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1->'''Ryu:''' I like you.\
2'''Ryu:''' Like, like you, like you.\
3'''Ryu:''' It kinda clicked for me after I turned into a girl and stuff.\
4'''Ryu:''' And isn't like, "boyfriend" the next level of "best friend" if you think about it?\
5'''Ryu:''' No deeper bond than a guy friend turning into his other guy friend's girlfriend.
6-->-- ''Fight Like a Girl'', by Creator/TheTransformistress
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8A GenderBender trope, where someone who would have made a good match if not for gender suddenly ''is'' a good match, and some version of a RomanceArc (and in the more JustForFun/{{egregious}} cases, the relationship) begins immediately. Often, there hadn't previously been one iota of serious thought about a romantic relationship between the two people prior to the gender shift.
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10When--as is sometimes the case--this involves the gender-switched person [[TheMindIsThePlaythingOfTheBody changing their sexual preferences]], people can find this plot {{squick}}y.
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12There are legions of [[YaoiFangirl amateur]] [[YuriFan stories]] with some version of this plot in appropriate corners of the Internet, and a decent portion of genderbending FanFic will use it as well.
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14For obvious reasons, depends on the absence of EveryoneIsBi. The FirstLawOfGenderBending (or its inversion) tends to be in play, although cases where one party becomes a SexShifter [[ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange aren't unheard of]]. The opposite of UnsettlingGenderReveal.
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16Compare to TransEqualsGay with non-GenderBender examples. Contrast SettledForGay, in which partnership happens without a change in orientation, gender-bending based examples of IfItsYouItsOkay, and IncompatibleOrientation.
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19!!Examples:
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23* Not surprisingly there's a hentai manga about this. A male student finds himself [[BodySurf body hopping]] into females at certain points in time, and he uses every occasion to sleep with a local JerkJock Cassanova. Though as soon as he's left the girl's body ([[NoEndorHolocaust paying no attention to the girl who just had been taken over as she's usually in a daze of orgasmic pleasure]]) it turns into HoYay as he pleads his love for the jock.
24* Another one plays it for horror, in that the protagonist, a guy who wants the attraction of a particular girl, makes a pact with an ObviouslyEvil skeletal demon who consumes the innards of people, thus turning the remaining skin into a literal bodysuit one can put on and turn into, [[{{Sizeshifter}} size-shifting included]]. [[spoiler:It is done with the diminutive female friend of the guy's obsession, an unrelated little girl, another guy and lastly the girl he originally wanted to be together with. Then he is HoistByHisOwnPetard when, on the demon's suggestion, he puts on the girl's skin and turns into her - only for the demon to take on the other guy's suit and rending the protagonist's mind inside-out, forcing her (?) to fully embrace being a girl and be reduced to nothing more than a mindless pawn.]]
25* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'':
26** Soga and Matsuri share a mutual respect as colleagues, and after Matsuri is turned female, Soga quickly becomes infatuated with him. [[StupidSexyFlanders Soga's rather unhappy with this]], as both wish to still see Matsuri as a guy.
27** Zig-zagged on Matsuri's side: He's very affectionate to Soga, but he offhandedly brushes off any suggestions of love between them, not even noticing Soga's attraction. The doesn't stop the series from indulging in [[PseudoRomanticFriendship blatant romantic overtones]] between the two.
28** Played with when Matsuri [[AmnesiaEpisode temporarily loses his memories]] and believes he was always a girl. "She" falls for Soga immediately, which Shadow Mei attributes to AmnesiacResonance, and asks him out. ''Soga'', to his own surprised, suddenly stopped finding Matsuri attractive [[ThirdLawOfGenderBending when he was acting so "girly"]]. Comically, once his memories are restored, [[StatusQuoIsGod Matsuri doesn't give a single thought]] to why he fell in love with Soga so readily.
29** The idea is addressed more seriously when [[spoiler:Matsuri is seemingly split into male and female halves. The girl assumes Suzu would get with her boy self, and isn't welcome in their old home, and seriously asks if she'd be happy as Soga's bride. Soga rejects her because the Matsuri he knows wouldn't want to leave Suzu, even as a girl.]]
