History Main / JumpingTheGenderBarrier

* ''Manga/FantasyBishoujoJunikuOjisanTo'': After Tachibana becomes female, he and Jinguuji immediately become infatuated with each other. They're not remotely pleased with this, especially because their feelings might just be caused by a {{curse}}. The manga is also very ambiguous about what their sexual orientations were to begin with--Jinguuji actually ''hadn't'' ever fallen for a woman before Tachibana became one, generally found women repellent, and had very strong feelings towards Tachibana specifically.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Kaede doesn't seem to be interested in male [[DoggedNiceGuy Natsuru]]. Suddenly Natsuru [[GenderBender turns into a girl]], and at first sight, Kaede [[SchoolgirlLesbians falls in love with]] "her." [[spoiler: It gets creepy when we find out Kaede's a PsychoLesbian who DoesNotLikeMen, and that she turned Natsuru into a girl for this very reason.]]
* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', Yasuna, a ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians girl]]'' suddenly pays attention when Hazumu becomes female, as does Hazumu's best male friend Asuta. The former is at least somewhat reciprocated, but the latter goes entirely unnoticed and played as a joke.

* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' has the main character guy-turned-girl Yuuki's female childhood friend wait until after he turns into a girl to show romantic interest in him. Though given the general degree of GenreSavvy in a comic which explicitly runs on MagicalGirl Manga and Anime tropes a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship may just be mandatory.

* ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'' partially subverts this, as Mori and Sarin become a couple only after ''both'' of them change gender. Each admits to finding the other more sexually attractive in their current forms, though after Mori changes back to her original gender they continue the relationship [[spoiler: even getting engaged]]
* Inverted in the ''Webcomic/JetDream'' RemixComic, where before her transformation to T-Girl Harmony Thunder, T-Bird Squadron leader Jack Thunder had a DatingCatwoman relationship with Raven Red, leader of the [[AmazonBrigade Dynamic Dare-Dolls]]. Raven Red didn't react well to Harmony's change, due to IncompatibleOrientation. (Harmony, however, seemed willing to give it a go.) The conflict pushed Raven Red over the edge into PsychoExGirlfriend territory. She's now obsessed with either changing Harmony back into Jack (which all other characters [[FirstLawofGenderBending know to be impossible)]], or [[IfICantHaveYou killing her as a last resort]].

* Mentioned by Jake in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', as apparently, he used to remark to Dirk that they were such good friends that he would totally go out with him if he were a girl. Dirk, for his part, is gay and in love with Jake. At least Jake admits in retrospect that he might have been leading him on a little. [[spoiler:And the relationship might actually happen even without the trope being enforced, as later Jake begins to wonder whether it really even matters that Dirk is a guy.]]
** [[RelationshipUpgrade The relationship does, in fact, happen.]] It doesn't last, although that's due to personality issues with everyone involved, not anyone's orientation.
* ''WebComic/{{Shortpacked}}'' has a rather odd example of this. Originally Ultra-Car was, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]], a sapient car, whom all the characters treated as male. Meanwhile, Malaya is a human woman who had dated men and experimented with women, only to conclude she was straight. Then Ultra-Car switched to a FemBot body, Malaya comes to the conclusion that she's actually RoboSexual, and the two form a relationship (although Ultra Car is asexual).
* Played with and ultimately defied in ''WebComic/{{Exiern}}'': Denver thought Tiffany's genderbent nature and general loathing of his female body meant his (Denver's) feeling would remain one-sided. Then he learns Tiffany's origin story and learns [[spoiler: Typhan-Knee was gay]] and thinks things have worked out for the best. Tiffany chews him out for assuming that now that that's in the open, he'd be "free" to be in a relationship with Denver, ignoring Tiffany's still prominent issues with his involuntary gender-bending. Ultimately averted (at least for now) when Denver chooses to stay behind and [[spoiler: learn to control his newly-discovered [[ChangelingFantasy draconic nature]].]]

* In the ''WebOriginal/{{Paradise}}'' setting, a number of stories feature involuntarily-gender-changed characters falling in love with someone of the gender they used to be, though they did not necessarily know them before the change. (In "After Hours", [[spoiler:a woman who used to be a man fell in love with a man who used to be a woman]].)

