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This is a list of fictional characters that have been described as tomboys.

Anime and manga

Characters Title Duration Notes
Renny Ai Ninja Senshi Tobikage 1985-1986 A cheerful tomboy who loves Jou.[1]
Itsuki Akiba
Nami 		I"s 2002-2003
2005-2006 		Akiba is a boyish girl who used to love Kazuki and wants to be a modeling artist.[2] Nami is an energetic and "manly" girl who is the best friend of Iori.[3]
Fūko Kirisawa Flame of Recca 1995-2002 A tomboyish girl who gets into fights with Recca, who she has a crush on.[4]
Sarah McDougal Love Hina 2000 Sarah is a mischievous girl and tomboy who has a lot of common sense.[5]
Runo Misaki
Mira Clay
Fabia Sheen 		Bakugan Battle Brawlers 2007-2008 Runo, a tomboyish girl, can act as a "sore loser," and sometimes impedes her team.[6] She also is jealous of her friend, Julie, and has a crush on a male character, Dan, while she had a huge blade inside herself which can cut through anything.
Rin Natsuki (Cure Rouge) Yes! PreCure 5 2007-2008 Rin is a middle school student in her second year who is "boyish," skilled at playing sports, and has a "girly side."[7]
Tsubasa Onodera Love Get Chu: Miracle Seiyū Hakusho 2006 A tomboy girl who prefers to be the voice for boys instead of girls.[8]
Rin Nagasarete Airantō 2002–Present Rin is a "male carpenter apprentice girl" who has girlish qualities.[9]
Kaoru Shimizu Major 1994-2010 Kaoru is interested in baseball, has a "manly personality" and is a tomboy who has complex feelings toward her friend, Goro.[10]
Haruka Tenoh (Sailor Uranus) Sailor Moon 1991-1997 Haruka Tenou first appears as a race car driver and is dating a young violinist later shown to be Sailor Neptune, later revealing themselves as Sailor Uranus, and comes out as a lesbian.[11]
Sailor Jupiter Sailor Moon 1991-1997 Sailor Jupiter is a tomboy, but baking is one of her hobbies

Comics

Characters Title Duration Author Notes
Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, Julie-Su, and Belle D'Coolette Sonic the Hedgehog 1992-2016 Ken Penders
Ian Flynn
Michael Gallagher
Dan Slott
Karl Bollers
Scott Fulop 		Sally, Bunnie, Julie, and Belle are all tomboys.[12][13][14]
Cleopatra Cleopatra in Space graphic novel series 2014-2020 Mike Maihack Cleopatra has been described as a "tomboy-ish 15 year-old girl."[15]
Charlotte "Charlie" The Witch Boy graphic novel series[a] 2017-2019 Molly Ostertag Charlie has been described as a tomboy who lives in a non-magical suburb.[16][17] She is friends with the protagonist, Aster, becomes friends with a new girl, Ariel, beginning in book 2, attends Sterling Junior High School, and has two dads.
Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt Peanuts 1950-2000 Charles M. Schultz She has freckles and "mousy-blah" hair, and generally displays the characteristics of a tomboy.[18]
Valerie Smith Josie and the Pussycats 1963-1982, 1993, 2016-2017 Marguerite Bennett
Cameron DeOrdio
others 		In the comics, Valerie is more tomboyish than her two bandmates.[19] Besides being good at science and a skilled auto mechanic, she occasionally shows a quick temper as well as being physically stronger than she might appear.

