History Main / AmbiguousGender

** Aside from Mothra, the kaiju most commonly considered female is Biollante, though, in recent years Manda, Destroyah, Kumonga, the incarnation of Godzilla from Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus, and a few others have been increasingly interpreted as female by the fans.

* ''Film/PacificRim'': Like Godzilla above, the kaiju are referred to by nuetral pronouns (it/its) in the film itself, and it's probably an exercise in futility to try to apply human gender binaries to extra-dimensional aliens. Nonetheless, {{Fanon}} has given most of the major kaiju genders:

** Aside from Mothra, the kaiju most commonly considered female is Biollante, though in recent years, Manda, Destroyah, Kumonga, the incarnation of Godzilla from Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus, and a few others such as Varan have been increasingly interpreted as female by the fans.

** Slattern and Mutavore change genders based on which fan you talk to. Slattern is considered male by some due to the fact that he’s the leader and the largest, while others say she’s female due to her name being an antiquated term for whore. Mutavore’s [[BizarreAlienBiology incredibly strange looks]], on the other hand, leave their gender up for individual interpretation, though it should be noted that their character folder on ThisVeryWiki uses female pronouns for her.

** Generally, most of the kaiju (Tresspasser, Knifehead, Leatherback, Scunner, and Raiju) [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial are interpreted as male]].
** Slattern and Mutavore change genders based on who you talk to

** Aside from Mothra, the kaiju most commonly considered female is Biollante, though in recent years, Manda, Destroyah, Kumonga, the incarnation of Godzilla from Godzilla 2000/Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus, and a few others such as Varan have been increasingly interpreted as female by the fans.

* ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' {{subvert|edTrope}}s the traditional, unambiguously male image of {{Satan}} by having the character played by a woman with her head shaved and her voice altered in post-production to make it sound more masculine. Thomas Aquinas would approve: Satan, as a pure spirit, has no gender.

Halfway between LadyLooksLikeADude and DudeLooksLikeALady is a character who in some way defies the conventions of male and female, and no-one can decide which side, if any, the character actually belongs on. Lots of subterfuge always follows, as everyone follows them around to try and determine their gender once and for all. Expect a GenderBlenderName, lots of GenderNeutralWriting and PronounTrouble. Usually, their gender will never be revealed, and no-one will be any the wiser, usually subject to TheUnReveal.

* One of the many riddles of Art/TheSphinx: Is the head a man's or a woman's? Looks kind of manly, but it's missing the intricately coiffed beard that ancient Egyptian men sported. Bits of an alleged beard have been found, but given the lack of damage to the chin, it's likely that it was added on later and then fell off.

** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' features the Galloi, a Nosferatu bloodline that decides to trade in "[[UncannyValley the crawling creepies]]" for "beauty beyond compare." It doesn't quite work out as planned; they become beautiful and utterly androgynous, but they're ''so'' beautiful that they can't possibly be anything natural, and thus still unnerve people. On top of that, a lot of them worship Cybele, and prefer to do so [[GroinAttack the old-fashioned way]].

* A majority of the younglings in ''WebAnimation/StarWarsGalacticPals'' are not given any gender notifiers in the show, leaving them ambiguous. As of now, only the Ewok, Rodian, Gamorrean, Tauntaun, Gungan, and Loth-cat are confirmed male, while the Huttlet was confirmed female in a description on the [=DisneyNow=] app.

* A majority of the younglings in ''WebAnimation/StarWarsGalacticPals'' are not given any gender notifiers in the show, leaving them ambiguous. As of now, only the Ewok, Rodian, Gamorrean, Tauntaun, Gungan, and Loth-cat are confirmed male.

** Also, canonically, all of the timelords are said, by the Doctor themself, to be much less interested in what gender anyone might be, or not be. In fact, they fairly often mix up male, female, and nonbinary companions with one another and even fail to notice when their own new regeneration presents a female appearance for the first time. It is said that a fellow timelord, The Corsair, would be happy to present as any gender at all, but never felt like themself after a regeneration, until they got their old tattoo done again.

* Desire of the Endless in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has no fixed sex, and is androgynous, fluctuates between sexes, or both. Being the anthropomorphic personification of desire, to the reader (and to presumably most people who perceive it) Desire usually shows a mix of traditional gendered traits, such as a suit and tie with feminine facial features and lipstick.

* A ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featured a '50s "educational" short called ''Film/MrBNatural'', which had a woman playing the title role. Joel and the 'Bots had a lot of fun riffing over his resulting androgyny, and devoted a whole host-segment sketch to the question of exactly what he was supposed to be. Website/TheOtherWiki mentions that photo captions in C.G. Conn's magazine refer to the character with he/him pronouns, clearing any confusion.

* A ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featured a '50s "educational" short called ''Film/MrBNatural'', which had a woman in the title role. While "Mr. B" was (despite the name) pretty unambiguously female, Joel and the 'Bots had a lot of fun riffing over the character's presumed androgyny, and devoted a whole host-segment sketch to the question of exactly what (s)he was supposed to be. Website/TheOtherWiki mentions that photo captions in C.G. Conn's magazine refer to the character as "he", adding to the confusion.

* One episode of ''Series/JonathanCreek'' has a police officer of unknown gender. Creek and Maddy spend the episode following them around to find out their name, to see which toilets they use, etc. By the end of the episode both Creek and Maddy have reversed their opinions of the officer's gender, leaving them (and the audience) none the wiser. [[spoiler:The character, Sgt Richie, was played by a man, with ''really'' bad hair.]]

* The Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'': The only obvious sexual characteristics that identify them as any gender; the Queens are all female, while the Drones and Warriors are male and asexual, the species itself being in fact [[{{Hermaphrodite}} hermaphrodite]]. The Drones and Warriors have been referenced with masculine pronouns, such as; the Alien from the first movie.

* The Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'': The only obvious sexual characteristics that identify them as any gender; the Queens are all female, while the Drones and Warriors are male and asexual, the species itself being in fact hermaphrodite. The Drones and Warriors have been referenced with masculine pronouns, such as; the Alien from the first movie.

* Feetface, the mascot of Creeator/{{Noggin}} from 2002 to 2003, was explicitly not referred to with any pronouns in promotional material, but their voice sounded noticeably feminine.

* A majority of the younglings in ''WebAnimation/StarWarsGalacticPals'' are not given any gender notifiers in the show, leaving them ambiguous. As of now, only the Ewok, Rodian, Gamorrean, and Tauntaun are confirmed male.

* Simba and Nala's cub at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. The gender of the cub is never stated however [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics the way they look]] highly suggests that they're male (only male cubs in the series have whiskers and ear markings). A [[Literature/TheLionKingSixNewAdventures series of books]] released after the film came out had the cub as a male named "Kopa". The sequel film, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', however has the cub as a female named "Kiara". The film also noticeably changed the cub's design to look female, suggesting a GenderFlip {{retcon}}. In production Kiara (then called "Shani") had a twin brother named "Chaka", which could have handwaved the issue, however he was scrapped in production.
* In the bonus features on the [=DVD=] for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' had profiles of all the deceased superheroes, one of which was Macroburst, who was noted for being androgynous. Even the National Supers Agency wasn't sure of the gender, with Macroburst being referred to as "[=he/her=]" in the profile. The video game, VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles finally revealed that [[spoiler:Macroburst was indeed male.]]