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* Arguably, Saavik in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' movies: there was a definite pattern to Vulcan names in [[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]] (men are called Spock, Sarek, Surak etc.; women are called T'Pau, T'Pring, T'Lar etc.) and she had a name that fitted the male pattern. (Since then, we've seen Vulcans whose names don't fit either pattern, but at the time...)
** The character was originally conceived of as male, and wasn't switched to a woman until later drafts. They kept the name, though.
* Alex, the main character from ''[[Flashdance]]'', works part-time as a welder in a steel mill. The [[Wrench Wench|character]] is initially introduced behind an opaque welding mask and [[Men Are Generic, Women Are Special|presumed male]] by default.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Sydney Bristow, the main character of ''[[Alias]]''. Her friends even call her "Syd".
* In the BBC series ''[[Sherlock]]'', John Watson's sister is called Harry. Having learned her name and the fact that she used to be married to a woman, Sherlock makes an almost accurate series of deductions regarding John's "brother".
* In ''[[Full House]]'', there is DJ, who is the oldest daughter but the abbreviated initials are at best gender-neutral, if not leaning towards being boyish-sounding. It stands for Donna-Jo (not Joanna, not Josephine, just Jo).
* Dylan from ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]''
* In an inversion, [[The Mentalist]], Patrick Jane, is generally referred to as Jane.
* The [[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|2017 reboot of ''S.W.A.T.'']] may have given the lone woman on the team the name of "Christina" but it's often shortened to "Chris".
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler Mickie James is a former Women's Champion. Granted, this is wrestling, and stranger things have happened than a man holding a women's belt, but she is a woman.
* Former WWE ring announcer Mike McGuirk (real name Michelle).
{{quote|'''[[Bobby Heenan]]''': Mike?! What's her brother's name - Sally?
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** Shou Toramaru. Not only is her given name masculine, her surname uses a male suffix!
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' brought us a female disc jocky named ''Toni''.
* Charlie, the [[Big Bad]] (more or less) of ''[[Don't Starve]]'' is female, though it is possible it is short for "Charlotte" or "Charlene".
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
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* Inverted with Mandark from ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', whose real name is "Susan".
* [[Mike Lu and Og|Michelanne "Mike" Mazinsky]].
* Charlie, the female protagonist of ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]''.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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