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--->'''Bob''': You're very pretty, Alice, but whenever I look at you I can't stop thinking about how you hang your toilet paper facing ''inwards''. YouMonster.

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--->'''Bob''': --->'''Bob:''' You're very pretty, Alice, but whenever I look at you I can't stop thinking about how you hang your toilet paper facing ''inwards''. YouMonster.YouMonster



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is known by everyone to be straight, until he starts dating Charlie. But then it's revealed that Charlie is a woman... but Bob didn't know. And now that he does know, he doesn't like her anymore. Finally, Bob comes out as bisexual.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is known by everyone to be straight, until he starts dating Charlie. But then it's revealed that Charlie is a woman... but Bob didn't know. And now that he does know, he doesn't like her anymore. Finally, Bob comes out as bisexual.



** An AscendedFanboy make Bob and Charlie a couple. Previously they were the [[LGBTFanbase favoured pairing]] of a particular {{fandom}}, while {{canon}} explicitly stated that Bob is straight.
** "We want gay romance in our work, [[ButNotTooGay but their homosexuality]] [[ButNotTooBi shouldn't be too obvious,]] how about making them presumably straight at first?"

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** An AscendedFanboy make Bob and Charlie a couple. Previously Previously, they were the [[LGBTFanbase favoured pairing]] of a particular {{fandom}}, while {{canon}} explicitly stated that Bob is straight.
** "We want gay romance in our work, [[ButNotTooGay but their homosexuality]] [[ButNotTooBi shouldn't be too obvious,]] obvious]], how about making them presumably straight at first?"



* '''Discussed''': "Isn't it weird how often straight characters end up crushing on someone of the same sex?"
* '''Conversed''':
-->'''Alice''': So wait, you're bisexual?\\
'''Bob''': Nah, Charlie is just a special case for him.

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
-->'''Alice:''' So wait, you're bisexual?\\
'''Bob:''' Nah, Charlie is just a special case for him.
* '''Conversed''':
"Isn't it weird how often straight characters end up crushing on someone of the same sex?"
* '''Conversed''':
-->'''Alice''': So wait, you're bisexual?\\
'''Bob''': Nah, Charlie is just a special case for him.
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** Bob is gay, Alice is lesbian. They both fall in love with each other and get married.

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** Bob is gay, gay and [[HeManWomanHater hates women]], Alice is lesbian.lesbian and DoesNotLikeMen. They both fall in love with each other and get married.
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** Alternatively, Bob is heteroflexible (primarily straight, but not entirely, and would be open to another guy under the right circumstances).
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Anything That Moves is a disambiguation


** SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or whether it is related to him... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].

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** SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), anything, regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or whether it is related to him...him or even sentient... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].
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** Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or whether it is related to him... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].

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** SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or whether it is related to him... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].
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** Bob then develops a crush on Danny, and he realizes he's simply gay.

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* '''Enforced''': An AscendedFanboy make Bob and Charlie a couple. Previously they were the [[LGBTFanbase favoured pairing]] of a particular {{fandom}}, while {{canon}} explicitly stated that Bob is straight.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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An AscendedFanboy make Bob and Charlie a couple. Previously they were the [[LGBTFanbase favoured pairing]] of a particular {{fandom}}, while {{canon}} explicitly stated that Bob is straight.straight.
** "We want gay romance in our work, [[ButNotTooGay but their homosexuality]] [[ButNotTooBi shouldn't be too obvious,]] how about making them presumably straight at first?"

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* '''Deconstructed''': After realizing his feelings for Charlie, Bob has trouble redefining his sexuality to account for this single exception, and ends up deliberately sabotaging their relationship so as to prove that it would never have worked out anyway.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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After realizing his feelings for Charlie, Bob has trouble redefining his sexuality to account for this single exception, and ends up deliberately sabotaging their relationship so as to prove that it would never have worked out anyway.anyway.
** Charlie knows that he's Bob's exception, and is afraid that Bob might just be going through a phase and will leave him for a woman once Bob figures out he really is straight after all. Charlie refuses to get too attached to Bob and becomes [[InsecureLoveInterest insecure]] in their relationship.


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** Charlie realizes that even if Bob ''was'' gay, it wouldn't stop him from leaving Charlie for another man, and that Bob absolutely loves him regardless of his dating history. He decides to open his heart to Bob and love him back.
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** Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or [[IncestIsRelative whether it is related to him]]... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].

