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3* A good majority of the interactions of both the heroic and the villainous duos end up being described with some oddly chosen words. Presumably, Brian Jacques chose them unintentionally, but while the constant use of the word "mate" to describe a same-gender friend might be explainable, some uses clearly specifically meant mates in a rather sexual manner. Calling platonic friends "mate" is a very British thing, and non-Brits reading Redwall are often, justifiably, confused by it, made worse by the fact that in these books it's interspersed with "mate" in the sense of an animal's breeding partner.
4** Oddly, Ublaz, who borders on being a CreepyCrossdresser, is less HoYay than self-yay -- even his interactions with Rasconza lack much in the way of subtext, but you pity whoever was stuck cleaning Ublaz's mirror after the Villain Rant. The AccidentalInnuendo isn't limited to this; an entire book is called ''The Sable Quean'', which is a real word, but outside of Scotland tends to mean woman of ill repute. (Vilaya does kind of have a dominatrix thing going, insofar as you can when the book's meant for eight-year-olds ...) A particularly fun quote regarding one pair of ThoseTwoGuys:
5--> ''"This is the way ter do it mucker," Dingeye breathed excitedly. "Now lerrit go straight. It should go across the 'all, over the passage an' up the stairs."''
6* Badrang and Clogg and Gabool and Graypatch have been described as having "bitter exes" vibes.
7* Blaggut's behaviour towards Slipp is faintly reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Smithers and Burns]], and Blaggut's MookFaceTurn speech reads a tad like a bad breakup.
8* In ''The Bellmaker'', Rufe Brush has moments of this with Fatch and Durry equally. His personality also goes from "strong and silent" in an earlier book to timid, cautious, dependent, and generally very {{uke}}. He also names his sword after Fatch.
9** Not to mention from ''Mariel of Redwall'' Rufe is a badass stoic who completely ignores the, apparently gorgeous, squirrel Treerose's advances. But when his old friend Oak Tom comes to visit the Abbey he is laughing and wrestling around with him like they are little kids.
10** Also in the Bellmaker, Joseph and Finnbarr have a bit of a DecemberDecemberRomance going on, to the point that Joseph is the one Finnbarr [[DiedInYourArmsTonight wants to be with when he dies]].
11* Brome and Wulpp. They've known each other for what, ten minutes, and Brome's rocking Wulpp to sleep? Brome's about ten at the time, but it doesn't seem like Wulpp notices this, given that he's also [[PaperThinDisguise completely oblivious to the fact that Brome a.k.a. "Bucktail" is not a rat]]. ("Bucktail" is [[AccidentalInnuendo kind of a suggestive name]], on top of everything else...)
12* Brome and Felldoh. Brome is completely in awe of Felldoh and obsessed with everything he does, and correspondingly devastated at Felldoh's BloodKnight tendencies. On his side, Felldoh is amazingly understanding of Brome even when being called out by him, and Brome's stories about Noonvale actually move him to tears. Brome is practically the only character Felldoh likes being around, and he practically says that he wishes they'd grown up together. To top it off, Brome actually gets a line (though he means it negatively) that flat-out compares their relationship to Rose and Martin's.
13* Clogg, apart from the "bitter ex" vibe he seems to have with Badrang, definitely seems to have something going on with Ballaw, who appears to be intentionally flirting with him. "D'you 'ear wot he called me? Sweet Cloggo. Ain't that 'andsome!" In the cartoon show, the searats give each other [[AsideGlance and the camera]] some very squicked looks when he says this.
14* ''Outcast of Redwall'' features Sunflash the badger and Skarlath the hawk, who save each other's lives and go wandering together for several years. After [[spoiler:Skarlath is shot and killed]] at the end of the book, Sunflash writes a sappy poem to Skarlath, including the line "O Skarlath, there was never one like you". Meanwhile, Sunflash's two otter friends Ruddle and Folrig live out in the middle of nowhere all by themselves, alternate between jokingly insulting each other and calling the other handsome, and take every opportunity to leap on each other and start wrestling/hugging. Also, they use [[HelloSailor a lot of nautical terms]].
15** After the harewife reads Sunflash's poem to the leverets in the epilogue, she proceeds to tell them that he was "a great and wise badger with many unusual qualities." [[AmbiguouslyGay And just what does]] ''[[AmbiguouslyGay that]]'' [[AmbiguouslyGay mean?]]
16* Captain Zigu's response when his bosun suggests that he challenge Swartt: "Tell me, pray, why should I 'take 'im' as you so crudely put it?"
17* Not only is Julian incredibly camp, he and Snow have the most overt "bitter exes" vibe in the entire series. Considering the fact that they're [[http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/pussy.html an owl and a pussycat]], one wonders if that was intentional; if only they'd sailed away in a beautiful pea-green boat it would have been confirmed.
18* Craklyn and Piknim have a bit of a PseudoRomanticFriendship vibe, particularly [[spoiler:when Craklyn sings a lament over Piknim's grave, during which she actually calls her "my beloved"]]. Also earlier on, when they sing alternate verses of a light-hearted love ballad at one another.
19* Mokug the hamster was, in his youth, kept as a personal slave by King Sarengo because the king "liked [his] golden fur". {{Squick}}.
20* In the scene where Tam and Doogy are imprisoned and taken out of their cell to see the King and Queen, there's a detailed description of them putting their kilts back on, so apparently they were sitting around naked. Well, they were in a cell, all by themselves, there wasn't much else to do ...
21* Surely, there was a way for Skipper of Otters to deal with Globby that ''didn't'' involve spanking him with an oven paddle.
22* According to one source on a forum, in the Russian version of ''The Taggerung'', the translation made Eefera a girl, leading at least one Russian fan to believe (s)he and Vallug were a couple.
23* Vurg and Beau in ''Legend of Luke'' grow very close in the latter half of their story, and occasionally act like an old married couple.
24* Rockleg is said to be a confirmed bachelor.
25* In ''Salamandastron'', a nude Dingeye and Thura are bathed by an implied-to-be-nude Thrugg. He tells them they will "come out smelling like two pretty flowers".
26* Shadow has "been with Cluny for many years", calls him by his actual name, and begs Cluny for help as he's dying; Cluny being TheSociopath, it doesn't help.
27* [[BrainBleach Horrifying]] version; [[https://www.vox.com/2014/4/24/5640890/otters-rape-baby-seals-monsters-bad we don't get onscreen confirmation Folgrim was actually EATING that dead rat]].
28* ''High Rhulain'' has some interesting interactions between Banjon and Brink. A particular gem is when Abbess Lycian questions whether Banjon isn't just using fishing as an excuse for him and Brink to spend time together on the abbey pond, and Brink's response can only be described as "smitten". Makes you wonder what else the two of them were doing at the pond, all alone at night...
29* Not the same thing, but regarding a different letter of the LGBT+ list, Diggum and Gurrbowl switch genders between books, and Killconey switched pronouns a couple of times in some early printings of the book. Also, the female hedgehog Burrom is called "father" instead of "mother" by the children she adopts because one of them never had a father and wanted one, and no one thinks this is particularly odd.

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