Masculine Girl Feminine Boy / Western Animation

• 101 Dalmatian Street: Dylan is a neat-freakish worry wort who acts like a surrogate mother to his younger siblings and prefers to solve conflicts peacefully. Meanwhile whilst his step-sister Dolly is an outgoing and athletic tomboy who is Hot-Blooded and reacts more brashly to situations.
• 6teen: Nikki Wong is a grungy, brash tomboy who likes to let her fists do the talking if somebody pisses her off. Wyatt Williams is a soulful, sensitive musician who tends to be the most mature and sensible of the group.
• Adventure Time: In the gender-flipped alternate universe, we have Fiona & Prince Gumball
• The Amazing World of Gumball has Nicole and Richard Watterson. Nicole is a strong, protective mother with a VERY short temper while Richard tends to be far more sensitive and optimistic.
  • Carrie and Darwin. Carrie is a punk rock chick, a hardcore horror movie fan, with a fondness for gross smells and food eating sprees, and has a strong tendency to be a Deadpan Snarker. Meanwhile, Darwin is cheerful, similarly optimistic, and sensitive just like his adoptive father, and less edgy in personality. In "The Drama" Carrie is shown to like cool, heavy music that literally melts people's faces off, while Darwin likes softer music, like a band called "The Lollipuppies".
• American Dad! has Hayley and Steve. Hayley is a straw Soapbox Sadie who can be a bit temperamental at times. Steve is a scrawny geeky Kiddie Kid and a Momma's Boy.
• Angelo Rules: Elena and Peter. Elena has a temperamental attitude and can be grumpy and negative. Peter is extremely hyperactive, sweet-natured, and loves to watch Cuddle Farm.
• Animaniacs (1993): There was a subtle example in an episode. Charlton Woodchuck's parents meet traditional gender stereotypes at first. His father appears to be a farmer, and his mother is crying because her son is leaving home. However, when Charlton returns home his parents are sat in rocking chairs by a fireside, and, in a reversal of traditional gender stereotypes, his mother is reading the evening paper and his father is knitting using a pink ball of wool.
• Archer has Lana and Cyril. Lana is a powerful secret agent who is a crack shot with all manners of guns and rifles and has a hot temper to match while Cyril is a meek introverted accountant who loves to cook.
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Aang is an easygoing, energetic, and non-confrontational Martial Pacifist. Toph is a bullheaded and casually violent brawler and former Professional Earthbender who is about his (physical) age. Lampshaded in "The Ember Island Players", where they watch a Show Within a Show that has Aang portrayed by a Genki Girl and Toph by a huge Boisterous Bruiser bodybuilder man, and she actually liked the idea.
• Baby Looney Tunes: Of the friendship variety, Lola and Sylvester are portrayed as this in the episode "Tea and Basketball" which is about these two disliking things usually associated with their gender. Sylvester wants to do tea parties with the girls, while Lola wants to play basketball with the boys. Lola and Tweety also have the same dynamic.
• Chowder:
  • Married couple, Truffles and Mung Daal, seem to have shades of this dynamic. Truffles has shown to be the most dominant person at the Catering Company, she's very aggressive, short-tempered, brash and incredibly strong despite her size. Mung on the other hand is far more sensitive, caring, soft-spoken, has cross dressed several times in the series and has shown signs of being Ambiguously Bi and In Touch with His Feminine Side.
  • There is also Panini, who is a Clingy Jealous Girl with a fiery aggressive side when it comes time trying to get close to Chowder and Ceviche, who is so sweet and sensitive that even his appearance is feminine.
• The Cleveland Show: Cleveland Brown and his second wife, Donna Tubbs. Donna is a Sassy Black Woman stereotype who can be quite a hothead when angered, has mentioned being on the "Foxy Boxing" circuit a couple of times and is not afraid of getting physically violent, threatening or aggressive when her buttons are pushed. Cleveland is much more sensitive, foolish, imaginative and gentle by comparison and has even cross dressed a couple of times.
