I love how most of the comments are hating on "free spirited women" rather than the trope. The manic pixie dream girl is a romantic plot device used in narratives in order to make the mopey male protagonist feel better about himself. There is nothing wrong with a woman who is quirky and fun. Some people are just like that. Are we going to complain about cold and distance women next?
+Miss Mutton And it can even be used in reverse. For example, Jack from Titanic is a manic pixie dream boy. So it really has nothing to do with women specifically, I guess it just happens that it usually is associated with women because most writers are male, and this leads to a lot of them just writing about their fantasy girls interacting with their male author avatars.
Pat Bauman I agree that anyone of any gender can be this trope, but I'm more pissed that its associated with "quirky" women in a negative way. Interesting enough I see this trope ALOT in Japanese anime. :)
I quote from a The BBC Mash news show "If you have a vagina people have the right to judge you for having a vagina." You should respond with a good just Fuck off.
I mean that's why the whole 'manic pixie dream girl' label exists. To bring female love interests back to where they were in the '80s. Can't have two stereotypes, that's too much like acknowledging people are different.
I once dated a guy that was using me as his manic pixie dream girl. He was in a depressed slump when we met and he was tied down with work and a repetitive lifestyle. At the time I was hitchhiking around the world, and we met when he picked me up. It was fun at first because he was so supportive of all the fun and impulsive ideas I had, but when things quietened down and I wanted to start doing normal things like going clothes shopping or getting fast food, suddenly I was unappealing to him. He made me feel guilty for wanting to do 'normal' things, despite being the most normie guy there was. I was basically his tool for fun and adventure because he lacked the independence and confidence to do that shit himself and he wanted me no other way, to put it really bluntly. Basically, I can see exactly why this trope is so popular with meek and 'soft' men.
@@MastaSmack nah son. its meek to be afraid of taking small risks, or experimenting, or chasing what you want, or having independence, or making your own decisions. It's meek to instead to rely on others to fulfil those basic needs.
So this guy experimented with you, and the experiment was a complete failure...he moved on and married a supermodel while you put him down behind his back...I see.
What's sad is that sometimes if a woman is a little bit silly or joyful or hyper at times, have a few aspects of this in their personalities, they're sometimes expected to always act like that. Some men actually want to date someone like that, and expect it all the time. I like to be silly and like people a lot, but am not always that way. A few people have been confused and even angry that I wasn't still being that light entertaining happy hyper person, even if I was just more mellow or more serious that day. It's like they've forgotten I'm a real person too, and I don't just exist to be sparkly and entertaining. That being said, this video is very funny and well done.
And that, in the end, is the essence of the pixie dream girl. She's just a fantasy that guys (and girls) make up in their heads of what the perfect girlfriend would be like. She would always be free-spirited and fun, never nagging or grumpy. She would always be that unending light of positivity and happiness, never having any real preoccupations of her own. Her entire life would revolve around your happiness. It's a very shallow and immature expectation, but one that apparently resonates with a lot of men.
YES! I've had a few people interested in me that expected that. It's rather disturbing, really. I'm sorry you've had to go through that. If you've actually dated a person that expects that, it can do a number on your self-image. Like you're a disappointment as a human being for not being all sweetness and light.
I think "intent" gives writers too much credit. I think that MPDG syndrome is really just authorial laziness: it's easier to write a trope than to create a real character.
BS, these girls actually exist. The girl that I lost my virginity to is basically a MPDG, and there's one in my family (not going to say who, jic). They're f**king world destroyers.
I dated a Manic Pixie girl once. She broke up with me by decorating my bike with flowers and leaving a note saying she needs to let go of me in order to let herself grow. True story. But thats what I get for going to art school to discover myself I guess.
People don’t even get this trope, it’s about the fetishization of quirkiness, not the quirkiness itself. Women on their own can be weird and fine but the trope is that weirdest being used for the fulfillment of a man instead of self fulfillment. That’s what makes the trope bad. Artsy and quirky girls aren’t manic pixie dream girls. They aren’t until a man begins to worship her and idolize her. 500 days of summer actually has a great commentary on this trope, bc in reality, summer isn’t a manic pixie dream girl bc she can’t fulfill everything that the guy needs, but the guy keeps projecting all his own shit onto her and views her in an unrealistic way.
