Ambiguously Gay: Difference between revisions

* Daley Wong and Linna Yamazaki from ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]] Tokyo 2040'' share both similar backgrounds and extremely ambiguous sexuality, though nothing is ever admitted outright. Linna's reaction to the resident biker chick and bad girl getting a boyfriend is telling enough however, as is the fact that she spends the next couple of episodes moping about it. Poor Linna...

** In the original ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', Daley is openly gay, and would occasionally hit on his partner Leon McNichol in order to tease him.

'''Leon:''' ''(dismissive)'' Yeah, sure, Daley, just you and me. }}

* Koizumi Itsuki from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' seems to like [[No Sense of Personal Space|invading the main male character's personal space a little too much]] in the [[Anime]], and in the novels especially he makes it quite clear that he trusts and likes Kyon. He claims to act the way he does because Haruhi expects it and would make it real if he didn't, which would be a plausible explanation if he actually did do so while Haruhi is watching. Also, in the 4th novel {{spoiler|his alternate universe self admits to having a crush on Haruhi}}, but this isn't brought up in the main storyline - although many of his actions and words towards Haruhi, especially his constant claiming of being "the expert of her heart" imply some secret affection for her. Whatever the case may be, Itsuki's bond with Kyon could be seen as a fumbled attempt at a bromance or an actual romance slowly developing.

** Once the side characters find out that Pegasus had a wife, he knocks them out with the words "I can't have people thinking I'm straight." in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|the Abridged Series]]. Of course, [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|the Abridged Series]] has enough throwaway jokes to confuse the issue with ''everyone''... except [[The Chick|Tea]].

** [[Bonus Points]] go to Bakura, whose ''own personalities'' can't agree on the issue.

'''Yami Bakura:''' I'm not British, I'm just gay. }}

** In [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|the Abridged Series]], Yami Yugi and Yami Bakura are confirmed gay. Marik is either in a [[Transparent Closet]] or out and dating Yami Bakura. Joey's had dream sex with Kaiba and Duke said maybe upon being asked if he wanted to be [[Anal Probing|anal probed]].

** And Vincent, is sometimes implied to have feelings for [[Brother-Sister Incest|his brother]] Gil based on his affectionate [[Yandere]] obsession with Gil. And then there's his [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]] appearance and hatred of woman.

* ''[[Saiyuki]]'': Genjo Sanzo is hinted to be gay as it shown in the first season that he did he not get mad at all when a gay drunk came on to him in a bar:

'''GS:''' ''(Remains placid)'' Fool. }}

*** It should be noted that Genjo Sanzo is the grouchy antisocial type who is usually averse, rather violently so, to both physical contact and smalltalk even with his close friends, much less random strangers.

* Thunderbolts:

** The [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] supervillain Man-Killer was... actually not that ambiguous, but the comics spent years not actually stating it directly. Aside from her name, her stereotypically butch appearance, and her firm rejection of any men who showed any interest in her, there's this little exchange from when she decided to try being a good guy.

'''Man-Killer:''' I was ''born'' on that side, Frenchie.<br />

'''Cyclone:''' I meant -- oh, never mind. }}

** Ice Man: Jokingly outed by [[Val Kilmer]] who refered to Ice Man as the other Gay person he had played after Gay Perry in [[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]].

* Theodora in the original [[The Haunting]]-movie. Extremely blatant when seen with modern eyes, and pretty much spelled out for us in this scene.

[Theo recoils in shock, is about to say something when they are interrupted.] }}

** She has been given plenty of [[Word of Gay]] from both the director and the actress that played her. The reason why it wasn't stated was [[Values Dissonance|because it was made in 1963]].

* In the 1931 gangster classic ''[[The Public Enemy]]'', there is a scene right after Tom Powers ([[James Cagney]]) comes into a lot of money where he is getting measured for a new suit. The tailor has a bit ''too'' much fun taking the measurements... Can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSIDwa_MG_E&feature=related here.]

* In ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'', Jim might be:

'''Bart:''' Well, let's play chess. }}

* Plato from ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'', as apparent to anyone with an intact brain stem. Later revealed to be [[Word of Gay]], but we didn't talk about that sort of thing in [[The Fifties]].

* T.E. Lawrence as portrayed in David Lean's ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]''. In [[Real Life]], his relations with his male "companions" are considered very suspect.

* ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge]]'': Everything Jesse does or says basically comes out as gay, even though the entire time he wants to woo the lead female. He goes to a gay bar, runs away from a straight sex scene, dances and lip syncs to a girl pop song while wearing sparkly star sunglasses, even the actor who plays him is gay! The dialogue taken out of context comes off as so gay it hurts. And in all honesty, it wasn't a bad [[Film]]. Remember it for your next homosexual get-together on Halloween!

'''Ron:''' Yeah, it's female and it's waiting for you in the cabana, and you want to sleep with me. }}

* Donald in ''[[Scotland, PA]]''. The implications get pretty thick by the end, but he remains closeted; he does live in a small town in the 70's.

* [[Rob Paulsen]]'s character Larry the male stewardess in "Stewardess School" he is extremely flamboyant and once during an emergency he asks for a bobby pin only to put it in his hair.

* ''Hercules Returns'', a [[Gag Dub]] of an old Italian [[Sword and Sandals]] flick, turns the eponymous Hercules into this. It's even turned into a minor [[Plot]] point - a character pretending to be Zeus tells Hercules his purpose in the city of Chlamydia is to openly reveal to the world his true homosexual tendencies. Hercules, for his part, vehemently denies being gay.

* The title character in ''[[All the Boys Love Mandy Lane]]''. She's [[Lesbian Jock|athletic]], she doesn't seem attracted to any of the guys in school {{spoiler|(she rejects Emmet at the end)}}, despite [[Dogged Nice Guy|all their best efforts]], and her scenes with [[Alpha Bitch|Chloe]] are possibly the only moments where she appears to be [[Ho Yay|sexually attracted]] to another character. And to top it all off, there's some [[Reality Subtext]] -- the actress who plays Mandy, Amber Heard, recently came out as a lesbian.

* In the 2009 ''[[The Taking of Pelham 123]]'', John Travolta's character Ryder exhibits some gay behavior. He says that Denzel Washington's character has a "sexy voice" and says he would have made Washington his "[[Prison Rape|bitch in prison]]." When he finally meets Washington, Ryder says he's handsome and later asks how much he weighs for no particular reason. Ryder also comments on the fashion of a young man and says "he makes it work." However, Ryder also brags about taking a female "ass model" to Iceland after a party. It's hard to tell if he's really attracted to men or just being flippant.

* Joel Cairo in ''The Maltese Falcon''. Less so in [[The Maltese Falcon|the movie]], where he's mostly just [[Peter Lorre]].

** From chapter four:

"[[Have a Gay Old Time|This guy is queer"]], she said.<br />

"In with him, then, darling", said Spade. }}

* Both Xena and Gabrielle from [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] are infamous for this. Their 'relationship' and the subtext behind it is still one of the best remembered things about the show, even by people who havent seen it. [[Word of God]] flip flops around, but at one time it stated the characters were common-law married.

** This is actually lampshaded in the Season 6 episode "You are There", when a modern day reporter ([[Long Story]]) asks Xena and Gabrielle about the 'nature' of their 'relationship'. Just as the Warrior Princess and her long time side kick were about to answer, the reporters cameras cut out.

*** Thats not the only case of Lampshading; after Xena's unexplained pregnancy is discovered by Ares, he asks who the father is. Xena replies that Gabrielle is the child's father.

* Andrew from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is the king of this trope. It helps that [[Word of God]] confirms that he was at least bisexual, but never got around to acknowledging it to himself -- thus why it was never acknowledged on the show.

** Not sure how ''ambiguous'' that was, considering he all but said he was in love with Warren, and did as he said because "He promised we'd be..." (he does cut off uncomfortably at that point, so it seems likely he was closeted, if not very firmly so, being kinda obvious about it)

** The Todd is definitely not strictly heterosexual, he's made that much clear himself as he was in a sexual relationship with a couple (yes, both the husband and wife) and made it clear to J.D. and Turk that the gender of a person he was riding (and whose ass he slapped) didn't matter to him. It wouldn't be inaccurate to describe him as bisexual but not totally accurate, either as he's shown he can find sexual excitement in damn near anything (including ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18WbWtk8Ke8 broccoli]'').

*** Let's face it. He's Jack Harkness.

'''The Todd:''' I'm The Todd. }}

*** The Todd is basically pan-sexual.

** Another case where he may have picked up his mannerisms from his father, who was a performing drag queen.

* Tobias from ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''. The (often) very obvious homosexual undertones in his lines are possibly the show's longest running gag.

* In ''[[NCIS]]'', Ziva is Ambiguously Bisexual although it's also been suggested that she drops these hints just to torture Tony.

