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2[[caption-width-right:350:The one on the left.[[note]][[YourOtherLeft The blonde one with the red bow?]][[/note]]]]
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4->''"One boy, ten girls, wouldn't trade it for the world!"''
5-->-- The ExpositoryThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''
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7That's short for "The one guy associated with an otherwise all-female group". Not in the HaremGenre sense, though. At the most, The One Guy will be in a committed relationship with '''one''' of the members -- or [[DungeonmastersGirlfriend he wants to be]]. His membership can range from loose ally to close friend to part of the actual fighting team. Either that or just some guy who [[NonActionGuy rarely ever actually does anything]] other than serving as a little [[MrFanservice guy candy]]. He will usually be involved in plots that require guys, as well as be a non-threatening and harmless crush object for the assorted cast as needed. Could become TheFace of the group, should the rest of them [[NoSocialSkills lack social skills]]. May be OneOfTheGirls.
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9See ChromosomeCasting when there are zero members of the opposite sex present in the work. This is also the SpearCounterpart to TheSmurfettePrinciple, [[StarringSmurfette although that female may be the main character]] and still qualify for the trope. Compare to TwoGirlsAndAGuy. Contrast GenderEqualEnsemble, where the cast has evenly split the gender ratio. No relation to ThatOnePlayer (who is an experienced player, not necessarily a male) or ThoseTwoGuys (who also don't have to be male; just a pair of recurring extras).
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11Remember, not all characters who serve as the only male in the group automatically count for this trope. If he is the main protagonist, he does '''not''' count as this trope. See StarringSmurfette for such examples instead.
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18* An installment in 2014's Lily Allen AT&T 3G campaign has Lily extolling a phone plan to a team of businesswomen in power suits with one guy off to the side and not really being addressed as directly as the women. Not lampshaded at all, perhaps to suggest this can and should be a perfectly suitable example of their team.
19* Advertising/{{Orangina}} mostly always have females, with the exception of four species, and in true fashion, they enjoy a ShirtlessScene in the ads.
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23* Akira in ''Manga/AiOreLoveMe'' is the only boy in an otherwise all-girls band.[[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Ironically, he's the one with the most feminine looks.]]
24* Makoto from ''Manga/{{Amanchu}}'', being Ai's hapless twin brother.
25* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': The protagonist Matsuri was originally male, but [[GenderBender was turned into a girl]] at the beginning of the series. Otherwise, Soga is the only male human in Matsuri's friend group (the others are animalistic spirits) and the only named male student at their school. To Matsuri, he's a combination of rival, mentor, and [[ObliviousToLove unnoticed]] [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier love interest]].
26-->'''Soga''': ''(beginning a mission with Matsuri, Reo, and Suzu)'' I’m surrounded by girls...
27* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'''s own [[DirtyOldMan Kimura-sensei]] is the only named male regular who isn't an animal.
28* Yuuji in ''Manga/BambooBlade''. Considering the only other males around him are Coach Koujiro and [[{{Gonk}} Dan]], who [[OfficialCouple has a girlfriend]], he's mostly ignored, and he does [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this fact.
29* In ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'', Yuu's father is the only man in the Koito family, which consists of him, his wife, their two daughters and his widowed mother-in-law. He's surprisingly welcoming of his elder daughter Rei's boyfriend Hiro, since having him around means that he's no longer the only man in the family.
30* Mackie in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. Sorta joined by Nigel in ''2040''.
31* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'''s Sei is a trans boy on an all-girls basketball team, but it doesn't bother him.
32* Kyohei of ''Anime/BurstAngel''; official DistressedDude and NonActionGuy took a part-time job as the team's chef.
33* Chrono from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. Somewhat justified, as he lives in and works for a [[ChurchMilitant convent]].
34* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Tusk is the only male on the side of the protagonists.
35* Mikiya is the only recurring male character among the protagonists of ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners''. He's also a NonActionGuy.
36* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': Warrior is this to his party, with the other members -- Fighter, Wizard and Priestess -- all being female. It's noted in the light novel that a party set up like this tends to have suspicions and assumptions cast on the guy's [[HaremSeeker intentions]], though this party didn't last long enough to encounter that issue.
37* In ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'', Ichika is pretty much the one guy who can pilot an [[PoweredArmor IS Suit]]. {{Justified|Trope}} as IS suits are made specifically for females.
38* ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'': After Hazumu is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]], his friend Asuta is the only guy left in their social circle. Since the series mostly focuses on a lesbian LoveTriangle, Asuta is treated as unimportant by the story ''and'' cast.
39* Kada is The One Guy from the ''VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou'' anime. He shows up in handful of episodes during the second and third season and is the only character that is both heroic and male in the series. All other males are villains, {{mook}}s, or just not very good at fighting.
40* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'' starts off with Tadano as the only important male, as Najimi is of AmbiguousGender and the others are girls. Eventually, the cast expands to include multiple other recurring males.
41* Komachi from ''Chu-Bra''. Thanks to his big mouth, he's the only guy in the Underwear Appreciation Society, and Nayu and her friends are clearly more interested in debating which type of panties fit them best than paying much attention to Komachi.
42* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
43** Erio in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' is the only nominal lead male in the entire main group. Yuuno and Chrono were relegated to sidekicks (at best) in ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]'' and [[DemotedToExtra only have a couple of cameos]] in ''[=StrikerS=]'', and [[LittleBitBeastly Zafira]] had to spend all the third season as a ''dog''.
44** Zafira is The One Guy of the Wolkenritter.
45** Supreme King Claus G.S. Ingvalt from ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' is the only named male ruler from the Ancient Belkan history, and basically the only named male character from that era, excluding Zafira. However, the gender of the Thunder Emperor Grünwald, who has to appear yet, is unknown.
