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Examples of [[Ho Yay]] in western cartoons.

 

== A-E ==

* In ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Tails tells a guy he looks hot after hairdressing him. Also, in the same episode, Sonic, in drag as Robotnik's old flame, ''marries Robotnik''. And kisses him. FIVE TIMES. It's very [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] / Elmer Fudd. That's probably the most blatant of the examples, but there's a bunch more.

** Oh, and there's also Robotnik being forced into a kiss with another guy and subsequently blushing and smiling. That came out of nowhere.

** Edging slightly closer to [[Word of Gay]], an official extra by the show's crew definitely reinforced (though not confirmed) the "Bubbline" phenomenon in the "What was Missing" episode. While the video primarily played the idea for mild titillation (it was later pulled down and disavowed by the show's executive producer), it demonstrates there is an appreciation for the pairing in house, if nothing else.

** [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0vzc9FN041qhr62bo1_1280.jpg This page] from one of the official ''Adventure Time'' comics is... very open to interpretation, even ''in'' context.

'''Marceline''': How does it hurt our situation, though? }}

** In "Too Young", Lemongrab (unintentionally) sucks on Peppermint Butler's head, and afterwards smacks his lips a couple of times and says "Mmmm!" to himself pleasantly. Neither of them seemed to mind at the moment.

*** On the subject of "Fionna and Cake", Fionna spends most of the episode on a date with Gumball, complete with Gumball singing her a romantic song. Except {{spoiler|it was actually Ice Queen in disguise. Fionna went on a date with Ice Queen.}}

** Let's [[It Makes Sense in Context|not bother to explain]] this line from Lumpy Space Princess:

* In "Hug Wolf", Finn hints that he has "repressed emotional feelings" for Cinnamon Bun.

* The original [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] in ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' is rather... suspect. The name of the song the (undeniably male) alligator sings to the (also undeniably male) Charlie is called... "Let's Make Music Together." Considering what "make sweet music together" is [[Intercourse with You|usually a euphemism for]], the whole thing comes off as rather... well, you get the idea.

* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'': Gumball and Darwin have shades of this, particularly in "The Pressure" and "The Prank". "The Third" acts like them getting a new friend is like adding a third person to a relationship.

* ''The Ambiguously Gay Duo''. [[Word of Gay]] stated that one of them is gay and the other straight... and leaves us to guess which one is which.

** In "Family Affair," Roger comments on how cute Tyler (the teenage son of the family who first abandoned Roger) has become.

** Then theres this line from "Stan's Night Out" when Jackson's talking to Dick.

** Jake also wakes up kissing Fu Dog in one episode. This time the kiss is on-screen.

** Blake always seemed a little too obsessed with winning Carl's friendship.

** It also helped that the enemies of this episode were essentially [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|giant, sentient spunk blobs. For real.]] And aside from a few awkward semi-[[Naughty Tentacles]] scenes, there are at least ''two'' shots of Cap with globs of the blob monsters on his face. And Tony's constant fanboying of him...

** Captain America's greatest desire is {{spoiler|Bucky being alive}}.

* One episode of ''[[The Backyardigans]]'', "Samurai Pie", had Tyrone teaching Austin the ways of [[Samurai]]-esque pie-making. The way they were close, and the way Austin [[Erotic Eating|licked a spoon]] in front of Tyrone, creates all sort of... possibilities.

** As mentioned in the comic book section, has Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. In the episode where their partnership was formed, they walk around Ivy's secluded trailer in [[Sex Dressed|nothing but dress shirts and underwear]] and constantly talk about how men are worthless, and in later episodes they share an apartment and continue to walk around in rather skimpy clothing (when Harley is not with the Joker). A later episode has the (scantily-clad) Ivy pushing the (scantily-clad) Harley down onto their hotel room's (single) bed with a pillow, at which point the scene abruptly ends. [[Word of God]] is that Harley & Ivy are indeed in such a relationship, off and on.