• The Crumpets: This is a common trait with the show's romantic pairings, as most female main characters are often portrayed as being more proactive or menacing than their male partners. This is spearheaded by the Crumpets' parents Ma, an inventor with a hot temper, and Pa, a gentle gardener.
  • In one episode, Pa's brother Uncle Hurry whimpers after his wife Aunt Harried had kicked him out their mansion. Harried destroys some of their property with weapons and later pilots a tank to the Crumpets' house.
  • The strongest character in the main cast, Triceps, is female and loves sports, and she holds her excitable boyfriend Larry during their relationship in another episode.
• Dan Vs.: Elise, the Action Girl, and Chris, the Extreme Doormat (though more toward Dan than her).
• Ed, Edd n Eddy:
  • Sarah is aggressive, strong, and violent, Jimmy is a wimpy delicate crybaby and the weakest character on the show. They are still inseparable best friends.
  • Marie Kanker is an intimidating tomboyish bad girl with a punk look. She is in love with Edd, a shy nerdy Nice Guy. However, this is not consensual and all their interactions are based on Double Standard Rape: Female on Male.
• In the Esme & Roy episode, "Two Can Play That Game", the two title characters are tasked with watching twins named Frank and Franny and taking turns playing games each one likes. It is revealed in that episode that Frank, the boy, loves ballet, and Franny, the girl, loves to play pirates.
• Ever After High: The insecure geek Dexter is entranced by Raven- a powerful, gothic-themed (R)ebel whose charisma encourages him to break away from his family's stifling expectations. He initially feels ashamed about not being a 'real man' like his jock older brother, but eventually realizes ^note in the Once Upon A Pet anthology that his tolerance and emotional support are also virtues.
• In Family Guy, Meg is the Masculine Girl to Chris and, to a lesser extent, Stewie's Feminine Boys. Meg has displayed violent, intimidating tendencies and aggravated revenge to those who have messed with her—most notably in "Dial Meg for Murder", and surprisingly averts the teenage girl stereotype for the most part. Chris, on the other hand, is so sensitive and innocent that he wouldn't hurt a fly (though this becomes deconstructed in the later seasons where he Took a Level in Jerkass); Stewie, while an intimidating, precocious, Badass Adorable individual, still has some flamboyant tendencies, such as cross-dressing and getting giddy over opportune prospects, not to mention that he still has some interests of a typical baby/toddler, such as his Teddy bear Rupert.
• An episode of The Fairly OddParents! played with this by showing that Trixie is a Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak, while Timmy is In Touch with His Feminine Side. The two have a temporary Gender-Bender Friendship.
• Futurama:
  • Downplayed with Fry and Leela. Fry is the Feminine Boy to Leela's Masculine Girl. Leela is a strong-willed, tough-as-nails Action Girl, and Fry is laid back, awkward, emotional, and usually a Non-Action Guy, but their interests are still fairly conventionally gendered. A few of the pulp poster parodies put Leela in the more powerful "masculine" pose◊ and Fry in the more submissive "feminine" pose.◊
  • Whereas Amy is the obnoxiously Girly Girl of the Planet Express crew, she's undeniably the masculine party in her relationship with little green man Kif Kroker, who was dramatically rescued by her on their first date, writes swooning entries about her in his diary and carried the couple's children. The handful of bumps in their relationship were attributable to Amy's fear of commitment and wandering eye while Kif explicitly sees Amy as his One True Love.
• Gravity Falls:
  • A non-romantic example. Despite her love of sweaters, glitter, and unicorns, Mabel Pines is adventurous and aggressive (her gift of choice from Grunkle Stan is a grappling hook) while her twin brother Dipper is so nerdy and intellectual that it takes the help of mythical creatures to help him become manly (and Dipper ultimately decides he wants nothing to do with the Manotaurs and their ideas of masculinity).
  • Robbie Valentino is a sensitive, grumpy Emo Teen and musician while Wendy Corduroy is a hatchet-wielding Ladette from a family of lumberjacks (whose father is literally named "Manly Dan").