I graduated from a UNI with a big Performing Arts program. There were 100 of each one of the women in this clip there. I was 30 before I realized that all women weren't actually like this.
I had a guy compare me to the chick from 500 days of summer, and say this is why he hated me. We had watched the film together 3 months or so before he stated that, but I always wonder ... Did he realise the point of the film was, the so called 'protagonist' obsessed over a girl and was not satisfied that she couldn't reciprocate the distorted 'love' he forced on her. ... Always felt the pixie is a trope to justify indifference after rejection or unfulfilled desire/narcissistic.
@decembrist So it's all about framing (In 500 days of summer). The guy doesn't make any progress in the plot development outside of the female's story trajectory. At the end he is 'just happy', she's married and pregnant and has done all these things with her life. If you fall into the blackhole of film analysis (don't touch the feminist critics XP), it's a commonly agreed argument .. also that the guy is a narcissist (but I don't 100% agree with that). What are your thoughts?
@@littlerelief5029 At the end, he is moving forward with his life, actually, by taking some of Summer's advice, given he finally seems to be learning from their experience. It's just that the film ends at the beginning of his rebuilding of self, even though Summer had already gone through hers. He left the career he had been settling for, became more artistic again, and started pursuing the dreams he had abandoned. He also seemed to realize his own romanticism of their relationship, his sister's talks helped with that, and his final conversation with Summer cemented that by giving him closure and perspective on her feelings and point of view.
Is anyone else getting a lot of these 6yo “manic pixie dream girl” video recommendations lately? I like them at first but seems to be getting too much for me. The manic pixie dream girl spoof video is my “manic pixie dream girl”.
manic pixie dream girl videos were trendy years ago. and the reason youtube keeps recommending them to you is because you keep watching them. Recommendations are based on your watch history.
@@purelitenite Not completly true - I was getting reccommendations for gaming channels even after deleting them and I NEVER do gaming or watch anything related. I didn't even know what this was until I watched it.
@@purelitenite Yes I was referring to the fact that I had not watched, nor was I aware of, anything to do with manic pixies but it appeared in my recommendations, same as the gaming crap.
The problem with this video is I instantly fell in love with all of the manic pixie dream girls. As a buttoned up and emotionally repressed man I am convinced they could all introduce a sense of childlike wonder and whimsy to my life.
I would honestly watch/read a story where the awkward lanky artist kid and the manic pixie dream girl get imprisoned for being lazy tropes, but then work together to break out and discover that they are much more than what it says on the label
Actually yeah. Had a friend that loosely fit the trope (dressed on the goth/punk side, liked the Smith's, David Bowie, the Dead Kennedys, and Tom Waits [can't say I blame her on the last 2], and would like walks in the park or going to a flea market), except we didnt date, and she does have depression and anxiety.
Some of the darker, more nuanced MPDG flicks like Eternal Sunshine get into this, but MPDGs are really just a certain aesthetic of women with bipolar disorder or borderline personality. A lot of the movies just show the manic side and don’t show when they crash into a depressive episode In real life Sam from Garden State and Girl Interrupted would just be two sides of the same person. Most creative, unconventional people in general have mental illness of some kind. So honestly this is incredibly realistic lol I say this as a quirky, free-spirited creative type full of whimsy, who also has severe bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and every time I’ve been inpatient, there’ve been a fair number of MPDGs. If we’re there for mania though, we make the ward a hell of a lot more fun lol. I literally threw glitter at a nurse one time
I love having pink hair, have quirks and wanderlust tendencies, and I’ll admit for a while I enjoyed playing into the role that a lot of men assumed out of me (MPDG); but damn it gets annoying and exhausting. Authenticity is where it’s at 👌🏻
I briefly went out with a girl who tried SO hard to exhibit these traits in her real life. Years later, she and her husband/band mate killed themselves and their five year old after she received a cancer diagnosis. These MPDG tropes are as dangerous in their own way as fat shaming. They create an unrealistic idea of what life can be like if only you believed in magic, or fairies, or karma, or "the moment" or whatever. Real life is real life.
