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6->''"I mean, I've the exact same powers as him! I come from the exact same planet! I practically have the exact same backstory!"''
7-->-- '''Kara Danvers''' a.k.a. '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''' (ranting about [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} her cousin]]), ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'', "[[Recap/DCSuperHeroGirls2019S1E10SuperWho #SuperWho?]]"
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9NOTE: A "distaff" is a spinning device, used with a spinning wheel and, even before that, with a spindle. (More [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distaff here.]]) Since TextileWorkIsFeminine, it's used to symbolize femininity.
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11One common method used in creating a SpinOff is taking the main character of the show, creating an equivalent that's mostly the same except for being the opposite sex, and then packing the new character off to her own series. This allows the station or network to fill up extra space on the schedule with a known quantity, while (in theory) stretching its demographic to female viewers. This method is very popular among action-adventure series, which mostly appeal to young males.
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13While heroes are usually the ones to get this kind of treatment, it's been happening more and more to villains too.
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15There's also the third kind of SpinOff, with a long-lost sister showing up or a new girlfriend brought in, only to repeat whatever circumstances gave the main character his powers/duties/what-have-you.
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17Just like how many female characters are defined by their relationship to the default or already established male character, [[NeverASelfMadeWoman many distaff counterparts are defined primarily by their relationship to the male counterpart]]. This can be shown through their visual properties, narrative connection, and occasionally promotional materials. They are often a wife or girlfriend, but can be a sister or friend to the male counterpart. Often, and especially if the characters in question are animals, the female character will have a bow on her head or other TertiarySexualCharacteristics defining her as female and to set her apart from the "default" male characters. In other words, the male character or characters may have little or no stereotypical masculinizing gender specifiers, but his or their distaff counterpart or counterparts will have stereotypical feminizing gender specifiers to mark them as female. If the distaff counterpart is a girlfriend, she is usually the {{Love Interest|s}} to the male character.
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19A male character who goes through the GenderBender will find himself turned into his own Distaff Counterpart. The implications for the character, writers, and audience are left as an exercise for the reader.
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21A male counterpart to an existing female character or AlwaysFemale trope is technically and traditionally a '''Spear Counterpart''', named for the spearhead-shaped end of the symbol of Mars that represents males. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant You may also be thinking]] the "spear" [[FreudWasRight means something else]]... and you'd be right.
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23Usually tends to wear a GenderedOutfit.
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25Compare GenderFlip, which reverses roles based on gender, rather than cloning them. If a normally [[AlwaysFemale gender-]][[AlwaysMale specific]] trope is played on its opposite gender anyway, that's a GenderInvertedTrope (otherwise known as a rare male/female example). If they're fan-created, it's RuleSixtyThree. If this appeals to a fan fetish, it's a form of {{Fanservice}}. When you take this trope to its literal conclusion, you get an OppositeSexClone. See also ContrastingSequelMainCharacter. Contrast with IJustWantToBeBadass.
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27The [[MillionToOneChance laws of probability]] and large numbers will in all likelihood turn this into TruthInTelevision eventually for most of us.
28----
29!!Tropes and indexes that have Male – Female counterparts:
30
31[[foldercontrol]]
32
33[[folder:Tropes]]
34* ActionDad ↔ ActionMom
35* AgentPeacock ↔ GirlyBruiser or TomboyWithAGirlyStreak
36* TheAllAmericanBoy ↔ GirlNextDoor
37* AllGuysWantCheerleaders ↔ SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy
38* AllMenArePerverts ↔ AllWomenAreLustful
39* AmazonChaser ↔ WomenPreferStrongMen
40* ArchnemesisDad ↔ EvilMatriarch
41* BashBrothers ↔ LovelyAngels
42* BadassInANiceSuit ↔ KickingAssInAllHerFinery
43* BattleButler ↔ NinjaMaid
44* BeastAndBeauty ↔ FreakinessShame
45* BigBeautifulMan ↔ {{Real Women Have Curves}}
46* BigBrotherMentor ↔ CoolBigSis
47* BigJerkOnCampus ↔ AlphaBitch
48* BigManOnCampus ↔ ClassPrincess
49* {{Bishonen}} and PrettyBoy ↔ {{Bishoujo}}
50* BishonenJumpSyndrome ↔ BishoujoSeries
51* {{The Blacksmith}} ↔ {{Textile Work Is Feminine}}
52* TheBluebeard ↔ BlackWidow
53* BoyBand ↔ GirlGroup and IdolSinger
54* BoyfriendBlockingDad and FantasyForbiddingFather ↔ MyBelovedSmother
55* BoysLikeCreepyCritters ↔ AllGirlsLikePonies
56* BridalCarry ↔ EffortlessAmazonianLift
57* CampGay ↔ ButchLesbian
58* CampStraight ↔ TheLadette
59* TheCasanova ↔ HeroicSeductress and TheVamp
60* CastFullOfPrettyBoys ↔ ImprobablyFemaleCast
61* TheCharmer ↔ FemmeFatale
62* ChickMagnet ↔ HeadTurningBeauty and DudeMagnet
63* {{Chippendales Dancer|s}} ↔ PlayboyBunny
64* ChivalrousPervert ↔ GoodBadGirl
65* CoolOldGuy ↔ CoolOldLady
66* CrazyJealousGuy ↔ ClingyJealousGirl
67* CrustyCaretaker ↔ CreepyHousekeeper
68* CulturedBadass ↔ SilkHidingSteel
69* TheDandy and SharpDressedMan ↔ TheFashionista
70* DepravedHomosexual ↔ PsychoLesbian
71* DirtyOldMan ↔ DirtyOldWoman
72* DisappearedDad ↔ MissingMom
73* DisguisedInDrag and DraggedIntoDrag ↔ SweetPollyOliver
74* DistressedDude ↔ DamselInDistress
75* TheDon ↔ TheQueenpin
76* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale ↔ WouldHitAGirl
77* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale ↔ DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale
78* DudeLooksLikeALady ↔ LadyLooksLikeADude and {{Bifauxnen}}
79* DumbassTeenageSon ↔ BrattyTeenageDaughter
80* EffeminateVoice ↔ TomboyishVoice
81* EnigmaticMinion ↔ PerkyFemaleMinion
82* EvenTheGuysWantHim ↔ EvenTheGirlsWantHer
83* EvilOverlord ↔ GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
84* TheEvilPrince ↔ VillainousPrincess
85* FakeMuscles ↔ FakeBoobs
86* FakeUltimateHero and MilesGloriosus ↔ FauxActionGirl
87* FanBoy ↔ {{Fangirl}}
88* FourManBand ↔ FourGirlEnsemble
89* FiendishFraternity ↔ SinisterSororitySisters
90* GentlemanAdventurer ↔ LadyOfAdventure
91* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel ↔ BettyAndVeronica
92* GentlemanThief ↔ ClassyCatBurglar
93* GentlemanWizard ↔ LadyOfBlackMagic
94* GirlOnGirlIsHot ↔ GuyOnGuyIsHot
95* TheGoodKing or TheHighKing ↔ TheHighQueen
96* GreaseMonkey, HandyMan and MrFixit ↔ WrenchWench
97* GroinAttack ↔ BreastAttack
98* GymBunny ↔ LesbianJock
99* HandsomeLech ↔ AttractivenessIsolation
100* HeManWomanHater ↔ DoesNotLikeMen
101* HouseHusband ↔ {{Housewife}}
102* {{Hunk}} ↔ AmazonianBeauty and {{Statuesque Stunner}}
103* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide ↔ {{Tomboy}}
104* JerkJock ↔ AlphaBitch or CruelCheerleader
105* JockDadNerdSon ↔ FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter
106* {{Kavorka Man}} ↔ {{Big Beautiful Woman}}
107* KnightErrant ↔ DamselErrant
108* KidAnova ↔ FilleFatale
109* LatinLover ↔ SpicyLatina
110* LikesOlderWomen ↔ LikesOlderMen
111* LockAndLoadMontage ↔ LipstickAndLoadMontage
112* LoinCloth ↔ FurBikini
113* LongHairedPrettyBoy ↔ BoyishShortHair
114* TheLostLenore ↔ HerHeartWillGoOn
115* LovableJock ↔ LovableAlphaBitch, PomPomGirl and SpoiledSweet
116* {{Magic Knight}} ↔ {{Magical Girl Warrior}}
117* MaleGaze ↔ FemaleGaze
118* ManicPixieDreamGirl ↔SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
119* ManlyGay ↔ LipstickLesbian
120* ManlyMenCanHunt and RealMenCook ↔ FeminineWomenCanCook
121* MartyStu ↔ MarySue (FlameBait)
122* {{Megane}} ↔ {{Meganekko}}
123* MenAreBetterThanWomen ↔ WomenAreWiser
124* MenAreTheExpendableGender ↔ DisposableWoman
125* MommasBoy ↔ DaddysGirl
126* MostWritersAreMale ↔ MostFanficWritersAreGirls
127* MrFanservice ↔ MsFanservice
128* MuscleAngst ↔ ACupAngst and DCupDistress
129* NobleMaleRoguishMale ↔ LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine
130* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon ↔ WeaknessTurnsHerOn
131* NoShirtLongJacket ↔ NavelDeepNeckline and NakedInMink
132* NonActionGuy ↔ NeutralFemale
133* NoWomansLand ↔ LadyLand
134* OfficerAndAGentleman ↔ LadyOfWar
135* TheOneGuy ↔ TheSmurfettePrinciple
136* OneManSong ↔ OneWomanSong
137* OneOfTheGirls ↔ OneOfTheBoys
138* OverlordJr ↔ DaddysLittleVillain
139* PapaWolf ↔ MamaBear
140* ThePatriarch ↔ ApronMatron
141* PrinceCharming ↔ PrincessClassic
142* PrincelyYoungMan ↔ {{Ojou}}
143* QuintessentialBritishGentleman ↔ EnglishRose
144* RatedMForManly ↔ ChickFlick
145* RealMenHaveShortHair ↔ LongHairIsFeminine
146* RealMenWearPink ↔ GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak
147* RebelPrince ↔ RebelliousPrincess
148* RightHandHottie ↔ SexySecretary
149* {{Salaryman}} ↔ OfficeLady
150* ScaryBlackMan or AngryBlackManStereotype ↔ SassyBlackWoman
151* {{Seinen}} ↔ {{Josei}}
152* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan ↔ TomboyAndGirlyGirl
153* SexyPriest ↔ NaughtyNuns
154* SharpDressedMan ↔ LadyInAPowerSuit
155* ShirtlessScene ↔ LingerieScene
156* ShonenDemographic ↔ ShoujoDemographic
157* SissyVillain ↔ NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice
158* StockShonenHero ↔ StockShoujoHeroine
159* SouthernGentleman ↔ SouthernBelle
160* StrawMisogynist ↔ StrawFeminist
161* TallDarkAndHandsome ↔ AloofDarkHairedGirl
162* TeamDad ↔ TeamMom
163* TenorBoy ↔ InnocentSoprano
164* TestosteroneBrigade ↔ EstrogenBrigade
165* TheThreeFacesOfAdam ↔ TheHecateSisters and TheThreeFacesOfEve
166* TinySchoolboy ↔ HugeSchoolgirl
167* TwoGuysAndAGirl ↔ TwoGirlsAndAGuy
168* UglyGuyHotWife ↔ HotGuyUglyWife
169* UnderstandingBoyfriend ↔ ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend
170* UnluckyEverydude ↔ NaiveEverygirl
171* WorldsStrongestMan ↔ WorldsMostBeautifulWoman
172* YaoiGenre and BaraGenre ↔ YuriGenre
173* YellowPeril ↔ DragonLady
174* YouSexyBeast ↔ CuteMonsterGirl and GorgeousGorgon
175* YuriFan ↔ YaoiFangirl
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177
178[[folder:Indexes]]
179* AlwaysMale ↔ AlwaysFemale
180* MasculinityTropes ↔ FemininityTropes
181* MenAreTough ↔ WomenAreDelicate
182* PrincelyTropes ↔ PrincessTropes
183[[/folder]]
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185!!Example subpages:
186[[index]]
187* DistaffCounterpart/ComicBooks
188* DistaffCounterpart/LiveActionTV
189* DistaffCounterpart/VideoGames
190* DistaffCounterpart/WesternAnimation
191[[/index]]
192----
193!!Distaff Counterparts:
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195[[folder:Advertising]]
196* Japanese Pepsi mascot ''Advertising/{{Pepsiman}}'' has Diet Pepsiwoman, whose only commercial is advertising Diet Pepsi Twist where she was wearing a lemon-themed balaclava, just like Pepsiman was in his commercial for non-diet Pepsi Twist.
