Tomboys in cartoons

[Daphne Blake]

Of course not. I'm just saying that Lola Bunny hardly fills the tomboy label just because she wanted to play basketball. A tomboy by definition dresses and acts more masculine than feminine. I'd hardly say that's an accurate description of Lola Bunny.

I do see your point, I think she is probably in between both, she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, lets say that.

 

[DarthGonzo]

I do see your point, I think she is probably in between both, she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, lets say that.

But that doesn't mean she's a tomboy. I mean...just look at her. Even if you knew nothing about her all you have to do is look at an image of her to know she's not a tomboy.

 

[Daphne Blake]

By looking at her, I would have thought so.

 

[Silverstar]

By looking at her, I would have thought so.

Lola's got spirit, to be sure, I think we can all agree on that, but I don't think anyone's going to mistake Lola for a boy bunny.

 

[Daphne Blake]

Tom boys don't always LOOK like a boy. I resent that.

 

[DinoQueen13]

Has anyone mentioned Haruka (Amara) from Sailor Moon? She is a tomboy. Not only does she dress (and even look a little bit) like a boy, she is also very tough and strong. Also in Sailor Moon is Makoto (Lita). She isn't that much of a tomboy as Amara, however she still does things in a boyish way. She can rough up bullies like that (snaps). I realized that someone did. And Amara deals with swords, and in the beginning the senshi thought she was a boy, and a man who had a crush on Raye thought she was a girl. Lita deals with sledgehammers. And Silverstar just because someone's lesb doesn't mean they are a tomboy. They can act very girly-girl, both of them. So in my opinion Amara is still a tomboy.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

Up until last saturday's episode, i was going to include sari from transformers:animated but now that we know her secret i guess she doesnt really count.

 

[Silverstar]

Tom boys don't always LOOK like a boy. I resent that.

What's to resent? No one here ever said that tomboys had to look like boys. But a tomboy, by the very definition of the word, is a girl who is more man-like than lady-like in dress, attitude and mannerisms. Nothing in that description applies to Lola Bunny. One look at Lola should tell you that she's as girly as they come.

Honestly, does this look like a tomboy to you?

-Once more, fearlessness and spunk do not automatically make a girl a tomboy. Anybody who sees Lola Bunny and their brain registers 'tomboy' clearly possesses a different definition of the word.

 

[Movie06]

Has anyone mentioned Haruka (Amara) from Sailor Moon? She is a tomboy. Not only does she dress (and even look a little bit) like a boy, she is also very tough and strong. Also in Sailor Moon is Makoto (Lita). She isn't that much of a tomboy as Amara, however she still does things in a boyish way. She can rough up bullies like that (snaps). I realized that someone did. And Amara deals with swords, and in the beginning the senshi thought she was a boy, and a man who had a crush on Raye thought she was a girl. Lita deals with sledgehammers. And Silverstar just because someone's lesb doesn't mean they are a tomboy. They can act very girly-girl, both of them. So in my opinion Amara is still a tomboy.

I mentioned Haruka and Makoto. And I think Silverstar knows that Haruka counts as a tomboy but Haruka's a good example of a tomboy.

And I'm with Silverstar on Lola Bunny, I don't think she counts as a tomboy.

 

[Daphne Blake]

Ok I see your point

 

[Zorak Masaki]

Would Edward Wong from cowboy bebop count? She's gone on solo missions, hardly ever acts or even looks like a girl (faye didnt even know she was female until she got on the ship, etc).

 

[Silverstar]

Would Edward Wong from cowboy bebop count? She's gone on solo missions, hardly ever acts or even looks like a girl (faye didnt even know she was female until she got on the ship, etc).

I personally don't count Ed as a tomboy. Ed doesn't act like a boy, she just acts...weird.

(Though I recall reading somewhere that the character of Ed was originally going to be a boy, though I'm not sure why they changed her gender.)

 

[Shawn Hopkins]

There's also Akane Tendo from Ranma 1/2. She doesn't care if she's attractive or not. Actually, she lacks alot feminine traits.

I know this is conventional wisdom but I don't think I really agree with this. Not in her heart and not during most of the series, although she might have been more tomboyish as a younger child.

For example, she did get really upset when her long hair was cut off, she almost always wears nice dresses when she isn't wearing her gi, she tries to do feminine things like learning to cook the way her older sister does even though she's bad at them, she likes cute things like P-Chan and she's clearly the most popular girl in the school with the boys. Even if she very violently rejects them she has good reasons for that having more to do with Kuno being a jerk than not liking boys, she did have a crush on Dr. Tofu. She's a little "uncute" but that's mostly because of her toughness, violentness, stubborness and temper.

Okay, her classmates did make her play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet when she was little. But it's worth noting that Akane secretly wanted to be Juliet and does play Juliet as a teen.

I don't think she rejects traditional gender roles, at least not as Americans see them today, unless you consider meekness and demureness qualities that should still be considered necessary to be womanly.

Now Ukyo, however, basically lived as a boy for years and wore a boy's uniform to school and was mistaken for a boy.

 

[Movie06]

I know this is conventional wisdom but I don't think I really agree with this. Not in her heart and not during most of the series, although she might have been more tomboyish as a younger child.

For example, she did get really upset when her long hair was cut off, she almost always wears nice dresses when she isn't wearing her gi, she tries to do feminine things like learning to cook the way her older sister does even though she's bad at them, she likes cute things like P-Chan and she's clearly the most popular girl in the school with the boys. Even if she very violently rejects them she has good reasons for that having more to do with Kuno being a jerk than not liking boys, she did have a crush on Dr. Tofu. She's a little "uncute" but that's mostly because of her toughness, violentness, stubborness and temper.

Okay, her classmates did make her play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet when she was little. But it's worth noting that Akane secretly wanted to be Juliet and does play Juliet as a teen.

I don't think she rejects traditional gender roles, at least not as Americans see them today, unless you consider meekness and demureness qualities that should still be considered necessary to be womanly.

Now Ukyo, however, basically lived as a boy for years and wore a boy's uniform to school and was mistaken for a boy.

Good points. Ukyo is more of a tomboy anyway.

 

[PeppeRaskell1]

Seems nobody's mentioned one of animation's first true tomboys, Little Audrey, from the "Harveytoons" of the 1950's. She did boy things like read comic books in class (particularly crime and detective stories), went fishing, and even made inventions to wash the dishes (in her dreams, she even invented weaponry to ward off an alien invasion of earth).