Creepy Little Girls

Though they're not branded as baby goths, these little girls do make fans out of us with their Gothic little ways.

Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Mandy, along with Billy, owns the Grim Reaper after winning in a limbo game. He serves them as their best friend forever. As for Mandy, she abuses him with mundane chores and other selfish whims. She's truly cold, cynical, hateful and hostile. She wants to rule the world, or for everyone to just disappear. She never smiles, or if she does, it would tear the fabric of reality. Her "best friend" is Billy, though she treats him like a monkey, and cares less about his safety nor his mental health. And like other Goth characters, she is pestered by a nerdy admirer, Irwin.
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Gaz from Invader Zim. Gaz is Dib's scary little sister. She has a penchant for video games and a fixation with pizza and piggies. When someone stand in the way of her getting those things, she won't hesitate to thrust them into "a nightmare world from which there is no awakening." She knows that Zim is an alien, but doesn't care because she thinks he's too stupid to take over the world anyway. Although possibly the only smart character in the show, Gaz has shown some obvious signs of insanity. She's really cute when her eyes open wide. Her outfit is similar to Pepito, the son of Satan, from Jhonen Vasquez's Squee!.
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Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. The infamous family of creepy and grim relatives. They have two animated series, 1973 and 1992. The picture is from the earlier series, while in the 90's, Wednesday is wearing a dark blue dress. Unlike in the films, where she is portrayed by Christina Ricci, the cartoon Wendesday Addams is much sweeter and chipper, but still she loves death and the macabre, and enjoys torturing her brother Pugsley amicably. She has pet spiders and her doll is named Marie Antoinette whose head is already guillotined. Her name is based on the nursery rhyme "Wednesday's child is full of woe."
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Ruby Gloom from Ruby Gloom. Like Emily the Strange and Pucca, she's from an apparel franchise and made into an animated series. Ruby is indeed what we call Perky Goth, earning her the title of "The Happiest Girl in the World". She is a girl who can find happiness in anything, even the Dark. Her positive attitude has been shown to be helpful, as it allows Ruby to act as the voice of reason in the mansion, while her friends tend to loose focus on real issues. She also likes to have quiet time to write in her diary, fawn over Skull Boy, and sew with Doom Kitty.
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Lenore from Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl. Created by Roman Dirge, Lenore is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem. Lenore died young of pneumonia but she came back to life to play and kill. She lives in an eerie mansion in the town of Nevermore with her creepy friends, like the cursed vampire ragdoll, Ragamuffin. Lenore gives dark macabre twists to cute innocent themes, like nursery rhymes, and most of the humor is very graphic and gruesome. While Lenore's actions often result in chaos and death, she is not a malicious character and is quite naive. Unless, one crosses her.

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Charlene from Victor and Valentino. The series follows the titular brothers in Monte Macabre, a small and mysterious town, where the myths and legends of Latin American folklore come to life. They often fall into Charlene's mischief with the supernatural, aided by her big but softy brother, Pineapple. She actually has a crush on Vic, and once tricks him on a date in a haunted house. She applies dark eyeliner and nail polish, and despite her room's pink palette, she keeps in there her grandfather's obsidian mirror, a black jaguar pelt, and apparently, posters of human anatomy. Thanks to Paige-ge.
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Desdemona from Desdemona. It's a series of short silent cartoons beautifully animated in Flash. It's the story of a spooky girl named Desdemona and her failed romances. She has evil powers that seem to have a mind of their own, unleashing themselves at the most inconvenient of times on unsuspecting victims, especially the ill-fated, lovesick Simon - a boy who never seems to tire of trying to win Desdemona's heart. She usually waits at a bus stop by a gloomy park, where Simon woos her with his charm and chivalry. He then would suffer from her jinx, like getting run over a bus when he tries to kiss her.
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Gruftine/Gothetta from School For Vampires. Though the show is popular in Europe, it's stuck in the dark; so little is known about it. It's obviously about a school for young vampires. The character designs are amazing, and the setting and plot is like that of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Gruftine is one of the main characters and her English name is Gothetta. She has a preppy Gothic personality, and is the brains of the group with a knowledge of botany.

