The Melancholic Girl

 is an American adult animated television series created by Carrie Wilksen. It is being produced by and 20th Century Fox Television and aired on  from September 25th, 2005 til May 17th, 2009.

Synopsis
In the fictional city of Tamberlane Heights, Florida... Autumn Lewis is an very sad and sweet, often crying a lot, teenage girl who wants to find a way to be very happy, often finding ways to make herself happy, but always fails to find happiness, but despite her knowing things will get worse, she isn't giving up. Will she finally find something to make her happy?

Main

 * Autumn Lewis (voiced by Hynden Walch) - A shy and sweet, but very sad and depressed teenage girl who showed herself from isolation from so long and wants to be happy and will do anything to find something that does so.

Supporting

 * Wanda Norris (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) - Autumn’s biggest supporter on her journey to happiness, as she acts as her moral support and wants to be with her every step of the way. She is also her best friend.
 * Candy and Carla (voiced by Tara Strong and Eden Espinosa, respectively) - two twin divas who are always up to date on the latest fashion trends - and have even convinced Autumn to check it out during her journey towards happiness.
 * Rosalyn Jackson (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - A seductive, flirtatious, but caring, friendly, and selfless young woman who works at a strip club as a stripper as she also has a friendship-like bond with Autumn and wants to do everything she can to help her achieve happiness, and also has a disliking on alcohol and has a reputation of being the sexiest woman in Tamberlane Heights.
 * Andrea Carry (voiced by TBD) - a sweet yet overly optimistic teenage girl who wants to make people happy and has tried to do that with Autumn, but ends up trying too hard to do so.
 * Benny Brucehinger (voiced by Tom Kenny) - Brody's younger teenage brother who is a lot nicer than him and wants Autumn to get some help, but is often forced to do things by Brody.
 * Seamus McShea (voiced by John DiMaggio) - a drunkard Irish man who also likes to flex his muscles as he owns a popular pub.

Antagonists

 * Brody Brucehinger (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - an aggressive teenage boy who sees Autumn as the perfect target for bullying and thinks her depression is an advantage to him.

Episodes
See List of episodes.

Video game
See The Melancholic Girl: Quest for Happiness.

The video game based on the series was released for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS on July 9th, 2007.

Sequel miniseries
See The Ex-Melancholic Girl and the New Melancholic Girl.

Tropes
See /Tropes.

Trivia

 * This is the first Fox animated television series to not focus entirely on comedy, but on drama. Despite mainly focusing on that genre, the show still does have comedy here and there.
 * According to one episode, Autumn Lewis and Rosalyn Jackson are 14 years old and 19 years old, respectively.