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{{quote|"There is no 'standard behavior or code of any sort for members of the so-called 'underground', you silly gits! Why, whoever thought of anything so bleeding preposterous?"|[http://www.odk.com/wilson/goth/manifesto.html The Perky Goth Manifesto]}}
The stereotypical [[Goth]] character, especially in teen shows, is frequently a [[Snark Knight]] or a [[Deadpan Snarker]], someone whose dark clothes and grooming reflect a pessimistic mentality. Contrariwise, the
She wears the clothes, but [[Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind|her personality is always cheerful and amiable]] (occasionally approaching [[Genki Girl]] territory). Appropriately, this is a [[Sister Trope]] to [[Strange Girl]] and [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] (the latter referring to an actual subculture mainly popular in [[Japan]]), as well as a subversion of the [[Woman in Black]]. If she's supposed to be attractive, she has a strong chance of being [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]].
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* Misa Amane from ''[[Death Note]]'', who also qualifies as an [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] (if you ignore the words 'elegant' and 'lolita', that is).
** She ''does'' temporarily qualify as [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]], as she's wearing clothes like that when she sings {{spoiler|after Light picks her as Kira}}.
** Death God Ryuk has elements of
* Yugi, the eponymous character of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' dresses either in all black or in absurdly cute outfits, has wild hair (that's ''natural'') and wears chains, LOTS of leather and dog-collars... Yeah, collars. His monster theme is [[Dark Is Not Evil|darkness and black magic]] and he is regularly possessed by an admittedly evil spirit. None of this stops him from being a pacifist, unbearably cute, friendship-obsessed and a real sweetheart. [[wikipedia:File:YugiMutou.PNG|And cute.]]
* [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] in the anime ''[[Kamichu!]]'' has a short scene with the god of poverty. She's a bit beyond perky and well into [[media:kamichudeath.jpg|total bonkers]]. Or maybe she just knows something we don't.
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== Comics ==
* Gilly Woods from John Kovalic's gamer comic ''[[Dork Tower]]'' is the quintessential Perky Goth and [[Trope Namer]]; along with all of the typical goth mannerisms, she smiles all the time, collects plush animals, enjoys cookies and ice cream, and is [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|perpetually optimistic]]. This greatly annoys her brother Walden, who is a stereotypical Mopey [[Goth]].
* [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] of the Endless, from ''[[The Sandman]]'' [[Comic Book Tropes|comics]] by Neil Gaiman is described by her author as a
** Although in stories taking place in earlier eras (read: billions of years ago), Death was a bit of a wet blanket herself before she started spending a few days each century with mortals.
* Nico Minoru, a.k.a. Sister Grimm, in ''[[Runaways]]''. In the beginning, at least.
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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' conversion into a succubus seems to be synonymous with becoming a
** Especially Yuki/Nabiki the "cute" succubus.
* Played very weirdly on ''[[My Immortal]]'', where the main characters are mostly depressed but have pretty much the personality of the preps they hate so much.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Jack Skellington from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
** "... Why does nothing ever turn out like it should?/Well, what the heck, I went and did my best./And by God, I really tasted something swell..."
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* Nora, from "[[We Are the Night]]". A happy vampire chick, enjoying her powers.
* Almost any goth character on ''[[Gap]]''.
* Raven in ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'' combines
* Angela in the''[[Night of the Demons]]'' series. She remains pretty perky even after going all evil and demonic.
* Morgana from ''[[Wishmaster]] 2: Evil Never Dies'' was presumably this, until her boyfriend died in the intro.
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* Coreen Fennel on ''[[Blood Ties]]''. Vicki Nelson, the acerbic heroine, comments, "No one likes a perky goth."
* One of the teams on ''[[The Amazing Race]]'''s 12th season was a pair of dating, incredibly Perky Goths. {{spoiler|They got 5th place.}}
* The entire [[The Addams Family|Addams Family]], are perky goths. However, the perkiest character by far (in the film and television versions at least) is Gomez Addams, possibly the first male Perky Goth in popular
** Wednesday Addams averts this, while she does take pleasure in certain activities, her [[Thousand-Yard Stare]] and [[Dramatic Deadpan]] are pretty much traditional goth. Morticia is also not particularly perky, though she's not the depressed sort of goth.
* Merton Dingle from ''[[Big Wolf on Campus]]'', a chess club nerd turned
* [[God]] would sometimes appear in the form of a male
* Richmond from ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', who listens to Cradle of Filth and is mistaken for a vampire on his first appearance, but who is generally cheery despite being severely demoted and spending most of his time supervising equipment he can't even identify.
** Although he almost seems completely [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKH0Ic-vOQ8 oblivious] to the fact that he is a Goth... or at least [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZ0L409lzw oblivious] to other people's reaction to him or the stereotype associated with being a Goth. [[Ignorance Is Bliss|I guess it makes sense for him to be happy]].
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== Video Games ==
* Lash from ''[[Advance Wars]]'' is a
* Jennifer "Jen" Tate, [http://www.womengamers.com/articles/digital-women/jen-primal/ main character] of [[Primal]].
* [[The Dragon|Misery]] from ''[[Cave Story]]''
* Luste Teuber from ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''; she also gets [[Stripperific]] and [[Token Mini-Moe]] bonus points.
* Sigrun from ''[[Dragon Age Awakening]]'' is a member of the Legion of the Dead, dwarves who have symbolically died and consider themselves dead to the world. Their normal mindset is quite gloomy, but Sigrun manages to subvert the expectations despite of her dark, tattooed exterior. This is even [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshaded]] by Nathaniel who thinks she ought to be a bit more grim to suit the image.
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* [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=406 Vanity Thorn] from the webcomic ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]''.
* Esther from ''[[Scary Go Round]].'' Her friend Sarah has also become much perkier throughout the comic.
** ''SGR'' actually plays with Goth stereotypes quite a bit
* Marius, Mordred, and Sarah from ''[[My Life in Blue]]''.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'''s Tsukiko. Evil mystic theurge, but she loves what she does.
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* Katie and Abby from ''[[Weregeek]]'', especially [[Genki Girl|Abby]].
* Silverblue from ''[[Jack (webcomic)|Jack]]'' is very much this by the time {{spoiler|she realizes that everything that happens to her in hell is her own self punishment, and no, she does NOT have to [[Groundhog Day Loop|watch the same round of musical holes every day]] if she really doesn't want to.}}
** For the sake of completeness, the creator of the character, who uses Silverblue as her [[Furry Fandom]] persona, also self-identifies as a
* The Dark Lordess [[My Nayme Is|Tyfnee]] from ''Dumnestor's Heroes'', as exemplified by [http://www.moderntales.com//comics/dumnestor.php?view=archive&chapter=14714#strip5 this strip].
* Cherri Creeper, the protagonist of ''[[School Bites]]''.
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