46** Kurt Grendel from ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' is the only male member of the Grendel Family. However, he is also the leader of the family.
47* Nekki Basara of ''Anime/Macross7'' is the first and only male singer in the entire ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise in contrast to other ''Macross'' shows which had female singers. He is also the first and only singer who is a Valkyrie pilot.
48* There are several men on ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', but only one, Jun Aoi, is a regular member of the bridge crew (as opposed to a civilian who hangs out on the bridge giving ExpoSpeak or looking ominous). Akito's also the only male member of the kitchen staff and, for about a third of the series, the only male pilot - however, he's the lead.
49* Kaito Doumoto of ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' almost does the same thing... [[LaserGuidedAmnesia almost]].
50* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''; the hero team Wild Wild Pussycats consists of three bubbly women (Mandalay, Pixie Bob, and Ragdoll) and one muscly guy (Tiger) who still wears the same MinidressOfPower uniform his teammates wear. Apparently, Tiger was born female, but then [[Usefulnotes/{{Transgender}} took a trip to Thailand]]...
51* ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'': Suguru is the only male character seen (other than one-scene characters, like the guys at the beach). Hotaru has mentioned her dad, but he's never appeared.
52* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
53** In ''Advanced Generation'', it's unclear whether or not May's Blaziken was originally this to her team, as it is the only Pokémon she has whose gender has not been confirmed. Her Munchlax is male, and all the rest of her Pokémon are female. Whether or not this trope ever applied to Blaziken or possibly now Munchlax is thus up for debate. The introduction of gender differences in the fourth generation of games appears to retroactively confirm Blaziken as male, but it's not clear if this was the intent from the beginning.
54** In ''XY'', Serena's Pancham is the only male on her team, with Braixen and Sylveon both being female.
55** Also in ''XY'', Clemont had to leave the group for a short while to train for his upcoming Gym battle against Ash and he leaves his sister Bonnie with Ash and Serena for some reason. First time in the series where Ash is the only male in his circle of friends.
56* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
57** Coco and Nuts of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', [[ShapeShifter when they're not]] the TalkingAnimal mascots. Season two adds Syrup, another shapeshifting mascot.
58** Seiji Sagara from ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', although he doesn't help the girls fight.
59** After his HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler:Pikario]] becomes this to the ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' cast.
60** ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' has Harriham, though he mainly stays as a fairy.
61** ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' has Cure Wing, the [[BreakingOldTrends first male Cure to be a core member of the cast]].
62* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Kyousuke, Sayaka's crush, is the only male character of any importance. Kyubey ''might'' be an example; the other characters use masculine pronouns to refer to him, but being [[spoiler:a {{Starfish Alien|s}} with NoBiologicalSex]] puts him more into the AmbiguousGender camp.
63* Takara in ''Manga/RisingXRydeen'' is the only boy and leader of his superpowered team. This is because the higher-ups for the organization he works for are a bunch of {{dirty old m|an}}en. They wanted an all female team, but, for reason's unexplained, Takara is part of their grand plan so they reluctantly added him.
64* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
65** Mamoru aka Tuxedo Kamen, Sailor Moon's MysteriousProtector and [[SatelliteLoveInterest official love interest]]. He's the only major male protagonist (aside from Artemis, who's a cat). Mamoru canonically fills the role of the conspicuously missing SailorEarth.
66** Dr. Tomoe of ''Sailor Moon S'' essentially commands the Witches 5, as well as Kaolinite. [[spoiler:In the anime, he turns out to also be possessed, and winds up the only survivor from the Death Busters.]]
67* Kyoutaro from ''Manga/{{Saki}}''. He's the only guy in the TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} Club and, from what it seems, the only teenage male in the entire series, since most of the schools competing are all-girls, and the mahjong tournament is separated by gender. He's treated more like Yuki's errand boy if anything, especially since he's by far the weakest player in the club.
68* {{Invoked|trope}} in ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', in which Takatoshi Tsuda was shanghaied into the Ousai Academy High School's Student Council "for a male perspective" in a school that's just turned co-ed. Justified as he belongs to the first male intake for a previously girls-only school, and the gender ratio is still extremely skewed towards the females.[[note]]28:524 during season 1.[[/note]]
69* Homura and Mutsu, from ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'', are this to their respective {{Battle Harem}}s by virtue of males being exceptionally rare. Homura's case becomes a little more... complicated later on [[spoiler:due to GenderBender issues]]. Having been The One Guy and OnlySaneMan for [[DemonHead the]] [[LovableSexManiac first]] [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl generation]], Mutsu expresses his sympathy to Homura for having inherited that role.
70* Detective Edward from ''Manga/TetragrammatonLabyrinth''. Unsurprising as it is YuriGenre.
71* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' has [[spoiler:Masaya Aoyama aka]] Ai no Kishi/Blue Knight
72* Akemiya from ''Manga/WhisperedWords''. He spends a chunk of his screen-time DisguisedInDrag in order to attract his lesbian crush (which [[spoiler:doesn't work]]).
73* ''Manga/WeddingPeach'': Limone is the only male Love Angel. The anime shows there being more, but we don't see them due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail.
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77* Scott Lang, the second ComicBook/AntMan, is the only male chosen by the Comicbook/FantasticFour to replace them in what's supposed to be a four-minute absence from Earth. He joins Comicbook/SheHulk, [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Medusa]] and Johnny Storm's current girlfriend [[UnfazedEveryman Darla Deering]] a.k.a. Ms Thing.
78* Hawk is the only guy in the 2010 relaunch of the historically all-female ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''. Obviously, it's because Hawk and Dove are a package deal and his bird motif certainly fits in otherwise. In the Comicbook/{{New 52}} ''Birds of Prey'' series, Condor joins the originally all-female team in issue 16.
79* In ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', the ''Convergence: ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' tie-in miniseries has Congorilla as the sole male in an otherwise all-female Justice League team, though he is kept out of the action and doesn't participate in the battle with Flashpoint Aquaman due to staying at home to look after Jesse Quick's infant son.
80* ''ComicBook/GhostbustersIDWComics'': Ron Alexander is the only male member of the replacement ghostbusters team after the original foursome are stranded in another dimension.
81* Harvey Quinn is the only male member of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn's Gang of Harleys.
82* Chase Stein of ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' was the only boy in the group for a short time. Non-powered (after he lost the fistigons); drove the Leapfrog; dated Gert, the girl with the dinosaur.
83* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
84** During the Golden Age in ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 her own title]] Diana usually worked with the Holliday Girls (especially Etta Candy), Paula von Gunther, other Amazons and ComicBook/SteveTrevor, making Steve the only male to actively participate on her missions as part of her team.
85** In the Creator/GeorgePerez relaunch of ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}'', Hermes acts as this to Themyscira's patron deities (otherwise composed of Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, and Hestia). While not directly involved with the original creation of the Amazons or the creation of Themyscira, he did lend invaluable help to the former, bless Wonder Woman with super-speed, and [[TokenGoodTeammate generally act as the only male Olympian]] with a shred of sympathy toward the Amazons.
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89* Danny in ''Fanfic/APhantomHeroInMetropolis'' is the only boy on an otherwise entirely female team.
90* In ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'', there are about 16 new male [[OriginalCharacter OCs]]. A fair portion of them joins pre-existing teams as the sole male member.
91* On ''Fanfic/Earth27'', Rip Hunter is the only (human) male at The Legends' team, the other members being Sara Lance, Rose Wilson, Roxy Rocket, Thea Queen and Tanga. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Danny the Street]], although he's a gender-queer inanimate object, so he doesn't exactly fits.
92** Catman has become the only male member of the current Secret Six, with Scandal Savage, Knockout, Black Alice, [[GenderFlip The Fiddler]], Jeannette and Mockingbird being all female.
93* In ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', during their infiltration mission at Bludhaven, RWBY team up with Black Canary and Green Arrow, making the Emerald Archer the only male on the team.
94* In ''Fanfic/NerveDamage'' Shirou Emiya has summoned four Saber-class Servants. They are: [[TheGoodKing Arturia Pendragon]], [[DarkActionGirl Arturia 'Alter' Pendragon]], [[AllLovingHero Arturia 'Lily' Pendragon]] and [[MsFanservice Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus]]. All are [[GenderFlip genderswaps]] of the actual people they're based on. [[ActionGirl All of them kick ass]].
95* In ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', Lie Ren is the only male member of Team BRNN, with his other teammates being Blake Belladonna, Makoto Nanaya, and Nora Valkyrie.
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99* In ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', Fowler starts out as the only rooster on the farm and becomes something of a TerritorialSmurfette upon the arrival of Rocky.
100* The 2008 film adaptation of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' has the Mayor's son Jojo, even by the amount of ninety-seven children ([[ExplosiveBreeder man, that's a lot of children]])!
101* In ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'', Steve Trevor is the only male character playing an active role in the plot from that movie (since [[spoiler:Ferdinand the Minotaur]] basically becomes a NonActionGuy after joining the heroes).
102* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', of the five ponies that make up the movie's EnsembleCast, Hitch Trailblazer is the only male.
103* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', as of the end of the film, Tyler has become this in Mei's circle of friends, sporting the group's friendship bracelet and everything.
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107* Played straight in both film versions of ''Film/TheBeguiled,'' in which Corporal John [=McBurney=] is the only male character in a home occupied by all women.
108* Kevin Beckman in the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' reboot fulfills this role, as the other four main characters are women.
109* ''Film/KillBill'': Budd is the only male member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad which was founded by his brother, Bill.
110* In ''Film/MrMom'', Creator/MichaelKeaton's character is the only stay-at-home dad in the social group of stay-at-home mothers.
111* In ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'', at the girls' summer camp where the film begins, there is a single boy camper, sent by parents who somehow mistook the camp as a boys-only affair. While he's distraught at first, the other campers treat him as a sort of mascot and he ends up having a great time. (Truth in Television: Adult staff at overnight camps sometimes bring children who otherwise would not be allowed as campers, usually because they are too young; these "staff kids," who sleep in their parents' quarters, are often doted on by campers and integrated into group activities where possible. Presumably the boy was bunked with an appropriate staff member.)
112* [[OurDragonsareDifferent The dragons]] in ''Film/ReignofFire'' [[OneGenderRace all female]], but only ''one'' dragon is actually male. Killing the single male dragon is the only way to permanently defeat all the other dragons.
113* ''Film/TenLittleMistresses'': Variation, one of the ten "mistresses" is actually the nonbinary "fairy" Lady H, who is here on behalf of their sister, Valentin's actual mistress.
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117* ''Literature/TheAfterward'': Ladros was the only man in the seven companions.
118* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' has Logan, Mary-Anne's boyfriend. Later books would add [[AmbiguouslyGay Ducky]] in the ''California Diaries'' spinoff series.
119* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', most men are the only brother in their family, due to male GenderRarityValue. Jerin, who is lucky enough to have brothers, becomes the only guy when he is invited to a ball along with some of his sisters. He meets Cullen, who is the only guy in his whole family and is excited about getting to talk to another male.
120* The first series of Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' quartet has Briar Moss as the only dude. They even live with two [[HideYourLesbians foster mothers]], with Niko visiting only occasionally.
121* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', [[spoiler:the lieutenant turns out to be the only man in the entire squad]].