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Shareena Wickett from Detention. Another short-lived 90's show about a bunch of kids with different personalities who ends up in detention, because they just want to make merry and mischief. Shareena is considered their leader against Miss Eugenia Kisskillya, the PE teacher and former military sergeant. She is not scared of standing up for herself, and in getting what she wants. She's sometimes sarcastic, moody and rude, and even manipulates other children to rebel with her. She hates pink, and once releases moths to eat the pink dress her cheerful mom bought for her.

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.

Villainess

The following list of femme fatales not only serves the dark side, but puts it in their personalities and appearances as well.

Mai from Avatar: The Last Air Bender. Amazing show, amazing Goth girl. Mai is one of Princess Azula's sidekicks, opposite to the bubbly Ty Lee. She is also Prince Zuko's perfect love interest. As the daughter of a governor, she is raised in comfort and spoils, and is bred to be well-mannered and soft-spoken. Hence, she thinks her life is boring, and hides her true emotions from others. Mai maybe from the Fire Nation, but she's not a firebender. Instead, she uses stilettos and shuriken knives hidden beneath her sleeves. She can take down soldiers and benders easily. Even the main heroes consider her as a fearsome opponent.

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Jinx from Teen Titans Go! She is re-imagined from the comics, bearing few similarities to her comic counterpart, who is an Indian sorceress. The animated Jinx's powers portray a manipulation of probability, more specifically, the ability to "bring bad luck" to her enemies. Yet her power still depends on solid ground and structures, just like in the comics, as she primarily causes them to crumble as a means of attack. She is also very agile, capable of great feats of acrobatics. Her personality is a good example of the perky Goth.
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Wanda Maximoff from X-Men: Evolution. Also known as the Scarlet Witch, she's a mutant who has the ability to manipulate probabilities via hex spheres or bolts. She's a daughter of Magneto and sister to Quicksilver. Though she becomes one of the Avengers, she's a villain in X-Men. She was locked away in an asylum at a young age by Magneto. Because of this horrible memory, she grows up into a troubled, unstable Goth girl, like Rogue. With the help of Mystique, she is able to breakout in order to get revenge from her father, and joins the Brotherhood in an attempt to take down the X-Men. Later in the series, Magneto alters her traumatic childhood memories.
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The Trix from Winx Club. In a show about fairies and magic, who would be the Goths? The witches, of course. The Trix compose of the sisters Icy, Stormy and Darcy. Their names already spell out their personalities and elements of power. They aim to defeat their arch-nemesis, the Winx, and take over the realm of Magix. In some seasons, they would serve a powerful warlock, such as Valtor and Tritannus. Their costumes and forms become more wicked as the series progresses.
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Black Cuervo (Zoe Avez) from El Tigre!. She hails from a family of villainesses called the Flock of Fury. Her mother is Voltura and her grandmother is Lady Cobbler. They're all against the Rivera men due to disastrous romantic pasts with them. As for Zoe, she has an obvious crush on Manny and would fight him to get closer. As a super villain, the Black Cuervo mixes physical moves with lasers, has jet propelled wings and deadly talons, and keeps her real identity a secret unlike the other villains. If you don't know yet, cuervo means "crow."

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Eska from The Legend of Korra. Jaded, sardonic and androgynous, Eska and Desna are a textbook example of the weird, creepy twins. She becomes Bolin's love interest in Book Two, but she is as cold as the snow and ice she bends, and very domineering. She even puts a Gothic choker on him for their forced engagement. As children of Chief Unalaq, they are his successors in the Northern Water Tribe. They are initially obedient to their father, heeding his every order, until he uses the energy of Harmonic Convergence to become the Dark Avatar. Realizing that their father is beyond salvation, the twins turn against him and help Team Avatar to save the world from an era of darkness.
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Circe from Generator Rex. Introduced in the episode "Beyond the Sea" during Rex's trip to Cabo Luna, Circe is a female Evo whose powers only manifest when active like Rex's. When activated, her mouth prolapses into a monster-like tube which she uses to project destructive sonic pulses, and to also attract some other Evos to her. She has joined up with The Pack because she feels like too much of an outsider anywhere else, and she considers its freaky members as her family. She becomes Rex's love interest and he constantly tries to get her to switch sides, but Circe is too angsty to do so.

