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