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->"Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls,\\
It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world"
-->-- '''TheKinks''', "Lola"
Basically, a couple consisting of a very feminine-looking/acting boy and a very masculine-acting/looking girl. Need not be romantic, but usually is. Often comes with doses of {{Crossdresser}}, {{Bifauxnen}}, AmbiguousGender, AttractiveBentGender, DroppedABridgetOnHim, ViewerGenderConfusion, DudeLooksLikeALady, EvenTheGuysWantHim and EvenTheGirlsWantHer. Common in GenderBender and FreakyFridayFlip series. Occasionally, {{House Husband}}s and their wives will fall under this trope.
Quite naturally, inverts classical gender stereotypes. And ''how''.
Interestingly, pink was once the "boy" color and blue was the "girl" color because pink was a slightly more acceptable version of the manly blood-red, and blue was a color commonly associated with the Virgin Mary.
When this trope is taken literally, then it's an inversion of PinkGirlBlueBoy.
Compare to SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, PitbullDatesPuppy and ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend. SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and TomboyAndGirlyGirl work on a similar principle, but with two characters of the same gender. Most likely are {{Cultural Rebel}}s. Subtrope of StereotypeFlip.
[[OrSoIHeard We]] sincerely hope [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial you aren't here looking for]] ''LaBlueGirl''.
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* It is quite possible to spot this when the guy has a pink product, while the girl has the same one in blue.
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* Akira and Mizuki from ''AiOreLoveMe'' subvert this. Akira is feminine-looking and the "princess" of his all-boys school, while Mizuki is androgynous and the "prince" at her all-girls school. However, Akira is quite dominant and masculine and Mizuki isn't really all that boyish.
* Kiri and Tohya from ''NeverGiveUp''.
* Tamaki Suoh and Haruhi Fujioka from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
* Asuka and Ryo from ''{{Otomen}}'', who embody the feminine/masculine hobbies side of this trope.
* Jung Suk Ha and Park Bong Bin from ''Utopia Of Homosexuality'' are respectively a {{butch lesbian}} and a feminine gay [[spoiler: who eventually end up together. Yes, a very misleading title.]]
* Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki, the adolescent protagonists in ''WanderingSon,'' each prefer things associated with the opposite gender.
** If you think of them as their desired sexes, then this is inverted as PinkGirlBlueBoy ... then slightly inverted again when you notice Takatsuki has pink hoodies. The anime really likes to throw around pink and blue, especially for the Nitori siblings.
* In the manga ''Otome No Iroha'', the main siblings' grandmother comes back from the dead and forcibly [[GenderBender Gender Bends]] them because of this. Her feeling was that the odds of a Pink Boy and a Blue Girl successfully marrying, [[IWantGrandkids let alone providing great-grandchildren]], were so minute she had to take matters into her own hands.
* ''YourAndMySecret'' features a soft-spoken boy, Akira Urehara and loud-mouthed girl Nanako Momoi being [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Switched]] into one another's bodies. Just about everyone notices how much more masculine Akira and how feminine Nanako has become, and approve.
* Chips (masculine-looking female) and Nachos (feminine male) from ''Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto''. They fit this more in their appearances (especially Nachos), although Nachos is definitely the more sensitive and kinder of the two.
* Mako-chan and Touma from ''{{Minami-Ke}}''. Makoto isn't girly per se, but most of his scenes alongside the tomboy Touma feature him masquerading as a girl. In one episode, he also describes masculine and feminine traits inherited from his mother and father, respectively.
* Akira and Mai's little brother Takumi from ''{{Mai-HiME}}''.
* Ryuji and Taiga from ''{{Toradora}}'' have aspects of this in personality, but it contrasts with their appearance. Taiga is [[{{Shorttank}} small]] ("looks like a doll") but has a brash, loud and angry personality. Ryuji has the FaceOfAThug but is generally quiet and enjoys housework (especially cleaning but also cooking).
* Revy and Rock from ''BlackLagoon''. Rock isn't exactly girly, but he's the one [[NonActionGuy Non Action Character]] of either gender to survive and not start killing people. [[DarkActionGirl Re]][[TheLadette vy]], meanwhile...
* Sora and Yukari from ''FamilyCompo'' are a married {{transsexual}} couple. [[http://www.onemanga.com/Family_Compo/4/10/ Here]] is what they look like the one time they dress accordingly to their birth gender.
* [[OfficialCouple Chrono and Rosette]] in ''ChronoCrusade'' have elements of this. Chrono is implied in both versions to be better with housework (in the manga he's shown ''in an apron'' at one point, and in the anime the Elder says he does the cooking and cleaning for him), and is much more meek and gentle, while Rosette is loud, brash, swears constantly and was a LethalChef as a child. They both have their moments where they act more stereotypically like their genders (Chrono is very protective of Rosette, and Rosette is very fond of pretty dresses), but they still don't fit neatly into gender roles.
* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] has the aggressive FieryRedhead Jessie and the CampStraight James of Team Rocket, while the ''[[{{ptitled53fvupl}} Pokémon Special]]'' manga has the CampStraight Ruby and the aggressive {{Tomboy}} Sapphire.
* ''KamichamaKarin'' has Karin the {{tomboy}}ish CuteBruiser and Kazune the [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-faced]] {{tsundere}}.
* Deunan and Briareos from ''{{Appleseed}}'' could possibly count, except that Briareos is a hulking cyborg four times the size of Deunan. But their relationship follows the trope pretty straight.
* Roderich/Austria and Elisaveta/Hungary from ''AxisPowersHetalia'', though in their case he's less girly and more of TheWhitePrince.
** She's also more feminine than most blue girls, being an adoring TeamMom. Doesn't stop her from [[CurbStompBattle kicking your ass]] [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend if you dare to harm him]] though.
** Lampshaded in {{Hetaween 2011}}, where she [[{{Bifauxnen}} dresses up as a prince]] and ropes Austria into putting on a dress over his suit so he can be her "Princess".
** A more appearance-based, non-romantic variant in [[PlatonicLifePartners Hungary and Poland]]. She's a tomboy TeamMom, he's a WholesomeCrossdresser [[ValleyGirl Valley Boy]].
* Childhood Friends Tsuyomaru and Hazumi from ''Woman in the Man'', a short story by [[VideoGirlAi Masakazu Katsura]]. Mixed with FreakyFridayFlip as they switch bodies.
* Koume and Yaegashi from ''{{Blue Seed}}''.
* Ito and Makoto from ''Manga/WJuliet''. So much that it's even implied that [[spoiler: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome they get married in drag]]!]]
* Kazuto "Towa" Sakuma and Miya from ''SensualPhrase''. He's a very girly-looking musician who dresses as a female even off-stage, she is the {{Bifauxnen}} who both dates him and pretty much created his androgynous looks.
* The calm and serene So Touma and hyperactive tomboy Kana Mizuhara from ''{{QED}}''
* Ukyo Kuonji of ''RanmaOneHalf'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who manages to attract two different WholesomeCrossdresser suitors.
* Ryunosuke from ''UruseiYatsura'' was unwillingly raised to be the ultimate manly man by her father, and later discovers she's in an arranged marrage with Nagisa, the ghost of a guy raised to be ultra womanly. Though after coming back to life, he turns out to also be insanely strong, despite mostly hiding it behind over the top girly behavior.
* From ''WorldDestruction'', we have mild mannered [[NonActionGuy Ky]][[TheMessiah rie]] and arrogant [[LadyofWar Mo]][[{{Jerkass}} rte]]. Because the two are so different, Kyrie [[spoiler: has the power to convince Morte to stop destroying the world.]]
* Asuka and Shinji from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji is obviously a HouseHusband in training, cooking and doing most of the chores around the house he occupies with Asuka and Misato, and has a shy and kind personality most of the time ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless he's seriously provoked]] [[DespairEventHorizon or completely snaps]]). By contrast, Asuka is a FieryRedhead ActionGirl who revels in combat and remains the better pilot for most of the series.
* A non-romantic example ([[spoiler:not counting Aoi's one-sided crush on her]]) is Misaki and Aoi from ''KaichouWaMaidSama''.
* Andre and Oscar from ''{{Rose of Versailles}}''. Perhaps not a textbook example, since Andre is not tremendously effeminate. But Andre is the more sensitive and people oriented one, while Oscar is very direct and more goal oriented. Oscar is referred to as the "light", and Andre as the "shadow".
* [[MadokaMagica Junko and Tomohisa Kaname]]. Junko isn't a super tomboy (more of a HotMom), but she ''is'' the most straightforward of the two as well as a BottleFairy, whereas Tomohisa is a levelheaded HouseHusband and a borderline male YamatoNadeshiko.
* ''ChottoEdoMade'' pairs a {{Bifauxnen}} swordswoman with a feminine LongHairedPrettyBoy.
* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
* Sumire and Momo from ''KimiWaPetto''. Sumire is an efficient, successful journalist who watches pro wrestling and {{Sentai}} anime in her spare time and is a martial arts master on the side, while Momo is a modern dancer who is fairly emotional and doesn't mind taking on the role of Sumire's pet.
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* Possibly Redlance and Nightfall from ''ElfQuest'', although the elves don't quite go for the same kind of gender stereotyping that humans do.
* Mister Miracle (escape artist and acrobat from New Genesis) and Big Barda (renegade Apokaliptian gladiator) are in many ways a HappilyMarried version of this.
* The Cabott twins from JosieAndThePussycats, the boy is a mere coward, while the girl is blue blooded.
* Yorick and his love interest finally get together near the end of ''YTheLastMan''. He compares them to the main couple of ''{{Moonlighting}}'' (a UST-filled detective series starring BruceWillis and Cybill Sheperd) , but takes great care of specifying SHE is the BruceWillis equivalent.
* ''SinCity'' has a non-romantic variation of this in Dwight and Miho. Dwight is a laid-back everyman while Miho is much more violent and dangerous. In fact, Dwight has expressed fear of Miho in the past and worked to ensure that he didn't piss her off.
* Betty and Archie, from the {{Archie Comics}}, so much. When Archie's car breaks down, Betty fixes it. And there is even one comic where they try to enter a team surfing competition, but since Archie is too weak to carry Betty, Betty carries Archie.
