Supercut: Manic Pixie Dream Girls Throughout Movie History The fine folks at Flavorpill edited this supercut of Manic Pixie Dream Girls* throughout movie history, and it’s a much-needed reminder that the liberated, free-spirited, impossibly girlish ladies whose only purpose is to bring sensitive guys out of their slumps have graced screens since long before Natalie Portman lent Zach Braff her headphones. It’s impossible to gather every example of this ubiquitous trope into a three-minute vid, but what fun are supercuts if we can’t argue over glaring omissions? Our choice: Ruth Gordon’s Maude, friend of Harold. </noscript> *As coined by critic Nathan Rabin to describe Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown: “that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.” SEE MORE: • Watch ‘Horatio: The Early Years’ — The Cutest CSI Parody • Supercut of Mr. Wizard Being a Jerk [Flavorwire]