* There's little doubt that Shawn in ''[[Psych]]'' likes the ladies, but he's also really quite cool about flirting with / trying it on with the guys as well, making him more Ambiguously Bi:

'''Shawn:''' ''(confident)'' Maybe I ''will''. }}

** Lassiter also shows some signs of ambivalent bisexuality. E.g. there's an episode where he ducks to avoid a woman in the police department because he made out with her at a picnic. Several seconds later he ducks again, when a different person passes.

'''Gus:''' ''(deadpan)'' Must have been ''some'' picnic. }}

** Lassiter is also regularly given homosexually suggestive lines.

'''Juliet:''' (Looks at him) }}

* Michael Davies from ''[[The Latest Buzz]]''. Being a kid's show, they can't actually state that he is gay but he is teenaged boy who writes the magazine's gossip column, is obsessed with fashion, and loves musicals (and sings the female parts).

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' seems to tip-toe around the matter , but Crowley -who is homosexual or bisexual in canon-generally acts this way.

** Like the time he kissed {{spoiler|Bobby}} to seal a deal. Yes, that's the way he has to seal ALL of his deals, but he even took a picture of the kiss with his phone.

Why did you use tongue? }}

** Angels are supposedly genderless and asexual, but Castiel's willingness to sacrifice everything for Dean makes a little more sense if you factor in something like vague romantic feelings, and Castiel usually wears an adult man, so he fits this trope. A lot of the characters (including Dean) comment on Castiel's body language around Dean, and a relationship between the two characters.

** That's not just an "impression". Of course, it fits with the period: to avoid censorship issues and pornography charges, magazines had to be marketed as "health" magazines (they have names like "Sunshine and Health"), which didn't really fool anyone but gave the publisher plausible deniability. Including some men in the pictures helped with this, as it allowed the publishers to demonstrate that clearly it was ''not'' simply a magazine filled with pictures of naked women.

* Tim Gutterson on ''[[Justified]]'' is a possible example. In "Veterans", he openly flirts with a (male) bouncer outside of a bar.

'''Raylan:''' Well, now we've both been warned. }}

* Sardo of ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'': Earrings, effeminate mannerisms, high voice, quasi-obsessive tidiness...

* Depending on what "mood" they were in, Servo and Crow from [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] can qualify, even attempting to get married at one point. However, considering they are robots, they often do not "understand love".

** "Brain Guy" Observer was a bigger example of this trope, going into the ladies' restroom with Pearl, dressing up in a stereotypical leather outfit for a "hot date", and refusing to seduce a woman:

'''Pearl:''' Well, thank you for coming out with that information. }}

* The mannerisms and speech of Beaks, the assistant of insane stage director Nelson Halliwell from the ''[[Tales from the Crypt]]'' episode "Top Billing", just scream "gay". Of course, it could ''also'' be because he's insane as well.

** During their most recent DX run, [[Triple H]] and [[Shawn Michaels]] seemed to pass off as convincing [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] at the very least.

** They only even somewhat pass because most current viewers don't remember the original [[D Generation X]], where there was very little heterosexuality to be had, between Shawn kissing Hunter on national television numerous times and Hunter's infamous "bi" quote:

* The Fabulous Ones.

* The Genius: when he managed [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]]. [http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2821/geniusstaresatperfectpaks8.jpg Just look at this screen grab!]

* Joshua from ''[[The World Ends With You]]''. His favorite color is pink; he loves rainbows, takes pictures of the main character's ass and calls him pet names; and as one announcer put it: "When he sees a hole, he knows how to fill it." Not to mention his constant girlish giggling.

** and don't forget this whole exchange right before Neku enters Shibuya River in [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Another Day]]:

'''Shiki:''' ... I'm going, too. [[Yaoi Fangirl|If something happens, I want to see... I mean stop it]]! }}

** And in the normal game, there's the priceless line:

** And he starts with a very high Brave stat which lets him wear metrosexual shirts right off the bat and equip handbags with a bit of [[Level Grinding|grinding]].

** Two words: ''Frilly. Parasol''. Two more words: Bunny Parka.

** Hibiki has more checks than Akira. Shows no interest in women? Check. Hits on his best friend Ryo (who is oblivious to said flirting)? Check. Gets jealous when Ryo hires a young co-worker at his bookstore? Check. Stalks Atsuki just to creep him out. Check. Rather feminine looking body? Check. Supporting Suzu's yaoi fantasy about him and Ryo being together? Double check.

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'': Razer in ''Jak X''. Every other character says "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" as a victory line, even Ashelin. Razer, however...

