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A woman looking for Mr. Right eventually finds a great guy with all the right things she's looking for - but it turns out he's homosexual, leading to the dismissive statement about straight men. This is loaded with the [[Unfortunate
Ironically, there is no shortage of gay men saying the reverse: that all the good men are taken or ''straight'', admiring the stereotypical positive traits of straight men (masculine mannerisms, straightforward with emotions, laid back attitude, etc.). There's some [[Truth in Television]] here though; given [[Humans Are Flawed|human nature]], [[Happily Married|healthy relationships]] are a [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seller%27s+market seller's market] - the most desired goods are either "previously purchased" or otherwise "unavailable for sale"
Compare to [[Incompatible Orientation]], where she may still love him despite his orientation. Also compare [[Sorry, I'm Gay]] where he may actually be straight and still trying to ward off her advances. The [[Fag Hag]] is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]] and happens if the woman in question eventually gives up on straight men and prefers the company of gay men, even though she knows she will never get any of them. This may be the attitude the [[Last Het Romance]] of a gay man takes after he outs himself.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Happens in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrXIPibnbY this] ad by an insurance company; not only the good men, but all men in the world are gay.
== [[Film]] ==▼
* In the movie ''[[
▲== Film ==
* ''[[Zack and Miri Make
▲* In the movie ''[[P.S. I Love You (Literature)|P.S. I Love You]]'', Lisa Kudrow's character repeatedly asks out guys by asking them first if they are single, then asking if they're gay.
▲* Happens -- oh so much -- in ''Love and Other Disasters''.
▲* ''[[Zack and Miri Make A Porno]]'' -- Miri's high school crush returns to their small town for a high school reunion. Well...he brought his boyfriend.
* In a rare gender swap of this, the main character of ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' finally finds the perfect girl for himself: she's smart, funny, attractive, witty, creative, and talented. But she's a lesbian.
* Played for laughs in ''In and Out'', where after Emily (played by Joan Cusack) finds out {{spoiler|her fiancee is actually gay}}, she hits on another man, who also is gay. The result is a bit of a [[Heroic BSOD]] and the Crowning Moment of Funny in the movie.
* In ''[[Clueless]]'', the female main character falls for an attractive male classmate, who turns out to be gay.
* Comes up in the ''[[
* Happens in many a [[Lifetime Movie of the Week]] film.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* A riff in the ''Jack Frost'' episode of ''[[
▲* A riff in the ''Jack Frost'' episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'':
▲{{quote| Every time I meet a man, he's either gay or a bear.}}
** Also used almost unchanged in ''[[Devil Fish]]''':
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** And given a [[Call Back]] in the [[
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* ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Out With Dad". [[Sorry, I'm Gay|Martin pretends to be gay, to fend off the advances of an older woman.]] When asked by her daughter, she sighs, "Opera queen" in a tone that clearly states they're quite common. Subverted when Martin's gay act makes him a perfect target for the daughter's uncle.
** It must be noted that Martin only goes along with her when she assumes he's gay when he stumbles over why he can't date her.
* ''[[
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'''The Tenth Doctor''': 'Or Time Lords.' (Make of ''that'' what you will.) }}
* In one episode of ''[[The War
* On ''[[Eureka]]'', after discovering that her [[New Old Flame]] is actually a [[Ridiculously Human Robot]], Jo complains that all the good ones are "either married, gay, or robots".
* Subverted by the ''[[Modern Family]]'' third-season episode "Treehouse". After inverting [[Sorry, I'm Gay]] when Cameron wins a bet with Mitchell and their likewise-gay friend Longinus by getting a woman at the bar to give him her phone number (funnier still when you keep in mind that Eric Stonestreet is straight in real life), Cameron winds up getting close enough to her to not want to let her know until Mitchell shames him into doing it. But when he does, after hiding any evidence of Mitchell or Lily from their apartment before she comes over, {{spoiler|it turns out that she knew all along; [[Pet Homosexual|she just wanted to have a gay male friend because it would be cool]]. He then rebukes her for viewing him through a tropish lens (perhaps angry that his portrayal didn't fool her)}}, and then just as Mitchell returns the episode subverts its own subversion: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she makes the angry, hurt speech you'd expect if the show had simply played the trope (ahem) straight]].
== [[Music]] ==
* Described in the spoof country song, "All the Men I've Loved are Either Married, Gay or Dead".
