit being rather than a human girl, though she more or less refers to herself as a girl.▼
** Sakura Kinomoto is also very good at cheerleading, skateboarding, video games, and even sports.
▲** Nakuru Akizuki
* Hana-chan from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]''.
* Yotsuba from ''[[
* Lulu from ''[[Blood
* Several characters in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' count; Makie is the most notable example. The entirety of [[Elaborate University High|Mahora Academy]] is described as such, [[Keet|even the boys]], by the ''teachers themselves''. It was stated that during a previous [[School Festival]], they arranged an academy-wide game of ''tag'', and afterwards decided not to do that again because there were too many ''injuries''. That year, they were going for a (slightly) more sedate game of Hide-N-Seek, until the [[Big Bad]] of that arc provided an army of robots, and they decided to unleash the students on ''them'' instead.
* Winry Rockbell of all incarnations of the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' series. She goes full-on [[Bishie Sparkle]], [[Squee]], and arm-wavy mode whenever she sees something cute or acting cute (Elysia Hughes weeded this mode out of her the first few minutes after she met her), something's caught her interest (mainly anything involving automail, i.e. Rush Valley, or a shopping spree in Central), or a rather vicious (and comic) argument with Ed (again, mainly over automail). The times that she's ''not'' Genki mode are when she's realized something tragic or an error in her construction (
* Pixy Misa and Washu in the ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' series.
* Tomoka, Kurumi, and to some extent An ([[Beware the Nice Ones|if you don't piss her off]]) in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.
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** And Wendi of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers]].
** Lutecia Alpine in ''ViVid''. Yes, really, THAT [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless]] [[Dark Magical Girl]] Lutecia from ''StrikerS''. And she is [[Large Ham]] now, to boot.
* Haruna from ''[[Kokou Debut]]'' (also titled ''[[High School Debut]]'') is so genki she's almost [[Badass Normal]]. One of her recurring sentences is "let's work hard!"
* In a number of [[Lighter and Softer]] ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' adaptations, Rei, ''of all people'', gets this treatment. Seriously.
** The first ''Girlfriend of Steel'' [[Gaiden Game]] keeps her [[Emotionless Girl|in character]]. The set-in-episode-26's-alternate-universe sequel, however, plays this trope straight.
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** [[Emotionless Girl|Anya Alstreim]] also becomes one of these after {{spoiler|Marianne [[Grand Theft Me|takes over her body.]]}}
** Shirley and Euphie, the respective [[Love Interests]] of Lelouch and Suzaku, are also these, and give some much needed lightness to their troubled lives. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, and ironically enough, [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|things do not well end for either of them]], and both of their heartbroken counterparts descend further into darkness.}}
* Ahiru from ''[[Princess Tutu]]''
* Both the girls, but especially Mei, in ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''. Justified in that they're a couple of kids exited about a new house and [[Weirdness Censor|giant, friendly nature-gods]].
* Sora from ''[[Kaleido Star]]'' is amazingly energetic. Emphasis on '''amazingly'''. Her friends Rosetta Passel and Marion Begnini try to keep up with her, but they still have a way to go.
* Mileina Vashti from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. Louise Halevy ''used'' to be one, but [[Broken Bird|later she's not so genki anymore]]. And Nena Trinity looked like a Genki Girl, but was actually [[Cute and Psycho]].
* Hikari from ''[[Lamune]]''. Noted by the male lead (her cousin) that she acts much like a kid, despite being a year older than him.
* Miria Harvent from ''[[Baccano!]]!'', who even comes with the [[Keet|equally hyperactive]] boyfriend and [[Outlaw Couple|partner in crime]], Isaac Dian. They seem to have an amplifying effect on each other (at least their seiyuu have this chemistry.) Since they're inseparable for their entire screen time, it's impossible to tell how Genki they are individually.
* Princess Amelia from ''[[Slayers]]'' is a truly terrifying mix of this trope and [[Love Freak]]. [[Catch Phrase|HAMMER OF JUSTICE!!]]
* Tenma Tsukamoto from ''[[School Rumble]]'' is this combined with [[The Ditz]].
