 MPDGs are said to help their men without pursuing their own happiness, and such characters never grow up; thus, their men never grow up.The Manic Pixie Dream Girl has been compared to another stock character, the Magical Negro, a black character who seems to exist only to provide spiritual or mystical help to the white savior protagonist.In both cases, the stock character has no discernible inner life and usually exists only to provide the protagonist some important life lessons.