** Matt Hagen and Teddy Lupin in the episode ''Feat of Clay'', two friends who are definitely [[Ambiguously Gay]] with all of Teddy's fawning over Matt and Hagen's violent mood swings being very much like an abusive relationship.

** They manage to throw a [[Shout-Out]] to the Joker's [[Foe Yay|creepy obsession with Bats]] in ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm|Mask of the Phantasm]]'' animated movie.

* The ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' episode "Menace Of the Madniks" is ''made'' of [[Ho Yay]]. Most of it's the usual DC [[Ho Yay]] between Booster Gold and Ted Kord!Blue Beetle, but this one turns it into a [[Love Triangle]] by adding Batman to the mix.

* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' had its moments, particularly one where they have to buy athletic cups:

** As well as their fawning over older [[Badass]] Todd, complete with [[Heart Symbol|Heart Symbols]]. "Todd's so cool."

* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'': Ben and Kevin. Wow. For just one example, as soon as Gwen chews Kevin out for not asking her out yet, Kevin's first move is to turn around and ask ''Ben'' if he wants to go out alien hunting. The very end of "Be-Knighted" also raises an eyebrow or two when Kevin puts his arm around Ben, and not only does Ben not protest or awkwardly step out of the embrace, but they walk off together as if it's completely normal, with a knowing wink to Gwen. The two have a ton of dialogue that sounds suggestive out of context: "I used to talk about what I'd do to you," "Enjoy me while you can!"... Then there's that scene where Kevin asks {{spoiler|[[Mister Seahorse]]-mode}} Ben to help him with his tuxedo. Then Kevin gets his fingers entangled in his bow-tie, so Ben starts tying it ''for'' him.

** In the episode where Gwen's alien's grandmother first fights Ben and Kevin, at one point an unconscious Ben ends up laying in Kevin's ''lap.'' It isn't even [[Subtext]] anymore, it's just plain ''text''.

** While Ben and Kevin rule the [[Ho Yay]] department, Paradox and humanized Hugo in ''Paradox'' left quite an impact, the final part of the episode, where {{spoiler|Paradox walks an old Hugo into the time portal, to take him on the journey he didn't have the chance to go on all those years ago.}}

** ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ben 10 Ultimate Alien]]'' followed in its footsteps, the [[Ho Yay]] is just always there, but highlights include:

*** The scene from the Charmcaster episode where it suddenly shows us Ben sitting alone on a beach and smiling as Kevin walks towards him from the sea, complete with oddly romantic music and sunset in the background.

*** Speaking of Charmcaster, {{spoiler|her and Gwen's [[Foe Yay]] becomes not so "foe" anymore in "Where the Magic Happens"...}}

*** Notably parodied in "Duped", where one of Ben's Clones acts like a sulky boyfriend towards Kevin. Kevin is shown to be disturbed to a comical level:

"We never talk about our feelings anymore!" }}

*** And, instead of Gwen, it's [[Not So Stoic]] Kevin that's the first to run over to check on Ben after he's thrown into a wall in "Fused" and then hold his hand while helping him up, and I'm not talking that wrist-grab thing guys do, I'm talking ''hand'' holding. [[Relationship Writing Fumble|Made funny by the fact that minutes later he has to do the same for Gwen but just sort of pulls at her arm half-heartedly instead]].

*** The end of "Absolute Power," anyone? {{spoiler|Gwen asks who wants to go explain to her parents why their house is destroyed, and is ignored completely as Kevin asks Ben out for smoothies. [[Relationship Writing Fumble|Are we sure Gwen is Kevin's love interest?]]}}

*** "Fame". When the lights go out. Kevin grabs onto Ben to keep him quiet, [[Putting a Hand Over His Mouth|hand over mouth]], leaning over him. He also went to the trouble of tracking down the guy who outed Ben (as an alien superhero). His extremely protective reaction over Ben aimed towards Jimmy (the ten year old who figured out Ben's secret identity) certainly didn't hurt.