30** The same plotline leads to an unusual variation with [[spoiler:boy and girl Matsuri [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle competing for Suzu's attention]]]]. They realize, though Suzu is physically attracted to either form, circumstances have formed a stronger ''emotional'' bond with the female one. In the manga's ending, [[spoiler:Matsuri believes they have so far only gotten "ready" to be Suzu's ''girlfriend'', not her boyfriend, which is the biggest reason [[SecondLawOfGenderBending she decides to stay a girl for at least the next couple years]]]].
31* Subverted in ''Manga/TheDayOfRevolution'' as the very idea of a romantic relationship with ''any'' of her former TrueCompanions has the gender-bent protagonist thoroughly squicked. They don't know she is their old friends, and so don't hold back themselves--though they [[EvenTheGuysWantHim weren't all that shy]] even when she was a guy.
32* ''Manga/FrankenFran'': An early story features a boy and a girl who won't admit their feelings for each other due to assorted issues, so Fran helps them jump the gender barrier. [[GiftOfTheMagiPlot Both of them.]]
33* ''Hana wa Nisemono'' inverts the trope and plays with it quite a bit. The main couple, a pair of gay guys named Ayumu and Mori, is already together, but one of them is cosmically changed to have always been a girl because ThePowersThatBe interpreted their New Years' wish to "always be together" as a plea for society to accept their relationship to the point where they ''could'' remain together--ergo, have them be seen as "normal". However, it only complicates things; while it's true that everybody openly acknowledges their coupling and that many won't dare to get in their way romantically, the one who wasn't changed has a crisis of love because he isn't sexually attracted to his partner anymore but still wonders if they should stay together, while the one turned into a girl reluctantly adjusts to life as a woman and retains his preference for men but is frustrated at "her" partner for the aforementioned insecurities. Good thing the gods reverted the situation.
34* In ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}'': Kaede doesn't seem to be interested in male [[DoggedNiceGuy Natsuru]]. Suddenly Natsuru [[GenderBender turns into a girl]], and at first sight, Kaede falls in love with "her." [[spoiler: It gets creepy when we find out Kaede's a PsychoLesbian who DoesNotLikeMen, and that she turned Natsuru into a girl for this very reason.]]
35* In ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', Yasuna, a ''girl'' suddenly pays attention when Hazumu becomes female, as does Hazumu's best male friend Asuta. The former is at least somewhat reciprocated, but the latter goes entirely unnoticed and played as a joke.
36* ''Manga/LifeWithAnOrdinaryGuyWhoReincarnatedIntoATotalFantasyKnockout'': After Tachibana becomes female, he and Jinguuji immediately become infatuated with each other. They're not remotely pleased with this, especially because their feelings might just be caused by a {{curse}}. The manga is also very ambiguous about what their sexual orientations were to begin with--Jinguuji actually ''hadn't'' ever fallen for a woman before Tachibana became one, generally found women repellent, and had very strong feelings towards Tachibana specifically.
37* Douman Seiman's ''Menlancholia'' features a LovingBully variant. A bully, Kanbara, liked to beat up and pick on a child genius classmate Takeru. Kanbara turns out to have a crush on Takeru, but when he wishes to turn into a girl he mentions that the crush wasn't the reason for the transformation--rather, he hoped that as a girl, he could properly apologize to Takeru for his earlier actions. The trope is played straight with his friend Miyagi, however, since he's more than fine with Kanbara being a girl and ends up dating him.
38* Played with but ultimately subverted in ''Manga/NozomuNozomi'': ''his'' budding romantic interest in best friend Yasu may have started Nozomu down the road to womanhood after his mysterious GenderBender, but it's ''her'' outrage at Yasu's [[LovableSexManiac horndog lewdness]] that convinces Nozomu she's truly become a girl.
39* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': A trans woman model UsefulNotes/{{trans|Gender}}itioned because she thought the man she loved was straight. In a subversion, [[GaveUpTooSoon he actually turned out to be]] closeted and gay. As a result, [[IncompatibleOrientation it didn't work out]] between them.
40* Invoked in ''Manga/SekainohateDeAimashou'': Emilio, a HumanAlien prince, slips [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ryouma]] a GenderBender potion to make him Emilio's wife. Ryouma initially refuses Emilio's advances and [[GenderBenderAngst wants to change back]], but gradually starts [[{{Tsundere}} reciprocating his feelings]] and [[SecondLawOfGenderBending becoming more comfortable with being female]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Ryouma turns down becoming male again and the two hook up, get married, and have children.]]
41* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' has its own way with this trope. [[spoiler: Homura]] has an unstable gender, but mentally identifies himself as male. At the start of the story, he was physically male and had been trying to find an Ashikabi who was female. However, as time went on his body began reacting to main character Minato, who is a heterosexual male. As a result, [[spoiler:Homura]] began turning into a woman. It's not clear if the transformation was complete by the time he was finally "winged", but the character now has breasts as well as more feminine features, and is pretty annoyed and uncomfortable with the whole situation. Poor, guy/girl.
42* Kanata/Katia of ''Literature/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' was originally a male before being reincarnated as a girl. She still identified as a man in her mind which resulted in her suppressing a growing affection for her male friend Shun. After a near-death experience where Shun saved her, she started identifying as female and shortly after started giving Shun hints about her feelings.
43* ''Strange Mansion'' features a trans woman who [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transitioned]] because her high school crush [[IncompatibleOrientation didn't like men]].
44* ''Manga/YourAndMySecret'': After Uehara and Momoi switch bodies, Momoi almost immediately starts dating her best friend Shiina, who doesn't know about the switch, and Sengbongi[[spoiler:, who figures it out but doesn't mind,]] makes several romantic/sexual overtures towards Uehara. It's an interesting case since while the body switching ''did'' facilitate both relationships, it's implied that there was existing attraction pre-body switch.
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48* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'': In Earth-3490, the Civil War created by the Superhuman Registration Act is averted. Why? Because Captain America and Iron Woman [[ThePowerOfLove get]] ''[[ThePowerOfLove married]]''. Interestingly, they both get married in costume, which causes a DoubleTake upon turning the page because Iron Woman's gender is surprisingly ambiguous [[GetBackInTheCloset if you ignore the veil]]. And instead of the stock 'standing together at the altar' image, they're making out in front of the church.
49** Of course, soon after that came out, it was put on The Internet...and Tony's beard got photoshopped onto 'Toni''s face, with varying levels of looking actually beard-like.
50* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', with Xavin and Karolina. Karolina is gay and [[ArrangedMarriage engaged to Xavin]], who appears in a youthful male image that he believed would please her. Being a Skrull, for whom changing shape and sex is as difficult and important as changing the color of one's hair, Xavin is not bothered by this and happily assumes a female form to make Karolina more comfortable. Some drama [[CanonDisContinuity that might or might not have happened later]] revolved around confusion over Xavin's "true" sex, and Karolina's assertion that Xavin is ''really'' a woman, despite the fact that even Xavin points out that he/she (Even the characters become confused over the proper pronouns) is not only one or the other.
51** The issue becomes significantly more stable, however, when Xavin unconsciously reverts to a 'default' female form during an argument.
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55* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/909110/chapters/1760649 Flying a Ship with Silver Lining]]'', the first story in the omegaverse ''Building Neutron Stars'' series, has [[Series/StargateAtlantis Rodney McKay]] feeling extremely sexually confused regarding his attraction towards John Sheppard, as he's pretty sure he's not gay and Sheppard doesn't look like he's gay either so there's no chance for a RelationshipUpgrade. Then Sheppard is revealed to have hidden his true gender for all his military career, letting Rodney to happily pursue him.
56* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbsu-Q1KwwQ this]] crossover {{fanvid}} by Creator/TheNight130, Marina doesn't return Odette's feelings, so Odette agrees with Captain Hook to transform into a man. Odette, or John Smith as she's now called, ends up catching the eye of Marina. Odette reveals the truth to Marina, but, before Marina can react, Captain Hook tries to kill Marina. Odette commits a HeroicSacrifice and dies. However, according to the video's creator, Marina would have [[IfItsYouItsOkay come around to Odette]] eventually, even if she had transformed back into a woman.
57* The ''Literature/HighSchoolDxD'' fic ''Fanfic/MistakesWereMade'' has Kiba, who has fallen in love with Joe, take advantage of Azazel's genderswap gun immediately after finding out about both the gun's existence and Joe being straight.
58* In some ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fics, like ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14107944 The Opposite of That]]'' and ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28549557 Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'', Castiel, an angel who normally occupies a human male vessel, is forced to possess a new female vessel or has his current vessel turned female by a spell and Dean realizes, to his major discomfort, that he's got the hots for his best friend's new female form. Virtually all of these fics subvert this trope, however, by making it clear that Dean was already attracted to male-form Castiel (either because he's a closeted bisexual or [[IfItsYouItsOkay it's Castiel]]) and the sex change just made it harder for him to keep pretending the attraction wasn't there, and they defy the FirstLawOfGenderBending with Castiel always getting his male body back in the end and Dean confirming that his attraction to him hasn't lessened one bit.
59* ''Webcomic/TransPonies'': Applejack starts blushing when she sees Rainbow Dash after he comes back as a stallion. Rainbow himself becomes more attracted to Applejack after transitioning.
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63* ''Animation/GreenSnake2021'': Verta -- who was implied to have feelings for Blanca in [[Animation/WhiteSnake2019 the previous movie]] -- falls in love with a grey-haired man who she believes to be Blanca's reincarnation, [[spoiler:something that is confirmed towards the end of the movie]].
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67* At the end of ''Film/LaPielQueHabito'', [[spoiler:Vincente has become Vera, and may or may not have a shot with Cristina now]].
68* From ''Film/VictorVictoria'':
69-->'''King Marchand:''' I don't care if you are a man.\
70''[kisses Victoria]''\
71'''[[SweetPollyOliver Victoria]]:''' I— I'm not a man.\
72'''King Marchand:''' I still don't care. ''[kisses Victoria again]''
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76* In Albanian folktale "[[http://www.albanianliterature.net/oral_lit1/OL1-07.html The Girl who Became a Boy]]", the eponymous [[SweetPollyOliver crossdressing girl]] impresses a king and is married to his daughter. The princess cannot be satisfied by her new husband, and seeks impossible tasks to get rid of "him". In the last of these, the husband is [[CursedWithAwesome cursed with]] a GenderBender... and is finally able to satisfy the needy princess. They live happily ever after.
77* Creator/{{Ovid}}'s ''Literature/{{Metamorphoses}}'' has the rather touching story of [[{{Bifauxnen}} Iphis]] and [[IfItsYouItsOkay Ianthe]], which involves crossdressing, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage arranged marriages of the enjoyable variety]], and a [[DeusExMachina magical last-minute genderswitch]] that saves the day, making this trope OlderThanFeudalism.
78* Played with in ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'' by Victoria Woolf. The title character is courted by a man posing as a woman. Said man has SingleTargetSexuality, and simply quits posing after Orlando's GenderBender. Unfortunately for him, Orlando finds him [[AbhorrentAdmirer irritating either way]] (and later falls in love with a {{Bishonen}}.)
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82* Similarly done in the ''Series/BlackadderII'' episode "Bells" (where young girl Kate dresses as a boy and becomes Blackadder's servant "Bob").
83* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Him" features a high school jock with a jacket that hypnotizes women into falling for him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity, and drama, ensues]] as all of the female cast members begin doing over-the-top things to attempt to win his affection. In Willow's case, she's gay and one of the other female characters tries to get her out of the way by reminding her that said jock is a guy. But since Willow is ''also'' an incredibly powerful witch, she notes that this is a very minor problem and begins casting a spell to turn Him into a Her.