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* Natsumi from ''[[Taiho Shichauzo]]'' (aka "You're Under Arrest") is genki and loud most of the time.
* Sakuya from ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', a genki [[Girl/tsundere|tsundere]] combo.
* A-Ko Magami and C-ko Kotobuki from ''[[Project A-ko]]''.
* Nina from ''[[Tona Gura]]'' is so annoyingly Genki, she nearly causes [[Emotionless Girl]] Marie Kagura to punish her, something she never does to anyone outside of her brother Yuuji. In his [[Chivalrous Pervert]] mode, Yuuji asks that he be punished in her place. If Marie were to choose this option with Tojo Haya, like as not no one would stop her.
* Julie from ''[[Bakugan]]''.
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* Haruhara Haruko from ''[[FLCL]]'' calms down for maybe thirty seconds an episode, and sometimes not even that much.
* Ritsu from ''[[K-On!]]'', essentially holding the club together with her enthusiasm.
* Yui of ''[[Angel Beats!]]''. Justified in that {{spoiler|in life, she was a bedridden cripple, so now that she has functional limbs, she's damn well going to use them}}.
* The titular character of ''[[A Little Snow Fairy Sugar]]'', much to Saga's initial annoyance. Saga's cousin Kanon would also qualify.
* Komugi Nakahara of ''[[Nurse Witch Komugi]]''.
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* Hiromi from ''[[Aim for the Ace!|Aim for The Ace]]'' is a gregarious and cheerful schoolgirl, an early version of the trope.
* Asuka from ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]''. Her genki-ness has been toned down in the OVAs, though.
* Usagi Tsukino of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is an obvious example. Eternally cheerful and loud. Her monologue from the Stars season perfectly expresses it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722061259/http://sailormusic.net/lyrics/moon.html Here's just the end]:
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All right!!
With mom's food, and the TV on, my cheerfulness goes up a hundred times! The peace of school, and the peace of my family, and the peace of my sweetheart, and the peace of the universe, I will protect them all together!
Time to eat!
Yes! Energy level at two hundred percent! Cheer bursting at ten billion horsepower! Transform! }}
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' has a bunch, human and Pokémon alike, though ''Best Wishes'' character Iris takes it further (she's this way [[Pokémon Black and White|in the games]] too).
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* Ayu in ''[[Kanon]]'', contrasting [[Heavy Sleeper|Nayuki]], [[Tsundere|Makoto]], [[Ill Girl|Shiori]] and [[Emotionless Girl|Mai.]]
* Miyako in ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]''. While she's prone to sleep in class and can sometimes sleep for 12 hours in one go, once she ''is'' awake, she's quite energetic. One episode shows her coming into Yuno's apartment, showing no signs of having awakened two minutes ago; another has Yuno pointing out that she's hyper even in the morning. "That was quick!" is a common phrase applied to her actions, whether she's gobbling down food or making art (usually impromptu). But despite all her teasing, she's a likable person, a good friend... and surprisingly, does well in school!
* Ran Kotobuki from ''[[Super
* Ayumi from ''[[The World God Only Knows]]''. The first time we see her, she sprinted into the main character, sped through the conversation, and ran off. '''Into a wall'''.
* Road Kamelot from ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' is a particularly creepy version.
* Noelle from ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'' is an extreme version of this.
* Akiko from ''[[Eve no Jikan]]'' acts like this when the main characters first meet her. They automatically assumed she was human, only to discover that in public, she is an [[Emotionless Girl|emotionless]] [[Robot Girl]]. This is a facade, though, so being a
* Hachi from [[Nana]] is called a puppy by her roommate for her energy and desire to please.
* Chizuru Sarashina from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' is a wacky and eccentric girl who does what she wants to, even going against her schools clothing rules (she wore a bikini instead of the school swimsuit once, sometimes wears a tie instead of a ribbon, and wears the boy's uniform occasionally).
* Last Order a.k.a. [[Cloning Blues|
* Suruga Kanberu from ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'' fits this trope well.
* Tomoko Arikura from ''[[Oniisama e...]]'', in contrast to her best friend [[Shrinking Violet|Nanako]].
