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As the Internet grew, women became more common. Sadly, men pretending to be women became even ''more'' common as well; it soon became apparent that announcing you were female online (and thus a geek girl) was a way to get lots of attention and accommodation from other users, even to the point of some them being tricked into mailing gifts, cash, or passwords. In some circles the backlash was huge and violent, leading to anyone claiming to be female to instantly be accosted with demands of "proof" (eventually codified [[InternetJerk as "Tits or GTFO"]]).
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As the Internet grew, women became more common. Sadly, Interestingly enough, men pretending to be women also became even ''more'' common as well; it soon became apparent that announcing you were female online (and thus a geek girl) was a way to get lots of attention and accommodation from other users, even to the point of some them being tricked into mailing gifts, cash, or passwords. In some circles the backlash was huge and violent, leading to anyone claiming to be female to instantly be accosted with demands of "proof" (eventually codified [[InternetJerk as "Tits or GTFO"]]).
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As the Internet grew, women became more common. Sadly, men pretending to be women became even ''more'' common as well; it soon became apparent that announcing you were female online (and thus a geek girl) was a way to get lots of attention and accommodation from other users, even to the point of some them being tricked into mailing gifts, cash, or passwords. In some circles the backlash was huge and violent, leading to anyone claiming to be female to instantly be accosted with demands of "proof" (eventually codified [[{{GIFT}} as "Tits or GTFO"]]).
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As the Internet grew, women became more common. Sadly, men pretending to be women became even ''more'' common as well; it soon became apparent that announcing you were female online (and thus a geek girl) was a way to get lots of attention and accommodation from other users, even to the point of some them being tricked into mailing gifts, cash, or passwords. In some circles the backlash was huge and violent, leading to anyone claiming to be female to instantly be accosted with demands of "proof" (eventually codified [[{{GIFT}} [[InternetJerk as "Tits or GTFO"]]).
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* For a while, some users playing lady Night Elves in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' got the idea of stripping off their armor and doing the /dance animation on top of the Ironforge mailbox for tips. Doing so was an immediate way to be branded as a male gamer.
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* For a while, some users playing lady Night Elves in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' got the idea of stripping off their armor and doing the /dance animation on top of the Ironforge mailbox for tips. Doing so was an immediate way to be branded as a girl (and a scrub). Although in reality, probably a lot of the dancers were guys irl. Whether or not anyone made significant money doing this is still hotly debated as well. Despite the fact that this stereotype is widely believed in the fanbase, ''Franchise/Warcraft''has actually had a large female following since ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. Also the game's primary fansite [[http://www.wowhead.com]] was started and is run by two veteran women players: as are several of the most prominent youtubers. For whatever reason though, there is a persistent rumor that there were no women playing the game until the Mists of Pandaria expansion. The reason usually given for this, is that this expansion introduced the Pandaren who are cute anthropomorphic pandas. This is a game that already had cute anthropomorphic cows, absurdly cute werewolves, and the ability to turn into cute animals via the Druid class. Also the Pandaren were introduced in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' actually. A factoid that the female gamers are far more likely to remember than the male gamer.gamers who spread the rumors, which might have ''something'' to do with the male leads of that game being particularly attractive.
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For real women, even a vague mention of a boyfriend or husband as an aside would get these righteous Internet College Males screeching in rage that you were an evil AttentionWhore pretending to be female to get things. In response, girls started ''[[SweetPollyOliver pretending to be men]]'' just to avoid the harassment.
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For real women, even a vague mention of a boyfriend or husband as an aside would get these righteous Internet College Males screeching in rage that you were an evil AttentionWhore pretending to be female to get things. In response, girls started ''[[SweetPollyOliver pretending to be men]]'' guys]]'' just to avoid the harassment.
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* Tucker of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fame says this at one point to his alien baby, advising him, among other things, that "all the girls on the internet are actually dudes".
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* Tucker of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fame says this at one point to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext his alien baby, baby]], advising him, among other things, that "all the girls on the internet are actually dudes".
