History Main / Bokukko

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=]macho ''ore'' -- such characters are almost invariably TheLadette, FarmersDaughter, or women using AntiquatedLinguistics dating back to Edo era. The {{Gender Inverted|trope}} version of this is a boy using extremely feminine pronouns like ''atashi'' or [[ThirdPersonPerson their own name]], typically used to mark he's using an AntiquatedLinguistics of an Edo-era IntrepidMerchant, InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, clownish, {{Camp}}, or at worst, often a SissyVillain.

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=]macho ''ore'' -- such characters are almost invariably TheLadette, FarmersDaughter, or women using AntiquatedLinguistics dating back to Edo era. The {{Gender Inverted|trope}} version of this is a boy using extremely feminine pronouns like ''atashi'' or [[ThirdPersonPerson their own name]], typically used to mark he's using an AntiquatedLinguistics of an Edo-era InterpidMerchant, InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, clownish, {{Camp}}, or at worst, often a SissyVillain.

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=]macho ''ore'' -- such characters are almost invariably TheLadette, FarmersDaughter, or women using AntiquatedLinguistics dating back to Edo era. The {{Gender Inverted|trope}} version of this is a boy using extremely feminine pronouns like ''atashi'' or [[ThirdPersonPerson their own name]], typically used to mark he's using an AntiquatedLinguistics of an Edo-era NobleTongue, InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, clownish, {{Camp}}, or at worst, often a SissyVillain.

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=]macho ''ore'' -- such characters are almost invariably TheLadette, FarmersDaughter, or women using AntiquatedLinguistics dating back to Edo era. The {{Gender Inverted|trope}} version of this is a boy using extremely feminine pronouns like ''atashi'' or [[ThirdPersonPerson their own name]], typically used to mark he's InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, clownish, {{Camp}}, or at worst, often a SissyVillain.

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=]macho ''ore'' -- such characters are almost invariably TheLadette. The {{Gender Inverted|trope}} version of this is a boy using extremely feminine pronouns like ''atashi'' or [[ThirdPersonPerson their own name]], typically used to mark he's InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, clownish, {{Camp}}, or at worst, often a SissyVillain.

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* ExpositoryPronoun: The way a character uses a pronoun indicates something about them.
* SheIsTheKing: A women who takes up a traditionally masculine title.

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Not to be confused with the manga ''Manga/BokuGirl'', whose title is a pun on this phrase (which almost literally means "''boku'' girl"), but (as detailed below) is not exactly a straight example.

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* Matsuri of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' still uses ''ore'' after being [[GenderBender turned female]], despite presenting himself at school as if he was always a girl. "She" pretty quickly becomes known as an ''orekko'', which is said adoringly by Yayo, but his male classmates use as [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon more of an insult]]. He tries some more "girly" speech (leaving out a pronoun and drawing out some vocalization) when in disguise, and the effect is [[OverlyStereotypicalDisguise conspicuously overplayed]]. He was once hypnotized into believing that he was always a girl, which is punctuated by him switching to ''watashi''.
* Sechs from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' was at first a masculine woman than used ''ore'', but then she [[GenderBender actually become male]].
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', while the tomboys tend to use the girlish ''atashi''[[note]](Karin, Tatsuki)[[/note]] or ''uchi''[[note]](Hiyori)[[/note]] pronouns, there are some genuine bokukkos:
** Yoruichi's cat form is often mistaken as male because of the way she refers to herself/voice in anime. She uses the old sounding ''washi'' and the cat has a deep male voice.
** [[TheLadette Kuukaku Shiba]] has a rough personality that's emphasised by her use of ''ore'' when referring to herself. It goes with her masculine name.
** Giselle Gewelle is a young woman who actually uses ''boku''. She is accused by Yumichika of being a CreepyCrossdresser. While she doesn't outright confirm or deny it she identifies and presents herself as female, her girl friends treat her as one of them, and she is [[BerserkButton VERY angry]] with Yumichika for his accusations. (Plus, [[spoiler:Mayuri]] refers to Giselle as female, and he ''should'' notice something going on.)
** One of Giselle's aforementioned friends, Liltotto Lamperd, is a rude little girl who uses ''ore''.
** Hilariously inverted with Urahara, a male who actually uses... ''atashi'' to refer to himself. His use of it exaggerates his role of a 'humble' shopkeeper. In the flashbacks, however, he seems to have been more of a ''boku'' user.
* ''Manga/BokuGirl'':
** The title is a play on the phrase in reference to Mizuki's various gender issues: He is a boy who uses ''boku'', but he's [[DudeLooksLikeALady so feminine-looking]] people assumed most of his life that he was female anyway. Then he [[GenderBender is actually turned biologically female]], but [[SweetPollyOliver maintains his male identity]]. This leads characters with various knowledge of Mizuki's current and previous sex to assume he is a post-transition transgender boy ''or'' a closeted transgender girl. [[spoiler:About halfway through, Mizuki is outed as biologically female and required to attend school as a girl. At the end, they spend some time biologically male again, but decide to become female in all respect ([[AmbiguousGenderIdentity as Mizuki may have been a transgender girl from the beginning]]).]] Throughout all of this, Mizuki ''still'' uses ''boku'', [[spoiler:which ends up as [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak one of her few outwardly masculine traits]].]]
