Girly Girl

No Tomboy here? You never know.

The Girly Girl is Always Female and serves as a counterpoint, or Foil, to the Tomboy (when present; also see the Tomboy and Girly Girl dynamic). She is normally into items like very feminine outfits, princess or fairy costumes, accessories, makeup, and perfume — though that alone does not matter. It is common for her to favor the color pink (or many brights or pastels), but not always. Depending on the character and local norms, any Tomboy may have such traits. The variety of Girly Girls, like the Tomboy, is too great for any single trait to qualify as essential.

As with the Tomboy page, this page needs no examples. If you don’t find a subtrope for your specific example, just look up the Trope Workshop page (see under Troping Utilities) to create one.

Compare Femininity Tropes; contrast One of the Boys. Distaff Counterpart to Real Men Wear Pink, but not to In Touch with His Feminine Side.

Sub-tropes include:

• Alpha Bitch (a Girly Girl variant of The Bully)
  • Lovable Alpha Bitch (except toward one particular character)
• All Girls Like Ponies
• All Women Love Shoes
• Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose
• Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy
• The Fashionista
  • Action Fashionista (Badass variant)
• Feminine Women Can Cook
• Flower in Her Hair (aka a "flower of femininity")
• Fragile Flower
• Girliness Upgrade (the After part)
• Girlish Pigtails (a common hairstyle)
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals
• Girly Bruiser (when you throw in a Cute Bruiser)
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple
• Housewife
• Innocent Flower Girl
• Kicking Ass in All Her Finery (not unusual for the Lady of War)
• Kindly Housekeeper
• The Lady's Favour
• Lady in Red (trinity of color, fashion, and attitude)
• Lady of War (a mature Badass variant)
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine (either is applicable)
• Lipstick Lesbian
• Long Hair Is Feminine
• Meekness Is Weakness
• Mega Twintails
• Meido
• Parasol of Prettiness
• Pink Means Feminine: The ultimate girly color in many cultures.
• Princess Classic (and by proxy, almost all Princess Tropes)
  • Princess Phase
• Proper Lady
• Rapunzel Hair (another common hairstyle)
• Silk Hiding Steel (throw in a Hidden Badass)
• Southern Belle
• Spirited Young Lady (Being independent, ambitious, and arguably feminist doesn't mean one can't still be a Girly Girl)
• Tomboy and Girly Girl (identified through a contrast with a tomboyish character)
• True Blue Femininity
• Vanity Is Feminine
• Women Are Delicate
• Yamato Nadeshiko