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12->'''Creator/AnneHathaway:''' ''[voiced by '''John Linnell''']'' I guess I'm the type of girl who loves foley work.\
13'''David Remnickopf:''' ''[also voiced by '''John Linnell''']'' You mean you're doing a girl's voice?\
14'''Anne Hathaway:''' No, no. ''[sigh]'' I am a girl. I'm a girl.
15-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', "(She Was a) Hotel Detective in the Future Commentary"
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17Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by a voice actor of the opposite sex. A higher voice is needed for a male, a lower voice is needed for a female, or an opposite-sex actor auditioned and it sounded ''right''.
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19A common example is prepubescent boys being voiced by adult women. This is because, in addition to the usual child labor laws pertaining to young actors, an actual boy's voice is going to break and deepen from puberty sooner or later. It is possible to replace a young male character's voice actor once he ages out of the role, but it is more economical to cast a single grown woman for the entire series. Alternatively, if a male child is in a cartoon as a one-off, it is easier to have a main female cast member provide the voice rather than going through the trouble of finding a child who can do it. You're more likely to see ChildrenVoicingChildren in movies or guest appearances as opposed to regular characters in a series that lasts several years.
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21In some cases, when dubbing a foreign work (mostly anime), sometimes there would a be a character where the original voice actor is a male, yet the dub casts a female voice actor instead. This is caused by VocalDissonance between languages and the voice actors, as a male voice actor's vocal range would be so high-pitched that it would be relatively difficult to dub properly with another male voice actor. This is apparently more common in Japanese to English dubs in anime and video games, where a character that is voiced by a man in Japanese would have a female voice actor in the English dub instead, due to the difficulty of dubbing that character with a male voice actor in English. Creator/KazutomiYamamoto and Creator/AyumuMurase are noticeable examples where many of their roles that are dubbed in English are voiced by a woman instead. It's quite often reversed as well. Teenaged boys, often soft spoken, quiet or effeminate ones, have a decent chance of being voiced by a woman in Japanese, but then are often voiced by a male in the English dub. See VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub for a similar trope.
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23'''Please do not list "retroactive" examples''' of UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} actors who performed characters of their biological sex before they transitioned at some point post-production. This trope requires the casting to be an intentional decision. When they were cast for the role, they ''were'' considered by the world at large to be the same gender as the character.
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25The live-action equivalent is CrosscastRole.
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27!!Examples:
28[[index]]
29* CrossDressingVoices/{{Anime}}
30* CrossDressingVoices/VideoGames
31* CrossDressingVoices/WesternAnimation
32** CrossDressingVoices/WesternAnimationForeignDubs
33[[/index]]
34[[foldercontrol]]
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36[[folder:People]]
37* Belgian voice actress Creator/JackieBerger pretty much [[{{Typecasting}} always]] voices/dubs little boys and teen boys on film, television and in animation in French. Examples include Danny Torrance in ''Film/TheShining'', Rocky Balboa Jr. in ''Film/RockyIII'', Short Round in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Prince Tarn in ''Film/RedSonja'', the Dalai Lama in ''Film/SevenYearsInTibet'', Sam in ''Film/LoveActually'', Arnold Jackson in ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'', Esteban in ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' (first season), Telemachus in ''Anime/Ulysses31'', Krillin in ''Franchise/DragonBall'', Pugsley in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family|1992}}'', Gon Freecss in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', etc.
38[[/folder]]
39
40[[folder:Advertising]]
41* Crackle, one of the three Rice Krispies mascots, was briefly voiced by a woman in UsefulNotes/TheNineties.
42[[/folder]]
43
44[[folder:Asian Animation]]
45* ''Animation/AgentAli'': Ali is voiced by the female Ida Rahayu Yusoff.
46* ''Animation/BabySharksBigShow'':
47** The English version has the titular Baby Shark voiced by Creator/KimikoGlenn.
48** Chucks is voiced by Alex Cazares in English version.
49** Hank is voiced by Georgie Kidder in English version.
50** Goldie is voiced by Cole Escola in English version.
51* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': The titular boy is voiced by a girl, Nur Fathiah Diaz.
52* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', in the original Chinese, features:
53** Female Liu Hongyun as males Happy S., Careful S. (post-Season 1), Doctor H. (in Season 6), and Headmaster Tele.
54** Female Deng Yuting as males Doctor H. (in all seasons besides Season 6), Kalo, Lightbulb Jr., and Lele.
55* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'':
56** Pian is a boy who is voiced by lady Katherine Clare Clavalo in the English audio and Creator/RyokoShiraishi in the Japanese dub.
57** The male Deep is voiced by the female Satomi Ōtani in the Japanese dub.
58* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'':
59** Female Kim Euh Ah as male Totobory.
60** Female Moon Nam-sook as male Lukybory.
61* The original Chinese dub of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' features:
62** Female Zu Qing as males Weslie, Night Wolf, and Jolly.
63** Female Liang Ying as males Paddi and Wilie.
64** Female Liu Hongyun as males Sparky and Banana Wolf.
65* ''Animation/UpinAndIpin'':
66** The eponymous twins, who are both young boys, are voiced by a young girl, Nur Fathiah Diaz. In season 4 up to present, they are voiced by Asyiela Putri.
67** The male Fizi (the NeatFreak of the kids) is voiced by Ida Rahayu Yusoff, later replaced by Rufaidah Mohamed Fadzil, both of whom are women.
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
71* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', the thick New York accent of Tony Toponi is actually portrayed by a woman, Pat Musick.
72** Fievel was voiced by a girl in the Brazilian Portuguese and French dubs of the first movie, but by a boy in ''Fievel Goes West''.
73** Fievel was voiced by two different girls in the Latin Spanish dubs of the movies (Laura Bustamante for the first two which were dubbed in Los Angeles, Creator/AlondraHidalgo for the direct-to-video sequels which were dubbed in Mexico).
74** Also played straight in the Italian dub of the TV series (and the last two movies), Czech, Polish and Greek.
75* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'', the lioness Kit Mambo is voiced by Michael Fremer.
76* For ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'', the female Furlecia is voiced by Jonathan Van Ness.
77* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight'', a young Tim Drake and Jason Todd are voiced by Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/GreyDeLisle.
78* In the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', Tim is voiced by Kyoko Yoshine, and in the Netflix show, he is voiced by Creator/MegumiHan.
79* The title character from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' best fits this trope. The Toaster actually has a ViewerGenderConfusion controversy, causing many fans to think it is either male or female. Ironically, while the Toaster is referred to as a male character in the movies, "his" voice actress Deanna Oliver calls the Toaster "she" and "her." The gender also varies in several countries, in which sometimes (in Brazil, for example), the Toaster is actually female. Although most dubs have him voiced by women, he is actually voiced by a male actor in the Latin Spanish, German, Finnish, Russian, and Croatian dubs. (Most notably Germany and Russia, due to "toaster" being masculine.)
80* Clara Rumyanova was most famous for voicing little children and animals in the classics of Soviet animation. Her parts include Lillebror from ''Literature/KarlssonOnTheRoof'', Alyosha in ''The Black Hen'', and many others.
81* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'': Goosey Loosey was voiced by Mark Walton.
82* Few people know that Casey Jr. from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' was actually performed by a woman, Margaret Wright, who would speak Casey's lines into a special voice changer which made her voice sound eerily metallic.
83* The male children penguins and elephant seal pups from ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' movies were voiced by female actresses including Baby Mumbles in the first movie who was voiced by Elizabeth Daily who also does Erik's singing voice in the second movie.
84* Edna Mode from ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' was ''supposed'' to be voiced by Creator/LilyTomlin, but she had trouble getting [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent the accent]] just right. Writer/director Creator/BradBird demonstrated what it should sound like, only for Tomlin to remark that he did the voice so well he should have the part instead of her.