Film

Character Title Year Actor Notes
Addie Pray (née Loggins) Paper Moon 1973 Tatum O'Neal A tomboyish nine-year-old girl[20] who a con man, Moses Pray, claims is his daughter, and delivers her to her aunt's home in Missouri, later joining him in his con schemes.
Amanda "Manny" Manny & Lo 1996 Scarlett Johansson A tomboyish 11-year-old girl who runs away with her sister, Laurel "Lo," from their foster home.[21]
Amanda Whurlitzer The Bad News Bears 1976 Tatum O'Neal An 11-year-old pitcher who feels insecure about her tomboy image.[21]
Annabel Andrews Freaky Friday 1976 Jodie Foster Annabel, a tomboy,[21] annoyed with her mother, switches places with her mother for one day.
Becky 'The Icebox' O'Shea Little Giants 1994 Shawna Waldron The tomboyish daughter of Danny O'Shea, a football player.[21][22]
Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 2018 Saori Hayami (Japanese)
Mimi Torres (English) 		The movie follows the story of Benio who was, due to her mother's death, raised by her father, meaning that she acts as a tomboy, "contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity."[23]
Billie Billie 1965 Patty Duke A 15-year-old girl with a bobbed haircut, tomboyish behavior, and passion for track running.[24]
Billie Jean Davy The Legend of Billie Jean 1985 Helen Slater Billie is a tomboyish teen from Corpus Christi, Texas,[21] who later gains unwanted popularity.
Calamity Jane Calamity Jane 1953 Doris Day Calamity is a shotgun messenger to the Dakota Territory playing the "tomboy role."[25]
Carter Mason Princess Protection Program 2009 Selena Gomez Carter is a teenage girl and tomboy who lives in a small town in Louisiana.[26]
Denise Fleming Can't Hardly Wait 1998 Lauren Ambrose Denise is the antisocial best friend of Preston Meyers and a tomboy.[21]
Diana Guzman Girlfight 2000 Michelle Rodriguez A tomboyish Brooklyn teenager whose hot temper gets her into trouble at school as she repeatedly starts fights with other students.[21]
Dinky Bossetti Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 Winona Ryder A 15-year-old girl who was adopted as a baby who has no interest in "feminine" things, such as makeup and nice clothing.[27][28]
Edith Despicable Me 2010 Dana Gaier An orphan girl, and tomboy, who enters the enemy base while selling cookies.[29]
Éowyn The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 		2002–2003 Miranda Otto She is a young noblewoman of Rohan who calls herself a shield-maiden. She kills the Witch-King of Angmar in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. According to film professor Sarah Kozloff, she symbolizes the tomboy/feminist archetype.[30]
Frankie Addams The Member of the Wedding (also the 1946 novel and adaptations) 1952 Julie Harris Feeling rejected when her older brother goes off on his honeymoon without inviting her along, a tomboyish Frankie runs away from her middle-class Southern home.[31]
Graham Eaton But I’m a Cheerleader 1999 Clea DuVall A tomboyish girl at the conversion therapy camp who becomes friends with Megan, and is more comfortable being gay than Megan, forced to come to the camp at the risk of otherwise being disowned by her family.[21]
Hayley Stark Hard Candy 2005 Elliot Page Hayley is a tomboyish 14-year-old who traps and tortures a 32-year-old photographer who she says is a sexual predator.[21]
Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode Fried Green Tomatoes (also the 1987 novel) 1991 Mary Stuart Masterson
Nancy Moore Atchison 		Tomboy Idgie is the youngest of the Threadgoode children, whom Ninny describes as her sister-in-law.[32]
Jesminder "Jess" Kaur Bhamra
Juliette "Jules" Paxton 		Bend It Like Beckham 2002 Parminder Nagra
Keira Knightley 		Jess is the 18-year-old daughter of British Indian Sikhs living in Hounslow, London while Juliette "Jules" Paxton is the same age and the daughter of a white English family, and both are tomboys.[21]
