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{{quote|''Nice view. You wanna make out? Just two gruff, military hardened dudes sitting in an elevator, snuggling out their woes in a totally hetero way.'' |
{{quote|''Nice view. You wanna make out? Just two gruff, military hardened dudes sitting in an elevator, snuggling out their woes in a totally hetero way.'' |
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|'''Grayson Hunt''', ''[[Bulletstorm]]''}} |
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Bob is your average, macho, heterosexual man. Everyone knows that he is an average, macho, heterosexual man. But nonetheless, Bob will routinely make outrageously homoerotic comments and suggestions to his (presumably also straight) friends and co-workers. Why? It's actually a way to reinforce just how macho he is; by doing this Bob appears to be utterly secure with his own sexual identity, and if he unsettles other people by doing this, then Bob is the one who comes out looking the most unflappable and collected (and above all, manly) in the room. It's a kind of homoerotic jiu-jitsu. Sometimes the target buckles in uncomfortable silence, or sometimes they'll catch it and reverse it ('''Gay Bravado''' Chicken: whoever loses, the [[Yaoi Fan]]s win!) |
Bob is your average, macho, heterosexual man. Everyone knows that he is an average, macho, heterosexual man. But nonetheless, Bob will routinely make outrageously homoerotic comments and suggestions to his (presumably also straight) friends and co-workers. Why? It's actually a way to reinforce just how macho he is; by doing this Bob appears to be utterly secure with his own sexual identity, and if he unsettles other people by doing this, then Bob is the one who comes out looking the most unflappable and collected (and above all, manly) in the room. It's a kind of homoerotic jiu-jitsu. Sometimes the target buckles in uncomfortable silence, or sometimes they'll catch it and reverse it ('''Gay Bravado''' Chicken: whoever loses, the [[Yaoi Fan]]s win!) |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Yuu Narukami in the anime of ''[[Persona 4]]'' has a very quirky sense of humor, and does this against both Kanji and Yosuke at different points. |
* Yuu Narukami in the anime of ''[[Persona 4]]'' has a very quirky sense of humor, and does this against both Kanji and Yosuke at different points. |
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{{quote|'''Bunk''': "Now it's time for you to show the Bunk some love." |
{{quote|'''Bunk''': "Now it's time for you to show the Bunk some love." |
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'''McNulty''': "You want some love? Come over here and get in my lap." }} |
'''McNulty''': "You want some love? Come over here and get in my lap." }} |
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* Hawkeye does this a lot in early episodes of ''[[ |
* Hawkeye does this a lot in early episodes of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', usually to unnerve the extremely homophobic Frank Burns, but occasionally to Henry Blake or Trapper John as well. |
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* Shawn from ''[[Psych]]'' does this occasionally. |
* Shawn from ''[[Psych]]'' does this occasionally. |
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* In ''[[The Thick of It]]'' this trope is one of [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]]'s favourite tactics for unnerving male colleagues: |
* In ''[[The Thick of It]]'' this trope is one of [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]]'s favourite tactics for unnerving male colleagues: |
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