Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A general category for jokes that involve men dressing/acting in traditionally feminine ways or being gnc (gender non-conforming) being used as a joke or for shock value. Not to be confused with transmisogyny, or calling trans women men in dresses.
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Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
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DK6407
A male character is swapped into a salsa dress, but this is played off as absurdist humor rather than misogyny.
Video Game Report
Yes
66
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CobaltCosmos
One character, unfortunately a victim, is found postmortem to be AMAB, which surprises many characters seeing as they presented as female. While this is very important to the plot and even ties into the motive for why they were murdered (without necessarily implying that their killer did so for transphobic reasons, at least not consciously), the presentation leans on certain tropes (ex. the character realizing this putting the fact quite crudely while panicking, one character initially acting calm while recounting the situation before suddenly unleashing a long "WHAT?", and a third party who was recently revealed as a serial killer of only men regretting not being the one to kill them), and a character who refers to something resembling this character later as feminine is treated as strange. On top of this, one female character (coincidentally the person investigating the body of previous) is also very muscular and broadly built, and catches a LOT of shit for it, even by the protagonist's thoughts.
TV Show • 1994 Report
Yes
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SiRenfield
Chandler’s “father” is either a trans woman or a VERY convincing drag queen ,but either way a good chunk of the humor relies on this
Movie • 1975 Report
Yes
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mmiileesss
specifically "i thought it was the real thing"
Movie • 1994 Report
Yes
52
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Anonymous
The main plot "reveal" is that the villain is a trans woman, this is met with disgust and misgendering, entirely played for laughs.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
51
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Anonymous
Not so much jokes, but Jules gets a few hate comments for being transgender
Movie • 1989 Report
Yes
47
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HeatherEhch
A character says that guys being caught drinking mineral water is akin to "wearing a dress"
Anime • 2006 Report
Yes
47
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Atlus
Haruhi's father/mother (genderfluid) is often used as a "man in a dress" joke and is often used as a transphobic joke against him, along with multiple slurs (ex., Tr/nny) because of him wearing a dress when he's on screen
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
46
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Mc1s23
Sokka trains with the Kyoshi warriors, a group of warriors who are all women, who make wearing their uniform a requirement for training. The leader convinces him that he should be proud to wear it, but he is then immediately teased for wearing it by a different character waking by.
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
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jdpamv
"Midget in a bikini" is a nonconformity joke, as far as humor about trans women goes Ms. Garrison fits the bill.
Movie • 2020 Report
Yes
43
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Idontcaretofindagoodusername
In the lyrics of "Gee Officer Krupke" there is a line that says "my sister wears a mustache, my brothers wears a dress, goodness gracious thats why Im a mess".
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
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vermin
The dean often wears feminine clothes and is made fun of for it. There are also a few other comments by characters that imply they only see supporting trans people as a way to earn brownie points rather than a legitimate issue. Troy and Pierce are manipulated into wearing “lady’s pantsuits” for laughs as well.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
41
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VegaF8
A shapeshifter is sometimes unable to maintain their form and reverts to their base, masculine presenting form while still in feminine clothes. This is treated as a joke in some scenes.
Movie • 1991 Report
Yes
40
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TheCassandraComplex
The movie handles transgender issues in a clumsy, dated way that can come off comical. The depiction of Buffalo Bill, a serial killer who is crafting himself a woman-suit, is often parodied. However, the film’s intention was not for this character’s behavior to be comedic.
Movie • 1993 Report
Yes
40
No
2
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thespianscreed
The entire premise of the movie, a man dressing up as an elderly woman, is played for laughs.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
40
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4
Movie • 2016 Report
Yes
38
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3
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marabars
in a gorey way yes, art wears a naked woman's body as a suit
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
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35
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oreoicecrem
men do wear dresses but it's because they want to. I'd say this show has pretty good LGBT representation
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
36
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4
10
TFMD
The shark is a big tough-guy character who dresses as a woman in one scene. His appearance and behavior are played for laughs: he speaks in falsetto, pretends to be pregnant and in labor, etc.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
36
No
0
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Littleolme
The Big Bad Wolf, who wears a dress, is called "gender confused" by the Fairy Godmother. Doris, who is a woman but happens to have some traditionally "masculine" traits like deep voice, facial features and body build, is treated as ugly and not fully passing.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
35
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Anime • 2009 Report
Yes
33
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2
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SOSCYBERSLAVE
In part 2 the main protagonist dressed as a woman to try and trick the enemy into letting him inside of a base, so yes? [Tequila Joseph]
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
33
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Delaney.cohenn
In either season 2 or 3, Puck comes in dressed in a wig and dress which is played for laughs.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
32
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0
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Jethro
Ted shows up wearing a dress in one episode, it's not a joke as in "it's funny because he's wearing a dress" but rather an inside joke between the characters, could potentially be upsetting though
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
32
No
5
2
Mandycandyland
Probably at some point with the theatre troupe.
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
31
No
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Vyctor
Not exactly a joke, but at one point Janet gives Susanna a bottle of nail polish saying she got it from “ a transvestite in the mens ward”
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
31
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JayHay
That's it, that's the movie. But one thing that can be appreciated is that they gain a new perspective of what women have to deal with on a daily basis. The film's plot is two guys going undercover as white women in a university setting
Movie • 1960 Report
Yes
29
No
3
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SiRenfield
Not “jokes” but this is on the most infamous examples of the killer cross-dresser trope (that might warrant its own category in the future though)
TV Show • 1989 Report
Yes
28
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2
5
hotfish
There's Something About Marrying ending
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
28
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2
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SlateAxel
There is an episode where Big Macintosh dresses up in a dress and poses as Apple Bloom’s sister so he can compete in the “sisterhooves social” with her. Everypony sees through his disguise almost immediately.