Line #18 PlayingWith/MistakenForGay


1	'''Basic Trope''': People think this/these character(s) is/are homosexual... They're wrong.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is straight, but Alice thinks by mistake that he's gay.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a YaoiFangirl who interprets any interaction between two men--be it shaking hands or punching each other in the face--as evidence of a homosexual relationship.
4	* '''Downplayed''': When Bob talks about his girlfriend [[GenderBlenderName Charlie]], some people assume she's a dude.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** The evidence that led Alice to think that Bob is gay is very specific--such as an "I'm gay" banner, or SorryImGay--that Alice did not realize that was a prank by someone else.
7	** Bob is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, (or might even be CampStraight) so it's quite easy for the uninformed and prejudiced to jump to conclusions and assume that he is gay.
8	** Bob is always seen hanging out with male friends, causing Alice to assume that he has never had a known female friend.
9	** Bob is [[ShrinkingViolet shy around girls]]. Since AManIsAlwaysEager, everyone assumes he's gay.
10	** Bob is UsefulNotes/{{asexual\|ity}}. However, since people around him don't know that fact or just don't buy that explanation, their train of thought goes like this:
11	### "He has never had a girlfriend".
12	### "Therefore, he must have had secret intercourse with men".
13	### "After all, there's no such thing as someone that doesn't like sex, right?!"
14	** Bob is bi and currently dating Charles.
15	** Bob and Charles are such close HeterosexualLifePartners that it's easy for Alice to make the jump from that to "gay".
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Bob is openly gay, but Alice thinks that he's secretly straight.
18	** Bob is Alice's GayBestFriend and everyone mistakes them for a straight couple.
19	** [[DiscriminateAndSwitch Alice mistakenly thinks Bob is a homophobe.]]
20	** Alice has some piece of evidence that makes her think Bob is gay. Bob actually ''is'' gay, but Alice's piece of evidence is not related to that. (For example, Alice thinks Bob is gay because his fingernails are painted. Bob is gay, but [[StraightGay not of the nail-painting persuasion]]. His nails are only painted right now because his little sister really wanted to paint them, and he reluctantly agreed to let her.)
21	* '''Subverted''':
22	** Alice goes into the room and finds Bob [[SuggestiveCollision over Charles]]. "Oh my God, I would have never suspected that... (DramaticPause) ...Charles needed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Is he OK?"
23	** Bob and Charles are actually gay, and Alice somehow picked up on it before anyone else. They just felt like staying in the closet for a while.
24	** Bob and Charles are actually gay and in love with each other but neither of them realize either of those yet, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Alice somehow figured it out before they did]].
25	* '''Double Subverted''': Alice goes into the room and finds Bob over Charles. "Oh, my God, I would have never suspected that... (DramaticPause)... Charles needed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Is he OK?" "Hey, I was not giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!" "Oh, then that means that you two are gay. Sorry to interrupt, have fun!"
26	* '''Parodied''': Bob tells Alice he's straight after a misunderstanding, yet she believes he just hasn't come to terms with his sexuality yet.
27	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice goes into the room and finds Bob over Charles. "Oh, my God, I would have never suspected that... (DramaticPause)... Charles needed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Is he OK?" "Hey, I was not giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!" "Oh, then that means that you two are gay. Sorry to interrupt, have fun!" Charles leaves, and Alice chuckles to herself, laughing at her prank.
28	* '''Averted''': Bob and Charles ''are'' gay, making asking about it or any other ideas pointless.
29	* '''Enforced''':
30	** The writers have noticed some Bob/Charles shipping, so [[ShipTease add in a little bit]] just to please the fans.
31	** The writers initially wanted Bob and Charles to be a gay couple, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the higher-ups said no]], so they treat the affection of Bob and Charles as a "mistake" instead.
32	* '''Lampshaded''':
33	--> '''Alice''': Charles, I thought you did that strange thing because you were gay.\
34	'''Charles''': Being gay is not a wildcard explanation; I'm straight but that has no relation with what I did.
35	* '''Invoked''': Alice pretends to understand that Charles is gay to push his BerserkButton.
36	* '''Exploited''': Charles set up clues of him being gay, to avoid people from suspecting his real secret
37	* '''Defied''':
38	** "Let's better stop doing this. If Alice enters the room now, she'll think that we're gay!"
39	** "I'd better not jump to conclusions about Bob and Charles. Even if my assumptions on their sexuality are true, it's not very nice to bring up such things in public."
40	* '''Discussed''': "I can't hold hands with Charles! They'll think we were gay!"
41	* '''Conversed''': "Hey, that Alice character is so prejudiced! Just because Bob wears pink doesn't [[CampGay mean he's gay]]!"
42	* '''Played for Laughs''':
43	** The episode has a wacky plot of Bob and Charles trying to prove they're straight to Alice but one wacky thing after another makes them seem more gay. It has a HappyEnding to avoid getting too dark.
44	** When Bob refers to himself as a "homo sapiens", Alice believes he's coming out to her.
45	* '''Played for Drama''':
46	** Bob and Charles start to question their sexuality after Alice mistakes them for gay.
47	** Bob and/or Charles ''are'' gay, just not sexually attracted to each other (and thus not really sure if they are), [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset and Alice's ribbing ends up causing a whole lot more harm than she expected when she accidentally outs them]].
48	** Bob and/or Charles are not straight, but are not gay either (asexual, for example) and Alice going all "you must be gay because I have never seen you with a woman" is very insulting, especially because this is the only type of sexual preference she ever cared to assume they had.
49	** Bob and Charles are brothers and have kept this fact a secret to prevent accusations of such things as {{Nepotism}}, and thus Alice mistaking them for gay is insulting, especially if revealing they are brothers [[IncestSubtext does not does much to remove this misunderstanding]].
50	-->'''Bob''': When did the world went crazy that you can't show love for your brother without people thinking you want to ''fuck'' him?
51	* '''Played for Horror''':
52	** An incubus tries to feed on Bob's (nonexistent) lust due to mistaking him for gay.
53	** Bob is targeted by a homophobic serial killer because he's mistaken for gay.
54	* '''Deconstructed''': In a conservative community, Bob and Charles face harassment and possibly violence for supposedly being gay.
55	* '''Reconstructed''': They use this position to help educate their community and shame them for their extreme homophobia. The community realizes that judging people must be wrong if misjudging them is so easy, and they become much more tolerant of gay people.
56	* '''Implied''': Alice always says Bob and Charles are gay. When she does this in front of them, both look a little confused.
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