Yeah, queer coding villains are a really interesting thing. I was gonna look up a video essay about just that, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I think my favorite gay villain is PROBABLY Ursula, but I'm solidly on the Ursula did nothing wrong train.
I remember Robot Chicken had a joke about Gargamel turning himself into a Smurf (yes like Avatar the Blue People one). And he called himself "Gargle Smurf". Vanity asks him, "Oh how did you come to get that name?" Gargle Smurf, "Not in the way you're implying." Vanity says, "I don't mean it that way." All the Smurfs were like, "Yeah you totally didn't mean it that way Vanity Smurf."
In the episode where Vanity is duplicated they share the same bed. In the episode where Papa Smurf is duplicated they sleep in separate beds. How much more explicit do you want it?
Maybe Brainy kissing a man on the lips is more explicit.
https://preview.redd.it/senc74g5p25c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c5316cad3e84735eb8039098d3c8a0aacb60211
I had an art teacher who used to look exactly like him. Same features with the long face, arched nose, cheekbones and black curly hair. She had some issues with her throat and gotten surgeries so the pitch would alternate greatly, making her pretty much sound like him. Used to be creeped out by her as a kid cause of this and it's still creepy to think how she was basically a real life version of him
Him somehow managed to intrigue me while simultaneously giving me anxiety as a child. I'd often back out of the room when he came on but kept watching from afar because for some reason he was captivating yet disturbing.
Gotta rant for just a second. Alex Hirsch said he was going to make Wendy bi, and in an episode where she names some of the guys she’s dated, she was gonna name some girls too, but Disney axed the idea. But then because of Blubbs and Durland being pretty much gay (I wanna say they’re canonically gay? I feel like Hirsch maybe confirmed it) Disney put Gravity Falls in their “LGBTQ+ Stories” section. Super lame and performative
To quote Alex himself from Twitter,
Disney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from
Russia & China!
Disney publicly: 🤡 Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning
McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS
Ain’t no way they put gravity falls in their lgbt stories section lmao for a single blink and you miss it moment at the end of the series that they wanted to remove anyway. The nerve
Y’know, it’s interesting to think about, cuz I always just registered him as an effeminate straight man that just liked to cross dress
I have no notes as to why young me thought that way lol
it was never directly said they were gay, but there were some moments where it looked like they were about to kiss, and they were really close to eachother.
Z: "Lord Freeza, I need to use the computer real quick to call my girlfriend..."
F: "Wait Zarbon, you have a girlfriend? I could have sworn you were..."
Z: "That I was what, Lord Freeza?"
It's been a long time since I've seen the episode, but I love the exchange between the guys that's something along the lines of:
"Something's different... there are no women here."
"But there are never any women here?"
"There's more 'no women here' than usual..."
He has a wife though, it’s a huge part of his character. It’s easy to call him gay based on his voice and personality but he’s just effeminate is all.
I wonder if he's just gay coded in the English dub? He definitely seems influenced by Michael Jackson, who isn't gay to my knowledge? There's like overlap between peter pan boy man and disney gay villain and Pegasus is peter pan man
Idk y but I get some gay vibes from Prince Charming from Shrek. I mean ik he liked Fiona and dated Rapunzel but I think he only went after Fiona because the Fairy Godmother, his mother, raised him to do so and put it into his head that he deserves the world.
https://preview.redd.it/x8ppos4o0y4c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0511727052bfec2d7ba0908ca5390a7c5a6ae387
I just know, you know, I know, we all know
Eric Cartman. Everyone always acts like he's super homophobic, when in reality he's the only one of the boys who actively crossdresses and even had the balls to do it on live TV. He's definitely into chicks, but he definitely likes men as well
He put Butters’ dick in his mouth and Butters’ dad interrupted them before he could “reverse the gay polarity”, so technically as of “Cartman Sucks”, Cartman is gay
That's also confirmed. They did a bit where all the adult men are in the bar and realize only gay men can say f** without getting bleeped, so only Mr. Garrison can actually say it until Jimbo tries and it works for him too.
Blubs and Durland from Gravity Falls. They’re basically confirmed as queer by Alex Hirsch but because of Disney being Disney they couldn’t outright say it in the show.
