List of tomboys in fiction

A tomboy is a girl that behaves like a spirited, boisterous boy.[1] A number of fictional characters have been described as having tomboy characteristics.[2][3]

Contents

Literature

Movies

Television

Manga and comics

Video games

Other

References

  1. ^ prep. by J. A. Simpson ... (1989). Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198611862. http://books.google.com/?id=14cUAAAACAAJ. "A girl who behaves like a spirited or boisterous boy:a wild romping girl; a hoyden." 
  2. ^ “I am no lady!”: the tomboy in children's fiction
  3. ^ Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History
  4. ^ Philip Herbst (2001). Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender. Yarmouth, Me: Intercultural Press. pp. 273. ISBN 1877864803. http://books.google.com/?id=8rgUeEpWfbsC. 
  5. ^ http://www.megcabot.com/airhead/airhead1.php
  6. ^ Rushdie, Salman (2006). Midnight's Children. Random House. p. 251. ISBN 9780099578512. 
  7. ^ 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".
  8. ^ 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".
  9. ^ Abate, Michelle Ann (2008). Tomboys: a literary and cultural history. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 47. ISBN 1592137229. http://books.google.com/?id=pYdrZNd7B1sC&pg=PA47.  "Likewise, Gypsy is transformed from a rough-and-tumble tomboy into a selfless surrogate mother to her older brother."
  10. ^ a b Lindenfeld, Laura (2005). "Women Who Eat Too Much: Femininity and Food in Fried Green Tomatoes". In Avakian, Arlene Voski; Haber, Barbara. From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 221–245. ISBN 1-55849-512-6. 
  11. ^ 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."
  12. ^ Pamela Hartman (2005). "Outspoken Tomboys and Arrogant Women: Four 10th-Grade Girls' Talk about Female Characters in English Class". The Women in Literacy and Life Assembly of The National Council of Teachers of English. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/WILLA/fall05/hartman.html. 
  13. ^ Clarkm Beverly Lyon (1996). Regendering the School Story: Sassy Sissies and Tattling Tomboys. Routledge. ISBN 0415928915. http://books.google.com/?id=-gr_1fhnwJUC. "Like Jo, Nan provides a middle ground for diverging tendencies: as a tomboy" 
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Little Giants". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B05EFD8143CF937A25753C1A962958260.  "The film follows the struggle between the Little Giants and the Cowboys to determine which will represent Urbania, Ohio, a fictional town, in the peewee football league. The Little Giants, who are largely made up of Cowboys' rejects, are the brainchild of Becky O'Shea (Shawna Waldron), an 11-year-old tomboy who was rejected by the Cowboys simply for being a girl."
  16. ^ a b Abate, Michelle Ann (2008). Tomboys: a literary and cultural history. Temple University Press. pp. 147. "Receiving both critical acclaim and box office success, these movies featured some of the most popular and well-respected actresses in the tomboy role. Screen icon Doris Day plays baseball-playing Marjorie Winfield in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and the rootin'-tootin' title character in Calamity Jane (1953)." 
  17. ^ "Princess Protection Program". Disney Channel. http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/originalmovies/princessprotectionprogram/characters/index.html.  "Carter Mason, is your average teen girl (and a bit of a tomboy) who lives in the small lakeside Louisiana town of Lake Monroe."
  18. ^ Liss, Sarah (December 17, 2007). "Calling the tune: Is Juno the female equivalent of High Fidelity?". CBCNews.ca (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/junomusic.html. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "Played by Ellen Page, 16-year-old Juno MacGuff is all one-liners and stink-eye glares, a comfortable tomboy with a penchant for Gibson Les Paul Guitars and a habit of trusting a person based on their musical choices."
  19. ^ "劇場版金色のガッシュベル「101番目の魔物」" (in Japanese). http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2004_GB/. 
