History Main / AmbiguousGender

* Many characters in ''Animation/VisipokCsodapok'', including the water spider protagonist, are designed without clear TertiarySexualCharacteristics, and their voices (which are distorted Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks-style) are also ambiguous enough to not be possible to tell their gender[[note]] Hungarian language lacks gendered pronouns[[/note]]. Our page refers to the protagonist as a "he" mostly due him being voiced by a man.

* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', [[spoiler:the Ultimate Imposter's gender is unknown. They do spend the game disguised as Byakuya Togami, who is male, but when they reveal their real voice, they sound rather androgynous.]] However, in the prequel ''Anime/{{Danganronpa 3}}: Despair Arc'', [[spoiler:the Imposter's true face and voice are revealed, and they appear quite masculine.]]

* The Jewish God comes off as this to those who know enough Hebrew. Most if not all of "His" names and titles (such as Father and Lord) are male, and the religion is usually patriarchal, but many of the god's attributes such as "His" spirit, breath, presence or wings are described in feminine terms due to the Semitic languages' grammatical gender. It is not so noticeable in English due to its lack of gender outside of obviously male and female words, but even then God is described as a [[MamaBear mother bear]] at one point. A bit less ambiguous in Christianity, due to many of its texts being in Greek (which doesn't have this ambiguity), the whole Father-Son dynamic -- the truly ambiguous member of the Christian Trinity is the Holy Spirit, who is often depicted in a feminine form if given an kind of form at all.

* ''Film/PacificRim'': 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:

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Massacards}}'', the characters are generally referred to by they/them pronouns, as not even Master Massacre, a non-player character, is gendered in any way.

* In ''VisualNovel/CrownDelightsDeli'', Jules' face is never shown and their name is short for "Julian" instead of "Julius" or "Julia".

* Angels are often played as this, if not unambiguously {{female|AngelMaleDemon}} or {{Pretty Boy}}, though in the original texts they are always referred to as male, possibly just for convenience sake because there is no clear reason why they would even have a gender anyway. Except in the specific case where they are mentioned that one group of angels has "the loins of men" and who took "wives of the daughters of man." Beyond that, no other mention is made or needed, and several angels are described in ways that are decidedly not humanoid.

* Angels are often played as this, if not unambiguously {{female|AngelMaleDemon}}, {{Bishonen}} or PrettyBoy, though in the original texts they are always referred to as male, possibly just for convenience sake because there is no clear reason why they would even have a gender anyway. Except in the specific case where they are mentioned that one group of angels has "the loins of men" and who took "wives of the daughters of man." Beyond that, no other mention is made or needed, and several angels are described in ways that are decidedly not humanoid.

* Dr. Haru Tanaka on ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has a deep voice and a gender nonspecific style of dress. Dr Tanaka has requested that no one use any gendered pronouns to refer to Dr Tanaka. Despite that this led to a debate amongst the team, most of whom felt, despite Dr Tanaka's known lack of gender, that Dr Tanaka ''must'' be male or female.

** This is established as a choice on Tanaka's part, and it drives all the other characters crazy (aside from Dr. Brennan and Dr Sweets, who accept it at face value). Angela eventually gives Tanaka a hug, after which she claims "It moved. He's a guy," simply ignoring Dr Tanaka's gender, in favour of assigning one based entirely on what genitals she ''thinks'' she felt through their clothes.

** This is established as a choice on Tanaka's part, and it drives all the other characters crazy (aside from Dr. Brennan and Dr Sweets, who accept it at face value). Angela eventually gives Tanaka a hug, after which she claims "It moved. He's a guy," simply ignoring Dr Tanaka's own opinion about their lack of gender, in favour of what genitals she thinks she felt through their clothes.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'' cosmology, the Hutts are actually genderless (being hermaphrodites) but most are referred to by either "he" or "she" depending on the Hutt's own personal preference. (Referring to one as "{{it|IsDehumanizing}}" is considered rude, and given what they tend to do to people who offend -- or even annoy -- them, not wise.) Other species, like the Verpine, don't have the same concept of gender most species would, leading to gender-neutral terminology as "younglings" and "gentlebeings" being in common use, particularly in the Republic.

* This was the entire joke of ''Film/ItsPat'', that tried to {{exaggerate|dTrope}} the idea and make it funny. Formerly a skit from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' about a character named Pat with ambiguous gender, the movie had them fall in love with Chris, a character who also had an ambiguous gender. (The PronounTrouble alone comprised half the jokes.) Suffice to say, it was universally panned by critics.

* In the bonus features on the [=DVD=] for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' 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. In addition, Rick Dicker also adds that Macroburst's audio file was damaged and deemed unfit for presenting, so we never hear Macroburst speak. The video game, VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles finally revealed that [[spoiler:Macroburst was indeed male.]]

* ''WebOriginal/WellBeRightBack'': [[spoiler:Before May 2023, Val's gender was purposefully left unknown due to her only being a face. It wasn't until later on when Val was explicitly confirmed to be a female entity, and she was given a more feminine redesign.]]

* A ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featured a '50s "educational" short called ''Film/MrBNatural'', which appeared to have 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.

* ''WebOriginal/WellBeRightBack'': [[spoiler:As of May 2023, Val's gender is unknown due to them only being a face.]]

* Users on the internet, due to the ease of anonymity. Just because someone has a male or female-sounding name or even refers to themselves as gender specific pronouns means absolutely nothing. This is what started the meme [[MemeticMutation There Are No Girls On The Internet]].

* 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.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the Empyreal Lord (basically an archangel) Arshea, whose form "suggests the best traits of both the masculine and feminine" and who the text avoids referring to with any pronoun at all.

* ''Toys/PikmiPops'' have a whole lot of their characters' bios lack pronouns or use "they/them", with only a select few characters known as a he or a she. ''All'' Pikmi Pops have eyelashes, however.

* 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. In addition, Rick Dicker also adds that Macroburst's audio file was damaged and deemed unfit for presenting, so we never hear Macroburst speak. The video game, VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles finally revealed that [[spoiler:Macroburst was indeed male.]]