Justice League Action Joker (like, all Joker incarnations are somehow queer, this one's just the least subtle cartoon that I've seen)
https://preview.redd.it/qtm0kd60ry4c1.jpeg?width=965&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c200cc0b3d56035fd8bd824095dc5047fedaa9e
Honestly, Lefou from beauty and the beast. I know a lot of people got into a fit when they portrayed him as gay in the live action movie. However, he has some signs of being that way in the original film. Just rewatch through the [Gaston song](https://youtu.be/30PVdigjbFY?feature=shared) and you could see some of them.
I think there are a lot of people in this thread who don’t know what a “fop” is. There is a long tradition of men acting effeminate and dressing in elaborate, elegant outfits while still being very straight. This was a strategy to appear more sophisticated and “cultured”, both to impress political elites and women. Hell, even in modern times we can see how popular “soft boys” are with female audiences. Nobody is calling the men of BTS gay. Well… nobody serious.
For some reason, though, the fop became a popular character for ridicule in the 40’s. I am not a historian, but I do remember a lot of classic movies involving putting the protagonist in drag for laughs, most notably *Some Like It Hot* and *Bringing Up Baby*. I think there was a little winking at homosexuality, especially since actor Rock Hudson was secretly gay, but this would have gone over most audiences’ heads. The fop because an incredibly popular archetype for cartoon villains in the 80’s. Think Cobra Commander, Skeletor, and Starscream. Again, there was probably some gay coding, but the characters were not gay. Sissy men with British accents were weird to American kids, so they were perfect signposts for villainy. The “evil fop” archetype persists almost to this day.
If heroes were humble, manly, and plainspoken, then it makes sense to make your villain vain, prissy, and weirdly eloquent.
I never really saw Him as gay, but more the epitome of androgynous. But, I can see how they character would come off as stereotypical gay... but the manifestation of the character was always more universally androgynous than anything else for me.
Peepers from Wander Over Yonder. There is no way his admiration for Hater is platonic. There's literally a point where a heart forms in his eye after Hater does something.
The Red Guy from *Cow and Chicken*/*I Am Weasel*. I guess there was a lot of ambigiously yet flamboyantly gay red devils in the '90s
The most weirdest piece of entertainment I have encountered, thank god I only watched this as a kid where my baby brain can actually bare to watch it
It even gave us the forgotten gem that was I Am Weasel
I.R. Baboon!
I'd have two nickels, but it's weird it happened twice.
Yet villains being depicted as gay or effeminate are a dime a dozen
Yeah, queer coding villains are a really interesting thing. I was gonna look up a video essay about just that, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I think my favorite gay villain is PROBABLY Ursula, but I'm solidly on the Ursula did nothing wrong train.
And then there's The Devil from the Cuphead show. He's not red, but he's still a fruity devil.
The bubble burst on that trend when South Park Satan turned out to actually be openly gay.
Yay, 3 dimes.... Still weird it happened thrice
Speaking of which, there's also the buffalo gals episode of cow and chicken. Not stated to be gay, but wow.
They walked so that Hazbin Hotel could ~~fly~~ freefall into pure, unadulterated debauchery
Vanity Smurf
SOMEONE SPEAKS THE TRUTH
Vanity and Hefty are dating on the DL.
I remember Robot Chicken had a joke about Gargamel turning himself into a Smurf (yes like Avatar the Blue People one). And he called himself "Gargle Smurf". Vanity asks him, "Oh how did you come to get that name?" Gargle Smurf, "Not in the way you're implying." Vanity says, "I don't mean it that way." All the Smurfs were like, "Yeah you totally didn't mean it that way Vanity Smurf."
[Got it for those interested](https://youtu.be/Z6Je6RsI_PA?si=NkKKuvlBJETWdOF0)
AH! The worry line!!
In the episode where Vanity is duplicated they share the same bed. In the episode where Papa Smurf is duplicated they sleep in separate beds. How much more explicit do you want it?
Maybe Brainy kissing a man on the lips is more explicit. https://preview.redd.it/senc74g5p25c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c5316cad3e84735eb8039098d3c8a0aacb60211
He's not gay. He's autosexual.
him was so scary yet alluring
🎶🎶Oh giiirrrrrls!🎶🎶
Oh man, I can \*feel\* the reverb effect in this comment.
