Overused Tropes In American Girl's Girl Of The Year Line
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- Since 2001, American Girl has introduced a new Girl Of The Year doll almost every year. After making these dolls for over twenty years, there are many dolls with overlapping interests, collections and physical features. I wanted to talk about some of the most overused tropes and traits within the Girl of The Year line, and a few hopes for GOTY 2023!
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Also short haired goty's. Short hairstyles are cute! The only one we've really had was Lindsey.
luciana too!
I’m biased towards long hair since I love styling their hair but that would definitely help AG diversify the line. I guess kids like doing doll hair too and that’s why most dolls have long hair
AND CHRISSA! everyone always forgets about Chrissa lol
@@gracedarling1943 Luciana and Chrissa have more of a medium hair length, at least in my opinion.
Yes short hair for variety and because it will last/look better in the long run (long hair gets tangled easily and frizzy)
I like the idea that once a decade they release a doll that travels outside of the US instead of seemingly every other year
That’s fine! But even two years in a row? Really AG?
I want American girl to release a line of clothing without crazy graphics that are a part of a casual wear collection. it would be so fun to mix and match pieces without having so much glitter and overly bright colours.
And yes a GOTY with this collection would be ideal.
@@Astrid_2016nd cute clothes like from popular stores not so much stuff a 11 year old doll is wearing very bright and vivid and glitter,yeah I am talking about you Makenna,the purple REALLY AG
They’ve recently released a few mix and match collabs that are adorable and totally wearable. The Janie and Jack collab was chefs kiss, I have almost all the pieces. I love how realistic they look. The first and second collabs with Something Navy were also excellent, although I’m really loving the Something Navy holiday collab. I feel that AG was gearing these collections towards the older collector and not necessarily the children. I hope they continue on that path.
The Loveshack Fancy collab was also very pretty and realistic although it has a very Gunne Sax vibe, you have to be into that. I have all the pieces of that one except the accessories. It’s lovely but very spring/summer pastoral vibe.
“theater kid doll” “cultural dance” you got your wish
an amputee goty would be really interesting, i wonder how ag would portray a character like that!
Absolutely! That would be so neat to see! I do remember a friend having a doll with a little cast and crutches, but a full amputee? That'd be amazing for so many kids with limb differences, I'd imagine!
I'd also LOVE to see a blind GOTY, since that's something I'd have loved to see as a little 90s blind girl who had to use her imagination when no dolls were explicitly like her. I'm glad they at least did a deaf GOTY though, it was Joss right?
Omg yes. Maybe like a amputee who’s in a sport or something
I think the traveling girl story would be good if they did a storyline where the girl had a parent in the military so they would have to move around. I think it'd be a nice change for the trope and be more relatable
I know military families are quite common in USA and that culture is very different in Canada! Whenever I go to usa I see military discounts everywhere but we don’t have that here in Canada
My favorite GOTY is Mia, she's so pretty, she was so unique looking at the time, and I loved her story. It even addressed skating being a rich kid thing, as a big part of Mia's story was that her family couldn't afford her figure skating hobby so she had to help at the skater rink in her free time to afford it.
I hear you about the "staying home" thing. I'm from Missouri, and it ticked me that AG's only Missouri girl (Lea) spent most of her time out of country. It also peeved me a little that she's from St. Louis, because there's a lot more to the Show-Me State than the Gateway Arch and Cardinals baseball.
yes i completly agree, we NEED a soccer girl of the year. AND A THEATER KID!! i know this isn't very likely, but a regular girl in highschool, dealing with drama and pressure would be a very interesting character. that would be a lot more relateable
I want a theater kid so bad-
Like chronicling the audition process for a professional show, getting cast and balancing school and theatre would be fun
Ooo I love that idea now I am thinking about the GOTY even more 🫶🏻
Yeah the oldest GOTY was Corinne, she’s 13.