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* In [[Street Fighter II V|Street Fighter IIV]], we have [[Action Girl|Chun-Li]] in this role. Justified, as this is an [[Alternate Universe]] where she's ''much'' younger than in canon.
=== Comic Books ===▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* ''[[X-Men]]'':
** Villain Mojo has a [[Deadpan Snarker]] assistant, Majordomo, who in turn has a Genki Girl assistant, Minordomo. Minor can be expected to say "Ohmygosh, ''OH''mygolly..." at least twice per appearance, and will get worked up over something (complete with arm-waving and rapidfire
** Early appearances of Kitty Pryde started her out as a Genki Girl, though she actually [[Character Development|matured]] during her run with the team.
** Her best friend Illyana Rasputin tended towards this when she was in an honestly good mood, which it must be admitted [[Blessed with Suck|was not all that often]] after her... [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|growing pains]].
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* Deconstructed in [[Young Liars]]. Sadie acts the way she does because a bullet in her brain destroyed her inhibitions and ability to realize consequences.
▲* Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials.
▲== Fan Fic ==
* Gabrielle/Takako from the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]''.
* Alyssa from ''[[Keepers of the Elements]]''.
* The fan fiction ''[[
=== Film -- Animated ===▼
▲== Film -- Animated ==
* Young Ellie from Disney/Pixar's ''[[Up]]!'' is definitely one of these. Her wonderful mania for living makes you feel for her all the more when {{spoiler|she finds that she can't have children.}}
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'':
** Jessie from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2'' and ''3''. What we see of her [[Show Within a Show]] character is pure Genki; in her real-life personality, though she displays quite a bit of cynicism and remorse, she still manages to fit this trope.
** Trixie the Triceratops from ''3''. Bonnie from the same film seems like she'll grow into one of these as well.
* Dory from ''[[Finding Nemo]].'' Ellen Degeneres, her VA, is a real-life example.
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* ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' has Ariel who frustrates her father with how energetic and adventurous she is. Years later when she's grown out of it she ironically describes herself as "a real fish out of water".
=== Film -- Live Action ===▼
▲== Film -- Live Action ==
* Jordan Cochran in ''[[Real Genius]].''
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* Every role Bollywood actress Genelia D'Souza has done. Ever. Even in the non-Bollywood Indian movies. Her most famous Genki Girl role was in the Telugu film "Bommarillu". It was remade into three different languages, and she played the same character in
* Christine McIntyre's character in ''[[The Three Stooges|The Brideless Groom]]''. She doesn't even have a name, but she leaves one heck of an impression.
* Sophie in ''[[Mamma Mia!]]''. Donna and her friends are quite energetic as well, despite being in their fifties.
* Bahia Ben Mahmoud in the french movie ''Le Nom des Gens''.
* Toby Walters from [[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion]].
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* Quorra from ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' is very much one when not in a life-threatening situation.
=== Literature ===▼
▲== Literature ==
* The eponymous character of ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'', who has a tendency to spout monologues lasting for more than a page. She stops this in the later books, though.
* The eponymous heroine of ''[[Pippi Longstocking]]''.
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* Suzy Turqoise Blue from ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]'' is almost perpetually cheerful.
* Wendy from [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[War of the Dreaming]]''.
* Of all possible people in ''[[Warhammer
* The eponymous character of the ''[[Junie B. Jones]]'' series. So. Much.
* One of the first eccentricities Winterbourne notices about ''[[Daisy Miller]]'' is how she's just overflowing with energy and enthusiasm. "It was many years since he had heard a young girl talk so much."
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* Pauline Stoker from [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Thank You, Jeeves]]''.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* [[Rachael Ray]] from her eponymous talk show. She purposely avoids "sob stories" and almost always has a smile on her face. She also works 100-hour weeks and is a rather shrewd businesswoman, and her energy and determination are usually quoted as the source of her success.
* Giada De Laurentis is a somewhat more sedate Genki Girl, also on Food Network. What probably helps is that, with that largish head and especially large eyes of hers, she even almost looks like a real-life anime girl. [http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/giada-enthusiasm.jpg Or, to put it visually....]