The cause is some lonely male writers with no creativity at all, instead of creating realistic girls with actual personalities and backstories, they just mix all his fantasies in a 16 y/o looking girl with 12 years mental age, resulting in a quirky, free spirited, eccentric, cute without effort (because caring about how you look is futile), dreamy and shiny girl shaped plot device
Huh, now that I think about it, I've probably dated someone who was projecting MPDG onto me. Except he was the crazier and more spontaneous one, and I thought he's the tortured male version of MPDG.
I thought this was going to be a weird song when I first clicked on it because of all the weird suggestions youtube sends me. I read it kinda as: Band: State of Home Song: Manic Pixie Dream Girls
If a real woman is free spirited, that's great and wonderful. But there's always more to her than her personality. What they're speaking out against here is writing all women in movies to be free spirits who have nothing else to their character besides being quirky.
Because Annie Hall actually subverted the idea of manic pixie dream girls. Not only did Annie make her decisions herself, she was actually being manipulated by Alvy (who saw her as another person to turn into him). I bet they also got a lot of shit for suggesting that Annie Hall in the film only served to make Alvy look good.
I think the funniest part is that people think that the point of this video (and other criticisms of the MPDG) is to make fun of a real person; the point of the trope is that these girls would never actually exist in real life, that they're a cliché that doesn't exist (often written by men), and that the guys chasing this 'dream girl' are misguided. It has absolutely nothing to do with these non-existent women, just the guys searching for a muse who will "inspire" them. but y'know, whatever.
Ahhhh, yes, the first recognized case. Yes, you can think of it that way as a sort of shorthand. Most Homes for Manic Pixie Dream Girls actually have wings or entire _buildings_ donated by the Caleb & Mary Jo Deschanel Foundation. Bless their hearts. Someday, _no one_ will have to suffer like they do.
The defensive comments on this video are funnier than the video itself. If someone ever works out a way to bottle and sell self awareness they'll make a killing.
Once again, it's about time! Four weeks after appearing on Cracked, this video finally shows up on the "Tube. But the extended director's cut kinda makes up for the delay.
That's because there are many different and competing variations of feminism. One group might seek out "feminine" art and culture to counter the dominant "masculine" one, while another might point out that dividing things into masculine and feminine actually reinforces gender stereotypes. As Judith Butler points out, every group that aims to defend the rights of women must first define what "women" are and, inevitably, someone is going to be left out (lesbians, for example).
What's funnier is that "I'm not like other girls" trope are finally make fun of, especially by introverted TH-camr dudes, calling those guys who wanted those girls as simps which is the ultimate move. Man, 2019-2020 were crazy.
There is no such thing as a "real life" manic pixie dream girl. MPDG's are flat characters created by authors for one specific purpose. If you happen to like mix tapes, polka dot headbands, please check and make sure you're not in a romance novel or ABC family show, then embrace your quirks. :D
Thank you.....Who are these people who think these people only exist in fiction????.....In films you dont see the complete person but....well you hit the nail on the head.....Well said...
I've met some of them, and she is right. I know one of them who is in a relationship with a guy who is 10 years older than her and newer worked a day in his life.
The problem with the manic pixie dream girl in the case of entertainment is obvious. The thing that scares me though, are the people who think its okay to be that in real life. Nothing wrong with being free spirited and happy. But when you're pushing 30 and still don't have a job and repeat repeat repeat whatever your world has been since the age of 16, that's fucked. That's REALLY fucked.
+Jonathan TheFail yeah / no. They're arty nerds who are pro feminist non-binary make up wearing unicorn / fairy dudes. Look up Inside the London unicorn scene by Vice and be astounded. It's a real life documentary. That unicorn guy who runs the scene puts this chick to shame when it comes to ditzy fantasizing.
Holy crap, this is so on the money. One of my exes, wore glasses like that, same hair cut, and had a smiths tape in her old beat up two wheel drive pickup and dressed the same. Here I thought she was unique. OMG lol. WOW!
