Stop-motion animation is having a revival with such creepy works like Mad God and The House. The spooktacular Wendell & Wild is about Kat Elliott, a punk-goth delinquent who struts the halls with her buckled high boots and cyclops radio. Yet, underneath her tough facade is a guilt-ridden orphan who must work with forces from hell just to be reunited with her parents.

"Everyone's got demons. My demons have names."

The Coven's Eleven

Here are my top Goth girls who star in their own shows.

Samantha "Sam" Manson from Danny Phantom. She's the leading female, being Danny Phantom's Goth best friend and eventual love interest. She has an upholding fascination for the subliminal and netherworldly, but combines this with an outspoken attitude on vegetarianism, animal rights and environmentalism. Her personality is seemingly less dreary than the stereotypical Goth, and more an outlet for her independence and individuality. Sam is often the most pragmatic of the group, and always gets Danny and Tucker out of trouble. It is hinted that she has a psychic connection to Danny. She usually clashes with her preppy parents, who are actually wealthy, but she keeps this a secret so she would not have fake friends. As far as I can remember, she's the very character who introduced me to the Goth subculture.
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Raven from Teen Titans. As the daughter of the demon, Trigon, Raven has powerful dark abilities such as shadow spells, psycho-kinesis and telportation. Her favorite mantra is "Azarath Metrion Zinthos". When she finds out her father Trigon will conquer our world, she joins the Teen Titans to stop him, and stays to continue protecting Jump City and fighting the darkness within her. Her powers and looks are retained in the animated series. Raven is of course the silent and mysterious one in the team. She's emotionally restrained, and spends her spare time reading occult books, meditating in mid-air and hiding in her dark room. She becomes White Raven during unique circumstances. It is her most powerful and purest form, for her "powers are driven by emotion. The more you feel, the more energy you unleash."

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Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice. In Tim Burton's wicked film, Beetlejuice is the antagonist, who ends up nearly marrying a disgusted Lydia. In the animated series, they are best friends, and Lydia, something of a social misfit in the living world, frequently visits him in the afterlife during her free time. She summons him through a ritual, while wearing a cobweb-patterned red pereline. She's in her preteens in the show but is pretty much mature, well-mannered and friendly, especially towards the creatures of the Neitherworld. She's a talented amateur photographer, entomologist, seamstress and sketch artist with an innate affinity and love for all things gross, weird and macabre.
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Ingrid Third from Fillmore!. In the style of hard-boiled police dramas, this Disney series is about solving juvenile crimes in a middle school. Ingrid is a seventh grader, recruited by Fillmore shortly after he clears her name in a tough case. The two have since become best partners in the Safety Patrol. Like Fillmore, she is also a former delinquent. She was sent to a reform school in Nepal for an incident "involving a stinkbomb and pinata". Yet she becomes the smartest kid in X Middle School due to her photographic memory, which is quite helpful in their investigations. Though still a rookie, Ingrid is determined, tough and under-estimated.

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Dylan Beekler from Golan the Insatiable. Hands down, awesome show from Fox's ADHD. After reading a few passages from a mysterious tome, Dylan summons the dark warlord, Golan the Insatiable, from the realm of Gkruool. Proving herself worthy, she becomes his loyal acolyte. Together they spread demonic pandemonium around town, and enact vengeance upon her bullies and apathetic family. She speaks in a prosaic manner and looks down at people. Though little, she is more fervent with Medieval warfare and torture than Golan, who still treats her like a weak puny kid, much to her chagrin. Dylan is the ultimate anti-social and perpetually angry Goth, yet she is in fact a lonely child, hence her obsession and special bond with Golan. I wish I also have a demonic overlord of my own.
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Rogue from X-Men Evolution. Contrast to the comics' Southern belle, Rogue is re-imagined as a rebellious and cynical, yet insecure and emotionally needy teenager. This results from her mutant power to automatically absorb abilities of other mutants, and energies of other people when she touches them. This keeps her very distant from friends and love interests like Cyclops or Gambit. She was raised to hone her powers by Mystique, who even disguised herself as a fellow Goth named Risty Wilde to be close to her. Indeed, Rogue considers her mutant power as a curse and broods over it. In the series, her power grows stronger that it almost drives her insane, until her frienemy Jean Grey takes over her mind.

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Gwen from Total Drama Island. Though she hates the show, Gwen auditions due to a dare from her brother. And so, she becomes a member of the Screaming Gophers, and unexpectedly, one of the strongest competitors. She is smart, independent, likable and level-headed, stating her best quality is her inability to get excited over miniscule things, unlike the popular crowd of sheep. Heather and other mean girls ridicule her, while underdogs look up to her. She even gets to date cool guy Trent and bad boy Duncan. Gwen eventually makes it to the finals and becomes the grand winner of Season 1. She then returns for special spin-offs and reunions, like as team captain of the Screaming Gaffers.