* Played with in ''Geraldine.'' A man turns into a woman inexplicably, has his (her?) best female friend help out, and years later turns back into a man, just in time to run off with said friend.

* JustForFun/{{Bowsette}} fanworks, notably ''Webcomic/BowsetteSaga'', make this happen between Mario and Bowser. It's very common for the newly-transformed Bowsette, who had previously been nothing but on-off rivals with Mario, to happily marry him, and usually Mario has no objections either. This is sometimes averted in interpretations that have Bowsette still pine for Peach.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''. When the question of Chicken's gender is put on the table in one episode, after he laid an egg (it was actually a prank by The Red Guy), his best friends develop a crush on him (believing that 'he' is now a 'she').
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' when Stan temporarily becomes a woman. Stan and Francine experiment with lesbianism, which doesn't work out. After Stan is turned back into a man, their sex life resumes. Though also played straight, since Avery Bullock tries taking advantage of the situation by attempting to seduce and bed Stan, and very nearly ''succeeds.''

* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', Yasuna, a ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians girl]]'' suddenly pays attention when Hazumu becomes female, as does Hazumu's best male friend Asuta. The former is at least somewhat reciprocated, but the latter goes entirely unnoticed and played as a joke.

* ''Manga/YourAndMySecret'': After Uehara and Momoi switch bodies, Momoi almost immediately starts dating her best friend Shiina, who doesn't know about the switch, and Sengbongi[[spoiler:, who figures it out but doesn't mind,]] makes several romantic/sexual overtures towards Uehara. It's an interesting case since while the body switching ''did'' facilitate both relationships, it's implied that there was existing attraction pre-body switch.

* Not surprisingly there's a hentai manga about this. A male student finds himself [[BodySurf body hopping]] into females at certain points in time, and he uses every occasion to sleep with a local JerkJock Cassanova. Though as soon as he's left the girl's body ([[NoEndorHolocaust paying no attention to the girl who just had been taken over as she's usually in a daze of orgasmic pleasure]]) it turns into HoYay as he pleads his love for the jock.
* Another one plays it for horror, in that the protagonist, a guy who wants the attraction of a particular girl, makes a pact with an ObviouslyEvil skeletal demon who consumes the innards of people, thus turning the remaining skin into a literal bodysuit one can put on and turn into, [[{{Sizeshifter}} size-shifting included]]. [[spoiler:It is done with the diminutive female friend of the guy's obsession, an unrelated little girl, another guy and lastly the girl he originally wanted to be together with. Then he is HoistByHisOwnPetard when, on the demon's suggestion, he puts on the girl's skin and turns into her - only for the demon to take on the other guy's suit and rending the protagonist's mind inside-out, forcing her (?) to fully embrace being a girl and be reduced to nothing more than a mindless pawn.]]
* Invoked in ''Manga/SekainohateDeAimashou'': Emilio, a HumanAlien prince, slips [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ryouma]] a GenderBender potion to make him Emilio's wife. Ryouma initially refuses Emilio's advances and [[GenderBenderAngst wants to change back]], but gradually starts [[{{Tsundere}} reciprocating his feelings]] and [[SecondLawOfGenderBending becoming more comfortable with being female]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Ryouma turns down becoming male again and the two hook up, get married, and have children.]]
* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' has its own way with this trope. [[spoiler: Homura]] has an unstable gender, but mentally identifies himself as male. At the start of the story, he was physically male and had been trying to find an Ashikabi who was female. However, as time went on his body began reacting to main character Minato, who is a heterosexual male. As a result, [[spoiler:Homura]] began turning into a woman. It's not clear if the transformation was complete by the time he was finally "winged", but the character now has breasts as well as more feminine features, and is pretty annoyed and uncomfortable with the whole situation. Poor, guy/girl.