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199[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
200* In chapter 98 of ''Manga/AiKora'', Maeda runs into a girl named Chizuru who turns out to be a "parts lover" like him... and happens to think he has really sexy ''hands''.
201* ''Manga/AoiHouse'' = [[YuriGenre Uri]] [[YuriFan House]].
202* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': Elfin from ''New Vestroia'' is like a female version of Preyas from the first season. They are both Aquos Bakugan who can change their attribute and they're both rather goofy. Preyas eventually returns to Marucho while Elfin is still his guardian Bakugan and they interact a lot.
203* Manga/BlackJack = Ray, from the manga and [[Anime/RayTheAnimation anime series]] of the same name.
204* Manga/CaptainHarlock has two within the works of creator Creator/LeijiMatsumoto. Fellow space pirate Manga/QueenEmeraldas has the same scar across her face while Captain Bainas (from ''Anime/{{Ozuma}}'') has the messy red hair. Both also happen to be badass captains who have a penchant for {{badass cape}}s.
205* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' have the ShowWithinAShow, Shin-Chan's favorite {{toku}} Action Mask, and a spin-off titled Action Musume. Turns out the original Action Mask, Gotarō Gō, is ready to retire after fighting crime for years, and chose a 19-year-old college girl and kickboxer, Misato Yashio, as his successor, which she initially declines but eventually gives in. Her debut even sees Action Mask and Action Musume going BackToBackBadasses on the villains.
206* ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' was originally created as a distaff counterpart to ''Series/WarriorOfLoveRainbowman''.
207* ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' has an interesting InUniverse use. A series of {{stinger}} skits called ''High School Girls are Funky'' features Habara, Yanagi and Ikushima, three girls who look, act and talk remarkably like their male counterparts Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake, respectively. There's also ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'', a manga by Bino which has a similar tone and premise but with girls.
208* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Tengen Uzui’s three wives are curiously similar to the main male lead characters, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke regarding their basic personality traits: Hinatsuru is the peace maker and heart of the trio, like Tanjiro is; Suma is the overly emotional roller-coaster, cries and screams in fear a bit too much, like Zenitsu does; then comes Makio as brash and gutsy who’s always bickering with Suma, just like Inosuke acts with Zenitsu. The similarities are so obvious that several fan works do not let these similarities pass by unnoticed.
209* ''Manga/DevilmanLady'' was spawned from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', although it evolved into its own strange series. Since that name kind of doesn't make much sense, the official English version of the anime is called ''The Devil Lady''.
210** This was at least partially the inspiration for ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Lady'' - though in that case, it's an alternate universe where everyone is gender-flipped except Meat. Instead of being about the world's beefiest buffoon, it's about the world's ditziest bimbo. Joining the "stupid, inherently contradictory name" race is Kinnikuman Lady's bestest pal Terryman Girl.
211* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has several:
212** Angemon/[=HolyAngemon=] -- Angewomon
213** Seraphimon -- Ophanimon
214** Devimon/[=NeoDevimon=] -- [=LadyDevimon=]
215** Daemon -- Lilithmon
216** Wizardmon -- Witchmon
217** Beelzebumon -- [=BelleStarrmon=]
218** Takeru Takaishi -- Hikari Yagami
219* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' is very fond of this trope:
220** Kale turns out to be one to Broly, a popular NonSerialMovie villain. Ironically when Broly became a CanonImmigrant in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'', the rebooted Broly technically became one to Kale since she was introduced into canon first.
221** Some have called Caulifla a counterpart to Goku: she's a fighting prodigy who masters new techniques with extraordinary speed and can act rather silly and excitable when she isn't being serious. She loves the prospect of a good fight, but then ''all'' Saiyans share this trait. She's also rather uncouth and rude, but deeply caring towards her friends, much like Goku.
222** Vados is one to Whis, though this is one at least justified by her being Whis's sister.
223* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has TheHero Sena and ActionGirl Karin. Both were recruited initially against their will to join a football team. Both are considered the best in their specialty (running back and quarterback respectively) and both ApologisesALot with low self-esteem and being the NiceGuy[=/=]Nice Girl. The only thing really different about them is their gender and appearance.
224* [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter-1]] -- [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Q]]
225** As well, [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter-2]] -- Getter Shou/Neo Getter-2
226* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': Shinomi is very much like a female Eikichi in terms of personality -- they're both HotBlooded, [[DelinquentHair blond-haired]] bikers, and have quite the BelligerentSexualTension. Part of this may be deliberate, since she tried to make herself into the type of girl he would like.
227* ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'': Houtarou Oreki and Fuyumi Irisu. When you think about it, [[SugarAndIcePersonality both have a lot in common]].
228* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', Yuuno gains a counterpart in Shamal. Both Yuuno and Shamal are passive {{Barrier Warrior}}s, have similar abilities and similar roles and they have green magic colors.
229* ''Anime/MazingerZ'' -- ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Aphrodite A, Diana A and Minerva X]]''
230** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' -- ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Venus A]]''
231** Similarly, in the ''Manga/MazingerAngels'' manga (a spoof of ''Series/CharliesAngels'') the main characters are Sayaka, Jun, Hikaru and Maria, piloting Aphrodite A, Venus A, Diana A and Minerva X, respectively. It's like your usual {{Crossover}} blending ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', but GenderFlipped: the male pilots and their robots are nowhere to be seen, and the main characters are the female leads and robots.
232* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' has DarkActionGirl Rezun Schneider as the Distaff Counterpart to ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'''s Yazan Gable. Both are [[TheBrute thuggish]] {{badass normal}}s who joined the military in order to legally kill as many people as possible and have no regard for UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar.
233* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Onemine Nene can be seen as to be this to Tadano. Like him, she acts as the [[OnlySaneMan only sane woman]] in all her class. She also is the Main/{{Cool Big Sis}} who supports everyone around her, including Komi, being one of the few who is capable of understanding her [[Main/{{Rule Of Empathy}} with no words needed]].
234* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' gives us the Girlymatsus, a group of petty and flighty girls who form a sister''hood'' rather than be sisters. The biggest difference between them and the Matsunos is that most of them managed to get jobs. On the other hand, Totoko ends up being a counterpart to their base personalities rather than certain character traits; She's just as jobless, attention-seeking, and broke as they are.
235* While both are genderless, the Mewtwo in [[Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened the 16th Pokémon movie]] is more feminine than the more masculine one seen in [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the first one]]. It is also more of a pure hero, while the one in the Kanto movies was more of an AntiHero.
236* Flamenco Girl from ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco''. In a rare subversion, she's actually [[HypercompetentSidekick far more competent and effective than her male counterpart]].
237* ''Manga/SoulEater'' (Manga): The whole Spartoi group.-- When the group goes into [[spoiler:the Book of Eibon after Noah and Kid, the first chapter, "Lust"]] turns the males female and vice versa. They then make comments on how odd they look, until a team of [[{{Nosebleed}} Female Succubus]] come and try to defeat them.
238* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' : Fiona Frost a.k.a "Nightfall" can be considered a female equivalent to both Loid Forger/Twilight and Yuri Briar. Like Loid, she is a highly competent agent who can do a very effective job and is also a capable strategist. On the other hand, she parallels Yuri in the sense that she is also a StalkerWithACrush who has a great obsession with Twilight and [[LoveMakesYouEvil is capable of making serious damage to anyone who interferes between them]], even if that means [[spoiler:eliminating Loid's own "wife"]].
239* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'' is essentially a female-centric version of the "pretty boys in armor" subgenre of {{Shonen}} FightingSeries that began with ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
240** In-Universe, ''Saint Seiya'' has the ''Manga/SaintSeiyaSaintiaSho'' spin-off, featuring pretty girls in armor.
241* ''Tachibanakan To Lie Angle'' is a {{Yuri|Genre}} send-up to AccidentalPervert ecchi manga, particularly those that follow the ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' model. Even the name is a quick and dirty shout out to its inspiration. The localization team apparently caught on quickly, because the english version of the title (''[[MarketBasedTitle Love To-LIE-Angle]]'') is worded remarkably similar to its male counterpart.
242** ''Matome Groggy Heaven'' is a {{shoujo|demographic}} counterpart to AccidentalPervert-style ecchi comedy, though it focuses on a female protagonist with a male harem rather than an all-girl cast.
243* In ''Takeru: Opera Susanoh Sword of the Devil'', the [[SignificantNameOverlap three Takerus]] arrive at the Kingdom of Jagara, where their three princesses share basic personality traits as the main heroes. The youngest princess is quiet and demure like Oguna, the second princess is brash and hot-headed like Kumaso, while the eldest is in between the two like Izumo.
244* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Evil HERO Inferno Wing is a female EvilCounterpart to Elemental HERO Flame Wingman and both of them even share the exact same Fusion Materials. They share the same stats, but Inferno Wing's Monster Effects are improved versions of Flame Wingman's. Notably, since their Fusion Materials consist Featherman/[[DubNameChange Avian]] and Burstlady/[[DubNameChange Burstinatrix]], it's not illogical how Inferno Wing ended up as a Distaff Counterpart.
245* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' serves as this for Toei's live-action HenshinHero properites ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'', often being promoted in magazines and at events alongside those shows.
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247
248[[folder:Comic Strips]]
249* From ComicBook/TheBeano:
250** ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis The Menace]]'' -> Minnie The Minx.
251** ''Super School'' has Bananagirl, described as "Like ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}} ... only shorter" and said to be either his cousin or his niece.
252* ''ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician'' has MasterOfDisguise The Clay Camel. His modus operandi (perfect disguises and a namesake CallingCard) was later co-opted by The Brass Monkey... who turned out to be his daughter.
253* ''Roy of the Rovers''' younger sister, Rocky Race, appears in a [[https://downthetubes.net/?p=107349 free text story]], and a strip in the ''Comicbook/{{Tammy}} and Comicbook/{{Jinty}} Special 2019'', to tie in with the 2019 Women's World Cup.
254* While not as exact as Jean Arbinkle in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (see Western Animation subpage), one ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic strip had Jon preparing for a date and being unable to decide which look to go for, so what he ends up wearing includes a farmer's hat, a suit jacket and he is carrying a basketball. His date, Gwen, turns up and while she doesn't look much like Jon physically, her outfit includes in a cowgirl hat and majorette jacket and she is carrying a tennis racket. Garfield remarks "God made two of them!"
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256
257[[folder:Fan Works]]
258* ''FanFic/ThirtyHs'' -- ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': Same CanonDefilement of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' universe, same blatant disregard for any sort of plot coherence. One has groinsaws, demonic astronauts, ThePowerOfRock, and gratuitous gore; the other has Wangst, vampires, and CostumePorn.
259* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'' -- ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Same merged universes, same powers, same enemies, same themes... but in the first story the male lead gets genetically modified with Superman's DNA, and in the second one it is the female lead who gets Superman genes. Also, the latter was deliberately done to be a female counterpart to the kind of fics the former belongs to.
260* Raven Child's ''Fanfic/TheSmurfetteVillage'' features a village full of Distaff Counterparts of the male Smurfs.
261* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
262** After repeatedly feeding on his emotions and gaining his powers, Aria Blaze starts mentally and physically turning into a female version of Kaizer Ghidorah.
263** The MirrorUniverse's version of Princess Cadance is basically its version of King Sombra.
