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{{quote|''"Live people ignore the strange and unusual. [[Genre Savvy|I myself ''am'' strange and unusual.]]"''|'''Lydia''', ''[[Beetlejuice]]''}}
|'''Lydia''', ''[[Beetlejuice]]''}}
 
She's not normal, that's for sure. The only thing you can pin down about the '''Strange Girl''' is that she's hard to pin down (when she isn't doing the pinning, that is). She's visually distinct from her normal peer group, typically in both physical appearance (she's likely to be an [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]/[[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]) and dress, but sometimes only one of the two. As far as demeanor is concerned, she can be anything from [[The Wonka]], a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], [[The Stoic]], a [[Take Over the World|world conqueror]], [[The Messiah]], [[The Ophelia]], an [[Emotionless Girl]], [[My Friends and Zoidberg|Haru]][[Suzumiya Haruhi|hi]]... or [[The Quiet One|quiet]], [[Straight Man|sensible]] and even friendly. Anything goes as long as it stands out from the series' norm.
 
The unifying trait of all '''Strange Girl'''sGirls is that they are protagonists and most importantly, are ''different'' from their peers (though [[Loners Are Freaks|rarely]] will she be [[Friendless Background|completely friendless]]). Her family or home life will be... ''interesting'' to say the least. Usually she is [[Weirdness Magnet|in touch]] with the supernatural aspects of her setting, even if she doesn't have powers herself. Because of this tendency to experience strange and supernatural adventures, it's not uncommon for their social clique to grow into a veritable [[Monster Mash]] of friends they've helped in various adventures, though they'll likely start out the series with at least one or two [[Unfazed Everyman|Unfazed Everymen]] as completely human friends. Before long she's likely to have [[Seen It All|seen so much weirdness]] little if anything will faze her.
 
This character is very likely to be a [[Goth]] or show noticeable Goth influences, both in style of dress and in personality. The Goth subculture is particularly well-suited to this character type because it's made up of [[Nightmare Fetishist|people who enjoy strange, morbid things]], on top of the fact that being different from the mainstream is one of the things that defines all countercultural subcultures. That last part means that it would also be quite reasonable for a '''Strange Girl''' to be a member of the punk or [[Emo]]<ref>The actual subculture, not the caricature of it that named the [[Emo Teen]] trope.</ref> subcultures, among others.
 
Tends to overlap with [[Dark Is Not Evil]]. Compare [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]], [[Rei Ayanami Expy]], or [[The Ophelia]]. Contrast [[The Snark Knight]].
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
 