Juno MacGuff Juno 2007 Elliot Page Juno is a 16-year-old girl who is a "comfortable tomboy" and trusts people depending on what type of music they like.[33]
Kate Libby (Acid Burn) Hackers 1995 Angelina Jolie Kate Libby, who goes by the handle "Acid Burn", is an edgy, tomboy computer-hacker.[34]
Kit Keller A League of Their Own 1992 Lori Petty (younger Kit)
Kathleen Butler (older Kit) 		A tomboyish pitcher on an all-girls baseball team.[21]
Kristy Thomas The Baby-Sitters Club (also the series of novels) 1995 Schuyler Fisk Kristy is president of "The Baby-Sitters Club" and a tomboy.[21]
Laure Tomboy 2011 Zoé Héran The story follows a 10-year-old gender non-conforming child, Laure, who moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holiday and experiments with their gender presentation, adopting the name Mikäel.[35]
Margaret "Legs" Sadovsky
"Goldie" Goldman 		Foxfire 1996 Angelina Jolie
Jenny Shimizu 		Legs is a teenage girl and drifter in Portland high school, while Goldie is a fellow student, both of whom are tomboys[21] suspended from school along with Rita, Violet, and Maddie.
Mary Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald Million Dollar Baby 2004 Hilary Swank A determined, aspiring boxer trained up by Frankie Dunn, who is also tomboyish.[21]
Marjorie Winfield On Moonlight Bay 1951 Doris Day The grown tomboyish daughter[25] of George and Alice who lives in a small Indiana town in the 1910s with her trouble-making brother Wesley, and an exasperated housekeeper named Stella.
Monica Wright Love & Basketball 2000 Sanaa Lathan (older Monica)
Kyla Pratt (younger Monica) 		Monica is a tomboyish girl[21] who aspires to become a professional basketball star and becomes romantically involved with Quincy McCall, who loves basketball as much as she does.
Mulan Mulan
Mulan II 		1998
2004 		Ming-Na Wen Mulan takes her father's old armor and cuts her long hair, disguising herself as a man so that she can enlist instead of her parent.[21]
Piper Pinwheeler Robots 2005 Amanda Bynes Piper is a feisty tomboyish yellow robot and Fender Pinwheeler's younger sister.
Roberta Martin Now and Then 1995 Christina Ricci
Rosie O'Donnell 		Roberta is the proclaimed tomboy of the girls,[21] stemming primarily from her upbringing in a family consisting of her father and three older brothers, her mother having died in a car accident when she was four. As a girl, she tapes her breasts to flatten them, plays sports, and never hesitates to fight a boy.
Samantha Swoboda P.U.N.K.S. 1999 Jessica Alba Samantha is a tomboy,[36] Jonny's Cousin, a skilled car thief, and lockpick.
Sarah Baker Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 		2003
2005 		Alyson Stoner Tom and Kate's cute tomboyish daughter[37]
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch To Kill a Mockingbird (also the 1960 novel) 1962 Mary Badham A tomboyish young Scout[21] and her pre-teen older brother Jem live in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s.
Terri/Terry Griffith Just One of the Guys 1985 Joyce Hyser Terri Griffith is an aspiring teenage journalist in Phoenix who feels that her teachers don't take her articles seriously because of her good looks, and later decides to disguise herself as a boy.[21]
Vada Sultenfuss My Girl 1991 Anna Chlumsky Vada is an 11-year-old tomboyish girl living in Madison, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1972.[27][38]
Velvet Brown National Velvet 1944 Elizabeth Taylor National Velvet is the story of a 12-year-old, horse-crazy girl, Velvet Brown, who lives in the small town of Sewels in Sussex, England, who later participates in a horse race disguised as a boy.[39]
Viola She's The Man 2006 Amanda Bynes Viola is a talented soccer player underestimated for being a girl, who dresses up as her brother Sebastian to play soccer at Illyria.[21]
Watts Some Kind of Wonderful 1987 Mary Stuart Masterson Watts, the tomboyish friend of Keith Nelson, who has been subjected to rumors that she is a lesbian, aspires to improve her social standing.[21][40]

