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{{quote|''"All right, Vegeta. I'm going to be totally honest with you. This is sounding really gay... Not that there's anything wrong with that."''|'''[[Camp Straight|Zarbon]]''', ''[[
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.
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* 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:
* In the ''[[Ultimate Spider
== Fan Works ==
* Parodied in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDdGnuwXUIw this] Marvel/DC episode.
* ''[[
** Zarbon, after being [[Mistaken for Gay]] by Vegeta, mistakes Vegeta for gay and says this word-for-word.
** [[Subverted]] in the same series
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'''Kato:''' There's nothing homophobic about not wanting to get raped!<br />
'''Side character:''' Yeah, whatever. Hatemonger. }}
* Parodied in an episode of [[The Randomverse]] series ''After Hours'', when [[Wolverine]] accuses [[
{{quote| '''Spider-Man:''' ''(indignantly)'' Hey, I'm not a mutant! ''(everyone stares at him, Wolverine with special hostility)'' ... Not that there's, you know, anything ''wrong'' with that... }}
** Note also that, among other uses, mutants in the [[Marvel Universe]] have been frequently used as a metaphor for homosexuality.
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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 Motion Picture
* 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.
* Minor example from ''[[
{{quote| '''Heck:''' ''[Trying to set her up with his best friend]'' Anyway, are you married? Been married? Ever going to be married...<br />
'''Luce:''' Umm... no, no, and maybe now when the law has changed.<br />
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== Live-Action TV ==
* [[Trope Namer|The quote in question]] comes from the ''[[
* ''[[
** Michael Scott inadvertently outed Oscar, and later fell directly into the second form of the trope, culminating with him kissing Oscar in front of the entire staff. One of his lines in this episode, said about gay porn, sums this trope up beautifully: "There is nothing wrong with this. I'm not into it myself, but I can definitely see the merit." (An interesting fact about that scene was that Carell actually improvised it- kissing Oscar was ''not'' in the script, which made Oscar's incredibly uncomfortable expression ''even funnier''.)
** Roy also has his own one of these moments when he's talking to Pam after his outburst towards Jim. "I just thought you guys were really good friends, or...maybe he was gay or something. [remembers that he is on camera] Not that that's wrong."
* Scott's inspiration, David Brent in the UK version of ''[[
* The phone call between Cordelia and [[Bi the Way|Willow]] regarding Harmony's odd behaviour in ''[[
{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' Ohhh! Harmony is a vampire? That's why she--<br />
''([[Beat]])''<br />
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'''Cordelia:''' Oh, yeah? Really? Well that's great. Good for you! }}
:: Willow then lampshades it, sarcastically thanking Cordelia for the affirmation.
* ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Dr. Cox:''' I like their music, I like their sense of style, I especially like what they've done with Halloween.}}
* The title (priest) character in ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote| "Ashton, I don't roll that way / But if I did, I'd surely eat at your buffet."}}
* ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]''
** "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 ''[[
* A ''[[Sex and
* On ''[[30 Rock
** 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.
* The real estate agent in ''[[
* ''[[
** 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
{{quote| "They know we're brothers, right?"<br />
"It doesn't seem to matter..." }}
* In the BBC series ''[[
* The trope is [[Discussed Trope|namedropped]] and eventually [[Averted Trope|averted]] in an episode of ''[[
{{quote| '''Reporter:''' Are you a homosexual?<br />
'''CJ:''' You know what? I spent the last 14 hours being snickered at by United States senators, being ostracized on the World Wide Web, having my own colleagues question my ability to do my job. And I let it get to me. So I don't think it really matters whether I'm gay or straight or just the best damn women's basketball player in Ohio Valley history. No one should be treated this way.<br />
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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!]]
* ''[[
* [[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.
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== Web Comics ==
* When asked, Durkon Thundershield, Dwarven Cleric of Thor of ''[[The Order of the Stick
* [http://sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline465.GIF This] ''[[Sabrina Online (Webcomic)|Sabrina Online]]'' strip.
* [[Hiimdaisy]]'s [http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26484.html#cutid1 2nd Big Long] ''[[Persona 4]]'' comic:
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{{quote| '''She-Demon:''' He-mortals! And the occasional she-mortal too, not that there's anything wrong with that! In fact it's rather hot!}}
* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' parody webcomic ''WOT Now?'' has Perrin remark this when Mat states that he understands soldiers, but not women. Comic [http://shadowburn.binmode.com/wotnow/comic.php?comic_id=132 here.]
* ''[[
** [http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-20 This happen to Justin] following him fighting off a flame monster.
** Justin had someone apologize to him for his own regular use of the word gay as an insult.
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* [http://blipcomic.com/45/ This] ''[[Blip]]'' strip.
{{quote| '''K:''' I met Liz through Hester. She's...''[[Dark Is Not Evil|dark]]''. She might be BI. Not that there's anything wrong with that.}}
* It was pretty much inevitable after [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=925 this] ''[[
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* From [[The Church of Blow]]'s viral hit ''Youtube is my life'':
{{quote| "Your video is gay. Therefore, you must also be gay because you made a gay video, and only a gay person would make a gay video. Not that there's anything wrong with being gay that's all right with me -- no! I just don't have the bigot mindset..."}}
* [[That Guy With
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