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* In ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]'', this is what gives Mizuho the most trouble about his 'transformation' into a girl. On his/her first day in school, he/she can't work up the courage to visit the ladies' room - and since it's an all-girl school, with only female teachers, there isn't even a men's room. He/she ends up holding it in 'till he/she gets back to the dorms, where he/she... bah! Where he can make a run for the 'private' bathroom... only for Takako, his instructor in all things feminine, to swiftly lambast him for leaving the seat up... (How he managed to pee standing up while wearing an ankle-length dress is [[Fridge Logic|best left to imagination]].)
* In ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]'', this is what gives Mizuho the most trouble about his 'transformation' into a girl. On his/her first day in school, he/she can't work up the courage to visit the ladies' room - and since it's an all-girl school, with only female teachers, there isn't even a men's room. He/she ends up holding it in 'till he/she gets back to the dorms, where he/she... bah! Where he can make a run for the 'private' bathroom... only for Takako, his instructor in all things feminine, to swiftly lambast him for leaving the seat up... (How he managed to pee standing up while wearing an ankle-length dress is [[Fridge Logic|best left to imagination]].)
* A running gag with Hideyoshi in ''[[Baka Test]]''.
* A running gag with Hideyoshi in ''[[Baka Test]]''.
{{quote| ''signs read "Boy's Changing Room", "Girl's Changing Room", and "Hideyoshi's Changing Room"''<br />
{{quote|''signs read "Boy's Changing Room", "Girl's Changing Room", and "Hideyoshi's Changing Room"''
'''Akishisa''': So is Hideyoshi a new gender? }}
'''Akishisa''': So is Hideyoshi a new gender? }}


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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* In Barry Williams's book ''Growing Up [[The Brady Bunch|Brady]]'' he relates the following anecdote from a time he guest-starred on ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' as a teenage king who was fleeing from assassins by dressing up as a girl.
* In Barry Williams's book ''Growing Up [[The Brady Bunch|Brady]]'' he relates the following anecdote from a time he guest-starred on ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' as a teenage king who was fleeing from assassins by dressing up as a girl.
{{quote| It was uncomfortable - and only got tougher when, a couple of hours later, I desperately had to use the bathroom.<br />
{{quote|It was uncomfortable - and only got tougher when, a couple of hours later, I desperately had to use the bathroom.
First, I had to decide which facility to use. At first I thought it might be wise to use the ladies's room, but when push came to shove I just couldn't go in. Finally, when my bladder threw up a white flag, I was forced to hike up my skirt, throw out my pride, and in my most macho posture, march into the men's room.<br />
First, I had to decide which facility to use. At first I thought it might be wise to use the ladies's room, but when push came to shove I just couldn't go in. Finally, when my bladder threw up a white flag, I was forced to hike up my skirt, throw out my pride, and in my most macho posture, march into the men's room.
Naturally, [[Murphy's Law]] was running rampant, and the men's room ws packed, loaded with big, burly crew members. They looked at me first in surprise, then in disgust. Homophobic anger was rising in their eyes. I nervously muttered something at them like "How 'bout them [[American Football|Rams]]?"<br />
Naturally, [[Murphy's Law]] was running rampant, and the men's room ws packed, loaded with big, burly crew members. They looked at me first in surprise, then in disgust. Homophobic anger was rising in their eyes. I nervously muttered something at them like "How 'bout them [[American Football|Rams]]?"<br />
With that, I flicked my long hair back and locked myself in a stall. }}
With that, I flicked my long hair back and locked myself in a stall. }}