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{{quote|'''Mamma Jacobs''': ''What did you say your name was? Brandon? Butch?'' |
{{quote|'''Mamma Jacobs''': ''What did you say your name was? Brandon? Butch?'' |
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'''Chuck''': ''Chuck?'' |
'''Chuck''': ''Chuck?'' |
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'''Mamma Jacobs''': ''Chuck! I knew it was something unladylike.''|''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', "Girth"}} |
'''Mamma Jacobs''': ''Chuck! I knew it was something unladylike.''|''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', "Girth"}} |
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** Petrushka and Rico are also boy's names, given to two other girls. |
** Petrushka and Rico are also boy's names, given to two other girls. |
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* Oscar François de Jarjayes from ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' - her father very much wanted a son and decided to name and raise her as a boy. |
* Oscar François de Jarjayes from ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' - her father very much wanted a son and decided to name and raise her as a boy. |
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* Elliot Chandler from ''[[Mai-Otome 0 |
* Elliot Chandler from ''[[Mai-Otome 0[[S.ifr]]]]''. |
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* ''[[Baccano]]!'' inverts this by giving a major male character the distinctly ''female''-sounding name, Claire. This doesn't make him any less [[Badass]]. |
* ''[[Baccano]]!'' inverts this by giving a major male character the distinctly ''female''-sounding name, Claire. This doesn't make him any less [[Badass]]. |
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* ''[[The Day of Revolution]]'' has a brother and sister named Makoto and Mikoto (Makoto is the girl.)...and a [[Gender Bender]] protagonist named Megumi as well, though in this case she actually pronounced her name "Kei" when she was a boy. (Isn't kanji fun?) |
* ''[[The Day of Revolution]]'' has a brother and sister named Makoto and Mikoto (Makoto is the girl.)...and a [[Gender Bender]] protagonist named Megumi as well, though in this case she actually pronounced her name "Kei" when she was a boy. (Isn't kanji fun?) |
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* Yukio in Marvel's [[X-Men|X-Men books]]. That the [[Les Yay|ronin good friend]] of Storm uses a boy's name has led to speculation that it is not her real name. In the limited series ''Wolverine: Soultaker'', her other [[Friends with Benefits|good friend]] Logan wonders if her actual name might not be the similar-sounding, but unambiguously feminine "Yukiko". |
* Yukio in Marvel's [[X-Men|X-Men books]]. That the [[Les Yay|ronin good friend]] of Storm uses a boy's name has led to speculation that it is not her real name. In the limited series ''Wolverine: Soultaker'', her other [[Friends with Benefits|good friend]] Logan wonders if her actual name might not be the similar-sounding, but unambiguously feminine "Yukiko". |
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** After the death of Dark Phoenix, Cyclops left the [[X-Men]] for a time, and decided to apply for employment on a ship. The first person he sees aboard is a pretty young woman. |
** After the death of Dark Phoenix, Cyclops left the [[X-Men]] for a time, and decided to apply for employment on a ship. The first person he sees aboard is a pretty young woman. |
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{{quote|'''Cyclops:''' Excuse me, I'm looking for Captain Lee Forrester. I heard he was hiring crew. |
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'''Woman:''' My name is Lee Forrester -- Aletys to my relatives -- and you heard right. }} |
'''Woman:''' My name is Lee Forrester -- Aletys to my relatives -- and you heard right. }} |
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* In the 1980s [[Captain America]] fell in love with and for a time was engaged to Bernie (short for Bernadette) Rosenthal. |
* In the 1980s [[Captain America]] fell in love with and for a time was engaged to Bernie (short for Bernadette) Rosenthal. |
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* Parodied in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' with Tommi Ryder, a 'supermodel-turned-lawyer with a dangerous secret' protests that the 'i' makes her name feminine. Amusingly, her (male) love interest's name is Jody. |
* Parodied in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' with Tommi Ryder, a 'supermodel-turned-lawyer with a dangerous secret' protests that the 'i' makes her name feminine. Amusingly, her (male) love interest's name is Jody. |
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** Said Jody also makes fun of said statement. |
** Said Jody also makes fun of said statement. |
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{{quote|"Like Butchi or Hanki or Gregori?"}} |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* Former WWE ring announcer Mike McGuirk (real name Michelle). |
* Former WWE ring announcer Mike McGuirk (real name Michelle). |
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{{quote|'''[[Bobby Heenan]]''': Mike?! What's her brother's name - Sally? |
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'''Gorilla Monsoon''': I don't know... maybe her father wanted a boy. |
'''Gorilla Monsoon''': I don't know... maybe her father wanted a boy. |
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'''Bobby Heenan''': Looks like he almost got one... }} |
'''Bobby Heenan''': Looks like he almost got one... }} |
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