== Anime ==
 
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]].'' "Normal humans don't interest me. If anyone here is an alien, a time traveler, slider, or an esper, then come find me! That is all."
** Sasaki might be vying for her position here. She seems far more normal, but is the one who actually does weird Kyon out due to always speaking with male pronouns when talking to boys, and the subject of most of her conversations being bizarre philosophical stuff.
* Urabe Mikoto, the titular character of the manga ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X]]''. Urabe being really, really, ''really'' weird is pretty much the entire point of the manga—Urabe is [[The Stoic|somewhat unemotional]] and unsocial to the point of being a complete outcast, but seems to have some form of psychic powers—specifically, she knows without a doubt that she will lose her virginity to the main character, Tsubaki Akira (the thought causes her to enter hysterics out of the blue during class), and shares an empathic connection with him that is initiated by [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|spit]]—a common trick she uses on him when she suspects him of dirty thoughts is to stick her finger in his mouth and suck on it before he can react—she then instantly knows exactly what he was thinking. Similarly, Tsubaki is addicted to her spit, and has to have a dose a day or he suffers withdrawal. She can also cut things apart with superhuman speed and precision [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|with the craft scissors she carries around in the waistband of her panties]].
* It's hard to say whether Senjougahara Hitagi from ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'' is [[Tsundere]], [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] or something else altogether, but either way she's unbelievably strange. She considers herself more powerful than [[Dragon Ball|Shen Long]] and [[Improbable Weapon User|carries a entire classroom worth of stationery]] [[Hammerspace|concealed on her person]]. She promises her boyfriend that he'll be the first person she ever murders, and if someone else kills him then she'll avenge him - and she considers this ''romantic.''
* Rei Ayanami, of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]].'' Right from the start, her [[Heroic Albino|albinism]], [[The Stoic|emotionlessness]] and [[Extreme Doormat]] personality make her a ''highly'' strange girl. It might have to do with her being a {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|clone]]}} with a {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid|hybrid mix of human and angel DNA]]}} who may or may not have a {{spoiler|[[Soul]].}}
** And then there's Mari Makinami from ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'', who [[Blood Knight|loves fighting]], is [[Nightmare Fetishist|fond of the smell of LCL]] and is socially awkward to the point that Rei could fit in better than her. Of course, she'll fit right in with the rest of the cast.
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* ''[[Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl]]'' is one of the stranger Strange Girls. She was embalmed between 1905 and 1910, and has been "alive" since then. While she's not ''necessarily'' evil, Lenore lacks tact, "doesn't do guilt" and frequently, ''accidentally'' [[Sugar Apocalypse|massacres innocent bystanders]].
* ''[[Emily The Strange]]'' of Hot Topic fame is actually a cynical anarchist who doesn't like other people and sincerely wants to take over the world one day. She doesn't exactly have any plans for it, and kind of assumes that it'll happen through sheer force of attitude.
** And judging from [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116204913/http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=1701 some recent news], she may be a partial copy of Rosamond mentioned below.
* Little Gloomy, of the comic of the same name. Kind of. She's the only non-monster in [[Monster Town|Frightsylvania]], which is pretty freaking bizarre. But she's also completely off in a few other ways (she has nails in her house, but no hammer. She needed the nails... but not a hammer.)
* Serenity Rose, one of only 50 witches in the world and a borderline [[MacGuffin Girl]] in her ''own'' series.
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== Fan Works ==
 
* Kawada Asa from ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon]]'' seems to fit. Though her peers pick on her just for watching kids' shows, her strangeness is really found in her ridiculous plans, being either [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] or [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], jumping to weird conclusions mostly due to the above, [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|writing]] [[Self Deprecating Humor|badfic]], and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|sleeping through other people's presentations]]. Through it all, she tries to take an [[I Am What I Am]] attitude, although at times it breaks down and we realize that she ''knows'' how weird she is and that it's cost her a normal life.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' / ''[[Firefly]]'' crossover ''[[The Man qithwith No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]'', the Doctor and River meet. He calls her "odd." Yes, even a [[Time Abyss|millenia]]-[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|old]] [[Human Alien|alien]] is weirded out by River.
 
== Film ==
* Lydia, from ''[[Beetlejuice]]''. She seems proud of it.
* Ladles and gentlethings, give it up for [[The Addams Family|Wednesday Addams]]! Just don't ask her to [[The Un-Smile|smile]]. Unless it's Wednesday from the '60s show, in which case she's a [[Perky Goth]].
* Moonie from ''New Waterford Girl''.
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* Enid, and to some extent Rebecca from [[Ghost World]].
* [[Hanna]] is a [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|very]] [[Little Miss Badass|strange]] [[Child Soldier|girl]] [[Emotionless Girl|indeed]].
 
 
== Literature ==
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== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
 
* ''[[Firefly]]'s'' River Tam is ''most'' definitely strange, though she's got [[Mind Rape|her]] [[Psychic Powers|reasons]] [[Go Mad from the Revelation|for]] [[There Are No Therapists|it.]]
* Zora from ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]''.
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** [[Sapient Ship|I wanted]] [[Cool Starship|to see the universe,]] [[The Alleged Car|so I stole]] [[Robo Ship|a Time Lord]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|and ran away!]]
* Abby from ''[[NCIS]]''.
* [[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]] has made a career out of this.
* Harper Finkle from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''.
* Willow in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', at first (before the producers moved away from the "softer side of Sears" look).
* Parker from ''[[Leverage]]'', with many characters asking what is wrong with her or that she is nuts.
* Topanga Lawrence from ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' was one of these in the first season, before her character was retooled to be more normal.
* Jess, the titular character played by [[Zooey Deschanel]] in [[New Girl]] is this trope. And quite [[Adorkable|adorkably]] so.
 
