Line #72 Main/MachoCamp


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2	[[caption-width-right:299:You, ordinary guy, are a sissy girl in their eyes.]]
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4	->''"Every man ought to be a macho macho man\
5	Have the kinda body always in demand"''
6	-->-- '''The Music/VillagePeople''', "Macho Man"
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8	In most Western media, a man who is CampGay is usually of thin or average build. Not so here. Macho Camp is what you get when a campish character looks large and muscular, most often to bodybuilder level builds. Some are in the TransparentCloset, and vehemently deny their gayness, while others are quite open about it, and [[AmbiguouslyGay sometimes it's just never addressed]], but one thing's for sure: it's ''really'' not something you want to tease them about. They ''do'' have muscles on muscles, after all.
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10	Though the trope usually involves campy behavior, such characters are also often portrayed [[TestosteronePoisoning as being so overly manly that it becomes impossible to take seriously]]. These types tend to be prone to flexing and talking about how macho they are, all the while being a rather obvious gay stereotype.
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12	This stereotype is somewhat more common in East Asian cultures (where it has become the default gay stereotype, as [[{{Bishonen}} fashion-conscious pretty boys]] are more associated with heterosexuals there) than in the US, but is still seen in Western media (Wrestling/RicFlair being a well-known example). Almost always PlayedForLaughs, such characters are often introduced to be PluckyComicRelief, or [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale to hit on the straight guy who can do little to stop it]]. In Japan, the stereotype has been named "Hard Gay".
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14	While it's possible to be camp but not gay, combining this trope with CampStraight is difficult to do in a way that doesn't just look like a straightforward case of TestosteronePoisoning or perhaps RealMenWearPink. And while there's nothing really stopping writers from creating bisexual or asexual MachoCamp characters, it's rather uncommon.
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16	See also CampGay. Compare LeatherMan. Contrast with StraightGay. If a muscular-looking character is gay, but not a stereotype, then he's ManlyGay. If you're looking for ''works'' that are both campy and macho, see TestosteronePoisoning. May overlap with the BaraGenre in Japanese media.
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19	!!Examples:
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24	%%* Scarron from ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero''.
25	* Muscle Okama from ''Manga/PsychicSquad''. Besides the leather getup, his psychic ability is crotch beams. As if calling a Macho Camp character [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/okama "okama"]] weren't enough...
26	* Despite the large number of cute girls in the show and Keita's clear interest in them, ''Literature/{{Inukami}}'' has plenty of manservice in the form of Macho Campers; disturbingly so. Keita is on the receiving end of most of it, and is ''respected'' among the fetish and Macho Camp communities. The show has plenty of CensorSteam in the form of elephants on top of all this. It even goes so far as to give these men their own [[SpecialEditionTitle version of the ending]] once.
27	* Parodied in the FanService showdown in ''Manga/AoiHouse In Love!''
28	* Borderline case: Gateau Mocha from ''Manga/SorcererHunters''. More exactly, a ''Macho Bisexual'' who ''loves'' to flirt with not only girls but with his friend Marron, a very girly-looking {{bishonen}}. [[DubText Even more in the dubs.]]
29	* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', one of Barragan's ''fraccion'' is the [[CampGay very flamboyant]], yet very muscular Charlotte Cuuhlhorne. Though there is a small chance he may [[AmbiguouslyGay just be a crossdresser...]]
30	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
31	** Garfiel, the burly automail mechanic who takes Winry as his apprentice. Though he might be more of a CampGay character depending on how you interpret him (he even cross-dresses from time to time and has an over-the-top feminine walk).
32	** Alex Louis Armstrong might count as this, although there's only one incident in the whole manga that goes even as far as innuendo about his sexual orientation. Then again, this trope may have been passed down [[RunningGag the Armstrong Line for generations!]]
33	* It's somewhat doubtful that [[LargeHam Geki Hyuuma]], the comm-crushing, tanktop-spacesuit-wearing, ever-flexing (even in space) Lancer of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s Gutsy Galaxy Guard is actually gay. But it is certain that he takes this trope as far as his {{Hot Blooded}}ness, which is to say that eleven is a good start.
