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* ''Film/{{Matinee}}'': GirlyGirl Sherry's dresses and bedroom wallpaper are bright pink, and she is also intrigued by pink ocean coral.
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* Isabel wears a lot of flattering pink outfits throughout ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'', befitting a pretty cheerleader. In one of the scenes where she isn't wearing pink (the first history class), she's carrying several pink school supplies.
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* Young Literature/{{Discworld}} Witch Rebecka Smith-Rhodes, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13797645/36/Strandpiel-Book-Two when fighting off an]] EldritchAbomination, is a little bit put out that the defensive barrier she has called into being is glowing bright pink, as "it's such a ''girly'' colour".
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* PinkProductPloy (advertising trope where a pink version of a product is offered)

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* ''Webcomic/CrowTime'': Edwin's mother usually wears a pink handkerchief around her neck, and is seen being interested in feminine activities such as cooking and preparing for weddings.
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* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': Nancy starts off the franchise as a GirlNextDoor type of character and wears pink sweaters and jackets in several scenes, especially before [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass.]] She's also shown to have pink underwear during a brief ToplessnessFromTheBack scene.

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* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': Nancy starts off the franchise as a GirlNextDoor type of character and wears pink sweaters and jackets in several scenes, especially before [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass.]] She's also shown to have pink underwear during a brief ToplessnessFromTheBack scene.
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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Sutra's clothing is salmon pink, and she has the most sultry temperament of all the androids. She utilizes her feminine wiles to manipulate Narek.
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* Subverted in ''Webcomic/BeyondTheEnd''. Honey has pink hair, but she's more known for being one of the few angels willing to talk back to Michael, regardless of rank. She'll actively challenge him to fights.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid,'' Ariel wears a pink gown to her first dinner at Prince Eric's castle and sleeps in a pink nightgown.

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** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid,'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', Ariel wears a pink gown to her first dinner at Prince Eric's castle and sleeps in a pink nightgown.
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* After Violet's CharacterDevelopment in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', her attire starts to include pink, particularly with her headband and top.

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* After Violet's CharacterDevelopment in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', her attire starts to include pink, particularly with her headband and top.
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* Subverted by Creator/JAMIErightmeow, who has always used shades of pink in his work, even after coming out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transmasculine]].

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* Subverted by Creator/JAMIErightmeow, Creator/JamieVsTheVoid, who has always used continued to use shades of pink in his work, even after coming out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transmasculine]].
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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Giggles, who's a female girly chipmunk, has a pink fur

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Claudia is a girly girl with a pink coffin and some of her clothing is pink (she has at least two different pink dresses, a pink cardigan, pink overalls, and a pink-and-white checkered shirt).

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** While digging through a box for his cassette player, Daniel Molloy removes a pink teddy bear and a pink bicycle helmet which used to belong to his two daughters when they were children.
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Claudia is a girly girl with a pink coffin and some of her clothing is pink (she has at least two different pink dresses, a pink cardigan, pink overalls, and a pink-and-white checkered shirt).
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* ''Art/TheSwing'': The idly beautiful woman at the center of the painting is decked in an elegant pink frock and mounted on the titular swing. She's very much a GirlyGirl, openly flirting with a man below her and ever so delicately throwing her show away.
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* The Wiki/NickelodeonFanon series [[http://nickfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Y-Guy Y-Guy]] has Hearty, who's literally a pink heart.

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* ''Literature/IAmJazz'': Jazz's favourite colour is pink, and she cites that as a sign she's a girl.

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* ''Literature/IAmJazz'': Jazz's favourite colour is pink, and she cites that as a sign she's a girl.^
* In ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'', the Rose Land, with pink houses and pink garments, is ruled by the very feminine good witch Stella. Moreover, Stella's guards, all dressed in pink, are an AmazonBrigade.
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* Though one of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime's more tomboyish cast members, Misty's got enough of a [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak girly streak]] to rock a pink cardigan in ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''.

