History PlayingWith / SecondLawOfGenderBending

* '''Defied''': "Ah hell no, I'm not trying on that dress, those things are addictive!"

** [[AttractiveGenderBender Alex is much better-looking as Alice]], resulting in a massive boost to her popularity and self-esteem.

* Upon changing back to his male body, Alex's regusal to embrace this trope lets him gain a greater understanding of what transgender people go through regarding dysphoria.

** Alice was transsexual even before she acquired a full-fledged female body. What would be a set-back for those unaffected by gender dysphoria, is actually an amazing blessing to her, as she now has a body that really reflects how she feels about herself.

* '''Reconstructed''': He becomes a she, and discovers she likes her new life. She agonizes about how this means she is giving up on her old, male life, only to come to terms with it by talking through it with her parents and friends.

** MenAreTheExpendableGender, and she's glad to be less expendable.

* '''Justified''': Alice was transsexual even before she acquired a full-fledged female body. What would be a set-back for those unaffected by gender dysphoria, is actually an amazing blessing to her, as she now has a body that really reflects how she feels about herself.

* '''Justified''': Alice was transsexual even before she acquired a full-fledged female body. What would be a set-back for those none affected by gender dysphoria, is actually an amazing blessing to her, as she now has a body that really reflects how she feels about herself.

* '''Justified''': Alice was transsexual even before she acquired a full-fledged female body. What would be a set-back for those none affected by gender dysphoria, is actually an amazing blessing to her, as she now has a body that really reflects how she feels about her.

* '''Justified''': Alice was transsexual even before she acquired a full-fledged female body. What would be a set-back for those none affected by gender dysphoria, is actually an amazing blessing to her.

* '''Straight''': [[GenderBender He becomes a she]], and she decides her life is better now.
* '''Exaggerated''': He becomes a she, and immediately swears off her old life.
* '''Downplayed''': He becomes a she and gradually comes to accept and like her new life while still feeling a little nostalgic for her past as a he.
* '''Justified''': He was transsexual even before he became a she.
* '''Inverted''': He becomes a she, and hates every second of it. She changes back at the first opportunity.

** He becomes a she, and enjoys it. However, in the end, she still chooses to change back.
** Alternatively, he becomes a she, and doesn't like it, even though her life has changed for the better so much that she probably ''should''.
* '''Double Subverted''': He turns into a she, but decides to change back... only to re-gender bend himself after spending a few days back in his old life.
* '''Parodied''':
** He becomes a she, and swears she hates her new life... but she's protesting just a ''wee'' bit too loudly.
** She creates a male clone of herself so she can live both lives.
* '''Zig Zagged''': He becomes a she, and spends a few years switching back and forth, keeping up a double life. His/Her closest friends are fully aware of his/her situation. In the end, s/he finds love and picks an appropriate form... or finds a gender bending boy/girlfriend.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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

** He becomes a she, and discovers she likes her new life... but feels like she is killing her male self by changing. Alternately, she likes her new life at first, but then encounters obstacles like the glass ceiling, the alienation of all her friends who liked her better as a man, unwanted attention from the public and the scientific community, and [[MenstrualMenace another unpleasant thing she hadn't considered.]] In the end she decides it's not worth it and changes back.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Subverted''': He becomes a she, and enjoys it. However, in the end, she still chooses to change back.

* '''Parodied''': He becomes a she, and swears she hates her new life... but she's protesting just a ''wee'' bit too loudly.

* '''Deconstructed''': He becomes a she, and discovers she likes her new life... but feels like she is killing her male self by changing. Alternately, she likes her new life at first, but then encounters obstacles like the glass ceiling, the alienation of all her friends who liked her better as a man, unwanted attention from the public and the scientific community, and [[MenstrualMenace another unpleasant thing she hadn't considered.]] In the end she decides it's not worth it and changes back.
** She sabotages all attempts to turn her back.
* '''Reconstructed''': He becomes a she, and discovers she likes her new life. She agonizes about how this means she is giving up on her old, male life, only to come to terms with it by talking through it with her parents and friends.

* '''Averted''': He turns into a she and simply does not like it. This may or may not depend on his opinion of women.

* '''Enforced''': "We intentionally picked tropes to play up his masculinity and freudian issues in order to make his eventual decision to stay transgendered more powerful."

* '''Conversed''': "Why is it that any character in [[WhateleyUniverse Whateley]] who is turned into a girl for more than five minutes wants to stay that way?"

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* '''Played For Laughs''': She creates a male clone of herself so she can live both lives.

** Alternatively, she becomes a he, and he decides his life is better now.

* '''Subverted''': He becomes a she, and enjoys it. However, in the end, she still changes back.

* '''Deconstructed''': He becomes a she, and discovers she likes her new life... but feels like she is killing her male self by changing.

* '''Justified''': He was an ugly {{Gonk}} when male, she's a breathtaking beauty.