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A Camp Straight is a person who exhibits all of the common characteristics of a [[Flamboyant Gay]] but is heterosexual.
An [[Older Than You Think|old character type]] -- until the 1970s or so, in many segments of society and media, men were assumed to be straight unless outed, no matter how flamboyant they acted. Thus, many films from the era of the [[Hays Code]] contain Camp Straight characters (who are ''sometimes'' proven straight by a [[Last
Some shows purposely do this to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|insert a gay character (or increasingly to insert a]] [[Once
There isn't an obvious female equivalent of this trope, as [[The Ladette]], the closest thing we have to a straight [[Butch Lesbian]], is heavily sexualized.
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* Prince Charming of ''[[Shrek]]''.
* Jack Skellington of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animation)|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.
* ''[[Megamind]]''. That guy has [[Ho Yay]], [[Foe Yay]] or both with pretty much every guy in the movie, and yet he {{spoiler|never gets explicit about any of them in that way}} (Dreamworks kids' movie, remember?) and actually {{spoiler|ends up with Roxanne by the end of the movie following a naturally progressing relationship}} (so no [[Last
* Shakey from [[Alpha and Omega]], a runty Omega wolf who wears flowers around his neck and cries at weddings. He loves hanging out with a couple of wolven [[Granola Girl|Granola Girls]].
* Kuzko from ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'' and ''[[The Emperor's New School (Animation)|The Emperors New School]]'' is very flamboyant but has feelings for a girl in the spinoff.
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* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': Ruby Rhod is flamboyantly camp but also a voracious sex machine to the ladies. To a large extent, an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Prince]], below in [[Real Life]].
* Hedley Lamarr from [[Blazing Saddles]]. A buffoonish [[The Dragon|Dragon]] with Ambiguously characteristics, likes women. [[Depraved Bisexual|He's, at least, Bi]].
{{quote| [[Say My Name|Oh Lily, Lily, Lily, Lily,]] [[She's Got Legs|legs]], [[Hello, Nurse!|Lily, Lily.]]}}
** Don't forget how he [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|molests the statue of Justice]].
* Played [[Incredibly Lame Pun|straight]] in ''[[Snakes On a Plane]]''. The sole male steward is highly effeminate, and all his co-workers roll their eyes when he talks about his 'girlfriend'. When they finally land, the first thing his does is make out with his incredibly hot girlfriend...who is just as Camp as he is.
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* ''One of Us'': A blackmail victim in this thriller novel has built his entire acting career out of the fact that he's one of these, combined with the constant arguments over whether he should have to come out of the closet or whether he's free to "pretend" he's straight. The main character observes that he's being blackmailed for his "lack of a secret."
* One of Kim Newman's ''Richard Jeperson'' short stories has Jeperson go undercover behind the scenes of a soap opera and meet a stereotypically [[Camp Gay]] PR representative who eventually admits that he's not actually gay, but just plays it up because that's what's expected in that environment. He does defensively point out that his stereotypically "feminine" and "gay" manner of speaking and acting is just how he is, however, and it's not his fault it's been co-opted as representing homosexuality.
* ''[[Prince Roger]]'' is an athletic [[Long
* Hilariously played with in [[Dresden Files|The Dresden Files]]: Thomas, a White Court vampire who feeds off intimacy acts like this (and takes on a French accent) in his job as a hairdresser, feeding a little off the women whose hair he does, because women believe that the only good male hairdressers are gay and/or European. There's even [[Ho Yay]] between Thomas and Harry, with Thomas calling Harry "dear" in front of others and Harry pretending to be Thomas' flamboyant boyfriend when he's caught breaking into Thomas' apartment. {{spoiler|However, they are half-brothers.}}
* A variant in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' -- Aziraphale comes off "gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide," but [[Our Angels Are Different|as an angel]] he's actually closer to being a literal [[Asexuality|asexual]] unless he ''wants'' to be something else.
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* [[The Wire|The Bunk]] is undoubtedly straight, having been seen trying to drunkenly pick up women in bars. But he's very comfortable with his heterosexuality - to the point where he's willing to offer backrubs to his male colleagues.
* This is a running joke on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]''. The guys in the cast love to flirt outrageously with each other and even kiss on occasion, but most of them are married.
* On ''[[
** The Regent isn't explicitly straight, though, is he? He's never seen with any romantic partner, female or male.
* Gunther on ''[[Shake It Up]]'' is very flamboyant and loves wearing sparkly tight clothes, but in one episode he has a crush on a girl and asks Ty for help to get her. In fact, Ty basically told Gunther not to be as flamboyant.
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*** Although, unlike Kryten, his ultimate fantasy partner is ''[[Screw Yourself|himself]]''.
*** What do you expect from a character who could serve as a pictorial accompaniment for the definition of "narcissist" in the dictionary?
* In the 2000s-era ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined
** Well, aside from [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8t9gik2AX1qc59p4o1_500.jpg that one scene with her in a dress] Starbuck is basically a [[The Squadette|Squadette]][http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lip4s1DyS91qaix93o1_500.png *] [[The Ladette|Lad-ette]][http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic475209.jpg *]. This seems to be the only logical way a long term relationship with her could develop. Some of it also has to do with the fact that she is the widow of Apollo's brother and therefore a bit off limits to him. Not that Starbuck shares any of his compunctions about the issue.
* Johnny Keogh in ''[[Two Pints Of Lagar And A Packet Of Crisps]]'' can act extremely gay on occasion, yet has a wife and child.
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* Nick Swardson. The fact that he [[Reno 911|played a gay prostitute on TV doesn't help to clear matters]].
* 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.
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* International chef, Malaysia's Chef Wan. Due to the very flamboyant way he talks and acts, first timer's might mistake him to be gay but in reality he's actually a [[Happily Married]] straight man, [[Older Than They Look|who look's like he's in his late 20's]] and is a [[Hot Dad]] with two adult children!
** By all accounts. Malaysia is of course a highly conservative country where the Leader of the Opposition has faced repeated accusations of sodomy in order to discredit him. He might be closeted, although given his marriage and children, bi is another possibility.
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