** The manga's version of the Norse god Loki [[HistoricalGenderFlip is female]] (and not just sometimes taking a female form), and specifically looks like a little girl. She still uses ''ore'', which signifies her [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld true age]] and power.
* Priss didn't usually call herself "ore" in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' -- she only started doing so in ''Bubblegum Crash'', after [[TheOtherDarrin Ryoko Tachikawa]] replaced Kinuko Oomori as her voice actress.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Natsuki "Detective of the South" Koshimizu. She doubles as {{Bifauxnen}}, and it's thanks to this combination that she accidentally ends up pulling an UnsettlingGenderReveal on Heiji, Conan, and Hakuba; they had just assumed she was a boy like them until they saw her [[SailorFuku wearing a sailor uniform]]. [[spoiler:Though at the end of the Koshien arc, she switches from ''boku'' to ''watashi'', most likely because having become a SympatheticMurderer [[BrokenBird robbed her from her youthful innocence]].]]
** This happens again with another Bokkuko {{Bifauxnen}} Masumi Sera. And everyone who doesn't know her believes she's a boy.
* Mayu from ''Manga/CatGod'' talks just like [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi]], right down to the use of ''washi''.
* In ''Manga/Change123'', the female protagonist has [[SplitPersonality three alternate personalities]]. One of them, Hibiki is a very aggressive and tomboyish BloodKnight karateka and refers to herself as ''ore'', but she can also be very gentle (and sexually very extroverted) to her {{Love Interest|s}}, and at times her emotional vulnerability can also be seen.
* Likewise, Helena from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' both refers to herself as ''ore'' and speaks in an extremely masculine dialect.
* Kanon and Shion Ozu from ''Manga/{{Coppelion}}'' both use ''ore'' and ''boku'' respectively.
* Tsugumi Higashijuujou in ''Anime/CyberTeamInAkihabara'' is a 13-year-old girl who uses ''ore''.
* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack: Ryuusei no Gemini'', Suou Pavlichenko, the new female protagonist, uses ''boku''. This doesn't help the fact that she looks almost the same as her twin brother if she is hiding her hair.
* In ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', Zero Two uses the first-person pronoun ''boku'' despite being a girl. While she does have some tomboy traits, her choice of pronoun seems to represent how she isn't fond of following the rules of society. [[spoiler:Episode 15 reveals that she uses this pronoun because she heard Hiro use it to refer to himself when they first met.]]
* Blond Launch in ''Manga/DragonBall'' uses ''ore'', and is very ill-tempered and foul-mouthed compared to her demure blue-haired [[SplitPersonality personality]].
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** [[spoiler:Akito Sohma]] addresses herself as ''boku''. This is largely because she was forcefully raised as a man by her [[EvilMatriarch mother]], and acted like one until she was about 20.
** Also Arisa Uotani, [[JapaneseDelinquents a former delinquent]].
* [[NoNameGiven Tomokane]] from ''Manga/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass'' does not use ''boku'' -- she uses ''[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns ore]]'', among other things that would lead to ViewerGenderConfusion.
* Hajime Ichinose from ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'' uses ''boku'' in addition to several other non-standard speech patterns. Unusually, Hajime is a very feminine character, so this probably isn't to sound masculine at all and instead highlight how odd her manner of speech is in general.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' has a few female (or biologically female) characters who do not use feminine pronouns.
** Yagyuu Kyuubei, born female, uses ''boku'' because they were raised as male (as the heir to the family). This is used to conceal their biological sex in their introduction arc; however, they continue to use it even after TheReveal. At first, it's because they're conflicted as to whether they should see themself as male or female. Eventually, they come to identify as neither and continues using ''boku'' presumably out of habit.
** Tatsumi the firefighter uses ''ore'' and also refers to herself as ''onii-chan'' when speaking to children. It's likely that she adopted this way of speaking due to being raised in a very masculine environment; her adoptive father believes that women can't be firefighters, but Tatsumi still idolizes him and wants to follow in his footsteps.
* In ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'' we have Ranmaru. But instead of ''boku'', she uses ''ore''.
%%* Though she's trying to act more feminine, Hinagiku of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is called particularly masculine by her friends.
* Itsuki from ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' because of her WholesomeCrossdresser situation. As Cure Sunshine, she uses ''watashi''.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** When Hungary was a young CuteBruiser, she assumed that she would grow up to be a boy and that everyone eventually grew a penis. She eventually grew into a NinjaMaid CoolBigSis, even marrying one of the two {{Team Dad}}s in the cast, and while she switches to ''watashi'' once she's grown up, she remains badass nonetheless and is often considered to be one of the manliest characters in the cast.