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* A variation is used in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''. Jason meets a fellow {{RPG}}er who he finds incredibly cool and talented. He is then horrified to learn that the player is a girl after she offhandedly comments that she has to get her bangs trimmed. [[spoiler:Turns out it's Eileen Jacobson, who found out his username from his friend.]]
** Peter was similarly afflicted, receiving an instant message from a bikini model who shared all his interests and wanted to chat; he assumed it was Jason pranking him and sent back a threat. [[spoiler:It turns out it really ''is'' a bikini model with football posters on the wall, and she's calling the police as she reads Peter's message.]]
** Peter was similarly afflicted, receiving an instant message from a bikini model who shared all his interests and wanted to chat; he assumed it was Jason pranking him and sent back a threat. [[spoiler:It turns out it really ''is'' a bikini model with football posters on the wall, and she's calling the police as she reads Peter's message.]]
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* A variation is used in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''. Jason meets a fellow {{RPG}}er who he finds incredibly cool and talented. He is then horrified to learn that the player is a girl after she offhandedly comments that she has to get her bangs trimmed. [[spoiler:Turns out it's Eileen Jacobson, who found out his username from his friend.friend and wanted to prove that they could be friends if he wasn't so hung up on her gender.]]
** Peter was similarly afflicted, receiving an instant message from a bikini model who shared all his interests and wanted to chat; he assumed it was Jason prankinghim and sent back a threat. [[spoiler:It turns out him, but it really ''is'' a bikini model ''was'' an attractive woman with football posters on the wall, and she's calling the police as she reads who responds to Peter's message.]]misaimed threats against "Jason" by calling the police.
** Peter was similarly afflicted, receiving an instant message from a bikini model who shared all his interests and wanted to chat; he assumed it was Jason pranking
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* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' [[spoiler:Aech, the protagonist's best friend online, is actually a girl in real life but has a male avatar and persona. The Aech is pronounced as in H, and her name is Helen.]]
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Nowadays, the lingering sentiment can only be seen as a [[MemeticMutation meme]] in [[Website/FourChan certain corners of the Internet]] and in people's assumption that anyone they meet online is male unless obviously otherwise. You can still see this in the gaming community, but that too is fading with time. With the advent of Voice over IP it's pretty obvious who's female (at least physically) as your voice will "give you away". It's still good to keep in mind that sometimes the software distorts or changes the voice so that people will question your sex regardless.
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Nowadays, the lingering sentiment can only be seen as a [[MemeticMutation meme]] in [[Website/FourChan certain corners of the Internet]] and in people's assumption that anyone they meet online is male unless obviously otherwise. You can still see this in the gaming community, but that too is fading with time. With the advent of Voice over IP IP, it's pretty obvious who's female (at least physically) as your voice will "give you away". It's still good to keep in mind that sometimes the software distorts or changes the voice so that people will question your sex regardless.
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* Averted with a passion in ''LightNovel/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline''. Hideki/Rusian tried to confess to a girl online, but she admitted that she was actually a guy in real-life. However, when his present-day guild decides to have a real-life meetup, not only does the girl he ended up marrying in-game turn out to be an actual girl, but his other two guildmates turn out to be female [[CrossPlayer Cross Players]]. [[spoiler: Also, the first girl ended up being a girl after all, and one of his guildmate's friends, also a girl, ends up joining later.]]
* In ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', while the crew investigates the hacking of an old spy satellite, everybody assumes that Radical Edward, the mysterious computer genius who did it, is a male of indeterminate age, race, and apparently species. Turns out Ed is a thirteen year old girl (even when looking right at her, it took Faye a few minutes to tell).
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Kanra=Izaya. And he's particularly girly online, leading to many fanworks of him crossdressing to get "in character." Also, [[spoiler: it's suspected in the novels that Pure Water 100% is Aoba pretending to be a girl.]]
