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* John Swartzwelder, a writer on [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]], is a massive [[Preston Sturges]] fan and because of that has an accompanying love for [[Hobos]], who he has used as a source of humor in a number of episodes he has written.

* The varied art galleries of bisexual artist [http://sue-chan.com/art.html Suechan] tend to be heavy on furries (especially catgirls), a blend of homoerotic and heteroerotic art, comic book characters, 80's cartoons andthe PC's from assorted [[Tabletop Games]]. {{spoiler|Also, for the purest example of this trope, there's a separate, hidden section of her webpage dedicated to hypnofetishism [http://sue-chan.com/mc.html here].}}

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* Tom Siddell, creator of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', is a noted fan of [[Yuri Genre|Yuri manga]], and themes of it crop up from time to time in his comic. Most notably Zimmy and Gamma, whom depend on each other to get by each day, as well as main character Kat going through sexuality confusion after being [[Mistaken for Gay|mistaken for it.]] Zimmy and Gamma were originally part of another comic Tom was going to do before he started ''Gunnerkrigg Court'', and he has stated he would still like to do it someday after ''Gunnerkrigg'' ends.

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** He also seems to be into vore, if certain parts of ''[[Level E]]'' and ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' are any indication...

** Green seems to be his favourite color, as he likes dressing [[Hunter X Hunter|his]] [[Yu Yu Hakusho|protagonists]] in green.

* There was just ''something'' strange going on with Lily Borjarno's hot cocoa-drinking scene late in ''[[Turn A Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', specifically how one of the militia soldiers reacts to her "cute pink tongue".

* [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]: There was just ''something'' strange going on with Lily Borjarno's hot cocoa-drinking scene late in ''[[Turn A Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', specifically how one of the militia soldiers reacts to her "cute pink tongue".

** Speaking of ''[[Gundam]]'', when reading [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]'s ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' novels, you get the feeling he has a thing for chubby girls. It's very restrained, but there are a few telltale signs. The first time we see Mirai Yashima in the second book it's pointed out she gained some weight since her last appearance. Then there's the novel exclusive character Margaret Blair, who's lovingly described as being very cute & plump. She even becomes Char's girlfriend & he absolutely adores her & decides he wants to start a family with her after the war. This seems somewhat out of character for Char, as every other woman he's been involved with was rather petite.

*** This can also be seen in reverse with [[Lady of War]] Kycillia Zabi. She is meant to be somewhat unattractive, which is accomplished by emphasizing how unnaturally thin she is, with a sharp, angular face, prominent cheekbones & relatively flat chest (in an era where the typical Japanese standard of beauty favoured busty, caucasian-looking women rather than the current [[Moe Moe]] craze).

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** His Fox series has Gerin and Van sharing a woman (not at the same time, they roll dice for the privilege). Eventually the wanton wishbone becomes exclusive to Van (not faithfully, she just doesn't sleep with the Fox anymore) and Gerin the Fox gets a more conventionally exclusive love interest.

* Director Tom Tykwer of ''[[Run Lola Run]]'' fame has an admitted [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]-esque preference for redheads, as demonstrated by the eponymous Lola and the characters of The Plum Girl and Laura in his film adaptation of ''[[Perfume]]: The Story of a Murderer'', though the latter two were mentioned to have red hair in the novel as well.

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* Yui Toshiki, creator of [[Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa]], a story about a shemale, has some considerable knowledge of gaffs and padding in crossdressing. This shows up ''again'' with another work, called [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/my_doll_house/ My Doll House] where the main character is a part time crossdresser. Let's just say it's very obvious this was written by the same author, as some of the other kinks are there too.

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* [[Valve Software]] really seems to love:

** Character-driven multiplayer (''[[Team Fortress 2]], ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', [[Portal 2]], [[Alien Swarm]]'')

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** deserts (maps like [[Counter-Strike|de_dust and de_dust2]], [[Team Fortress 2|ctf_2fort, pl_goldrush, and cp_dustbowl]], and [[Half-Life|New Mexico]])

** and, of course, [[Nice Hat|nice hats]].

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* Lana Wachowski [http://lecter.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248 has a good reason] why every good character in ''[[The Matrix]]'' films loves to wear leather.

* Canadian cartoonist/fantasy artist [[Style Wager]] has admitted to be fond of short (but full-bodied) girls, which explains the large number of goblins, halflings, gnomes, dwarfs and athropomorphic rodents that can be found in his works. Judging from his art, he might also have a weak spot for [[Meganekko|girls with glasses]].

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** On ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|The New Teen Titans]]'', he had Starfire, Wonder Girl, and Raven all undergo some form of this.

* [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]]. While there's a blatant example of deliberate polemic in ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' (whose cross-dressing main character he played under a pseudonym), the author's personal love of transvestitism pops its head up in virtually every single movie. (Nice example: Tor Johnson fondling an angora sweater in ''[[Bride of the Monster]]''.)

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* Tennessee Williams, mid-1900s gay playwright and author of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' had a thing for writing passionate, gorgeous [[Bishonen]] leading men in their mid to late twenties, and, if possible, naked from the waist up (he included a bedroom in a suspiciously high number of his plays where it was very convenient for them to be half-naked). He would write an entire half-page paragraph describing everything from how they moved to what they were dressed in, while giving the women about one sentence description (i.e. the bare minimum, usually with more description on the clothes than the person in them). When you have lines like, ''"His body shows no sign of decline, yet it's the kind of a body that white silk pyjamas are, or ought, to be made for"'', it's a little hard to avoid. Still, he wrote amazing plays and integrated his own Author Appeal into them so well that it not only became justifiable but essential to the play (and hence achieving the goal of all fiction writers since the beginning of time).

