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{{quote|''"But male rape is funny... At least to the guy doing the raping."''|[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2009/03/collection-of-watchmenhostess-parodies.html Theory of Everything]}}
Usually played for laughs when a known straight character is hit on by another man, especially one that's physically larger. It doesn't matter if it's through force, deception or drugs, male-on-male rape is almost always an object of
The reason? Well, men are expected to be strong and dominant, and rape is thought of as something that only happens to women. Hence, a man who is raped must be so weak and unmanly that he allowed himself to be treated like a woman; [[Insane Troll Logic|therefore]], he's comically pathetic and must have [[What Measure Is a Non-Badass?|deserved it]]. Which brings about many [[Unfortunate Implications]]: men aren't supposed to be victims, especially not of anything sex-related since a "real man" is always on top. The victim has been humiliated and defeated in the worst way possible as well as robbed of his masculinity, while the perpetrator will strangely be considered as exceptionally virile for having been able to ''sexually dominate a man''. This might be why a [[Camp Gay|non-camp]], [[Manly Gay]] and [[Seme|dominant]] [[Depraved Homosexual]] is perceived as particularly dangerous to straight men.
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* In the manga ''[[Challengers]]'' it is revealed in a side story that Tomoe's older brother, Souichi, had a [[Near-Rape Experience]] at the hands of one of his teachers, which caused him to become anti-gay. Souichi's resulting homophobia is played up to ludicrous extremes clearly intended for laughs. The rape itself ''is'' treated as wrong, but its consequences are merely treated as funny.
* Souichi's later relationship with his [[Sempai-Kohai|kohai]] Morinaga in the [[Spin-Off]] series ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' is a combination of this trope and [[Victim Falls For Rapist]], most of the comedy resulting from [[Dogged Nice Guy|Morinaga]] and [[Tsundere|Souichi]] not fitting the traditional [[Boys Love|BL]] "cold-hearted [[Seme]]/cheerful [[Uke]]" dynamic ''at all''.
* Early on in the plot of [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] historical drama ''[[Kaze Hikaru]]'', a few male characters are shown being markedly attracted to the [[Bifauxnen]] protagonist. One of them, Kanji, makes increasingly desperate bids to get into "his" pants, which are all portrayed
* Similarly [[Played for Laughs]] as the ''[[Sukisho]]!'' example above, in ''[[FAKE]]'' and it's one shot OVA, [[Lovable Sex Maniac|Dee]] [[Attempted Rape|attempts to rape]] [[Straight Man|Ryo]] while on vacation. Carol and Bikky are eavesdropping outside the door and betting on whether or not Dee will actually succeed.
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', [[Moe Anthropomorphism|France]] often gropes or undresses the other countries, which are almost all males. It's always played for laughs.
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* Almost [[Averted]] in ''[[Dirty Work]]'', after Norm Macdonald's character is raped in prison and his friend start teasing him about it:
{{quote|'''Mitch:''' You know what hurts the most is the... the lack of respect. You know? That's what hurts the most. Except for the... Except for the other thing. ''That'' hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.}}
* An attempted rape of a young man by a much larger old man is played for laughs in ''[[Withnail and I]]'', though for very [[Squick
{{quote|'''Uncle Monty:''' I mean to have you [[Crowning Moment of Funny|even if it must be burglary!]]}}
* Completely avoided by ''[[Vulgar]]'', in which a down on his luck birthday clown takes up doing adult shows as a side job and gets raped by a perverse father and his sons. The film manages to not only take it seriously, but subtly mocks this trope at the same time.
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{{quote|'''Jonathan:''' The joint changes you. I hear they like the small ones, with little hands like their girlfriends.}}
* ''[[ER]]''
** Invoked on an episode, which had Carter in jail. His cellmate, a stereotypical [[Scary Black Man]], approaches him, unbuckling his pants, declaring, "I've got something for you". Carter screams in panic...and the man reveals a sore on his leg that has been bothering
** Averted in a different episode, though, where a prisoner was brought to the hospital after being injured in a fight. It soon became obvious that he had been raped and the incident was handled appropriately, even becoming a [[Tear Jerker]] when {{spoiler|the patient is diagnosed with HIV and actually says that he's ''glad''... because he's serving a life sentence and won't have to put up with the rapes anymore.}}
* Rik's tendency to panic at the very thought of being raped ("I can't go to prison!") was similarly played for laughs a couple of times on ''[[The Young Ones]]''.
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* In ''[[The Boondocks]]'', episode "A Date with the Health Inspector", a character's fear of being raped in prison is used as a comedic device. In fact, fear of homosexual prison rape is presented as the driving force of neighbor Tom's personality, to explain his "non-black" behavior.
** [[The Boondocks]] also had a "[[To Catch a Predator]]" clip, where Chris Hansen (Chris "Handsome" to the would-be predator) was raped by the man he was supposed to have caught looking for a young boy. Turns out the guy [[Genre Savvy|knew he was being set up]], and only wanted to rape Chris Hansen.
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'', being a [[Dead Baby Comedy]], has this in scores. A particularly twisted example is in the episode "Little Orphan Hero", where Captain Hero, in his childhood montage, disobeys his mother by going to a keg party dressed as a promiscuous woman. At the party, he is promptly gang raped on top of a pinball machine, shouting in a woman's voice, "Leave me alone!", in a parody of the film ''[[The Accused]]'', despite being by far the largest man there (and having super-powers). Captain Hero also sodomized his parents and Xandir in an attempt to [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erase their memories]]
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' had a skit about a (male) "rape ghost" raping males in a haunted house (and explicitly not raping the females).
* ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' has a scene in one episode with Phil trying to establish dominance over Doggie Daddy , while Doggie just looks onward uninterested.
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