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# Pulling open the pants and/or groping to verify that yes, indeed, s/he's all woman. (Though one would suppose that a person's own physiological sensations would give this away ...)
# Grabbing the breasts for final confirmation--likely for somewhat longer than strictly required to verify they are real, which leads to squeezing...and perhaps more squeezing...and maybe even ''more'' squeezing, interrupted by the occasional look of "Ooo!"
# Shocked realization s/he was just feeling him/herself up. (optional) Or alternately, being interrupted by an appalled bystander, usually female.
This may be related to the famous [[Five Stages of Grief]]: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. But with a greater focus on boobies.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Several aspects of this trope appear in ''[[Ranma ½]]''
** Averted with Ranma, whose first reaction to the [[Gender Bender]] curse was of sheer terror, followed by rage at the person responsible, instead of fascination. The first time he transforms into a girl: he grabs his chest, checks down his shirt, then screams. He never explicitly goes beyond that, as he is ashamed about being cursed this way.
** Awkwardly enough, there's a scene near the end of the manga where Nabiki [[Skinship Grope|confirms]] (ahem) firsthand that female Ranma has ''[[Fan Service Pack|bloomed]]'' faster than Akane. Ranma then goes into a self-indulgent daze where she dances around, cupping her own breasts and pushing them up to emphasize them, while Akane [[Wall Glower|fumes angrily]] at her. As far as Ranma is concerned, a win is a win. This is far from the first time his [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken|competitive nature]] leads him into trying to "out-girl" a real one. Or a fake one.
** Ranma averts the trope to the point that he (or she) has gotten so used to his naked female body that he doesn't react much to the sight of naked girls. At worst, he's embarrassed when [[Unwanted Harem|one of his suitors]] tries to use her nudity to get the best of him, but that's only due to her attitude and not her nakedness. On the other hand, she's just as vicious as any real girl when someone ''else'' (such as male suitors) grabs her where she doesn't like being grabbed.
* Keiichi from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' went through the transformation in an episode where he was working with Urd's potion ingredients. He checks his new... bumpers in the trope-specified way, then discovers he is still male from the waist down... and his lower half is pretty excited about the additions on the upper floors.
* Subverted in ''[[To Love Ru]]''. When Rito is transformed into a girl, he feels his new breast, checks that he is now all female with his hands, before promptly freaking out and then being to nervous to even see himself naked.
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* Averted in ''[[Kämpfer]]'' where main protagonist [[Chaste Hero|Senou Natsuru]] is so pure that he gets terrified with embarrasment just looking at his female self in the mirror or even ''go to the restroom as her'', much less try to find out what his new parts feel like.
** In a later episode, it's hinted that it's been so long since the first transformation that Natsuru is able to walk past his mirror without getting a nosebleed at himself.
* In ''[[Rosario
** There was a part where an enemy shapeshifter transforms into Kurumu, and claims that it is the first time he has ever turned into a woman. He is nearly overwhelmed by the sensations of his new breasts, but pulls himself together and attacks them.
* Aborted and inverted in ''[[Your and My Secret]]''. When Akira and Nanako [[Body Swap|swap bodies]], Akira is interested in playing with the newly acquired girl bits, but Nanako threatens him into leaving them alone. Nanako seems to have had some fun with Akira's body, though.
* Female-to-male: Immediately after [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ichiko]] realizes she's possessed [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Mizuho]] in the ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]'' manga... "''I have developed a sudden interest in the male body...''" [[Gender Bender|However]]...
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{{quote|'''Guy, angrily:''' How do you guys fold your arms with all this stuff in the way?}}
** The ironic thing is that, this being a [[Dark Age]] series, Guy's biceps in his normal form were at ''least'' as big as his breasts when he was a woman. How did he cross his arms ''ever?''
** During the time period of Guy's [[Gender Bender]] adventure, he had an array of powers that involved limited shape changing in his normal form. It was a thing. [[Dork Age|Nobody talks about it now.]]
* In ''HERO'', a modernized version of the [[Silver Age]] series ''[[Dial H for Hero]]'', a male bearer of the HERO-dial becomes a super-powered woman.