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Ember McLain from Danny Phantom. This sinister siren uses the power of rock to hypnotize teenagers and dominate the living. With wild fiery hair, neon colors and platform boots, she is fashioned after '80s glam metal. Ember gains more power when fans chant her name, especially during her hit song "Remember". However, the song reflects her tragic backstory: she was an unpopular girl who died in a fire waiting for her date who may stood her up or forgotten about her. Nevertheless, Ember becomes a powerful foe from the Ghost Zone, and allies with other spectres to defeat Danny Phantom. 

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Narcissa from PopPixie. It's a spin-off from Winx Club where the sickly cute pixies star in. This time, the villains aren't witches, but the Elves (would never expect it). In Pixieville, the elves are rich and luxurious yet quite conceited and malicious. Contrast to the pixies' hip, prep and pop, the elves are fashioned after counter-cultures such as biker, metal and cyberpunk. Narcissa is obviously the Goth one with a superiority complex. She is rather lazy like her pet crocodile, yet ill-tempered especially towards her immature boyfriend, Floxy.
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Lucretia from Ultimate Book of Spells. She and her twin brother Borgia are the Slytherins in this 2001 animated series about wizarding students. They cheat their way in class behind the benevolent headmistress, and antagonizes the main trio, especially top junior witch, Cassandra (who dresses up quite Gothicly as well). The twins' father used to serve the dark wizard, Zarlack, but defected before his defeat by Cassy's ancestor. Lucretia is named after Lucrezia Borgia, a 15th century femme fatale and suspected witch.

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The Black Widow Spiders from Mighty B!. The show is about girl scout troops but it's not dull at all. In the episode "Dragonflies", the Honeybees compete with their rival troop, the punk Oakland Dragonfliies. During their series of challenges, they encounter the goth Black Widow Spiders troop when the Honeybees reach the wrong pier. These little Goth girlscouts hang out in a rusted warehouse at Pier13. Like the real spiders, they are sensitive to light, very territorial and deadly.

Computer Gothics

We might as well delve into C.G.I. cartoons.

Eta Hiss Hiss from Monsters University. The ΗΨΨ sorority has been around since the beginning of Monsters University and the members are as mysterious as they are terrifying. The HSS sisters might be pale, mysterious and sullen, but these intimidating Goth girls are fierce competitors and tough as nails. Fittingly, their most distinguished alumna 

is one of the most powerful, whom every Scare student strives to impress. That would be Dean Hardscrabble, the stern yet sophisticated antagonist. During the Scare Games, HSS is the fourth team eliminated in the Hide and Sneak event, because they resort to typical monster hiding places. Interestingly enough, their names are normal ones like Nancy Kim and Sonia Lewis, instead of dark name changes many Goths would have.

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Jacqueline and Delphine from Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale. Among the many pink and pretty Barbie films, there's one that has Goths.. as the villains that is. Jacqueline owns the fashion boutique across Aunt Millicent's. Her edgy and savvy fashion (like that of Haute Goth) causes Millicent to go out of business, until Barbie comes along and discovers the Flairies. Jacqueline actually doesn't want to be trendy; she wants to start the trends herself. As for Delphine, she's her preppy assistant and number-one fan. She goes along Jacqueline's evil schemes, but she's actually a good person. They kidnap the Flairies and force them to do their magic on their new collection. To be honest, I find her designs much more couture than Barbie's.

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Clair from Ghouls Rule! This is a Halloween special of Monster High, where there's a divide between the monsters and the "normies" (mortal humans). Clair is a Goth normy who right away notices Frankie and her ghoulish friends during a party. She takes an interest on the monsters, even calling Holt Hyde cute. Along with her goofy friend Chad, she sides with the monsters when the normies become intolerant of their kind. Clair, being a Goth, knows how's it like to be an outcast, and defends anyone, normy or monster, against bullies like Lilith. She's a spunky girl who's not into parties, lame music, and mushy stuff. She has the heaviest make-up in all the characters of Monster High. Hope she becomes her own doll.