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[[folder: Film ]]
* The Chinese movie ''Boxing Gloves, Rag Dolls''.
* The teenage couple in ''MonstersVsAliens''.
* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has Astrid and Hiccup.
* Ellie and Carl in ''{{Up}}.'' Especially in their younger years.
* In {{Impromptu}}, [[TomboyishName George Sand]] is, by 19th century standards, a {{Ladette}}, and she [[{{Seme}} takes the lead in her relationship with Chopin.]] Frederic Chopin is a [[IllBoy frail]], sensitive, {{Bishonen}} musician.
* In ''{{The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert}}'', Tick [[spoiler:wears a wedding dress and his wife wears a tuxedo to their wedding]].
* Jimmy Stark's parents in ''RebelWithoutACause.''
* {{WALL-E}} and EVE
* ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' and Wybie. While [[TheWoobie Wybie's]] not girly per se, [[KidHero Coraline]] is definitely the more aggressive of the two.
* There was a short film featured on {{Logo}} that showed a GenderFlip of a heterosexual wedding. The bride wore a black pantsuit; the groom wore a white tuxedo and veiled top hat, and held the bouquet as his mother walked him down the aisle. He was also kind of short. Even among the wedding-goers, all the men wore different suits while the women were dressed more low-key. The whole thing was brilliant.
* ''SomeKindOfWonderful'' has best friends Keith and [[TomboyishName Watts]], the former a shy and sensitive StarvingArtist, the latter a {{Ladette}} drummer going through a GreenEyedEpiphany.
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[[folder: Literature ]]
* OlderThanSteam, even: in 1620 England, in response to a pamphlet entitled ''Hic Mulier, or The Man-Woman'', which discussed the evils of women who dress and act like men, another pamphlet was published, ''Haec Vir, or The Womanish Man'', stating that women would stop acting like men when men stopped acting like women.
* ''Pinky and Rex'' about a boy whose nickname was Pinky (his favorite color was pink) and Rex, a girl who liked dinosaurs and soccer.
* This is a central theme in the Annie M. G. Schmidt story ''Het Fornuis Moet Weg'' ("The Furnace Has To Go"). It's about a girl who wants to become a carpenter, and a boy who wants to become a stay-at-home dad. They argue about it with grownups who are moving an old furnace out of the house. Eventually, one of the grownups gets an idea: the furnace can be seen as a symbol for the old times, when a lack of modern household appliances meant that work around the house took all day and gender roles stayed reinforced. Because of modern luxuries, women now actually have time to study and choose their own careers, so there shouldn't be a need anymore for gender roles to stay as they were. The story is considered a children's classic in The Netherlands.
* The main couple in Elinor Glyn's ''Three Weeks'' have shades of this, at least in terms of gender ''roles'' -- Paul is boyish but virginal, beautiful and compared to Sleeping Beauty, and the Lady is older, independent, mature, compelling and in charge.
* In a ''very'' unusual setup for a RomanceNovel, NoraRoberts' ''Tears Of The Moon'' has as its romantic leads Shawn, a sensitive songwriter and pub cook, and Brenna, a feisty, tomboyish handywoman.
* In ''{{Jane Eyre}}'', the title character has more moral strength and self-worth than Mr. Rochester. His feminine side comes out in the course of the relationship.
* At first sight, King Verence II and Queen Magrat in ''{{Discworld}}'' are more Pink Boy, Pink Girl. But when push comes to shove Magrat has HiddenDepths and can [[BewareTheNiceOnes transform]] into an ActionGirl. Verence ... not so much.
* ''{{Animorphs}}'':
** Suffering, poetic Tobias is paired off with BloodKnight Rachel
** Sensitive and peaceful Dak Hamee, a reluctant guerilla fighter, falls in love with aggressive, compelling Aldrea Seerow
* Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander in the ''Millennium'' trilogy.
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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]
* ''TheXFiles'' was designed partly around this trope. Mulder is emotional and intuitive, cries a couple times a season, and tends to lose fistfights or drop his gun at important moments; Scully is logical, scientific, emotionally reserved, and has ImprobableAimingSkills.
* Eric and Donna from ''That70sShow''.
** Friendship example: Fez and Donna. He and his girlfriend Big Rhonda subvert it, since she's bigger and stronger than he is but is also an awkward HugeSchoolgirl.
* Wash and Zoe from ''{{Firefly}}''. He's not ''girly'', but less masculine by comparison.
* Lee "Apollo" Adama and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from the rebooted ''BattlestarGalactica'' are an interesting example of how to flip a gender dynamic: it's not so much about the way they look and dress as how they behave with each other. Apollo tends to be the softer, more introspective of the two, while Starbuck is louder, brasher, and more of an alpha than he is. Despite this, no one in-universe sees them as less masculine or less feminine for it.
* J.D. and Elliot from ''{{Scrubs}}''. Elliot seems to have this in most of her relationships. Kelso once commented on she and Keith's relationship:
-->'''Kelso''': No, no, continue. You were having an argument, but it was like he's the chick and you're the dude!
** And before that, she was dating a male nurse named Paul Flowers.
** A non-romantic example from the same show would be J.D. and Denise ('Jo'), copied nearly word-for-word:
-->'''Denise:''' It's like you're the chick and I'm the dude.
* Steph and Toadie from ''{{Neighbours}}''.
* Colors aside, Change Phoenix and Change Pegasus from ''DengekiSentaiChangeman'' fit this.
** [=GokaiGreen=] and [=GokaiYellow=] from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Newly married Amy Pond and Rory Williams seem to be this, as Amy wears the pants in the relationship ''and'' is an ActionGirl, while Rory is a bit of a NonActionGuy and a nurse (and while male nurses are common these days, it's still a profession that's predominantly female where he comes from).
** The Doctor lampshades it by referring to them as 'the Ponds' after their marriage, instead of 'The Williams'. Rory doesn't seem very bothered by it.
** And although Rory [[TookALevelInBadass has taken NUMEROUS levels in BadAss]] to the point of becoming a [[MemeticBadass Memetic version]], he still remains by choice utterly under his wife's thumb. Hell, managing to spend two thousand years waiting and not going insane was [[UndyingLoyalty for her benefit]].
* Freddie and Sam from ''{{iCarly}}''.
* In ''{{Carrusel}}'', Valeria is louder, more outspoken, and has a stronger personality than her boyfriend David.
* ''{{Chuck}}'': Sarah and Chuck's dynamic in the first two seasons. Then he TookALevelInBadass.
* Nerdy InsufferableGenius Cody Martin and {{Tomboy}} {{CountryMouse}} Bailey Pickett on ''[[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life On Deck]]'' might count.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'' does a lot of this: the men are sentimental, mild-mannered, reserved, romantic, blissfully domestic (Marshall) or kid-crazy (Ted), and are often made fun of for stereotypically feminine traits, while the women are tough, uncouth, uncultured, boisterous, insensitive, commitment-phobic (Robin), or sex-obsessed (Lily), and often engage in hypermasculine actions as comedy. However, Barney takes the aggressively-heterosexual male stereotype and drives it so far over the edge he overshadows everyone else.
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* OlderThanTelevision: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylcm0CC1Cmg "Those Masculine Women and Feminine Men"]], written in 1905.
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* In ClassicalMythology, the twins Apollo and Artemis ''might'' be considered such, but only by modern standards. Apollo is sometimes thought of as a {{bishounen}}. He is the god of, among other things, music and art. He also spends a lot of time with the Muses. To classical Greeks, however, he was all man. Artemis, meanwhile, is a wild ActionGirl who spends most of her time hunting in the wilderness with her AmazonBrigade.
* In Ovid's Metamorposes, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. [[http://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Scarsellino-Salmacis_and_Hermaphroditus]]
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[[folder: Radio]]
* In ''APrairieHomeCompanion'': Lake Wobegon, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
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[[folder: Theatre]]
* Commander Up and Lieutenant Taz in {{Team Starkid}}'s musical ''{{Starship}}''
* A case can be made for Elphaba and Fiyero in the stage version of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. He's a FunPersonified, [[TheDitz foppish]] [[NonActionGuy slacker]] who previously existed primarily to be Glinda's arm candy, and she's a [[RealityWarper practicing witch]], [[RebelliousSpirit rebel]], and [[WellIntentionedExtremist active civil rights activist.]]
* By the standards of the time, [[RomeoAndJuliet Romeo and Juliet]], based on the notion that Romeo was emotional (a traditionally feminine trait) while Juliet was practical (a traditionally masculine trait).
** This applies to some degree to many of the lead couples in Shakespeare's comedies; the woman is typically wittier and more practical.
*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his manhood and saying he has no courage. Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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[[folder: Video Games ]]
* Khalid the sensitive guy with Jaheira as the more masculine one in ''BaldursGate''.
* Tends to show up with Alistair and a female player character in ''DragonAge''.
* Paragon!Shepard paired with Ashley in ''MassEffect''.
* Meryl and [[spoiler:Johnny]] in ''MetalGearSolid4''. [[spoiler:When he proposed to her, she declines. Because she wanted to do that and proposes to him half a minute later.]]
** Meryl and her partner Dave in ''{{Policenauts}}'' also qualify.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Kanji Tatsumi (master tailor) and [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]] ({{Bokukko}} and [[spoiler: SweetPollyOliver]]) The fact that the first has a crush on the 2nd both before and ''after'' the reveal makes his AmbiguouslyGay natures [[InternetBackdraft much worse, or better, or whatever.]]
* Homer and Edy from ''ValkyriaChronicles'' qualify, with the former being a meek, [[{{Bishounen}} pretty]] little masochist and the latter a HotBlooded IdiotHero [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who]] [[CuteButCacophonic can't sing]]. Likewise Karl and Lynn. Although they have similar temperaments, Karl is an engineer supporting the troops while Lynn is in the front lines as a shock trooper.
* [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] x [[KidIcarus Pit]] shipping. The former is an ActionGirl of the BountyHunter variety, who usually wears full body armor. The latter is a CuteShotaroBoy with [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel wings]]. ''[[SuperSmashBrosBrawl Super Smash Brothers Brawl]]'' put them in the same game, and several varieties of shippers have had a field day [[OppositesAttract putting them together]] since.