34	* Hapshiel the Angel from ''Anime/MacademiWasshoi''. Finea, Eneus' little sister, is repeatedly sent to him by Eitarou in episode nine and, despite the scarring she most likely got from seeing a muscular man in very little kiss her multiple times over, ''keeps going back''.
35	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
36	** In the DistantFinale, Trunks is horrified to discover that his opponent (named Otokosuki, or "man-love") looks ManlyGay but ''acts'' CampGay and is positively ''thrilled'' that Trunks is such a pretty young man.
37	** General Blue of the Red Ribbon Army from ''Manga/DragonBall'' also comes across as both {{Camp}} and Macho Camp (but calling him gay is his BerserkButton). General Blue, the [[LaughablyEvil humorously homosexual]], yet frighteningly powerful villain who gives Goku a run for his money until he is [[YouHaveFailedMe killed]] by billion-[[GratuitousJapanese zeni]] mercenary Tao Pai Pai.
38	%%* Lussuria from ''Manga/Reborn2004''. See also DepravedHomosexual and CampGay.
39	* Mokoyama from ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' is a big muscle-man who's into crochet and baking pastries, and likes to refer to his rival Ken Matsuhiro as "Ken-chan".
40	* [[MeaningfulName Alain Delon]] in ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' is turning (maybe {{flanderization}}?) into ''such'' a CampGay, with touches of {{Gayngster}}, working for Hell and all. There may still be ObfuscatingStupidity at work, but nothing's sure.
41	* France from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' falls under this - he's got that PermaStubble paired with that long, luscious and high-maintenance hair, for starters. Most art makes him rather muscular, some doesn't. But he's [[ExtremeOmnisexual pansexual]] rather than gay.
42	* Sugarboy from ''Manga/FairyTail''.
43	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Pri-Pri-Prisoner. Muscled enough to rip ''[[FullFrontalAssault all his clothes]]'' when he flexes, and gay enough that his superheroing uniform's a cute little sweater with a big red heart in it. And also has... self-restraint problems when it comes to handsome men, which are why he's a prisoner to start with (he put himself there so as to not use his spare time just chasing them).
44	* Many characters from the first three parts of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' would match this trope but Dio Brando/DIO is probably the best example. In part three, he's always wearing either leather or nothing with green lipstick and some killer eyeliner. And of course, typically for a Jojo character, he is VERY buff. It also doesn't help his case that he is canonically attracted to men.
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48	* The 1990's gave us ''Comedy/TheJerkyBoys'', a comedy duo who specialize in elaborate [[PrankCall prank phone calls]]. One of their characters is Jack Tor s, a flamboyant gay man voiced with the stereotypical lisp. Cover art for their albums depicts him as an extremely muscular bald man who wears lipstick, tight spandex shorts, and an equally tight white tank top.
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52	* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' has Captain Shakespeare, hiding inside a TransparentCloset. Granted, in private he's very much a CampGay, but it's undeniable that [[AgentPeacock he's badass and a very competent pirate]].
53	* [[spoiler:The black firefighter]] in ''Film/INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry'' became this once he came out.
54	* ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'' features Beef, a barrel-chested, lisping, makeup-wearing, Music/{{Meat Loaf}}-adjacent glam rocker. Beef is the rare blend of this trope and CampGay, with an added dash of [[spoiler: Trope/{{Bury Your Gays}}.]]
55	* The first two ''Film/ScaryMovie'' films have Ray, a JerkJock who is in an [[ArmoredClosetGay armored]] yet {{transparent closet}}. In the first film, [[spoiler:his MotiveRant upon being revealed as one of the killers]] shows that he sees himself as straight even though he ''willingly received fellatio from another man'', on the grounds that it's only gay if you're the bottom. The second film, meanwhile, has him [[BlackComedyRape raping the possessed clown doll]] from ''Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}}'', while his costume foreplay with his girlfriend Brenda has her dressing up in his football uniform and looking increasingly androgynous as she does so.