** Austria and the Holy Roman Empire ''thought'' Italy was one when he used to use ''boku'' to refer to himself in the days everyone thought he was a girl.[[note]]It's hinted that Hungary either always knew or realized it by herself [[SecretKeeper but kept her mouth shut]].[[/note]] He has switched to ''ore'' since then.
** Actually, the closest to a canon ''bokukko'' is... [[LongHairIsFeminine the]] [[PrincessesPreferPink very]] [[{{Ojou}} feminine]] Monaco, who is said to have speech patterns akin to an old man's.
* The protagonist of ''Manga/IceRevolution'' is an androgynous girl raised in a hypermasculine karate dojo who uses ''ore'' as a matter of course. She takes up figure skating as a way to reconcile her macho, hyper-competitive athleticism with her burgeoning but deeply buried femininity.
* Makoto Kikuchi from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'', who became an IdolSinger to get in touch with her feminine side.
** The game has a dialogue choice of asking her age or gender, with the latter causing her to insist that she's a girl: "''Boku wa onna no ko desu!''"
** There's also Subaru Nagayoshi from ''iDOLM@STER: Million Live'' who uses ''ore'' to fit with her tomboyish demeanor and appearance, however her voice is a bit higher than you'd expect.
* Rindou from ''Manga/InTheHeartOfKunoichiTsubaki'' uses ''boku'' to refer to herself as a result of her previous village's upbringing, as they [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender initially tried raising her as a man]] to make up for their low male population. When she eventually transfers to the Akane Class, [[{{Kunoichi}} an all-female ninja clan]] [[LadyLand that has never once seen a man in their lives]], her usage of ''boku'' causes a bit of confusion amongst them as they believed Rindou was a man until she proved otherwise.
* Ririchiyo Shirakiin from ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' uses ''boku'' as referenced in the series' title. She's no tomboy, though; she's a feminine {{Ojou}}.
* Kido of ''Franchise/KagerouProject'' refers to herself as ore and uses a though, guy-like speech pattern. She's actually not all that boyish in anything but appearance, and it's mostly just an act that she put on rather recently. She's even slipped up and called herself watashi once or twice.
* Nui Harime from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is one. Unlike most examples, however, she's an adorable, [[PinkMeansFeminine pink-wearing]] ElegantGothicLolita, on top of being a [[FauxAffablyEvil remorseless]] [[CuteAndPsycho psychopath]]. [[spoiler:Kind of a plot point, too -- because it's a masculine pronoun, no one suspects anything when she refers to herself as ''boku''... [[CreepyCrossdresser while disguised as a male student]].]]
* Madoka Ayukawa from ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' used to be a Bokukko as a child, so much that she's mistaken as a boy by [[spoiler:a time-travelling Kyōsuke]]. As she grows up and has a GirlinessUpgrade, she switches to {{Tsundere}}.
* Salsa from ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' uses ''boku'' to refer to herself and also acts in very tomboyish manners, from her short, messy hair, to her love of sports, and her tendency to accidentally cause large amounts of property damage due to her supernatural strength.
* Touhara Asuha from ''Lotte no Omocha'', [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because she was raised by her single father.
* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'':
** [[TomboyishName Otto]] uses ''boku'', adding to her {{Bifauxnen}} appearance and her crossdressing attitude, confusing not only the viewers but also her ''own sisters''.
** Miura Rinaldi as well. She's more or less a {{Tomboy}} and she's an [[KickChick ass kicking]] CuteBruiser.
** Harry Tribeca uses ''ore'' along with very masculine language.
** In all of the opening theme songs plus insert songs, the singer, Creator/NanaMizuki, uses ''boku''. This is fairly common in singing or poetry because ''watashi'' can sometimes throw off the meter.
* In ''Manga/MariaHolic'', CreepyCrossdresser Mariya uses ''watashi'' for his demure feminine persona and ''ore'' when alone or with people who know she's a he. His HalfIdenticalTwin Shizu uses ''boku'' when maintaining her WholesomeCrossdresser masquerade.
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': Youka Naze [[spoiler:AKA Kujira Kurokami, the titular heroine's older sister]], uses ''ore'', while [[PhysicalGod Najimi Ajimu]] uses ''boku''.
* ''Manga/MinamiKe'':
** Touma Minami an Ore Onna, a {{Bifauxnen}} and a {{Tomboy}}. [[IHaveBrothers She has three older brothers]] and has her first female friends in the fifth grade.
** "Mako-chan" is subversion; a boy disguised as a girl who manages to pass as female despite [[GenderVocabularySlip forgetting he still refers to himself as]] ''ore''.
* Lucoa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' isn't exactly tomboyish, and would never be mistaken for a man. Rather, she uses ''boku'' in reference to the fact that she is a GenderFlip of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.
* '' Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': [[TheLadette Chuatury "Chuchu" Panlunch]] refers to herself with the Edo era first person pronoun ''asshi'' (あっし), a slang version of ''watashi'' (わたし), the typical Japanese first person mostly used by girls. ''Asshi'' was mainly used by blue collar men, like the ones Chuchu spoke to on the phone in Episode 4. When angered, she also calls people ''temē'' (てめえ), a very hostile form of "you" primarily used by men.
