These are tropes that have a gender-specific name but can involve either one.
Although some will have more examples of one gender than the other, it's not to the degree of the tropes we list as "Always Male/Female".
It also means it's a mis-play to list "rare male/female example" on any entry in the trope pages below.
Again, the trope title must have something that makes it look like it's about just one gender.
Note that using Pothole markup to replace a trope's name with a more fitting one in a trope list is considered a Sink Hole and not allowed. Many of these tropes have opposite-gender or gender-neutral versions of their name as redirects, so feel free to use them instead (or make one yourself if it doesn't exist).
Compare Non-Indicative Name, Never Trust a Title.
Contrast Always Female, Always Male (both of which actually are about gender-specific tropes), Double Standard.
Not to be confused with Gender-Blending Tropes, Gender-Inverted Trope (as both of these pages deal with toying around with gender tropes, not just trope names).
Tropes
- Actually, I Am Him
- Absurdly Youthful Mother
- And Call Him "George"!
- ...And That Little Girl Was Me
- Animals Hate Him
- Apocalypse Maiden
- Ascended Fanboy
- Barrier Maiden
- Bash Brothers
- Beast Man
- Betty and Veronica
- The Big Guy
- Big Brother Mentor
- Big Little Brother
- Big Little Man
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Boy Meets Ghoul
- Break His Heart to Save Him
- Bring Him to Me
- Cain and Abel
- Calling the Old Man Out
- The Can Kicked Him
- Can't Hold His Liquor
- Cat Girl
- Character as Himself
- The Character Died with Him
- Clock King
- Compete for the Maiden's Hand
- Con Man
- Converted Fanboy
- Cool Big Sis
- Cool Uncle
- Cut Himself Shaving
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Did Not Get the Girl
- Disneyland Dad
- Distaff Counterpart
- Does Not Know His Own Strength
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Drama Queen
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Dude, She's Like, in a Coma!
- Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father
- Fat Bastard
- A Father to His Men
- Father, I Want to Marry My Brother
- First Girl Wins
- Fisher King
- Forgot About His Powers
- Girl of My Dreams
- Girl of the Week
- Give Him a Normal Life
- God-Mode Sue
- Half the Man He Used to Be
- Has Two Mommies
- He Also Did
- He Knows Too Much
- Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue"
- He's Back
- He's Dead, Jim
- He's Just Hiding!
- He Was Right There All Along
- He Who Must Not Be Seen
- Hide Your Lesbians
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
- His Own Worst Enemy
- Hive Queen
- Hoist by His Own Petard
- Honorary Uncle
- Hypnotize the Princess
- I Am X, Son of Y
- I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
- I Have Brothers
- I Have No Son!
- I Think You Broke Him
- I Want My Mommy!
- Identical Grandson
- If I Were a Rich Man
- If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him
- If You Taunt Him, You Will Be Just Like Him
- I'm Taking Her Home with Me!
- In Another Man's Shoes
- Incredible Shrinking Man
- Irony as She Is Cast
- Just Eat Him
- Just Hit Him
- Last of His Kind
- Leave Him to Me
- Let Him Choose
- Let Me at Him!
- Let's You and Him Fight
- Like a Son to Me
- Like Father, Like Son
- Lost Him in a Card Game
- Love Goddess
- Luke, I Am Your Father
- Luke, I Might Be Your Father
- Luke, You Are My Father
- Madwoman in the Attic
- The Man Behind the Curtain
- The Man Behind the Man
- The Man Behind the Monsters
- Manchild
- The Man in Front of the Man
- The Man in the Mirror Talks Back
- Man of a Thousand Voices
- Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
- Man on Fire
- Misogyny Song
- Missed Him by That Much
- Mix-and-Match Man
- Motherly Scientist
- Mr. Exposition
- Mr Fix It
- Mr. Imagination
- Mr. Vice Guy
- Mum Looks Like a Sister
- Mushroom Man
- Money, Dear Boy
- My Real Daddy
- Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize
- Nice Guy
- No Man Should Have This Power
- Not Himself
- Oblivious to His Own Description
- Of Corpse He's Alive
- Off with His Head!
- Once Killed a Man with a Noodle Implement
- One-Man Army
- Only I Can Kill Him
- Only Sane Man
- Our Mermaids Are Different
- Parody Sue
- Peacock Girl
- Please Spare Him, My Liege!
- Prince of Pranksters
- Promoted Fanboy
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Puppet King
- Racist Grandma
- Raise Him Right This Time
- Rambling Old Man Monologue
- The Real Man
- Renaissance Man
- Rich Bitch
- Rubber Man
- Sai Guy
- Self-Made Man
- Serial Romeo
- She Cleans Up Nicely
- She Is All Grown Up
- She Is Not My Girlfriend
- She's a Man in Japan
- Sir Swears-a-Lot
- The Smart Guy
- The Sneaky Guy
- Stage Mom
- Starring Smurfette
- Straight Man
- Straight Man and Wise Guy
- Talking to Himself
- Teach Him Anger
- Team Dad
- Team Mom
- This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself
- Those Two Guys
- Those Two Bad Guys
- Through His Stomach
- To Know Him, I Must Become Him
- Uncle Pennybags
- Uptown Girl
- Wanted a Son Instead
- Warrior Prince
- Was Once a Man
- Was Too Hard on Him
- We Can Rebuild Him
- "Well Done, Dad!" Guy
- "Well Done, Son!" Guy
- What Does She See in Him?
- What He Said
- What Is One Man's Life in Comparison?
- What's Up, King Dude?
- When She Smiles
- Why Are You Not My Son?
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
- Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?
- Wolf Man
- Wring Every Last Drop out of Him
- You Can Keep Her
- You Killed My Father
- You Leave Him Alone!
- You're Not My Father