264* Sky invokes this in [[VideoGame/VsSky her eponymous]] ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' GameMod. She is obsessed with Boyfriend to the point where she looks like a female version of him.
265* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Downplayed with Mariana Mag, the story's BigBad. She is similar to Odd Todd only in backstory (being former Odd Squad agents who made [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turns]] and enacted revenge against Odd Squad and Precinct 13579 in particular) and in how she became evil (was denied a chance to do something that she wanted, and rebelled accordingly). However, she makes it very clear that she isn't a female counterpart to Odd Todd in any way besides that.
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267
268[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
269* ''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' has Balto's daughter fulfilling this role.
270* Jessie is Woody's distaff counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that [[ShowWithinAShow "Woody's Round-Up"]], which was the show that their toy line was based on, was a show from around TheFifties, just before it became common to have a distaff counterpart.
271* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2'' has Anda and Kata, two "moosettes" that are distaff counterparts / {{love interest}}s for Rutt and Tuke. [[FridgeBrilliance This works especially well since their voice actors were on]] ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' (respectively, Rutt and Tuke were voiced by Creator/RickMoranis and Dave Thomas, while Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara voiced Anda and Kata).
272* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'''s Scar has one in Zira from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''. She is presumed to have been his mate at one point and has a similar personality to him, but is more hands-on and violent.
273* ''Film/SpaceJam'' introduced a Distaff Counterpart for WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Lola Bunny.
274* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'' involves Diego's love interest Shira. They even engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat. This helps the two sabre-toothed tigers to recognize how similar their pasts are.
275* ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage'' has an entire village full of female smurfs which are also roughly personality counterparts of the male smurfs including their own Mama Smurf.
276[[/folder]]
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278[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
279* Hal Roach created the DoubleAct of CloudCuckooLander [=ZaSu=] Pitts and OnlySaneMan Thelma Todd to be this to Creator/LaurelAndHardy. They made a bunch of short films together for MGM, then Pitts demanded a pay rise and Roach replaced her with DeadpanSnarker Creator/PatsyKelly for another run of films which was ended by Todd's tragically early death. Kelly was then paired up with, in turn, Pert Kelton and Lydia Roberti, before finally making a feature film with Pitts. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsJG-MWUgmw Pitts and Todd]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8A4O2aiqfw Todd and Kelly]] films are almost forgotten now and their quality can be erratic, but at their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsJG-MWUgmw best]] they're genuinely funny and worth hunting up, not least for their startling amounts of {{Slapstick}} and LesYay.[[note]]Patsy Kelly was one of 30s Hollywood's very few out lesbians, and her snarky, no-bullshit persona in the Todd and Kelly films is decades ahead of its time.[[/note]]
280* ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'' is usually seems like the female derivation of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' because both movies basically have the same plot: A group of losers wants to go to the big last high school party before graduation. Although it's fair to say ''Booksmart'' takes its character arcs in a more serious tone, the movie as a whole has a heavy dramatic feeling. In the other hand ''Superbad'' works better as a comedy with many memorable jokes. Also, ''Superbad'' ends in a DownerEnding , while ''Booksmart'' apparently would follow the same way, but the last seconds of the film makes it ends in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding .
281* ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' is basically a female complement to ''Film/{{Big}}'' as both movies are about teenagers who wish to be grown-ups and with the help of some mystical forces their dream become true.
282* ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'', featuring a then-unknown Hilary Swank.
283* The T-X or "Terminatrix" in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' is a female shaped terminator.
284* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'': There is a recurring female character, a friend of Shaun's named Yvonne, that is a sort of parallel universe version of Shaun. A scene where the two, along with their respective survivors, meet in someone's backyard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWw9vE39IGc is one of the film's highlights.]] At the end of the movie [[spoiler:she appears with the British Army and saves Shaun and Liz, who are alone and have been cornered by zombies; her party's fate is assumed to have been much happier than Shaun's]].
285* There is a Soviet movie called ''My Dearly Beloved Detective'', featuring two female detectives named Holmes and Watson. The male ones are fictional in the movie.
286* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' -- ''Film/TheHouseBunny''
287* In ''Film/LethalWeapon3'', Lorna Cole is very much the female Riggs, being as tough as he is and a fan of Film/TheThreeStooges.
288* A person wrongly convicted of murdering their spouse, escaping from custody, determined to track down those responsible, pursued--and eventually aided--by an equally determined lawman played by Creator/TommyLeeJones? No, not [[Film/TheFugitive Richard Kimble]]. [[Film/DoubleJeopardy Libby Parsons]]. The filmmakers tried to jazz it up by having the spouse in question having faked his death and having Libby escape from parole rather than prison, but viewers and critics weren't fooled. There's a reason ''Film/DoubleJeopardy'' is referred to as "The Female Fugitive", to the point where people genuinely needed to be reminded that it was ''not'' another sequel.
289* ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'', the sequel to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', introduces the SAL 9000 computer -- apparently identical to HAL 9000 but with a female voice and a blue "eye" instead of a red one.
290* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrdgQV9xxUM Reservoir Cats]]'' (Not to be confused with the JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow parody of the same name) is a remake of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' with all the male characters replaced with female ones.
291* ''Film/SupermanII'' used Superman's mother Lara as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to his father Jor-El in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' because the producers didn't want to pay Marlon Brando the amount of money he was asking for to use footage that had already been filmed since Superman I and Superman II were originally filmed back-to-back.
292* Lady Deathstrike to Wolverine in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', having an adamantium skeleton like he does and showing what he could have been if he hadn't escaped from Stryker.
293* A handful of ''Film/JamesBond'' movies have presented the [[GirlOfTheWeek Bond Girl]] as this, with some very significant characteristics in common--[[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Anya Amasova]] is introduced snuggling in bed with her lover, much like Bond frequently is, [[Film/LicenceToKill Pam Bouvier]] and [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies Wai Lin]] are [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] who can kick ass just as well as him, if not better, and [[Film/DieAnotherDay Jinx]] pulls a NotStayingForBreakfast on ''him''.
294* Rey turns out to be this for Luke in ''{{Film/The Force Awakens}}''; they both grew up on a desert planet without their biological parents (Tatooine with Luke, Jakku with Rey), both are mechanically savvy pilots, and [[spoiler:they're both destined to be Jedi]].
295* Emma Cullen from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'' is one of Rikichi from ''Film/SevenSamurai''. Both have had spouses taken from them by the enemy (her husband was killed while his wife was abducted), they actively seek out the heroes needed to protect their towns, and both TookALevelInBadass over the course of their respective films.
296* ''Film/TheStreetFighter'' series (starring [[Creator/ShinichiChiba Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba]]) and its sister (pun intended) series ''Sister Street Fighter'' (starring his student [[Creator/SueShiomi Etsuko "Sue" Shiomi]])
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299[[folder:Literature]]
300* Mina Davis of ''Literature/HungoverAndHandcuffed'' and ''Literature/AssholeYakuzaBoyfriend'' is meant as one for both Literature/SamSpade and Literature/PhilipMarlowe.
301** Supporting character Reno Bangs is one for Franchise/JamesBond.
302* ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' -- ''Literature/NancyDrew''
303* ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'': ''Comicbook/RedSonja'' is commonly treated as this. However, ''Literature/JirelOfJoiry'' predates her.
304* ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' -- Worrals of the W.A.A.F.
305* Cora, Chick Carter's female cousin, aided Chick Carter and Nick Carter (Nick Carter adopted Chick).
306* Pat Savage, cousin of Literature/DocSavage.
307* ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}'' -- By Creator/DanAbnett of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} brings us Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn, a moderately powered Psyker who falls for one Alizebeth Bequin. Alizebeth is a "Blank" who not only cancels out his powers, but is difficult for him to be around as it causes him pain. Never the less they fall in love.
308** Relevant in that she forms an organization of blanks called the Distaff.
309* ''Literature/MrMen'' -- Little Misses. In some cases, they are explicitly stated to be the sisters of the corresponding Mr Men. Specific ones include:
310** Mr Happy -- Little Miss Sunshine
311** Mr Chatterbox -- Little Miss Chatterbox
312** Mr Greedy -- Little Miss Greedy (originally Little Miss Plump)
313** Mr Noisy -- Little Miss Loud
314** Mr Small -- Little Miss Tiny
315** Mr Uppity -- Little Miss Splendid
316** Mr Fussy -- Little Miss Neat
317** Mr Clever -- Little Miss Brainy
318** Mr Bump -- Little Miss Whoops
319** Mr Busy -- Little Miss Busy
320** Mr Rush -- Little Miss Quick
321** Mr Impossible -- Little Miss Magic
322** Mr Quiet -- Little Miss Shy
323* ''Angie's First Case'' is about Angie Zane, the distaff to Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, written by the same author. It didn't go over so well with readers.
324* ''Jane Carver Of Waar'', an AffectionateParody of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', with 21st century sensibilities.
325* Jill Chill, in ''Jill Chill and the Baron of Glacier Mountain'' by Ed [=McCray=], is a distaff counterpart to JackFrost.
326* The Iron Sister to The Silent Brothers in ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''.
327* In ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'':
328** The Sisterhood of Saint Evahlyn and [[spoiler:Sisters of Saint Kody]] to Brotherhood of Saint Zherneau. All of them are preservers of Mankind's past history, all of them have went into hiding during the War of the Fallen and all have founders that were more that they let on.
329** [[spoiler:Nimue Chwaeriau]] to Merlin Athrawes, as both are [[spoiler:derived from original Nimue Alban]].
330** Aivah Pahrsahn/Nynian Rychtair to Nahrmahn Baytz - a MagnificentBitch and MagnificentBastard.
331* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': President Alma Coin to President Snow.
332* ''Literature/{{Greyfriars}}'' -- ''Cliff House''. The adventures of Billy Bunter's sister Bessie and her friends at Cliff House School for Girls were written by Hilda Richards, supposedly Frank Richards's sister (but actually, both Richardses were pseudonyms used by Charles Hamilton and others) and appeared in ''The Schoolgirl'' magazine.
333* In ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' series, most of Group B (introduced in ''The Scorch Trials'') are the Distaff Counterparts to most of Group A. Specific examples include:
334** Harriet to Minho as of the point where the two groups meet up in the Scorch. It is not known if Group B had any leaders prior to Harriet, but Group A have been through two leaders by the time Minho assumes the role.
335** Rachel to Thomas. However, since the former is a PosthumousCharacter, she doesn't appear directly until ''The Fever Code'' (the fifth book in the series in order of publication, but the second in order of chronology) apart from in one of Thomas's memory dreams.
336** Beth to Gally. Both go missing in their groups' respective Mazes days before each group launches their escape attempt, only to turn up in the final chamber, at which point they are manipulated into killing one of the survivors.
337* Christopher Wood, TropeCodifier of the AwfulBritishSexComedy with his pseudonymous "Timothy Lea" books, wrote a similar series of books as Lea's distaff counterpart "Rosie Dixon".
338* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The all-female International League of Heroes is this to the all-male Good Guys Club. The ILH has also been in operation for longer and use their experience to train the relatively new GGC. In Book 10, [[spoiler:the two groups officially combine to form Shadow Squad G]].
339* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': One class of Genestella can use their mana and prana for PsychicPowers or ElementalPowers. Females of this type are called Stregas ([[BilingualBonus Italian for "witch"]]), while males are referred to as Dantes (seemingly referring to Creator/DanteAlighieri).
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342[[folder:Magazines]]
343* ''{{Magazine/Playboy}}'' magazine -- ''[=Playgirl=]'' magazine.
344* ''{{Magazine/Esquire}}'' magazine -- ''[=Cosmopolitan=]'' magazine.
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347[[folder:Music]]
348* The Primettes were conceived by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. as the distaff counterpart to The Primes. The bands were later renamed Music/TheSupremes and Music/TheTemptations.
349* "The Boy is Mine" (1998, Monica ft. Brandy) and "Same Girl" (2007, R. Kelly ft. Usher) are R&B songs about {{Love Triangle}}s.
