History Main / PinkGirlBlueBoy

[[caption-width:280: [[color:deeppink:Nana]] and [[color:blue:Popo]] are happy with their fashion tastes.]]

* Parodied in ''FamilyGuy'' where an anthropomorphic blue car is hitting on a pink car only to realize that it's his buddy, whose owner gave him a paint job.

** {{Cinderella}} is debatable. Her dress is silver in the movie but blue in all follow up merchandise in the Disney Princess line. Her nightgown is blue.

* [[FairlyOddparents Timmy Turner's]] clothes are all pink because his parents were expecting a girl.

** {{Cinderella}} is debatable. Her dress is silver in the movie but blue in all follow up merchandise in the Disney Princess line.

* ''The Ice Climbers'', Nana and Popo, play this trope straight. Popo wears a blue parka while Nana wears a pink/red one.
* Lo[=l=]olo and Lalala also play this trope straight. Lalala [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics even wears a bow]].

* How have we not mentioned Hayate and Hinagiku from [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate The Combat Butler]] yet? It's especially noteworthy as it completely subverts the girly pink-haired girl/stoic blue-haired guy dynamic (just don't tell that to Hinagiku) as Hayate is quite emotional at times and is noted for being very girly while Hinagiku is generally pretty tough and acts more boyish. Like the above example Hina proves that girly pink can be very BadAss and Hayate shows that being a slightly feminine Bishounen is also no handicap on that front.

** In ''{{Gundam 00}}'', Soma Peries got a pink mobile suit in season 1, and Nena Trinity wore a pink pilot's suit. In season 2, they switch to red and purple, respectively. Played straight by Setsuna F. Seiei (who pilots blue Gundams) and Feldt Grace (who is a RoseHairedGirl) in the second season by wearing uniforms with those corresponding colors. As well as Louise Halevy and Saji Crossroad for respectively wearing pink jacket and blue vest in season 1.

---> '''TheNostalgiaChick''', correct overall, but not in context (see ''Transformers'')

**** Correct, Mikage is supposed to be a male counterpart to Utena and claim the position of Victor, while his companion Mamiya pretends to be a male Anthy. [[spoiler:Although she isn't really pretending.]]

--> '''Hilary:''' Oh, Ashley, you are so naive. If it's a boy, it's ''blue''!

** This does bring up some confusion at one point, as [[spoiler:the animal inside the rather masculine E-102 is a pink bird.]]

*** Belle is a more modern version of strictly-blue; she wears blue throughout most of the movie, and it's what set her apart from the autumn-themed villagers. She also has a fancier pink dress which appears briefly once she and the Beast begin to get along. However, thanks to the Disney Princess line, it's a gold ball gown, that she's primarily associated with, instead of her blue peasant garb. When Belle wears blue, the Beast wears a red cape. When she wears gold, the Beast is the boy in blue.

* The Nostalgia Chick's quote atop the page was used in her analysis of the [[TransformersGeneration1 original ''Transformers'' cartoon]], referring to both [[ActionGirl Arcee]] and [[LadyOfWar Elita One]]. Elita One was the DistaffCounterpart of Optimus Prime, and so (leader/girl) pink to his [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic (leader) red and (boy) blue coloring]]. Elita One's AmazonBrigade otherwise had nothing with the trope, her soldiers appearing in all kinds of colours. Arcee, being [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the one girl]] starting the third season was pink, and so was her (intended) love interest Hot Rod in a magenta shade ("aging" to red when he became Rodimus Prime). From there, the trope gets interesting in that pink is a noticeable colour choice among the Autobot females, but also among the Decepticon males (though not much in the cartoon because that ended long before the toyline did). [[BigEater Hun-Grrr]], [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Misfire]], the [[SeaMonster Seacons]], [[BigEater Skullcruncher]], Spinister, Fangry, [[{{Badass}} Gaihawk]], Barricade, Roller Force and Horri-Bull, among others, all sport a good level of pink. Blue is more equally divided between the factions, though there aren't many blue females on either side.

