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