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-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' YOU HAVE DONE ''NOTHING'' PERFECTLY! ''Everything'' in your life could be improved! Number one, stop chomping people's tongues when you kiss them! Don't pick at your finger! Number two, when you're gonna [[ADateWithRosiePalms diddle yourself]], maybe glance around the room to make sure your MOM'S NOT THERE. [[MoodWhiplash P.S., your technique is amazing!]] ''DON'T PICK AT YOUR FINGER''. Number three, BUY SOME NAIL CLIPPERS.

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-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' YOU HAVE DONE ''NOTHING'' PERFECTLY! ''Everything'' in your life could be improved! Number one, stop chomping people's tongues when you kiss them! Don't pick at your finger! Number two, when you're gonna [[ADateWithRosiePalms diddle yourself]], yourself, maybe glance around the room to make sure your MOM'S NOT THERE. [[MoodWhiplash P.S., your technique is amazing!]] ''DON'T PICK AT YOUR FINGER''. Number three, BUY SOME NAIL CLIPPERS.
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%%* CampGay: But of course.

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%%* * CampGay: But The titular character. He even wears his scarf when otherwise naked in the garden of course.Eden.



%%* MagicalQueer: Parodied

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%%* * MagicalQueer: ParodiedParodied. Various tragic female characters from the works of Shakespeare are saved from their fates by a flamboyantly gay man who both insults them but builds their confidence in themselves all at once. And after finishing with Shakespeare, he moved on to Charles Dickens characters, movie characters, ''Literature/TheGivingTree'', and ''Literature/TheBible'' figures.
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%%* OnlySaneMan: The Sassy Gay Friend is often this.

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%%* * OnlySaneMan: The Sassy Gay Friend is often this.this, acting as the (somewhat harsh) voice of reason in a crazy world.
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The series can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 here]].

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The series can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 com/playlist?list=PLA43590CEDA1EEB62 here]].

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Brian Gallivan is what every single woman needs: a sassy gay friend. [[https://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 This series of skits are written by Gallivan and distributed by YouTube's The Second City Network]]. They involve a range of women from Shakespeare plays, movies, books and the Bible, who are all saved from their tragic fates by the intervention of a sassy gay friend. Just before disaster strikes, he pops out of nowhere, calls them out on their idiotic behavior, and encourages them to choose a wiser course of action.

Recently, he's been extending his help to male characters from history, legend and literature as well.

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''Sassy Gay Friend'' is a web video series about Brian Gallivan Gallivan, who is what every single woman needs: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sassy gay friend. [[https://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 friend]]. This series of skits are written by Gallivan and distributed by YouTube's {{Website/YouTube}}'s The Second City Network]].Network. They involve a range of women from Shakespeare plays, movies, books and the Bible, who are all saved from their tragic fates by the intervention of a sassy gay friend. Just before disaster strikes, he pops out of nowhere, calls them out on their idiotic behavior, and encourages them to choose a wiser course of action.

Recently, he's been extending
action. In later episodes, Brian extends his help to male characters from history, legend and literature as well.literature.

The series can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 here]].



! Tropes

* CampGay: But of course.
* CatchPhrase: "What, what, WHAT are you doing?!" and "You stupid bitch!"
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: ...if [they] had a sassy gay friend.
* CrackShip: In-Universe he plays matchmaker with the Giving Tree and Boo Radley.
* DeadpanSnarker: Guess who?
** Anne Boleyn is one, too.
-->'''Anne:''' Can I get up now?
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' Did you hear something, Henry?
-->'''Anne:''' ''(sigh)'' Just cut it off...
* DiscountLesbians: He accuses Nina from ''Film/BlackSwan'' of being one of these.
* DistractedByTheSexy:
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' ''(to [[Literature/TheBible Eve]])'' Let's get you some clothes.

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! Tropes

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!! Tropes in this series:
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CampGay: But of course.
* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
**
"What, what, WHAT are you doing?!" and doing?!"
**
"You stupid bitch!"
* %%* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: ...if [they] had a sassy gay friend.
* CrackShip: In-Universe he plays matchmaker TheMatchmaker with the Giving Tree Literature/TheGivingTree and [[Literature/ToKillAMockingBird Boo Radley.
* DeadpanSnarker:
Radley]].
%%* DeadpanSnarker:
%%**
Guess who?
** %%** Anne Boleyn is one, too.
-->'''Anne:''' %%-->'''Anne:''' Can I get up now?
-->'''Sassy %%-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' Did you hear something, Henry?
-->'''Anne:''' %%-->'''Anne:''' ''(sigh)'' Just cut it off...
* %%* DiscountLesbians: He accuses Nina from ''Film/BlackSwan'' of being one of these.
* DistractedByTheSexy:
DistractedByTheSexy: The Sassy Gay Friend is ''supposed'' to be helping the underdressed [[Literature/TheBible Eve]]:
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' ''(to [[Literature/TheBible Eve]])'' Eve)'' Let's get you some clothes.



