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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~super_maria~~super maria.png\|thumb\|330px\|link=Super Mario Bros.\|Thank you [[Super Mario Bros.\|Maria]], but [[Gender Bender\|your masculinity is in another article]].]] {{quote\|''"I'd make a sexy chick!"'' ~~{{quote\|''"I'd make a sexy chick!"''~~\|'''Brodie''', ''[[Mallrats]]''}} ''For every given male character, there is a female version of that character, and vice versa.'' They may be canonical. Most of them aren't. The internet has a fascination for producing [[Gender Bender\|gender swapping]] regardless of the context of the original character. Canon-derived examples of the trope tend to outlast their actual-canon inspirations (which are often single stories, or even short throwaway gags.) No character is immune to this ~~effect -- not~~effect—not [[Star Wars\|Darth Vader]], not [[Halo\|Master Chief]], not [[Jesus]] ~~-- no~~—no one. <ref>Not even [[Chuck Norris]]. [[Rules of the Internet\|Rule 61 lied to you.]]</ref> Closely related to [[Gender Flip]]. When a ''separate character'' is a female knock-off of an existing male character, you have a [[Distaff Counterpart]]; if it's male, then you have a [[Spear Counterpart]]. [[~~Cross~~Crossdresser]]s ~~Dresser\|Crossdressers~~and [[Half-Identical Twins]], of course, provide their own version of this. There's a good chance that you'll see the character in question in a [[Gendered Outfit]] (like our lovely Maria at right, here). One of the [[Rules of the Internet]]. Can (and often does) overlap with [[Rule 34]]. Since these female versions are often cute, it can also overlap with [[Self Fanservice]]. {{examples}} == Anime ~~And~~and Manga ==▼ ▲== Anime And Manga == * ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', as a series where gender is essentially an arbitrary distinction, actually has official art fulfilling this rule. * [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/3949?search=Seto_Kaiba This] from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fandom. [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series\|"There are no women in Yu-Gi-Oh..."]] [http://haldo6.com/#/d38njyb Bakura has been struck!]{{Dead link}} (SFW~~, I promise~~) Jonouchi's [http://yamitomangaka.deviantart.com/#/d45zfpo been treated like this as well] (link SFW). A canonical example would be the Dark Magician Girl that appeared in the Battle City arc. Let's not forget [[The Hero]] himself: [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/4295d13b24dc75c9d251ee7140718de4/3218%20-%20Yami_Yugi%20Yu-Gi-Oh%20Yugi_Muto.jpg]{{Dead link}} ** The Legendary Heroes arc in the anime had an odd In-Universe example with Princess Mary (Princess Adena in the dub, an NPC in the [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] simulation designed to look like a female version of Mokuba. Exactly why Seto designed her that way is a mystery, but it helped Mokuba get to Seto by convincing her to do a [[Twin Switch]] trick when the bad guys came to nab Mary. * ''[[Naruto]]'' examples: The title character's sexy jutsu is based on this. "Naruko" is considered an entirely separate character by many fans. [http://i44.tinypic.com/14tr2n4.png "Sasuko"] is also susceptible to this. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady\|Haku]], who appeared early in the Manga (and again much later). A large portion of the community (especially [[Fanfic]] writers) seems to like the idea of Haku actually being a girl, either omitting the one actual indication of his gender or just simply having Haku and Zabuza lying about his gender. ''[[Project Naruko]]'' [[Gender Flip~~\|Gender Flips~~]]s the entire universe of ''Naruto''. * In response to a fan letter, [[Eiichiro Oda]] of ''[[One Piece]]'' fame drew [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/570908/ reverse-gendered] versions of the main cast in chapter 545's SBS Corner. This has spread like wildfire among ''One Piece'' ~~fans -- try~~fans—try finding ''any'' characters that haven't been gender flipped. Not even [[Big Bad~~\|Big Bads~~]]s are immune -- [[Complete Monster\|Crocodile?]] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/596577/ Nope.] [[A God Am I\|Enel?]] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/614418/ Nuh-uh.] [["Wake -Up Call" Boss\|The three Marine admirals?]] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/612154/ Seriously, NO EXCEPTIONS.] (Images are [[Not Safe for Work\|NSFW]].) This goes so far as to include [http://3oct1111.deviantart.com/art/Thousand-sunny-TG-198196406 The Thousand Sunny]. Then we get Ivankov, who's canonical powers ([[Gender Bender\|gender bending]]) not only mean that he/she can do this to him/herself, but to other people as well. Did we already mention Crocodile? [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/15354?search=crocodile This one does an actually believable job, which is scary.] Comes from the crazy theories of his third weakness, but it's gotten to the point where there's stuff that isn't just the character [[Gender Flip\|gender flipped]] anymore. * ''[[Pokémon (anime)\|Pokémon]]'' has several prominent examples: In the first season, Ash Ketchum dressed up as 'Ashley', a little blonde girl in an orange dress. She's ''still'' drawn by the fans, has her own fan clubs, and some people consider her a different character. Ash has been forced to crossdress once each region after ~~this--as~~this—as a one-shot female NPC in Hoenn, and as a [[French Maid]] in Sinnoh. Guess what ''else'' has lots and lots of fanart. [[Screw Yourself\|Ash/Ashley]]. Yes, [[Rule 34\|it exists]]. Wouldn't be surprising if there was also Ashley/Ashachu or Ashley/Ash/Ashachu <ref>(Ashachu = Ash turned into a Pikachu)</ref> out there. Hun, a Team Rocket member from ''[[The Legend of Thunder]]'' special was (a very girly) [[She's a Man In Japan\|male in the Japanese version.]] Guess who didn't get the memo about his gender? 