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No character is immune to this effect—not [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]], not [[Halo|Master Chief]], not [[Jesus]]—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]]. [[Crossdresser
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]].
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== Anime
* ''[[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
** 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.
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* ''[[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!
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** [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
** 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.
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** [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}}
** 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]]).
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* 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 ==
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== Film ==
* The 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' has inspired [[Gender Flip]] fan art. For example, see a different take on the [[
* 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 [
* 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].
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* 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]].
== Web Comics ==
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* ''[[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.
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* 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.
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