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* One ''LiveActionTV/KeyAndPeele'' sketch involves an R&B duo, both of them men, performing a love song... with one half clearly directing the lyrics to the other, eventually dispensing with any veneer of subtlety and improvising lyrics about how he's singing to a bald person, going out of his way to explain that it should be clear he is, in fact, talking about one person in particular, "'cause ''you are bald and you are here!''" After he's met with awkward silence from both his partner and the audience, he backpedals on his effective confession by sheepishly singing about how [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he's directing the song to a woman - definitely a woman - because he is a man who likes women, he has never liked a man in his life before, and he doesn't like one now.]]

** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Have I mentioned [[TheKirk I am]] screwing {{Green Skinned Space Babe}}s, and ''[[HoYay not]]'' [[TheSpock Green-Blooded First Officers]] today? {{Fangirl}}s still [[SlashFic aren't]] [[WebVideo/TheShipsCloset convinced]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' has one in a bonding event with Rean and Princess Alfin at Roer while they were both playing a card game. Alfin asks what [[TheRival Crow]] is for Rean and he explains that he's his most important person and because of that, he has to fight him, comparing their relationship to the card game that they've been playing. Alfin then says that she's jealous of Crow which Rean does hear and claims that guys don't like being shipped that way. However, thanks to a lot of RelationshipWritingFumble throughout the series, it just reinforces Rean to sway a bit much towards Crow.

* In YouTuber Room604's ''Yet Another Neon Genesis Evangelion Abridged Series'', Maya Ibuki constantly makes remarks about sleeping with men in a futile attempt to closet her lesbianism. For example in EP20 "Solvent":

** Mac was pretty heavy on this in the days when he was still in the TransparentCloset. He would frequently show up with girlfriends that he clearly didn't like, and once accused a transwoman and a straight man of being homosexual (even though he'd had sex with her when she wasn't as far along in her surgery). There's also his insistence that wanting to look at gorgeous beefcakey hunks is definitely just appreciation of their fitness.

* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'': In ''Sincerely, Me'' Evan and Connor sing how "Our friendship goes beyond; your average kind of bond; but not because we're gay" and "We're close but not that way; the only man that I love is my dad"

** Gnarl and Kobayashi.
--->'''Gnarl:''' Er, did I mention my unquenchable love of the ladies?

* Creator/JohnMulaney: "But I'm not gay. I have a girlfriend, and she is a female person."

* Also downplayed with Creator/RonWhite; in one bit he commented on his own clothing choices and said he was actually surprised he wasn't gay. He also mentions a friend of his who was a borderline HeteronormativeCrusader, until Ron got him to say "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I want to see big, hard, throbbing cock]]!"

* The ''Manga/SailorMoon'' season 3 Cloverway dub had everyone, even random [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]], blessed with the knowledge and the compulsion to comment on how not only is "Amara" the cousin of "Michelle", but so were Sailors Uranus and Neptune cousins. The fact that the dubbers were ''lazy'' and forgot to remove many LesYay scenes made it even more of a farce.

-->'''Matsuda:''' It was so horrible. I- I feel like I've violated Misa-Misa just by listening to those lies being told to her... I don't want to have sex with two men and Misa-Misa at the same time... ''[everyone stares]'' No, no, I'm not with this guy, he's just my friend who has sex with my other male friend. I really like women a lot [[ThatCameOutWrong and any women who want to be with me, I'll respect them incredibly hard and skillfully with all the right respectful lines that I'm going to learn.]]\\

* In [[WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews Harry Plinkett's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qxcafA9Ws review]] of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', he has an entire segment about how the producers felt a need to give every single character a "case of the not-gays"--that is to say, nearly every major male character has a scene where they mention a girlfriend, a wife, an ex-wife, or a nonspecific interest in women. He suspected this was an attempt to ward off the franchise's massive slash following (when the movie already focuses extensively on Kirk and Spock's relationship), or the subtext of a villain who's [[HelloSailor spent years stuck aboard a spaceship]] with a bunch of [[HellBentForLeather muscular men in tight black leather.]]

** Tyler is helped up by the charming Alejandro in "[[Recap/TotalDramaWalkLikeAnEgyptianPartOne Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1]]", prompting him to insist that he likes girls.

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* Gojyo from ''[[Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Gensoumaden Saiyuki]]'' lives to constantly remind everyone in the Sanzo Party that he loves the ladies, yet outside of one episode not canon to the comics, Gojyo has never been with a woman despite his good looks. He has the strongest gay vibes of anyone in the group, picking to a particular person to shovel that on to. It doesn't help that the mangaka has a history in BL mangas.
* The ''Manga/SailorMoon'' season 3 Cloverway dub had everyone, even random [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]], blessed with the knowledge and the compulsion to comment on how not only is "Amara" the cousin of "Michelle", but so were Sailors Uranus and Neptune cousins. The fact that the dubbers were ''lazy'' and forgot to remove many LesYay scenes made it even more of a farce.
* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', sexually insecure teenage {{narrator}} Kyon is very careful to remind the reader of his heterosexuality in this story where men seem to be constantly be implying attraction to him, either through OutOfContextEavesdropping or just being [[AmbiguouslyGay Itsuki Koizumi]].
-->'''Kyon:''' Now let me set the record straight, I am an absolutely normal heterosexual male. My preference for "the same team" weighs less than that of a hummingbird, in other words, it's non-existent. Whether subconsciously or unconsciously, my preference has been "straight". See? Aren't I right? My body would go hot just thinking about [[{{Moe}} Asahina-san.]] If [[AmbiguouslyGay Koizumi]] had called me saying such stuff, I would've hung up already. By the way, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not bisexual either.]] Do I make myself clear?
* Yuki of ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'' spends the first couple of books reminding Shuichi about how straight he is. Less ironically, Hiro is also very conscious about his status as the token heterosexual around.
* A slight variation: In the hentai anime ''Frantic, Frustrated, Female'' and its sequels, the main character regularly refer to her friend as "onee-chan" (sister) and her landlady as "okaa-san" (mother), which is the emotional relationship she has with them. Every time she uses these words, the subtitling is quick to point out that ''they're not related'', and thus the lesbian sex scenes do not imply incest. M'kay?
* Arashi from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' has to remind both the readers and George that ''he is heterosexual, thank you'', about as often as the latter brings up the subject that he plays for both teams -- i.e., fairly often.

* While not actually ''said'', ''Manga/ShugoChara'' made it clear that Nagihiko is straight in episode 56 when he's assigned as the newest Jack's Chair. He refuses, and Tadase, as an attempt to change his mind, shows off his BishieSparkle. However, Nagihiko isn't at all amused by this. Later, when Tadase and Kukai tell Amu, a girl, about Nagihiko being the new Jack, Amu lets out her own BishieSparkle, to which Nagihiko cannot resist. This alone counts as enough evidence that, yes, he likes girls.

* Yuuri, the main character of ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'', finds his cries largely ignored in a world where, apparently, EveryoneIsBi. It doesn't help that he's got an [[UnwantedHarem all-male harem]]. Or a male [[AccidentalMarriage fiancee]]. Who he [[HasTwoMommies adopted a child with]].
* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has the flamboyantly CampGay stereotype bar owner Scarron, such as wearing dresses and having his all-female staff refer to him as mademoiselle. Come to the surprise to both the viewers and the cast that Jessica is his daughter.
* In ''Anime/AngelBeats'', Hinata has to continually reinforce to Otanashi that he isn't like that, subverted later in the series.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' with Christopher Shouldered. Being under the impression that his {{Vitriolic Best Bud|s}} Chi might have a crush on him, Christopher tends to punctuate any sort of statement of affection with the fact that he's not into men, lest Chi gets his hopes up. Chi just begrudgingly puts up with it like the rest of Christopher's [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric behavior.]]
* Ryo from ''Manga/{{FAKE}}'' claims to be straight whenever Dee comes onto him. He's not very convincing seeing how he always lets Dee kiss him and voluntarily kisses Dee at times too. [[spoiler: He eventually gives in to Dee and considers himself a gay man despite having past hetero relationships.]]
%%* An absolutely hilarious instance crops up in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' from ''[[PsychoLesbian Kuroko]]'' of all people.
* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', Nadja was very insistent that her effeminate-looking {{Love Interest|s}} wear ''male'' clothes.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Katarina is so consistent about mentioning she's straight when talking about how her female friends cause her to swoon a little that the question becomes more whether she's in denial about being bisexual or whether she genuinely doesn't realize it than whether she's ''actually'' straight or not. Take a drink every time she thinks to herself "if I was a guy, I'd marry her", and you'll probably pass out.

-->"I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers, but as an openly gay comedian I feel a responsibility to talk about a lot of issues that--what, are you gonna test me? You don't know if I'm lying. I can be as gay as I want to be up here, fuck you. What, are you gonna strap me to a chair and [[CrossesTheLineTwice blow loads in my face]] to see if I'm fibbing when I say I love it?"

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} cracks jokes about his HoYay with people half the time, and spends the other half saying homoerotic stuff about Cable[=/=]Weasel[=/=]Spider-Man[=/=]Thor, only to immediately insist that he's straight. If this sounds contradictory, remember that this is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Deadpool.]] Possibly the best example came when the Black Mamba's powers made him picture his greatest fantasy -- rubbing suntan lotion on Cable's back at the beach. "That was ''not'' my fantasy! It was you -- that Darkforce stuff planted that image in my head!"

* ''{{ComicBook/Wanted}}'' starts with one of these: a character who we are informed is the world's best assassin is giving a completely inexplicable monologue to a pair of male prostitutes explaining, at length, that just because he is about to have sex with them doesn't mean he's gay, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial far from it]], it's just that he has sex with soooooooo many women every day and every night all the time banging hot babes nonstop that he likes to occasionally bang dudes just to remind himself of how much he likes the ladies. This does not appear to be played as a gag, mind you, we are apparently meant to take this monologue at face value.

* Jay of Film/TheViewAskewniverse. In ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' he rambles about performing oral sex on Silent Bob (who remains completely deadpan throughout, suggesting he does this a lot), then leaps away, flexes menacingly, and shouts, "I hate guys! I LOVE WOMEN!" In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' his response to being accused of fantasizing about men is "not all the time," which is as good as an admission that he does ''some'' of the time. Then there's his habit of referring to Silent Bob as his "[[HeterosexualLifePartners Hetero life-mate]]."
* Halfway through the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNc7EPGpaRQ I Like Boys]]" number in ''Film/TeenWitch'', you'll be thinking those girls are obviously in serious denial.
--> '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' Movie, stop! You're trying way too hard!
:: From the comments section... "Having never seen the movie, this is from I can only assume that this musical follows the story of a lonely lesbian girl who must deny her true passions while watching girls in leotards dance around the women's locker room singing about their heterosexuality."
* Rapper Alpa Chino in ''Film/TropicThunder'' has built his career around this trope. [[spoiler:He's gay.]]
-->''I love the puss (hell yeah)/I love the pussy (hell yeah)/I love the pussy rollin' down to the floor''

* ''Film/{{Troy}}'' has Achilles bedding numerous ladies and treating his cousin Patroclus like a kid brother to avoid the traditionally inferred homosexual relationship between them.
* The last line of one of the endings in ''Film/{{Clue}}'' has the supposedly gay Mr. Green declare, "I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife," revealing that his whole identity was a cover. Maybe.
* Seth in ''Film/{{Superbad}}'': 90% of his dialogue is about how much he wants to have sex with girls who are out of his league, with the remaining 10% being devoted to his ''obsession'' with his "best friend" Evan.
* Near the end of ''Film/Bruno2009'', the main character claims to have achieved his goal of [[spoiler:becoming heterosexual. In fact, he proves it by hosting a cage-fighting show called [[TestosteronePoisoning Straight Dave's Man Slammin' Maxout]], and giving the audience a speech about how hetero he is. [[PoesLaw The audience loves him at first]], but become [[HateDumb enraged]] when he [[FanDisservice passionately makes out with another man]] in the cage]].
* WebVideo/RedLetterMedia has pointed to several films that seem to include plot details solely to show that certain characters are heterosexual. They call this "the Not-Gays."
** Nearly all male characters in ''Film/StarTrek2009'' find some way to imply their heterosexuality.
** In the first two Film/BillAndTed films, Bill and Ted are given British girlfriends from the Middle Ages who contribute nothing to the plot, apparently just to show moral guardians that the two boys who do absolutely everything together are totally straight.
* In ''Film/ClassAct'', hip-hop culture is ''so'' foreign to Duncan's father that when Duncan begins associating with Blade, his father thinks Duncan might be ''gay!'' He finds out the hard way at the end when he catches Duncan having sex with ''his girlfriend Damita''.

* Played for drama in ''Film/EasternPromises'' wherein Kirill, the closeted son of TheDon, desperately tries to cultivate a reputation as a libertine due to the violently homophobic Russian gangster culture.