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* Kimmy Gibbler from ''[[Full House]]''.
* Lorelai from ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. Funnily enough, her daughter Rory is the more grounded one, but Rory has her genki moments as well.
* Jessie Combs of ''[[
* Abby Scuito on ''[[NCIS]]''.
* Kaylee on ''[[Firefly]]''.
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* Momoyama Lily in the Japanese drama ''Anna-san no Omame'' (a.k.a ''The Best Friend of Beautiful Anna'').
* Valeria Ferrer in ''[[Carrusel]]''.
* This is a common trait on [[Coronation Street]] right from the first episode with Linda Chevski(which aired [[Older Than You Think|December 9, 1960]] ) to today's Kylie Platt. Combine this with [[Really Gets Around]] and you get one of the shows favourite archetypes the classic "Tart with a Heart".
* CeCe and Rocky in ''[[Shake It Up]]''.
* [[Aaron Stone|Tania Gunadi]] as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glquKfXhLFo this 2nd-grade teacher]. "SO MUCH GLITTER!"
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* Kang Jong Hee in ''[[Wild Romance]]'' is {{spoiler|bipolar, so she goes through periods of excitability and depression}}. When she's happy, she's exceedingly happy and takes to biting people.
=== Professional Wrestling ===▼
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* Mickie James, though she fitted the bill more when she was playing her psycho character. Her entrance theme was a [[Suspiciously Similar Song]] version of "Hey Mickie" and she would literally bounce all the way to the ring. She calmed the bouncing down after her [[Heel Face Turn]] but still fit the trope.
* [[Chick Busters|AJ Lee]] when she was on NXT season 3. Overly perky and energetic and she once appropriately had to give a speech about caffeine. "Caffeine will perk you up but I'm some natural dynamite baby".
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* Jessica James from the indie circuit and [[SHIMMER]] fame is like this as well. It rubbed off on her tag team partner Rachel Summerlynn when they formed Rachel And Jessica's Excellent Tag Team.
=== Tabletop Games ===▼
* A Wizards of the Coast free online supplement for ''[[Dungeons
▲== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Pathfinder]]''
▲* A Wizards of the Coast free online supplement for ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' 3.5 [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20040103a describes] Mercury Dragons as such.
▲* ''[[Pathfinder]]'''s ''Curse of the Crimson Throne'' AP gives us allied NPC Laori Vaus, the disturbingly enthusiastic cleric of a god of Pain and Loss ( Hellraiser ). So genki, she creeps out other members of her church.
** The book she's introduced in includes the wonderful description of how she made her pilgrimage "Armed only with her indomitable optimism and an appetite for pain."
* From the list of [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]:
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=== Video Games ===
* Midori from ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' and Airi from ''[[Devil Survivor 2]].''
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has a quite a few, in order from the first:
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** Selphie from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', who also has the distinction of being a bit [[Cute and Psycho]].
** In ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' we get Eiko who is also the game's resident [[Bratty Half-Pint|bratty half pint]].
** Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. The sad over-tone of ''Final Fantasy X'' kept her Genki-ness down a bit (and despite that she's still eccentric and cheerful). In ''[[Final Fantasy X
*** Tidus could be an example of a Genki Guy.
** Vanille from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', on the other hand, is a [[Stepford Smiler|particularly interesting example.]]
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* Sakura Kasugano from ''[[Street Fighter]]''.
* The ''[[King of Fighters]]'' series:
** Kula Diamond in all her hyper-cheery, candy-loving, [[Face Doodling]] glory. She's especially notable given her status as an [[Opposite
** Yuri Sakazaki becomes one of these later on. She's kinda like that in ''[[Art of Fighting]] 2'' and definitely in the ''Capcom vs. SNK'' games
** Mignon Beart from KOF Maximum Impact. Also, Athena Asamiya, Mai Shiranui, and Metal Slug crossover Fiolina Germi.
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** Tiltyu from ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' is a tragic example of how a Genki Girl can eventually [[Break the Cutie|break down]] and cannot be Genki anymore for the rest of her life. Sylvia also counts, and for the second half Fee and Patty (and her replacement Daisy) more then fit the bill.
** ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem]]'' has Serra ([[Stepford Smiler|for the most part]]), Rebecca and Nino, and ''The Sword of Seals'' has Thany the pegasus knight and Lalam the dancer.
** In ''[[Fire Emblem:
* Yayoi Takatsuki and Hibiki Ganaha from ''[[The Idolmaster (video game)|The Idolm@ster]]''.
** Yayoi literally refers to herself as 200% genki.
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* [[Izuna Legend of the Unemployed Ninja|Izuna]] from the two [[Nintendo Hard|merciless]] games sporting her name certainly qualifies.
* Though she gets toned down a bit in the later games due to all the [[Break the Cutie|torture and all]], Imoen, from ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'', is rather specifically described by one character:
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* Kazooie from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', at least in the first game. In the sequels, she becomes more of a jaded [[Deadpan Snarker]].
* Marine the Raccoon from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' is a hyperactive [[Land Down Under|Australian]] [[Totally Radical|slang-spouting]] [[Motor Mouth]] who considers herself to be the star of the adventure, despite being the [[Tagalong Kid]].
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** Marisol Diez Delgado from Tricky also qualifies.
* The Dryads' voice-set in ''[[Warcraft]] III'' portrays this kind of personality for the entire race, along with a touch of [[The Ditz]].
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* Neeshka from ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' has elements of this. Note her kleptomania, habituation to speak very rapidly, and general variance between overwhelmingly excited or deeply anxious.
* From the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series, [[Kawaiiko|Yumi Saotome]] and [[The Fashionista|Yuko Asahina]] in ''1'', [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Hikari Hinomoto]], [[Dojikko|Miyuki Kotobuki]], and [[Twin Switch|Maho Shirayuki]] in ''2'', and [[Bokukko|Itsuki Maeda]] and [[Twin Switch|Rui Nanakawa]] in ''4''. Yumi and Hikari even get [[Sunny Sunflower Disposition|the Sunflower]] as their [[Flower Motifs|symbolic flower]] to drive the genkiness point home.
** In ''[[Mitsumete Knight]]'', one of the [[Spiritual Successor
* Eileen from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''.
* Deconstructed in the [[GTA Radio]] from ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', where Amy from the VCPR station is a Genki Girl who was put on heavy anti-depressants ever since her family was brutally murdered.
* In ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]] Explorers'', there's Sunflora. Bianca and Iris in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' also fit the bill.
* Jess from ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
* Gretchen Hasselhoff from ''[[Backyard Sports]]'', who is both one of the fastest runners and the fastest talker in the series.
* ''[[Touhou Project]]'''s [[Baka|Cirno]] is such a genki girl she gets an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjXN_xPQd0M entire song] in which to display it. "Chirumiru, chirumiru genki, chirumiru!" Marisa also displays levels of genkiness. What else would you expect from a [[Cute Witch]] that can fire ''a giant [[Wave Motion Gun]]''?
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* Miley Verisse of ''[[Cherry Tree High Comedy Club]]''. Most of her peers think of her as a weirdo because she's passionate about stand-up comedy.
=== Visual Novels ===▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'':
** Fujimura Taiga is an adult Genki Girl.
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* From ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'', Emi and Misha, who are rather...[[Stepford Smiler|interesting variants of the trope]]. For Emi, {{spoiler|while she indeed is a cheery girl, it turns out she's not as drama (or trauma)-free as she initially seems. The loss of her legs was traumatic, but she learned to cope with that well. The loss of her ''[[Disappeared Dad|dad]]'' she did not cope with at all. Part of getting her happy ending is to help her deal with her loss.}} In Misha's case, {{spoiler|it's partly a pretense to hide the emotional trauma of Shizune rejecting her love confession, as well as being [[Love Hurts|a coping mechanism for said trauma]].}}
* Sapphire from ''[
▲* Sapphire from ''[http://www.monsterful.com/ Monsterful]'': The energetic zombie teenager is way faster and louder than a zombie should be.
