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** Two throw-away characters in a Harley and Ivy comic (based on the animated series) are depicted as being gay themselves as a sort of joke, a pair of lumberjacks called Slash and Burn (Slash has chainsaws, Burn has a flamethrower). When they try to bring in Harley and Ivy, the two try to get them to let them go free by asking if they would do it for a pair of cute girls like themselves. The two just look at each other knowingly before jumping into combat.
** Reputedly, this (plus the spandex-clad TV series) is how the name "Bruce" became associated with homosexuality. Of course, his original ward's name is suggestive enough on its own.
** The Joker makes a couple of [[Ho Yay]] jokes about Robin in [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Arkham Asylum:
*** Not to mention in a very similar case of taking over the asylum and having fun with [[The Creeper]], Joker mentions to him ''"That laugh of yours... It just makes me tingle all over"''
*** In the first issue of Harley Quinn's solo series, a theme park is opened, with versions of Batman and Robin. Robin is cast as a curvaceous, pretty young woman, which the producer explains that:
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** Batman does have a history of sneaking into the bedrooms of attractive, naked young men. See his relationship with [[Green Lantern]] [[The Woobie|Kyle Rayner]], when he did so to assure Kyle that the League thought of him as the true Green Lantern. Kyle was a bit of a Batman [[Ascended Fanboy|fanboy]], as well.
** Even ''Alfred'' has his moments. In ''[[All Star Batman and Robin]]'', there's a scene where, thinking to himself, he describes Batman as his "black-eyed, brilliant, willful angel". As if Batman's interactions with Robin weren't [[Squick|Squicky]] enough...
* [[Catwoman (
* The [[Squee|friendship between Cass (Batgirl II) and Steph (Spoiler)]] can occasionally verge on this. Specifically, when Cass is having a [[Near-Death Experience]], she hallucinates the spirit of her friend, carrying her as a groom would carry his bride. [http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lapjhn4g481qzmbbqo1_500.jpg Check it out.]
** Then, there's [http://i45.tinypic.com/2nas0ol.jpg this bit] between Cass and Oracle. Oddly enough, all of these people have been [[Batgirl]] at some point.
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