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A '''gender flip'''<ref name="pdi-20220213"/><ref name="avclub-20210922"/> is when a fictional character is created to have a different sex in another setting or in an adaptation of a work. The Internet meme [[Rule 63]] predicts the prevalence of this.

== Notable examples ==
* [[Sherlock Holmes]]' companion [[Dr. Watson|Dr. John Watson]] (male) are in some adaptations changed to females: Joan Watson in ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' (2012 TV series) or  Jane Watson in ''[[The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987 film)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1987 film)
* ''[[Foundation (Asimov novel)|Foundation]]'' (1951 novel) character [[Gaal Dornick]] was changed to Gall Dornick (female) in ''[[Foundation (TV series)|Foundation]]'' (2021 TV series)
* ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' (1959 novel) character Dizzy Flores (male) was changed to a female in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' (1997 film)
* ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965 novel) character [[Liet Kynes|Liet-Kynes]] (male) was changed to a female in ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'' (2021 film)
* ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967 film) character the Devil (male) was changed to a female in ''[[Bedazzled (2000 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (2000 film) 
* ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' (1973 film) character Lord Summerisle (male) was changed to Sister Summersisle (female) in ''[[The Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' (2006 film)
* ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' (1988 film) characters Beverly & Elliot Mantle (males) were change to females in [[Dead Ringers (miniseries)|''Dead Ringers'']] (2023 miniseries)
* ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995 film) character Jeffrey Goines (male) was changed to Jennifer Goines (female) in ''[[12 Monkeys (TV series)|12 Monkeys]]'' (2015 TV series)
* The 2022 [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]] ''[[The Bad Guys (film)|The Bad Guys]]'', had Mr. Tarantula's gender swapped to a girl in the film from the [[The Bad Guys (book series)|children's book series of the same name]]
* ''[[My Friend Flicka (film)|My Friend Flicka]]'' (1942 film) based on the [[My Friend Flicka|1941 children's book of the same name]] with protagonist and 10-year-old boy Ken McLaughlin changed to a 16 year old teenage girl named Katy McLaughlin in the infamous ''[[Flicka|2006 remake loosely based on the book]]''.

== See also ==
* [[Rule 63]] an [[Internet meme]] that states that, as a rule, "for every given male [[Character (arts)|character]], there is a female version of that character" and vice versa.
* [[Cross-gender acting]], when actors or actresses portray a character of the opposite sex

== References ==
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<ref name="pdi-20220213">[[Agence France-Presse]]"[https://entertainment.inquirer.net/437545/gender-flip-of-film-classic-opens-berlin-fest-under-virus-cloud Gender flip of film classic opens Berlinale under virus cloud]", ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]'', 13 February 2022.</ref>
<ref name="avclub-20210922">Caroline Siede. "[https://www.avclub.com/dear-evan-hansen-is-a-misfire-on-just-about-every-level-1847718189 Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level]", avclub.com, 22 September 2021.</ref>

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