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For this trope's impact on relationships, see [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]], [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]] and [[Gender Bender Friendship]].
Some of the most notable Gender Bender stories come from Japan, where ''[[Ranma ½]]'' by Rumiko Takahashi was insanely popular for
Contrast with [[Transgender]] and [[Hermaphrodite]], which are real-life phenomena (though on rare occasions, a Gender Bender character might ''turn into'' a hermaphrodite instead of, strictly speaking, the "opposite sex"; also, '''Gender Bender''' stories can intersect with transgender characters, by having someone transition unexpectedly by magic, or have the experience of being gender-changed bring a transgender character out of denial. Not to mention all the possibilities of using '''Gender Bender''' stories as metaphors for transgenderism...). Also contrast with [[Easy Sex Change]], which deals with idealized but ''somewhat'' realistic takes on the [[transgender]] experience. Not related to [[Was Once a Man]].
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== Advertising ==
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVxQHblH80 one Mountain Dew commercial], a guy finds out his car remote can transform objects. Since he just broke up with his girlfriend, he conveniently uses it to turn his best friend into a hot girl.
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* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has Natsu turning into [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319135002/http://mangafox.me/manga/fairy_tail/v15/c119.5/8.html Lucy] for a transformation test. His [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|reaction to the change]] is a typical one.
* ''[[Jitsu wa...]]'' combines Gender Bender and [[Our Werewolves Are Different]], in that a girl transforms into a wolf-man.
* The eponymous [[Villain Protagonist]] of ''[[The Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'' is a man who was murdered and then reincarnated in another world as a girl, with full memories of his previous life - never a good idea [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu| to mouth off to Death himself]].
== Comic Books ==
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== Fan Works ==
* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]:
** Played with in ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', via a crossover with ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
** In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4291790/1/Polyjuice_Memory_Charms_and_More "Polyjuice, Memory Charms, and More"] Harry and Ginny [[Freaky Friday Flip|switch bodies]] via Polyjuice Potion.
** ''[[In This World and the Next]]'' has Ron turn into a girl as a consequence of a [[Groin Attack]] by a troll. It [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context]].
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