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Mavis from Hotel Transylvania. She is the precious daughter of Dracula. Though she's 118 years old, she's still a typical teenager who grows bored within the hotel's ancient grounds and creatures, and longs to fly away and see the world. But Dracula has pampered her so much and has told her fear-filled stories about humans. She's then emotionally grounded to her father, until she "zinged" Jonathan (in monster disguise) for the first time, whom she grows curious about and falls in love with. Fearing his dear daughter will leave her daddy, Dracula tries his best to keep the human boy away from Mavis during her birthday celebration.

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Lizzy from Meet the Robinsons. She participates in the school science fair, and presents her pet fire ants that only harm her “enemies”. Wilbur Robinson accidentally bumps into her, and her fire ants escape, causing further chaos in the auditorium. The science fair mishap triggers a rivalry between Lizzy and Stanley, the papier-mâché volcano kid, well into the future, as featured in the video game, where they become super-villains. Lizzy is the underground-based leader (or queen) of a swarm of robotic giant ants terrorizing the city, and clashing with Stanley's own machines. Her main plot is to steal Robinson's time machine.

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Emelia from Emelia: The Five-Year Old Goth Girl. This delightfully creepy short had been circulating in the mid-2000s, with good sound design and a Tim Burton-esque character. It shows the typical life of an average babygoth, Emelia, while she narrates it with her monotonous voice. She has a pet bat, sews a cursed teddy bear, boringly eats Count Chocola for breakfast, scares the Halloween candy out of neighborhood kids, and listens to Marilyn Manson (as I said, a babygoth). The animated short tackles how Emelia handles some of the difficult emotions every five-year old Goth girl have.

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Juleka Couffaine from Miraculous: Tales of LadyBug and Cat Noir. This French CGI superhero series revolves around the titular characters against the mysterious Hawk Moth, who uses akuma, butterflies infused with black energy, to transform everyday citizens into supervillains. One is Juleka, a timid Goth in Marinette's class. When she gets locked in the bathroom, missing the class photo, Juleka is infected with an akuma and becomes Reflekta, who turns people into copies of herself as so she would never go unnoticed again. Juleka is best friends with Rose, her polar opposite, who turns into the supervillain, Princess Fragrance. Though Reflekta is not designed as obviously Goth as Juleka, there is one called Stormy Weather, yet her real identity is another preppy girl.
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Pig from Back at the Barnyard. The show is about talking and partying barnyard animals who uses disguises to get around humans in some episodes. In "Some Like It Snotty", Otis the Cow and the others, including Pig, want to attend ladies night in the bowling alley. So, they disguise themselves as girls. As for Pig, he uses a Goth girl outfit! Though they are hideous, Snotty Boy (their enemy) and his friends force them on a date. Pig is paired to the emo boy and retaining his tough Goth girl identity, he punches the emo kid when he starts getting comfortable. Pig also uses the same disguise briefly in "Doggelganger".

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Oni (Deadeye) from Chop Socky Chooks. This Cartoon Network show was at the height of the kung fu trend of the 2000s. In the episode "If Looks Could Kill", Chick P holds a reunion with her old friend Oni, but unknown to her, Oni has another agenda - to enact revenge on Chick P and  take over Wasabi World. But Dr. Wasabi yawns, "I meet degenerate Goth girls everyday, honey. What makes you so special?" Well, hidden under her bangs, Oni possesses an evil eye, hence her name, and uses it to hypnotize and alter realities.
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Forelle from Homeward. Asylum is the studio behind many animated mockbusters, and of course, they made one for Pixar's Onward. I first saw the poster, and right there in the background is a Goth elf. But Forelle only appears shortly in the beginning. She supplies Barl with a barrel of slime for his prank, and sarcastically comments at his futile attempts at magic. The biker-chick orc girl, Scrap, is a more active character in the movie, yet she's not even in the poster. Asylum is basically Goth-baiting audiences to watch this knock-off.
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Dixie Grim from Daddy, I'm a Zombie. She's a confused thirteen year-old with raging hormones (we've been there). She is trapped between two worlds - the former happiness of her childhood, and the insecurity of growing up without a role model, since her mother divorced her father, a coroner. One disastrous day, Dixie runs away into the forest, and a tree falls and kills her. But she is turned into a zombie and is trapped in the world of the undead. She is helped by other zombies, such as a mummy named Isis, to find a way to return to a "normal" life.

