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[[File:TsundereM10_5194.jpg|frame|<small>Clockwise from top left: [[Toradora
{{quote|''Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!!!'' (Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)|'''[[Catch Phrase|Everyone on this page]]'''}}
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The Shana Character Archetype includes the following:
* The character is a teenage girl, though sometimes younger, with an often childlike body-type, meaning she is [[Pettanko|flat-chested]] and usually [[Older Than She Looks]] (typically by being quite short in stature), often resulting in [[Mistaken Age]], a [[Napoleon Complex]] and [[A
* The character has long, ''at least'' waist-length [[Rapunzel Hair]], usually unkempt or tied into [[Twin Tails]]. The actual color is less important, but [[Hair of Gold|blond]], [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink]] or [[Fiery Redhead|red]] are the most common.
* The character wears dresses, usually [[Joshikousei]], or long [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] style dresses (the latter probably inspired by [[Gosick
* The character is a heavily Type A [[Tsundere]], infamous for her use of the [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male|Violent Approach]]. She physically assaults her [[Love Interest]] on a regular basis, sometimes with little to no provocation. To some extent this attitude may stem from a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] and [[No Social Skills|awkward social skills with boys]], but hers is also often a result of an [[Tiny Tyrannical Girl|inherently dominant, bossy personality]], almost to the point of evoking the attitude of a [[Dominatrix]].
* The character is the female lead of the work, and the main [[Love Interest]] of the male lead, their relationship heavy on the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] and [[Cannot Spit It Out]]. Often there is a [[Supporting Harem]] of other girls as rivals.
Though perhaps not the actual [[Trope Maker]], Shana certainly [[Trope Codifier|popularized]] this specific combination of characteristics and they are becoming an extremely common archetype, especially in [[Light Novel|Light Novels]]. This series of characters even had direct [[Shout
Adding to the archetype are a number of more 'optional' traits which have come to be associated with these characters, some of which did not originate with Shana herself:
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* The character addresses the [[Love Interest]] in some extremely demeaning manner, such as treating him as her property, as being lower than human, or lower in status, even using belittling names like "dog", "slave", or "toy" instead.
* The character may be a [[Big Eater]], especially of [[Trademark Favorite Food|a certain kind of food]], usually sweet breads (Shana's was melon bread).
* The character [[The Ojou|comes from a wealthy family]], justifying her high-and-mighty attitude towards the [[Love Interest]], who is often a 'commoner'. This probably started with [[Zero no Tsukaima
* The character may carry some type of weapon, commonly a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] or [[Whip It Good|whip]], which she uses to beat the male [[Love Interest]] with when he defies her. ([[Zero no Tsukaima
* The quote provided on the top of the page ("Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!"/"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!") will often be uttered by these characters.
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* [[Trope Namer|Shana]] is the [[Fiery Redhead]] [[Action Girl]] who made this archetype famous in ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]''. The rousing success of Her performance has since inspired many writers to imitate or outright copy her personality, [[Fountain of Expies|as seen in the following examples]]. Rie Kugimiya point: 1
* Shinku from ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' could be considered the [[Ur Example]]. She's (even) smaller than the other girls on this list--[[Justified]] by her being, well, [[Captain Obvious|a doll]]--but she has [[Pettanko|the same proportions]] and [[Twin Tails|hair]], and while she's not conscious of her body like later examples, she otherwise retains most of the typical personality attributes; she is bossy and abusive to Jun and basically takes over his domestic life (this despite his technically being her master), but deeply cares about him as more than just her medium. It's unclear whether she is romantically interested, but Suiseiseki (who definitely is) recognizes that [[First Girl Wins|she shares the closest bond with him]] out of [[Unwanted Harem|all the dolls]].
* ''[[
* Aisaka Taiga from ''[[Toradora
** She's actually a [[Deconstructed Trope|more realistic version of the trope]]. Taiga's small body, flat chest and childlike appearance are the cause of several inferiority complexes and nearly-unrestrainable anger issues, and her [[Tsundere]] nature comes not from ingenuity or love confusion but from serious problems with her parents. {{spoiler|And to get the guy she loves, Ryuuji, Taiga actually has to tone down her aggressive nature, without fully losing herself.}}
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* Louise the Zero, from ''[[
* Aria from ''[[Hidan no Aria]]'', quite possibly the Fifth Tsundere Wonder. Rie Kugimiya point: 6
* Mio, from [[Author Existence Failure|the late, lamented]] ''[[MM
* Victorique from ''[[
** She's a rare hybrid of both the [[Shana Clone]] and [[Rei Ayanami Expy]].
* Mina from ''[[Dance in
* ''[[
** However, ''Negima'' started only half a year after the Shana novels started, so this one may just be a coincidence.
** Also, Anna Yurievna Cocolova, 11 years old [[Twin Tails|twin-tailed]] [[Tsundere]], a [[Playing
* Mio Aoyama from ''[[
** Tsukiyo Kujou also resembles this trope in many ways, although in this case it doesn't get [[Lampshaded]].
* Dalian from ''[[Bibliotheca Mystica
* Kodama Himegami from ''[[Maken
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' plays it straight with Rima Mashiro, but at the same time subverts it with [[One-Scene Wonder|Two Episode Wonder]] Yua Sakurai, who may fit the archtetype physically but is overall quite a nice girl.
* Index of ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' is mildly [[Tsundere]] for Touma, has a huge appetite and [[Rapunzel Hair|Rapunzel haired]], is pretty petite, and has a habit of biting Touma's head whenever she gets angry. As far as Shana expies go, Index is pretty tame.
** Especially compared to her female co-protagonist Misaka Mikoto, who takes everything but the appetite and the [[Rapunzel Hair
* Haruna from ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu
* Alice from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' fits this trope precisely. She has a petite [[Pettanko]] body and [[Rapunzel Hair]], a dominating Type A [[Tsundere]] personality, and despite Oz being her "contractor" (basically, her master), she refers to him as her manservant. But darn, she's just so adorable [[When She Smiles]].
* Fear from ''[[
* Klan Klan from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' fits the bill when in her Micronian form, though her [[Love Interest]] is [[The Lancer]] rather than [[The Hero]]. When macronized, by contrast, she's [[Attack of the
* Ririchiyo Shirakiin from ''[[
* Holo of ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' doesn't always wear dresses [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|(or anything)]], but otherwise fits the model very well: she's apparently a teenaged [[Petting Zoo People|Petting Zoo Girl]] who's [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|actually much older]], has long orange hair, is the female lead and main love interest of the male lead (after {{spoiler|his other love interest tries to kill him}}), tends to act high-and-mighty to the male lead and other humans (what with being an ancient wolf goddess and all), is somewhat [[Tsundere]] and spontaneous-punchy towards her partner, and eats impossible amounts of food, [[Trademark Favorite Food|especially apples]].
* [[The Slayers|Lina Inverse]] has all but one or two of the qualities listed above.
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== Fan Fics ==
* Shinju Miwa from ''[[
* Sera Himekawa from ''[[
* Aetae / Cure Arcturus from ''[[
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== Visual Novels ==
* Reo from ''[[Sono Hanabira
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