The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

It's the return of Valentine, but now she's gotten bigger, happier, and trashier.

The peppy, energetic, and typically young and attractive female protagonist. She spawns into stories with a male lead, often a young man who's down on life and has to be shown the good side of his existence. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl's fun and exciting attitude can coax the Main into joining her in her endless happiness. A major downside to the MPDG is how she is generally depicted as a Fix/One Note combination. She has neither backstory nor change that renders her a realistic or interesting addition to the story. Her sole purpose in the story revolves around the starring male, which is perceived as a sexist depiction of females by critical audiences, where her part of the relationship is sickeningly typical of the male chauvinist idea of women. Furthermore, the MPDG can find herself in the crosshairs of the Main's affection as she doubles as the Main's Love. When the predominantly male audience is involved, the MPDG can be summed up as a shortcut to Fan Service. On top of attracting the Main, she can reel in fanboys who might see themselves in the Main. She symbolizes everything that the lonesome viewers seek in a woman who can liberate them from the feelings of depression or boredom in their everyday lives.