History Main / Bokukko

* 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]].

* 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".

* Music/LaRoux: The name chosen by the [[FaceOfTheBand the band's singer]]; a mixture of ''la rousse'' (redhead female) and ''le roux'' (redhead male).

* 12-year-old Toph Beifong, who is TheLadette, in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* Rainbow Dash, in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', uses ''boku'' with an overall grammatical style reminiscent of a {{shonen|demographic}} IdiotHero.

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=][[RatedMForManly 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.

* Strangely for the sheer number of girls in the story, ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' doesn't seem to have one among the main cast. There is only the very minor character Fuka Narutaki, who is described by Akamatsu as being the tougher and more boyish of the Narutaki twins.

* '' 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), which literally means "you". However, it is a very hostile way to refer to someone and is primarily used by men.

** ''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]].

** [[DarkChick 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]].

* 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]] [[TohokuRegionalAccent in Tohoku region]].

* Ursula from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' is pretty much textbook ''bokukko''. A girl in her late teens living on her own during the summer in a cabin in the woods, Ursula is the embodiment of the strong-willed independence commonly desired by Japanese girls. Those attributes do make her come off as somewhat of a {{Tomboy}}, but her choice of attire leaves no doubt she's all woman, except when a stranger giving her and Kiki a lift into town said she had "boy's legs". Her response to that was more of "Some people..." rather than indignation, indicating she's quite comfortable being ''bokukko''.

* May from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', who is also a CuteBruiser. From the same game, Baiken uses ''ore'' to refer to herself.

* 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!''" at least once.

* 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.

* Lal Mirch from ''Manga/{{Reborn|2004}}'' uses "ore". This probably has something to do with her extreme badassery.

* In ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', Souseiseki, the most boyish of the dolls, refers to herself as "boku".

** [[WholesomeCrossdresser Haruka]] a.k.a. 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]] a.k.a. Jupiter, more obviously in the [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon live-action version]].

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 male-only "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.

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.

* True to her tomboyish nature, Luffy uses the super masculine "ore" to address herself in ''Fanfic/SolInvictus''.

* Aiko Kudou from ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' uses "boku" to refer to herself, and she's a tomboyish girl with BoyishShortHair.

* 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!" at least once.

* 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.

* 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.]]

* 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.

* 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.

* ''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.

* Music/LaRoux - The name chosen by the [[FaceOfTheBand 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.

* 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.
* ''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.]]

This speech pattern can also be used to [[AmbiguousGender keep a character's gender obscured]]--is that a [[{{Bifauxnen}} boyish girl]], or a [[DudeLooksLikeALady girlish boy]]?

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A related but somewhat rarer character type]] is the Orekko (AKA Ore-onna), who refers to herself with the HotBlooded[=/=][[RatedMForManly 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.

* Much like Ranma, 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]].

* 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:

** 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).

* 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.

* 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]].

* 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.

** 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.

* 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.

** 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!"

* 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.

** [[TomboyishName Otto]] uses "boku", adding to her {{Bifauxnen}} appearance and her crossdressing attitude, confusing not only the viewers but also her ''own sisters''.

** 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''.

* '' Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': [[TheLadette Chuatury “Chuchu” Panlunch]] refers to herself with the Edo era first person pronoun ''(あっし, asshi)'', a slang version of ''(わたし, watashi)'', 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 ''(てめえ, temē)'', which literally means “you”. However, it is a very hostile way to refer to someone and is primarily used by men.

* 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.

* 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. (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.

* Salon Maiden Anabel/Tower Tycoon Reira in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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]].

* ''LightNovel/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.

* Fino Bloodstone, daughter of the (late) Demon Overlord, from ''LightNovel/ICouldntBecomeAHeroSoIReluctantlyDecidedToGetAJob'' uses the over-the-top arrogant "ore-sama".

* Tomonori/Yuki/Maelstrom from ''LightNovel/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.

* Alice from ''LightNovel/HeavensMemoPad'' use "boku" to addresses herself.

* Tayune from ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}''. Fitting as she's the token tomboy of Kaoru's harem.

** 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 transgender boy ''or'' 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]].]]

* Charlotte Dunois of ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' addresses herself as 'boku,' despite being the ProperLady type. Justified [[spoiler:as she was previously trained to be male by her father.]]

* The [[GagBoobs 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]].]]

* Lucoa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' isn't exactly tomboyish, and [[GagBoobs 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.

* 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. It's worth noting that this trope was not prevalent back in 1989, when she debuted in the first ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' game.

* ''LightNovel/{{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.

* Ryougi Shiki from ''LightNovel/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]].