These are tropes that have a gender-specific name but can involve either one.
There may be some overlap with Always Male and Always Female. Contrary to what the "Always" suggests, the tropes on those two pages tend toward being gender-exclusive, but are not necessarily completely exclusive.
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 see Creating New Redirects if you want to ask a mod to make one that doesn't already exist).
Compare Non-Indicative Name, Never Trust a Title.
Contrast 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
- Academic Alpha Bitch
- Actually, I Am Him
- Absurdly Youthful Mother
- Aloof Big Brother
- Alpha Bitch
- And Call Him "George"
- …And That Little Girl Was Me
- Animals Hate Him
- Apocalypse Maiden
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
- Ascended Fanboy
- Bad-Guy Bar
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
- The Bad Guys Win
- Baritone of Strength
- Barrier Maiden
- Bash Brothers
- Beast Man
- Become a Real Boy
- Betty and Veronica
- The Big Guy
- Big Brother Bully
- Big Brother Instinct
- Big Brother Mentor
- Big Brother Worship
- Big Little Brother
- Big Little Man
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Black Dude Dies First
- Boy Meets Ghoul
- Break His Heart to Save Him
- Bring Him to Me
- …But He Sounds Handsome
- Cain and Abel
- Calling the Old Man Out
- The Can Kicked Him
- Cannot Talk to Women
- Can't Hold His Liquor
- Cat Girl
- Character as Himself
- The Character Died with Him
- Chick Magnet
- 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
- Dead Guy Junior
- 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, Not Funny!
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma
- Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
- The Everyman
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Everyone's Baby Sister
- Evil Nephew
- Evil Uncle
- Fall Guy
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father
- Fat Bastard
- A Father to His Men
- Father, I Want to Marry My Brother
- First Girl Wins
- Fisher King
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted
- Forgot About His Powers
- Gentleman and a Scholar
- Girl of My Dreams
- Girl of the Week
- Give Him a Normal Life
- God-Mode Sue
- The Good Guys Always Win
- Grumpy Old Man
- Half the Man He Used to Be
- He Also Did
- He Knows About Timed Hits
- 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 Fights Monsters
- 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
- I Am Not My Father
- I Am Not Your Father
- I Am X, Son of Y
- Ice Queen
- Identical Grandson
- I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
- 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 Have Brothers
- I Have No Son!
- Implacable Man
- I'm Taking Her Home with Me!
- In Another Man's Shoes
- Incredible Shrinking Man
- Irony as She Is Cast
- I Think You Broke Him
- I Want My Mommy!
- Jerk Jock
- Just Eat Him
- Just Hit Him
- King Incognito
- King Mook
- 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
- Like Father, Unlike Son
- Little Brother Is Watching
- 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
- Man-Eating Plant
- 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
- Master Swordsman
- 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
- My Sister Is Off-Limits
- 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!
- Promoted Fanboy
- Psychopathic Manchild
- A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil
- Puppet King
- Racist Grandma
- Raise Him Right This Time
- Rambling Old Man Monologue
- The Real Man
- Remember the New Guy?
- Renaissance Man
- Rich Bitch
- Rubber Man
- Self-Made Man
- Serial Romeo
- Shameless Fanservice Girl
- She Cleans Up Nicely
- She Is All Grown Up
- She Is Not My Girlfriend
- She's a Man in Japan
- She Will Come for Me
- Sins of Our Fathers
- Sir Swears-a-Lot
- The Smart Guy
- The Sneaky Guy
- Stage Mom
- Starring Smurfette
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys
- Straight Man
- Straight Man and Wise Guy
- Teach Him Anger
- Team Dad
- Team Mom
- That Man Is Dead
- This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself
- This Was His True Form
- Those Two Guys
- Through His Stomach
- To Know Him, I Must Become Him
- Uncle Pennybags
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating
- 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
