History Main / NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': PlayedWith and somewhat deconstructed in during a mid-90's story in ''ComicBook/TheFlash1987''; a {{Trumplica}} businessman running for president causes controversy for his bigoted views, which particularly bothers Hartley Rathaway, the Pied Piper, both because he's a die-hard socialist but also because he's openly gay and an ex-con, and so is fearful of what life will be like for him under this man's presidency. ComicBook/WallyWest and his girlfriend Linda Park both quote this in unison as they try to explain how they ''get'' why Piper doesn't like this guy, but they quickly realise just saying ''they're'' not homophobic doesn't really help the situation he's in. Both realise this and make an effort to do better to support him, especially when he's later framed for an assassination attempt.

* The comic ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'' has used this phrase in reference to Nate and Wade merging their DNA -- a completely non-sexual situation, but [[HoYay considering the relationship between the characters]]....
* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/ExMachina'', where Journal quotes the line after suggesting the public will suspect Mayor Hundred of being gay.
* In the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' series, Spider-Man is occasionally accused of being a mutant, to which he always responds, "I'm not a mutant!... Not that there's anything wrong with that." Taken up to eleven during an arc in which Spider-Man is accidentally kidnapped with the X-Men for a mutant death show. Spider-Man keeps protesting that he's not a mutant, not that there's anything wrong with that. Finally, Professor X himself tells Spider-Man to ''shut the hell up'', because he's being grossly offensive.
* Yorick from ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' remembers to say this even when he's pretty much being tortured. And, you know, the last man on Earth....
* A [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/cb3668979735bb6140cc6e58538c304e/tumblr_mny5zsaAf71qaj5odo1_1280.jpg page]] from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' has this exchange:

* While discussing ComicBook/GreenArrow's new Speedy with ComicBook/BlackCanary, Roy complains that most superheroes wouldn't be using {{Kid Sidekick}}s in this stage of their career. He says it in front of ComicBook/{{Batman}}, which causes Roy to backpedal and stutter that there's nothing wrong with that.
* The first issue of ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' has Daisy Johnson recruiting superpowered people that the government and other superheroes and villains don't know about. One of them is Yo-Yo Rodriguez, who Daisy meets after she firsts uses superspeed. She freaks out at Daisy, asking if she's a mutant. Daisy says no. Yo-Yo is relieved, but is quick to try to say this line, but Daisy beats her to it. Even funnier because mutants have long been a metaphor for gay people.
* ComicBook/MsMarvel2014: Ms. Marvel must tell a fellow classmate that a super villain is about to out her being gay to everyone as well as Ms. Marvel's secret identity. As Ms. Marvel was not specific enough about her secret this leads her classmate to ask her if she's gay too. Ms. Marvel then responds defensively and quotes this trope before saying that she's becoming "that guy".
* PlayedWith and somewhat deconstructed in ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' during a mid-90's story; a {{Trumplica}} businessman running for president causes controversy for his bigoted views, which particularly bothers Hartley Rathaway, the Pied Piper, both because he's a die-hard socialist but also because he's openly gay and an ex-con, and so is fearful of what life will be like for him under this man's presidency. ComicBook/WallyWest and his girlfriend Linda Park both quote this in unison as they try to explain how they ''get'' why Piper doesn't like this guy, but they quickly realise just saying ''they're'' not homophobic doesn't really help the situation he's in. Both realise this and make an effort to do better to support him, especially when he's later framed for an assassination attempt.

* One of the [[FootnoteFever footnotes]] in Vera Nazarian's ''Pride and Platypus'' clarifies that the eighttenth-century phrase "[Bingley was] so much engaged with Mr. Darcy..." does ''not'' mean that they are engaged to be married.

-->''This could still be politically damaging. But that doesn't mean it should be. Jeb's [[{{WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant}} waspy family background]] only makes this story more delicious, but practically speaking, [[GoingNative he probably is culturally Hispanic,'']] '''and of course there's nothing wrong with that.''''

* Creator/JeffNimoy and Creator/QuintonFlynn were MistakenForGay due to walking into a yaoi film, not knowing that it was one at the time, so they decided to set the record [[JustForPun straight]]. ''[[https://youtu.be/MlCIe_A5dd4 "No we're not saying there's anything wrong with that; just for this other team, we simply do not bat..."]]''

* On ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Jack set Liz up with "Thomas", a friend of his. Turned out to be a lesbian named Gretchen Thomas. Liz was upset with Jack for assuming she was gay, but hit it off with Gretchen; Liz proposed that if they were both still single in 25 years they could get together, insisting that she's still not gay but "you could do stuff to me." Given that just about every lesbian alive has had a massive crush on Stephanie March, who played Thomas, since she swaggered onto the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' set, it was the greatest moment in American television history. For lesbians.

* The TropeNamer is the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Outing", where Jerry and George are MistakenForGay, and every time either one of them denies this accusation, they hastily add "Not that there's anything ''wrong'' with that!" afterwards. The origin of the quote came about because during the writing of the episode, the writers were afraid the script was coming across as homophobic, which was entirely the wrong impression that they wanted to give. Then in a completely unrelated conversation, somebody used the phrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that," and Creator/LarryDavid [[EurekaMoment realized that was what the episode needed to work.]] It was understood by the gay community, since they received a GLAAD award later. (In a case of FairForItsDay, it’s been observed that this was the first time the butt of the joke was not that people were afraid of being MistakenForGay, but that they didn’t want to be mistaken for ''homophobes''.)

* The TropeNamer is the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Outing", where Jerry and George are MistakenForGay, and every time either one of them denies this accusation, they hastily add "Not that there's anything ''wrong'' with that!" afterwards. The origin of the quote came about because during the writing of the episode, the writers were afraid the script was coming across as homophobic, which was entirely the wrong impression that they wanted to give. Then in a completely unrelated conversation, somebody used the phrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that," and Creator/LarryDavid [[EurekaMoment realized that was what the episode needed to work.]] It was understood by the gay community, since they received a GLAAD award later.

* In a November 2004 of [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA Impact]], [[Wrestling/{{Christian}} Christian Cage]] cut a promo that was interrupted by Monty Brown. [[https://youtu.be/rHSm-azmqIA?t=365 Christian immediately turned it around,]] injecting some HomoeroticSubtext into his finisher, The Pounce, and immediately prefacing it with this trope.

* Before Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}} wrestled Wrestling/EddieKingston, he accused Kingston's tag team partner Black Jack Marciano of being gay but said he was only bringing it up to inform him of a new law in New York that would allow him to settled down with Eddie if he reciprocated.

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* The TropeNamer is the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Outing", where Jerry and George are MistakenForGay, and every time either one of them denies this accusation, they hastily add "Not that there's anything ''wrong'' with that!" afterwards. The origin of the quote came about because during the writing of the episode, the writers were afraid the script was coming across as homophobic, which was entirely the wrong impression that they wanted to give. Then in a completely unrelated conversation, somebody used the phrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that," and Creator/LarryDavid realized that was what the episode needed to work. It was understood by the gay community, since they received a GLAAD award later.

* The fifth edition players' handbook for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' goes out of its way with a [[MindScrew somewhat puzzling paragraph]] clarifying that a character's gender identity and sexual orientation can be whatever the player wishes with no mechanical effects. Well-intentioned, but clumsy in execution. [[FridgeLogic Makes you wonder why they felt the need to specify in the first place.]]