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* Though one of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime's more tomboyish cast members, members of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', Misty's got enough of a [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak girly streak]] to rock a pink cardigan in ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''.''Anime/Pokemon2000''.
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* Mary Jane Watson in ''Film/SpiderMan1'' wears pink, flowery outfits during several iconic action scenes in the movie.

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* Mary Jane Watson in ''Film/SpiderMan1'' wears pink, flowery outfits during several iconic action scenes in the movie.movie, including all her encounters with Spider-Man, highlighting her role as the GirlNextDoor LoveInterest and DamselInDistress.

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* In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' series, Sakura has pink hair, and pre timeskip Tenten wears a pink blouse.

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** Temari's first outfit is pink.
** Haku also wore a pink kimono when he found Naruto in the forest.

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* TheChick in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows would usually wear pink (which also influenced similar shows, such as ''Anime/GoLion'', and any parodies, such as the Axem Rangers of ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG''). Carried over into ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', of course, where Pink Rangers usually get pegged as the GirlyGirl.

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* TheChick The GirlyGirl in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows would usually wear pink (which also influenced similar shows, such as ''Anime/GoLion'', and any parodies, such as the Axem Rangers of ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG''). Carried over into ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', of course, where Pink Rangers usually get pegged as the GirlyGirl.



** Averted in ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' with the first pink member of a Ninja-themed Sentai, Kasumi/[=MomoNinger=]. She's actually [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]] of the team, who works on all their technology. It's Fuka/[=ShiroNinger=], the white Ninninger, who fulfills the role of TheChick.

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** Averted in ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' with the first pink member of a Ninja-themed Sentai, Kasumi/[=MomoNinger=]. She's actually [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]] of the team, who works on all their technology. It's Fuka/[=ShiroNinger=], the white Ninninger, who fulfills the role of TheChick.
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* Subverted by Creator/JamieRightMeow, who has always used shades of pink in his work, even after coming out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transmasculine]].
-> '''Jamie in an Instagram post on December 21, 2020:''' Fun fact, I used to hate the colour pink as a kid (to the point where I pretended to have an allergy to it, no joke) because I didn't want to be grouped in with society's idea of a girl. Now I just see it as another cool colour I can play with, without having any gender stereotypes attached. It's just a colour yo. ''(sic)''