* Strangely for the sheer number of girls in the story, the only girl in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' that uses a masculine pronoun is Fuka Narutaki, who is described by Akamatsu as being the tougher and more boyish of the Narutaki twins.
* Akira Okuzaki of ''Anime/MyHime'' uses ''ore'', as she is pretending to be a boy.
* [[TomboyishName Elliot Chandler]] of ''Anime/MyOtome0Sifr'' uses ''boku'' on herself.
* ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'' has Chane speaking with like this. She, like her twin sister, also dresses in a [[ElegantGothicLolita Victorian boy's style]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Big Mom is an Ore Onna, and while she is very violent and often behaves like a barbarian, she's still an EvilMatriarch through and through, having given birth to 85 children and she's prominently wearing a pink dress. It is more or less appropriate for someone who aims to become Pirate King like her.
** Atlas, one of [[WorldsSmartestMan Vegapunk's]] [[LiteralSplitPersonality satellites]], is also an Ore Onna. Fittingly, she represents the more [[HairTriggerTemper violent aspects]] of Vegapunk's personality, and serves as a way for him to vent his anger while the rest of the satellites are working.
* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Haruhi (who poses as a boy at school) starts the series referring to herself as ''jibun''. It makes sense since ''jibun'' is technically gender-neutral (though often used by men in the military), so is often used to [[TheAllConcealingI "mask" a character's gender]]. After becoming a host club member, she refers to herself as ''boku''. She also once considers referring to herself as ''ore'' in front of the guests. ([[{{Woolseyism}} In the English dub]] of the scene, she wonders, "Maybe I should call everyone 'bro' and 'dude' from now on?") Tamaki, who prefers her feminine side, is less than impressed with her wanting to use such "dirty" language.
* Noise from ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' uses ''boku'' to differentiate her from her SplitPersonality Echo, who is a ThirdPersonPerson.
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has WholesomeCrossdresser [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]] using the ''boku'' pronoun.
* Beth from ''Anime/PetitePrincessYucie'' uses ''ore''. She is one tough cookie, alright.
* Miyuki Chitose from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''. Tezuka even [[UnsettlingGenderReveal mistook her for a guy]] until she dropped her SignatureHeadgear and her GirlishPigtails were revealed.
* Salon Maiden Anabel/Tower Tycoon Reira in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'' also used ''boku'' to refer to herself in Japanese, and thanks to her BoyishShortHair and androgynous clothing she was [[SweetPollyOliver mistaken as a waifish boy]] in the beginning, even [[UnsettlingGenderReveal successfully fooling]] [[LovableSexManiac Brock]].
* Yellow from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' started using ''boku'' when she [[SweetPollyOliver disguised herself as a boy]], and continued afterward.
* Kaoru Matsubara/Powered Buttercup in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' refers to herself with the aggressive-masculine pronoun ''ore''.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Ukyō Kuonji uses ''ore'' to refer to herself. She's also the most boyish of the fiancées (i.e., she goes to school wearing the boys' uniform, whereas Akane uses the girls' one), but according to Ranma she's still the "cute one" among them.
** Ranma himself uses ''ore'' [[SexShifter even when in female form]], which is one of the reasons "she" draws so much attention.
** Akane Tendō is a subversion: she actually has [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak rather girly speech patterns and tastes]], specifically referring to herself with ''atashi'', but almost everyone treats her as if she was a tomboy. Kunō even refers to her as "Akane-kun", which she really doesn't like.
** Akane's sister Nabiki has been known to use ''washi'' on occasion, which makes her sound rather like a creepy {{Yakuza}} loan shark.
* Lal Mirch from ''Manga/{{Reborn|2004}}'' uses ''ore''. This probably has something to do with her extreme badassery.
* In ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', the titular girl who wants to be a prince uses ''boku''. It conveys that she is not traditionally feminine, [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak but not quite as masculine]] as some people assume either.
* In ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', Souseiseki, the most boyish of the dolls, refers to herself as ''boku''.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** [=JunJun=] of the [[AmazonBrigade Amazones Quartet]] refers to herself with ''ore''. She is also the only member of the Quartet to wear pants (of course, this being the [[{{Stripperiffic}} Amazones Quartet]], the pants hardly count as pants and you'd be hard-pressed to find a guy who would want to wear them, but it still counts for something, right?) According to [[WordOfGod Naoko Takeuchi]], she also talks like a [[{{Delinquents}} yankee]] and is a [[BadassBiker biker chick]].
** [[WholesomeCrossdresser Haruka]] AKA Sailor Uranus uses the ''boku'' pronoun. Between that and the fact she also wears a boys' school uniform and has masculine interests such as car racing, she's easily mistaken for male when not transformed.
%%** [[HugeSchoolgirl Makoto]] AKA Sailor Jupiter, more obviously in the [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon live-action version]].
* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'':
** The giantess Diane uses ''boku''.
** The tomboyish knight woman Jericho uses ''ore''.
* [[GenkiGirl Asa Shigure]] and her mom, Ama in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}''.
