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** Alice wears a baseball cap, shirt with no pants and she wears blue to trick that she is male.

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** Alice Bob wears a baseball cap, shirt with no pants and she he wears blue to trick show that she he is male.male.
** Bob has a muscular body unlike Alice.

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* '''Averted''': Alice is a non-human with a gender-neutral appearance.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice is a non-human with a gender-neutral appearance.appearance.
** Tertiary sexual characteristics are not used to differentiate between males and females (this mainly matters for non-human characters).



* '''Played For Laughs''':

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* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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Gag Boobs is when boobs are used for comedy.


** Alice has distinctly feminine features like HartmanHips and/or GagBoobs that let’s everyone know she is female without stereotypical clothing.

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** Alice has distinctly feminine features like HartmanHips and/or GagBoobs large breasts that let’s lets everyone know she is female without stereotypical clothing.
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The trope that was listed as “played for laughs” was the inverted trope.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is know having to wear feminine clothes.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob is know having to wear feminine clothes.
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This trope specifically covers nonhumans.


'''Basic Trope''': Stereotypical aspects indicate something's sex, such as bows or baseball caps.

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'''Basic Trope''': Stereotypical aspects indicate something's a nonhuman's sex, such as bows or baseball caps.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice wears a baseball cap, shirt with no pants and she wears blue to trick that she is male.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice wears a baseball cap, shirt with no pants and she wears blue to trick that she is male.male.
** Alice has distinctly feminine features like HartmanHips and/or GagBoobs that let’s everyone know she is female without stereotypical clothing.
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** Alice and Bob are of a species with limited sexual dimorphism e.g. pigeons.

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* '''Justified''': Alice is [[LadyLooksLikeADude very masculine-looking]] and wants to avoid people confusing her for a boy.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice is [[LadyLooksLikeADude very masculine-looking]] and wants to avoid people confusing her for a boy.boy.
** A'lyz and B'ob are LizardFolk from the planet Tropion, and humans can't easily tell the difference between their sexes. They wear sterotypically gendered attire when dealing with humans to compensate for this.

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%%* '''Lampshaded''':
%%* '''Invoked''':

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* '''Lampshaded''': Alice is known to be female by having feminine appearances while the rest of others questioning that is he a girly girl or not.
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'''Invoked''': "If you are a girl Alice, then you must wear some feminine traits to show that you are a girl, Bob, you must wear a baseball cap, shirt, and anything blue to show everyone that you are not a girl."



%% * '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%% * '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
%% * '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.

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%% * '''Deconstructed''': The trope Alice is played feminine in her outfits in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
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gender based character deisgns.
* '''Reconstructed''': The trope Alice is played straight, a feminine wearing girl, but with the problems brought up by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
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her problems don't have to be shown.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The trope Bob is played straight in a comedic way.
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know having to wear feminine clothes.
* '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.Alice was stealing the feminine spotlight.
* '''Implied''': Bob was rumoured to be wearing anything masculine but he actually wasn't wearing anything manly.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice wears a baseball cap, shirt with no pants and she wears blue to trick that she is male.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Male and Female appearances don't have to match up, it all depends on their personality.
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'''Basic Trope''': Stereotypical aspects indicate something's sex, such as bows or baseball caps.
* '''Straight''': Alice wears a bow, a skirt, and high heels, to show she is a girl.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has '''lots''' of makeup on her face, GirlishPigtails, all her clothes are dresses, and she wears a pearl collar.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice has a ponytail, but wears pants and a shirt.
* '''Justified''': Alice is [[LadyLooksLikeADude very masculine-looking]] and wants to avoid people confusing her for a boy.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': A girl with ponytails, makeup and a dress is seen, but it turns out it's Bob DisguisedInDrag.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, Alice appears with these exact same features.
* '''Parodied''': When Alice takes her bow off, everyone thinks it's a boy with a dress and long hair.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice is a non-human with a gender-neutral appearance.
* '''Enforced''': "How do we show this character is female?" "Just put a bow and lipstick on her, everyone will know!
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* '''Exploited''': Bob disguises in drag on-screen and everybody thinks he's a female because of his female clothing and accessories.
* '''Defied''': Alice has short hair and only wears shirts and pants, because she doesn't like looking girly.
* '''Discussed''': "You're always looking girly so people won't confuse you with a boy, right?"
* '''Conversed''': "Is that talking rock a boy or a girl? Oh, she's wearing a bow, so she must be a girl."
%% * '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%% * '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
%% * '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.

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