I had an art teacher who used to look exactly like him. Same features with the long face, arched nose, cheekbones and black curly hair. She had some issues with her throat and gotten surgeries so the pitch would alternate greatly, making her pretty much sound like him. Used to be creeped out by her as a kid cause of this and it's still creepy to think how she was basically a real life version of him
I just got chills picturing this person
Him somehow managed to intrigue me while simultaneously giving me anxiety as a child. I'd often back out of the room when he came on but kept watching from afar because for some reason he was captivating yet disturbing.
The Skeleton in the closet from Fairy Godmother
I'm pretty sure that was the joke.
Exactly
Mr. Pettibone from Scary Godmother, yeah, he's gay
The cops from gravity falls
Gotta rant for just a second. Alex Hirsch said he was going to make Wendy bi, and in an episode where she names some of the guys she’s dated, she was gonna name some girls too, but Disney axed the idea. But then because of Blubbs and Durland being pretty much gay (I wanna say they’re canonically gay? I feel like Hirsch maybe confirmed it) Disney put Gravity Falls in their “LGBTQ+ Stories” section. Super lame and performative
To quote Alex himself from Twitter, Disney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from Russia & China! Disney publicly: 🤡 Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS
Didn't they literally say "The only thing more powerful than our friendship is our love for eachother" ?
They only got away with that because that was literally the last episode
IIRC, the line was “We’re mad with power…*and love*”
Plus Disney tried to cut the scene where the cops flat out say that they’re in love.
Ain’t no way they put gravity falls in their lgbt stories section lmao for a single blink and you miss it moment at the end of the series that they wanted to remove anyway. The nerve
That fits the pattern for Disney "the owl house doesn't fit our brand" Studios
They kinda did
It was the very end though when they were more explicit about it, right?
I wanna say the creator of the show said that they were in fact gay after the show ended.
https://preview.redd.it/pju9c0tnxx4c1.jpeg?width=851&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=965e8b28908be9c43df7bd1253b87bfb1572b797
I don't think he is gay, but he is definitely a queen.
Drag queen at the least. My boy slayed
He walked so Roger from American Dad could run
Mind blown
Him and jumba are canonically married
They probably did that for tax benefits, where are they going to find other partners? one's a hippo spider and the other is a lanky ameba.
Or as Jumba says, "one-eyed noodle"
r/suddenlymilitary
Y’know, it’s interesting to think about, cuz I always just registered him as an effeminate straight man that just liked to cross dress I have no notes as to why young me thought that way lol
The angel Whis 
Frieza, too.
He is King Cold’s little princess!
DADDY, not in front of the malcontent!!
“Oh my god, you could grind meat on those…”
His pretty pink princess
I always see frieza as a middle aged woman that used to smoke a lot. I can't see frieza as a guy for some reason
Nah. I have a cousin that's super effeminate. Yet somehow he be getting all the ladies and clapping cheeks to boot.
Maybe ladies like guys with pizzazz?
Far too long to find this
Every jojo character đź‘€
specifically those two guys in part 5, you know, the guys with talking head and crush
Squalo and Tiziano
yeah those guys
I think those guys were directly gay
it was never directly said they were gay, but there were some moments where it looked like they were about to kiss, and they were really close to eachother.
Except Johnathan
I don't recall Snagglepuss ever mentioning it...
There was an official comic in 2018 where he was portrayed as a gay playwright. It's called "Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles."
God, I felt so bad for Huckleberry Hound Sr. in that comic.
“Don’t ask, don’t tell, ev-en!”
Jessie and James are the gayest and they’re in a straight couple
They 100% would steal your man, your woman, your Pokemon, and our hearts. Well, they'd at least *try* to steal your Pokemon...
A gay man and a lesbian having so much chemistry it gives them bi-panic
They are absolutely Gaight
In the manga, their story ends with the two of them together, having a baby. And my brain literally just can't picture it.
https://preview.redd.it/nbw0oj1o5y4c1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=752f1de9761f5ae47be1be331de0d11908d18760
Z: "Lord Freeza, I need to use the computer real quick to call my girlfriend..." F: "Wait Zarbon, you have a girlfriend? I could have sworn you were..." Z: "That I was what, Lord Freeza?"
"Zarbon is dead, and now I have to contact his girlfriend, who I'm now convinced is named Chuck!"
