# Gayest 'toon character. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846 "2002-06-01T03:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/81 "2002-06-09T16:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > \*\*Every male character on _Masters Of The Universe_ struck me as still being in the closet. Plus they all obviously liked working out. \*\* He-Man was my hero as a child. You mean to tell me he… no, he couldn’t be! Not He-Man! Well, now that you mention it … I can see it. Anyone remember _Danger Mouse_? I always thought his little sidekick Penfold was gay. Then again, it was the '80s and I hadn’t even hit puberty yet, so I had little-to-no idea what “gay” was. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/82 "2002-06-09T17:10:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*Personally, the first thing that came to my mind was James from Pokemon as well. Every costume of his involves a dress/two-two (too-too? I’ve never spelled it before), \*\* tutu Anyway, from the first Big Gay Al episode… Sparky the gay dog! They actually showed GAY DOG SEx, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/83 "2002-06-09T17:53:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tim R. Mortiss \* > \*\*I’d have to agree with Chip and Dale as the limpest-wristed cartoon characters still with a closet to their name. But Beavis and Butthead’s teacher (Van Dreesen? It’s been awhile) comes mighty close…Tim \*\* Next to Warner Bros “The Goofy Gophers,” Chip ‘N’ Dale were mega butch war heroes. [sub]After you. No, I insist, after you.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/84 "2002-06-09T18:51:04Z")
Bluto/Brutus from Popeye. Massive overcompensation highlighted in a continous series of epic homoerotic battles in an attempt to bed a women who’s body is that of a boy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/85 "2002-06-09T18:55:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \* > \*\*Bluto/Brutus from Popeye. Massive overcompensation highlighted in a continous series of epic homoerotic battles in an attempt to bed a women who’s body is that of a boy. \*\* …but, wouldn’t that make Popeye gay , too? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/86 "2002-06-09T19:28:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\* > > …but, wouldn’t that make Popeye gay , too? \*\* You didn’t hear it from me… ---
**Author:** ![ThreeSarahBirds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@ThreeSarahBirds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreeSarahBirds)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/87 "2002-06-09T19:53:58Z")
Not old Huck, but what was the name of that lion with him, the one that spoke in a sort of English upper-class accent, now HE was gay! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/88 "2002-06-09T20:15:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\* > > …but, wouldn’t that make Popeye gay , too? \*\* Well… some say they’re already there. [Popeye and Bluto](http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=573) > [@](#): > > Classic cartoon enemy musclemen Popeye and Bluto haven’t kissed but they have made up in this animated campaign behind Minute Maid orange juice. The two have overcome their differences to such a degree that some in the gay community (and the straight media too, such as [Slate.com](http://Slate.com) ad reviewer Rob Davis) have wondered if the sailors are supposed to suddenly be romantic partners. > > The two play like school children on a swing, a see-saw, bury each other in sand on the beach, and get tattoos together that say “Buddies for Life.” At the end, they ride a two-person bicycle—passing usual romantic interest Olive Oyl without a notice. She offers a confused, if not suspicious, look as they pedal away. or [Where to meet women who used to be men"](http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=920) or [Lesbian Green M&M](http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=163) ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/89 "2002-06-09T21:26:40Z")
Three words: Huey, Dewie, and Louie. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/90 "2002-06-09T22:32:33Z")
I thought Donald’s nephews digged Daisy’s nieces, or at least Rosie, the maid’s granddaughter… Simon from Alvin and the Chipmunks had his love interest in the nerdy gal from the Chippetes or whatever it’s name is female band. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/91 "2002-06-09T23:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KarlGrenze \* > **I thought Donald’s nephews digged Daisy’s nieces, or at least Rosie, the maid’s granddaughter…** Wasn’t the granddaughter’s name “Webby”? It’s sad that I remember that. I don’t know the name of the character (he might not even _have_ a name), but one of the waiters at Al’s cafe on _Reboot_ hit on Bob. Definitely add Dr. Quest and Race Bannon to the list. I can’t be the only one who saw that episode of _Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tolyri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tolyri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tolyri)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/92 "2002-06-10T00:56:11Z")
