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Anime & Manga

Rio Nakamura: (while Nagisa is wearing swim trunks) Nagisa... you... You're a boy!
Nagisa Shiota: You just noticed?!
Sumire Hara: Do you blame us?

Comic Strips

Hobbes: If we get in National Geographic, maybe I'll get to meet some of those tigress babes they showed in the April issue! Yow wow!
Calvin: Those were females? Really, I don't know how you can even tell the difference.

Film — Animated

Po: (to the Soothsayer) Look, I don't know who you are, but please stand aside, sir.
Viper: (whispering) That's a lady.
Po: Oh! Sorry. The beard threw me. It's kind of misleading - false advertising.

Web Original

Krillin: These aliens are scary, especially that one in the front. Looks like a total FAG.
Gohan: KRILLIN!
Krillin: What? A Freaky Alien Genotype. What'd you think I meant?
Gohan: Oh, I thought you were calling him a derogatory term for a homosexual.
Krillin: THAT THING'S A GUY?!?!?

...wait a minute...
* Beat*
...OH MY FUCKING GOD, THAT'S A GUY?!?!?!
* Beat*
...Stop it, boner.
Rainbow MotherFuckin' Dash ‎, [eponymous blog]

Meinos: Upon intrigue, the White Overlord tells Takatora that- {Record Needle Scratch}
Roshuo (via subtitles): It seems she (the she in question being Redyue) wants to apply human technology in an attempt to resurrect my Queen.
Meinos: She? The... Green Bishop... is a she?! With THAT voice?! I-ih-hoh... How was I supposed to... DAMN YOU GAIM! You're screwing up my Chess Motif! Who's heard of a female bishop?!
Meinos Kaen upon the revelation of Redyue's gender

"Haha, yeah, apparently I'm not very good at making little girls look like little girls. I did another comic a few years ago, and after reading 50 pages of it a friend of mine asked me 'who is this she everyone is referring to? They keep saying she but I don't know who they're talking about, the main character is a boy, right?' So any mistake you make is entirely my fault... and if I ever make a young girl a lead character in anything else, I'm going to give her the longest hair and eyelashes ever"

The White Rabbit: Does anyone know the whereabouts of my niece? One Swift Heart Rabbit by name.
Nostalgia Critic: Wait a minute, Swift Heart is a chick?! I never knew that! Oh, my God, I totally thought he was a dude this whole time! I mean, okay, I don't need all women to wear bows and dresses and stuff, but...some kinda clue would be nice! I mean, you know, bigger eyelashes, or redder lips, or... (A picture of Lola Bunny is seen with the words "Bunny Boobies", accompanied by a dramatic sting.) Nope, nope! We are not opening that door again!
Nostalgia Critic reviewing The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland where he discovers Swift Heart Rabbit is a chick

In a society where pronouns have never been more significant, our canine friend seems to get a pretty raw deal. Because outside of my local newspaper headline, I have heard Bluey be referred to as a boy, or as a "he" more times than I can count.
Shona Hendley on Bluey, Kidspot

I am so tired of everyone [being] mistaken [about] my gender and species. Is it really that hard? OK, the gender thing I can understand. Blue is stereotypically a 'boys' colour, and Linny kind of sounds like 'Lenny'. To an extent, I get that. But the species?! Come on!
Tumblr user impersonating Linny from Wonder Pets!

He has a high voice, and the name "Big Bird" doesn't tell you anything about his gender, only that he's big. And a bird, I suppose. He's usually nude, so one can't infer anything from his clothing choices (perhaps it would be easier if he wore a tuxedo all the time, or a Sesame Street men's lacrosse team jersey). And he's too young to grow a beard. But anyone who watches Sesame Street on anything resembling a regular basis will hear other characters referring to him as a "he", so there should really be no confusion.
Ryan Roe on Sesame Street, Tough Pigs

I can't wait for the inevitable Pokémon fan-artist who speed draws Grusha with massive tits thinking it's easy RTs only to find out he's actually a dude.
Ultima, this post (NSFW)

Wait, Terk is a girl?! I never knew that!

Western Animation

"So, you're probably a girl, right? Wrong? No, I was right the first time. (Beat) Wrong?


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