Literature

Character Title Year Author Notes
Arya Stark A Song of Ice and Fire (series) 1996–2011 George R. R. Martin Arya is the third child and younger daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark. She is tomboyish, headstrong, feisty, independent, disdains traditional female pursuits, and is often mistaken for a boy.[41]
Becky Landers Becky Landers: Frontier Warrior 1926 Constance Skinner A 15-year-old tomboyish girl who forms a plan in 1778 to join Captain George Rogers Clark.[42]
Caddie Woodlawn Caddie Woodlawn 1935 Carol Ryrie Brink Set in the 1860s, the novel is about a lively eleven-year-old tomboy named Caroline Augusta Woodlawn, nicknamed "Caddie", living in the area of Dunnville, Wisconsin.[43]
Elizabeth "Lizard" Flanagan Lizard Flanagan (series) 1994–1998 Carol Gorman Elizabeth, a 12-year-old girl, struggles with transitioning from being a tomboy to being more "girly."[44]
Emerson "Em" Watts Airhead (trilogy) 2008–2010 Meg Cabot The book is about a teenage girl whose life is forever changed by the tragic accident that leaves her taking the identity of a supermodel, Nikki Howard, and tries to let go of her tomboyish ways to take over Nikki's glamorous lifestyle.[45]
Frankie Addams The Member of the Wedding 1946 Carson McCullers Frankie is a 12-year-old tomboy who feels disconnected from the world.[46][47] Also see the 1952 film.
Georgina "George" Kirrin The Famous Five (series) 1942–1962 Enid Blyton George is a tomboyish character who struggles with her gender.[48][49]
Gypsy Breynton Gypsy Breynton (series) 1866–1867 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Gypsy goes from a tomboy to becoming a "selfless surrogate mother."[50]
Idgie Threadgoode Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 1987 Fannie Flagg Idgie is an unrepentant tomboy who had become reclusive.[32] Also see the 1991 film.
Jamila Sinai Midnight's Children 1981 Salman Rushdie Jamila is the younger tomboyish sister of Saleem,[51][52] nicknamed "the brass monkey" because of her thick thatch of red-gold hair and because she is conceived the night her father's assets are frozen by the state.
Josephine "Jo" March Little Women 1868–1869 Louisa May Alcott Jo is an aspiring writer and tomboyish girl.[42][53]
Katy Carr What Katy Did 1872 Susan Coolidge 12-year-old tomboyish Katy Carr[54] lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern American town.
Laura Ingalls Little House on the Prairie (series) 1932–1943 Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura, a tomboyish girl,[55] lives with a settler and pioneer family on the prairie and later becomes an accomplished writer.
Leslie Burke Bridge to Terabithia 1977 Katherine Paterson Leslie is a "fiesty tomboy" and friend of Jess.[56] Also see the 2007 film.
Lyra Belacqua His Dark Materials (trilogy) 1995–2000 Philip Pullman Lyra is a wild 12-year-old tomboyish girl[55] who grew up in the fictional Jordan College, Oxford. She prides herself on her capacity for mischief, especially her ability to lie, earning her the epithet "Silvertongue" from Iorek Byrnison.
Martha "Mickey" Bradley Meredith's Ann 1927 Elizabeth Gray Vining Mickey is a young tomboyish girl who dreams of being a boy.[42]
Mick Kelly The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1940 Carson McCullers Mick Kelly is a tomboyish girl who loves music and dreams of buying a piano.[46]
Nan Little Men 1871 Louisa May Alcott Nan is even more of a willful tomboy than Jo was as a teenager.[57]
Orphie Goodbye The Goodbye Family (series) 2012–2020 Lorin Morgan-Richards A tomboyish girl, Orphie loves mischief and has the strength of 20 men, often finding herself filling in as sheriff of the town and training her pet spider Dorian.[58]
Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking (series) 1945–1948 Astrid Lindgren Pippi is red-haired, freckled, unconventional and a superhumanly strong tomboyish girl.[55]
Rachel "Hellfire" Hotchkiss Hellfire Hotchkiss 1967[59] Mark Twain Hellfire is the female counterpart to Oscar "Thug" Carpenter, and was referred to by Twain as a tomboy.[60]
Scout To Kill A Mockingbird 1960 Harper Lee A tomboyish girl, Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, lives with her older brother Jeremy, nicknamed Jem, and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer.[61] Also see the 1962 film.
Topsy Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe Topsy is a mischievous and rebellious young slave girl.[62]

Plays

Characters Title Duration Author Notes
Anybodys West Side Story 1957-2020 Arthur Laurents Anybodys is a tomboy who informs the main characters that Chino has a gun and wants to enact revenge against Tony.[21][63]
Ginger Time Out For Ginger 1952-1953[64] Ronald Alexander Ginger is a tomboy and high schooler.[65]

