History Main / SuperGenderBender

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', Natsuru Senou was chosen to become a Kämpfer. Thanks to this, Natsuru gains great strength and fighting abilities. On the other hand, it's apparently a rule that Kämpfers can only be girls, so any boys that are chosen transform into girls when their powers activate.

* ''Oto X Maho'' is about a boy that becomes a MagicalGirl.

* Souji Mitsuka from ''LightNovel/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' doesn't just change genders whenever he becomes Tail Red, he actually goes from a teenager to a prepubescent child, thus inverting the OlderAlterEgo trope.

* In the book ''Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities,'' the protagonist discovers that his town's superhero, Captain Stupendous, recently died and passed his powers onto his crush, Polly, who now transforms into Supendous' male superhero form. Eventually [[spoiler:the aliens who gave Stupendous his powers show up and give Polly a new, female form]].

* ''Literature/NemesisSeries'' plays with this trope, Danny Tozer is a very closeted trans girl who is still presenting as male to most of the world. However, she happens to be present when the world's greatest superhero Dreadnought dies, his last action to [[BequeathedPower pass his powers on to her]] - one of the side effects of this power is for it to turn you into your idealised version of yourself which shift's Danny's body to match her gender identity (previous holders of the mantle of Dreadnought had all been cis guys who just got taller or regrew lost digits). Unfortunately her parents are massively transphobic and do not react well to this revelation.

* ''Literature/NemesisSeries'' plays with this trope, Danny Tozer is a very closeted trans girl who is still presenting as male to most of the world. However, she happens to be present when the world's greatest superhero Dreadnought dies, his last action to [[LegacyOfTheChosen pass his powers on to her]] - one of the side effects of this power is for it to turn you into your idealised version of yourself which shift's Danny's body to match her gender identity (previous holders of the mantle of Dreadnought had all been cis guys who just got taller or regrew lost digits). Unfortunately her parents are massively transphobic and do not react well to this revelation.

* In ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'', not all magical girls are female in civilian form. La Pucelle is actually a young boy named Souta Kishibe. He's secretly a magical girl fanboy and jumped at the chance to become a real magical girl. He turns into an [[OlderAlterEgo older woman]] when he becomes La Pucelle.

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* The protagonist of ''Literature/PrincessHolyAura'' starts off as a man in his mid-30s, who - owing to the nature of the powers - needs to turn into a 15-year-old girl to utilize them. In order to maintain TheMasquerade, he starts needing to use that form in everyday life, too.
* In the book ''Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities,'' the protagonist discovers that his town's superhero, Captain Stupendous, recently died and passed his powers onto his crush, Polly, who now transforms into Supendous' male superhero form. Eventually [[spoiler:the aliens who gave Stupendous his powers show up and give Polly a new, female form]].
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': It's a central premise -- in the TheVerse, mutants have about a 1 in 3 to 1 in 6 chance of being Exemplars, and thus having what's called a BIT -- Body Image Template. Long story short, in Generation 1, these mutants have an idealized shape they associate with themselves, which can be just about anything -- including the "wrong" gender. The majority of the stories revolve around a clique of students who had a GenderBender during their origin stories, and are part of Poe Cottage -- a dorm designed to hide this fact (as well as other LGBI students) from the study body at large.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon'', the power to turn into Mighty Man, a [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] {{Expy}}, passed on to Ann Stevens, a nurse who becomes a tall, blond, male superhero when she taps her wrists together (a transformation method that's a nod to [[NamesTheSame another]] [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]]).

* ''Ore to hero to Mahou Shoujo'' is about a man whose TransformationTrinket was supposed to turn him into a HenshinHero, but ended up turning him into a pint-sized MagicalGirlWarrior due to a mixup with a wand trinket. Later chapters show that the other trinket is in active use by a musclebound man in armor, causing the main cast to shudder at the thought of a little girl being his alter ego. [[spoiler:It was another man, but the girl who needed the original trinket was still an opposing force.]]

* In the ''Literature/NemesisSeries'', the mantle of Dreadnought transforms its bearer into their idealized form. When it gets passed to the protagonist, a 15 year old transgender girl, it results in her permanently becoming physically female.

** Discussed and deconstructed with Magus, who comes from another dimension where magic is common. Men are associated with having more powerful magic since they are physically stronger, and thus many biological females [[spoiler: including Magus]] who want to pursue battle magic change their default sex through magic. Terra (the alternate universe version of Tedd) is the exception to this rule, and she and Ashley have questioned Magus on whether it's truly the male form that gives someone more powerful magic or if that's just a gender stereotype.

