There is something known as "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl" film trope. "The character of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is inserted in a story to give new meaning to the male hero's life! She's stunningly attractive, energetic, and high on life. She is also full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies.
I'm happy to be able to say that I have had two such girls in my life, fortunately neither were extreme examples (who can be rather tedious), but both clearly qualify as examples. Several others who might otherwise qualify are so closely associated with negative vibes that their potential for the honor was never realized. Which means that there are more Manic Pixie Dream Girls out there than you realize and your involvement with them is always memorable in a positive way.
Tina Newport and Marta Laupa are who I had in mind.
And finally we come to Tina, the path I was on when Alice entered my life and the path I would not follow because of Alice. Not taking that path has long been the biggest regret of my life. But these new disclosures should allow me to stop beating myself up over my decision. It was simply impossible for Tina or for that matter anyone to compete with the Alice I had created. I had unknowingly set up a situation that could not have broken any other way.
This list tries to loosely stick to the original definition of the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" film trope. "The character of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is inserted in the story to give new meaning to the male hero's life! She's stunningly attractive, energetic, and high on life. She is also full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies.