Word Of Gay / Western Animation

Creator Matt Braly confirms that Sasha is indeed attracted to women.

• Adventure Time:
  • The Ghost Gladiators from the episode "Morituri te Salutamus" were revealed to be gay by the lead character designer after the episode featuring them already aired.
  • Kate Leth draws the Lady Lemongrabs as a couple. In the Fionna and Cake comic book, their relationship is only suggested through (admittedly obvious) subtext. Outside of the issue, though, Leth repeatedly draws the Lady Lemongrabs in obvious romantic scenarios.
  • Marceline and Princess Bubblegum used to date, with lingering feelings surrounding this being a focal point of their slowly recovering friendship. This was subtext for most of the show's run, with the comics being slightly more direct about it. The final episode would finally depict an onscreen kiss between the two, with the ending montage showing that they've officially rekindled their romance.
• Amphibia creator Matt Braly confirmed that Sasha was bisexual almost immediately after the series finale aired, nearly two years after a Reddit Q&A where he told a fan asking about the character's sexuality to "stay tuned". Frodrick and Mayor Toadie were confirmed a couple in the same way.
• Arcane: Several people in the production staff have confirmed on social media that Vi and Caitlyn are attracted to one another. This outside confirmation isn't required due to censorship - the subtext between the two is about as subtle as an airhorn - but due to the show's pacing, the two aren't in a relationship at the end of season one. This outside confirmation is likely meant to dissuade any fear of But Not Too Gay or Bait-and-Switch Lesbians, as there was a heterosexual romance shown in that season on-screen, sex scene and all.
• Batman: The Animated Series: Clayface was in a relationship with his friend Teddy Lupus, which was confirmed by show director Kevin Altieri.
• Ben 10: Duncan Rouleau has confirmed that Rojo and Azul are a lesbian couple.
• Big Hero 6: The Series confirmed that Felony Carl and Globby are in love, as in episode "Krei-oke Night".
• John Dilworth has stated on Twitter that Kitty and Bunny from Courage the Cowardly Dog were in love.
• Craig of the Creek: In June 2021 in Insider.com, Kelsey and Stacks were confirmed to be lesbians and Secret Keeper was confirmed to be gay. Both were made canon in season 4.
• Paul Dini has gone on record that Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, within the DC Animated Universe, have a same-sex relationship going on (presumably when The Joker isn't around). This was never part of the animated series itself (as it aired in a kids' time slot), but it was hinted at when they did the Sexy Shirt Switch thing and hid out in places with only one bed when not out committing crimes. There was more hinting in a comic book◊ set in the same Verse. The sheer amount of subtext hinting to this crossed the line in the comics and ultimately became just plain text within the overall canon. The comic book continuation of the series all but confirms that Harley and Ivy are a couple, with Harley have definitively left the Joker over his attempt to murder Jason Todd.
• Dead End: Paranormal Park: Creator Hammish Steele confirmed that vampire villain Zagan is transgender in his Twitter.
• DuckTales (2017): The Alien Penumbra turns down Launchpad's offer of a date, stating she has no interest in dating an "Earth... male". There was some discussion as to which part of the phrase she was objecting to until the writer for the episode confirmed on Twitter that it was the latter, not long after the episode aired.
• Family Guy:
  • Seth MacFarlane finally said this regarding Stewie. Not that there wasn't a lot of hinting beforehand. They were going to do an episode where an out teenage Stewie uses a time-machine to team up with baby Stewie in order to keep Leviticus being written, but decided it'd be funnier to keep him confused. In one episode, he still fell in love with a girl, to which Seth confirmed in another interview with Conan O'Brien that Stewie likes a little of both.
  • Bruce, a character who appeared on the same show, was stated to be gay, according to Seth through an LGBT website called The Backlot. Bruce was hinted throughout to be gay as he once stated that he wanted to marry his friend Jeffrey, a bit character who turned out to be his boyfriend.
• Final Space
  • Olan Rogers revealed on Reddit that Clarence was bisexual but stated that Clarence is not a good representation of the LGBT community because of his behavior. Clarence’s sexuality was subtly hinted in “Arachnitects” in a scene where he and a Ventrexian general named Cataloupe called each other pet names and interacted flirtatiously with each other.
  • Subverted with Tribore as Olan stated that Tribore was a “Narcissexual” and in love with himself. As it turns out, his species switches genders once every six months. This came after fans speculated that Tribore was Ambiguously Gay due to his effeminate behavior and ignoring of Shannon Thunder’s advances.
  • Furthermore, Olan revealed on Twitter that he plans to feature two additional characters of LGBT representation with plans to reveal one in season 3 and the other in season 4 if the show gets renewed. He did not reveal who the two characters were but dropped the big hint that it’s not Fox. The episode “Forgiveness” reveals Ash Graven as the LGBT character for season 3.
• Futurama: According to executive producer Bill Odenkirk on the show's season 3 DVD commentary, all of Robot Santa's elves, who are neptunians horribly mistreated by Robot Santa, are gay. He said this in response to why all the elves are holding hands all the time with others of the same sex as seen in the episode "A Tale of Two Santas". Their sexual orientation was hinted in-universe by Fry through his comment on the elves "breezy short shorts".
• Lexington from Gargoyles. Greg Weisman is on record as saying that not acknowledging Lexington was gay on the show did feel like a cop-out, but that there was absolutely no way in hell that he would have been able to get away with outing a character on a Disney cartoon in The '90s. He's also said that all the Third Race are omnisexual, and Fox is bi.
• Gung Ho, a Cajun Marine from the original G.I. Joe series, according to former series writer Buzz Dixon. As if his clothes didn't tip you off.
• Gravity Falls:
  • During a fundraising livestream, hosted by creator Alex Hirsch and Dana Terrace, Hirsch confirmed that Deputy Durland and Sheriff Blubs are a gay couple. This came as no surprise, as the last episode of the series (and every interaction between them) strongly implied they were a couple anyway.
  • Hirsch also confirmed on Twitter that Wendy Corduroy is bisexual.
• Hazbin Hotel:
  • Vivziepop confirmed that Charlie Morningstar to be bisexual and Alastor is confirmed to be asexual in her tweet.
  • Cherri Bomb is confirmed to be bisexual in a deleted tweet.
  • Vivziepop stated that Sir Pentious to be bisexual in a stream.
  • Angel Dust's client Travis is confirmed to be bisexual.
• Mr. Simmons in Hey Arnold!, in addition to being played by openly gay actor Dan Butler, had this confirmed in a chat with creator Craig Bartlett. His partner was present (but unidentified, though subtle hints were dropped) at the Thanksgiving table in the Thanksgiving episode.
• High Guardian Spice: Not that it's terribly ambiguous, but series creator Raye Rodriguez did indeed confirm that Snapdragon is intended to be a trans girl.
• Christy Marx has said that if Jem hadn't been Cut Short, she would have liked to have added LGBT characters into it. She mentioned that Rapture was one of the candidates.
• After the release of Kid Cosmic's third and final season, Craig McCracken confirmed on Twitter that Fry and Hamburg are a couple.
• The Legend of Korra:
  • The relationship between Korra and Asami was made official in the last episode of the show, albeit ambiguously, so the creators had to write blog posts to confirm the moment as romantic rather than platonic, as well as directly stating that they were both bisexual. The first story arc of the comics that take place after the series explicitly spend part of the plot discussing their new relationship.
  • Both Kya and Aiwei were stated to be in the LGBT+ group by the creators, though the specifics of what they identify as weren't revealed. It was revealed in The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars that the former is a lesbian.
• Legion of Super Heroes (2006): During the DC Fandome event in 2020, showrunner James Tucker and actor Adam Wylie confirmed that Brainiac 5 was intentionally written to have a crush on Superman.
• Looney Tunes: According to Chuck Jones, Bugs Bunny is "sometimes more male and sometimes more female", meaning he is genderfluid.
• Miraculous Ladybug:
  • Although this was heavily implied in "Reverser", Feri Gonzàles, a colorist at ZAG, confirmed on Twitter that Marc is LGBTQ and has a fondness towards Nathaniel.
  • According to their voice actress Anairis Quiñones, Majestia and Knightowl are girlfriends.
  • Thomas Astruc stated on Twitter that Max is asexual while Alix is aromantic.
  • Astruc has also stated that the vast Ship Tease between Rose and Juleka is entirely deliberate, and the show avoids making them an explicit couple only so that those interactions don't get censored in less tolerant countries.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
  • According to Katrina Hadley, Sunset Shimmer is bisexual.
  • King Sombra was confirmed to be bi by writer Michael Vogel.
  • According to his voice actor and Lauren◊, Big Mac is bisexual and polyamorous.
• The Oblongs: In an interview with the voice actors (Randy and Jason Sklar), they confirmed that Biff is gay while Chip is straight.
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes:
  • Ian Jones Quartey confirmed in a Reddit AMA that Red Action is a lesbian and Enid is bisexual, though one almost wonders why he bothered; the hint-dropping and Ship Tease between the two were so heavy that most fans had already assumed this was canon. It's officially confirmed in "Red Action 3: Grudgement Day", where it's revealed they hooked up between episodes and they even shared a quick kiss near the end of the episode. Ian even stated that "Back in Red Action" is about their first date.
  • Ian also revealed on Twitter that Nick and Joff are a gay couple. The finale even showed them getting married.
  • Ian confirmed that Lord Boxman is pansexual and Professor Venomous is bisexual. Ian revealed that they are married at season three finale.
  • Ian confirmed that Gregg is non-binary and Bobo is agender.
  • Toby Jones stated that Rad's sexuality was fluid.
  • Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed that Rad and Raymond are mutually attracted to each other.
• The Owl House:
  • A downplayed example. Dana Terrace stating in a Reddit post that the character Amity is a lesbian was meant to clarify her sexuality. The character has an obvious crush on main character Luz, but a minor joke in one episode had fans confused as to whether she was lesbian or if she also had some interest in men. This wasn't helped by news outlets confusing a statement made about Luz's bisexuality as referring to Amity instead.
  • In March 2022, Cissy Jones confirmed that Lilith is aromantic, as she has never felt romantic attraction before.
  • In April 2023 on a Post-Hoot Instagram live stream, Dana Terrace stated that she believes that Willow is pansexual, and her love interest/boyfriend, the former Golden Guard Hunter, is bisexual. However, she also invoked Death of the Author, stating that others are free to interpret their sexualities however they wish.
  • According to their voice actor, Raine is transmasculine.
• Phineas and Ferb: On TikTok, Dan Povenmire has confirmed that Perry the Platypus is asexual.
• Ready Jet Go!: For years, fans speculated that Jet was bi. After the show ended, Craig Bartlett confirmed that he was on an Instagram comment section, and also stated that he has No Biological Sex. Jet shows a lot of signs in the show of being attracted to guys as well as gals, but they couldn't say it out loud on the show because of the limitations of preschool television. As for him having no biological sex, it makes sense because he's, y'know, an alien.
• John Kricfalusi has confirmed Ren and Stimpy to be a gay couple in a magazine interview from 1997. Made canon in-series in Adult Party Cartoon.
• Rick and Morty: Rick Sanchez has been confirmed to be pansexual by creator Justin Roiland. Rick's pansexuality was later revealed on screen in the episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation" after he rekindles his relationship ship with Unity, a hive mind alien he controls both male and female bodies (although he's only shown being explicitly sexual towards females in this, and all other episodes).
• The creators of The Ridonculous Race have stated that fashion vlogger Tom and ice dancer Jacques are gay, but there is only circumstantial evidence in the show.
• Tony Cervone, supervising producer on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated confirms that Velma and Marcie were a couple, and also says Velma is gay, not bi, and her awkward relationship with Shaggy was intended as her figuring out that this wasn't right for her.
• The Simpsons:
  • Showrunner Al Jean said in a 2019 interview with Metro.co.uk that he can see Lisa Simpson being a polyamorous bisexual.
  • Jean also said that Ambiguous Gender Starfish Aliens Kang and Kodos were a lesbian couple.
• Skylanders Academy: Eric Rogers, showrunner of the first two seasons, said on Twitter that he saw Jet-Vac as transgender since day one.
• Solar Opposites: In an interview conducted by an editor from the web magazine Inverse, show creators Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan confirmed that alien leads Korvo and Terry became a couple over the course of the first two seasons. Both of these aliens were revealed to be bisexual in the show itself.
• In a Word of Ace example, Nickelodeon implied that SpongeBob SquarePants is LGBT in a tweet for Pride Month by showing him alongside LGBT characters Schwoz Schwartz and Korra. The show's creator Stephen Hillenburg said he considered SpongeBob to be near asexual when fans asked if he and Patrick were gay. Note that they are a sponge and a starfish respectively, two animals that, in real life, are "asexual" in a different way.
• Mike McMahan, showrunner of Star Trek: Lower Decks, said after the first season that he considers nearly everyone in Starfleet to be "baseline bisexual" although the show doesn't feature much in the way of romantic plotlines. In later seasons, Mariner has an unambiguous f/f relationship.
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil:
  • One of the storyboard artists described characters Rhombulus and Lekmet as "Two live in boyfriends with communication issues" on Tumblr. A season 3 episode would later reveal that Rhombulus had a secret crush on Queen Moon, revealing him to actually be bisexual. This same storyboarder also claimed that the entire cast is bisexual, which was probably a joke made in response to another storyboard artist claiming that they have no say in writing the characters' sexual orientations.
  • The last season showed Marco's former love interest, Jackie with a girl named Chloe and Word of God says they are a couple.
• According to Pablo Hidalgo, Cassie and Ione from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Lightsaber Lost" were written as a lesbian couple. In hindsight, there were some pretty big hints.
• The executive producers of Star Wars Resistance have confirmed that Honest John's Dealership proprietors Orka and Flix are intended to be a gay (and interspecies) couple.
• Richie from the animated version of Static Shock was based partially on the gay character Rick Stone from the comics. When asked, Dwayne McDuffie said that the two are separate characters, but both gay. Apparently Richie's over the top lewdness was meant to be a clue, but the timeslot didn't allow for that particular character arc.
• Steven Universe:
  • A storyboard artist confirmed that Ruby and Sapphire's relationship is in fact a romantic one. This was eventually explicitly stated in the show itself, but not in every dub, with the duo eventually getting married onscreen.
  • Writer Matt Burnett would confirm in a deleted tweet made early in the show's run that Pearl's feelings for Rose were more than platonic, though even at that point it was hard to see her feelings as anything but romantic.
  • Raven M. Molisee, a storyboard artist on the show, confirmed that Mr. Smiley is gay, with his old stand-up comedy partner being an ex-boyfriend.
  • Rebecca Sugar, the show's creator, confirmed at one Comic-Con panel that the six gems that make up the fusion Fluorite are in an all-female polyamorous relationship.
  • Peridot is aro/ace via Word of Saint Paul (Storyboard artist Maya Petersen).
• Maggie Sawyer from Superman: The Animated Series, as she is in the comics. Even though the creators knew they could never get away with stating it on the show they managed to slip in a scene where she's visited by her female partner in the hospital.
• The camp skeleton in SuperTed was confirmed as gay by creator Mike Young, thirty years after its original run.
• Tangled: The Series: Storyboard artist Amber Vucinich has a number of tweets confirming the intentional coding of Cassandra as gay, claiming "there was an unspoken creed w[ith] all the female board artists to just throw all the sapphic looks" at Cassandra "because even if they can’t explicitly state she’s gay, you’ll know". Storyboard artist Anna Lencioni has also made posts referencing scenes she boarded, notably, a scene she boarded of Cassandra and Rapunzel holding hands, tweeting "did [you] guys feel the deeper meaning here".
