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{{quote|"''All the good ones are either married or gay.''"}}
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 Implication]] that only (and all) gay men possess the qualities - tenderness, consideration, etc. - women want and heterosexual men are pretty much primitive cavemen or [[All Men Are Perverts|perverted]] [[Jerkass
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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* In the movie ''[[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.
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* ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''
* 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.
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* 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 ''[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 ''[[Shortpacked]]''. Amber's mom comes to visit, and is initially unimpressed with her boyfriend [[Jerkass|Mike]]. She would rather her daughter pursue her gay friend Ethan ("I hear they can fix these people in camps"). When one of Amber's other co-workers runs past screaming in terror because two beautiful women want to have sex with him,<ref>[[It Makes Sense in Context]] - he's a recovering sex addict</ref>
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== Real Life ==
* As a matter of cultural opinion, [[Japan
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