122* The Gunnery Officer on the [=ScreeWee=] ship in ''[[Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy Only You Can Save Mankind]]''. Since [=ScreeWee=] gender politics are exactly opposite to human ones, he's inclined to over-compensate.
123* Mark is the only boy in the family in the Creator/EdwardEager book ''Literature/HalfMagic''.
124* Damian in ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight''.
125* The main premise of ''19 Girls and Me'', in which John Hercules Po is the only boy in his kindergarten class.
126* Book One of ''Literature/{{MARZENA}}'' has MLK, which is pretty much the last man on earth (until the later parts of the book where we finally start meeting more male characters).
127* In many ''Franchise/NancyDrew'' stories, Nancy's boyfriend Ned Nickerson counts compared to Nancy, Bess and George.
128* In the ninth ''Literature/NightWorld'' book, Galen is the only male member of Keller's [[AmazonBrigade team]]. He's supposed to be [[ArrangedMarriage marrying]] Iliana, but ends up falling in love with Keller.
129* In ''Literature/PrincessHolyAura'', Dex joins the all-girl Steampunk Adventure Club so he can roleplay again.
130* ''Literature/TheSteerswoman'': There are a total of three steersmen, one quite old, and it's said that's the record number of steersmen in the society's history. There's no ban against men joining, but men rarely settle for the life of a traveling scholar.
131* Xanthous from ''Literature/TheTaleOfMagic'' is the only male at the academy...[[spoiler: well, at first.]]
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135* ''Series/ArmyWives'': One of the "wives" was actually an Army ''husband'', who was married to one of the wives in question; it was she who was in the military.
136* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
137** The Scooby Gang's makeup became increasingly female starting with Season 5. After Spike left near the end of Season 6, Xander was temporarily the only male Scooby in Sunnydale (until Giles returned in the last episode). The male demographic increased in Season 7 with the return of Spike, but the arrival of the Potentials permanently shifted things towards the female side. Xander lampshades this in one episode when he says that the Magic Box is like "NORAD, and we're at DEFCON 1" and the room full of women just stare back at him, prompting him to sigh "I so need male friends."
138** Continued in ''Buffy'' Season 8, at which point Xander is pretty much the only guy in the gang -- which now includes a whole bunch more women. (Plus {{A|mbiguouslyGay}}ndrew and, albeit temporarily, [[spoiler:''Dracula'']] of all people.)
139* Bosley in ''Series/CharliesAngels''
140* Leo from ''Series/Charmed1998'', sometimes (male police officers were sometimes prominent, and there was Cole whenever he was on the good side of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.)
141* A similar situation subplot of the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "The War At Home", regarding the murder of a female veteran. Her husband mentions that he often had trouble fitting in at the spousal support groups, as he was usually the only man present.
142* ''Series/DerryGirls'' has James, who is at an all-girls' school. He is English and considering [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles the climate]] in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland at the time, the school department worried that he'd get pretty much murdered by the Derry boys if he went to the all-boys' school. As a result, he's the only boy in the otherwise all-female friend group which is the focus of the series.
143* Anthony Bouvier of ''Series/DesigningWomen''.
144* The premise of ''Series/LastManStanding'' is that Creator/TimAllen's character struggles to maintain his masculinity in a house that is mostly women (the only other male being his grandson who is too young to partake in his hobbies).
145* In ''Series/NewGirl,'' Schmidt is this at his job. Rather than a dream job for him, though, his work is dismissed, he's sexually harassed by his superiors, and is treated as being inferior to all the women at his job. Not played for laughs all the time.
146* Allen Anderson of the regular kids on ''Series/PunkyBrewster''. He left at the start of season 3 (and boy, did it break Punky's heart).
147* In ''Series/PushingDaisies'', out of the main six characters, only two are male (although two of the women are missing from a fair few episodes).
148* In the short-lived mid-90's sitcom ''Series/TheMommies'', about the lives of stay-at-home mothers, one of the "mommies" was a HouseHusband.
149* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', interestingly, for some time in the middle seasons - after Lex and Clark's friendship turned sour - [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] becomes this between [[TheSmartGirl Chloe]], [[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]], and [[DamselScrappy Lana]]. Makes the BeachEpisode awkward.
150* As a first in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' history, ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' has 1 male Ranger and 2 female Rangers.
151* Henry Rush in ''Series/TooCloseForComfort''. Subverted in the second season when Jim J. Bullock (Monroe Ficus) was promoted to series regular status.
152* ''Series/{{VIP}}'' has Quick.
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156* The current line-up of VisualKei band Disacode comprises of the female singer and drummer Akira and Marcy with the sole male being bassist Shin. There used to be another male member of the band, Daichi, who joined along with Marcy and Shin in 2010 when original guitarist Satoshi left, but he has since left the band and his position has been occupied by two male guitarists Yanagi and Toshi, who are considered to be support members than official members, so the trope still applies.[[note]]Similar to Hugh [=McDonald=] not being considered an official member of Music/BonJovi after bassist Alec John Such left in 1994 until he was confirmed to be an official member in 2016 along with Phil X, who had replaced Richie Sambora in 2013 on an unofficial basis.[[/note]]
157* Music/TheBreeders consists of twins Kim and Kelley Deal, bassist Josephine Wiggs, and the only male member, drummer Jim Macpherson.
158* The classic lineup of the {{Britpop}} band Elastica consisted of Justine Frischmann, Donna Matthews, and Annie Holland, with male drummer Justin Welch.
159* Pop rock band HAIM consists of sisters Alana, Danielle, and Este Haim, and their male friend Dash Hutton.
160* AlternativeRock band Music/ThrowingMuses had Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donnelly, Leslie Langston, and David Narcizo. The original plan was for Throwing Muses, but Narcizo was the only drummer they could find.
