TikToker Shares “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” Thing She Used To Do, It Goes Viral And Others Join The Trend


A Manic Pixie Dream Girl is defined as a female character who's "quirky" and "unusual" but really exists only for the development of the male lead. Think of a female damsel in distress that film critics argue is edgy and fun at best and a cliché or even a sexist stereotype, at worst.


Recently, the term resurfaced again after TikToker Amy Lovatt asked everyone to share "the most Manic Pixie Dream Girl thing" they used to do.


Hers was bringing a trifle (a particular dessert) whenever she’d go to a party. “It was like, look at me, I am so quirky,” Amy recounted in her viral video.


More people joined the trend to share their own MPDG moments and it’s both hilarious and somewhat painfully relatable.



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#1

I wore fairy wings to class a lot and wore vintage ball gowns to punk shows (those poor dresses)

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#2

Wore coloured contacts everywhere and stared at people like this until they noticed.

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#3

Use something overly utilitarian as purse: lunch box, old camera case, thermos, basket

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#4

I would wear a mini skirt and knee high leather boots, and carry a hiking backpack to parties. What was in the backpack? That was the mystery

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#5

I would wear 2-3 cereal box watches at once and put flowers in my docs and tell ppl i knew how to palm read when i couldnt id jusy make it up

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#6

My best friend would bring a lemon to every party and very casually eat it

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#7

I had “more energy” on days where I felt like it would rain because it was “more beautiful than sunshine”.

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#8

Used to research unknown bands with terrible music and know just enough about them to seem indie and mysterious

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#9

I'd read books, but up in a tree *so mysterious*

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#10

Wore an Elvis Presley T-shirt with an Aladdin looking vest and drank rain water out of mason jars.

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#11

I would just like quote Clementine from eternal sunshine and pretend it was my own thoughts.

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#12

I drew on my converse to show that I was artistic and quirky I also stood pigeon toed so that you could recognize I wasn't like other girls hehe

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#13

l used to take books to parties and read while drinking wine while my friends were normal college kids and partied accordingly

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#14

Bubbles in my purse when I would try to stop smoking, so I would take bubble breaks

#15

I’m ashamed to admit I was ukulele girl

#16

wearing the tweed jackets of dead old men

#17

Does reading while walking down the halls at school and running a library out of my locker count?

#18

Embroidered the knees on my jeans with flowers. Writing my journal CONSTANTLY. Nothing more dull than a tween stream of consciousness.

#19

wrote “die young” on the heels of my converse in 8th grade then had a teacher pull me aside to ask if everything was ok at home

#20

I wore a tiara to school for months a private school with uniforms

#21

Only ever having one fingernail painted and wearing a mohican hat

#22

I'd wear bright rain boots everywhere... when it wasn't raining...

incase I found a puddle to jump in.

#23

Carried tarot cards wrapped in a vintage scarf and bubbles in my purse at all times “just in case”

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#24

I would put daisies through my ears as earrings

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#25

I used to carry 5+ apples in my bag at all times so I could give them out to people. I also had a month in 2006 where I wore roller skates everywhere.

#26

Wearing JAZZ SHOES AS SHOES

#27

I used to run into doors and trip on purpose.

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#28

I used to say spring onion crisps made me hyper. When I ate them I used to run around and act manic

#29

I strung individual faux pearls onto my actual hair (this was when feather hair extensions were popular) but I did pearls because I was different

#30

i bought a bunch of miniature people like the tiny ones for model train sets and would give them out randomly to ppl with no explanation

#31

I was in college during the height of this trope and I wore massive cassete tape earrings or rubber goldfish earrings or heart shaped glasses.

#32

Prom dresses and combat boots

#33

I would doodle on my backpack and write song lyrics on everything and when people asked what they're from I'd be like 'you haven't heard of them...'

#34

I carried around a cat puppet.

#35

I had a vintage fedora that I wore A LOT with non-vintage outfits... I still feel the shame when I see the photos

#36

ran an Elvish blog

#37

wore a vintage army uniform shirt for a jacket and actual ballet slippers for shoes.

#38

I would drop pennies as I walked so people could find them and have good luck

#39

I pretended I snorted when I laughed! I ONLY read ~classics~ in high school. I did go on to get a lit degree so ig I'm still living the dream

#40

i used to stick a guitar pick in my hair clip/barrette so people would know i was a musician

#41

What didn't I do? I used to take my shoes off and splash in every fountain I saw because I was 'living in the moment'

#42

I remember laying in the grass while drunk to feel wild and free and it was just in a weird spot to do so and my friend was like “uh can you get up?”

#43

I would wear thrift store clothes and tell people it was because “I like wearing other people’s stories on me.” *HEAVES*

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#44

i did mascara on one eye to look like the Clockwork Orange guy. I watched that movie once and didn't even fully understand it

#45

In high school I would wear one green converse and one blue converse and both had neon green laces

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#46

Instead of saying hi to people for a solid year i used to say happy birthday

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#47

Project my internalised misogyny on every other women I met.

#48

I would read in public but actively try to ~look mysterious~ and wait for people to ask me what I was reading (they never did)

#49

Wore a belt I made out of my grandfather’s GM seatbelt parts.

#50

i walked around school in just my socks no shoes for two years

#51

... I only dated people for a month, and in that month I would make sure I changed their life by enrolling them in school or getting them a job...

#52

I’d take my journal everywhere to write down funny moments and quotes I wanted to remember. Now I’m a journalist

#53

I used to talk about Bob Dylan all the time and I don't think I've heard a single song

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#54

Going out in the rain on purpose

#55

Ate bell peppers like apples in class

#56

for some reason mine was that I used to claim I couldn't ride a bike... even though I could ride a bike?

#57

Army boots with beads threaded on the laces. Feather boas. An insane number of beads, clips, hair glitter, ribbons in my hair. oh and bindhis

#58

I went to school with a girl who made a huge deal about being scared of stickers

#59

Painted a toilet