These are tropes that have a gender-specific name but can involve either one.
There may be some overlap with Always Male and Always Female. Contrary to what the "Always" suggests, the tropes on those two pages tend toward being gender-exclusive, but are not necessarily completely exclusive.
Again, the trope title must have something that makes it look like it's about just one gender.
Note that using Pothole markup to replace a trope's name with a more fitting one in a trope list is considered a Sink Hole and not allowed. Many of these tropes have opposite-gender or gender-neutral versions of their name as redirects, but except for Characters/ pages and only if it doesn't significantly alter the alphabetization, redirects cannot be used on wiki pages. See Creating New Redirects if you want to ask a mod to make one that doesn't already exist.
Compare Tropes Are Flexible, Non-Indicative Name, Never Trust a Title.
Contrast Double Standard.
Not to be confused with Gender-Blending Tropes, Gender-Inverted Trope (as both of these pages deal with toying around with gender tropes, not just trope names). Also not to be confused with Chaste Tropes, which are about not having the act of sex.
Tropes
- Absurdly Youthful Mother: Also applies to fathers.
- Academic Alpha Bitch
- Accordion Man
- Accidental Pervert
- Accidental Pornomancer
- Achilles in His Tent
- Actually, I Am Him
- Adjective Noun Fred
- Almost Dead Guy
- Aloof Big Brother
- Alpha Bitch
- Always Gets His Man
- Always Save the Girl
- And Call Him "George"
- And Here He Comes Now
- And I'm the Queen of Sheba: A character expresses disbelief in a claim by making another claim that's obviously false. The example in the title could be used by anyone — it would be even more unbelievable for a man to be the queen of Sheba.
- ...And That Little Girl Was Me
- And Then John Was a Zombie
- Animal Is the New Man: The new human, not specifically a male person.
- Animals Hate Him
- Another Man's Terror
- Anti-Education Mama
- Apocalypse Maiden
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
- Ascended Fanboy
- As Himself
- Ate His Gun
- Attention Whore
- Bad Guy Bar: In this and all other similar trope names, "bad guy" means "villain", not "bad man".
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
- Bad Guys Have Better Budgets
- Bad Guys Play Pool
- The Bad Guy Wins
- Band of Brothers
- Baritone of Strength: Applies to strong and deep-voiced people of all genders, even if they're not true baritones.
- Barrier Maiden
- Bash Brothers
- Beast Man
- Become a Real Boy
- Best Woman: Also covers men of honor.
- Better Off with the Bad Guys
- Betty and Veronica
- Beware the Superman
- The Big Guy
- Big Brother Bully
- Big Brother Instinct
- Big Brother Mentor
- Big Brother Worship
- Big Little Brother
- Big Little Man
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Black Dude Dies First: Applies to any black person who dies first.
- A Boy and His X
- Boy Meets Ghoul
- Break His Heart to Save Him
- Bring Him to Me
- Broken Bird
- Bros Before Hoes
- Bury Your Gays: Applies to lesbians as well as gay men.
- …But He Sounds Handsome
- Cain and Abel
- Cain and Abel and Seth
- Calling the Old Man Out
- Calling the Young Man Out
- The Can Kicked Him
- Cannot Talk to Women
- Can't Hold His Liquor
- Cat Girl: Usually female, but cat boys aren't unheard of.
- Character as Himself
- The Character Died with Him
- Chick Magnet
- Clock King
- Compete for the Maiden's Hand
- Con Man
- Converted Fanboy
- Cool Uncle
- Cowboy Cop
- Creepy Uncle
- Cut Himself Shaving: The title's just an example of this type of excuse.
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Dad's Off Fighting in the War
- Dating Catwoman
- Daytime Drama Queen
- Dead Guy Junior
- Dead Guy on Display
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Did Not Get the Girl
- Dislikes the New Guy: The "new guy" doesn't have to be an actual guy.