* Hilariously skewered in ''Film/PopstarNeverStopNeverStopping'', where rapper [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Conner4Real]] has a music video, "Equal Rights" ([[TheCameo Featuring a cameo from Pink!]]) which tries to promote a GayAesop. However, the message becomes undermined with Conner repeatedly assuring his own heterosexuality throughout the song.
-->"I'm not gay!"

* Played for laughs in ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' after the two main characters, Neal and Del, wake up in each other's arms after a drunken night of bonding in a hotel room. Both men actually are straight, and had been dreaming of reuniting with their wives -- but they are also early-middle-aged men in the 1980s, so experience a moment of gay panic which ends with the two puffing their chests up and beginning to discuss football in deep manly-man voices. They also woke up realizing that Del's hand was ''between Neal's butt cheeks'', making their shock even more relatable.
* In ''Film/StageFright2014'', Sam takes every opportunity to tell people that he definitely sleeps with women despite being interested in musical theatre. [[spoiler:It's an act. He actually is gay.]]
* Through the course of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, a subset of fans increasingly shipped Finn and Poe as a gay couple in spite of Finn having a different female love interest in each of the first two films (in the first film he's crushing on Rey, and in the second he and Rose are all but explicitly put together). By the third, the shipping had reached a fever pitch, and even the actors playing the roles began supporting the idea. Instead, the final film introduces new female love interests for both Poe and Finn (bringing Finn's total to three), in the process giving Poe a heretofore unmentioned backstory of having briefly been a smuggler when he'd always given the impression of being New Republic/Resistance military through and through like both his parents and not even the ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' comic book had even hinted at this. And then the film doesn't bother giving either of them [[NoRomanticResolution any romantic resolution]] with any of their prospective love interests, raising accusations that the half-hearted third-film love interests were added solely to [[{{Jossed}} Joss]] Poe and Finn as a couple. One would think that just having Finn stay with Rose would have settled the matter more elegantly. Poe's shoehorned love interest never even removes her helmet, making her literally faceless.

* In ''Literature/TheHollows'' series, Rachel repeatedly mentions not being 'wired that way' regarding Ivy (especially after she invites the vampiric Ivy to bite her in ''A Fistful of Charms'').

* In ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'', John, after being in an awkward gay moment, says things like, "Well, she looks like a nubile wench!" while pointing at an adulteress. (She ''was'' nubile, so points to John for working outside of his element.)
* In one of the original ''Greyhawk'' novels, the protagonist begins acting as stereotypically masculine as he possibly can -- openly leering at women, deliberately wearing worn out or dirty clothing, etc.--because he's worried that a [[MacGuffin gem he's been using to increase his magic]] is turning him into a woman. [[spoiler:It isn't.]]

* ''Literature/IClaudius'' has a passage where the title character expresses distaste for the noblemen who take young men as lovers, describing the latter as being blatant {{Gold Digger}}s and stating he has never seen the appeal of such an arrangement. While you might assume this is WriterOnBoard by Robert Graves, [[ShownTheirWork Claudius is one of the few Roman Emperors who was never known to have had any male lovers, which was remarked upon by contemporaries as odd.]] (Not to mention Graves - who self-identified as heterosexual - candidly recollected his own passionate love for a schoolmate in ''Literature/GoodbyeToAllThat''. He was a pretty open-minded chap.)

* ''Literature/BeMoreChill'': Jeremy seems to be pretty insecure about people possibly thinking he's gay. He literally comments to the [[MakesSenseInContext computerized voice of Keanu Reeves in his brain]] that walking in a certain posture makes him feel gay. When he answers the phone to his male best friend while...[[ADateWithRosiePalms having some fun]]...and doesn't stop, he makes a point to clarify himself to the reader.
--> "I'm masturbating still, watching a video, but it's not like I'm masturbating ''to'' Michael. I'm multitasking masturbating."
* Richard Papen, the main character and narrator of ''Literature/TheSecretHistory'', mentions that he is not attracted to men, everytime he mentions someone who is. Or if he's wondering if someone is gay. Or if he just hasn't mentioned it in a bit. Or for literally any reason.

** On the other hand, in the episode "Shuttlepod One", Malcolm -- stranded in space with Tucker, and believing that they're going to die--spends hours writing letters to old girlfriends. At one point, while drunk, says "I think T'Pol's got a nice bum. Don't you?"
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the final episode in which Riker is speaking to Malcolm and then appears to ask him if he found Trip attractive--we discover however the scene has secretly changed, and Riker is now addressing Hoshi.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** Turk and J.D. Oh, Turk and J.D.
-->'''J.D.:''' ''[waking from an ImagineSpot]'' STOP IT! I DON'T HAVE GAY JUNGLE FEVER!\\
'''Turk:''' ''[to Carla]'' Okay, we should go!
** Even in the MusicalEpisode in which they have ''a song'' celebrating their "Guy Love", they find it necessary to mention that "There's nothing gay about it/In our eyes".
* Jack Benjamin, crown prince of Gilboa in ''Series/{{Kings}}'', does this as a matter of policy, making a big show of what a boozy, party-hard womanizer he is. He gets a horrible surprise when he finds out his father [[TransparentCloset has known all along]]. Quoth King Silas: "I've been keeping pictures of our family out of the free press for years...wrestle it to the ground, numb it with ice, but you ''cannot'' be what God made you. Not if you mean to take my place." Jack is the HoYay interpretation of King Saul's son Jonathan, who had a covenant and very... hands-on relationship with David -- even while David was Saul's biggest enemy.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** In one episode, when Chandler is trying to get a date for Rachel:
--->'''Chandler:''' I say, Drew! Are you seeing anybody right now? ''[Drew looks at him]'' Og-ee-op, I'm not asking for me, I'm? I mean? No, I'm--I'm not gay, I'm not asking you out. I'm not--I'm not--I'm not gay!\\
'''Drew:''' I didn't think you were gay. I do now.
** There's also "The One With the Baby on the Bus"; a woman mistakes Joey and Chandler for a couple while they're out with Ben, so later when two women start talking to them, this occurs:
--->'''Woman:''' So what are you guys out doing today?\\
'''Joey:''' Oh we're not out. No, no. We're just uh, two heterosexual guys, hanging with the son of our other heterosexual friend, doin' the usual straight guy stuff.
* A variant occurs with the {{narrator}} of ''Breaking the Magician's Code''. The male narrator takes the opportunity in every episode to mention to us just how much he appreciates the Masked Magician's [[LovelyAssistant hot female assistants]]. This is accompanied by the camera work adopting a MaleGaze. This just makes things more hilarious when he says something like "the secret to this illusion is hidden in the Magician's pants".
* For most of her first season on ''Series/{{Skins}}'', Naomi Campbell ([[NamesTheSame not that one]]) made numerous protestations of her heterosexuality. Since she'd say this in between passionate make-out sessions and sex with Emily, neither Emily nor the audience was inclined to believe her.
* Tomboy character Jo from ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' balances out her butch behavior when she first arrives by constantly referring to her boyfriend Eddie, and getting into relationships with men more frequently than the other characters. Efforts to femme her up became increasingly blatant in later seasons. By the final season, she was married and wearing a skirt. Presumably, this was either to make her more marketable or to discredit the LesYay {{subtext}} between Jo and Blair.