"She listens to The Smiths!"
They all do....
That line made me mildly suicidal...
@Saaduddin Ansari May you never find out....
The short answer is that The Smiths were a British indie rock band from the 1980s. I will leave it at that
The Smith's are the family that live next door to me.
@Saaduddin Ansari they are a corporation responsible for packet potato crisps
I love how most of the comments are hating on "free spirited women" rather than the trope. The manic pixie dream girl is a romantic plot device used in narratives in order to make the mopey male protagonist feel better about himself.
There is nothing wrong with a woman who is quirky and fun. Some people are just like that.
Are we going to complain about cold and distance women next?
+Miss Mutton And it can even be used in reverse. For example, Jack from Titanic is a manic pixie dream boy. So it really has nothing to do with women specifically, I guess it just happens that it usually is associated with women because most writers are male, and this leads to a lot of them just writing about their fantasy girls interacting with their male author avatars.
Pat Bauman
I agree that anyone of any gender can be this trope, but I'm more pissed that its associated with "quirky" women in a negative way.
Interesting enough I see this trope ALOT in Japanese anime. :)
I quote from a The BBC Mash news show "If you have a vagina people have the right to judge you for having a vagina." You should respond with a good just Fuck off.
@Va Lin Not mentally challenged, just female. Well, same thing.
I mean that's why the whole 'manic pixie dream girl' label exists. To bring female love interests back to where they were in the '80s. Can't have two stereotypes, that's too much like acknowledging people are different.
I'm a manic pixie dream girl trapped in the body of a 35 year old drunk guy.
Same
egg_irl kappa
That's what most of us call "homeless", Mr.Ferguson.
I'm nearly that.
LMAO THIS IS SO FUNNY
I once dated a guy that was using me as his manic pixie dream girl. He was in a depressed slump when we met and he was tied down with work and a repetitive lifestyle. At the time I was hitchhiking around the world, and we met when he picked me up. It was fun at first because he was so supportive of all the fun and impulsive ideas I had, but when things quietened down and I wanted to start doing normal things like going clothes shopping or getting fast food, suddenly I was unappealing to him. He made me feel guilty for wanting to do 'normal' things, despite being the most normie guy there was. I was basically his tool for fun and adventure because he lacked the independence and confidence to do that shit himself and he wanted me no other way, to put it really bluntly.
Basically, I can see exactly why this trope is so popular with meek and 'soft' men.
So you're calling this guy soft and meek because he broke your heart, not because he actually is.
@@MastaSmack nah son. its meek to be afraid of taking small risks, or experimenting, or chasing what you want, or having independence, or making your own decisions. It's meek to instead to rely on others to fulfil those basic needs.
So this guy experimented with you, and the experiment was a complete failure...he moved on and married a supermodel while you put him down behind his back...I see.
@@MastaSmack sounding an awful lot like a bitter incel there buddy. dont make the mistake that im as easily triggered as you
You sound like a used up old hag.
What's sad is that sometimes if a woman is a little bit silly or joyful or hyper at times, have a few aspects of this in their personalities, they're sometimes expected to always act like that. Some men actually want to date someone like that, and expect it all the time. I like to be silly and like people a lot, but am not always that way. A few people have been confused and even angry that I wasn't still being that light entertaining happy hyper person, even if I was just more mellow or more serious that day. It's like they've forgotten I'm a real person too, and I don't just exist to be sparkly and entertaining. That being said, this video is very funny and well done.
And that, in the end, is the essence of the pixie dream girl. She's just a fantasy that guys (and girls) make up in their heads of what the perfect girlfriend would be like. She would always be free-spirited and fun, never nagging or grumpy. She would always be that unending light of positivity and happiness, never having any real preoccupations of her own. Her entire life would revolve around your happiness.
It's a very shallow and immature expectation, but one that apparently resonates with a lot of men.
YES! I've had a few people interested in me that expected that. It's rather disturbing, really. I'm sorry you've had to go through that. If you've actually dated a person that expects that, it can do a number on your self-image. Like you're a disappointment as a human being for not being all sweetness and light.
