Gender Flip

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Notable examples

* Sherlock Holmes' companion Dr. John Watson (male) is in some adaptations changed to females: Joan Watson in ''Elementary'' (2012 TV series) or Jane Watson in ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (1987 film)
* '' Foundation'' (1951 novel) character Gaal Dornick (male) was changed to Gaal Dornick (female) in '' Foundation'' (2021 TV series)
* ''Starship Troopers'' (1959 novel) character Dizzy Flores (male) was changed to a female in ''Starship Troopers'' (1997 film)
* ''Dune'' (1965 novel) character Liet-Kynes (male) was changed to a female in ''Dune'' (2021 film)
* '' Bedazzled'' (1967 film) character the Devil (male) was changed to a female in '' Bedazzled'' (2000 film)
* ''The Wicker Man'' (1973 film) character Lord Summerisle (male) was changed to Sister Summersisle (female) in ''The Wicker Man'' (2006 film)
* '' Dead Ringers'' (1988 film) characters Beverly & Elliot Mantle (males) were change to females in ''Dead Ringers'' (2023 miniseries)
* ''12 Monkeys'' (1995 film) character Jeffrey Goines (male) was changed to Jennifer Goines (female) in ''12 Monkeys'' (2015 TV series)
* The 2022 DreamWorks '' The Bad Guys'', had Mr. Tarantula's gender swapped to a girl in the film from the children's book series of the same name
* ''My Friend Flicka'' (1943 film) based on the 1941 children's book of the same name with protagonist and 10-year-old boy Ken McLaughlin changed to a 16-year-old girl named Katy McLaughlin in the infamous 2006 remake loosely based on the book.
* ''Doctor Who''. The long-running British television series features "regeneration" of the lead character. In 2018, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to play the eponymous Doctor.
* ''Frequency'' (2000 film) and ''Frequency'' (2016 TV series): John Sullivan, played by Jim Caviezel in the movie, was changed to a female character, Raimy Sullivan, played by Peyton List, in the television series.
* On ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)'', Kono Kalakaua, who was a male character in the '' original 1968 series'', played by Zulu, was changed to a female character, played by Grace Park.
* John Hillerman's character from ''Magnum, P.I.'', Jonathan Higgins, was changed to a female character, Juliet Higgins, played by Perdita Weeks, in the 2018 reboot.
* '' MacGuyver'' (1985) and '' MacGuyver'' (2016): The character of Peter Thornton (played by Dana Elcar) in the original series was changed to Patricia Thornton (played by Sandrine Holt) in the 2016 series.
* ''Dynasty'' (1981) and ''Dynasty'' (2017): The female character of Sammy Jo, played by Heather Locklear, was changed to a male character, Samuel Jones, played by Rafael de la Fuente, in the reboot.
* The character of Robert McCall, played by Edward Woodward on ''The Equalizer'' (1985), and Denzel Washington in the 2014 film and its sequels, was changed to a female character, Robyn McCall, played by Queen Latifah, on the '' 2021 reboot''.
* In the 1987 film '' Overboard'', the plot was about a single Father with three sons, claiming an amnesiac Woman as his wife and Mother of his sons. The genders are reversed in the '' 2018 remake'', with a single Mother with three daughters, claiming an amnesiac Man as her husband and Father of her daughters.

See also

* Rule 63, an Internet meme that states that, as a rule, "for every given male 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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Gender roles
Gender studies
Gender fluidity
Casting controversies