* Creator/CraigFerguson of ''Series/{{The Late Late Show|WithCraigFerguson}}'' often inverts this as a gag.
* This trope is played with by a character itself, not the creators of the show, in an episode of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', where gay character Kurt, after coming out of the closet, decides to act like a stereotypical straight guy, wearing flannel shirts and attempting to speak with a deep voice, even making out with a girl, in an attempt to fit in better and believing it would make his father love him more. Throughout the episode, he constantly asserts his newfound "macho" status, but no one really buys it (except [[TheDitz Brittany]].) [[spoiler:He goes back to his normal, flamboyantly gay self in the end.]]
** Earlier in the series, before he comes out, Kurt calls the club's disco routine "really gay". After Kurt comes out to Mercedes but before he does to his dad, Kurt tells Finn he isn't gay.
** Santana, who tip-toed out of her [[ArmouredClosetGay Armored Closet]] in order to confess her love for Brittany, only to leap back into it when she was turned down. The next time the two met, she blamed the whole thing on temporary insanity and made sure to point out that she was now going to write an awesome ''heterosexual'' song about her [[TheBeard boyfriend]]. She then got so flustered by Brittany looking at her that she asked her to look away in order for her to remember her locker combination.
* The song "Bret You Got It Going On" from ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' starts with this, ends with this, and is filled with a truly remarkable amount of HoYay. As mentioned several times in the episode, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial it's not gay]] when Jemaine puts a wig on Bret and spoons him, because he's imagining Bret's a ''woman''.
* Parodied in a sketch on ''Series/SmackThePony'', involving two female actresses filming a lesbian kiss scene. One of them, clearly somewhat homophobic, is given to loudly expressing how disgusting she finds the whole process once the cameras have stopped filming, and at one point demands that an aide call her fiancee and "tell him I love him." Unfortunately for her, her co-star is [[LesYay clearly nursing quite a heavy crush on her]] at least, and keeps suggesting that they might need to retake the scene a little too frequently and eagerly.
* ''Series/ShamelessUS'' has Mickey Milkovich, who pretends to be straight in the eyes of everyone when he's actually gay. Whenever there's a crowd (especially in front of his father), he makes comments about women or the sort just to remind them that he likes women. One of the series best portrayal of this is when Mickey, Ian, Lip, Mandy, and a whole lot of their neighbours go after a pedophile recently released from prison, but upon arriving discover that [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale the pedophile is actually a woman, so everyone quits on it]]. On their way back, Mickey keeps commenting that the whole story of the woman and her underage student turned him so on that he needed to sleep with a woman right now and goes after the first one that he crosses. Lip's reaction to this, because he found out about Mickey being gay only a little before this episode, is particularly hilarious.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' gives us this gem:
-->'''Jerry:''' This jacket has completely changed my life.\\
'''George:''' Can I say one thing to you? And I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality.\\
'''Jerry:''' Of course.\\
'''George:''' It's fabulous.
* ''Series/MadTV'' parodied Music/MichaelJackson's "You Rock My World" and its video as "I Do Like Girls", referencing the tendency of several of his videos (including this one) to portray him as a ladykiller, while his RealLife behavior suggested he kept that part of his private life, well, private. (Anything that did go off-message was too odd to tell.)
* Virtually every single episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' features some little scene or line of dialogue for Dean to assert his heterosexuality/masculinity.
** "My Heart Will Go On" has "Besides, ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' didn't suck that bad." ''[cue Sam looking at Dean funny]'' "Winslet's rack?"
** "Out With the Old" continues this trend:
--->'''Dean:''' I saw ''Film/BlackSwan''. Twice.\\
''[Sam gives Dean a strange look]''\\
'''Dean:''' Hot tutu-on-tutu action. Come on, Sam, what's wrong with you?
** In "Let It Bleed" we also get "I was too busy having sex, with women." (Naturally, fans have often interpreted this as SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for Dean.)
* An almost laughable use of this trope in one episode of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', where a girl that can easily be confused for having two fathers has one or both of the men say some line that assures the audience that they sleep with tons of women all the time, multiple times, in every scene that they were in.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'':
** John Watson is very adamant about his straightness. Unfortunately, few believe him, including his [[GirlOfTheWeek girlfriends]], at least one of whom used that as an excuse to ditch him when in reality it's more because they can't stand his flatmate and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch best friend,]] Sherlock. Sherlock's done this too and is very adamant about his sexuality (or perhaps, lack thereof). Heck, [[FemmeFatale Irene]] seems to think he's got a thing for John, as well as [[TeamMom Mrs. Hudson,]] and plenty more.
* Frat boys Eric & Jeremy of ''Series/TheAmazingRace 9'' spent roughly 90% of their screen time talking about how much they liked girls. Seriously, you could probably make a drinking game out of it.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'':
