History Main / SouthernBelle

%%* An episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' entitled ''Jess-Belle'', has examples of both. [[MeaningfulName Jess-Belle]] would be Mauvaise, while her rival Ellwyn would be an example of Bonne.

* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} in the hands of Creator/ChrisClaremont was originally supposed to be of lower-class and a tomboy, and her youth on the Mississippi made her more similar to Huckleberry Finn than anything. Later in the story she only dreams of being a Scarlett O'Hara-type belle, while in her everyday life she wears pretty unladylike, sometimes masculine clothes and leads the life of a superhero. As time went on and writers changed hands, she became considerably more feminine in presentation, though her Southern-ness remains one of her defining traits. In some adaptations, such as ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', she retains her Southern origins (and accent), while in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' she's made more generically American as she was played by Canadian Creator/AnnaPaquin.

''Modern'' Southern Belles are an entirely different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the rural South in a non-Southern setting [[note]]Or a Southern but urban setting, such as [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] or UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, if the character retains her distinct Southern mannerisms in the big city.[[/note]] who's proud of her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her Southern accent and sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm and she may very well be academically smart and resourceful even if others underestimate her.

* In one episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', James returns home to his blue-blooded family, who promptly inform him of his [[ArrangedMarriage engagement]] to a woman named Jessebelle, who turned out to be one of the reasons that led James to run away from home in the first place. Despite being from Japan's Kanto region, she spoke with a Southern accent in the English dub and was a typical RichBitch with a vain, domineering personality, firmly making her a Mauvaise Belle.

* Bunnie Rabbot from the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. There was a scrapped plotline about her origins that would have revealed her real name to be Scarlet O'Hare, as a ShoutOut to [[Literature/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]]. While that went nowhere, it's become official canon that while the name has always been spelt "Rabbot", it's actually pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay "Rah-boh"]]. Nobody calls her that because A: it's only evident in Bunnie's Dixie-ish accent, B: it's spelt Rabbot, and C: her HollywoodCyborg nature makes "Rabbot" too much of a pun to pass up. Her uncle, also a HollywoodCyborg, notes his name got the same treatment.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' has Miranda, Alice's sister, who moves to New York at the end of the series. She's a more modern take on the trope, but still as glamorous and invested in marrying a rich husband. She falls for Jay's boss, Duke, who's also a southerner. Their meet-up has them even dressed up as Scarlett and Rhett.

Rayna Magnolia from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInRockNRoyals'' speaks with the accent of one, and she is feminine. She even asks Erika if she has turned a frog into a prince.

-->'''Peggy:''' You may look like a SouthernBelle, but instead you're as vicious as a bulldog. Why, I've seen you ruin whole wedding showers with one catty remark.

%% * Rosetta in the ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' (a.k.a. ''Tinkerbell'') movies.

* Bunnie Rabbot from the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. There was a scrapped plotline about her origins that would have revealed her real name to be Scarlet O'Hare, an obvious ShoutOut to [[Literature/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]]). While that went nowhere, it's become official canon that while the name has always been spelt "Rabbot", it's actually pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay "Rah-boh"]]. Nobody calls her that because A: it's only evident in Bunnie's Dixie-ish accent, B: it's spelt Rabbot, and C: her HollywoodCyborg nature makes "Rabbot" too much of a pun to pass up. Her uncle, also a HollywoodCyborg, notes his name got the same treatment.

* Bunnie Rabbot from the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. There was a scrapped plotline about her origins that would have revealed her real name as Scarlet O'Hare. While that went nowhere, it's become official canon that while the name has always been spelt "Rabbot", it's actually pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay "Rah-boh"]]. Nobody calls her that because A: it's only evident in Bunnie's Dixie-ish accent, B: it's spelt Rabbot, and C: her HollywoodCyborg nature makes "Rabbot" too much of a pun to pass up. Her uncle, also a HollywoodCyborg, notes his name got the same treatment.

%% * The President of the United States in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', if you pick Female Voice 3.

* In one episode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'', James returns home to his blue-blooded family, who promptly inform him of his [[ArrangedMarriage engagement]] to a woman named Jessebelle, who turned out to be one of the reasons that led James to run away from home in the first place. Despite being from Japan's Kanto region, she spoke with a Southern accent in the English dub and was a typical RichBitch with a vain, domineering personality, firmly making her a Mauvaise Belle.

* Bunnie Rabbot from the ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. There was a scrapped plotline about her origins that would have revealed her real name as Scarlet O'Hare. While that went nowhere, it's become official canon that while the name has always been spelt "Rabbot", it's actually pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay "Rah-boh"]]. Nobody calls her that because A: it's only evident in Bunnie's Dixie-ish accent, B: it's spelt Rabbot, and C: her HollywoodCyborg nature makes "Rabbot" too much of a pun to pass up. Her uncle, also a HollywoodCyborg, notes his name got the same treatment.

%% * [[VideoGame/BackyardSports Billy Jean Blackwood]].

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* Charlotte "Lottie" LaBouff from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a Bonne version. She's the daughter of the richest man in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, has an accent thicker than gumbo, is outgoing and extraverted, and aspires to be the belle of the ball. However, she's also very kind and has a strong InterclassFriendship with the working, black Tiana.

* Charlotte from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a Bonne version. She's the daughter of the richest man in New Orleans, has an accent thicker than gumbo, is outgoing and extraverted, and aspires to be the belle of the ball. However, she's also very kind and has a strong InterclassFriendship with the working, black Tiana.