  • Wendy is likewise the Masculine Girl to Dipper's Feminine Boy; she's more boisterous, athletic, and reckless than the generally reserved, nerdy, and cautious Dipper (though he does become more outgoing as the series goes on and has displayed athletic feats more than once). All things considered however, Dipper is a Guile Hero who tends to use violence as a last resort whereas Wendy is an Action Girl who likes to fight.
  • Marius von Fundshauser is a multi-millionaire pretty boy from Austria, while Grenda is incredibly strong with a voice so low, gravelly, and loud that it could activate druid rituals that nobody could perform for thousands of years. Marius even notes that Grenda's aggressive flirting style is what drew him to her in the first place.
• Grojband: Carrie Beff and Larry Nepp of Grojband's rival band, The Newmans. Carries shares her the confident and daring personality of her Grojband counterpart Corey while Larry is a very timid and softspoken boy. Larry also has this dynamic with his Grojband counterpart Laney, who is a fearless and snarky tomboy.
• Harvey Beaks: Harvey is a docile, polite Neat Freak while his friend Fee is the messy, loud sister of a pair of Wild Children.
• Wonder Woman and Batman from Justice League Unlimited: he’s a cautious vigilante, she’s a headstrong warrior princess... they’re perfect for each other◊. The Stoic act simply fails for Batman when he’s paired with a woman who can smash a mountain with her bare hands, and Diana can immediately see it when Bruce lets it slip how much he he cares anytime she’s in danger. Also, the falling into the hero's arms trope is reversed with Batman and Wonder Women during the "Kid Stuff" episode.
  • Black Canary and Green Arrow are an interesting example. Canary may look feminine but she behaves more like The Lad-ette, being an adrenaline junkie and a Blood Knight. At first glance, Green Arrow seems manly enough, being a fairly tough, muscular, and outspoken guy, but their relationship dynamic reeks of this trope, as both of them constantly subvert expected gender roles in many situations. One example being when Canary rides her motorcycle rather recklessly and Arrow (sitting on the back) is the one to complain and get scared. Then there's the time when Mandagora taunted the two in "Double Date" and Arrow manages to hold himself back, but Canary ends up being the one to aggressively assault him when defending her boyfriend's honour. Then there's the fact that she's by far the tougher fighter and everyone seems to view him as the weak one out of the two, to the point that Wildcat feels more dishonoured and emasculated fighting him than her in "The Cat and The Canary".
• Johnny Test: Johnny’s parents. For bonus points, Lila is based upon creator Scott Fellows' father, while Hugh is based upon his mother.
• KaBlam!: June and Henry are a Platonic Life-Partners example.
• Kim Possible: Kim and her sidekick Ron. She's a relentless overachiever who knows "sixteen forms of kung fu," set herself up as an international Teen Superspy, and kicks supervillain butt. He rarely fails to back her up and has his badass moments, but is an easygoing type and is much better in the kitchen than on the battlefield. The image source is their old Halloween costumes - Kim as a cowboy, Ron as a ballerina. Nuff said.
• The Legend of Korra:
  • Korra is a muscular and boisterous girl whose first impulse to a fight is to bust heads until she's the only one standing and responds to a guy she's eating out with belching by starting and winning a Burping Contest. Mako is a Pretty Boy and much more thoughtful, controlled, and level-headed.
  • Korra and Bolin. Korra is the far cruder and aggressive of the two.
  • Eska is a domineering, fearless, take-charge girl. Her twin brother, Desna, is an Agent Peacock and a skilled tailor. Her boyfriend, Bolin, is emotional, sensitive, and kind of wimpy boy.
• The Loud House:
  • The platonic (with hints of romantic) relationship between Lincoln and Ronnie Anne is this, with Ronnie as the rough and aggressive tomboy compared to Lincoln's series of feminine qualities.
  • Lincoln also shares this dynamic with some of his siblings (particularly his tomboy ones). Lynn, Lana, and arguably Luna are also more masculine than he is.