** One episode has CJ "outed" on a blog -- based on not much more than the fact that she is tall, unmarried, and in a position of power. She spends the episode agonizing over a way to flatly deny the outing in the media while avoiding invoking this trope. In the end, she tells the reporters that it's none of their business, and then goes on a date with the man she is currently in a relationship with.
** Another episode has President Bartlet and Leo, two long-standing old friends, agree to have dinner together one night, only to find when they get to the dining room that the servers -- believing Bartlet to have been dining with his wife -- have set up an intimate romantic candlelit scene. Bartlet insists that they can just pretend the candles and such aren't there, leading Leo quip that they can ''also'' pretend that they're "not paranoid homophobes in any way". Amusingly, the two then go on to spend the dinner bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple with each other.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'':
** In series five one of the members of Rudy Too's support group is a man who insisted so much on stating he wasn't gay that the storm gave him a very ironic power: every time he said he wasn't gay, he involuntarily teleports into the nearest closet.
** Also, there's [[MrFanservice Alex]] and [[MotorMouth Finn]] insisting that they aren't gay, despite the fact that they ''did'' have sex in the Series 5 premiere. ItMakesSenseInContext. Sort of.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has a RunningGag of Raj being AmbiguouslyBi. They play with this in the episode "The Thespian Catalyst" which had Raj have fantasies involving Wolowitz's girlfriend Bernadette. The last one involved a Bollywood musical piece.
-->'''Raj:''' Dance number aside, I'm so not gay.
* The Creator/DisneyChannel has a feature where kids talk about their special talents. Whenever they have a boy with a hobby usually viewed as feminine (like gymnastics), they tend to drop the occasional line about how girls are into them for their talent. Interestingly, whenever they have a girl talk about any masculine talents, [[DoubleStandard they never feel the need to proclaim their heterosexuality]].
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch features Kim Jong-un (played by Bobby Moynihan) announcing that he's lifting UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's ban on same-sex marriage. He then goes on to emphasize that he is "as heterosexual as a person can be" and describes all the AnatomicallyImpossibleSex he supposedly has.
* This is Uncle Mel's catchphrase on ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. It is generally a RunningGag.
* ''Series/TheDayToday'' featured an unusual third-person variant with regards to its Gay News presenter Colin Poppshed. After Colin has given his report (of such nonsense as the current gay elements, walls, and seas), main anchor Chris Morris thanks him and then adds, "He's not gay, by the way. We wouldn't employ a homosexual."
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'' in one early episode has Waverly repeatedly mention her boyfriend during a conversation where she and the hot female deputy are pretty heavily flirting with each other. Of course, [[FeministFantasy this show being what it is]], this turned out to be an intentionally {{invoked|Trope}} use of this trope - [[spoiler: Waverly came out as bi/gay shortly later and has been in a relationship with said hot officer ever since]].
* Inverted by Agent Clements in ''Series/TheFamily'', StraightGay to an extreme that the only indications to the contrary are his OncePerEpisode mentions of his husband. (One of the more prolonged ones suggests that said husband is the CampGay of the relationship, but he never appears in the series.)
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': When Captain Holt has to go into witness protection, his new identity is straight. While Holt is normally StraightGay, he clearly has no idea how to ''actually'' be straight. He spends most of his time talking about breasts, and how wonderful and "heavy" they are. When he needs money, he flatly tells a member of his walking group that he "impregnated a woman" because he couldn't resist her "firm, heavy breasts."
-->'''Jake:''' Heterosexual you is a ''dog''.
** Later on he has to fake straightness again, this time with a guy. He talks about how he loves a thigh gap because "There's nothing more intoxicating than the clear absence of a penis."
* In the ''Series/RavensHome'' episode "Adventures in Mommy-Sitting", Raven and Chelsea go to a club together. When they get kicked out, Chelsea yells "We're just good friends!" In this case, they really are just good friends who are MistakenForGay.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** In one episode, Frank and Charlie pretend Frank has AIDS in order to skip the line on a waterslide. While doing this, Frank is very insistent about not having the "gay kind" of AIDS.
** In "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6", the film is positively laden with HomoeroticSubtext, including a shower scene that cuts off as Riggs and Murtagh [[ShowerOfLove start playfully wrestling]]. To make up for this, they add a scene where they go to a strip club where both of them seem pretty bored and a wedding scene where Riggs never actually manages to kiss the bride.
--->'''Murtagh:''' I sure am glad we came to this strip club, Riggs.
--->'''Riggs:''' I do like looking at beautiful naked women.
--->'''Murtagh:''' That's because we're not gay.
** Mac was pretty heavy on this in the days when he was still in the TransparentCloset. He would frequently show up with girlfriends that he clearly didn't like, and once accused a transwoman and a straight man of being homosexual (even though he'd had sex with her when she wasn't as far along in her surgery). There's also his insistence that wanting to look at gorgeous beefcakey hunks is definitely just appreciation of their fitness.
* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'': In "Kimmy's in a Love Triangle!", Titus gets overlooked for a new role at the restaurant because he can't "play straight." He seeks out help from a "straight coach," [[Creator/DeanNorris M. La Loup]], who uses drill sergeant-style tactics and roleplay scenarios to teach Titus how to pass for straight.
* In the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' adaptation of ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable'', Poirot deduces that [[spoiler: Dr Roberts]] is gay and is having an affair with another man. He initially became suspicious because the man won't shut up about what a ladies man he is, and yet he's blatantly ignoring his SexySecretary.
* Played with (and played for laughs) in an episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' when someone misinterprets Leslie and Ann's HeterosexualLifePartners relationship and queries if they're a lesbian couple, to which Leslie's response both makes it clear that they are both straight and equally that if they weren't they would be all over that action:
-->'''Leslie:''' ''Tragically'', we are both straight.

* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'': In ''Sincerely, Me'' Evan and Connor sing how "Our friendship goes beyond; your average kind of bond; but not because we're gay" and "We're close but not that way; the only man that I love is my dad"

* ''Theatre/TheProducers'': In the Opening Number: "King of Broadway", there is this Line: "There was a Time when i was young and gay...But straight."

%% * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
%% ** Yosuke.
%% ** Teddie probably fits this too, since, despite all his talk about scoring with a girl, [[spoiler:he seems pretty into kissing Kanji or the MC during the King's Game...]]
%% ** Kanji.
* ''[[Videogame/DinerDash Wedding Dash]]'' has seemingly every other line consist of Flo and Quinn affirming that despite being ''extremely'' close friends and roommates who [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl line up fairly well with the stereotypical Butch/Femme lesbian couple]], they are in fact heterosexual.
* ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack'' is specifically designed to induce this trope in a heterosexual male player. ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttackHeavyMetalEdition'' is a pretty good way to mention that you're heterosexual.
* Brucie in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' will brag about his female sexual conquests whenever anybody questions his sexuality. Notably, in the DLC "The Ballad of Gay Tony" Luis notices him trying to come on to him, so Brucie defensively claims that he was simply trying to see if Luis was gay.
** Also Luis himself in "The Ballad Of Gay Tony." Although many jokes are made by friends about Luis's sexuality, they drown the story with "Luis, you're such a straight skirt-chasing idiot." and filling the gameplay with sex. Notably, Tony has a stereotypically gay side earring and Luis only has a straight side earring, although it bears pointing out that in reality, there is no standardized "earring code."
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' -- James Vega is inconsistent about this. His friendship with Steve Cortez is free of "no homo" dialogue, but if [=Male!Shep=] takes him on the casino mission in ''Citadel'' he gets a little defensive afterwards.
--> "Hey, I shouldn't read too much into being your "date" tonight, right? Because James Vega is all about the ladies."
** Vega will blatantly hit on [=Fem!Shep=], but isn't actually a romance option. [=Fem!Shep=] can even call him out on his being all talk.
** He's also adamant, later on in ''Citadel'', that he really wants to try the hot tub without Cortez. ''Specifically'' Cortez.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' has one in a bonding event with Rean and Princess Alfin at Roer while they were both playing a card game. Alfin asks what [[TheRival Crow]] is for Rean and he explains that he's his most important person and because of that, he has to fight him, comparing their relationship to the card game that they've been playing. Alfin then says that she's jealous of Crow which Rean does hear and claims that guys don't like being shipped that way. However, thanks to a lot of RelationshipWritingFumble throughout the series, it just reinforces Rean to sway a bit much towards Crow.
* The heroines of ''VisualNovel/ShiningSongStarnova'' are all romantically interested in their male producer, but a few are hinted to be bisexual, which they deny:
** Julie loudly complains that she doesn't spin that way and has "ab-so-lut-ley" no interest in girls when Mr. Producer informs her that she'll have to kiss Natsuki for a yuri-themed gravure shoot. Once the shoot gets underway and Natsuki turns on the charm, however, [[{{Tsundere}} Julie's]] [[LuminescentBlush flustered]] [[CrushFilter reactions]] begin to tell a different story.
** Sasami protests that she isn't into girls when her rival Shiro starts coming on to her and offering to teach her proper kissing technique, not that this stops Sasami from taking Shiro up on her offer (and doing considerably more than that) in the name of "practice".
* Mallory from ''VideoGame/BlackCloset'' is a recent transfer student to an all-girls boarding school, and as a result is somewhat unsettled by the rather...homoerotic culture that seems to be the norm. Eventually, she arranges a formal meeting with you to come out as straight, and if you flirt with her expresses exasperation that the ''entire school'' appears to be gay.
* Kaoru in ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is the flirtatious type who early in his character development claims to only care about dating girls. Given that he goes to an all-boys' school where the AudienceSurrogate is the only female character out of a HoYay-filled CastFullOfPrettyBoys, this leads to a ''lot'' of scenes of him talking at length about how much he loves girls and has no interest in guys at all in a way that starts to sound like a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial after a time. It kicks into ''very'' high gear in any scene he shares with Souma, who he initially tried to hit on thinking he was a girl, and who he still seems to be kind of attracted to, judging by the way he can't shut up about how Souma's hair is super silky and unusual for a guy and how Kaoru would kiss him if he were a girl but he won't because he's totally not into guys and only likes girls, obviously!
* Taichi from ''VideoGame/{{A3}}'' spends every other sentence talking about how much he wants a girlfriend or how much he hopes that his latest hobby or activity will make him more popular with girls. Given how Taichi's first love was actually a boy he [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistook for a girl]] and how he still seems pretty eager to hang out with said boy even when he doesn't know he's the same "girl" he fell in love with all these years ago, many fans interpret this as him trying a little too hard to convince others (and himself) that he's 100% heterosexual.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad tries to assert his heterosexuality as much as he can, particularly after flirtatious scenes between him and Homestar. And then there's [[VerySpecialEpisode Email brianrietta]]...

* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' Emily made sure to frequently remind everyone that she and Ash are JustFriends and she had [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial no romantic feelings whatsoever]], [[BlatantLies none at all]], [[TransparentCloset nuh-uh, no way]] for Ash. There was some {{justifi|edTrope}}cation. Ash suffered an accidental GenderBender, and fully intends to reverse it, so there are complications if Emily is attracted to Ash. Fortunately, it now seems like Emily also wants a relationship with Ash now. It bears pointing out that Ash is still mentally a guy, and he never embraced the [[SecondLawOfGenderBending second]] or [[ThirdLawOfGenderBending third laws of gender-bending]], at least while in front of those who know about the misfile (since everyone else remembers Ash as a {{tomboy}}, cis girl). So Emily is attracted to Ash's male personality, not really to his female body.
* Hunter of ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'' does this to some extent when explaining why he defended homosexuality by holding a congregation of protesters at gunpoint. JustifiedTrope in this case because he's a teenage boy discussing his actions with his best friend who is also a teenage boy, and possibly also because a flashback shows his father's, er, enthusiastic attempts to ensure his son's heterosexuality (by giving him porn when he was thirteen).
* Monette of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' originally made a point of reassuring everyone she met that she was not ''straight''. And she failed miserably because she always slept with every guy within reach... [[NoodleIncident and a koala]] (as [[DeadpanSnarker Davan]] pointed out, it wasn't even a female koala). She has since improved on keeping her or just met the right woman. She finally decided not to label herself as either gay or straight and settled on identifying herself as bisexual.

* Faz of ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' seems to go out of his way to pursue women simply to reinforce his belief that he's straight, even though all evidence (including his actual sexual relations in the past) contradicts this. Specifically, he chose purity over sleeping with Galasso's hot daughter and slept with Ninja Rick. However, the latter was only so he could become a TwoferTokenMinority (gay and Asian) and keep his job, and he has made repeated advances on Amber, which she hasn't reciprocated. He also seemed sad when Amber hugged him and [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/03-minorities-report/mom-2/ he revealed he's never touched a woman as much as a simple hug before.]] Bottom line is that he may be straight, bi, or gay, but he ''is'' clearly messed up.
-->'''Faz:''' Faz requires platonic intimacy.
* In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', Ethan and Danny feel the need to stress they're not gay after a SuggestiveCollision. Ethan is lying, while Danny [[ExactWords technically isn't]].
* In the later issues of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}},'' every handful of pages is guaranteed to have more than a few carefully veiled hints that the main characters ''and'' the comic creator is straight, and usually more than a few not-so-carefully veiled hints, along the lines of "I, Christian Weston Chandler, am straight". He sure brings this up a lot for some reason. Christine Weston Chandler eventually identified as a bisexual transwoman, a change that would be reflected in her AuthorAvatar.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' uses the joke more than once:
** In an interesting inversion, [[DoesNotLikeMen Yuki]] is afraid that she's turning ''straight'' ([[EveryoneIsBi or bisexual]]) for Gary, as shown in strip #300, May 13, 2010 (NSFW). Well, Zii had previously said "She's not a lesbian, she just doesn't sleep with men", mainly due to [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles childhood trauma]].
** However, it's Sonya who invokes the trope in pure form, as her personal signature, and despite ''obviously'' being in deep denial. She first denies being a lesbian ''while eating Zii out'' and repeats the denial regularly after that, sometimes while leering at or fondling another woman, despite claiming that Zii is [[IfItsYouItsOkay a sole exception]]. She seems interested when someone mentions the word "bisexual" once but soon forgets about that.
--->'''Sonya:''' Thanks to ''you'', I eat ''pussy'' on a ''nightly basis!''\\
''['''*CRASH*''' as her waitress friend overhears and [[DramaticDrop drops a pot of coffee]]]''\\
'''Sonya:''' I'm... I'm really not a lesbian!
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Belkar Bitterleaf, despite being a shameless womanizer, is adamant about asserting his masculinity at every turn, displaying {{Squick}} at the slightest signs of HoYay. He seems far more concerned about it than anyone else in the cast. And yet, when Roy gets turned into a woman, Belkar hits on Roy, even though he knows it's Roy, just to mess with him, and claims he's secure enough in his manhood to be able to do that. Hmm.
** Likewise, when General Tarquin wonders why they are staring at him (he looks like Elan with a different palette), Belkar fields the question by explaining that they are staring at him because he's hot. From Tarquin's response, this is actually quite common and Belkar again takes great joy in tormenting Roy about it, to the point of responding to Roy's threats with "[[ThatsWhatSheSaid That's what he said]]."
* Played with in this ''Webcomic/TerminalLance'' [[http://terminallance.com/2010/04/30/terminal-lance-34-its-already-gay/ strip]].