-->'''(Eve smacks the Sassy Gay friend playfully)'''
* TheDitz: Calypso.
--> ''"I'm a nymph!"''
* DrivenToSuicide: He saves Juliet and Ophelia from this fate.
* FourthDateMarriage: Romeo and Juliet, and very much lampshaded.
--> "You met him Sunday. It's barely Thursday morning. Slow down, crazy, slow down."
* GodivaHair: Eve has this, to go with her leaves.

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-->'''(Eve -->''(Eve smacks the Sassy Gay friend playfully)'''
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playfully)''
%%*
TheDitz: Calypso.
--> %%--> ''"I'm a nymph!"''
* DrivenToSuicide: He saves Juliet and Ophelia [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] from this fate.
killing herself over Romeo and [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]] from drowning herself over Hamlet, their respective fates in their original plays.
* FourthDateMarriage: Discussed regarding Romeo and Juliet, and very much lampshaded.
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Juliet:
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:'''
"You met him Sunday. It's barely Thursday morning. Slow down, crazy, slow down."
* GodivaHair: Eve has this, long hair that she can use to go cover her nudity along with her leaves.



* IfItsYouItsOkay:

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* IfItsYouItsOkay:IfItsYouItsOkay: Talking to the ballerina Nina from ''Film/BlackSwan'' who had a sex scene with another ballerina:



* LargeHam: Why, the gentleman himself.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Juliet's defense. He doesn't buy it.
* MagicalQueer: Parodied

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* %%* LargeHam: Why, the gentleman himself.
* %%* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Juliet's defense. He doesn't buy it.
* %%* MagicalQueer: Parodied



* NoodleIncident:

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* NoodleIncident:NoodleIncident: What happened on this shopping trip?



* OnceAnEpisode: "She's a stupid bitch" or "I'm a stupid bitch."

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* OnceAnEpisode: OnceAnEpisode:
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"She's a stupid bitch" or "I'm a stupid bitch."



* OnlySaneMan: The Sassy Gay Friend is often this.
* PetHomosexual: Again, parodied.
* ProductPlacement: Lampshaded in the ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' and ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' episodes, and seems to be a regular feature of the episodes now (SGF is being paid by [=MiO=] to promote their drinks).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
-->'''[[Film/BlackSwan Nina:]]''' But I ''finally'' did everything ''perfectly''!

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* %%* OnlySaneMan: The Sassy Gay Friend is often this.
* %%* PetHomosexual: Again, parodied.
* ProductPlacement: Lampshaded in the ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' and ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' episodes, and seems to be then became a regular feature of feature, with the episodes now (SGF is Sassy Gay Friend being paid by [=MiO=] to promote their drinks).
drinks.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
-->'''[[Film/BlackSwan Nina:]]'''
TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sassy Gay Friend calls out Nina from ''Black Swan'' on her obsession with perfection:
-->'''Nina:'''
But I ''finally'' did everything ''perfectly''!



* [[UniversalAdaptorCast Universal-Adaptor Protagonist]]: SGF can appear in any location, time period, and fictional work, as long as there's a famous woman there.
* VisualPun: In the ''Othello'' video, Sassy Gay Friend pops out of the closet.
* [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Sassy Gay Friend]]: Has no problem insulting, heckling and berating his friends over their idiotic behavior even as he is helping them (and in a few cases, saving their lives).

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* [[UniversalAdaptorCast Universal-Adaptor Protagonist]]: UniversalAdaptorCast: SGF can appear in any location, time period, and fictional work, as long as there's a famous woman there.
* VisualPun: In the ''Othello'' video, the very definitely not closeted Sassy Gay Friend pops out of the closet.
* [[VitriolicBestBuds VitriolicBestBuds: Rather, a Vitriolic Sassy Gay Friend]]: Friend. Has no problem insulting, heckling and berating his friends over their idiotic behavior even as he is helping them (and in a few cases, saving their lives).

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot
--> "This fate could have been avoided, if she'd had a sassy gay friend..."

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot
--> "This fate could have been avoided,
CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: ...if she'd [they] had a sassy gay friend..."friend.
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* CrackShip: In-Universe he plays matchmaker with the Giving Tree and Boo Radley.
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* TheMatchmaker: He hooks TheGivingTree up with [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Boo Radley]].