4Kids. Line 40 ⟶ 41: ** Mao in the [[Alternate Universe]] series ''[[Nightmare of Nunnally]]'' is one of these. In the regular series, he was a dude Lelouch's age. In the spinoff, she's a girl Nunnally's age. * ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' does the gender inverting in one of its specials seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSMtWykUq8 here on youtube], including an awesome male Balalaika (and Eda looking an awful lot like the cowboy mercenary she had a [[Gun Kata]] duel with). Hilarity bonus also runs for the [[Creepy Twins]]. The best part is that, in spite of having their genders swapped, the characters ''still have the same voice actors'', who make ''no attempt to sound more gender appropriate''. * ''[[Baccano!]]'' character Claire Stanfield has a sadly feminine name,right? [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501051728/http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=14534972&type=scroll Here], the name fits the character better. Fem!Graham is on that page, too, as is [[Femme Fatale\|Chane]] [[Cute Mute\|Laforet]] as a [[Sharp-Dressed Man\|well dressed]], [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] [[Bishonen]]. [[Mr. Fanservice\|Dreamy sigh]]. Curiously, Ladd Russo and Christopher are on that page too, but they're completely unaffected. * From this page's counterpart on the /tg/ wiki, I give you [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709083357/http://1d4chan.org/images/thumb/3/33/GoldenRule.jpg/480px-GoldenRule.jpg Eduarda Elric and Rowena Mustang]. Our poor [[Fullmetal Alchemist\|title character]] doesn't seem too comfortable with that outfit, despite the fact that no [[Memetic Mutation\|tiny miniskirts]] are involved. ** Maybe she's just wondering [[Fridge Logic\|why she got her leg back]]? * It's true: even the most [[Testosterone Poisoning\|MANLY OF MEN]] is not immune to this. Cower in fear before [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/12537?search=kamina female Kamina]. [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann\|Yes, that one]]. The scary bit? Even in female form he's more manly than most men! Female [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/7759?search=Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann Simon] and [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/7761?search=Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann Rossiu] are adorable pre-[[Time Skip]]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120102092035/http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/3908?search=Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann Kinon and Rossiu], the other way around. * But [https://web.archive.org/web/20120102090747/http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/5234?search=Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann Male Yoko] is [[Fan Disservice\|OUTRAGEOUS!]]. [[The Scream\|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!]] Need [[Brain Bleach]], 5 hectoliters, directly applied. [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/9181ac7a59dd32672be3b247871d608a/503%20-%20Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann%20Viral.gif Female Viral]{{Dead link}} is a BAD girl with capital D, er B. Well, both. * A recent chapter of the ''[[Soul Eater]]'' manga made this canon. Most of the main characters (including Blair, but sadly, not Kid) became gender-swapped. How long a character stayed in his/her gender-bended form depended on how much of a [[Covert Pervert]] that character is. ** Then again, there's [[Ambiguous Gender\|still]] ''[[Ambiguous Gender\|one]]'' [[Ambiguous Gender\|character]] that seems immune to [[Rule 63]]. Then again... * Befriending people (through giant energy blasts or otherwise) is now twice as easy with [[~~Magical Girl~~ Lyrical Nanoha\|Nanoha's]] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/737987/ male self!] ** [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/737977/ Nanoha x Nanoha] [[Screw Yourself\|OTP?]] * Through the magic of pitch-adjusting technology, many of the ''[[K-On!]]'' songs have been gender-flipped. As have the main four characters. Azusa doesn't seem to be gender-flipped yet since they seem to have been made before she was introduced. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2LhKmsy_M0 Here's] the Season 1 opening (Cagayake! Boys), and the rest can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130808010751/http://metanorn.net/2009/05/k-on-genderbender/ here]. The real kicker? [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|It's actually pretty darn good.]] * There's a joke concerning ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' about how the cast [[Double Standard\|would be more likable]] if they were all [[Gender ~~Flipped~~Flip]]ped - [~~http~~[:~~//rule63.paheal.net/_images/9a26da3e8a1d1830d329dd151d93c4a7/27560%20~~File:196593-~~%20Neon_Genesis_Evangelion%20Shinji_Ikari~~evangelion genderswap 8 4088.