85* In the first ''Little Polar Bear'' (known as ''Lars der kleine eisbär'' in Germany and "Lars de kleine ijsbeer" in Dutch) movie, [[SweetSeal Robby the seal]] is voiced by Creator/BrianneSiddall. In the sequels, Brianne Siddall now voices Lars, and Robby is now voiced by Creator/LaraJillMiller.
86* In ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'', Cousin Tallulah is voiced by Steve Anderson.
87* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', Bernie and Binky, two baby boys, are voiced by Creator/LoriAlan and Creator/TaraStrong.
88* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', the character Roz is played by male storyboarder [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677037/ Bob Peterson]].
89* The duology of ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsScorpionsRevenge'' and ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsBattleOfTheRealms'' sees the former film's title character's son, Satoshi Hasashi, voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle, who also voiced Kitana in the films.
90* Quillo (one of Penny and Lou's three sons) from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' was voiced by Madison Davenport.
91* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': BigBad Madame Gasket was voiced by male actor Jim Broadbent.
92* The Ugly Stepsisters in the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films are both voiced by males with a deep voice -- Creator/LarryKing (Jonathan Ross in the UK version) and Creator/RegisPhilbin.
93* Percy and James were respectively voiced by [[Anime/SailorMoon Linda Ballantyne]] and Creator/SusanRoman in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''. This came about fairly late in the movie's production -- both were originally voiced by Creator/MichaelAngelis (then the narrator of the ''Thomas the Tank Engine'' series in the UK), but test audiences thought he sounded too mature for either character. It is often agreed that this change created the issue of [[VocalDissonance making them sound too feminine]].
94* In a similar way to Edna Mode in ''The Incredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' had the film's writer and director, Creator/GarthJennings, voice Ms. Crawly the elderly iguana.
95* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Lumalee, who is male, is voice by the female Juliet Jelenic, daughter of co-director Michael Jelenic.
96* In a rare example of a man voicing a woman Granny Goodness undergoes this in both ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' where's she's reprised by Creator/EdAsner, and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'', where she's voiced by Creator/KharyPayton.
97* Billy Batson's cameo in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'' has him voiced by Creator/RachaelMacFarlane.
98* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Nick Wilde as a child is voiced by Creator/KathSoucie.
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
102* The male Film/{{Babe}} is voiced in the first film by Creator/ChristineCavanaugh and in the second by Creator/ElizabethDaily, both female.
103* In ''Film/Carrie1976,'' Betty Buckley provides the voice over ("Creepy Carrie! Creepy Carrie!") for the little boy on the bike that chastises Carrie on her way home.
104* In ''Film/{{Critters}}'' Attack!, ''Creator/SteveBlum'' voiced all the Crites, including the female Bianca.
105* ''Film/TheExorcist'': Male demon Pazuzu's voice while possessing Regan is voice-dubbed over by actress Mercedes [=McCambridge=], not that you'd [[VocalDissonance be particularly able to tell.]] Later films followed voiced, with Pazuzu being voiced by Karen Knapp in ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'', Colleen Dewhurst in ''Film/TheExorcistIII'' and Creator/MaryBethHurt in ''Film/DominionPrequelToTheExorcist''.
106* In ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', the voice of the female gremlin Greta was done by Kirk Thatcher.
107* In the European French dub of ''Film/ImNotThere'', Jude Quinn ([[CrossCastRole played by]] Creator/CateBlanchett) is voiced by Blanchett's usual dub voice, Isabelle Gardien.
108* In the film version of Lionel Bart's successful stage musical ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', the singing voice of Mark Lester, who played the eponymous hero wasn't up to snuff, so his singing was dubbed by Kathe Green, whose father Johnny was the film's music arranger. It makes for very eerie watching.
109* ''Film/{{The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure}}'': Both Toofie and Goofie were voiced by females (Malerie Grady and Misty Miller).
110* In ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', when Pee-wee arrives at the Warner Bros. studio lot and starts looking for Rusty, he asks two passersby, one male and one female, where he can be found. They respond, the male in a somewhat feminine voice and the female in a deep, male-sounding voice.
111* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'': Emperor Haban Limaï is voiced by Creator/ElizabethDebicki.
