Honey; Expy...?

[Rune]

Is Honey an Expy of anyone in particular, or several characters combined?

Before I got to her first pics, I was almost thinking she sounded like Chrissy from Three's Company, but .. brighter. After the early pics I'm almost certain she's more like from a cartoon or kids sitcom or something. and her toys are Carebears, so..

I have no idea who or what she's supposed to be referencing now. Just.. late 80s/early 90s nostalgia girl, but whoever she's supposed to be is like, used to crazy magical adventures, so, some of the Sitcom Sabrina the Teenaged Witch, maybe?

Anyone have any additional thoughts or ideas? It's kind of driving me nuts, like I'm missing something obvious.

All the other expys were pretty obvious in their homage to me. And appreciated, just to be clear, especially the one who wants you to fly her to the moon, if you know what I mean.

[Fishman465]

I get the notion she's a mix of various girls from that time period if not more 80s/90s stuff on top

[Dart Rodales]

Punky Brewster definitely comes to mind here.

[MannixHaze]

She's at least 40 years old?

[Dedlok]

Originally posted by MannixHaze:

She's at least 40 years old?

If the Cellphone had not time warped her, yes she would be.

[MannixHaze]

Originally posted by Dedlok:

Originally posted by MannixHaze:

She's at least 40 years old?

If the Cellphone had not time warped her, yes she would be.

You can tell how closely I paid attention to her interminable story

[Rune]

I know Cutey Honey, but she doesn't seem much like her to me. I saw that so long ago, it was actually new at the time.

[Final Vent Card]

The Treehouse makes me think of the Magic Treehouse books?

[muljostpho]

It feels to me like there's some character out there that I've heard of but was never actually familiar with whatever film / show / book that she was from... and I'm drawing a huge blank on the name for whoever it is that I might be thinking of.

The comment mentioning Punky Brewster had me thinking for a second that maybe that was it. But looking up a reminder of what the character looked like I have my doubts.

I suppose another option could be Rainbow Brite? I'm not sure about that either. That's also a flimsy option, though. There's a slight connection with a rainbow color scheme, but not much more than that.

She probably is drawing inspiration from multiple characters. Like I almost want to suggest maybe there could be a bit of Pippi Longstocking in her, perhaps? She doesn't have anything close to Pippi's hair style though. She's just got the same hair color.

I think that the whole thing about the treehouse probably ought to be some sort of clue that'd be obvious to people who were familiar with the right show or movie, though. Maybe the couple of friends' names she mentioned could be references to something as well.

[Moist Queen]

Honey, the coupon & savings extension that you put on your browser. thats what i think, anyways

[76561199521992675]

Originally posted by Final Vent Card:

The Treehouse makes me think of the Magic Treehouse books?

YESSS THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING AND THE URR URR UM KING ARTHUR THING

[muljostpho]

How did I not ask when this topic was posted 4 years ago... WTF does "expy" mean? I've never seen that term anywhere else. You kinda get the idea anyway from context how it's used here (and obviously I did just roll with it and ramble on with my thoughts on the subject), but where did it come from?

[kbrayaquar7]

Originally posted by muljostpho:

How did I not ask when this topic was posted 4 years ago... WTF does "expy" mean? I've never seen that term anywhere else. You kinda get the idea anyway from context how it's used here (and obviously I did just roll with it and ramble on with my thoughts on the subject), but where did it come from?

It's a portmanteu... a combination of two words to make a new word, often, but not always with a combination of the two words meanings The author Lewis Carrol did it often in his works, Alice in Wonderland, and others. In this case Expy is short for "Exported Character", or as TV Tropes put it:

An expy (short for "exported character") is a character from one series who is unambiguously and deliberately based on a character in another, older series. A few minor traits, such as age or hair color, may change, but there's no doubt that they are almost one and the same.