Television

Character Portrayed by Program Duration Notes
Ace Sophie Aldred Doctor Who 1963–Present Ace is a "streetwise tomboy" who likes pyrotechnics.[66]
Alicia "Al" Lambert Christine Lakin Step by Step 1991-1998 Al, middle child in the Lambert family, is a tomboyish, all-American girl, who later matures and softens.[67]
Alexandra "Alex" Mack Larisa Oleynik The Secret World of Alex Mack 1994-1998 Alex was considered a tomboy, with her character challenging gender norms.[68]
Arya Stark Maisie Williams Game of Thrones 2011-2019 Arya is a tomboyish, headstrong, feisty, independent, disdains traditional female pursuits, and is often mistaken for a boy.[41]
Ashley Funicello Spinelli Pamela Adlon Recess 1997-2001 Ashley is a tomboy who has en extreme loyalty to her friends.[69]
Buttercup E. G. Daily (What a Cartoon! episodes and 1998 original)
Jo Wyatt (British dub)
Natalie Palamides (Reboot)		 The Powerpuff Girls (2016 Reboot) 1998-2005 (Original)
2016-2021 (Reboot)		 Buttercup is a "rough-and-tumble tomboy."[70]
Cameron Howe Mackenzie Davis Halt and Catch Fire 2014-2017 Cameron is a tomboyish woman in her twenties who has a knack for programming and loves punk rock.[71]
Carissa Tabitha St. Germain (English version)
Fanny Bloc (French version)		 Lolirock 2014-2017 Carissa was drawn as a "fiery and tomboy warrior princess."[72]
Darlene Conner Sara Gilbert Roseanne 1998-2018 Darlene is a tomboyish girl, which gives Roseanne a way she can "talkback to gender performance expectations."[21][73]
Eve Baxter Kaitlyn Dever Last Man Standing 2011–Present Eve was originally a tomboyish girl who became a "little more girly" as the series progressed according to Kaitlyn Dever.[74]
Jennifer "Jen" Masterson Megan Fahlenbock 6teen 2004-2010 Jen is a tomboy who loves sports and wants to a snowboarder in the Olympics.[75]
Joanna Marie "Jo" Polniaczek Nancy McKeon The Facts of Life 1979-1988 Early in the series, many of Jo's stories revolved around her tomboyish ways.[21][76]
Mary-Kate Burke Mary-Kate Olsen Two of a Kind 1998-1999 Mary-Kate is a tomboyish girl who wants to perfect her curveball.[77]
Maxine "Max" Mayfield Sadie Sink Stranger Things 2016–Present Max is Billy's younger stepsister, an avid skateboarder, and the tomboy of the group who catches the attention of both Lucas and Dustin.[78]
Mitzi Ashley Taylor Little Bear 1995-2003 Mitzi is a 5-year-old mischievous, yet sometimes rather unthoughtful tomboyish monkey who lives in a treehouse in the forest around Little Bear's home.
Pipsqueak Tajja Isen The ZhuZhus 2016-2017 Pipsqueak is a hamster who is "all tomboy" and "firecracker".[79]
Penelope "Punky" Brewster Soleil Moon Frye Punky Brewster 1984-1988 Punky is a "spunky seven-year-old tomboy."[80]
Rainbow Dash Ashleigh Ball My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2010-Present Rainbow Dash sports rainbow-striped hair, is very interested in playing sports, and is a tomboy whose sexual orientation is not referenced.[81]
Sathya Ayesha Sathya 2019–Present Sathya is a free-spirited, trustworthy, brave tomboy who marries a man named Prabhu.[82]

