For some reason, I saved a playlist on YouTube on this topic (edit: I remembered. I was looking at Cracked videos and one they have on RomComs is on this playlist). Basically, this refers to a character that exists to support the male protagonist in a story, and plays no other role than to meet his needs. So the first movie that mentioned this character type in one of the movies in the playlist was "500 Days of Summer", one of my favorite movies.
Here's one on why Summer is a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, along with some insight on the movie in general.
Here's one that also includes "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" that takes the opposite view.
I'm more moved to the counter position. Summer seemed to me to be a complete person, not one dimensional. That is one reason that I liked the movie. He didn't respect her clearly stated position. Anyway. I'm sick this week. Not all my cylinders are firing and this is about all I had for intellectual stimulation this week.
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