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* Subverted by Creator/JamieRightMeow, Creator/JAMIErightmeow, who has always used shades of pink in his work, even after coming out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transmasculine]].
-> --> '''Jamie in an Instagram post on December 21, 2020:''' Fun fact, I used to hate the colour pink as a kid (to the point where I pretended to have an allergy to it, no joke) because I didn't want to be grouped in with society's idea of a girl. Now I just see it as another cool colour I can play with, without having any gender stereotypes attached. It's just a colour yo. ''(sic)''
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* The [[http://www.gulabigang.in/ Gulabi Gang]], a women's movement against domestic violence, child labour and dowry demands and such, wear bright pink saris.
* First Lady Creator/JackieKennedy is most famous for wearing a pink outfit, especially in the assassination of her husband in 1963.
* Creator/AngieHarmon wore a pink PimpedOutDress with [[FluffyFashionFeathers a feather skirt]] to the 2011 ScreenActorsGuild awards.
* There's an anti-pink campaign run by some people who are sick of girls being "'pinked' to death": [[http://pinkstinks.wordpress.com/ Pink Stinks]]. Here is a [[http://www.rousette.org.uk/blog/archives/the-campaign-against-pink/ synopsis of it]].
* An ExploitedTrope use of this is making pink the color for breast cancer research. Although it's not an exclusively female disease, it has helped in getting attention for cancer treatment.
* This trope is explained [[http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/pink.htm here]].
* Creator/JayneMansfield loved this color, and had a lot of her house colored pink, and [[PrettyInMink even had furs dyed pink]].
* Mary Kay Cosmetics frequently rewards its top salespersons with pink cars. The Mary Kay/pink association was lampshaded in a ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' arc where Opus tries to find his mother among the test animals at Mary Kay's cosmetics labs, but is cornered by the Mary Kay Commandoes: "Even their Uzis are pink!"
* Before the 1940s, it was inverted: Pink was a boy's color and blue was a girl's color.
* ''Pink'' is sometimes used as a slang for vaginas.
* When asked what color [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] she would like, Creator/DaisyRidley answered "sparkly pink."
* The predominantly Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, main colors are "Apple Green" and "Salmon Pink" and members wear 20 pearls to represent the founders of the sorority. Members being diverse as Music/{{Brandy}}, Creator/LorettaDevine, and UsefulNotes/KamalaHarris. Their goals are:
--> To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of "Service to All Mankind".
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* The PlayerCharacter's room in ''VideoGame/Boogeyman2''.
* Maria's dress in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', the Princess of Moonbrooke wears pink.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Nera Briscoletti wears a lot of pink, and as such is touted as very beautiful and ladylike.
** One minor antagonist from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' is Avarith, a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Professaurus-type]] monster with predominantly pink scales who is also one of the few female villains in the game.
* The favorite color of Kasumi, the central protagonist of the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series, is pink, and most of her casual and alternate clothing features pink in it.
* Referenced in ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'', where the Razor Sword for Her is described as "pink and costing twice as much."
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Lenna's hair is pink.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Aerith's iconic pink dress and matching hair ribbon. She's the token WhiteMagicianGirl, but her personality isn't super feminine, she has a quick wit and some tomboyish streak.
** The [[SnakePeople Lamias]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' act really dainty (save for attacking the party), have pink scales, pink hair, and pink FluffyFashionFeathers for their headdress and GiantPoofySleeves.
** Vanille's [[BareYourMidriff pink top]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. Serah, who also has pink hair also dresses almost entirely in pink, in nearly all her outfits save for the ''Mass Effect'' cosplay DLC and the Style and Steel cosplay, which are both black instead.
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Sveta]] from ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' dresses in an outfit of mostly pink and purple, while she [[CuteBruiser beats people to death with her bare hands.]]
* The Queen of all Cosmos in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns'': Lisette from Westown wears a pink apron with flowers adorned, and she's the sweetest and kindest NiceGirl around. There's also Iluka from Lulukoko, but she wears dominantly hot pink, and it portrays her {{tsundere}} side. Notably, though, she does act more feminine and sweet towards people who don't know her personally.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Kairi is associated with pink starting from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Her costumes are pink-hued, and, as shown in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', her attack effects are all tinted pink.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' introduces the character Ashley Williams in a pink uniform. Since it's a ''uniform,'' and Femshep doesn't wear pink, the color probably indicated unit affiliation rather than gender or [[NonuniformUniform fashion choice]], and Ashley's lost unit ''all'' wore pink. It could also be a manufacturer's mark, since all armour made by that particular manufacturer is in the same pink-and-white colour scheme.