Video games

Characters Title Year Notes Developer
Tsarevna Alena Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen 1992-2016 Tsarevna is a "fierce tomboy" who likes to fight and go on adventures.[83] Spike Chunsoft
Ashei The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 Ashei is a tomboyish girl who is a skilled sword fighter and is stronger than most men.[84] Nintendo
Baiken Guilty Gear series 1998 Baiken is a tomboyish girl who knows how to use a katana, mace, fireworks cannon, and other weapons within the sleeve of her severed arm.[85] Arc System Works
Kumatora Mother 3 2006 Kumatora is the heir to the Ooshe castle and is described as a "tomboy princess."[86] Brownie Brown
HAL Laboratory
Maki Genryusai Final Fight and Street Fighter series 1993-present Maki is a hot-blooded tomboyish ninja who loves to get into street fights. Capcom
Makoto Street Fighter series 1999-2008 Makoto is a young Japanese woman raised from the Tosa Province of Japan who utilizes her family's dojo teachings of Rindo-kan karate as her fighting style.[87][88] Capcom
Narumi Mishima 12Riven 2008 Narumi is a tomboy.[89] KID
Cyberfront
SDR Project
Chie Satonaka Persona series 1996-2020 Chie is a tomboy who is upbeat and has an obsession with kung fu, even using those techniques in battle.[90][91][92] Atlus
Sonshōkō Koihime Enbu 2016 Sonshōkō is a spirited and vivacious tomboy.[93] UNKNOWN GAMES
M2 Co.,LTD
Tiny Kong Donkey Kong Country series 1999-present Tiny Kong is Dixie Kong's younger sister. Just like her older sister, she is a tomboy. Nintendo/Rare (company)
Touko Zaizen Inazuma Eleven 2 Kyoui no Shinryakusha 2009 Touko is a tomboy.[94] Level-5
Ryune Zoldark Super Robot Wars 1991-2015 Ryune is a beautiful girl and tomboy.[95] Winkysoft
Banpresoft
B.B. Studio
Bandai Namco Entertainment

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Consists of three books: The Witchy Boy (2017), The Hidden Witch (2018), and The Midwinter Witch (2019).

