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* The live-action adaptation of [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' gender-bends Bagheera - and Bagheera alone - so that s/he's a female for the duration of a movie. This is probably so that Mowgli can have a mother-figure without adding in <s>Akela</s> Mother Wolf, the she-wolf from the book, but it can be a little odd for a kid only familiar with the [[Disney]] version.
** Of course, it could simply have been that female animals are less willful (and ferocious) than their male counterparts, so using a female black leopard was both cheaper and less dangerous.
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** In the [[Missing Episode|1920]], 1938, and 1954 films Jim is a girl named Jim<ref>It's possible this one might actually be a case of [[Crosscast Role]], but it's impossible to tell due to what little survives of the film.</ref>, Jenny and Jamie (respectively). Given the rest of the cast are all 1700s professional sailors or gentry, Jim is only possible target without radically altering the setting. Jim is also voiced by women in various animated versions that portray him as younger than the book version, [[Cross-Dressing Voices|but that's another trope]].
** In ''Muppet Treasure Island'', Ben Gunn is changed to Benjamina Gunn just so [[The Muppets|Miss Piggy]] can have a role to play.
** In ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', the captain is a [[Catgirl|feline lady alien]] named Amelia.
* The famous duet of seduction "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was first introduced in the movie ''Neptune's Daughter'' by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban. She plays "The Mouse" and he plays "The Wolf," as you would expect. But the song is soon reprised by Betty Garrett and Red Skelton, and this time he's the one who's resisting and she's the one who's advancing.
** Again flipped in a version with [[Hellboy (film)|Selma Blair]] and [[The Office|Rainn Wilson]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hEJQbEYjRg Oh My!]
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