* In ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', while the crew investigates the hacking of an old spy satellite, everybody assumes that Radical Edward, the mysterious computer genius who did it, is a male of indeterminate age, race, and apparently species. Turns out Ed is a thirteen year old girl (even when looking right at her, it took Faye a few minutes to tell).
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Kanra=Izaya. And he's particularly girly online, leading to many fanworks of him crossdressing to get "in character." Also, [[spoiler: it's suspected in the novels that Pure Water 100% is Aoba pretending to be a girl.]]
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* Averted with a passion in ''LightNovel/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline''. Hideki/Rusian tried to confess to a girl online, but she admitted that she was actually a guy in real-life.real life. However, when his present-day guild decides to have a real-life meetup, not only does the girl he ended up marrying in-game turn out to be an actual girl, but his other two guildmates turn out to be female [[CrossPlayer Cross Players]]. [[spoiler: Also, the first girl ended up being a girl after all, and one of his guildmate's friends, also a girl, ends up joining later.]]
* In ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', while the crew investigates the hacking of an old spy satellite, everybody assumes that Radical Edward, the mysterious computer genius who did it, is a male of indeterminate age, race, and apparently species. Turns out Ed is athirteen year old thirteen-year-old girl (even when looking right at her, it took Faye a few minutes to tell).
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Kanra=Izaya. And he's particularly girly online, leading to many fanworks of himcrossdressing cross-dressing to get "in character." Also, [[spoiler: it's suspected in the novels that Pure Water 100% is Aoba pretending to be a girl.]]
* In ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', while the crew investigates the hacking of an old spy satellite, everybody assumes that Radical Edward, the mysterious computer genius who did it, is a male of indeterminate age, race, and apparently species. Turns out Ed is a
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Kanra=Izaya. And he's particularly girly online, leading to many fanworks of him
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* Part of why so many people were in denial about Tsukasa in the ''Franchise/DotHack'' series. The series averts this in general, there's only two cases of a male pretending to be female.
* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the male dominated game.
* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the male dominated game.
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* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the
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* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
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* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, account but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
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* For a while, some users playing lady Night Elves in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' got the idea of stripping off their armor and doing the /dance animation on top of the Ironforge mailbox for tips. Doing so was an immediate way to be branded a male gamer.
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* Tucker of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fame says this at one point to his his alien baby, advising him, among other things, that "all the girls on the internet are actually dudes".
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* ''Music/ResidentEvilMusicals'''s creator ShadowLeggy has been constantly mistaken for a guy on the earlier days, until she told her fans she was a girl. She even mocks this trope sometimes herself.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', Buzz gets hooked to an online dino game. The BigBad finds out and, using various technological means, [[http://spectrumofmadness.com/?p=214 poses as a teenage girl who plays alongside of Buzz]] and getting to know him a bit. Ultimately, Buzz is lured to an abandoned house after the "girl" shouts that a dinosaur monster is attacking.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', Buzz gets hooked to an online dino game. The BigBad finds out and, using various technological means, [[http://spectrumofmadness.com/?p=214 poses as a teenage girl who plays alongside of Buzz]] and getting to know him a bit. Ultimately, Buzz is lured to an abandoned house after the "girl" shouts that a dinosaur monster is attacking.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Leela enters a chatroom and hears some nerds boasting about their "success" with women; She announces herself as female, only to have the nerds panic at her presence. Meanwhile, another "female" avatar speaks with an obvious male voice.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Leela enters a chatroom and hears some nerds boasting about their "success" with women; women. She announces herself as female, only to have the nerds panic at her presence. Meanwhile, another "female" avatar speaks with an obvious male voice.
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* Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays as female fire mage in WOW in "Make Love Not Warcraft".
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'', Gimpy (hacker alias G-Prime) catches another hacker hacking his computer. He automatically assumes this to me a male hacker until her name and logo comes up: She-Prime. He's initially freaked out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'', Gimpy (hacker alias G-Prime) catches another hacker hacking his computer. He automatically assumes this to me a male hacker until her name and logo comes up: She-Prime. He's initially freaked out.