- Disneyland Dad
- Distaff Counterpart
- Divine Right of Kings
- Does Not Know His Own Strength
- Doesn't Trust Those Guys
- Domestic Abuse
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Do Not Call Me "Paul"
- Don't Call Me "Sir"
- Don't Tell Mama
- A Doormat to His Men
- Drama Queen
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Dude, Not Funny!
- Dude, Not Ironic
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma
- Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend
- The Emperor
- Emperor Scientist
- Ethical Slut
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Bad women love them, too.
- The Everyman
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Everyone's Baby Sister
- Evil Nephew: Can be an evil niece.
- Evil Uncle: Can be an evil aunt.
- Fall Guy
- Falling into His Arms
- Fans Prefer the New Her
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Tends to be male, but a mother can also reject her child's interests.
- Fat Bastard
- A Father to His Men
- Father, I Want to Marry My Brother
- Felon's Failson: Despite the name, female examples aren't unheard of.
- Femme Fatalons
- First Girl Wins
- Fisher King
- Five-Man Band
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted
- Forgot About His Powers
- Game-Over Man
- Gentleman and a Scholar
- Gentleman Snarker
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
- The Ghost King
- Girl Next Door Turned Superstar
- Girl of My Dreams
- Girl of the Week
- Girls Have Cooties
- Give Him a Normal Life
- God-Mode Sue: As with all Mary Sue tropes, the character in question doesn't have to be female.
- The Good Guys Always Win
- Gossipy Hens
- Grumpy Old Man
- Half the Man He Used to Be
- He Also Did
- He Didn't Make It
- He Knows About Timed Hits
- He Knows Too Much
- Her Boyfriend's Jacket
- Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue"
- He Really Can Act
- A Hero to His Hometown
- He's a Friend
- He's Back!
- He's Dead, Jim
- He's Just Hiding
- He Was Right There All Along
- He Who Fights Monsters
- He Who Must Not Be Seen
- He Will Not Cry, so I Cry for Him
- Hide Your Lesbians
- Highborn Unicorn
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
- His Own Worst Enemy
- Hive Queen
- Hoist by His Own Petard
- Honorary Uncle
- How Dad Met Mom: Could also apply to a non-heterosexual parental couple's meeting.
- Hunter of His Own Kind
- I Am Not My Father
- I Am Not Your Father
- I Am X, Son of Y
- Ice Queen
- Identical Grandson
- I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
- If I Were a Rich Man
- If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!
- If You Taunt Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!
- I Have Brothers
- I Have No Son!
- Implacable Man
- I'm Taking Her Home with Me!
- In Another Man's Shoes
- Incredible Shrinking Man
- Innocent Fanservice Girl
- Invincible Boogeymen
- Irony as She Is Cast
- I Think You Broke Him
- I Want My Mommy!
- Jerk Jock
- Just Eat Him
- Just Hit Him
- Just One Man
- King Incognito: Applies to any royal masquerading as a commoner.
- King Mook
- King of Beasts
- King of the Homeless
- King of Thieves
- King on His Deathbed
- Kingpin in His Gym
- The Kingslayer
- Knight Templar Big Brother
- Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy
- Lady Mondegreen
- Last of His Kind
- Leave Him to Me!
- Let Him Choose
- Let Me at Him!
- Let's You and Him Fight
- Like a Son to Me
- Like Father, Like Son
- Like Father, Unlike Son
- Little Brother Is Watching
- Little Green Man in a Can
- Little Green Men
- Long-Lost Uncle Aesop
- Lost Him in a Card Game
- Lovable Alpha Bitch
- Love Father, Love Son
- Love Goddess
- Luke, I Am Your Father
- Luke, I Might Be Your Father
- Luke, You Are My Father
- Madwoman in the Attic
- Magnificent Bastard
- Malevolent Masked Men
- Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal
- The Man Behind the Curtain
- The Man Behind the Man
- The Man Behind the Monsters
- Man Bites Man
- Manchild
- Man-Eating Plant: Most examples are plants that eat humans in general, rather than male ones specifically.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Tends to be female, though.
