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For many modern cultures, the color pink has become the color meaning femininity, in all its forms. This means that the more graceful and elegant a woman is, wearing pink is very likely to be paired with this in fiction. It's also why it's thought girls appreciate pink things more than other colors.
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By the way, this can include any shade of pink, even those that cross with other colors (like fuchsia, a purple and pink color).
A [[Sub
A [[Super
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]] (a boy and girl explicitly wear their respective colors)
* [[Pink Is for Sissies]] (mocking a guy for wearing pink)
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* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]
A [[Sister Trope]] to [[Graceful Ladies Like Purple]] (and can overlap with colors like fuchsia), [[True
Compare [[Long Hair Is Feminine]], [[Woman in White]], [[Lady in Red]], [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]], [[Hair Decorations]], [[All Girls Like Ponies]], [[Pimped-Out Dress]], [[Princess Phase]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
* [[Played With]] throughout the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' franchise: the title character herself, a rather feminine young woman, has pink as the default color of her magic... which she usually uses to deliver [[Defeat Means Friendship|a world of pain to her prospective friends and family]]. Then, we have Signum, a [[Lady of War]] who sports a [[Long Hair Is Feminine|luscious waist-long]] pink hair... and is widely regarded as the [[Even the Girls Want Her|manliest]] character in the series. Lastly, Caro Ru Lushe, whose hair ''and'' magic are pink... is a girly girl (and one of the most obviously heterosexual ones in this [[Les Yay]]-laden franchise, to boot), merrily playing this trope straight.
* As a "girl power" series, ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' loves the color pink, and the main girl of each series will always have ''some'' pink in her outfit. Notably, the girl in pink isn't always a girly
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', each girl has a different [[Magical Girl]] costume with its own color scheme that matches with their [[Curtains Match the Window|hair and eyes]]. Naturally, Madoka, easily the nicest and most vulnerable of the main cast, has pink as her main color.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the title character usually wears red, white, blue, and yellow in her fuku, however her "aura" color appears to be pink, as whenever she's using an attack, pink is usually her main color. Her bow is also pink in [[Sera Myu|the musicals]] and [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|the live-action drama]]. Sailor Chibi Moon's fuku always has pink, not to mention that her hair is pink.
* Dola, the leader of the [[Sky Pirate
* Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo, the leader of the Mew Mews from ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''.
* Lefiya Viridis is the most feminine (by comparison - she's a level 3 combat mage in a group of level 5 and 6 close-in fighters) of the main characters in ''[[Sword Oratoria]]''. She's the only one in the group who wears pink, and it's a major color in her usual ensemble.
== Film ==
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* ''[[Legally Blonde]]'': Elle wears pink to stand out from the rest of the crowd and to emphasis her femininity.
* Sharpay Evans of ''[[High School Musical]]'' is a drama queen and high school diva who wants everything to be fabulous which results in a lot of pink.
* Glinda's outfit in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* In ''[[Film/Suzie Q|Suzie Q]]'', Suzie wears a pink evening dress, and her mother comments that she finally got her daughter to wear fancy clothes.
== Literature ==
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* April Devereux from [[Half Moon Investigations]] had a "Pink Club", {{spoiler|which turned out to be a cover for a club determined to get girls a good education and will go to any measure to do so.}}
* In ''[[Paranormalcy]]'' by Kiersten White, [[Action Girl]] protagonist Evie has a rhinestone-studded pink taser named Tasey, wears killer pink boots, and refuses to carry a knife until she is given one that is, you guessed it, pink.
* Addressed in ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
* The books of ''[[Angelina Ballerina]]'', and its cartoon adaptations, put Angelina in a pink tutu.
* Cindy, Chris and Cathy's very girly adopted daughter in the [[
== Live-Action TV ==
* [[The Chick]] in ''[[Super Sentai]]'' shows would usually wear pink until recently (which also influenced similar shows, such as ''[[
** Played with in ''[[
** Played with in ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'', where Vida the Pink Ranger is about as un-feminine as you can get.
** ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' showed this Trope could apply to both sides; [[Dark Action Girl|Princess Archerina]] was also fond of pink, and was upset to learn that one of the Rangers - who was also fond of using bows - had the same taste.
* In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Shindig", Kaylee wears a pink [[Pimped-Out Dress]] as part of her [[Princess for
== Professional Wrestling ==
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* In a way [[Natalya Neidheart]] defied this trope whenever she wore pink as it was a reference to her Hart family lineage, whose colours are pink and black. So Nattie never comes across as feminine when she's seen wearing pink ring gear.
* When they have to promote a Diva's match with a graphic, there's always some pink in the background and the text is normally pink as well.
== Toys ==
* The body of the original toy release of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
== Video Games ==
* The pirate captain Clara in ''[[
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' introduces the character Ashley Williams in a pink uniform. Since it's a ''uniform,'' and Femshep doesn't wear pink, the color probably indicated unit affiliation rather than gender or [[Nonuniform Uniform|fashion choice]], and Ashley's lost unit ''all'' wore pink.
