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The girl next door is a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories. 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.
A similar expression is "boy next door".
Characteristics
A girl-next-door character is often seen as natural and unpretentious. A trope that evokes nostalgia, it is associated with small towns and more local or even rural ways of life. The girl next door is often portrayed as innocent.
Actress and singer Doris Day, renowned for her rom-com film roles in the 1950s, is described as a pioneering embodiment of the girl-next-door image in film: regarded as "Hollywood's girl next door".
A common cliche is when a male protagonist is caught in a love triangle 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. Other times, this character ignores the hero for another male character, despite being the object of his affections.
The character Mary Ann Summers from the TV show Gilligan's Island (portrayed by Dawn Wells) had the girl next door allure, in contrast with the more glamorous character Ginger Grant (portrayed by Tina Louise). 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.
See also
Farmer's daughter – Stereotype in fiction
Friend zone – Inability to move from a platonic relationship into a romantic one
Innamorati – Stock characters within the theatre style known as Commedia dell'arte
References
Further reading
Levine, Michal P.; Schneider, Steven Jay (2003). "Feeling for Buffy: The Girl Next Door". In South, James B. (ed.). Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale. Open Court. pp. 294–308. ISBN 978-0-8126-9531-1.
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: Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, the Movies, the Comic Books, and More
Frank, Rich (February 20, 1994). "Journal: The Girl Next Door". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
The article criticizes Sports Illustrated 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? Her fake name keeps changing but she is still the same empty-headed, smiling, air-brushed mannequin who appeared in Playboy in the 1950s and early 60s..."
Girl Next Door, or variants, may refer to:
Girl next door, a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories
Film
The Girl Next Door (1953 film), an American musical comedy
The Girl Next Door (1998 film), a television film starring Tracey Gold
The Girl Next Door (1999 documentary), featuring porn star Stacy Valentine
The Girl Next Door (1999 TV film), a drama starring Henry Czerny and Polly Shannon
The Girl Next Door (2004 film), an American romantic comedy
The Girl Next Door (2007 film), an American horror drama, based on Ketchum's novel
Television
= Episodes
="Girl Next Door", Monster Farm episode 7a (1998)
"Girls Next Door", 60 Days In season 6, episode 13 (2020)
"The Girl Next Door", 21 Jump Street season 5, episode 8 (1990)
"The Girl Next Door", 3 Roses episode 1 (2021)
"The Girl Next Door", Bringing Up Buddy episode 2 (1960)
"The Girl Next Door", Homicide Hunter season 8, episode 4 (2018)
"The Girl Next Door", Hunter season 3, episode 16 (1987)
"The Girl Next Door", Kirstie episode 5 (2014)
"The Girl Next Door", Less than Perfect season 2, episode 10 (2003)
"The Girl Next Door", Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd season 5, episode 13 (2003)
"The Girl Next Door", Second Chance episode 15 (1988)
"The Girl Next Door", Stalked: Someone's Watching season 2, episode 10 (2012)
"The Girl Next Door", Supernatural season 7, episode 3 (2011)
"The Girl Next Door", The First 48 season 19, episode 11 (2018)
"The Girl Next Door", The Love Boat season 4, episode 12c (1981)
"The Girl Next Door", The Mindy Project season 2, episode 21 (2014)
"The Girl Next Door", The Sentinel season 3, episode 3 (1997)
"The Girl Next Door", The Upper Hand season 4, episode 5 (1992)
"The Girl Next Door", Veronica Mars season 1, episode 7 (2004)
"The Girls Next Door", My Three Sons season 2, episode 18 (1962)
= Shows
=The Girls Next Door, an American reality TV series
Girl Next Door (anime), a 2000 Japanese erotic original video animation based on the video game of the same name
The Girl Next Door, a web series of The Office American TV series
Literature
Girl Next Door, a 2005 autobiography by Anne Diamond
Girl Next Door, a 2009 novel by Alyssa Brugman
The Girl Next Door, a 1917 novel by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Girl Next Door, a 1949 novel by Peggy Gaddis
The Girl Next Door ...and How She Grew, a 1988 autobiography by Jane Powell
The Girl Next Door (Ketchum novel), a 1989 novel by Jack Ketchum
The Girl Next Door, a 1995 novel by Trisha Alexander
The Girl Next Door, a 2000 novel by Caroline Anderson
The Girl Next Door, a 2001 novel by Kate Welsh
The Girl Next Door, a 2009 novel by Elizabeth Noble
The Girl Next Door, a 2012 novel by Brad Parks
The Girl Next Door (Rendell novel), a 2014 novel by Ruth Rendell
The Girls Next Door, a 2018 non-fiction book by Paul Ruditis, a tie-in to the TV series
Music
Girls Next Door, an American country music group
Girl Next Door (band), a Japanese music trio
Girls Next Door, a South Korean pop group in Idol Drama Operation Team
= Albums
=The Girls Next Door (album), by Girls Next Door, 1986
The Girl Next Door (album), by Evelyn King, 1989
Girl Next Door (Girl Next Door album), 2008
Girl Next Door (Saving Jane album), 2005
= Songs
="The Girl Next Door", a variant of the 1944 popular song "The Boy Next Door"
"The Girl Next Door", a song from the 1954 film Athena
"Girl Next Door" (Musiq Soulchild song), 2001
"Girl Next Door", 2003, a song by Merril Bainbridge
"Girl Next Door" (Saving Jane song), 2005
"Girl Next Door", a song by Alessia Cara from the 2018 album The Pains of Growing
"Girl Next Door", a song by Bobby Brown from the 1986 album "King of Stage"
"Girl Next Door", a song by Brandy Clark from the 2016 album Big Day in a Small Town
"Girl Next Door", a song by Lee Matthews from the 2015 album It's a Great Day to Be Alive
"Girl Next Door", a 2013 song by Massad
"Girl Next Door", the theme song for My Babysitter's a Vampire, 2011
"The Girl Next Door", a song by Screeching Weasel from the 1995 album Kill the Musicians
"The Girls Next Door", a song from the 1995 Pat Metheny Group album We Live Here
"Girl Next Door", a 2021 track by Toby Fox from Deltarune Chapter 2 OST from the video game Deltarune
"Girl Next Door", a song by Trixie Mattel from the 2020 album Barbara
See also
All pages with titles beginning with Girl Next Door
All pages with titles beginning with The Girl Next Door
All pages with titles containing Girl Next Door
Boy Next Door (disambiguation)
The House Next Door (disambiguation)
The Family Next Door (disambiguation)
The Man Next Door (disambiguation)
The Woman Next Door (disambiguation)
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