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* ''[[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}}
* ''[[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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* 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...
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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 [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]] - [http://rule63.paheal.net/_images/9a26da3e8a1d1830d329dd151d93c4a7/27560%20-%20Neon_Genesis_Evangelion%20Shinji_Ikari.jpeg female Shinji]{{Dead link}} 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]{{Dead link}} 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.
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** 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
* ''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.
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* [[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]].
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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 [[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]
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* ''[[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, ''[[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).
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* ''[[Lost Saga]]'' not only loves to include ''[[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]] 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.
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* 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]]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).
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* ''[[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.
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== 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]
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