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* Suzuhito Yasuda, character designer of ''[[Durarara!!]], [[Kamisama Kazoku]], [[Devil Survivor]]'', and official manga artist for Yozakura Quartet, likes giving major characters cat ears.

* [[Jane Yolen]] usually avoids this, but her submission to the anthology ''A Starfarer's Dozen'' spends several pages describing exactly how it feels to slowly turn into an animal, using incredibly sensual language for a work not marketed to adults.

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** Like the manga chapter where Keroro shrinks himself, his platoon mates, and Fuyuki so they can all go swimming in an old kiddie pool. Natsumi and Koyuki show up, having decided not to brave the crowds at the local water park, and decide to play in the pool...[[Hilarity Ensues|while Fuyuki and the frogs are still shrunk and still in it]]. For extra [[Fetish Fuel]], Giroro even gets sat upon by a giant, bikini-clad Natsumi.

** If you follow his other works, as well as the occasional stuff he throws into the manga via the mad scientist frog, you can tell he's also got a thing for mind control, transformation, age progression, [[People Puppets]], as well as completely inappropriate clothing styles (a nurse in a bikini top and maebari, for example). Lets just say that ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' is the ''[[Totally Spies]]'' of the eastern world.

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* Yui Toshiki, creator of [[Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa]], a story about a shemale, has some considerable knowledge of gaffs and padding in crossdressing. This shows up ''again'' with another work, called [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/my_doll_house/ My Doll House] where the main character is a part time crossdresser. Let's just say it's very obvious this was written by the same author, as some of the other kinks are there too.

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* ''[[Touhou]]'', a game featuring [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], has an [[Fundamentally Female Cast|almost entirely female cast]]. [[Word of God]] says there are just as many men as women in Gensokyo, it's just that apparently, no man ever [[Orcus on His Throne|feels like doing anything]] in a game where girls [[Blood Knight|fight for no reason besides boredom]], or has [[Can't Catch Up|no superpowers to compete]] with the girl's [[Superpower Lottery]] superpowers, or is a turtle or cloud. Since all romance must, by default, be lesbian (with the rare exception of Rinnosuke, who almost always is paired with, [[Memetic Sex God|(who else?) Marisa]]), naturally, the fan catchphrase is "Everyone is gay in Gensokyo".

** Mind you, the series creator, ZUN, isn't a very good artist, and his male characters are all either non-humanoid or don't appear in the games themselves; on his part, Gensokyo's unbalanced population might be less rooted in Author Appeal than the limits of his abilities. More directly, though, he's notorious to the point of [[Memetic Mutation]] for his love of alcohol, which might explain why just about every Touhou character seems willing to drink at the drop of a hat, even though the human ones sure don't look of age. There's even one who has ''literally never been seen sober''.

** There's also the hats and copious amounts of frills.

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* Tennessee Williams, mid-1900s gay playwright and author of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' had a thing for writing passionate, gorgeous [[Bishonen]] leading men in their mid to late twenties, and, if possible, naked from the waist up (he included a bedroom in a suspiciously high number of his plays where it was very convenient for them to be half-naked). He would write an entire half-page paragraph describing everything from how they moved to what they were dressed in, while giving the women about one sentence description (i.e. the bare minimum, usually with more description on the clothes than the person in them). When you have lines like, ''"His body shows no sign of decline, yet it's the kind of a body that white silk pyjamas are, or ought, to be made for"'', it's a little hard to avoid. Still, he wrote amazing plays and integrated his own Author Appeal into them so well that it not only became justifiable but essential to the play (and hence achieving the goal of all fiction writers since the beginning of time).

== Pennames and unsorted entries ==

* Derek the Bard of ''[[Warning! Readers' Advisory|Warning Readers Advisory]]'' likes to insert a lot of references to the Cthulhu Mythos, tabletop games (particularly Warhammer 40k), and Blue Oyster Cult into his show.

* The [http://worlddreambank.org/L/LYR.HTM Lyr altworld] (landing page SFW but other pages on the site are unpredictable) is supposed to be an exploration of intelligent life on a large Earthlike planet with a thicker atmosphere and an eccentric orbit. However, it rapidly degenerates into an excuse to show the reader furry porn. Repeatedly. With occasional attempts at [[Justified Trope|justification]] based on the social structures of bonobos (who do in fact engage in copious social sex), and the, uh, "fact" that species with wings can't fight, i.e. because a broken wing would be more disastrous to a flying species than a broken leg would be to a ground-bound species. There's even an explanation for [[Animesque]] eyes shoehorned in - large lashes and clear eyelids to protect the eyes of said flying species.

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* Tom Siddell, creator of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', is a noted fan of [[Yuri Genre|Yuri manga]], and themes of it crop up from time to time in his comic. Most notably Zimmy and Gamma, whom depend on each other to get by each day, as well as main character Kat going through sexuality confusion after being [[Mistaken for Gay|mistaken for it.]] Zimmy and Gamma were originally part of another comic Tom was going to do before he started ''Gunnerkrigg Court'', and he has stated he would still like to do it someday after ''Gunnerkrigg'' ends.

== anonymous/unattributed/collaborative works, episodes, misc. ==