Ooooooooooo – a thread that makes fun of my one area of purely useless expertise
I could name hundreds, but I’m supposed to pick just one?! How do I pick gayest? Kinsey-scale score? Flammibility? General fabulousness? Or just personal favourites?
I’ll go with the last.
But I can only narrow it down to a few, not just one. And that’s after we eliminate comic strip gay guys (Mik and Harley), lesbians (I’d like to put Utena on this list), and bisexual characters.
Here we go (Japan first):
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[li] Subaru Sumeragi from X/1999 and Tokyo Babylon[/li][li]Kaworu Nagisa from Evangelion[/li][li]Atsushi from Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki[/li][/ul]
For Western animation – Waylan Smithers, Big Gay Al, and of course…
…Will from Will & Grace
Oh come on – you’re hard pressed to find a more two-dimensional gay man than Will
Yes, Velma is definately a lesbian, but let’s not forget Fred. Hel-lo! Gay. Gay. Gay. Bleach-blonde hair, scarf around his neck, he obviously takes working out very seriously, and he never hits on Daphne–Freddie is my vote for gayest cartoon character.
That’s what they tell me. He and Matt from Melrose Place could get together andm, well, do absolutely nothing together, except be really nice guys, which is all they ever did.
Let’s face it, Smithers has gotten more action than those two
True, but I guess something one-dimensional still qualifies as a cartoon, if it qualifies as anything.
Will & Grace ought to be written by CLAMP Studios in Japan. Will & Grace – the YAOI Animé. Then it would everything – angst, violence, incest, and the Christian Apocalypse, as well as – ohmigods – homoeroticism.
Jack: (speaking Japanese with English subtitles) I’ve loved you from the moment I first met you. Will: Hah. You say that even though you know we’re destined to fight at the appointed time, the End of the World?
I’ll third James, but add that Team Rocket is the coolest group of bad guys since before Megatron turned into Spock. They are the only reason my head doesn’t explode when Pokemon is on. (like it does for all those rip offs, Cardcaptors or Knockoffamon or nemse to horrible to mention. Digimon is excluded because they always take 10 minutes before the show starts explaining everything that transpired with a guy who makes the Micro-Machines dude sound like he was talking slow, and i can never figure out if it is good because i am too confused)
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
They’ve covered that, actually–caught the episode in the PPG marathon the other night. The girls were convinced one of the boys had cooties, and imagined all sorts of horrible consequences, like loosing their powers, if they were infected. Mojo used the boy to drive them off until the kid actually managed to kiss one of them. IIRC, Buttercup has kissed that kid and one of the Rowdy Ruff boys (which caused him to detonate).
They aren’t really up to the competition in this thread, but I think the Goofy Gophers deserve at least a mention here. I’m afraid I have to vote for Him, though. Doesn’t he wear a tutu as well as the boots? Then there’s his aerobics outfit…
Buttercup, Velma, and Fred have all been “cleared”.
Buttercup developed a crush on the leader of the Gangrene Gang. She’ll leave behind a trail of broken male hearts (and noses) when she comes of age. Mark my words.
Velma has the hots for (the so Testosterone-laden it hurts) Johnny Bravo, and in the same episode the “they always split up so Fred and Daphne can go somewhere and make out” hypothesis is confirmed.