I would love to see a modern native American GOTY! A lot of people don't know about what it's like to live on a reservation today, or even simply to be a part of a tribe and involved with it but live off the reservation.
My idea of a dream GOTY doll
An African American with joss’s face mold and straight hair with highlights! Oh and with a fraternal twin and the dream of rescuing dolphins sea turtles etc however she does not have a whole lot of money! So she starts a YT channel and hopes to make at least one dollar from that but it ends up to just do it for fun!
Anyways, amazing video!
-Lena
That is an awesome idea!
@@shaebrielle13 aw thank u!
I do agree that dance is overdone, but like you I have a soft spot for dance because I have done it for about nine years and still do. I do however think they should DEFINITELY do a theatre kid doll. Lol I would LOVE that.
Thank you so much for talking about the hobbies! I used to have Saige since she's an artist, and so am I. I can tell you, Art is NOT a cheap hobby. There's getting materials such as canvases, paints, brushes, pallets, and pallet knives. Then there's equipment such as solvents and paint thinners if you oil paint as well as the soap needed to clean your brushes once you finish. After all of this, there's things such as an easal. I love my work, but it can cost.
Edit: Am I the only one who would love an inventor GOTY? I know Luciana was into STEM, but I think having a doll who builds things and absolutely lives technology would be perfect!
Kira being Australian themed is great, because I'm an Aussie, but I saw very little true blue Aussie tropes in her collection, it's almost as if they didn't even talk to any Australian people! Kira needed a meat pie, Vegemite toast and she's an animal girly but only small fluffy varieties. Give us more than just kangaroos and koalas!
We need Tim tams and fairy bread too!
I watched the movie and Kira was rather immature and bratty in the storyline. I’m guessing there was some education on manners and growing up/not always getting your way in there somewhere. Her aunt has a heart attack and ends up in the hospital which was stressful on all the characters. Also Kira’s aunt has a same sex partner, which had the ring wing nutbags in an uproar. Just a lot happening there.
The beginning! Loving it! 😂
This is all so accurate!
Do you get the reference?
A photography doll or even an agtuber is a good idea.
I count Lea as the photography GOTY since she had a camera haha
Love your vids❤
Oh my God right after you said, don’t skip the ads it gives me money. I literally got an ad.
(I placed one there haha!). Videos on monetized channels usually have ads at the beginning end end but if your video is over 8 minutes you can manually place them in the middle of a video
I’m probably the minority in this but I would love to see another artist but with a different art style not realistic art but cartoon, anime, or chibi or even abstract.
Thanks for your video. 💕 I have done the middle of the night early morning impulse customizing. It is not always a good idea. 😟 No need to check with my parents since I'm an adult but it's usually best to wait a few hours and rethink the situation. 😉
I really love the into! 😆
Honestly the repeated tropes are frustrating because it is literally so easy to think of unique ideas, even just looking at comments there are so many different themes! I would love to see a GOTY with a visible disability, explicit cultural elements, and either no pet or a unique pet (lizard, bird, fish). So many hobbies/life events that haven’t been touched that could be really relatable to lots of kids.
48 Canadian is 34.92 United States dollars but still that is very over priced
I want a theatre doll so bad. Especially tech theatre- the accessories could be so cool! I actually just ordered by first CYO today to be my tech theatre girl. Also a band kid- and not the usual instruments. Give me a saxophone kid, a French horn kid, a trombone kid! And yeah, a soccer kid, I can't believe we haven't had one.
YES! Like one book they do pit band then want to get more involved and does stage management and has to problem solve’
You have made some very valid points!
