History PlayingWith / ButNotTooBi

** Alice is stated to be bisexual, but she never has any relationship with women despite [[ReallyGetsAround she has slept with roughly 500 men]].

** It's just a coincidence that Alice has fallen in love with more men than women- she chooses her lovers for their personalities, not their gender.

** The setting is heavily gender imbalanced--there are more people of one gender to fall in love with than the other.
** [[TruthInTelevision There are far more straight and bisexual men than bisexual and gay women out there]] -- Alice has a far bigger dating pool of male suitors than female suitors.

** Alice has BoyfriendBlockingDad and/or is a student in a boarding OneGenderSchool, so she has no choice but dating a girl.

** Alice is lying about being bisexual.

** That's just how it happens. Bisexuality only requires for a person to be ''able'' to experience sexual attraction to more than one sex. It does not require a person to be ''equally'' attracted to both sexes. Alice is either more attracted to men than women, or she just happens to fall in love with a specific man.

** That's just how it happens. Alice is either more attracted to men than women, or she just happens to fall in love with a specific man.

* '''Exaggerated:''' Alice says she's bi but is outright repulsed by women.

* '''Parodied:''' Alice somehow manages to ''forget'' that she is also attracted to women (or men).

** [[SuperOCD Alice, owing partially to OCD or OCPD always makes sure to keep her count of girlfriends and boyfriends equal out of a desire for symmetry]].

** Alice particularly attracts to either masculine-looking or feminine-looking person regardless of gender, and it's much easier to find gender-conforming people in her place than ButchLesbian or CampStraight men.

* '''Parodied:''' Alice somehow manages to ''forget'' that she is also attracted to women.

** Alice particularly attracts to either masculine-looking or feminine-looking person regardless of gender, and it's much easier to find gender-conforming people in her place than ButchLesbian or CampStraight men.

** The reason for the imbalance is made clear--her bisexuality was just an act for marketing reasons, or she was just MistakenForGay by someone.

* '''Reconstructured:''' Alice educates her friends on the Kinsey scale, and explains that you don't have to be equally attracted to men and women to be attracted to both men and women. Her friends apologize for questioning her identity.

** Alice's main LoveInterest in the show is male, but he is treated as IfItsYouItsOkay, and all of her exes are female minor characters with occasional flashbacks.

** Alice's main LoveInterest in the show is male, but he is treated as IfItsYouItsOkay, and all of her exes are female minor characters.

* '''Downplayed:''' Alice is seen to date both men and women, but her relationships with men are more serious than those with women.

* '''Defied:''' [[SuperOCD Alice, owing partially to OCD or OCPD always makes sure to keep her count of girlfriends and boyfriends equal out of a desire for symmetry]].

** The reason for the imbalance is made clear--her bisexuality was just an act for marketing reasons.

* '''Subverted:''' The reason for the imbalance is made clear--her bisexuality was just an act for marketing reasons.
* '''Double Subverted:''' Except that was a later {{retcon}} also for marketing reasons and she does date women, but far less.

** But Not Too {{Asexual|ity}}--a character is both asexual and aromantic, yet is shown in both romantic and sexual relationships, making this an InformedAttribute.

** Alice's one partner is {{transgender}}; their coming out was Alice's ClosetKey, and she remained attracted to them regardless of how they presented while they worked themself out.

%%** Similar to the above; Alice is bisexual, but ''heteroromantic'', so she isn't interested in a long-term relationship with a woman.

** [[TruthInTelevision There are far more straight and bisexual men than bisexual and gay women out there]] -- Alice has a far bigger dating pool of male suitors than female suitors.]]

'''Basic Trope''': A character is stated to be bisexual, but is only ever show with a single gender onscreen.
* '''[[BlatantLies Straight]]''': Alice is bisexual, refers to herself as such, and claims to have slept with both men and women. However, all of her onscreen love interests are men.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice says she's bi but is outright repulsed by women.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is seen to date both men and women, but her relationships with men are more serious than those with women.
* '''Justified''':

** That's just how it happens. Alice is either more attracted to men than women, or shejust happens to fall in love with a specific man.

** Similar to the above; Alice is bisexual, but ''heteroromantic,'' so she isn't interested in a long-term relationship with a woman.

** [[TruthInTelevision There are far more straight and bisexual men than bisexual and gay women out there- Alice has a far bigger dating pool of male suitors than female suitors.]]

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Subverted''': The reason for the imbalance is made clear--her bisexuality was just an act for marketing reasons.
* '''Double Subverted''': Except that was a later RetCon also for marketing reasons and she does date women, but far less.
* '''Parodied''': Alice somehow manages to ''forget'' that she is also attracted to women.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes Alice identifies as completely and utterly straight, other times as completely and utterly gay, rather than just saying she's bi.
* '''Averted''':

* '''Enforced''': MoralGuardians have stopped Alice's sexuality from being as explicit as the writers wanted it to be, so most of female relationships have to be subtext or implied, whilst her relationships with men can be more blatant.
* '''Lampshaded''': "No offense, but are you sure you're bisexual?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice is bi, but only just came out. Because she was closeted before, she hasn't dated any woman yet.
* '''Exploited''': Bob points out that Alice hasn't slept with a man since he's known her, and they'll revoke her Bisexuals of America membership card if she doesn't do so soon. This should also fix his own need for sex.
* '''Defied''': [[SuperOCD Alice, owing partially to OCD or OCPD always makes sure to keep her count of girlfriends and boyfriends equal out of a desire for symmetry]].
* '''Discussed''':

* '''Conversed''': "I thought this girl was meant to be a bisexual, but this is her seventh girlfriend in a row!"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice constantly boasts about how many sexual partners she has had of several genders, but is actually a virgin, and a prude, who is never seen flirting with either gender.
* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Implied''': "I am ''completely'' straight!" "What about that ex-girlfriend, Claire?" "She didn't count."
* '''Deconstructed''': Nobody believes that Alice is bisexual anymore because she's never actually had a girlfriend, and has had three boyfriends this year. This leads Alice to become depressed.
* '''Reconstructured''': Alice educates her friends on the Kinsey scale, and explains that you don't have to be equally attracted to men and women to be attracted to both men and women. Her friends apologize for questioning her identity.

** Alice's in a relationship with a man for the duration of the story and has no reason to chet on him with a woman.

* Alice wants to start a family and have children, which she believes is only possible by marrying a man.