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Line 1: {{trope}} When a gay (or bisexual), character, who is normally very [[Camp Gay\|flamboyant]] acts in a far less [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar\|stereotypical]] manner. This usually in order to hide his or her sexual orientation from another person's [[Gaydar]]. It may or may not be a part of [[The Masquerade]]. This is different from the standard [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]] character who isn't campy to begin with. This trope only occurs when the character is normally very, very flamboyant, but is putting on an act. Needless to say this is [[Truth in Television]]. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == Film == Line 17: * Inverted in ''[[Ugly Betty]]''. A fashion designer is actually straight, but plays up a flamboyant [[Camp Gay]] image so he can be taken seriously as a designer. ** Played straight (no pun intended) in an earlier episode, when Marc tries to act straight for his mother. He is spectacularly awful at it, claiming that his favorite musical is High School Musical and that he tans at only a certain place. {{quote\| '''Betty''': Are these really the questions that are going to make your mom think you're straight?~~<br />~~ '''Marc''': Straight guys Mystic Tan. Hello, Tom Cruise. }} * In ''[[Glee]]'', Kurt gets caught by his dad dancing in a unitard with two girls to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video. He claims he is [[Blatant Lies\|practicing for his new position on the football team, which he had totally just joined and not made up on the spot.]] Later, when he ''does'' join the football team, he helps the team perfect their coordination and timing (and some psychological warfare on the other team) through learning the dance. In a later episode, when he feels that quarterback Finn is "stealing" his dad away from, Kurt begins dressing in flannel clothing and dating a woman in order to appear more manly and win back his father's affection. * Bisexual [[~~Cross Dresser~~Crossdresser]] Kris from British Soap Opera [[~~Holly Oaks~~Hollyoaks]] did this at one point, stopping wearing make-up, skirts and hiding his bisexuality because his brother was visiting. * Until a certain episode of ''[[The War Atat Home]]'', Kenny tries to hide his sexual orientation. The audience still know he's gay because of his [[Inner Monologue~~\|Inner Monologues~~]]s. * Max from ''[[Happy Endings]]'' subverts this: while he is definately not [[Camp Gay]] at all, his friends point out that he can't really act straight either. Especially in front of his parents. {{quote\| '''Max''': While pointing at [[The Beard\|Penny's]] breasts Get a load of these! Huh? Yeah!}} * ''[[~~Noahs~~Noah's Arc]]'': In an episode where Noah wants to go to a bar to meet Wade's friends, Wade gets Noah to tone down his normally feminine look for this purpose. Noah calls him out on it later. == Theater == * Lampshaded in [[Angels in America]] in a conversation between Louis and Prior. Prior remarks that Louis always introduces himself as "Lou" to his ~~relatives--so~~relatives—so they don't hear the sibilant ''s''. == Multiple media == Line 35: == [[Western Animation]] == * In an inversion similar to the ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' example above, Bill Dauterive of ''[[King of the Hill]]'' pretends to be [[Camp Gay]] in order to keep his employment at a trendy hair salon that only hires women and gay men because they do not believe straight men can properly cut/style hair. * ''[[~~American Dad (Animation)\|~~American Dad]]'' had an episode where the Smiths' neighbor Terry needed to pretend to be straight because his intolerant father was coming to town for a few days. This resulted in Francine [[The Beard\|pretending to be his live-in girlfriend]], forcing his actual partner Greg to stay with Stan. {{reflist}} [[Category:Queer As Tropes]] [[Category:Just for Pun]] [[Category:~~Flying Under The Gaydar~~{{PAGENAME}}]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~