%% John's statement that "I am not a homosexual" does not fit the trope, since it was in response to Karkat revealing his hatecrush (so not said gratuitously) and the only time John has stated a preference for either gender.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'' Anna has shades of this in earlier chapters in her insistence that she is heterosexual, but this is a playing-with case as her portrayal of her sexuality is rarely consistent. Moreover, due to the strong BDSM themes of the comic, this also applies to the few recurring characters not in the scene who tend to be ''introduced'' by stating they are not into BDSM. Again this applies to Anna in a TransparentCloset way as her growing interest in the scene goes hand in hand with her insistence she has no interest what so ever.

* In ''Webcomic/JerkCity'', the characters occasionally talk about how heterosexual they are before getting back to talking about their love of sucking dick, as usual. And Spigot will often say he's gay, despite the female Harriet apparently being his significant other.

* Mackenzie Blaise from ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' spends a lot of time [[UnreliableNarrator reminding the readers that she isn't a lesbian]], but her relationships with women say otherwise, She goes into some pretty heavy denial at first -- For example, upon having sex with Amaranth for the first time, her initial reaction is to deny that what they'd done counted as sex, and then to inquire into whether Amaranth possessed any special abilities that cause otherwise straight girls to be attracted to her. Eventually, she gets over it.

* One {{Website/Cracked}} contributor does this in an article about scientifically proven ways men can become more attractive to women. One tip he gives has to do with the AnimalChickMagnet effect, using Bradley Cooper and a hypothetical adorable Dachshund as an example. The entire paragraph concerning Bradley Cooper relays the author's apparent desire to have sex with him, despite being a "straight online comedy writer".

* There's a common joke among Trans and Gay people on ''Website/{{Tumblr}}'' and ''Website/{{Reddit}}'' that a very common sign of being trans or gay is thinking "I wish I was a boy/girl/nonbinary" or "I wish I was attracted to boys/girls." The common response to such thinking is "Do I have some news for you"

* The [title of show] Show's "What is [title of show]?" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlqXHKstV-o]] bit from Episode 3: "Hey Jim, I'm straight, did you watch the game last night?"
* ''Man in the Box'': Cameron. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GFbrqoPYR4]]

* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic reviews ''Film/IndependenceDay'', he [[StupidSexyFlanders fawns over]] Creator/WillSmith for a minute before slapping himself and reminding himself, "Boobs! You like boobs!" Amusingly, Creator/DougWalker tends to go the [[FauxYay opposite]] way. While Spoony and Linkara mention Scarlett, Liz, and their fangirls quite often, his fiancée isn't mentioned that much. He'd rather say that there was a Mr. Critic or that he has a "lucky" boyfriend while making an oral joke or striptease for his [[IncestSubtext brother]] for laughs.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_P1OhKUw6I This]] parody of Music/BadRomance is all about this trope and HeterosexualLifePartners.
* There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPY96Frtyw&feature=channel this]] parody of a Jason Derulo song that might be even more heavy-handed on it.
* The episode of ''Series/JamesGunnsPGPorn'', "Squeal Happy Whores", features a guy [[MusicalEpisode singing]] about the sex he plans to have with the girl he's singing to: "I'll be so rough, you'll gag / cause I'm the opposite of a fag!"

* Wiki/RationalWiki has a category called [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Category:Completely_heterosexual Completely heterosexual]].
* In [[WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews Harry Plinkett's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qxcafA9Ws review]] of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', he has an entire segment about how the producers felt a need to give every single character a "case of the not-gays"--that is to say, nearly every major male character has a scene where they mention a girlfriend, a wife, an ex-wife, or a nonspecific interest in women. He suspected this was an attempt to ward off the franchise's massive slash following (when the movie already focuses extensively on Kirk and Spock's relationship), or the subtext of a villain who's [[HelloSailor spent years stuck aboard a spaceship]] with a bunch of [[HellBentForLeather muscular men in tight black leather.]]
** Stoklasa brought it back for a retrospective review of ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', pointing out that the "historical babes" don't seem to have any real purpose in the narrative (their romance is really underdeveloped and the two of them have [[SatelliteLoveInterest no discernible personality]]) aside from showing that Bill and Ted aren't gay.

* In ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-2YC78Z80 at the end of their Ninja Breadman episode]] Creator/{{Egoraptor}} explains how when he was younger (as an ironic jab against bullies accusing him and his friends of being gay) he and his friends formed The D-Club which consisted mostly of just showing each other their penises and going "Yep, still not gay." A rather bizarre use of this trope and one which [[NinjaSexParty Danny]] was convinced was still very homoerotic. They spent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbPy1eEz9Ao an entire episode of Katamari Damacy]] debating whether or not The D-Club was actually gay, though Danny seemed to just be playing devil's advocate because he found Arin's flustered defenses hilarious. It didn't help Arin's case that he admitted that [[DiggingYourselfDeeper wieners had touched at some point.]]

* Since ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' couldn't show Richie [[HideYourGays being]] [[AnimationAgeGhetto gay]], they used this to help get that facet of his character across. (Confirmed by WordOfGod.)

