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  • 101 Dalmatians: The Series:
  • Caitlin from 6teen often wears pink in her outfits and has several pink accessories, including her cell phone.
  • Robert Mandell's best-known creations, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, 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 Bad Guy Bar), 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 Alvin and the Chipmunks; 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 American Dragon: Jake Long. 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 Animaniacs wears a pink skirt.
  • In Barbie in A Christmas Carol, Eden's best friend Catherine wears a pink and white Pimped-Out Dress. In a Bad Future, Catherine is as mean as Eden, and has an Evil Costume Switch to a purple dress.
  • Larke and Bianca of Beverly Hills Teens have a bunch of pink things, including Bianca's Limited Wardrobe outfit.
  • Butt-Ugly Martians 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 Captain N: The Game Master, Princess Lana and Mega Girl wear pink.
  • In Care Bears, there's the pink Cheer Bear, Hopeful Heart Bear, Love-a-lot Bear, and Lotsa Heart Elephant.
  • Pink is a common color for Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck of the Classic Disney Shorts.
  • Quinn from Daria wears pink in many of her outfits.
  • When Darkwing Duck traveled to an Alternate Universe, Gosalyn's counterpart was feminine compared to the regular Gosalyn's tomboy, and she wore a pink, frilly dress.
  • Dinosaucers:
    • Sarah wears pink tights.
    • Teryx, the only female Dinosaucer, has pink skin and darker-pink armour.
  • The Dog & Pony Show: Piki, one of Dog and Pony's friends from Rainbow Fjord, has a pink mane and coat, and is a total Girly Girl.
  • Princess Kneesaa on Ewoks is often clad in a pink hood.
  • Flipper and Lopaka: 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 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 Hey Arnold!. 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.
  • Gravity Falls: Mabel's signature sweater is bright pink, fitting with her bright, Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak personality. Grenda's shirt is also pink, and Pacifica Northwest, who is probably the most feminine girl on the show, states that her favourite colour is 'hot pink', despite the fact she always wears purple.
  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Ami Onuki. Pink hair? Check. Pink eyes? Check. Part of her dress has pink on it? Checkaroonie! Also, she has girly interests, so that helps.
  • JellyJamm: Rita. Pink hair? Check. Pink skin color? Check. Pink dress? Check. Pink shoes? 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 rainbow to pink. When the residents of Jammbo are affected, they turn pink and their voices change to sound like her.
  • In Jem, there is so much pink.
  • Jessie of Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures gets pink clothing, whether a shirt or Stylish Protection Gear.
  • 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 have pink fur.
  • In The Little Rascals, Darla normally wears a pink skirt and suspenders over a white blouse. Her socks are also pink.
  • The Magic School Bus: Just so Viewer Gender Confusion doesn't ensue, class tomboy Wanda Li's regular outfit and tuxedo are both colored in prominent shades of pink.
  • In Mega Babies, Meg's skin is pink. Her brothers are blue and yellow.
  • Mirthworms: Crystal Crawler is not only colored purple-pink but almost always wears a pink hooded cape.
  • Molly of Denali: Downplayed. Vera wears a pink shirt, but she is a Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak.
  • Monk Little Dog: Kimmy, Monk's girlfriend, has pink hair on her head and her chest.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
    • Unsurprisingly Pinkie Pie, the pinkest pony of the main cast, who is very girly.
    • Fluttershy, who is very feminine, 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.
  • Oscar And Friends: Doris is pink. That's the only feminine thing about her.
  • The Owl House: Amity is 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 her personal magic signature, and dyes her hair lavender part way through season 2.
  • Subverted with The Pink Panther, who is male. Clothing merchandising has attempted to feminize him.
  • Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists wears a pink-and-white striped shirt.
  • Pocoyo: Elly is a pink elephant who loves ballet and tea parties.
  • While Blossom is the only member of The Powerpuff Girls whose attire is pink, the girls' bedroom in general is pink.
  • Lillian from Ready Jet Go! wears a pink bow in her hair and is girly. While her dress is normally purple and white, sometimes it appears to be pink and white.
  • Ashley A. from Recess usually has pink in all of her outfits.
  • The protagonist's wife from Skywhales wore a pink version of the aliens' normal outfit.
  • Solar Opposites: Jesse wears a bowtie on her head and a pink dress with white polka dots.
  • Invoked in the episode "Sleepover" of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, where it is revealed that Janna's favorite color is pink, but she can't admit it because she hates "contributing to gender stereotypes".
  • Played With on Steven Universe. On the one hand, pink is repeatedly used for Rose Quartz, the title character's Missing Mom—she had pink magic, pink skin and hair, and her gem was, of course, a pink rose quartz. On the other hand, Steven himself inherited that gem, so he has a collection of pink powers despite being The One Guy of the whole Gem species. He doesn't seem to mind. Steven does have a number of stereotypically feminine qualities but isn't overtly effeminate.
  • In Strawberry Shortcake, the title character is representative of the color pink, in her 1980, 2003, and 2009 incarnations.
  • Milli from Team Umizoomi has a pink dress with flowers, a matching helmet, pink tights/stockings and pink shoes as her default outfit.
  • Babs from Tiny Toon Adventures doesn't actually wear any pink clothing. She does, however, have pink fur. Shirley is the one who wears pink clothes, consisting of a shirt and a bow, for being a white loon.
  • Katie and Sadie from Total Drama 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 Princesses Prefer Pink and she is a parody of a princess; the only parts of her outfit that aren't pink are her sleeves.
  • In The Transformers:
    • Arcee the female Transformer was all pink (okay, there were white highlights).
    • Elita One, the leader and most visible member of a team of female Autobots, was also pink and white.
    • Downplayed Trope in Transformers: Prime, in which Arcee is mainly blue with pink highlights.
  • Bubblz from the Mondo TV version of The Trash Pack cartoon. Originally the male character Scum Gum in the toyline, the character was 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 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 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 Wacky Races, in which her car was also pink, and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.
  • In Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, the titular character's mother is a pink robot addressed as Mom Unit.
  • Donita Donata, a female villain who is a fashion designer on Wild Kratts, travels in a pink plane and a pink yacht, and even with Paisley debuting later on, she is still the more feminine between her and Paisley.
  • Played straight for Flora in Winx Club, she is very feminine and many of her fairy forms are primarily pink.
  • In the Flashback episodes of Wolverine and the X-Men (2009), as a teenager Jean Grey was shown wearing a pink shirt (with purple and blue hair bands).
  • Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: Girly Girl Yadina has pink overalls.
  • Jean in the 1990s X-Men: The Animated Series had a few pink outfits, like a pink evening mini dress, and in the Fairy Tale episode, her fictional princess counterpart wore purple and pink.

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