* Kiki from the [[Web Comic]] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. The one time they feed her Pixie Stix, she [[Efficient Displacement|makes a ferret-shaped hole in the wall]], and circles the Earth three times before the others had even reacted.
* [http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=11626 Robin] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050121.html DeSanto] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011025926/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030831.html from] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131011025906/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030826.html It's] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131123005908/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040606.html Walky!]'' [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050124.html and] ''[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10225 Shortpacked!]'' [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060810.html is] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20070518.html so] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061227.html genki] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050815.html it] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20070110.html qualifies] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061204.html as] [http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10356 a] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060704.html superpower]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011025941/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030903.html She] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050228.html moves] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20070110.html like] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050304.html a] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030327/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031018.html bolt] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050504.html of] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030337/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031020.html lightning], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140213080232/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030827.html smells] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030308/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031013.html like] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030402/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031025.html Skittles], [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050530.html and] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030457/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031112.html has] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011030740/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031215.html less] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011025936/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030902.html impulse] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050603.html control] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050601.html than] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011031742/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20031224.html your] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050413.html average] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050704.html three]-[https://web.archive.org/web/20131011031900/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040110.html year]-[http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050706.html old]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122072545/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040119.html She] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050819.html once] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050824.html ate] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060124.html a] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140203202939/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040329.html bowl] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060127.html of] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060323.html Cadbury] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060123.html cream] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140213095652/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040421.html eggs]; [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060111.html next] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060215.html thing] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060223.html she] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060328.html knew], [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060306.html she'd] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061127.html been] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060324.html elected] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061116.html to] [http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061027.html Congress].
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'':
** Grace fits this trope [http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2002-08-18 sometimes], though she also enjoys sleeping a lot. Sometimes, she combines the two, resulting in the invention of her legendary "Sleepy Little Ninja Stealth Hug"...
** [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-09-29 Catalina Bobcat] from the same comic.
** Add to that {{spoiler|Elliot's "party animal socialite" [[Alter Ego]] form}}.
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* Jade Harley of ''[[Homestuck]]'', even her typing quirk is genki - omitting periods and overusing exclamation points and emoticons. Her [[All Trolls Are Different|Troll]] counterpart, Feferi, also tends to get overexcited about ''everything''.
* The hyperactive, lovably eccentric Millie Mudd from ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' is a Genki Girl in training.
* Larxene in the comic ''[[Ansem Retort]]''. She's a homicidal version of this, once nuking Disney World because she couldn't get free Funnel Cake.
* Lisa, and to a lesser extent, Katy-Ann, in ''[[Penny and Aggie]]''.
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* Missi from ''[[Misfile]]'' definitely qualifies. While not exactly hyper, she's drastically energetic and upbeat when compared to [[Wangst|the rest of the cast]]. So far nothing, not even being dumped, has been able to make her sad for more than a single panel.
* Felucca from ''[[Earthsong]]''.
* The always-enthusiastic Molly the Peanut Butter Monster from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].'' It probably helps that she has a super-fast metabolism and can outrun a bear.
* Freddy from ''[[
* Fio from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124754/http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net/ Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]'' is a girl of action and gets restless when sitting around for too long. She even hopes for trouble if it will alleviate her boredom.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]''
** A [[Crosses the Line Twice|comically]] [[Ax Crazy]] version
** Agatha when [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070525 she's] on [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070528
* Harmony from ''[[Sore Thumbs]]''.
* Hope From ''[[Alone in A Crowd Comic]]''.
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* Sugar Shock from ''[[School Bites]]''.
* Daria from ''[[A Magical Roommate]]'' is a Genki dragon who was introduced to tools and became obsessed. Then she was introduced to modern technology...
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* Randy the Bandicoot from ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
* Serrin from ''[[Murphy's Law (webcomic)|Murphy's Law]]''. As an example, she [[The Glomp|energetically hugs]] someone, even if they're an armed stranger.
* Skull Girl from ''[[Super Temps]]''. She has been barred from coffee and sugar twice, her outbursts can create walls of text, and her energy can demolish a multi-story corporate complex in minutes.
