Queer as Folk: Difference between revisions

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* [[All Gays Are Pedophiles|All Gays Are Paedophiles]]: invoked by Stuart's blackmailing nephew, who threatens to tell Stuart's parents a few very nasty lies: "I'll tell them you touched me- you pervert!" Stuart of course counters this with a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: [[Playing With a Trope|Played with]]. Stuart definitely fits this bill...but he's shown to have some deep-seated psychological insecurities. Vince also seems to fit this, but he's emulating Stuart and has the least amount of hookups (and one serious boyfriend). {{spoiler|They also both settle down together}}. Stuart's views seem lean this way, though. He accuses Vince of being a straight guy who has sex with men because he wants a relationship instead of casual sex.

* [[Gaydar]]: Nathan's mother claims to have honed hers through working as a teacher: "Sometimes there's a boy and it's just ''shining'' out of him".

* [[Geeky Turn On]]: Inverted. Vince makes the choice to ''end'' an unhealthy relationship when he learns that his partner can't name all of the actors who played the Doctor. It's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome.]]

* [[Has Two Mommies]]: Alfred

* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]: Stuart [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|coming out to his parents]].

{{quote| '''Stuart:''' You've gotta ''fancy'' 'em. Never mind love. Love can fuck off. If you fancy him, there's blood, there's a hard-on. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|If you just love him...]]}}

* [[Men Are Uncultured]]: Vince appears to be this and proud of it when his boyfriend takes him to a gallery opening.

* [[Pet Homosexual]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Hazel:

{{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." }}

** ...which possibly makes him an [[Author Avatar]] for [[Russell T Davies]].

* [[Race For Your Love]]: The final ten minutes of the series, in what probably cements Vince and Stuart as the official romance of the show. Their tempestuous relationship had finally convinced Stuart to split for London, and Vince being too delusional or too stubborn to make an effort to stop what would have undoubtedly spelled the end of their time together, the situation leads to Stuart actually packing up and on being the verge of leaving town. However, [[Shipper On Deck|Vince's mom]] pulls all the stops in an effort to get Vince to Stuart before he leaves, and they end up reuniting and reconciling moments before Stuart drives off (and {{spoiler|leaving town together, apparently for good.}})

* [[Transparent Closet]]: Nathan's mum claims to have realised her son was gay when he was just ten.

* [[The Twink]]: Nathan

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Vince. Eventually. After a great deal of heartache, he finally rides off into the sunset with Stuart.}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: The UST between Vince and Stuart fuels the entire series. Vince has been hopelessly in love with Stuart for years, and Stuart, while sleeping with a different guy every night of the week, [[Sleeps With Everyone but You|never gets around to Vince]]. Apparently, they had an (interrupted) tryst as boys, and at one point in the show they actually check into a hotel room with the intention of resolving everything... but somehow, it just doesn't happen and they simply end up sharing the bed. As of the finale, after much emotional-rollercoastering {{spoiler|the two of them have left everything else behind in favor of spending the rest of their lives together, but it is still uncertain whether their relationship will ever move beyond that of incredibly devoted friends.}}

* [[Downer Ending]] : {{spoiler|The season one finale. Justin gets gay bashed and his fate is left ambiguous, Blake basically dumps Ted who reacts badly and Michael ends up not going to Portland with David. The music that plays during the last few scenes doesn't help.}}

* [[Fag Hag]]: Debbie, who probably qualifies as the Queen of the Fag Hags.

* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: Debbie is the queen of this trope! She wears at least one of these in every episode.

* [[Gay Conservative]]: Ted.

* [[Has Two Mommies]]: Gus and Jenny Rebecca. Also Hunter, for having two daddies.

* [[Heartbroken Badass]]: Brian. The first time, although he barely shows it, when Justin {{spoiler|leaves Brian for Ethan}}. The second time, Justin {{spoiler|leaves Brian because Justin wants to eventually settle down, get married and have children. Brian is a very vocal opponent of these desires and Justin decides that there is no point pursuing their relationship if it won't grow}}. Brian is much more visibly affected when this happens and even blames Michael for Justin's decision.

* [[Hot Dad]]: Michael, Brian, David and Ben.

* [[Hot Teacher]]: Ben.

** Lampshaded in Season 4 at the Liberty Ride when the gang gets to (real) Toronto and keeps pointing out how much it reminds them of Liberty Avenue.

* [[Token Lesbian|Token Lesbians]]: Lindsay and Melanie.

* [[The Twink]]: Justin.

* [[The Unfavourite]]: Lindsay to her parents.