~~jpeg~~ jpg\|female Shinji]] would be [[Moe Moe]], ~~[http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/65350921d5fd4958eb08a9f9467eae0e/6598%20-%20Asuka_Langley_Sohryu%20Neon_Genesis_Evangelion%20Rei_Ayanami.jpg~~ male Asuka and Rei] would be badass, and [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/67b4aaf9761be5f4b532a51ab7c1dcae/17934%20-%20Kaworu_Nagisa%20Neon_Genesis_Evangelion%20Shinji_Ikari.jpeg female Kaworu/female Shinji]{{Dead link}} [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot\|would be hot]]. This has led to at least one [http://videos.sapo.pt/u9GNmVDCsfydCRCeWHAP gender-swapped version of the Evangelion opening], as well as [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/453263/ some fanart]. The fact that many of the characters [[Gender Blender Name\|have gender-neutral names]] doesn't help. If it comes to 63 fanart, it heavily depends on the artist. The one above is OK but if you can look at [http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/1039201 this] or [http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/1039194 this] and not [[Squee]], you're not human. Of course, Shinji [[Only Six Faces\|is just a male Nadia]] and Rei is a [[Shaped Like Itself\|female Shinji]]. The decision to give everyone the opposite gender than expected of their character type must have actively registered somewhere in the minds of the creators during production of this [[Humongous Mecha]] anime Deconstruction. Line 59 ⟶ 60: * ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi no Seitenkan\|The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' does this to the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' cast, and the "new characters" it created are permanently entrenched in the fandom. "Kyonko" in particular is probably more popular than the male Kyon, and is paired with ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships\|even more]]'' characters than him. * ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]'' does this occasionally to look how [[Double Standards]] would apply to the current situation (such as Shirai slapping Aoki). One of the extras featured a whole chapter-long look at this. * ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' literally has a Rule 63 in regards to {{spoiler\|Fate, and her name is Sextum because she's the 6th Averncus series.}} ** There's also the fanfic ''[[Nerima Magistra Nelly Magi]]'', which was an attempt to [[Gender Flip]] the ''Negima'' manga without the result being [[Unfortunate Implications\|"too creepy"]]. * ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' examples can be seen [http://starrdust411.deviantart.com/gallery/8827971 here], [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4333729/1/Journey_to_the_East here], and [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/757661/artist_request-barefoot-belt-boots-dragon_ball-dra here]. ** By far [[Sissy Villain\|Frieza]] has to be the most popular when it comes to rule 63 art, mostly because of his already androgynous appearance. [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/e64e6293981fd2b12408cef0e8e3e47c/2958%20-%20Dragon_Ball_Z%20Frieza.png I]{{Dead link}} [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/190ff621e9ff5b0953936fee050ff1f0/27893%20-%20Dragon_Ball_Z%20Frieza.png mean,]{{Dead link}} [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/680fc88f94fb0faab2170b7cf3dd1617/4900%20-%20Dragon_Ball_Z%20Frieza.png seriously,]{{Dead link}} [http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/262/d/a/frieza_girl_by_bloodyshanglong-d4ad3cc.png just] [http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu230/zyran_2009/First_Form_Frieza_by_princessofawes.jpg look] [http://th05.deviantart.net/fs7/PRE/i/2005/159/f/4/_Frieza_Duber_Style__by_duberdurm.jpg for] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110504143752/http://r-h-e-a-x.deviantart.com/art/DBZ-Frieza-Final-Final-Form-170342041 yourself.] * ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' recently got a lot of such art, mainly directed at [[Dude Looks Like a Lady\|Tieria]] but no one is immune: the Gundam meisters, Graham, Billy, Patrick... even the [[Anthropomorphic Personification\|Gundams themselves]]. Examples: [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/7f462254fe63e071601a422f91e1e79e/22691%20-%20gundam%20gundam_00%20lockon_stratos%20Tieria_Erde.jpeg Tieria and Lockon]{{Dead link}} [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/7f31790a0177c48db63b9892388608a3/21229%20-%20Allelujah_Haptism%20gundam%20gundam_00.jpeg Allelujah]{{Dead link}}. Sooo adorable! '''''[http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/38f98578e29ac88adbf85bf05210599c/21228%20-%20graham_aker%20gundam%20gundam_00%20Setsuna_F_Seiei.jpeg SETSUNA AND GRAHAM AKER]''''',{{Dead link}} [[Schoolgirl Lesbian]]-mode (SFW). And just that little extra: [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/c3f989c138395dce5cb22dd8f134fa7e/7008%20-%20cosplay%20gundam%20gundam_00%20madhatter_hello%20Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann%20Tieria_Erde%20Yoko_Littner.png R63-Tieria cosplaying as]{{Dead link}} [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann\|Yoko]]. * The title character of [[Ranma ½]] is an canonical [[Gender Bender]], being cursed to change into a sexy, female version of himself on contact with cold water, because he was once tossed into a cursed spring in a training session by his idiot father. While obviously a "real" aspect of the Ranma character, fandom has taken the concept even farther, naming the female side of him "Ranko" and making her an actual character in countless fan works, ([[Rule 34\|many of them extremely NSFW]]). * [[The Bechdel Test\|Alas it seems only with will you find]] a [[Badass]] woman in the ''[[Death Note]]'' fandom. [http://no1-knows-me.deviantart.com/art/DNchicks-193391816 the main (formerly male) cast as women], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120234827/http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/I-N-S-O-M-N-I-A-153214580 fem!L], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121006202303/http://liriosparrowpirate.deviantart.com/art/Light-FemalexMisa-Male-Version-139012628 fem!Light and male!Misa], and (SFW) [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123210759/http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/Nice-swimsuit-Yagami-chan-139577409 Light and L]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120202910/http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/Heard-Grace-143360273\] and [http://iheartpigs0618.deviantart.com/art/Pardon-My-French-152112090 fem!L] [[Jumping the Gender Barrier\|with Light]]. * ''All'' of [[Pretty Cure]] has been subjected to [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/Ari_Hill/Pretty%20Cure%20Fanart/20983109_p0rezised.jpg this]. * In the one shot preview arc for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130907231155/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/readright/21419-lets-bible Let's Bible,] the heroine, Iesus, is Rule 63 Jesus Christ. * According to the backstory of [[Fate/stay night]], {{spoiler\|Saber is a gender-flipped version of [[King Arthur]], who pretended to be male during her life, with some help from Merlin.}} * Main characters of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' also aren't safe from this. Here's the [http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12100000/Durarara-durarara-12185755-1000-576.jpg proof] * Hayate of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' was found to play a very convincing female (even attracting the romantic attention of three male characters in that form). His female appearance has since made several more appearances and its own name (Hermione Ayasaki) and has been fandom-paired with his gender bent form. * Canon example in ''[[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]]'': the gods Loki and Hephaistios are goddesses in this setting. == Comic Books == * [[The DCU\|DC Comics]] actually has an [[Alternate Universe]] devoted to this: Earth-11, featuring [[Superman\|Superwoman]] and [[Batman\|Batwoman]] as well as the very [[300\|Spartan-looking]] [[Wonder Woman\|Wonder Man]].<ref>([[Marvel Comics\|no relation]])</ref>. Fun fact: 11+[[52]] (the total number of alternate Earths after ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'') equals... ''63''. * [[Marvel Mangaverse]]: Characters who don't start the story off already female are replaced by females very quickly. * Genderbending Loki from ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'' isn't that difficult to imagine since not only is he a shapeshifter normally, but he assumed Sif's form for several story arcs for the lulz. Princesses [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302083525/http://kazeki.deviantart.com/art/LADY-THOR-244700620 Thor] and [http://theladyloki.tumblr.com/ Loki] aside, [http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/balphesian/8448123007/1/tumblr_lpdlu8Dtvi1qk7ytl The Warriors Three]{{Dead link}} have also enjoyed time as the fairer sex. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807072042/http://fornax.tumblr.com/post/8423005240/experimenting-arrrrgh-but-now-its-time-for-bed The Avengers trio], in a fan art depiction. * One comic had [[The Authority]] meet their gender-flipped [[Alternate Universe]] selves. * The [[Fantastic Four]] once visited an alternate universe where [[Iron Man\|Tony Stark]] was female... and [[Ho Yay\|married to Captain America]]. Line 88 ⟶ 89: * [[Exiles]] once visited an alternate Earth with female Magneto and Quicksilver, and Scarlet Warlock ([[Captain Obvious\|male Scarlet Witch]]). * [[The Joker]]: He's a woman named Bianca Steeplechase in ''Thrillkiller'' and its sequel, which are set on an alternate Earth in the early '60s. [[Batgirl]] and Robin go up against her. [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot\|Harley Quinn is still a girl.]] Common in fan art too, as a search for "Genderbent Joker" on Google will reveal. [[Brain Bleach\|You may want to]] [[Not Safe for Work\|keep safe search on]]. * An issue of ''[[Lobo]]'' has the Main Man dying and going to the afterlife...only to be reincarnated as an extremely masculine female version of