'''Kevin:''' (snatches Jimmy up off the ground by his collar) }}

* Ed Wuncler and Gin Rummy from [[The Boondocks]] have these moments, and to quote "Y'all Niggas are gay".

* ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' has Lazlo and Edward. It doesn't help that Lazlo is [[Ambiguously Gay]] or that Edward is ''constantly'' trying to outshine Lazlo in a quasi-[[Unknown Rival]] situation.

** The entire first half of the hugging episode was about giving Edward some love. Even in the shower.

** The episode "Irreconcilable Dungferences" combines this with sibling incest.

** "Dave, I love you!" Said by both Lazlo AND Edward.

** In the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] episode "A Fine Mess", Odd (in Yumi's body) suggests Ulrich to train with him in order to prepare for his confession to Yumi. [[Ship Sinking|Ulrich is disgusted and calls the idea sick.]]

** The episode "Killer Music" effectively acts as their breakup episode. {{spoiler|Odd annoys Ulrich into leaving their shared bedroom, after which Xana attacks Odd, hospitalizing him. For the rest of the episode, Ulrich seemed incredibly depressed and refused to leave Odd's side. He stroked Odd's head in a scene that makes it appear he was about to kiss Odd! And when the other group members finally convinced him to leave, it was to ''beat the crap out of the guy who hurt Odd''. The final scene had Ulrich smiling and all but blushing at Odd dancing around in his boxers and striking one of the most effeminate poses of the entire show. Once again, it really looked like they were gonna' kiss.}} Unless you knew the back-story of the series, you would have thout they were dating!

* This is intentionally done on ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' with Dave and Jerry, though it's probably one sided as Jerry is shown to be effeminate at times. In one episode he declares himself gay for Mitch ([[Sweet on Polly Oliver|who is his love interest Mary in disguise but he didn't know that]]). He also in another episode said he might be gay for giants after forming a friendship with a wrestler based on Andre the Giant. Beside that he is just very dependent on Dave. In one episode he even says maybe they are meant to be more than best friends while they are both high because he believes they are having the shared hallucination. Dave punches him and he nervously says he was just kidding.

* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': Numbuh 5 and {{spoiler|Heindrich/Henrietta}}. Every story with them in it has 5 acting like a mournful lover whose partner had gone to the dark side. There's much mentioning of what they once were and she never wants to cause her harm, always trying to save her and bring her back to her. And their reunion was so fluffy and SWEET. Many fans were shipping this like crazy and were shocked and horrified upon the revelation of the truth. They even pretend the last part didn't happen. For others, this made the ship a whole lot better.

** [[Mind Game Ship|There's also]] [[The Hero|Numbuh 1]] and the three-fifths male [[Creepy Child|The Delightful Children]] which is not only [[No Yay|seriously squicky]] by itself, but they're also {{spoiler|technically adopted cousins}}.

** When The Delightful Children had to kiss Numbuh 3 in a school play, both the male ''and'' the female ones lean forward and pucker up.

* ''[[Combo Ninos]]'' has many Ho Yay moments between the two main villains, Diadoro and Gomez. An example? In an episode, when a Divino is rather violently summoned, Gomez jumps in Diadoro's arms, Diadoro throws him out, and Gomez jumps back, saying "Five more seconds, they're so comfy!". Another moment is when Gomez asks Diadoro something. Before answering, Diadoro tickles Gomez's chin and Gomez ''blushes''! A third (and last) example is in an episode where a Divino makes everyone dance. At the end of the episode, the two bad guys are still dancing the tango, even though the Divino is defeated since a moment! They stop and Diadoro realizes at last that they're no longer under the Divino's spell. Gomez confesses that he knew that already, but wanted to dance a bit more. Diadoro throws him out violently. He seems to hesitate while seeing Gomez's sad face, then admits that "I kinda liked it. Felt very... macho." And they ''start dancing again''! And they're not the only moments...

* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' has "The Mask," in which Courage meets the [[Fantastic Racism|dog-hating]] Kitty (who likes to hide behind the titular mask). The reason for her hatred of dogs? Her "best friend" Bunny is in an abusive relationship with a dog. Kitty goes on about how she can't bare to live without Bunny, and she has a little catnip mouse given to her by Bunny "with love." When they're reunited at the end (after Courage rescues Bunny), they run away together while hugging and nuzzling and talking about how now, they can be best friends ''forever.'' It's also [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|one of the more heartwarming moments in the series]], so there you go.

** Also, Danny and Tucker. As if their snuggle with each other when they were both sleeping wasn't enough, consider this: they claim to share '''EVERYTHING''' together. The mind wanders...

* [[Daria]] and Jane. Frankly, the [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]] between Daria/Trent and Daria/Tom makes this look like a sane [[Take a Third Option|third option.]]

** Also, Quinn and Sandy. They show more affection for each other at the end of "Fat Like Me" than they do for any boy either of them dates.

* [[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]] and Launchpad (who is unabashedly the world's biggest Darkwing fanboy) live together [[Has Two Mommies|raising Darkwing's daughter]], take an instant dislike to and are incredibly suspicious of each other's female love interests ([[Dating Catwoman|Morgana]] and a [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] respectively), and got an [[Accidental Kiss]].

* From the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (animation)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' episode "Four Weddings and a Coconut":

'''Klump:''' Never mind him, sir. }}

** And from later in the same episode:

'''K. Rool:''' I didn't mean ''you'', you--! }}

** In "Hooray For Holly Kongo Bongo", Klump and Krusha audition for Bluster's movie with a version of the ending scene from Casablanca, with Krusha in the role of the female.

* ''[[Doug]]'': [[The Bully|Roger]] seems to be ''obsessed'' with the title character. He's the only one he goes out of his way to tease (most of the time), is nice to him at some points, and was the one who decided to throw a surprise party for him living in town for a year in "Quailman vs the Klotzoid Zombies".

** The way he teases Doug seems far more like when a boy yanks a girl he likes' pigtails more than anything. Early on, Roger was also always the one who brought the plot to Doug and would never leave him alone. He even moped on occassion when Doug's speech of the day got to him and he felt guilty. And, in the last episode, both Doug and Roger were scared to graduate, so they ran off together and shared some very tender feelings and memories in the confines of the empty principle's office.

* ''[[Drawn Together]]'''s Xandir may be the token gay, but Captain Hero is a [[Ho Yay]] ''magnet'': Not only has he shared "tender moments" with Xandir himself, but Wooldor has an obvious crush on him and he's kissed Spanky at least once. On the [[Les Yay]] side, we have Foxxy and Clara getting frisky and Toot sleeping with Clara once (though that last example was part of a convoluted roleplay, so it might not have counted).

* Pacha and Kuzco in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]''. Even leaving aside the [[Kiss of Life]] and the [[Man Hug|Man Hugs]], Pacha and Kuzco's relationship is the driving force of the plot. They bicker, they separate, they find one another at last... it's a love story.

** Lampshaded (like everything else in the movie):

'''Mudka's Meat Hut Waitress:''' Bless you for [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|coming out]] in public. }}

** The sequel has Kuzco dressing as a woman to pass as Kronk's wife in front of the latter's father... so either it's a coincidence, or Kuzco really likes to pass as a bulky guy's wife.

* ''[[Generator Rex]]'': When Rex finds out that Noah is working for Providence, what ensues would fit better in a romantic comedy than an action show.

** [[Crossover|Heroes United]] has quite a bit between Ben and Rex. {{spoiler|Including having [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Upgrade Ben going inside Rex]].}}

* ''[[Glenn Martin, DDS]]'' does everything but outright say Wendy has a crush on Courtney.

** At one point, even that's not true anymore:

'''Wendy:''' Nothing! *glances around nervously* }}

* This may be a bit of a stretch, but has anybody noticed that Blockheads G and J of ''[[Gumby]]'' are never apart? And that J seems to take G's abuse a bit too submissively?