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  41. ^ a b Shmoop Editorial Team (2008). "Arya Stark in A Game of Thrones". Shmoop University, Inc.
  42. ^ a b c Levstik, Linda S. (1983). "'I am no lady!': the tomboy in children's fiction". Children's Literature in Education. 14 (1): 14–20. doi:10.1007/BF01135791.
  43. ^ Herbst, Philip (2001). Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender. Yarmouth, Me: Intercultural Press. pp. 273. ISBN 978-1-877864-80-3.
  44. ^ "Fiction Series for Children and Teens" (PDF). Burnaby Public Library. 22 December 2009. p. 101. Retrieved 9 October 2019. Elizabeth 'Lizard' Flanagan is a spunky tomboy who gets into a variety of humourous predicaments.
  45. ^ "Airhead Book Review".
  46. ^ a b Knox, Emily (2014). "Tomboys in the Work of Carson McCullers". Illuminating How Identities, Stereotypes and Inequalities Matter Through Gender Studies. Springer Verlag. pp. 43–52. ISBN 978-9401787178.
  47. ^ Freeman, Elizabeth (2002). The Wedding Complex: Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0822329893.
  48. ^ Purves, Libby "Today's tomboys not getting on so famously," Times Educational Supplement 4753 (9/7/2007): 27. Abstract: "The author, a British novelist and broadcaster, comments on social pressures on girls in 21st-century Great Britain. She begins with a reference to a planned play in which author Enid Blyton's Famous Five characters are shown as adults, and she wonders how tomboy George will be portrayed. She states that modern girls are expected to be so many things, including sporty, brave, and beautiful and wonders if idleness and indifference are the few remaining forms of rebellion".
  49. ^ David Rudd, Children's Literature in Education 26.3 (Sep95): 185. Abstract: "Examines the sexism issue in the Famous Five series of children's books by Enid Blyton. Critics' comments on the series; Focus on the tomboy character named George; Characterizations; Gender struggles in the book".
  50. ^ Abate, Michelle Ann (2008). Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-59213-722-0. Likewise, Gypsy is transformed from a rough-and-tumble tomboy into a selfless surrogate mother to her older brother.
  51. ^ Rushdie, Salman (2006). Midnight's Children. Random House. pp. 193, 359. ISBN 0-81297653-3.
  52. ^ Ten Kortenaar, Neil (2004). Self, Nation, Text in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 115. ISBN 0773526153.
  53. ^ Ashford, Richard K. "TOMBOYS & SAINTS: Girls' Stories of the Late Nineteenth Century," School Library Journal 26.5 (Jan80): 23. Abstract: "Focuses on literature about American girls in middle 19th century. Social conditions during the middle 19th century; Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott; Susan Warner's The Wide, Wide World; Ann Douglas's The Feminization of American Culture."
  54. ^ Abate, Michelle Ann (2008). Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History. Temple University Press. pp. 22, 25. ISBN 978-1-59213-722-0.
  55. ^ a b c Pugh, Tison (2011). Innocence, heterosexuality, and the queerness of children's literature. New York: Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 978-0415886338.
  56. ^ Darnall, Beverly (2006). Laura's List: The First Lady's List of 57 Great Books For Families and Children. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-1585425037. Leslie Burke, a girl and a newcomer, puts an end to that dream, but Jess can't help but like the feisty tomboy and they become great friends.
  57. ^ Clarkm Beverly Lyon (1996). Regendering the School Story: Sassy Sissies and Tattling Tomboys. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-92891-5. Like Jo, Nan provides a middle ground for diverging tendencies: as a tomboy
  58. ^ Lorin Morgan-Richards Interview
  59. ^ Written in 1897, but not published until 1967
  60. ^ Hellfire Hotchkiss, Mark Twain in Satires and Burlesques, University of California, 1967. The character's creator explicitly refers to her as a "tomboy," and this is echoed by the volume's editor. "Hellfire" Hotchkiss was introduced as a female counterpart to Oscar "Thug" Carpenter, whose gentleness makes him seem feminine by the standards of that time and place. Hellfire herself describes their difficulties in life as being due to their "misplaced sexes" (Everett H. Emerson, Mark Twain: A Literary Life, pp. 231-232). See also Linda A. Morris, "The Eloquent Silence in Hellfire Hotchkiss", in The Mark Twain Annual 3 (2005), pp. 43–51.
  61. ^ Hartman, Pamela (2005). "Outspoken Tomboys and Arrogant Women: Four 10th-Grade Girls' Talk about Female Characters in English Class". The Women in Literacy and Life Assembly. 14. The Women in Literacy and Life Assembly of The National Council of Teachers of English.
  62. ^ Abate, Michelle Ann (2008). Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-59213-722-0. With her hair cropped short to her head and her rebellion against the manners and mores of white womanhood, Topsy embodies a tomboyish figure as much as a comedic one.
  63. ^ "Overview for West Side Story (1961)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 6 December 2009. "When they learn from an eavesdropping tomboy, Anybodys, that Chino is carrying a gun and bent on revenge against Tony, they organize to protect him."
  64. ^ Played in the 1950s and 1960s
  65. ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2009). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows Through 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 469. ISBN 978-0786434480. When tomboy high schooler Ginger Carol (Nancy Malone) insists on going out for the school's football team...
