Tropescilloscope: Gender Flip

Re-envisioning a story with one or more characters as the opposite gender. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Jump Scare Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Market-Based Title Throwing Your Sword Always Works Chewing the Scenery Curb-Stomp Battle The Atoner German Films Cowboy Cop Insistent Terminology The Mafia Shown Their Work Rewatch Bonus Mr. Fanservice No Name Given I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Arch-Enemy Amoral Attorney Exactly What It Says on the Tin Evil-Detecting Dog Determinator What Happened to the Mouse? The Place Bland-Name Product Psychopathic Manchild Death Glare Black Best Friend Rule of Cool The Stoner Pragmatic Villainy Break the Cutie You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Parental Abandonment Not Quite Dead Papa Wolf Fake Shemp Accidental Misnaming Non-Indicative Name Man on Fire "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Evil Is Hammy Amusing Injuries Despair Event Horizon Immune to Bullets The Cavalry Last-Name Basis Big Bad The Stoic Animal Title Index Running Gag Badass Longcoat Bi the Way Demoted to Extra Lighter and Softer Agony of the Feet Ripped from the Headlines Action Genre Off with His Head! Really Gets Around Creepy Child Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Leaning on the Fourth Wall Evil Is Petty I'm a Humanitarian Woman Scorned Word of God A Date with Rosie Palms Cat Scare Rule of Funny Bullying a Dragon Red Oni, Blue Oni Tempting Fate Dutch Angle Rule of Three Crapsack World Scenery Gorn Stealth Pun No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Mugging the Monster Chase Scene Show Within a Show Artistic License – Gun Safety Offscreen Teleportation Would Hurt a Child Dark Reprise The Chessmaster Developing Doomed Characters Extreme Doormat The Casanova Maybe Ever After Slap-Slap-Kiss Martial Arts Movie Mr. Exposition Refuge in Audacity Stock Footage Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Honor Before Reason Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Irony Eye Scream Setting Update Does This Remind You of Anything? Shoot the Shaggy Dog Even Evil Has Loved Ones Bound and Gagged Mercy Kill Vomit Indiscretion Shot Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Serial Killer Death by Adaptation Revenge War Is Hell Deal with the Devil Homage Batman Gambit The Ditz Television Movie Index Names to Run Away from Really Fast Totally Radical Leitmotif Dumb Blonde Ghost Fiction Corpsing Adaptational Villainy Diabolus ex Machina Hate Sink Dual Wielding Extremely Short Timespan The Great Depression MacGuffin Beta Couple Bloody Hilarious All Girls Want Bad Boys Unspoken Plan Guarantee All There in the Script Red Shirt Country Matters Smoking Is Cool Product Placement Chekhov's Gun Took a Level in Jerkass You Killed My Father Badass Boast Easily Forgiven Air-Vent Passageway Brother–Sister Incest Adaptational Heroism Index of Film Westerns Curse Cut Short Mind Screw Taking the Bullet Heroic BSoD From Bad to Worse Hero Antagonist Sinister Minister The '80s Department of Redundancy Department Foreshadowing Let's Get Dangerous! Villain Ball Logo Joke Betty and Veronica Neck Snap The Quiet One Once More, with Clarity! Based on a True Story Artistic License – Geography Fiery Redhead Retired Badass Jerk with a Heart of Gold Whole Plot Reference British Films Worthy Opponent Genre Savvy Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Villain Song All There in the Manual Arc Words More Dakka Destination Defenestration Music Stories Mythology Gag And the Adventure Continues Brick Joke Zombie Stories '80s Hair The Mole Combat Pragmatist Major Injury Underreaction The Dog Bites Back Laser-Guided Karma Protagonist Title Evil Counterpart Translation Convention Paper-Thin Disguise Cassandra Truth Badass Bookworm Good Is Not Nice Light Is Not Good Outrun the Fireball Twist Ending Dramedy Frame-Up Empathic Environment She's Got Legs Lampshade Hanging Never Trust a Trailer Recycled IN SPACE! Left the Background Music On Punch-Clock Villain "Awesome McCool" Name Shell-Shocked Veteran Unresolved Sexual Tension Gory Discretion Shot The Cameo Butt-Monkey B-Movie Gender Flip Flashback Not What It Looks Like Victoria's Secret Compartment Biopic Ax-Crazy Re-Cut No Antagonist The Lost Lenore An Axe to Grind Break the Haughty Training Montage Improbable Aiming Skills Would Hit a Girl Jerk Jock Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Our Vampires Are Different Action Girl Hypocritical Humor And Starring Canon Foreigner Dogged Nice Guy Wretched Hive Badass