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Quite naturally, inverts classical gender stereotypes.

* Chips (masculine-looking female) and Nachos (feminine male) from ''Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto''. They fit this more in their appearances (especially Nachos), although Nachos is definitely the more sensitive and kinder of the two.

* Mako-chan and Touma from ''[[Minami-ke]]''. Makoto isn't girly per se, but most of his scenes alongside the tomboy Touma feature him masquerading as a girl. In one episode, he also describes masculine and feminine traits inherited from his mother and father, respectively.

* Ryuji and Taiga from ''[[Toradora!]]'' have aspects of this in personality, but it contrasts with their appearance. Taiga is [[Shorttank|small]] ("looks like a doll") but has a brash, loud and angry personality. Ryuji has the [[Face of a Thug]] but is generally quiet and enjoys housework (especially cleaning but also cooking).

* Revy and Rock from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. Rock isn't exactly girly, but he's the one [[Non-Action Guy|Non Action Character]] of either gender to survive and not start killing people. [[Dark Action Girl|Re]][[The Ladette|vy]], meanwhile...

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Newly married Amy Pond and Rory Williams seem to be this, as Amy is an [[Action Girl]], while Rory is a bit of a [[Non-Action Guy]] and a nurse (and while male nurses are common these days, it's still a profession that's predominantly female where he comes from).

** The Doctor lampshades it by referring to them as 'the Ponds' after their marriage, instead of 'The Williams'. Rory doesn't seem very bothered by it.

* Freddie and Sam from ''[[iCarly]]''.

* In ''[[Carrusel]]'', Valeria is louder, more outspoken, and has a stronger personality than her boyfriend David.

* Nerdy [[Insufferable Genius]] Cody Martin and [[Tomboy]] [[Country Mouse]] Bailey Pickett on ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]'' might count.

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' does a lot of this: the men are sentimental, mild-mannered, reserved, romantic, blissfully domestic (Marshall) or kid-crazy (Ted), and are often made fun of for stereotypically feminine traits, while the women are tough, uncouth, uncultured, boisterous, insensitive, commitment-phobic (Robin), or sex-obsessed (Lily), and often engage in hypermasculine actions as comedy. However, Barney takes the aggressively-heterosexual male stereotype and drives it so far over the edge he overshadows everyone else.

** ''Seisen no Keifu'' has Brigid, an assertive [[The Archer|sniper]] raised by pirates and sensitive, submissive [[Horse Archer|horseback archer]] Midayle as a predestined pair; to a smaller degree she has these dynamics with her other predestined lover, [[The Archer]] Jamuka, who is similar to Midayle but more reserved. Another one would be Tiltyu, the [[Tsundere]] [[Black Magician Girl]], and her shy childhood friend and local [[Badass Adorable]] Azel.

** In ''Rekka no Ken'', we have [[Ladette]] Vaida and gentle, honorable Heath. Kent and Farina are a borderline case; Kent isn't exactly feminine but he's somewhat shy compared to the outgoing, tomboyish Farina.

* [[Your Mileage May Vary]], but a Female [[Player Character|Shepard]] and either Thane or Kaidan can come across like this, especially if Shepard is a hardass renegade. Shepard has to be the strongest human in existence, can drink anyone under the table, headbutts krogan like it's nothing, and generally is a stoic character. Thane and Kaidan meanwhile are sensitive and fairly soft-spoken, very moral, and the former waxes philosophical every so often. As a bonus, at the beginning of [[Mass Effect 2]], Shepard will be clad in the black N7 armour, whilst Kaidan is in the pink and white Phoenix armour.

* ''[[Lost Odyssey]]''. Possibly [[Action Girl|Seth]] and the husband who encouraged her to settle down and {{spoiler|have a child}}. Whether or not he was an 'Action Guy' himself, we don't find out.

* Phil and Lil's parents (Betty and Howard) in ''[[Rugrats]]''.

** Kimi and her brother Chuckie. Lil plays this with Chuckie, especially with her implied crush on him later on, but in the latter show she's grown up and changed (though she's still tomboyish).

 

 

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