• Time Squad: In a Talkin' Toons with Rob Paulsen podcast featuring a conversation between Rob Paulsen and Mark Hamill, the voice actors for Tuddrussel and Larry 3000 respectively, Paulsen and Hamill heavily imply in the podcast that Larry is gay. They both crack numerous jokes towards Larry about how "there was no ambiguity to his sexual orientation". Paulsen has also made references to Larry's sexuality in other podcasts before and after this one. However, there is no word about whether Tuddrussel is in a relationship with Larry as the huge amounts of Ho Yay that occurred between Larry and Tuddrussel was never mentioned or brought up in the podcast. The show itself made heavy implications about Larry's orientation so the podcast was basically showing that Larry's implied gayness was not wishful thinking by viewers.
• According to Derrick J. Wyatt, Transformers: Animated character Tracks is canonically gay. However, the Allspark Almanac contradicts this as it states that Tracks has a crush on Botanica.
• Knockout from Transformers: Prime is gay according to the creators, but the way they worded their explanation was so unintentionally offensive it could, as TFWiki.net put it, "cause an awkward silence in the Void." Not that they had not dropped a lot of hints beforehand.
• Voltron: Legendary Defender:
  • At the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, the writers of the show announced that Shiro was gay and that the show's then upcoming seventh season would introduce his ex-boyfriend Adam. However, when the season actually came out, Shiro and Adam's only scene together before Adam's death left the nature of their relationship undefined, making the announcement at SDCC a preemptive version of this trope, as it was the only thing that kept Shiro and Adam from being Ambiguously Gay. Shiro’s sexuality was explicitly revealed in the show itself during the finale when he was shown marrying a man named Curtis, who he blatantly kisses on screen.
  • Blaytz, the first paladin to pilot the Blue Lion was revealed to be gay in the show's official podcast. His sexual orientation was hinted when he appeared to be hitting on a male Galra servant in a flashback in the episode “The Legend Begins”. The podcast revealed that he was actually flirting with that servant.
  • Bex Taylor-Klaus, the voice actor for Pidge, revealed via twitter post that Zethrid and Ezor were a couple in season 7.
• Wander over Yonder: The show's writers have confirmed that Emperor Awesome is omnisexual, Sourdough the Evil Sandwich is genderfluid, and Lord Dominator was seen as being a lesbian. Everyone else's gender identities and sexual orientations, however, are open to fan interpretation (including Lord Dominator's, as her being a lesbian was simply what the crew had in mind when it came to her and in-canon she comes off more as not really caring about romance at all.)
• According to Greg Weisman, Irma is gay (or possibly bisexual) in the animated version of W.I.T.C.H.. At a convention, he mentioned that he felt that one of the girls might be a lesbian. Someone asked if it was Irma which caused him to reply "How did you know it was Irma?"
• WordGirl: The show's associate producer Liz Breen said on her Tumblr that TJ and Johnson are in a relationship by the time the series ended.
• Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs: Shaley from the episode "Dawn of the Disposals" was revealed to be trans online. The series was Screwed by the Network before this concept could be explored in-depth on the show.
• Young Justice (2010)
  • Greg Weisman confirmed that Marie Logan, Beast Boy's mom, was a lesbian or bisexual. In the tie-in comic, it was revealed that Queen Bee used her pheromone powers, described by Batman as being able to control "most men and some women" on Marie to make her commit suicide. When asked if she was lesbian or bisexual, he answered "Yes." The questioning comes from the fact that he also confirmed that Garfield Logan is her biological son, but "Logan" is her maiden name in this 'verse. In the comics, it's her married name.
  • Weisman responded to someone on Twitter expressing disappointment that Kaldur was straight with "You sure?" (If taken seriously, this would more likely be Word of Bi, though. Later confirmed in Outsiders as Kaldur is shown with his boyfriend.)
  • Greg Wiesman confirmed that El Dorado is gay and dating someone, but he wasn't allowed to say if that someone is Bart Allen. He also declined to answer if Bart is gay, saying it's a spoiler.

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