I would personally love a doll that is more pleasant company. I'm not quite sure how to explain it but a girl who has sneakers and jeans and more natural colored clothing. Maybe a shorter hair style and she has an outfit with a dress along with an outfit with a shirt, some pants, and a baseball. You can still be feminine without having rainbows and very corny quotes on the front of the shirt. I also think natural colored hair in American Girl dolls should be brought back, brightly colored hair should be kept for either create your own or buying extensions that they sell separately. Most girls around the ages which the dolls are marketed to dont have colored hair so the doll wouldn't be truly you unless you have you hair dyed specifically the way the dolls is. I like the way pleasant company made their doll outfits, it was easier to mix and match because the sets weren't too in your face and had elaborate patterning on every article of clothing. Especially with the new generation of young girls who are being raised digitally they might not relate to the justice-type clothing the recent girl of the years have had. I'm 14 and ive been playing with and collecting american girl dolls since 2012, i think after gabriela mcbride i lost interest in the GOTY i found them repetitive and boring. especially since most were dancers and had a josephina mold or a oval face. i think the last time we had a round face or classic face mold was with isabelle. I would love a new GOTY doll with a jesse face mold or classic face mold i think she would be super cute. Corinne Tans face mold is a sort of in between oval and round, I think she has a really pretty face I'm thinking of getting her but switching her wig for a plain black wig. I also think american girl has to take a break from making different shades of blonde dolls. Old AG with new AG's diversity.
From what I’ve read, parents buy their kids the fantasy colored hair dolls because they’d rather have the doll with fantasy colored hair than their kid ask to have their own hair dyed pink or whatever. They sell really well.
I made my own custom goty doll. Something that American Girl would probably never do as it shifts away from its target audience. My custom goty is 17 and struggles with a mental disorder and disability as well as being non-binary and struggling to figure out what to do with their life as they are interested in music, ballet and writing. There is a lot more I can share about them, and they are definitely interesting, but I love my angel.
Yeah GOTY will always be between 9-13 years old. It’s the Truly Me dolls that are ageless (confirmed to be by an AG social media person)
Pretty cute and beautiful especially with hair and the eyes, she’s looks adorable.
I LOVED the SNSD reference at the beginning!!!
YES! Like just saying goty time made me think of it
My first GOTY Season!! I can't wait to see the new one!
Ooh exciting!
yk what i’m down for
-a girl on a sports team such as soccer, basketball ect
-a martial arts girl
-theater
-writer
-engineering
for disabilities autism would be amazing but only if they do it well.
It would behoove them to partner with a self-advocacy group or consult actually autistic people, but knowing AG, they’d probably partner with Auti$m $peak$ and piss people off.
you so predicted the cultural dancing omg- doesn’t kavi do bollywood? honestly i’m a dancer and a sailor so the overused tropes suit me - but there’s so many sports and other hobbies they could do!! edit: and MG mold omg!
an ad came on RIGHT after you finished saying "please dont skip it gives me money" i didnt skip ally
Thank you haha! If your video is longer than 8 minutes, you can choose where to place ads that appear in the middle of a video! Many CZcamsrs time it for comedic effect
10:45 i would LOVE to have an Ag doll, GOTY or not, that does martial arts. I know Ag has (or used to have) a karate outfit, but there wasn't much for us girls who actually do martial arts. now there's a pasttime that isn't seen as "girly" and it certainly is unique
OMG YEA
“Please don’t skip the ads; it gives me money”
*ad starts* 😂
I gotta say that was perfect placement!
I see some other CZcamsrs do it haha!
Also where did you get that wig for your doll? It’s so gorgeous I definitely need it
It’s from beautifully custom. Not sure if they are still around since I haven’t heard from them in a while
Ahhhh the best time of the year, morale is at an all time high
Omg Becca looks so pretty!
The ads literally started right when you said please dont skip the ads, but then the first ad was a three minute long commercial for magical weight loss earrings and I just couldnt Im so sorry 😂
Haha! When a video is over 8 minutes, you can manually choose where ads in the middle of a video go! That’s why CZcamsrs often say “ad in 3, 2, 1” and there is an ad!
