If legendary Pokemon had genders?

I wish people would give reasons for their choices. Like why is Suicune female while the other two are not?

I'm glad legendaries are genderless though. It means there are less of them.

Yeah I agree. I think when they created Pokemon, they created the gender too

Hmmm I'd say:

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Male
Entei = male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female
Ho-oh = Female
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Female
Registeel - Male
Regirock = Male
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Female
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Male
Deoxys = Female (those hips don't lie)
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Male
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Female
Giratina = Male
Regigigas = Male
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Male
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Female
Cosmoem = Female
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Female
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female cuz its elegant
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Genderless
Registeel - Genderless
Regirock = Genderless
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Female
Deoxys = Male
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Female
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Genderless
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Female
Arceus = Male
Victini = Female
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Depends on which one ur talkin bout
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Diancie = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Depends on game
Cosmoem = Depends on game
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Depends on game

a lot of people seem to headcannon mew as a girl, i feel like the only one who sees it as more of a young playful boy haha! same with most of the other small legends/mythicals. looking at this list... I think most of them I headcannon as boys, except the few obvious female ones like virizion and xerneas.

Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Female
Entei = male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Female
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Male
Celebi = Female
Regice = Hermaphrodite
Registeel - Hermaphrodite
Regirock = Hermaphrodite
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Female
Jirachi = Female
Deoxys = Hermaphrodite
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Male
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Male
Regigigas = Hermaphrodite
Shaymin = Female
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Female
Phione = Male
Arceus = Hermaphrodite
Victini = Female
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Female
Cosmoem = Female
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Female
Tapu Koko = Male
Tapu Lele = Female
Tapu Bulu = Male
Tapu Fini = Female
Magearna - N/A

All I know is that Celebi, Magernea, Diancie, and Jirachi should all be a cheeky girls. (づ￣ ³￣)づ

Manaphy is definitely a girl for me
I remember that movie with May and Manaphy and I was like, "aw, they make a great mom/daughter combination" and later they would say "wow, so manaphy is the prince of the sea" and my mind will just pause and twirl for a second hahaha

I don't think many of the legendary Pokemon "scream" a gender, so for those, I'll do gender ratios I think they'd be instead.

Articuno: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Zapdos: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Moltres: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Mewtwo: 50/50 male to female since the anime had two Mewtwos, one with a male voice, another with a female voice.
Mew: 100% female, since Mew is known to have been "pregnant" before, so it's obvious it'd better suit female than male.
Entei: starter gender ratio (87% chance of being male)
Suicune: 75% chance female to 25% male gender ratio
Raikou 87% chance of being male gender ratio/starter gender ratio
Ho-Oh: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Lugia: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Celebi: male. Shiny one is female.
Registeel: sexless or genderless. Probably both.
Regirock: sexless/genderless.
Regice: sexless/genderless.
Groudon: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Kyogre: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Rayquaza: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Jirachi: gonna have to say male for this one, since PMD had one that was considered "male". So.
Deoxys: nonbinary virus from space.
Uxie: male
Mespirit: female
Azelf: female
Diagla: genderless/sexless
Palkia: genderless/sexless
Giratina: genderless/sexless
Regigas: genderless/sexless
Phione: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Manaphy: male. (Since it's the prince of the sea)
Darkrai: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Shaymin: female.
Arceus: sexless/genderless.
Victini: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Cobalion: 87% chance male gender ratio
Terrakion: 87% male gender ratio
Virizion: 75% female/25% male gender ratio.
Zekrom: 87% male gender ratio
Reshiram: 75% female/25% male gender ratio
Kyurem: genderless/sexless
Keldeo: male, probably.
Meloetta: female.
Genesect: sexless/genderless. It was engineered, so.
Xerneas: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Yveltal: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Zygarde: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Diance: female, as it's described as a "princess" in the movie.
Hoopa: female. Idk why but Hoopa's always seemed like a mischievous girl to me.
Volcanion: 50/50 male to female.
Cosmog: sexless/genderless
Cosmeom: sexless/genderless
Solgaleo: sexless/genderless
Lunaala: sexless/genderless
Necrozma: sexless/genderless
Tapu Koko: male
Tapu Lele: female
Tapu Fini: female
Tapu Bulu: male
Magearna: genderless/sexless
Marshadow: genderless/sexless.
Zeraora: genderless/sexless.
Meltan: genderless/sexless
Melmetal: genderless/sexless.
Zacian: 50/50 male to female gender ratio
Zamazenta: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.
Eternatus: genderless/sexless.
Zarude: 50/50 male to female gender ratio.

I'm dividing this into tiers

Has In-game Gender
Latias -Female
Latios - Male
Cresselia - Female
Heatran - Variable
Tornadus - Male
Thundurus - Male
Landorus - Male
Kubfu - Variable
Urshifu - Variable

High Probability
Mespirit - Female
Azelf - Male
Darkrai - Male
Cobalion -Male
Terrakion - Male
Virizion - Female
Keldeo - Male
Meloetta - Female
Diancie - Female
Tapu Koko - Male
Tapu Lele - Female
Tapu Bulu - Male
Tapu Fini - Female
Cosmog -Variable
Cosmoem - Variable
Solgaleo - Male
Lunala - Female
Buzzwole - Male
Pheromosa - Female
Celesteela - Female
Kartana - Male
Magearna - Female

Kinda
Mewto - Male
Celebi - Female
Jirachi - Female
Manaphy - Female
Phione - Female
Xerneas - Female
Yveltal - Male
Hoopa - Male
Nihilego - Female
Guzzlord - Male
Blacephalon - Male
Marshadow - Male
Zacian - Male
Zamazenta - Male
Calyrex - Female