* {{Tomboy}} Yuzuru Nishimiya from ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' uses ''ore''. Consequently, Shoya initially assumes she is a boy.
* Yun from ''Manga/{{Simoun}}'' calls herself ''ore'', and it's a significant plot point when she switches to ''atashi''.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}} GX'' introduces Elfnein and Carol. Elfnein being a homunculus with NoBiologicalSex, but is treated as a girl by the entire cast, she is this trope because of her ''boku''. Carol, who is heavily hinted to be the original inspiration of her creation Elfnein, uses the tough and more masculine ''ore'', fitting to her status as the determined BigBad and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, even though she's very feminine.
* Tomo from ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'' used the very masculine pronoun ''ore'' as a child, which was part of Jun's confusion over her gender. In the present day, she uses the more feminine pronoun ''atashi'', though aside from that her speech patterns are still rather masculine.
* Sheila from ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' uses ''ore''.
* Ryuunosuke from ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', when assumed to be male, often replies "''Ore wa ''onna'' da zo!''", which is "I'm a ''woman''!" [[IResembleThatRemark said in the most masculine way possible]]. Lampshaded and made more ridiculous by the resident Ataru and Mendo trying to teach her to talk like a girl and showing themselves really proficient at it.
* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Yuka Takeuchi and her best friend, Satomi Yajima, are a couple of [[SupernaturalMartialArts combat waitresses]] who're [[OneOfTheBoys cut from the same cloth]]. Yuka habitually refers to herself using the ''boku wa'' pronoun, while Satomi uses ''ore wa'' and ''ore no'' instead. In the latter's case, it's partly [[ShoutOut a nod]] to the fact that she's [[GenderSwap a gender flip]] of [[Characters/TheKingOfFighters Kyo Kusanagi]].
* Played with in ''Manga/VideoGirlAi''. Lead female Ai Amano was supposed to be a YamatoNadeshiko, but since her video was played in a broken VCR, she became a {{Tsundere}}-ish {{Bokukko}}. She refers to herself as ''ore'', i.e.
** [[spoiler:Moemi Hayakawa]] invokes the trope when she cuts her hair short and starts acting and speaking more boyishly to make herself look more appealing to Youta. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. In the end, she keeps her hair short but returns to her YamatoNadeshiko self.]]
* Reconstructed in ''Manga/WanderingSon'': Takatsuki Yoshino is a pre-teen transgender boy, and everybody refers to him as "Takatsuki-kun". He went on town with his friend Nitori, a trans girl, and he noticed that she still uses ''boku'' when talking, even when wearing a dress. Yoshino says it suits her and says that he'll continue to use ''watashi'' despite dressing like a boy.
* Hinagiku, aka Angel Daisy from ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' uses ore, even while wearing a pretty yellow wedding dress.
* Momoe from ''Anime/WonderEggPriority'' is a {{Bifauxnen}} who uses ''boku'' to complete her boyish image.
* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' Yui Goudou starts using ''boku'' and begins [[WholesomeCrossdresser dressing like a boy]] after [[FreakyFridayFlip she returns to her body]].
* Anna Kaboom/Kozuki from ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' uses the hard-masculine ''ore'' pronoun to match her tough girl attitude.
* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Zetsuai 1989}}''. Kouji Nanjo ''thought'' that Izumi, the angry and tormented child he met and fell in love with as a 12-year-old kid, was a Bokukko... [[UnsettlingGenderReveal but "she" WAS a]] ''[[UnsettlingGenderReveal boy]]'' all along. Cue {{Gayngst}} when he finds out the truth several years later and realizes that yeah, [[LoveHurts he's still desperately in love with Izumi]]. In Kouji's defense, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumi 'Izumi']] is both a very common last name ''and'' a GenderBlenderName (though mostly used by women) in Japan, and ''Takuto'' Izumi [[DudeLooksLikeALady looked kinda girlish]] at the time.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* True to her tomboyish nature, Luffy uses the super masculine ''ore'' to address herself in ''Fanfic/SolInvictus''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Aiko Kudou from ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' uses ''boku'' to refer to herself, and she's a tomboyish girl with BoyishShortHair.
* Nagi in the ''Literature/BoogiepopSeries'' often uses masculine forms of speech, being something of a {{Bifauxnen}} whenever she's on the prowl.
* Kei, the more tomboyish half of the ''Literature/DirtyPair'', tends to devolve into this style of speaking whenever she gets particularly angry. In the anime ''Dirty Pair Flash'', she even said "''Ore wa onna da!''"[[note]]"I am a woman!" in masculine inflection[[/note]] at least once.
* ''Literature/FateApocrypha'': Mordred, Knight of the Round Table, is [[HistoricalGenderFlip female in this series]] much like Arthur. However, Mordred lived as a man in Camelot and always uses masculine speech, including "ore" as the first person pronoun. Mordred tends to get ''extremely'' angry if [[BerserkButton anyone ever refers to her as a girl]]. She also refers to King Arthur as "father", despite knowing full well that "Arthur" is in fact a woman. However, this has nothing to do with gender identity, and more to do with Mordred's complex about being seen as weak and unworthy of the throne, as she similarly dislikes being called a man. (Oddly, Artoria herself is never shown using masculine speech in any of her appearances, merely opting for formal, gender-neutral options.)
