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->''"I'd make a sexy chick!"''
-->-- '''Brodie''', ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''

''For every given male character, there is a female version of that character, and vice versa.''

They may be canonical. Most of them aren't. The internet has a fascination for producing [[GenderBender gender swapping]] regardless of the context of the original character. Canon-derived examples of the trope tend to outlast their actual-canon inspirations (which are often single stories, or even short throwaway gags.)

No character is immune to this effect -- not [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], not [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] - no one. [[note]]Not even ChuckNorris. [[RulesOfTheInternet Rule 61 lied to you.]][[/note]]

Closely related to GenderFlip. When a ''separate character'' is a female knock-off of an existing male character, you have a DistaffCounterpart. [[{{Crossdresser}} Crossdressers]], of course, provide their own version of this. There's a good chance that you'll see the character in question in a GenderedOutfit (like our lovely Maria at right, here).

One of the RulesOfTheInternet. Can (and often does) overlap with [[RuleThirtyFour Rule 34]]. Since these female versions are often much cuter than their male counterparts, it can also overlap with SelfFanservice.
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!!Examples

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[[folder: Anime And Manga ]]
* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', [[AnthropomorphicPersonification as a series where gender is essentially an arbitrary distinction]], actually has official art fulfilling this rule.
* [[http://haldo6.deviantart.com/#/d38njyb Bakura has been struck!]] [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries After all, "There are no women in Yu-Gi-Oh..."]]
** Jonouchi's [[http://yamitomangaka.deviantart.com/#/d45zfpo been treated like this as well]].
** A canonical example would be the Dark Magician Girl that appeared in the Battle City arc.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' examples:
** The title character's sexy jutsu is based on this. "Naruko" is considered an entirely separate character by many fans.
** [[http://i44.tinypic.com/14tr2n4.png "Sasuko"]] is also susceptible to this.
** [[DudeLooksLikeALady Haku]], who appeared early in the Manga (and again much later). A large portion of the community (especially FanFic writers) seems to like the idea of Haku actually being a girl, either omitting the one actual indication of his gender or just simply having Haku and Zabuza lying about his gender.
** ''Fanfic/ProjectNaruko'' {{Gender Flip}}s the entire universe of ''Naruto''.
* In response to a fan letter, Creator/EiichiroOda of ''Manga/OnePiece'' fame drew [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/570908/ reverse-gendered]] versions of the main cast in chapter 545's SBS Corner. This has spread like wildfire among ''One Piece'' fans -- try finding ''any'' characters that haven't been gender flipped. Not even {{Big Bad}}s are immune -- Crocodile? [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/596577/ Nope.]] [[AGodAmI Enel?]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/614418/ Nuh-uh.]] [[WakeUpCallBoss The three Marine admirals?]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/612154/ Seriously, NO EXCEPTIONS.]] (Images are [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]].) This goes so far as to include [[http://3oct1111.deviantart.com/art/Thousand-sunny-TG-198196406 The Thousand Sunny]]. Then we get Ivankov, who's canonical powers ([[GenderBender gender bending]]) not only mean that he/she can do this to him/herself, but to other people as well. Did we already mention Crocodile? Comes from the crazy theories of his third weakness, but it's gotten to the point where there's stuff that isn't just the character [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] anymore.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has several prominent examples:
** In the first season, Ash Ketchum dressed up as 'Ashley', a little blonde girl in an orange dress. She's ''still'' drawn by the fans, has her own fan clubs, and some people consider her a different character.
** Ash has been forced to crossdress once each region after this--as a one-shot female NPC in Hoenn, and as a FrenchMaid in Sinnoh. Guess what ''else'' has lots and lots of fanart.
** [[ScrewYourself Ash/Ashley]]. Yes, [[RuleThirtyFour it exists]]. Wouldn't be surprising if there was also Ashley/Ashachu or Ashley/Ash/Ashachu [[hottip:* :(Ashachu = Ash turned into a Pikachu)]] out there.
** Hun, a Team Rocket member from ''Anime/TheLegendOfThunder'' special was (a very girly) [[ShesAManInJapan male in the Japanese version.]] Guess who didn't get the memo about his gender? 4Kids.