* While ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'' was the epitome of macho back in the 80s, afterwards it became known as shorthand for [[Hard Gay]] (as best exemplified by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4 this piece] of [[Memetic Mutation]]), with endless jokes made in the vein of "If my father was afraid I'd turn out gay, maybe making me watch ''He-Man'' wasn't the best idea". Having a guy named FISTO in the cast is just icing on a particularly fabulous cake.

** They are also surprisingly touchy-feely towards the other (well, Hades is [[No Sense of Personal Space|like that with everyone]], but Jafar??). Also at the end, when they are seemingly about to win, Hades offers Jafar the chance to [[We Can Rule Together|join him in his Olympus coup d'etat]], along with godhood and even his own title! That's almost a marriage proposal.

* ''[[Invader Zim]]'': Zim and Dib. [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]] turned this into a massive joke and (one of) the fandom's largest sources of [[Internet Backdraft]], but even the most diehard slash-haters can't deny the creepily intense-bordering-on-[[Foe Yay]] obsession the two harbour for each other, mixed with grudging respect, [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] to the extreme, and an unhealthy dose of co-dependence. One incomplete episode (although the audio recording survives) featured Dib "retiring" from fighting Zim to follow "real science", resulting in him becoming bored and miserable and Zim turning into a depressed, unmotivated slob until the two renewed their rivalry, ending with them joyfully proclaiming the various ways they will "defeat" the other.

** Also, the implied one-sided Keef/Zim in the episode "Bestest Friend". Keef was a human kid who practically became obsessed with Zim, including stalking him, hugging him, painting a naked picture of him, and saying that he "likes" Zim. He continues to believe he's friends with Zim even after Zim rejects him. And this line by Gir to Zim about Keef:

** The Tallest. Their bromance, it is epic. And obvious.

** Also, GIR has an obvious affection for his master Zim and cares about him a lot, once in the episode "Germs" doing his best to hug Zim despite Zim warning him not to.

* While admittedly [[The Ditz|Charlotte]] of ''[[Making Fiends]]'' is [[Friend to All Living Things|endlessly friendly to everyone]], her undaunted, frequently disturbing obsession with being [[Creepy Child|Vendetta]]'s "best friend" can easily be viewed as this. For her part Vendetta reacts with increasing levels of loathing and more attempts to kill her, but that only seems to increase Charlotte's resolve.

** In one episode Vendetta even makes Charlotte jealous by adopting Mary as her new best friend. Not only does this play like Les Yay for Charlotte and Vendetta, but Mary actually grows attatched to Vendetta, becomming very hurt when she learns she meant nothing to her.

** The [[Web First|web series]] had its share of this too. In one episode, Vendetta succeeds in having Charlotte get eaten by the giant cat fiend. Then in the next episode, Vendetta gets swallowed too. She meets Charlotte [[Artistic License Biology|in the stomach]]. Charlotte is thrilled, and when the cat swallows a piano, Charlotte starts singing a song about Vendetta. Best of all, Charlotte knew there was an "exit" all along.

* In addition to the [[Foe Yay|robo-incest tension between Mega Man and Proto Man]], Ruby-Spears' ''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' had a more traditional example: In "Brain Bots", Mega Man and Roll get charged with escorting the brilliant but [[Genius Ditz|prone-to-dismantling-machinery-while-it's-still-in-use]] Brain Bot. At one point, they stop at a motel. We're shown their room--''and Mega Man and Brain Bot are occupying the same bed.'' There was no way the censors could have missed this, but they did.

** Misty and Jenny had an incredible amount of this.

** "Puppet Bride" - Little Acorn talks about how all the other puppets have a life partner: Punch has Judy. [[Sesame Street|Ert has Bernie]]...

* ''[[Oban Star Racers]]'' has [[Those Two Guys]] repeatedly saving each other's life, complete with spur-of-the-moment confessions that 'you're the best partner I could have had' and 'just run I'll hold them back' moments which make the one to which it's addressed jump on the perceived enemies to allow the first one to run away.

