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== Web Original ==

* Jade Sinclair (codename Generator) of the [[Whateley Universe]] is unquestionably playing this role in her relationship with control freak Thuban.

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* Lead Female in ''[[A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever]]''.

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* ''Disventure Camp'' has Gabby, who in a twist on this trope is a lesbian. She falls in love with the depressed Ellie, and they’re an official couple by the time of Allstars.

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*Lead Female in ''[[A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever]]''.

* Deconstructed hard in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214061019/http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/d3ebb7016c/that-adorable-girl-from-that-movie this] Funny Or Die article.

* Shot down by ''[[Cracked.com]]'' twice.

** First in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-pieces-relationship-advice-movies-need-to-stop-giving/ 4 Pieces of Relationship Advice Movies Need to Stop Giving], where Dan O'Brien accuses this trope of raising false expectations amongst men and being another one-dimensional stereotype for women.

**Deconstructed in [http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html this] video, courtesy of Cracked.com. Even references the trope by name.

** Deconstructed in [http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html this] video, courtesy of Cracked.com. Even references the trope by name.

*[http://thedailysandwich.tumblr.com/post/501185551/croque-monsieur This] video has a variety of [[MPD Gs]] in a ''state home'' for [[MPD Gs]].

* [http://thedailysandwich.tumblr.com/post/501185551/croque-monsieur This] video has a variety of [[MPD Gs]] in a ''state home'' for [[MPD Gs]].

*The associated imagery is rather popular, [[Deviant ART]] shows - [http://drcloud.deviantart.com/art/Amazing-Technicolour-Tigercoat-156527437 Amazing Technicolour Tigercoat] by drcloud. or [Welcome to the] [http://anikakinka.deviantart.com/art/o064-Dream-59923794 Dream] by anikakinka

* The associated imagery is rather popular, [[Deviant ART]] shows - [http://drcloud.deviantart.com/art/Amazing-Technicolour-Tigercoat-156527437 Amazing Technicolour Tigercoat] by drcloud. or [Welcome to the] [http://anikakinka.deviantart.com/art/o064-Dream-59923794 Dream] by anikakinka

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* ''[[Disventure Camp]]'' has Gabby, who in a twist on this trope is a lesbian. She falls in love with the depressed Ellie, and they’re an official couple by the time of Allstars.

== Western Animation ==

*Pepper in ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]''.

* Pepper in ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]''.

* ''[[Futurama]]'' gives us Coilette for Calculon. A subversion in that not only is Coilette a bent-gendered Bender who thinks women should act that way, but deliberately hams it up to scam Calculon out of as much money and stuff as possible.

**S/He's not really trying to be a Manic Pixie Dream Girl so much as the bimbo he always wanted women to be when he was a mandroid.

== Real Life ==

*Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier-Beales of the ''[[Grey Gardens]]'' [[Documentary]] / [[The Musical|musical]] / [[The Movie|HBO movie]] certainly seemed to be this: she loved to sing and dance and host parties, to the annoyance of her staid lawyer husband. Unfortunately she was as stubborn as she was "manic" and refused to leave the title 28 room summer cottage even after the money ran out and she and her daughter "Little" Edie (a creative MPDG herself) became total recluses.

* Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier-Beales of the ''[[Grey Gardens]]'' [[Documentary]] / [[The Musical|musical]] / [[The Movie|HBO movie]] certainly seemed to be this: she loved to sing and dance and host parties, to the annoyance of her staid lawyer husband. Unfortunately she was as stubborn as she was "manic" and refused to leave the title 28 room summer cottage even after the money ran out and she and her daughter "Little" Edie (a creative MPDG herself) became total recluses.

*Stephan Pastis claims to have known such a girl while at college - someone who, to quote him "opened up my tiny serious world and and forced me to grow and be more free-spirited." Years later, as he was working as an insurance attorney, he visited her gravesite and felt terrible that he had given up on his dream of becoming a cartoonist. So he went home and mailed out his ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' comic strip to the syndicates - and the rest is history.

* Stephan Pastis claims to have known such a girl while at college - someone who, to quote him "opened up my tiny serious world and and forced me to grow and be more free-spirited." Years later, as he was working as an insurance attorney, he visited her gravesite and felt terrible that he had given up on his dream of becoming a cartoonist. So he went home and mailed out his ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' comic strip to the syndicates - and the rest is history.

* Rielle Hunter, John Edwards's mistress, is a great example of the dark side of this trope. All her talk of helping Edwards "develop his potential" and "find his greater truth," not to mention a business card that reads "being is free," takes on a whole different twist when one considers that she was cheerfully motivating him to cheat on his terminally ill wife with her. See the full interview [http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201004/rielle-hunter-john-edwards-exclusive-interview here.]