* Nina Delacroix from ''[[Eerie Cuties]]''. Later ocelot girl Tabitha joined the cast.
*
* Jennie from ''[[The Devil's Panties]]''
* Mac in ''[[Impure Blood]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608181940/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter007/ib040.html Comes running to burble] [[Wrench Wench|over the car]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140117091633/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib061.html goes] [[Squee]]
* Ivy from ''[[Lackadaisy]]'' is actually based off of a hyperactive cat that the author knew.
* Nancy from ''[[Zodiac Blues]]''.
* Myari, from ''[[Ears for Elves]]'', is this. Much to the chagrin of Elon who is the other half of their [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl|Duo]].
* Holly from ''[[mezzacotta|Lightning Made of Owls]]''.Sure, some think it's annoying. But she's [http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=18 not] easy to discourage.
* [https://backlashcomic.tumblr.com/post/186448812263/281 Marcy Breeze] from ''[[BACKLASH]]''. «Kids think she's cool, adults think she has too much energy.»
=== Web Original ===
* Maria Graham from ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' V4, who's an odd mix of Genki Girl, [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and [[Stepford Smiler]].
* Toni Chandler, AKA Chaka, from ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', is definitely a Genki Girl. She ''has'' learned to stay away from caffeine, though.
* Seth from ''[[Dept Heaven Apocrypha]]'', full stop. {{spoiler|She slows down a little while suffering from her [[Heroic BSOD]], but she's starting to get better now.}}
* Rina from ''[[Gaia Online]]'', and the [[Squee
* Ginny from ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', as part of her [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] persona. Cho comes close as well.
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/boxxybabee
* Gimmick, a [[Kid Hero]] [[Gadgeteer Genius]] from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' who fights crime in Saint Louis, Missouri.
* Arella from ''[[MSF High Forum]]''. So. So much.
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* Ruby Rose from ''[[RWBY]]'' shows genki tendencies but also seems more than capable of slowing down and being calm when the moment calls for it.
=== Western Animation ===▼
* Maggie Pesky from ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]''.
▲== Western Animation ==
* Goo from ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' is a straight-up example. Madame Foster herself sometimes fills this role too, despite the fact that she's an old lady. Coco also shows elements of this at times, with a heavy dose of [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and [[The Unintelligible]].
* Harley Quinn, of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''. Even moreso in ''[[The Batman]]''.
* Frida Suarez of ''[[El Tigre]]''.
* The main protagonist of ''[[The Itsy Bitsy Spider]]'' franchise, Leslie McGroarty is even more Genki. She also used to be a [[tomboy]].
* [[Perky Female Minion|Ty Lee]] from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', in contrast to her [[Foil]], [[Emotionless Girl]] Mai. Also, the latest Avatar, [[The Legend of Korra|Korra]], in contrast to her mentor [[The Comically Serious|Tenzin]].
** One of Tenzin's children, Ikki, is this trope personified.
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* Kuki Sanban (Numbuh Three) from ''[[Kids Next Door]]''. Her mom's name is even "Genki."
* Gadget from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' is a combination Genki Girl and [[Wrench Wench]].
* The eponymous (title) character of ''[[The Mighty B!]]!'', Bessie Higgenbottom, is an ambitious and optimistic 9 year old Honeybee scout who believes she will become a superhero called The Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge.
* Uniqua from ''[[The Backyardigans]]'' is one of those. But in one episode, usually-[[Tsundere]] Tasha got to be the Genki Girl and show her deredere side.
* Dot Hugson from ''[[The Oz Kids]]'' was completely Genki. She also had a cute, witty, tomboyish and humorous personality.
* Iris from ''[[Ruby Gloom]]''.
* Izzy from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.
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* Hay Lin from ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' loves life, designing clothes, painting and [[Blow You Away|sending armies of mooks flying with a wave of her arm.]]
* Saffi from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''
* Kiina's portrayal in ''[[Bionicle]]: The Legend Reborn'' qualify her as one. It's in stark contrast, with how sour she behaved in the novel that takes place before the movie's
* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', partly [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that her powers manifest from unleashing her emotion. (Although all evidence suggests that anger [[Break the Cutie|works]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|better]] in a fight. In the first episode we learn anything about it, she cheerily explains that her starbolts require "righteous wrath".)