* The [[YamatoNadeshiko kind and gentle]] [[HolyHandGrenade Monk]] Artur and the SugarAndIce BlackMagicianGirl Lute in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]''. Their ending says that Artur managed the household while Lute was the main breadwinner.
* [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]], the [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan sensitive guy to Mario's manly man]] and Daisy, the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl tomboy to Peach's girly girl]], whenever they're paired.
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* TheNostalgiaCritic and TheNostalgiaChick. He's a girly, weepy psychopath who likes to be dominated. She's a ladette sociopath who fights dirty and gets turned on by weakness.
** Also done in ''SuburbanKnights'' with ObscurusLupa[=/=]Critic when she's out of character. She pulls Critic around by his tie, will teach him how to be ladylike whether he likes it or not and eventually pulls out a gun against the enemies while he's learned his "bending like a girl" lesson.
** And then we have Iron Liz and Linkara.
* Parodied in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQFsAUvHL1s this]] (NSFW) YouTube video, where the girl dresses up increasingly like a guy.
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* The Joy (BadassNormal ActionGirl) and The Sorrow (sensitive [[ISeeDeadPeople spirit medium]]) in TheCobraDays are a mild version of this, although Sorrow's become a bit manlier in recent strips.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', due to the matriarchal nature of hyenas, gender roles are reversed and this arrangement is the norm rather than the exception. One character, a scrawny skin painter, has to compete with every other male in the tribe for the affection of their strongest warrior.
* Zombie children Bridget (CuteBruiser) and Alphonse (master of CowerPower) from ''FarOutThere'' are a non-romantic example.
* Borderline example in ''OrderOfTheStick''. While [[LoveableRogue Haley]] is not overly masculine, she is much more direct and goal-oriented than the ditzy and sensitive [[SpoonyBard Elan]]. Also, Elan is [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan the sensitive guy to Roy's manly man]] and Haley is [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl the tomboy to Celia's girly girl]]
* ''LastRes0rt'' toys with this when it comes to Jigsaw and Slick -- Jigsaw's a bit of a tomboy (her main team color is light blue), while Slick's not above dressing in harem wear (and his team's main color is purple). Of course, they're not quite an OfficialCouple...
* In TwoGuysAndGuy, Wayne and [[TomboyishName Guy]] are this, [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/297 evidently]].
* Andrew and Parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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[[folder: Western Animation ]]
* Sarah and Jimmy on ''EdEddNEddy'', though not a proper "couple" unless you go into ToyShip.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gives us Aang, an easygoing, energetic, and non-confrontational MartialPacifist. It also gives us Toph, a [[TheLadette bullheaded and casually violent brawler]] and former [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional Earthbender]] who is about his (physical) age. If the former's feelings toward resident TeamMom Katara were not so blatant this pairing would not be dismissed as a mere case of PairTheSpares.
** The episode where they watch a play based on the series lampshades this by having Aang portrayed by a GenkiGirl woman and Toph by a huge BoisterousBruiser bodybuilder man (and she actually ''liked'' the idea).
* ''KimPossible'' and her {{sidekick}} Ron; she's a relentless overachiever who knows "sixteen forms of kung fu", set herself up as an international TeenSuperspy and kicks {{supervillain}} butt. He rarely fails to back her up and has his badass moments but is an easygoing type widely thought of as a loser, content to chill. Slightly mixed up in that she still fulfils gender roles such as cheerleading, while he eventually becomes a football player, but then again we see their old Halloween costumes - Kim as a cowboy, Ron as a ballerina. Nuff said.
** On the villainous side of the fence, tough-as-nails [[TheDragon Shego]] and sensitive and sometimes downright pouty [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken]].
* Fry and Leela in ''{{Futurama}}'' have numerous gags invoking this trope, similar to the ''KimPossible'' example above. Kif and Amy also have a relationship with frequently reversed gender roles for the sake of humor, including one episode where [[MisterSeahorse Kif got pregnant]] and Amy abandoned him, afraid of being tied down, [[ChangedMyMindKid only to return just in time to save the day]].
* On ''{{Daria}},'' Helen and Jake have a lot of this--she's a workaholic career women, while he works a lot less and seems to enjoy cooking.
** [[StrawFeminist Mrs. Barch]] and [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]] also probably count, though this crosses over with PitbullDatesPuppy.
* WonderPets, has the hug-loving and soft-spoken Tuck the turtle compared to his teammates especially Ming-Ming duckling who is [[LargeHam hammy]] and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption tries to solve problems solo]].
* Mr. and Mrs. Test in ''JohnnyTest''
* Phil and Lil's parents (Betty and Howard) in ''{{Rugrats}}''.
** Kimi and her brother Chuckie. Lil plays this with Chuckie, especially with her implied crush on him later on, but in the latter show she's grown up and changed (though she's still tomboyish).
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* Polish pianist, composer and IllBoy Frederic Chopin was paired up with George Sand, a TomBoy writer overlapped with TheLadette.
* There are several animals that exist where the females are dominant over the males, such as hyenas and spiders.
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->"Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls,\\
It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world"
-->-- '''TheKinks''', "Lola"
Basically, a couple consisting of a very feminine-looking/acting boy and a very masculine-acting/looking girl. Need not be romantic, but usually is. Often comes with doses of {{Crossdresser}}, {{Bifauxnen}}, AmbiguousGender, AttractiveBentGender, DroppedABridgetOnHim, ViewerGenderConfusion, DudeLooksLikeALady, EvenTheGuysWantHim and EvenTheGirlsWantHer. Common in GenderBender and FreakyFridayFlip series. Occasionally, {{House Husband}}s and their wives will fall under this trope.
Quite naturally, inverts classical gender stereotypes. And ''how''.
Interestingly, pink was once the "boy" color and blue was the "girl" color because pink was a slightly more acceptable version of the manly blood-red, and blue was a color commonly associated with the Virgin Mary.
When this trope is taken literally, then it's an inversion of PinkGirlBlueBoy.
Compare to SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, PitbullDatesPuppy and ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend. SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and TomboyAndGirlyGirl work on a similar principle, but with two characters of the same gender. Most likely are {{Cultural Rebel}}s. Subtrope of StereotypeFlip.
[[OrSoIHeard We]] sincerely hope [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial you aren't here looking for]] ''LaBlueGirl''.
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* It is quite possible to spot this when the guy has a pink product, while the girl has the same one in blue.
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* Akira and Mizuki from ''AiOreLoveMe'' subvert this. Akira is feminine-looking and the "princess" of his all-boys school, while Mizuki is androgynous and the "prince" at her all-girls school. However, Akira is quite dominant and masculine and Mizuki isn't really all that boyish.
* Kiri and Tohya from ''NeverGiveUp''.
* Tamaki Suoh and Haruhi Fujioka from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
* Asuka and Ryo from ''{{Otomen}}'', who embody the feminine/masculine hobbies side of this trope.
* Jung Suk Ha and Park Bong Bin from ''Utopia Of Homosexuality'' are respectively a {{butch lesbian}} and a feminine gay [[spoiler: who eventually end up together. Yes, a very misleading title.]]
* Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki, the adolescent protagonists in ''WanderingSon,'' each prefer things associated with the opposite gender.
** If you think of them as their desired sexes, then this is inverted as PinkGirlBlueBoy ... then slightly inverted again when you notice Takatsuki has pink hoodies. The anime really likes to throw around pink and blue, especially for the Nitori siblings.
* In the manga ''Otome No Iroha'', the main siblings' grandmother comes back from the dead and forcibly [[GenderBender Gender Bends]] them because of this. Her feeling was that the odds of a Pink Boy and a Blue Girl successfully marrying, [[IWantGrandkids let alone providing great-grandchildren]], were so minute she had to take matters into her own hands.
* ''YourAndMySecret'' features a soft-spoken boy, Akira Urehara and loud-mouthed girl Nanako Momoi being [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Switched]] into one another's bodies. Just about everyone notices how much more masculine Akira and how feminine Nanako has become, and approve.
* Chips (masculine-looking female) and Nachos (feminine male) from ''Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto''. They fit this more in their appearances (especially Nachos), although Nachos is definitely the more sensitive and kinder of the two.
* Mako-chan and Touma from ''{{Minami-Ke}}''. Makoto isn't girly per se, but most of his scenes alongside the tomboy Touma feature him masquerading as a girl. In one episode, he also describes masculine and feminine traits inherited from his mother and father, respectively.
* Akira and Mai's little brother Takumi from ''{{Mai-HiME}}''.
* Ryuji and Taiga from ''{{Toradora}}'' have aspects of this in personality, but it contrasts with their appearance. Taiga is [[{{Shorttank}} small]] ("looks like a doll") but has a brash, loud and angry personality. Ryuji has the FaceOfAThug but is generally quiet and enjoys housework (especially cleaning but also cooking).
* Revy and Rock from ''BlackLagoon''. Rock isn't exactly girly, but he's the one [[NonActionGuy Non Action Character]] of either gender to survive and not start killing people. [[DarkActionGirl Re]][[TheLadette vy]], meanwhile...
* Sora and Yukari from ''FamilyCompo'' are a married {{transsexual}} couple. [[http://www.onemanga.com/Family_Compo/4/10/ Here]] is what they look like the one time they dress accordingly to their birth gender.
* [[OfficialCouple Chrono and Rosette]] in ''ChronoCrusade'' have elements of this. Chrono is implied in both versions to be better with housework (in the manga he's shown ''in an apron'' at one point, and in the anime the Elder says he does the cooking and cleaning for him), and is much more meek and gentle, while Rosette is loud, brash, swears constantly and was a LethalChef as a child. They both have their moments where they act more stereotypically like their genders (Chrono is very protective of Rosette, and Rosette is very fond of pretty dresses), but they still don't fit neatly into gender roles.
* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] has the aggressive FieryRedhead Jessie and the CampStraight James of Team Rocket, while the ''[[{{ptitled53fvupl}} Pokémon Special]]'' manga has the CampStraight Ruby and the aggressive {{Tomboy}} Sapphire.
* ''KamichamaKarin'' has Karin the {{tomboy}}ish CuteBruiser and Kazune the [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-faced]] {{tsundere}}.