- The Man in Front of the Man
- Man in the Machine
- Manipulative Bastard
- The Man in the Mirror Talks Back
- Man of a Thousand Voices
- Man of Kryptonite
- Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
- Man of Wealth and Taste
- Man on Fire
- Maou the Demon King
- Master Swordsman
- The Men First
- The Men in Black
- Misogyny Song
- Missed Him by That Much
- Mister Big
- Mix-and-Match Man
- Money, Dear Boy
- More Hypnotizable Than He Thinks
- Motherly Scientist
- Mother's Day Celebration Plot
- Mr. Exposition
- Mr. Fixit
- Mr. Imagination
- Mr. Vice Guy
- Mum Looks Like a Sister
- Mushroom Man: Applies to any mushroom person.
- My Grandson, Myself
- My Real Daddy
- My Sister Is Off-Limits
- Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize
- Naughty by Night
- Nephewism
- Never Accepted in His Hometown
- Nice Guy
- No Badass to His Valet
- No Hero to His Valet
- No Man Should Have This Power
- Non-Action Guy
- Non-Giving-Up School Guy
- Not Actually His Child
- Not Himself
- Oblivious to His Own Description
- Of Corpse He's Alive
- Officer and a Gentleman
- Off with His Head!
- Older Nephew, Younger Uncle
- Once Killed a Man with a Noodle Implement
- One-Man Army
- Only I Can Kill Him
- Only Sane Man
- Orcus on His Throne
- Original Man
- Our Mermaids Are Different: Also about mermen.
- Parody Sue
- Peacock Girl
- The Performer King
- The Philosopher King
- Phoneaholic Teenager
- Planet Baron
- Playing Catch with the Old Man
- Please Spare Him, My Liege!
- The Pollyanna
- Princesses Rule: Also applies to princes.
- Promoted Fanboy
- Proud Warrior Race Guy
- Psychopathic Manchild
- A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil
- The Puppet Cuts His Strings
- Puppet King
- Racist Grandma
- Raise Him Right This Time
- Rambling Old Man Monologue
- The Real Man
- Red Baron: A trope about epithets.
- Remember the New Guy?
- Renaissance Man
- Rich Bitch
- Risking the King
- Rubber Man
- Screams Like a Little Girl: The scream is high-pitched like a young girls, but the person delivering the scream is often male.
- Self-Made Man
- Serial Romeo
- Shameless Fanservice Girl
- She Cleans Up Nicely
- She Is Not My Girlfriend
- She's a Man in Japan
- She Will Come for Me
- Sins of Our Fathers
- Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
- Sir Swears-a-Lot
- The Smart Guy: The smart member of the team, regardless of gender.
- The Sneaky Guy
- Stacy's Mom
- Stage Mom
- Starring Smurfette
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys
- Straight Man
- Straight Man and Wise Guy
- Struggling Single Mother
- Sucky Salon Visit
- Surprisingly Talented Singer
- Sworn Brothers
- Teach Him Anger
- Tell Him I'm Not Speaking to Him
- Tell Me About My Father
- Team Dad
- Team Mom
- That Man Is Dead
- They Call Him "Sword"
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
- This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself
- This Was His True Form
- Those Two Guys
- Through His Stomach
- To Know Him, I Must Become Him
- To Serve Man
- Uncle Pennybags
- Ungrateful Bastard
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating
- Uptown Girl
- Vigilante Man
- Wanted a Son Instead
- Warrior Prince
- Was Once a Man
- Was Too Hard on Him
- We Can Rebuild Him
- "Well Done, Dad" Guy
- "Well Done, Son" Guy
- What Does She See in Him?
- What He Said
- What Is One Man's Life In Comparison?
- What's Up, King Dude?
- When She Smiles
- Why Are You Not My Son?
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
- Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?
- Widowed at the Wedding
- Wild Man
- Wolf Man
- World's Strongest Man
- Wring Every Last Drop out of Him
- You Can Keep Her!
- You Killed My Father
- You Leave Him Alone!
- You're Not My Father