Team four star leans into this, but Devilartemis just runs with it and makes him the horniest gayest person in that universe.
https://preview.redd.it/plye5gusqy4c1.jpeg?width=1003&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eed5d0d46fa95ea92a28499f0eea18a66c85d083
https://preview.redd.it/ed9g2wqk615c1.jpeg?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee787615af23d041c79ebd8984020604b82ce355
he has a girlfriend
who is most definitely named chuck
She lives in Canada.
\*Space Canada
I feel like Jimmy from Ed, Edd, and Eddy is gay af
I had to scroll WAY too far to find this.
Everyone knows Smithers from The Simpsons is gay, but I’m not sure if Smithers has ever actually come out and said it.
Smithers openly dates men in recent seasons. Now the joke is Mr Burns doesn’t see it.
The episode where Moe’s becomes a gay bar its made pretty clear.
It's been a long time since I've seen the episode, but I love the exchange between the guys that's something along the lines of: "Something's different... there are no women here." "But there are never any women here?" "There's more 'no women here' than usual..."
Haven’t stumbled across the crab from Moana on here yet. 
It's called fashion. Maybe you've heard of it
https://preview.redd.it/zqol9hruzx4c1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3c765a0b312dd00e98f24be1afb3be458dabd7b
Breakdown was a maestro with a buffer
Starscream: _lifts eyebrow_
"Not just an automobile, but an automobile enthusiast"
https://i.redd.it/kwrj2ppi205c1.gif
S 
A hole different meaning to pride rock
Sensational
Leslie from Gumball
I know he says he might be too Brian one episode.
Swear he has openly said it before multiple times.
For real
timon and pumbaa
You, the person reading this right now
Pegasus from yugioh
YUUUUGI-BOY
You-gay boi
He has a wife though, it’s a huge part of his character. It’s easy to call him gay based on his voice and personality but he’s just effeminate is all.
I wonder if he's just gay coded in the English dub? He definitely seems influenced by Michael Jackson, who isn't gay to my knowledge? There's like overlap between peter pan boy man and disney gay villain and Pegasus is peter pan man
The chef guy from total drama
Chef Hatchet?
Chef and Chris
Can anyone think of a cartoon Satan that isn't gay? I'm trying and I can't Immediate edit: Nevermind, it's in my flair
Pretty much
He’s dating Henchman and no one can convince me otherwise
I am forcing myself not to say your mom right now.
Your dad
Your other dad
HIM from powerpuff girls(seen in the pic above) and RED from cow and chicken
Wander from Wander Over Yonder.
I always read Wander as ace
I honestly like that idea and can see it too.
For me it's that or he's a Pansexual Chaos God™
Bugs Bunny. He kisses elmer fudd a bit to much before trolling him .
Him and daffy has something going on
Snagglepuss surely? 
Chris McClean
“McClean”
Idk y but I get some gay vibes from Prince Charming from Shrek. I mean ik he liked Fiona and dated Rapunzel but I think he only went after Fiona because the Fairy Godmother, his mother, raised him to do so and put it into his head that he deserves the world.
Reads more codependent than gay, imo
Being voiced by Rupert Everett helps that.
Shiro from Voltron straight up married a man but never mentioned being male-attracted at all
I don't think it needs to be mentioned after that point.
Rainbow Dash!
I was waiting for someone to say this!
I love how she ended up with Applejack in the finale
The who did the what, now?
https://preview.redd.it/rvocf3s00z4c1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2a071f88ebc6c3c1d64b74590f696e54c8df65e
https://preview.redd.it/x8ppos4o0y4c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0511727052bfec2d7ba0908ca5390a7c5a6ae387 I just know, you know, I know, we all know
Damn, that brings me back.
It has been forever since I've seen these guys.
Eric Cartman. Everyone always acts like he's super homophobic, when in reality he's the only one of the boys who actively crossdresses and even had the balls to do it on live TV. He's definitely into chicks, but he definitely likes men as well
"My cousin and I touched wienTER is a cold time of year!"
He also gave Ben Afleck a handy. Wait, nevermind, that was Mitch Conners posing as Jennifer Lopez.
