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Topic: manic pixie dream girl

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Elizabethtown isn't the worst

Marc Spitz
Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins/Maria Andreotti)

Weetzie Bat: Not a manic pixie

Bryn Lovitt
Zooey Deschanel in "(500) Days of Summer," Kirsten Dunst in "Elizabethtown," Natalie Portman in "Garden State"

Kill the manic pixie--please

Nathan Rabin
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The manic bossy nightmare girl

Heather Havrilesky