History PlayingWith / DudeShesALesbian

** "We need to ShipSink any possibility of Alice×Bob because we have other plans for them."

* '''Inverted''': Carol asks Alice out. Bob says, "Girl, she's straight."

* '''Gender Inverted''': Betty asks Alan out. Charlie says, "Girl, Alan is gay."

* '''[[IncrediblyLamePun Straight]]''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says, "Dude, Alice is a lesbian."

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice is a person with multiple personality disorder; some are lesbians, some are straight, some are bi. Bob only ever runs into her when she's a lesbian.

** Alice: "[[BiTheWay I like guys too.]]"

* '''Reconstructed''': [[BiTheWay Turns out she is bisexual]], and both Carol and Bob end up in [[OneTrueThreesome a relationship with her]].

** "We need to scupper any Alice×Bob shipping, because we have other plans for them."

'''Basic Trope''': A third party informing somone one that the person they like is gay.
* '''[[IncrediblyLamePun Straight]]''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, Alice is a lesbian."
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, she's my wife."

* '''Justified''': Alice is shy and would not say it out loud.
* '''Inverted''': Carol asks Alice out. Bob says "Girl, she's straight."
* '''Gender Inverted''': Betty asks Alex out. Charlie says "Girl, Bob is gay."

* '''Double Subverted''': "...but only platonically."

** Bob asked Alice out at a lesbian bar. Carol says "Dude, do you know were we are?"
** Bob runs into Alice and Carol at a bar, and asks Carol to introduce them. Carol says "Dude, she's a lesbian." Bob, undaunted, sits down next to her, and says, "So, what's Lesbia like then, gorgeous?"
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is a person with multiple personality disorder; some are lesbians, some are straight, some are bi. Bob only ever runs into her when she's a lesbian.

** Alice is straight or bi.
** Alice tells Bob "SorryImGay."

* '''Lampshaded''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, she's a lesbian. IAlwaysWantedToSayThat."
* '''Invoked''': Bob "I think you're pretty, that probably means you're a lesbian."

* '''Played For Laughs''':

** Bob says "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I'm a lesbian, too.]]"
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice and Bob live in a world where homophobia reigns supreme. Bob would have to be a heartless JerkAss not to protect her now.

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

* '''Doubly Subverted''': "...but only platonically."

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Gender Inverted''': Betty asks Alex out. Charlie says "Girl, Bob is a homosexual."

* '''Implied''': Bob leaves the room to go to where Alice is. He then comes back to Charlie and says that Bob can't date Alice.

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* '''[[IncrediblyLamePun Straight]]''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, Alice is a lesbian"

* '''Inverted''': Carol asks Alice out. Bob says "Girl, she's straight"

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Doubly Subverted''': "...also, I like girls."

A third party informing somone one that the person they like is gay.
* '''[[IncrediblyLamePun Played Straight]]''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, Alice is a lesbian"
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, she's my wife."

* '''Inverted''': Carol asks Alice out. Bob says "Girl, she's straight"

* '''Doubly Subverted''': "...also, I like girls."

** Bob asked Alice out at a lesbian bar. Carol says "Dude, do you know were we are?"

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is informed that Alice is a lesbian. His response? "Oh, fair enough. What, you thought I should assume that from her haircut? Dude, how homophobic is that? And anyway, I figured [[NoBisexuals she might be bisexual]]."
* '''Reconstructed''': [[BiTheWay Turns out she is bisexual]], and both Carol and Bob end up in [[OT3 a relationship with her]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice is a person with multiple personality disorder; some are lesbians, some are straight, some are bi. Bob only ever runs into her when she's a lesbian.

* '''Lampshaded''': Bob asks Alice out. Carol says "Dude, she's a lesbian. IAlwaysWantedToSayThat."
* '''Invoked''': Bob "I think you're pretty, that probably means you're a lesbian."
* '''Defied''': "You think I'm going to tell him? No way, this is too funny. I want to see how long it takes him to work it out!"

* '''PlayedForLaughs''':

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Alice and Bob live in a world where homophobia reigns supreme. Bob would have to be a heartless JerkAss not to protect her now.

* '''Subverted''': Alice: "...You know, from the island of Lesbos!"

* '''Parodied''': Bob asked Alice out at a lesbian bar. Carol says "Dude, do you know were we are?"

* '''ZigZagged''': Alice is a person with multiple personality disorder; some are lesbians, some are straight, some are bi. Bob only ever runs into her when she's a lesbian.
* '''Averted''': Alice is straight or bi.

* '''Enforced''' "We need Alice to be a lesbian but not act like a lesbian."

* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Bob asks Alice out and is surprised that she's a lesbian even though she's wearing a gay pride shirt and making out with Carol.