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* High heels, or a shape that suggests them.
* Wearing a skirt (Amusing in the many situations where the equivalent male characters rarely wear pants, making most of them [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|Half Dressed Cartoon Animals]].)
* [[Long Hair Is Feminine]] or heavily-styled hair with [[Hair Decorations|decorations]], even if their species [[Non-Mammalian Hair|doesn't even]] ''[[Non-Mammalian Hair|have]]'' [[Non-Mammalian Hair|hair in real life]]!
* Sometimes, [[Furry Baldness|all males are bald]] [[Furry Female Mane|and only females have any hair]].
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=== Anime & Manga ===
* In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', Ash's Butterfree falls for another Butterfree, who just happens to be the only Pink Butterfree around (and this was before Shiny ''or'' gendered Pokémon were introduced in the main series).
** As it turns out, possibly as a [[Continuity Nod]], Shiny Butterfree do have a pinkish tint, and have distinctly pink hands, feet, wings, and a mouth in the second generation.
** Toshiro Ono's manga also had a version of the ''Pikachu's Goodbye'' story where Pikachu hooks up with another Pikachu with a flower on its head, presumably intended to be female, with Ash's Pikachu [[Ambiguous Gender|being]] male.
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* The Knight Sabers from ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' come with rather silly high heels on their armour. Even the Fright Knights who were the rather bulky first concept for the suits had high heels.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'':
** [[Token
** Hungary was originally assumed to be male by everyone including herself. Then puberty hit her like a bombshell(not the first in the series), and so she started wearing a traditional Hungarian folk dress and a flower in her hair.
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has Vegeta and Nappa visit a planet inhabited by sentient bugs. The only female bug shown on screen is bright pink, but otherwise indistinguishable from the male bugs.
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil]]'' manga, Visha and Tanya (the only females in Tanya's battalion) have prominent eyelashes. Which is ''really'' handy for readers because [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic]] is usually averted in combat (assuming the reader knows to look for them). A reader can generally easily tell Tanya apart from everyone else (including Visha) based on how short Tanya is.
=== Comic Books ===
* Wellington Grey's ''[http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/ Miscellanea]''{{Dead link}} gives female stick figures skirts (and occasionally a square head).
* [[Minus]] illustrates the titular character's problem with lacking Tertiary Sexual Characteristics [http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus36.html here]. Many readers have probably thought she's a guy, too.
* In all versions of ''[[The Moomins]]'', the distinguishing sexual characteristics of Moomins seems to be largely limited to what clothes (if any) they wear. Snorkmaiden has her trademark hairstyle though.
** In the original books, Snorks and Moomins are different ''species'', so to speak. And the white skin, incidentally, is ''fur'' - and Snorks can actually change the colour of theirs (though that was hastily forgotten after the first book Snorkmaiden and her brother appeared in).
** Averted for The Groke and Too-Ticky, who are female but have practically no gender clues. Several Finns have been surprised to find out the characters are female, as Finnish doesn't have gendered pronouns to point this out.
** In the books, The Groke wears skirts (yeah,
** Surely that averts the trope, then, because the book explicitly states that the Hemulen inherited that dress from
* Used a lot in the Swedish comic ''[[Bamse]]'' most commonly in that female characters tend to have much larger and detailed eyes than male ones.
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* ''[[Faux Pas]]'' has foxes where the females have slightly darker fur and eyelashes, as well as makeup-style fur around their eyes. [http://www.ozfoxes.net/fp/fp-357.jpg The humans in the comic are likewise confused.] Randy, a male red fox, even was [http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?4 miss April] once: "Some humans are weak on details".
* ''[[Xkcd]]'' typically distinguishes female from male stick-figure characters by giving the former hair.
* As does ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'', which makes male baldness a plot point in [http://explosm.net/comics/1231/ #1231] where a mom with twin daughters shaves one's head to help tell them apart, and others assume the shaved daughter is a boy.