* ''Manga/FrankenFran'': An early story features a boy and a girl who won't admit their feelings for each other due to assorted issues, so Fran helps them jump the gender barrier. [[GiftOfTheMagiPlot Both of them.]]
* ''Strange Mansion'' features a trans woman who [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transitioned]] because her high school crush [[IncompatibleOrientation didn't like men]].
* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': A female model UsefulNotes/{{trans|Gender}}itioned because she thought the man she loved was straight. In a subversion, [[GaveUpTooSoon he actually turned out to be]] closeted and gay. As a result, [[IncompatibleOrientation it didn't work out]] between them.
* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at first because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who even identifies as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's attraction and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga). People still tend to [[MistakenForRomance view them as romantically involved]], and Soga's father [[ShipperOnDeck insists they get engaged]] under the assumption Matsuri wants to stay female.
* ''Manga/FantasyBishoujoJunikuOjisanTo'': After Tachibana becomes female, he and Jinguuji immediately become infatuated with each other. They're not remotely pleased with this, especially because their feelings might just be caused by a {{curse}}. The manga is also very ambiguous about what their sexual orientations were to begin with--Jinguuji actually ''hadn't'' ever fallen for a woman before Tachibana became one, generally found women repellent, and had very strong feelings towards Tachibana specifically.

* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'': In Earth-3490, the Civil War created by the Superhuman Registration Act is averted. Why? Because Captain America and Iron Woman [[ThePowerOfLove get]] ''[[ThePowerOfLove married]]''. Interestingly, they both get married in costume, which causes a DoubleTake upon turning the page because Iron Woman's gender is surprisingly ambiguous [[GetBackInTheCloset if you ignore the veil]]. And instead of the stock 'standing together at the altar' image, they're making out in front of the church.
** Of course, soon after that came out, it was put on The Internet...and Tony's beard got photoshopped onto 'Toni''s face, with varying levels of looking actually beard-like.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/909110/chapters/1760649 Flying a Ship with Silver Lining]]'', the first story in the omegaverse ''Building Neutron Stars'' series, has [[Series/StargateAtlantis Rodney McKay]] feeling extremely sexually confused regarding his attraction towards John Sheppard, as he's pretty sure he's not gay and Sheppard doesn't look like he's gay either so there's no chance for a RelationshipUpgrade. Then Sheppard is revealed to have hidden his true gender for all his military career, letting Rodney to happily pursue him.
* In some ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fics, like ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14107944 The Opposite of That]]'' and ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28549557 Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'', Castiel, an angel who normally occupies a human male vessel, is forced to possess a new female vessel or has his current vessel turned female by a spell and Dean realizes, to his major discomfort, that he's got the hots for his best friend's new female form. Virtually all of these fics subvert this trope, however, by making it clear that Dean was already attracted to male-form Castiel (either because he's a closeted bisexual or [[IfItsYouItsOkay it's Castiel]]) and the sex change just made it harder for him to keep pretending the attraction wasn't there, and they defy the FirstLawOfGenderBending with Castiel always getting his male body back in the end and Dean confirming that his attraction to him hasn't lessened one bit.

* In Albanian folktale "[[http://www.albanianliterature.net/oral_lit1/OL1-07.html The Girl who Became a Boy]]", the eponymous [[SweetPollyOliver crossdressing girl]] impresses a king and is married to his daughter. The princess cannot be satisfied by her new husband, and seeks impossible tasks to get rid of "him". In the last of these, the husband is [[CursedWithAwesome cursed with]] a GenderBender... and is finally able to satisfy the needy princess. They live happily ever after.

* Similarly done in the ''Series/BlackadderII'' episode "Bells" (where young girl Kate dresses as a boy and becomes Blackadder's servant "Bob").
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The comedy skit "The Curse of Fatal Death" has the Doctor regenerating four times in ten minutes -- his companion (and fiancée) copes with seeing her beloved turn into Creator/RichardEGrant, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant, but when the final regeneration is female she sorrowfully announces that the Doctor is, quite literally, not the man she fell in love with. The Master, rather keen on the Doctor's new Joanna Lumley-shaped body, is only too happy to step in.
** Interestingly averted years later in ''Series/DoctorWho'' proper, when the good ship Doctor/Master did finally get two big damn snogs with one of them (the Master) now being female, but it had nothing to do with JumpingTheGenderBarrier. Writer Creator/StevenMoffat, who also wrote "The Curse of Fatal Death", went on record saying that gender isn't actually a factor for Time Lords when it comes to attraction and that there ''is'' no gender barrier for these characters.
* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Him" features a high school jock with a jacket that hypnotizes women into falling for him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity, and drama, ensues]] as all of the female cast members begin doing over-the-top things to attempt to win his affection. In Willow's case, she's gay and one of the other female characters tries to get her out of the way by reminding her that said jock is a guy. But since Willow is ''also'' an incredibly powerful witch, she notes that this is a very minor problem and begins casting a spell to turn Him into a Her.
* In the ''Series/MurderMostHorrid'' episode "A Severe Case of Death", Dawn French's character dresses as a man [[SweetPollyOliver in order to impersonate a doctor]]. During the course of the episode, she meets a man with whom she shares a slightly more-than-friendly chemistry. After it is revealled that Dawn's character is really a woman they pursue a romantic relationship.
* ''Dårfinkar och Dönickar''. Isak finds out his new buddy Simon is actually Simone and decides he like-likes her (they're twelve).