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* TheMatchmaker: He hooks TheGivingTree Literature/TheGivingTree up with [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Boo Radley]].
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[[caption-width-right:213:So fabulous, it hurts.]]

->''"What are you doing? What, what, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"''

Brian Gallivan is what every single woman needs: a sassy gay friend. [[http://www.youtube.com/show/sassygayfriend?s=1 This series of skits are written by Gallivan and distributed by YouTube's The Second City Network]]. They involve a range of women from Shakespeare plays, movies, books and the Bible, who are all saved from their tragic fates by the intervention of a sassy gay friend. Just before disaster strikes, he pops out of nowhere, calls them out on their idiotic behavior, and encourages them to choose a wiser course of action.

Recently, he's been extending his help to male characters from history, legend and literature as well.
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! Tropes

* CampGay: But of course.
* CatchPhrase: "What, what, WHAT are you doing?!" and "You stupid bitch!"
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot
--> "This fate could have been avoided, if she'd had a sassy gay friend..."
* DeadpanSnarker: Guess who?
** Anne Boleyn is one, too.
-->'''Anne:''' Can I get up now?
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' Did you hear something, Henry?
-->'''Anne:''' ''(sigh)'' Just cut it off...
* DiscountLesbians: He accuses Nina from ''Film/BlackSwan'' of being one of these.
* DistractedByTheSexy:
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' ''(to [[Literature/TheBible Eve]])'' Let's get you some clothes.
-->'''Eve:''' Oh, we should get Adam some clothes, too.
-->''(cut to Adam, who is gorgeous)''
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' ''(dreamily)'' Ohmigod... no, he's ''fine''...
-->'''(Eve smacks the Sassy Gay friend playfully)'''
* TheDitz: Calypso.
--> ''"I'm a nymph!"''
* DrivenToSuicide: He saves Juliet and Ophelia from this fate.
* FourthDateMarriage: Romeo and Juliet, and very much lampshaded.
--> "You met him Sunday. It's barely Thursday morning. Slow down, crazy, slow down."
* GodivaHair: Eve has this, to go with her leaves.
* IconicItem: He's never seen without his sparkling scarf - not even in the Garden of Eden.
* IfItsYouItsOkay:
--> '''Nina:''' I did it with a ''girl!''
--> '''SGF:''' In a drug dream!
--> '''Nina:''' Yeah, well, it was Mila Kunis.
--> '''SGF:''' Aw, big deal. ''I'd'' sleep with Mila Kunis. (to the camera) Maybe. No.
* LargeHam: Why, the gentleman himself.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Juliet's defense. He doesn't buy it.
* MagicalQueer: Parodied
* TheMatchmaker: He hooks TheGivingTree up with [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Boo Radley]].
* NoodleIncident:
--> '''Sassy Gay Friend:''' ''(to Henry VIII)'' You take everything 2 steps too far! Annulment? Fine. Beheading? Excessive! When I return a blouse I don't shoot the cashier and burn the store down!
--> '''Anne Boleyn:''' One time you almost did...
--> '''Sassy Gay Friend:''' WHY did they need my zipcode, Anne?!
* OnceAnEpisode: "She's a stupid bitch" or "I'm a stupid bitch."
** "What are you doing? What, what, WHAT are you doing?"
* OnlySaneMan: The Sassy Gay Friend is often this.
* PetHomosexual: Again, parodied.
* ProductPlacement: Lampshaded in the ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' and ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' episodes, and seems to be a regular feature of the episodes now (SGF is being paid by [=MiO=] to promote their drinks).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
-->'''[[Film/BlackSwan Nina:]]''' But I ''finally'' did everything ''perfectly''!
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' YOU HAVE DONE ''NOTHING'' PERFECTLY! ''Everything'' in your life could be improved! Number one, stop chomping people's tongues when you kiss them! Don't pick at your finger! Number two, when you're gonna [[ADateWithRosiePalms diddle yourself]], maybe glance around the room to make sure your MOM'S NOT THERE. [[MoodWhiplash P.S., your technique is amazing!]] ''DON'T PICK AT YOUR FINGER''. Number three, BUY SOME NAIL CLIPPERS.
-->'''Nina:''' I CAN'T!!!
-->'''Sassy Gay Friend:''' THEY ARE NINETY-NINE CENTS AT CVS!
* VisualPun: In the ''Othello'' video, Sassy Gay Friend pops out of the closet.
* [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Sassy Gay Friend]]: Has no problem insulting, heckling and berating his friends over their idiotic behavior even as he is helping them (and in a few cases, saving their lives).
* YouNeedToGetLaid: He says this to Lady Macbeth. Turns out she's just sick of being a {{Housewife}}.
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