84* Like the above-mentioned ''Victor/Victoria'', the BBC ''Series/{{Casanova}}'' series has the titular character prepared to have a relationship with a man, but then luckily finds out they are a woman.
85* ''Dårfinkar och Dönickar''. Isak finds out his new buddy Simon is actually Simone and decides he like-likes her (they're twelve).
86* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
87** The comedy skit "The Curse of Fatal Death" has the Doctor regenerating four times in ten minutes -- his companion (and fiancée) copes with seeing her beloved turn into Creator/RichardEGrant, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant, but when the final regeneration is female she sorrowfully announces that the Doctor is, quite literally, not the man she fell in love with. The Master, rather keen on the Doctor's new Joanna Lumley-shaped body, is only too happy to step in.
88** Interestingly averted years later in ''Series/DoctorWho'' proper, when the good ship Doctor/Master did finally get two big damn snogs with one of them (the Master) now being female, but it had nothing to do with the trope. Writer Creator/StevenMoffat, who also wrote "The Curse of Fatal Death", went on record saying that gender isn't actually a factor for Time Lords when it comes to attraction and that there ''is'' no gender barrier for these characters.
89* In the ''Series/MurderMostHorrid'' episode "A Severe Case of Death", Dawn French's character dresses as a man [[SweetPollyOliver in order to impersonate a doctor]]. During the course of the episode, she meets a man with whom she shares a slightly more-than-friendly chemistry. After it is revealled that Dawn's character is really a woman they pursue a romantic relationship.
90* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', this trope is generally subverted with Benjamin Sisko and Dax; they have great chemistry, but it's purely platonic even after the Dax symbiont is transferred into beautiful Jadzia. Sisko still thinks of Dax as an "old man," after all. Sisko's trip into the mirror universe, however, finds that his alternate self and Mirror!Jadzia Dax have been playing this trope straight.
91** Oddly enough, Quark gets caught up in two distinct instances of this trope.
92*** Quark's brilliant new assistant has fallen in love with him, greatly distressing Quark who is not interested in males but values the subordinate's insights and abilities. Unfortunately, the reveal that this Ferengi is [[SweetPollyOliver actually a female posing as a male]] in order to have a chance to earn profit does not come as any real relief to Quark because females are forbidden from earning profit (or even wearing clothes) and if anyone ever found he got business advice from one, he would be ruined.
93*** Another episode [[FanonDiscontinuity that never happened]] has it go exactly the opposite way as Quark's mother tries to champion the cause of equal rights for females. Quark ends up masquerading as his mother's female protege (too well) resulting in the man she was supposed to be negotiating with trying to seduce him. When another character intrudes in order to expose his ruse, Quark exposes [[EasySexChange just how far he went to champion his mother's cause]].
94* In ''Series/YoungAmericans'', boarding school student Hamilton is troubled by his attraction to fellow resident Jake, freaking out when they end up kissing in the stalls. Jake, who is actually [[SweetPollyOliver a girl in disguise]], interrupts him by flashing her boobs and declaring "These aren't fake". Cue [[HappilyEverAfter happily ever after!]]
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98* The song "Tim I Wish You Were Born A Girl" by Of Montreal laments this. The protagonist says that his best friend would make a good match for him, if only he was a woman.
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102* In one series of ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strips, Jason has a nightmare (triggered by Kafka's ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'') where he turns into a miniature version of his sister Paige. He frets that his guy friends will harass him when he shows up to school as a girl. Older brother Peter remarks "There are worse things than being made fun of"; enter Jason's friend Marcus, holding a bouquet and [[HeartSymbol love hearts]] floating around his head.
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106* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has magically bonded pairs of people whose magic soul shards constantly reincarnate. Each pair is a Solar Exalt (Sun powers) paired with a Lunar Exalt (Moon powers, duh). However, the pairs don't always reincarnate in a gender that the other prefers (though bisexuality is common in Exalted, it is not [[EveryoneIsBi universal]]). Some just end up forming platonic bonds that last the millennia of their lifespans. Or, the Lunar Exalt can pick up the Twin-Faced Hero knack... and change gender at will.