* The Nostalgia Chick's quote atop the page was used in her analysis of the [[TransformersGeneration1 original ''Transformers'' cartoon]], referring to both [[ActionGirl Arcee]] and [[LadyOfWar Elita One]]. Elita One was the DistaffCounterpart of Optimus Prime, and so (leader/girl) pink to his [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic (leader) red and (boy) blue coloring]]. Elita One's AmazonBrigade otherwise had nothing with the trope, her soldiers appearing in all kinds of colours. Arcee, being [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the one girl]] starting the third season was pink, and so was her (intended) love interest Hot Rod in a magenta shade ("aging" to red when he became Rodimus Prime). From there, the trope gets interesting in that pink is a noticeable colour choice among the Autobot females, but also among the Decepticon males (though not much in the cartoon because that ended long before the toyline did). [[BigEater Hun-Grrr]], [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Misfire]], the [[SeaMonster Seacons]], [[BigEater Skullcruncher]], Spinister, Fangry, [[{{Badass}} Gaihawk]], Barricade, Roller Force and Horri-Bull, among others, all sport a good level of pink.

---> '''TheNostalgiaChick'''

* As the above quote mentions, [[LadyOfWar Elita-1]], who was basically the {{Distaff Counterpart}} of Optimus Prime, was pink as opposed to Optimus's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic red, white, and blue coloring]] in
''TransformersGeneration1''.

* As the above quote mentions, [[LadyOfWar Elita-1]], who was basically the {{Distaff Counterpart}} of Optimus Prime, was pink as opposed to Optimus's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic red, white, and blue coloring]] in ''TransformersGeneration1''.

** In-universe. The {{Doylist}} reason is that the colorists ran out of red paint when they were doing the early character designs.

*** Also, the text of NPCs in FireRed and LeafGreen will change colour depending on their gender- red for girls, blue for boys, black for Pokemon and computers.

** Latias and Latios (twin dragons and legendary Pokémon) are red/female and blue/male, respectively.

---> '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Chick]]'''

* Lololo and Lalala also play this trope straight. Lalala [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics even wears a bow]].

*** Tie-ins for this movie are notorious for getting this messed up. Often Pongo and Perdita's collars will be switched, or some of them will be pink instead of red... actually, on the cover of the first VHS release, several of the puppies had magenta, purple, and even yellow collars, {{so yeah}}.

* How have we not mentioned Hayate and Hinagiku from [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate The Combat Butler]] yet? It's especially noteworthy as it completely subverts the girly pink-haired girl/stoic blue-haired guy dynamic (just don't tell that to Hinagiku) as Hayate is quite emotional at times and is noted for being very girly while Hinagiku is generally pretty tough and acts more boyish. Like the above example Hina proves that girly pink can be very [[Badass badass]] indeed and even Hayate kicks lots of ass despite mostly acting girly.

* How have we not mentioned Hayate and Hinagiku from [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate The Combat Butler]] yet? It's especially noteworthy as it completely subverts the girly pink-haired girl/stoic blue-haired guy dynamic (just don't tell that to Hinagiku) as Hayate is quite emotional at times and is noted for being very girly while Hinagiku is generally pretty tough and acts more boyish. Like the above example Hina proves that girly pink can be very [[Badass Badass]] indeed and even Hayate kicks lots of ass despite mostly acting girly.

** In ''{{Gundam 00}}'', Soma Peries got a pink mobile suit in season 1, and Nena Trinity wore a pink pilot's suit. In season 2, they switch to red and purple, respectively. Played straight by Setsuna F. Seiei (who pilots blue Gundams) and Feldt Grace (who is a RoseHairedGirl) in the second season as they start wearing uniforms with those corresponding colors. As well as Louise Halevy and Saji Crossroad for respectively wearing pink jacket and blue vest in season 1.

** In ''{{Gundam 00}}'', Soma Peries got a pink mobile suit in season 1, and Nena Trinity wore a pink pilot's suit. In season 2, they switch to red and purple, respectively. Also in season 1, Louise Halevy and Saji Crossroad respectively wore a pink jacket and blue vest. And finally, Setsuna's Gundams are all blue, while Feldt's hair is pink. In the second season, they start wearing uniforms with those corresponding colors.