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Works which feature only male named characters or only female named characters, but not both. As the examples below demonstrate, most works like this tend towards the former. Commonplace in works in which the setting would [[JustifiedTrope necessitate such a casting choice]]: prison dramas, war films, sports dramas, ''etc.'' However, if employed in settings in which one would expect a gender diverse cast it can come off as incongruous (in some cases to the point of raising UnfortunateImplications). Depending on the choice of gender, it can serve as either the logical extreme of Usefulnotes/TheBechdelTest, or TheSmurfettePrinciple minus the Smurfette herself.

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Works which feature only male named characters or only female named characters, but not both. As the examples below demonstrate, most works like this tend towards the former. Commonplace in works in which the setting would [[JustifiedTrope necessitate such a casting choice]]: prison dramas, war films, sports dramas, ''etc.'' However, if employed in settings in which one would expect a gender diverse cast it can come off as incongruous (in some cases to the point of raising UnfortunateImplications).unfortunate implications). Depending on the choice of gender, it can serve as either the logical extreme of Usefulnotes/TheBechdelTest, or TheSmurfettePrinciple minus the Smurfette herself.
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* Unlike the mixed-gender production studios of the [[Anime/TheIdolmaster first]] [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls two]] series, ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has everyone in 315 Productions be male. The AmbiguousGender producer of the game's Magazines was even adapted into a man here. The games also features Creator/YukoSanpei as the only female voice talent, the rest are all male, even the young children and the WholesomeCrossdresser.

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* Unlike the mixed-gender production studios of the [[Anime/TheIdolmaster first]] [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls two]] series, ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has everyone in 315 Productions be male. The AmbiguousGender producer of the game's Magazines was even adapted into a man here. The games also features Creator/YukoSanpei as the only female voice talent, the rest are all male, even the ones playing the young children and the WholesomeCrossdresser.
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* Unlike the mixed-gender production studios of the [[Anime/TheIdolmaster first]] [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls two]] series, ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has everyone in 315 Productions be male. The AmbiguousGender producer of the game's Magazines was even adapted into a man here.

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* Unlike the mixed-gender production studios of the [[Anime/TheIdolmaster first]] [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls two]] series, ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has everyone in 315 Productions be male. The AmbiguousGender producer of the game's Magazines was even adapted into a man here. The games also features Creator/YukoSanpei as the only female voice talent, the rest are all male, even the young children and the WholesomeCrossdresser.
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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' takes this to the extreme, as not only are all the major characters but all the teachers and students in Utena's school are female (excusable as potentially a OneGenderSchool), the only parents seen are moms, and every incidental background character is also female, with not a single male ever seen. Even Venalita, despite being referred to as male in English due to translator guessing based on early pronoun omission, [[ShesAManInJapan was eventually revealed to also be female]].

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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' ''Gushing Over Magical Girls'' takes this to the extreme, as not only are all the major characters but all the teachers and students in Utena's school are female (excusable as potentially a OneGenderSchool), the only parents seen are moms, and every incidental background character is also female, with not a single male ever seen. Even Venalita, despite being referred to as male in English due to translator guessing based on early pronoun omission, [[ShesAManInJapan was eventually revealed to also be female]].
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* ''Manga/{{Sandland}}'' has very few women onscreen in the entirety of its volume, and the ones that do appear are few-and-far-between nameless extras. The second arc "Angellic Heroes" in the 2024 anime adaptation would later avert this, however, with Princess Ann joining the main cast.

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* ''Manga/{{Sandland}}'' ''Manga/SandLand'' has very few women onscreen in the entirety of its volume, and the ones that do appear are few-and-far-between nameless extras. The second arc "Angellic Heroes" in the 2024 anime adaptation would later avert this, however, with Princess Ann joining the main cast.
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* ''Manga/{{Sandland}}'' has very few women onscreen in the entirety of its volume, and the ones that do appear are few-and-far-between nameless extras. The second arc "Angellic Heroes" in the 2024 anime adaptation would later avert this, however, with Princess Ann joining the main cast.

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* Likewise, in ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', Shinzaburou (the Isuzu household servant) has very few lines, as does Yukari's father.

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* Likewise, In ''Manga/TheGirlIWantIsSoHandsome'', which focuses on a girls' basketball team at a high school (which is implied to be coed, as the {{Bifauxnen}} Shiki wears a male uniform's cardigan) has only female characters. [[TheGhost Shiki's older brother is mentioned in passing but never actually appears]].
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''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', there are only a handful of male characters. Shinzaburou (the Isuzu household servant) has very few lines, as does Yukari's father.father. The MEXT official who [[spoiler:announces Oarai's planed closure]] [[SmallRoleBigImpact has a significant impact but only appears in one scene in the original anime]].


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* In ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', the only male character is Kaori's father, who makes a few short appearances late in the series and is never named.


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* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', all the named characters are female. A handful of extras, like customers at the salon, teachers and students at the characters' school, and Mitsuki's father, are male.
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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' takes this to the extreme, as not only are all the major characters female, all the teachers and students in Utena's school are female (excusable as potentially a OneGenderSchool), the only parents seen are moms, and every incidental background character is also female, with not a single male ever seen. Even Venalita, despite being referred to as male in English due to translator guessing based on early pronoun omission, [[ShesAManInJapan was eventually revealed to also be female]].

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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' takes this to the extreme, as not only are all the major characters female, but all the teachers and students in Utena's school are female (excusable as potentially a OneGenderSchool), the only parents seen are moms, and every incidental background character is also female, with not a single male ever seen. Even Venalita, despite being referred to as male in English due to translator guessing based on early pronoun omission, [[ShesAManInJapan was eventually revealed to also be female]].
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* ''Escape Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' has the titular character himself plus the members of Wrestling/NewDay.

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* ''Escape Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' has the titular character himself plus the (all male) members of Wrestling/NewDay.Wrestling/TheNewDay.
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* ''Escape Wrestling/TheUndertaker'' has the titular character himself plus the members of Wrestling/NewDay.
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* ''Literature/TheLongestJokeInTheWorld'' has only male named characters.
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* The British monster movie ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'' is mocked for this by the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] crew. The only woman who appears is in the background of a crowd scene.

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* The British monster movie ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'' is mocked for this by the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] crew. The only woman who appears is in the background of a crowd scene. Granted, the monster that destroys London in the climax is a female.

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