* Bad Girl of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' wears pink, but given her badass nature, this seems to be just to keep up her Sweet Lolita image.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'', Erul is pink.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'', the females Multiple, Samba, Sue, Rupa, and Winbee are pink. There are also pink male and gender neutral characters.
* The entire menu and user interface of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is changed from blue to pink in the PSP version's female protagonist route.
* Flora, ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'''s adopted daughter, prefers this palette. She's first seen in a formal portrait, wearing a red velvet gown; later she wears a white dress with dark pink accents, and in the second and third games of the series she wears a peach-pink dress with dark pink or red accessories.
* Claire in the second ''VideoGame/PuppetPrincess'' game, and Etoile's sprite in the first game.
* Natalie's pink armor in ''VideoGame/RadiataStories''.
* Momo Karuizawa in ''VideoGame/RivalSchools''.
* Sakura of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' tends to wears pink, whether it's a kimono, a dress, or her uniform. Even her mecha is pink.
* The pirate captain Clara in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' wears pink and decorates her ship pink and her crew wears pink uniforms. They are [[GirlyBruiser the girliest pirates you'll ever see.]] Aika says the cabins look like 'a honey moon suite'.
* ''VideoGame/{{Something}} series'':
** The Rip Van Fish are female in Something because they are pink and their [[CatchingSomeZs Zs]] are replaced with [[SayItWithHearts hearts]].
** The Pokeys are female in Something Else because they have large pink lips and their spikes are also pink.
* Amy Rose, the first playable female in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series, doesn't wear pink. She ''is'' pink. Wherever possible she also incorporates pink into her vehicles and stage design.
* Most female characters in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' have either worn pink at one point (such as Krystal in ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand''), or are pink themselves (such as Katt). This is downplayed with Miyu and Fay in ''VideoGame/StarFox2'', who both spot pink-ish magenta gloves, but otherwise have outfits on par with the rest of Star Fox.
* In addition to {{P|rincessesPreferPink}}each, the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series has [[DaddysLittleVillain Wendy Koopa]] and Toadette.
* Josephine of ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''.
* Some ladies in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' wear pink:
** Ling Xiaoyu wears an extremely girly hot pink dress in ''4''. Her qipao in ''5'' is also mostly pink, save for the white shorts and [[FluffyFashionFeathers white feathers]]. The qipao is recolored orange by default from ''Dark Resurrection'' onwards, though can customize it back to pink.
** From her debut to ''5'', Panda wears pink bracelets. The color changes to cyan in ''Dark Resurrection'', then orange in ''6'' to match Xiaoyu's qipao, but, again, you can customize them to pink.
** Alisa Bosconovitch's first outfit is half pink half blue.
* In ''VideoGame/UltimaIII'' on the NES, played straight with the pink Cleric, Illusionist, Lark and Paladin. Averted with the pink Barbarian, Thief, and Ranger.
* Princess Zelda wears pink in a few of her incarnations, most notably ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
* Virginia's dress in ''VideoGame/WildARMs3'' is purple in artwork, but fuchsia in-game.
* Annie in ''VideoGame/WildGuns'' wears a pink dress by default.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The Fairy-type is represented by pink, and many Pokémon of its type are pink in color and are [[OneGenderRace female-only]] or have gender ratios that favor females. The same goes for the Fairy Egg Group, which has many Fairy-type and Fairylike Pokémon.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', feminine clothes have frilly pink tags and many of them are themselves pink, such as the Frilly Dress and Sundae Dress.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and the remakes of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', the female PlayerCharacter wears a frilly pink dress when participating in Pokémon Contests. The latter game comes with a female Cosplay Pikachu whose clothing options include a frilly pink outfit that matches the one worn by the female character.
** Caitlin from ''Pokémon Platinum'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is a ProperLady who either wears a knee-length pink dress or a long pink nightgown.
** The female character in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' wears a pink PimpedOutDress when playing a [[PrincessesPreferPink princess]] at Pokéstar Studios.
* Ember from ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' is an Amy Rose {{expy}} and has pink scales. In comparison, the males Spyro and Flame are purple and red. She's presented as a GirlyGirl who has unrequited affections for Spyro.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', D.Va's default skin makes her MiniMecha bright pink.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Seraphina and Chu-Chu are pink.