The cause is actually male writers with severe social anxiety brainstorming what COULD happen if they had the courage to talk to "that girl"
Cyber Jackalope yeah I kinda felt like the video missed the authorial intent aspect of the mpdg trope as well.
I think "intent" gives writers too much credit. I think that MPDG syndrome is really just authorial laziness: it's easier to write a trope than to create a real character.
Two things. Satire. and watch more of these... The Manic Pixie Dream Girls are dangerous!
Don't you mean the courage to talk to the New Girl?
BS, these girls actually exist. The girl that I lost my virginity to is basically a MPDG, and there's one in my family (not going to say who, jic). They're f**king world destroyers.
I dated a Manic Pixie girl once. She broke up with me by decorating my bike with flowers and leaving a note saying she needs to let go of me in order to let herself grow. True story. But thats what I get for going to art school to discover myself I guess.
Did you go to VCU?
"If I don't go out there, they drown"
Oh my god
one can hope...
People don’t even get this trope, it’s about the fetishization of quirkiness, not the quirkiness itself. Women on their own can be weird and fine but the trope is that weirdest being used for the fulfillment of a man instead of self fulfillment. That’s what makes the trope bad. Artsy and quirky girls aren’t manic pixie dream girls. They aren’t until a man begins to worship her and idolize her. 500 days of summer actually has a great commentary on this trope, bc in reality, summer isn’t a manic pixie dream girl bc she can’t fulfill everything that the guy needs, but the guy keeps projecting all his own shit onto her and views her in an unrealistic way.
You sound like those people who try to explain everything based on their high school English teacher's interpretation lol.
I graduated from a UNI with a big Performing Arts program. There were 100 of each one of the women in this clip there. I was 30 before I realized that all women weren't actually like this.
Such an awesome comment :)
😂
I had a guy compare me to the chick from 500 days of summer, and say this is why he hated me.
We had watched the film together 3 months or so before he stated that, but I always wonder ...
Did he realise the point of the film was, the so called 'protagonist' obsessed over a girl and was not satisfied that she couldn't reciprocate the distorted 'love' he forced on her.
... Always felt the pixie is a trope to justify indifference after rejection or unfulfilled desire/narcissistic.
@decembrist So it's all about framing (In 500 days of summer). The guy doesn't make any progress in the plot development outside of the female's story trajectory. At the end he is 'just happy', she's married and pregnant and has done all these things with her life. If you fall into the blackhole of film analysis (don't touch the feminist critics XP), it's a commonly agreed argument .. also that the guy is a narcissist (but I don't 100% agree with that). What are your thoughts?
@@littlerelief5029 At the end, he is moving forward with his life, actually, by taking some of Summer's advice, given he finally seems to be learning from their experience. It's just that the film ends at the beginning of his rebuilding of self, even though Summer had already gone through hers. He left the career he had been settling for, became more artistic again, and started pursuing the dreams he had abandoned. He also seemed to realize his own romanticism of their relationship, his sister's talks helped with that, and his final conversation with Summer cemented that by giving him closure and perspective on her feelings and point of view.
Omg same was his name Justin by chance?
Is anyone else getting a lot of these 6yo “manic pixie dream girl” video recommendations lately? I like them at first but seems to be getting too much for me. The manic pixie dream girl spoof video is my “manic pixie dream girl”.
Yep, got here the same way. After seeing so many though this vid was very funny to me hehe
manic pixie dream girl videos were trendy years ago. and the reason youtube keeps recommending them to you is because you keep watching them. Recommendations are based on your watch history.
@@purelitenite Not completly true - I was getting reccommendations for gaming channels even after deleting them and I NEVER do gaming or watch anything related. I didn't even know what this was until I watched it.
@@colinp2238 "Not completely"? So you are admitting it's true, just not 100%? It's a lot more complicated than just that.
@@purelitenite Yes I was referring to the fact that I had not watched, nor was I aware of, anything to do with manic pixies but it appeared in my recommendations, same as the gaming crap.