350* The Music/TomTomClub is the (more or less) distaff counterpart/side project of Music/TalkingHeads.
351* Music/{{Hole}} is the distaff counterpart to Music/{{Nirvana}}, to the point where their respective lead singers Music/CourtneyLove and Music/KurtCobain were married to each other.
352* Music/JoniMitchell has been often described as 'the female Music/BobDylan', to which she famously replied: "Nobody would call him the male Joni Mitchell". She and Music/NeilYoung are eccentric Canadian singer-songwriters who found fame on the L.A. music scene.
353* Music/IronMaiden -- Iron Maidens, an all-female Music/IronMaiden tribute band.
354** If we're talking about heavy metal tribute bands, let us not forget [[HoYay Lez ]][[Music/LedZeppelin Zeppelin]].
355** Or Queen Diamond.
356** Or [[Music/{{Metallica}} Misstallica]].
357* Music/{{Girlschool}} to Music/{{Motorhead}}. If their collaboration ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' as "Headgirl" doesn't convince you, nothing will.
358* Music/TheBangles have said in many interviews that their original goal was to be this to Music/TheBeatles. Of course they didn't make nearly the same impact.
359* The Three Tenors had distaff counterparts, The Three Sopranos.
360* Music/LadyGaga and Music/AdamLambert are both incredibly talented (and incredibly campy) singers who make heavy use of synthesizers and (at least partly) go for shock value with performances. Not surprisingly both are known to be LGBT (specifically bisexual and gay respectively).
361* The female alternative quartet Drain STH was very much this to Music/AliceInChains when they first debuted in 1993.
362* [[KoreanPopMusic K-pop]] has a few. Typically they will be from the same company as their counterpart and said company or fans of the company will hype them up by using this trope. Examples include:
363** Music/TwoNEOne to Music/BigBang - both have edgy music perceived to have the most Western influence.
364** Music/GirlsGeneration to Music/SuperJunior, due to the many members and similar pop sound. The former were even originally going to be called the Super Girls.
365** Music/{{Fx}} to Music/SHINee for their focus on impressive and flashy choreographies.
366** AOA Black, the band part of Music/{{AOA}}, to well-known Korean bands Music/FTIsland or Music/CNBlue, depending on which fan you ask. Their company FNC seem to agree to either.
367* Examples from the '70–'80s funk scene:
368** [[Music/GeorgeClinton Parliament/Funkadelic]] begat the Brides of Funkenstein.
369** Music/RickJames begat the Mary Jane Girls.
370** Music/{{Prince}}'s music factory cranked out a whole series of distaff Prince bands: Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, Wendy and Lisa, Sheila E...
371* Music/FifthHarmony - Music/OneDirection, since they both have 5 members and they both started out on ''The X Factor'' (the former in the US version, the latter in the UK version). That's not all, they both consisted of five solo artists who were put into a group after getting rejected, they both finished third, became the most successful act from their respective country's show, and they have similar shorthand names (5H and 1D).
372* Music/LittleMix to Music/OneDirection: Both are British pop groups formed on ''Series/TheXFactor'' as solo before turning into a group, both have 4 members (although 1D started out with 5), and Perrie Edwards was engaged to former member Zayn Malik. The difference is in their musical styles as Little Mix prefer R&B-tinged pop, and Little Mix ''won'' their season, while 1D finished in third; on the other hand, One Direction have been ''far'' more popular and successful ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially in the US]]) than Little Mix.
373* Quite surprisingly, Chris Boltendahl of Music/GraveDigger has one in Federica de Boni of White Skull, despite his voice being about as gruff as you can get without edging into death growl territory. Chris has even done guest vocals on a couple of White Skull songs, seemingly just to demonstrate how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDIwvApUZM uncannily similar]] their vocal styles are.
374* Critic Robert Christgau referred to Music/{{REM}} and Music/TenThousandManiacs as musical "kissing cousins". Michael Stipe performed some guest vocals on the latter's ''In My Tribe'' album, making this one more or less official.
375* German song and cellphone company Jamster/JAMBA created a female counterpart to [[BunniesForCuteness Schnuffel (Snuggle)]] named Schnufflienchen (Snuggelina) in 2011 who is also Snuggle's girlfriend due to the popularity of Snuggle in Germany. Both have there own songs, but most of Snuggelina's songs are her referring to her boyfriend except for the song "Butterfly".
376* In the early '00s, Music/LinkinPark -- Music/{{Evanescence}}. Both NuMetal bands that took on {{pop}} sensibilities and saw massive success in doing so. They even have similar sounding {{Signature Song}}s with "In the End" and "Bring Me to Life" respectively, though the latter is more of a BlackSheepHit in their case - notably "Bring Me To Life" features a VocalTagTeam of Amy Lee and Paul [=McCoy=] that's similar to Linkin Park's singer/rapper dynamic with Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, but [=McCoy=] was a guest vocalist and no other Evanescence songs have featured any rapping. They are also the two most likely bands you'll hear an {{anime}} FanVid on Website/YouTube.
377* A male trio named Sporty Thievz came out with "No Pigeon", a male version of the Music/{{TLC}} song No Scrubs which follows the same melody
378* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch has one with the female-fronted Music/InThisMoment. Both are groovy alt-metal bands with hard-hitting yet radio friendly sounds, frequently subject to NarmCharm with how over-the-top their music is, and have received a very divisive reception by metalheads. Fittingly. they've toured together and frontwoman Maria Brink appeared in their song "Anywhere But Here".
379* In {{Metalcore}}, Music/{{Issues}} has one with Music/ConquerDivide. Both are [[GenreBusting eclectic]] takes on the genre, with SopranoAndGravel dynamics between a harsh vocalist and one that sounds like a Top 40 pop star. The comparison has been drawn quite a few times by listeners.
380* [[Music/CultureClub Boy George]] had one with [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] in terms of their iconic androgynous looks during TheEighties (George being a long haired DudeLooksLikeALady and Lennox being a short haired {{Bifauxnen}}, though the difference between them was that George was gay and Lennox was straight), as seen in this ''Newsweek'' [[http://retroawesomeness.blogspot.com/p/on-january-23-1984-newsweek-magazine.html?m=1 article]].
381* Music/BillyBragg and Music/KirstyMacColl tend to be seen this way by their FriendlyFandoms: both are distinctly English artists known for witty takes on relationships.
382* Music/TheSlits to Music/ThePopGroup: Punk groups who incorporated reggae and dub into their sound. Members of the two groups also turned up on each other's records, worked together in other projects and even shared a split single.
383* Taylor Momsen to Drake. While their styles are very different, both were on popular teen dramas before they both quit acting to focus on music becoming some of the most popular artists in their genres.
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386[[folder:Myths & Legends]]
387* The [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian goddess]] Anput is largely a female aspect of her husband Anubis.
388* The incubus (a male demon which lies upon sleepers, in order to have sexual intercourse with them) has the succubus as a female counterpart.
389* Freyr and Freyja in Myth/NorseMythology. Their names are even the masculine and feminine form of the Norse word for "lord".
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392[[folder:Pinballs]]
393* ''[[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]]'' and ''[[Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinBot Bride of Pin*Bot]]'' form a sequelized example.
394* In ''[[Pinball/BugsBunnysBirthdayBall Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball]]'', WesternAnimation/BugsBunny has Honey Bunny, while the Tasmanian Devil has She-Devil.
395* ''Pinball/{{Raven}}'' was meant to be one for [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo,]] by way of TheMockbuster.
396* ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' pairs the male Agent GK with an unnamed female partner.
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399[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
400* In the 1980s Rock n Wrestling Connection, Wrestling/WendiRichter was the female version of Wrestling/HulkHogan.
401* Wrestling/{{GLOW}} could be argued to have many distaff counterparts to male wrestlers (Big Bad Mamma to Papa Shango[[note]]who went on to much greater fame as [[Wrestling/CharlesWright The Godfather]][[/note]] perhaps) but the standout example was Justice, who was a distaff counterpart to Film/{{Shaft}}!
402* The Wrestling/NewWorldOrder was so popular that copycat organizations couldn't pop up fast enough, including distaff counterparts such as the fWo in the Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA and the [=pWo=] in Women's Extreme Wrestling.
403* Wrestling/{{Lita}} was this to the [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boyz]] (bonus points for being like this before they were teamed together, though they had offered to train her back when she was with Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels).
404* Wrestling/SaraDelRey in her initial {{face}} persona was this to Wrestling/BryanDanielson (she was trained by him). She used his [=LeBell=] Lock finisher, used "The Final Countdown" as her entrance music and called herself "The American Angel" (he was "The American Dragon").
405* Tiger Mask, specifically Wrestling/SatoruSayama, gave his blessing to a Joshi who became Tiger Dream [[spoiler:Candy Okutsu]]. World Wonder Ring STARDOM had a parody in Yuzupon Mask [[spoiler:Yuzuki Aikawa, which wasn't even a spoiler to most Japanese fans]].
406* Mima Shimoda and Raven Hiroka ended up becoming distaff counterparts to 1000% Guaperrimo Shocker while they teamed in Mexico, as part of a ForeignFanservice deal (Shocker also had male partners for his Guapos Internacional branch)
407* Wrestling/{{AAA}} gave one to Wrestling/LaParka, La Novia De La Parka [[spoiler:Sahori]]. Lucha Libre USA gave him one to in Rosetta Par-K. [[spoiler:Tracy Taylor, in case you're wondering]]
408* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] unveiled one to aid him in his "[[SitcomArchNemesis feud]]" with Wrestling/CMPunk...''Shelirious''...who was his long term nemesis turned {{translator| buddy}}, Wrestling/DaizeeHaze.
409* Wrestling/{{Chikara}} shot for its own distaff counterpart in Kiryoku Pro, which also failed to catch on. The work of one Wrestling/MercedesMartinez caught the eye of Dave Prazak though, leading to a Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} invite.
410* [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] was an odd one to Wrestling/{{Raven}}. While Raven was a SurferDude party boy who fell into a chronic depression and lashed out at the world, Victoria was a fun loving ho who liked to dance, but inexplicably became a violent psychopath. After the coming down with their mental illnesses, both gained the intense devotion of Wrestling/StevieRichards. Richards in turn got a distaff counterpart in Wrestling/{{Francine}}, who followed him with the same devotion he followed Raven.
411* IWA Mid-South owner Ian Rotten helped train one for his promotion, Mickie Knuckles.
412* The 2005 LLF rookie of the year Tsunami was called "La Chica" Wrestling/{{Kane}} because it was obvious she was a big fan of USA style pro wrestling, she [[TheSpook seemingly appeared out of nowhere to destroy people]] and she used a chokeslam.
413* On a promotional level, Pro Wrestling SUN was one to Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1. Sadly, it did not last but lived on in some of its wrestlers continuing to compete for Zero 1 as Team SUN.
414* Memphis Ladies Wrestling initially served as an obvious distaff counterpart to Wrestling/JerryLawler's Memphis Wrestling, with its first top stars being Lawler's then nemesis/[[RomanceOnTheSet girlfriend]] Wrestling/SuYung (an {{accidental pun}} if there ever was one) and Tasha Simone, who opposed Yung [[FleetingDemographicRule similarly to how]] Simone opposed [[Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Miss Texas]] in Lawler's USWA. Initially. The company's gradual transition into the less regional "Magnificent Ladies of Wrestling" involved a GenreShift, [[AudienceShift among]] other [[LighterAndSofter things]].
415* While Wrestling/AjaKong had long been called a distaff counterpart to Wrestling/BigVanVader, Wrestling/{{WSU}} gave him an official one in Big Van ''Missy''. Mask, {{squash match}}, Vader Bomb and all.(and in Aja Kong's case, an equal case could be made for EMLL luchador Kung Fu during the later stages of his career)
416* Irregular Wrestling/{{WCW}} wrestler Wrestling/SharkBoy was so [[EnsembleDarkhorse unexpectedly popular]] he managed to get ''two'' distaff counterparts: [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Shark Girl]] and [[Wrestling/SoloDarling Shark Solo]].
