manic pixie dream boy 

The manic pixie dream boy (MPDB) is the male equivalent to the manic pixie dream girl. He tends to be gentle-natured, low testosterone and non-threatening, and looks like he's just stepped out of a boyband... indeed a lot of boybands are designed with that look in mind.

See also manic pixie dream lesbian.

"The hashtag #manicpixiedreamboy has users retrospectively identifying the Manic Pixie Dream Boy in cinematic history (Ferris Bueller, Jack Dawson, Jesse from Pitch Perfect, Jacob from Crazy Stupid Love); arguing that we need more of them in current movies; and adding new names to the celebrity canon of Manic Pixie Dream Boys (notably, Hozier). " - Roisin Langan in Vice dot com

manic pixie dream boy by RayBidd December 27, 2022

Manic Pixie Dream Girl 

A Manic Pixie Dream Girl or MPDG, is a term coined by film critic Nathan Rabin after seeing Elizabethtown. It refers to "that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures." A pretty, outgoing, whacky female romantic lead whose sole purpose is to help broody male characters lighten up and enjoy their lives.

In Garden State, Natalie Portman was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Marge Gunderson December 9, 2008

Manic Pixie Dream Girl 

The girl who's smart and perfectly imperfect. She's everything you want but slightly broken and unattainable. Her wild hair and magnetic personality pull you in but you'll never be able to keep her or fix her.

Guy: "Dude, I love Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."
Girl: "Of course you do; she's a manic Pixie Dream girl."

Manic Pixie Dream Girl by artichoke September 6, 2019

Manic pixie dream girl 

A manic pixie dream girl is a, typically young, female character, aged from late teen’s to early twenty’s. A manic pixie dream girl is usually juvenile in appearance and in mind, giving an air whimsy. found in pop culture, these characters on their own would be traditionally seen as helpless in the real world but are useful tools to their main character counter part(s).

The manic pixie dream girl can be seen as a tool for :comic relief, emotional support, and,emotional uplifting.

She is such a manic pixie dream girl.

Manic pixie dream girl by Ashla Brinn Lippi February 15, 2019

Manic Pixie Dream Girl 

A female character who's entire character is based around a guy's shallow definition of a "perfect girl", a nerd's wet dream girlfriend. She plays all the games he plays, likes everything he likes, and probably has a pixie cut or some other radical hairstyle. She probably has a "perfect body" but hides it under baggy clothes, and wears nothing but nerdy video game centric t shirts or ridiculously over the top outfits that are practically costumes.

Guy: I'm not like other guys who are shallow and just want a blonde bimbo, I want a girl who plays video games and embraces life like me. She's beautiful but doesn't know it, and she loves nerdy stuff!
Girl: So you want a manic pixie dream girl

Manic Pixie Dream Girl by VisualVexation April 27, 2015

manic pixie dream boy 

Choi Beomgyu of TXT

"A manic pixie dream boy in the flesh" - papermag.com about beomgyu

manic pixie dream boy by pavele August 25, 2021

manic pixie dream girl 

A female in her 20s who tries to interact with a brooding, loner guy, for she adores him. She acts so cutesy and a little quirky but she believes she was put in this guy's life to change his life and perhaps he will fall for her. She will go to great lengths to please him, showing him the world in her eyes. The guy soon realizes he can't go a day without seeing girl. It gets to a point where she will do absolutely ANYTHING to make his world comfortable, waiting for his requited love and sometimes he ends up taking her for granted. They either fall in love, or the love is unrequited. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl could potentially end up broken hearted. This type of girl was defined by a man who noticed the MPDG behavior in the movie Elizabethtown staring Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom, as well as the film Garden State starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.

Ainsley acts like brooding Morgan's manic pixie dream girl.

manic pixie dream girl by Babydoll75 March 4, 2019