* Deunan and Briareos from ''{{Appleseed}}'' could possibly count, except that Briareos is a hulking cyborg four times the size of Deunan. But their relationship follows the trope pretty straight.
* Roderich/Austria and Elisaveta/Hungary from ''AxisPowersHetalia'', though in their case he's less girly and more of TheWhitePrince.
** She's also more feminine than most blue girls, being an adoring TeamMom. Doesn't stop her from [[CurbStompBattle kicking your ass]] [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend if you dare to harm him]] though.
** Lampshaded in {{Hetaween 2011}}, where she [[{{Bifauxnen}} dresses up as a prince]] and ropes Austria into putting on a dress over his suit so he can be her "Princess".
** A more appearance-based, non-romantic variant in [[PlatonicLifePartners Hungary and Poland]]. She's a tomboy TeamMom, he's a WholesomeCrossdresser [[ValleyGirl Valley Boy]].
* Childhood Friends Tsuyomaru and Hazumi from ''Woman in the Man'', a short story by [[VideoGirlAi Masakazu Katsura]]. Mixed with FreakyFridayFlip as they switch bodies.
* Koume and Yaegashi from ''{{Blue Seed}}''.
* Ito and Makoto from ''Manga/WJuliet''. So much that it's even implied that [[spoiler: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome they get married in drag]]!]]
* Kazuto "Towa" Sakuma and Miya from ''SensualPhrase''. He's a very girly-looking musician who dresses as a female even off-stage, she is the {{Bifauxnen}} who both dates him and pretty much created his androgynous looks.
* The calm and serene So Touma and hyperactive tomboy Kana Mizuhara from ''{{QED}}''
* Ukyo Kuonji of ''RanmaOneHalf'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who manages to attract two different WholesomeCrossdresser suitors.
* Ryunosuke from ''UruseiYatsura'' was unwillingly raised to be the ultimate manly man by her father, and later discovers she's in an arranged marrage with Nagisa, the ghost of a guy raised to be ultra womanly. Though after coming back to life, he turns out to also be insanely strong, despite mostly hiding it behind over the top girly behavior.
* From ''WorldDestruction'', we have mild mannered [[NonActionGuy Ky]][[TheMessiah rie]] and arrogant [[LadyofWar Mo]][[{{Jerkass}} rte]]. Because the two are so different, Kyrie [[spoiler: has the power to convince Morte to stop destroying the world.]]
* Asuka and Shinji from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji is obviously a HouseHusband in training, cooking and doing most of the chores around the house he occupies with Asuka and Misato, and has a shy and kind personality most of the time ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless he's seriously provoked]] [[DespairEventHorizon or completely snaps]]). By contrast, Asuka is a FieryRedhead ActionGirl who revels in combat and remains the better pilot for most of the series.
* A non-romantic example ([[spoiler:not counting Aoi's one-sided crush on her]]) is Misaki and Aoi from ''KaichouWaMaidSama''.
* Andre and Oscar from ''{{Rose of Versailles}}''. Perhaps not a textbook example, since Andre is not tremendously effeminate. But Andre is the more sensitive and people oriented one, while Oscar is very direct and more goal oriented. Oscar is referred to as the "light", and Andre as the "shadow".
* [[MadokaMagica Junko and Tomohisa Kaname]]. Junko isn't a super tomboy (more of a HotMom), but she ''is'' the most straightforward of the two as well as a BottleFairy, whereas Tomohisa is a levelheaded HouseHusband and a borderline male YamatoNadeshiko.
* ''ChottoEdoMade'' pairs a {{Bifauxnen}} swordswoman with a feminine LongHairedPrettyBoy.
* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
* Sumire and Momo from ''KimiWaPetto''. Sumire is an efficient, successful journalist who watches pro wrestling and {{Sentai}} anime in her spare time and is a martial arts master on the side, while Momo is a modern dancer who is fairly emotional and doesn't mind taking on the role of Sumire's pet.
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* Possibly Redlance and Nightfall from ''ElfQuest'', although the elves don't quite go for the same kind of gender stereotyping that humans do.
* Mister Miracle (escape artist and acrobat from New Genesis) and Big Barda (renegade Apokaliptian gladiator) are in many ways a HappilyMarried version of this.
* The Cabott twins from JosieAndThePussycats, the boy is a mere coward, while the girl is blue blooded.
* Yorick and his love interest finally get together near the end of ''YTheLastMan''. He compares them to the main couple of ''{{Moonlighting}}'' (a UST-filled detective series starring BruceWillis and Cybill Sheperd) , but takes great care of specifying SHE is the BruceWillis equivalent.
* ''SinCity'' has a non-romantic variation of this in Dwight and Miho. Dwight is a laid-back everyman while Miho is much more violent and dangerous. In fact, Dwight has expressed fear of Miho in the past and worked to ensure that he didn't piss her off.
* Betty and Archie, from the {{Archie Comics}}, so much. When Archie's car breaks down, Betty fixes it. And there is even one comic where they try to enter a team surfing competition, but since Archie is too weak to carry Betty, Betty carries Archie.
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* The Chinese movie ''Boxing Gloves, Rag Dolls''.
* The teenage couple in ''MonstersVsAliens''.
* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has Astrid and Hiccup.
* Ellie and Carl in ''{{Up}}.'' Especially in their younger years.
* In {{Impromptu}}, [[TomboyishName George Sand]] is, by 19th century standards, a {{Ladette}}, and she [[{{Seme}} takes the lead in her relationship with Chopin.]] Frederic Chopin is a [[IllBoy frail]], sensitive, {{Bishonen}} musician.
* In ''{{The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert}}'', Tick [[spoiler:wears a wedding dress and his wife wears a tuxedo to their wedding]].
* Jimmy Stark's parents in ''RebelWithoutACause.''
* {{WALL-E}} and EVE
* ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' and Wybie. While [[TheWoobie Wybie's]] not girly per se, [[KidHero Coraline]] is definitely the more aggressive of the two.
* There was a short film featured on {{Logo}} that showed a GenderFlip of a heterosexual wedding. The bride wore a black pantsuit; the groom wore a white tuxedo and veiled top hat, and held the bouquet as his mother walked him down the aisle. He was also kind of short. Even among the wedding-goers, all the men wore different suits while the women were dressed more low-key. The whole thing was brilliant.
* ''SomeKindOfWonderful'' has best friends Keith and [[TomboyishName Watts]], the former a shy and sensitive StarvingArtist, the latter a {{Ladette}} drummer going through a GreenEyedEpiphany.
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* OlderThanSteam, even: in 1620 England, in response to a pamphlet entitled ''Hic Mulier, or The Man-Woman'', which discussed the evils of women who dress and act like men, another pamphlet was published, ''Haec Vir, or The Womanish Man'', stating that women would stop acting like men when men stopped acting like women.
* ''Pinky and Rex'' about a boy whose nickname was Pinky (his favorite color was pink) and Rex, a girl who liked dinosaurs and soccer.
* This is a central theme in the Annie M. G. Schmidt story ''Het Fornuis Moet Weg'' ("The Furnace Has To Go"). It's about a girl who wants to become a carpenter, and a boy who wants to become a stay-at-home dad. They argue about it with grownups who are moving an old furnace out of the house. Eventually, one of the grownups gets an idea: the furnace can be seen as a symbol for the old times, when a lack of modern household appliances meant that work around the house took all day and gender roles stayed reinforced. Because of modern luxuries, women now actually have time to study and choose their own careers, so there shouldn't be a need anymore for gender roles to stay as they were. The story is considered a children's classic in The Netherlands.
* The main couple in Elinor Glyn's ''Three Weeks'' have shades of this, at least in terms of gender ''roles'' -- Paul is boyish but virginal, beautiful and compared to Sleeping Beauty, and the Lady is older, independent, mature, compelling and in charge.
* In a ''very'' unusual setup for a RomanceNovel, NoraRoberts' ''Tears Of The Moon'' has as its romantic leads Shawn, a sensitive songwriter and pub cook, and Brenna, a feisty, tomboyish handywoman.
* In ''{{Jane Eyre}}'', the title character has more moral strength and self-worth than Mr. Rochester. His feminine side comes out in the course of the relationship.
* At first sight, King Verence II and Queen Magrat in ''{{Discworld}}'' are more Pink Boy, Pink Girl. But when push comes to shove Magrat has HiddenDepths and can [[BewareTheNiceOnes transform]] into an ActionGirl. Verence ... not so much.
* ''{{Animorphs}}'':
** Suffering, poetic Tobias is paired off with BloodKnight Rachel
** Sensitive and peaceful Dak Hamee, a reluctant guerilla fighter, falls in love with aggressive, compelling Aldrea Seerow
* Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander in the ''Millennium'' trilogy.
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* ''TheXFiles'' was designed partly around this trope. Mulder is emotional and intuitive, cries a couple times a season, and tends to lose fistfights or drop his gun at important moments; Scully is logical, scientific, emotionally reserved, and has ImprobableAimingSkills.
* Eric and Donna from ''That70sShow''.
** Friendship example: Fez and Donna. He and his girlfriend Big Rhonda subvert it, since she's bigger and stronger than he is but is also an awkward HugeSchoolgirl.
* Wash and Zoe from ''{{Firefly}}''. He's not ''girly'', but less masculine by comparison.
* Lee "Apollo" Adama and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from the rebooted ''BattlestarGalactica'' are an interesting example of how to flip a gender dynamic: it's not so much about the way they look and dress as how they behave with each other. Apollo tends to be the softer, more introspective of the two, while Starbuck is louder, brasher, and more of an alpha than he is. Despite this, no one in-universe sees them as less masculine or less feminine for it.
* J.D. and Elliot from ''{{Scrubs}}''. Elliot seems to have this in most of her relationships. Kelso once commented on she and Keith's relationship:
-->'''Kelso''': No, no, continue. You were having an argument, but it was like he's the chick and you're the dude!
** And before that, she was dating a male nurse named Paul Flowers.
** A non-romantic example from the same show would be J.D. and Denise ('Jo'), copied nearly word-for-word:
-->'''Denise:''' It's like you're the chick and I'm the dude.
* Steph and Toadie from ''{{Neighbours}}''.
* Colors aside, Change Phoenix and Change Pegasus from ''DengekiSentaiChangeman'' fit this.
** [=GokaiGreen=] and [=GokaiYellow=] from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Newly married Amy Pond and Rory Williams seem to be this, as Amy wears the pants in the relationship ''and'' is an ActionGirl, while Rory is a bit of a NonActionGuy and a nurse (and while male nurses are common these days, it's still a profession that's predominantly female where he comes from).
** The Doctor lampshades it by referring to them as 'the Ponds' after their marriage, instead of 'The Williams'. Rory doesn't seem very bothered by it.
** And although Rory [[TookALevelInBadass has taken NUMEROUS levels in BadAss]] to the point of becoming a [[MemeticBadass Memetic version]], he still remains by choice utterly under his wife's thumb. Hell, managing to spend two thousand years waiting and not going insane was [[UndyingLoyalty for her benefit]].
* Freddie and Sam from ''{{iCarly}}''.
* In ''{{Carrusel}}'', Valeria is louder, more outspoken, and has a stronger personality than her boyfriend David.
* ''{{Chuck}}'': Sarah and Chuck's dynamic in the first two seasons. Then he TookALevelInBadass.
* Nerdy InsufferableGenius Cody Martin and {{Tomboy}} {{CountryMouse}} Bailey Pickett on ''[[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life On Deck]]'' might count.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'' does a lot of this: the men are sentimental, mild-mannered, reserved, romantic, blissfully domestic (Marshall) or kid-crazy (Ted), and are often made fun of for stereotypically feminine traits, while the women are tough, uncouth, uncultured, boisterous, insensitive, commitment-phobic (Robin), or sex-obsessed (Lily), and often engage in hypermasculine actions as comedy. However, Barney takes the aggressively-heterosexual male stereotype and drives it so far over the edge he overshadows everyone else.
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* OlderThanTelevision: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylcm0CC1Cmg "Those Masculine Women and Feminine Men"]], written in 1905.
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* In ClassicalMythology, the twins Apollo and Artemis ''might'' be considered such, but only by modern standards. Apollo is sometimes thought of as a {{bishounen}}. He is the god of, among other things, music and art. He also spends a lot of time with the Muses. To classical Greeks, however, he was all man. Artemis, meanwhile, is a wild ActionGirl who spends most of her time hunting in the wilderness with her AmazonBrigade.
* In Ovid's Metamorposes, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. [[http://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Scarsellino-Salmacis_and_Hermaphroditus]]
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* In ''APrairieHomeCompanion'': Lake Wobegon, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
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* Commander Up and Lieutenant Taz in {{Team Starkid}}'s musical ''{{Starship}}''
* A case can be made for Elphaba and Fiyero in the stage version of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. He's a FunPersonified, [[TheDitz foppish]] [[NonActionGuy slacker]] who previously existed primarily to be Glinda's arm candy, and she's a [[RealityWarper practicing witch]], [[RebelliousSpirit rebel]], and [[WellIntentionedExtremist active civil rights activist.]]
* By the standards of the time, [[RomeoAndJuliet Romeo and Juliet]], based on the notion that Romeo was emotional (a traditionally feminine trait) while Juliet was practical (a traditionally masculine trait).
** This applies to some degree to many of the lead couples in Shakespeare's comedies; the woman is typically wittier and more practical.
*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his manhood and saying he has no courage. Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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* Khalid the sensitive guy with Jaheira as the more masculine one in ''BaldursGate''.
* Tends to show up with Alistair and a female player character in ''DragonAge''.
* Paragon!Shepard paired with Ashley in ''MassEffect''.
* Meryl and [[spoiler:Johnny]] in ''MetalGearSolid4''. [[spoiler:When he proposed to her, she declines. Because she wanted to do that and proposes to him half a minute later.]]
** Meryl and her partner Dave in ''{{Policenauts}}'' also qualify.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Kanji Tatsumi (master tailor) and [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]] ({{Bokukko}} and [[spoiler: SweetPollyOliver]]) The fact that the first has a crush on the 2nd both before and ''after'' the reveal makes his AmbiguouslyGay natures [[InternetBackdraft much worse, or better, or whatever.]]
* Homer and Edy from ''ValkyriaChronicles'' qualify, with the former being a meek, [[{{Bishounen}} pretty]] little masochist and the latter a HotBlooded IdiotHero [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who]] [[CuteButCacophonic can't sing]]. Likewise Karl and Lynn. Although they have similar temperaments, Karl is an engineer supporting the troops while Lynn is in the front lines as a shock trooper.
* [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] x [[KidIcarus Pit]] shipping. The former is an ActionGirl of the BountyHunter variety, who usually wears full body armor. The latter is a CuteShotaroBoy with [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel wings]]. ''[[SuperSmashBrosBrawl Super Smash Brothers Brawl]]'' put them in the same game, and several varieties of shippers have had a field day [[OppositesAttract putting them together]] since.
* The [[YamatoNadeshiko kind and gentle]] [[HolyHandGrenade Monk]] Artur and the SugarAndIce BlackMagicianGirl Lute in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]''. Their ending says that Artur managed the household while Lute was the main breadwinner.
* [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]], the [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan sensitive guy to Mario's manly man]] and Daisy, the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl tomboy to Peach's girly girl]], whenever they're paired.
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* TheNostalgiaCritic and TheNostalgiaChick. He's a girly, weepy psychopath who likes to be dominated. She's a ladette sociopath who fights dirty and gets turned on by weakness.
** Also done in ''SuburbanKnights'' with ObscurusLupa[=/=]Critic when she's out of character. She pulls Critic around by his tie, will teach him how to be ladylike whether he likes it or not and eventually pulls out a gun against the enemies while he's learned his "bending like a girl" lesson.
** And then we have Iron Liz and Linkara.
* Parodied in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQFsAUvHL1s this]] (NSFW) YouTube video, where the girl dresses up increasingly like a guy.
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* The Joy (BadassNormal ActionGirl) and The Sorrow (sensitive [[ISeeDeadPeople spirit medium]]) in TheCobraDays are a mild version of this, although Sorrow's become a bit manlier in recent strips.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', due to the matriarchal nature of hyenas, gender roles are reversed and this arrangement is the norm rather than the exception. One character, a scrawny skin painter, has to compete with every other male in the tribe for the affection of their strongest warrior.
* Zombie children Bridget (CuteBruiser) and Alphonse (master of CowerPower) from ''FarOutThere'' are a non-romantic example.
* Borderline example in ''OrderOfTheStick''. While [[LoveableRogue Haley]] is not overly masculine, she is much more direct and goal-oriented than the ditzy and sensitive [[SpoonyBard Elan]]. Also, Elan is [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan the sensitive guy to Roy's manly man]] and Haley is [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl the tomboy to Celia's girly girl]]
* ''LastRes0rt'' toys with this when it comes to Jigsaw and Slick -- Jigsaw's a bit of a tomboy (her main team color is light blue), while Slick's not above dressing in harem wear (and his team's main color is purple). Of course, they're not quite an OfficialCouple...
* In TwoGuysAndGuy, Wayne and [[TomboyishName Guy]] are this, [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/297 evidently]].
* Andrew and Parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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* Sarah and Jimmy on ''EdEddNEddy'', though not a proper "couple" unless you go into ToyShip.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gives us Aang, an easygoing, energetic, and non-confrontational MartialPacifist. It also gives us Toph, a [[TheLadette bullheaded and casually violent brawler]] and former [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional Earthbender]] who is about his (physical) age. If the former's feelings toward resident TeamMom Katara were not so blatant this pairing would not be dismissed as a mere case of PairTheSpares.
** The episode where they watch a play based on the series lampshades this by having Aang portrayed by a GenkiGirl woman and Toph by a huge BoisterousBruiser bodybuilder man (and she actually ''liked'' the idea).
* ''KimPossible'' and her {{sidekick}} Ron; she's a relentless overachiever who knows "sixteen forms of kung fu", set herself up as an international TeenSuperspy and kicks {{supervillain}} butt. He rarely fails to back her up and has his badass moments but is an easygoing type widely thought of as a loser, content to chill. Slightly mixed up in that she still fulfils gender roles such as cheerleading, while he eventually becomes a football player, but then again we see their old Halloween costumes - Kim as a cowboy, Ron as a ballerina. Nuff said.
** On the villainous side of the fence, tough-as-nails [[TheDragon Shego]] and sensitive and sometimes downright pouty [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken]].
* Fry and Leela in ''{{Futurama}}'' have numerous gags invoking this trope, similar to the ''KimPossible'' example above. Kif and Amy also have a relationship with frequently reversed gender roles for the sake of humor, including one episode where [[MisterSeahorse Kif got pregnant]] and Amy abandoned him, afraid of being tied down, [[ChangedMyMindKid only to return just in time to save the day]].
* On ''{{Daria}},'' Helen and Jake have a lot of this--she's a workaholic career women, while he works a lot less and seems to enjoy cooking.
** [[StrawFeminist Mrs. Barch]] and [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]] also probably count, though this crosses over with PitbullDatesPuppy.
* WonderPets, has the hug-loving and soft-spoken Tuck the turtle compared to his teammates especially Ming-Ming duckling who is [[LargeHam hammy]] and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption tries to solve problems solo]].
* Mr. and Mrs. Test in ''JohnnyTest''
* Phil and Lil's parents (Betty and Howard) in ''{{Rugrats}}''.
** Kimi and her brother Chuckie. Lil plays this with Chuckie, especially with her implied crush on him later on, but in the latter show she's grown up and changed (though she's still tomboyish).
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* Polish pianist, composer and IllBoy Frederic Chopin was paired up with George Sand, a TomBoy writer overlapped with TheLadette.
* There are several animals that exist where the females are dominant over the males, such as hyenas and spiders.
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->"Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls,\\
It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world"
-->-- '''TheKinks''', "Lola"
Basically, a couple consisting of a very feminine-looking/acting boy and a very masculine-acting/looking girl. Need not be romantic, but usually is. Often comes with doses of {{Crossdresser}}, {{Bifauxnen}}, AmbiguousGender, AttractiveBentGender, DroppedABridgetOnHim, ViewerGenderConfusion, DudeLooksLikeALady, EvenTheGuysWantHim and EvenTheGirlsWantHer. Common in GenderBender and FreakyFridayFlip series. Occasionally, {{House Husband}}s and their wives will fall under this trope.
