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* [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' got this so much someone on Website/DeviantArt responded by making a club dedicated to making him the seme, with a corresponding club for the more traditional Zim-seme.

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* [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' got this so much someone on Website/DeviantArt Platform/DeviantArt responded by making a club dedicated to making him the seme, with a corresponding club for the more traditional Zim-seme.
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** Speaking of Cody, he's an odd case. In male/male fanfics, he's usually shoehorned into the uke role because he's a TinySchoolboy, and is given a "small" personality (i.e. shy and insecure) to match his size. Canonically, though, Cody [[ExtravertedNerd possesses an incredible amount of self-confidence]] and [[CasanovaWannabe thinks he's way cooler and more attractive than he actually is]]; thus, said depictions of Cody can feel out-of-character. By contrast, male/female fanfics involving Cody will often go in the opposite direction, making Cody into moreso what he thinks he is rather than what he actually is.

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** Speaking of Cody, he's an odd case. In male/male fanfics, he's usually shoehorned into the uke role because he's a TinySchoolboy, and is given a "small" personality (i.e. shy and insecure) to match his size. Canonically, though, Cody [[ExtravertedNerd possesses an incredible amount of self-confidence]] self-confidence and [[CasanovaWannabe thinks he's way cooler and more attractive than he actually is]]; thus, said depictions of Cody can feel out-of-character. By contrast, male/female fanfics involving Cody will often go in the opposite direction, making Cody into moreso what he thinks he is rather than what he actually is.

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* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' gets a lot of this. Any fanart featuring him and arch-nemesis Kevin 11 will recieve a "Ben looks so seme!" comment. To say nothing of the countless Fanfics where he gets pregnant, although to be fair he actually has gotten pregnant in canon.
%%** [[DracoInLeatherPants Albedo]] and [[TroubledButCute Kevin]] get their share, too...

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* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' gets a lot of this. Any fanart featuring this, mostly when he's paired off with Kevin; this is mostly due to him and arch-nemesis Kevin 11 will recieve a "Ben looks so seme!" comment. To say nothing being the shorter of the countless Fanfics two per typical slashfic rules. It doesn't help that there are at least two episodes in canon where he gets pregnant, although to be fair ends up acting over-emotional around Kevin, even though both times it's established he's NotHimself (in "Save the Last Dance", he actually has gotten pregnant in canon.
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was [[MisterSeahorse pregnant]] and [[TroubledButCute Kevin]] get their share, too...the resultant motherly instincts had taken over; in "Duped", he'd been split into three clones based on different aspects of his personality and Kevin got stuck with the sensitive one).



* Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''. True, he is a lot more feminine, and also fits the stereotype of the traditional uke more than his usual slash partner Lance (Avalanche). But that doesn't mean he needs to turn into a weepy teenage girl in so many Lance and Pietro fanfics.

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* Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''. True, he is a lot more feminine, and also fits the stereotype of the traditional uke more than his usual slash partner Lance (Avalanche). But that doesn't mean he needs to turn into a weepy teenage girl in so many Lance and Pietro fanfics.fanfics.
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* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' will fall victim of this whenever paired with Superboy. While in canon he can be quite calculating.

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* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' will fall victim of this whenever paired with Superboy. While in canon he can be quite calculating.



%%* Happens frequently to [[TheStarscream Starscream]], of all 'bots, in ''{{Transformers}}'' fic. A natural consequence of being frequently shipped with [[BigBad Megatron]]...

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%%* Happens frequently to [[TheStarscream Starscream]], of all 'bots, in ''{{Transformers}}'' ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fic. A natural consequence of being frequently shipped with [[BigBad Megatron]]...



* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' often gets this when paired with Slade. Canonically, he's a serious, if somewhat HotBlooded, and capable leader. In SlashFic, he's often written as naive and submissive.

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* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' often gets this when paired with Slade. Canonically, he's a serious, if somewhat HotBlooded, and capable leader. In SlashFic, he's often written as naive and submissive.

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* Callum from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' is a frequent victim of this in fics that pair him with Rayla. A particularly egregious example since the focal point of Callum's ''entire character arc'' is him becoming more confident and realizing he has far more potential and strength than he initially thought. Many fics stall or even reverse Callum's character development, reducing him to an emotional puddle and a weak pushover who never grows past his insecurities, and who needs [[ActionGirlfriend Rayla]] to protect him and handle everything for him. This has continued despite the fact that canon has long since moved in a different direction, where Callum has consistently become stronger and more capable over time.
** Going in the opposite direction, some others make Rayla the distressed damsel who sits around and worries while Callum gets to do all the cool stuff. Are some people [[UnequalPairing allergic to equal pairings]] and {{Battle Couple}}s or is this just {{Sturgeons Law}}?