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Raven Queen from Ever After High. Though this Mattel franchise features fairy tale figures and lots of frilly dresses, the central heroine is the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White. As a subversion of an archetype, Raven renounces her inherited storybook legacy as the villain, and inspires other students to embrace their selves and create their own chapters, hence, they are called "rebels". This causes quite the strife between her and Headmaster Grimm, and later, with her estranged mother. Though she dons black, purple and plumes, Raven is actually approachable, compassionate and courageous, and is good friends with the loony Madeleine Hatter, the lupine Cerise Hood, and even her supposed rival, the royal Apple White. As expected, she possesses dark magical abilities, but she rather hone her powers for the greater good.

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Creepella "Creepie" Creecher from Growing Up Creepie. The show is produced by Discovery Kids to teach the young ones more about the wonderful world of insects. Creepie was abandoned as a baby in Dweezwold Mansion, where a mélange of insects live in. Her father is a vegan vampire-like mosquito and her mother is a Morticia Addams-like praying mantis. Creepie, of course, can talk to them but she keeps her life a secret because Middlington is a town of insectophobic people. After each episode, she recounts interesting trivia about the episode's featured insect, with her catch phrase "Wicked". Aside from her entomological talents, whenever she recites poetry, actual creepy stuff happens, and her photography brings out the beauty of the decayed.

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Joan of Arc from Clone High. She's the clone of Jeanne d'Arc, a 15th century teenage girl who joined the French Army because God spoke to her, yet was burned at the stake for heresy. Unlike the real saint, Joan is an agnostic Goth girl. Well, the rest of the clones do parody historic figures. She's the female best friend of Abe Lincoln, along with Gandhi. She's a witty and outspoken vegan feminist. But she suffers from mundane angst, especially from her unrequited love for the clueless Abe, who instead adores the conceited Cleopatra. Joan has a tendency to erupt melodramatically into tears. The show is a parody of teen dramas prominent at that time, with a pop rock intro song and a "very special episode" every time.

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Marceline the Vampire Queen from Adventure Time. Special mention. More of a punk rock chick, Marceline is a thousand year-old vampire who sucks shades of red. Finn describes her as "a radical dame who likes to play games." Beneath her trickster facade, she has complicated feelings and deep stories kept to her self, like with Bubblegum and Simon. Her father is Hunson Abadeer of the Nightosphere, whom she inherited her demonic soul-eating ability from. She has powers of levitation, shape-shifting, necromancy and invisibility, which she obtained from the vampires she hunted in the past. She was then bitten by the Vampire King whilst defeating him, and became immortal. Marceline is known for her musical talent with her axe bass, and numerous alternative outfits.

Goth of the Group

There are shows featuring an ensemble of different character types, specifically designed to play off each other. Of course to diversify the main cast, there's bound to have a cynical Goth girl among them.

Lucy Loud from The Loud House. In the art style of newspaper comic strips, the series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy with ten sisters. Each sister has her own defining quality or trope, from ditzy to sporty, from geeky to goth. Lucy is 8 years old, and the seventh of the Loud Siblings. Contrary to their family name and the rest of them, she is the quiet and gloomy one. A running gag is her uncanny ability to teleport to different places, which often spooks her siblings. She claims the attic as her secret dark space, talks to ghosts, writes Gothic poetry, and sleeps in a coffin along with her pet bats. She pines for a fictional vampire named Edwin, and possesses a bust of him. Lucy once turns their littlest sister Lily into a literal babygoth.
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Kylie from Extreme Ghostbusters. This 1997 series was made after the 1986 animated "The Real Ghostbusters." Dr. Egon Spengler recruited new and younger members. One of them is Kylie Griffin, a Goth girl genius and of course, an expert of the paranormal.  She usually wields the Ghost Traps, and claims to be the unofficial leader on the field. She's usually the calm one among her teammates, and keen towards their ghost-busting job. But she's grossly afraid of maggots. It's implied that Kylie's Goth mode is due to the death of her grandmother Rose, whom she talks to from time to time. Finding out what happened to her after she passed on is perhaps Kylie's main motivation as a character.
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Cassandra from Hercules: The Animated Series. The mythological Cassandra is a Trojan princess whom Apollo loved fervently that he gave her the gift of prophecy. But after she rejected him, he put a counter-curse that no one will ever believe her. This is kept in the cartoon adaptation with a Goth twist: Cassandra only predicts the worst things to happen. She usually stays in a trance with spinning eyes and chants her prophecy. Since no one would believe her, she becomes asocial and only friends with the outcasts, Hercules and Icarus. A running gag is that when Cassandra makes sarcastic comments, Hercules and Icarus listen, but when she has visions, they rarely believe her.

