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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Alice: "I'd love to go out with you, Bob." Bob: "Uh...I was talking to Charlie, actually."
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Alice: "I'd love to go out with you, Bob." Bob: "Uh...I was talking to Charlie, actually."
* '''Parodied''': Bob acts perfectly straight around everyone else, and [[Camp Gay]] around Charlie.
* '''Parodied''': Bob acts perfectly straight around everyone else, and [[Camp Gay]] around Charlie.
** A parody of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' decides to take the subtext between the Kirk and Spock [[Expies]] [[Beyond the Impossible]].
** A parody of ''[[Star Trek]]'' decides to take the subtext between the Kirk and Spock [[Expies]] [[Beyond the Impossible]].
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series|Now I shall force Yugi to duel the one he loves most! And according to all the fanfiction I’ve read, that would be Joey.]]
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Now I shall force Yugi to duel the one he loves most! And according to all the fanfiction I’ve read, that would be Joey.]]
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is bisexual, and unable to accept himself for this. Charlie is attracted to Bob, but doesn't want to make him uncomfortable. The confusion and angst this causes winds up tearing the friendship apart.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is bisexual, and unable to accept himself for this. Charlie is attracted to Bob, but doesn't want to make him uncomfortable. The confusion and angst this causes winds up tearing the friendship apart.
** Bob and Charlie live in a setting that is oppressive to gays, and because of this, views any close male/male friendship with suspicion, making it hard for Bob and Charlie to be friends.
** Bob and Charlie live in a setting that is oppressive to gays, and because of this, views any close male/male friendship with suspicion, making it hard for Bob and Charlie to be friends.
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* '''Invoked''': [[Faux Yay]]
* '''Invoked''': [[Faux Yay]]
* '''Defied''': [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]
* '''Defied''': [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]
* '''Discussed''': [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film)|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..."]]
* '''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..."]]
* '''Conversed''': "[[The Ships Closet|And scenes like that are precisely why I ship Bob/Charlie. Now for the grand finale... Yay 60s]]!"
* '''Conversed''': "[[The Ships Closet|And scenes like that are precisely why I ship Bob/Charlie. Now for the grand finale... Yay 60s]]!"
* '''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 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.
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