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** The [[Furry Fandom]] Fan Yay seems fond of Giran.
** On a similar note, many [[Furry Fandom|Furries]] are also a fan of [[Big Bad|Frieza]], mostly for his [[Naughty Tentacles|tail]] and [[Foot Focus|prehensile feet.]]
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Darius and Heinkel ([[Ho Yay|together]] or [[Mr. Fanservice|individually]]) have an immense gay following. Much of the cast consists of [[Author Appeal|muscular men]] and shirtless scenes abound for the main character.
* Asuma Sarutobi from ''[[Naruto]]'' is a popular icon amongst bara fans, with hundreds of [[Fan Art]] and doujinshi dedicated to him.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' with [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Kaworu]].
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== Literature and Mythology ==
* The [[Vampire Chronicles]] series, before [[Anne Rice]] decides to become a "good Catholic girl." Lestat, Louis, Armand, & Marius were toted for their heavy bromances.
* Most of Classical mythology - especially Hellenic mythology - falls under this. Homosexual relations were widely accepted and practiced in Ancient Greece, and tolerated in Rome. As a result, vast swathes of Ancient Greek mythological figures have serious [[Ho Yay]] going on, and on top of that, many have explicit romantic relationships with the same-sex. Not to mention most of the Gods being [[Bi the Way]]. Things were toned down in Roman times (the original Narcissus myth had him spurning a male suitor) but a lot still lingered on. Greek mythology has subsequently inspired a lot of homoerotic art, such as this [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102005146/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/The_Death_of_Hyacinthos.gif painting] of Apollo cradling Hyacinth.
* ''[[The Bible]]'', namely the story of [[Her Heart Will Go On|David and Jonathan]]. Though David had no fewer than ''eight'' wives, he was said to have loved [[Closet Key|Jonathan]] with a passion above all other people. The [[Ho Yay]] of this relationship has been [[wikipedia:Jonathan and David#Homoeroticism|acknowledged and celebrated in art]] at least since the Middle Ages (and likely earlier as well).
** [[Lovely Angels|Ruth and Naomi]] have some significance in the lesbian community as well.
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** ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' picked up the slash fans, with the damn near canon relationship between the titular step-brothers.
* Back when [[Hello, Attorney!|Alex Cabot]] was still on the show (pick a season, any season. She's the ADA for five out of eleven of them, even after she [[Not Quite Dead|died]].), ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' had a reputation for having a large lesbian fanbase, due to the ''blatant'' [[Les Yay]] between Alex and Olivia, which Executive Producer Neal Baer not only acknowledged, but deliberately strung along.
** Stephanie March (Alex) has recently said that she thinks Alex/Olivia is entirely possible - they may even have been together, a la [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|the Grissoms]], for a long while. Which is ''spectacular''.
* ''[[Neighbours]]'', specifically with regard to [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Libby and Steph]], who have a substantial lesbian following.
* ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', specifically Doggie Cruger, who became an instant [[Bara Genre]] icon.
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** One of the characters in ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' is Dick Gumshoe, a buff, scruffy, battered puppy of a man who is in desperate need of some love. The fans deliver, though they [[Butt Monkey|aren't particularly kind to him]].
** Miles Edgeworth does tend to get the brunt of it, though, between [[Real Men Wear Pink|his frilly attire]], [[Chaste Hero|lack of interest]] in his [[Chick Magnet|masses of female admirers]] and constant [[Ho Yay]] with Phoenix Wright.
* ''[[Battletoads]]''. This now-obscure 1990s video game franchise used a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] [[Excuse Plot]] about [[Save the Princess|saving a girl]] to unleash one of the single most [[Ho Yay|homo]][[Fetish Fuel|erotic]] video games in existence. For some reason, in particular, Big Blag the [[Lightning Bruiser]] [[Leather Man]] has a Fan Yay quotient as potent as [[Super Mario (franchise)|Bowser]], except not nearly as well known. All this from the same game that gave us [[Ms. Fanservice|The Dark Queen]].
* The ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' series, which almost seemed to be a foregone conclusion considering it was already very popular in the [[Furry Fandom]]. The greatest Fan Yay seems to go to Garr and Rei from ''[[Breath of Fire III]]'' and to Cray from ''[[Breath of Fire IV]]''.
* ''[[FEDA]]''. Ain MacDougal and Arby Hcszeool have both become [[Stripperiffic]] [[Bara Genre]] icons.
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. There's something about Ganondorf that makes him quite the Fan Yay bait.
** However, it's the hero, Link, who was voted hottest video game character by the LGBT magazine "Out." (He's also been known to inspire [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] moments in straight male fans.)
* ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''. Mario himself to a degree, but far outshadowered by '''Bowser'''. A big hairy strong guy wearing [[Leather Man|spikes and leather]] and [[Stripperiffic|nothing else]]? Bowser oozes testosterone, and attracts tons of testosterone-y fans. Though both Mario and Bowser are portrayed as straight in a [[Love Triangle|struggle]] over [[Save the Princess|Peach]], [[Foe Yay]] inevitably ensues.
* Tali'Zorah, resident [[Wrench Wench]] and [[Badass Normal]] of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has a substantial lesbian fanbase for her personality, close relationship with Shepard, and [[Les Yay]] in the second game. It's been hinted that Tali was intended to be a romance option for a female Shepard, but her voice actor found the idea uncomfortable.
** [[Good-Looking Privates|Kaidan Alenko]] and [[Hitman with a Heart|Thane Krios]] too, thanks to scrapped plans for them to be romancable regardless of Shepard's gender, and the impressive amount of [[Ho Yay]] left over from that in Kaidan's case. Oddly, enough, the fan yay for [[Action Girl|Ashley Williams]] is quite lacking in comparison even though all this also applies to her.
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* ''[[Carpe Diem]]''.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]''.
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* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. [[Mr. Fanservice|Brock]] [[Testosterone Poisoning|Samson]]'s character design was totally asking for this. [[Patrick Warburton]]'s voice and the occasional [[Fan Service]] helped even more.
* ''[[Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa]]''. More manly anthropomorphic characters, in the form of three [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Cowboys]].
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the
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* ''[[Daria]]'' is now on [[Logo]]. Granted, many fans tend to see [[Les Yay]] in Daria and Jane's relationship, but pretty much every major character is canonically straight.
** Daria's repeated struggles with everyone who [[Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?|kept trying to change her]] just for the convenience of [[All of the Other Reindeer|easily grouping her together with the other kids]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|resonated with many Gay fans]].
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