himself. * [[Dennis the Menace (UK comic strip)\|The UK Dennis the Menace]] had a female cousin who looked was exactly like him but wore a bow in her hair and a skirt. ~~Also~~-- ~~her name~~and was called "Denise The Menace". * A canonical ''[[Superboy]]'' story, "Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister"<ref> ''Superboy'' #78 (1960)</ref> has Superboy transformed into a girl. It's not permanent ( {{spoiler\|and, as it turns out, the whole experience was just a mental illusion}}), and the story is mostly forgotten today, except as a tryout of sorts for the [[Supergirl]] concept. ''Mostly''. There is quite a lot of fan art, and several [[Fan Fics]], based on the premise that Clark was permanently stuck as Claire. == Film == * The 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)\|Star Trek]]'' has inspired [[Gender Flip]] fan art. For example, see a different take on the [[~~Power~~ Trio]] of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy [https://web.archive.org/web/20121029085803/http://lamamama.deviantart.com/art/Girl-Trek-Fierce-Times-Three-135312778 here]. Chekov, Sulu, Scotty, and Pike show up [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321214020/http://lamamama.deviantart.com/art/Girl-Trek-PART-DEUX-136370157 here]. [http://oxboxer.livejournal.com/62530.html On this page], we see that this trope can go in both directions. * Not even [[A Nightmare on Elm Street\|our]] [[Halloween (film)\|favorite]] [[Friday the 13th (film)\|slasher]] [[Hellraiser\|movie]] [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre\|kings]] [http://wardog-zero.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d285ydg are immune to this rule] == Literature == * "Girl-Who-Lived" [[Fan Fiction\|fanfics]] are a popular [[Fandom -Specific Plot]] in ''[[Harry Potter]]'', with either Harry being [[Gender Bender\|turned into a girl]], or [[Gender Flip\|being born one]]. The most well-known is probably Rose Potter from the ''[[The Girl Who Lived]]'' series. An example of "Harriet Potter" (along with other Gender Flipped characters from the series) can be seen [~~http~~https://~~maaria~~web.archive.org/web/20200122100943/https://www.deviantart.com/maaria/art/Harriet-Potter-267897457?q=boost%3Apopular%20meta%3Aall%20max_age%3A24h&qo=1 here]. * The [[Dougal Dixon]] book ''[[Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future]]'', a book infamous for blatant examples of [[Body Horror]] and [[Nightmare Fuel]] [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/22113 is no exception]. == Live Action TV == * ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' had an entire alternate dimension where Lister, Rimmer, and Holly had female counterparts; Cat, meanwhile, had a male dog counterpart. Because [[Female Feline, Male Mutt\|dogs and cats are different genders]]. * Pops up every now and then on ''[[Sliders]]'', Most notably in the episode Double Cross where there is a female counterpart of Quinn named Logan St.Clair. * ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', in its last-aired episode, "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3 /E24 Turnabout Intruder\|Turnabout Intruder]]", tells the story of a forced [[Body Swap]] between Captain Kirk and his crazy ex-girlfriend Janice Lester. Of course, everything is sorted out at the end... though that hasn't prevented a plethora of [[Fan Fics]], fan art, and photo manipulation about alternate scenarios where Kirk is stuck permanently in Janice's body (usually due to Janice-in-Kirk's-body being killed.) * A sketch on ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' featured gender swapped versions of the cast of the original ''[[Star Trek]]''. == Tabletop Games == * ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' examples: Cultist-chan shows up in many [[Image Boards\|/tg/]] ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]'' memes. Now, meet [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Cultist-kun_by_Mr-Culexus.png Cultist-kun!] [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Beakiegal.jpg Female Space Marines] pop up now and again, but are often met with cries of [[Canon Defilement]] (also known as '''HERESY!''') due to a supplement which states that Space Marines are explicitly all-male. == Video Games == * Partly thanks to the entire cast being male, a significant amount of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' fanart/fanfiction is Rule 63. The most frequent target is [[The Chick]], Medic. As stated below, ''[[Nerf Now]]'' has them as characters. There's actually mods to replace the Scout, Medic, Heavy, and Spy (with more coming) with female models and fan-made female voices. [http://youtu.be/PjEzzwf8kTs/ This clip] from [[Machinima]] suggests {{spoiler\|behind the gas mask the Pyro is actually a woman.}} * Female Link or male Zelda (not to mention female/male Sheik) are popular subjects of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' fanart. * "Tailsko," a female version of Tails, is likewise a popular subject for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fan works. * ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'''s Cloud and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast\|Sephiroth]] are already [[Bishonen\|very pretty]]. [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/601476/ Guess what happened?]