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* ''Film/WhiteChicks'': When rival FBI agents Gomez and Harper agents arrest Brittany and Tiffany Wilson [[MistakenForAnImposter who they believe to be protagonists Kevin and Marcus Copeland in disguise]] they try to "prove it" by forcibly taking off their clothing in front of the staff...only for it to to turn out that they captured the ''real'' Wilson sisters, who punch them unconscious in retaliation for the undressing.
* A gang of boys does this to Alex on the beach in ''Film/{{XXY}}''.

* ''Film/AceVentura'': Ace Ventura does this at the end of ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' to reveal the bad guy.
* Twice in ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'':
** Early in the film Powers grabs a pretty mod girl and declares "it's a man, man!" and pulls her wig off, revealing a male spy.
** Later in the film Powers meets Basil Exposition's mother and he thinks it's another male spy in a little old lady disguise, but it turns out this one really is a little old lady.

* Inverted in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'': The squad, [[spoiler:entirely composed of girls pretending to be boys to enlist]] disguise themselves as washerwomen to infiltrate the captured fortress. They are caught, and the guards laugh at yet another attempt at crossdressing to get inside. They start wailing about this unfair treatment, until [[spoiler:Shufti lifts up her skirt, showing a distinct lack of "socks"]]. Polly turns her best contemptuous glare towards the captain, asking in icicle-covered tones if perhaps he needs to see the rest of the squad naked as well. The captain, utterly defeated, leaves quickly, and the girls are allowed to continue unhindered.

* Attempted in ''Anime/IkkiTousen'' when [[HugeSchoolgirl Kyocho Chuuko]]'s judo classmates refused to believe she was a girl and ripped her clothes in the dojo to "clear the doubts". Then Sousou stepped into that, [[AttemptedRape thought they were trying to gang-rape her]], and his SuperpoweredEvilSide kicked in for the first time. There were NO survivors except for the two of them.

* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': Rudeus accidentally does this to Sylphy. He had mistaken her for a girly-looking boy because of her short hair. One day, he insists on taking a bath together and when Sylphy refuses, he forcefully takes her clothes off. He then takes a look at Sylphy's crotch and realizes his friend is a girl, leaving Sylphy in tears.

Sometimes a character is confused about another characters sex. It could be because they're a {{crossdresser}}, they're UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}}, they have an AmbiguousGender, or maybe they're a {{Bifauxnen}}, DudeLooksLikeALady, or LadyLooksLikeADude. The normal reaction would be to simply ask but some characters opt for a different, more aggressive way.

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* Inverted in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'': The squad, [[spoiler:entirely composed of girls pretending to be boys to enlist]] disguise themselves as washerwomen to infiltrate the captured fortress. They are caught, and the guards laugh at yet another attempt at crossdressing to get inside. They start wailing about this unfair treatment, until [[spoiler:Shufti lifts up her skirt, showing a distinct lack of "socks"]]. Polly turns her best contemptuous glare towards the captain, asking in icicle-covered tones if perhaps he needs to see the rest of the squad naked as well. The captain, utterly defeated, leaves quickly, and the girls are allowed to continue unhindered.
* Alanna's true sex is revealed to the public in the second ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' book during her duel with Duke Roger when he accidentally cuts through the special corset that she uses to flatten her chest, causing her to inadvertently flash the entire crowd.
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Sometimes a character is confused about another characters sex. It could be because they're a {{crossdresser}}, they're UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}}, they have an AmbiguousGender, or maybe they're [[{{Bifauxnen}} just]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady really]] [[LadyLooksLikeADude androgynous]]. The normal reaction would be to simply ask but some characters opt for a different, more aggressive way.

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* French duelist UsefulNotes/JulieDAubigny was once accused of being a man, on the basis that no woman could be as skilled at swordfighting as her. She responded by pulling her shirt open and telling the audience to judge for themselves.
* Due to most non-Jews in Europe not being circumcised at the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust, the UsefulNotes/{{Nazi|Germany}}s would sometimes check who was.
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* Inverted in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'': The squad, [[spoiler:entirely composed of girls]] disguise themselves as washerwomen to infiltrate the captured fortress. They are caught, and the guards laugh at yet another attempt at crossdressing to get inside. They start wailing about this unfair treatment, until [[spoiler:Shufti]] pulls up her shirt, revealing herself to be very pregnant. Polly turns her best contemptuous glare towards the captain, asking in icicle-covered tones if perhaps he needs to see the rest of the squad naked as well. The captain, utterly defeated, leaves quickly, and the girls are allowed to continue unhindered.

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* Inverted in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'': The squad, [[spoiler:entirely composed of girls]] disguise themselves as washerwomen to infiltrate the captured fortress. They are caught, and the guards laugh at yet another attempt at crossdressing to get inside. They start wailing about this unfair treatment, until [[spoiler:Shufti]] pulls up her shirt, revealing herself to be very pregnant. Polly turns her best contemptuous glare towards the captain, asking in icicle-covered tones if perhaps he needs to see the rest of the squad naked as well. The captain, utterly defeated, leaves quickly, and the girls are allowed to continue unhindered.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Coup by Clam", the crew stop on a planet where women are oppressed. A mechanic comes up to modify Moya, only to be exposed as a SweetPollyOliver when Chiana uses the "rip open jacket to reveal breasts" version. Though it's a CaptainObviousReveal seeing as the mechanic isn't very butch.

