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== Film ==
* In ''[[Death Atat a Funeral]]'', the main characters' discovery that their father had a dwarf gay lover sparks a plotline revolving around blackmail, but the apparent absurdity of it is also milked for laughter.
* ''[[The Producers]]'' -- a musical comedy -- has a song entitled "keep it gay". See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Cdbyca 9 Xj D 8]]
* ''[[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]]'', which tries the task of being pro gay rights and one big gay joke at the same time
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** Even in season one this trope was fully in effect: among other things, JD pictures the Fat Albert gang doing a "Hi-oh!" after he and Turk exchange [[Accidental Innuendo]] about an appendectomy ("I want you inside me"/"Well, I want to be the one inside you") and engage in an extended ''[[West Side Story]]'' reference in which they take on the roles of Tony and Maria and parody "Tonight".
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', particularly the episode where Marshall and Barney are prank texting Ted.
* A more classical example would be the gay jokes on ''[[Torchwood Miracle Day (TV)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'', especially in the second episode where a flight attendant is badgered about his sexuality until he cracks.
** A disproportionate amount of Rex's funny lines involve him making gay jokes about (and generally being rather uncomfortable around) Captain Jack.
* ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' Chelsea's gay father became a fountain of these.
** And like most things on that show, they weren't handled very classily.
* Occasionally in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', especially with House and Wilson, and with references to Chase.
* Mr Humphries from ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' was a [[Camp Gay]] [[Played for Laughs]].
* The original ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' series did this on a regular basis. Examples include the "Brigadier and Bishop" sketch and Mr. Freight (a.k.a. Great Poof) in "the Visitors" sketch.
* Lampshaded in ''[[That 70s Show]]''. When Red has a problem with his new neighbors being a gay couple, Kitty points out that he didn't have a problem with [[The Three Stooges]] doing it. Red justifies it by saying that it's okay because it was funny.
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* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' does this *a lot*. Homosexuality is shown as being weird and hilarious so often, it's hard to wonder if the show would work fifteen years after it aired.
* ''Veronica's Closet''.
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' had an episode where Jerry and Costanza are [[Mistaken for Gay]] by a female reporter and Jerry says, "We're not gay! [[Not That There's Anything Wrong Withwith That]]!" This situation was reused and played for laughs each time.
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', although the humour mostly comes from the contrast (well, I say contrast, but...) between "Stephen's" [[Transparent Closet]] and his ultra-conservatism.
* [[Spin City]], where Carter's boyfriend hits on Mike. Had he been a girl, it would bave been [[Played for Drama]]. As is, it's a comedy piece.
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== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'', at one route, you can end up falling in love with Sunohara which is [[Played for Laughs]].
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* ''[[Buttlord GT]]''.
* Epic rap battles of history had an episode with Gandalf and Dumbledore. Of course there were plenty of references to the latter's sexuality, including a Lockhard expy as a boy toy.
* Happens in ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'', particularly in his reviews of ''[[Army of Two]]'' (where he berates himself for calling Salem and Rios gay) and ''[[Guitar Hero]] 3'' (which is one long [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]).
* [[Little Kuriboh]] does this frequently in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]'' and ''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]''. While some of them are obviously a [[Take That]] toward the [[Ho Yay]] [[Fan Dumb]] (see the page quote for [[Het Is Ew]] for an example), he often invents homosexual qualities or uses [[Character Exaggeration]] for the sake of comedy. A thing of note, though, is that Little Kuriboh is openly bisexual.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]'' with Iruka's ''[[One Piece]]'' Abridged series:
{{quote| '''Hokage:''' What's with all the gay jokes? You homophobic or something?<br />
'''Iruka:''' Geez, Hokage, it's just a ''joke''! }}
* Staple for some writers of ''[[Cracked]]''.
* Same goes for the contributors of ''[[That Guy With theThe Glasses]]'', overlapping with [[Fan Service]] of both kinds and [[Everyone Is Bi]].
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The [[Ho Yay]] in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' sometimes comes across as this:
{{quote| '''Finn''': We were just trying to beat the heat, 'cause we've got a lava man in front of our house, and he is ''hot''! <br />
'''Jake''': *nugs him* Woooooo! <br />
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** Of course, Finn ''is'' 13, so this kind of humour is probably to be expected...
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' is fond of this, most commonly between Stewie and Brian. It's notable that gay jokes revolving around Stewie are near constant in later episodes, and yet any time they want to include a serious romance he's paired with a girl. [[No Bisexuals|And yet the word 'bisexual' is never even hinted at...]]
* In ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', their neighbors Greg and Terry encompass this. They are gay; that's the joke. Some various topics are brought up because of this in episodes, such as the two wanting to adopt a child, one telling his father that he is gay, etc.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' does this a lot, especially whenever Smithers is around.
* The gay character in ''[[Archer]]'' is mostly fodder for gay jokes
 
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