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** Bob is an ExtremeOmnisexual willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves (or ''doesn't'' move), regardless of [[InterspeciesRomance species]], [[{{Gonk}} ugliness]], [[ILoveTheDead whether it's still alive or not]], or [[IncestIsRelative whether it is related to him]]...him... ''except'' for Alice, as she absolutely disgusts him for whatever reason. Bonus points if the reason is [[FelonyMisdemeanor something utterly trivial]].
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** Bob is demisexual, and doesn't really experience sexual attraction to other people unless they already have a strong emotional bond with him.
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** Charlie is a DudeLooksLikeALady, a WholesomeCrossdresser, or a {{trans|gender}} man, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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** Charlie is a DudeLooksLikeALady, a WholesomeCrossdresser, or a {{trans|gender}} UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}} man, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.
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** Bob is a closeted bisexual, and he has been attracted to men before. He just hid it before he met Charlie.
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** Alice claims that she is a hundred percent straight and that the dozens of women she was with was nothing but a phase that lasts for most of her life.
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** Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Fred. And Gary. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]

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** Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Fred. And Gary. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women.woman. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Fred. And Gary. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Fred. And Gary. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]honest!]]
** Bob and Charlie are ''married'', but Bob still thinks that [[HaveAGayOldTime being called homosexual is an insult]] and replies with NoYou.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is extremely proud of his heterosexuality and will [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind everyone of this fact every chance he gets]], to the point of being extremely lecherous around women and disgustingly homophobic around gay men... except for Charlie, of course, with whom he's in a loving, committed relationship.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob is extremely proud of his heterosexuality and will [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind everyone of this fact every chance he gets]], to the point of being extremely lecherous around women and disgustingly homophobic around gay men... except for Charlie, of course, with whom he's in a loving, committed relationship.relationship.
** Bob is gay, Alice is lesbian. They both fall in love with each other and get married.
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** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser or {{trans|gender}} man, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser DudeLooksLikeALady, a WholesomeCrossdresser, or a {{trans|gender}} man, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is extremely proud of his heterosexuality and will [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind everyone of this fact every chance he gets]], to the point of being extremely lecherous around women and disgustingly homophobic around gay men… except for Charlie, of course, with whom he's in a loving, committed relationship.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob just can't find any attractiveness in the members of his own gender… except for Charlie, whom he considers the epitome of masculine beauty, and the kind of person he wishes he looked more like.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is extremely proud of his heterosexuality and will [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind everyone of this fact every chance he gets]], to the point of being extremely lecherous around women and disgustingly homophobic around gay men… men... except for Charlie, of course, with whom he's in a loving, committed relationship.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob just can't find any attractiveness in the members of his own gender… gender... except for Charlie, whom he considers the epitome of masculine beauty, and the kind of person he wishes he looked more like.



** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser or female-to-male transgender, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser or female-to-male transgender, {{trans|gender}} man, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.



--->'''Bob:''' You're very pretty, Alice, but whenever I look at you I can't stop thinking about how you hang your toilet paper facing ''inwards''. YouMonster

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--->'''Bob:''' --->'''Bob''': You're very pretty, Alice, but whenever I look at you I can't stop thinking about how you hang your toilet paper facing ''inwards''. YouMonsterYouMonster.



** …or so they think. Alice is actually transgender and ultimately transitions to living as a woman. Bob stands by her side throughout her transition, and stills finds her attractive. She was his exception after all.
** …and [[SiblingIncest lover]].

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** …or ** ...or so they think. Alice is actually transgender and ultimately transitions to living as a woman. Bob stands by her side throughout her transition, and stills finds her attractive. She was his exception after all.
** …and ** ...and [[SiblingIncest lover]].



* '''Parodied''': Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Frank. And George. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is straight, and Charlie is the one exception. Oh, and Dennis. And Edward. Frank. Fred. And George.Gary. And Harry. Now that he thinks about it, he hasn't really dated any women. [[BlatantLies But he's definitely straight! We swear, honest!]]



* '''Conversed''': "So wait, Bob is bisexual?"\\
"Nah, Charlie is just a special case for him."

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* '''Conversed''': "So '''Conversed''':
-->'''Alice''': So
wait, Bob is bisexual?"\\
"Nah,
you're bisexual?\\
'''Bob''': Nah,
Charlie is just a special case for him."



Normally, I don't use the bottom links to return to the main page… but if it's to go back to IfItsYouItsOkay, then I'll gladly make an exception.

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Normally, I don't use the bottom links to return to the main page… page... but if it's to go back to IfItsYouItsOkay, then I'll gladly make an exception.
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** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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** Charlie is a WholesomeCrossdresser, WholesomeCrossdresser or female-to-male transgender, and Bob was attracted to him while thinking he was a woman, and still is after discovering his true gender.

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