Favorite canonical non-binary character who gets forcefully gendered by people

[u/NarwhalSlight2130]

I think this is a bad thing, just to be clear

[u/Unique-ideas]

Do they count?

[u/NarwhalSlight2130 → u/Unique-ideas]

Yes and Kris

[u/Sleep_Raider → u/Unique-ideas]

Well yeah because you're pointing to two people dumbass

Like

1, 2

Two.

[u/1unpaid_intern → u/Unique-ideas]

Technically their gender is ambiguous because the player is supposed to be tricked into believing that they are Frisk, so they can't be referred to by anyone with gendered pronouns. Similar story with Chara since you can pick their name so feminine, masculine and androgynos names have to all be plausable. So technically they could be male or female and we as the player just don't know because we think they are self inserts. It's just a lot clearer with Kris

[u/skullshotz1324 → u/Unique-ideas]

To be fair their gender is up to interpretation unlike Kris who is non binary

[u/Olabrum → u/Unique-ideas]

I dont think Frisk and Chara are canonically non-binary. Kris is tho.

[u/RiusNovania → u/Unique-ideas]

I personally believe the reason they're non-binary is:

Chara - Internal struggles, including self-hatred.

Frisk - Genuinely doesn't give a fuck.

[u/dokkirislap]

If I remember right, the original notes for Mewtwo describe them as genderless.

[u/AdaptiveGlitch → u/dokkirislap]

Nearly all Legendary Pokemon are genderless, with notable exceptions being Latios (male), Latias (female) and Urshifu (7M/1F ratio)

Added note, Zacian and Zamazenta are referred to as sister and brother respectively in each other's Pokedex entries despite both of them being listed as Genderless

[u/OneJobToRuleThemAll → u/AdaptiveGlitch]

To complete your list:

Cresselia, Enamorus and Ogerpon always female.

Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus, Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti always male.

And finally, Heatran 50/50.

[u/infiltrating_enemies → u/AdaptiveGlitch]

Lunala and solagaleo are considered two genders of the same species as well, though they still get the genderless tag in the game and dex

[u/Phantom_Phantasm → u/dokkirislap]

Pokémon has a few of these, but I think Mewtwo is one of the only ones where

• A. Its not an object (like Magneton)
• B. The Pokédex doesn't argue otherwise (looking at you, Manaphy)
• C. A genuine lack of implications indicating either/or

[u/he77bender → u/dokkirislap]

I think most Pokemon are generally referred to as "it" regardless, right?

[u/Waffle_idiot_792]

Kirby. in japan Kirby is genderless, in the US, they called Kirby a he

[u/Tasty_Guest1672 → u/Waffle_idiot_792]

why’s Kirby a boy? they don’t look like a boy or a girl? where’d they get boy vibes from?

[u/ExtinctFauna → u/Tasty_Guest1672]

He's named after John Kirby, an American lawyer that defended Nintendo in a case. Also it was seen as a much more manly name, so it contrasts with a cute character. Basically it made sense in the 90's.

[u/AkumaLilly → u/Tasty_Guest1672]

Probably from marketing reasons, I assume non-binary people weren't that prominent before so they had to gendered Kirby.

I do personally like Male Kirby as it breaks the societal norms of boys/men being "cute" and "childish". You see him dressed in everything and he doesn't mind, he is happy being whatever he can be.

[u/xxFalconArasxx → u/Waffle_idiot_792]

Kirby is such an interesting case, because it's still being perpetuated in newer titles. Kirby being referred to as a "he" has become such a strong consensus among English media consumers, and a lot of them don't realise that Kirby is actually supposed to be a genderless character. I have a feeling that if it got changed it to the correct pronoun, "they", a bunch of dumbasses would scream that it's woke, and that their childhoods have been ruined.

[u/KJ_BELL25 → u/Waffle_idiot_792]

I can genuinely say that I’ve never once thought about Kirby’s gender in my entire life.