4:45 omg you predicted kavi
Honestly, can you make a video talking about the era of ag, girls of many lands? Also I think a goty with a wheelchair would be cool! Like another commenter said, maybe an amputee? Edit: 40 dollars Canadian is 30 usd
I’m not the most familiar with girl of many lands so I don’t think I’m the best person to make a video on that topic. But thanks for the suggestion!
I would love to see a more modern Native American GOTY. 😊also great video, super entertaining.
As a Native American I totally agree
I would love to see a Native American GOTY who wants to study to be a doctor then go back to the reservation and open a special clinic to help NA women.
i think it would be really cool if they had an american girl doll who lived in one of the locations the stores are so that if girls go there they can kind of connect to that
I really want to see a gory who was adopted from somewhere it could be big or small in there story!
Lucina's little baby sister was adopted in her books and she had to have a surgery for her heart or something
Like a doll who is adopted and wants to learn more about her heritage and culture!
A MARCHING BAND GIRL OF THE YEAR WOULD BE SO COOL!!!! It would be even cooler if she played a typically male dominated instrument like trumpet or sousaphone!!!
How about drums?
Next thing you know a GOTY’s mom will own a few birkin bags lmao
Or $3000 Louis Vuitton bags 😛😆✨
I bet Grace’s mom had Birkin bags
Eu amo 💗💗💗
Id love to have another GOTY with a disability example Joss 2020 with wearing aid and being born with hearing loss and deaf. I'd love to have a doll that's just like me with chronic illness i have a port o cath and feeding tube. I don't know why McKenna friend josie didn't get a doll she in a wheelchair and went horseback riding for kids like her in a wheelchair and other special needs kids. I mean if i remember right i read the McKenna books and they baked cookies with the special needs kids at the horseback riding place
I love learning about medical procedures and conditions through CZcams videos, but having dolls who require feeding tubes etc would teach kids about it from a young age and to be accepting!
yasss now I do not have a hearing aid but I can not hear out of my left ear and when joss came out I was so happy she was my first ag doll and she was an amazing one 🫶🏻😭💓
@@parislvr yes i have chronic illness with a feeding tube and a port o cath for iv infusions then I have a chronic lung condition too and chronic back pain due to scoliosis which i take pain medicine tough out the day.
@@tinmanlover1994 oh my gosh I am so sorry to hear that now I want a GOTY with a disability even more
Stay strong queen!
@@AllycatlovesAG yes I'd love that because to bring awareness and for kids to be more empathetic and caring,nice and everything because Theirs alot of kids who have feeding tubes and has a sibling and or knows someone who does And same for having other disabilities. Even learning disabilities would be nice too because i was in special ed all tough out school and had friend's who were too
Thank you finally someone who thinks that they’re hobbies are over used like jeez Isabelle marisol did the dance thing before you
Oh everyone thinks that don’t worry
If there was another dance GOTY, I agree that it should be cultural. I’d hope for a GOTY who is into Danza Mexica (Aztec dance), though it would also be cool to see a Plena dancer or perhaps African dance.
Kanani doesn’t surf in her book she didn’t really enjoy surfing. Kanani came with a paddle board which is different than a surfboard. Kailey I believe had a boogie board which is also different from a surfboard. The only doll who was really into surfing was Joss that’s just my opinion. However I do agree the beach theme is overdone
I’ll rephrase the topic to beaches and boards haha
@@AllycatlovesAG I’m sorry if my comment came across as rude in anyway that wasn’t my intention it’s something I have to work on with my autism I can be very blunt.
@@TessesKingdom All good! I’m so used to being corrected about tiny mistakes and you have a point haha!
@@AllycatlovesAG ok I just didn’t want to come across as rude since I really love your channel. You had a great point on the beach theme though it is overdone.
I actually submitted an idea for a GOTY who wasn’t very girly and the response they gave me was kind of weird but luckily I’m a customizer and can just make her myself.
Wait you could submit goty requests to ag?
@@AllycatlovesAG I submitted my idea to Mattel and they told me that they don’t take outside ideas for the American girl doll brand. You also only have 1 minute to talk about your idea.
