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* '''Inverted''': Bob and Charlie are the [[Official Couple]], but Bob has insane amounts of [[UST]] with [[Fag Hag|Alice]], so much so that Bob/Alice has become a [[Fan-Preferred Couple]].

** The romance is actually the text-text. Fans interpret this as a stealth hatred.

* '''Subverted''': Bob is exchanging flirty banter with someone, who we are led to believe is Charlie. Just as he asks the person out, the camera zooms back, and we see it was Alice all along.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...Alice: "I'd love to go out with you, Bob." Bob: "Uh...I was talking to Charlie, actually."

* '''Defied''': [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]

* '''Discussed''': [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Interviewer: "Considering the exceptionally close relationship between yourself and Charlie, and the rumors about you two, would you provide a comment for us? Bob: "Uh... I had not been aware of the rumors, though I was told Charlie had encountered them, uh..."]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Charlie are actually straight. However, everyone around them is intractably convinced that they're gay, with the result that women that they're interested in reject them because they believe them to be gay, gay men keep hitting on them, and everyone encourages them to take those final steps out of a closet they aren't actually in. This causes them quite a bit of frustration.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob and Charlie's close relationship cause them both to neglect Alice and Carol, their respective [[Love Interest|Love Interests]]. This leads Alice and Carol to leave them, and Bob and Charlie have a falling-out, only to ultimately reconcile and go back to being close, but with added bitterness.

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