  • A downplayed example, but Luan and Benny could be seen as this, specifically in regard to their alter egos as portrayed by their respective puppets. Luan has Mr Coconuts, a masculine puppet with a rough and blunt speech pattern which she uses when communicating through him. Benny has a feminine puppet named Mrs Apple Blossom and speaks with a refined and fancy, girly voice when using her. Extensively, Luan is a boisterous girl who enjoys playing (sometimes destructive) pranks while Benny is In Touch with His Feminine Side who enjoys drama and theatre.
  • Ronnie Anne and Bobby Santiago are a sibling example. Bobby is In Touch with His Feminine Side, as he enjoys watching sappy romance movies, unicorns and getting facials. Compare that to Ronnie Anne's list of tomboyish interests. Bobby is a loving, passive Nice Guy while Ronnie is more aggressive. And in contrast to Ronnie's desire to repress her relationship with Lincoln, Bobby also has a sappy and mushy relationship with Lori which is enough to make Ronnie want to barf.
  • Bobby's also the Feminine Boy to Lori's Masculine Girl. Lori's own girly habits aside, her assertive attitude and passion for golf are not traditionally considered feminine, while Bobby's kind-hearted nature and tendency to burst into tears when emotionally upset are.
  • Recent seasons have also had a friendship pairing of Lynn Loud and Liam Hunnicutt. Downplayed as Liam is not effeminate as such, being a farm boy who is capable of getting rough and dirty by his nature. However, he is shown to be the more soft-hearted, caring, nurturing, and approachable of the two in Lynn And Order. Granted, almost any boy ends up being this trope when paired with Lynn Loud Junior.
• The Looney Tunes Show: Tina Russo & Daffy Duck are emphasized by this exchange:
  Tina: I'm not the beauty pageant type.
  Daffy: Oh, of course you are. You're constantly at the salon, you spend hours in front of the mirror, and you're always prancing around the house in a tiara.
  Tina: That's you.
• Mighty Magiswords: While both Warrior siblings are good fighters, Prohyas tends to be more In Touch with His Feminine Side and has often been described as "motherly", particularly towards sentient Magiswords. On the other hand, his sister, Vambre, tends to be much more of a Blood Knight, often finding thrill in trying to solve things in the most violent way possible.
• Molly of Denali: Molly is the Masculine Girl to Tooey's Feminine Boy. Molly is very tomboyish and adventurous, while Tooey is more sensitive and sweet.
• In the Muppet Babies (2018) episode, "A Tale of Two Twins", the boys invite Scooter to join them in a tricycle race, while the girls invite Skeeter to join them for a relaxing day at the spa. Scooter is an expert at mechanical engineering but doesn't really want to race since he's too scared to jump over a mud puddle, let alone a canyon. Skeeter, on the other hand, is an athletic tomboy who prefers the thrill of racing to relaxing. Since the twins don't want to tell their friends how they really feel, they decide to pretend to be each other.
• Phineas and Ferb: This trope fits Candace and Jeremy. Candace is aggressive, confrontational, and is obsessed with busting her brothers whilst Jeremy is a calm Pretty Boy.
• Ready Jet Go!: Jet's mom and dad, Celery and Carrot, fall into this trope. Celery likes driving (including racing), fixing things, and has Super-Strength. Meanwhile, Carrot likes cooking, ballet, and fashion. ("Carrot is wearing a cutting-edge woolen scarf. Ooh, all the rage.")
• Recess:
  • TJ is characterized by loyalty and caring while Spinelli is violent and aggressive. The most obvious example is during 'The Experiment' when they both say goodbye to their childhood: TJ gives his old cuddly toy a hug while Spinelli uses hers to trash the room.
  • Mikey is kind, good-hearted, gentle, peaceful, and poetic while Spinelli is tough, aggressive, angry, tomboyish, and rebellious. Mikey is interested in poetry, singing, art, philosophy and is more interested in arts and culture, while Spinelli is interested in wrestling, fighting, sports and physical activity. While Mikey's interests are spiritual, Spinelli's interests are more physical and manly. Also, Mikey's interests are considered more suitable for females, while Spinelli's interests are considered more suitable for males. While Mikey is sensitive, tolerant and forgiving, Spinelli is rough, less tolerant and less forgiving.