** Discussed and deconstructed with Magus, who comes from another dimension where magic is common. Men are associated with having more powerful magic since they are physically stronger, and thus many biological females [[spoiler: including Magus]] who want to pursue battle magic change their default sex through magic. Terra (the alternate universe version of Tedd) is the exception to this rule, and she and Ashley question whether it's truly the male form that gives them better magic or if that's just a gender stereotype.

** Discussed and deconstructed with Magus, who comes from another dimension where magic is common. Men are associated with having more powerful magic since they are physically stronger, and thus many biological females [[spoiler: including Magus]] who want to pursue battle magic change their default sex. Terra (the alternate universe version of Tedd) is the exception to this rule, and she and Ashley question whether it's truly the male form that gives them better magic or if that's just a gender stereotype.

* ''Mahou Shounen Majorian'' is about two boys given MagicalGirl powers by aliens. Their sexualities become pretty confused in short order. Especially since one of them thinks GirlsHaveCooties in response to being [[OutnumberedSibling the only boy in a household of bossy older sisters]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon'', the power to turn into Mighty Man, a [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] {{Expy}}, passed on to Ann Stevens, a nurse who becomes a tall, blond, male superhero when she taps her wrists together.

* Elliot from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' acquires a spell that allows him to turn into a [[MostCommonSuperpower voluptuous]] [[FlyingBrick superheroine]]. Note that he is already pretty powerful due to his SupernaturalMartialArts and occasional SuperGenderBender. He also isn't too bothered by the gender-changing aspect: hanging out with Tedd has made him used to that sort of thing, and besides, ''superpowers!''

* Elliot from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' acquires a spell that allows him to turn into a [[MostCommonSuperpower voluptuous]] [[FlyingBrick superheroine]]. Note that he is already pretty powerful due to his SupernaturalMartialArts and occasional {{Shapeshifting}}. He also isn't too bothered by the gender-changing aspect: hanging out with Tedd has made him used to that sort of thing, and besides, ''superpowers!''

* ''Manga/FantasyBishoujoJunikuOjisanTo'': When Tachibana becomes a woman, his new form takes AttractiveBentGender [[CharmPerson to the point of being a literal superpower]], able to elicit marriage proposals from men just by standing there and, at one point, causing an entire gang of bandits to take ''themselves'' out due to fighting over him.

* An instance occurs in ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', which features [[spoiler:Masquerade]], who is really a gender-bent form of [[spoiler:Alice]]. It's an odd case, however, because it's also a case of a JekyllAndHyde scenario - [[spoiler:Alice]] is completely unaware of any actions she commits as [[spoiler:Masquerade]], and the two interact in [[spoiler:Alice's]] psyche numerous times, proving they have separate consciousnesses. Eventually, the two commune with one another, and [[spoiler:Masquerade]] fades away into [[spoiler:Alice's]] psyche, while the latter retains access to the latter's Bakugan partner [[spoiler:Alpha Hydranoid]] and abilities.

** The Sailor Starlights are actually an inversion in the 90s anime, as their male civilian forms are not their birth gender. Their whole transformation sequence involves shifting out of a male form into their original female one. Their princess is surprised to see they've chosen male civilian forms when they do find her. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] they were girls the whole time, merely posing as boys while in their civilian identities.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure''

* Played with in ''Webcomic/MagicalBoy'': Max's MagicalGirl transformation does not make him change sex because he's a {{transgender}} boy who has not transitioned medically. However, it does put him in a hyper-feminine outfit, and even destroy his chest binder. As Max is very anxious about his gender, partly because [[WantedAGenderConformingChild his mother is very unsupportive]], this flat-out traumatizes him at first. As he gets better control of his power, he manages to make his transformed outfit more masculine.

* An instance occurs in ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', which features [[spoiler:Masquerade]], who is really a gender-bent form of [[spoiler:Alice]]. It's an odd case, however, because it's also a case of a JekyllAndHyde scenario - [[spoiler:Alice]] is completely unaware of any actions she commits as [[spoiler:Masquerade]], and the two interact in [[spoiler:Alice's]] psyche numerous times, proving they have separate consciousnesses. Eventually, the two commune with one another, and [[spoiler:Masquerade]] fades away into [[spoiler:Alice's]] psyche, while [[spoiler:she]] retains access to [[spoiler:his]] Bakugan partner [[spoiler:Alpha Hydranoid]] and abilities.