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A fact from Gender flip appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 November 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the gender-flipped story of Warriors was partly inspired by the Gamergate harassment campaign?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis album).

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the header says to "see >>gender swap" for the term used in a different context than recasting.

except the link... redirects to this article?

Shinobody (talk) 11:10, 13 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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But lots of notable examples that could potentially be added back later when sourced:

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.
MacGyver (1985) and MacGyver (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.

Jonathan Deamer (talk) 13:27, 26 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

From history: Saber, Nero (Fate) and many other FGO characters... _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:01, 23 May 2026 (UTC)Reply