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Ahh! A monster! A [[Squick|squicky]] mess of [[Combat Tentacles|tentacles]] and [[Extra Eyes|seventeen eyes]], a-and [[Fangs Are Evil|hideous teeth]] a-and his breath smells like sulfur and '''he opens his mouth!''' He's about to speak! He says:

"I'm a lady, I'll have you know."

You see, in the mind of the audience (or at least in the mind of some characters) monsters are often initially assumed to be male. This trope covers situations when these characters are surprised to find out that the monster is, in fact, a female.

This takes the form of a monster in some way having her gender revealed, '''and''' someone acting surprised by this.

See also [[Samus Is a Girl]], [[Monster Is a Mommy]] and [[Your Tomcat Is Pregnant]].

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* Inverted in ''[[Slayers]]'' - A female-looking firebreather is revealed to be a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"drag"-on]] despite [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]], when Gourry gets a good glimpse of the underside.

** A chapter of ''[[Naruto]]'' did pretty much the same thing with a giant armadillo whose gender Naruto and Killer Bee argued about trying to discover, except that [[Squick|we ALL got a good look at its underside.]]

* Combined with [[Samus Is a Girl]] in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': unlike most examples the [[Bounty Hunter]] with the [[Naughty Tentacles]] actually ''was'' a [[Cute Monster Girl]], and it turned out the tentacles and stocky build were from a set of [[Powered Armor]] she wore.

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* ''[[Psychonauts]]'' - Raz discovers that the lungfish residing at the bottom of the lake is actually "Linda". Although with the deep, booming voice, the audience can be forgiven for its assumption.

* {{spoiler|Shale the golem}} in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins''. Technically genderless in its current form, but it used to be a female dwarf.

* You know the Level 300-ish dragon that hangs around [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness|Laharl's throne room]] and {{spoiler|helps save your ass once}}? She'll have you know that she's one of the more attractive of her lot.

* You know the Level 300-ish dragon that hangs around [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Laharl's throne room]] and {{spoiler|helps save your ass once}}? She'll have you know that she's one of the more attractive of her lot.

** ''Dark Hero Days'' features a lesser surprise in the form of Actress, a female Entei. It would've been more surprising if not for the fact that you can hear her obviously female voice in the battle that occurs prior to someone bringing up her gender.