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* Subverted in the 1990s [[Jerry Springer]] parody ''[[Night Stand]]'', where two straight guys met online pretending to be lesbians revealed themselves to each other... and decided to date anyway.

* In an early ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode, Xander expresses suspicions about Willow's new cyber-pal.

'''Xander''': Okay, but I can also say that I'm an elderly Dutch woman. Get me? I mean, who's to say I'm not if I'm in the elderly Dutch chat room? }}

* On the Israeli sitcom ''[[Shemesh]]'', the titular character, having recently discovered the internet, pretends to be a woman on a women only chatroom, mostly for the thrill; he stays there for the more honest intention of learning how to relate to women. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* In the British sitcom ''[[My Family]]'' it's mentioned that this has happened to Nick, and most of the others think the same of his current online girlfriend. {{spoiler|A [[Subverted Trope]] as she turns out to be a genuine... lesbian. Nick himself was the GIRL.}}

* In [[The Teaser]] of an episode of ''The John Larroquette Show'' John goes to an internet lesbian chatroom pretending to be a woman.

Assorted girls: MAN IN THE FORUM! LOG OFF!! LOG OFF!! }}

* ''[[Flashpoint]]'': {{spoiler|A robber with an anti-capitalism bent is desperately lonely when he meets a sympathetic girl online -- she even sings a song for him. It turns out "she" is a teenage boy who really, really, ''really'' hates his stepfather and is using the robber to murder him by saying "she" is being abused (no one's being abused, he just hates his step dad that much).}}

== Music ==

* This is the idea behind Frogg Marlowe's song "Ain't No Women":

* After setting up a date with a girl he met online, the protagonist of the song "On My Knees" by [[Heaven's Gate (band)|Heavens Gate]] finds out she's actually a man.

* In the song "Chiksilog" by the Filipino band Kamikazee, one male [[Ragnarok Online]] player was distraught when he discovered that the "girl" he met online turned out to be [[Camp Gay]].