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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Girl_Next_Door_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Girl Next Door (disambiguation)">Girl Next Door (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png/220px-Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png/330px-Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Dik_Trom_en_the_blind_girl_next_door_by_Johan_Braakensiek_end_of_19th_century.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="447" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dik_Trom" title="Dik Trom">Dik Trom</a> and the blind girl next door (by <a href="/wiki/Johan_Braakensiek" title="Johan Braakensiek">Johan Braakensiek</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>girl next door</b> is a young female <a href="/wiki/Stock_character" title="Stock character">stock character</a> who is often used in <a href="/wiki/Romance_novel" title="Romance novel">romantic stories</a>. She is named so because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a mutual friendship that later often develops into romantic attraction. </p><p>A similar expression is "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boy_next_door" class="extiw" title="wikt:boy next door">boy next door</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girl_next_door&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A girl-next-door character is often seen as natural and unpretentious. A trope that evokes <a href="/wiki/Nostalgia" title="Nostalgia">nostalgia</a>, it is associated with small towns and more local or even rural ways of life.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The girl next door is often portrayed as innocent.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Actress and singer <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a>, renowned for her <a href="/wiki/Rom-com" class="mw-redirect" title="Rom-com">rom-com</a> film roles in the 1950s, is described as a pioneering embodiment of the girl-next-door image in film:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regarded as "Hollywood's girl next door".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A common cliche is when a male protagonist is caught in a <a href="/wiki/Love_triangle" title="Love triangle">love triangle</a> between two women, he will usually choose the "sweet, ordinary, and caring girl next door" he grew up with rather than a more well-off or beautiful woman with fewer morals.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other times, this character ignores the hero for another male character, despite being the object of his affections.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (July 2018)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The character <a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_Summers" title="Mary Ann Summers">Mary Ann Summers</a> from the TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Gilligan's Island">Gilligan's Island</a></i> (portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Wells" title="Dawn Wells">Dawn Wells</a>) had the girl next door allure, in contrast with the more glamorous character <a href="/wiki/Ginger_Grant" title="Ginger Grant">Ginger Grant</a> (portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Tina_Louise" title="Tina Louise">Tina Louise</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the popularity of the show and the two lead female characters, the question "Ginger or Mary Ann?" became shorthand for asking someone whether they preferred a girl-next-door type or a more glamorous type.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girl_next_door&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Farmer%27s_daughter" title="Farmer's daughter">Farmer's daughter</a> – Stereotype in fiction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friend_zone" title="Friend zone">Friend zone</a> – Inability to move from a platonic relationship into a romantic one</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innamorati" title="Innamorati">Innamorati</a> – Stock characters within the theatre style known as Commedia dell'arte</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girl_next_door&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 77–86. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85772-279-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85772-279-9"><bdi>978-0-85772-279-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/862101452">862101452</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Doris+Day+Confidential%3A+Hollywood%2C+Sex+and+Stardom&rft.place=London&rft.pages=77-86&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris&rft.date=2013-09-27&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F862101452&rft.isbn=978-0-85772-279-9&rft.aulast=McDonald&rft.aufirst=Tamar+Jeffers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlinton2019" class="citation news cs1">Glinton, Sonari (May 13, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wprl.org/npr-music/2019-05-13/actress-and-singer-doris-day-hollywoods-girl-next-door-dies-at-97">"Actress And Singer Doris Day, Hollywood's Girl Next Door, Dies At 97"</a>. WPRL<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 28,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Actress+And+Singer+Doris+Day%2C+Hollywood%27s+Girl+Next+Door%2C+Dies+At+97&rft.date=2019-05-13&rft.aulast=Glinton&rft.aufirst=Sonari&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wprl.org%2Fnpr-music%2F2019-05-13%2Factress-and-singer-doris-day-hollywoods-girl-next-door-dies-at-97&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEbert1999" class="citation book cs1">Ebert, Roger, ed. (1999). <i>Ebert's bigger little movie glossary : a greatly expanded and much improved compendium of movie clichés, stereotypes, obligatory scenes, hackneyed formulas, shopworn conventions, and outdated archetypes</i>. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7407-9246-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7407-9246-6"><bdi>0-7407-9246-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/829154479">829154479</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ebert%27s+bigger+little+movie+glossary+%3A+a+greatly+expanded+and+much+improved+compendium+of+movie+clich%C3%A9s%2C+stereotypes%2C+obligatory+scenes%2C+hackneyed+formulas%2C+shopworn+conventions%2C+and+outdated+archetypes&rft.place=Kansas+City%2C+Mo.&rft.pub=Andrews+McMeel&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F829154479&rft.isbn=0-7407-9246-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSzanterRichards2017" class="citation book cs1">Szanter, Ashley; Richards, Jessica K., eds. (August 14, 2017). <i>Romancing the zombie : essays on the undead as significant "other"</i>. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 45. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-6742-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-6742-3"><bdi>978-1-4766-6742-3</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/987796701">987796701</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Romancing+the+zombie+%3A+essays+on+the+undead+as+significant+%22other%22&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=45&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2017-08-14&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F987796701&rft.isbn=978-1-4766-6742-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErskine2019" class="citation news cs1">Erskine, Chris (August 22, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-08-21/i-invited-mary-ann-to-a-gilligan-themed-tiki-party-and-she-accepted">"I invited Mary Ann to a Gilligan-themed tiki party — and she showed up"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 24,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=I+invited+Mary+Ann+to+a+Gilligan-themed+tiki+party+%E2%80%94+and+she+showed+up&rft.date=2019-08-22&rft.aulast=Erskine&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flifestyle%2Fstory%2F2019-08-21%2Fi-invited-mary-ann-to-a-gilligan-themed-tiki-party-and-she-accepted&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFashingbauer_Cooper2014" class="citation web cs1">Fashingbauer Cooper, Gael (September 17, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.today.com/popculture/ginger-or-mary-ann-gilligan-fans-still-ponder-question-1D80149264">"Ginger or Mary Ann? 'Gilligan' fans still ponder question"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 24,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ginger+or+Mary+Ann%3F+%27Gilligan%27+fans+still+ponder+question&rft.pub=Today&rft.date=2014-09-17&rft.aulast=Fashingbauer+Cooper&rft.aufirst=Gael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fpopculture%2Fginger-or-mary-ann-gilligan-fans-still-ponder-question-1D80149264&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girl_next_door&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLevineSchneider2003" class="citation book cs1">Levine, Michal P.; Schneider, Steven Jay (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dx_n2IDCJqUC&q=%22Feeling+for+Buffy%3A+The+Girl+Next+Door.%22&pg=PA294">"Feeling for Buffy: The Girl Next Door"</a>. In South, James B. (ed.). <a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_and_Philosophy:_Fear_and_Trembling_in_Sunnydale" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale"><i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale</i></a>. Open Court. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/buffyvampireslay00sout/page/294">294–308</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8126-9531-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8126-9531-1"><bdi>978-0-8126-9531-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Feeling+for+Buffy%3A+The+Girl+Next+Door&rft.btitle=Buffy+the+Vampire+Slayer+and+Philosophy%3A+Fear+and+Trembling+in+Sunnydale&rft.pages=294-308&rft.pub=Open+Court&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8126-9531-1&rft.aulast=Levine&rft.aufirst=Michal+P.&rft.au=Schneider%2C+Steven+Jay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Ddx_n2IDCJqUC%26q%3D%2522Feeling%2Bfor%2BBuffy%253A%2BThe%2BGirl%2BNext%2BDoor.%2522%26pg%3DPA294&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li>From a review: "To Michal Levine and Steven Jay Schneider ... Buffy is just another unconscious Freudian reality tale starring the proverbial girl next door." in: <i><a href="/wiki/Joss_Whedon" title="Joss Whedon">Joss Whedon</a>: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books, and More</i></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank1994" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Rich" title="Frank Rich">Frank, Rich</a> (February 20, 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/20/opinion/journal-the-girl-next-door.html">"Journal: The Girl Next Door"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090503063929/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/20/opinion/journal-the-girl-next-door.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2009-05-03<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 30,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Journal%3A+The+Girl+Next+Door&rft.date=1994-02-20&rft.aulast=Frank&rft.aufirst=Rich&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1994%2F02%2F20%2Fopinion%2Fjournal-the-girl-next-door.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGirl+next+door" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li>The article criticizes <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> for their misuse of term "girl next door": "Otherwise the magazine is still pushing what Ms. Brinkley repeatedly described as the "natural beauty" of "what readers long for – the girl next door". Who is the girl next door? 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