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Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG)

Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) is a stock character type in films. Film critic Nathan Rabin, who coined the term after observing Kirsten Dunst's character in Elizabethtown (2005), describes the MPDG as "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." MPDGs are said to help their men without pursuing their own happiness, and such characters never grow up; thus, their men never grow up.
[Note: I used two sources for this list. ListChallenges only allows for one. http://www.bdcwire.com/the-definitive-list-of-manic-pixie-dream-girls-in-film-and-television/]
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Roman Holiday (1953)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Jules and Jim (1962)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Sweet November (1968)
Sweet November (1968)
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Cactus Flower (1969)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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What's Up, Doc? (1972)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
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Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Chungking Express (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Buffalo '66 (1998)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
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Almost Famous (2000)
Almost Famous (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Sweet November (2001)
Sweet November (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   15%
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Garden State (2004)
Garden State (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Elizabethtown (2005)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   28%
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The Last Kiss (2006)
The Last Kiss (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
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Yes Man (2008)
Yes Man (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
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A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   33%
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Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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Her (2013)
Her (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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I, Frankenstein (2014)
I, Frankenstein (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   5%
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Ruby Sparks (2012)
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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