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manic pixie dream girl
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citations of
manic pixie dream girl
(
film
,
sometimes
derogatory
)
A
stock
female
character
, typically
characterized
as a
bubbly
,
quirky
free spirit
, whose
main
purpose
within a
narrative
is to
teach
a
young
male
protagonist
to
embrace
the
mysteries
and
adventures
of
life
.
[from 2007]
2015
May 14,
A. [Anthony] O. [Oliver] Scott
, “Review: In ‘The Film Critic,’ a snob is tripped up by his heartstrings”, in
The New York Times
[1]
, New York, N.Y.:
The New York Times Company
,
→ISSN
,
→OCLC
, archived from
the original
on
17 May 2015
:
Looking for a new apartment, he cute-meets Sofia (
Dolores Fonzi
), a young woman with a pink bicycle helmet, yellow tights, a vaguely exotic background and all the other signs of
manic-pixie-dream-girl
status.