* Averted in ''[[Camelot 3000]]'', when Sir Tristan's identity reasserts itself and the former male knight finds him/herself trapped in a female body. Justified because s/he was reincarnated rather than transformed, so has already lived for more than 20 years in a female body and knows every inch of it: s/he just hadn't realized s/he had originally been male until then.
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== Fan Works ==
* [[Dungeon Keeper Ami|Ami has trouble with gender-specific nouns]] [[Body Snatcher|when body-possession spells are in effect]]. [[Freaky Friday Flip|Played for laughs, mostly]].
* Subverted in a ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]!'' doujinshi, where Hibari, upon having awoken to discover the genderswitch inflicted on him, merely pokes his newfound breasts with the same unimpressed expression on his face.
* Subverted and played straight in ''[[The Gift (fanfic)|The Gift]]'' - male-to-female JoJo is too busy noticing how much [[But Not Too Black|paler]] "she" now is. Female-to-male JoJo [[A Date with Rosie Palms|takes matters into "his" own hands]]....
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* ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]''. Ted, a friend of the protagonist who joins the Telepathy Corps, relates a joke played on him as a rookie teep [[Body Surf|whereupon his consciousness was put inside a female body]] for the first time without him being told. After the shock of trying to find his non-existent male genitals the first time he wants to pee, Ted admits he "spent the whole afternoon playing with himself."
* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]'', several of Harry's friends (including some women) disguise as clones of him with Polyjuice Potion. While they don't experiment with the equipment, Harry does complain that none of them are very shy about letting everyone see them/him naked.
* Inverted in ''[[Spellsinger|The Paths of the Perambulator]]'', where the only one in a temporarily sex-changed traveling party to inspect his/her new anatomy is a female-turned-male.
** {{spoiler|Being a talking hinny, with hooves rather than hands, the curious female-to-male wasn't able to touch anything, either.}}
** The most chronically-lustful party member is ''far'' too busy being traumatized by what he's lost to pay attention to what he's gained.
* Implied in [[David Weber]]'s ''[[Safehold]]'' book, ''Off Armageddon Reef.'' Nimue Alban (or, specifically, the personality of Nimue Alban in a robotic body) assumes a male identity in order get close to the rulers of Charis. One of the robotic body's features is to make "Merlin Athrawes'" transformation [[Gender Bender|complete.]] These bodies are fully functional, and this trope comes into play when Merlin discovers too late that the Safeholdian version of Rubgy is played in the water and in the nude and that reconfiguring the gender of the robot body [[Raging Stiffie|does not reconfigure which gender is sexually attractive.]]
* Inverted in ''Death's Daughter'' by [[Amber Benson]] ([[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|yes, that Amber Benson]]): when the title character finds herself in the body of the Hindu god Indra, one of the first things she does is look down his pants (and discovers her theory that he's [[Compensating for Something]] was ''greatly'' mistaken). She contemplates taking the new equipment for a spin, but never gets a chance.
* We don't actually get to see the scene in which Balthamel first wakes up as Aran'gar in the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', but it isn't a stretch to imagine something like this occurring. (For those unfamiliar with the series, Balthamel was a famously lecherous member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] who got killed near the end of the first book. The [[Big Bad]], who apparently has a nasty sense of humor, reincarnated him as a beautiful woman named Aran'gar several books later. Aran'gar is every bit the sex-maniac Balthamel was, with added [[Depraved Bisexual]] (previously, s/he was just a Depraved Heterosexual)).
* Anton in the second story in ''[[Night Watch]]'' is a bit too busy not blowing his cover to do anything with Olga's body while he is borrowing it.
* The main character of Nancy Springer's ''Larque on the Wing'' is very eager to try out her new male body, and does, including going to a gay bar to pick up someone.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Balance of Power", Rimmer tries to trick Lister into abandoning his attempts to gain Kochanski's hologram disc by assuming her holographic form and telling him he doesn't stand a chance with her (this was early in the series, before the [[Retcon]] that they'd previously dated). When this fails, "she" looks down her shirt and says "I've seen something you haven't, squire". Upon resuming his own form, Rimmer retains one breast, which he tells Holly there's no rush in correcting.
