Princess (fanfic)

Inspired by a discussion on the Wild Mass Guessing page, Princess is a The Penguins of Madagascar Fanfic by chelonianmobile.

One ordinary day at the zoo, the penguins overhear Julien getting his medical checkup. However, the veterinarian refers to Julien as a female. The penguins are at first baffled, but little clues start to build up, and when Julien is questioned, he reveals that technically the vet was right; Julien is, in fact, female. Unfortunately for Julien, none of the zoosters, including himself, understand the first thing about the condition, and the next few days become increasingly difficult.


 * Animal Gender Bender: Julien's gender identity caused problems in the matriarchal lemur society.
 * Anvilicious: Sorta comes with the territory to some extent, but then "don't be a jerk to the transgender community" is a lesson too many people still need to learn.
 * Battle in the Rain:
 * The Beard: Marlene assumes Julien was using her for this, and is very unhappy about it.
 * Brain Bleach: Skipper, upon contemplating the idea of Julien having a heat period, wishes to "scrub my brain. Preferably with fire".
 * Buffy-Speak: According to Julien, female lemurs have a "thing that looks like a ... thing". Word of God is that there are very few in-character and remotely tasteful ways to say "giant clit".
 * Coming Out Story
 * Darker and Edgier
 * Dropped a Bridget On Him: The zoosters react as if Julien has done this.
 * Easy Sex Change: Discussed and averted. With resident Mad Scientist Kowalski in the picture, he could quite easily change Julien's sex, but Skipper thinks it's a bad idea because the humans will notice.
 * Exotic Equipment: Julien, like real female ringtails, has a pseudopenis, which helped him pass for male to the non-lemur zoosters for so long.
 * Gilligan Cut: Julien declares he will take the penguins' contempt with dignity, and the very next sentence shows him engaging in ...
 * Heartbreak and Ice Cream
 * Narcissist: Julien still is one.
 * Narrative Profanity Filter: Julien tells Skipper to do "something technically impossible". Context suggests it was "suck my cock" or something similar.
 * Older Than They Look: Mort.
 * Pass Fail: Julien can pass as male quite easily to non-lemurs. To other lemurs, however ...
 * Recursive Crossdressing: Julien's occasional crossdressing is because he gets a kick out of people not realising his birth sex even when he's dressed like it, according to Maurice.
 * Self-Harm: Aged twelve, Julien plucked his own fur from the places his scent glands should have been, but stopped because it hurt enough to make him feel worse.
 * Shown Their Work: Julien, being a female-anatomied ringtail, lacks the wrist spurs and scent glands possessed by the males, and has the Exotic Equipment mentioned above. Skipper also mentions the avian W/Z sex chromosomes.
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders: Maurice mentions that, to other lemurs, Julien still looks like an attractive female, which makes things rather awkward.
 * Transsexualism
 * Unusual Euphemism: Skipper describes himself as having been "such a cloaca".
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Julien's fondness for still wearing dresses is brought up.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Julien's fondness for still wearing dresses is brought up.