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Every once in a while, especially in the later seasons of a show, the writers will become [[Genre Savvy|aware of this trope]] and suddenly (well, as sudden as it can be after three or four seasons) do [[Very Special Episode|a single episode]] that deals with the character's sexuality.
Often involves [[Token Minority|Token Gays]] and [[Unfortunate Implications]], the main implication being that gays are [[Dying Alone|lonely]]. The polar opposite of [[Ambiguously Gay]], and often the inverse of the [[Transparent Closet]]. Sometimes overlaps with [[
Contrast [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]
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* Bryan Hand from the ''[[Ms. Tree]]'' comics (although it is justified in story by him claiming to have been celibate since the death of his long-term partner).
* Both parodied and subverted in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' via Scott's roommate Wallace. We initially learn that Wallace is gay not because of his actions, but rather because no-one will shut up about it to the point where it becomes blatantly superfluous. Later we do actually see Wallace in relationships with men, however it's often intentionally exaggerated to draw attention to itself (especially so in [[The Movie]]).
* The only reason anyone knows that Northstar from ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' and the ''[[X-Men]]'' is gay is because he can't seem to go five minutes without referencing that fact. To be fair, he's now actually got a steady boyfriend, but in the days right after he came out, it seemed like he couldn't ''stop'' coming out.
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* Uncle Frank in ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'' is a [[Justified Trope|justified example]], as he'd just been discharged from hospital after a traumatic break-up led to him [[Driven to Suicide|attempting suicide]]. The film only spanned about a week, so for him to hook up with someone new during that time would've been downright odd.
** More of an aversion really, they actually run into the ex AND the more esteemed professor he left Frank for right as Frank is buying some hardcore (mostly straight) porn for someone else.
* Troy, Eve's male BFF in ''[[Blast from the Past]]''.
{{quote|'''Eve:''' (to Adam, about Troy) "He's gay, by the way."
'''Adam:''' (to Troy, thinking Eve means that Troy is happy) "Well, good for you!"
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* ''[[Will and Grace]]'' spent a while getting Will a boyfriend while securing Grace as his soul mate. A prominent episode in the first season being one where Grace has a boring romance in the typical manner with some guy in Story A, with Story B focusing on Will talking on the phone to some guy that he liked, in an unnecessary, one-episode version of [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]].
** Not to mention Jack, most of the time. Sure, he's sometimes seen with a date, but mostly he's seen ''talking'' about being on or going on a date. However, this being Jack, he could have been stretching the truth a lot of the time.
** This trope is actually the subject of one episode, where a show the character watches has two gay men in a relationship about to kiss, only for the camera to pan away before the kiss can be shown. Jack goes on a crusade to protest this and demand the network own up to it and show two men kissing, with Will following along a bit more reluctantly. Eventually they're live on the air, and Jack demands "How long until I can see two men kissing on network television?!" only for Will to announce "Not as long as you think" and kiss him to make the point. (Both in-universe and out-of-universe, presumably.)
* Mark in the early seasons of ''[[Ugly Betty]]''.
* Eric Van Der Woodsen from ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' might also fit this. One episode featured his "outing" in it's A-story, yet to date he never seems to be closer than 8 inches to his "boyfriend". If you were to watch the show muted, you would probably just guess they were just friends.
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* Jody, Billy Crystal's character in ''[[Soap]]'', verbally informed the audience of his sexual preference pretty much every episode. But you never saw him going out with women more often than with other guys.
** To be fair, he'd usually drop the "Have I mentioned" in response to someone<ref>Usually Bert</ref> suggesting that he could be "normal" if he'd just give girls an honest try.
** ''Soap'' was [[Fair for Its Day]] - since Jodie was the first openly gay regular character on a primetime American television show, even a mere verbal declaration of his sexual orientation was groundbreaking.
*** The show's producers and ABC's standards and practices department really walked on eggshells with regards to their treatment of Jody. A few years earlier, NBC had cancelled the sitcom ''Snip'' less than a month '''''before''''' its pilot episode's scheduled
* Ashley's friend Griffin in ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' He did eventually end up getting a love interest (Peter), but they've seldom appeared since they hooked up.
* [[Queer as Folk]], strangely enough. Vic is undoubtedly gay, but is portrayed as almost asexual for a ''long'' time.
* During the first season of [[QI]], [[Stephen Fry]] pointed out quite often that he's into ''man on man action'', while the panelists rarely commented on this. The later seasons have developed into a general parade of [[Ho Yay]], with many of the panelists openly flirting with Fry. As a rule of thumb, the later in the show a particular episode is, the more homoeroticism will be present.
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* ''[[In Living Color]]'' had a sketch in which a gay man (played by Jim Carrey) would just randomly go up to people and say "Hi. I'm gay."
* Daffyd from ''[[Little Britain]]''.
* The MTV series of ''[[Teen Wolf (TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'' features Danny, who so far has had his [[
* In ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', Thirteen's bisexuality is mentioned almost every episode, yet we have only ever seen her with a girl once: [[Unfortunate Implications|when she was on a binge of drug use and one night stands upon discovering that she had less time left than she thought due to her Huntington's Disease worsening.]]
** [[Unfortunate Implications|In fact, her only long-term relationship on the show is with Foreman, and all the women she's with on the show are one-night stands.]] As of the new season she appears to be in a long-term relationship; on the other hand, she's only on screen for one episode.
* Warehouse13 has Steve [[J Inks]], he mentions that he is gay while Claudia is going on about how they can't have an [[Office Romance]]. He is [[
* ''[[Top Chef]]'' features at least one openly homosexual contestant in almost every season. Many of them make sure everybody knows their orientation as soon as possible. Ash in Season 6 states that he's the only chef "with a boyfriend," and then pauses for a second before elaborating, "a same-sex boyfriend."
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* Samantha Traynor in ''[[Mass Effect 3]],'' though this trope only comes into play if a male Shepard tries to flirt with her, as she is never seen interacting with the rest of the crew. She'll happily strike up a romance with a female Shepard, though.
** In fairness, she has somewhat flirty conversations with (bisexual) Diana Allers, and she comments on the attractiveness of EDI's voice.
** Steve Cortez is even more so. Even if you play as Femshep you kind of get overloaded by his gayness. Even though he is largely [[
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* Utahraptor from ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'', but that has more to do with the medium - the visual part of the comic is the same in every strip, so there's no space for, say, a strip.
** To be fair it isn't mentioned that often. In the words of the author "he is gay, guys. only he doesn't talk about it all the time, on account of having interests outside of being gay?".
* ''[[Roommates (2009 webcomic)|Roommates]]'' takes this to amusing lengths. One of the two main characters, [[Super Mario Bros.|Bowser Koopa, Jr.]], is blatantly openly gay, and makes no secret of it. But most of the people he knows in college (like track teammates [[Pokémon|Olly]] and [[Digimon|Mondo]]) continually presume that all his flirtations and homoerotic innuendo are [[Gay Bravado]], [[Cassandra Truth|never actually believing he's gay]]. This comes in sharp contrast to Junior's boyfriend [[Digimon|Giancarlo Rosato]], who is ''[[
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