107** This isn't exclusive to Solar/Lunar couples, either. Two of the most prominent Lunar elders are a couple. One of them has a habit of changing sex every decade or so, and the other is [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday completely straight]], and will only acknowledge their relationship when the other is currently a woman.
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111* This occurs via revelation of crossdressing instead of an actual change of gender in Creator/{{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''.
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115* ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'' partially subverts this, as Mori and Sarin become a couple only after ''both'' of them change gender. Each admits to finding the other more sexually attractive in their current forms, though after Mori changes back to her original gender they continue the relationship [[spoiler: even getting engaged]].
116* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[ShipTease plays with this possibility]] when (normally gay, temporarily female) Justin and (normally straight, temporarily male) Susan kiss (and stuff, though it ultimately goes nowhere). Shive presents as the only outcome that could ''possibly'' have ended well, and given that the alternative would have been [[LikeBrotherAndSister two good friends]] having a quick roll in the hay for all the wrong reasons, with no chance of a RelationshipUpgrade due to IncompatibleOrientation, that was probably a safe bet.
117** Also has a straight example with [[spoiler:Nanase and Ellen. Nanase was a closeted lesbian and didn't even realize it herself until she met [[ClosetKey Ellen]], her ex-boyfriend's OppositeSexClone]]. It's complicated. And [[{{Spoiler}} spoilery]].
118** Elliot and Justin tend to [[spoiler:subvert this, as Justin is only attracted to Elliot when Elliot is male, but Elliot is only attracted to Justin when one of them is female, and [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-07-03 Justin isn't interested in becoming a full-time girl.]]]]
119** Several universes where Tedd and Elliot are opposite genders result in this happening. For example, Beta Tedd and Beta Elliot (Ellen) are in a relationship. In a non-canon story where Tedd is female due to some reality-warping mishap (which retcons that she always ''was'' female), she and Elliot are in a relationship. Universes where they're opposite gender but ''not'' a couple include the Second Life universe, [[spoiler: Magus]]'s universe, and [[GenderBender frequently]] the main universe (where most of the ShipTease seems to happen when they ''are'' the same gender).
120* Played with and ultimately defied in ''WebComic/{{Exiern}}'': Denver thought Tiffany's genderbent nature and general loathing of his female body meant his (Denver's) feeling would remain one-sided. Then he learns Tiffany's origin story and learns [[spoiler: Typhan-Knee was gay]] and thinks things have worked out for the best. Tiffany chews him out for assuming that now that that's in the open, he'd be "free" to be in a relationship with Denver, ignoring Tiffany's still prominent issues with his involuntary gender-bending. Ultimately averted (at least for now) when Denver chooses to stay behind and [[spoiler: learn to control his newly-discovered [[ChangelingFantasy draconic nature]].]]
121* Mentioned by Jake in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', as apparently, he used to remark to Dirk that they were such good friends that he would totally go out with him if he were a girl. Dirk, for his part, is gay and in love with Jake. At least Jake admits in retrospect that he might have been leading him on a little. [[RelationshipUpgrade But then they get into a relationship.]] It doesn't last, although that's due to personality issues with everyone involved, not anyone's orientation.
122* Inverted in the ''Webcomic/JetDream'' RemixComic, where before her transformation to T-Girl Harmony Thunder, T-Bird Squadron leader Jack Thunder had a DatingCatwoman relationship with Raven Red, leader of the [[AmazonBrigade Dynamic Dare-Dolls]]. Raven Red didn't react well to Harmony's change, due to IncompatibleOrientation. (Harmony, however, seemed willing to give it a go.) The conflict pushed Raven Red over the edge into PsychoExGirlfriend territory. She's now obsessed with either changing Harmony back into Jack (which all other characters [[FirstLawofGenderBending know to be impossible)]], or [[IfICantHaveYou killing her as a last resort]].
123* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' inverts this by having guy-turned-girl told by straight-friend Emily that she would love him in a heartbeat if he was a boy. Since Ash is fighting Gender-Bending's [[FirstLawOfGenderBending most seen law]] and thinks of himself as a guy, he assumes that Emily is interested, with [[HilarityEnsues bad results.]] [[IfItsYouItsOkay They get over it.]]
124** Also played straight with a male friend of Ash's; they met up after being separated for a while, and he suddenly tries to make out with her. Turns out her retroactive girl-self had a RelationshipUpgrade with him...but Ash doesn't remember it, and isn't attracted to guys anymore. Cue awkwardness.
125* ''WebComic/{{Shortpacked}}'' has a rather odd example of this. Originally Ultra-Car was, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]], a sapient car, whom all the characters treated as male. Meanwhile, Malaya is a human woman who had dated men and experimented with women, only to conclude she was straight. Then Ultra-Car switched to a FemBot body, Malaya comes to the conclusion that she's actually RoboSexual, and the two form a relationship (although Ultra Car is asexual).
126* Sort of [[InvokedTrope invoked]] in ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive,'' where the gay Jhim hits on a woman he thought was a man from behind. He winds up having a good time on their date, though, discovering she's a lot like his female friend Pee-Jee, and later laments to her how he wishes he could meet a man like that. Since Pee-Jee had [[IncompatibleOrientation had a crush on him]] for ''years,'' you can imagine she was annoyed.
127* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' has the main character guy-turned-girl Yuuki's female childhood friend wait until after he turns into a girl to show romantic interest in him. Though given the general degree of GenreSavvy in a comic which explicitly runs on MagicalGirl Manga and Anime tropes a PseudoRomanticFriendship may just be mandatory.
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131* JustForFun/{{Bowsette}} fanworks, notably ''Webcomic/BowsetteSaga'', make this happen between Mario and Bowser. It's very common for the newly-transformed Bowsette, who had previously been nothing but on-off rivals with Mario, to happily marry him, and usually Mario has no objections either. This is sometimes averted in interpretations that have Bowsette still pine for Peach.
132* Played with in ''Geraldine.'' A man turns into a woman inexplicably, has his (her?) best female friend help out, and years later turns back into a man, just in time to run off with said friend.
133* This happens quite a lot on the erotic literature platform ''Literotica''. Typically, a man gets turned into a woman and falls in love with his former best friend.
134* After WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic did a crossover with WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, the fandom obviously shipped them. Problem is that Critic's a guy (if a feminine one) and Dia is a PsychoLesbian. Solution? Make Critic a girl so they can have all the BDSM sex ever.
135* In the ''WebOriginal/{{Paradise}}'' setting, a number of stories feature involuntarily-gender-changed characters falling in love with someone of the gender they used to be, though they did not necessarily know them before the change. (In "After Hours", [[spoiler:a woman who used to be a man fell in love with a man who used to be a woman]].)
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139* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' when Stan temporarily becomes a woman. Stan and Francine experiment with lesbianism, which doesn't work out. After Stan is turned back into a man, their sex life resumes. Though also played straight, since Avery Bullock tries taking advantage of the situation by attempting to seduce and bed Stan, and very nearly ''succeeds.''
140* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''. When the question of Chicken's gender is put on the table in one episode after he laid an egg (it was actually a prank by The Red Guy), his best friends develop a crush on him believing that he is a "she".
141* Happened on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with a female WholesomeCrossdresser called [[TomboyishName Sam]] who Chris met. [[HoYay She kissed him when he still thought she was male]]. He said he just wanted to be friends (but privately noted it felt kinda ''good'' when "he" kissed him) before finding out she was actually female, after which he sort of thought a romantic relationship would be okay, except he had too much trouble talking to girls, a problem which he solved by pretending he didn't know she was female, thus subverting the trope - apparently he didn't really object to making out with a guy as long as other people wouldn't see it that way.
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