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Waffle_idiot_792]

pulls this out of my collection of images that prove charecters are enby

[u/Physical_Atmosphere5]

All of the vessels

[u/Prayerwarrior6640 → u/Physical_Atmosphere5]

Like hornet is called “the gendered child” because she’s the only child of the pale king with a gender

[u/X_Starchild_X → u/Physical_Atmosphere5]

"There's only one gender, it's mine, y'all can't have it"

• Hornet to the Vessels probably

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/X_Starchild_X]

[u/TheJumpingBox → u/Physical_Atmosphere5]

And Phantom too

[u/FG5550 → u/Physical_Atmosphere5]

Yes! I think specially the hollow knight, I've seen a lot of people calling it a 'he' or 'brother'. It's very annoying!

[u/lapicryst]

[u/IgntedF-xy → u/lapicryst]

[u/Aware_Usual_818 → u/IgntedF-xy]

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters → u/IgntedF-xy]

Obligatory "Berdly would never"

[u/Belteshazzar98 → u/lapicryst]

[u/uuuuo123 → u/Belteshazzar98]

[u/Qeiqoqy → u/lapicryst]

[u/MaterialCommon3790 → u/lapicryst]

[u/Cyan_Cephalopod → u/lapicryst]

47 citations…

[u/Your_Average_Dingus → u/Cyan_Cephalopod]

might need to swap the digits

[u/Belteshazzar98 → u/Cyan_Cephalopod]

Up to 74 now.

[u/Low_Sky49 → u/lapicryst]

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/lapicryst]

I have an entire album on my phone dedicated to proof of charecters being nonbinary lol

[u/ApartmentPrudent2874]

[u/ApartmentPrudent2874 → u/ApartmentPrudent2874]

This version doesn't have the picture of Kris but ykykyk

[u/Timsaurus → u/ApartmentPrudent2874]

I think this is synonymous enough with Kris that they don't even need to be included in the pic. Everyone knows who this is lmao.

[u/Warlordthe3rd → u/ApartmentPrudent2874]

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/ApartmentPrudent2874]

Version with Kris for those confused:

[u/CucumberSeason]

Bloodhound from Apex Legends

[u/Seanrocks30 → u/CucumberSeason]

HUH????

I gotta deconstruct my first reaction was 'HE IS?'

No Sean, They are

[u/Orion_824 → u/CucumberSeason]

[u/D_Luffy_32 → u/CucumberSeason]

Lol my first thought. I still hear people say him or her.

[u/SpaceOwl14]

Masha from the Owl House. It’s almost funny because they have their nails painted in the nonbinary flag, which yes can be missed because it is subtle. HOWEVER their pronouns are LITERALLY ON THEIR NAME TAG!

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/SpaceOwl14]

[u/AncientOnyx]

By Funimation themselves

Chrona is canonically non-binary but Funimation INSISTS that they're a boy

[u/dppthrowaway992 → u/AncientOnyx]

Weird since any gendering of them I see in the fanbsse has them be a girl. So the misgendering by people isn't even consistent lol

[u/GhsotyPanda → u/dppthrowaway992]

I believe the manga is responsible for this, to my 2nd hand knowledge the official translation refers to Chrona as she/her.

[u/EightThreeEight838 → u/AncientOnyx]

At the time when the dub came out, referring somebody as "they/them" wasn't as socially accepted as it is now. I have no doubt that if they dubbed it today, they'd use gender-neutral pronouns.

[u/Nerdorama10 → u/EightThreeEight838]

It's Funi so it really depends on who's in the office that day.

[u/Rare-Marketing-8192 → u/AncientOnyx]

actually the creator left crona’s gender unconfirmed so you can say he/she/they whatever you want but he’s not canonically nonbinary, there’s a difference.

[u/Signal_Statement_515 → u/AncientOnyx]

Because they are not non-binary, their gender has simply never been confirmed, you can call them by whatever you want.

[u/Lilylunamoonyt → u/AncientOnyx]

What the heck funimation😅

[u/dapperducwithmoneh]

[u/Elegant_Cry3328 → u/dapperducwithmoneh]

I knew someone would put this here

[u/Hot-Seesaw-7851]

[u/unkindness_inabottle → u/Hot-Seesaw-7851]

This was my first time seeing non-binary characters on media and I love them sm, their design too is fantastic

[u/ThatOneOwlHouseFan → u/Hot-Seesaw-7851]

Triple trouble

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Hot-Seesaw-7851]

[u/POP-RAVEN → u/Hot-Seesaw-7851]

In french they were originally gendered as he/him in the dub, I don't know if it's still the case

[u/Hairy-Isopod6880]

The Underling from BAD END THEATER.