** ''Red Dwarf'' also features a female-to-male example in the episode "Bodyswap" when the ship's [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] was accidentally triggered. Racing against the [[Magic Countdown]], the gang's solution is to let a [[Virtual Ghost]] of a dead officer do a [[Demonic Possession]] of Lister in order to use her security clearance to override it. Most of her lines are about the change in her body. Rimmer finally gets through to her.
{{quote|'''Rimmer:''' If we don't override the auto-destruct in the next 20 seconds, those sexual organs will be in orbit around the nearest planet, along with every one else's organs, sexual or otherwise.}}
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** Dargo and Chiana also have a similar conversation, with implied [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].
* Seen briefly and played for [[Hilarity Ensues|humor]] in ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' when a post op [[Transgender|transwoman]] got amnesia and forgot she had become a woman.
** Which doesn't explain why the title character also begins feeling herself up and gets a WTF look from Daniel.
* Another female-to-male switch: in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''New Earth'' Cassandra [[Grand Theft Me|takes over the Doctor's body]]: she feels her new self up, does a few experimental moves, and exclaims, "So many parts. And hardly used."
** Then again, she does this when she first takes over Rose: "It's like living in a bouncy castle!" The phrase "Nice rear bumper" is also used. Since Cassandra starts out with... well, sexually, nothing, this could count.
*** Not really: while Cassandra is without a body (and therefore technically sex-less), her personality is ''definitely'' female -- and she clearly thinks of herself as such. (She even refers to herself as "The Old Girl".)
** To make this particular example even ''more'' bizarre, in the episode that introduces her character ("End of the World"), she mentions that she grew up ''as a boy'' on Earth. Yup -- Lady Cassandra is a transsexual!
*** She wasn't transsexual - the word's meaning had simply changed/become lost over time, in the same way that they refer to a jukebox as an iPod.
**** Nope, [[Word of God|according to an in-universe biography released in a reference book,]] Cassandra has indeed had this done to her thrice at most.
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'''Myka in Pete's body''': Because you're still you and I'm still me, even though we're in different bodies. }}
* An episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' had Dr. Strangepork invent a disintegrating ray in the "Pigs In Space" segment, which he used on both Link Hogthrob and Miss Piggy. He then tried to re-integrate them....but left them stuck in each others' bodies. This leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when Piggy (in Link's body) scolds Link (in Piggy's body), "Don't you dare touch ''you''!"
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[The Man Show]]'' when Adam Carolla [[What an Idiot!|(without thinking)]] decided to [[What Were You Thinking?|try out a machine called the "Jugginator"]] (which turns old or ugly women into Juggy Dancers) on ''himself''; he came out as a shapely woman in a bikini....and upon realizing he was a little, er, "lacking" downstairs, had a [[Naked Freak-Out]] and hastily covered his briefs [[Big No|while screaming: "OH, NO! MY PENIS!"]] Naturally, by the end of the episode [[Status Quo Is God|he had changed back into a man]]. (In this scene, he was played by a Juggy wearing a pair of oversized black eyebrows who mimed the line as Adam dubbed it backstage.)
* Australian comedy series ''[[Full Frontal]]'' did a skit where a man who'd changed sex complained of suffering sexual harassment -- from himself.
* Charlie does this in ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' when he wakes up with breast implants.{{spoiler|It was [[All Just a Dream]]}}.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Athaina in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Player's Handbook Public Service Announcements [http://youtube.com/user/CreativeJuices7 spoof series].
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* In ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'', one optional early scene where Revya (if set as female, which she canonically is) shows concern that Gig (he shares her senses thanks to sharing a body) is looking at her while she is bathing. Gig says he doesn't give a shit.
** And yet, bathing as a female gives you twice the [[Relationship Values|boost]] with Gig than if you're male.
* Gender-flipped in a ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' omake sequence. Female shapeshifter Beyond X switches through a variety of forms, stopping with Super Hero Aurum, at which point she emits a cloud of hearts until interrupted by the real Aurum.
