'''Basic Trope''': A (usually [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]]) woman who hangs around with gay men.
* '''Straight''': [[NaiveEverygirl Alice]] hangs around with Bob and Charles as much as she hangs around with other women.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice is around Bob and Charles constantly, following them around like a one-woman GoldfishPoopGang.
** Alice and her GirlPosse become a GoldfishPoopGang to Bob and Charles and {{Squee}} constantly.
** Alice has no other friends besides Bob and Charles, and doesn't seem to have any interest in finding any.
* '''Downplayed''': Sometimes Alice is hanging out with Bob and Charles, other times she's not.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice hangs around with Bob and Charles, not because they are gay, but because they are her friends or relatives, and because she genuinely likes them for who they are.
** Alice is very attractive and hangs out with gay men because she wants to have fun without getting propositioned.
** Alice was friends with Bob and/or Charles before it turned out they were dating.
** Alice is a YaoiFanGirl.
** Alice is a lesbian or bisexual and/or transgender woman. Bob and Charles are her [[BreakfastClub supportive close friends]] among the crowd of heteronormative society.
** They are her coworkers.
** Alice [[FemaleMisogynist despises other women]] so she chooses to hang out with a group of gay men instead.
* '''Inverted''':
** [[HeteronormativeCrusader Alice]] is Bob and Charles' worst enemy and tries repeatedly to split them up.
** [[OneOfTheGirls Charles]] is [[GayBestFriend the only gay man]] of the GirlPosse that he usually hangs out with.
* '''Gender-Inverted''':
** [[UnluckyEverydude David]] is constantly seen with Alice and her girlfriend, Diana.
** [[UnluckyEverydude David]] hangs out with Bob and his boyfriend, Charles.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice does hang out with Bob and Charles, but she also hangs around with other people, too. Including her boyfriend, David. And she's attractive.
** Bob and Charles are just pretending to be gay to get closer to Alice, who wishes for a threesome.
** It turns out that "Alice" is just a DragQueen persona of [[CampGay Alex]], another gay guy in the group.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Alice finds out that David is actually a {{Jerkass}}, so she splits up with him and develops a more intense friendship with Bob and Charles since she believes that AllTheGoodMenAreGay.
** But she's also a YaoiFangirl who likes to watch Bob and Charles make out.
** Bob and Charles find out each other as their ClosetKey.
** Alice is a [[RecursiveCrossdressing female drag queen]], or later "Alex" comes out as a transgender woman while still befriending gay men, leading to this trope.
* '''Parodied''': Every time Alice befriends a man, it turns out he's gay.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice acts alternately as Bob and Charles' best friend and as their worst enemy, to a point that confuses sometimes even the three of them.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice has no gay male friends.
** Alice has ''no'' friends, gay or straight, male or female.
** Alice is totally indifferent towards gay people in general.
* '''Enforced''': "Every girl needs at least one gay guy friend!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm Bob, and this is my boyfriend, Charles. Oh, and here's our number-one {{fan|girl}}, Alice."
* '''Invoked''': Alice needs male friends, so she decides to hang out with Charles and Bob.
* '''Exploited''': Dave is a gay man looking for a boyfriend, and becomes friends with Alice in hopes of her hooking him up with Charles or Bob.
* '''Defied''':
** Alice tries to find companionship among gay guys, but neither Bob nor Charles is interested in having a woman in their social circle.
** Alice hangs out with Bob and Charles but when she finds out they're gay, she stops seeing them because she doesn't want to be associated with the stereotype.
* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Charles''': [[CouldSayItBut What would you say if I told you]] Bob and I are lovers?\\
'''Alice''': I do like you and Bob for who you are. Well, okay, I did kinda hope it'd go somewhere deeper with one of you. I just wasn't sure which I thought I liked more, but--\\
'''Charles''': Bob and I are gay, Alice.
* '''Conversed''': "She does know they're gay, right?" "Oh, she knows, all right. She's probably with them because she's a perverted YaoiFangirl, and because she's too ugly and pathetic to get a real boyfriend."
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice hangs out with Bob and Charles because she's [[OldMaid single]] and [[HollywoodHomely plain-looking]] and insecure, so they make her feel like she has two boyfriends at once. She may also be with them because AllTheGoodMenAreGay, and because she [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan wishes they weren't.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice stops feeling sorry for herself and [[BeautifulAllAlong puts more effort into her looks]] and gets a confidence boost. Enough so that she becomes less dependent on Bob and Charles, and maybe even finds herself a ''real'' boyfriend instead of just a [[LovingAShadow fantasy.]]
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob and Charles do everything in their power to avoid Alice, but [[TheCatCameBack she just keeps coming back no matter how far they go or how hard they try!]]
* '''Played for Drama''':
** Bob and Charles play a role in helping Alice gain confidence in herself (see "Reconstructed").
** Alice drops them as in "Defied", and Bob and Charles are confused. Can they mend their friendship with her? Do they even ''want'' to?
** The HeteronormativeCrusader [[CureYourGays tried to "fix" Bob and Charles]] by forcing them to date Alice, but Alice gains sympathetic feelings with Bob and Charles so she befriends them and tries to be supportive as she can.
* '''Implied''': Alice is friends with Bob and Charles and they are both AmbiguouslyGay.
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