. * Fans don't even need to make them themselves for the bloodlines of ''[[Bloodline Champions]]'' - they all have an outfit which is the opposite gender of the original bloodline outfit. * Even Altair from ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' had [https://web.archive.org/web/20100918144151/http://moe.imouto.org/post/show/57301/assassin-s_creed-thighhighs-uni-wallpaper one]. Altair looks like [[Suzumiya Haruhi\|Yuki Nagato]]; he just needs glasses. Shame they didn't exist back then. * Sol Badguy of ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' has [http://i43.tinypic.com/14lrhgi.jpg some] [http://i44.tinypic.com/1zx4a3o.jpg fan-art]. Also there's the cosplayer known as [http://i44.tinypic.com/6715ic.jpg Sol Badgirl]. * From the same maker, ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~BlazBlue]]'' experiences the same thing with female versions of [http://www.giantbomb.com/ragna-the-bloodedge/94-7830/all-images/52-298458/ragna_by_humio/51-1040137/ Ragna], Bang, [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/1954?search=jin_kisaragi Jin] and even Hakumen drawn by fans. (link NSFW). ** As of late, there's been quite a bit of this for [http://rule63.paheal.net/post/view/10420?search=Hazama Hazama/Terumi] as well. * ''[[Lost Saga]]'' not only loves to include ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~BlazBlue]]'' characters into its game, but also allows you to buy an item that lets you play as a female version of that character, examples include [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeVmx2wxRic Ragna] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znNbeZ4jDDc Hazama], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4N1e9Ai30 Jin] is the only exception as his female version is Noel Vermillion. * It's become surprisingly popular to depict [[MOTHER 1\|Earthbound Zero]]'s big bad, Giegue, as a female. Since Giegue's a skinny grey alien, [[Non-Mammal Mammaries\|some non-canonical anatomy]] comes into play. ** On the [[~~Earthbound~~EarthBound]] end of things we have [https://web.archive.org/web/20120809182509/http://artkitten.tumblr.com/post/10396828433/even-moar-earthbound-so-rule-63-earthbound Nell, Paul, Jess, Pu, Porkie, and Toni.] (Definately SFW) * [http://i39.tinypic.com/qysv8n.jpg Iori Yagami] of ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. SNK's acknowledgement: by courtesy of [[Darkstalkers\|Demitri]]'s [[SNK vs. Capcom\|Midnight]] [[Gender Bender\|Bliss]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtIk9z7TN0#t=0m7s here]. Also, Gals Fighters (''Queen Of Fighters'') has a character called Miss X. {{spoiler\|She's Iori dressed as a woman.}} Oh, and Orochi Iori's blissed form is {{spoiler\|Miss X too!!!}}. He is not the only one that suffers (or is very popular) due to this rule. In fact most of the ''[[King of Fighters]]'' have been subject to this at some point or another (save Mai for some reason). But the one that gets it the most (even more than Iori) is Leopold Goenitz of the Wildly-Blowing Wind. Yes, [[SNK Boss\|that]] [[Sinister Minister\|guy]]... Oh and yes, [[Darkstalkers\|Demitri]]'s [[SNK vs. Capcom\|Midnight]] [[Gender Bender\|Bliss]] is the one to blame for [http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Goeniko Goeniko]. There are other characters based on this concept that simply run with the idea, and the [[MUGEN]] fanbase tend to make a character out of this. Line 140 ⟶ 136: Though Bowser as a man has certainly been drawn thinner in [[Fan Art]] before, one would think a female Bowser would more likely be a [[Big Beautiful Woman]]. ** Futako, the artist who drew the top picture, has since drawn [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=24574621 both Mario and Luigi] as females. She calls them the ''Super Mario Sisters''. * An official version in ''[[Super Robot Wars Reversal]]'' in the case of Raoul/Fiona Gureden. Fiona is basically Raoul as a girl (and vice versa). In ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation\|Original Generations]]'', they decided to keep both branches and make them [[Half-Identical Twins]]. * ''[[Koihime Musou]]'', an [[Eroge\|erotic game]] based on ''[[The Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', in which most of the novel's male characters are female. {{spoiler\|Diao Chan is now a muscular man ''in bikini'', voiced by [[Norio Wakamoto]].}} ** So are ''[[Sengoku Rance]]'' (partial example, as many characters remain in their original gender, e.g. [[Nobunaga Oda]]) and ''Sengoku Hime'', with the [[Jidai Geki\|Sengoku Jidai]] as backdrop. * [http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2010/march/ss975.jpg This] ''[[Warcraft]]'' fan art piece. * ''[[Touhou]]'' fandom, due to the [[~~Improbably-~~Fundamentally Female Cast]] and the [[First Law of Gender Bending]], has relatively little of this considering the sheer number of fan works. Regardless, plenty of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/433254/ have been subjected to this], including [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/844239/ Yuuka], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/821660/ Marisa], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/484424/ Parsee and Yuugi], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/781823/ Komachi and Shikieiki], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/763817/ Yukari and Reimu], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/638546/ the Tengu trio], the ''IN'' [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/222796/ playable characters], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/590203/ the Scarlet Devil crew], [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/394810/ and even] [[The One Guy\|Rinnosuke]] (images are slightly NSFW due to advertisements). And the less said about [[Memetic Mutation\|Cho-Marisa]], the better. * PotatOS aka [[~~G La DOS~~GLaDOS]] of ''[[Portal 2]]'' fame got this treatment [http://sweetlittlekitty.deviantart.com/art/Portal-Genderbent-GLaDOS-211582747?q=boost%3Apopular%20meta%3Aall%20max_age%3A8h&qo=78 here]. Link NSFW... and mind, that is a real potato. * Star Wolf of ''[[Star Fox]]'' [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19994242 as females], by Fumicaworu. Creatively done, and Wolf's gender flip even looks vaguely like a cross between his character and Katt Monroe as a pink wolf. * An odd in-game example in ''[[Monday Night Combat\|Super Monday Night Combat]]'': Unlockable uniforms turn Combat Girl and Megabeth into [[Cosplay]] female versions of the Engineer and Soldier, respectively, from [[Team Fortress 2]]. * On the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' front, we have [http://enife.deviantart.com/art/Gender-Challenge-Ms-Alistair-180046045 'Ms Alistair'], as well as [http://deniya.deviantart.com/art/Gender-challenge-Madam-Zevran-216766227 'Madam Zevran'], male counterparts of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130423034743/http://ladyreddarkness.deviantart.com/art/Isabela-and-Aveline-Gender-Swap-279295281 Aveline and Isabela], one of [https://web.archive.org/web/20121119035606/http://ladyreddarkness.deviantart.com/art/Merrill-and-Fenris-Gender-swap-278754881 Merrill and Fenris] and yet another of [http://mariahgem.deviantart.com/art/Miss-Fenris-207064451 Fenris], possibly because he's quite the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy\|effeminitely pretty]] [[Bishonen\|character]]. == ~~Webcomics~~Web Comics == * ''[[Nerf Now]]'' has produced female versions of all the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' characters, as well as several characters from other games, such as ''[[~~Starcraft~~StarCraft]]''. And they're all ''adorable''. * Seeing as [[Crack Pairing\|anyone and everything]] gets shipped together in the ''[[Homestuck]]'' fandom, this was inevitable. Gender-bent versions of Dave, John, and the Midnight Crew are particularly popular though. Of course, genderbent versions of John and Jade are quite hard to distinguish from the original, since they're so alike they could as well be [[Half-Identical Twins]]... {{spoiler\|oh wait, they are.}} * There are tons of examples on ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]''. It started off as a favorite thing of the fans to do, but then spread to the author. Most of the time it leads to the most insane [[Crack Pairing~~\|Crack Pairings~~]]s. * Fans of ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'' [http://colorsoftuesday.deviantart.com/art/Underneath-it-All-167459857 have] [http://colorsoftuesday.deviantart.com/art/Seen-More-Than-You-Know-167458892 made] sure [http://colorsoftuesday.deviantart.com/art/Femme-Fatale-167456988 that] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100303081755/http://theyoungdoyler.deviantart.com/art/genderbend-Ellipses-Harold-153204463 Hanna] [http://colorsoftuesday.deviantart.com/art/Femme-Fatale-colors-167988448 isn't]... well, a boy's name. [http://colorsoftuesday.deviantart.com/art/God-Worth-You-re-Such-a-Sleaze-167457735 And] [http://trout1992.deviantart.com/art/Genderbent-HiNaBN-Doodles-180909206 everyone] [http://xxischaxx.deviantart.com/art/Boy-Toni-169093335 else], [http://automb.deviantart.com/art/Female-Ples-Tibenoch-188640085 too]. [http://zethrina.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-on-a-Landmine-174427757?q=boost%3Apopular%20femrad&qo=5 Femrad]{{Dead link}} (female Conrad) is [http://demyrie.deviantart.com/art/Femrad-the-Feminist-167586284 pretty much] a [http://coffee-sama.deviantart.com/art/If-we-were-like-this-180792849?q=boost%3Apopular%20hinabn%20genderbend&qo=19 fandom] [http://coshie.deviantart.com/art/Connie-187215397 meme.] And that's just the tip of the genderbent iceberg. * Although Garii in ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' is just a figment of Yuki's imagination, she's close enough. * ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' has a male and female version of most commonly mentioned countries, they are generally very similar in appearance (Sister Germany even has her brother's mustache). Line 160 ⟶ 156: * ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a great deal of actual [[Gender Bender]] activity, which also inspires a lot of fan art. * [http://www.kevinandkell.com/2007/kk0401.html This] [[April Fools]] strip of ''[[Kevin and Kell\|Kevina And Kelly]]'' * An official version of this occurs in ''[[Ears for Elves]]''. The last panel [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707092547/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/388 here] calls the rule by name and shows