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This stereotype is somewhat more common in Japan (where it has become the default gay stereotype, as [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|fashion-conscious]] [[Bishonen|pretty boys]] are more associated with heterosexuals there) than in the US, but is still seen in Western media. Almost always [[Played for Laughs]], such characters are often introduced to be [[Comic Relief]], or [[Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)|to hit on the straight guy who can do little to stop it]].

* Scarron from ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]''.

* Despite the large number of cute [[Petting Zoo People]] girls in the show and Keita's clear interest in them, ''[[Inukami]]'' has plenty of manservice in the form of Hard Gays; disturbingly so. Keita is on the receiving end of most of it, and is ''respected'' among the fetish and hard gay communities. The show has plenty of [[Censor Steam]] in the form of elephants on top of all this. It even goes so far as to give these men their own [[Special Edition Title|version of the ending]] once.

* It's somewhat doubtful that [[Large Ham|Geki Hyuuma]], the comm-crushing, tanktop-spacesuit-wearing, ever-flexing (even in space) Lancer of ''[[Gao Gai Gar]]'''s Gutsy Galaxy Guard is actually gay. But it is certain that he takes this trope as far as his [[Hot-Blooded|Hot Bloodedness]], which is to say that eleven is a good start.

* In the [[Distant Finale]] of ''[[Dragonball]] Z'', Trunks is horrified to discover that his opponent (named Otokosuki, or "man-love") looks [[Manly Gay]] but ''acts'' [[Camp Gay]] and is positively ''thrilled'' that Trunks is such a pretty young man.

** Trunks himself does his best to skirt this trope, what with being a musclebound ''[[Dragonball]] Z'' character, his extreme attachment to his [[Ho Yay|"best friend"]] Goten and his seeming indifference to girls.

** General Blue of the Red Ribbon Army from ''[[Dragonball]]'' also comes across as both Camp and Hard Gay (but calling him gay is his [[Berserk Button]]). General Blue, the [[Laughably Evil|humorously homosexual]], yet frighteningly powerful villain who gives Goku a run for his money until he is [[You Have Failed Me|killed]] by billion-[[Gratuitous Japanese|zeni]] mercenary Tao Pai Pai.

* [[Meaningful Name|Alain Delon]] in ''[[Beelzebub (Manga)|Beelzebub]]'' is turning (maybe [[Flanderization]]?) into ''such'' a [[Camp Gay]], with touches of [[Gayngster]], working for Hell and all. There may still be [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] at work, but nothing's sure.

* ''[[Stardust (Film)|Stardust]]'' has Captain Shakespeare, hiding inside a [[Transparent Closet]]. Granted, in private he's very much a [[Camp Gay]], but it's undeniable that he's [[Badass]] and a very competent pirate.

* [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness (Video Game)/Characters|Laharl]]'s uncle [[Disgaea Novels (Light Novel)/Characters|Vesuvius]] from the [[Disgaea]] [[Disgaea Novels|novels]] is a very feminine macho man. He talks like a women and literally [[Real Men Wear Pink|wear pink]], but it unknown if he is truly gay because he is married to a women, a really horrible women at that. Though it just might be because he is such a [[Too Kinky to Torture|masochist]] and she is a [[Torture Technician]].

* An enemy type in [[Elona]]. Despite the name, the Hard Gay has the appearance of a punk or gang member (also enemy types), and [[Suicide Attack|explodes on contact]] as their primary and ''only'' method of attack, making them almost no different from the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Kamikaze]] [[Taking You With Me|Samurai]].

* Jean Armstrong from ''[[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'' is a beefy fellow obsessed with aromatherapy, the color pink, and other feminine things. He even refers to himself as a woman (occasionally, he obviously does not believe he is a woman), and flirts with both Phoenix and Godot fairly blatantly.

* Ryan Yamazaki in [[No More Heroes 2]]. He's fittingly the owner of a gym and gives Travis [[Training From Hell]] while also flirting with him.

* He-Man, the titular hero of ''[[He Man and The Masters of The Universe (Animation)|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'', has often been interpreted as such, as his character design seemed based around revealing as much skin as was legal in a G-rated cartoon, and in his civilian garb he wore a pink shirt. Many camera shots also seem intended to have shown his flesh, but his onscreen behavior sometimes did, and sometimes did not, corroborate the fan theory.

** Talking about it, Argentine [[Web Original]] parody maker [[El Bananero]] once took this concept about [[He Man and The Masters of The Universe (Animation)|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]] and just [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbddbrYZzlw ran away with it.] Depending on your views, it may be either [[Dude, Not Funny|offensive]] or [[So Bad It's Good|utterly stupid]] and [[Rule of Funny|hilarious]].