Agravity Boys has Chris, who is the most feminine of his friends and has sometimes been mistaken for a girl.Even after Husky attacks them in rage they don't realize he's a boy. One mentions "she" is a bit young, but apparently the leader "likes young". A group of teenage boys invite him to come "play with them", thinking he's a girl. poor guy thought he was, well, the mermaid princess. A side character even falls in love with him after Husky saved him from drowning. As it turns out, the reason he doesn't care much for girls is because of how much he was teased for looking and acting like one as a boy. Poor Husky is forced to prove his masculinity by getting naked and showing a horrified Nana his manly bits. Characters frequently mistake him for a girl, and his friend Nana at one point becomes convinced that he's a girl in disguise due to his appearance and the fact that he's more girly than she is. When he's introduced, he's a circus attraction. Husky the fishboy from the manga +Anima is so girly in appearance, even the reader isn't sure of his gender until he complains about being forced to dress like a girl.See Viewer Gender Confusion for female-looking characters who aren't mistaken as female in-universe. May be a Gendered Insult, if the implication is that looking like a lady is a bad thing. Named for the Aerosmith song, a Real Life example as it was allegedly written about Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil.Ĭompare Ambiguous Gender and Bifauxnen. Ambiguous Gender: when the character looks androgynous but their gender remains unrevealed (and the character may not even be a human male or female)įrequently results in an Unsettling Gender-Reveal the difference is how much another character has invested in the dude actually being a lady ( The Crying Game versus any scene with Kazuki in Get Backers).Everybody Wants the Hermaphrodite (when the "dude" has female parts as well as male ones).Transgender (when the "dude" identifies as a girl and is trying to pass as one or vice versa).Man, I Feel Like a Woman (that's a whole 'nother story entirely).Disguised in Drag (when the dude's dressing as a girl only for a specific reason).Bishōnen or Pretty Boy (male characters who are feminine or androgynous-looking-some of those dudes do look like ladies, but what separates it from this trope is that it's normally not commented on by other characters).Long-Haired Pretty Boy (self-explanatory often the reason the Dude Looks Like a Lady, but the former differs since it's usually clear that the pretty boy is a guy, whereas the latter makes it difficult to tell).Viewer Gender Confusion (when you mistake a character's gender).Wholesome Crossdresser or Creepy Crossdresser (when the dude wants to look like a girl).The opposite of Lady Looks Like a Dude, this trope involves male characters who, despite entirely identifying as male and making no effort to seem otherwise, are frequently mistaken for female (by other characters). Whether it is due to their gorgeous hair, delicate features, snazzy dressing, or fey nature, some boys get called "little lady" more often than they'd like.
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