112* The androgynous [[spoiler:Tobio]] in ''Film/WildZero'' was played by a man and voiced by a woman.
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Literature]]
116* Barbara Rosenblat is the (author-appoved) reader of the Literature/AmeliaPeabody audiobooks, voicing the alto Amelia, the tenor Ramses, the soprano Nefret, and the baritone (headed for bass) Emerson, along with all the other characters, in a full range of accents. She also reads plenty of other titles and series.
117* Happens in-universe in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. In a world where men are fantastically rare, an opera casts a woman who sings in the alto range to play the part of a man whose infertility [[ItMakesSenseInContext nearly wrecked the country]].
118* Every narrator for an audio version of a book not done with a full cast fits this trope. In particular, Jim Dale, the American reader for the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, received an award for doing over 500 distinct voices for ''Order of the Phoenix'', including Hermione, Ginny, Minerva [=McGonagall=] and Dolores Umbridge.
119* Lorelei King often has to voice multiple male characters when doing audiobooks for the Literature/StephaniePlum series by Janet Evanovich. As she has a fairly low voice, she pulls it off rather well.
120* In the universe of ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', to help the Lambs spy on Shipman and Gordon's breakup, Mary lipreads and relays Gordon's lines while Jamie does the same with Shipman's lines.
121[[/folder]]
122
123[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
124* On ''Series/BabylonFive'', the original plan was to do this with the character of Delenn in season 1. The character would be male, played by a female with a male voice actor. The transformation that occurred between seasons 1 and 2 would also have been a gender change with Mira Furlan then taking over voice duties as well. It wasn't convincing, so they just went with the character as female from the beginning.
125* In ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', both BJ and Riff were voiced by women (Patty Wirtz and Michaela Dietz).
126* Greek dubs of most live-action Disney shows tend to use this trope for boys, unlike most animated Disney works, that use the ChildrenVoicingChildren trope.
127* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
128** Robot child example -- in the story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]", the Quarks are CuteMachines portrayed by little boys. They are voiced by an adult woman doing a childlike voice with something of a public schoolboy sound.
129** The Ambassador from Alpha Centauri in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E2TheCurseOfPeladon The Curse of Peladon]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon The Monster of Peladon]]" is portrayed by a male actor and usually referred to with male or neutral pronouns, but dubbed by a squeaky-voiced actress who said she was doing a "camp civil servant" voice. The Doctor later explains Alpha Centauri is bigender.
130* One episode of ''Series/HannahMontana'' sort of qualifies. Oliver tells Miley and Lilly that he has to leave soon lest he invoke his mother's wrath. Cue a decidedly ''not'' feminine voice to ring through the air, telling Oliver to hurry up.
131-->'''Miley:''' I thought you said your mom was driving you.\
132'''Oliver:''' Yeah, when she gets mad, she uses her "man" voice.
133* Lampshaded in the ''Series/HenryDanger'' episode "Toon in for Danger". The first cartoon made about Kid Danger and Captain Man had Henry voiced by a female voice, much to his dismay.
134* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Gypsy was voiced by several men in different seasons, except in the 2017 revival, where she's voiced by a woman.
135* In an episode of ''Series/{{Phil of the Future}}'', Phil changes Keely's voice with a future app to have her pretend to be a male guidance counselor over the phone with his teacher. This was strictly PlayedForLaughs.
136* Spoofed humorously in the ending to an episode of ''Series/{{Sonny With A Chance}}'' where Nico finally goes up to talk to a girl he had been staring at throughout the episode. After he introduces himself and asks what her name is, she replies "Brittany" in an abnormally deep creepy voice. Nico reacts by being carried away by Grady in fear, exclaiming it to be worse than the giant snake the two had accidentally let loose in the studio earlier in the episode.
137* Exploited for one episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. To portray a genderless alien race, they used women (in form-concealing robes and bald caps), then redubbed with male voices. One of the more inventive solutions in the series, it worked pretty well.
138* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. Zack calls up the school that he and Cody goes to and "disguises" his voice as his mom, while it is obvious that they taped his mom's voice for the scene and he is lipsynching.
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141[[folder:Music]]
142* The singing voice of Music/StudioKillers lead singer Cherry is provided by Finnish male singer Teemu Brunila.
143* In Music/{{Queen}}'s song "Brighton Rock", the vocals are supposed to be a duet between a man and a woman, but Music/FreddieMercury ended up doing both voices.
144* Creator/DudleyMoore's "Die Flabbergast" is likewise a fake "male/female" duet, but played for laughs.
145* mind.in.a.box, both members of which are male, occasionally uses pitched-up and highly vocoderized vocals to produce a [[SyntheticVoiceActor synthetic female voice]].
146* Ke usually sang in a faux-female voice.
147* According to Tommy Scott, the lead singer of Music/{{Space}}, the vocal on 'Avenging Angels' is this. It's in the style of Marlene Dietrich.
148* Plenty of Music/HoneyWorks' songs uses the (female) voicebanks of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} GUMI or vflower]] to sing male parts.
149* In the famous Music/ElectricSix song "Danger! High Voltage", the "female" singer was provided not just by a guy, but by [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack White]]!
150* Music/EvelynEvelyn is a music act starring a fictional set of conjoined twin sisters, Evelyn Evelyn. One is voiced by Music/AmandaPalmer while the other is voiced by Music/JasonWebley.
151* Music/{{Hyadain}} would use a voice-changing program for the female voices in his songs.
152* Music/PorterRobinson indulged in this in his sophomore album ''nurture'', which in contrast to previous works consists primarily of [[StepUpToTheMic his own vocals]] rather than guest features, and he stylistically alternates between using his normal singing voice and a "female" one achieved through audio effects. The song "Something Comforting" ends the final chorus switching between the two voices at random to fully display to the listener that it's all him.
153* Filipino singer Music/MarcelitoPomoy made a career of himself doing faux-female covers of popular music.
154* Music/{{Yoasobi}}'s "Kaibutsu" is clearly from [[Manga/{{Beastars}} Legoshi's]] perspective (who is male), but has a female singer.
155* The 90's OneHitWonder, "I Got A Man" by Positive K, features an unnamed woman performing a rap duet with Positive K. It turns out that the mysterious female vocalist is actually [[ActingForTwo Positive K himself]], except with his voice pitch-shifted.
156* Music/BadLipReading is an anonymous music producer who makes {{Gag Dub}}s of music videos, TV shows, movies, sports, and politicians. He does all the male and female voices in his videos.
157* A few Music/DreamTheater songs have the male James [=LaBrie=] sing in the first person from a female character's perspective: Victoria in ''Music/MetropolisPt2ScenesFromAMemory'', "Goodnight Kiss" and "About to Crash (Reprise)" in ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'', and Faythe and Arabelle in ''Music/TheAstonishing''.
158* Music/AmonAmarth's "Hel" from the album ''Deceiver of the Gods'' is told from the point of view of the titular [[GodOfTheDead Goddess of Death]] from Myth/NorseMythology, yet the song is sung by the band's vocalist Johan Hegg alongside guest vocalist Messiah Marcolin.
159* {{Eurobeat}} artist Odyssey has recorded with a feminine voice under the alias Jessa, who was mistaken by many to be a separate singer before she came out as UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} and legally changed her name from Travis to Jessa Stebbins in 2021.
160[[/folder]]
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162[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
163* On a live stage show of ABC Saturday Morning characters in the late eighties, Creator/BobBergen voiced Sunni Gummi from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''.
164* ''Series/FraggleRock'':
165** It has Marjory the Trash Heap voiced by Jerry Nelson.
166** While several foreign versions avert this, the Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish dubs also have her voiced by a man.
167** The French Canadian dub has Wembley voiced by a woman (more specifically, Johanne Léveillé, best known for voicing [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]]).
168* Janice from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' was puppeteered by Richard Hunt.
169** Not to be outdone, Miss Piggy is voiced by Frank Oz.
