gender bending theme
A character challenges our typical preconceptions of gender roles and attitudes, for example by behaving like the opposite sex that they are.
Notes
A character simply disguising themselves as the opposite sex is not in itself a motivation for this theme.
45 total · 1 choice · 14 major · 30 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tftc1989e6x08 | choice | Janet was a seductive blonde female with a submissive streak in the bedroom, and a model of a traditional house wife. It was therefore a rather surprising plot twist when she revealed herself to be Ronald Wald, a macho spy and assassin who had gone under cover by (evidently) undergoing extensive surgery to change her gender, and marrying a hunk. |
| blackmirror5x01 | major | Karl (male) had sex as a female in a VR game. |
| ds91x01/02 | major | Dax switched from the male body of Curzon to the female one of Jadzia |
| ds94x06 | major | Jadzia played the role of the husband in her relationship with Lenara Kahn |
| futurama4x13 | major | Bender underwent a robo-sex change operation and began dated the man-bot Calculon. |
| futurama6x20 | major | An alien mixed up the Planet Express peoples genders. |
| futurama7x06 | major | Amy and Leela became beefed up and masculine. |
| movie: Some Like It Hot (1959) | major | especially Jerry took to his female persona with conspicuous enthusiasm |
| movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) | major | Frank-N-Furter was a transvestite and everyone occasionally ended up cross-dressed. |
| movie: Vegas in Space (1991) | major | Captain Dan Tracey and his two lieutenants posed as Earth showgirls to complete a secret mission on the all-female planet Clitoris. |