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Sometimes the [[The Remake|remake or "reimagining"]] of a work may involve Gender Flips, perhaps due to societal changes on the [[Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality]] that, for example, would allow a formerly-male [[Number Two]] to be an [[Action Girl]] instead. Occasionally, the Gender Flip occurs with a work that's already in development, or even in production (due to, for example, an actor's sudden unavailability or simply a last-minute casting idea.) The results can be particularly interesting in these cases, as the written role may be almost completely unchanged from its original opposite-gender version.
[[Fanfic|Fan Fics]] that Gender Flip are fairly common (often referred to as 'Genderfuck' or 'GF' stories.) [[Rule
Supertrope of [[She's a Man In Japan]], which is what happens when localization results in a character Gender Flip.
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** ANY [[Image Song]] by Yuuki Nagato prompts [[Bishie Sparkle|Bishie Sparkles]] from fangirls. There is also an english version of Yuuki Nagato's Select image song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGlVh9F4Rjk that you can listen here.] Haruki is just as GAR as [[Fate Stay Night|Archer]], and Mitsuuru is basically a cute little boy.
* The second anime adaptation of Hector Malot's novel ''[[Sans Famille]]'' does this to the main character.
* Several fans have [[Epileptic Trees|theorized]] that the three leads of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' are [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/a831ce96b3bbeb719516c8cc3c230e0f/8311%20-%20Asuka_Langley_Sohryu%20Neon_Genesis_Evangelion%20Rei_Ayanami%20Shinji_Ikari.jpg examples]; noting [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/may_chan/TG%20Images/Evangelion/Evangelion_TG_Would_be_Better.jpg how few would speak ill of] a [[The Woobie|sad little]] [[Moe]] Shinji, [[Hot
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is, effectively, a [[Gender Flip]] of the typical [[Five-Man Band]] [[Sentai]] series.
** Similarly, [[Claymore]] is basically a [[Gender Flip]] of the typical Fighting [[Shounen]] series.
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* A variant shows up in ''[[Gargoyle of the Yoshinagas]]''. When Gargoyle is transported to a mountain village, he meets a pair of siblings who resemble Futaba and Kazumi almost exactly. Since Futaba is a tomboy and Kazumi is very feminine, the gender flipped pair are more normal than their counterparts.
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'', which features gender flipped versions of real life WWII [[Ace Pilot|Ace Pilots]].
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Kallen Kouzuki, who is a gender flipped version of your standard [[Super Robot]] [[Hot
{{quote| '''Kallen''':''"If only you had justice!"''}}
** She is [http://animanachronism.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/kasshu-family.jpg said to have descended] from [[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]] himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender... Oh, wait, [[Three Hundred|wrong movie]].
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* 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!]
** Probably in a [[Shout
* The film version of ''[[Sgt Bilko]]'' turned Cpl Rocky Barbella into Cpl Raquelle Barbella. (Bilko's other sidekick, Cpl Henshaw, was given a [[Race Lift]]).
* A 1990s adaptation of Mickey Spillane's ''Come Die With Me'' made [[Mike Hammer]]'s cop buddy Lt. Pat Chambers into ''Patricia'' Chambers.
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* One of the episodes of the new ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' featured a terminally ill woman who wanted to experience life as a soldier in a combat zone. Instead of being placed with a company of male soldiers like she expected, she was placed in a gender-reversed version of [[The Squad]], which was filled with the requisite roughneck personality types, only with women playing the roles.
* The ''[[
* In ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'', [[Gene Roddenberry]] sort of gender flipped the First Officer role, which was originally written as an emotionally distant, supremely rational [[Number Two]] (named "Number One.") NBC objected, however (not due to the casting of a female so much as the casting of the ''particular'' female, Majel Barrett, who happened to be Roddenberry's mistress at the time.) While different in several ways (most obviously, being an alien), Mr. Spock essentially assumed both her role as First Officer and her [[The Spock|rationality and lack of emotion]].
* The crew of the ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' ''meet'' the [[Gender Flip|GenderFlipped]] versions of themselves in a parallel universe.
** Although, not all of them were flipped. The Cat, the ultimate narcissist, is looking forward to meeting the feminine version of himself for... obvious reasons. However, his opposite number is a male Dog with zero dress sense.
* ''[[Will and Grace]]''. Will wanted to stage an all-male rendition of ''[[Ben-Hur]]'' titled "Ben-Him". Grace mentioned her mother appeared as "Millie Loman" in "Death of a Sales Lady". Grace's mother also mentions not even wanting to audition for 'The Ice-Person Cometh'
* Djaq in ''[[Robin Hood (TV)|Robin Hood]]'' is a [[Gender Flip]] of the Saracen outlaw seen in ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' (Nassir) and ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (Azeem).
* The 2010 remake of ''[[Hawaii Five O]]'' makes Kono a woman (renamed Kona, but still nicknamed "Kono"), played by Grace Park. Incidentally, she's best known as Sharon Valerii in ''[[
* ''It Happened One Christmas'' (1977) is a TV-Movie [[Gender Flip]] of [[Its a Wonderful Life]] starring Marlo Thomas. Played completely straight.
* In the second series of ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'', Honor Blackman (as Dr. Cathy Gale) replaced Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel) as John Steed's partner. In her earliest appearances (scripts written much earlier for Hendry), her dialogue was left completely unchanged. This is sometimes credited with making Cathy Gale a particularly memorable female character for the early '60s.
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** Amateur Shakespeare productions often do this simply to allow more casting balance, with no change to the plot whatsoever. Puck in ''[[A Midsummer Nights Dream]]'', for instance, has no real need to be male or female, so the role can easily be cast for the best performer of either sex. Likewise, many minor characters are presumed to be male, but could just as easily be female.
** This is nearly always done to Titania's fairy servants. They were originally played by boys, ''as'' boys. Bottom even calls them things like "Monsieur Mustardseed" and "Master Cobweb". The more modern female association with fairies, coupled with the fact that a ''lot'' more girls will usually audition for any given production of ''Midsummer'', leads to the gender flip.
* In some productions of ''[[Oliver! (Theatre)|Oliver]]'', the Artful Dodger is played by a girl, and actually referenced as such in the play (with the additional few lines of "Dodger's a girl?" "So what if I am? I could lick you any day!"). It doesn't have much bearing on the plot whether Dodger is played by a boy or girl, though.
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