''Modern'' Southern Belles are an entirely different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the rural South in a non-Southern setting [[note]]Or a Southern but urban setting, such as UsefulNotes/{{Dallas}} or UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, if the character retains her distinct Southern mannerisms in the big city.[[/note]] who's proud of her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her Southern accent and sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm and she may very well be academically smart and resourceful even if others underestimate her.

''Modern'' Southern Belles are an entirely different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the rural South in a non-Southern setting [[note]]Or a Southern but urban setting, such as [[UsefulNotes/DallasFortWorth Dallas]] or UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, if the character retains her distinct Southern mannerisms in the big city.[[/note]] who's proud of her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her Southern accent and sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm and she may very well be academically smart and resourceful even if others underestimate her.

''Modern'' Southern Belles are an entirely different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the rural South in a non-Southern setting [[note]]Or a Southern but urban setting, such as [[UsefulNotes/DallasFortWorth Dallas]] or UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, if the character retains her distinct Southern mannerisms in the big city.[[/note]] who's proud of her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her southern accent and sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm and she may very well be academically smart and resourceful even if others underestimate her.

''Modern'' Southern Belles are an entirely different creature; the term is used to describe a woman from the rural South in a non-Southern setting [[note]]Or a Southern but urban setting, such as Dallas or Atlanta, if the character retains her distinct Southern mannerisms in the big city.[[/note]] who's proud of her heritage, and usually has a sweet nature but a feisty temper. Her southern accent and sensibilities may mark her as a CountryMouse to those not close to her, but it gives her a unique charm and she may very well be academically smart and resourceful even if others underestimate her.

* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} in the hands of Creator/ChrisClaremont was originally supposed to be of lower-class and a tomboy, and her youth on the Mississippi made her more similar to Huckleberry Finn than anything. Later in the story she only dreams of being a Scarlett O'Hara-type belle, while in her everyday life she wears pretty unladylike, sometimes masculine clothes and leads the life of a superhero. As time went on and writers changed hands, she became considerably more feminine in presentation, though her Southern-ness remains one of her defining traits. In some adaptations, such as ''WesternAnimation/Xmen'', she retains her Southern origins (and accent), while in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' she's made more generically American as she was played by Canadian Creator/AnnaPaquin.

* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} in the hands of Creator/ChrisClaremont was originally supposed to be of lower-class and a tomboy, and her youth on the Mississippi made her more similar to Huckleberry Finn than anything. Later in the story she only dreams of being a Scarlett O'Hara-type belle, while in her everyday life she wears pretty unladylike, sometimes masculine clothes and leads the life of a superhero. As time went on and writers changed hands, she became considerably more feminine in presentation, though her Southern-ness remains one of her defining traits.

* Smidge pretends to be one in a couple episodes of '’WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn''.

%% * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' episode ''The Trouble With Truffles'', Truffles is made aware that her voice scares people, so she obtains a dialing knob that changes it into that of calm refined Southern woman. It turns out to work too well because everyone begins to take her less seriously and gradually turn into cacemen.
%% * In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', Josephine is a mellow, kind and very pretty Southern belle. [[BitchInSheepsClothing It's all an act.]]

%% * In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', Buster and Babs meet three Southern belle alligators. They all try to marry (and possibly eat) Buster.

%% * Penelope Pitstop, first in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and then in her own series ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''.
%% * Clarice Cow in ''WesternAnimation/ScienceCourt''. Granted, Clarice is a puppet that one of the main cast uses for their in-universe children's show.
%% * Annabelle in ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat''.
%% * Creator/TexAvery's WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood was depicted as a Southern belle in the cartoon "Uncle Tom's Cabana".
%% * [[MeaningfulName Tara Belle]] in ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens''.
%% * In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', one of Bloo's {{Imagine Spot}}s portrays Frankie as one, much to her confusion.
%% * Truly from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
%% ** Rarity herself has slight shades of this, although her [[IAmVeryBritish accent]] seems to lean more towards ProperLady.
%% ** Cherry Jubilee.
%% ** Applejack once pretends to be one ("Apple Jewel") in response to Rarity pretending to be a country bumpkin.
%% ** [[WholesomeCrossdresser Her brother Big Macintosh]] also pretends to be one ("Orchard Blossom") to participate in the Sisterhooves Social with Apple Bloom.
%% * Bones' cousin Lucy Belle in the Donkey Kong Jr cartoon "Double Or Nothing" from ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade''.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': Alice Tompkins has a sister named Miranda who acted like this. It didn't do her much good in New York.
%% * In 1940s WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''Confederate Honey'', Elmer Fudd tries to woo one of these.
%% * WesternAnimation/BugsBunny [[WholesomeCrossdresser disguises himself as one]] in both "Mississipi Hare" and "Southern Fried Rabbit".
%% * ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' has Bunnie. Although more of a tomboy then most examples, she still counts.
%% * Veronica Lodge is portrayed this way in ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow''.
%% * ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' has two southern belle cousins, Scooby-Dee, an actress whom he and Scooby-Dum fall for, and Dixie Doo, a showboat singer.
%% * The WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords episode, "Flirty Phantom" has a Penny Plasm, a {{yandere}} [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] southern belle.
%% * Zombie girl Blanche in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'', her name is even a reference to Blanche Du Bois.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': In "Fire in a Crowded Workshop", a RashomonStyle episode, Amy Rose's story depicts Perci as one of these, using her wiles to seduce Sonic and Knuckles.