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Ironically, there is no shortage of gay men saying the reverse: that all the good men are taken or ''straight'', admiring the stereotypical positive traits of straight men (masculine mannerisms, straightforward with emotions, laid back attitude, etc.). There's some [[Truth in Television]] here though; given [[Humans Are Flawed|human nature]], [[Happily Married|healthy relationships]] are a [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seller%27s+market seller's market] - the most desired goods are either "previously purchased" or otherwise "unavailable for sale" -- on ''both'' sides.
Compare to [[Incompatible Orientation]], where she may still love him despite his orientation. Also compare [[Sorry, I'm Gay]] where he may actually be straight and still trying to ward off her advances. The [[Fag Hag]] is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]] and happens if the woman in question eventually gives up on straight men and prefers the company of gay men, even though she knows she will never get any of them. This may be the attitude the [[Last Het Romance]] of a gay man takes after he outs himself.
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** And given a [[Call Back]] in the [[Rifftrax]] of ''[[Batman Forever (Film)|Batman Forever]]''.
{{quote| "Every time I meet a guy, he's either gay or Batman...[[Ho Yay|sometimes both!"]]}}
* ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Out With Dad". [[Sorry, I'm Gay|Martin pretends to be gay, to fend off the advances of an older woman.]] When asked by her daughter, she sighs, "Opera queen" in a tone that clearly states they're quite common. Subverted when Martin's gay act makes him a perfect target for the daughter's uncle.
** It must be noted that Martin only goes along with her when she assumes he's gay when he stumbles over why he can't date her.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', 'The Unicorn and the Wasp' gives us this exchange, after Donna notices some 1920s-style [[Ho Yay]].
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* In one episode of ''[[The War At Home]]'', Kenny complimented on Hillary, Larry's sister and eventually spent a lot of time with her. Hillary proposed Kenny to be her boyfriend by kissing him, but Kenny avoid himself from the kiss because he's got a crush on Larry (hence he's gay). But then he's [[Flying Under the Gaydar]], so he had to lie that he doesn't want to be her boyfriend because he wants to treat her [[Like Brother and Sister|like a sister]].
* On ''[[Eureka]]'', after discovering that her [[New Old Flame]] is actually a [[Ridiculously Human Robot]], Jo complains that all the good ones are "either married, gay, or robots".
* Subverted by the ''[[Modern Family]]'' third-season episode "Treehouse". After inverting [[Sorry, I'm Gay]] when Cameron wins a bet with Mitchell and their likewise-gay friend Longinus by getting a woman at the bar to give him her phone number (funnier still when you keep in mind that Eric Stonestreet is straight in real life), Cameron winds up getting close enough to her to not want to let her know until Mitchell shames him into doing it. But when he does, after hiding any evidence of Mitchell or Lily from their apartment before she comes over, {{spoiler|it turns out that she knew all along; [[Pet Homosexual|she just wanted to have a gay male friend because it would be cool]]. He then rebukes her for viewing him through a tropish lens (perhaps angry that his portrayal didn't fool her)}}, and then just as Mitchell returns the episode subverts its own subversion: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she makes the angry, hurt speech you'd expect if the show had simply played the trope (ahem) straight]].
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** Of course, most of them are both.
** Serenity mentions this at the end of her FAQ mini-episode. She thinks Bakura sounds like a jerk, but [[Evil Brit|his accent is hot]] - unfortunately, he already has dinner plans with Marik.
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* Happens twice on ''[[Futurama]]'':
** The gang is at a club, and Bender's built in gaydar shoots down the girls' hopes when they see good looking men. ...Or he's getting interference from a gay weather balloon.
** A [[Gym Bunny]] comes along and tries to wrest Leela away from Fry, but when Fry just gives up because he reckons it's already half-hopeless between him and Leela anyway, the other guy reveals he's a professional beach bully; a guy like Fry ponies up a couple hundred bucks, the muscular guy comes along and starts hitting on the nerd's girlfriend, then backs down when the nerd stands up to him in a staged fight, and the bully leaves with the girlfriend duly impressed. Leela decides she really does prefer the bully, and guess what: [[Sorry, I'm Gay|He's gay.]]
* A lampshading occurs at one point in ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when the recently-widowed Ned Flanders begins dating again, and his date comments that she's so glad that he's the way he is and ''not'' gay.
** Another one had a waitress lament that "All the good men are either gay or have no face!" [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. (Granted, she was saying this about a paroled criminal and Sideshow Bob, so she's not exactly the best judge of character).
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