* ''Strange Mansion'' features a trans woman who [[{{Transgender}} transitioned]] because her high school crush [[IncompatibleOrientation didn't like men]].
* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': A female model {{trans|Gender}}itioned because she thought the man she loved was straight. In a subversion, [[GaveUpTooSoon he actually turned out to be]] closeted and gay. As a result, [[IncompatibleOrientation it didn't work out]] between them.

* ''Strange Mansion'' features a trans woman to [[{{Transgender}} transitioned]] because her high school crush [[IncompatibleOrientation didn't like men]].

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' when Stan temporarily becomes a woman. Stan and Francine experiment with lesbianism, which doesn't work out. After Stan is turned back into a man, their sex life resumes.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at first because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who even identifies as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's attraction and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga). Ironically, Suzu and many others [[MistakenForRomance have wondered if the two are romantically involved]], and Soga's father [[ShipperOnDeck insists they get engaged]] under the assumption Matsuri wants to stay female.

* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'': In Earth-3490, the Civil War created by the Superhuman Registration Act is averted. Why? Because Captain America and Iron Woman [[ThePowerOfLove get]] ''[[ThePowerOfLove married]]''. Interestingly, they both get married in costume, which causes a DoubleTake upon turning the page because Iron Woman's gender is [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar surprisingly ambiguous]] [[GetBackInTheCloset if you ignore the veil]]. And instead of the stock 'standing together at the altar' image, they're making out in front of the church.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at fist because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who even identifies as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's attraction and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga). Ironically, Suzu and many others [[MistakenForRomance have wondered if the two are romantically involved]], and Soga's father [[ShipperOnDeck insists they get engaged]].

* ''Hana wa Usotsuki'' inverts the trope and plays with it quite a bit. The main couple, a pair of gay guys, is already together, but one of them is cosmically changed to have always been a girl because ThePowersThatBe interpreted their New Years' wish to "always be together" as a plea for society to accept their relationship to the point where they ''could'' remain together--ergo, have them be seen as "normal". However, it only complicates things; while it's true that everybody openly acknowledges their coupling and that many won't dare to get in their way romantically, the one who wasn't changed has a crisis of love because he isn't sexually attracted to his partner anymore but still wonders if they should stay together, while the one turned into a girl reluctantly adjusts to life as a woman and retains his preference for men but is frustrated at "her" partner for the aforementioned insecurities. Good thing the gods reverted the situation.

%%* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''. "Well, nobody's perfect!"

For obvious reasons, depends on the presence of the FirstLawOfGenderBending and the absence of EveryoneIsBi. May involve an IfItsYouItsOkay rationalization. The opposite of UnsettlingGenderReveal.

Compare to TransEqualsGay with non-GenderBender examples. Contrast SettledForGay, in which partnership happens without a change in orientation, and IncompatibleOrientation.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has the interesting case of [[spoiler:Kanji Tatsumi]] and [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]]. The former falls in love with the latter at first sight, causing him to become extremely sexually confused. When he eventually comes to terms (via the Protagonist's help) with his new sexuality, his love interest [[spoiler:is suddenly revealed to have been a woman all along, once again throwing him into confusion]]. A case of Jumping the Gender Barrier twice, with the same person.
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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at fist because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who even identifies as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's attraction and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga). Ironically, Suzu and many others [[MistakenForRomance have wondered if the two are romantically involved]].