Almost There

The following are from animated shorts/pilots that were collected in animation showcases or "incubator" series like Random! Cartoons. Too bad they were just one-shot cartoons, and were never given their own series.
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Lacey Shadows from The Modifyers. The setting is a mix of Steampunk and British Mod, both rare yet amazing themes. And the show's art style is just as Gothic and quirky. Lacey works for the creepy Baron Vain who lives under a cemetery in stealing precious artifacts. She is his favorite henchman, unlike the dirty rat, Runt. But actually, goth Lacey Shadows is the preppy Agent Xero. She's a master of disguise, and together with her modular partner, Molly, a part of a secret mystery cracking team known as The Modifyers. She disguises herself as Lacey Shadows to foil the evil plans of Baron Vain.
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Rosemary from Kyle + Rosemary. It's about teenage romance that started in the online game Quest World. Kyle is a geek and a knight who falls in love with a dark sorceress named Lunarella. She's actually Rosemary, a member of the Goth group. Though she has friends, Rosemary still feels alone and different. But when she's in Quest World, she's free and can be her real self. Since the geeks and goths hate each other, Kyle and Rosemary only meet in Quest World. Only later has Rosemary found out and told Kyle of their true identities. At prom night, they show up as the other's social identity in the name of love.
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Ebola from Deadtime Stories. This was shown in MTV. It is about a girl who has recurring nightmares, and a reflection that talks back to her. When she was younger, Ebola was diagnosed with insanity. Now, her reflection tells her to avoid talking about her terrifying visions (or reality?) to her parents, as so she wouldn't get locked up again. In this failed pilot, she suspects her neighbors torturing their little daughter, and goes to discover a much horrifying secret. The animation is low-budget, yet it's effective in producing this atmosphere of dread. I really wish MTV gave it a go.
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Claire from The Summoning. First to be showcased in GO! Cartoons. Claire is a mean and moody witch with a pet kitty named Edgar, who's more like a pesky little brother. She needs troll fat for her sinister brew. This would summon a demon named Scaroar, so she can eliminate a certain scum in her life, which is actually the bathroom. Channel Frederator greeted World Goth's Day with her character sheet. The art style is like a mix of Adventure Time's soft shapes and Flapjack's creepy exaggerations. I also notice Claire dresses like a Nu Goth.
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Tess from Girls on the Go. Also about teenage crush and shown in Random!. Tess is  Kat's more knowledgeable Goth best friend who teaches her the rules on how to date a guy (from a magazine). But Kat's admirer, "Spencer", turns out to be some pudgy geek who ends up with Tess after all. Tess sleeps upside down on a tree with her pet bat, and creates pungent love potions using toenails.
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Gloom from Sparkles and Gloom. Set in a fairytale world where goody cutesy things live together with the dark forces of evil. Sparkles and Gloom are the daughters of Prince Charming and the Evil Witch. They both attend Geevil School where creatures of both sides are encouraged to be friends. But chaos usually happens especially between Sparkles and Gloom. In the episode, they quarrel so badly that their powers are switched. Hence, Gloom is forced to join the puffy ballet group for the talent show. While Sparkles has gone Goth, and joins Gloom's boney rock band.
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Anemia from Anemia and Iodine. The show is from the old Nickledeon cartoon, KaBlam!. Anemia is a Goth girl cat who loves the mystical and supernatural. Her room is full of books and potions, and a skull named Muriel. Anemia's best friend is a skater girl named Iodine. In the episode, they enter Malaria Manor to conduct a seance, and free the cat ghost that haunts its walls.

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