* ''Literature/TheFruitOfEvolution'': Altaria Grem uses ''ore'', which befits her brash and rough nature as a ''very'' strong adventurer. In a subversion, it's implied that this is mostly a front to keep people at bay due to being TheJinx and bringing misfortune to others, as once Seiichi cures her of her bad luck curse, she's shown to be very sensitive and kindhearted.
* Ryougi Shiki from ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' uses ''ore'' [[spoiler:after the car accident in order to imitate her lost male persona]]. At the end of the seventh movie, [[spoiler:she switches back to ''watashi'' upon accepting the loss of her male persona]].
* In ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'', Yozora Mikazuki used ''ore'' during her childhood days with Kodaka when she UsedToBeATomboy. Along with her short hair and masculine clothing, this led Kodaka to think his friend "Sora" was a boy until years later when it's revealed "he" was actually Yozora.
* In ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Sasaki is an interesting case; she uses male speech patterns with boys, but feminine speech with girls. It's currently unknown why she does this; Kyon's best guess is that [[CelibateHero she believes romance is a waste of time]] and tries to seem masculine around boys so they subconsciously think of her as OneOfTheBoys and don't become attracted to her.
* Alice from ''Literature/HeavensMemoPad'' use ''boku'' to addresses herself.
* ''Literature/{{Hundred}}'': The protagonist Hayato had a childhood friend named Emilia. When she reunites with him in high school, she has created a male persona named 'Emile', which included switching from ''watashi'' to ''boku'', and she continues to use it after her true identity is exposed. The young scientist Charlotte also uses ''boku'', and since she'd been taking care of Emilia, she's likely an influence.
* Fino Bloodstone, daughter of the (late) Demon Overlord, from ''Literature/ICouldntBecomeAHeroSoIReluctantlyDecidedToGetAJob'' uses the over-the-top arrogant ''ore-sama''.
* Charlotte Dunois of ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'' addresses herself as ''boku'', despite being the ProperLady type. Justified [[spoiler:as she was previously trained to be male by her father.]]
* Tayune from ''Literature/{{Inukami}}''. Fitting as she's the token tomboy of Kaoru's harem.
* Tomonori/Yuki/Maelstrom from ''Literature/IsThisAZombie''. In fact, her speech patterns, not just the pronouns, are entirely like a boy's, so much such that initially, Ayumu mistook her for a guy. The reason why she's called Tomonori is that it's how you would read the kanji of her name, if it was a guy's name.
* Kino from ''Literature/KinosJourney'' only uses ''atashi'' in flashbacks when she's still conflicted about her identity. It's an EstablishingCharacterMoment when she switches to ''boku'' for good.
* ''Literature/OkamiSan'''s Ryoko Ōkami, who fits both the "masculine pronoun" and "tomboyish appearance" parts of the trope.
* ''Literature/ReZero'' has the Witch of Greed Echidna who uses ''boku'' to refer to herself despite not being tomboyish at all.
* Eve/Abe from ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' refers to herself as ''ore''.
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': Yuuki Konno uses ''boku'' to refer to herself. Funnily enough, when the story first makes reference to her as 'Zekken', most characters assume she must be a male, so she catches everyone (especially Asuna) by surprise when she reveals herself as a girl.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Hiyori Kusakabe from ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' uses masculine pronouns.
* ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'''s Yodonna is one of these. She's higher-ranking than the other commanders, and she likely uses ''boku'' as a reflection of her power.
* Go Min Nyeo in the KoreanSeries ''Series/YouAreBeautiful''. Understandable, since she is a WholesomeCrossdresser pretending to be her brother.
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[[folder:Music]]
* ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'': Michaela uses ''boku'', which is kind of odd as she's otherwise a GirlyGirl. Though, this is somewhat justified due to her originally being a genderless spirit [[spoiler:and a male human prior to that.]]
* Guest vocalist Michi Hirota growls the Japanese translations of the English lyrics in Music/DavidBowie's "It's No Game Part 1", using masculine forms of words including the first-person pronouns.
* Hitomi Yoshizawa, from [[Music/HelloProject Morning Musume]], does not use the masculine pronouns, but it's been noted by other members and persons in talk shows that the rest of her speech is quite masculine
* Music/LaRoux: The name chosen by the the band's singer; a mixture of ''la rousse'' (redhead female) and ''le roux'' (redhead male).
* The unnamed protagonist of the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_QQIWNovc "Revenge Syndrome"]]. She refers to herself in the lyrics several times using the ''boku'' pronoun. Not much is known about her other than her unstable mental state and her tendency to be bullied by her peers.
* Lead guitarist Mami Sasazaki of Music/{{Scandal}}.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'': Both Yuka and Satomi are tomboy types, with each using "boku" and "ore" respectively. They trained together at the Kyokushin Dojo and have been [[FriendlyRivalry competing with each other]] [[ChildhoodFriends since childhood]].
