History AmbiguouslyGay / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'': C-3PO became a gay icon shortly after his [[Franchise/StarWars film debut]], but the [[TheEighties 1985]] spinoff cartoon ''Droids'' takes the implications further. In addition to being mincing and prissy, Threepio has limp wrists, seems legitimately uncomfortable when a woman hugs him, harbors a fondness for fashion accessories, and shares a surprising amount of chemistry with R2-D2.

** Villains [[ThoseTwoGuys El Topo and Le Cheve]]. The two only work together and prioritize each other safety over the mission. Le Cheve in particular, calls El Topo "mon ami" (a French expression for both "my friend" and "my boyfriend"). In another moment, Dr. Bellum refers to El Topo as Le Cheve's "Dear Boy".

** Applejack, unlike the rest of the mane cast (aside from [[TheOneGuy Spike]]), has no really noticeable ShipTease with any male characters (even ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]'' has more than her) and is totally uninterested when she ''does'' get a stallion's attention. By contrast, her VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Rarity and Rainbow Dash nudges dangerously close to BelligerentSexualTension at times [[note]]in fact, Rarity and Applejack's ''Equestria Girls'' counterparts were intentionally written as a couple for the last few specials, albeit subtly so[[/note]], and [[spoiler: the show's DistantFinale implies that she is married to, or at least living with, Rainbow Dash, and the two are shown bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple[[note]]with script and email leaks, as well as crew members on Twitter confirming that they were intentionally written as a couple[[/note]]]].

* Hot Dog Water from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' is a quirky nerdy girl seems to have a crush on Velma. WordOfGod later confirmed they did become a couple.

* Hot Dog Water from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' is a quirky nerdy girl seems to have a crush on Velma. This however, is never cleared up.

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has Color Kid, who wears a rainbow on his chest, as well as speaking and gesturing flamboyantly. He's also concerned at one point that he may not have used the precisely appropriate shade of green.

** Julian also has a ton of feminine mannerisms, is [LargeHam extremely expressive]], rather androgynous-looking and speaks in an effeminate voice (seriously, he's even dubbed by a woman in the Mandarin Chinese version). It also doesn't really help how clingy he is with Randy in "Snow-Klahoma!", going so far as to ask to be carried by him.

** Julian also has a ton of feminine mannerisms, is extremely expressive, rather androgynous-looking and speaks in an effeminate voice (seriously, he's even dubbed by a woman in the Mandarin Chinese version). It also doesn't really help how clingy he is with Randy in "Snow-Klahoma!", going so far as to ask to be carried by him.

* ''WesternAnimation/VerwitterteMelodie'': Two ladybugs are a couple.

** Terrence and Phillip, whose relationship has been joked about a few times on the show.
-->'''Terrence''': Wow, Scott really hates us, Phillip!\\
'''Phillip''': Yes! Perhaps he's homophobic!\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Terrence''': But we're not gay, Phillip.\\
'''Phillip''': We're not?!

* WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 introduces Storkules, a Greek {{Hunk}}, who is glad to see his [[InsistentTerminology best friend]] Donald Duck, who he is fond of hugging and patting. The fact that he also made a musclebound sculpture of Donald wearing nothing but a fig leaf that he looks lovingly at it is a bit of a tip off.

** Applejack, unlike the rest of the mane cast (aside from [[TheOneGuy Spike]]), has no really noticeable ShipTease with any male characters (even ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]'' has more than her) and is totally uninterested when she ''does'' get a stallion's attention. By contrast, her VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Rarity and Rainbow Dash nudges dangerously close to BelligerentSexualTension at times [[note]]in fact, Rarity and Applejack's ''Equestria Girls'' counterparts were intentionally written as a couple for the last few specials, albeit subtly so[[/note]], and [[spoiler:the show's DistantFinale implies that she is married to, or at least living with, Rainbow Dash, and the two are shown bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple[[note]]with script and email leaks, as well as crew members on Twitter confirming that they were intentionally written as a couple[[/note]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' may as well be the poster child of this trope. He has plenty of effeminate manners and there have been many times that hint that he is romantically interested in both Patrick and Squidward. It’s gotten to the point that various hardline religious groups have made efforts to get [=SpongeBob=] taken off the air for its perceived support of the so-called "gay agenda". WordOfGod has said that calling [=SpongeBob=] "gay" or "straight" doesn't make sense, since he's a sea sponge that reproduces asexually. Later official information mentions that Spongebob has a crush on Sandy, a girl. (Contrary to popular belief, it is entirely possible to have a crush on someone and still be asexual).