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Callum from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' is a frequent victim of this in fics that pair him with Rayla. A particularly egregious example since the focal point of Callum's ''entire character arc'' is him becoming more confident and realizing he has far more potential and strength than he initially thought. Many fics stall or even reverse Callum's character development, reducing him to an emotional puddle and a weak pushover who never grows past his insecurities, and who needs [[ActionGirlfriend Rayla]] to protect him and handle everything for him. This has continued despite the fact that canon has long since moved in a different direction, where Callum has consistently become stronger and more capable over time.
** Going in the opposite direction, some others make Rayla the distressed damsel who sits around and worries while Callum gets to do all the cool stuff. Are some people [[UnequalPairing allergic to equal pairings]] and {{Battle Couple}}s or is this just {{Sturgeons Law}}? Couple}}s?
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** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seem to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping. Which is ironic, given how unhealthy the pairing would likely be in real life because of tropes such as InterplayOfSexAndViolence, SlapSlapKiss, StalkerWithACrush, MindGameShip, BastardBoyfriend, TheMasochismTango, and BelligerentSexualTension.

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** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seem to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping. Which is ironic, given how unhealthy the pairing would likely be in real life because of tropes such as InterplayOfSexAndViolence, SlapSlapKiss, StalkerWithACrush, MindGameShip, BastardBoyfriend, FetishizedAbuser, TheMasochismTango, and BelligerentSexualTension.
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** Butters is as such because of his [[TheDitz ditziness]] and purity, but can quite easily be made into a weak little girl or an adorable yet clueless uke. He is usually derailed into being extremely CampGay when he is paired with [[BastardBoyfriend Kenny the pervert or Cartman the sadist]].

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** Butters is as such because of his [[TheDitz ditziness]] and purity, but can quite easily be made into a weak little girl or an adorable yet clueless uke. He is usually derailed into being extremely CampGay when he is paired with [[BastardBoyfriend [[FetishizedAbuser Kenny the pervert or Cartman the sadist]].



** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seems to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping, which is ironic, given [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence how]] [[SlapSlapKiss unhealthy]] [[StalkerWithACrush the pairing]] [[MindGameShip would likely be]] [[BastardBoyfriend in]] [[TheMasochismTango real]] [[BelligerentSexualTension life]].

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** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seems seem to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping, which topping. Which is ironic, given [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence how]] [[SlapSlapKiss unhealthy]] [[StalkerWithACrush how unhealthy the pairing]] [[MindGameShip pairing would likely be]] [[BastardBoyfriend in]] [[TheMasochismTango real]] [[BelligerentSexualTension life]].be in real life because of tropes such as InterplayOfSexAndViolence, SlapSlapKiss, StalkerWithACrush, MindGameShip, BastardBoyfriend, TheMasochismTango, and BelligerentSexualTension.

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%%* Happens often to [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Cody sometimes too, although he's fairly uke in canon to begin with.

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** [[InsufferableGenius Noah]]
often to gets this, especially when paired with someone like Duncan or Alejandro. His trademark [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Cody sometimes too, although cutting remarks]] are often downplayed as him just being "sassy", and his laziness is extrapolated into him not standing up for himself and just letting things happen to him (which evokes MenActWomenAre). Noah/Cody fics and especially Noah/Owen fics don't tend to have this problem, though.
** Speaking of Cody,
he's fairly an odd case. In male/male fanfics, he's usually shoehorned into the uke role because he's a TinySchoolboy, and is given a "small" personality (i.e. shy and insecure) to match his size. Canonically, though, Cody [[ExtravertedNerd possesses an incredible amount of self-confidence]] and [[CasanovaWannabe thinks he's way cooler and more attractive than he actually is]]; thus, said depictions of Cody can feel out-of-character. By contrast, male/female fanfics involving Cody will often go in canon to begin with.the opposite direction, making Cody into moreso what he thinks he is rather than what he actually is.
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* [[BadassAdorable Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gets this occasionally [[FoeYayShipping when paired with Doofenshmirtz]]. This tends to come from people noticing that if Perry were human, he'd probably [[CuteMute not have the ability to talk]] and only be about 28 years old, in contrast to Doof being somewhere in his 40's.

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* [[BadassAdorable Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gets this occasionally [[FoeYayShipping when paired with Doofenshmirtz]]. This tends to come from people noticing that if Perry were human, he'd probably [[CuteMute not have the ability to talk]] and only be about 28 years old, in contrast to Doof being somewhere in his 40's. Despite that, in canon, Doof is generally more sensitive and there's several episodes where Doof is more self-conscious about his masculinity, while Perry's generally quite tough and masculine, as much as a platypus can be.
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* [[BadassAdorable Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gets this occasionally [[FoeYay when paired with Doofenshmirtz]]. This tends to come from people noticing that if Perry were human, he'd probably [[CuteMute not have the ability to talk]] and only be about 28 years old, in contrast to Doof being somewhere in his 40's.