"They ALL listen to The Smiths!" Amazing.
Gold
The problem with this video is I instantly fell in love with all of the manic pixie dream girls. As a buttoned up and emotionally repressed man I am convinced they could all introduce a sense of childlike wonder and whimsy to my life.
Don’t worry Mike, there’s a place for brooding male protagonists like you.
Thats sad
😂
I would honestly watch/read a story where the awkward lanky artist kid and the manic pixie dream girl get imprisoned for being lazy tropes, but then work together to break out and discover that they are much more than what it says on the label
Wait someone needs to write this. That sounds very funny, insightful, and wholesomw
I kept waiting for the husband to leave and the State Home rep to join the girls. I believe it's a missed opportunity in the story.
"she listens to the smiths" "they ALL listen to the smiths" ohmygod 😂
"but she listens to the smiths!"
"they all listen to the smiths!"
This video is funny... But the scary thing is, I actually think I belong in this place.
better this than the predatory narcissistic whores that society puts on a pedestal right now...
loonycushion
That's kind of mean.
and true
loonycushion
How so?
by virtue of being true.
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I'm pretty sure girls who try to act like this in real life have severe depression and oxy addictions.
Edward Cullen I feel personally attacked by this relatable content
Can confirm
Actually yeah. Had a friend that loosely fit the trope (dressed on the goth/punk side, liked the Smith's, David Bowie, the Dead Kennedys, and Tom Waits [can't say I blame her on the last 2], and would like walks in the park or going to a flea market), except we didnt date, and she does have depression and anxiety.
I can confirm this.
Oof, too real
The little detail of Ramona Flowers in the screen of TV. Preciousness.
Nice! They used the Shins!
I’m just afraid New Slang is always gonna be associated with Maniac Pixie Dream Girls because of Garden State lol
I love Empire of the Sun.
Some of the darker, more nuanced MPDG flicks like Eternal Sunshine get into this, but MPDGs are really just a certain aesthetic of women with bipolar disorder or borderline personality. A lot of the movies just show the manic side and don’t show when they crash into a depressive episode
In real life Sam from Garden State and Girl Interrupted would just be two sides of the same person. Most creative, unconventional people in general have mental illness of some kind. So honestly this is incredibly realistic lol
I say this as a quirky, free-spirited creative type full of whimsy, who also has severe bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and every time I’ve been inpatient, there’ve been a fair number of MPDGs. If we’re there for mania though, we make the ward a hell of a lot more fun lol. I literally threw glitter at a nurse one time
omg... I'm a hybrid between a mpdg and the guy who dates her--I'm literally wearing bangs *and* a grey hoodie right now
I love having pink hair, have quirks and wanderlust tendencies, and I’ll admit for a while I enjoyed playing into the role that a lot of men assumed out of me (MPDG); but damn it gets annoying and exhausting. Authenticity is where it’s at 👌🏻
I briefly went out with a girl who tried SO hard to exhibit these traits in her real life. Years later, she and her husband/band mate killed themselves and their five year old after she received a cancer diagnosis. These MPDG tropes are as dangerous in their own way as fat shaming. They create an unrealistic idea of what life can be like if only you believed in magic, or fairies, or karma, or "the moment" or whatever. Real life is real life.
I tried to make manic pixie dream girls in the laboratory but I neglected to put any Smiths songs on the mix tapes and the experiment mutated.
The cause is some lonely male writers with no creativity at all, instead of creating realistic girls with actual personalities and backstories, they just mix all his fantasies in a 16 y/o looking girl with 12 years mental age, resulting in a quirky, free spirited, eccentric, cute without effort (because caring about how you look is futile), dreamy and shiny girl shaped plot device
Brilliant! "If I don't go out there, they drown."
Someone needs to make a horror movie that starts off as a typical manic pixi dreamgirl rom con and ends with her being a serial killer
Huh, now that I think about it, I've probably dated someone who was projecting MPDG onto me. Except he was the crazier and more spontaneous one, and I thought he's the tortured male version of MPDG.