56	* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually ([[AccidentallyCorrectWriting probably unintentionally]]) historically accurate; romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30, and even married men were expected to live in barracks and only see their wives infrequently.
57	* In ''Film/UpTheChastityBelt'', Will Scarlet is this among Myth/RobinHood's band of Merry Men ([[CastFullOfGay all of whom are gay]]). Will is a WalkingShirtlessScene who is usually posing. However, the final fight shows that he is one of the best combatants in the film.
58	* In the 1964 Italian comedy film ''Film/OhThoseMostSecretAgents'', a parody of then-popular Film/JamesBond films, the two main characters, believed to be gay, are "tempted" by the Russian spies with two buff, muscular, campy bodybuilders.
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62	* [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]]'s uncle [[Characters/DisgaeaNovels Vesuvius]] from the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' [[Literature/DisgaeaNovels novels]] is a very feminine macho man. He talks like a woman and literally [[RealMenWearPink wears pink]], but it's unknown if he is truly gay because he is married to a woman, a really horrible woman at that. Though it just might be because he is such a [[TooKinkyToTorture masochist]] and she is a TortureTechnician.
63	* Mua, the huge, muscular valet to the Dancers in "Cata", the Creator/JohnRingo and Jody Lyn Nye story in the Shared Universe book ''Exile: Clan of the Claw''. Interesting twist in that he's a non-human version of this being a [[CatFolk feline humanoid]]. Word to the wise, do not [[BerserkButton hurt his lover Emero]] or he will get Bronze Age on your ass.
64	* ''Literature/FightClub'' has been interpreted as a Macho Camp story thanks to [[HoYay subtext]] and [[Creator/ChuckPalahniuk the author]] being openly gay, as noted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaRT4S0AWBM this episode]] of ''WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay''. The Narrator can easily be interpreted as gay: he is a single man with an interest in interior design who feels unfulfilled and out of place in the white-collar corporate world he inhabits, his interest in Marla is more platonic than romantic, and in the original book, he meets Tyler Durden on a nude beach. Tyler is an aggressively straight macho man who looks and sounds like everything the Narrator wishes he could be, [[spoiler:because he ''is'', in fact, the Narrator's idealized self-image -- one who, in the film, looks like Creator/BradPitt and serves as a WalkingShirtlessScene]]. According to the queer reading of the text, the Narrator is a man who engages in TestosteronePoisoning out of discomfort with his sexuality.
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68	* ''{{Series/Dragula}}'': The Season 5 episode ''Ultraviolent Umbras'' sees Niohuru X, a trans woman, take a crash course in acting masculine from Throb Zombie, an AFAB non-binary Drag King. Many of Throb's lessons invoke this trope in some way, presenting an over-top masculine caricature with an emphasis on HeroicBuild and swagger. During their deliberation, the Boulet Brothers also discuss this trope, remarking that MachoCamp is as much a performance in masculinity as being a Drag Queen is in femininity.
69	* Charles Nelson Reilly, star of the ''Series/MatchGame'' who showed signs of campiness, parodied himself by saying "Yo!" in a manly tone, talked about how "butch" he was, and on an Entertainment Tonight interview in 2002, never purposefully hid his gayness from anyone.
70	* Hans and Franz from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' are an example of this, though the largely gay-culture-clueless audiences of the time (late 1980s-early 1990s) missed the obvious gay subtext.
71	-->'''Hans and Franz:''' We're here to PUMP ''(clap!)'' you UP!
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75	* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s videoclip for ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x131q2_rammstein-mann-gegen-mann_music Mann Gegen Mann]]'' is ''all over'' this trope. Probably {{NSFW}}, by the way. More context -- Rammstein has a history of having fun with their status as a generally left-wing band with a right-wing fanbase. In "Mann Gegen Mann" (literally: "man against man" -- in context, "man rubbing up against man man"), they have a bit of fun at the expense of the homophobes among their fans while playing out the usual straight stereotype of "[[AllGaysArePromiscuous gay men have an easier time looking for sex]]." The multi-racial man-orgy in the video is an extra {{Take That}} to any racists in their fanbase.