* Kay Wai Jellese/Kaye Haychold in Jennifer Diane Reitz's webcomics ''[http://unicornjelly.com/ Unicorn Jelly]'' and ''[http://pasteldefender.com/to_save_her_archive.html To Save Her]''.{{Dead link}} Kay/Kaye (like the author) is actually male but
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', after one of the [[Starfish Aliens|lobster-like]] [[Space Pirates|Pirates of Ipecac]] is suddenly revealed as [[Samus Is a Girl|female,]] she is then always portrayed with [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070828.html eyelashes and slightly rounded curves on all the pieces of her shell.] Up till this point, both pirates had been drawn identically. Since the transition occurs ''between panels of the same strip'', Cleaveland is probably [[Lampshade Hanging|Hanging A Lampshade]] on this trope.
* In ''Pokey the Penguin'' female characters are just smaller copies of Pokey with a bow or colored down on their heads.
* In the almost never safe-for-work [[Oglaf]], there is a specific reference to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130321052207/http://oglaf.com/son-of-kronar/1/ Bow of Shame].
* [[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]] has a bat with lipstick, eyelashes, and possibly eyeshadow. It's a bit justified by the fact that she's a vampire who has shapeshifted into a bat, and therefore has retained some of the traits she has in her more humanoid shape. (There's a vampire who, in bat-form, continues to wear glasses.)
* [[Tomboy|Lucy]] in [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]] wears a bow for this reason. Or did. Puberty has since fixed this problem, but she still does out of likely habit.
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* There was this one a painting of a teddy bears' picnic where the 'female' bear was wearing a pink ribbon and a skirt ([[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|but nothing else]]), while the 'male' bear wore neither. This has the [[Fridge Logic|disturbing implication]] that he was exposing himself to her.
* Mostly averted in ''[[Bionicle]]'', however [[The Vamp|Roodaka]] has long "hair" and something that resembles earrings. In one of the web animations, Hahli and Macku were shown wearing flowers on their masks, but it was a special occasion and they haven't been seen doing it since.
* The [[My Little Pony|Big Brother Ponies]] were, realistically, a bit larger than other Ponies (all female). They also had overall bolder color schemes, and were given hilariously exaggerated "masculine" names, accessories, and occupations. (The Fandom has not ignored the fact that [https://web.archive.org/web/20131014013712/http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/5th_edition_ponies.html#big_brother_ponies5 the hats] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927061744/http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/6th_edition_ponies2.html#big_brother_ponies6 and collars] given to the Big Brothers make them look like [[Ho Yay|some kind of equine Village People tribute band]].) However, their most prominent designating male feature was... big hairy feet. Because draft horses in [[Real Life]] are a [[One-Gender Race]]. Uh...
* The [[LEGO]] Life on Mars theme has the female Martian Cassiopeia, whose gender is distinguished from the male Martians by her eyelashes.
* In the Finnish comic ''[[The Swearing Hedgehog]]'' female hedgehogs have eyelashes to distinguish them from male ones. Except for the main character's grandmother, who is recognisable by being nearly bald and ''even more'' foul-mouthed than the title character.
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*** This does not extend to their brains; developing humans have receptors which detect androgens (male hormones) and rewire the developing brain. Differences between one's genetic sex, anatomical sex, and brain can cause tragic [[wikipedia:Gender identity disorder|Gender Identity Disorder]]. Other cases came about due to mutilation of external anatomy or societal pressure to preferentially have children of one gender. Consider [http://tgmentalhealth.com/2009/12/13/%E2%80%98as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl%E2%80%99-by-john-colapinto/ this boy raised as a girl] and this [[Tear Jerker]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21gender.html in Afghanistan]. It is common enough to feature as the central plot to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368913/ Afghanistan's first movie since the Taliban fell].
* The only thing distinguishing the man from the woman in bathroom signs is a dress on the latter.
