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"You're the... guy... right?"
Snoutlout, checking if the person he was about to hit in anger was Tuffnut or his Half Identical Twin sister, Ruffnut, Dragons: Riders of Berk, "Viking for Hire"

"He's not here, is she?"
Scout talking about Pyro, Team Fortress 2

Frylock: Meatwad, you can’t possibly be pregnant!
Meatwad: Yee of little faith! How do you know that?
Frylock: Well first of you’re a ma... well... You’re kind of a... I dunno, you’re a male!
Meatwad: I am?! Awwweesome! That is so cool, I always wanted a gender!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, "Gee Whiz"

"Are you a Mr. or a Ms.?"
"Dr."
"But are you a man or a woman?"
"I'm a scientist."
"No, what's in your pants?"
"Physics."

"You should be women, and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so."
Macbeth on the three witches, Macbeth

Wayne: Alex's a chick, right?
Guy: Sure.
[63 strips later]
Lars: Alex's a dude, right?
Wayne: I'll give you a thousand dollars if you find out.

"My dear sir, there are individuals roaming the streets of Fallen London at this very moment with the faces of squid! Squid! Do you ask them their gender? And yet you waste our time asking trifling and impertinent questions about mine? It is my own business, sir, and I bid you good day."

Boy or Girl?
Yes.
— Tagline for Symptoms Of Being Human

Gimli: It's true, you don't see many dwarf women. In fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they are often mistaken for dwarf men.
Aragorn: [whispering] It's the beards. [mimes a beard; Éowyn chuckles]
Gimli: And this in turn has given rise to the belief that there are no dwarf women! And that dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground! [Éowyn laughs] ...which is of course, ridiculous!

Got your mother in a whirl
She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
David Bowie, "Rebel Rebel" (from the album Diamond Dogs)

Vaati: I suppose I could try seducing her [for information]. [Beat] She is a woman, right?
Dr. Featherton: ...I have no idea. But either way, I strongly recommend just asking politely instead.

Yang: With Candle gone, I thought of the perfect new alliance!
Yin: He wants to make a boy's club.
Yang: Stay out of my brain journal!
Paintbrush: I'm nonbinary.
Yang: I mean... anti-girl club.

You can't say if this is a boy or a girl. The voice, build. It's hard to tell.
— Mickey's description, Degrees of Lewdity

Are you guys even guys? Let's maybe get some diversity here!
Whisk talking about the Goonies, Sunset Paradise

"Male? Female? It's a rabbit, who cares."

Stella Carlin: Women.
Piper Chapman: And you don't consider yourself a member of that category?
Stella Carlin: I do. But only because my options are limited.

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