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 Here He Comes Now
- …And That Little Girl Was Me
- Animal Is the New Man
- Animals Hate Him
- Another Man's Terror
- Apocalypse Maiden
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
- Ascended Fanboy
- Attention Whore
- Bad Guy Bar
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
- The Bad Guy Wins
- Band of Brothers
- Baritone of Strength
- Barrier Maiden
- Bash Brothers
- Beast Man
- Become a Real Boy
- Best Woman: Also covers men of honor.
- Better Off with the Bad Guys
- Betty and Veronica
- Beware the Superman
- 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
- A Boy and His X
- Boy Meets Ghoul
- Break His Heart to Save Him
- Bring Him to Me
- Bros Before Hoes
- …But He Sounds Handsome
- Cain and Abel
- Cain and Abel and Seth
- 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
- Cowboy Cop
- Creepy Uncle
- Cut Himself Shaving
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Dad's Off Fighting in the War
- Dead Guy Junior
- Dead Guy on Display
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Did Not Get the Girl
- Disneyland Dad
- Distaff Counterpart
- Divine Right of Kings
- Does Not Know His Own Strength
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Don't Call Me "Sir"
- Don't Tell Mama
- A Doormat to His Men
- Drama Queen
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Dude, Not Funny!
- Dude, Not Ironic
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma
- Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend
- The Emperor
- Emperor Scientist
- 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
- Femme Fatalons
- First Girl Wins
- Fisher King
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted
- Forgot About His Powers
- Genki Girl
- Gentleman and a Scholar
- Gentleman Snarker
- The Ghost King
- Girl Next Door Turned Superstar
- Girl of My Dreams
- Girl of the Week
- Girls Have Cooties
- Give Him a Normal Life
- God-Mode Sue
- The Good Guys Always Win
- Gossipy Hens
- Grumpy Old Man
- Half the Man He Used to Be
- He Also Did
- He Didn't Make It
- He Knows About Timed Hits
- He Knows Too Much
- Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue"
- A Hero to His Hometown
- He's a Friend
- 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
- How Dad Met Mom
- 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
- Invincible Boogeymen
- Irony as She Is Cast
- I Think You Broke Him
- I Want My Mommy!
- Jerk Jock
- Just Eat Him
- Just Hit Him
- Just One Man
- King Incognito
- King Mook
- King of Beasts
- King of the Homeless
- King of Thieves
- King on His Deathbed
- Kingpin in His Gym
- The Kingslayer
- Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy
- 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
- Lovable Alpha Bitch
- Love Father, Love Son
- Love Goddess
- Luke, I Am Your Father
- Luke, I Might Be Your Father
- Luke, You Are My Father
- Madwoman in the Attic
- Malevolent Masked Men
- Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal
- The Man Behind the Curtain
- The Man Behind the Man
- The Man Behind the Monsters
- Manchild
- Man-Eating Plant
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl
- 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 of Wealth and Taste
- Man on Fire
- Master Swordsman
- Misogyny Song
- Missed Him by That Much
- Mister Big
- 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 Grandson, Myself
- My Real Daddy
- My Sister Is Off-Limits
- Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize
- Nephewism
- Never Accepted in His Hometown
- Nice Guy
- No Badass to His Valet
- No Hero to His Valet
- No Man Should Have This Power
- Non-Action Guy
- Non-Giving-Up School Guy
- Not Actually His Child
- Not Himself
- Oblivious to His Own Description
- Of Corpse He's Alive
- Officer and a Gentleman
- Off with His Head!
- Once Killed a Man with a Noodle Implement
- One-Man Army
- Only I Can Kill Him
- Only Sane Man
- Orcus on His Throne
- Original Man
- Our Mermaids Are Different
- Parody Sue
- Peacock Girl
- The Performer King
- The Philosopher King
- Planet Baron
- Playing Catch with the Old Man
- Please Spare Him, My Liege!
- The Pollyanna
- Promoted Fanboy
- Proud Warrior Race Guy
- Psychopathic Manchild
- A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil
- The Puppet Cuts His Strings
- Puppet King
- Racist Grandma
- Raise Him Right This Time
- Rambling Old Man Monologue
- The Real Man
- Red Baron
- Remember the New Guy?
- Renaissance Man
- Rich Bitch
- Risking the King
- Rubber Man
- Screams Like a Little Girl
- 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
- Stacy's Mom
- Stage Mom
- Starring Smurfette
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys
- Straight Man
- Straight Man and Wise Guy
- Struggling Single Mother
- Sworn Brothers
- Teach Him Anger
- Tell Him I'm Not Speaking to Him
- Tell Me About My Father
- Team Dad
- Team Mom
- That Man Is Dead
- They Call Him "Sword"
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
- 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
- Turn Out Like His Father
- Uncle Pennybags
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating
- Uptown Girl
- Vigilante Man
- 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: A character is on the brink of death, but takes a while to actually die.
- You Can Keep Her!
- You Killed My Father
- You Leave Him Alone!
- You're Not My Father
