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== Anime and Manga ==
* While the original ''[[Maria-samaMariasama ga Miteru]]'' novels are a bit more lenient in [[Subtext]], the anime only has one canonical pairing, derailed when one member ''went off to become a nun,'' and when two girls are about to kiss, the camera cuts away as if it were [[Sexy Discretion Shot|something much more]] [[Harmful to Minors]]. This is especially unusual, as ''[[Portmanteau Series Nickname|Marimite]]'' is pretty much defined by its [[Girls Love]] fandom.
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]: Tokyo 2040'' spent its first half building the [[Sempai-Kohai]] relationship -- and [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] -- between Priss and Linna. The final half of the series drops this subplot like a hot potato for a [[Last-Minute Hookup|sudden romance between Priss and Leon]] that fits the "offscreen explanation" part of the trope to a T; Leon shows up at her club while she's on stage, does a smarmy clap for her, Priss grins a bit, and from thereon in they're treated as dating.
** Ironically, it was the original ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' [[OAV]] that gave rise to the mantra among many early anime fans that "All women in anime are lesbians. Unless they're bisexual."
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** In more recent chapters of ''[[Nana]]'', however, we find that, after a short while, both women ''do'' separate from their husbands. One of them leaves Japan, and the other plans to go after her, claiming that she "loves" her. It should be noted that the manga is still going on -- and, as for now (February 2008), only author Ai Yazawa knows what's going to happen in the end.
*** Ultimately, the theme of the series is that [[Love Hurts|love is a hell of a thing to sort out]].
* The OVA for ''[[Saber Marionette J (Anime)|Saber Marionette J]]'' introduced Marine, a new Marionette who somehow imprinted on Lime as her Master -- and therefore, her implicit love interest. Although there is plenty of [[Subtext]] in their relationship, Marine eventually realizes that her true <s>love</s> master was the ocean, the first thing she saw when she awoke (underwater). Complicating this is Lime's perception of affection is generally much more childlike than the other androids. The more likely explanation is the [[OA Vs]] are [[Non Serial Movies]] whose topics [[Put Onon a Bus|couldn't be put into the next season of the show]].
* The opening credits of the ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]'' combine this with [[Bait and Switch Credits]], although the two girls never really have that kind of relationship in the show, which isn't helped by the [[Gecko Ending]] of the anime.
** The manga is licensed as a yuri manga, actually. The yuri subtext is much more apparent in the manga too. It's [[Sugar and Ice Personality|very]], [[Innocent Innuendo|very]] apparent. Lucia quite noticeably has feelings for Sumire by the end of the manga, though fans think they sparked around volume 2, but Sumire's feelings are a case of YMMV.
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* The opening credits of ''[[Magical Pokaan]]'' feature TWO pairs of [[Bait and Switch Lesbians]]. Although the four main female characters are paired up and almost-kiss each other while [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|sort of naked]], nothing even close to this happens in the actual show... but then again the entire OP seems [[Bait and Switch Credits|deliberately misleading]].
* Used in an episode of ''[[Rental Magica]]''. In order to ensure the safety of her mage corporation, Addie plans on getting married - to Honami. Almost the whole episode is spent on them preparing for this girl-girl wedding. Then Itsuki interrupts, runs off with the brides, and declares that he'd rather take the [[Tenchi Solution]]. It was an [[Almost Kiss]] too...
* A lot of relationships between the girls in ''[[Oniisama Ee...]]'' (which ''is'' a manga of [[The Seventies]]) get blown up prematurely by various degrees of human failings. In the end {{spoiler|all female main characters - with the exception of Rei, [[Bury Your Gays|who is dead by this point]] - enter relationships with men}}.
** Actually, {{spoiler|Nanako refers to the "university student" she fancies in the end... with gender-neutral pronouns. She could perfectly be about to date an university ''girl'', as far as we know.}}
* ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' has a mild example, in that Miyako sometimes flirts heavily with Yuno, just to let things fizzle out because of her unfocused nature. And then of course there is the relationship between Hiro and Sae, although that is more a clear case of [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]].
