The Beard: Difference between revisions

** The whole premise of the show is that Jack is wearing a fake shave so to speak.

* Played with on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' when the Doctor discusses the latest appearance of the Master [[The Nth Doctor|with himself]].

'''10th Doctor:''' No, no beard this time. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Well, a wife]]. }}

* In ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', Marc "dumps" Amanda as his beard, and she gets revenge by forcing him to use Betty as a new "girlfriend" to show off to his mother.

** And with Marge's other sister, Patty, her onetime relationship with Skinner might've been a [[retcon]]ned form of this, since Patty was eventually revealed to be a lesbian.

*** Considering the fact that the throw-away-line "There goes the last lingering thread of my heterosexuality" became accidental canon, it's entirely possible that Patty just "discovered" being gay, or was bisexual and now leans entirely towards women. Not an unrealistic situation.

* Cleveland's boss from [[The Cleveland Show]] in one episode had a wife or at least was pretending to be and everyone thinks or knows that the boss is gay, later he asks for his beard and the "wife" shows up holding a Santa beard.

* On ''[[King of the Hill]],'' Dale's dad, Bug, tried to pull off the gay version of this trope when he was still in the closet. After Dale's wedding, Bug was flirting with an attractive Filipino caterer when Dale came into the room. He quickly grabbed, in his own words, "the nearest thing in a dress"—which happened to be the bride, Nancy. Twenty years of estrangement followed.

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