** Even more obvious is the relationship between the heroine's [[Jerkass|father]] and his racing champion, who met after the first lost his wife and [[Parental Abandonment|put his daughter in a boarding school]]. "How could you not tell me you had a wife" is but one example. The fact that the racing champion plays the part of both [[Big Brother Mentor]] to the heroine and [[Team Mom]] doesn't help.

** Pinky also often dresses up as Brain's wife, neither can live without the other (as seen in ''This Old Mouse'' and ''A Pinky and the Brain Halloween''), Pinky's given up his soul for Brain and Brain's given up the world for Pinky, and in ''Just Say Narf'' there's a scene where he actually tries to seduce Brain on a bench. Honestly, the sheer ammount of Ho Yay moments with these two is staggering.

* In the [[Popples]] episode "The Treasure of Popple Beach", Puzzle kisses Putter mistaking him for money!

* Exile and Blitz in ''[[Road Rovers]]''. While the amount of [[Ho Yay]] that occurs in the series can probably fit a page on its own, the amount between these two are particularly noticeable.

* In ''[[Robotomy]]'', there are plenty of Ho Yay momments between the main characters, Thrasher and Blastus. Near the end of "Mean Green" just to name one.

** In the second-to-last episode, {{spoiler|Virgils father finds out that his son and his friend are superheros}}. He's not sure what to think of this, so Static and Gear try to win his approval. Dialogue then goes as follows. "But, pops, we've been doing it for a really long time!" Gear smiles and adds "Yeah, and we're pretty good at it, too!"

** In the episode "Attack of the Living Brain Puppets," Madeline reads Richie's mind and all he's thinking of is Virgil.

* In ''[[Storm Hawks]]'', it is revealed that Aerrow's darkest desire is to see his rival, The Dark Ace. On the ground in front of him. Defeated. ''Ooh.''

** Piper, who has had [[Les Yay]] moments with... every human/oid female on the show? Especially Starling and Master Cyclonis. See "Best Friends Forever". Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scNN3MJ9ZX0 this].

*** In one DVD release interview, James Avery actually compared the two to an old married couple and joked about how they're probably now retired and living in Florida together.

* ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' In "Omens Part One", there's an exchange between [[Not Blood Siblings|adoptive brothers]] Tygra and Lion-O, as they ready themselves for a [[Chase Fight]] racing competition to ring a bell at the top of a tree: [[Accidental Innuendo]] or [[Incest Subtext]]?

'''Tygra''': And I'm going to [[Unusual Euphemism|ring yours]]. ''(winks)'' }}

** It does not help that a previous instance of Tygra's winking was explicitly (and baldly) flirtatious. With a female priest, ''during'' a ceremony. That's how Tygra rolls.

** Thundera's King Claudus and his general Grune certainly seemed ''close''.

** Likewise Claudus rushed to his dear friend {{spoiler|and general, Panthro}}'s [[Roaring Rampage of Rescue|rescue]] with somewhat foolhardy fervor. (He [[Ditch the Bodyguards|ditched his bodyguards]].)

* Tom and the mayor on ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' sometimes seem to have some tension between them. It doesn't help that Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, who portray Tom and the mayor, also portray a married couple in the same series (with Heidecker in drag).

** In "Wild Style" after Clover gets turned into a [[Catgirl]] the villainess of the episode calls her a "pretty kitty".

** Sam, Clover, and Alex sometimes have this between them, like in the episode "Stuck In The Middle Ages With You" where Sam and Alex disguise themselves as knights and rescue Clover who was dressed up as a princess to be the bride for an evil guy.

** In the third movie Buzz in spanish mode comes over to Woody at one point and kisses him twice on the cheeks prompting Woody to just stare wide eyed and say [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"We gotta switch him back."]]