  20. ^ Shary, Timothy. The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 44, Issue 3, June 2011. "Buying Me Love: 1980s Class-Clash Teen Romances", pp. 563–582. Accessed 26 November 2011. "...hangs out with his long-admiring tomboy friend Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson)..."
  21. ^ "CAPCOM：ROCKMAN ZX｜ロックマン ゼクス" (in Japanese). http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman_zx/main.html. 
  22. ^ "Recess: The Spinelli Story". Movie TV Episode database. http://movie-tv-episode-database.com/Film/Recess-The-Spinelli-Story-644930/. Retrieved 6 December 2009.  "Spinelli's a a real little toughie, a tomboy with a heart who's fiercely loyal to her friends."
  23. ^ Hains, Rebecca C. (2008). "Powerpuff Girls, The". In Mitchell, Claudia. Girl Culture an Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 480. ISBN 0313084440.  "Buttercup, the brunette, is a rough-and-tumble tomboy."
  24. ^ "Gosalyn Mallard". http://darkwing.snarkykitty.com/profiles/gmmain.html.  "The quintessential tomboy, Gosalyn is most often seen wearing a purple hockey jersey with the number 1 on it, and a pair of sneakers. She has an extremely expressive face, and would never be mistaken for meek little girl."
  25. ^ "Jen Masterson". Cartoon Network. http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/6teen/index.html.  "Jen is sports-loving tomboy who dreams of being an Olympic snowboarder one day."
  26. ^ Galardi, Nina. "Character Description: Kaoru Matsubara". Absolute Anime. http://www.absoluteanime.com/powerpuff_girls_z/kaoru.htm. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "Kaoru is the major 13-year-old Japanese tomboy at her school, and she is praised for it"
  27. ^ "ピンクフラッシュ" (in Japanese). http://ssc.kt.fc2.com/1000.htm. 
  28. ^ "Two of a kind". WCHS-TV8. http://www.wchstv.com/abc/twoofakind/.  "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."
  29. ^ "ふたりはプリキュア" (in Japanese). http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/precure/. 
  30. ^ "登場人物紹介１" (in Japanese). http://www2.nkansai.ne.jp/users/teruteru/tobikage/jinbutu/jinbutu1.htm. 
  31. ^ "Runo". Bakuga Battle Bawlers. Cartoon Network. http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/show/bakugan/characters/runo. Retrieved December 6, 2009. 
  32. ^ "Yes！プリキュア5 ｜ キャラクター" (in Japanese). http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/character/rouge.html. 
  33. ^ "ICarly Actress Breaks Into the Nashville Music Scene". WAAY-TV. November 13, 2009. http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11497631. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "Seventeen year old Jennette McCurdy plays the lovable tomboy who costars in a web show with her best friend in the Nickelodeon hit show."
  34. ^ "Marie's Page". EDtropolis.com. http://www.edtropolis.com/bio/marie.htm.  "Marie is the real tomboy of the group and sometimes a bit of a bully when she doesn't get her own way, just because Double D is her so-called boyfriend and she simpers "Hiya muffin" doesn't mean she's adverse to wiping the floor with him - or any of the others for that matter."
  35. ^ "空キャラ紹介" (in Japanese). http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/dejimon/index.html. 
  36. ^ Gill, Bill, ed (2000). Pojo's Unofficial Total Dragonball Z. Triumph Books. p. 92. ISBN 1572434163. 
  37. ^ Napier, Susan J. (2005). Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 51. 
  38. ^ "真崎杏子" (in Japanese). http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yugioh/chara/anzu.html. 
  39. ^ "Flame of Recca". SHONEN SUNDAY. http://www.shonensunday.com/series/recca/chara.shtml.  "Quite the tomboy, Fuko also habitually gets into brawls with Recca, but she actually appears to have feelings for him."
  40. ^ "ZET TOWN-Is アイズ 秋葉 いつき（あきば いつき）" (in Japanese). http://www.zet-t.com/is/chara/02.html. "ZET TOWN-Is アイズ ナミ" (in Japanese). http://www.zet-t.com/is/chara/08.html. 
  41. ^ "NHKアニメワールド メジャー MAJOR" (in Japanese). http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/major/1st/story/index.html. 
  42. ^ "Bleach Anime at Videobleach " Bleach Character Bio". Bleach Anime at Videobleach. http://videobleach.com/bleach-character-bio.  "As an authoritative tomboy, she enjoys playing soccer."
