Basic trope: A character is played by an actor of a different gender.
- Straight:
- The male Bob portrays the female Alice.
- The female Bobbi portrays the male Albert.
- Exaggerated: Every male character is portrayed by a woman and vice-versa.
- Downplayed:
- Bob portrays Alice, but Alice is a minor character, and Bob also portrays a major male character in the same work.
- Bob, who looks like a woman, plays Alice.
- Justified:
- Alice is canonically supposed to look like a man.
- Albert is canonically supposed to look like a woman.
- Inverted: N/A
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zigzagged: Alice is portrayed by a man in some versions, and a woman in others.
- Averted:
- The male Bob portrays the male Albert.
- The female Bobbi portrays the female Alice.
- Enforced:
- The casting agency only lets males audition for Alice's role.
- The casting agency only lets females audition for Albert's role.
- The play is performed by an all male troupe.
- The play is performed by an all female troupe.
- Since all the male actors are playing one of their main roles in this scene, one of the female actors has to play the role of a one-shot male.
- Since all the female actors are playing one of their main roles in this scene, one of the male actors has to play the role of a one-shot female.
- Lampshaded:
- "You look like a man, Alice".
- "You look like a woman, Albert".
- Defied: The studio rules make it clear that to avoid Viewer Gender Confusion, the gender of the character and actor must be in alignment.
- Discussed: ???
- Coversed:: ???
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