76	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08 Macho Man]]" by Music/VillagePeople. And the band's aesthetics in general. Ironically, the Glenn "Leather Man" Hughes was the most CampGay in real life.
77	* Music/FreddieMercury, LargeHam, enjoyed invoking this trope by mixing homoerotic innuendo and imagery (like cross-dressing in the music video for "I Want to Break Free") with an overload of masculinity (like his PornStache, CarpetOfVirility, and muscular physique).
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80	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
81	* Wrestlers with particularly flamboyant stage personalities get accused of this even if its not part of their angle. One of the earliest was Wrestling/RicFlair (who would often make his entrance in floor length sequined coats with fur trimming).
82	* This is partially because the prototypical example Wrestling/GeorgeWagner (the TropeNamer for GorgeousGeorge), ''did'' have this as part of his angle (he was not the first ambiguously gay professional wrestler, but was the first one to make it ''really'' big.)
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86	* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Muscle_Medic Muscle Medic]] is depicted as such in artwork, with a hyper-muscular build and a "[[HospitalHottie sexy nurse]]" outfit, wielding a huge syringe labeled "LOVE." The contrast between him and more typical nurses is played for all it's worth in "[[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/First-Aid_Squad First-Aid Squad.]]"
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90	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
91	** In the original game's famous Honeybee Inn sequence, if Cloud chooses the "Group Room", he ends up stuck in a room full of these types, led by a man named Mukki. If he instead picks the "&$#% Room", after having a mild panic attack, Cloud will be woken up rather violently by Mukki... and the preceding text strongly implies that he was ''masturbated'' first.
92	** The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] replaces Mukki and his buddies with Jules, head of the Wall Market Gym, who's a massively-built man with a mildly EffeminateVoice who wears makeup. Unlike most examples on this page, he's neither presented as sexually threatening nor as a figure of fun, but as a charismatic and highly professional NiceGuy who just wants to help people learn to enjoy getting into shape.
93	* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' often tend to feature battles with muscly, oily men in speedos... often with [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere absolutely no explanation whatsoever]].
94	** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' has the Dodai, large, lisping men in speedos who ''stand in lava'' to hold up platforms during the first round of [[InevitableTournament the Contest of Champions]]. They can take a ''lot'' of punishment, though if you do defeat them [[InstantWinCondition you immediately win the entire round]].
95	* An enemy type in ''VideoGame/{{Elona}}''. Despite the name, the Macho Camper has the appearance of a punk or gang member (also enemy types), and [[SuicideAttack explodes on contact]] as their primary and ''only'' method of attack, making them almost no different from the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Kamikaze]] [[TakingYouWithMe Samurai]].
96	* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'' is largely based on this, especially the later games. (It currently provides the image for this trope.) Nearly nude muscle men fly around space shooting gooey energy out of their phallic heads to do battle with other naked space monsters that are usually conglomerations of big muscular men with fairy wings or something. Please [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/10.php see here]] for a comprehensive analysis of this series. It's something that should not be missed. Really.
97	* ''VideoGame/MuscleMarch'' is about several overly muscular half-naked men running in a row while flexing their muscles in various ways. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_s7iCOj9HU This ad]] shows what the game is about while in itself being a perfect example of this trope.
98	* ''VideoGame/ViolentStorm'' has Julius, who even ATTACKS BY FLEXING. Beauty Is Power indeed.
99	* Silver and Gold from ''VideoGame/GodHand''. They look Macho [=Camp/=]ManlyGay, they act CampGay. It's funny until they start beating the ''ever-loving hell'' out of you.