what Tanna and Luero would look like when gender-flipped. == Web Original == * Examples from ''[[That Guy With The Glasses]]'': Anne Onymous of ''[[The Wotch]]'' drew a [http://annie13.deviantart.com/art/TGWTG-TGed-124469372 Worksafe image of] [[That Guy With The Glasses]]. At one point, there was also an amusing series of videos created by (female) TGWTG fans dressing up as their favorite (male) reviewers and demanding that the fandom fix this crackfic singularity gender bend... thing. ** In-universe, a female version of [[The Nostalgia Critic]] (the title card version) was dressed like a sultry-looking hooker for his review of ''[[Moulin Rouge]]''. * For their crossover review of [[Sherlock Holmes (film)\|Sherlock Holmes (2009)]], [[The Agony Booth\|Sofie Liv]] and [[Stuff You Like\|Sursum Ursa]] dressed up (and did the review) as Holmes and Watson. == Western Animation == * ''[[Generator Rex]]'' has an awesome in-universe example of this. Yay for surprise fanservice! [http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/058/0/0/gen_rex_motivational_by_green_necklace_girl-d3akkyn.jpg\]{{Dead link}} * ''[[Metalocalypse]]''. Dethklok had a tribute band that was composed of all women, giving each of the band members a female counterpart. Dethklok rejected them, as they found them rather creepy. Though Toki admits the female Pickles was cute, and Nathan agreed she did have nice eyes. ** One particularly nice example of the band getting genderbent exisists [http://aznmodel.deviantart.com/art/Chicklok-56217431 here] * ''[[Superjail]]'' has an episode where female versions of the entire cast appear, complete with a female-to-male transgender to compliment Alice and a lesbian couple in the place of the gay couple in SJ. * ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' will prove this rule disturbingly true for Flippy with a simple [[Deviant ART]] search. Although, use caution with that one, because it's usually not a female version of Flippy they're making, it's their [[Copy Cat Sue\|own characters]] and a separate entity that's basically just if they made Flippy as a girl and then ship them with the ''real'' Flippy. * The ''[[Adventure Time]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225211410/http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/ blog] posted a series of [http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4866645301/ Rule 63 drawings] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4880921290/ by one of the] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4860628206/ concept artists], much to the amusement of fans. The episode "Adventure Time with Fiona and Cake" used this concept, and in a reference to this trope, {{spoiler\|the entire episode was revealed to be a fanfiction by Ice King.}} * Given the high female-to-male character ratio on ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', it was probably only a matter of time before male versions of the six main characters came out. A fan artist named [http://trotsworth.deviantart.com/ Trotsworth] has probably the most famous examples. There's even fics about it, such as [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-63rd-rune.html The 63rd Rune] and [[On A Cross And Arrow]]. * "Neutopia", the seventh season premiere for ''[[Futurama]]'', features [[Gender Bender]] versions of each character. The episode even lampshades this trope when a calendar of the sex-changed characters makes a huge profit due to the "creepy fans" of Planet Express. * ''[[Osmosis Jones]]'' fan art examples have been seen, including cosplay of a female Thrax. * [[Opposite ~~Sex~~Gender Clone\|In-universe]], [[The Psycho Rangers\|the Rowdyruff Boys]] to [[The Powerpuff Girls]]. * [http://sue-chan.com/art4/thundercatty.jpg This] piece of ''[[Thundercats]]'' fanart will likely murder your childhood in an entirely worksafe way. == Other == * Every [[Vocaloid]] (including [[Half-Identical Twins\|Rin and Len]]) and almost every UTAUloid tend to have a genderbend. In the UTAUloid's cases, many are made by the authors themselves. People have also edited their vocal files to create a masculine/feminine version of the characters. * Among Mixed Martial Arts fandom, Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos is considered to be [[Bruiser with a Soft Center\|Wanderlei Silva]]'s female counterpart. * The mythological "earth monster" [[wikipedia:Tlaltecuhtli\|Tlaltecuhtli]] was not known to archaeologists to have a gender due to ambiguities in the corresponding oral tradition, but was assumed to be male because of the 'tecuhtli' ('lord') suffix. However, subsequently studied artifacts portray clothing and poses associated in Aztec art with women. How scholars interpret this varies, but [[the Other Wiki\|Wikipedia]] notes: "Rather than signal [[hermaphrodite\|hermaphroditism]] or androgyny, archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan suggests that these varying embodiments are a testament to the deity's importance in the Mexica pantheon." Which seems to be another way to say: sooner or later, a popular character will get his or her rule 63 version. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Gender Blending Tropes]] [[Category:Laws and Formulas]] [[Category:Porn Tropes]] [[Category:Fanfic Tropes]] [[Category:~~Rule~~Rules 63of the Internet]]