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There are some shows that make it apparent that "queers ain't welcome around these parts", while other shows that scream "Gay is [[Ho Yay|O.K.]]". And then there are shows with this trope.
One is hard-pressed to find a show without at least some example of this trope, especially in comedy, because, after all, [[Dude, Not Funny|Gay jokes are funny]].
[[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]] is what happens when homosexuality is painted in a negative light by words or actions from characters just to be portrayed as completely normal. Usually invoked as a weak saving throw and an attempt to prevent losing fans and coming across as a bigot.
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This trope is used often for laughs by having a male character defend his sexuality while not coming off as homophobic. I.e. "I'm Not Gay!...Not that there's anything wrong with that".
This trope may not apply exclusively to homosexuality. It can be applied to any instance where People Group X are degraded only to have the writer or character make up for their intolerance with a weak defense, often immediately after the remark. Bonus points for also invoking [[Some of My Best Friends Are X]].
It is a frequent joke type found in British [[Cringe Comedy|Cringe Comedies]], where a character digs himself into this situation over the course of a short conversation, usually very efficiently.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Providing the "almost" exception above: Mai says these exact words to Natsuki in ''[[
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== Comic Books ==
* The comic ''Cable and Deadpool'' has used this phrase in refrence to Nate and Wade merging their DNA—a completely non-sexual situation, but [[Ho Yay|considering the relationship between the characters]]....
* Lampshaded in ''[[Ex Machina]]'', where Journal quotes the line after suggesting the public will suspect Mayor Hundred of being gay.
* Yorick from ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' remembers to say this even when he's pretty much being tortured. And, you know, the last man on Earth....
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* This is subverted in the movie ''[[In and Out]]'', where the protagonist making these protestations {{spoiler|discovers he is indeed homosexual.}}
* Kirk, in the novelization of ''[[Star Trek: The
* In ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', when Jules is explaining to her mother that she's not a lesbian, she ends it by saying there's nothing wrong with being a lesbian anyways. Her mother, who is in tears and had just thrown a fit over her "discovery", quickly composes herself and adamantly agrees.
* In the commentary for ''[[Val Lewton|The Seventh Victim]]'', film historian Steve Haberman discusses the [[Les Yay|lesbian undertones]] present in much of the movie, and ends with this trope.
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** "Brett you got it going on -- not in a gay way, just in a hey-mate-I-wanted-to-say-that-you're-looking-okay way!"
** "[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?]]"
* An early episode of ''[[Friends]]'' has Chandler nearly hooking up with another guy via coworker. This was slightly shocking to him, when he learned that most of his friends assumed he was gay.
* A ''[[Sex and the City]]'' episode also involved Miranda getting set up on a blind date with an actual lesbian woman named Sydney. Although she naturally had to turn her down and explain the situation, they ended up friends. Later in the episode Miranda pretended they were together to get her boss's notice. And ends up kissing the blind date in the elevator to check if she herself might be gay without knowing. Interestingly enough, the actress who plays Miranda is now, after being with men all her life and having two children, engaged to a woman.
* On ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', Jack set Liz up with "Thomas", a friend of his. Turned out to be a lesbian named Gretchen Thomas. Liz was upset with Jack for assuming she was gay, but hit it off with Gretchen; Liz proposed that if they were both still single in 25 years they could get together, insisting that she's still not gay but "you could do stuff to me."
** Given that just about every lesbian alive has had a massive crush on Stephanie March, who played Thomas, since she swaggered onto the ''Law & Order SVU'' set, it was the greatest moment in American television history. For lesbians.
* Sugar from ''[[Sugar Rush (TV)]]'' says these exact words to some customers when she's explaining that she's not gay... whilst manning the till in a lesbian sex shop...
* ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]''. One of the boss' toadies is [[Mistaken for Gay]] after overindulging at a party and does a desperate Not That There's Anything Wrong With That speech, going overboard with panic when he thinks his boss might be reading more into his use of the stock phrase "Some of my best friends are..." than he intends.
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* ''[[NCIS]]'':
** An episode shows McGee doing something stereotypically feminine (a running gag), and Ducky assuring him that "there is nothing homosexual about doing that. Er... ''not that there would be anything wrong with '''that''', either''."
** This phrase is used more often when Tony is talking about Gibbs working on his boat while getting drunk. Frequently said when Gibbs appears out of thin air after the initial comment.
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''
** A running gag has the two main characters (who are brothers) being [[Mistaken for Gay]]. At least once, such as when they were pretending to buy a house together, the person making the mistake accidentally said something they thought could be misconstrued and backpedaled furiously. Worth noting, that during the house-buying incident, the boys eventually just gave up and went along with it.
** The show itself, which has faced accusations of homophobia due to this running gag has had a few of these moments, such as "outing" a pair of cosplayers going as Sam and Dean. That doubled as a [[Shout-Out|nod]] to the fandom, where the Sam×Dean pairing is immensely popular.
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== Video Games ==
* The online game ''[http://www.forumwarz.com/ Forumwarz]'' has a random E-Peen™ (a type of achievement) called "I'm Gay!" The description: [[Inverted Trope|Not That There's Anything Right With That!]]
* ''[[Monster Hunter]] Tri'' has a slightly odd version: one of the villagers will tell you that they've learned a "terrible secret"... they heard strange noises coming from your house one night, so they peeked through the door... and saw your [[Funny Animal|Felyne]] servant [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|dressed as a dog]], [[
* [[Word of God]] is that Benimaru from ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' is [[Camp Straight]]. Instead of a direct translation, the English version dances around the subject and adds in this statement just in case you didn't get it.
* The third ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game has a rather sneaky variant.
{{quote|'''Maya:''' This place is so [[Innocent Innuendo|fruity]]!
'''Phoenix:''' That's not a bad thing. }}
* In ''[[Spore]]'''s Galactic Age, there's a greeting from another empire that goes something along the lines of "We were wondering where that handsome galactic explorer had gone to! Wait, I didn't mean it like that. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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== Web Original ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsFfBB2W7IA&feature=related This] quote from the short film ''The Flying Car'' (starring Dante and Randal of ''[[Clerks]]''):
{{quote|"Deal's off!"
"What are you, some kind of homophobe?"
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