The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Part 1)

MPDG - is probably one of the the most used and misused terms to label a character. The term was inspired by Elizabethtown but the phenomena existed long before the name. So what's the definition of an actual MPDG? It is a female character with an outgoing personality, particular tastes in fashion or music. She's not like normal girls, she is undaunted, she never gives up and always in a good mood, never cares what people think, but most importantly she changes other characters' lives and challenges them to be better self. And that's what actually distinguishes the MPDG from a genuinely quirky person - she is not real, her only role is to motivate and cheer up the protagonist in order to help him grow. To put it simply, its just a bad character writing and thats it. And it is really important to differentiate between them and much more complex characters commonly mislabeled as MPDG (check Part 2).Partly based on the video The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope, Explained by The Take.