170** In the 1970s episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet'', many female Muppets were voiced by males. One main example was Gladys the Cow, performed by Richard Hunt. Additionally, Hunt and Jerry Nelson and Frank Oz did many other incidental/one-time female characters, many of Oz's female characters sounding almost exactly like Miss Piggy.
171** Baby Natasha was voiced by Kevin Clash who also does the voice of Elmo. Merry Monster was voiced by Joey Mazzarino who also does the voice of Murray Monster. Elisabeth's cat Little Murray Sparkles was voiced by Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Alice Dinnean Vernon. In 2002, Phoebe was voiced by John Tartaglia.
172*** To be fair, during the first season of ''Sesame Street'', Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Caroll Spinney were the only regular Muppet performers (occasionally they would be assisted by John Lovelady or Danny Seagren).
173* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
174** Gypsy was played by Jim Mallon until 1996, when he handed the role off to Patrick Brantseg. Josh Weinstein played her during the KTMA era. All three did it by inhaling as they spoke. (This is averted, however, in the revival, where she's voiced by Rebecca Hanson.)
175** Conversely, Kelsey Ann Brady took over the role of Crow T. Robot in Season 13. (Previously he'd been voiced by Trace Beaulieu, Bill Corbett, and Hampton Yount.)
176* In ''PBS Kids Sprout's Good Night Show'', Star was voiced by Stacia Newcomb.
177* In ''Series/SpittingImage'', UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was voiced by Steve Nallon.
178** Nallon actually appeared in live-action as Thatcher in an episode of ''Series/TheNewStatesman'', though to hide his gender he had to be shot in sinister silhouette.
179* In ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' all young boy characters were voiced by Sylvia Anderson or Christine Finn. In "[[Recap/ThunderbirdsS1E21TheDuchessAssignment The Duchess Assignment]]" the eponymous Duchess of Royston was voiced by Creator/RayBarrett.
180* ''Series/WimziesHouse'' has Bo, Wimzie's baby brother voiced by Liz [=MacRae=].
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182
183[[folder:Radio]]
184* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' ''[[RadioDrama Radio Edition]]'', Marche was voiced by Creator/YukaImai (who also voiced [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Larsa]]]]), Mewt was voiced by Asami Sanada, Montblanc by Kumiko Yokote, Nono by Masako Jo, and Babus by Kumi Sakuma.
185* On ''Radio/TheGoonShow'', Peter Sellers often played a spookily convincing seductress, usually referred to in the scripts as "Breathy Kensington Thing".
186* Creator/TheBBC produced an adaptation of ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' in which Mowgli was played by Indian actress Nisha K. Nayar.
187* The cast of Radio/RidersRadioTheater is entirely male, any female supporting character is usually one of the Riders doing falsetto.
188[[/folder]]
189
190[[folder:Roleplay]]
191* Happens all the time on ''Roleplay/NoPixel''. For instance, Gladys Berry, Kiki Chanel, Edna Moose, Mary Livingston, Candy Sprinkles, Charisma Star, Veronika del Monika, Molly Minaj, Jane Obama, and Jane Farmer are all played by men; and Kelly Smith, Lorenzo Lezar, and Vincent Vincent are all played by women. Zig zagged and eventually subverted by Bingle Dan, who is played by a woman, uses a male ped model, and was non-binary for a time before identifying as female.
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194[[folder:Softwares]]
195* Music/{{Vocaloid}}:
196** Len Kagamine, voiced by the same actress as his mirror image/sister Rin. Valshe, a ''female'' singer, does quite a few covers of Len songs, leading to a recursive example of this trope.
197** Iroha Nekomura is voiced by utaite Kyounosuke Yoshitake, giving her a tomboyish sound.
198[[/folder]]
199
200[[folder:Visual Novels]]
201* In ''VisualNovel/CookingCompanions'', Emma Breezy voices the male Onion.
202* This is fairly common in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' franchise, especially when dealing with the Japanese voices of the protagonists.