** [[spoiler:Nina]] finds out [[spoiler:similarly, trying to [[KnifeNut stab]] her in a fit of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]]]].

* Chiana uses the "rip open jacket to reveal breasts" version to a woman disguised as a man in an episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6967039/1/Dark-Secrets Dark Secrets]]'': As a kid, a boy pulled down Cassidy's pant after hearing rumors that she's transgender.

* ''Film/WhiteChicks'': When rival FBI agents Gomez and Harper agents arrest the Brittany and Tiffany Wilson [[MistakenForAnImposter who they believe to be protagonists Kevin and Marcus Copeland in disguise]] and "prove it" by forcibly taking off their clothing in front of the staff...only for it to to turn out that they captured the ''real'' Wilson sisters, who punch them unconscious in retaliation for the undressing.

* In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'', Shining Knight's sex is revealed after Galahad rips off part of her shirt, revealing her bound breasts to Gloriana.

* In ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou'', [[{{Bifauxnen}} Hikaru]] [[OneOfTheBoys Jomon]] after she get beaten with a Special KO, her clothes are ripped and it's revealed [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/powerinstinct/images/0/03/Hikaruspecialscreen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110724045911 her breasts are covered]] by a {{Sarashi}}, revealing Hikaru is a girl instead a boy as she wanted to be seen.

* ''Manga/AfterSchoolNightmare'''s protagonist is an [[{{hermaphrodite}} intersex]] teen. Mashiro, along with other troubled teenagers at his school, must enter a DreamWorld to deal with their deepest problem before graduating. Early in the dream world a character dressed as a BlackKnight is curious whether Masahiro is a {{crossdresser}} or a girl so he rips open Masahiro's shirt and skirt with his sword. In the real world Masahiro instantly wakes up and tries to see who the person is but isn't allowed by the nurse, though he learns soon later.

* In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers of Victory'', Shining Knight's sex is revealed after Galahad rips off part of her shirt, revealing her bound breasts to Gloriana.

Sometimes a character is confused about another characters sex. It could be because they're a {{crossdresser}}, they're {{trans|gender}}, they have an AmbiguousGender, or maybe they're [[{{Bifauxnen}} just]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady really]] [[LadyLooksLikeADude androgynous]]. The normal reaction would be to simply ask but some characters opt for a different, more aggressive way.

* The one-shot ''Cotton Candy Love'' has elementary aged bullies trying to check under the skirt of their classmate, who recently began [[{{transgender}} going to school as a girl]].

* Happened on ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy'' to the {{transgender}} Zoe twice:

* In an elementary chapter of ''Manga/WanderingSon'', while at a public bath, some boys try to see whether Nitori, who is a closeted transgender girl, is a boy or a girl. She ends up screaming loudly which scares them off and causes them to mock her feminine "gay voice".

* Invoked in the one-shot ''Kanojo ni Naritai!?'' The protagonist tears open his own shirt to reveal to his crush that he is really a boy. He originally began crossdressing because he thought she was a ButchLesbian but it turns out she's not.

* Tooru from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul Re'' is a transgender man. This is revealed by a Ghoul attacking him in the back of a cab. The Ghoul only eats women with scars and is confused by Tooru's sex so he rips open his shirt, revealing his chest binder and the fact he's CoveredWithScars. He beats up Tooru and tries to take him as his next victim, but Tooru is rescued.

* The one-shot ''Cotton Candy Love'' has elementary aged bullies trying to check under the skirt of their classmate, who recently began [[{{transgender}} going to school as a girl]].

* In ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena'' Saionji mistakes Utena for a boy until partway during a duel he cuts her shirt open.

* Attempted in ''Anime/IkkiTousen'' when [[HugeSchoolgirl Kyocho Chuuko]]'s judo classmates refused to believe she was a girl and ripped her clothes in the dojo to "clear the doubts". Then Sousou stepped into that, [[AttemptedRape thought they were trying to gang-rape her]], and his SuperpoweredEvilSide kicked in for the first time. There were NO survivors except for the two of them.

* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Tomboy}}'' spent the film presenting as a boy to the other kids. When her mother finds out she reveals Laure's a girl to a boy she got into a fight with, which causes him to tell everyone else. The other kids [[spoiler:make a girl who [[SweetOnPollyOliver likes Laure]] pull down her pants]] and confirm if she's female or not.

* ''Film/AceVentura'': Ace Ventura does this at the end of ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' to reveal the bad guy.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': Early in the game, after having to swim through a sunken ship's hold, Bartz and Galuf strip down to dry their clothes over a fire, and force Faris do do the same, only to discover, true to this trope, that Faris is cross-dressing woman.