* Disciples of the all-female Emei school in ''VideoGame/AgeOfWushu'' wear head-to-toe pink uniforms (this dips into GracefulLadiesLikePurple with some of the more advances disciples' uniforms). The similarly girls-only Palace of Shifting Flowers faction is also pink, and adds a floral motif on top of it.
* [[PrincessesPreferPink Princess]] [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Cookie]] and [[CherryBlossomGirl Cherry Blossom Cookie]] from ''VideoGame/CookieRun'' wear pink and have pink hair. Played with with [[{{Bishounen}} Whipped Cream Cookie]], who is a guy, but [[DaintyLittleBalletDancers too traditionall feminine]] to qualify for RealMenWearPink
* [[CherryBlossomGirl Sakuramochi]], [[TokenMiniMoe Strawberry Daifuku]], [[ShrinkingViolet Jiuniang]] and [[MysteriousWaif Cold Rice Shrimp]] are ''VideoGame/FoodFantasy'' characters who wear predominantly pink and are based on pink foods.
* Despite the number of characters in ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', only two are associated with the colour pink: Tori, a deliberately-cutesey TokenMiniMoe, and Shuu, an eccentric and elitist designer who was bullied as a child for enjoying dresses and dolls, which he now still enjoys with confidence.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne'', Clementine mentions one of her favorite colors is pink. The flower stickers she puts on her walkie-talkie are pink, and her subtitles are pink in Season 1, 3 and during AJ's playable segments in ''The Final Season''.
* ''VideoGame/TheWayOfCinnamon'': Cinnamon's sister wears a pink kimono.
* ''VideoGame/TequilaAndBoomBoom'': Melissa, Tequila's raccoon love interest, wears a pink dress and bonnet.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'':
** Dumpling, although this is justified since she ''is'' a pig.
** Rebecca's [[RegalRuff neck ruff]] is pink, has pink eyes when hypnotized ([[EyeColorChange they turn blue when she snaps out]]), and has a pink spot on her cheek shaped like a heart.
* Caitlin from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]'' often wears pink in her outfits and has several pink accessories, including her cell phone.
* Robert Mandell's best-known creations, ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' and ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'', were distinct contrasts on this trope. In the first, Niko was only shoved into a pink dress ''once'' (while she and Doc were heading to a BadGuyBar), protesting all the while. The latter cartoon was designed for a girl's toy line, and virtually ''everything'' was pastel, with the lead character rarely seen in any other color than pink.
* Brittany of the Chipettes in ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''; pink is her signature color. She is commonly seen wearing a pink skirt with a pink top and is the most girly (and vain) member of the trio.
* Originally averted with Hayley, Jake's little sister, from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''. She wore purple and her dragon form was purple. The season 2 redesigns play it straight as she was changed into a light pink dragon who wears light pink as a human.
* Dot from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' wears a pink skirt.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', Eden's best friend Catherine wears a pink and white PimpedOutDress. In a BadFuture, Catherine is as mean as Eden, and has an EvilCostumeSwitch to a purple dress.
* Larke and Bianca of ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' have a bunch of pink things, including Bianca's LimitedWardrobe outfit.
* ''WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians'' has Shaboom Shaboom. She is the only female Martian seen in the series and both her uniform and the top of her head are colored pink.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', Princess Lana and Mega Girl wear pink.
* In ''Franchise/CareBears'', there's the pink Cheer Bear, Hopeful Heart Bear, Love-a-lot Bear, and Lotsa Heart Elephant.
* Pink is a common color for WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck of the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts''.
* Quinn from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' wears pink in many of her outfits.
* When ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' traveled to an AlternateUniverse, Gosalyn's counterpart was [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl feminine compared to the regular Gosalyn's tomboy]], and she wore a pink, frilly dress.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'':
** Sarah wears pink tights.
** Teryx, the only female Dinosaucer, has pink skin and darker-pink armour.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDogAndPonyShow'': Piki, one of Dog and Pony's friends from Rainbow Fjord, has a pink mane and coat, and is a total GirlyGirl.
* Princess Kneesaa on ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' is often clad in a pink hood.
* ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopaka'': The female dolphin Ultra is pink, which visually distinguishes her from Flipper.
* In the Claymation special ''Follow That Bunny'', female protagonist Clarice is bright pink.