Quite naturally, inverts classical gender stereotypes. And ''how''.
Interestingly, pink was once the "boy" color and blue was the "girl" color because pink was a slightly more acceptable version of the manly blood-red, and blue was a color commonly associated with the Virgin Mary.
When this trope is taken literally, then it's an inversion of PinkGirlBlueBoy.
Compare to SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, PitbullDatesPuppy and ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend. SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and TomboyAndGirlyGirl work on a similar principle, but with two characters of the same gender. Most likely are {{Cultural Rebel}}s. Subtrope of StereotypeFlip.
[[OrSoIHeard We]] sincerely hope [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial you aren't here looking for]] ''LaBlueGirl''.
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* It is quite possible to spot this when the guy has a pink product, while the girl has the same one in blue.
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[[folder: Anime, Manga and Manhwa ]]
* Akira and Mizuki from ''AiOreLoveMe'' subvert this. Akira is feminine-looking and the "princess" of his all-boys school, while Mizuki is androgynous and the "prince" at her all-girls school. However, Akira is quite dominant and masculine and Mizuki isn't really all that boyish.
* Kiri and Tohya from ''NeverGiveUp''.
* Tamaki Suoh and Haruhi Fujioka from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
* Asuka and Ryo from ''{{Otomen}}'', who embody the feminine/masculine hobbies side of this trope.
* Jung Suk Ha and Park Bong Bin from ''Utopia Of Homosexuality'' are respectively a {{butch lesbian}} and a feminine gay [[spoiler: who eventually end up together. Yes, a very misleading title.]]
* Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki, the adolescent protagonists in ''WanderingSon,'' each prefer things associated with the opposite gender.
** If you think of them as their desired sexes, then this is inverted as PinkGirlBlueBoy ... then slightly inverted again when you notice Takatsuki has pink hoodies. The anime really likes to throw around pink and blue, especially for the Nitori siblings.
* In the manga ''Otome No Iroha'', the main siblings' grandmother comes back from the dead and forcibly [[GenderBender Gender Bends]] them because of this. Her feeling was that the odds of a Pink Boy and a Blue Girl successfully marrying, [[IWantGrandkids let alone providing great-grandchildren]], were so minute she had to take matters into her own hands.
* ''YourAndMySecret'' features a soft-spoken boy, Akira Urehara and loud-mouthed girl Nanako Momoi being [[FreakyFridayFlip Body Switched]] into one another's bodies. Just about everyone notices how much more masculine Akira and how feminine Nanako has become, and approve.
* Chips (masculine-looking female) and Nachos (feminine male) from ''Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto''. They fit this more in their appearances (especially Nachos), although Nachos is definitely the more sensitive and kinder of the two.
* Mako-chan and Touma from ''{{Minami-Ke}}''. Makoto isn't girly per se, but most of his scenes alongside the tomboy Touma feature him masquerading as a girl. In one episode, he also describes masculine and feminine traits inherited from his mother and father, respectively.
* Akira and Mai's little brother Takumi from ''{{Mai-HiME}}''.
* Ryuji and Taiga from ''{{Toradora}}'' have aspects of this in personality, but it contrasts with their appearance. Taiga is [[{{Shorttank}} small]] ("looks like a doll") but has a brash, loud and angry personality. Ryuji has the FaceOfAThug but is generally quiet and enjoys housework (especially cleaning but also cooking).
* Revy and Rock from ''BlackLagoon''. Rock isn't exactly girly, but he's the one [[NonActionGuy Non Action Character]] of either gender to survive and not start killing people. [[DarkActionGirl Re]][[TheLadette vy]], meanwhile...
* Sora and Yukari from ''FamilyCompo'' are a married {{transsexual}} couple. [[http://www.onemanga.com/Family_Compo/4/10/ Here]] is what they look like the one time they dress accordingly to their birth gender.
* [[OfficialCouple Chrono and Rosette]] in ''ChronoCrusade'' have elements of this. Chrono is implied in both versions to be better with housework (in the manga he's shown ''in an apron'' at one point, and in the anime the Elder says he does the cooking and cleaning for him), and is much more meek and gentle, while Rosette is loud, brash, swears constantly and was a LethalChef as a child. They both have their moments where they act more stereotypically like their genders (Chrono is very protective of Rosette, and Rosette is very fond of pretty dresses), but they still don't fit neatly into gender roles.
* The ''{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] has the aggressive FieryRedhead Jessie and the CampStraight James of Team Rocket, while the ''[[{{ptitled53fvupl}} Pokémon Special]]'' manga has the CampStraight Ruby and the aggressive {{Tomboy}} Sapphire.
* ''KamichamaKarin'' has Karin the {{tomboy}}ish CuteBruiser and Kazune the [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-faced]] {{tsundere}}.
* Deunan and Briareos from ''{{Appleseed}}'' could possibly count, except that Briareos is a hulking cyborg four times the size of Deunan. But their relationship follows the trope pretty straight.
* Roderich/Austria and Elisaveta/Hungary from ''AxisPowersHetalia'', though in their case he's less girly and more of TheWhitePrince.
** She's also more feminine than most blue girls, being an adoring TeamMom. Doesn't stop her from [[CurbStompBattle kicking your ass]] [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend if you dare to harm him]] though.
** Lampshaded in {{Hetaween 2011}}, where she [[{{Bifauxnen}} dresses up as a prince]] and ropes Austria into putting on a dress over his suit so he can be her "Princess".
** A more appearance-based, non-romantic variant in [[PlatonicLifePartners Hungary and Poland]]. She's a tomboy TeamMom, he's a WholesomeCrossdresser [[ValleyGirl Valley Boy]].
* Childhood Friends Tsuyomaru and Hazumi from ''Woman in the Man'', a short story by [[VideoGirlAi Masakazu Katsura]]. Mixed with FreakyFridayFlip as they switch bodies.
* Koume and Yaegashi from ''{{Blue Seed}}''.
* Ito and Makoto from ''Manga/WJuliet''. So much that it's even implied that [[spoiler: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome they get married in drag]]!]]
* Kazuto "Towa" Sakuma and Miya from ''SensualPhrase''. He's a very girly-looking musician who dresses as a female even off-stage, she is the {{Bifauxnen}} who both dates him and pretty much created his androgynous looks.
* The calm and serene So Touma and hyperactive tomboy Kana Mizuhara from ''{{QED}}''
* Ukyo Kuonji of ''RanmaOneHalf'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who manages to attract two different WholesomeCrossdresser suitors.
* Ryunosuke from ''UruseiYatsura'' was unwillingly raised to be the ultimate manly man by her father, and later discovers she's in an arranged marrage with Nagisa, the ghost of a guy raised to be ultra womanly. Though after coming back to life, he turns out to also be insanely strong, despite mostly hiding it behind over the top girly behavior.
* From ''WorldDestruction'', we have mild mannered [[NonActionGuy Ky]][[TheMessiah rie]] and arrogant [[LadyofWar Mo]][[{{Jerkass}} rte]]. Because the two are so different, Kyrie [[spoiler: has the power to convince Morte to stop destroying the world.]]
* Asuka and Shinji from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Shinji is obviously a HouseHusband in training, cooking and doing most of the chores around the house he occupies with Asuka and Misato, and has a shy and kind personality most of the time ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless he's seriously provoked]] [[DespairEventHorizon or completely snaps]]). By contrast, Asuka is a FieryRedhead ActionGirl who revels in combat and remains the better pilot for most of the series.
* A non-romantic example ([[spoiler:not counting Aoi's one-sided crush on her]]) is Misaki and Aoi from ''KaichouWaMaidSama''.
* Andre and Oscar from ''{{Rose of Versailles}}''. Perhaps not a textbook example, since Andre is not tremendously effeminate. But Andre is the more sensitive and people oriented one, while Oscar is very direct and more goal oriented. Oscar is referred to as the "light", and Andre as the "shadow".
* [[MadokaMagica Junko and Tomohisa Kaname]]. Junko isn't a super tomboy (more of a HotMom), but she ''is'' the most straightforward of the two as well as a BottleFairy, whereas Tomohisa is a levelheaded HouseHusband and a borderline male YamatoNadeshiko.
* ''ChottoEdoMade'' pairs a {{Bifauxnen}} swordswoman with a feminine LongHairedPrettyBoy.
* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
* Sumire and Momo from ''KimiWaPetto''. Sumire is an efficient, successful journalist who watches pro wrestling and {{Sentai}} anime in her spare time and is a martial arts master on the side, while Momo is a modern dancer who is fairly emotional and doesn't mind taking on the role of Sumire's pet.
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* Possibly Redlance and Nightfall from ''ElfQuest'', although the elves don't quite go for the same kind of gender stereotyping that humans do.
* Mister Miracle (escape artist and acrobat from New Genesis) and Big Barda (renegade Apokaliptian gladiator) are in many ways a HappilyMarried version of this.
* The Cabott twins from JosieAndThePussycats, the boy is a mere coward, while the girl is blue blooded.
* Yorick and his love interest finally get together near the end of ''YTheLastMan''. He compares them to the main couple of ''{{Moonlighting}}'' (a UST-filled detective series starring BruceWillis and Cybill Sheperd) , but takes great care of specifying SHE is the BruceWillis equivalent.
* ''SinCity'' has a non-romantic variation of this in Dwight and Miho. Dwight is a laid-back everyman while Miho is much more violent and dangerous. In fact, Dwight has expressed fear of Miho in the past and worked to ensure that he didn't piss her off.
* Betty and Archie, from the {{Archie Comics}}, so much. When Archie's car breaks down, Betty fixes it. And there is even one comic where they try to enter a team surfing competition, but since Archie is too weak to carry Betty, Betty carries Archie.
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* The Chinese movie ''Boxing Gloves, Rag Dolls''.
* The teenage couple in ''MonstersVsAliens''.
* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has Astrid and Hiccup.