** Of course, in the song, not ''all'' the good men are gay. The rest [[Captain Obvious|die post-coitus or turn out to be married]].
** There's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20160605215518/http://www.jenrathbun.com/MarriedBuriedOrGay_Song.html this song - "Married, Buried or Gay"].
* The Weezer song "Pink Triangle" is about a man who finds his dream woman, only to discover that she's a lesbian.
* The Robbie Williams song "Supreme" includes the line "And all the best women are married, and all the handsome men are gay."
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* In the one-act play ''This Phone Will Explode At The Tone'', the following exchange occurs:
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'''Woman 1''': Becoming priests. }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Whether]] [[Star Fox (
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲* [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Whether]] [[Star Fox (Video Game)|Falco Lombardi]] is this with [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|Katt Monroe]] (or [[Fan Yay|whether]] he's [[Het Is Ew|gay at all]]) has ignited many an [[Internet Backdraft]].
* Susan's introduction to Justin's gayness in ''[[
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* Susan's introduction to Justin's gayness in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''.
** Notable for her having just told her mother [[Accidental Truth|that Justin was gay so he could stay the night.]]
** Later, after Justin becomes popular around school for beating up a fire monster, it comes up again.
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'''Girl 2:''' Don't you already have a boyfriend?
'''Girl 1:''' Of course I do. [[Right Behind Me|He's right here]].
'''Boyfriend:''' I am less than happy right now. }}
* Fletcher of ''[[Nothing Nice to Say]]'' actively attacks this trope in one strip, when a woman at a bar utters it practically word for word. His response? "You mean, why are the only guys you find non-threatening the ones with no possible ulterior motives to sleep with you? Yeah, the mind boggles." Fletcher is, perhaps rather obviously, far from the best example to the contrary of this trope...
* Played with in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141117174618/http://artblock-go.smackjeeves.com/ Girls Only]'', where at a school with over 400 girls and 32 men, they only ''think'' that the men are all gay. It turns out, they're actually straight, they just like to pretend so that their fanservice they deal out allows them to be given better treatment.
* Played with in ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
▲== Web Original ==
▲* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' Tea laments that "every time I meet a guy, he's either gay or a villain in disguise!"
** Of course, most of them are both.
** Serenity mentions this at the end of her FAQ mini-episode. She thinks Bakura sounds like a jerk, but [[Evil Brit|his accent is hot]] - unfortunately, he already has dinner plans with Marik.
* See the [[
== Western Animation ==▼
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens twice on ''[[Futurama]]'':
** The gang is at a club, and Bender's built in gaydar shoots down the girls' hopes when they see good looking men. ...Or he's getting interference from a gay weather balloon.
** A [[Gym Bunny]] comes along and tries to wrest Leela away from Fry, but when Fry just gives up because he reckons it's already half-hopeless between him and Leela anyway, the other guy reveals he's a professional beach bully; a guy like Fry ponies up a couple hundred bucks, the muscular guy comes along and starts hitting on the nerd's girlfriend, then backs down when the nerd stands up to him in a staged fight, and the bully leaves with the girlfriend duly impressed. Leela decides she really does prefer the bully, and guess what: [[Sorry, I'm Gay|He's gay.]]
* A lampshading occurs at one point in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Another one had a waitress lament that "All the good men are either gay or have no face!" [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. (Granted, she was saying this about a paroled criminal and Sideshow Bob, so she's not exactly the best judge of character).
* Inverted in ''[[The Critic]]''. '''''Everyone''''' assumes Jay is gay, despite his insistence he's not. Love interest Alice tells her ex-husband (who is hitting on her) that Jay is not gay, then sings to Jay later:
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'''Jay:''' Yay! }}
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* As a matter of cultural opinion, [[
▲== Real Life ==
▲* As a matter of cultural opinion, [[Useful Notes/Japan|Japanese]] women have the lowest average opinion of the romantic ability of their own country's male population, compared to women from any other country who have rated their own men. Japan is also a country where women (of all ages and social backgrounds) are far more likely to be fans of the [[Boys Love]], and these relationships are usually portrayed with far more frank romance than Japanese straight relationships. So, as a female Japanese culture-wide attitude, [[All the Good Men Are Gay|All The Good Men]] ''[[All the Good Men Are Gay|Are]]'' [[All the Good Men Are Gay|Gay]]. [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|Or are from Korean soap operas]].
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