History PlayingWith / DepravedBisexual

* '''Enforced''': "This isn't a gay show. If you're using bisexuals, [[DoubleStandard either make them evil if they're men, or make them]] {{Fanservice}} [[DoubleStandard fodder if they're female]]".

* '''Downplayed''': A bisexual character is a bit promiscuous, morbid, and abnormal, but not outright evil.

* '''Invoked''': Characters looking for a villain who works behind the scenes consider a character's loud bisexuality a red flag.
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Because everyone believes bisexuals are evil by nature, when a bisexual characer is introduced, they are shunned by everyone.

* '''Averted''': BiTheWay, NoBisexuals, or even most cases of AnythingThatMoves.

** Or a character's mono-sexuality underscores their villainous or heroic nature.

** Or A character's mono-sexuality underscores their villainous or heroic nature.

** A character's {{asexuality}} underscores their villainous nature.

* '''Inverted''': The show's bisexuals are actually the least depraved of the whole cast.

** ...or at least that's what (s)he says. The villain's really just an [[ArmouredClosetGay Armoured Closet Bisexual]].

** ...or at least that's what (s)he says when (s)he's caught having sex. The villain's really just an [[ArmouredClosetGay Armoured Closet Bisexual]].

** ...or at least that's what (s)he says when (s)he's caught having sex. The villain's really just an [[ArmouredClosetGay ArmouredClosetBisexual]].

** [[ArmoredCloset ...or at least that's what (s)he says when (s)he caught with an hermaphrodite.]]

* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then [[FaceHeelTurn turns on the heroes]] once they've [[MacguffinDeliveryService gotten what they were after]].

** Alternatively, the villain is a sociopathic, hedonistic, and utterly amoral [[IncrediblyLamePun trisexual]] -- they only care about their pleasure, and not a thing about who [[AnythingThatMoves or what]] is being used, willingly or not, in the process.

* '''Enforced''': "This isn't a gay show. Is you're using bisexuals, [[DoubleStandard either make them evil if they're men, either make them]] {{Fanservice}} [[DoubleStandard fodder if they're female]]".

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Because everyone believes bisexuals are evil by nature, when a bisexual characer is introduced, they are shunned by everyone.
* '''Reconstructed''': Despite their initial rebuffal, the good characters eventually give the bisexual character a chance.

* '''Defied''': "Look, what I do in bed is one thing, what I believe is right is another."
* '''Discussed''': "I should have known better... He/She's bisexual after all. Not a good omen in general."
* '''Conversed''': "Why is there so few sympathetic bisexuals on TV?" "Because it's too confusing for many people."

Back to DepravedBisexual.
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* '''Enforced''': "This isn't a gay show. Is you're using bisexuals, [[DoubleStandard either make them evil if they're men, either make them]] {{Fanservice}} [[DoubleStandard fodder if they're female}]".

'''Basic Trope''': A character's bisexuality underscores his or her villainous nature.
* '''Straight''': A scene establishes the villain's proclivities for both sexes, and perhaps shows [[FoeYay unwelcome affection]] to heroic characters or [[SubordinateExcuse sexually enthralls]] minions.
* '''Exaggerated''': The villain parades around in fetish gear the entire film, nearly always with multiple men and women under his or her arm.

** A psychiatrist posits that the villain has a mental disorder that, in addition to generally sadistic behavior patterns, leads to a sexual emphasis on pain rather than anatomy.
** Alternatively, it has already been established in the work that EveryoneIsBi, so that includes the villains as well.
** Alternatively, the villain is a sociopathic, hedonistic, and utterly amoral [[IncrediblyLamePun trisexual]] -- he or she only cares about his or her pleasure, and not a thing about who [[AnythingThatMoves or what]] is being used, willingly or not, in the process.
* '''Inverted''':
** It's suggested bisexuality gives the hero a more balanced outlook on life.
** Alternatively, the character is a [[CelibateHero Virtuous]] {{Asexual}}.
** Or, alternative to ''that'', a villain's asexuality is just another facet of their inability to care about other people.

** Or their bisexuality is one of their humanizing qualities.

* '''Parodied''': A bisexual character's {{Jerkass}} tendencies are treated as more inherent to that trait than actual sexual or romantic patterns.
* '''Deconstructed''': The villain's bisexuality strengthens the AntiHero's animosity, and the way this is treated by the story causes the audience to think less of the heroes.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The story tries to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial stress that the villain's behavior does not stem automatically from bisexuality]], while at the same time making copious use of the villain's bisexuality in the story.
** The heroes assume that the villain's bisexuality and how society reacted to it caused him or her to become a villain...only to discover that what the villain gets off on is [[ErectionRejection actually]] quite horrific and turned evil because, well, RapeIsOkayWhenItsTheHero is a ''thankfully'' ForgottenTrope.

* '''Enforced''':
** A bisexual character originally conceived as a supporting character or AntiVillain becomes AxCrazy over concern about [[ViewersAreMorons how audiences will react to a sympathetic bisexual character]].
** [[FetishFuel The audience is into that.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': A character on the heroes' side finds out the villain is bisexual and comments it isn't a surprise.

* '''Defied''': A bisexual character noted as suspect is outraged as the assumption.
* '''Discussed''': Upon learning an openly bisexual character has done something horrible, the rest of the cast talk about how this is generally a red flag in the media.
* '''Conversed''': Members of a gay rights organization are talking about media portrayals of evil bisexuals in an establishing shot, before moving onto whatever issue brings them into the plot.

** The heroes assume that the villain's bisexuality and how society reacted to it caused him or her to become a villain...only to discover that what the villain gets off on is [[ErectionRejection actually]] [[{{Squick}} quite]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel horrific]] and turned evil because, well, RapeIsOkayWhenItsTheHero is a ''thankfully'' ForgottenTrope.

* '''Justified''': A psychiatrist posits that the villain has a mental disorder that, in addition to generally sadistic behavior patterns, leads to a sexual emphasis on pain rather than anatomy.

* '''Inverted''': It's suggested bisexuality gives the hero a more balanced outlook on life.

*** Or, alternative to ''that'', a villain's asexuality is just another facet of their inability to care about other people.
* '''Subverted''': The bisexual villain turns out to be GoodAllAlong.

*** Or their bisexuality is one of their humanizing qualities.

* '''Reconstructed''': The story tries to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial stress that the villain's behavior does not stem automatically from bisexuality]], while at the same time making copious use of the villain's bisexuality in the story.

* '''Enforced''': A bisexual character originally conceived as a supporting character or AntiVillain becomes AxCrazy over concern about [[ViewersAreMorons how audiences will react to a sympathetic bisexual character]].

** Alternatively, the villain is a sociopathic, hedonistic, and utterly amoral [[IncrediblyLamePun trisexual]]--someone only cares about his or her pleasure, and not a thing about who [[AnythingThatMoves or what]] is being used, willingly or not, in the process.

* '''Averted''': BiTheWay, or even most cases of AnythingThatMoves.