 
== Music ==
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* Bella of [[TCTRPG|The Colour Tuesday]] looks and sounds like someone out of the 18th century, addresses Kyle as if he were a [[Knight Errant]], and treats Alex like a dirty commoner. The setting is a modern, if [[dystopia]]n one.
* [[The Last Story|Mirania]] is described as being a deeply spiritual person... by those who aren't straight-up weirded out by her.
* In the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games, this Trope often overlaps with female Trainers who use Psychic, Ghost, or Fairy Pokémon. [[Pokémon Red Blue and Yellow|Kanto Gym Leader Sabrina]], [[Pokémon Black and White|Unova Elite Four members Shauntal and Caitlin]], [[Pokémon X and Y|Kalos Gym Leaders Valerie and Olympia, and many rank and file Trainers, like the Hex Maniacs and Fairy Tale Girls in Generation III.]]
 
** Sabrina goes from "strange" [[Nightmare Fuel|to "terrifying"]] in the ''[[Pokémon Let's Go!]]'' games, as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_brUc_X_DM this video of the Gym Battle shows.]
* Agatha from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''. On the surface she's just a [[Quest Giver]] who collects bugs and needs you to find 24 golden bugs. But her dialogue when you bring them to her, how she talks to them, how she sings to them, how [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick| she ''likes'' it when they sting and bite her]]... Yeah, just get the Wallet upgrades from her and move on, Link.
** Of course, Agatha was far a too [[Crazy Awesome]] character to waste, so she was brought back in ''[[Hyrule Warriors]]'' as a genuine [[Action Girl]] and [[Beast Master]], able to attack enemies with swarms of golden butterflies and summon ''giant'' ones. She can even sprout her own golden butterfly wings in one of her moves. Oh, and [[Suddenly Always Knew That|she can also pick locks.]]
 
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
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* Ririko in [[Sharin no Kuni]] is ''weird.'' I... she just... Ahem. Her 'interactions' with Touka when she was a child, her apparent ''liking'' of 'teasing' Kenichi, difficulty holding a train of though together and other random bizarre attributes are just the start of it.
** To underscore how weird (and [[Badass]]) she is, for years she undergoes a punishment that is intended to essentially [[Go Mad From the Isolation|drive people insane]] and [[Driven to Suicide|into suicide]]. You'd think, at the very least, her personality would be severely twisted by what she went through, like some of the other heroines, right? Heh, nope. Ririko goes back to acting pretty much the same way she always has after one day more or less deciding she's not gonna put up with it anymore.
* Arcueid from ''[[Tsukihime]]''. Sure, all the girls here seem to have superpowers or secret [[Rape as Backstory|tragic pasts]], but she's different in that she doesn't actually seem to ''[[Angst? What Angst?|care.]]'' Plus a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and a bit of a ditz. Why is the vampire [[Tyke Bomb]] the one that's [[:Category:Yandere|usually]] the least crazy?
* Rin from [[Katawa Shoujo]], who [[Mad Artist|paints strange murals which even she can't explain]], [[Cryptic Conversation|speaks in a cryptic manner]], and [[Cloudcuckoolander|usually has her head in the clouds]]. She was also born [[Armless Biped|without arms]], but since the game takes place in an academy for disabled students, [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|this isn't seen as that unusual]].
 
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* Millie from ''[[Ozy and Millie]]''.
* ''[[Honeydew Syndrome]]'' has the 1950's-obsessed Odette.
* Fio from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124754/http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net/ Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]''.
* Molly from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''
* Toni Ipres from ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]''. She is fashionable, talented, upbeat and friendly, but sports some rather strange behavior due to being {{spoiler|a werewolf.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* Mandy of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' is like Emily, planning on world conquest. She's ruthless, not entirely without compassion or standards, but ''cross her and you will '''suffer.'''''
* ''[[Growing Up Creepie]]'' has Creepie, an orphan ''[[Raised by Wolves|raised by insects]]''. All things considered, her down to earth attitude is either a flying contrast to her upbringing or a completely logical result.
* ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' fits this trope perfectly, being bright, cheerful and friendly in every situation. The only thing that can get her down is bright colors. The strange thing is that the merchandise on which the show was based kind of gave Ruby a very melancholic feel, but whatever.
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