* Razzly from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' refers to herself as ''boku'', possibly because she's the closest thing the game has to a male fairy ([[OneGenderRace who are all female]]). Kid uses ''ore'' while calling herself a "cute, [[BlatantLies frail]] girl" in one breath.
* Susie from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' uses "ore" in the Japanese localization, and generally speaks like a young hooligan. The only exception is when she meets Toriel, and, while trying ''extremely'' hard to be polite, switches to "atashi" (which still ties in with her usual characterization due to "atashi" being a common characteristic of TheIdiotFromOsaka).
* The ''VideoGame/DeptHeaven'' series has a long-standing tradition of including at least one of these in every game:
** ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has Rose (which is supposed to [[SamusIsAGirl obfuscate her gender]]) and Lina (who only uses this pronoun while introducing herself, as she's otherwise a ThirdPersonPerson).
** ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'', ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', and ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'' have Emilia, who otherwise uses feminine speech patterns. Given her background, she likely was never taught to use a different pronoun while growing up, and since her brother is now Emperor, no one's going to tell her not to speak the way she wants to.
** ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'' has Oryza, the youngest of the knights.
** ''VideoGame/{{Gungnir}}'' has Isabeli, who is [[CreepyChild just weird like that]].
** ''VideoGame/GloriaUnion'' has Pinger, who actually uses keigo. Justified in that [[spoiler:the person who raised her wanted her to be a marketable rarity, and may have trained her to have a weird speech pattern to increase her worth]].
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': Tailtiu is a TomboyPrincess whose speech patterns are rougher than the other women in Sigurd's army.
* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'': Anise Azeat is a tomboyish pirate girl who is brash, irreverent and HotBlooded, even to the point of hating girly stuff or [[HatesBeingCalledCute being praised by her looks]]. So she always refers to herself with the pronoun "ore", being the only Angel in the two trilogies to do this.
* Cagliostro of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' uses the variant "ore-sama" to reflect that she has a pretty high opinion of herself as the founder of alchemy, which can strike most people as odd that such a petite and friendly little girl would use such an arrogant and manly pronoun... [[spoiler:until you learn that Cagliostro was originally [[GenderBender born male]] -- and still retains a pretty large chunk of her masculine personality behind the facade she puts up to deceive others.]]
* May from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a CuteBruiser pirate who uses "boku" as a reflection of her free spirit and tomboyishness. From the same game, the coarse and anti-social samurai Baiken uses the more masculine ''ore'' to refer to herself.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Under her Sheik disguise in the game, Zelda uses "boku".
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': It's explained that Ashei was raised by her widowed father, an exiled knight, who basically treated her as a boy. She's a really good warrior, and cute with a nice figure, but doesn't know much about social niceties and is a little self-conscious about it.
* The Justice refers to herself as "boku" in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop 3''. Fittingly, she's a tomboyish ActionGirl.
* Material-L/Levi the Slasher, Fate's EvilTwin in ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'', who overuses "boku" as part of her [[TheBerserker highly aggressive personality]].
* In ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' (one of the series' {{Spiritual Successor}}s), Hanna Shawski is a Bokukko, while Gene Petromolla is a Ore-onna.
* Kumatora from ''VideoGame/Mother3'' uses ''ore'', and is very tomboyish, even being introduced (in the English fan translation) as "A strong, wise, and somewhat masculine girl."
* ''[[Characters/MrDriller Anna Hottenmeyer]]'' from ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' has a very tomboyish behavior and uses "boku".
* In ''{{VideoGame/Neptunia}}'', ShrinkingViolet IdolSinger [[DubNameChange Lyrica]]/5pb. and {{Bifauxnen}} Kei use ''boku'', and otherwise-not-overly-tomboyish factory worker Chian uses ''ore'', as do [[ItAmusedMe Croire]], [[HotBlooded Uzume]], and [[spoiler:[[SoftSpokenSadist Kurome]]]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ongeki}}'''s Riku Yuuki, the tomboyish rocker, uses ''ore''.
* ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'':
** Lip, the main protagonist, is a downplayed example. She uses the feminine ''atashi'' but otherwise has a relatively masculine way of speaking, such as using the plain copula ''da'' and ending her sentences with the masculine ''zo''.
** Sherbet is a more traditional example, being a {{tomboy}} with a [[{{Bifauxnen}} somewhat boyish appearance]].
* [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]] in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' pulls this trope off so well (in the game-verse at least) that [[spoiler:everyone is convinced that she's actually a guy.]]
* Arle from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is a good example from the '90s, which accentuates her tomboyish nature compared to the peppy Amitie ("Atashi") and subdued Ringo ("Watashi"+keigo) in the modern games. This trope was not prevalent back in 1989, when she debuted in the first ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' game. Her Bokkuko behavior caused a translation oversight in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'', where Amitie refers to her with male pronouns.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', Leni Milchstraße from [[VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie the second game]], Coquelicot from [[VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning the third]], and Gemini Sunrise from [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove the fifth game]] use "Boku" in the Japanese script. In addition, [[spoiler:Gemini's twin sister/dual personality Geminine uses "Ore"]].