Depressed demon nightmare boy
Truth in fiction. MPDG often suffer from some sort of psychological disorder, usually, bipolar depression, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, etc.
I thought this was going to be a weird song when I first clicked on it because of all the weird suggestions youtube sends me.
I read it kinda as:
Band: State of Home
Song: Manic Pixie Dream Girls
Yikes. Rough ending, there.
Right?? That caught me so off guard
"Gold teeth and a curse for this town are all in my mouth......".
julie norris “only I don’t know how they got out dear...”
Hey, I eat pancakes for dinner! A lot of people do.
But do you only ever eat pancakes?
If a real woman is free spirited, that's great and wonderful. But there's always more to her than her personality. What they're speaking out against here is writing all women in movies to be free spirits who have nothing else to their character besides being quirky.
There's often a fine line between Free Spirit and Manic Pixie.
I miss Cracked After Hours and came to see more Katie... wasn't expecting Darcy
YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN! FOREVER! This ruled. I'm a recovering MPDG and this was spot on!
Why doesn't this have a million views yet? This is so perfectly spot-on, it takes satire into the stratosphere.
Where Zoe Deschanel?
Everywhere.
In our hearts
She was there. She didn't have her bangs, so she was completely unrecognizable.
Reminds me of that episode of Arrested Development with MRF.
I think I belong in that home for Manic Pixie Dream Girls.... !
Because Annie Hall actually subverted the idea of manic pixie dream girls. Not only did Annie make her decisions herself, she was actually being manipulated by Alvy (who saw her as another person to turn into him).
I bet they also got a lot of shit for suggesting that Annie Hall in the film only served to make Alvy look good.
One of these in my family. She will probably be admitted eventually. She cannot handle life. Very sad to watch.
my God.....that's....my eventual fate.....
I think the manic pixie dream girl trope is lovely. I've been called one myself. However the point of her existence is misogynistic.
not really
+Emily Kay Fuck off
Bayo106 it really is and i cant help you if you don't see that
President Camacho awww does a baby need a bottle? Don't cry little bitch :(
+Emily Kay Lmao
Walking On A Dream - Empire of the Sun. I got it as an iTunes freebie years ago. XD
Wonderful! It was terrific on Cracked, and even better the second time around! Great job guys, well done!
This is AMAZING. Well done with the satire :D
I think the funniest part is that people think that the point of this video (and other criticisms of the MPDG) is to make fun of a real person; the point of the trope is that these girls would never actually exist in real life, that they're a cliché that doesn't exist (often written by men), and that the guys chasing this 'dream girl' are misguided.
It has absolutely nothing to do with these non-existent women, just the guys searching for a muse who will "inspire" them.
but y'know, whatever.
If you look at the tv in the beginning you'll see Scott Pilgrim vs The World is on, literally the Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie
There is a light that never goes out.
song at :35 Nina Gordon - Tonight and the rest of my life
The song that's used is "Caring is Creepy" by The Shins.
Soooooooooo the state home for Zooey Deschanels?
Yes, and in different eras Judy Hollidays and Diane Keatons and maybe even Katherine Hepburns (Bringing Up Baby, possibly The Philadelphia Story).
@@cmreap don't forget Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.
And lest we forget, Madonna and RuPaul.
And Lizzy Kaplans
Ahhhh, yes, the first recognized case. Yes, you can think of it that way as a sort of shorthand. Most Homes for Manic Pixie Dream Girls actually have wings or entire _buildings_ donated by the Caleb & Mary Jo Deschanel Foundation. Bless their hearts. Someday, _no one_ will have to suffer like they do.
The song playing is walking on a dream by empire of the sun
Empire of the Sun. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I love those guys!
That guy looks like Jamie Walters, one of the cast members of Beverly Hills 90210 circa 1994-95.
Oh, look. I found my college. Only thing I don't miss.
That's what I was a little baffled by! I have that same Nick Cave poster and it is a wonderful thing.
I love when he takes his hood down when he sees the other guy with the same grey hoodie. Lol
Yeah, I don't think I can "boop" anyone on the nose ever again.