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* Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays as a female fire mage in WOW in "Make Love Not Warcraft".
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'', Gimpy (hacker alias G-Prime) catches another hacker hacking his computer. He automatically assumes this tome be a male hacker until her name and logo comes come up: She-Prime. He's initially freaked out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'', Gimpy (hacker alias G-Prime) catches another hacker hacking his computer. He automatically assumes this to
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* In MMORPGs, plenty of cases existed where male players pretend to be girls to get free things. A common joke was that any female character is likely a GIRL (Guy In Real Life).
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* In MMORPGs, [=MMORPGs=], plenty of cases existed where male players pretend to be girls to get free things. A common joke was that any female character is likely a GIRL (Guy In Real Life).
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* Subverted in ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire'', which highlights that there actually were quite a few girls on the Internet back in the early days.
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* Part of why so many people were in denial about Tsukasa in the ''Franchise/DotHack'' series. The series averts this in general, there's only two cases of a male pretending to be female.
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* Averted with a passion in ''LightNovel/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline''. Hideki/Rusian tried to confess to a girl online, but she admitted that she was actually a guy in real-life. However, when his present-day guild decides to have a real-life meetup, not only does the girl he ended up marrying in-game turn out to be an actual girl, but his other two guildmates turn out to be female [[CrossPlayer Cross Players]]. [[spoiler: Also, the first girl ended up being a girl after all, and one of his guildmate's friends, also a girl, ends up joining later.]]
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* In ''Film/Cube2Hypercube'', the (female) protagonist is surprised to find out that the legendary hacker "Alex Trusk" is a girl, as the guy who originally told her about Alex assumed "he" must be male.
* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'': Kable's wife is an actress in that universe's version of ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', and she's "played by" a fat, sweaty pervert who likes to use her for cyber-sex.
* Similarly, the protagonist of the movie ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' is surprised that fellow hacker Acid Burn is female.
* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'': Kable's wife is an actress in that universe's version of ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', and she's "played by" a fat, sweaty pervert who likes to use her for cyber-sex.
* Similarly, the protagonist of the movie ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' is surprised that fellow hacker Acid Burn is female.
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* In ''Film/Cube2Hypercube'', the (female) protagonist is surprised to find out that the legendary hacker "Alex Trusk" is a girl, as the guy who originally told her about Alex assumed "he" must be male.
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* In ''Literature/{{ReadyPlayerOne}}'' [[spoiler:Aech, the protagonist's best friend online, is actually a girl in real life but has a male avatar and persona. The Aech is pronounced as in H, and her name is Helen.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' [[spoiler:Sam]] deliberately uses a male-persona online to avoid the annoying moths-to-a-flame effect.
* In ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' [[spoiler:Sam]] deliberately uses a male-persona online to avoid the annoying moths-to-a-flame effect.
* In ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' [[spoiler:Sam]] deliberately uses a male-persona online to avoid the annoying moths-to-a-flame effect.
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' [[spoiler:Aech, the protagonist's best friend online, is actually a girl in real life but has a male avatar and persona. The Aech is pronounced as in H, and her name is Helen.]]
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' [[spoiler:Aech, the protagonist's best friend online, is actually a girl in real life but has a male avatar and persona. The Aech is pronounced as in H, and her name is Helen.]]
* Played straight in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Howard and Bernadette had a breakup caused by him having online sex in a Warcraft Game with a female troll. Turns out the person playing the female elf was [[{{GIRL}} actually another male]].
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'''Sally Sparrow:''' When you say "you and the guys", you mean the internet, don't you?\\
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* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was a {{GIRL}} playing WOW. Also inverted, as at one point he met a Girl In Real Life playing a male character.
* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [=McGee=] is very taken with a woman he's met in his online gaming program, the one where he's an elf lord. [=DiNozzo=] confides to Ziva that it's really ''him,'' messing with "Probie" and trying to teach him a lesson that women online aren't to be trusted. It's then subverted when [=McGee=], tipped off thanks to Ziva, turns the prank around on Tony by PullingTheThread and pretending to be getting a little ''too'' serious about the nonexistent woman, to Tony's great consternation.
* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [=McGee=] is very taken with a woman he's met in his online gaming program, the one where he's an elf lord. [=DiNozzo=] confides to Ziva that it's really ''him,'' messing with "Probie" and trying to teach him a lesson that women online aren't to be trusted. It's then subverted when [=McGee=], tipped off thanks to Ziva, turns the prank around on Tony by PullingTheThread and pretending to be getting a little ''too'' serious about the nonexistent woman, to Tony's great consternation.
* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
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* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was a {{GIRL}} playing WOW. Also inverted, as at one point he met a Girl In Real Life playing a male character.
* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' was a {{GIRL}} playing WOW. Also inverted, as at one point he met a Girl In Real Life playing a male character.
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* Played straight in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Howard and Bernadette had a breakup caused by him having online sex in a Warcraft Game with a female troll. Turns out the person playing the female elf was [[{{GIRL}} actually another male]].
* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
* Way, way, averted in ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', where for quite a long stretch the BigBad is a female [[TheCracker black hat hacker]] who goes by the handle Root. (Bit of a GeniusBonus there: in the Unix world, "root" is the usual name of the superuser account, which gives whoever's logged into it total control of the system. Windows has the same sort of account, but calls it "Administrator", which is the same thing the Machine calls Harold.)
* {{Inverted}} in ''VideoGame/VA11HallA'': there is a forum that tends to treat men the same way women are often treated on the real-world internet.
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* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'' mentions this quite early. When Sabrina logs onto a chatroom and the guys [[http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline17.GIF go nuts]] when she announces she's really a girl. Granted it was 1997.
* On the gaming note, ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', Pip gets into "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Realm of Lorcraft]]", an MMORPG, and starts going on quests with a player in possession of a hot female avatar. Art convinces him that it's probably a "fat, bald man with B.O." on the other end. [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=266 Cue the next panel, which shows an actual hot chick, on her bed, with a laptop, unsuccessfully searching for Pip's character.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/322/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' addresses this.
* On the gaming note, ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', Pip gets into "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Realm of Lorcraft]]", an MMORPG, and starts going on quests with a player in possession of a hot female avatar. Art convinces him that it's probably a "fat, bald man with B.O." on the other end. [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=266 Cue the next panel, which shows an actual hot chick, on her bed, with a laptop, unsuccessfully searching for Pip's character.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/322/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' addresses this.
* Two of the characters in ''[[Webcomic/FlintlockesGuideToAzeroth Flintlocke Vs. The Horde]]'' [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/917701p1.html try to]] [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/918405p1.html figure]] [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/918581p1.html out]] if Cheri the warlock is really a girl. [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-6-to-the-barrens/926156p1.html Turns out she is.]]
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* Two of the characters in ''[[Webcomic/FlintlockesGuideToAzeroth Flintlocke Vs. The Horde]]'' [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/917701p1.html try to]] [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/918405p1.html figure]] [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-5-talkin-bout-locks/918581p1.html out]] if Cheri the warlock is really a girl. [[http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlocke-vs-the-horde/episode-6-to-the-barrens/926156p1.html Turns out she is.]]
* Also referenced in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/30 this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip.
* Also referenced in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/30 this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip.
* Also referenced in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/30 this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip.
* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'' mentions this quite early. When Sabrina logs onto a chatroom and the guys [[http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline17.GIF go nuts]] when she announces she's really a girl. Granted it was 1997.
* On the gaming note, ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', Pip gets into "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Realm of Lorcraft]]", an MMORPG, and starts going on quests with a player in possession of a hot female avatar. Art convinces him that it's probably a "fat, bald man with B.O." on the other end. [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=266 Cue the next panel, which shows an actual hot chick, on her bed, with a laptop, unsuccessfully searching for Pip's character.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/322/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' addresses this.
* ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'' mentions this quite early. When Sabrina logs onto a chatroom and the guys [[http://www.sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline17.GIF go nuts]] when she announces she's really a girl. Granted it was 1997.
* On the gaming note, ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', Pip gets into "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Realm of Lorcraft]]", an MMORPG, and starts going on quests with a player in possession of a hot female avatar. Art convinces him that it's probably a "fat, bald man with B.O." on the other end. [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=266 Cue the next panel, which shows an actual hot chick, on her bed, with a laptop, unsuccessfully searching for Pip's character.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/322/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' addresses this.
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* Tucker of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fame says this at one point to his his alien baby, advising him, among other things, that "all the girls on the internet are actually dudes".
** ''Red Vs. Blue'' also did this in its "Real Life Vs. Internet" PSA, in a skit with Donut (an AmbiguouslyGay male character with pink armor) pretending to be the girl and Simmons playing a skeptical guy.
* Averted in ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' a web original where there are definitely girls on the internet.
** ''Red Vs. Blue'' also did this in its "Real Life Vs. Internet" PSA, in a skit with Donut (an AmbiguouslyGay male character with pink armor) pretending to be the girl and Simmons playing a skeptical guy.
* Averted in ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' a web original where there are definitely girls on the internet.
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* Inverted in ''JournalRoleplay''. Female players outnumber the guys by a lot, and among many sources of drama is the community's tendency to view male players as "creepy."
* ''Music/ResidentEvilMusicals'''s creator ShadowLeggy has been constantly mistaken for a guy on the earlier days, until she told her fans she was a girl. She even mocks this trope sometimes herself.
* ''Music/ResidentEvilMusicals'''s creator ShadowLeggy has been constantly mistaken for a guy on the earlier days, until she told her fans she was a girl. She even mocks this trope sometimes herself.
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* Tucker of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fame says this at one point to his his alien baby, advising him, among other things, that "all the girls on the internet are actually dudes".
** ''Red Vs. Blue'' also did this in its "Real Life Vs. Internet" PSA, in a skit with Donut (an AmbiguouslyGay male character with pink armor) pretending to be the girl and Simmons playing a skeptical guy.
* ''Music/ResidentEvilMusicals'''s creator ShadowLeggy has been constantly mistaken for a guy on the earlier days, until she told her fans she was a girl. She even mocks this trope sometimes herself.
** ''Red Vs. Blue'' also did this in its "Real Life Vs. Internet" PSA, in a skit with Donut (an AmbiguouslyGay male character with pink armor) pretending to be the girl and Simmons playing a skeptical guy.
* ''Music/ResidentEvilMusicals'''s creator ShadowLeggy has been constantly mistaken for a guy on the earlier days, until she told her fans she was a girl. She even mocks this trope sometimes herself.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Teacher of the Year," Tucker and Danny don't believe girls play online games. They're extremely surprised to find out the player Chaos, who routinely kicks their butts, is none other than their friend, Sam(antha), who then reveals that 'all' the best players of the game are girls, who know codes and secrets that none of the boys do.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Teacher of the Year," Year", Tucker and Danny don't believe girls play online games. They're extremely surprised to find out the player Chaos, who routinely kicks their butts, is none other than their friend, Sam(antha), who then reveals that 'all' the best players of the game are girls, who know codes and secrets that none of the boys do.do.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', Buzz gets hooked to an online dino game. The BigBad finds out and, using various technological means, [[http://spectrumofmadness.com/?p=214 poses as a teenage girl who plays alongside of Buzz]] and getting to know him a bit. Ultimately, Buzz is lured to an abandoned house after the "girl" shouts that a dinosaur monster is attacking.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', Buzz gets hooked to an online dino game. The BigBad finds out and, using various technological means, [[http://spectrumofmadness.com/?p=214 poses as a teenage girl who plays alongside of Buzz]] and getting to know him a bit. Ultimately, Buzz is lured to an abandoned house after the "girl" shouts that a dinosaur monster is attacking.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', Buzz gets hooked to an online dino game. The BigBad finds out and, using various technological means, [[http://spectrumofmadness.com/?p=214 poses as a teenage girl who Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays alongside of Buzz]] and getting to know him a bit. Ultimately, Buzz is lured to an abandoned house after the "girl" shouts that a dinosaur monster is attacking.as female fire mage in WOW in "Make Love Not Warcraft".
