Pink Means Feminine: Difference between revisions

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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.

*** Blatantly invoked in the initial flyer for ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]'', which went out of its way to point out that both mains wore pink in their Cure outfits, putting "girls' favorite color on full display".

* 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.

* Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo, the leader of the Mew Mews from ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''.

 

* ''[[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.

* 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.

 

* 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.

* The books of ''[[Angelina Ballerina]]'', and its cartoon adaptations, put Angelina in a pink tutu.

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* [[The Chick]] in ''[[Super Sentai]]'' shows would usually wear pink until recently (which also influenced similar shows, such as ''[[Go Lion]]'', and any parodies, such as the Axem Rangers of ''[[Super Mario RPG]]''). Carried over into ''[[Power Rangers]]'', of course, where Pink Rangers usually get pegged as the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Girly Girl]].

** Played with in ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'', where Vida the Pink Ranger is about as un-feminine as you can get.

 

 

 

== Toys ==

 

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[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.

* 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]]''.

* Natalie's pink armor in ''[[Radiata Stories]]''.

* Josephine of ''[[Suikoden V]]''.

* 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.

** 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.

* 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-Dress of Power]] is primarily pink (with touches of white and light blue).

 

 

== 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.

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== Western Animation ==

** [[Downplayed Trope]] in ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', in which Arcee is mainly blue with pink highlights.

* Larke and Bianca of ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' have a bunch of pink things, including Bianca's [[Limited Wardrobe]] outfit.

* Quinn from ''[[Daria]]'' wears pink in many of her outfits.

* Ashley A. from ''[[Recess]]'' usually has pink in all of her outfits.

* [[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.

* 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]].