The defensive comments on this video are funnier than the video itself. If someone ever works out a way to bottle and sell self awareness they'll make a killing.
Once again, it's about time! Four weeks after appearing on Cracked, this video finally shows up on the "Tube.
But the extended director's cut kinda makes up for the delay.
That's because there are many different and competing variations of feminism. One group might seek out "feminine" art and culture to counter the dominant "masculine" one, while another might point out that dividing things into masculine and feminine actually reinforces gender stereotypes. As Judith Butler points out, every group that aims to defend the rights of women must first define what "women" are and, inevitably, someone is going to be left out (lesbians, for example).
What's funnier is that "I'm not like other girls" trope are finally make fun of, especially by introverted TH-camr dudes, calling those guys who wanted those girls as simps which is the ultimate move. Man, 2019-2020 were crazy.
“We got married in a fucking bouncy castle”
I came out to have a good time but I’m honestly feeling so attacked rn 😂😂
There is no such thing as a "real life" manic pixie dream girl. MPDG's are flat characters created by authors for one specific purpose. If you happen to like mix tapes, polka dot headbands, please check and make sure you're not in a romance novel or ABC family show, then embrace your quirks. :D
Kyle has Morrissey-esque hair
I think I saw Zach Braff wandering the hallways with a sombre yet quizzical look on his face and carefully mussed-up hair.
WILLIAM DARCY! AHHHH!
"They all like the Smiths," very funny!
Thank you.....Who are these people who think these people only exist in fiction????.....In films you dont see the complete person but....well you hit the nail on the head.....Well said...
MPDG are a TROPE from cinema created to help a main male character with his happiness. Not a stereotype.
Also...what's...with...the...periods...
LMAO OMG how genius!!!!! I love this!!!
That nurse lady kind of creeps me out. Her face is just so... "sharp." It's like a V for Vendetta mask.
Deserves more views.
I've met some of them, and she is right. I know one of them who is in a relationship with a guy who is 10 years older than her and newer worked a day in his life.
I'm Afraid I'm a Manic Pixie Dream Girl :(
That looks like paradise.
"She listens to The Smiths".
"They ALL listen to The Smiths".
The problem with the manic pixie dream girl in the case of entertainment is obvious. The thing that scares me though, are the people who think its okay to be that in real life. Nothing wrong with being free spirited and happy. But when you're pushing 30 and still don't have a job and repeat repeat repeat whatever your world has been since the age of 16, that's fucked. That's REALLY fucked.
Let people live however they want. They're not all gonna be famous like Cyndi Lauper, but she did just fine.
@@MastaSmack Maybe, but I know a lot more of them that aren't.
Most people with life-sabotaging mental illnesses are already aware that it's hurting them.
Is she a quarter of the Cracked After Hours bits?
Is it still sexist if the manic pixie in question is another dude?
+Jonathan TheFail yeah / no. They're arty nerds who are pro feminist non-binary make up wearing unicorn / fairy dudes. Look up Inside the London unicorn scene by Vice and be astounded. It's a real life documentary. That unicorn guy who runs the scene puts this chick to shame when it comes to ditzy fantasizing.
As long as he only exists to make your life better and doesn't have any other character.
Same here, was hoping for a little more.
Holy crap, this is so on the money. One of my exes, wore glasses like that, same hair cut, and had a smiths tape in her old beat up two wheel drive pickup and dressed the same. Here I thought she was unique. OMG lol. WOW!
Nina Gordon - Tonight And The Rest Of My Life
'we got married in a fucking bouncy castle!'
Hey, what happened to the establishing shot, the one which named it the Annie Hall Memorial State Home for Manic Pixie Dream Girls?
Someone I'm quite close to thinks boys will only like her if she acts like this. She grew up on John Green books... go figure.
Couldn't say it better myself.
Juuday, if you mean the carrot pillow, it's from Ikea.
never heard the term "manic pixie girl" before now
I hadn't either... Back in my day we called them "moon girls"
I know someone has probably already said this, but:
"Is that rain?"
Idk I like the aesthetic of a manic pixie dream girl
why is this all of my irl friends