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* Larry, the middle son on ''[[The War at Home]]'', alarms his [[All in The Family|Archie Bunker]]-like father with his non-macho behavior, such as participating in the school musical and dressing as a woman (although most of his schemes are attempts to get girls), and he suspects that he and his nerdy best friend, Kenny, are more than friends. Turns out Larry's straight... {{spoiler|but Kenny ain't.}}

* Nevel of ''iCarly'' acts pretty camp, but has a [[Villainous Crush]] on Carly.

* ''[[The A-Team]]'': Although perhaps not perceived that way at the time, Face can be seen this way (or at least more like [[Ambiguously Gay]]) in retrospect: for instance, he loves designer clothing and [[Legally Blonde|can name the labels]] ("Gucci shoes") and was once show taking over half an hour to get ready in the morning.

* Subverted in ''[[Extras]]'' by Bunny the theater choreographer, who appears to be this way for a while, until it's revealed that he's simply closeted.

'''Florence:''' I'm not British, I'm just gay. }}

* Hoity Toity moves from "camp" to "camp straight" in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic "Dance 'Til We're High". Twilight's first thought after Rarity admits that's who she's dating is "''Hoity Toity likes mares?!''"

* Much like a female [[Ed Wood]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] is straight, but likes to dress like men (ie. [[The Cinema Snob]], Radu from ''[[Subspecies]]'').

 

** Even before he married, Sideshow Bob's use of this trope was almost certainly just a shout out to Frasier/Cheers.

* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' has some effeminate mannerisms, worn biker leather yet he's attracted to Missy. One episode where he almost started humping Johnny's leg (Johnny Irresistable) may indicate Dukey as bisexual. And people rag on Gil for being gay...

* Shifty Dingo from [[Blinky Bill]] is most definitely a Camp Straight cute young boy. He skips around with flowers, shows an interest in helping his sister Daisy Dingo out at the beauty salon and he cries at the drop of a hat. He also has quite some romantic subtext with Nutsy.

* [[The Load|Vernon Fenwick]] from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. He fits nearly every 80's gay sterotype to a tee but is implied to be attracted to Irma.

* Frank Skinner is straight?!? He sounds about as camp as a 60s British comedy star.

* In dating book '''[[The Game (novel)|The Game]]'' by Neil Strauss, the author (a pick-up artist) suggests "Peacocking" which is wearing ridiculously flamboyant clothes to attract women's attention by appearing different from the usual. Also, one of his best pickup lines is "if I wasn't gay, you would so be mine" and then walk away.

* The late [[Tiny Tim]], novelty act and a walking encyclopedia of period songs (especially ones from the early 20th century). Like Liberace, he was a devout Christian and somewhat conservative (at least as far as abortion was concerned), but he was also very eccentric, cheerful, flamboyant, and often behaved rather effeminately.

* [[wikipedia:Kenneth Tynan|Kenneth Tynan]] was described, with some affection, by [[wikipedia:Gore Vidal|Gore Vidal]] as a tremendously effeminate man (who held his cigarette between middle and ring fingers) totally obsessed with women, "making him," Vidal continued devilishly, "one of Nature's original and permanent lesbians."

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