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Crimson from Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race. She and her Goth equal and boyfriend, Ennui, are contestants of this Amazing Race parody. Though it is uncertain as to why. Crimson is described to have the emotional range of a stone gargoyle, and tend to scare other competitors. They especially enjoyed their trips in Transylvania, Iceland and Finland (where Goth is mainstream). When she and Ennui are de-gothed, both are shocked to see each other in their true preppy forms for the first time. Yet they look pass appearances, and strongly love each other because "it's the blackness deep down inside that counts".
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Onyx Von Trollenburg from Trollz. The crazy-haired dolls from decades past are rebooted in this fablepunk cartoon series about five young troll girls with enchanted gems on their belly buttons. With their magic, they battle forces of evil while dealing with typical teenage life. Among the color-coded girls, Onyx is the friendly Goth of the group. She owns a dark violet gem (her namesake), shaped like a crescent moon. Her Ancient is Spinell, old Zirconia's husband. Being a Goth, she's quick-witted and headstrong, especially towards cheerleaders and guys standing on her way. She's introverted and only keeps her four friends, and her love interest is a poetic rocker named Flint.

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Yumi Ishayama from Code Lyoko. Tough as nails but with a heart as soft as a plum, Yumi has a traditional Japanese upbringing. Her natural charisma has friends looking to her as the leader of the group. Though often seems distant and cold, her outward appearances belie a generous, sensitive and loyal friend, which she only lets people see on rare occasions. In the virtual world of Lyoko, Yumi is a profound gymnast and martial artist with unimaginable capabilities. Her choice of weapon  is a pair of sharp metal fans, and she has the power of telekinesis.

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Misery from Ruby Gloom. While the titular character is the epitome of a perky Goth, Misery is the melancholic banshee of the Gloomsville Manor. Her mishaps are usually a combination of clumsiness and extraordinary bad luck. Fortunately, her friends are all kindhearted enough to take this in stride. Misery spends most of the time in a state of detached apathy and with ever-present trails of tears running from her eyes. She does have moments of happiness from time to time, especially during Friday the 13th, when only good things happen to her.

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Shrinking Violet from Legion of Super Heroes. Also known as Salu Digby, LeViathan and Atom Girl, she has the ability to vary her size, especially into microscopic levels, just like her people in planet Imsk. With this unique ability, the Imskians are experts in biotechnology and micro-circuitry. As for Shrinking Violet, she's an expert in transneural photonics and sabotage. She fails her first audition in the Legion of Super Heroes due to her extreme shyness until Triplicate Girl gives her enough self confidence. She becomes notorious for her weird laugh, and a love interest to Brainiac 5. Violet first appears in a black and dark pink costume and frizzy hair, but after she sabotages the Emerald Eye, she dons this cybergoth look.

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Aldous from What's It Like Being Alone. This stop-motion cartoon is about a dysfunctional family of freaky children in Gurney Orphanage desperately trying to get adopted. Being the eldest and most composed, Aldous is often given responsibility over their welfare when Nanny Goodapple is out. Though she denies any emotional attachment to her fellows, she truly cares, and even saves them from the witch. Aldous is deeply depressed, pessimistic, and obsessed with her own death. She is always seen under the shades of her parasol, even indoors, and carries around a spiked purse that she uses as a mace.

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Hanna from McTucky Fried High. A web series that tackles LGBTQA topics such as gender identity, coming out and bullying, with anthropomorphic food as characters. Also, it has delightful food puns. Hanna is a lesbian Goth and member of the Feminist club. Though she's as mighty as an eggplant, she has a gentle heart, yet vulnerable to the bullies' fat shaming, which pushes her to literally slice off her weight. She then goes to find herself, and returns to support her dear friend and now girlfriend, Blue the blueberry.

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Victoria  from Scary Larry. The cartoon series is based on the Goth-beloved comics Little Gloomy. In Frightsylvania, Gloomy is friends with Larry the werewolf, Carl Chthulu, Frank and Mummy. However, when they are adapted into television, Larry takes the center spot and forms a rock band with them called the Insomniac Babies, with Victoria as their vampire lead singer. Gloomy might have been her expy, since they have the same dark blue pigtails, yet Victoria is petite and sassy compared to Gloomy.

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Janice Kawolsky from Creepschool. When four unsuspecting kids attend a remote, sinister-looking boarding school known as the Creepschool, they embark on an adventure into the fascinating, supernatural world. That would have been delightful for us Goth kids to attend to. Even wearing cargo shorts, Janice still strikes off as the Goth of the group, especially with that creepy-cool make-up. She is the total opposite of girly blonde, Victoria. And it's no wonder, because Janice's ancestor was a rebel fighting Victoria's noble ancestors. She likes to be alone with her books, yet also likes exploring the supernatural with her friends. Ironically, she's rational enough not to believe in superstitions.

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Zero from I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids. The titular organization is created by four students of Pinkerton Boarding School to thwart the evil plans of the cruel Ms. Macbeth. Tall and mighty, Zero is the big-hearted rebel of the team, and the main fighter during missions. She is always seen with her headphones on, both for music and for communication with I.N.K. She is quite intimidating and brash, yet she cares for her friends and experiences awkward moments with Vin.