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{{quote|'''Vince's father''': Must be a wonderful life, Hazel, all those boys. Never short of a joke, tremendous wit, all of them... always smiling, always laughing...<br />
'''Hazel''': Yes, and they make such good pets.|''[[Queer
The Pet Homosexual exists mostly to add variety, funny mannerisms and cheap laughs to an otherwise all-straight story. He may get some serious friendship plot points due to closeness to the [[Fag Hag]]. It's entirely possible for him to have many of the same issues: a single gay guy with exclusively female friends that he might use as an emotional stand-in for a romantic relationship, either out of isolation (common in high school and older works) or simply being unlucky in love.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Harley from ''[[Pokémon (
* Bob, Saiga's neighbor and friend (who openly crushes on Saiga) from ''[[Speed Grapher]]''.
* Lussuria from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', whose flamboyant-ness is played for laughs. Though it starts getting [[Sarcasm Mode|ever so slightly]] disturbing when he's hitting on jail bait, ''and'' is insinuated to have necrophiliac tendencies as well.
* Averted by Seiji Kisaragi, Mikako's ''gay'' friend in ''[[
* ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' has a literal version of this trope. Wong, a rare mythical Tao Tieh (Tou Tetsu, goat-demon), tries to seduce D in order to make a meal out of him. D immediately sees through Wong's human disguise and decides to make the demon his pet. "Tetsu-chan" spends the rest of the series lounging around the petshop and providing much of the series' comic relief.
* Fire Emblem aka Nathan of [[Tiger and Bunny]]. Fortunately, he's also a total badass and [[Team Mom]] of the heroes.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Scott Pilgrim]]'s gay best friend and roommate, [[Bottle Fairy|Wallace Wells.]] (Also applies to [[The Film of the Book]].) Subverted in that his (very active) sex life clearly exists, though it doesn't get much attention due to Wallace's fairly small role in the series.
* Deconstructed in [[Kick
* David in [[Strangers in Paradise]] is the heterosexual pet of Katchoo.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Stephen Stucker as "Johnny" in the ''[[Airplane!]]'' movies. Though most of the humor is from his [[Cloudcuckoolander]] personality.
* Simon from ''[[As Good
* Though Disney is [[Executive Meddling|still too conservative]] to let him be anything but [[Ambiguously Gay]], Ryan Evans of ''[[High School Musical]]'' is still [[Flamboyant Gay|pretty flaming]], and his spotlight-hogging twin sister's treatment definitely qualifies him for this trope. He even says in the second movie, mid-[[Character Development]], "I know everyone thinks of me as Sharpay's poodle."
** Then again, by HSM standards he's undoubtedly one of the better-developed characters (if not ''the best'').
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* Dan in ''Over Her Dead Body''. {{spoiler|Subversion; he's not actually gay. Ashley assumed he was, and he went with it to stay close to her. She treated him like a [[Pet Homosexual]] for years, though.}}
* Damien in ''[[Mean Girls]]''.
* ''[[
* Hollywood Montrose from the [[Mannequin]] movies is a particularly cartoonish (and yet, somehow sort of awesome) example.
* The Nia Vardalos movie ''I Hate Valentine's Day'' features two gay friends of the main character whose personalities extend solely to the fact that they are gay. And no, they don't get any sex.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Mr Humphries from ''[[Are You Being Served?
* Gil Chesterton from ''[[Frasier]]'' is a similar character, taken further than Mr. Humphries is. The quirk is later cut entirely at one point when the previously-oblivious Gil finds out about his reputation and angrily declares himself to be a happily married man.
** But on one of the occasions Fraiser is [[Mistaken for Gay]], Gil is there to welcome him out of the closet. His [[The Ghost|unseen]] wife is often referred to in a manner that strongly suggests she's a [[The Beard|beard]].
** The plot of that episode was kicked off by Frasier entering a [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame|gay bar]], trying to confront Roz's new boyfriend, who he thought he'd seen walk in. Gil can be seen trying to discreetly enter the same bar during the episode's ending credits.
* Lukewarm from ''[[Porridge]]''.
* Averted in ''[['Allo 'Allo
* Jack from ''[[Will and Grace]]'' is treated as Karen's [[Pet Homosexual]].