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* The ''[[Aoi Hana]]'' anime combines this with [[Bait and Switch Credits]], what with all the romantic imagery involving Fumi and Akira. Sure, Fumi is openly lesbian and seen in an unambiguous relationship with a girl, but that girl is ''not'' Akira.
** The manga also seems to moving into this territory. Of all the (potential) yuri pairings, only the one between Orie and Hinako seems to have survived the author's penchant for [[Kudzu Plot|odd plot twists]]. Even the relationship between {{spoiler|Fumi and Akira}} is uncertain.
* ''[[Amanchu (Manga)|Amanchu!]]'' could be considered a mild version, in that [[Genki Girl|Hikari]]'s cheerful flirting with [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Futaba]] gets toned down considerably as soon as more characters are introduced.
* This could be seen as a continuation of ''[[Aria (Manga)|Aria]]'', made by the same author. Emotions between the girls regularly reach romantic levels, only to be cut off before they become ''too'' obvious.
** Fans noticed quite a few scenes in which Alicia and Akari seem to be ''very'' close to kissing. Maybe this is the reason why Amano introduced some rather forced male romantic interests later on.
* A somewhat mild version occurs in [[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]] between Sasami and Misao, since the characters are underage. They're very close friends, and there's subtext there, but the end of the show very haphazardly pairs them up with their Ryo-ohki and Rumiya respectively, even though they didn't know either boy had human forms until the end of the show.
* The old [[Girls Love]] manga ''[[Mayas Funeral Procession (Manga)|Maya's Funeral Procession]]'' ends with one of the girls marrying her male childhood friend, even though up until that point she'd been very [[Squick|Squicked]] by the idea of marrying him, since she viewed him as [[Like Brother and Sister]].
* ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' features a very intimate relationship between two [[Lovely Angels]]. The couple gets a lot of [[Ship Tease]] from manga omakes, endings of the anime, and official artwork. However, they both have male love interests and don't express any romantic feelings for each other. Compared to their male love interests, which tend to be forced and they typically have an awkward relationship with, their relationship is the main cause of troubles in the series.
** In the third season, ''Full Throttle'', the male relationships were greatly downplayed, but outside of the ending animation Miyuki and Natsumi never quite make it beyond [[Ship Tease]].
* Rika and Hanyuu come millimeters away from kissing -with hands intertwined and eyes closed, no less-, in the the closing theme of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]: Kai''.
* ''[[Life (Mangamanga)|Life]]'' is very similar to the ''[[Nana]]'' example above. A lot of the manga centers around the close bond between Ayumu and Miki. Ayumu states that Miki "is her light", they share a [[Kiss of Life]], and one character teases of one their male friends about them. Still, Ayumu eventually shows feeling for a boy, Miki gets a boyfriend in her home town, and {{spoiler|both women go their separate ways in the end}}.
* After all the heightened emotions, almost-declarations of love and subtext between them, [[Canaan]] and Maria choose to separate because their lifestyles are too different--and they don't even once contact each other again. A lot of yuri fans felt this was quite a cop-out. At least the makers decided not to [[Bury Your Gays|kill any of them off]] or suddenly give one of them a straight option out of nowhere...
* ''[[Dear SDearS]]'' combines this with [[Bait and Switch Credits]] with an on screen kiss between Ren and Miu during the credits.
 
 
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== Film ==
* A common complaint about ''[[Kissing Jessica Stein (Film)|Kissing Jessica Stein]]'', in that the two women don't end up together (and it's implied that the Jessica ends up with her ex-boyfriend shortly after the two come out). The problem with this, though, is that people don't seem to note that it's outright stated that neither woman is explicitly gay--in fact, outside of the relationship, Jessica is only seen dating guys while Helen dates both. Also, the film shows the entire course of the relationship, over the space of nine months.