417* Starting in 2009, Wrestling/MichelleMcCool became this to Wrestling/AJStyles when she started using the Styles Clash, which she renamed the Faith Breaker, as her finishing move. Later became more apparent when she and Wrestling/{{Layla}} started wearing hooded robes as part of their Wrestling/LayCool entrance. Oddly extends to RealLife as well, since both are devout Christians from the DeepSouth.
418* The Original Baka Gaijin of Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestling/MadManPondo, got one in REINA in the form of Crazy Mary Dobson, Miss Baka Gaijin.
419* The Wrestling/ChickBusters (Wrestling/AJLee and Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}}) were this to the Dudebusters (Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft, occasionally joined by Curt Hawkins).
420* AJ Lee eventually became one to Wrestling/CMPunk, especially after AJ delivered a blistering WorkedShoot promo against the rest of the WWE Diva roster, with {{worked shoot}}s in WWE's "Reality Era" being the wheelhouse of CM Punk. It's no surprise that the two ended up together in real life, and have been married since 2014.
421* In 1984, South African wrestler Steve Simpson came to the USA and formed the S&S Express with Joe Savoldi. In 2012 Nevaeh formed an alliance with Sassy Stephie and later Jessie Bell Smothers, which came to be known as the SNS Express.
422* After the SNS Express forced the breakup of the American Sweethearts on the WWN, Amber O'Neal claimed to have joined Wrestling/BulletClub and set out to be one to [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]].
423* [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]] is not the distaff counterpart to Wrestling/SantinoMarella, but she did debut one to his cobra finishing move, [[PunnyName Ven-Emma]].
424* In the early 1990s, the Montreal-based International Championship Wrestling promotion had Sexy Team #1 and Sexy Team #2, who teamed up as the [[GratuitousEnglish imaginatively named]] "Sexy Team". In 2014, Canadian [[Wrestling/SarahStock Dark Angel]] formed "El Sexy Team" in Wrestling/{{CMLL}} with Estrellita and Goya Kong.
425* In 2004 and 05, NWA East and Pro Wrestling eXpress booked Scott Venom and All Business Brant as the TagTeam "Better Than You". Among the many teams to take up this name after they broke up were Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson in 2014 at SHINE, usually shortening it to BTY.
426* Trent Baretta and Wrestling/ChuckTaylor formed a tag team called "Best Friends" in Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla during 2013. In 2015, Arisa Nakajima and Tsukasa Fujimoto formed a team of the same name in Ice Ribbon.
427* In WWE, Wrestling/CharlotteFlair is one to Wrestling/RicFlair minus the party lifestyle. She's called the Nature Girl, her entrance theme includes the [[StandardSnippet/AlsoSprachZarathustra famous intro of his]], and she has adopted several of his moves and mannerisms (Figure 4 [though she now uses a bridging version], knee drop, strut, WOOOO, etc.). This is not lost on people; in fact the sheer number of borrowed aspects from her father has been openly criticized both in-universe by her rivals and by a growing list of detractors amongst the fans.
428** During her time in Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}, Charlotte was also part of a power stable called the "Four Horsewomen" (with Wrestling/SashaBanks, Wrestling/BeckyLynch, and Wrestling/{{Bayley}}) which served as this trope to her father being part of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen alongside Wrestling/ArnAnderson, Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard. This goes double as the Four Horsemen already had a distaff counterpart in mixed martial arts, that involved at least two pro wrestling fans that eventually made their way to the same shows as the NXT group.
429** In later years, Charlotte has been compared to Wrestling/RomanReigns; both are considered [[CreatorsPet creator's pets]] who have been heavily pushed from 2015 onward and come from a wrestling family. Like Roman, Charlotte was constantly pushed for title runs, overshadowing other wrestlers to the point the more popular Becky Lynch and [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]] are nothing more than their best friends.
430* [=InstaGraham=] and [=SnapChad=], the {{hipster}} luchadors of the SMS stable commonly found in Austraila's PWA gained a Distaff Counterpart [=FaceBrooke=] during 2017.
431* After helping Wrestling/ShannonMoore off of his path to self-destruction, Lindsay Snow, who formerly was an AllAmericanFace, became his distaff counterpart, showing a similar xenophilia for Japanese culture that he had developed while running with Tokyo Gurentai and painting her face in a similar manner to his.
432* As the top women's pro wrestling promotion in Japan, Wrestling/WorldWonderRingStardom was seen as this to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Its purchase by NJPW parent company Creator/{{Bushiroad}} in October 2019 sealed the deal.
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434
435[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
436* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'': The titular character is the granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', who was male.
437[[/folder]]
438
439[[folder:Sports]]
440* The Women's National UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} Association, which even started with a copycat logo (now [[DivergentCharacterEvolution updated to change]]) and has several teams with names inspired by the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] one - helped by them usually sharing the same owner:
441** Current team pairs: Washington Wizards/Mystics, Minnesota Timberwolves/Lynx, Phoenix Suns/Mercury. Plus a coincidental: Dallas Mavericks/Wings; the Wings relocated from Tulsa after the 2015 season, and are owned separately from the Mavericks.[[note]]The Wings also play in Arlington, unlike the Mavericks, who play just outside downtown Dallas.[[/note]]
442** Current NBA team, moved WNBA team: Utah Jazz/Utah Starzz, and after the team's first relocation, San Antonio Spurs/Silver Stars, with the WNBA team changing its name to Stars in 2014; after the 2017 season, the Spurs sold the Stars and the new owner moved the WNBA team to Las Vegas. Orlando Magic/Miracle; the Miracle are now known as the Connecticut Sun. Detroit Pistons/Shock (both named after car parts). When the Shock moved to Tulsa after the 2009 season, it created a coincidental example; as the Oklahoma City Thunder had moved from Seattle to OKC a year earlier. As noted above, the Shock moved yet again after the 2015 season to become the Dallas Wings.
443** Current NBA team, defunct WNBA team: Houston Rockets/Comets, Miami Heat/Sol[[note]]Spanish for "sun"[[/note]], Portland Trail Blazers/Fire, Sacramento Kings/Monarchs.
444** ContinuitySnarl: Charlotte Hornets/Sting. The snarl involves the Hornets—that was the original version of the Hornets, which moved to New Orleans and eventually became the Pelicans. The expansion team that Charlotte later got, originally known as the Bobcats, eventually got the Hornets name back. The Sting folded in 2007.
445** Moved NBA team, current WNBA team: Seattle [=SuperSonics=]/Storm. Although the names have little relation beside their mutual connection to the city of Seattle, the teams shared colors and similar logos. When the Sonics were moved to Oklahoma City, the Storm were not part of the sale and remained in Seattle. (Interestingly, the Storm have since changed team colors to the previous/original colors of the Sonics.)
446** Stealth example: Although the New York Liberty has a name different from that of any of its market's NBA teams, it has always shared ownership with one of them—the New York Knicks from 1997 to 2018, and the Brooklyn Nets since 2019.
447* Also relevant to basketball, netball was originally derived as a variant of early basketball[[note]]which, it might be noted, didn't originally have things like backboards or dribbling, as netball still doesn't[[/note]] deemed suitable or women to play (according to the accepted standards of the time)- though actual women's basketball in the modern sense evolved in parallel, itself having little variation in the men's game other than the size of the regulation ball and (in some leagues) the distance of the three-point arc.[[note]]The WNBA and, since 2021–22, NCAA use the same arc as FIBA (international basketball), which lies inside the NBA arc. The U.S. high school arc is closer still.[[/note]]
448** However, in the U.S., the convergence between men's and women's basketball is NewerThanTheyThink. The complete story is too long to tell here, but American women's basketball developed as a 6-on-6 game in which each side had three players exclusively on offense and three on defense. College basketball did not fully adopt full-court, 5-on-5 play until 1971, and 6-on-6 girls' basketball continued at the high school level even longer. Although most states switched to the full-court 5-on-5 game by the end of the 70s, Iowa didn't change until ''1993'' and Oklahoma held out until ''1995''. Also, women's basketball used the same ball as the men until 1984—though international women's play continued to use the men's ball until ''2004''.
449* In [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football/soccer]], countless top-level men's clubs have counterpart women's clubs, usually wearing very similar kit. Sometimes, both clubs are merely sections within a much larger multi-sport club.[[note]]One example is FC Barcelona.[[/note]] In other cases, the women's club is underneath the umbrella of the men's club.[[note]]Four current teams in the National Women's Soccer League in the States are run by UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer teams, namely the Houston Dash (Houston Dynamo), Orlando Pride (Orlando City SC), Seattle Reign (Seattle Sounders), and Utah Royals (Real Salt Lake). Portland Thorns FC had been owned by the Portland Timbers, but was sold due to various organizational controversies. Two more, the North Carolina Courage and Racing Louisville FC, are run by teams in the second-tier USL Championship (respectively North Carolina FC and Louisville City FC). Before the Sounders took over the Reign in early 2024, the women's team had been known as OL Reign and was owned by the parent company of Olympique Lyonnais—whose women's section back in France won the UEFA Women's Champions League five straight times from 2016–2020 and again in 2022.[[/note]] In still others, the women's club is technically independent, but has agreements to use the facilities and (often) trademarks of the men's club.[[note]]Past examples include Arsenal in England, now owned by the [[UsefulNotes/EnglishPremierLeague Premier League]] club of that name, and FC Kansas City (linked with MLS team Sporting Kansas City), which folded after the 2017 season. Current examples in the NWSL are Angel City FC, NJ/NY Gotham FC, and the Washington Spirit, all of which play in MLS stadiums; San Diego Wave FC will join this club when San Diego FC starts MLS play in 2025.[[/note]]
450* Golf has a few of its own (men's competitions listed first).
451** When it comes to major championships, all four of the men's majors have a direct women's counterpart:
452*** Masters/Chevron Championship[[note]]The latter was founded by entertainer Creator/DinahShore and originally bore her name. The event later had a couple other corporate names.[[/note]] – The tournaments are not run by the same body, but they are de facto counterparts. Both are the first majors of their respective seasons, and are held at the same course every year.[[note]](The Masters has been held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia since its creation, being that club's invitational tournament. The Chevron is currently being held at The Club at Carlton Woods in the Houston suburb of The Woodlands, Texas; before 2023, it was at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.)[[/note]] Most notably, both have a unique tradition surrounding the winner. The Masters winner is fitted with a special green jacket that identifies members of Augusta National, the club that runs the tournament. Since 1988, the winner of the Chevron has jumped into a pond behind the 18th green. The current Houston-area host club embraced the tradition that had been established in California, building a pond behind the 18th hole complete with a net to keep alligators out and a dock and ladder to facilitate the jump.
453*** PGA Championship/Women's PGA Championship – Both are run by the PGA of America, the trade association for U.S. club professionals (which has been separate from the PGA Tour since 1968). Before the 2015 season, the Women's PGA Championship was known as the LPGA Championship and run by the (U.S.) LPGA, a trade association for women golf professionals (both club and touring).
454*** U.S. Open/U.S. Women's Open – Both are operated by the United States Golf Association, the governing body for golf in the U.S.