  43. ^ Recto, Nicole. "Character Description: Tatsuki Arisawa". Absolute Anime. http://www.absoluteanime.com/bleach/tatsuki.htm. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "Tatsuki Arisawa is kind of like a tomboy that practices karate to fulfill her dream of becoming a vale tudo champion."
  44. ^ http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~kids/arannkaru.htm
  45. ^ "Shows - Chibi Maruko Chan". NickIndia.com. http://www.nickindia.com/shows/chibi.php. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "Chibi is a naughty tomboy, imaginative, crazy, and a truly adorable kid."
  46. ^ "Character Description: Mikoto Suou". Absolute Anime. http://www.absoluteanime.com/school_rumble/mikoto.htm.  "Sometimes Mikoto can be a bit of a tomboy, but she never loses her feminine side."
  47. ^ "るろうに剣心：DVD-BOX＆コミックス完全版発売記念特集" (in Japanese). http://bb.goo.ne.jp/special/kenshin/. 
  48. ^ http://f3.aaa.livedoor.jp/~takuya/lovehina/chara/chara.htm
  49. ^ "StarChild:ながされて藍蘭島" (in Japanese). http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/airantou/charactor.html. 
  50. ^ Bertman, Sandra L. (1999). Grief and the healing arts. Baywood Publishing Company. p. 162. ISBN 0895031892. 
  51. ^ "まほらば" (in Japanese). http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/wing/mahoraba/character/index.html. 
  52. ^ "Princess Sally Acorn". http://www.comicexpert.co.uk/characters-p-s.jsp?page=princess-sally-acorn. 
  53. ^ "Bunnie Rabbot (SatAM)". StHRPs. http://sthrps.wikidot.com/bunnie-rabbot-satam.  "Despite her girly ways she has a surprisingly tomboyish streak in her, especially when it comes to her love of sports."
  54. ^ "Julie-Su the Echidna". Mobius Roleplay. http://mobiusrp.metalman88.com/viewbio.php?&cid=50.  "This tough echidna is also quite the tomboy, and refuses to touch any dress."
  55. ^ "キャプテン翼" (in Japanese). http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/cap_tsuba/character.html. 
  56. ^ "GBA 金色のガッシュベル!! 魔界のブックマーク／プレイヤーキャラクター" (in Japanese). http://www.banpresto-game.com/gasshu2/chara.html. 
  57. ^ "いちご100％［キャラクター紹介］" (in Japanese). http://mv.avex.jp/ichigo/cyara.html. 
  58. ^ "ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス" (in Japanese). http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rzdj/flash.html. 
  59. ^ "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). http://www.guiltygearx.com/ggxxac/character/baiken.html. 
  60. ^ "カヌチ 黒き翼の章 公式サイト" (in Japanese). http://www.otomate.jp/kanuchi/chara06.html. 
  61. ^ "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). http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1209276_1407.html. 
  62. ^ "Daisy". Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (official site). Sega. http://www.olympicvideogames.com/mario-and-sonic-winter/. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  "While a bit of a tomboy, Daisy and Peach are great friends."
  63. ^ "New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii" (in Japanese). http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/smnj/. 
  64. ^ East, Tom (December 1, 2009). "Zelda: Profile Of A Princess". Official Nintendo Magazine. http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=13638. Retrieved December 7, 2009. 
  65. ^ "戦場のヴァルキュリア[SEGA"] (in Japanese). http://valkyria.jp/. 
  66. ^ "OG Char". The Gate of Magus. http://srwog.velv.net/og_char/ryuune.html.  "She's beautiful, but is still a tomboy."
  67. ^ "Character Description: Tifa Lockhart". Absolute Anime. http://www.absoluteanime.com/final_fantasy_vii/tifa.htm.  "She is also very much a tomboy, despite the fact she has a very feminine body."
  68. ^ "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). http://www.inazuma.jp/inazuma2/chara.html. 
  69. ^ "DRAGON QUEST IV". SQUARE ENIX. http://na.square-enix.com/dq4/. "A fierce tomboy with a knack for battle and a thirst for great adventure."
  70. ^ "Overview for West Side Story (1961)". Turner Classic Movies. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=23623. 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."
  71. ^ "ぽけあに - ポケモンアニメ・ニュースの情報総合サイト" (in Japanese). http://pokeani.com/. 
  72. ^ "あにてれ：ラブゲッCHU ミラクル声優白書" (in Japanese). http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/get-chu/characters/.