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* [[BadassAdorable Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gets this occasionally [[FoeYay [[FoeYayShipping when paired with Doofenshmirtz]]. This tends to come from people noticing that if Perry were human, he'd probably [[CuteMute not have the ability to talk]] and only be about 28 years old, in contrast to Doof being somewhere in his 40's.



** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seems to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping, which is ironic, [[FoeYay given]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence how]] [[SlapSlapKiss unhealthy]] [[StalkerWithACrush the pairing]] [[MindGameShip would likely be]] [[BastardBoyfriend in]] [[TheMasochismTango real]] [[BelligerentSexualTension life]].

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** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seems to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping, which is ironic, [[FoeYay given]] given [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence how]] [[SlapSlapKiss unhealthy]] [[StalkerWithACrush the pairing]] [[MindGameShip would likely be]] [[BastardBoyfriend in]] [[TheMasochismTango real]] [[BelligerentSexualTension life]].
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* Happens frequently to [[TheStarscream Starscream]], of all 'bots, in ''{{Transformers}}'' fic. A natural consequence of being frequently shipped with [[BigBad Megatron]]...
** Also in the Transformers universe, Rattrap from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' suffers horribly from this.

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* %%* Happens frequently to [[TheStarscream Starscream]], of all 'bots, in ''{{Transformers}}'' fic. A natural consequence of being frequently shipped with [[BigBad Megatron]]...
** %%** Also in the Transformers universe, Rattrap from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' suffers horribly from this.



* Happens often to [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Cody sometimes too, although he's fairly uke in canon to begin with.

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* %%* Happens often to [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Cody sometimes too, although he's fairly uke in canon to begin with.



** [[DracoInLeatherPants Albedo]] and [[TroubledButCute Kevin]] get their share, too...
* Rex of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', mostly when paired with [[BigBad Van Kleiss]] or Agent Six.

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** %%** [[DracoInLeatherPants Albedo]] and [[TroubledButCute Kevin]] get their share, too...
* %%* Rex of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', mostly when paired with [[BigBad Van Kleiss]] or Agent Six.
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** Going in the opposite direction, some others make Rayla the distressed damsel who sits around and worries while Callum gets to do all the cool stuff. Are some people [[UnequalPairing allergic to equal pairings]] and {{Battle Couple}}s or is this just {{Sturgeons Law}}?
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* Poor, poor, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody...]]

