gender bending theme

also known as: androgyny

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

StoryLevelMotivation
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.