  • Similarly, among the named faculty, Miss Finster is more eager to take action against "hooliganism", while Principal Prickly is usually more subtle, only taking action as an absolute last resort. One example is in the episode "Jinxed," when Miss Finster sends Gus to the principal's office, not knowing he's been jinxed by the Ashleys. She wants to give him detention "till he's seventeen," but Prickly tries to be gentler with Gus by giving him some candy and trying to ask him questions.
• Rugrats (1991):
  • Betty and Howard DeVille, Phil and Lil's parents. To elaborate, Betty's loud and boisterous (generally friendly though unless you mess with her kids), likes pro wrestling, is implied to exercise often, and even at one point runs a 10K marathon. She's good at things like car repair, construction/home improvement, and plumbing, and she's strong enough to lift Phil and Lil each with one hand, by their shirts, at the same time (she may be the only adult in the show's entire run to do so). Howard, on the other hand, is quiet and meek and has been seen more than once (or implied to be) participating in a "feminine" activity/chore. In "The Unfair Pair," Phil and Lil walk into the kitchen as Howard is baking cookies; in "Moving Away," Betty contemplates going to Stu's housewarming party by saying to herself "Well, Howard has a lot of laundry to do..."; in "The Stork," he's knitting and keeping to himself as Didi and Betty become immersed in watching a pro football game. Betty clearly wears the pants in their relationship, but they do love each other as each is quick to defend the other, such as in "Family Feud". In "The Turkey Who Came For Dinner" Stu, Drew, and Chaz are watching football in the living room, Howard's making dinner in the kitchen with the women (including Betty, oddly enough).
  • In the episode, "Opposites Attract", Tommy and Chuckie go their separate ways after an argument and respectively befriend a girl named Samantha and a boy named Freddie, who share their respective personalities. However, while Sam is just as brave as Tommy, she doesn't look before she leaps and doesn't really care if she gets hurt doing something dangerous, while Freddie has a vivid imagination which makes him believe in crazy things that scare Chuckie, like oatmeal trying to eat you and sand lizards living in sandboxes. Sam and Freddie meet each other when Freddie gets his foot caught in a rope ladder and Sam tries to pull him out by his hair, resulting in Tommy and Chuckie reconciling to save Freddie and tell Sam that she's only making him more frightened.
  • In "Big Brother Chuckie", Kimi is very adventurous and will often wander into strange territory to retrieve her missing thing, making her a Distaff Counterpart to Tommy. Chuckie, on the other hand, is very cowardly and if he loses something, he prefers to leave it where it is. Nonetheless, when Kimi wanders into strange territory, he will go in with her to make sure she's safe.
• South Park: Wendy Testaburger (Outspoken, strong-willed, and passionate) and Stan Marsh (Sensitive and compassionate animal lover). Also, she is the one who always initiates the kisses. Zig-Zagged, since otherwise Wendy is quite feminine and Stan has a lot of traditionally masculine interests (in fact, he's the only one of the main four boys who never cross-dressed).
• SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • SpongeBob is flamboyant, eccentric, friendly, warm, and cries very easily. His friend Sandy Cheeks is a tomboyish Genius Bruiser and Action Girl. She's friendly, yes, but her buttons tend to be pushed a lot more easily than SpongeBob's.
  • The same thing could be applied to her and Squidward. Whereas she is a bodybuilder and a fan of extreme sports, including finding a piece of hay in a needlestack, he prefers making his own artwork, especially paintings, (badly) playing a clarinet and interpretive dancing.
• Steven Universe:
  • Even more the traditionally feminine Gems like Pearl are aggressive fighters. Steven's greatest weapon is definitely The Power of Friendship, though another reason could be Steven did not grow up in war or warlike culture like the Gems did.
  • Zigzagged with Connie and Steven. Connie and Steven do present some type of femininity and masculinity, respectively. However, Connie prefers to fight with a sword and likes action/adventure. Steven prefers using his shield, has a liking towards romances, is very emotional and openly loving, loves cute and huggable things, and his compassion is seen as his greatest strength. Basically, Connie may not be that masculine, but Steven is very In Touch with His Feminine Side.
