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* '''Averted''': Beatrice is a sterile female worker honeybee.
* '''Defied''': Any male honeybees that try to become workers are executed.

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* '''Averted''': Beatrice '''Averted''':
** Bobbi
is a sterile female worker honeybee.
** Antonio is a male honeybee drone with no stinger.
** Tara is a female tarantula who is [[TinyGuyHugeGirl way larger than her mate, a male tarantula]].
* '''Defied''': Any male honeybees that try to become workers even stick around in the hive are executed.forcefully driven off by the female honeybee workers.

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* '''Justified''': The gender of Bob the honeybee is purely aesthetic; functionally, he is still a sterile female honeybee.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The gender of Bob the honeybee is purely aesthetic; functionally, he is still a sterile female honeybee.honeybee.
** Bob is part of a fictional species of honeybees where there are both male and female workers.



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Neither male or female honeybees have stingers.
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Did they even do their research on bees? In the real world, all worker honeybees are female!"



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob uses his stinger (which only female honeybees should have) as a weapon.
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'''Basic Trope''': An insect character is a depicted with traits of the wrong sex.

* '''Straight''': Bob is a male honeybee who functions as a worker and has a stinger. (In RealLife all worker honeybees are sterile females.)
* '''Exaggerated''': Antonio is a male honeybee queen who [[EggLayingMale lays eggs for the hive.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Tara is a female tarantula who is smaller than her mate, a male tarantula. (In real tarantulas, the female is usually bigger than the male.)
* '''Justified''': The gender of Bob the honeybee is purely aesthetic; functionally, he is still a sterile female honeybee.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is a female honeybee in both sex and gender; she merely has a GenderBlenderName.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Averted''': Beatrice is a sterile female worker honeybee.
* '''Defied''': Any male honeybees that try to become workers are executed.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': A honeybee colony has male drone honeybees, but also male worker honeybees.
* '''Enforced''':
** [[SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying The creators did not research insects well.]]
** [[TheCoconutEffect The creators thought Bob would'nt be recognized as a honeybee if he didn't have a stinger and worked for a queen.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Aren't all worker honeybees female? Why is this one a "male"?"
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Bob the honeybee refuses to work as a drone and decides to be a worker honeybee instead.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
* '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Implied''': Bob appears to be a worker honeybee, but has an AmbiguousGender.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is outcasted by his fellow honeybees for wanting to work instead of just being a sperm producer for his queen.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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