* Mystique Sonia from ''[[Hero: 108]]''.
* Yo from ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' is so genki, she can appear in two places at once.
* Quinn from ''[[Daria]]'' lapses into this at times. Stacey, maybe even more so.
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** Fluttershy can get like this when animals are involved. Just hearing Rainbow Dash suggest she might ''want'' to get a pet is enough to set Fluttershy off.
* From the original ''[[My Little Pony]]'' we have Surprise, whom Pinkie is heavily based off in G4. She enjoys pranking people, is very active, and is very loud.
* Stacy Hirano from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.
* June from ''[[
* Lola Bunny from ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''
* Cindy, one of the kindergarteners from ''[[Recess]]''. Miss Grotke can be a mild example at times.
* Odd Della Robbia in ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' has plenty of energy and confidence. And his Lyoko Warrior form is cat-based.
=== Real Life ===
* [[Miley Cyrus]]. Her little sister Noah is also extremely bubbly, energetic and confident, but she's just 10, so who knows how she turns out.
* Japanese singer and actress Tomoe Shinohara.
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== Male examples ==
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* ''[[Bleach]]'': Asano Keigo is constantly active and cheerful (or entirely down in the dumps), to the point that he gets on Ichigo's nerves. Though Keigo does have some introspective moments, they are few and far between.▼
▲* ''[[Bleach]]': Asano Keigo is constantly active and cheerful (or entirely down in the dumps), to the point that he gets on Ichigo's nerves. Though Keigo does have some introspective moments, they are few and far between.
* Kakeru, the protagonist of ''[[Area no Kishi]]'', is a student who channels his love of [[Footy Rules|football]] into working tirelessly first as manager for his high school football team, and later in the series to overcome obstacles becoming a player himself.
* Jackie Gudelhian, Johji Ohtomo and Bleed Kaga from ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' are adult versions of the trope. The latter, however, drops off his genki-ness in the ''ZERO'' arc when he began to become serious.
* Raphael from ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'', to a lesser degree.
* Just like Taiwan is the
=== Comic Books ===
* Most of the [[Robin
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▲* Most of the [[Robin|Robins]] have this to some extent, although this was most obvious in Golden Age Robin (which was translated into that of the TV series.)
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Ludo Bagman is energetic and enthusiastic; he is also described as resembling and acting like an overgrown schoolboy.
* Fregley from [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]].
* Jeko from the ''[[Col Sec Trilogy]]'' is a small, wiry, hyperactive young man who's always trying to rile the resident [[Tsundere]]. (On an off note, although it's ''not'' anime, it's mentioned at one point that he's Japanese-American.) Enough said.
=== Newspaper Comics ===
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'s'' Asian [[Token Minority]] character Corporal Yo sometimes has the trait of getting really, really excited about anything he finds interesting, and he likes to run around doing everything as quickly and efficiently as possible.
=== Video Games ===▼
▲== Video Games ==
* The Scout from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''.
* Kieran from ''[[Fire Emblem]]'': ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Path of Radiance]]'' and ''Radiant Dawn'': a [[Genki Boy]] who is obsessed with glory. Unfortunately, he and Mia never interact.
=== Web Comics ===
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'''s Elan is happy-go-lucky and energetic.▼
▲* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'''s Elan is happy-go-lucky and energetic.
* [[Fun Personified|Taisei]] from ''[[Sakana]]'', who is [[Up to Eleven|extremly cheerful]], light-hearted and energetic.
=== Western Animation ===▼
* Aang from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* Aang from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is--when not having to save the world--cheerfully energetic and quite confident. He provides a contrast to the other guys in his group: snarky Sokka and brooding Zuko.
* Odd Della Robbia in ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' has plenty of energy and confidence. And his Lyoko Warrior form is cat-based.
* Neddie from ''[[The Oz Kids]]''.
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]].
* Peter Griffin from [[Family Guy]] is either this or an [[Adult Child]].
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