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* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' will fall victim of this whenever paired with Superboy. While in canon he can be quite calculating.
** Wally West falls victim whenever he is the star of a hurt/comfort fic. Despite the fact that he has moments of being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
* Poor, ''poor'' [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]]. Some fics take the "Zuko never tops" meme and amp it up, mostly Jet/Zuko fics in which Zuko is Jet's submissive little butt-boy... or worse, ''[[MisterSeahorse babymama]]''. The really bizarre thing about this is that before Zuko and Jet actually met in canon, Zuko usually topped.
** Aang himself gets this too.
** Interestingly enough, Mako gets this treatment in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' fics when paired with Korra. Korra being dominant in their relationship became such a trend that some fanfics would even specify which one of them was dominant in the fic, which is a first for fiction about a heterosexual pairing.
* Callum from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' is a frequent victim of this in fics that pair him with Rayla. A particularly egregious example since the focal point of Callum's ''entire character arc'' is him becoming more confident and realizing he has far more potential and strength than he initially thought. Many fics stall or even reverse Callum's character development, reducing him to an emotional puddle and a weak pushover who never grows past his insecurities, and who needs [[ActionGirlfriend Rayla]] to protect him and handle everything for him. This has continued despite the fact that canon has long since moved in a different direction, where Callum has consistently become stronger and more capable over time.
* [[BadassAdorable Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gets this occasionally [[FoeYay when paired with Doofenshmirtz]]. This tends to come from people noticing that if Perry were human, he'd probably [[CuteMute not have the ability to talk]] and only be about 28 years old, in contrast to Doof being somewhere in his 40's.
* [[TheConscience Kyle]] [[TheSmartGuy Broflovski]], [[TheDitz Butters]] [[ButtMonkey Stotch]] and [[ProperlyParanoid Tweek]] [[MustHaveCaffeine Tweak]] from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Especially Kyle]].
** Opinions easily fly, but Kyle is given the "uke" title mostly due to [[FieryRedhead his fiery personality]] [[TheConscience and his tendency to nag his friends and others with his morally straight code]] ([[DoubleStandard something commonly associated with females]]). Ukefication can, however, set in when fans make him either a DamselInDistress (mostly when paired with [[DatingCatwoman Mysterion]] or [[TheHero Stan]]), or a completely unlikable DeadpanSnarker who does nothing but bitch at whoever he's paired with. The entire Stan/Kyle dominance thing is also a tad strange, given it is true that, taking their personalities into account (Stan as the sensitive push-over and Kyle the blunt and stubborn smart guy), the two seemingly managed to switch roles in the eyes of the fandom. While some notice this and switch it around, they are in the small minority of the shipping community.
** Butters is as such because of his [[TheDitz ditziness]] and purity, but can quite easily be made into a weak little girl or an adorable yet clueless uke. He is usually derailed into being extremely CampGay when he is paired with [[BastardBoyfriend Kenny the pervert or Cartman the sadist]].
** Kyle is however not a sobbing, stereotypical {{Tsundere}} to an odd AlternativeCharacterInterpretation of Stan (who is more like a uke then Kyle, even in het. relationships).
** Cartman/Kyle shippers, however, seems to be subverting this by keeping the two enemies on a balanced playing field (most of the time, anyway) even with Cartman almost always topping, which is ironic, [[FoeYay given]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence how]] [[SlapSlapKiss unhealthy]] [[StalkerWithACrush the pairing]] [[MindGameShip would likely be]] [[BastardBoyfriend in]] [[TheMasochismTango real]] [[BelligerentSexualTension life]].
** Sometimes, even Kenny[[spoiler:, AKA the badass Batman Expy known as Mysterion,]] gets this treatment. His pervertedness, shameless prostitution, muffled voice, covered face, and perpetual gruesome deaths don't exactly help, especially with certain [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpretations]] [[IronWoobie of his]] [[BreakTheCutie character]].
** Even many Creek fans admit [[NervousWreck Tweek]] undergoes frequent Wimpification for the sake of his relationship with Craig, with his dramatic and hyper-emotional state played against Craig's cool, practical demeanor in a manner reminiscent of traditional gender roles. Since their relationship became canon, hints of wimpification have blended into ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' (contrast [=SoT=]'s [[TheBerserker Barbarian Tweek]] and [=FbW=]'s [[SquishyWizard Wonder Tweek]]) and Season 21's "Put It Down", with Matt and Trey noting in the DVD commentary that Tweek is [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple behaving more like a woman and Craig like a man]].
* Happens frequently to [[TheStarscream Starscream]], of all 'bots, in ''{{Transformers}}'' fic. A natural consequence of being frequently shipped with [[BigBad Megatron]]...
** Also in the Transformers universe, Rattrap from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' suffers horribly from this.
* 2D from ''{{Music/Gorillaz}}'' has this fate due to the fact that he's described as a [[BrainlessBeauty pretty, dumb, naive boy]]. Since he's most commonly shipped with [[VillainProtagonist Murdoc]], well, he definitely gets to be the bottom.
* [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' got this so much someone on Website/DeviantArt responded by making a club dedicated to making him the seme, with a corresponding club for the more traditional Zim-seme.
** Purple also gets this in [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming RAPR]] works, which [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] the fact that he's somewhat goofier than Red to ridiculous extremes.
* Happens often to [[DeadpanSnarker Noah]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Cody sometimes too, although he's fairly uke in canon to begin with.
* Poor, poor, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody...]]
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' gets a lot of this. Any fanart featuring him and arch-nemesis Kevin 11 will recieve a "Ben looks so seme!" comment. To say nothing of the countless Fanfics where he gets pregnant, although to be fair he actually has gotten pregnant in canon.
** [[DracoInLeatherPants Albedo]] and [[TroubledButCute Kevin]] get their share, too...
* Rex of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', mostly when paired with [[BigBad Van Kleiss]] or Agent Six.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Skwisgaar]]. Despite the brutal nature of the show, it's extremely rare to find a fic that doesn't write him as a weeping, self-harming schoolgirl who only needs the healing light of cock. Charles and Pickles occasionally suffer from this, though it's usually Pickles and his family problems that turn him into a submissive, spineless, crying uke, bonus points if there's incest with his scumbag brother, Seth.
* Edd from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' gets hit with this. He gets turned from a sensitive guy to an all-around stereotypical uke; often with an exaggerated Edd, Eddy, or Kevin as the seme. Eddy gets this to, sometimes even when Edd is the {{Seme}}; though typically when he's paired with Kevin or sometimes Ed. He gets turned from his brash normal self into a blushing {{Tsundere}}. Occasionally Jimmy will also turned into a uke, though he's similar to the Butter's examples, even with [[FieryRedhead Sara]], listed above and has become more masculine (or at least aggressive) over the series.
* Robin from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' often gets this when paired with Slade. Canonically, he's a serious, if somewhat HotBlooded, and capable leader. In SlashFic, he's often written as naive and submissive.
* Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''. True, he is a lot more feminine, and also fits the stereotype of the traditional uke more than his usual slash partner Lance (Avalanche). But that doesn't mean he needs to turn into a weepy teenage girl in so many Lance and Pietro fanfics.

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