*Edie Sedgwick, a woman who hung around with Andy Warhol in his day, seems to have been this. She was anorexic and addicted to barbiturates. She eventually fell apart, went in and out of rehab a few times, and died of a drug overdose. Which tends to reinforce that this trope doesn't work very well in real life.

* Edie Sedgwick, a woman who hung around with Andy Warhol in his day, seems to have been this. She was anorexic and addicted to barbiturates. She eventually fell apart, went in and out of rehab a few times, and died of a drug overdose. Which tends to reinforce that this trope doesn't work very well in real life.

* The late Gilda Radner, judging from her husband Gene Wilder's description, seems to have been a real-life version of this trope for him throughout their relationship. This quality is particularly explored and evident in Wilder's memoir "Kiss Me Like a Stranger".

*Deconstructed with Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau. While Pierre Trudeau was taken with the vivacious flower child, in reality Margaret was bipolar and her partying, drug use and rumoured affairs help put such a strain on their marriage that they were separated after six years.

* Deconstructed with Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau. While Pierre Trudeau was taken with the vivacious flower child, in reality Margaret was bipolar and her partying, drug use and rumoured affairs help put such a strain on their marriage that they were separated after six years.

*Joy seems to have been like this for [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]].

* Joy seems to have been like this for [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]].

*By some accounts, [[Billie Piper]] credits her first husband Chris Evans (not [[Chris Evans|this one]]) for being her Manic Pixie Dream Guy. The pressures of being a pop star had left her with massive stress and crippling eating disorders. She credits Evans with bringing her back from a [[Creator Breakdown]] and getting her to enjoy life again. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-407792/Billie-Piper-Chris-Evans-saved-life.html She claims he saved her life.]

* By some accounts, [[Billie Piper]] credits her first husband Chris Evans (not [[Chris Evans|this one]]) for being her Manic Pixie Dream Guy. The pressures of being a pop star had left her with massive stress and crippling eating disorders. She credits Evans with bringing her back from a [[Creator Breakdown]] and getting her to enjoy life again. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-407792/Billie-Piper-Chris-Evans-saved-life.html She claims he saved her life.]

*Ed Greenwood, creator of the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', seems to be a magnet for them. To begin with, he described in a ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' article a MPDG he met at university named September. Greenwood - though not exactly a stuffed shirt - credited the theatrical, costume-wearing and playfully seductive September as getting him hooked on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and inspiring him as a Dungeon Master in a notably cinematic way, thus leading to his successful career in fantasy and gaming fiction. Looking at mentions of what goes on in his games, this start influenced his own style as a DM, too (his advice includes things like [https://web.archive.org/web/20191030061653/https://status.wizards.com/ ham acting] and adding [https://web.archive.org/web/20191030061654/https://status.wizards.com/ crazy stuff], too).

* Ed Greenwood, creator of the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', seems to be a magnet for them. To begin with, he described in a ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' article a MPDG he met at university named September. Greenwood - though not exactly a stuffed shirt - credited the theatrical, costume-wearing and playfully seductive September as getting him hooked on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and inspiring him as a Dungeon Master in a notably cinematic way, thus leading to his successful career in fantasy and gaming fiction. Looking at mentions of what goes on in his games, this start influenced his own style as a DM, too (his advice includes things like [https://web.archive.org/web/20191030061653/https://status.wizards.com/ ham acting] and adding [https://web.archive.org/web/20191030061654/https://status.wizards.com/ crazy stuff], too).

**The Hooded One, his player and unofficial "press secretary" on the fan forum, acts like this, too. As to his fangirls:

** The Hooded One, his player and unofficial "press secretary" on the fan forum, acts like this, too. As to his fangirls:

{{quote|'''Ed''': My wife didn't believe half of what used to go on, in the early bloom of popularity for the Realms... until the time I was propositioned at a con by a ~~VERY~~ beautiful lady, while standing with my wife on my arm. I gently pointed out that said attached glowering female was my wife, whereupon the ardent fan said brightly, "Oh, that's okay: the bed is plenty big enough for three." <nowiki></nowiki>:} }}

{{quote|'''Ed''': My wife didn't believe half of what used to go on, in the early bloom of popularity for the Realms... until the time I was propositioned at a con by a ''very'' beautiful lady, while standing with my wife on my arm. I gently pointed out that said attached glowering female was my wife, whereupon the ardent fan said brightly, "Oh, that's okay: the bed is plenty big enough for three." <nowiki>:</nowiki>} }}

* Zelda Fitzgerald was this for her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was his muse and the inspiration for many of the heroines in his novels and short stories, and they lived the ideal [[Roaring Twenties]] lifestyle together, but she had a fragile grip on reality and eventually ended up in a mental institution.

*Cheerfull young women with a sunny outlook at life are all too often mistaken for this trope by guys who only glance at them briefly.

* Cheerfull young women with a sunny outlook at life are all too often mistaken for this trope by guys who only glance at them briefly.

**The other way around is not unheard of.

** The other way around is not unheard of.