  66. ^ "Doctor Who companions through the ages, from Jacqueline Hill to Karen Gillan and Pearl Mackie". The Telegraph. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019. A streetwise tomboy with a passion of pyrotechnics…
  67. ^ Clements, Eric (May 11, 2018). "Step by Step' star Christine Lakin reveals what she learned from TV parents". Today. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  68. ^ Bowman, Sabienna. "It's Time For A 'Secret World Of Alex Mack' Reboot". Bustle. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018. In the '90s, Alex was simply considered a tomboy, but the character actually challenged gender norms in a way that would resonate with the more socially savvy youth of today.
  69. ^ "Recess: The Spinelli Story". Movie TV Episode database. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009. "Spinelli's a real little toughie, a tomboy with a heart who's fiercely loyal to her friends and dislikes being called a girl ."
  70. ^ Hains, Rebecca C. (2008). "Powerpuff Girls, The". In Mitchell, Claudia (ed.). Girl Culture an Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-313-08444-7. "Buttercup, the brunette, is a rough-and-tumble tomboy."
  71. ^ Lambert, Molly (June 20, 2014). "Cameron From 'Halt & Catch Fire,' and the Legacy of Female Badasses in the '80s". grantland.com. Grantland. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  72. ^ Lolirock, Team (July 7, 2017). "Lyna & Carissa's Developpment". Tumblr. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  73. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Establishing Darlene as a tomboy provides Roseanne a way to talkback to gender performance expectations through the voice of a child without alienating audience members who would be uninterested in more frank or "preachy" displays of feminism by an adult."
  74. ^ Vogt, Tiffany (December 14, 2012). "We Shine the Spotlight on LAST MAN STANDING Star Kaitlyn Dever (feat. Exclusive Jonathan Taylor Thomas Sighting on Set!)". thetvaddict.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  75. ^ "Jen Masterson". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. "Jen is sports-loving tomboy who dreams of being an Olympic snowboarder one day."
  76. ^ Gurwitch, Annabelle (2007-01-02). Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed. Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 9780743294409. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  77. ^ "Two of a kind". WCHS-TV8. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. "Mary-Kate is a tomboy whose biggest interest is in perfecting her curveball; and Ashley is a straight-A student starting a boy-crazy stage."
  78. ^ Elderkin, Beth (2017-11-03). "Max Is Stranger Things' New Injustice". Gizmodo. io9. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  79. ^ "Pipsqueek". Official ZhuZhuPets website. 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved 2017-07-11. Pipsqueak is the unofficial leader of the ZhuZhu Pets! She has a special bond with Frankie and will do anything for her (she was Frankie's first hamster, after all). Pipsqueak is quite beautiful and dainty looking, but don't let her soft, furry pelt fool you—Inside she is all tomboy and a firecracker of a hamster! Pipsqueak has a SHOOTING STAR emblem because she is always firing ideas, enthusiasm, and energy every which way! Birthday January 22
  80. ^ Mansour, David (2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 385. ISBN 978-0740751189. Spunky seven-year-old tomboy...
  81. ^ Faust, Lauren (2010-12-24). "My Little NON-Homophobic, NON-Racist, NON-Smart-Shaming Pony: A Rebuttal". Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Rainbow Dash has rainbow-striped hair because of her name and because she is very interested in sports, specifically flying. She is a tomboy, but nowhere in the show is her sexual orientation ever referenced.
  82. ^ "Sathya: TV actress Ayesha to play a tomboy". The Times of India. May 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  83. ^ "DRAGON QUEST IV". SQUARE ENIX. Archived from the original on 2008-05-23."A fierce tomboy with a knack for battle and a thirst for great adventure."
  84. ^ ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  85. ^ ギルティギア イグゼクス アクセントコア【キャラクター】｜梅喧 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-01-04.
  86. ^ "Characters of MOTHER 3". The sole heir of Osohe castle, Kumatora is a tomboy princess.
  87. ^ Jenkins, David (7 December 2010). "Games review – Super Street Fighter IV is a knockout". metro.co.uk. Metro. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  88. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (26 April 2010). "Super Street Fighter IV Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  89. ^ "物語の謎に迫れ！　『12RIVEN the Ψcliminal of integral(トゥエルブリヴェン ザ サイクリミナル オブ インテグラル)』" (in Japanese).
  90. ^ Tran, Can (September 20, 2014). "Video: 'Persona Q — Shadow of the Labyrinth' TGS 2014 trailer". Digital Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  91. ^ Logarta, Michael (March 24, 2017). "Sony spotlights video game heroines for International Women's month". gmanetwork.com. GMA Network. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  92. ^ Ekens, Gabriella (August 14, 2015). "Why Persona Is Still A Big Deal". animenewsnetwork.com. Anime News Network. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  93. ^ "Sonshōkō". Official website of Koihime Enbu. BaseSon / UNKNOWN GAMES. 2020. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020. This page describes her as a "vivacious and spirited tomboy."
  94. ^ イナズマイレブン2 脅威の侵略者 ファイア／ブリザード (in Japanese).
  95. ^ "OG Char". The Gate of Magus. "She's beautiful, but is still a tomboy."
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