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Various hardline religious groups have made efforts to get Spongebob taken off the air for its perceived support of the so-called "gay agenda". WordOfGod has said that calling [=SpongeBob=] "gay" or "straight" doesn't make sense, since he's a sea sponge that reproduces asexually. Later official information mentions that Spongebob has a crush on Sandy, a girl. (Contrary to popular belief, it is entirely possible to have a crush on someone and still be asexual).

** Applejack, unlike the rest of the mane cast (aside from [[TheOneGuy Spike]]), has no really noticeable ShipTease with any male characters (even ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]'' has more than her) and is totally uninterested when she ''does'' get a stallion's attention. By contrast, her VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Rarity and Rainbow Dash nudges dangerously close to BelligerentSexualTension at times [[note]]in fact, Rarity and Applejack's ''Equestria Girls'' counterparts were intentionally written as a couple for the last few specials, albeit subtly so[[/note]], and [[spoiler:the show's DistantFinale implies that she is married to, or at least living with, Rainbow Dash, and the two are shown bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple [[note]] with script and email leaks, as well as crew members on Twitter confirming that they were intentionally written as a couple
* Every single pony from G1 [[/note]]
''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'', though a few stand out:

** Applejack, unlike the rest of the mane cast (aside from [[TheOneGuy Spike]]), has no really noticeable ShipTease with any male characters (even ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]'' has more than her) and is totally uninterested when she ''does'' get a stallion's attention. By contrast, her VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Rarity and Rainbow Dash nudges dangerously close to BelligerentSexualTension at times [[note]]in fact, Rarity and Applejack's ''Equestria Girls'' counterparts were intentionally written as a couple for the last few specials, albeit subtly so[[/note]], and [[spoiler:the show's DistantFinale implies that she is married to, or at least living with, Rainbow Dash, and the two are shown bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple [[/note]] with script and email leaks, as well as crew members on Twitter confirming that they were intentionally written as a couple
* Every single pony from G1 ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'', though a few stand out:

** Applejack, unlike the rest of the mane cast (aside from [[TheOneGuy Spike]]), has no really noticeable ShipTease with any male characters (even ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]'' has more than her) and is totally uninterested when she ''does'' get a stallion's attention. By contrast, her VitriolicBestBuds dynamic with Rarity and Rainbow Dash nudges dangerously close to BelligerentSexualTension at times [[note]]in fact, Rarity and Applejack's ''Equestria Girls'' counterparts were intentionally written as a couple for the last few specials, albeit subtly so[[/note]], and [[spoiler:the show's DistantFinale implies that she is married to, or at least living with, Rainbow Dash, and the two are shown bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, although the state of their relationship was [[MaybeEverAfter deliberately left open to interpretation]].]]

*** Neither of them have anything on [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hypno-Potamus and Warren Stone]]. The episode "Warren and Hypno Sitting in a Tree" reveals that they've become ''very'' close since [[EvilVsEvil their fight in their introductory episode]], living in the same apartment, defending each other when Draxum shows up for Warren's piece of the Dark Armor, and spending basically the entire episode concerned for each other's safety. Really, the only reason it's ambiguous at all is because it's never explicitly stated.

** Leslie is an effeminate flower boy with pink petals. In a deleted scene of "The Saint", he is the only one out of the boys '''AND girls''' that liked being kissed by Darwin. In "The Upgrade", Bobert marries him with Alan, which also seemed to be happy despite having a girlfriend. In "The Mustache", Leslie gets impressed by Gumball's butt growing. According to "The Petals", he is also a DragQueen. In one of the first episodes, "The Pressure", he hangs out with the girls at Molly's treehouse, and claims he, along with the girls also made up his boyfriend (though he never talked about his fake boyfriend earlier in the episode, unlike the other girls). He also is seen in the girls' bathroom in "The Fight".