* Subverted in ''Manga/TheDayOfRevolution'' as the very idea of a romantic relationship with ''any'' of her former TrueCompanions has the gender-bent protagonist thoroughly squicked. Doesn't seem to discourage the boys, though. Then again, they [[EvenTheGuysWantHim weren't all that shy]] even when she was a guy.

* Douman Seiman's ''Menlancholia'' features a LovingBully variant. A bully, Kanbara, liked to beat up and pick on a child genius classmate nicknamed the Chess Prince. Kanbara turns out to have a crush on Chess Prince, but when he wishes to turn into a girl he mentions that the crush wasn't the reason for the transformation--rather, he hoped that as a girl, he thought that he and Chess Prince wouldn't have to fight anymore. The trope is played straight with his friend Miyagi, however, since he's more than fine with Kanbara being a girl and ends up dating him.

* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', it’s a ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians girl]]'' that suddenly pays attention to the [[GenderBender guy-turned-girl]], as does the guy-now-girl's best male friend. The former is at least somewhat reciprocated, but the latter goes entirely unnoticed and played as a joke.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at fist because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who even identifies as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's feelings and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga).

* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', a ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians girl]]'' that suddenly pays attention to the [[GenderBender guy-turned-girl]], as does the guy-now-girl's best male friend. The former is at least somewhat reciprocated, but the latter goes entirely unnoticed and played as a joke.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], at fist because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]], but later just because [[StupidSexyFlanders he doesn't want to love someone who seems himself as male]]. Reminding himself of this backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's feelings and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga).

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as [[SempaiKohai colleagues]], and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[InconvenientAttraction Soga isn't happy with this]], because he believes love for a woman [[LoveIsAWeakness would distract from his duties as an exorcist ninja]]. He tries to remind himself that Matsuri still seems himself as a guy, but that backfires by making Matsuri the one female [[CannotTalkToWomen Soga can converse with almost-normally]], and their further interactions spur his physical infatuation toward outright love. For his part, Matsuri [[ObliviousToLove does not notice]] Soga's feelings and retains his previous feelings for Suzu (who has the [[IfItsYouItsOkay opposite reaction]] as Soga).

* ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl''. Surprisingly, it's a ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians girl]]'' that suddenly pays attention to the [[GenderBender guy-turned-girl]], as does the guy-now-girl's best male friend.

* Inverted in ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Kaede doesn't seem to be interested in male [[DoggedNiceGuy Natsuru]]. Suddenly Natsuru [[GenderBender turns into a girl]], and at first sight, Kaede [[SchoolgirlLesbians falls in love with]] "her." [[spoiler: It gets creepy when we find out Kaede's a PsychoLesbian who DoesNotLikeMen, and that she turned Natsuru into a girl for this very reason; this of course arguably makes the trope played straight.]]

* Subverted in ''Manga/SekainohateDeAimashou'' when a HumanAlien prince slips an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a GenderBender potion only to get IncompatibleOrientation instead. [[spoiler: And then DoubleSubverted when the two hook up, get married, and have children by the end of the story.]]

* Kanata of ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' was originally a male before being reincarnated as a girl. She still identified as a man in her mind which resulted in her suppressing a growing affection for her male friend Shun. After a near-death experience where Shun saved her, she started identifying as female and shortly after started giving Shun hints about her feelings.

* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': A female model {{trans|Gender}}itioned because she thought the man she loved was straight. In a subversion, he actually turned out to be closeted and gay. As a result, [[IncompatibleOrientation it didn't work out]] between them.

* Inverted in the ''Webcomic/JetDream'' RemixComic, where before her transformation to T-Girl Harmony Thunder, T-Bird Squadron leader Jack Thunder had a DatingCatwoman relationship with Raven Red, leader of the [[AmazonBrigade Dynamic Dare-Dolls]]. Raven Red didn't react well to Harmony's change, due to IncompatibleOrientation. (Harmony, however, seemed [[BiTheWay willing to give it a go]].) The conflict pushed Raven Red over the edge into PsychoExGirlfriend territory. She's now obsessed with either changing Harmony back into Jack (which all other characters [[FirstLawofGenderBending know to be impossible)]], or [[IfICantHaveYou killing her as a last resort]].