*** Although he's never referred to as "she", and is often considered by fans just to be a man with a very feminine voice. However, the Latin American Spanish dub repeatedly calls him a woman.
** The banned episode "Beauty And The Beach" features James entering a swimsuit contest with inflatable breasts.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a few examples:
** Lelouch is forced into a dress in one Picture Drama, and into an incredibly skimpy belly dancer uniform in another. As a result, the fandom ''really'' likes to run with that idea.
** Mao in the AlternateUniverse series ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'' is one of these. In the regular series, he was a dude Lelouch's age. In the spinoff, she's a girl Nunnally's age.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' does the gender inverting in one of its specials seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSMtWykUq8 here on youtube]], including an awesome male Balalaika (and Eda looking an awful lot like the cowboy mercenary she had a GunKata duel with). Hilarity bonus also runs for the CreepyTwins. The best part is that, in spite of having their genders swapped, the characters ''still have the same voice actors'', who make ''no attempt to sound more gender appropriate''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' character Claire Stanfield has a sadly feminine name,right? [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=14534972&type=scroll Here]], the name fits the character better. Fem!Graham is on that page, too, as is [[FemmeFatale Chane]] [[CuteMute Laforet]] as a [[SharpDressedMan well dressed]], TallDarkAndHandsome {{Bishonen}}. [[MrFanservice *Dreamy sigh*]]. Curiously, Ladd Russo and Christopher are on that page too, but they're completely unaffected.
* From this page's counterpart on the /tg/ wiki, I give you [[http://1d4chan.org/images/thumb/3/33/GoldenRule.jpg/480px-GoldenRule.jpg Eduarda Elric and Rowena Mustang]]. Our poor [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist title character]] doesn't seem too comfortable with that outfit, despite the fact that no [[MemeticMutation tiny miniskirts]] are involved.
** Maybe she's just wondering [[FridgeLogic why she got her leg back]]?
* A recent chapter of the ''Manga/SoulEater'' manga made this canon. Most of the main characters (including Blair, but sadly, not Kid) became gender-swapped. How long a character stayed in his/her gender-bended form depended on how much of a CovertPervert that character is.
** Then again, there's [[AmbiguousGender still]] ''[[AmbiguousGender one]]'' [[AmbiguousGender character]] that seems immune to RuleSixtyThree. Then again...
* Befriending people (through giant energy blasts or otherwise) is now twice as easy with [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha's]] [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/737987/ male self!]]
** [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/737977/ Nanoha x Nanoha]] [[ScrewYourself OTP?]]
* Through the magic of pitch-adjusting technology, many of the ''[[KOn K-On!]]'' songs have been gender-flipped. As have the main four characters. Azusa doesn't seem to be gender-flipped yet since they seem to have been made before she was introduced. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2LhKmsy_M0 Here's]] the Season 1 opening (Cagayake! Boys), and the rest can be found [[http://metanorn.net/2009/05/k-on-genderbender/ here]]. The real kicker? [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome It's actually pretty darn good.]]
* [[ImageBoards 4chan]] is already doing this with ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', with Madoka being a Rose-Haired Boy, Mami looking like a prince, and Homura as a long-haired {{Bishonen}}.
* ''[[FanFic/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoSeitenkan The Genderbending of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' does this to the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' cast, and the "new characters" it created are permanently entrenched in the fandom. "Kyonko" in particular is probably more popular than the male Kyon, and is paired with ''[[LauncherOfAThousandShips even more]]'' characters than him.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' literally has a RuleSixtyThree in regards to [[spoiler: Fate, and her name is Sextum because she's the 6th Averncus series.]]
** There's also the fanfic ''Fanfic/NerimaMagistraNellyMagi'', which was an attempt to GenderFlip the ''Negima'' manga without the result being [[UnfortunateImplications "too creepy"]].
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' examples can be seen [[http://starrdust411.deviantart.com/gallery/8827971 here]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4333729/1/Journey_to_the_East here]], and [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/757661/artist_request-barefoot-belt-boots-dragon_ball-dra here]].
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' recently got a lot of such art, mainly directed at [[DudeLooksLikeALady Tieria]] but no one is immune: the Gundam meisters, Graham, Billy, Patrick... even the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Gundams themselves]].
* The title character of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is an canonical GenderBender, being cursed to change into a sexy, female version of himself on contact with cold water, because he was once tossed into a cursed spring in a training session by his idiot father. While obviously a "real" aspect of the Ranma character, fandom has taken the concept even farther, naming the female side of him "Ranko" and making her an actual character in countless fan works, ([[RuleThirtyFour many of them extremely NSFW]]).
* [[TheBechdelTest Alas it seems only with will you find]] a {{Badass}} woman in the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fandom. [[http://no1-knows-me.deviantart.com/art/DNchicks-193391816 the main (formerly male) cast as women]], [[http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/I-N-S-O-M-N-I-A-153214580 fem!L]], [[http://liriosparrowpirate.deviantart.com/art/Light-FemalexMisa-Male-Version-139012628 fem!Light and male!Misa]], and (SFW) SchoolGirlLesbians [[http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/Nice-swimsuit-Yagami-chan-139577409 Light and L]]. [[http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/Heard-Grace-143360273]] and [[http://iheartpigs0618.deviantart.com/art/Pardon-My-French-152112090 fem!L]] [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier with Light]].
* ''All'' of ''Anime/PrettyCure'' has been subjected to [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/Ari_Hill/Pretty%20Cure%20Fanart/20983109_p0rezised.jpg this]].
* In the one shot preview arc for WebVideo/YRulerOfTime's [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/yrt/readright/21419-lets-bible Let's Bible]] review, the heroine, Iesus, is Rule 63 Jesus Christ.
* According to the backstory of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]], [[spoiler:Saber is a gender-flipped version of KingArthur, who pretended to be male during her life, with some help from Merlin.]]
* Main characters of ''{{Durarara}}'' also aren't safe from this. Here's the [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12100000/Durarara-durarara-12185755-1000-576.jpg proof]]
* Hayate of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' was found to play a very convincing female (even attracting the romantic attention of three male characters in that form). His female appearance has since made several more appearances and its own name (Hermione Ayasaki) and has been fandom-paired with his gender bent form.
* Ren/Run from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' can somehow change genders by sneezing. Lala also invents a device that temporarily causes someone to switch genders.
* Parodied in the anime version of ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''. The first half of the last episode is devoted to reusing jokes from the beginning of the series, but with the central cast's female versions, who have the exact same voices and unattractive faces as their male counterparts. (Fanart of these versions is very rare.)
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[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]] actually has an AlternateUniverse devoted to this: Earth-11, featuring [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superwoman]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batwoman]] as well as the very [[Film/ThreeHundred Spartan-looking]] [[Franchise/WonderWoman Wonder Man]].[[note]]([[Creator/MarvelComics no relation]])[[/note]] Fun fact: 11+[[ComicBook/FiftyTwo 52]] (the total number of alternate Earths after ''InfiniteCrisis'') equals... ''63''.
* DC's {{Animesque}} ''AmeComiGirls'' line has female versions of many male characters, but not vice versa, and not for all male characters. Most are actually the {{DistaffCounterpart}}s of the male characters, "promoted" in their absence. But there are a few straight examples of this trope, including a female Sinestro, and an Indigo made indistinguishable from a female Brainiac.
* MarvelMangaverse: Characters who don't start the story off already female are replaced by females very quickly.
* Genderbending ComicBook/{{Loki}} from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' isn't that difficult to imagine since not only is he a shapeshifter normally, but he assumed Sif's form for several story arcs for the lulz. Princesses [[http://kazeki.deviantart.com/art/LADY-THOR-244700620 Thor]] and [[http://theladyloki.tumblr.com/ Loki]] aside, [[http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/balphesian/8448123007/1/tumblr_lpdlu8Dtvi1qk7ytl The Warriors Three]] have also enjoyed time as the fairer sex.
* [[http://fornax.tumblr.com/post/8423005240/experimenting-arrrrgh-but-now-its-time-for-bed The Avengers trio]], in a fan art depiction.
* One comic had TheAuthority meet their gender-flipped AlternateUniverse selves.
* The ComicBook/FantasticFour once visited an alternate universe where [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] was female... and [[HoYay married to Captain America]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' fandom has a fairly established body of Rule 63 fics, especially on the KinkMeme. Get used to Danielle, Wanda, Adi, Laurence, Joan Osterman, Sal and Edie.
* An issue of ''Uncanny ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' featured an evil team of male versions of several X-Women fighting Captain Britain. Most of them looked very flamboyant in those costumes.
* Comicbook/{{Exiles}} once visited an alternate Earth with female Magneto and Quicksilver, and Scarlet Warlock ([[CaptainObvious male Scarlet Witch]]).
* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker:
** He's a woman named Bianca Steeplechase in ''Thrillkiller'' and its sequel, which are set on an alternate Earth in the early '60s. ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and Robin go up against her. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Harley Quinn is still a girl.]]
** Common in fan art too, as a search for "Genderbent Joker" on Google will reveal. [[BrainBleach You may want to]] [[NotSafeForWork keep safe search on]].
* An issue of {{Lobo}} has the Main Man dying and going to the afterlife... only to be reincarnated as an extremely masculine female version of himself.
* DennisTheMenaceUK had a female cousin who looked was exactly like him but wore a bow in her hair and a skirt. Also her name was Denise The Menace.
* A canonical {{Superboy}} story, "Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister"[[note]]''Superboy'' #78 (1960)[[/note]] has Superboy transformed into a girl. It's not permanent ([[spoiler: and, as it turns out, the whole experience was just a mental illusion]]), and the story is mostly forgotten today, except as a tryout of sorts for the {{Supergirl}} concept. ''Mostly''. There is quite a lot of fan art, and several FanFics, based on the premise that Clark was permanently stuck as Claire.
* The ArchieComics gang, like most comic book PrintLongRunners, have attracted the occasional Rule 63 interpretations. A 2012 story, "The Great Switcheroo," provided official examples in ''Archie'' #636.[[note]][[MeaningfulName Meaningful Number]]?[[/note]] In the story, Comicbook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's cat Salem casts a GenderBender spell on the entire population of Riverdale, not to mention Comicbook/JosieAndThePussycats too.
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[[folder:Film]]
* The 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' has inspired GenderFlip fan art. For example, see a different take on the PowerTrio of Kirk, Spock, and [=McCoy=] [[http://lamamama.deviantart.com/art/Girl-Trek-Fierce-Times-Three-135312778 here]]. Chekov, Sulu, Scotty, and Pike show up [[http://lamamama.deviantart.com/art/Girl-Trek-PART-DEUX-136370157 here]]. [[http://oxboxer.livejournal.com/62530.html On this page]], we see that this trope can go in both directions.
* Not even [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet our]] [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} favorite]] [[Franchise/FridayThe13th slasher]] [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} movie]] [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre kings]] [[http://wardog-zero.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d285ydg are immune to this rule]]
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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' had an entire alternate dimension where Lister, Rimmer, and Holly had female counterparts; Cat, meanwhile, had a male dog counterpart. Because [[FemaleFelineMaleMutt dogs and cats are different genders]].
* Pops up every now and then on ''{{Sliders}}'', Most notably in the episode Double Cross where there is a female counterpart of Quinn named Logan St.Clair.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', in its last-aired episode, "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]", tells the story of a forced BodySwap between Captain Kirk and his crazy ex-girlfriend Janice Lester. Of course, everything is sorted out at the end... though that hasn't prevented a plethora of FanFics, fan art, and photo manipulation about alternate scenarios where Kirk is stuck permanently in Janice's body (usually due to Janice-in-Kirk's-body being killed.)
* A sketch on ''TheCarolBurnettShow'' featured gender swapped versions of the cast of the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}''.
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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' examples:
** Cultist-chan shows up in many [[ImageBoards /tg/]] ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' memes. Now, meet [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Cultist-kun_by_Mr-Culexus.png Cultist-kun!]]
** [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Beakiegal.jpg Female Space Marines]] pop up now and again, but are often met with cries of CanonDefilement (also known as '''HERESY!''') due to a supplement which states that Space Marines are explicitly all-male.
* TabletopGame/YuGiOh: Here's [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Fabled_Dianaira Fabled Dianaira]] Its name might come from 'Deianira' in the Greek mythology. Ironically, Deianira is a female while this card is obviously male. However, a fanartist [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=9569358 "corrected"]] this mythological error.
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[[folder: Video Games ]]
* Partly thanks to the entire cast being male, a significant amount of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fanart/fanfiction is Rule 63. The most frequent target is TheChick, Medic. As stated below, ''NerfNow'' has them as characters.
** [=ChemicalAlia=] has a mod to replace the Scout, Heavy, Engineer, Medic, and Spy (with more coming) with female models and fan-made female voices.
** There are several mods for a female Pyro. [[AmbiguousGender Not a lot changes, really]].
* Female Link or male Zelda (not to mention female/male Sheik) are popular subjects of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanart.
* "Tailsko," a female version of Tails, is likewise a popular subject for ''SonicTheHedgehog'' fan works.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'''s Cloud and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sephiroth]] are already [[{{Bishonen}} very pretty]]. [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/601476/ Guess what happened?]].
* Fans don't even need to make them themselves for the bloodlines of ''BloodlineChampions'' - they all have an outfit which is the opposite gender of the original bloodline outfit.
* Even Altair from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' had [[http://moe.imouto.org/post/show/57301/assassin-s_creed-thighhighs-uni-wallpaper one]]. Altair looks like [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]]; he just needs glasses. Shame they didn't exist back then.
* Sol Badguy of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has [[http://i43.tinypic.com/14lrhgi.jpg some]] [[http://i44.tinypic.com/1zx4a3o.jpg fan-art]]. Also there's the cosplayer known as [[http://i44.tinypic.com/6715ic.jpg Sol Badgirl]].
* From the same maker, ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' experiences the same thing with female versions of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/ragna-the-bloodedge/94-7830/all-images/52-298458/ragna_by_humio/51-1040137/ Ragna]], among others.
* ''LostSaga'' not only loves to include ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' characters into its game, but also allows you to buy an item that lets you play as a female version of that character, examples include [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeVmx2wxRic Ragna]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znNbeZ4jDDc Hazama]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4N1e9Ai30 Jin]] is the only exception as his female version is Noel Vermillion.
* It's become surprisingly popular to depict ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'''s big bad, Giegue, as a female. Since Giegue's a skinny grey alien, [[NonMammalMammaries some non-canonical anatomy]] comes into play.
** On the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' end of things, we have [[http://artkitten.tumblr.com/post/10396828433/even-moar-earthbound-so-rule-63-earthbound Nell, Paul, Jess, Pu, Porkie, and Toni.]] (Definitely SFW)
* [[http://i39.tinypic.com/qysv8n.jpg Iori Yagami]] of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. SNK's acknowledgement: by courtesy of [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri's]] [[SNKVsCapcom Midnight]] [[GenderBender Bliss]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtIk9z7TN0#t=0m7s here]]. Also, Gals Fighters (''Queen Of Fighters'') has a character called Miss X. [[spoiler:She's Iori dressed as a woman.]] Oh, and Orochi Iori's blissed form is [[spoiler:Miss X too!!!]].
** He is not the only one that suffers (or is very popular) due to this rule. In fact most of the ''KingOfFighters'' have been subject to this at some point or another (save Mai for some reason). But the one that gets it the most (even more than Iori) is Leopold Goenitz of the Wildly-Blowing Wind. Yes, [[SNKBoss that]] [[SinisterMinister guy]]... Oh and yes, [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri's]] [[SNKVsCapcom Midnight]] [[GenderBender Bliss]] is the one to blame for [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Goeniko Goeniko]]. There are other characters based on this concept that simply run with the idea, and the {{Mugen}} fanbase tend to make a character out of this.
* Nobody's surprised to see ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'''s Yuri Lowell genderbent a lot. Since, well... [[{{Bishonen}} y'know]].
* There are genderbent chibi figures of several famous ''Franchise/MetalGear'' characters. These are an official product distributed for nothing than fanservice. Snake is rather cute...
* In addition to the depiction of Maria, [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=12434455 the pretty girl plumber at the top of this page]], {{Mario}} and friends have been frequent subjects for this trope. See Maria's sister [[http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w74/MarioDS01/Super%20Mario%20Brothers/A_Different_Kind_of_Mushroom_by_fea.jpg Luigia]], for example. (As a bonus for straight males, the previous two examples feature "Grade A" ZettaiRyouiki.) There's also this [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs6/i/2005/068/e/1/Paper_Mario_tTYD__Gender_Swap_by_pixlem.jpg group shot]]. You might not ''[[TemptingFate want]]'' to see Bowser as a girl, [[http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w74/MarioDS01/Super%20Mario%20Brothers/Final.jpg but you can]].
** Though Bowser as a man has certainly been drawn thinner in FanArt before, one would think a female Bowser would more likely be a BigBeautifulWoman.
** Futako, the artist who drew the top picture, has since drawn [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=24574621 both Mario and Luigi]] as females. She calls them the ''Super Mario Sisters''.
** One shouldn't forget the very much official Toadette.
* An official version in ''SuperRobotWarsReversal'' in the case of Raoul/Fiona Gureden. Fiona is basically Raoul as a girl (and vice versa). In ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generations]]'', they decided to keep both branches and make them HalfIdenticalTwins.
* ''KoihimeMusou'', an [[{{Eroge}} erotic game]] based on ''TheRomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', in which most of the novel's male characters are female.[[spoiler: Diao Chan is now a muscular man ''in bikini'', voiced by NorioWakamoto.]]
** So are ''SengokuRance'' (partial example, as many characters remain in their original gender, e.g. NobunagaOda) and ''Sengoku Hime'', with the [[{{Jidaigeki}} Sengoku Jidai]] as backdrop.
* [[http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2010/march/ss975.jpg This]] ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' fan art piece.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fandom, due to the ImprobablyFemaleCast and the FirstLawOfGenderBending, has relatively little of this considering the sheer number of fan works. Regardless, plenty of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/433254/ have been subjected to this]], including [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/844239/ Yuuka]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/821660/ Marisa]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/484424/ Parsee and Yuugi]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/781823/ Komachi and Shikieiki]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/763817/ Yukari and Reimu]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/638546/ the Tengu trio]], the ''IN'' [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/222796/ playable characters]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/590203/ the Scarlet Devil crew]], [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/394810/ and even]] [[TheOneGuy Rinnosuke]] (images are slightly NSFW due to advertisements). And the less said about [[MemeticMutation Cho-Marisa]], the better.
* [=PotatOS=] aka GLaDOS of ''VideoGame/{{Portal2}}'' fame has gotten this treatment too.
* Star Wolf of ''StarFox'' [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19994242 as females]], by Fumicaworu. Creatively done, and Wolf's gender flip even looks vaguely like a cross between his character and Katt Monroe as a pink wolf.
* An odd in-game example in ''[[MondayNightCombat Super Monday Night Combat]]'': Unlockable uniforms turn Combat Girl and Megabeth into {{Cosplay}} female versions of the Engineer and Soldier, respectively, from VideoGame/TeamFortress2.
* On the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' front, we have [[http://enife.deviantart.com/art/Gender-Challenge-Ms-Alistair-180046045 'Ms Alistair']], as well as [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=female+zevran#/d3l21w3 'Madam Zevran']], male counterparts of [[http://ladyreddarkness.deviantart.com/art/Isabela-and-Aveline-Gender-Swap-279295281 Aveline and Isabela]], one of [[http://ladyreddarkness.deviantart.com/art/Merrill-and-Fenris-Gender-swap-278754881 Merrill and Fenris]] and yet another of [[http://mariahgem.deviantart.com/art/Miss-Fenris-207064451 Fenris]], possibly because he's quite the [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy effeminitely pretty]] [[{{Bishonen}} character]].
* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' plans to handle this in a unique way by creating an entire MODE for it. "Gender Swap Mode" will flip the gender of every main character, from the protagonist, to the bosses, to the BigBad herself.
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* ''NerfNow'' has produced female versions of all the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' characters, as well as several characters from other games, such as ''{{Starcraft}}''. And they're all ''adorable''.
* Seeing as [[CrackPairing anyone and everything]] gets shipped together in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fandom, this was inevitable. Gender-bent versions of Dave, John, and the Midnight Crew are particularly popular though. Of course, genderbent versions of John and Jade are quite hard to distinguish from the original, since they're so alike they could as well be HalfIdenticalTwins... [[spoiler: oh wait, they are.]]
* There are tons of examples on ''BittersweetCandyBowl''. It started off as a favorite thing of the fans to do, but then spread to the author. Most of the time it leads to the most insane {{Crack Pairing}}s.
* Fans of ''HannaIsNotABoysName'' [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2rp8up have]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2rp83w made]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2w0qd0 sure]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2rp6n0 that]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2j7pbj Hanna]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2s0kps isn't]]... well, a boy's name. [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2rp77r And]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2zpifq everyone]] [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=0#/d2so993 else]], [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hinabn%20genderbend&order=9&offset=24&offset=24#/d34b7md too]]. [[http://zethrina.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-on-a-Landmine-174427757?q=boost%3Apopular%20femrad&qo=5 Femrad]] (female Conrad) is [[http://demyrie.deviantart.com/art/Femrad-the-Feminist-167586284 pretty much]] a [[http://coffee-sama.deviantart.com/art/If-we-were-like-this-180792849?q=boost%3Apopular%20hinabn%20genderbend&qo=19 fandom]] [[http://coshie.deviantart.com/art/Connie-187215397 meme.]] And that's just the tip of the genderbent iceberg.
* Although Garii in ''MenageA3'' is just a figment of Yuki's imagination, she's close enough.
** There's an official version of this trope as a bonus story in the series' fourth book collection.
* ''ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' has a male and female version of most commonly mentioned countries, they are generally very similar in appearance (Sister Germany even has her brother's mustache).
* Many characters in ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' have different genders based on their arc. Tristram, in particular, is female in every arc besides the baseline, and Morgan and Nimue are actually ''male'' in the M*A*S*H* arc.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has a great deal of actual GenderBender activity, which also inspires a lot of fan art.
* [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2007/kk0401.html This]] AprilFools strip of ''[[KevinAndKell Kevina And Kelly]]''
* An official version of this occurs in ''Webcomic/EarsForElves''. The last panel [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/388 here]] calls the rule by name and shows what Tanna and Luero would look like when gender-flipped.
* Tumblr users really like making female versions of [[PennyArcade Gabe and Tycho]] (named "Gabbie" and "Tyche", respectively). Zeboyd even responded to it by adding a patch to ''[[PennyArcadeAdventures On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness]] Episode 3'' that allows players to play as the gender-flipped Gabe and Tycho if they want.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Jix Jix]] has a story arc that revolves around a device that might as well be called "The Rule 63 gun." Lauren spent the majority of the arc as a feminine looking man.
* Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics: Amy drew a picture of [[http://tallcomics.com/?id=125 BBQ She-Sauce]] and Unwinder [[StupidSexyFlanders finds that she's attractive]].
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* Examples from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'':
** Anne Onymous of ''TheWotch'' drew a [[http://annie13.deviantart.com/art/TGWTG-TGed-124469372 Worksafe image of]] Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.
** At one point, there was also an amusing series of videos created by (female) TGWTG fans dressing up as their favorite (male) reviewers and demanding that the fandom fix this crackfic singularity gender bend... thing.
** In-universe, a female version of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic (the title card version) was dressed like a sultry-looking hooker for his review of ''MoulinRouge''.
* For their crossover review of [[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes (2009)]], Website/TheAgonyBooth's Sofie Liv and ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike'''s Sursum Ursa dressed up (and did the review) as Holmes and Watson.
* Played with in ''RedVsBlue'': In addition to the six inept, clueless, lazy, and outright retarded men, who because of the series being a {{Halo}} machinima all look identical with only different color, there is a single female character in the form of Tex, who is almost completely sane in comparison and a more capable soldier than all the others combined.
** Later, (Griff's) [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Sister]] is introduced, who is [[BrainlessBeauty as dumb as Caboose but insanely hot]]. [[InformedAttractiveness At least so we are told.]]
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' plays this differently depending on which side of the fandom you are looking at. Among Japanese fans, the characters who get genderbended the most often are the four originally female characters. Out of the boys, designing female Russell, Lumpy and possibly Flippy seems to be the most common, although it is easier to tell who never is bent. Most of the results from searching for genderbends by the western fandom are either Flippy as a woman or female {{copycat sue}}s based on him.
* Even ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'' get the female treatment. [[http://fav.me/d5qyiay If]] them dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls doesn't count then [[http://fav.me/d473ga3 this totally does]].
** LetsPlay/JoshJepson plays the role of [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Maya Fey]] in [[http://fav.me/d4hzt4x this pic]] if that counts too.
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* There is an entire AlternateUniverseFic of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' where the entire cast is of the opposite sex. It's made by the same author who gave us ''Ed, Edd n Eddy Highschool''.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' has an awesome in-universe example of this in "Beyond the Sea," although the similarities between the Cabo Luna beach babes and Rex and Noah go unnoticed. [[http://green-necklace-girl.deviantart.com/art/Gen-Rex-Motivational-199154975 Yay for surprise fanservice!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. Dethklok had a tribute band that was composed of all women, giving each of the band members a female counterpart. Dethklok rejected them, as they found them rather creepy. Though Toki admits the female Pickles was cute, and Nathan agreed she did have nice eyes.
** One particularly nice example of the band getting genderbent exists [[http://aznmodel.deviantart.com/art/Chicklok-56217431 here.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' has an episode where female versions of the entire cast appear, complete with a female-to-male transgender to compliment Alice and a lesbian couple in the place of the gay couple in SJ.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' [[http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/ blog]] posted a series of [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4866645301/ Rule 63 drawings]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4880921290/ by one of the]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/4860628206/ concept artists]], much to the amusement of fans. The episode "Adventure Time with Fiona and Cake" used this concept, and in a reference to this trope, [[spoiler: the entire episode was revealed to be a fanfiction by Ice King.]]
** Another episode, "Bad Little Boy", shines focus on some more gender-swapped characters.
* Given the high female-to-male character ratio on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', it was probably only a matter of time before male versions of the six main characters came out. A fan artist named [[http://trotsworth.deviantart.com/ Trotsworth]] has probably the most famous examples. There's even fics about it, such as [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-63rd-rune.html The 63rd Rune]] and Fanfic/OnACrossAndArrow.
** If there's ever going to be a fic or discussion about the gender-bent characters, there's a host of accepted names. Twilight Sparkle is Dusk Shine, Rarity is Elusive, Fluttershy is Butterscotch, Rainbow Dash is Rainbow Blitz, Pinkie Pie is Bubble Berry, Spike is Spines (or Barb/Barbara), Celestia is Prince Solaris and Luna is Prince Artemis. Only Applejack remains the same.
** This was played with in "Magic Duel" - [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]] transforms a mare - [[spoiler: Applejack]] - into a stallion for a short time. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that it was actually her brother painted in Applejack's mane and coat colors.]]
* "Neutopia", the seventh season premiere for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', features GenderBender versions of each character. The episode even lampshades this trope when a calendar of the sex-changed characters makes a huge profit due to the "creepy fans" of Planet Express.
* ''OsmosisJones'' fan art examples have been seen, including cosplay of a female Thrax.
* [[OppositeSexClone In-universe]], [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]] to WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.
* [[http://sue-chan.com/art4/thundercatty.jpg This]] piece of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' fanart will likely murder your childhood in an entirely worksafe way.
* The Fire Ferrets from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' [[http://rule63rules.tumblr.com/tagged/Legend-of-Korra as you've (probably) never seen them before.]]
* And now, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[http://mrpr1993.deviantart.com/art/The-Simpsons-Gender-Bender-331046611 are victims of this.]]
* In an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Miss Martian uses her shape-shifting powers to imitate Kid Flash, Robin, and Aqualad -- but female versions, because her powers aren't developed enough to readily do more complex shape-shifting stunts such as mimicking the opposite sex. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUas9j0h1Q Kid Flash approves.]]
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* Every {{Vocaloid}} (including [[HalfIdenticalTwins Rin and Len]]) and almost every [=UTAUloid=] tend to have a genderbend. In the [=UTAUloid=]'s cases, many are made by the authors themselves. People have also edited their vocal files to create a masculine/feminine version of the characters.
* Among Mixed Martial Arts fandom, Cristiane "Cris Cyborg" Santos is considered to be [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Wanderlei Silva's]] female counterpart.
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