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Jimbo and Ned. They're unrelated, live together, evidently have hospital visitation rights worked out. And then, Jimbo can say "fag" without getting bleeped, which according to Mr(s). Garrison means that he is one. All the other guys at the bar are bleeped when they say fag. After an awkward silence, Mr(s). Garrison says "Well, we've certainly learned something about Jimbo today."
** There’s also Terrence and Phillip, whose relationship has been joked about a few times on the show.

->'''Terrence''': Wow, Scott really hates us, Phillip!\\

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive's'' TV Funhouse has ''Ambiguously Gay Duo'', wherein superheroes Ace and Gary fight crime with an array of phallically-suggestive vehicles and gadgets while engaging in plenty of homoerotic behavior, all the while their villains (except their ArchEnemy MadScientist Bighead) dance around the obviousness of their gay-ness.

* WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}
** Marcy is shown to be very touchy-feely with Anne and Sasha at times, and even their more normal interactions have a little subtext sprinkled in. Though Anne says that she used to help out her friends with break ups, it's possible that Anne was not referring to Marcy as she seems to have other mutual friends at home besides her and Sasha, and Marcy states that she struggles with making connections due to her hyperactive personality also makes it unlikely she was ever in a romantic relationship with anyone. Plus unlike Anne and Sasha, Marcy never shows any interest in boys her age and [[spoiler:her Journal Entries has her describing her friends in a very detailed manner such as gushing on about Anne's athletic abilities and Sasha's Cerulean Blue eyes. She even draws pictures of herself blushing at them several times in a very admiring way. And "Olivia & Yunan", when she is confronted by illusionary projections of Anne and Sasha in a simulated school hallway, a locker has a prom poster with "yes or yes" covered in hearts. When Projection Anne and Projection Sasha merge together, the Saint James escutcheon emblem on their now-shared torso inexplicably changes to being heart-shaped]]. [[spoiler:In addition, her [[{{Defictionalization}} real-life]] journal notes go into vivid detail of Sasha's features in a rather admiring tone when she shows up in "The Third Temple" and slays some of the lava worms, with hearts even drawn around her illustration of Sasha slaying one of the worms. She also refers to Anne and Sasha as "my loves", though whether its meant to be platonic or romantic in tone is not necessarily clear, but implied to be the latter, or at least somewhere in between.]]
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* WesternAnimation/Amphibia
** Marcy is shown to be very touchy-feely with Anne and Sasha at times, and even their more normal interactions have a little subtext sprinkled in. Though Anne says that she used to help out her friends with break ups, it's possible that Anne was not referring to Marcy as she seems to have other mutual friends at home besides her and Sasha, and Marcy states that she struggles with making connections due to her hyperactive personality also makes it unlikely she was ever in a romantic relationship with anyone. Plus unlike Anne and Sasha, Marcy never shows any interest in boys her age and [[spoiler:her Journal Entries has her describing her friends in a very detailed manner such as gushing on about Anne's athletic abilities and Sasha's Cerulean Blue eyes. She even draws pictures of herself blushing at them several times in a very admiring way. And "Olivia & Yunan", when she is confronted by illusionary projections of Anne and Sasha in a simulated school hallway, a locker has a prom poster with "yes or yes" covered in hearts. When Projection Anne and Projection Sasha merge together, the Saint James escutcheon emblem on their now-shared torso inexplicably changes to being heart-shaped]]. [[spoiler:In addition, her [[{{Defictionalization}} real-life]] journal notes go into vivid detail of Sasha's features in a rather admiring tone when she shows up in "The Third Temple" and slays some of the lava worms, with hearts even drawn around her illustration of Sasha slaying one of the worms. She also refers to Anne and Sasha as "my loves", though whether its meant to be platonic or romantic in tone is not necessarily clear, but implied to be the latter, or at least somewhere in between.]]*''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'':

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