* Ellie and Carl in ''{{Up}}.'' Especially in their younger years.
* In {{Impromptu}}, [[TomboyishName George Sand]] is, by 19th century standards, a {{Ladette}}, and she [[{{Seme}} takes the lead in her relationship with Chopin.]] Frederic Chopin is a [[IllBoy frail]], sensitive, {{Bishonen}} musician.
* In ''{{The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert}}'', Tick [[spoiler:wears a wedding dress and his wife wears a tuxedo to their wedding]].
* Jimmy Stark's parents in ''RebelWithoutACause.''
* {{WALL-E}} and EVE
* ''Film/{{Coraline}}'' and Wybie. While [[TheWoobie Wybie's]] not girly per se, [[KidHero Coraline]] is definitely the more aggressive of the two.
* There was a short film featured on {{Logo}} that showed a GenderFlip of a heterosexual wedding. The bride wore a black pantsuit; the groom wore a white tuxedo and veiled top hat, and held the bouquet as his mother walked him down the aisle. He was also kind of short. Even among the wedding-goers, all the men wore different suits while the women were dressed more low-key. The whole thing was brilliant.
* ''SomeKindOfWonderful'' has best friends Keith and [[TomboyishName Watts]], the former a shy and sensitive StarvingArtist, the latter a {{Ladette}} drummer going through a GreenEyedEpiphany.
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* OlderThanSteam, even: in 1620 England, in response to a pamphlet entitled ''Hic Mulier, or The Man-Woman'', which discussed the evils of women who dress and act like men, another pamphlet was published, ''Haec Vir, or The Womanish Man'', stating that women would stop acting like men when men stopped acting like women.
* ''Pinky and Rex'' about a boy whose nickname was Pinky (his favorite color was pink) and Rex, a girl who liked dinosaurs and soccer.
* This is a central theme in the Annie M. G. Schmidt story ''Het Fornuis Moet Weg'' ("The Furnace Has To Go"). It's about a girl who wants to become a carpenter, and a boy who wants to become a stay-at-home dad. They argue about it with grownups who are moving an old furnace out of the house. Eventually, one of the grownups gets an idea: the furnace can be seen as a symbol for the old times, when a lack of modern household appliances meant that work around the house took all day and gender roles stayed reinforced. Because of modern luxuries, women now actually have time to study and choose their own careers, so there shouldn't be a need anymore for gender roles to stay as they were. The story is considered a children's classic in The Netherlands.
* The main couple in Elinor Glyn's ''Three Weeks'' have shades of this, at least in terms of gender ''roles'' -- Paul is boyish but virginal, beautiful and compared to Sleeping Beauty, and the Lady is older, independent, mature, compelling and in charge.
* In a ''very'' unusual setup for a RomanceNovel, NoraRoberts' ''Tears Of The Moon'' has as its romantic leads Shawn, a sensitive songwriter and pub cook, and Brenna, a feisty, tomboyish handywoman.
* In ''{{Jane Eyre}}'', the title character has more moral strength and self-worth than Mr. Rochester. His feminine side comes out in the course of the relationship.
* At first sight, King Verence II and Queen Magrat in ''{{Discworld}}'' are more Pink Boy, Pink Girl. But when push comes to shove Magrat has HiddenDepths and can [[BewareTheNiceOnes transform]] into an ActionGirl. Verence ... not so much.
* ''{{Animorphs}}'':
** Suffering, poetic Tobias is paired off with BloodKnight Rachel
** Sensitive and peaceful Dak Hamee, a reluctant guerilla fighter, falls in love with aggressive, compelling Aldrea Seerow
* Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander in the ''Millennium'' trilogy.
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* ''TheXFiles'' was designed partly around this trope. Mulder is emotional and intuitive, cries a couple times a season, and tends to lose fistfights or drop his gun at important moments; Scully is logical, scientific, emotionally reserved, and has ImprobableAimingSkills.
* Eric and Donna from ''That70sShow''.
** Friendship example: Fez and Donna. He and his girlfriend Big Rhonda subvert it, since she's bigger and stronger than he is but is also an awkward HugeSchoolgirl.
* Wash and Zoe from ''{{Firefly}}''. He's not ''girly'', but less masculine by comparison.
* Lee "Apollo" Adama and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from the rebooted ''BattlestarGalactica'' are an interesting example of how to flip a gender dynamic: it's not so much about the way they look and dress as how they behave with each other. Apollo tends to be the softer, more introspective of the two, while Starbuck is louder, brasher, and more of an alpha than he is. Despite this, no one in-universe sees them as less masculine or less feminine for it.
* J.D. and Elliot from ''{{Scrubs}}''. Elliot seems to have this in most of her relationships. Kelso once commented on she and Keith's relationship:
-->'''Kelso''': No, no, continue. You were having an argument, but it was like he's the chick and you're the dude!
** And before that, she was dating a male nurse named Paul Flowers.
** A non-romantic example from the same show would be J.D. and Denise ('Jo'), copied nearly word-for-word:
-->'''Denise:''' It's like you're the chick and I'm the dude.
* Steph and Toadie from ''{{Neighbours}}''.
* Colors aside, Change Phoenix and Change Pegasus from ''DengekiSentaiChangeman'' fit this.
** [=GokaiGreen=] and [=GokaiYellow=] from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Newly married Amy Pond and Rory Williams seem to be this, as Amy wears the pants in the relationship ''and'' is an ActionGirl, while Rory is a bit of a NonActionGuy and a nurse (and while male nurses are common these days, it's still a profession that's predominantly female where he comes from).
** The Doctor lampshades it by referring to them as 'the Ponds' after their marriage, instead of 'The Williams'. Rory doesn't seem very bothered by it.
** And although Rory [[TookALevelInBadass has taken NUMEROUS levels in BadAss]] to the point of becoming a [[MemeticBadass Memetic version]], he still remains by choice utterly under his wife's thumb. Hell, managing to spend two thousand years waiting and not going insane was [[UndyingLoyalty for her benefit]].
* Freddie and Sam from ''{{iCarly}}''.
* In ''{{Carrusel}}'', Valeria is louder, more outspoken, and has a stronger personality than her boyfriend David.
* ''{{Chuck}}'': Sarah and Chuck's dynamic in the first two seasons. Then he TookALevelInBadass.
* Nerdy InsufferableGenius Cody Martin and {{Tomboy}} {{CountryMouse}} Bailey Pickett on ''[[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life On Deck]]'' might count.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'' does a lot of this: the men are sentimental, mild-mannered, reserved, romantic, blissfully domestic (Marshall) or kid-crazy (Ted), and are often made fun of for stereotypically feminine traits, while the women are tough, uncouth, uncultured, boisterous, insensitive, commitment-phobic (Robin), or sex-obsessed (Lily), and often engage in hypermasculine actions as comedy. However, Barney takes the aggressively-heterosexual male stereotype and drives it so far over the edge he overshadows everyone else.
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* OlderThanTelevision: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylcm0CC1Cmg "Those Masculine Women and Feminine Men"]], written in 1905.
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* In ClassicalMythology, the twins Apollo and Artemis ''might'' be considered such, but only by modern standards. Apollo is sometimes thought of as a {{bishounen}}. He is the god of, among other things, music and art. He also spends a lot of time with the Muses. To classical Greeks, however, he was all man. Artemis, meanwhile, is a wild ActionGirl who spends most of her time hunting in the wilderness with her AmazonBrigade.
* In Ovid's Metamorposes, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. [[http://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Scarsellino-Salmacis_and_Hermaphroditus]]
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* In ''APrairieHomeCompanion'': Lake Wobegon, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
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* Commander Up and Lieutenant Taz in {{Team Starkid}}'s musical ''{{Starship}}''
* A case can be made for Elphaba and Fiyero in the stage version of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. He's a FunPersonified, [[TheDitz foppish]] [[NonActionGuy slacker]] who previously existed primarily to be Glinda's arm candy, and she's a [[RealityWarper practicing witch]], [[RebelliousSpirit rebel]], and [[WellIntentionedExtremist active civil rights activist.]]
* By the standards of the time, [[RomeoAndJuliet Romeo and Juliet]], based on the notion that Romeo was emotional (a traditionally feminine trait) while Juliet was practical (a traditionally masculine trait).
** This applies to some degree to many of the lead couples in Shakespeare's comedies; the woman is typically wittier and more practical.
*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his manhood and saying he has no courage. Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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* Khalid the sensitive guy with Jaheira as the more masculine one in ''BaldursGate''.
* Tends to show up with Alistair and a female player character in ''DragonAge''.
* Paragon!Shepard paired with Ashley in ''MassEffect''.
* Meryl and [[spoiler:Johnny]] in ''MetalGearSolid4''. [[spoiler:When he proposed to her, she declines. Because she wanted to do that and proposes to him half a minute later.]]
** Meryl and her partner Dave in ''{{Policenauts}}'' also qualify.
* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has Kanji Tatsumi (master tailor) and [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]] ({{Bokukko}} and [[spoiler: SweetPollyOliver]]) The fact that the first has a crush on the 2nd both before and ''after'' the reveal makes his AmbiguouslyGay natures [[InternetBackdraft much worse, or better, or whatever.]]
* Homer and Edy from ''ValkyriaChronicles'' qualify, with the former being a meek, [[{{Bishounen}} pretty]] little masochist and the latter a HotBlooded IdiotHero [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who]] [[CuteButCacophonic can't sing]]. Likewise Karl and Lynn. Although they have similar temperaments, Karl is an engineer supporting the troops while Lynn is in the front lines as a shock trooper.
* [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] x [[KidIcarus Pit]] shipping. The former is an ActionGirl of the BountyHunter variety, who usually wears full body armor. The latter is a CuteShotaroBoy with [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel wings]]. ''[[SuperSmashBrosBrawl Super Smash Brothers Brawl]]'' put them in the same game, and several varieties of shippers have had a field day [[OppositesAttract putting them together]] since.
* The [[YamatoNadeshiko kind and gentle]] [[HolyHandGrenade Monk]] Artur and the SugarAndIce BlackMagicianGirl Lute in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]''. Their ending says that Artur managed the household while Lute was the main breadwinner.
