History PlayingWith / ThreesomeSubtext

* '''Subverted''': Alice, Bob, and Charles have {{UST}}... until they get into a LoveTriangle. As Alice and Bob compete for Charles's affections, they get [[PsychoticLoveTriangle increasingly crazy and desperate]]. Alice and Bob's relationship is ruined by this competition, and any subtext they once had is whipped away.

* '''Straight''': The PowerTrio consists of Alice, Bob, and Charles. Alice and Bob are the OfficialCouple, Alice and Charles are {{Ship Tease}}d, and Bob and Charles share HoYay. The three of them are commonly {{shipp|ing}}ed.

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Enforced''': The writers try to keep up the drama in their show with excessive--often overlapping--{{Ship Teas|e}}ing.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, Bob, and Charles are in a love triangle... although it's anyone's guess which of them is supposted to the be the hing.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Despite not actually being in a relationship, their subtext means that people read Alice, Bob, and Charles and a couple, and they all face social disapproval for it. Alice is {{Slut Sham|ing}}ed for supposedly having two boyfriends. Bob and Charles face both homophobia and biphobia. And all three of them face disapproval from monogamists.

* '''Subverted''': Alice, Bob, and Charles used to have {{UST}}... until they get into a LoveTriangle. As Alice and Bob compete for Charles's affections, they get [[PsychoticLoveTriangle increasingly crazy and desperate]]. Alice and Bob's relationship is ruined by this competition, and any subtext they once had is whipped away.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...this craziness leads Charles to ScrewThisImOuttaHere. After Charles leaves, Alice and Bob make up, and start getting flirty again. And then new cutie Dan shows up, and he's [[HasAType their type]].

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice responds to Bob and Charles's flirtatious subtext with [[GuyOnGuyIsHot delight]].

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice and Bob are a couple, and their best friend Charles in single. They go out with him and try to be his [[RomanticWingman wingmen]], but because of their subtext, people they meet keep thinking Alice, Bob, and Charles are a triad, and that Charles is taken.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Bob and Charles are competing for Alice's affections in a reasonably friendly LoveTriangle. It looks like Alice is about to choose Bob, when Bob tries to close the triangle by flirting with Charles... and Charles adamantly and explicitly turns Bob down.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until Charles gets a change to talk to Alice about it. Charles through that by flirting with him, Bob was trying to cheat on Alice. Once he finds out that Bob had cleared it with her first, he's on board.
* '''Parodied''': Alice, Bob, and Charles are in a LoveTriangle. In order to attract Alice--who they know thinks GuyOnGuyIsHot--Bob and Charles flirt with each other in front of her. HilarityEnsues.

* '''Invoked''': Alice goes out with her {{Gay Best Friend}}s Bob and Charles. When a creep starts hitting on Alice, Bob and Charles pretend to be in a {{polyamor|y}}ous relationship with them [[TheBeard to ward off the creep]].

* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Bob and Charles both definitely like Alice, and they're friends--but they're both believably straight.

* '''Reconstructed''': The creator makes up with the fans, and all is well, and includes more subtext in later epsiodes.

* '''Invoked''': Alice goes out with her {{GayBestFriend}}s Bob and Charles. When a creep starts hitting on Alice, Bob and Charles pretend to be in a {{polyamor|y}}ous relationship with them [[TheBeard to ward off the creep]].

* '''Exaggerated''':

* '''Justified''':

* '''Exploited''':

* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':

* '''Played For Drama''':

%%* '''Implied''': ??? Is it even possible to IMPLY SUBTEXT?
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???