Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Difference between revisions

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s quote atop the page was used in her [https://web.archive.org/web/20140830043656/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/16616-the-smurfette-principle analysis] of the [[Transformers Generation 1|original ''Transformers'' cartoon]], referring to both [[Action Girl|Arcee]] and [[Lady of War|Elita One]]. Elita One was the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of Optimus Prime, and so (leader/girl) pink to his (leader) red and (boy) blue coloring. Elita One's [[Amazon Brigade]] otherwise had nothing with the trope, her soldiers appearing in all kinds of colours. Arcee, being [[The Smurfette Principle|the one girl]] starting the third season, was pink, and so was her (intended) love interest Hot Rod in a magenta shade ("aging" to red when he became Rodimus Prime). From there, the trope gets interesting in that pink is a noticeable colour choice among the Autobot females, but also among the Decepticon males (though not much in the cartoon because that ended long before the toyline did). [[Big Eater|Hun-Grrr]], [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Misfire]], the [[Sea Monster|Seacons]], [[Big Eater|Skullcruncher]], Spinister, Fangry, [[Badass|Gaihawk]], Barricade, Roller Force, and Horri-Bull, among others, all sport a good level of pink. Blue is more equally divided between the factions.