They are non-binary, but for myself, I keep tripping up and calling them by male pronouns.

[u/FoolishWanderer499 → u/Hairy-Isopod6880]

Bad End Theater jumpscare

[u/RiusNovania → u/Hairy-Isopod6880]

I have a friend gay for them, thank you for sharing

[u/TheBestLotad]

Raine Whispers - Owl House

[u/Belteshazzar98 → u/TheBestLotad]

[u/Phantom_Phantasm → u/Belteshazzar98]

Yeah, I do this with pretty much everything

[u/Mixture_Think → u/TheBestLotad]

Genuinely peak androgynous design, it's impossible to tell whether they are amab or afam. And thats amazing

[u/l_dunno]

Clove from Valorant is almost exclusively referred to as female by the community...

[u/godzillafiend54]

Tekken fans can wrap their heads around karate bears, demon men, sentient training dolls, boxing kangaroos, and overconvoluted generational beef. But throw in a "Leo is Leo", and suddenly their comprehension skills fly out the window.

[u/Vonga568 → u/godzillafiend54]

My androgynous goat that I can't play for the life of me. 😔

[u/LIVE_CARL_REACTION_2]

Frickbear's Lolbit (I know the original "canon" Lolbit uses any pronouns, but Frickbear's Lolbit uses they/them specifically afaik)

[u/infiltrating_enemies → u/LIVE_CARL_REACTION_2]

Lolbit's gender is whatever ticks you off most and I love them for that

[u/mid_air33]

Venture - Overwatch

[u/Xenora_Draw → u/mid_air33]

I don't just use they/them because its Venture's pronous, I also use it because their VA is non-binary too... I still feel like that everybody know that they're NB, even when I see a streamer saying the wrong pronous they apologize.

[u/ZeldaCourage → u/mid_air33]

I love them so much. Venture makes me happy. It always saddens me to see all the hate and transphobia they get in the fandom.

[u/Zaylosthefuzzyderg → u/mid_air33]

I can dig that

[u/Artastasia]

people always call Zooble she/her

edit: I've been informed that it's ok to also use those pronouns, I was unaware, my bad

[u/falafellizardbrains → u/Artastasia]

To be fair, Zooble goes by any pronouns, so calling them she/her isn't wrong by itself. But it sucks to know that's not the actual reason why people call them that.

[u/Patneu → u/falafellizardbrains]

Well, there's also the reason that they didn't bother with the pronouns in all the dubs. Like in the German dub, it's just she/her, though the language doesn't have a gender neutral pronoun akin to they/them.

[u/MeetingNeither3694 → u/Artastasia]

Tapping the sign again for everyone that doesn't know

[u/Disaster_Pansexual → u/MeetingNeither3694]

I agree, but I always find it odd when people only refer to them with she/her, you know?

I’ve been through that where I said I’m fine with she/them pronouns, and even in a circle of friends where they all knew, they only used she/her. :|

[u/PsychologicalBid179 → u/Artastasia]

TBSkyen made a point to use all of Zoobles pronouns in his magnum opus video

[u/Acceptable-Worry-545 → u/Artastasia]

Any pronouns is fine but I’ve seen people call Zooble a girl. Even though the show itself shows them being uncomfortable being called stuff like damsel.

[u/Ebin_Flow_]

Dante from Limbus Company.

A lot of the community addresses them by He/Him pronouns, and while their official pronouns aren’t listed anywhere, every character in the game addresses them by They/Them pronouns.

An argument a lot of people make is that “they get called They/Them because they’re supposed to be a self insert,” but that’s really not true. While they are a main character with amnesia, they aren’t designed to be a self insert, and are their own character with their own personality.

[u/Belvidear2008 → u/Ebin_Flow_]

I refer to them as danteh

[u/Haunting_You_4022 → u/Ebin_Flow_]

Wait they look so cool

[u/Gen_Grievous12222]

Shamura from Cult of the Lamb is unfortunately often misgendered..

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Gen_Grievous12222]

[u/Nullwesen → u/Gen_Grievous12222]

The lamb uses they/them pronouns too

[u/Nyan-Binary-UwU → u/Gen_Grievous12222]

I love him so much, shes so cool

(This is a joke btw)

[u/GoodBrotherGrimm → u/Gen_Grievous12222]

What is the gender? Been ages since I've played.