* Amy, the first playable female in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, doesn't wear pink. She ''is'' pink. Wherever possible she also incorporates pink into her vehicles and stage design.
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* Bad Girl of ''[[No More Heroes]]'' wears pink, but given her [[Badass]] nature, this seems to be just to keep up her Sweet Lolita image.
* Vanille's [[Bare Your Midriff|pink top]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
* Maria's dress in ''[[Castlevania
* Annie in ''[[
* Virginia's dress in ''[[Wild
* Natalie's pink armor in ''[[Radiata Stories]]''.
* Momo Karuizawa in ''[[
* In addition to [[Princesses Prefer Pink|Peach]], the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series has [[Daddy's Little Villain|Wendy Koopa]] and Toadette.
** Even in stories where Peach is admittedly [[Badass Princess| less feminine and more assertive]] (like ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]'' and the upcoming<ref>March 2024</ref> ''[[Princess Peach's Showtime]]'') she still isn't getting rid of the pink dress. Even the form-fitting outfit she changes to in the movie (where she fully intends to fight Bowser) has pink highlights.
* Josephine of ''[[Suikoden V]]''.
* Kairi in ''[[
* The Queen of all Cosmos in ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''.
* Sakura of ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' wears pink in her uniform.
* [[The Legend of Zelda|Princess Zelda]] wears pink in a few of her incarnations, most notably ''[[Ocarina of Time]]''.
* Flora, [[Professor Layton]]'s adopted daughter, prefers this palette. She's first seen in a formal portrait, wearing a red velvet gown; later she wears a white dress with dark pink accents, and in the second and third games of the series she wears a peach-pink dress with dark pink or red accessories.
* Some ladies in ''[[
** Ling Xiaoyu's outfit in ''5'' is mostly pink, save for the white shorts and [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|white feathers]].
** Alisa Bosconovitch's outfit is half pink half blue.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Wonderella]]'', Wonderita turns down an offer of a [[Ring of Power]] because [http://nonadventures.com/2011/06/18/we-cant-have-nice-rings/ it's not pink].
* In ''[[Angel Moxie]]'', Alex's [[Mini
* This is true for Myari of ''[[
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', played straight with Roxy and [[Princesses Prefer Pink|Feferi]], who are both pretty girly, but averted with {{spoiler|Meenah, who is actually a tomboyish [[Punk]].}}▼
== Web Original ==
* [[Neopets]] changed the Altador Cup team colours of Faerieland from pink and purple to green and purple/pink to symbolise the land's recent landing (it was airborne previously), but also to make it less of a "target group 5-year-girls" team.
* Commented on by [[
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* When [[
▲* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', played straight with Roxy and [[Princesses Prefer Pink|Feferi]], who are both pretty girly, but averted with {{spoiler|Meenah, who is actually a tomboyish [[Punk]].}}
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[The Transformers (
** [[Downplayed Trope]] in ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', in which Arcee is mainly blue with pink highlights.
* Robert Mandell's best-known creations ''[[
* Larke and Bianca of ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' have a bunch of pink things, including Bianca's [[Limited Wardrobe]] outfit.
* Amy from ''[[
* Quinn from ''[[Daria]]'' wears pink in many of her outfits.
* Ashley A. from ''[[Recess]]'' usually has pink in all of her outfits.
* Dot from ''[[
* The chipettes in ''[[
* Charlotte LaBouff from ''[[The Princess and
* [[Mulan]]'s matchmaker dress is colored pink, in which she is forced to wear against her will.
* Pink is a common color for [[Minnie Mouse]] and Daisy Duck of the ''[[Classic Disney Shorts]]''.
* Sarah of ''[[Dinosaucers]]'' wears pink tights.
* Megara from ''[[Hercules (
* Jean in the 90s ''[[X-Men (
* When [[Darkwing Duck]] traveled to an [[Alternate Universe]], Gosalyn's counterpart was [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|feminine compared to the regular Gosalyn's tomboy]], and she wore a pink, frilly dress.
* Penelope of ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''.
* Jessie of ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' gets pink clothing, whether a shirt or [[Stylish Protection Gear]].
* Dakota from ''[[Total Drama Island
* Clara from ''[[
* Kim in ''[[
== Real Life ==
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* There's an anti-pink campaign run by some people who are sick of girls being "'pinked' to death". [http://pinkstinks.wordpress.com/ Pink Stinks] Here is a [http://www.rousette.org.uk/blog/archives/the-campaign-against-pink/ Synopsis of it].
* An [[Exploited Trope]] use of this is making pink the color for breast cancer research. Although it's not an exclusively female disease, is has helped in getting attention for cancer treatment.
* This trope is explained [https://web.archive.org/web/20140413094624/http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/pink.htm here].
* [[Jayne Mansfield]] loved this color, and had a lot of her house colored pink, and [[Pretty in Mink|even had furs dyed pink]].
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[[Category:Characteristic Clothing Colors]]
[[Category:Femininity Tropes]]
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[[Category:Pink Is for Tropes]]
[[Category:Always Female]]
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