 

* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''

** An awkward exchange between Dr. Venture and Dr. Orpheus in a hotel room (Venture has already accused Orpheus of trying to get into his pants):

'''Doctor Orpheus''': ...'Kayyyy... }}

** The "evah popular" Pete White and Master Billy Quizboy. Several episodes show that they live together in a trailer in the middle of nowhere and fight like an old married couple. {{spoiler|In the season 3 episode, "The Invisible Hand of Fate," it's also shown that White agreed to take care of Billy after he had his memory wiped (and was apparently a total mess without him).}} Their turn as {{spoiler|Thanatos and Eros, respectively}} in "Assisted Suicide" went even further, considering {{spoiler|they're made to get to second base by Rusty Venture's "id" and ''do'' (if off-screen), without all that much coaxing. The fact that it's Rusty's mind that they exist in might just mean that even ''he'' thinks they have a thing for each other...}}

** To a lesser extent, [[Bodyguard Crush|Dr. Venture and his bodyguard, Brock.]] Referenced in the pilot episode, "The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay," when Pete White argues to Billy Quizboy that "you can't tell me there's nothing going on there". Also played with in the season 1 finale "Return to Spider-Skull Island" when Brock {{spoiler|isn't allowed to go with Dr. Venture to the operation room and argues, the doctor}} assumes they're "partners." The fact that they were dressed as [[Rocky Horror Picture Show|Rocky and Frank n' Furter]] may have added to the effect. There's also [[Double Entendre|this humorous little exchange]]:

'''Dr. Venture''': It'll be fine, it's not built for speed, it's built for deep penetration! }}

:: ''Intentionally'' phrased that way by Doc and lampshaded.

** Between the incredibly blatant [[Foe Yay]] with Dr. Venture, the various m/m/f threesome jokes about him and Dr. Girlfriend, and that time that he made out with Stiv Bators, it's not exactly an unlikely conclusion that the Monarch is bisexual. In Operation P.R.O.M., Monarch mentions the threesome with Manotaur.

** Hank and Dean is pretty obvious too: In addition to Hank bragging about his circumcision and "Honest Abe's a mo", there's generally a bunch of other stuff. Take your pick. Abe even outright says it after reading their minds.

'''Hank''': ''DEAN!!'' }}

** Hank and Dermott. In Dermott's first episode, Dean even calls him "Hank's new giant boyfriend" and Triana says "So, Hank's finally out?". And Dermott was his date for Homeschool Prom.

** After the Myra incident where she kidnapped the boys, Killinger can be seen chatting with the demon face about how "we failed to get them together"... but never specifying WHICH couple they sought to unite. If Killinger had meant Myra and Rusty, why bring in Orpheus by using a demon, forcing him and Rusty to share a hotel room? Speculation runs rampant from there.

* ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' (Episode 37, K is for Knowledge) introduces us to the Les Yay equivalent of a drive-by shooting:

'''Nerissa:''' You have ''no idea'' what she meant to me! }}

** At least in the novelisations and graphic novels we got a few merciful gleams of [[Yaoi Guys|Phobos/Cedric]]- though the scenes in particular border on creepy and abusive.

** Then there's Chase's strange obsession with Omi, which borders on [[Shotacon]].

** Omi constantly tries to get Jack to convert to the good side, hugs him on several occasions and ''begs'' Master Fung to let Jack stay in the temple, while clinging onto Jack's head and stroking his hair. Likewise, Jack has hugged and/or [[Security Cling|clung]] onto Omi and seems to prefer Omi over the other monks. And then there's the first [[Season Finale]], in which Omi clings onto the back of Jack's coat before he can leave and begs that he stay, telling him that he should join the side of good and move into the Xiaolin temple. Jack immediately declines the offer, insisting that, "Next time we meet, we're enemies again." He then activates his helibot to fly away, but before he is able to he realizes that Omi is still clinging onto his coat and is now [[Puppy Dog Eyes|staring up at him sadly]]. There is a moment of silence, then this:

'''Omi:''' ''(smiles)'' That would be nice. }}

** Once Raimundo tried to wake Clay up because of an emergency. Clay's reaction? Grab Raimundo and yank him down underneath himself.

 

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