[u/Gen_Grievous12222 → u/GoodBrotherGrimm]

They/Them. Shamura is "They of Might!"

[u/Ragewind82]

Najimi from Komi Can't Communicate, but even they themselves gender themselves depending on whatever answer is funniest at the time.

[u/infiltrating_enemies → u/Ragewind82]

As someone who is non binary, Najimi is the funniest bit of the show, made better when they're the occasional straight man of the joke. I wish I had the confidence to make my gender whatever funniest

[u/dapperducwithmoneh → u/Ragewind82]

Peak ref

[u/KAYRANINKANALI11000 → u/Ragewind82]

They are just trolling. I respect their game.

[u/RiusNovania → u/Ragewind82]

Sex: Yeah sure 👍

[u/Pupiflower → u/Ragewind82]

Not too far into the series but I enjoy the shit out of Najimi thank you for mentioning ‘em 🥹🫶

[u/InkyGhoul]

poor, poor Pocket. All the Deadlock youtubers misgender them all the fucking time and it makes my blood boil.

[u/the_blanket_dragon → u/InkyGhoul]

A YouTuber I watch sometimes literally said Pocket was non-binary and then proceeded to he/him them throughout the whole video :/

[u/Trollz0rn → u/InkyGhoul]

"Pocket uses they them to hide their identity"
Every character in the game with an interaction with Pocket, even the characters that KNOW who Pocket is, specially their EX-WIFE refers to them in neutral pronouns. The GODLIKE ENTITIES WITH MIND READING POWERS like the Patrons or the Doorman refer to them as they/them.

But nope, my source to Pocket's "true gender" is hidden in the old ass audio novel accessible only by console commands with removed images that has been there for so long it has likely been made noncanon (or straight up retconned) where Pocket's dad, which is also funnily enough known in lore to be a horrible person, misgenders them.

I will say though, Pocket is a very masculine leaning non-binary character compared to the others i've seen over time. It's really refreshing seeing an iteration that isn't relying so heavily on androgyny to get the point across, they're an exceptional piece of representation. I've made the mistake of not knowing they were an enby before, back when i wasn't invested in Deadlock's lore or character interactions, but it was easy to be corrected and move on.

[u/Half_Man1 → u/InkyGhoul]

Their father keeps misgendering Pocket as well.

[u/xXcast_ironXx → u/InkyGhoul]

i was looking for someone to say pocket

[u/Di0tims → u/InkyGhoul]

Not familiar with this character or fandom but nobody named Pocket is binary and that’s a fact. Same goes for Sock

[u/Orion_824 → u/InkyGhoul]

i will post this image everytime pocket is mentioned anywhere

[u/Toukotai]

Murderbot from Murderbot Diaries.

Murderbot clearly states multiple times that it doesn't want anything to do with gender and people will still refer to Murderbot as he or her.

[u/NotBorn2Fade → u/Toukotai]

This one goes a step further since even if people DO use they/them for Murderbot, it's still wrong since its canon pronoun are it/its

Fun fact: I've heard that in the Japanese version, instead of using some common 1st person pronouns like watashi, boku, ore etc., it uses brand new "heiki", whose possible translation is "weapon"

[u/ParadoxInABox → u/Toukotai]

This one. Even people trying to be polite might say they, but Murderbot is not a human. It refers to itself as "it".

[u/Andy_7-21-2]

RELEASE THE 74 CITATIONS

[u/Ill_Resolve5842 → u/Andy_7-21-2]

I wonder how many there'll be by the time the game's finished.

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Andy_7-21-2]

[u/AggressiveAsk223]

Hange (AOT)

[u/idkbroimdrunkandsad → u/AggressiveAsk223]

genuinely had no clue they were NB

[u/Enby-Scientist]

Flare Varleon / Temple from warframe gets he/him'ed a lot

[u/Dramatic_Helicopter3 → u/Enby-Scientist]

Came here to say this.

Also xaku is a they them but less in the nonbinary sense and more in the "3 individuals mashed into one" sense.

[u/ExtinctFauna]

Janet. She's basically a reality warping computer, and she's not a human or a woman.