161* Music/TheCorrs consists of four siblings, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals), and the only male member, Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals).
162* Australian experimental band Tropical Fuck Storm consists of three women—bassist Fiona Kitschin, guitarist/keyboardist Erica Dunn, and drummer Lauren Hammel—and one man, guitarist Gareth Liddiard. Notably, the band has no set-in-stone lead vocalist, with every member except Lauren taking lead on various songs.
163* Among the Character Vocal series of Crypton Future Media's [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Vocaloids]], Len Kagamine is the only male among the group. It was [[DoubleSubverted double-subverted]] when they announced a new voicebank only known as "[=CV04=]" which was supposed to be a male voicebank, but no further news came concerning its development, leaving Len as the sole male again.
164* Music/{{Kittie}} have been an all-girl metal band for almost their entire existence, except while promoting their second album, ''Oracle.'' After guitarist Fallon Bowman left the band, their guitar tech, Jeff Phillips, filled in for a while. He remains the only male to ever play for Kittie.
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168* Jon inadvertently finds himself this during season 4 of Podcast/TheMagnusArchives. With Tim dead and Martin isolating himself from everyone else, the Archives end up consisting solely of Jon, Basira, Daisy, and Melanie for most of the season. Before Jon woke up from his coma and Martin started working for Peter Lukas, Martin was this for a little bit.
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172* The WWWA began as an all women's promotion but when it introduced midget divisions, most of those who competed in them ended up being men, resulting in an odd guy sometimes being on a card to represent it even when no midget championship matches actually took place. This carried over to Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling when it took the WWWA titles, with Mr. Buddhaman ending up as the one guy in a few different Joshi feds
173* During WWE's "Attitude Era", the stable [[FunWithAcronyms Pretty Mean Sisters]] (Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, Terri Runnels, and [[TomboyishName Ryan Shamrock]]) had "Meat" (aka Sean Stasiak), who was passive and obedient to all three, and heavily implied to be their sex slave.
174* When Marvelous Puroresu came to the USA in 2015, the three wrestlers it chose to represent the country were Renee Michelle, Davienne and Wrestling/LioRush. However, it was later decided they weren't ready for a man's division, so only the women ended up going back to Japan with Chigusa Nagayo.
175* Not being ready for a men's division didn't stop [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 Zero 1]] wrestler Pandita Nuevo from invading Marvelous, often helping [[PowerStable W-Fix]] wreak havok on shows where he is the only male presence.
176* During the massive Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Vendetta Pro hosted {{crossover}}, ''Casino Royal'' 2014, the Canada vs USA match saw Shannon Ballard as the one guy on [[labelnote: Team Canada]]with Arlene James, Kat Von Heez, Sage Sin, Samantha Slides and Melissa Coates[[/labelnote]] and Short Sleeve Sampson, who some may know better as little Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}}, as the one guy on[[labelnote: Team USA]]with Kiara Dillon, Tab Jackson, Wrestling/TerraCalaway, Allie Parker and Andrea The Giant[[/labelnote]]
177* Most nominally all female wrestling promotions have had at least one guy compete in their rings, such as Whipme Spearz in the PGWA and GLORY, Masa Takanashi in Ice Ribbon, Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku in REINA, Rick Cataldo in Wrestling/{{WSU}}, Mulato in LLF and El Demasiado in LIF. Bad Boys Of Wrestling, despite not being an all women's organization, ran an angle about this phenomenon, where two guys came into BBOW to attack the women's {{tag team}} champions Candie and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] after running out of women's promotions to invade.
178* [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Cute Kip]], the only male member of Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople
179* When Wrestling/VickieGuerrero formed an alliance with Wrestling/LayCool, her boyfriend Wrestling/DolphZiggler became the one guy of the pseudo-stable.
180* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s "Wrestling/{{Santin|oMarella}}a Marella" during the "Miss Wrestlemania 25" match.
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184* In ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'', it's TheSmurfettePrinciple trope that is more common, but:
185** there's this {{Moe}} group of monsters known as "Charmers" that consists mostly of cute teenage witchy girls with cute {{Familiar}} [[NonHumanSidekick sidekicks]]. The only member that is widely agreed to be male is "[[MeaningfulName Dharc the Dark Charmer]]", as he's the only one to be referred to with masculine titles in the German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions. For some reason (perhaps to keep the names consistent for gameplay's sake), [[LostInTranslation the French version makes him a she]]. He has the same "Charmer" title just like his female comrades in the English version.
186** Likewise, there are only two males in the "Aromage" archetype: Bergamot and Laurel.
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190* The show ''Theatre/LoveInHateNation'' centers around an almost completely female cast, the only exception being one male actor that plays four roles (all of them very small in comparison to the female parts and one that never even comes on stage).
191* Nathaniel is the third member of and the only man on [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?page_id=231 the team]] in the [[http://www.mrshawking.com Mrs. Hawking play series.]]
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195* Ken is the only recurring male doll in the ''{{Toys/Barbie}}'' franchise.
196* The Ty Girlz series of plush ragdolls by the creators of Toys/BeanieBabies has Totally Troy act as the only "Ty Boy" in the entire toyline.
197* Bryant is the only boy character in the ''Toys/WellieWishers'' line; he was added (much like boy dolls in the parent ''Toys/AmericanGirl'' line) to allow young boys to have a character to relate to in the otherwise female-focused line.
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200[[folder:Video Games]]
201* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
202** Ashiya Douman was the only male Alter Ego Servant until 2022, when Taisui Xingjun was added.
203** Voyager is the only male Foreigner Servant.
204** Oberon is the first Pretender class Servant. As of February 2023, four more Servants have been added to the class, all of whom are female.
205* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' Bartz becomes this after [[spoiler:Galuf performs a HeroicSacrifice and his daughter Krile replaces him in the party]], since Lenna and Faris, the other two members, are both female.
206* Keiichi Maebara from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is the only guy in the main cast. Keiichi is the DecoyProtagonist for [[spoiler:Rika]].
207* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'': Kazuya Shiranami, sort of. He's not the first male in a group of women in the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' franchise, but he ''is'' the first male to officially be declared an "Angel," since he takes a much more active role in battles than Tact ever did (Tact gave orders from the Elsior; Kazuya gives orders but also directly latches onto an Emblem Frame to power it up).
208* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' features more female than male playable characters generally, but each Elemental Vision still has at least two men associated with it. For two years (from 2020 to 2022, when Cyno was added), the sole exception was Electro; during that time, Razor was the only male Electro character in the game.
209* ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'''s Lanque is a UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} boy in the [[OneGenderRace almost invariably female]] jadeblood caste.
210* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'':
211** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2001'': K9999 is the only male member of the NESTS Team consisting of Kula, Ángel, Foxy and himself. He continues to be the lone male in vanilla ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002 2002]]'' [[spoiler:and, as Krohnen, ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV XV]]'']].
212** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXI'': [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Eiji Kisaragi]] is the sole male of the Anti-Kyokugenryu Team, as both of his teammates, Kasumi Todoh and Malin, are girls. Similarly, Ramón is the only male of the Agent Team consisting of himself, Vanessa and [[VideoGame/FatalFury Blue Mary]].
213** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'': With Sylvie and Mian both being girls, Kukri is the only male member of the Official Invitation Team.
214** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'': Heidern is the only male member of the Rival Team, with the female Isla and Dolores being his teammates. In addition, [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Haohmaru]] is the only man in the Samurai Team, as both Nakoruru and Darli are girls. [[spoiler:And the aforementioned K9999 returns as Krohnen, once again being the lone male member of his team]].
215* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
216** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', [[BigBad Ganondorf]] is the only male Gerudo of the era. Only one male is born to the Gerudo every one hundred years and is named king as a birthright. But being the one dude in a race of super hot desert babes who worship him as king wasn't enough for Ganondorf, and he extends his dominance across [[TheGoodKingdom Hyrule]].
217** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the [[BirdPeople Rito]] children seem to be universally girls, with the exception of Tulin, the son of [[GuestStarPartyMember Teba]]. Unlike with the Gerudo, this seems to be the result of LawOfConservationOfDetail combined with coincidence, considering the adults exhibit a more typical gender ratio.
218* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' it is possible to make Kaiden the only male squadmate, if you make Shepard female and don't recruit Garrus and Wrex, leaving Shepard, Tali, Ashley, and Liara, and if [[spoiler:Kaiden is left to die]] afterwards on Virmire then Joker becomes the only important male character on the ''Normandy''. Not possible with ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' what with there being twelve potential squad members, but in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' it's easy for James to be the only male on the squad.
219* ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'' has finally the first playable male character for the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' franchise, though as a DLC character only. This character is Umio. The twist? He is a fish who swims through air and attacks like a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
220* In ''[[VideoGame/MikuMonogatariYumeToTaisetsuNaMono Miku Monogatari: Yume to Taisetsu na Mono]]'', Len is the ony male among the cast. He's especially good for boss fights, as his normal attack deals the most damage.
221* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', the [=YoRHa=] androids of which the protagonist 2B is part of is composed of female androids and a 9S, a male android. He's one of the few Scanner units, the only male model that's still in commission.
222* In ''VideoGame/NightTrap'', Danny is the only male guest in the weekend slumber party consisting of the otherwise five teenage girls. Justified in that he's Lisa's kid brother, whose mother made Lisa take him along for the party at the Martins. This is even more so in the ''25th Anniversary Edition'' when he has to be protected from the Augers just like every other guest (although [[GuideDangIt no one even mentioned that he also has to be saved from the Augs in the first place]]).
223* Emon Five, one of the selectable heroes in ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'', is literally the only male shown in the ''entire game''. The other characters on the team don't seem to know why he's even there.
224* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
225** In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', several of the post-game scenarios use a "beauty contest" plot that's limited to female Warriors... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Ranmaru]], because he's [[DudeLooksLikeALady easily mistaken for female]].
226** In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', Xerosic is the only male of Team Flare's five administrators (not counting Lysandre, who runs the syndicate itself).
227** ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'': If the player chooses to play as Juliana then Arven becomes this to the team that goes to investigate Area Zero during the final storyline. The other characters that go are Nemona and Penny, both of whom are female. If the player chooses Florian the party becomes a GenderEqualEnsemble instead.
228* The ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' series has the PlayerCharacter being the only male member of a team of demon-fighting mecha pilots. Justified in-universe as it's stated that usually, only females have enough spiritual power to pilot said mechas.
229* Murasame of ''Videogame/SenranKagura'' is the only playable male character of the series so far. He's also the resident JokeCharacter of the series.
230* In ''[[VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns Shadowrun: Dragonfall]]'', [[TeamDad Dietrich]] can easily become this if you're playing a female decker, as doing so renders the other male party member, Blitz, both redundant and optional.
231* ''VideoGame/{{Signalis}}'': ADLR/Adler is the only male Replika model line, and only one Adler is present during the events of the game, making him the only male character period.
232* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', main boss Pyramid Head is the only outwardly masculine monster in a horde of otherwise effeminate {{Humanoid Abomination}}s, which he repeatedly brutalizes. [[RuleOfSymbolism This is probably because]] [[spoiler: Pyramid Head is the only one meant to reflect James Sunderland and ''[[DarkAndTroubledPast his]]'' [[SympatheticMurderer actions]], instead of representing his victim/wife]].
233* Big Band of ''Videogame/{{Skullgirls}}'' is the first male character of the cast as DLC. Played with, in that the pre-match intro cards show the phrase "Ladies and Gentlemen(?)". Subverted once Beowulf joined as a second man, but even then they are heavily outnumbered.
234* [[PurelyAestheticGender Depending on the gender]], the New Squidbeak Splatoon from ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' can effectively be this. The members are Cap'n Cuttlefish, his two granddaughters Callie and Marie, and the playable characters across the various single-player campaigns. As such, depending on what you choose for your player across each game, Cap'n Cuttlefish can be the only male.
235* "Miss X" in ''VideoGame/SNKGalsFighters'', who's really just [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]] in IncrediblyConspicuousDrag.
236** ''VideoGame/SNKHeroinesTagTeamFrenzy'' gives Terry the same treatment, but unlike Iori, he is magically transformed into a girl. [[AttractiveBentGender A pretty girl at that]]. And no, he's ''not'' happy about it. The game also put Miss X as a DLC character, who has both a genderbent ''and'' crossdressing form.
237* David is the only man among the four main characters of ''VideoGame/TellingLies''.
238* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has such a powerful ImprobablyFemaleCast that even ''these'' guys are marginalized. With over 120 named characters, the ''only'' known males in Gensokyo aside from briefly-mentioned background characters are Genji (Reimu's former assistant, is a flying turtle, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome hasn't been seen since the PC-98 games]]), Unzan (Ichirin's assistant, doesn't have a single line, is an angry pink cloud), and Rinnosuke (only appears in one ExpandedUniverse manga). WordOfGod is that there ''are'' plenty of males, it's just that most of them don't fight so the player doesn't see them. ''Hopeless Masquerade'' supports this, as a bunch of nameless human men can be seen in crowd shots watching the fights.
239* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': When it comes to the three members of the main team of Agnes, Taion is the only guy, even when Manana and Miyabi are also taken into account. Ironically, when it comes to Keves, Eunie is [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only girl in the group.]] This is just one of the things that connects Taion and Eunie together.
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243* ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'':
244** The protagonist is the only man who regularly works in the diner.
245** Subverted with Saul while the protagonist and Amanda are on the trip to Whiskeyville. Kathy stops showing up to work during the trip, and Heidi temporarily hires Blake to replace her.
246* When the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' puts a band together for the title character, Liam is the only male included.
247* ''VisualNovel/PrincessEvangile'' is about a working class student named Masaya Okonogi ending up in a OneGenderSchool slash ElaborateUniversityHigh as its first and so far only male student. With every other main and supporting character being female, this is pretty much a given.
248* ''VisualNovel/HighwayBlossoms'' is a YuriGenre visual novel with five main characters -- Amber and Marina (the main couple) and "the Trio." The latter group consists of the Pastorius sisters -- Mariah and Tess -- as well as their mutual friend Joe, who's the only significant male character who's still alive at the start of the game.
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252* ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}'' is set in the mythical Amazon city of Themiskyra, where men are not allowed to set foot. The only men who have shown up so far are nameless mooks who exist only to be killed by the Amazons in battle. Then there is the matter of [[spoiler:Eutropia who is biologically male but psychologically female, the only "male" in the group.]]
253* ''Webcomic/{{Ayuri}}'': Nilje is the only male in the ship's 7-person crew.
254* ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'': Prince Saffron, a prince who is in the club because he has a mostly malevolent cursed hand that sometimes lashes out violently and sometimes just likes to mess with him. He desperately wishes that more men would join the club, or at least that President Calpernia would change the club name.
255* A JustifiedTrope in ''Webcomic/LittleNuns'', which is set in a convent. As such, the only male character who plays a major role is Father, a priest attached to the convent. (The only other male character to be more than a one-shot is the father of the Froggy Nun.)
256* J.C. Summerfield from ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad''.
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260* ''Chain of Hearts'' had a storyline, "The Watchers", where The title organization has about nine members, and only one of them is male. He's the second-in-command and is often teased by the female members for being the only guy. But this is probably the author's subversion and attempted attack on TheSmurfettePrinciple. It seems to go against the themes of previous arcs, but "The Watcher" arc is written by a different author (the other arcs alternate between three other guys). Oddly, the author behind "The Watcher" arc has a tendency to make fun of the other three authors by writing characters that are presented as male at first but turn out later to be female...
261* ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' shows the GirlShowGhetto TV channel for which Omega Zell works in real life to have ''many'' female employees in the comic and has him complain about being surrounded by many women at work in the web series. The novel reveals he really is the only male employee of the place (long story short, the boss thought his real life GenderBlenderName would somehow make him fit in perfectly).
262* Literature/WhateleyUniverse has Lancer, the only apparent guy in Team Kimba; however, there are plenty of recurring male characters outside Team Kimba. Phase is another guy on Team Kimba, but most people wouldn't know that looking at him, due to his mutation turning him into an intersexed hot chick physically. He gets almost as much pronoun confusion as the J-Team out of it.
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266* ''WesternAnimation/TheBlinkins'' had Baby Twinkle, the only boy out of the entire cast.
267* Jasper from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'' is the only boy working at the titular café.
268* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' has Philip Baker, chief of security at Project I.C.A.R.I.S. and both the only one present at Project I.C.A.R.I.S who is a father of a member of the Dragon Club as well as the only male in the project's management team.
269* ''WesternAnimation/DorasExplorerGirls'': Pablo is the only boy in Dora's group of friends.
270* Larry is this in [[DistaffCounterpart The Newmans]], a RuleSixtyThree counterpart to the titular ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' itself. This also makes him a contrast to Grojband's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only girl Laney]].
271* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode "Boys in the Band", the audience at Chip Skylark's concert is made up entirelly of women; Mr. Turner was the only fan who was male. This was lampshaded a few times.
272* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'', David is the sole male in his group with Hilda and Frida.
273* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
274** Despite the theme song providing the page quote, Lincoln Loud is the show's protagonist and thus technically isn't this trope.
275** Among his sister Leni's friend group, the only guy is Miguel.
276** Among his sister Luna's band, the Moon Goats, Sulley is the only male member.
277* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': While Tooey isn't the only guy in the show, he's the only one in his friendship group; Molly and Trini are both girls.
278* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
279** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' has Spike, at least until Megan's brother Danny comes along.
280*** In ''WesternAnimation/MoonDreamers'', another cartoon based on a toy franchise, Bucky Buckaroo was the only boy in the main cast.
281** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'' ''literally'' only has one male, and he's not even a pony. Spike the dragon is the sole male character. No stallions or colts were ever created for G3.
282** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has [[RuleOfThree another dragon named Spike]], being Twilight's assistant and surrogate younger brother figure. He serves to represent the male fans of the show. He does have a fair share of episodes focusing on him (especially since he's the most prominent non-pony character). Other recurring figures do appear, like Applejack's brother Big [=McIntosh=] and even [[spoiler:ReformedVillain and MadGod Discord. Heck, the three eventually play Ogres and Oubliettes (MLP's version of [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons DnD]]) together in an episode]].
283** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'' has Hitch Trailblazer, TheSheriff of Maretime Bay and the only male character in its main cast.
284* ''WesternAnimation/PinkaliciousAndPeterrific'': Not including [[TagalongKid Peter]], Rafael is the only male in Pinkalicious' friend group, with the others being Jasmine, Pinkalicious, [[SixthRanger Lila]], and ([[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor sometimes]]) Kendra.
285* Rick in ''Toys/PollyPocket'' is the only boy among Polly's closest friends.
286* In ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'', Patches is the only boy in the Super Secret Pup Squad, which he is TheLeader of.
287* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': While Mitchell isn't the only guy in the show, he's the only male in his friendship group with Mindy and Lillian, both of whom are girls.
288* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' has archer and MasterOfIllusion Bow. Bow is one of the only ''recurring'' non-villain male characters, aside from He-Man's frequent cameos. The vast majority of enslaved townspeople the Rebellion rescues are male, as are the Sea Hawk and his crew. There is also the cowardly dragon named Sorrowful and the little magical creature named Loo-Kee are male and recurring members of the Rebellion. Kowl and Light Hope are male and significant enough to be mentioned in the opening narration, but neither of them is human nor even remotely likely to be a LoveInterest to ''anyone.'' And let's not forget Broom.
289* Most of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' are girls, but Marco is the deuteragonist, being the best friend of Star and her guide on Earth. In "Sleepover" he was literally the only guy. This leads to Marco having ShipTease with nearly ''every girl in the entire show.''
290** He used to have male friends in the first season, but they [[DemotedToExtra were faded out]] and the writers weren't too fond of having been forced to include them.
291** Tom Lucitor (Star's ex and later Marco's closest guy friend) does become more prominent and there are other figures such as Star's dad.
292* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is the only male among the Crystal Gems, a completely [[OneGenderRace female-appearing species]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because he is [[HalfHumanHybrid half human]].
293* Huckleberry Pie from ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''.
294* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
295** ''World Tour'' has [[AmazonBrigade Team Amazon]], which is made up of four girls, plus [[CasanovaWannabe Cody]] (who would probably love this arrangement if one of those girls wasn't [[StalkerWithACrush Sierra]]). The season also includes a team following TheSmurfettePrinciple and a GenderEqualEnsemble.
296** In ''Pahkitew Island'' Topher becomes the sole male member of the Pimâpotew Kinosewak for a while. After he gets eliminated, [[AmazonBrigade only females remain on the team]].
297* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'': Within Vee's circle of friends, she only has Edgar. Poppy and Bridget are both girls.
298* Caleb of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': The SixthRanger, BadassNormal love interest for Cornelia -- and in the comics, [[spoiler:for Queen Elyon]]. Matt takes over this role in season 2 after Caleb sort of gets DemotedToExtra.
299* So far, the ''Toys/{{Enchantimals}}'' toyline has introduced three male characters: Hixby Hedgehog, Redward Rooster and Patterson Penguin. However, Patterson Penguin is the only one of them who has appeared in the one of the animated specials, called "Secrets of Snowy Valley".
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303* If a heterosexual couple only has daughters, the man in the relationship becomes this to his immediate nuclear family.
304* Originally, Creator/{{CLAMP}} was a circle of 10 doujinshi artists, one of whom was a guy.
305* Gauthier Destenay, First Gentleman of Luxembourg, is the husband of the world's first openly gay head of state, Xavier Bettel. While first gentlemen typically don't seek out the spotlight, Destenay famously has no qualms joining other spouses during international events, even if that makes him [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/luxembourgs-first-gentleman-gloriously-photographed-with-partners-of-world-leaders_n_59283a99e4b06f608053e60c the only man in the picture]].
306* ''Very'' common in female-dominated professions like nursing, elementary school teaching, veterinary medicine[[note]]98% of modern veterinarians are women, and vet techs tend to be majority-women as well[[/note]], and so on, where there could very well be only one man in the entire workplace.
307* UsefulNotes/MarieCurie had only one brother, Józef (born 1863), the rest of her siblings were sisters, Zofia (born 1862), Bronisława (born 1865) and Helena (born 1866).
308* Most lion prides usually have only one male among a large number of females (excluding cubs)
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