* Parodied with Guybrush in his [[Grand Theft Me]] of the Voodoo Lady, for a short time in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan''. He even jiggles her earrings and plays with his breasts if the player sits around for a few minutes!
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== Web Comics ==
* A rare female-to-male case in ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' when a suddenly male Joyce declares "Ultimate test!" and stuffs her (his) hand down her (his) pants. And then freaks out almost immediately. Walky, who's been turned into a woman, does the same thing. The difference is, Joyce has to tell him to take his hand out of his pants.
** When another (still) female character asks Joyce what it's like to be a guy, she answers with a blush, "Like keeping a little dog around that barks at everything."
* An aversion: when Roy, the hero of ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', is forced to use a belt that temporarily switches his gender for a disguise, he is annoyed by the fact that he has to do it, and avoids any eroticization of his temporary shape. He also remains bald, and notes that "unless a magic item says it regrows hair, it probably doesn't."
** Also note that Roy knew what was going to happen before he put the belt on -- Ranma doesn't spend a lot of time checking ''his'' breasts either.
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* Memorably done in ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'', pictured above. [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda1/Issue5/Page3.html This strip] also contains a more [[NSFW]] version of this trope.
* Surprisingly rare in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''. It's [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-06-17 strongly] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-03-24 implied] that Tedd often does this ''intentionally'', but [http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-02-26 that's just how Tedd is]. In the one female-to-male example [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-01-09 Sarah decides she's become a good-looking guy after all.] but there's no actual touching involved. Given the sheer number of [[Gender Bender|Gender Benders]] in ''El Goonish Shive'' it's more interesting to note the number of characters (Ellen, Elliot, Grace, Justin, Nanase, Susan, and presumably, Vlad) who ''aren't'' shown doing this, implying that only someone like Tedd would actually enjoy it. (Elliot, like Sarah, does [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-05 examine his/her new self in a mirror] but that's as far as it goes.)
** Lampshaded in [http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/index.php?arcid=15 an EGS:NP strip] where Tedd and Grace conduct a [[Myth Busters]]-style "test" to determine if [[Gender Bender|sudden sex changes]] always result in "man I feel like a woman" and wardrobe malfunctions. Their test subject (Elliot, who's been forced to become a girl often enough that it's not exactly a novelty any more) is not amused.
** Later, after Elliot gets magical powers but all he gets are "turn into a girl" spells, it is theorized in-universe that doing this is the key to convincing his magic that he's satisfied with the spells he got, and is ready for something different. [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-13 He still has some problems with this, however.]
* In ''[[Misfile]]'', Ash Upton is [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=27 directly accused] of this. (Though it isn't actually shown.)
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** The funniest part is the opening -- wherein Zoe angrily discovers a bunch of ''her'' clothes in ''his'' closet, only to have Riff explain, load of clean male laundry in hand, that of course Torg had some of her clothes -- he'd spent a week in her body, after all. Then she notices said clothes haven't been ''[[Naked People Are Funny|worn]]'', per se...
* Subverted in ''[[The Wotch]]'', where Jason is frequently transformed into a hot redhead (usually by request), and treats the change like wearing his favorite clothes, rather than any sort of sexual thing.
** Though the strip is pretty PG anyway.
* Another female-to-male is in ''[[SSDD]]'', where the artist switches the bodies of two of the main characters, unsually this does involve experimentation, although [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20000313.html off-panel]
* In ''[[Apple Geeks]]'', after switching back two girls who had [[Freaky Friday|swapped bodies]], they fear that the reversal had affected to other characters in the room. Gina grabs her chest and starts saying [http://www.applegeeks.com/comics/viewcomic.php?issue=424 "I can't stop grabbing my own boobs!"]. Turns out, she was just playing it up.
* Completely avoided in the ''[[Insecticomics]]'', mostly because gender and body structure aren't necessarily linked.
* The "accused but averted" variant also happened in ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''. Dan was ''shocked'' to be accused of that, especially while shapeshifted as his own sister...
** Not shocked; Dan was outright [[Squick|squick'd]] by the idea of groping what is, in effect, [[Brother-Sister Incest|his sister's]] body -- and [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_692.php points this out.]
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