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* Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays as female fire mage in WOW in "Make Love Not Warcraft".
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* ''Webcomic/TheComicAdventuresOfLeftAndRight'': "[[http://lr-comic.com/508 Video Games]]"
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Back in the dim recesses of history, the Internet was predominately populated by computer savvy people, which were assumed to be mostly men, and if you found someone you met with a female/girly username [[{{GIRL}} it tended to be a lie]].
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Back in the dim recesses of history, the Internet was predominately populated by computer savvy people, which were assumed to be mostly men, and if you found someone you met with a female/girly username [[{{GIRL}} it tended to be a lie]].
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* Also referenced in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/30 this]] ''PennyArcade'' strip.
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* Also referenced in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/30 this]] ''PennyArcade'' ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip.
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Nowadays, women dominate communities such as {{Fanfiction}} sites, SoapOpera boards, Website/{{Facebook}}, ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', Website/LiveJournal and its clones (particularly in JournalRoleplay), Website/{{Tumblr}} (the successor to [=LiveJournal=] for fandom blogging) or MySpace. As such, this is mainly a DiscreditedTrope these days.
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Nowadays, women dominate communities such as {{Fanfiction}} sites, SoapOpera boards, Website/{{Facebook}}, ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', Website/LiveJournal and its clones (particularly in JournalRoleplay), Website/{{Tumblr}} (the successor to [=LiveJournal=] for fandom blogging) or MySpace.Website/MySpace. As such, this is mainly a DiscreditedTrope these days.
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* In ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' [[spoiler:Sam]] deliberately uses a male-persona online to avoid the annoying moths-to-a-flame effect.o
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* In MMORPGs, plenty of cases existed where male players pretend to be girls to get free things. A common joke was that any female character is likely a GIRL (Guy In Real Life).
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* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the male dominated game.
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* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{{GIRL}} [[{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the male dominated game.
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* Lampshaded in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' during the Aincrad arc, where the majority of [[{{{GIRL}} female players were revealed to be male players using female avatars]]. This also holds true for Gun Gale Online, where Sinon is one of the only girls shown onscreen in the male dominated game.
** This phrase is said word-for-word by Asuna in the first episode of the DVD Blu-Ray mockumentary ''Sword Art Offline''.
** This phrase is said word-for-word by Asuna in the first episode of the DVD Blu-Ray mockumentary ''Sword Art Offline''.
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Nowadays, women dominate communities such as {{Fanfiction}} sites, SoapOpera boards, Website/{{Facebook}}, ''SecondLife'', ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', Website/LiveJournal and its clones (particularly in JournalRoleplay), Website/{{Tumblr}} (the successor to [=LiveJournal=] for fandom blogging) or MySpace. As such, this is mainly a DiscreditedTrope these days.
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* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'': Kable's wife is an actress in that universe's version of SecondLife, and she's "played by" a fat, sweaty pervert who likes to use her for cyber-sex.
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* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'': Kable's wife is an actress in that universe's version of SecondLife, ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', and she's "played by" a fat, sweaty pervert who likes to use her for cyber-sex.
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Nowadays, women dominate communities such as {{Fanfiction}} sites, SoapOpera boards, Website/{{Facebook}}, ''SecondLife'', LiveJournal Website/LiveJournal and its clones (particularly in JournalRoleplay), Website/{{Tumblr}} (the successor to LiveJournal [=LiveJournal=] for fandom blogging) or MySpace. As such, this is mainly a DiscreditedTrope these days.
