Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Difference between revisions

* 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...

* [[Official Couple|Chrono and Rosette]] in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' have elements of this. Chrono is implied in both versions to be better with housework (in the manga he's shown ''in an apron'' at one point, and in the anime the Elder says he does the cooking and cleaning for him), and is much more meek and gentle (although has an extreme [[Berserk Button]], often putting him into an [[Unstoppable Rage]]), while Rosette is loud, brash, swears constantly and was a [[Lethal Chef]] as a child. They both have their moments where they act more stereotypically like their genders (Chrono is very protective of Rosette, and Rosette is very fond of pretty dresses), but they still don't fit neatly into gender roles.

* The Pokémon adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime has the aggressive [[Fiery Redhead]] Jessie and the [[Camp Straight]] James of Team Rocket, while ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' has the [[Camp Straight]] Ruby and the aggressive [[Tomboy]] Sapphire.

* In [[Classical Mythology]], the twins Apollo and Artemis ''might'' be considered such, but only by modern standards. Apollo is sometimes thought of as a [[Bishounen]]. He is the god of, among other things, music and art. He also spends a lot of time with the Muses. To classical Greeks, however, he was all man. Artemis, meanwhile, is a wild [[Action Girl]] who spends most of her time hunting in the wilderness with her [[Amazon Brigade]].

** Also Athene and Ares. Both Gods of war and victory, but the male Ares is something of a [[Glass Cannon]] and a serious [[Miles Gloriosus]] while Athene kicks his ass every time they fight, ''and'' is a [[Genius Bruiser]] to boot.

 

 

* Khalid the sensitive guy with Jaheira as the more masculine one in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]''.

* Tends to show up with Alistair and a female player character in ''[[Dragon Age]]''.

* Aveline and Donnec in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]''. He is still a capable member of the city guard, but compared to Aveline, pretty much everyone is soft spoken and sensitive.

* Meryl and {{spoiler|Johnny}} in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''. {{spoiler|When he proposed to her, she declines. Because she wanted to do that and proposes to him half a minute later.}}