History Main / HistoricalGenderFlip

** In fact, gender-flipping historical figures has gotten so common that the franchise has begun to make subversions: Miyamoto Musashi is a woman, but she actually comes from an Alternate Universe while the "main" Nasuverse's Miyamoto Musashi is confirmed by his rival Sasaki Kojiro to be male. Leonardo da Vinci also appears as a woman, but is confirmed to have been male in life; something got mixed up in his summoning and he showed up in the body of the Mona Lisa (not that da Vinci seems to mind).

** In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', the Assassin of Black is gender-flipped UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper (though justified as Jack's true identity is unknown) and Saber of Red is gender-flipped [[Myth/KingArthur Mordred]] (who, like her "father," insists on not being treated as female). It also has a gender-flipped [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]].

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' [[UpToEleven went really ballistic]] when it comes to gender-flipping historical figures when compared to the previous installments. Alongside all of the above mentioned Servants, one of the first Servants revealed for the game is a female version of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, and following updates include more and more of them, to the point that it is parodied with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], who first pretends to be a gender-flipped Orion, and everyone buys it; Katsushika Hokusai, who happens to actually be the octopus near the woman, aka his daughter Katsushika Oui (the "Servant Hokusai" is ''both of them'', since Oui produced some of her own art under her father's name); and with Paul Bunyan, who gets turned into a girl ''and'' a child and doesn't know why it happened.
** In fact, gender-flipping historical figures has gotten so common that the franchise has begun to make subversions: Miyamoto Musashi is a woman, but she actually comes from an Alternate Universe while the "main" Nasuverse's Miyamoto Musashi (yet to appear in-game) is confirmed by his rival Sasaki Kojiro to be male. Leonardo da Vinci also appears as a woman, but is confirmed to have been male in life; something got mixed up in his summoning and he showed up in the body of the Mona Lisa (not that da Vinci seems to mind).

* An InUniverse example happens in ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', in which Hiryuu, the legendary first king of Kouka, reincarnated into the young princess Yona that changed her from a RoyalBrat into a BadassPrincess during the series to the point of starting her own revolution to get her kingdom back as Hiryuu did once.

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' [[UpToEleven went really ballistic]] when it comes to gender-flipping historical figures when compared to the previous installments. Alongside all of the above mentioned Servants, one of the first Servants revealed for the game is a female version of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, and following updates include more and more of them, to the point that it is parodied with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], who first pretends to be a gender-flipped Orion, and everyone buys it; Katsushika Hokusai, who happens to actually be the octopus near the woman, aka his daughter Katsushika Oui (the "Servant Hokusai" is ''both of them'', since Oui produced some of her own art under her father's name); and with Paul Bunyan, who gets turned into a girl ''and'' a child and doesn't know why it happened. In fact, the only subversion is Miyamoto Musashi, who actually comes from an Alternate Universe while the "main" Nasuverse's Miyamoto Musashi (yet to appear in-game) is confirmed by his rival Sasaki Kojiro to be male.

* This is the entire point of ''Manga/{{Ooku}}'', a historical alternate universe where an even-more virulent version of smallpox kills practically every man in seventeenth-century Japan and various historical figures are replaced by female versions.

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' [[UpToEleven went really ballistic]] when it comes to gender-flipping historical figures when compared to the previous installments. Alongside all of the above mentioned Servants, one of the first Servants revealed for the game is a female version of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, and following updates include more and more of them, to the point that it is parodied with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], who first pretends to be a gender-flipped Orion, and everyone buys it; Katsushika Hokusai, who happens to actually be the octopus near the woman, aka his daughter Katsushika Oui; and with Paul Bunyan, who gets turned into a girl ''and'' a child and doesn't know why it happened. In fact, the only subversion is Miyamoto Musashi, who actually comes from an Alternate Universe.

* ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' is an AlternateUniverse version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, with the protagonists taking names and traits from {{Ace Pilot}}s.

