Basic Trope: One or more female character(s) enjoys putting a male character in girl clothing.
- Straight: Bob has to disguise himself for some reason. Alice decides to dress him as a girl because she found this very funny, especially knowing how much it embarrasses Bob.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice can instantly change Bob's clothes and often does it just for the fun.
- Bob ends up in a complete Gender Bender. Much to his displeasure and Alice's enjoyment.
- Downplayed:
- Bob is forced into wearing pink-colored male clothing, which he found girly.
- Alice dresses Bob as a girl, but Bob doesn't complain about crossdressing as a disguise and/or Alice doesn't do it to humiliate him.
- Alice makes Bob wear a dress during a private intimate scenario.
- Justified:
- Bob is a He-Man Woman Hater who is openly misogynistic towards Alice. Naturally, she enjoys his humiliation over having to be feminine. He may eventually learn to becomes more humble and he and Alice will get a more friendly relationship by the end.
- Bob was already a friend of Alice. But she simply enjoys seeing him in a more insecure and humble state because Weakness Turns Her On.
- Inverted: Bob is a Wholesome Crossdresser who enjoys wearing female clothing, while Alice finds this very undignified and fears he might embarrass her if they are seen together.
- Gender-Inverted: Alice is a Girly Girl and Bob takes pleasure in dressing her like a boy (or at the very least, a Tomboy), much to her fear of being stared at in this unusual clothing, or fear that her girliness will be eliminated.
- Subverted:
- Alice wants to force Bob to crossdress, but Bob adamantly refuses and convinces her not to.
- Alice wants to force Bob to crossdress, but she changes her mind later.
- Double Subverted: As soon as Bob's guard is down, Alice forces him into drag anyway.
- Parodied: Bob is immediately okay with crossdressing as a disguise. Alice, who was looking forward to seeing him squirm, begs him to complain anyway.
- Averted:
- Nobody crossdresses.
- Bob has no complaints about crossdressing as a disguise, and he does it by himself without any help.
- Invoked:
- Alice assumes that Bob is a He-Man Woman Hater due to his manly nature, so she tries to teach him by forcing him to crossdress.
- Alice and Bob must enter to the Lady Land for their mission, so Alice forces Bob to Disguised in Drag to avoid being attacked.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "Alice, I'm a human, not your Barbie doll."
- Deconstructed: Alice's violation of Bob's boundaries causes him to renounce their friendship.
- Played for Laughs: Alice dresses Bob as a hilariously Gonky Femme with Uncanny Valley Makeup, much to his dismay.
- Played for Drama:
- Bob, an openly transgender man, is forced to dress and behave as a woman by Heteronormative Crusader Alice.
- Bob was Raised as the Opposite Gender by his clingy mother who often dresses him in Elegant Gothic Lolita despite his masculine nature and instinct, which causes Bob to hate himself and have an identity crisis.
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