Thinkin’ bout Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994) and the Veronica Mars episode Meet John Smith (2004)

That that was the cultural position of gender transition for a while, if someone told you “that man you’re looking for… is now this woman!” you were expected to go “oh, yeah, I guess that’s a thing that happens”, but it still serves as a curveball twist that the detective protagonists lose zero respect for not anticipating

In part cause it’s blankly accepted that this would be a total rupture in life continuity where you completely shed your previous social contacts