Grandpa Artistic License – Military Toplessness from the Back Cain and Abel I Have Your Wife Silent Movie Race Lift Every Car Is a Pinto Missing Mom Unusual Euphemism Reality Ensues Documentary Artistic License – Law Disney Death The Sociopath Gold Digger Car Fu Grievous Bottley Harm "The Reason You Suck" Speech Hong Kong Films Sadistic Choice Double-Meaning Title Henpecked Husband Fantastic Racism Adaptational Attractiveness The Bully The Brute Dramatic Gun Cock Facial Horror Mama Bear Fish out of Water Historical Villain Upgrade Bad Boss Femme Fatale The Power of Love folderlabel Smug Snake Broken Aesop Animated Credits Opening A God Am I Early-Bird Cameo Fatal Flaw Anti-Hero Narrator Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Abusive Parents He Who Fights Monsters One-Word Title Storming the Castle Action Prologue Broken Bird Morality Pet Made of Explodium Wrong Genre Savvy Early Installment Weirdness Gainax Ending Grey and Gray Morality True Companions Shout-Out Badass Normal Thriller Truth in Television Kubrick Stare Fourth Date Marriage Made of Iron Berserk Button O.O.C. Is Serious Business Auto Erotica Alpha Bitch For Want of a Nail Retirony Fate Worse than Death Dark and Troubled Past Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Fantasy Films Ambiguous Ending Epic Movie Improvised Weapon Nice Hat Blackmail I Did What I Had to Do Genre Throwback Didn't Think This Through All Just a Dream Only One Name Mistaken for Gay Rousing Speech Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Alas, Poor Villain Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Big Fancy House Fire-Forged Friends Sexy Discretion Shot Gone Horribly Right Pretty Little Headshots Put on a Bus Fanservice Extra The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Expy Black Comedy Australian Movies Disguised in Drag The Dreaded Did Not Get the Girl Disappeared Dad No Ending Manipulative Bastard Call-Back Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Tranquil Fury Silence Is Golden Better to Die than Be Killed Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Historical-Domain Character Chekhov's Gunman Police are Useless Adult Fear Gratuitous English Demonic Possession Camp Gay Take That! The End... Or Is It? Dirty Cop timeperiod Ironic Echo Very Loosely Based on a True Story Meaningful Name Big Eater Book-Ends Line-of-Sight Name The Reveal Death by Irony Too Dumb to Live Beard of Evil Failed a Spot Check Ascended Extra It's All About Me The Smurfette Principle You Have Failed Me Friend to All Children Drowning My Sorrows Bloodier and Gorier Covers Always Lie She Cleans Up Nicely Dramatic Irony Babies Ever After As the Good Book Says... Novelization Implacable Man I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Hypocrite Actually Pretty Funny Death of a Child Serious Business Married to the Job BFG Hope Spot Bare Your Midriff Moment Killer Deliberately Monochrome My God, What Have I Done? Beauty Is Never Tarnished Informed Ability Catch-Phrase Not Using the "Z" Word Boom, Headshot! Not So Stoic Apocalypse How Black and Gray Morality I Need a Freaking Drink Took a Level in Badass Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Alliterative Name Final Girl Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Slasher Smile Instant Death Bullet La Résistance Token Minority Abhorrent Admirer Ms. Fanservice Daddy's Girl Overly Long Gag Only Known by Their Nickname Fat Bastard Defrosting Ice Queen Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Mood Whiplash Green-Eyed Monster Shipper on Deck Love Triangle Bolivian Army Ending Suspiciously Specific Denial Reasonable Authority Figure Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Those Two Bad Guys The Un-Reveal Humiliation Conga Ambiguous Disorder Rule of Symbolism Works Set in World War II Adapted Out Psychological Thriller Kill 'em All Heel–Face Turn Asshole Victim Ambiguously Gay Interrupted Suicide My Beloved Smother No-Sell There Is No Kill Like Overkill Eldritch Abomination Slasher Movie Motor Mouth The Voiceless Dissonant Serenity Armor-Piercing Question Imagine Spot Unreliable Narrator Becoming the Mask Accidental Murder Sassy Black Woman Broken Pedestal What the Hell, Hero? Straight Gay Handicapped Badass Japanese Films Riddle for the Ages Heterosexual Life-Partners Star-Crossed Lovers Superhero Black Comedy Rape The '90s The Hero Stealth Hi/Bye Heel Realization Wham Shot Posthumous Character Rape as Drama Antagonist Title Body Horror Advertised Extra Historical Hero Upgrade Badass in a Nice Suit Hair-Trigger Temper Cluster F-Bomb Deadpan Snarker Peek-a-Boo