455*** [[RunningGag The Open Championship/Women's Open]] – Both are held in the UK, and since 2017 are run by the same body–in this case The R&A, which along with the USGA sets the rules of golf.[[note]]The women's version was originally run by the Ladies' Golf Union, which served as the governing body for women's golf in Great Britain and Ireland until it merged with The R&A in late 2016. Whereas The Open Championship [[InsistentTerminology insists on not being called "the British Open"]] (since they were the original "open" format championship [[FollowTheLeader that all the others copied]] and thus shouldn't need disambiguation), the Women's British Open is much younger than the U.S. Women's Open and thus would've never been able to get away with calling itself "The Women's Open". Until 2020, when The R&A dropped "British" from the tournament title.[[/note]]
456** The Tour Championship/CME Group Tour Championship (season-ending events, both with limited fields, on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour)
457** Ryder Cup/Solheim Cup (USA vs. Europe professional team competitions held every two years)
458** Walker Cup/Curtis Cup (USA vs. Great Britain & Ireland amateur team competitions held every two years)
459** Korn Ferry Tour/Epson Tour (official second-tier tours for the top US tours)
460** Challenge Tour/LET[[labelnote:*]]Ladies European Tour[[/labelnote]] Access Series (European equivalent to the above)
461* In ice hockey, the Canadian Women's Hockey League, which folded after its 2018–19 season, had the Calgary Inferno, a counterpart of the NHL's Calgary Flames, and Les Canadiennes de Montréal, a counterpart of the Montreal Canadiens. The CWHL's former US counterpart, the Premier Hockey Federation[[labelnote:*]]originally the National Women's Hockey League[[/labelnote]], averted this trope; although all of its teams were in NHL markets (as of its final season in 2022–23, seven), none had names similar to those of NHL teams. After said 2022–23 season, the PHF was purchased by the backers of a new women's pro league and shuttered, with the new Professional Women's Hockey League starting play in January 2024. All of the six inaugural PWHL teams are in NHL markets, but their names have yet to be officially announced.
462* In UsefulNotes/{{tennis}}:
463** The WTA Tour to the ATP World Tour. There are a couple of sub-examples within these tours:
464*** The WTA 1000 events to the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 — the top events on the tour, apart from the four Grand Slam events.
465*** The WTA Finals to the ATP Finals — season-ending events for the very top players.
466** The Billie Jean King Cup[[note]]originally Federation Cup, later Fed Cup[[/note]] to the Davis Cup — annual events for national teams.
467* In [[{{UsefulNotes/NCAA}} American college sports]], baseball is for men and softball is for women.
468** Related to the above: The Men's and Women's College World Series are the final phase of the NCAA Division I championships in those respective sports. However, the NCAA didn't consistently use the word "Men's" in the branding of the baseball championship until 2022.
469* For some reason, the Gaelic sport of hurling is referred to as camogie when played by women. There is literally no difference in rules between the two.
470* As of 2023, each of the three "Grand Tours" of men's road cycling has a women's version. The Giro d'Italia has the Giro Donne, the UsefulNotes/TourDeFrance has the Tour de France Femmes, and the Vuelta a España has La Vuelta Femenina. In all three cases, the women's tours are ''far'' shorter than the men's versions.[[note]]All three men's tours have 21 stages contested over 23 or 24 days. The Giro Donne runs 10 days, the TDF Femmes 8, and La Vuelta Femenina 7.[[/note]]
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473[[folder:Theatre]]
474* ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'': Birdman Papageno gets his birdwoman Papagena.
475* [[KabukiSounds Kabuki theatre]] (all-male in addition to creating an entire industry of GenderBender "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onnagata actresses]]") has one with Creator/TakarazukaRevue (all-female, modern version of the original casting format of Kabuki theatre, where it originated as female only and had females playing male roles before it became male only in 1629) in terms of {{Crosscast Role}}s.
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477
478[[folder:Toys]]
479* Franchise/{{Bakugan}}--Toys/{{Zoobles}}
480* My Buddy -- Kid Sister. Their commercials were often combined into one... and they shared a ThemeTune.
481* Toys/MrPotatoHead -- Mrs. Potato Head.
482* Franchise/{{Transformers}} -- Sweet Secrets.
483* M.U.S.C.L.E. -- C.U.T.I.E.
484* Toys/TheTrashPack -- Toys/{{Shopkins}}. Both are mini collectible figures that are both created by Moose Toys and share a supplemental universe.
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486
487[[folder:Web Animation]]
488* The eponymous character from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' was ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen going]]'' to ha ve one of these, but the creators decided against it. She can be seen in the background of at least one cartoon, though.
489* ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'' does this with maytag, a complete duplicate of Kenstar in appearance except obviously female (while still humorously poorly voiced by a man). Despite this, nobody except the viewer can make the appearance connection.
490-->'''Kenstar''': Wow she's so pretty\
491'''Yusuke''': You're just saying that because she looks like ''(brief pause)'' a pretty girl!\
492'''Kenstar''': That would be why i said that.
493* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The villain Roman Torchwick eventually gains a sidekick named Neo, who wears a feminized version of his outfit with softer colors and wields a ParasolOfPain compared to his [[SwordCane Gun Cane]]. According to Creator/MontyOum, Neo's design was based on a female friend of his cosplaying as Roman.
494* In the ''WebAnimation/CaillouTheGrownup'' episode "A Very Caillou Thanksgiving" we are introduced to Caillou's cousin Boue who's a female version of him, she wears a dress with his signature colors, is also bald but has a few thin strands tied with bows, and just as whiny, spoiled, and immature as he is.
495* ''WebAnimation/StarWarsGalacticPals'' introduces Miree and CAM-E, female counterparts of Aree and CAM from ''WebAnimation/StarWarsGalaxyOfCreatures''. Both are sets of a safari droid and a camera droid, tasked with the care and habits of species of the universe. Miree and CAM-E focus on care of younglings, while Aree and CAM focus on the care and habits of wild creatures.
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498[[folder:Webcomics]]
499* ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}'' has a group of polyamorous girlfriends that share the same character archetypes as the titular characters.
500* ''Webcomic/BoyMeetsBoy'' had an [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20020401.html April Fool's comic]] which was basically this. Amusingly, the female counterparts in Girl Meets Girl appear to be [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20020403.html deeper thinkers]] than their male originals.
501* Subverted in the ''VideoGame/{{Bravoman}}'' webcomic. Bravo Woman is seemingly a female version of the title character. However, their powers are completely different (Bravoman has the ability to stretch his arms and Bravo Woman is a FlyingBrick) and she is arguably more competent and succesful than Bravoman, who spends most of his time playing video games and less time foiling evil plots and schemes.
502* The main character of ''Webcomic/BuggedRun'', Chrys, is a GenderFlip of the classic AlwaysMale Bug Catcher NPC.
503* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', due to the existence of alternate universes, Elliot's counterpart in the Beta Universe is a female version of himself named Ellen (who is not Main Universe Ellen's counterpart), and Grace has a counterpart in the Alpha Universe named General Shade Tail. In the non-canon universes of the side strips, Tedd has a counterpart in Tess.trainers.
504* Several non-canon ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' omake feature Piroko and m0h, gender-swapped versions of Piro and Miho based on their in-canon CrossPlayer game avatars.
505* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' has female counterparts to every playable character in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
506* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' features {{Opposite Sex Clone}}s of the three protagonists, Problem Sleuth, Pickle Inspector, and Ace Dick, who live in the imaginary universe and which each briefly becomes during a "spiritual journey". Problem Sleuth gets Hysterical Dame, Pickle Inspector matches up to Nervous Broad, and Ace Dick gets... Ace Dick in a wig, because Ace's imagination isn't good enough to have an actual female alter-ego.
507* In ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', most of the characters have sisters who (except the Swedens and the Americas) are basically the same as their brothers. The only notable exception is France, where the default representative is female, and Brother France is officially her spear.
508[[/folder]]
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510[[folder:Web Original]]
511* For April Fools' Day 2009, everyone at [=OAFEnet=] [[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=67878970&blogId=480523910 was replaced]] by their distaff counterpart -- except Artemis, whose male equivalent was "Apollo". The entire site was turned from blue to pink, and even one of their running jokes got gender-flipped for [[http://www.oafe.net/toons/quix/090401.php this cartoon.]]
512* [=ItsJustSomeRandomGuy=], creator of the WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC series, has one in the form of his girlfriend, [=ItsJustSomeRandomGal=].
513* [[RuleSixtyThree Rule 63]] is an internet phenomenon in the vein of [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34]] that any sufficiently popular male ''will'' be drawn as a hot female. Including some characters, mostly Superheroes, who don't need to be drawn as such because, as mentioned earlier in comics, they already have a Distaff or Spear (yes, it's done to female characters as well) Counterpart.
514* Played with by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic & WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick. He's become a SissyVillain who has testosterone pills lying around while she's a TheLadette who doesn't even know what a ChickFlick is.
515* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, Douchey [=McNitpick=] -- Hyper Fangirl. They're both {{anti role model}} {{Straw Fan}}s, just the former is aimed at misogynist fanboys and the latter at LovingAShadow fangirls.
516* Online web novel {{Literature/Pact}} has Rose , an alternate version of the protagonist Blake that exists only in mirrors and has power over them, and his closest ally. He and she speculate that she was created by their grandmother as a loophole in the mystical inheritance agreements that state that only a female grandchild will inherit the grandmother's manor, fortune, and impressive numbers of enemies.
517* ''WebVideo/TheyMadeMeWatchThis'' {{discussed|Trope}} this when he mentioned that the Nostalgia Critic hired the Nostalgia Chick so he wouldn't have to to review all the girlie stuff. Then when he mentioned getting his own counterpart, he realized she would instead get to review all the action flicks, and then realized that was already Creator/AllisonPregler.
518* Even [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]] have produced these. For example, the popular meme characters [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-steve Scumbag Steve]] and [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-guy-greg Good Guy Greg]] both have their own respective distaff counterparts, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-girl-scumbag-stacy Scumbag Stacy]] and [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-girl-gina Good Girl Gina.]] Somewhat subverted by the fact that unlike the original male examples (which can involve {{Jerkass}} / NiceGuy activities in any type of situation), the female versions tend to focus primarily on sex and relationship topics, perhaps because [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet most Internet meme creators are male]]. In particular, the Good Girl Gina meme has been accused of UnfortunateImplications, as most of her "good deeds" are agreeing to performing various sexual favors as imagined by the male image creators. One Good Guy Greg image even [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/445526-good-girl-gina lampshaded this issue.]]
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520
521[[folder:Real Life]]
522* Yes, there once was a YWCA (as well as an [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent Alternate Religion Equivalent]], the YM'''H'''A[[note]] Hebrew[[/note]], and ''its'' Distaff Counterpart the YWHA). Eventually, as the meaning behind the acronym was forgotten, the other versions were folded into the YMCA, which then dropped [[TheArtifact the obsolete parts of their name]] and became the Y.
523** Not entirely true for the YMHA and YWHA—they merged with one another, but not with the YMCA/YWCA. Most locations of those groups now call themselves [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Community_Center Jewish Community Centers]]. However, some locations under the JCC umbrella still call themselves the Y (or formally, "YM-YWHA"), with perhaps the most notable example being the famous 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
524** According to Website/TheOtherWiki, the YWCA organization is now called "World YWCA"; it is independent from the YMCA and focuses more of its time now on social-services and mission-type work.
525*** The merging occurred at the local level: many local [=YWCAs=] are now affiliated with ''both'' YWCA USA (the American wing of World YWCA) and YMCA at the same time.
526** The above does not apply to Canada where YMCA and YWCA remain separate organizations and while they both offer programming for men and women, Canadian [=YWCAs=] continue to offer a large amount of female-centric programming related to health as well as social issues.
527* ''Literature/{{Peter Pan}}'' syndrome is a metaphor to refer to an adult, typically a male, who [[{{Manchild}} refuses to grow up and prefers to be a permanent infant]]. The Wendy syndrome, the female equivalent, refers to an adult, usually female, having an obsessive need to satisfy others, mainly because of a fear of [[ParentalAbandonment rejection and abandonment]].
528* The Statue of Liberty was based on what the Colossus of Rhodes might have looked like as a woman, albeit much more modestly dressed. She is approximately the same height and wears a very similar crown to popular depictions of the Colossus.
529* The Girl Guides/Girl Scouts was set up as this for the Boy Scouts, after many girls expressed interest in joining the movement. Though (at least in the UK) the Scouts now accept girl members as well as boys, the Guides still remain as a distinct entity aimed at girls.
530* Shoe store chain Foot Locker and its female counterpart, Lady Foot Locker.
