In recent years, however, the male counterpart to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a term created by A.V. Club writer Nathan Rabin in 2007, has made waves in popular culture: the Manic Pixie Dream Boy.

Don't call Zooey Deschanel a "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" anymore. The New Girl alum explained how she feels about being associated with the pop culture term, first coined in 2007 by AV Club writer Nathan ...

Deschanel is known for playing whimsical characters, but believes the Hollywood trope is a way of "making a woman one-dimensional" Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her ...

Critic Nathan Rabin first coined the term “manic pixie dream girl” to describe a young woman whose whimsy exists solely as a catalyst for change for the leading man. While he used it in reference to ...

Don't call Zooey Deschanel a "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" anymore. The "New Girl" alum explained how she feels about being associated with the pop culture term, first coined in 2007 by AV Club writer ...