  • Downplayed with Rose Quartz and Greg Universe. Rose Quartz had special powers linked to growth, protection, and healing (Steven inherited the shield from her as well as healing, though spit instead of tears), but she was a Lady of War and she doesn't respond to threats to the people she cares about. Greg Universe was a Long-Haired Pretty Boy in his youth, is a chill and laid-back man who is a good father to their son, and when Rose was alive, he would let her carry him in her arms, lift him and twirl him when they danced, and toss him up and down for fun.
  • When the Watermelon Stevens are going off to fight Malachite, there is a husband wearing a blue tie who makes sure to hug his pink flower-wearing wife before she leaves him to take care of their child.
• Super Noobs: This show exaggerates the trope on the feminine boy side as it gives us one masculine girl and two feminine boys to balance out a male-heavy main cast. Jennifer Shope is a 12 year Tomboy middle school student who is also a superhero who loves science, football, and video games while her platonic friend, Tyler Bowman is a more sensitive guy who tries to be a leader but also likes stuffed animals and plays a cooking simulation video game. Their alien combat tutor, Memnock is a Camp Straight alien warrior who has a similar personality to Tyler's but also likes cooking, baking, slightly likes fashion, and made some funny tiara jokes towards Shope and her friends but Memnock also likes many of the same things Shope and Tyler like doing.
• Tiny Toon Adventures:
  • Sweetie Bird and Furrball the Cat, respectively. The two alternate between being homeless creatures and the unfortunate pets of Elmyra Duff, but Furrball's too timid and meek to stand up for himself against bigger animals, while Sweetie is tougher and more aggressive, even going as far to intimidate Furrball, who's bigger than her.
  • Fran and Edward, the two respective network executives who appear in the episodes, "Thirteensomething" and "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special". Edward is regularly impressed with little things Fran disagrees on, with Fran regularly telling him, "You are so lost.", and the few times he isn't impressed, his opinion is pushed aside by Fran's. That being said, he isn't afraid to stand up to Fran when she disagrees with his opinion of the plot twist Buster adds to Thirteensomething by posing as Cleveland, Alabaster's twin brother.
• Total Drama:
  • Gwen is a gutsy and fierce goth girl who can beat the crap out of anyone who pisses her off. Trent, is a sensitive and artistic guitarist. The two of them soon become boyfriend and girlfriend in the first season, but break up in the second. They remain Amicable Exes in the third, though.
  • The fourth season gives out a boy and a girl who are on the same team, the Mutant Maggots but have several odd interests and personalities and their names are Jo and Brick. Jo is a girl who speaks in a heavy masculine voice, acts like a drill sergeant, and dresses like a man, which causes another contestant, Lightning to mistake Jo for a boy and when she replies to Lightning that she never kissed a guy, she gets Mistaken for Gay by him. Her teammate, Brick is a military cadet who sometimes acts like a soldier and would not leave anyone behind but sometimes acts and Screams Like a Little Girl, is skilled in making the bed and writing letters to his mother, has a nightlight cause he is afraid of the dark, wets his pants often, and loves fashion so much that he plans to go to fashion school.
  • Noah is the Feminine Boy of both Eva and Izzy’s Masculine Girl.
• Wander over Yonder: Wander and Sylvia. She's an Action Girl who unlike Wander, dislikes cutesy or lovey-dovey stuff and has had to rescue him on several occasions. Wander is a bit more of a Love Freak and has cross-dressed on a few occasions.
• In We Bare Bears: Lucy is spunky and courageous while Panda is timid and shy.
• The Weekenders: Lor and Tino are a platonic example.
• Wonder Pets!: Hug-loving and soft-spoken Tuck the turtle compared to his teammates, especially Ming-Ming the duckling who is hammy and tries to solve problems solo.
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: Yadina is the Masculine Girl to Brad's Feminine Boy. Highlighted in "I Am Billie Jean King", where Yadina plays T-ball while Brad does ballet.