531* Fraternities, which basically are college organizations for male students to (partially) provide networking opportunities, have their equivalent in sororities, which are basically the same but for female students. This applies only to ''social'' fraternities/sororities; colleges have many honorary societies, often with the same types of Greek-letter names as the social organizations. The vast majority of honorary societies are open to outstanding students regardless of sex, though a few such groups are specifically for women.
532* In addition to {{drag queen}}s, there are also drag ''kings''; performers, usually crossdressing women, who base their acts around an exaggeration of masculinity in the same way drag queens perform femininity.
533* Henry is a British brand of vacuum cleaners known for the smiling cartoon face adorning their products. In 2007, they introduced Hetty, a pink (and later yellow) variant with eyelashes who is otherwise virtually identical to Henry in both appearance and function.
534* The magazine ''Magazine/{{Playgirl}}'' was created to be the distaff counterpart to ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' and ''Magazine/{{Penthouse}}'' by having male covers to appeal to female fans.
535[[/folder]]
536
537!!Spear Counterparts
538
539[[foldercontrol]]
540
541[[folder:Multiple Media]]
542* [[https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Dear_Daniel Dear Daniel]] to Franchise/HelloKitty: A Japanese male bobtail cat just like Hello Kitty herself, often being depicted as her boyfriend.
543* [[https://disneyfairies.fandom.com/wiki/Terence Terence]], from the Franchise/DisneyFairies franchise, is basically a male version of Tinkerbell, serving as her main romantic interest. [[WillTheyOrWontThey Sorta]].
544[[/folder]]
545
546[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
547* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Misa Amane (female) is Light's first blindly loyal [[TheDragon Dragon]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning shinigami eyes]]. Teru Mikami (male) is [[spoiler:Light's ''second'' blindly loyal [[TheDragon Dragon]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning shinigami eyes]] -- complete with the exact same Death Note used by Misa!]]
548* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' started off as the Spear Counterpart of ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}''.
549* The ''Anime/KingOfPrism'' film series serves as this to the series it spun off from, ''Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive'', as well as the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' as a whole.
550* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Makoto Katai is basically the male counterpart of Komi. Both of them are high school students with serious communication disorders, which make them victims of some misunderstandings and Tadano is the OnlySaneMan who is capable of understanding them. Katai even considers Komi his communication master, hilarious as it sounds. The real difference between them is that, while Komi is seen by the rest of her class as [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the big beauty of the school]], Makoto, on the other hand, is treated like a [[RuleOfCreepy creepy guy]], sometimes even as a [[JapaneseDelinquents juvenile delinquent]]. This, of course, has [[DoubleStandard unfortunate implications]]. On the other hand, Najimi was able to fool the self-proclaimed EliteFour delinquents in the school by telling them that Katai was Komi.
551** In a rare cross-media example, ''Manga/KuboWontLetMeBeInvisible'' is what you'd get if you applied the GenderFlip trope to the premise of ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'', with the female (Kubo) trying to befriend the shy, introverted male (Shiraishi).
552* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', Arf's Spear Counterpart is Zafira. Both Arf and Zafira are both wolves who can transform into humanoids and are rivals, who handle their battles with GoodOldFisticuffs.
553* ''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Kaworu is basically a Spear Counterpart of Rei. Both Kaworu and Rei are calm and somethimes [[CreepyChild creepy children]] with [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]]. Just like Rei, Kaworu has light hair, pale skin and red eyes. The final of the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion original anime]] and ''The End of Evangelion'' reveal that Rei and Kaworu are [[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination Angels and ancestors of Earth living beings]]]].
554* In ''Manga/PleaseTellMeGalkoChan'', Charao and Otao are spear counterparts of Galko and Otako, being the stereotypical party-goer and the local nerd respectively.
555* The title character of ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' has a Spear Counterpart in Tatsuhiko Shido from ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}''.
556* Kousuke Misaki of ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'' is this to Tomo. While Tomo is a very masculine tomboy who tries taking up feminine interests in order to make her crush see her as a woman instead of OneOfTheBoys, Misaki is a weak, feminine boy who tries taking up masculine interests in order to make his crush see him as a man rather than a good friend.
557* ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'' could be seen as a male counterpart to ''Manga/AngelicLayer'', as both shows share a very similar premise, in addition of adapting said premise with elements of the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' franchise.
558* Obotchaman from ''Manga/DrSlump'' is a spear counterpart to Arale: He has the same strengths (GeniusBruiser, LightningBruiser, BreathWeapon) and weaknesses (BlindWithoutEm, needs Robot Vitamin A to function) she has. All of this because Dr. Mashirito designed him as an EvilKnockoff of Arale based on her blueprints, but Obotchaman [[CopiedTheMoralsToo turned to be just as good as Arale]] and even fell in love with her.
559* ''Manga/AimForTheAce''--''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''
560[[/folder]]
561
562[[folder:Comic Strips]]
563* ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor'': The Indelible Alison Bechdel included a strip called "Guys to Watch Out For" which showed each character's Spear Counterpart. In particular, Mo is being inaugurated as president of the United States.
564[[/folder]]
565
566[[folder:Fan Works]]
567* The term "Gary Stu" (Or MartyStu) was coined as the male equivalent of the MarySue archetype commonly found in several fanfiction works.
568* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': [[spoiler:[[BigBad Prince Jewelius]] is more-or-less a stallion version of Queen Chrysalis, with both being [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and having schemes that parallel each other. Chrysalis tries to marry Shining Armor while [[WoundedGazelleGambit turning him along with Princess Celestia, the Mane Five and Spike against Twilight]], while Jewelius intends to marry Twilight whom [[CorruptTheCutie he manipulates]] to turn against her brother, mentor and friends.]]
569* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11852303/1/Rise-of-a-Star-Knight Rise of a Star Knight]]'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' FusionFic, has the titular [[MagicKnight Star Knights]] as spear counterparts to the Maidens. Unlike the Maidens, being a Star Knight is hereditary, passed on to the oldest son, though there is one single recorded case of a woman inheriting the powers after her brother died childless.
570* The "Boy's Side" stories of the ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' series are just like the normal girl-focused Main Stories, which are lighthearted SliceOfLife affairs, though with an all-male ensemble of characters instead of the all-female cast the normal ''PokéLive!'' stories have.
571* ''Fanfic/TheHungerGamesPrequelCollection'' has a character called Circuit who's a male version of canon character Johanna Mason. Like her, he pretends to be weak and helpless so that the other tributes will overlook him, then reveals himself to be a deadly killer. However, while Johanna won her first Games and went on to be District 7's female tribute in the third Quarter Quell [[note]]which saw twenty-four past victors return to the arena[[/note]], Circuit is killed by his district partner, Astrid, after they both make it to the final two.
572* ''Fanfic/JerkInSheepsClothing'': At first glance, Henri [=LeRoi=] seems like a caring companion to Marinette and the only ally she has when [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] is manipulating her classmates. In reality, he is just as much of a BitchInSheepsClothing as Lila is, though instead of trying to control the class he wants to control Marinette through manipulation and threatening her friends.
573[[/folder]]
574
575[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
576* According to the writers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar, the film's BigBad, is essentially a male version of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]. What makes those two villains similar is the fact that they both wield magic powers, they both wear long, flowing black robes, they both carry staffs in their arms, they both have birds for henchmen, and they both [[OneWingedAngel turn into]] [[ScaledUp reptilian monsters]] at the end of their respective films. Ironically, according to the show ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', Maleficent actually ended up falling in love with [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]] of all people!
577* Along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' is often seen as the Spear Counterparts of the entire ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' franchise (though ''Aladdin'' is technically included in that franchise due to Jasmine), as they both follow male protagonists on quests to become royalty. Most notably, one of ''The Lion King'''s TV spinoffs, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', was deliberately promoted as a boy-oriented equivalent to the more girl-targeted ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
578* A similar thing happened with ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''. Frollo was designed to be the male counterpart of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]].
579* Henry Pym Jr. from the animated movie ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' is a younger, male counterpart for his mother, Janet van Dyne, ComicBook/TheWasp, having a similar outfit and powers.
580* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei had a cousin named Leo who would have served as this for her.
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582
583[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
584* Carrie in ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' and ''Film/Carrie1976'' -- Andrew in ''Film/{{Chronicle}}''. Both are loners who are bullied at school and physically abused at home by a single parent, Carrie's mother and Andrew's father (although Andrew's mother is dying rather than dead or absent). Both are severely mistreated, depressed loners who, despite a HopeSpot, go on murderous fiery rampages.
585* ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' -- ''Film/{{Hitch}}''
586* ''Film/TheCraft'' -- ''Film/TheCovenant''. Stories centered on a group of teenage witches and a group of teenage warlocks, respectively.
587* The Dagger Debs (later Jeezebels) for the Silver Daggers in ''Film/SwitchbladeSisters''.
588* ''Film/MadeOfHonor'' -- ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'': Both movies follow an almost identical plot: Person realizes they're in love with their opposite-sex friend just as said friend announces their engagement and engages in Relationship Sabotage while helping them plan their wedding.
589* The 1987 film,'' like father, like son'' can be considered the male twin of the original ''Film/{{Freaky Friday 1976}}'' as both movies are about parents dealing with their rebellious children who suddenly [[Main/{{FreakyFridayFlip}} switch bodies with them]]. Interestingly enough, [[Film/{{FreakyFriday2003}} the 2003 remake]] apparently inspires on ''like father, like son'' on the idea of the body change being the consequence of some magical intervention. In the original, the reason for the body change is [[Main/{{RiddleForTheAges}} never explained]].
590* ''Film/{{Where The Heart Is}}''--''Film/{{The Terminal}}'': Both films can perfectly-being summary up like "for reasons against her/his will a person ends living in an unusual place ( in the case of ''Creator/{{Natalie Portman}}'' is a ''UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}'', in the case of ''Creator/{{Tom Hanks}}'' is the JFK international airport). During their standing, they find love and change the lives of everyone around them".
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592
593[[folder:Literature]]
594* ''Literature/LifeAndDeathTwilightReimagined'' is a GenderFlip version of ''[[Literature/Twilight2005 Twilight]]'''s first novel: Instead of Bella, the main character is a male teenager called Beau (Beaufort) Swan.
595* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' could be seen as a Spear Counterpart of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'', as both works seem to have more than one similarity:
596-->Suppose you're a kid attending wizard school, with classes in Potions and Broom Flying, in a medieval castle surrounded by dark forests. It's hard for you, since you weren't raised by a magical family, but you make two best friends pretty quickly, and then spend the rest of the series getting into adventures with them--usually of the out-of-bounds kind. Your chief rival, meanwhile, is the stuck-up scion of an old magical family... who, to make things worse, is blatantly the favourite of one of your most-hated professors, the sour-faced potions teacher. At least the kindly old head teacher is on your side...
597* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'', which takes place at a Catholic [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]], has an official spin-off focusing on the rival all-boys Buddhist school in the series in the form of ''Oshaka-sama mo Miteru'' (Buddha Watches Too).
598* The second book of the ''Literature/RaggedyAnn'' series by Johnny Gruelle introduced the brother of the titular character, Raggedy Andy, as her Spear Counterpart.
599* [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Woman_Alone_with_Her_Soul A Woman Alone with Her Soul]]--[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLastManHeardAKnock "Knock"]]: Both are extremely short tales about the last person in the world hearing a knock in the door, being the only difference the gender of the main character. While "Knock" is far more well known, "A Woman Alone with Her Soul", predates it by several years.
600* ''Literature/LittleWomen''--''Literature/LittleMen''
601* ''Literature/PrinceCinders'' is a humorous GenderFlip retelling of Literature/{{Cinderella}}, where the main character is a young man bullied by his three big hairy brothers.
602* ''Literature/MySisterTheVampire'' has a spear counterpart series by the same author named [[https://www.goodreads.com/series/93753-my-brother-the-werewolf ''My Brother The Werewolf'']].
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604
605[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
606* The mythological male equivalent of mermaids are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merman Mermen]].
607* The all-male, lesser known equivalent of the [[OneGenderRace Amazons]] are the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargareans Gargareans]]. They occasionally met to reproduce, sending male babies to them and the females to the Amazons.
608* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock Warlocks]] are the male counterpart of witches - when they're not simply called "witches". Real life male neo-pagans call themselves witches and consider "warlock" a slur.
609* The male counterpart of the succubus is known as the "incubus".
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611
612[[folder:Music]]
613* Music/CelticThunder is the Spear Counterpart to the popular Music/CelticWoman.
614* Madonna -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx3Ab7LqSI Mandonna]]
615* Music/{{Vocaloid}}: While they were released at the same time with their voicebanks bundled together, Len Kagamine is always listed as coming after his [[AmbiguousSituation sister/girlfriend/mirror image]] Rin.
616[[/folder]]
617[[folder: Print media]]
618
619* Vogue -- Men's vogue
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621
622[[/folder]]
623
624[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
625* As Josie Wahlford (AKA Minerva) was the first known "World Champion" recognized by any significant part of the pro wrestling industry, the wrestler to be recognized as a World Champion among male wrestlers, Wrestling/GeorgeHackenschmidt, was her spear counterpart. However, while Wahlford was recognized as wrestling champion by the United States, her status as ''world'' champion was (and is) still highly disputed, despite traveling to other countries. Cora Livingston is more widely accepted as the first World Women's Champion, and her reign began five years after Hackenschmidt's.
626* BackyardWrestling is basically the more derided spear counterpart to the more private phenomenon of apartment wrestling in popular perception(both genders are involved with both but "apartment wrestling" has been used as a redirect to CatFight on Website/{{Wikipedia}}). Apartment wrestling had a stint of national acceptance after Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah went to Bill Apter's magazine to commercialize the concept in the 1970s, selling him pictures of her students posed for photos in apartment rooms([[NoBudget usually not having budgets]] fans were more likely to use their own bedrooms until then). Backyards wouldn't get close until the release of two video games centered around Music/InsaneClownPosse in the 2000s and participants could only gain acceptance from the industry by leaving yards altogether([[GimmickMatches falls count anywhere matches]] notwithstanding, such as when The [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boys]] bizarre "Final Deletion" [[BileFascination almost saved]] the [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] brand in the 2010s)
627* Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling was basically the spear counterpart to Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling, the two even having similar developments. AJW was the last surviving member of a similarly named larger organization while AJPW was a breakaway from JWA. AJW became one of the top promotions in the world by having its wrestlers beat up {{evil foreigner}}s from WWWA and AGWA, and taking the WWWA title belts as its own when WWWA closed down while AJPW used a lot of NWA and Wrestling/{{A|mericanWrestlingAssociation}}WA evil foreigners and used the NWA International Heavyweight belt as one of the foundations for the Unified Triple Crown. Both also declined in the 2000s, though the spear counterpart was able to bounce back and ended up outlasting the older company.
628* The exótico luchador Cassandro is not a spear counterpart to any luchadorea, but took his ring name from a famous, [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold benevolent prostitute]] in Tijuana.
629* The Canadian Glamour Boys [[Wrestling/ValVenis Sean]] and Shane, best known for their runs in the British All-Star Wrestling and Puerto Rican based WWC, are spear counterparts to the Glamour Girls Wrestling/LeilaniKai and Judy Martin.
630* While in Wrestling/ImpactWrestling, Wrestling/JamesStorm has basically been a spear counterpart to Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, specifically when she was Miss Tennessee but also her own role during her TNA runs to a lesser extent. On the flip side. Jacqueline and [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] together are almost a distaff counterpart to James Storm's team, America's Most Wanted.
631* Los Spice Boys of Wrestling/{{AAA}} weren't spear counterparts to any lucha libre[=/=]pro wrestling group but were instead male knockoffs of a UK female music group known as The Spice Girls.
632* Another AAA case was Butterfly, a spear counterpart to Princesa Sugeith.
633* After Wrestling/CodyRhodes was "disfigured" by Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}(it was Cody's own fault and he looked exactly the same afterwards), he began forcing all the ugly people (anyone he could get his hands on) to wear paper bag masks, making him a one-man spear counterpart[=/=]AlternateCompanyEquivalent to [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople.
634* No Wrestling/BellaTwins have worked for the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA as far as we know, however, Vendetta Pro and Ultra Championship Wrestling Zero have had matches featuring the Fella Twins. Though mostly subverted in that Tommy Puur and Chip are generally baby {{face}}s and thus don't [[TagTeamTwins switch.]] After their breakup "Boy Diva" Rick Cataldo and Eddy [=McQueen=] were quick to appropriate the gimmick in NWCY and WSU.
635* Wrestling/{{reDRagon}} are either spear counterparts to the ARSION TagTeam [=ReDragon=] or the first attempt by Shayna Baszler to create a group similar to The Four Horsewomen for pro wrestling. The CamelCase suggested a mixture of referencing the older tag team with an unhealthy fixation on Davey Richards, but then Wrestling/KyleOReilly and Wrestling/BobbyFish insisted [[TheManBehindTheMan Baszler had been the mastermind the whole time]] when she appeared in Wrestling/RingOfHonor while Baszler would later state multiple times in SHIMMER that she had been trying to duplicate her mixed martial arts career through pro wrestling...
636* Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie, already a member of Las Gringas Locas (with Jennifer Blake and Sexy Star, a send up to Louie "Madonna's Boyfriend" Spicolli, Art Barr and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero's Los Gringos Locos) in turn got a spear counterpart in brother James Von Eerie, who dresses in a similar manner to her and recycles some of her lesser used looks, such as SunglassesAtNight.
637* Glamour Boy Shane's protege Angel Fashion is more or less the spear counterpart to La Morena, the Queen Of Fashion and violence.
638* While the original "Sexy Team" were men, Máximo forming his own "El Sexy Team" with Johnny Idol and Marco Corleone on the heels of Dark Angel's departure from CMLL naturally made them the spear counterparts to her trio.[[/folder]]
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640[[folder:Sports]]
641* The NBA Cup[[note]]For now, the NBA is simply calling the event in which it's awarded the "In-Season Tournament"; it expected to get [[ProductPlacementName corporate sponsor]] before the first game, but hasn't gotten one yet. The trophy, however, is the NBA Cup.[[/note]] is this to the WNBA Commissioner's Cup. Both are in-season tournaments, with all games except the championship final counting fully toward regular-season results. It's listed here instead of "Distaff Counterpart" because the WNBA got there first—the Commissioner's Cup was first played in the 2021 season ([[ReleaseDateChange/COVID19PandemicRelatedExamples delayed from 2020 by COVID-19]]), while the NBA Cup debuted in the 2023–24 season.
642[[/folder]]
643
644[[folder:Toys]]
645* The ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' toyline was created in 1992 as a Spear Counterpart of the ''Toys/PollyPocket'' toyline, which was introduced in 1989.
646* The ''Franchise/GIJoe'' toyline (which started in 1964) is often considered as an Spear Counterpart for the ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' toyline which was available since 1959).
647* The Easy Bake Oven is usually aimed [[FeminineWomenCanCook at girls]], though in the 2010s they revamped it for an unisex audience. Another company has the "Creepy Crawlers" oven aimed at boys. It creates candy versions of "gross" or "scary" animals like spiders or scorpions.
648* Franchise/{{Digimon}} was originally an attempt to get boys into the whole Toys/{{Tamagotchi}} craze. While it never matched Tamagotchi at the height of its popularity, Digimon did enjoy more longevity.
649* ''Toys/{{Poopsie}}'' now has the ''Hangrees'', which gets rid of the BlindBagCollectables gimmick Poopsie is known for and, instead of unicorns, portray slime-pooping parodies of characters from franchises like ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and even '''''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'''''.
650** MGA's apparently trying again with [[https://rainbowsinpieces.mgae.com/ Rainbows in Pieces]], which keeps the unicorns, but removes the surprise gimmick ''and'' the slime and replaces ToiletHumor with straight-up ''gore''.
651* ''Kung Zhu'' was created in the year 2010 as a spear counterpart (specifically aimed at boys age 8–12) of the ''Zhu Zhu Pets'' toyline, available since the year 2009.
652* Dragon Flyz -- Sky Dancers. However, this only applies to the toyline, since the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/DragonFlyz'' debuted one year before ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'' respective Animated Adaptation.
653* The short-lived [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventurers Disney Adventurers]] toyline was intended to serve as a male counterpart to the Franchise/DisneyPrincess franchise, without achieving the same level of success.
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655
656[[folder:Web Animation]]
657* The WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad has a set of Spear Counterparts in the Four Gregs, though it's not quite as blatant (there's not an easy match-up of personalities, for example).
658* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' has a Vietnamese knock-off web series named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfoo Wolfoo]] where the main character is a little wolf boy instead of a pig girl.
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660
661[[folder:Web Original]]
662* The three main characters of WebVideo/WhereTheBearsAre are very clearly patterned off of Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose from ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''. Nelson is generally level-headed but has his neurotic moments, especially where Todd is concerned (Dorothy). Reggie is a well-connected writer and is the horniest of the bunch (Blanche). Wood's sweetness is only outdone by his stupidity (Rose).
663* [=YouTuber=] [[Creator/AnnaBrisbin Brizzy Voices]] has two: Creator/BrianHull (For their voice impressions, voice acting gigs and love of Disney- they have collaborated '''10 times!''', and even has narration roles in two Osmo Super Studio sets) and British [=YouTuber=] Seamus Gorman (both fans of Disney and Harry Potter).
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665
666[[folder:Real Life]]
667* The perception of our own body images. It's fairly common knowledge that girls are more easily susceptible to eating disorders such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulimia_nervosa bulimia]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa anorexia nervosa]] in an attempt to lose weight because they think they are [[WeightWoe too fat]]. Less commonly known is that the opposite generally holds true for guys, who try to get bigger instead. In the belief that they are [[MuscleAngst too skinny or scrawny]] some will almost obsessively work out and eat a lot of food in order to put on more weight (in the form of muscle mass). This tends to happen more often to those who are already perceived as being very physically fit or muscular, and is known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_dysmorphia muscle dysmorphia]] or, appropriately, reverse anorexia. Both are essentially nasty side-effects of the way our modern media portrays the ideal body figure for both women and men.
668* Since so many of Creator/{{Disney}}'s holdings, such as Franchise/DisneyFairies and [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Princesses]], appeal so much more easily to girls, Disney found that their market share in young children's entertainment was lopsided, so Creator/{{DisneyXD}} was specifically created in order to cater to boys. However, Disney has yet to develop a specific line such as the Fairies or Princesses aimed at boys; instead, Disney bought both Creator/MarvelComics and Franchise/StarWars (thus accessing their lines of boy-friendly characters).
669* Creator/SpikeTV can be seen as the Spear Counterpart to Creator/{{Lifetime}}, having been conceived as a television network geared toward men. The channel is now Paramount Network and pretty much features a mixed bag geared to both genders.
670* In Japan, Valentine's Day is seen as a day in were only women give a present (frequently chocolate) to their male love interest. White day, on the other hand, consists of a day where the males give a present to their confessed crush as a form of thanks (frequently white chocolate, where the day takes its name). What about non-heterosexual couples, and why don't both genders give presents to their special beloved ones on the exact same day? [[ValuesDissonance Only Japanese people will know]].
671* Shirley Temple "[[FrothyMugsOfWater mocktails]]" consist of ginger ale (OJ, Sprite, or lemonade), grenadine, and a cherry. Roy Rogers mocktails consist of cola, grenadine, and a cherry. Both are named after mid-20th century thespians, a [[Creator/ShirleyTemple child actress]] and a [[Creator/RoyRogers singing cowboy]], respectively.
672* Father's Day is this to Mother's Day as it was internationally established some years after the latter.
673* In 1989, clothing chain Express started a second store brand for men's apparel known as Structure. This was renamed Express Men in 2001.
674* International Men's Day was inaugurated since 1992 by Thomas Coulter, as the Spear Counterpart of the International Women's Day, established since 1909.
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