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== Anime & Manga ==
* A mid-series arc in ''[[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]'' had the [[Gender Bender|eponymous character]] being bewitched into falling in love with his rival, Ryoga, by a "[[Love Potion|Fishing Rod of Love]]." When Ryoga was creeped out by it, Ranma turned into a girl to appease him. It didn't work. But later on, girl-Ranma goes to considerable lengths to get Ryoga to love her back, culminating with [[Disproportionate Retribution|a kiss that fuels Ryoga's drive to kill her]]. After she tries to kill Akane, Ryoga defeats her by accidentally undoing the spell, to his relief. But then when he tries to confess to Akane, he accidentally grabs the wrong person: Ranma, who has returned to her senses. She's [[Squick|Squicked]] out and pulverizes Ryoga.
* Bon Clay in ''[[One Piece]]'' has the power to morph into anyone whose face he's touched before. In a memorable fight between him and Sanji, Bon Clay, exploiting Sanji's [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|chivalry]], morphs into Nami, causing Sanji to have a brief dilemma about whether or not to keep fighting him.
** Okama Queen Emporio Ivankov possesses the power to manipulate hormones within people's bodies, basically changing any aspect about them he wants to. It also works on him should he desire.
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* Lunar [[Exalted]] have shapeshifting powers that let them switch genders, turn into any sort of animal, or both. This power means that they are able to create [[Beast Man|Beastmen]] by committing bestiality as, er, either component, and they can be either mother or father, depending on their whims. Their patron deity has a form that appears as a pregnant human [[Mister Seahorse|of either sex]] and it's implied that a sufficiently skilled Lunar Exalted could mimic this trick themself.
** Somewhat justified in canon; the Lunars were originally created not just as counsellors and stewards to the Solars, but as their mates. When you're an immortal god-king and you live in a setting where [[Everyone Is Bi|a good chunk of the population swings both ways]], you're going to need some variety.
* Changelings in ''[[Eberron]]'' are probably masters of this trope. Even gender is merely a guideline to them, provided they stay within general humanoid appearance and [[Shout-Out|don't change gender]] [[Ranma One Half½|while pregnant]].
** Jokes about the hookers in [[Welcome to the Big City|Sharn]] pretty much make themselves.
 
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