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* Slippy Toad in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
** Parodied in one ''[[VG Cats]]'' [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=103 comic], where Leo and Aeris try to see which bathroom Slippy uses. Doesn't work. "It's peeing in the fucking break room!"
** However, in the original game, as well as ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* This has happened to Tails from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' a few times, even though in the first games in which he speaks, he was actually voiced by a boy.
** It's [[All There in the Manual]], of course, since his given name is the unambiguously male [[Punny Name|Miles Prower]].
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** And after so many [[Bishonen]] protagonits through the series, while they weren't many, there were some that originally thought [[Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning]] was yet another girly ''male'' protagonist!
** [[Crisis Core]]: [http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25100000/Genesis-Rhapsodos-genesis-final-fantasy-7-fan-club-25151825-337-272.jpg Genesis] is a man, however much the picture might fool you.
* In the ''[[SaGa]]'' game ''[[Video Game/Final Fantasy Legend III|Final Fantasy Legend III]]'', a boss named Mayteria is referred to as "he" but take ''one'' look at the sprite and you'd bet that "he" looks like a "She"! S/he could ''easily''' pass for [[Antony and Cleopatra|Cleopatra]].
* Zelos in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' upon first glance when you see him on the cover of the game... and sometimes second and third glances too. Once you meet him in the story and figure out he's a male-voiced [[Handsome Lech]], you might be in shock for three more hours of gameplay. It probably also doesn't help that Zelos wears pink, and in the west, that's considered a feminine colour. (The [[Rapunzel Hair]], too.)
** Don't forget Corrine. Girly voice and name, cute and cuddly ball of fluff, multi-colored, Corrine's gotta be a girl, right? ''Nope''. The little fox is a male. However, Corrine can also go into [[Viewer Gender Confusion|an even bigger gender debate]] when you take in two factors, the manga {{spoiler|and the fact he becomes Verius. Verius is obviously male and outright proven so, especially when playing the sequel, and this is yet another factor that can confirm Corrine is male because he ''is'' Verius. However, the manga depicts Corrine differently where Verius is an entirely new entity sharing Corrine's likeness only in their life force and appearance. They also confirm ''Corrine'' is female and ''Verius'' is male. Oi.}}
* Zhang He from [[Dynasty Warriors]] and [[Warriors Orochi]] full stop.
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{{quote|'''Serra:''' B-But... to be a monk, don't you have to... be a... well... a guy?
'''Lucius:''' Yes. Yes, you do. }}
** Marth got this by ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' fans, partially due to the unusual first name, which is the male variant of Martha.
*** Ignore not the pretty tiara he wears.
** [[Badass Bookworm|Soren]] is girly enough to have been repeatedly taken for a [[Tsundere]] [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]. The [[Ho Yay]] with [[The Hero|Ike]] doesn't help.
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** Also, [[Playboy Bunny|Lo]][[Killer Rabbit|punny]]. There is a 50/50 chance that the Pokémon is a male/female, and it doesn't help that (s)he has a [[Fetish Fuel|feminine appearance]]. It helps even less that most people say the name is a caricature of ''[[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunnies]]''.
** A better example would be the Ralts line. They are supposed to be ballerina based however their "clothing" is feminine. As in "female tutu" and "dress" feminine. They gained a male counterpart the next gen, however you still have to go through the Kirlia stage and the males evolve by a (somewhat rare) evolutionary stone.
** Even odder, Gardevoir has a very masculine name in Japan. Sirknight, which has both "Sir" and "knight" in it (while knights can be female, we typically think of male ones); though it may also refer to "come, Knight"
** And then there's the [[Pokémon Black and White|Generation V]] counterparts [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Gothita, Gothorita and Gothitelle]], which have a 25% chance of being male.
** Silver, your Johto rival, invokes this. In the remakes they gave him a more masculine appearance however he still invokes this due to his young age, [[Bishonen]] good looks, and long hair.
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