203** Monokuma was voiced by Nobuyo Ōyama from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' until ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''. After Ōyama had to retire because of dementia, the trend continues with Creator/{{Tarako}} providing the voice for Monokuma.
204** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
205*** Makoto Naegi is voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata.
206*** Chihiro Fujisaki is voiced by Creator/KoukiMiyata [[spoiler:but is actually male, so it's actually Creator/DorothyEliasFahn's English portrayal which qualifies.]]
207** In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'':
208*** Hajime Hinata is voiced by Creator/MinamiTakayama.
209*** Nagito Komaeda is voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata; this was an intentional parallel to her earlier role.
210** In ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', Daisaku Bandai is voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya in Japanese and Creator/TiaBallard in English.
211** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'':
212*** Shuichi Saihara is voiced by Creator/MegumiHayashibara.
213*** Monophanie is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera, in a rare male-voicing-female example for the series.
214* Riki of ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' is voiced by Tamiyasu Tomoe, [[ActingForTwo who also did the voices for two of the heroines]], Rin and Sasami. In the anime adaptation, Tomoe is replaced by another woman, Creator/YuiHorie. Furthermore, Creator/ShannonEmerick voices him in the dub, creating a rare instance in which the Crossdressing Voice of a boy who is ''not'' a child is preserved while dubbing an anime from Japanese to English.
215* In ''VisualNovel/ProcessOfElimination'', the young Techie Detective is voiced by Creator/RinaHonnizumi while the androgynous Doleful Detective is voiced by Creator/EmiriKatou.
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218[[folder:Web Animation]]
219* This is quite common in ObjectShows.
220** In ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', a bunch of female characters are voiced by male actors and in BFB, There are a few male objects voiced by female actors.
221** In ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'', some female characters are voiced by males. Examples include Apple, Lightbulb, Suitcase, and Test Tube.
222** In ''WebAnimation/ObjectMayhem'', most female characters, except Dice, Jigsaw (both of which were voiced by Ultratoon's sisters), Perfume, Camera (in later episodes), Mirror (in season 2), and Biscuit (in season 2, had male voice actors.
223** In ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'', all of the females were voiced by Niall Burns (Xany Leaves), who is male and was 13-14 around the time, which is why the female voices sounded pretty accurate.
224** And finally, in ''WebAnimation/BrawlOfTheObjects'', every female character, with the exception of a few non-contestants, are voiced by Antony Kos (or Anko 6), who is male.
225** ''Creator/JacobFairclough'', a non-binary voice actor within the OSC knows this trope quite well, as since their voice is naturally high and has remained virtually unchanged over the years, they've been known to convincingly voiced female characters.
226* ''WebAnimation/BigBunny'' has Sam, voiced by the creator, Creator/AmyWinfrey. This didn't carry on to ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', where her husband Peter Merryman (who voiced Big Bunny) voices the male children. On the other side of the coin, Peter Merryman voiced Mrs. Minty, and quite convincingly too.
227* Also from Creator/RoosterTeeth, ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' has Lindsay Jones as Space Kid.
228** During RTX 2018, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwTRKAV3MQ a panel had them redoing one episode of]] ''Webanimation/{{RWBY}}'' with Michael Jones as Ruby, Miles Luna as Yang, Creator/ShannonMcCormick as Blake, Samantha Ireland as Jaune and Jen Brown as Ren.
229* ''WebAnimation/TheGrosseryGang'':
230** Originally, all of the Grosseries were voiced by Jade Ubrien, meaning the male Pizza Face, Rocky, Doc Broc, and Egghead were voiced by women. After the change to multiple voice actors, Pizza Face and Rocky were given male voice actors.
231** Despite the swap, Doc Broc and Egghead are still voiced by women (Laila Berzins and Alexandra Ryan, respectively).
232* Sniffles the anteater from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. Cub as well, due to being a baby.
233* In the WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss episode “Unhappy Campers“ Blitzo’s sister Barbie’s boyfriend and drug dealer is a teenage boy who is voiced by a woman.
234* In ''Hello Kitty & Friends Supercute Adventures'', Badtz-Maru, Keroppi, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, and Pochacco are all voiced by women.
235* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: Matt Chapman, who voices almost all the characters on the site, also voices Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face and The Ugly One in the [[ShowWithinAShow Teen Girl Squad]] series. In this case, it's also in-universe; it's actually Strong Bad doing the voice-overs of his comic series.
236** Let's not forget Shut Up Lady, the disembodied old lady voice (provided by a man) who's told to shut up every time she says something.
237** In an unfinished cartoon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-UWhCvbdEQ Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]], Marzipan, typically voiced by Missy Palmer, is instead also voiced by Matt, making her sound rather like Strong Sad.
238** In the crude-looking cartoons that are created by The Cheat, the Homestar characters, including Marzipan, are all voiced by a male (in this case, Matt's brother, Mike).
239* In the ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' animation "[[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/791906 Grassy Knoll]]", Pico and Darnell are both voiced by [[https://cootiegirl.newgrounds.com/ CootieGirl]].
240* In ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'', all ten characters are voiced [[ActingForTwo by the same person]]. The voice actor is male but two of these characters, Little Miss Epic and Epically Avoids You, are female.
241* The entire cast of ''Of Weasels and Chickens'' is female, despite there being many male characters.
242* In Starshine Carly, all the male characters are voiced by Carly Garton herself, [[MinimalistCast as well as everyone else]].
243* ''WebAnimation/RobotboxAndCactus'' has Aunt Barbara voiced by Justin Davey.
244* ''VirtualYoutuber'': Japanese mangaka Tsukudani Norio created a Vtuber persona for herself, Inuyama Tamaki, who is a male. In a strange case of RecursiveCrossdressing, Tamaki is quite feminine in appearance and crossdresses. This has often resulted in others not realizing Tamaki is supposed to be male.
245* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToHell'' Sock, who is a [[VagueAge young(15-20)]] male, is voiced by Ann Mendenhall, a woman.
246* ''Webanimation/XRayAndVav'' has Gus Sorola as X-Ray's Mom and Jack Pattillo as Mrs. Terwiliger.
247* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': The male Bubble is voiced by the female Gooseworx.
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251* The same male person voices everyone in ''VideoGame/OedipusInMyInventory'', including Queen Jocasta.
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255* In ''WebVideo/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware'', Dr. Coomer is played by transgender woman Holly/hollow_tones.
256* Downplayed in the case of Jesse Nowack (Nowacking),as [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Seras Victoria]] in ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''. Jesse is a transgender man, but he only came out before the series adapted the final two episodes of ''Ultimate'', identifying as a woman for most of the run.
257* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''
258** As the DungeonMaster, Creator/MatthewMercer voices all non-player characters, female and non-binary characters included.
259** In the series' second campaign, Creator/SamRiegel plays the female goblin Nott, and both pitches his voice higher and does a Cockney accent. Often to hilarious effect.
260** In the special The Search for Grog, Creator/LiamOBrien plays the female high-elf cleric Lieve'tel Toluse, a servant of the Raven Queen. Vax is not avalaible [[spoiler: as he [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended]] to become the champion of the Raven Queen.]]
261* During her tenure on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, whenever a young male voice was required in sketches featuring GagDub, Rachel Tietz provided the voices of [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Justin Stewart]], WesternAnimation/{{Dexter|sLaboratory}} and a kid in ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights''.
262* In [[WebVideo/RealTimeFandub SnapCube's Real-Time Fandub]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] is voiced by Penny Parker, and Knuckles was voiced by Hayley Rose, who also voiced Amy. Following the ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' dub, Knuckles was instead voiced by Chase Young, as Rose had been kicked off the team.
263** In the VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus dub, Sly is voiced by Rose, and Bentley is voiced by Parker.
264* In WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject, Teach provides the voices for [[VideoGame/TheGrayGarden Chelan and Poemi.]]
265* In WebVideo/{{Max0r}}[='s=] "An Incorrect Summary of VideoGame/EldenRing", Melina is voiced by Creator/GianniMatragrano.
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