* [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]], the [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan sensitive guy to Mario's manly man]] and Daisy, the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl tomboy to Peach's girly girl]], whenever they're paired.
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* TheNostalgiaCritic and TheNostalgiaChick. He's a girly, weepy psychopath who likes to be dominated. She's a ladette sociopath who fights dirty and gets turned on by weakness.
** Also done in ''SuburbanKnights'' with ObscurusLupa[=/=]Critic when she's out of character. She pulls Critic around by his tie, will teach him how to be ladylike whether he likes it or not and eventually pulls out a gun against the enemies while he's learned his "bending like a girl" lesson.
** And then we have Iron Liz and Linkara.
* Parodied in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQFsAUvHL1s this]] (NSFW) YouTube video, where the girl dresses up increasingly like a guy.
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* The Joy (BadassNormal ActionGirl) and The Sorrow (sensitive [[ISeeDeadPeople spirit medium]]) in TheCobraDays are a mild version of this, although Sorrow's become a bit manlier in recent strips.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', due to the matriarchal nature of hyenas, gender roles are reversed and this arrangement is the norm rather than the exception. One character, a scrawny skin painter, has to compete with every other male in the tribe for the affection of their strongest warrior.
* Zombie children Bridget (CuteBruiser) and Alphonse (master of CowerPower) from ''FarOutThere'' are a non-romantic example.
* Borderline example in ''OrderOfTheStick''. While [[LoveableRogue Haley]] is not overly masculine, she is much more direct and goal-oriented than the ditzy and sensitive [[SpoonyBard Elan]]. Also, Elan is [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan the sensitive guy to Roy's manly man]] and Haley is [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl the tomboy to Celia's girly girl]]
* ''LastRes0rt'' toys with this when it comes to Jigsaw and Slick -- Jigsaw's a bit of a tomboy (her main team color is light blue), while Slick's not above dressing in harem wear (and his team's main color is purple). Of course, they're not quite an OfficialCouple...
* In TwoGuysAndGuy, Wayne and [[TomboyishName Guy]] are this, [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/297 evidently]].
* Andrew and Parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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* Sarah and Jimmy on ''EdEddNEddy'', though not a proper "couple" unless you go into ToyShip.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gives us Aang, an easygoing, energetic, and non-confrontational MartialPacifist. It also gives us Toph, a [[TheLadette bullheaded and casually violent brawler]] and former [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional Earthbender]] who is about his (physical) age. If the former's feelings toward resident TeamMom Katara were not so blatant this pairing would not be dismissed as a mere case of PairTheSpares.
** The episode where they watch a play based on the series lampshades this by having Aang portrayed by a GenkiGirl woman and Toph by a huge BoisterousBruiser bodybuilder man (and she actually ''liked'' the idea).
* ''KimPossible'' and her {{sidekick}} Ron; she's a relentless overachiever who knows "sixteen forms of kung fu", set herself up as an international TeenSuperspy and kicks {{supervillain}} butt. He rarely fails to back her up and has his badass moments but is an easygoing type widely thought of as a loser, content to chill. Slightly mixed up in that she still fulfils gender roles such as cheerleading, while he eventually becomes a football player, but then again we see their old Halloween costumes - Kim as a cowboy, Ron as a ballerina. Nuff said.
** On the villainous side of the fence, tough-as-nails [[TheDragon Shego]] and sensitive and sometimes downright pouty [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken]].
* Fry and Leela in ''{{Futurama}}'' have numerous gags invoking this trope, similar to the ''KimPossible'' example above. Kif and Amy also have a relationship with frequently reversed gender roles for the sake of humor, including one episode where [[MisterSeahorse Kif got pregnant]] and Amy abandoned him, afraid of being tied down, [[ChangedMyMindKid only to return just in time to save the day]].
* On ''{{Daria}},'' Helen and Jake have a lot of this--she's a workaholic career women, while he works a lot less and seems to enjoy cooking.
** [[StrawFeminist Mrs. Barch]] and [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]] also probably count, though this crosses over with PitbullDatesPuppy.
* WonderPets, has the hug-loving and soft-spoken Tuck the turtle compared to his teammates especially Ming-Ming duckling who is [[LargeHam hammy]] and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption tries to solve problems solo]].
* Mr. and Mrs. Test in ''JohnnyTest''
* Phil and Lil's parents (Betty and Howard) in ''{{Rugrats}}''.
** Kimi and her brother Chuckie. Lil plays this with Chuckie, especially with her implied crush on him later on, but in the latter show she's grown up and changed (though she's still tomboyish).
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* Polish pianist, composer and IllBoy Frederic Chopin was paired up with George Sand, a TomBoy writer overlapped with TheLadette.
* There are several animals that exist where the females are dominant over the males, such as hyenas and spiders.
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* ''HowIMetYourMother'' does a lot of this: the men are sentimental, mild-mannered, reserved, romantic, blissfully domestic (Marshall) or kid-crazy (Ted), and are often made fun of for stereotypically feminine traits, while the women are tough, uncouth, uncultured, boisterous, insensitive, commitment-phobic (Robin), or sex-obsessed (Lily), and often engage in hypermasculine actions as comedy. However, Barney takes the aggressively-heterosexual male stereotype and drives it so far over the edge he overshadows everyone else.
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* Sumire and Momo from ''KimiWaPetto''. Sumire is an efficient, successful journalist who watches pro wrestling and {{Sentai}} anime in her spare time and is a martial arts master on the side, while Momo is a modern dancer who is fairly emotional and doesn't mind taking on the role of Sumire's pet.
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*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his manhood and saying he has no courage.
Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his manhood and saying he has no courage. Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
Of course, after the murder their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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* Ito and Makoto from Manga/''WJuliet''. It's even implied that [[spoiler:they get married in drag]]
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* Ito and Makoto from Manga/''WJuliet''.''Manga/WJuliet''. It's even implied that [[spoiler:they get married in drag]]
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* Ito and Makoto from ''WJuliet''.
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* Ito and Makoto from ''WJuliet''.Manga/''WJuliet''. It's even implied that [[spoiler:they get married in drag]]
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* Colors aside, Change Phoenix and Change Pegasus from DengekiSentaiChangeman fit this.
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* Colors aside, Change Phoenix and Change Pegasus from DengekiSentaiChangeman ''DengekiSentaiChangeman'' fit this. this.
** [=GokaiGreen=] and [=GokaiYellow=] from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
** [=GokaiGreen=] and [=GokaiYellow=] from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
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*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'' With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
Of course after the murder they're typicall gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
Of course after the murder they're typicall gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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*** This idea is played with again in ''{{Macbeth}}'' With ''{{Macbeth}}'', with Lady Macbeth being the more agressive aggressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly immediately begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's feelings, she's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood manhood and saying he has no courage.
Ofcourse course, after the murder they're typicall their typical gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill crazy kill-crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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* Shepard paired with Ashley in ''MassEffect''.
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* Shepard Paragon!Shepard paired with Ashley in ''MassEffect''.
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*** This idea is played with again in {{Macbeth}} With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
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*** This idea is played with again in {{Macbeth}} ''{{Macbeth}}'' With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
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*** This idea is played with again in [[Macbeth]] With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
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*** This idea is played with again in [[Macbeth]] {{Macbeth}} With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
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*** This idea is played with again in [[Macbeth]] With Lady Macbeth being the more agressive and ambitious of the two. In fact as soon as she finds out about the witches prophecy she immediatly begins formulating how to kill Duncan. While Macbeth is torn with internal guilt about his feelings. She's the one that goads him into doing it by questioning his man hood and saying he has no courage.
Of course after the murder they're typicall gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
Of course after the murder they're typicall gender roles are reinforced, with Macbeth turning into a kill crazy tyrant and Lady Macbeth so wracked with guilt that she goes insane.
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* Andrew and parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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* Andrew and parley Parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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* Andrew and parley of ''GunnerkriggCourt''.
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* The ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The [[Anime/{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} anime]] has the aggressive FieryRedhead Jessie and the CampStraight James of Team Rocket, while the ''[[{{ptitled53fvupl}} Pokémon Special]]'' manga has the CampStraight Ruby and the aggressive {{Tomboy}} Sapphire.
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* The ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' ''{{Pokemon}}'' adaptations enjoy making at least one pairing like this. The [[Anime/{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] has the aggressive FieryRedhead Jessie and the CampStraight James of Team Rocket, while the ''[[{{ptitled53fvupl}} Pokémon Special]]'' manga has the CampStraight Ruby and the aggressive {{Tomboy}} Sapphire.
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* Betty and Archie, from the {{Archie Comics}}, so much. When Archie's car breaks down, Betty fixes it. And there is even one comic where they try to enter a team surfing competition, but since Archie is too weak to carry Betty, Betty carries Archie.
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* Ukyo Kuonji of ''[[{{Ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who manages to attract two different WholesomeCrossdresser suitors.
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* Ukyo Kuonji of ''[[{{Ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'' ''RanmaOneHalf'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who manages to attract two different WholesomeCrossdresser suitors.
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** If you think of them as their desired genders, then this is inverted as PinkGirlBlueBoy. Then slightly inverted again when you notice Takatsuki has pink hoodies. The anime really likes to throw around pink and blue, especially for the Nitori siblings.
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** If you think of them as their desired genders, sexes, then this is inverted as PinkGirlBlueBoy. Then PinkGirlBlueBoy ... then slightly inverted again when you notice Takatsuki has pink hoodies. The anime really likes to throw around pink and blue, especially for the Nitori siblings.
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* HayateTheCombatButler has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
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* HayateTheCombatButler ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
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* HayateTheCombatButler has the titular [[BattleButler Hayate Ayasaki]] being quite feminine and being domestic enough to make women around him feel as if their femininity is challenged and has so far attracted at least one guy who was completely straight before (and fell in love when he thought Hayate was a woman only to later decide it didn't matter). Matching him is the pink-haired swordswoman [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku Katsura]] who is intelligent, highly athletic, and cooler than any guy at school...making her the idol of the school and attracting both guys and girls alike. However, each is a bit of a blend in traits, with Hayate trying to be more blue to impress her and Hinagiku trying to be more pink to catch his interest.
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We sincerely hope you aren't here looking for ''LaBlueGirl''.
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