** Arguably inverted with [[Name and Name|the two title characters.]] Despite [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|driving most of the romantic plot lines]], scatter-brained, [[Hollywood Dateless]], [[This Loser Is You]] [[Fag Hag]] Grace is frequently Will's Pet Heterosexual.
* Marc St. James from ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is Wilhelmina Slater's [[Pet Homosexual]] - to such an extent that she once turned to him and cried "Fly, my pretty! Fly!"
** But inverted with Hugo Lombardi from the original ''[[Yo Soy Betty,
** The second and third seasons [[Character Development|developed Marc's personal life]] a bit beyond Wilhelmina as well.
* John, the secretary on ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' (At least, by the end of the show, Sipowicz started referring to him as "John", instead of "Gay John".)
* Arguably, Andrew Wells in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* ''[[Sex and
** They were shown meeting up at a New Year's Eve party (Anthony appeared to be expecting Stanford) and kissing at midnight. Still, those two characters (who'd hated each other throughout the series) are just slammed together in the feature as the ''only gay men in NYC'' that can be paired together? {{spoiler|And then they're married in the second movie}}.
* Gabby in ''[[Birds of Prey]]''.
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* The ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' series has to include at least one [[Pet Homosexual]] who provides useful services per game. Wanderer Meiyuan from the original was only mildly flamboyant at most and rather predatory, but the travelling shopkeepers in ''Covenant'' and ''From the New World'' were incredibly over-the-top [[Flamboyant Gay|Flamboyant Gays]] bordering dangerously on [[Camp Gay|Camp Gays]]. This is balanced by having a heroic gay superhero vampire wrestler (yes, all of those) party member. He's only camp in the superhero sense, his gayness isn't really played up that much.
*** Well, except in the Great Gama sidequest, where you {{spoiler|[[Unusual Euphemism|wrestle]] with him at the end, while Anastasia acts like a typical [[Yaoi Fangirl]], and Yuri is nauseous (forgetting he can turn into a demon and fly away).}}
* Carla's neighbor in ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'' is openly gay and his role in the plot (aside from assisting her investigation a little) is to provide eerily accurate prophetic foreshadowing, bringing him into [[Magical Queer]] zone, as well.
* Trevor in [[The Spoony Experiment
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Webcomic example / subversion: In ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked!]]'', when she learns that Ethan is gay, Robin pretends to be a lesbian in order to make him jealous, and thus produces a 'partner' whom she proudly refers to as "My lesbian!" to the point of not even learning her real name. The woman, however, is not an exaggerated stereotype used for comic effect but a perfectly ordinary, rather quiet and shy person who just happens to be gay - and, it <s> is hinted</s> has now been outright stated, has a crush on Robin, partially explaining why she puts up with Robin's insensitivity. Robin later apologises, explaining that she's merely insecure and something of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and the two become friends, and later lovers<ref>though they later split up through circumstances too complicated to relate in a footnote</ref>. (Just for completeness, the lesbian's name is eventually revealed to be [[Punny Name|Leslie Bean]].)
** Also hilariously discussed in an earlier joke: the recently un-closeted Ethan gets dragged into shoe-shopping with Robin and Amber. He's not very good at giving advice, leading Amber to call him "the worst gay friend ever". (Just for [[Rule of Funny]], he was also wearing a purple shirt with "Gay Friend" on it)
* Tai from [[
* Szark from ''[[
* Justin from ''[[
* Bang from ''[[Blip]]''. Though his relationship with K is a bit more [[With Friends Like These...|vitriolic]] than usual.
* In the webcomic [[It Sucks to Be Weegie]], Link is this for Luigi, frequently drinking and discussing their personal problems at the local bar.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* "Meet [[Hamlet|Ophelia]]/[[Romeo and Juliet|Juliet]]/[[Othello|Desdemona]]/[[The Bible|Eve]]/TheGivingTree/[[Great Expectations|Ms Havisham]]/[[Macbeth|Lady Macbeth]]/[[Black Swan
* The entire point of [http://vimeo.com/user6312928/videos/ Disappointing Gay Best Friend] is to parody this trope.
* Parodied/homaged by [http://www.theonion.com/articles/supportive-gay-friend-to-counsel-american-people-o,443/ this article] of [[The Onion]].
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