Faux Yay: Difference between revisions

 

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* Ayame Sohma of ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' is practically the incarnation of this trope: he wears feminine clothes, speaks in a stereotypically "gay" manner, crawls into bed to cuddle with an unwilling Kyo, and constantly exchanges sexually-charged banter with Shigure that implies [[Kissing Cousins|more than cousinly affection]]. Despite this, he's actually quite straight. He has a girlfriend and business partner he adores (Mine Kuramae, the local seamstress and [[Meganekko]]), and his constant flirting with Shigure turns out to just be a mutual gag they use to bug people (and in Ayame's case, {{spoiler|perhaps to discourage the family head from having sex with him).}}

* Twins Hikaru and Kaoru from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' [[Genre Savvy|intentionally exaggerate their "brotherly affection"]] to cater to their [[Twincest]]-loving [[Yaoi Fangirl]] clientele. [[Played for Drama]] later on, when the reason supplied for their "unnatural" closeness is an inability to open up to other people.

*** [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Possibly Itsuki was lying to mess with Kyon.]]

*** The girls also have fun with each other, but are only really romantically uncomfortable with Kyon. (And not Itsuki.)

* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': Saitou, while he may or may not actually be interested in men (who knows with him?), is willing enough to pretend to be for information.

* In ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'', the class president pretends to be a lesbian who's in love with San after she botches a [[Love Confession]] to Nagasumi. When you confess to someone, you ''really'' should make sure you're talking to the right person.

** Nagasumi pretends to be gay for Masa, to avoid letting him regain his lost memories.

* In'' [[Nichijou]]'', Mai convinces Yukko that she's [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|starting to develop feelings for her]] for all of two minutes before revealing that [[The Gadfly|it was just to see if she could get a funny response]].

 

== Comic Books ==

* In ''[[X-Force]]'', newcomers Phat and Vivisector pretended to be lovers because they felt their teammates were getting a disproportionate amount of media attention. This all gets turned on its head when they conclude that they really ''are'' gay... but not actually attracted to one another. They stay friends, though.

 

* The eponymous character from [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2636980/1/Uzumaki_Harry Uzumaki Harry] starts doing this towards Snape in Chapter 13, mainly to mess with everybody's heads.

 

== Film ==

* In ''Freshman Orientation'', (basically the same thing as in ''[[Kick-Ass]]''), a freshman in college pretends to be gay in order to score the girl of his dreams.

* In ''[[Plan B]]'', the very straight Bruno pretends to be interested in his ex Laura's reportedly bisexual boyfriend Pablo as part of a convoluted scheme to win her back. {{spoiler|Then it becomes not so faux after all when Bruno realizes that he's [[Becoming the Mask|become genuinely smitten with Pablo]].}}

 

== Literature ==

** Also, Thomas plays it up when he overhears Butters accidentally [[Mistaken for Gay|think that Harry is gay.]] This irritates the crap out of Harry.

* In the thriller ''One Of Us'', an actor has used this to [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity|achieve notoriety]], with everyone arguing over whether he has the right to stay in the closet. Upon discovering proof that he visits female prostitutes, the hero informs him, "Your lack of a secret is safe with me."

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* This is the whole plot driving force in the first story arc of Colombian series ''[[Los Caballeros Las Prefieren Brutas]]''.

* In an episode of ''[[Happy Endings]]'', straight dude Dave kisses his best friend Max to convince Max's parents that they're dating and save him from being set up with other guys by his mom.

 

== Music ==

* [[Mindless Self Indulgence]] frontman James "Jimmy Urine" Euringer was known for this, first as shock, (there exists footage of him making out with a male audience member, knocking him over, and then teabagging him) then for humor, where he would pull off the [[Camp Gay]] archetype as a gag.

* [[Britpop|Suede]] used this in their stage act and songs like "The Drowners", about a male-on-male seduction. May have been angling for [[Guy-On-Guy Is Hot]] appeal.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

** It didn't fully go away, the character basically "just acted that way," including outright trying to kiss male competitors mid-match and such. Especially in his later "unstable" phase where he came out in varying costumes as ___Dust, half the time it was something along the lines of semi-cross-dressing [[Marilyn Manson|MansonDust]]. After his time in the spotlight faded and he was in and out (pun not intended) of the company, the character has boiled down to "Dustin Runnels in gold-and-black facepaint".

 

* ''Underground 2'' featured stage lesbians as [[Pit Girls]].

* This is part of Joshua's act in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' as he flirts with Neku. Given {{spoiler|the whole Composer thing}}, it's pretty clear that Joshua just [[Jerkass|wants to make Neku uncomfortable]].

* Max Galactica hits on Phoenix Wright ("You've stolen one of my hearts!" when Phoenix pulls an Ace of Hearts from his deck) in ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. However, the flamboyant camp performer's persona masks {{spoiler|a Southern-fried country boy.}} However, Max seems to prefer [[Camp Straight]] to [[Camp Gay]].

 

* Inverted in ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', when at a party, Cyndi publicly makes out with Daphne, a lesbian who's been established as desperate for a partner, and then turns to tell Marshall that she's essentially straight; Daphne is visibly hurt at this, and later insights into Cyndi's character (including that she most certainly does like girls, Sara in particular) suggest that hurting Daphne was her primary goal.

* [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2006/03/06/lesbian This] ''[[Shortpacked]]'' strip, with Amber shanghaied into attempting to throw off an unwanted admirer with faux-lesbianism.

* In an ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Q&A session, Lisa theorises that [[Gender Bender|Elliot]]'s '[[Genki Girl|party form]]' would do this to put on a show for the guys, despite probably not being a lesbian. This is largely based an event where Lisa (an actual lesbian, or at least bisexual) was on the receiving end of a one-sided version during college, and thought it was for real before having her hopes dashed when her admirer left with a guy she'd attracted via the Faux Yay. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Not that she admits to it, of course.]]

 

 

== Western Animation ==

** Brian might have been faux yay, but Stewie was clearly enjoying it a little too much to qualify. That wasn't even the second time in the show Stewie hatched a plan that involved making out with Brian.

 

* Japanese comedian Razor Ramon - aka, "Hard Gay", who is actually married to a woman and is <s>reportedly</s> heterosexual.

** And what a woman!

* The famous [[David Tennant]] / [[John Barrowman]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq5UAk1Bxc kiss] although this is less "pretending to be gay" as "[[Pandering to the Base|driving]] the [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] [[Squee|insane]]."

* Similarly, [[Jared Padalecki]] does this, both to drive fangirls insane and to play pranks on his ''Supernatural'' costars. The blooper reels are filled with ass-slapping, kissy faces, and general sillyness.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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