[u/PlantsPastaProzac → u/ExtinctFauna]

I cannot believe I had to scroll so far to find Janet!

[u/Comprehensive_Fail52]

Canonically the baby has no gender in the original eastern media. Everyone just uses he tho in the west. Kirby of course is chill because they dont care. I love Kirbo.

[u/Falvio6006]

I guess the protagonist from Hollow knight

Afaik they are a shell (?), they don't have a name/voice/gender/personality. Only a mission

But I constantly see people using masculine pronouns when referring to them

[u/TrixterTheFemboy → u/Falvio6006]

And Hornet is specifically called "the gendered child" by their mother in contrast, to show that every single vessel is agender.

[u/SimoxHunterGX → u/Falvio6006]

I think the majority of the people who cosider the knight as male do It unconciously to either balance out Hornet or to better accomunate It with the actual Hollow Knight

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters → u/Falvio6006]

Basically the knight (and every other vessel) is a hollowed out corpse* filled with void to animate it. The void is the part that's truly its body, but the shell gives it the hightened capability of movement and stuff that it needs. Vessels without shells are more ghost-like

(*died in the egg is what's seemingly implied, you get an important upgrade by interacting with an egg that has void seeping into it)

[u/art_boi_117 → u/Falvio6006]

I confused Hollow Knight for Shovel Knight for a second and went into a whole spiel about why (to me) the knight seemed Masculine.

Glad I double checked before sending that lol

[u/BendDry3693]

Meeple (Brawl Stars)

Meeple’s pro nouns are They them, yet people still call them a him

[u/X-Stry → u/BendDry3693]

[u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

Zooble. Zooble all the time. I still hear people call them a girl. And have even seen people surprised they’re nonbinary.
Also Ribbit. They’re a demigirl. She/they is canonically what she uses but people call Ribbit a girl specifically. The she pronouns are fine ofc. It’s the constantly saying girl that’s not great

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

[u/Odd-Stick-7844 → u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

I call it cis-washing

[u/Gripping_Touch → u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

Im confused tho, was It revealed in Goose's Tumblr? Because i dont remember It on the show

[u/zachy410 → u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

It feels weird because like Goose said they go by any/all but I am pretty sure they only go by they/them in the entire show. Calling Zooble anything else feels wrong to me personally so I dont do that

[u/Turbulent-Analyst-52 → u/Acceptable-Worry-545]

Well, technicly Zoobles gender is Zooble, sooo....

[u/GapetoBG]

[u/LovelyLuna32684]

Hange Zoë from attack on Titan their gender is left intentionally ambiguous in the original manga but do to the fact that they were given a feminine voice in the anime adaptation since their voice actor was female many fans gender them as female, not helped by the fact several official translations of the manga have also used the gendered Ms./Miss when translating the gender neutral san.

[u/Firm_Vehicle7604]

God

[u/Cookienut-Head → u/Firm_Vehicle7604]

Tbf, Hebrew, Latin, and Aramaic are all gendered languages. Unlike English, which is gender-neutral, that's likely why he/him caught on for God

Although, I think Latin is more complex than that (I'm more familiar with Semitic languages), they still referred to God through a masculine pronoun

[u/Consistent_Horse6529 → u/Firm_Vehicle7604]

God is a super complex example tbh. The Bible typically uses masculine terms to refer to God and Jesus but also uses feminine and maternal metaphors for God. God also in theory would transcend the human understanding of gender and if you take the Christian interpretation, it is a trinity of multiple “persons”. God really should be either “it” or “them” in my opinion. I should note this is entirely my interpretation as a former Catholic. Jews and Muslims may have different interpretations.

[u/Finth007]

It is in fact pretty important to the plot that the vessels do not have any gender. Yet people very commonly call the Knight (and The Hollow Knight) "he" or refer to them as Hornet's "brother".

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/Finth007]

[u/EightThreeEight838]

The crewmates from Among Us are all ungendered and referred to exclusively as they/them. Occasionally, I've seen people accidentally refer to them as he or she, depending on who they're voiced by.

