22 “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” Things Women Used To Do, Thinking It Made Them So Cool And Mysterious

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

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

#2

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

#3

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

#4

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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

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

#8

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’

#9

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

#10

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

#11

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

#12

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

#13

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.

#14

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

#15

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

#16

I would wear 2-3 cereal box watches at once and put flowers in my docs and tell people I knew how to palm read when I couldnt I’d just make it up.

#17

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

#18

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

#19

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?”

#20

Wearing the tweed jackets of dead old men.

#21

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

#22

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

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