Corpse Romantic False Lead Adaptation Dye-Job Film Noir Index Distracted by the Sexy Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Character Development Cold-Blooded Torture Insult Backfire Scary Black Man Naïve Newcomer Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Tap on the Head Pretty in Mink Mystery and Detective Films Sole Survivor Happily Married Cool Old Lady Coming-of-Age Story Sequel Hook Never Found the Body Animal Motifs Double Entendre Cool Shades Anti-Villain Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold My Greatest Failure Those Two Guys Leave the Camera Running No Celebrities Were Harmed Blatant Lies Funny Foreigner Pimped-Out Dress Foil Damsel in Distress Bond Villain Stupidity Four-Temperament Ensemble Slashed Throat Soft Glass Funny Background Event Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Historical In-Joke Anguished Declaration of Love Sequel Escalation Bilingual Bonus Children Are Innocent Laughing Mad Large Ham Annoying Younger Sibling Catapult Nightmare The Smart Guy Card-Carrying Villain Pyrrhic Victory Neck Lift Heroes Want Redheads Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The '50s Never My Fault Not So Different Ass Shove The Load Pet the Dog The '60s A Father to His Men Stepford Smiler Brutal Honesty Big Applesauce Off-into-the-Distance Ending Closed Circle Dressing as the Enemy Guile Hero Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Vomit Discretion Shot Jitter Cam Wham Line Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Award-Bait Song Deliberate Values Dissonance Visual Pun Comically Missing the Point Properly Paranoid Aluminum Christmas Trees No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Downer Ending Only in It for the Money Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Film of the Book Affectionate Parody Retcon Action Survivor Punny Name Captain Ersatz Cool Car Older Than They Look Roaring Rampage of Revenge Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Lock and Load Montage Stylistic Suck Spiteful Spit Dwindling Party The Chick Darker and Edgier Mexican Standoff Skewed Priorities Pragmatic Adaptation Crazy Jealous Guy Monumental Damage Blood Knight An Aesop You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Famous Last Words Arranged Marriage Evil vs. Evil Breaking the Fourth Wall Big Damn Heroes Deconstruction Bowdlerise Sir Swears-a-Lot Artistic License – Physics Loophole Abuse Be Careful What You Wish For Male Frontal Nudity Meet Cute Dies Wide Open Awesome, but Impractical Anyone Can Die Drugs Are Bad Eiffel Tower Effect Not Even Bothering with the Accent Unwitting Instigator of Doom Suspiciously Similar Substitute Kill It with Fire Continuity Nod Intergenerational Friendship Only a Flesh Wound Random Events Plot Small Name, Big Ego Flipping the Bird Rated M for Manly Captain Obvious Karma Houdini Kids Are Cruel Our Zombies Are Different Video Credits As You Know Meaningful Background Event Nice Guy Ominous Latin Chanting Faking the Dead Bad "Bad Acting" Say My Name Big-Bad Ensemble Important Haircut The Starscream Hoist by His Own Petard Nothing Is Scarier Exact Words Science Fiction Films Fanservice Red Herring Epic Fail Jerkass Greater-Scope Villain Cat Fight Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Police Brutality One-Man Army Determinator aka: The Determinator Shut Up, Hannibal! Psycho for Hire Contrived Coincidence Plot Hole Hooker with a Heart of Gold Parental Substitute Adults Are Useless Real Life Writes the Plot Big "NO!" In Name Only Trailers Always Spoil Costume Porn In the Back Red Eyes, Take Warning Manic Pixie Dream Girl Poor Communication Kills Kick the Son of a Bitch Playing Gertrude Evil Brit Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Face Death with Dignity "Well Done, Son!" Guy Vacation Films Celebrity Paradox From Nobody to Nightmare This Is Gonna Suck Camera Abuse Anachronism Stew Credits Gag Obviously Evil All for Nothing Sci-Fi Horror Age Lift The X of Y Time Skip Plucky Comic Relief Adaptation Distillation Dying Moment of Awesome Disney Villain Death It Can Think Romantic Comedy Dropped a Bridge on Him Aside Glance Getting Crap Past the Radar Fainting Spanner in the Works NO INDOOR VOICE Rasputinian Death Attempted Rape Genre Shift Get Out! Cruel and Unusual Death Stalker with a Crush Ragtag Bunch of Misfits How We Got Here Authority Equals Asskicking Sealed Evil in a Can Sacrificial Lion Bavarian Fire Drill Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Public Domain Feature Films He Knows Too Much Hollywood Darkness Crazy-Prepared Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Wounded