** Some of his other lines are pretty suggestive as well.

** And Erol, but only when he's around [[Foe Yay|Jak]].

* ''[[Blip]]'': Part this trope, part [[Informed Attribute]]; K speculates that her friend Liz might be bi. But aside from a few odd [[Power Perversion Potential]] moments, Liz has yet to show any physical or romantic attraction to anyone.

* ''[[Bob and George]]'': Zero & X: The actual ''[[Mega Man X]]'' games have some mild [[Ho Yay]] but is mostly the product on the fanbase. [[Bob and George]] however takes this idea and runs with it. While X and Zero angrily deny this, plenty of humor comes from them being way too affectionate and concerned with each other, and entering into oddly ambiguous banter. Many other characters often debate if they're gay or not the second they leave the room, and Bob at one point actually referred to them, upon their entrance, as "The Ambiguously Gay Duo".

'''George:''' ... I'm not gonna do it! You do it!<br />

'''Protoman:''' Where's X? He'll do it. }}

** Conrad: is all over this one. Violent aversion to women? Check. Tight, fashionable clothing? Check. Apartment in the "artsy" side of town? Check. But nothing's yet been stated straight out.

*** Not to mention Doc Worth with his fabulous (though probably a little grungy) fluffy pink coat. And his ambiguously [[Slap Slap Kiss]] [[Ho Yay|relationships]] with both Lamont and Conrad.

'''Conrad:''' WHU-? ''What''. }}

* ''[[Mayonaka Densha]]'': Jack. Is oft none to subtly hinted to be attracted to Tom, is constantly teased about it by Hatsune and is also a raging misogynist. Nothing has been stated outright although it's [[Justified Trope|justified]], [[Victorian London|given the setting]].

* [[Look a Vlog]]: Will.

* ''[[Red vs. Blue|Red Vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'': Donut. In Season 1, he had been given pink armor ("It's not pink, it's ''lightish red''!") and was your typical new recruit. In Season 2 (where this trope comes into play) he started using lotions, talking about his feelings, screaming like a woman, analysing dreams, and generally being as effeminate as possible while retaining some air of heterosexuality. It's gone by Season 3.

'''Donut:''' It was the best Christmas ever! }}

 

*** In the episode where Burns falls in love with Marge's mother, Smithers is shown to be jealous.

** Milhouse: A lot of jokes travel this route; Bart's [[Heroic BSOD]] after disastrous early school experiences (flashback episode "Lisa's Sax") lead to this exchange with a school counselor:

'''Marge:''' Bart's ''gay''?<br />

'''Dr. Pryor:''' Ah, whoo, wrong file. (Counselor replaces file into its rack; audience sees the label: "van Houten, Milhouse"). }}

*** [[Word of God|Trey]] said [[Characterization Marches On|over 10 years ago]] that of any of the four main boys, Stan is the most likely to turn out to be canon gay, because he's the most sensitive. You can still see it (like how he sounded like he was crying after he found out no one wanted to help him with the whaling problem.)

*** Stan also vomits any time things start to get even vaguely romantic with Wendy. In the episode "Follow That Egg" Stan and Kyle are the reason gay marriage gets legalized in Colorado. It's complete with lines like:

** Kyle himself might be of the [[Armoured Closet Gay]] variety; he's the only male of the main boys who expresses disgust at naked males, when the other male student characters seem fine with watching naked dudes, implying that he is unsecure about his own sexuality; furthermore, the only things he considers disgusting are suspiciously penis related (pee and bananas), while he doesn't have any problems with far less hygienic things like anthropomorphic sapient shits, further implying that he wants to make himself look straighter even though he has no need to. Canonically, he had two attractions to female characters, only one of which arguably sexual, and since these were early episodes it is likely that they are subjected to a [[Retcon]] (for instance, [[Word of God]] [http://treyparker.info/archives_mrshowbiz_98.htm stated in an early interview that Stan was to be the gay character], yet he still has a girlfriend and commented on a girl's ass on a recent episode).

** Terrance & Phillip:

'''Phillip:''' We're not? }}

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': Various hardline religious groups have made efforts to get Spongebob taken off the air for its perceived support of the so-called "gay agenda". [[Word of God]] has said that calling SpongeBob "gay" or "straight" doesn't make sense, since he's a sea sponge that reproduces asexually. Later official information mentions that Spongebob has a crush on Sandy, a girl. (Contrary to popular belief, [[Sincerity Mode|it is entirely possible to have a crush on someone and still be asexual]])