** In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateZero'', the female Saber's true identity is that of ([[ItWasHisSled now well known]]) gender-flipped Myth/KingArthur, commonly known as Artoria Pendragon.
** In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', the Assassin of Black is gender-flipped UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper (though justified as Jack's true identity is unknown) and Saber of Red is gender-flipped [[Myth/KingArthur Mordred]]. It also has a gender-flipped [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]].
** ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' features a gender-flipped version of [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}]] as the playable Saber. It also has a female [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/FrancisDrake]], but it is implied that she's actually Queen Elizabeth the 1st in disguise.

** The practice in ''Fate/Grand Order'' is {{Justified|Trope}} in the parody manga ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'', where the implied reason for the genderflips among the created Servants' ranks (including the above mentioned Bunyan) is due to the protagonist being a lesbian with a "no boys" policy.

* ''VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou'' is an all-female version of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''.

** The practice in ''Fate/Grand Order'' is {{Justified|Trope}} in the parody manga ''Webcomic/LearnineWithMangaFGO'', where the implied reason for the genderflips among the OriginalGeneration Servants' ranks (including the above mentioned Bunyan) is due to the protagonist being a lesbian with a "no boys" policy.

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' [[UpToEleven went really ballistic]] when it comes to gender-flipping historical figures when compared to the previous installments. Alongside all of the above mentioned Servants, one of the first Servants revealed for the game is a female version of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, and following updates include more and more of them, to the point that it is parodied with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], who first pretends to be a gender-flipped Orion, and everyone buys it; Katsushika Hokusai, who happens to actually be the octopus near the woman, aka her daughter Katsushika Oui; and with Paul Bunyan, who gets turned into a girl ''and'' a child and doesn't know why it happened. In fact, the only subversion is Miyamoto Musashi, who actually comes from an Alternate Universe.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Irrational Treasure", while investigating about the town's foundation, Dipper and Mabel find out about a few ancient national secrets, including that BenjaminFranklin was a woman.

This character is supposed to be [[HistoricalDomainCharacter a recognisable figure from history]], but diverges in one notable way: [[GenderFlip they're the wrong gender]].

* An InUniverse example happens in ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', in which Hiryuu, the legendary first king of Kouka, reincarnated into the young princess Yona that changed from a RoyalBrat into a BadassPrincess during the series at the point of start her own revolution to get her kingdom back as Hiryuu did once.

* ''Series/Warehouse13'' does this with H.G. Wells. Not only is the famous writer made female, but she is also a MadScientist who actually invented quite a few of the devices featured in the books, which were written by her brother.

* ''Anime/SengokuOtome'' is set in an AlternateUniverse JidaiGeki where all the notable figures exist but [[OneGenderRace there are no men]].

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' turned [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Eckart Dietrich Eckhart]] into a woman named Dietlinde Eckhart.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' goes for the DistaffCounterpart route with [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Nina Einstein]], though it's not obvious for a while - [[spoiler:she invents an atomic bomb, which is basically TheThemeParkVersion of AlbertEinstein's accomplishments]].
* This is the entire point of ''Manga/{{Ooku}}'', a historical alternate universe where an even-more virulent version of smallpox kills practically every man in seventeenth-century Japan and various historical figures are replaced by female versions.
* Ikaros Publishing released in 2012 the controversial artwork ''[[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/12/03/infamous-world-leaders-reimagined-as-moe-characters Nyotaika!! Dictator Biographies in the World]]'', which represents infamous dictators from 20th century as [[MoeAnthropomorphism cute and/or sexy girls]] accompanied with their biographies.
* An InUniverse example happens in ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', in which Hiryuu, the legendary first king of Kouka, reincarnated into the young princess Yona that changed from a RoyalBrat into a BadassPrincess during the series at the point of start her own revolution to get her kingdom back as Hiryuu did once.
* ''Anime/{{Classicaloid}}'', a comedy series about [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnating]] famous composers into [[ArtificialHuman new bodies]], genderbends Music/FranzLiszt and Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky into a mature woman and teenage girl respectively. Liszt doesn't seem to mind this change and indulges in {{Fanservice}}, while Tchaiko absolutely hates it - often reverting into a "old man" personality.
* A manga called ''[[http://myanimelist.net/manga/67315/Shiroi_Majo/ Shiroi Majo]]'' was released in 2014 which features Simo Häyhä in the middle of the Winter War in 1939. Just one slight difference from reality: "Simo Häyhä" is [[GenderFlip a teenage girl]] who looks [[{{Expy}} outrageously similar]] to [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sinon.]]