** Attempts at doing something different (such as one Scottish sign showing men in kilts and women with extremely large breasts) can be hilarious. Visible [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909134838/http://www.utilikilts.com/store/pinfo.php?cPath=16&products_id=28 here].
** It's true when we talk about stylistically ''neutral'' signs. More stylistic signs are more versatile, but it usually ''is'' either clothes (skirt vs. trousers, suit vs. dress), footwear (flat heel vs. high heel) or headwear (top hat vs. lady's hat).
* The most noticeable difference between the mascots of the NBA's Charlotte (now New Orleans) Hornets and the WNBA's Charlotte Sting (now defunct), other than the gear of their respective teams? Eyelashes.
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* Totally averted in ''[[Digger]]'', which may confuse people used to tertiary sexual characteristics in [[Humanoid Animals]]. Digger is female, as are many of the matriarchical hyenas, but you'd only know it from the dialogue. She does have what look like [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]], but [[Word of God]] suggests they are pectoral muscles, as a wombat's mammary glands are in her pouch.
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' neither [[Talking Animal|talking rabbit]] Bun-Bun (who's male) nor talking ferret Kiki (who's female) are given any sexual characteristics, tertiary or otherwise. Likewise Aylee (an alien with [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]] powers) has often had no features indicating she's female, though her current [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] form has plenty of female features, right down to the "naughty parts."
* Subverted frequently in an [https://web.archive.org/web/20160112192121/http://thisdomainisirrelevant.net/ untitled] stick figure webcomic that expresses the differences between males and females in body language and anatomy. Usually keeping both a circle with five lines and deriving humor (and elitist criticism) from the fact that most people perceive some thing without clear gender specification as male by default.
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* [[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]] has at least one. Similar to the Wonder Pets listed above, there was a young female character with a gender neutral voice and a baseball hat nickname "W.D."; she also has a gender neutral haircut and wears masculine clothing, to emphasize she's a tomboy. Her name is "Wilhelmina", but no one calls her that.
* Mostly averted in [[The Penguins of Madagascar]] and played with in "Miss Understanding". Due to some mistake, Skipper's led to believe that he is actually female. Once he accepts it, he promptly puts on a big pink bow.
* As mentioned above, the "Big Brother Ponies" from ''[[My Little Pony]]'' were essentially the only male Ponies up until G4. They looked [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/60df65757db81fd1b6ea03f868cb04b6/41207%20-%20big_brother_ponies%20g1.jpg almost]{{Dead link}} [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/a0dc595a6d758a263e7bbd8d593a8a3e/34663%20-%20Big_Brothers%20Mountain_Boys%20big_brother_ponies%20g1%20toy.JPG exactly]{{Dead link}} like the girls except for "boyish" Flank markings, being a tiny bit larger than the girls, and unshorn fetlocks. Depending on whom you ask, several of them look even [[Bishonen|more feminine]] than the girls. [[Fridge Brilliance]] pops in when you remember that G1 liked to be accurate, and horses have long eyelashes.
* From around 1947 to 1955, [[Mighty Mouse]] was given eyelashes. They were absent from the 1959-61 TV-budget shorts and the Filmation series then reinstated in the Bakshi series.
=== Real Life ===
* Among birds, especially waterfowl, it is ''always'' the male who is more colorful; because the flashier you are, the more babies you have. (Here's a [http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/wood-duck-36611.jpg male wood duck] and his [http://duck-names.com/images/wood-duck-female.jpg female counterpart]{{Dead link}} for reference.) And he always courts the female, who in turn is ''always'' "less pretty", right? Meet [[wikipedia:Phalaropus|the Phalarope.]] They're essentially a [[Planet of Hats|whole genus]] of [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]s. The females even court the males and the males brood the eggs. It's not yet clear as to why this one group of little Arctic shorebirds has switched gender roles, but it causes a bit of [[Viewer Gender Confusion|Birdwatcher Gender Confusion]] for those not in the know.
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