* Elh from ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter''. Her companions actually mistake her for a boy initially, which doesn't make as much sense in the translated version of the game, due to the lack of Japanese pronouns.
* Cheldia Rouge, one of the female leads in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Wriggle Nightbug canonically uses ''watashi'' but, due to ViewerGenderConfusion around her first appearance, it became a popular [[MemeticMutation meme]] to depict her as [[LadyLooksLikeADude constantly mistaken for a man]] and sensitive about it. Such depictions tend to make her a bokukko to increase the confusion.
** In Hidden Star in Four Seasons, Mai Teireida, one of the stage 5 bosses in the game, refers to herself with "boku", thus making her the first bokkuko in the entire series.
** Momoyo Himemushi, the Extra boss of Unconnected Marketeers, is an all-around rough figure who refers to herself using "ore".
* Rhyme from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Not really obvious in the American version.
* Margie/Marguerite from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Sakura from ''VisualNovel/DaCapo'' uses Boku, despite only being slightly tomboyish and a lolita.
* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
*** [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]] is a rather odd example. She normally uses the super-girlish ''atashi''... but when she's revealed to be [[spoiler:the mastermind]] as well as being such a MoodSwinger that her entire voice and personality changes with her mood, her "punk" personality uses the very manly ''ore''.
*** Chihiro Fujisaki rarely uses any first-person pronouns but uses ''boku'' when she does, which is kind of odd considering that she's a timid petite girl. [[spoiler:Later subverted. Chihiro is actually a timid petit ''boy''.]]
** Akane Owari from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' is TheLadette and uses "ore".
** Miu Iruma from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' uses the ''very'' arrogant "ore-sama". Sure, she wears a pink serafuku, but the way she likes to act and speak is ''far'' from feminine.
* The very female Nya from ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' uses masculine speech. It's an early clue that she is not actually a woman... or even human, for that matter. [[spoiler:"Nya" is not one of Nyarlathotep's more [[LouisCypher imaginative aliases]].]]
* Nagi from ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo'', claims to use Boku because it's easier to say than Watashi. Two syllables versus three. Go figure.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** Hanyuu and Rika Furude use "boku". This is despite the fact that neither fits the pattern for the trope at all, though in Rika's case, it's probably a habit acquired from Hanyuu. She also uses "watashi" whenever [[spoiler:she's not ObfuscatingStupidity]]. Hanyuu, on the other hand, only uses boku because [[spoiler:she's Really700YearsOld and comes from a time when boys and girls apparently didn't use different pronouns]].
** The boyish Mion refers herself as "Oji San" or old man.
* Ayu Tsukimiya from ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', although she's rather moe. Yuuichi tries to make her switch to the even more masculine ''ore''.
** In the original game, you get a choice of trying to switch her to the masculine ''ore'', the gender-neutral ''watashi'' or the very girly ''atashi''.
* The ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series host a few of them. ''1'' has Nozomi Kiyokawa ; ''2'' has Akane Ichimonji ; and ''4'' has Itsuki Maeda.
* Hazuki of ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito''. Interestingly, she uses the more masculine "ore" in the manga version.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Tomboy catgirl Nekomata Okayu from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' uses ''boku'' to refer to herself.
** When speaking Japanese, Hakos Baelz of Characters/HololiveEnglishGenerationTwoCouncil also uses ''boku''. With Baelz, it might be due to her ([[{{Kayfabe}} lore-wise]]) being the AnthropomorphicPersonification of chaos.
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[[folder:Western Animation (Japanese Translations)]]
* 12-year-old [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph Beifong]], who is TheLadette, in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]], in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', uses ''boku'' with an overall grammatical style reminiscent of a {{shonen|demographic}} IdiotHero.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* The voice actress Creator/AkenoWatanabe uses ''boku'' in real life. And voices many tomboys, too.
* While it's very rare, some real Japanese girls do use masculine pronouns. Those who do so fall into four types -- girls who use them as a feminist statement, those who are just plain tomboyish, those who do it to imitate anime and game characters to be cutesy, and very young (preschool-age) girls who haven't been trained to use traditionally feminine pronouns by societal expectations (the more cynical may think of it as "gender policing"). The Japanese page on this phenomenon on Website/{{Wikipedia}} notes that this began as a late 20th-century thing. See also [[http://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/01_4/ito16.htm this case study]] on use of ''boku'' vs. use of ''watashi'' in young girls.
* On a historical note, while Ore Onna characters exist prominently in some anime and manga, this trope is OlderThanTheyThink: ''Ore'' was also actually used by women until [[JidaiGeki late Edo period]]. It is still found in some dialects, mainly [[FarmersDaughter rural women]] in the Tohoku region.
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* Elh from ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}''. Her companions actually mistake her for a boy initially, which doesn't make as much sense in the translated version of the game, due to the lack of Japanese pronouns.