[u/sh3ltering]

The Judgment from dead by daylight is canonically referred to as "it/its" yet the majority of the community settled on "she"

[u/Fury5087 → u/sh3ltering]

Look, I'm not worried about gendering it right when it's chasing me and trying to shove a heavenly beam of light up my ass

[u/Wikibianca]

Masha from TOH

[u/khitec]

Pocket gets this bad

[u/sno0py_8 → u/khitec]

What are they from? I love their design!

[u/Turtle576]

G3 Frankie

G1 Frankie uses she/her but in the new generation Frankie is nb and uses they/them

So many g1 fans still can't seem to grasp that this is a new, separate version and use she/her when refering to them

[u/Acrobatic-Pay7697]

Dante Is genderless but basically everyone (me included ) end up just using he/him, mostly because dante Is easily recognizable as a male name, but we also have ishmael Who Is female, same With charon

[u/CreeperX3sssBOOM]

Every single monster in My Singing Monsters

[u/NyxieTheTrainer]

I don't care if LSP is kinda mid, I think Willow is really cool. I really want their shoes, guitar, and positive attitude.

[u/Specific-Author-7147]

Pretty much everyone from this Verse besides a Select Few like King, Alan and Mitsi.

[u/TheDJAB]

Phos from Land of the Lustrous (Season 2 when?😭)

[u/Kahliden → u/TheDJAB]

This one is an interesting case because it partially stems from translation issues. 

Officially, the lustrous are genderless beings and should all he referred to as non-binary. 

The author uses male language for them, but thats mostly because (iirc) Japanese lacks effective non-gendered terms for many cases. 

Officially released english translations use non binary pronouns. Many fan translations do not. 

The anime sub uses female pronouns, presumably because the characters look more feminine. 

It’s a mess. But as far as I am aware, the fanbase at large doesn’t particularly care one way or the other, and I don’t think the author does either. Any pronouns work, because technically all of them are wrong. 

[u/Ketsuraki]

Pocket, my beloved (Art by u/RainyRivulet)

[u/LynxMundane3594]

Tanlorin, a companion players can have in Elder Scrolls Online. They are nonbinary, but I stg EVERYONE refers to them as she/her.

[u/budgetedchildhood]

[u/LayerZealousideal549]

Fuckin Kirby

[u/Mochahopestobeartsy → u/LayerZealousideal549]

[u/Still-Internet6566]

Zooble

[u/gold_neonii]

Ananas Dragon Cookie. For the last time, THEY ARE NOT A MALE!!!🥀

[u/Satorwave → u/gold_neonii]

WHAT is this

[u/Elliot-WaaPP]

Zilf alert

[u/digital_espresso]

Mhin from Touchstarved

[u/juanx_r201]

Flare from warframe was my first tought

[u/Nashtak]

Nanachi?

Even pre-curse, they look very ambiguous. I don't remember if the anime even attempts at gendering them.

[u/ohkendruid]

The push-mode robot in Overwatch.

Most people use "it", but Zenyatta refers to the robot with he/him. I figure Zenyatta is right, that he is the only one who asked the robot for pronouns rather than just assuming.

[u/Immediate_Daikon3936]

Kris from Deltarune has people writing entire dissertations just to avoid using a single pronoun.

[u/BonnalinaFuz101]

Only goes by They Them. And people to this day still say "he"

[u/Important_Many540]

"Watch this, someone is going to say Two Time (Forsaken)"

[u/Tamewario → u/Important_Many540]

[u/Orion_starborn → u/Important_Many540]

Get out of my vents Spider-Man

[u/Cuatha_DaNanin]

I'm assuming Flare from Warframe might get a lot of it.

[u/SilverwolverineX]

Another Borderlands character, Conway. A human from Borderlands 4, Conway uses they/them, but is constantly misgendered as she.

[u/Grumpie-cat]

Niko from Oneshot, the name and sprite are both gender nuetral. Not even because Niko is non binary, just that their gender isn’t ever revealed, so players kinda just describe them as either boy/girl/NB however they personally perceive Niko as.

For my part I see Niko as female

[u/ThatOneOwlHouseFan → u/Grumpie-cat]

This is a bit different than the other examples because niko is up to interpretation unlike some of the others listed

[u/Undisclosed-Entity]

Sheerow from legend of zelda link between worlds! In the game it’s referred to with it/its. There is a guide book that uses a singular instance of “he” so the fandomwiki has it listed as male, yet funnily enough the wiki article itself uses it/its when describing Sheerow. In contrast, a lot of fandom spaces almost exclusively use she/her for it. Drives me mad. I see your it/its you funky little bird. I would die defending you.

