Line #23 Series/GirlCode


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3	A Creator/{{MTV}} series which discusses a deal of tips and tricks for the modern young woman in the city. It is a DistaffCounterpart and {{spinoff}} of ''Guy Code'' on [=MTV2=]. Each episode has the cast (composed primarily of female actors, musicians, and comedians, though there are several guys as well) discussing four topics (such as cheating, [[ButWeUsedACondom pregnancy scares]], [[TheLadette being farty]], and many other aspects of life). Between these segments are the occasional vignette showing comical encounters a girl might run into, and segments like "Is That Weird?" (where a member of the cast shares an anecdote or habit and asks if it's weird.
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5	''Guy Code'' spawned two more spinoffs: ''Guy Court'' in 2013, and ''Guy Code vs. Girl Code'' in 2016.
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8	!!This work includes examples of the following tropes:
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10	%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Discussed. Long story short, they decide that yeah, they do... even though it's a bad choice.
11	* AllMenArePerverts: A fairly significant amount of advice on the show boils down to "guys will bone you for anything."
12	* AllWomenAreLustful: A lot of the girls' comments boil down to "well we'd bone them back."
13	* AllWomenLoveShoes: The female cast talks about shoes frequently. The male cast comments on how they don't get how women can care that much.
14	* DistaffCounterpart: Of ''Guy Code''. ''Girl Code'' is generally considered to be of higher quality and more respectable, which, [[DamnedByFaintPraise if you look at the other tropes on this page, is really telling.]]
15	* EroticDream: Discussed, as a pitfall of the erotic dream is becoming attracted to someone for something they did in a dream. The inverse (being mad at someone for something they did in a dream) is also discussed.
16	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: One segment recommends casual same sex experimentation and concludes with "forget the guy, give her a try." This is something which Guy Code never recommended nor discussed.
17	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Pretty much the entire cast is either this or full-on TheLadette. Given that most of the subjects discussed involve, well, drinking and partying, it wouldn't be very useful to have a quiet teetotaller's advice.
18	* ImportantHaircut: Discussed, and recommended against. The cast basically says "after something big happens, stay the hell away from scissors."
19	%% * TheLadette: Many of the women in the talking heads segments. Some of them comment that they get along better with guys.
20	* MadAtADream: Discussed, where some of the cast mention that they've gotten angry at a friend for things they did in a dream. Of course, they also discuss the [[EroticDream opposite]], where they wind up attracted to a friend for their actions in a dream.
21	* NiceGuysFinishLast: Subverted in the "Bad Boys" segment. Even though they also freely admit that at this point in their lives, they do get the short end of the stick, the cast as a whole says that, in the grand scheme of things, nice guys usually wind up in a better place in life so girls should be pursuing them.
22	%% * SassyBlackWoman: Most of the black female cast, though Nicole Byer is the foremost example.
23	* UniversalAdaptorCast: There's no continuity in the clips played out between talking heads segments, so the girls can play any role.

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