* In ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' (the movie) Alice says that she and Bella will be "really good friends" in a suggestive manner, and Edward responds with a sneering, "Can you keep your thoughts to yourself!" It turns out that Alice is [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|SO TOTALLY NOT GAY]], and she REALLY REALLY MEANT THEY WOULD JUST BE GOOD FRIENDS.
** The book has a good bit of this at well. That line is in the actual book, as is Alice pointing out that Bella" ''does'' smell good!" As is the bit about Alice loving Bella deeply. Then throw in how often Alice hangs on Bella, carries her around, etc. and you've got a ripe lesyay shipping bed--except Meyer, as a devout Mormon, would not write lesbians into her story.
* On the DVD commentary for ''[[Bring It On]]'', the director notes that a scene showing Kirsten Dunst and [[Eliza Dushku]] (who has a strong lesbian fanbase) in bed together wasn't intended to hint at girl-on-girl action. Really!
* The Israeli movie ''Walk on Water'' is about a Mossad agent who is sent to assassinate an aging former Nazi, then meets the man's grandson, who gives him a new outlook on life. They get really close. I mean, ''[[Ho Yay|really]]'' close, and then it is revealed that said grandson is gay. Then, in the end, the Mossad agent gets together with the grandson's sister, an until-then-minor character. The [[Ho Yay]] between the agent and the grandson, however, was so blatant that I couldn't help but wonder if the grandson was originally intended to be the agent's [[Love Interest]].
** Considering that the film is all about people of different categories looking past their differences, I think it's actually thematically necessary the Mossad agent to be straight. But I would agree that the homoeroticism between the two leads is thick, and it's easy to see him marrying the sister as a thin substitution for his real goal.
* In the ''[[Joshuu Sasori (Film)|Female Prisoner Scorpion]]'' series, protagonist Matsu's relationship with Yuki is pretty ambiguous. In the first film, they clearly care about each other a lot, but it's not clear if this has a sexual dimension. The third film features the same actress playing someone with the same name, but who is clearly a different character, although Matsu apparently recognises her (it's [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?|a tad complicated]]). ''This'' Yuki is either enfatuated or fascinated with Matsu, but is fairly [[Brother-Sister Incest|Messed up]] [[Pity Sex|when it comes]] [[Hooker Withwith a Heart of Gold|to sexual matters]].
* A rather old example, from a 1930s play-gone-movie. Karen and Martha from ''[[The ChildrensChildren's Hour]]'' share a close intimate friendship, though Karen is engaged to a man. Their friendship is full of subtext on both sides {{spoiler|but only Martha is revealed to be gay}}.
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Quite a few ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' fans suspect that Rachel was [[Aborted Arc|intended to be a lesbian]] due to her pointedly saying that Agent Grace wasn't her type in an early appearance. For whatever reason, she was confirmed as straight later.
* A decidedly vocal section of the ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' fandom firmly believed that Alex and Olivia were together, [[Shipping Goggles]] aside. This was later disproved by Olivia being baffled at the ''idea'' that she might be gay, much to the irritation of the A/O shippers. (Dick Wolfe is ''not'' known for his bravery about this, however. [[Suddenly Sexuality|Is this because I'm a lesbian?]], anyone?)
 
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== Theater ==
* Elphaba and Glinda from ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]'' have a very close bond. It starts off as pure [[Foe Yay]] full of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] but morphs into a fluffy friendship, most likely the closest in the musical. It's even thicker than in the [[Wicked (Literaturenovel)|source book]], as the musical focuses almost entirely on them. However Glinda is apparently in love with Fiyero and Elphaba's in love with Fiyero, {{spoiler|plus he lives in the musical}}, so that gets in the way of any of their romance. [[Word of Gay]] backs their romance up but it's hard to say whether they were ever together.
 
 
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