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** Owen gets like this when the beautiful Justin is around, which is so often and thorough that Owen falls under AmbiguouslyBi.
** Tyler is helped up by the charming Alejandro in "[[Recap/TotalDramaWalkLikeAnEgyptianPartOne Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1]]", prompting him to insist that he likes girls.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' plays with this in "Future-Drama":
-->''[Waylon Smithers enters with a woman holding his arm]''\\
'''Bart:''' Mr. Smithers? I thought you were, you know-- uh...\\
'''Smithers:''' Ha ha, no, I'm straight! As long as I take these injections every ten minutes. ''[he injects himself]'' I LOVE BOOBIES!
* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "The Misery Chick":
-->'''Kevin Thompson:''' I mean, the guy was a hero. A really good quarterback, everybody liked him, kinda hunky, you know. Not that I would notice something like that.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In the episode "Stew-Roids," one of the James Woods Regional High School jocks constantly makes homophobic comments culminating in "everyone's gay but me!" before coming out of the closet in his final appearance.
** There's also an episode showing Creator/GeorgeTakei when he was in the closet. It's ridiculously over the top, like most of the rest of ''Family Guy''.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TwelveOunceMouse'' when Shark tells Fitz that he loves him. And not in that way. Okay, maybe a ''little'' in that way. Sort-of. 50/50.
* Jeremy in ''WesternAnimation/AllenGregory'' is self-described as 'straight as an arrow' at least until Richard stalked and harassed him into leaving his wife and kids for a gay relationship.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' Carl is always quick to point out he's not gay whenever the subject comes up, even when it has nothing to do with him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Slice of Life", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXfdKROeyM Lyra and Bon Bon claim to be best friends]]. [[https://www.ponychan.net/oat/src/1434242503270.png The fandom doesn't buy it]]. This was of course after the Equestria Girls versions in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwAOtd4f7M8 seemed to be a bit closer than friends as well]]. [[spoiler:They end up proposing to each other and getting married near the end of the series.]]
* Obviously actual sex isn't an issue because the characters are LivingToys and it's a family movie, but in ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'', Andy feels the need to insist (in song, no less) that even though he's a soft, cuddly ragdoll owned by a girl who's into dresses and tea parties and all the finest in stereotyped little girl interests, he's "No Girl's Toy".
-->''You may not like it much, but I'm my own best boy\\
And not some sugar-and-spice-y, lacy-and-nice-y\\
Sissy you're gonna enjoy\\
No, I'm no girl's toy!''
* It is somewhat suspicious that a love interest was added only in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' after Kuzco expressed no interest in women in his original movie.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had this gem of a line:
-->'''Eddy:''' I'd tell ya I love ya, Ed, but I ain't that kind of guy!

* In [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry Plinkett's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qxcafA9Ws review]] of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', he has an entire segment about how the producers felt a need to give every single character a "case of the not-gays"--that is to say, nearly every major male character has a scene where they mention a girlfriend, a wife, an ex-wife, or a nonspecific interest in women. He suspected this was an attempt to ward off the franchise's massive slash following (when the movie already focuses extensively on Kirk and Spock's relationship), or the subtext of a villain who's [[HelloSailor spent years stuck aboard a spaceship]] with a bunch of [[HellBentForLeather muscular men in tight black leather.]]

* In the later issues of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}},'' every handful of pages is guaranteed to have more than a few carefully veiled hints that the main characters ''and'' the comic creator is straight, and usually more than a few not-so-carefully veiled hints, along the lines of "I, Christian Weston Chandler, am straight". He sure brings this up a lot for some reason. From [[TooMuchInformation what we've seen,]] he's in the TransparentCloset. [[DepravedHomosexual It's not good press]] [[DepravedBisexual for either sexual orientation.] It turns out that speculation was close. Christine Weston Chandler eventually identified as a bisexual transwoman, a change that would be reflected in her AuthorAvatar.

* This was pretty much the entire reason the original ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} existed: cultural commentators of the day had been calling out the HoYay in ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories of the era, what with the total lack of long-term non-villainous female presence in his life and the focus on his close, trusting relationship with his sidekick, and so the writers introduced a female character to serve as his ImpliedLoveInterest. Unfortunately, the fact that it was so heavily forced as a romance, combined with its [[StayInTheKitchen very dated writing]], meant that most modern commentators have found it looked a lot less like true love and more like a guy stuck with TheBeard against his will.

* In the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' adaptation of ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable'', Poirot deduces that [[spoiler: Dr Roberts]] is gay and is having an affair with another man. He initially became suspicous because the man won't shut up about what a ladies man he is, and yet he's blatantly ignoring his SexySecretary.

* In the later issues of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}},'' every handful of pages is guaranteed to have more than a few carefully veiled hints that the main characters ''and'' the comic creator is straight, and usually more than a few not-so-carefully veiled hints, along the lines of "I, Christian Weston Chandler, am straight". He sure brings this up a lot for some reason. From [[TooMuchInformation what we've seen,]] he's in the TransparentCloset. [[DepravedHomosexual It's not good press]] [[DepravedBisexual for either sexual orientation.]]
** As of recent developments, it turns out speculation was close. Christine Chandler now identifies as a transgender lesbian.

* ''Theatre/BareAPopOpera'': Jason provides a depressingly realistic example of this. He sleeps with Ivy after fighting with Peter, his boyfriend, about the future of their relationship and is fast to deny said relationship when Matt outs him.

* ''Theatre/BareAPopOpera'': Jason provides a depressingly realistic example of this. He sleeps with Ivy after fighting with Peter, his boyfriend, about the future of their relationship and is fast to deny said relationship when Matt outs him.

** In the first few seasons, Mr. Garrison ''massively'' overcompensated for his closet hmosexuality by constantly talking about how straight he was. He would meantion, apropos of nothing, how he was always on the hunt for "poontang" as well as bashing gay people whenever he could. It was a surprise to zero people when he came out.

* Through the course of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, a subset of fans increasingly shipped Finn and Poe as a gay couple in spite of Finn having a different female love interest in each of the first two films (in the first film he's crushing on Rey, and in the second he and Rose are all but explicitly put together). By the third, the shipping had reached a fever pitch, and even the actors playing the roles began supporting the idea. Instead, the final film introduces new female love interests for both Poe and Finn (bringing Finn's total to three, and giving Poe a heretofore unmentioned backstory of having briefly been a smuggler when he'd always given the impression of being New Republic/Resistance military through and through like both his parents and not even the ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' comic book had even hinted at this). And then the film doesn't bother giving either of them [[NoRomanticResolution any romantic resolution]] with any of their prospective love interests, raising accusations that the half-hearted third-film love interests were added solely to [[{{Jossed}} Joss]] Poe and Finn as a couple. One would think that just having Finn stay with Rose would have settled the matter more elegantly.