* ''LightNovel/HyakkaRyouranSamuraiGirls'' is a "JidaiGeki figures [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]] in the modern world" example... but it's an AlternateUniverse where modern Japan still looks like JidaiGeki.

* ''Series/Warehouse13'' does this with H.G. Wells. Not only is the famous writer made female, but she is also a MadScientist who actually invented quite a few of the devices featured in the books, which were written by her brother.

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' [[UpToEleven went really ballistic]] when it comes to gender-flipping historical figures when compared to the previous installments. Alongside all of the above mentioned Servants, one of the first Servants revealed for the game is a female version of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, and following updates include more and more of them, to the point that it is parodied with [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]] who first pretends to be a gender-flipped Orion, and everyone buys it, Katsushika Hokusai who happens to actually be the octopus near the woman, aka her daughter Katsushika Oui, and with Paul Bunyan, who gets turned into a girl ''and'' a child and doesn't know why it happened. In fact, the only subversion is Miyamoto Musashi, who is actually comes from an Alternate Universe.

* In the [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Three Kingdoms Era]] of ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven GO 2: Chrono Stone'', when the heroes finally meet [[spoiler:Zhuge Liang]] she turns out to be a woman.
* Magoichi Saika is depicted in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' as a red haired woman. In this case, "Magoichi Saika" [[LegacyCharacter is the title worn by the current leader of the Saika faction]]. Magoichi is proud to announce that she's the first woman to carry the mantle.

* In the retelling of the story of Moses on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Angelica plays the Pharaoh.

* ''VisualNovel/MyGirlfriendIsThePresident'' has Yukino Ohama, genderswap of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and Irina Vladmirona Putina, a {{Tsundere}} genderswapped UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin.

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* ''Boku To Tsundere To Heidegger'' depicts famous European philosophers as high-school girls.

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* ''Literature/TheGraceOfKings'' and its sequels are comprised of characters who are mostly counterparts of historical figures connected with the founding of China's Han dynasty, with the first book being about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%E2%80%93Han_Contention Chu-Han Contention]], and the second about the aftermath of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han Liu Bang]], called Kuni Garu in the novel, gaining the throne. One of Kuni's allies is the street rat turned general Gin Mazoti, who is a gender-flipped version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Xin Han Xin]], whose backstory is essentially identical to that of the historical figure (or at least legends about him), except for an added element of SweetPollyOliver.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Parallel Universe" the protagonists come across a gender-flipped reality where the first person to walk on the moon was Nellie Armstrong, the most famous writer was Wilma Shakespeare (whose plays included ''Rachel The Third''), and an influence on the "masculist" movement of the 60s (when they burned their jockstraps) was Jeremy Greer, who wrote ''The Male Eunuch''.

* A manga called ''[[http://myanimelist.net/manga/67315/Shiroi_Majo/ Shiroi Majo]]'' was released in 2014 which features Simo Hãyha in the middle of the Winter War in 1939. Just one slight difference from reality: "Simo Hãyha" is [[GenderFlip a teenage girl]] who looks [[{{Expy}} outrageously similar]] to [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sinon.]]

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Indexes: AlternateHistoryTropes, GenderBlendingTropes, HistoricalDomainCharacter, MediaAdaptationTropes