Citations:manic pixie dream girl
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English 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.