100	* Kanji from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is afraid of being seen as this, or even stereotypically gay, just because he's, well... confused. Unfortunately for him, his Shadow plays it up for all that its worth, with a boss fight against it in the form of a muscle-bound body, a rose bouquet for a head (which is the [[BaraGenre 'gay male' flower]]), and Shadow-Kanji's naked torso hanging out of it, escorted by two ''VideoGame/ChoAniki''-style minibosses.
101	* Half of ''VideoGame/KessenII'''s cast is running dangerously close with extravagance piled upon muscles piled upon extravagance. And funny hats.
102	* ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'': Joachim Valentine and The Great Gama carry a noticeable aura that says basically, "Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I can't crush your bones." Also, you unlock another character's special modes by paying a CampGay tailor with ''trading cards'' of men.
103	* In ''VideoGame/SuperGemFighter'', Sakura has a special attack that summons a bunch of Macho Camp men to grab the opponent, run offscreen with him, and... well, [[DiscretionShot whatever it is that they're doing to him]], it involves about 20 hits of damage. And then Sakura's opponent is thrown back onto the screen, looking like s/he actually enjoyed it, male or female...
104	* The third game in the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series had a Macho Camp miniboss named Ash who ran around, bodyslammed you, and then giggled like a little girl. When you beat him, he'd sit on the ground and cry. After beating him, you could use him as a player character. For obvious reasons, he was DummiedOut of the US version -- although it's still possible to play him using UsefulNotes/GameGenie codes.
105	* A very distinct version of this trope, the often crazy ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' game series. The psychics that tell you where to go to advance the story are wearing very little, surrounded by dancing, buff male statues. Similarly, the game "punishes" you for getting a game over by showing the "Continue?" option surrounded scantily-clad oni hula-hooping at you. If you choose to continue, the oni will start hula-hooping towards the camera. Oh, did we mention that the camera is placed at crotch level?
106	* Gallacher from ''Absolute Obedience'' is an example, and the only main character to not actually engage in any of the sex scenes. Which isn't all that surprising, given the [[YaoiFangirl target audience]].
107	* Ryan Yamazaki in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''. He's fittingly the owner of a gym and gives Travis TrainingFromHell while also flirting with him.
108	* ''Mount Your Friends'': You control a muscular athlete whose goal is to climb a pile of similarly muscular athletes. It's as homoerotic as it sounds.
109	* In ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'', Kurokuma sarcastically asks Nagito Komaeda if he's "hard gay" in the Japanese version, referencing the chained SlaveCollar he wears. He's heavily implied to have a crush on the male protagonist of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.
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113	* Jean Armstrong from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' is a beefy fellow obsessed with aromatherapy, the color pink, and other feminine things. He even refers to himself as a woman (occasionally, he obviously does not believe he is a woman), and flirts with both Phoenix and Godot fairly blatantly.
114	* Chousen, the {{Genderflip}}ped version of Diao Chan in ''VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou''. [[http://www.tactics.ne.jp/%7Ebaseson/koihime/chara.htm#chousen Enjoy]] the scary, kids!
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117	[[folder:Web Animation]]
118	* Montrose from ''WebAnimation/TheLeetWorld'' is this ''and'' CampGay, with his character model being with bared, muscled arms and a bandana, being called the best shot on the Terrorist team aside from Cortez by Cortez, and having an unforgettable comeback line -- but he has said something which really make you say "gay." And was the character most pre-concerned with cleaning up the house.
119	* The [[PraetorianGuard Adeptus Custodes]] have become [[https://youtu.be/R9w_uoUHgiE this]] in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''. It's presented as a [[DeconstructedTrope devolution from their previous mannerisms]], since the Emperor would rather they be out crusading and protecting mankind rather than sitting in the palace working out their boredom through muscle-oiling contests. And even [[WeCanRebuildHim Dreadnought interrment]] does not quell this; Santodes had massive abs and ''fabulous hair'' installed on his.
120	* ''WebAnimation/UnbiasedHistory'' depicts the Roman emperor Elagabalus as very flamboyant and femenine, all while looking like [[Webcomic/VirginVsChad the Chad meme]].