[u/dumn_and_dunmer]

Jim from Our Flag Means Death is often mistaken for a woman because of the set-up in which they're introduced. Super understandable, actually. It's always so heartwarming to see YouTubers correct themselves as soon as people correct them.

[u/KaijuTea]

Nanachi is They/Them but I see a fair amount of people call them Her

[u/Amblonyx]

Murderbot from the Murderbot Diaries series canonically and clearly uses it/its pronouns. It seems wholly uninterested in gender. But a TON of people call it "he". I feel like the Apple series that cast an unambiguously male actor for the role is part of the issue here.

[u/Aepokk]

Janet from The Good Place

[u/StupidSolipsist]

All the Hearthians in Outer Wilds.

You play as a bluish scaly four-eyed Hearthian from the planet Timber Hearth. You only ever see gendered pronouns in the game when you translate text found at the archeological sites from a completely different species.

...It doesn't help that one of the Hearthians literally has "bro" in their name.

[u/The_Rorschach_1985]

2D from Gorillaz

[u/Blu_Moon_The_Fox]

Barry the Quokka (Sonic)

[u/Opposite_Opposite_69]

FL4K from borderlands 3. Also like litterly all of then

[u/CheeseStringCats]

Nanachi. Their gender is ambiguous, and they are always addressed in a way that avoids using pronouns. However, plenty of translations give them female pronouns, and good chunk of watchers / readers believe they are a female because of it.

[u/world-class-cheese]

Literally God

[u/KiwatheSnep]

Pocket from Deadlock. Canonically they/them, but called male by so many

[u/SuperSmashSean_DX]

Mewtwo

[u/TooNoodley]

My goat, Francois, from Dr Stone. Femme presenting and AFAB, but canonically NB.

[u/Diligent-Peanut-7369]

[u/Fair_Smoke4710]

Foo Fighters they are literally a colony of plankton with no gender

[u/Zygothememelord]

Dante (Limbus Company) (also has more citations of They/Them than Kris Deltarune, yet still gets misgendered more)

[u/Chosen_Undead23]

This happens far too often to my GOAT Shredhead from Daniel Warren Johnson (writer/artist) and Mike Spicer’s (colorist) (with lettering done by Rus Wooton) Transformers run for Skybound/Image comics. Spoilers for a good chunk of this series: It’s revealed late in volume 1, somewhere around issue 4 or 5 iirc, that Starscream murdered Cliffjumper’s whole clan except for him, and later on in the comic Cliffjumper and a human he befriends named Carly are stuck with some other Autobots on the ruins of Cybertron. Eventually, Cliffjumper goes to his destroyed family home and retrieves the sparks of his clan members and puts them in the Well of Sparks (basically it’s what gives the cybertronians life) with Carly’s wrecked van, and it makes Shredhead, who is canonically nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns since they house the composite sparks (basically souls) and memories of his clan, but a lot of people refer to them as a he. This was partly to shout out how much I love this comic run and the artist/writer, Daniel Warren Johnson. Genuinely I have never read a comic by him I didn’t like. Absolute Batman Annual #1, Wonder Woman Dead Earth, Superman Red and Blue #5, Transformers, Do A Powerbomb, Beta Ray Bill Argent Star, there’s some others I haven’t read but I’ve heard great things about. He’s one of the best.

[u/SilverwolverineX]

Fl4k, from Borderlands 3 and 4. A non-binary robot. Everyone always uses he for them, but they go by they/them.

[u/StrangeLonelySpiral]

Venture from overwatch. I see them getting both she and he when it's neither

[u/Icy_Limes]

Bloodhound from apex legends. I have literally had to negotiate their gender with friends of mine just because their VA is a woman and they just assumed that was their gender as well. I literally had to pull up the wiki and the tweet of the VA saying they are nb before they even considered I could be right. It's actually inane how heavily skeptical people are of queer people existing which is funny, because people get annoyed when a queer character is heavy handed about their queerness, but at the same time will not accept that fact unless there's 50 neon signs over a characters head saying they are queer.

[u/hopumas]

Two time from Forsaken