Wait what is this opportunity? I have never heard of it
@@AllycatlovesAG I had to look it up too but they do accept new ideas for things they should carry.
When Kavi came out I went nuts cuz she's a theatre kid like
WE GOT A THEATRE KID!!
I WANT A MUSICAL THEATRE KID DOLL SO BAD! Yes we have singers and dancers and actors but we don't have musical theatre. A ballet dancer or country singer is way different then a theatre kid. Also while Rebecca is an Actress, her focus is actually Silent movies. Her books don't actually mention stage. I JUST WANT A MUSICAL THEATRE KID DOLL!
A social media themed doll seems incredibly weird to me. These dolls are primarily aimed at preteen girls, and have we really reached the point where we want and encourage girls of that age to amass a following of thousands of strangers? For what? As a career? That's a whole can of worms in itself. Or just for the heck of it, which can not only be dangerous, but plain unhealthy.
I agree that a writer themed doll would be incredibly cute and there's plenty they could do with it other than stationary. A typewriter or laptop. A desk. A library play set. If she enters a writing contest she would need a special outfit to present her work. Or an outfit to go out and do research. Then of course a comfy out with eye protecting glasses to actually do all her writing. It'd be so cute!
I mean AG did have Z yang... even if they made a slightly older goty like the WBU dolls it would be cool to see a content creator. I make all of my dolls adults so sometimes I do forget they are meant to be 10 year olds...
Alright so this is minor, especially since I didn't notice this until I was dressing my dolls, but I want a doll whose pjs aren't blue. We've had 6 GOTYs with blue pjs. We need a pjs that are red or even some thing neutral like a patterned bottoms (related to whatever her hobby is) and a neutral top (like a black tank top)
I think there should be a GOTY who is interested in medicine (preferably because she spent her life in hospitals ) and wants to be a doctor or nurse or something when she grows up. I would be really happy if she came out the year I graduate high school or while I'm in college
Kavi's mold is Marie grace
Kavi was not released when this video was made
I knew we would agree on wanting a Theatre doll 😂
Imagine a girl of the year who loved mountain biking or wanted to be a park ranger!! She would be so cute!
OK, short haired girls with red or black hair there are always long haired girl dolls like we need more black and red hair. It doesn’t matter if it’s so called ugly (it’s really not) like seriously there’s always blondes and brunettes Yes, there is jess and Luciana but that’s the only one I can think of or maybe hair like right past the shoulder like there’s so many long-haired girls not that I don’t like that but like do you know what I’m saying?
I understand that it makes the dolls unique, but I personally don’t like how they have been giving every single new doll a new face mold. For example, Claudie, Makena, Corrine etc. I also feel like a lot of the new American girl dolls don’t really look like ag dolls. Like I absolutely hate the painted on lashes. The big eyes also look a little weird to me.
I 100% agree with you. I still haven't fully connected with Claudie or Makena's molds. And I hate the lashes too
Grace very much gave me rich girl vibes.
The dancing/singing is so overdone. I can’t believe there aren’t more sporty girls?! Soccer, basketball, volleyball, running!
Karate would be cool
@@idunnobutyay2520 yeah! Actually a lot of kids do that I think?
As for GOTY pets, dogs are getting kind of overdone. I’d like to see more cats, maybe even a tarantula or snake
Please have a swear warning next time 😶 ( I’m not mad don’t worry I just avoid language even as an adult I hope you understand) Anyway, I agree every doll has a fight with her best friend lol like I would like more sibling related or parent involvement in the stories not just peers. Corrine having Gywn as a main character was a great refresher- but I would love to see more dynamics because aside from that none of them is like my sibling relationships. I guess a trope would be the way the siblings are often written, a lot of them seemed like just the annoying brother trope or sisters that have very similar interests.
I should’ve used better grammar sorry I was thinking faster than I was writing.