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124	* In the AlternateHistory story ''Literature/MaleRising'', [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt]] is this as a result of the butterfly effect. One reader noted that it gives a whole new meaning to the term [[spoiler:"Bull Moose"]]. Still no less badass, though he becomes a noted pacifist instead of a war hawk, and he directs his energies (not ''those'' kinds!) into journalism instead of the military [[spoiler:and the Presidency]].
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128	* Vineswole, one of ''WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}'''s mascots, seems to embody this trope.
129	* This suits Gilmore from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' better than CampGay. He's flamboyant and fabulous and full of HoYay to be sure, but in his first appearance he's described as having "big, meaty hands" and a goatee, and he can lift Vax into the air and over a countertop with relative ease.
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133	* He-Man, the eponymous hero of ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', has often been interpreted as such, as his character design seemed based around revealing as much skin as was legal in a G-rated cartoon, and in his civilian garb he wore a pink shirt. Many camera shots also seem intended to have shown his flesh, but his onscreen behavior sometimes did, and sometimes did not, corroborate the fan theory.
134	** Ironically, [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 the 2000's reboot]] has Creator/CamClarke as the voice actor for He-Man[=/=]Prince Adam, and he actually is gay.
135	** Talking about it, Uruguayan WebOriginal parody maker WebVideo/ElBananero once took this concept about ''He-Man'' and just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbddbrYZzlw ran away with it.]] Depending on your views, it may be either [[DudeNotFunny offensive]] or [[SoBadItsGood utterly stupid]] and [[RuleOfFunny hilarious]].
136	* The second ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' pilot ends with the titular character getting blown off the Island of Beautiful Women and ending up on "the Island of Beautiful Men". Needless to say, after trying to score with an entire tribe of Amazon women, this was most certainly NOT what he was hoping for.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Homer's Phobia", after learning that the new family friend is gay, Homer is afraid that his influence will turn Bart gay. In an attempt to counteract this, he takes Bart to a steel mill so he can watch manly men hard at work. Then the "manly men" open their mouths to speak, and to Homer's horror, ''all of them'' except for the foreman are this trope (the foreman is also gay, he's just less camp), and when the 5 o'clock whistle blows, the entire steel mill gets converted into [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame a gay dance club]].
138	-->'''Foreman:''' Hey! Listen up! I want all of youse to say hello to the Simpsons!\
139	'''Steelworkers:''' Hell-ooooooo~!\
140	[...]\
141	'''Bart:''' Dad, why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?\
142	'''Homer:''' ''[on the verge of tears]'' I don't know...! This is a nightmare! ''[yells at steelworkers]'' YOU'RE ALL ''SICK''!\
143	'''Steelworker:''' Oh, be nice!
144	* Shore Leave of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', who combines a CampGay attitude with the kind of physique appropriate to his job as a special ops agent. His first appearance with a group of other agents even looks like Music/TheVillagePeople.
145	* King Snugglemagne from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' is a foppish, effeminate lion who is also incredibly muscular.
146	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
147	** Stan's pet dog, Sparky, is half-wolf, half-doberman, and gay with an interest in camp things such as diamond-studded collars.
148	** Mr. Slave, a {{Leatherman}} who’s a masochistic sub and speaks in a stereotypical lisp, who later marries CampGay Big Gay Al.
149	* In the episode "Workin' the Steel" on ''WesternAnimation/SonsOfButcher'', Ricky tries to get advice on how to score with women from two guys who fit this trope. They're fond of calling anything that doesn't fit within their view of masculinity "queer".
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153	* Philippe, Duke of Orleans (1640-1701), younger brother of King UsefulNotes/LouisXIV of France. Openly gay and flamboyantly effeminate, he was also a genuine military hero. In his youth he was recognised for his personal courage at the battles of Tournai and Douai, and he also achieved great success as a commander by defeating the Dutch at the Battle of Cassel in 1677.
154	* Creator/JohnBarrowman ''loves'' to invoke this trope. Being a LargeHam doesn't hurt either.
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