History Main / TertiarySexualCharacteristics

* {{Lampshaded}} in AceAttorney Investigations by Edgeworth, where he objects to its use on the Pink Badge
** '''Badger Bible''':''Notice her unique ''pink'' bow!''

* Inverted in the series ''[[WhatAMess What-a-Mess]''. Well-groomed Afghan Hounds naturally have long hair on their heads, and long hair that tends to make them look like they're wearing fancy clothes. Despite all this, the Afghan Hound protagonist, What-a-Mess, is a male dog. However, this trope is played straight with the cat, Felicia. She has long eyelashes and a bow.

* [[TokenLoli Liechtenstein]] from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' wears a cute little ribbon, bought for her by her [[BigBrotherComplex Onii-sama]] Switzerland. This was required since, without her previous long braided hair, she looked very much like a boy (which she attributes to [[ACupAngst her non-existent chest]], but may very well be because [[OnlySixFaces she simply looks almost identical to her adoptive brother]]).

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tomboy Lucy]] in [[BittersweetCandyBowl Bittersweet Candy Bowl]] wears a bow for this reason. Or did. Puberty has since fixed this problem, but she still does out of likely habit.

* High heels

** Attempts at doing something different (such as one Scottish sign showing men in kilts and women with [[MostCommonSuperpower extremely large breasts]]) can be hilarious.

* Lighter colored skin or fur than the other characters

* {{Banksy}}'s [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CZKj6QSaAZ4/SfntzfBnqMI/AAAAAAAAAjw/cQEZjqSZFeQ/s400/Picture+6.png Happy Chopper]] piece, painted on a wall in Shoreditch in 2003 (the special effects were supplied by deep fat fryer, [[OrSoIHeard Or So I Read]]).

* Bruce Coville's book ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' features a female alien with no real sexual characteristics the human protagonist could recognize except for her voice, but even then he wasn't sure at first. (For an added bonus, one of the other aliens is neither male nor female and asks to be referred to by the pronoun "it.")

** More recent designs of the two characters have toned down their more obvious tells. In particular, Daisy now looks more graceful and feminine (for a waterfowl) and less like Donald in a dress. She has also acquired some NonMammalMammaries. [[OlderThanTheyThink Even in the classic days]] various artists differed in their ability to make them look feminine. The ArtEvolution went towards the obvious side of this trope.

* [[{{Spectrum}} This editor]]'s sister has several hippopotamus plush toys (including a huge one, more than 60 cm tall). Originally they were all male, evidenced by a bow tie and trousers. My sister removed the bow tie and trousers from some of them, turning them female. The huge one became the mother of the whole dynasty of hippopotami.

* Lampshaded by the [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Chick]] in the {{Mulan}} review (after [[SamusIsAGirl Samus is revealed to be a girl]]):

[[HouseOfMouse http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mickeydonaldasminniedaisy_5485.jpg]]
[[caption-width:358:Bows? Check. Lipstick? Check. Eyelashes? Check. Makeup? Check. [[PinkGirlBlueBoy Lots of pink]]? Check. [[NonMammalMammaries Breasts]]? Check. Jewelry? Check. Skirts? Check. High Heels? Check. No mistake, [[BlatantLies they're]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser girls]]!]]

'''Kevin:''' "Yeah, if it was a girl, it'd have a big bow on the side of its head or something."
--> -- ''Ben10AlienForce''

* A fun Real Life example. Among aquatic birds, it is ''always'' the male who is more colorful (because the flashier you are, the more babies you have). And he always courts the female, who in turn is ''always'' [[strike:well camouflaged with her less AwesomeButImpractical plumage]] "less pretty", right? Meet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaropus the Phalarope.]] They're essentially a [[PlanetOfHats whole genus]] of {{Wholesome Cross Dresser}}s. The females even court the males and the males brood the eggs. It's not yet clear as to why this one group of little Arctic shorebirds has switched gender roles, but it causes a bit of [[ViewerGenderConfusion Birdwatcher Gender Confusion]] for those not in the know.

* In TheLionKing, Shenzi, the female hyena, has thicker lips, no 'stubble' markings, heavily applied eyeshadow and bangs. If it weren't for her voice actress and her male buddies lacking those features, you'd never know.
** This Troper was always of the opinion that, owing to the gender obscurity of real hyenas, she would have been a wonderful character for the ImAWoman trope to be used on.

** Also, the blue Lololo's distaff counterpart Lalala is pink and wears a bow.

* [[LiloandStitch Lilo & Stitch]]'s spinoff series has Angel, who is a copy of Stitch but with a very high-pitched voice, very pink fur, long eyelashes, an hourglass figure, and long antennae that look like hair. She has a heart marking on her back in her first episode. Her special power involves singing. SoYeah..

** Originally, Lola Bunny from ''Space Jam'' was going to be little more than a pink-furred, shorter version of Bugs. Oddly, Warner Brothers toned down her Tertiary Sexual Characteristics ''too'' much. This was an attempt to avoid upsetting anyone, especially the merchandise makers. [[OrSoIHeard But the story goes]] that the [=McDonald's=] execs took one look at the prototype toys and outright refused, saying that there was no way that they would accept Bugs Bunny flirting with a rabbit that ''looked like a 10-year-old boy''.

* In ''ChronoTrigger'', Prototype robot Atropos combines the bow with a pink paint job. As a bonus, Robo gets to install the bow after defeating her for a permanent stat boost, though it's not visible on his sprite.

* Azala of ''ChronoTrigger'' has the standard pink bow. Despite this, many players have had difficulty guessing her gender. Prototype robot Atropos combines the bow with a pink paint job. As a bonus, Robo gets to install the bow after defeating her for a permanent stat boost, though it's not visible on his sprite.