I once saw an episode of _The Flintstones_ with the following dialogue. (I swear I’m not making this up.) (Background: Fred and Barney are involved in some hare-brained scheme. They have to figure out how to get out of the situation without their “wives” finding out.) Fred: C’mon Barney, give me an idea. Two heads are better than one. Barney: But Fred, I already have two heads. That alone gives Barney my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Diff\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diff\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diff_T)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/93 "2002-06-10T01:57:19Z")
Fred Flintstone may have had Homosexual tendencies… as well as Super Mario, or at least Mario had cross gender “tendencies”. Flinstone seems pretty hetero. The Great Gazoo, was gay! Only Fred could see him, I think that was Fred’s Homosexual side, only Fred saw him, so you would think it’s a certain part of his psyche emerging. But that doesn’t explain the wished he granted… In Super Mario Bros. 2, there was a character named “Birdo”. If you had the original Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game, you would read in the booklet that Birdo was a boy, who wished to be a girl. Other versions of the game don’t go near this idea with a 10 foot poll. I think it was just too “risqué” for a Nintendo character concept. But if you Finnish the game, you find out that the whole adventure was a dream of a slumbering Mario. This means that Mario dreamed this character up himself, thus having a side of him we rarely see. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/94 "2002-06-10T13:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThreeSarahBirds \* > \*\*Not old Huck, but what was the name of that lion with him, the one that spoke in a sort of English upper-class accent, now HE was gay! \*\* [Snagglepuss](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/doc/snagglepuss/) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/95 "2002-06-10T14:09:07Z")
**Pete the Puma**. I always suspected Mr “Give me a lotta lumps, a whooole lotta lumps” was also a bit of a BDSM devoté. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/96 "2002-06-10T14:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diff T \* > \*\*Fred Flintstone may have had Homosexual tendencies… as well as Super Mario, or at least Mario had cross gender “tendencies”. > Flinstone seems pretty hetero. The Great Gazoo, was gay! Only Fred could see him, I think that was Fred’s Homosexual side, only Fred saw him, so you would think it’s a certain part of his psyche emerging. But that doesn’t explain the wished he granted… > In Super Mario Bros. 2, there was a character named “Birdo”. If you had the original Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game, you would read in the booklet that Birdo was a boy, who wished to be a girl. Other versions of the game don’t go near this idea with a 10 foot poll. I think it was just too “risqué” for a Nintendo character concept. But if you Finnish the game, you find out that the whole adventure was a dream of a slumbering Mario. This means that Mario dreamed this character up himself, thus having a side of him we rarely see. \*\* Never would have expected **Fred Fintstone** or **Super Mario**. ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/97 "2002-06-10T15:02:03Z")
_sigh_ So many closet cases. Is the cartoon world really so oppressive, still? Anyone winning the title “gayest cartoon character” ought to be _out_. That should narrow our list considerably. ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/98 "2002-06-10T15:25:32Z")
Speed Racer ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/99 "2002-06-10T16:58:20Z")
How about Aeon Flux? I seem to remember an episode on Mtv’s Liquid Television with Aeon making hot lesbian love with her clone. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846/100 "2002-06-10T17:53:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diff T \* > **In Super Mario Bros. 2, _snip_** Super Mario Bros. 2 (the U.S. version) wasn’t the true sequel to Super Mario Bros.–it was a remake of a Japanese game called “Doki Doki Panic.” The two games had the same enemies, levels, etc.; the only difference was that Mario and friends were used as the main characters (which were all males in Doki Doki Panic, I think). But I do think that Bowser has a thing for Mario. He keeps nabbing the Princess, but never once tries to get it on with her–he just uses her to lure Mario over to his castle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-toon-character/111846.md?page=6)