* Amy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' wears a pink, midriff-baring sweatsuit a lot. However, "Into the Wild Green Yonder" reveals that it's actually a boy's sweatsuit.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. Helga's usual attire is a pink dress and bow, she writes poetry in pink books, and most of her clothes are either pink or white; however, she is easily the most tomboyish female character in the show.
* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': Ami Onuki. Pink hair? Check. Pink eyes? Check. Part of her dress has pink on it? [[RuleofThree Checkaroonie!]] Also, she has girly interests, so that helps.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{JellyJamm}}'': Rita. Pink hair? Check. Pink skin color? Check. Pink dress? Check. Pink shoes? [[RuleofThree Checkaroonie!]] Also, she has girly interests, so that helps. In an episode called "One Note Universe", Rita goes to the Music Factory to change it's music bubbles from [[ConvenientColorChange rainbow to pink.]] When the residents of Jammbo are affected, they turn pink and [[GirlyGirl their voices change to sound like her.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', there is ''so much'' pink.
* Jessie of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'' gets pink clothing, whether a shirt or StylishProtectionGear.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo enjoys wearing pink clothes and accessories from time to time. Eugly wears a pink skirt, and Pretty wears a pink bow on her head, and they both wear pink nail polish. There's also the blindingly obvious fact that Pretty and Eugly [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife have pink fur]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'', Darla normally wears a pink skirt and suspenders over a white blouse. Her socks are also pink.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': Just so ViewerGenderConfusion doesn't ensue, class tomboy Wanda Li's regular outfit and tuxedo are both colored in prominent shades of pink.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'', Meg's skin is pink. Her brothers are blue and yellow.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mirthworms}}'': Crystal Crawler is not only colored purple-pink but almost always wears a pink hooded cape.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonkLittleDog'': Kimmy, Monk's girlfriend, has pink hair on her head and her chest.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Unsurprisingly Pinkie Pie, the pinkest pony of the main cast, who is very girly.
** Fluttershy, who is very feminine, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shy]] and gentle, has a pink mane and tail, as well as a partially pink cutie mark.
** Proper pink princess Cadance... who is nonetheless badass enough to singlehandedly defend her kingdom for days without sleep, and with assistance from her husband, she sent an enemy army flying over the horizon. Studio B likes to play with tropes, can you guess?
** Played straight by means of avoidance with the males. Although there are mares of every single color imaginable, there has yet to be a pink stallion.
* ''WesternAnimation/OscarAndFriends'': [[ImaginaryFriend Doris]] is pink. That's the only feminine thing about her.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Amity, the most traditionally feminine member of the main cast who often wears orchid due to being on the Abomination track at school, has pink as [[ColorCodedWizardry her personal magic signature]], [[spoiler:and dyes her hair lavender part way through season 2]].
* Subverted with ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'', who is male. Clothing merchandising has attempted to feminize him.
* [[SweetPollyOliver Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate]] in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' wears a pink-and-white striped shirt.
* While Blossom is the only member of Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls whose attire is pink, the girls' bedroom in general is pink.
* Lillian from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' wears a pink bow in her hair and is girly. While her dress is normally purple and white, sometimes it appears to be [[InconsistentColoring pink and white]].
* Ashley A. from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' usually has pink in all of her outfits.
* The protagonist's wife from ''WesternAnimation/{{Skywhales}}'' wore a pink version of the aliens' normal outfit.
* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'': Jesse wears a bowtie on her head and a pink dress with white polka dots.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in the episode "Sleepover" of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', where it is revealed that [[PerkyGoth Janna]]'s favorite color is pink, but she can't admit it because she hates "contributing to gender stereotypes".
* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. On the one hand, pink is repeatedly used for [[PosthumousCharacter Rose Quartz]], the title character's MissingMom--she had [[ColorCodedWizardry pink magic]], [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation pink skin]] [[RoseHairedSweetie and hair]], and her [[HeartDrive gem]] was, of course, a pink rose quartz. On the other hand, [[KidHero Steven]] himself inherited that gem, so he has a collection of pink powers despite being TheOneGuy of [[OneGenderRace the whole Gem species]]. [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide He doesn't seem to mind]]. Steven does have a number of stereotypically feminine qualities but isn't overtly effeminate.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'', the title character is representative of the color pink, in her 1980, 2003, and 2009 incarnations.