Gazelle Gambit Does Not Like Shoes No OSHA Compliance Christmas Movies Index Guns Akimbo The Remake Insane Troll Logic Cool Guns Race Against the Clock Adaptation Expansion Expository Hairstyle Change Dirty Coward Faux Affably Evil Canadian Movies Bloodless Carnage Up to Eleven Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Bottomless Magazines May–December Romance Overprotective Dad Evil Plan The Musical Suddenly SHOUTING! Author Avatar Kick the Dog Anachronic Order "Shaggy Dog" Story Hell Is That Noise Villain Protagonist Scenery Porn Offscreen Moment of Awesome The Bad Guy Wins Redemption Equals Death Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Bury Your Gays Freudian Excuse Five-Man Band A.I. Is a Crapshoot Film Series Horror Comedy Self-Deprecation The Ace Here We Go Again! Oh, Crap! Rich Bitch Real Life The Alleged Car Fatal Family Photo Death Seeker Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Only Sane Man An Arm and a Leg For the Evulz Fun with Acronyms Improbable Weapon User Enemy Mine Almost Kiss Dull Surprise Obfuscating Stupidity Horror Films In Medias Res All Men Are Perverts Love at First Sight Gilligan Cut Actor Allusion Domestic Abuse Humans Are Bastards Reality Is Unrealistic Knife Nut The Alcoholic Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Bond One-Liner Take a Third Option Dirty Old Man Bittersweet Ending The Ghost Men Are the Expendable Gender Everyone Has Standards Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Sanity Slippage Defiant to the End Groin Attack Author Appeal Vampire Fiction As Himself Bald of Evil World of Ham Not So Above It All Super Strength Adaptation Name Change Reckless Gun Usage Big Bad Duumvirate Hero of Another Story Taking You with Me Fingore Knight Templar Precision F-Strike Wicked Cultured Bar Brawl Military and Warfare Films A Minor Kidroduction Depraved Bisexual Chekhov's Skill As Long as It Sounds Foreign Spiritual Successor Gorn Ungrateful Bastard Shower Scene Idiot Ball Yandere Central Theme Pre-Mortem One-Liner Villain with Good Publicity Cloudcuckoolander Manchild Eagleland Composite Character Meaningful Echo Jerkass Has a Point Bait-and-Switch Framing Device Title Drop Ship Tease Back from the Dead Red Right Hand The Hero Dies Belligerent Sexual Tension Chiaroscuro Bring My Brown Pants Fan Disservice Karmic Death Same Language Dub Deus ex Machina Evil Sounds Deep Your Cheating Heart French Films Beware the Nice Ones Even Evil Has Standards Scare Chord Freeze-Frame Bonus Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Bunny-Ears Lawyer Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Creative Closing Credits Casting Gag Malevolent Masked Men Soundtrack Dissonance It Will Never Catch On Brainless Beauty Cool Old Guy Call-Forward Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Blood from the Mouth It's Personal Artistic License – Biology Well-Intentioned Extremist Earn Your Happy Ending Decoy Protagonist The '70s Mundane Made Awesome Film Noir Hollywood Law Parental Incest Match Cut Calling the Old Man Out Make It Look Like an Accident Naked People Are Funny Crucified Hero Shot Madness Mantra Mad Scientist Manly Tears Face–Heel Turn Death by Sex Half the Man He Used to Be The Faceless Evil Laugh Eureka Moment Danny Peary Cult Movies List Have a Gay Old Time Darkest Hour Russian Films Tagline Sports Stories Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Heroic Sacrifice Stuff Blowing Up The Vamp Mighty Whitey Undying Loyalty Politically Incorrect Villain Spared by the Adaptation Affably Evil Adaptational Badass Conspicuous CG Foregone Conclusion Pay Evil unto Evil What You Are in the Dark Noodle Incident Disproportionate Retribution Drives Like Crazy Italian Films Room Full of Crazy N-Word Privileges Hidden Depths Mooks Villainous Breakdown Due to the Dead Killed Mid-Sentence After the End Dark Is Not Evil Needs Wiki Magic Love One Steve Limit Unusually Uninteresting Sight Redshirt Army 20 Minutes into the Future The Stinger The Lancer Villain Opening Scene Vitriolic Best Buds Loads and Loads of Characters Reality Has No Subtitles Black Dude Dies First Woman in White Establishing Character Moment The Oner Eyepatch of Power The Big Guy Creator Cameo Spell My Name with an "S" Your Head A-Splode Daylight Horror Obstructive Bureaucrat And I Must Scream Intrepid Reporter The Dragon Corrupt Corporate Executive Big Brother Instinct Shirtless Scene Driven to Suicide Dark Action Girl Together in Death Adorkable Drill Sergeant Nasty Those Wacky Nazis Artistic License – History Parental Neglect Male Gaze