Could Realistically Be Either
Mew
Uxie
Shaymin
Victini
Type: Null
Silvally
Poipole
Naganadel

Probably Doesn't Have One
Regice
Regirock
Registeel
Deoxys
Regigigas
Arceus
Genesect
Zygarde
Volcanion
Xurkitree
Necrozma
Stakataka
Meltan
Melmetal
Regieleki
Regidraco

Looks Enough Like An Animal For Me To Not Be Confident About Guessing
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Raikou
Entei
Suicune
Ho-Oh
Lugia
Groudon
Kyogre
Rayquaza
Dialga
Palkia
Giritina
Reshiram
Zekrom
Kyurem
Zeraora
Eternatus
Zarude

In my personal opinion, it should work as follows:
1. The legends have canonical genders, or gender ratios.
2. They have a "legend status" marker in the code so the daycare is like "uuhhhh this is a myth I will not take it" and thus you cannot breed it. Aside from certain ones like Lugia and such which have been shown to be in quantities greater than one.

As for my personal list, (F/M)
Articuno = 70/30
Zapdos = 35/35
Moltres = 30/70
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = 50/50
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Intersex
Ho-oh = 25/75
Lugia = 75/25
Celebi = Female
Regice = Nil
Registeel = Nil
Regirock = Nil
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Female
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = 50/50
Deoxys = 55/45
Uxie = 95/5
Mesprit = 95/5
Azelf = 95/5
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Female
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Male
Shaymin = 50/50
Darkrai = 40/60
Manaphy = 50/50
Phione = 50/50
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The entire forces of nature trio = Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Female
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Male
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Dianice = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = 45/55
Cosmog = 100/0, 0/100 (In the respective moon or sun universe.)
Cosmoem = 100/0, 0/100 (In the respective moon or sun universe.)
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

I remember that in jhoto journeys lugia had a kid she must be a female

My thoughts!
Articuno = Female
Zapdos = Male
Moltres = Female
Mewtwo = Male
Mew = Both (Just a species that went extinct)
Entei = Male
Raikou = Male
Suicune = Male
Ho-oh = Male
Lugia = Female (Had a kid)
Celebi = Female
Regice = Genderless
Registeel - Genderless
Regirock = Genderless
Groudon = Male
Kyogre = Male
Rayquaza = Male
Jirachi = Male
Deoxys = Male
Uxie = Female
Mesprit = Female
Azelf = Female
Dialga = Male
Palkia = Male
Giratina = Female
Regigigas = Genderless
Shaymin = Both, there is a whole field of them
Darkrai = male
Manaphy = Male (He's the prince of the sea)
Phione = Female
Arceus = Male
Victini = Male
Cobalion = Male
Terrakion = Male
Virizion = Female
The genies= Male
Zekrom = Male
Reshiram = Male
Kyurem = Male
Keldeo = Male
Meloetta = Female
Genesect = Both cause multiple
Xerneas = Female
Yveltal = Male
Zygarde = Male
Diancie = Female
Hoopa = Male
Volcanion = Male
Cosmog = Either
Cosmoem = Either
Solgaleo = Male
Lunala = Female
Necrozma = Male

What a topic! I used to be a big believer in assigning genders to the Legendaries that don't have one, but nowadays I'm not so sure. I'll just jot down the ones I can still think of.

Considering how there are multiples of the Legendary birds (and Lugia in the anime), I honestly think those could be either gender like Heatran. Same for certain Mythicals like Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin, Victini, Marshadow, Zeraora and Zarude - as well as Type: Null and Silvally as artificial creations, and the Ultra Beasts. Meloetta, Diancie and Magearna (at least in personality, because she's an automaton) are always female in my mind, and Mewtwo, Ho-oh, the Legendary Beasts, Rayquaza, the Swords of Justice, Manaphy, Darkrai, Hoopa and Volcanion are always male. The rest, I haven't thought of.

Now, there are also a few whom I think are truly genderless, or at least have a gender beyond our understanding. Those would be the Regis, Deoxys, Arceus, Kyurem, Necrozma, Meltan/Melmetal and Eternatus.

They're asexual due to game mechanics (and maybe lore?) but they can probs be gendered still. It's just that the game doesn't bother differing between sex and gender ^^ Generally I think one can think of the legendary pokémon in whatever way they want, it doesn't really matter. Zekrom might be a badass girl while Reshiram an elegant boi. Or vice versa.

starwalker said:

Zekrom might be a badass girl while Reshiram an elegant boi.

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Funny thing is that's probably more accurate to the design basis of the two than what the common perception is

In the Gen V games it's presented as truth/ideals since that's a lot easier to make work for a (Pokemon) narrative, but what the Tao trio is really based off of is yin and yang (in the Japanese versions, Zekrom and Reshiram's species names are the Black Yin Pokemon and the White Yang Pokemon). And while yin and yang represent a lot of things, as far as I know two of the things yin represents is femininity and the moon (which in at least two cultures has long been a feminine symbol). Yang represents masculinity and the sun (which in at least two cultures has long been a masculine symbol).

but like you said, we're talking about fictional creature pixels and it's not really a big deal what people view each one as, but it's a fun thing to bring up

Virizion = Female to me.
Tapu Lele & Tapu Fini = Female
Tapu Bulu & Tapu Koko = Male
Spectrier = Female
Glastrier = Male

For the rest of the genderless Legendaries idc either way.