History Main / HomoeroticSubtext

-> '''James McAvoy''': It is a little bit of a mini-tragedy that [Xavier] and Magneto don’t, you know, have sex and become married and become best friends.

* In ''{{Disgaea 4}}, Fenrich is [[CrazyJealousGuy possessive enough]] of Valvatorez that Fuka wonders if he's gay for the vampire in question. He never says he isn't.

* ''{{House}}'' has this in egregious amounts, mainly between House, the DoctorJerk, and Wilson, his loyal {{Lancer}} and only real friend. Most of the time it's hard to point a finger at it though, because with House's personality, any of the sexually loaded comments (including some of the "I'm so gay for you" and "will you marry me" sort) could, and most likely are, just sarcasm so thick it's impossible to say what House actually means. Wilson, again, has learned to sometimes pay House back with the same thing. And in the end, the only thing actually happening between them is friendship and constant teasing; both have heterosexual interests and relationships/activity of their own.

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* Issei and Shirou in ''FateStayNight.'' Shirou notices occasionally and is kind of bothered, though Issei seems oblivious as to how his behavior appears. As of ''FateHollowAtaraxia,'' even the other students at their school notice it, mentally including Issei as part of the harem surrounding Shirou.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the subtext and ShipTease between Aang/Zuko, Sokka/Zuko, Katara/Toph, Roku/Sozin, and Azula/Ty Lee, among other couples, is completely deliberate on the part of the writers, between WordOfGod and in-show LampshadeHanging. The writers are very fandom-savvy, and at least half of the HoYay in the show was intentional.

--->'''Wiggum''': Lou, you '''can't''' leave the force! I can '''change'''!

* AxisPowersHetalia might have some of this - being a comedy that also has a few cannon gay couples, it's hard to tell sometimes what is PlayedForLaughs and what is actual ShipTease.

* TheDailyShow and TheColbertReport has this between Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The actors deliberately play it up in their characters.

--->'''Wiggum:''' Lou, you '''can't''' leave the force! I can '''change'''!
--->'''Lou:''' I just think there's more money in private security.
--->'''Wiggum:''' What I'm hearing is I'm too fat! [Eats a sundae between sobs]

-->'''Apu:''' He used to rob me 2-3 times a week. Now, I'm lucky if I get it once a month.
-->'''Snake:''' He never initiates it. I have to do all the work. He just stands there...
-->'''Therapist:''' Now, now, don't talk through him. Talk ''to'' him.
-->'''Snake:''' (''sighs'') Apu, sometimes when I rob you, it's like you're not even there.
-->'''Apu:''' That is because you are robbing my brother Sanjay!
-->'''Snake:''' Dude, I didn't know...
-->'''Apu:''' Oh, just shut up!

* ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge]]'' is a strange case. After its release many people noted its strange homosexual subtext. Years later the scriptwriter revealed that he intentionally added these elements to the story, but the entire rest of the production crew, the director included, simply never noticed.

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This page covers only intentional examples, chiefly those lampshaded by characters, WordOfGod, laughter or awkward pauses. It does not cover fans' delight at or tendency to view any interactions as gay; for that, see HoYay. It also does not cover any {{Ship Tease}}s or actual homoerotism, where the characters may indeed be gay or bisexual for each other.

* Raj and Howard from TheBigBangTheory, to the point where Leonard's mother asks when they're going to express their latent homosexual feelings for one another.

* HowIMetYourMother, mainly with Barney, Ted, and Marshal (in any combination of the three), though Lily and Robin have their moments, too.

--->'''Wiggum''' Lou, you '''can't''' leave the force! I can '''change'''!
--->'''Lou''' I just think there's more money in private security.
--->'''Wiggum''' What I'm hearing is I'm too fat! [Eats a sundae between sobs]

* Lenny and Carl on ''TheSimpsons''. There have been a few jokes about this, of course.

The juxtaposition is often played for laughs, especially with male characters - the equivalent dramatic portrayal might imply actual romantic feelings. Other such scenes may attempt {{fanservice}}, particularly when the characters are female.

Examples:

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* While the author of {{Durarara}} is apparently annoyed to some extent by the people who ship Izaya and Shizuo, he has apparently said 'Hell, why not' and put in some subtext in later volumes. In truth, they absolutely hate each other, but Izaya delights in pissing people off and this is just another way of doing it.
* As an extremely genre savvy shoujo manga, OuranHighschoolHostClub plays up the homoerotic subtext for both fanservice and laughs. After all, a decent amount of YaoiFangirls have to be reading it. It's even invoked in universe when the twins play it up during club activities.
* The last episode of SeitokaiNoIchizon plays it for laughs where the protagonist is doing his best to avoid this as best he can and failing utterly until he finally manages to relax and give the other guy some advice. Curse you, Mafuyu!

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* In multiple episodes of {{Friends}}, Joey and Chandler often have conversations about completely innocent subjects that sound ''exactly'' like those a married couple would have.
* In BostonLegal, Alan and Denny would often joke about their relationship as if it were a sexual one. The nods came in almost every episode, and they even ended up dancing together once. In the final episode, they actually married each other, still maintaining a platonic relationship.

* {{House}} has this in egregious amounts, mainly between House, the DoctorJerk, and Wilson, his loyal {{Lancer}} and only real friend. Most of the time it's hard to point a finger at it though, because with House's personality, any of the sexually loaded comments (including some of the "I'm so gay for you" and "will you marry me" sort) could, and most likely are, just sarcasm so thick it's impossible to say what House actually means. Wilson, again, has learned to sometimes pay House back with the same thing. And in the end, the only thing actually happening between them is friendship and constant teasing; both have heterosexual interests and relationships/activity of their own.

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* Charlotte and Mary in ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth.'' The series is extremely fond of highly ambiguous writing and portraying non sexual things in a sexual manner, so [[spoiler:Charlotte's yandere devotion to Mary]] is probably not romantic. But damn is it hard not read it that way.

* Negima and Fate Averruncus in MahouSenseiNegima. The subtext is actually noticed and lampshaded instory with the girls wondering if they have a strong new rival for Negi. One character is heterosexual, the other has a female love interest of sorts but may not even have a concept of sexuality.

This page covers only intentional examples, chiefly those lampshaded by characters, WordOfGod, laughter or awkward pauses. It does not cover fans' delight at or tendency to view any interactions as gay; for that, see HoYay. It also does not cover any [[ShipTease ship teases]] or actual homoerotism, where the characters may indeed be gay or bisexual for each other,

This page covers only intentional examples, chiefly those lampshaded by characters, WordOfGod, laughter or awkward pauses. It does not cover fans' delight at or tendency to view any interactions as gay; for that, see HoYay and LesYay. It also does not cover any [[ShipTease ship teases]] or actual homoerotism, where the characters may indeed be gay or bisexual for each other,