* Milli from ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'' has a pink dress with flowers, a matching helmet, pink tights/stockings and pink shoes as her default outfit. She's an action girl, so it's a subversion.
* Babs from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' doesn't actually wear any pink clothing. She does, however, have [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink fur]]. Shirley is the one who wears pink clothes, consisting of a shirt and a bow, for being a white loon.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Katie and Sadie]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' both wear pink short shorts and high-heeled sandals. In ''Revenge of the Island'', Dakota's regular outfit is entirely pink. Ella in Pahkitew Island because PrincessesPreferPink and she is a parody of a princess; the only parts of her outfit that aren't pink are her sleeves.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
** Arcee the female Transformer was ''all'' pink (okay, there were white highlights).
** Elita-One, the leader and most visible member of a team of girl Autobots, was also pink and white.
** DownplayedTrope in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', in which Arcee is mainly blue with pink highlights.
* Bubblz from the Mondo TV version of ''WesternAnimation/TheTrashPack'' cartoon. Originally the male character Scum Gum in the toyline, the character was [[GenderFlip turned into a girl]] for this iteration of the show, not only to give a balance to girls in the show, but also because she's already a pink piece of chewed-up bubble gum.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. [[GirlyGirl Girly girl]] Allura wears pink armor, but on her home planet, Altea, people wore pink to honor the dead, and she wears it to honor the past paladins.
* Penelope Pitstop of ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', in which her car was also pink, and ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', the titular character's mother is a pink robot addressed as Mom Unit.
* Denita Donata, a female villain on ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'', travels in a pink plane and a pink yacht.
* Played straight for Flora in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', she is very feminine and many of her fairy forms are primarily pink.
* In the {{Flashback}} episodes of ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'', as a teenager Jean Grey was shown wearing a pink shirt (with purple and blue hair bands).
* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Yadina, TheChick, has pink overalls.
* Jean in the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' had a few pink outfits, like a pink evening mini dress, and in the FairyTale episode, her [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] princess counterpart wore purple and pink.
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* The [[http://www.gulabigang.in/ Gulabi Gang]], a women's movement against domestic violence, child labour and dowry demands and such, wear bright pink saris.
* First Lady Creator/JackieKennedy is most famous for wearing a pink outfit, especially in the assassination of her husband in 1963.
* Creator/AngieHarmon wore a pink PimpedOutDress with [[FluffyFashionFeathers a feather skirt]] to the 2011 ScreenActorsGuild awards.
* There's an anti-pink campaign run by some people who are sick of girls being "'pinked' to death": [[http://pinkstinks.wordpress.com/ Pink Stinks]]. Here is a [[http://www.rousette.org.uk/blog/archives/the-campaign-against-pink/ synopsis of it]].
* An ExploitedTrope use of this is making pink the color for breast cancer research. Although it's not an exclusively female disease, it has helped in getting attention for cancer treatment.
* This trope is explained [[http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/pink.htm here]].
* Creator/JayneMansfield loved this color, and had a lot of her house colored pink, and [[PrettyInMink even had furs dyed pink]].
* Mary Kay Cosmetics frequently rewards its top salespersons with pink cars. The Mary Kay/pink association was lampshaded in a ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' arc where Opus tries to find his mother among the test animals at Mary Kay's cosmetics labs, but is cornered by the Mary Kay Commandoes: "Even their Uzis are pink!"
* Before the 1940s, it was inverted: Pink was a boy's color and blue was a girl's color.
* ''Pink'' is sometimes used as a slang for vaginas.
* When asked what color [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] she would like, Creator/DaisyRidley answered "sparkly pink."
* The predominantly Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, main colors are "Apple Green" and "Salmon Pink" and members wear 20 pearls to represent the founders of the sorority. Members being diverse as Music/{{Brandy}}, Creator/LorettaDevine, and UsefulNotes/KamalaHarris. Their goals are:
--> To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of "Service to All Mankind".
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Claudia is a girly girl with a pink coffin and some of her clothing is pink (she has at least three two different pink dresses, a pink cardigan, pink overalls, and a pink-and-white checkered shirt).

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