Examples of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Or Sometimes Guy)

[HHammond]

I'm writing an essay type thing for school and I've been thinking about topics I could write about and one idea I had was about Manic Pixie Dream Girls/Guys, and probably about deconstructing them. I'm looking for examples of films, books, games or whatever that provide good examples of the character trope.

So far I have:
Ramona in the Scott Pilgrim books and film (as a good example of a deconstruction in the books and played straightish in the film.)
Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Deconstructed)
Tyler in Fight Club

But this thing needs to be about 5000 words so I'm going to need some more examples. I'm looking for both examples that have been played straight and examples that have been deconstructed.

(Wasn't sure whether to put this here or in Advice but I chose here.)

EDIT: Here's a definition: A pretty, outgoing, whacky female romantic lead whose sole purpose is to help broody male characters lighten up and enjoy their lives.

 

[konor77]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl
They answer your question better than i ever could.

 

[hazabaza1]

Manic... Pixie... Dream?
Gonna need some elaboration here cap'n.

 

[Hoplon]

Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

She's a subversion of that trope. which people who have watched the film know.

 

[DugMachine]

Uhhh any character Zooey Deschanel plays? Read that's who the term was based off of to begin with.

 

[Colour Scientist]

Natalie Portman's character in Garden State is a pretty obvious one.

 

[HHammond]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl
They answer your question better than i ever could.

Yeah I've seen the page but there's a lot of films there so I was looking for good examples people know of so I don't end up wasting my time with characters that appear for 30 seconds and do nothing.

Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

She's a subversion of that trope. which people who have watched the film know.

I'm looking for examples of it played straight AND deconstructed. Eternal Sunshine serves the latter's role.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Uhhh any character Zooey Deschanel plays? Read that's who the term was based off of to begin with.

Somebody got to it before I did.

The term was coined for Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown so that'll be one.

Here's the TVTropes page for it, which basically lists them. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl]