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Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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A Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a stock character in fiction: a young woman with eccentric personality quirks who serves as the romantic interest for an everyman protagonist. The term was coined in 2007 b
Katharine Hepburn's role as Susan Vance in the 1938 screwball comedy film Bringing Up Baby has been described as an early example of the character.
Katharine Hepburn's role as Susan Vance in the 1938 screwball comedy film Bringing Up Baby has been described as an early example of the character.
Kirsten Dunst (pictured in 2007), whose character in Elizabethtown inspired the term MPDG
Kirsten Dunst (pictured in 2007), whose character in Elizabethtown inspired the term MPDG
Actress Zooey Deschanel (pictured in 2012) has criticized her frequent characterization as a MPDG
Actress Zooey Deschanel (pictured in 2012) has criticized her frequent characterization as a MPDG
Elizabethtown (film)
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Elizabethtown is a 2005 American romantic tragicomedy film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. Its story follows a young shoe designer, Drew Baylor, who is fired from his job after costing his comp
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
…interest for an everyman protagonist. The term was coined in 2007 by the American film critic Nathan Rabin after observing Kirsten Dunst's character in Elizabethtown (2005). Rabin criticized the type as one-dimensional, existing only to provide emotional support to the protagonist, or to teach him important life…
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster