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[[caption-width:300:Is every man in Mid-Childa a draft dodger? (Well, except [[TheOneGuy the redhead]])]]

{{Bishoujo}} series that don't deal with [[{{joshikousei}} high school]] have a problem. How to stuff the series full of pretty, young girls and maybe one or two guys when you're set in, say, the military? ImprobableAge only goes so far; PinkBishoujoGhetto takes it a step further.

''All'' the series' {{Magical Girl}}s, HumongousMecha pilots or what have you are cute, young and female, each fitting a certain {{Moe}} mold. In contrast, MissionControl is probably all male; if the series has an UnluckyEverydude, he's there, but otherwise, they're too old to pose a threat of competition. TheOneGuy on the team, on the other hand, is already committed. If there are any other women in the corps, they're the BridgeBunnies and/or WrenchWench, and have little role to play in the actual story.

This ultimately can be received better than it sounds, as [[CipherScything removal]] of male characters (such as from a DatingSim adaptation) often reduces romantic entanglement baggage. Romantic elements are sometimes still present though to [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship give more meaning to the relationships between the girls]], although it's also often used for {{fanservice}}.

There is also a specific but somewhat unrelated PinkBishoujoGhetto effect in [[{{shoujo}} shows actually *for* girls]]. Young heroines tend to identify more with their peers (i.e. other girls) and actual romance with boys is an acknowledged, interesting, but still largely cryptic situation. This means prominent male characters actually tend to have only highly specific roles in the story, explaining their low representation and, occasionally, depth. However, as the [[{{Josei}} demographic gets older]] and girls begin to gravitate to boys, this tends to even itself out... or, ironically, go in the [[BlueBishonenGhetto opposite direction]].

For another way that writers of bishoujo series get around needing all these female characters, see OtakuSurrogate. If there are a bunch of ''boys'' around, and it's due to [[MoeMoe moe]] appeal rather than because [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the target audience might ignore girls]], it may be a BlueBishonenGhetto series.

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* Aside from the [[CuteShotaroBoy Twin Stars]] and a middle-aged commander, ''GalaxyAngel'' is noticeably devoid of men. This role is usually performed by Forte whenever a gag requires a "male" equivalent, something she eventually starts complaining about.
** Broccoli (the production company) sometimes lampshades this in gags, notably the prince who kidnaps Milfeulle and a flashback to [[DiGiCharat Usada]]'s father, who are obviously women in really transparent disguises.
** And the serious DatingSim [[GalaxyAngelGameverse series]] puts the men in MissionControl, with an UnluckyEverydude, his [[TheLancer Lancer]] and best friend, and various crew members that are either old {{mentors}} or{{Cute Shotaro Boy}}s. [[spoiler:And one of those boys is a SweetPollyOliver.]]
* ''SoukouNoStrain'' ''did'' have male pilots, didn't they? There was Colin and Cedi, who were [[EverybodysDeadDave dead in the first episode.]] Carris? [[spoiler:Dead.]] Dickon? [[spoiler:Incapacitated for the GrandFinale, with very little of a role otherwise.]] Ralph? BigBad, AxCrazy. Meanwhile the girls, [[spoiler:other than Mary and [[TheLibby Isabella]]]], did mostly fine.
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s male population hasn't fared well after three seasons. Chrono got shipped off with (new character) Griffith to MissionControl, which, oddly enough, doesn't seem to affect their female co-worker Hayate's screen time in the least. There's a whole [[MemeticMutation meme]] about Yuuno slowly losing his screentime once he stopped being [[TalkingAnimal a cute talking ferret]], and new character Erio being prominently featured has a lot to do with being a [[CuteShotaroBoy non-threatening little kid]] that fan-favorite Fate likes to dote on. Zafira suffered an even worse fate, since he has apparently been trapped permanently, and inexplicably, in his animal form since the beginning of the third season. Even when severely injured and bedridden in the infirmary, he's still in wolf form.
** Even the villains follow this trope. The MadScientist Scaglietti is male, but for some reason, except for Zest, all of his combat cyborgs and artificial mages are females. He ''does'' give a reason, albeit one with [[{{Squick}} disturbing implications]]: [[spoiler:he's impregnated all of them with clones of himself]].
*** The whole origin of [[CloningBlues Project F]], traces itself down to the logical end result of a PinkBishoujoGhetto: [[spoiler:underpopulation. Artificial Mages, and later Combat Cyborgs, were seen as a way to boost the military's vastly inferior population. Because General Geis thought this was a good idea, he was in cahoots with Scaglietti the whole time.]] Scaglietti was only replicating cloning techniques perfected by [[spoiler:Precia Testerossa]] for [[spoiler:creating Fate]], suggesting that this was a known issue with Mid-Childan society long before the series began.
* ''TokyoMewMew'' isn't a bishoujo series, but [[TheChosenOne Earth's chosen]] {{Magical Girl}}s are all, well, girls, reporting to {{bishounen}}. And with the amount of {{doujinshi}} put out on the subject, {{catgirl}} Ichigo, {{ojou}} Minto, {{meganekko}} Retasu, [[{{lolicon}} loli]] Bu-ling and TallDarkAndBishoujo Zakuro are certainly ''seen'' as moe characters, although that wasn't the series' intention.
* While ''KeroroGunsou'' isn't a bishoujo series, its creator is fond of the genre. To get around this, nearly all the male characters are funny aliens, while female characters are often [[CuteMonsterGirl prominently humanoid]].
* ''LuckyStar'' has a grand total of ''three'' recurring male roles (five, if you count Anizawa and his assistant.) The girls eventually [[{{Lampshading}} lampshade]] this by commenting on the lack of romance in their lives.
* ''ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'' enagaged in a bit of LampshadeHanging with this trope, by claiming that only females were capable of piloting the series' HumongousMecha. The lone male exception was a special case.
** Perhaps justified in that said special case was that the Mech in question is the alternate universe version of the pilot.
* ''{{Mai-Otome}}''. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that the AppliedPhlebotinum runs on VirginPower.
* ''{{Simoun}}''. Another JustifiedTrope, due to the world they inhabit.
* ''[[TheIdolmasterXenoglossia The iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia]]''
** Somewhat justified. The reason they use innocent girls as pilots is to avoid the appearance of the robots being weapons, since they're only used for asteroid defence.
* ''{{Vandread}}''. The bulk of the cast are SpacePirates from an [[LadyLand all-female]] planet. The few males are refugees/prisoners from the all-male planet.
* In ''YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'', originally a bishoujo game, the role of the player is replaced by the side character Hazuki (a girl) who, in keeping with the theme, is the one with the crush on Hatsumi.
* For some reason there are absolutely no male gondoliers in ''{{ARIA}}'', even though steering a gondola can be hard work requiring quite a bit of muscle power. The girls don't look especially strong, though.
* ''{{Mai-Hime}}''. I think there was a line explaining the reason, but it's an obvious excuse.
** The anime (which came first) is better about this, though the fact that the magical girls are, well, girls, and the fact that there are 12 [[spoiler:/13, counting [=fake-HiME=] Alyssa]] of them doesn't particularly help.
** It finally makes sense at the very end: [[spoiler:it is revealed that the winning HiME has the choise of either facing off against the Obsidian Prince or becoming his wife and helping him reshape the world.]] The Obsidian Prince might have only come up with this for this particular HiME Carnival, though.
* For some reason all the mecha pilots in ''SkyGirls'' are cute young girls. There's a reason males of the right age aren't around, but you'd think they'd be able to find people out of their teens.
* ''[[BattleAthletes Battle Athletes Daiundokai]]'' is focused on a prestigious, interplanetary sport event which is for girls only. Male characters are rare, mostly passive and usually much older.
* In ''Silent Moebius'', the special agents battling the monsters/demons from another dimension are all women. At one point, their leader offers some sort of philosophical justification about women being able to bear children and thus being the key to the future. It doesn't really hold water, especially since one of the agent is a cyborg and most certainly unable to become pregnant.
* ''StrawberryPanic'', ''{{Marimite}}'' and other anime with SchoolgirlLesbians usually have few males or dispend with them completely, as not to interrupt the dynamics between the female characters.
** Yes, yes, ''StrawberryPanic'' is set at an all-girl school... but it goes beyond that. ''Not one male character'' is ever shown. The only man who even ''comes up'' is Rokujou's [[ArrangedMarriage arranged fiance]], and all we see is his silhouette. Straight girls ([[CastFullOfGay if there are any]]) will have to settle for [[ButchLesbian Amane]].
* The eponymous warriors from ''{{Claymore}}'' are all female. There's a plot reason why, and it ain't pretty ([[TakeOurWordForIt trust us]]).
* In ''StrikeWitches'', which very much follows the mold of ''SkyGirls'', only young, female mages can pilot the units that enable them to fly.
** And [[OverusedRunningGag none of them are wearing pants!]]
* Played completely straight by ''MahouSenseiNegima''. The vast majority of the characters are female, but its a {{Shonen}} series (at least [[GenreShift after the first few volumes]]. The enormous number of girls seems to be more for FanService purposes than anything else.
** Even after you chop away comedy/useless characters like Ayaka or the twins and even somewhat important characters like Sayo you still have one [[CuteShotaroBoy little kid,]] Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna, Kaede, Mana, Evangeline, Chachamaru etc. before you get to someone like Fate (who has his own fangirls) and Rakan.
** Don't forget Chamo. Although, [[WeaselMascot he's an ermine]], so he might not count. Kotaro got introduced fairly early, too, although he [[HeelFaceTurn started as a bad guy.]]
** As time goes by the gender balance of new characters is much more even. Eishun, Fate, Jack Rakan, Godel, Tosaka, Zect, Kage... whatever his name was. True, some of their screen time isn't very impressive apart from flashbacks (Zect) or mention (Eishun) the spotlight on the girls also shifts quite a bit. And more of the girls are losing their place as well. Anyone seen Mana lately?
* ''KoihimeMusou'' uses {{Gender Flip}}ped versions of the cast of ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' essentially making all the important characters female.
* ''PaniPoniDash''.
* In ''ShikabaneHime'', only girls of a certain age who die in specific circumstances can become Shikabane Hime. It is later [[JustifiedTrope justified]], when it turns out the ritual to create them was originally developed by the founder of the Kougon Sect to resurrect his dead daughter.
* ''KuroganePukapukaTai'' manages to have only one recurring male character, the old, Zen Master-like Captain of the ''Unebi'', who is monk-like in his asceticism and thus off limits for any erotic speculation. No explanation has been given except that the cruiser's intended crew were all taken ill with typhoid and a substitute crew had to be found; why these would be all women has not even had a [[HandWave Hand Waving]] justification, although a shortage of military-age men in 1943 might be one that comes up.
* The only boy's, aside from the adults which [[AdultsAreUseless rarely appear]], in the ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' franchise are Keiichi and Satoshi.

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*''SmallFavors'' only shows young attractive females even during the crowd scenes of a supposedly normal city. No males are even ''mentioned'' in these comics.

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* Women make up an overwhelming number of the major characters in the Spanish film ''All About My Mother,'' although most of them are older than usual for the trope ([[{{Transsexual}} and not all of them were born female.]]) [[spoiler:Even the protagonist's son's biological father turns out to be a CrossDresser named Lola.]]
* ''{{Volver}}'' doesn't take it as far as the above film, but it does have a large female majority in the cast.

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* The various Pinky:st figurines. Ever since 2003, every last released figure has been female (with the exception of the [[AirGear Akito/Agito Wanijima]] figure in early 2006.)

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* ''ArcanaHeart'' is an all-girl fighting game.
* The ''[[TouhouProject Touhou]]'' series of shooting games, out of a cast of over a hundred characters, has only a handful of named males -- the only ones who have actually appeared in the games are a turtle and a cloud. The reason for this may be particularly simple, though: the series creator, ZUN, isn't a great artist, and it's entirely possible that he just can't draw dudes.
** Fanon sometimes adds one more -- ZUN himself. Not an AuthorAvatar case, literally [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WadpQXFbIIY the creator himself showing up sometimes]]. And getting drunk.
* ''RumbleRoses''.
* Your party in the story mode of the flash TurnBasedStrategy game ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/zening Zening]]'' will most of the time have more women than men. At one point, a player will have six women and [[TheOneGuy one man]] in the party. There are also times where the party is composed entirely of women.

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* In the first chapter of ''Alpha Shade'', set in a war, nearly all the important soldiers on ''both'' sides were attractive women, although crowd photos appeared to be mostly male.
* ''{{Earthsong}}'' has 8 of the 9 protagonists as being female.

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* In TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', it's implied that a good majority of the Borogravian military consists of cross-dressing females who have fooled almost everyone, including each other. In fact, only two soldiers are confirmed male: Paul, Polly's older brother, and the man who supposedly got Shufti pregnant (though she rejected him). Everyone (except the effeminate Blouse) in the eponymous regiment is female. Hell, it's revealed at the end of the book that [[spoiler:the masculine Jackrum is actually a girl and has been faking for so long that she's more comfortable as a male. S/he even goes to visit his/her son and tell him that s/he is his father.]] At first, you're led to believe that it's really a BlueBishonenGhetto, but nope.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Out of over 60 recurring characters on ''MyLittlePony'', only ''three'' are male. And except for Spike, all of them were invented solely for the TV series. Talk about girl toys. There ARE male ponies, but they only show up in one story; they've been [[WallBanger on "a race around the world" the entire rest of the series]] -- don't ask [[ChasteToons where the baby ponies came from.]]
** [[DwarfFortress Spores?]]
** According to one of the comics, the baby ponies come out of [[AWizardDidIt Majesty's magic mirror]].
*** IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow?

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