History ViewerGenderConfusion / Film

* A large number of viewers of trailers for ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', who were unaware of just whom Creator/AngelinaJolie had been cast as, were in for a shock when they finally saw the film and Master ''Tigress'' spoke for the first time. In everyone's defense, not only did the lack of TertiarySexualCharacteristics make it very hard to tell her gender, even her voice actress originally assumed, when the casting call was made public, that Creator/JackieChan would be playing the tiger.

* In the 1972 animated adaptation of ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''Animation/UnBurattinoDiNomePinocchio'' one could easily mistake the titular character as a puppet for a girl, due to having [[CrossDressingVoices a female voice actor]] in both the original Italian and English dubs, having a somewhat feminine looking face, and wearing a pink bonnet and a coat that looks like a dress. However he looks much more masculine when he becomes a real boy.

* Two of the background race cars from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': According to their toy bios, the pink race car sponsoring Tank Coat is actually male, and the blue race car sponsoring [=RevNGo=] is actually female.

** Rabbit's voice sounds like it could be a high-pitched man or a low-pitched woman (all of his voice actors have been male), he's AmbiguouslyGay (wears a pink bathrobe, curlers, frilly aprons and can ballet dance) and is SuperOCD.

* In the 1972 animated adaptation of ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''Film/UnBurattinoDiNomePinocchio'' one could easily mistake the titular character as a puppet for a girl, due to having [[CrossDressingVoices a female voice actor]] in both the original Italian and English dubs, having a somewhat feminine looking face, and wearing a pink bonnet and a coat that looks like a dress. However he looks much more masculine when he becomes a real boy.

** Blanky is just as bad. The fact that he/she/it is TheChick in the Toaster's FiveManBand doesn't help.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Edna Mode, or "E", who first-time viewers sometimes mistake for a guy. This can mostly be attributed to her not having the traditional TertiarySexualCharacteristics, or a noticeable figure; not to mention being voiced by the film's ''director'', [[CrossdressingVoices Brad Bird]], for extra androgynous points.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' accidentally gave ''male'' Toothless the dragon some feminine symbolism. He regurgitates some food for the main character Hiccup like a mother bird. In a scene where he looks at a bird's nest, the intention was to show how Toothless wanted to fly, but the camera lingered on the eggs for a bit too long, so it seemed like Toothless wanted to get back to ''his own'' eggs rather than wanting to fly. The way he holds onto Hiccup at the climax of the film resembles a mother and her newborn child. To be fair, in many bird species, males participate in taking care of the young just as much, if not more, than females (and in some species, "sex role reversal" appears and males take over parental care entirely from females). This could as well be the case for Night Fury dragons.

* Mei from ''Anime/OneStormyNight'' is an [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter exceedingly adorable]] little goat who sometimes wears a pink handkerchier. He is paired with the much larger Gabu, who is a scruffy looking wolf. The entire film has them running away together to escape their clan's judgement on their friendship. It's not uncommon for people to mistake him for a girl, especially since it's common to see the film as a romance, though Mei has an unmistakably adult male voice. Mei was in fact [[AmbiguousGender gender neutral]] in the original books, which caused a lot of fans to assume he was a girl until the movie adaptation. In contrast the AllCGICartoon has him as a female goat.

* Littlefoot from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' could easily be mistaken for a female due his somewhat feminine appearance and voice, soft spoken and polite personality, and eyelashes even though he's usually voiced by a boy. Ostinably made a bit better with the introduction of Ali in the fourth film, who was explicitly colored pink to basically say "I'm female".
** On the other hand, Cera, who doesn't have eyelashes but does have a somewhat boisterous personality, could be mistaken as a boy.

*** Even the dub of the films had trouble with this and constantly referred to Leo as both a "he" and a "she" and even an "it".

* Leslie from the made-for-TV film of ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia''. She has an androgynous look and a GenderBlenderName. This is [[LadyLooksLikeADude intentional]] and even Jess in the books mistakes her for a boy, but this isn't noted in the film so many viewers think she's a boy. Fans of the 2007 film (where Leslie was given a huge GirlinessUpgrade) often ask why Leslie is a boy in the '80s film.

* Preteen Laure from the self-explanatory ''Film/{{Tomboy}}''. For the most part she looks like a little boy (the actress hadn't yet grown a breasts), her naked scene in the bath reveals what she truly is. Director Creator/CelineSciamma actually expected French audiences to be fooled initially, but a) [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil the trailer gave it away by showing the bath scene]] and b) there are French people who know what "{{tomboy}}" [[SpoilerTitle means]].

* Negasonic Teenage Warhead from ''Film/Deadpool2016'' sports a shaved head, dark clothes and punky accessories. Few audience members have mistaken her character for a boy.

* To especially young children who overlook her womanly figure, the gender of Ursula in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' is sometimes a point of confusion, due to her large size, shortish hair and deep alto voice. Of course she was modeled after the drag queen Divine.

* Remember the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment alligator]] from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''? You always thought it was a female, right? WRONG. He's male. It doesn't help that he's never mentioned by name in the film ([[AllThereInTheManual only in tie-in materials]]). Otherwise, the fact that his name is '''King''' Gator would be a huge hint to his gender. His singing voice is also very masculine, but could be heard as a deep female voice too.