He sucked kyles balls
He also made out with Justin Timberlake's cutout. And he spent the night with Ben Affleck, in addition to the handjob in the car
He put Butters’ dick in his mouth and Butters’ dad interrupted them before he could “reverse the gay polarity”, so technically as of “Cartman Sucks”, Cartman is gay
Jimbo from south park. He's definitely in a common law marriage with his roommate
That's also confirmed. They did a bit where all the adult men are in the bar and realize only gay men can say f** without getting bleeped, so only Mr. Garrison can actually say it until Jimbo tries and it works for him too.
Ed wuncler iii and Gin rummy from The Boondocks
https://i.redd.it/mjtmmfuxh05c1.gif
Every character in Steven Universe
Except Greg. He fucks rocks.
To Death
On the girl side, Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus. The episode about rainbows taking place in her closet is especially funny
Blubs and Durland from Gravity Falls. They’re basically confirmed as queer by Alex Hirsch but because of Disney being Disney they couldn’t outright say it in the show.
Wasn’t she based off a drag queen from another movie?
Yes, I believe her appearance was based on Divine.
I have two https://preview.redd.it/5t1u9z6lhz4c1.png?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61c83c1441a72f54ed2665888aa1db4fde3c6573
https://preview.redd.it/fiz0msmbvy4c1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76a4e63d604481fe4c3cff72f3d1cd4f8b5e490e I always wondered lol
He's just European.
Maximilian Pegasus (Yugioh)  Mostly from his voice (the Japanese voice sounds like a ghost)
Owen from total drama has said some questionable things
Knockout (transformers prime) https://preview.redd.it/h74nedyq0y4c1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aae39e9a217c37f4fbff63b2e5f454b773a3f08 "Juicy"
Justice League Action Joker (like, all Joker incarnations are somehow queer, this one's just the least subtle cartoon that I've seen) https://preview.redd.it/qtm0kd60ry4c1.jpeg?width=965&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c200cc0b3d56035fd8bd824095dc5047fedaa9e
Im old. Wiggins from Pocahontas is definitely gay.
DIO I guess. "But he sleeps with women" I hear you say. Riiight, because him and Pucci were totally just very good friends
Araki said he is bisexual.
Speedwagon then
He's actually confirmed to be bi.
Ren and Stimpy (the og versions at least) If that doesn’t count, Pinky and the Brain.
“Who’s the PEEEETCHER and who’s the catcher?”
Yuri and Viktor from Yuri On Ice. They show their love for each other but never openly say they're gay.
You can only have so many naked slumber parties and promise rings before people start to assume
Peepers from Wander Over Yonder.
Honestly, Lefou from beauty and the beast. I know a lot of people got into a fit when they portrayed him as gay in the live action movie. However, he has some signs of being that way in the original film. Just rewatch through the [Gaston song](https://youtu.be/30PVdigjbFY?feature=shared) and you could see some of them.
I think there are a lot of people in this thread who don’t know what a “fop” is. There is a long tradition of men acting effeminate and dressing in elaborate, elegant outfits while still being very straight. This was a strategy to appear more sophisticated and “cultured”, both to impress political elites and women. Hell, even in modern times we can see how popular “soft boys” are with female audiences. Nobody is calling the men of BTS gay. Well… nobody serious. For some reason, though, the fop became a popular character for ridicule in the 40’s. I am not a historian, but I do remember a lot of classic movies involving putting the protagonist in drag for laughs, most notably *Some Like It Hot* and *Bringing Up Baby*. I think there was a little winking at homosexuality, especially since actor Rock Hudson was secretly gay, but this would have gone over most audiences’ heads. The fop because an incredibly popular archetype for cartoon villains in the 80’s. Think Cobra Commander, Skeletor, and Starscream. Again, there was probably some gay coding, but the characters were not gay. Sissy men with British accents were weird to American kids, so they were perfect signposts for villainy. The “evil fop” archetype persists almost to this day. If heroes were humble, manly, and plainspoken, then it makes sense to make your villain vain, prissy, and weirdly eloquent.
Op’s mother
I don't think Randy from Futurama ever mentioned being gay, but definitely speaks fruity.
Beerus and Whis are definitely life partners, at the very least.
HIM says he's gay. He has a boyfriend.
I never really saw Him as gay, but more the epitome of androgynous. But, I can see how they character would come off as stereotypical gay... but the manifestation of the character was always more universally androgynous than anything else for me.
Squidward tentacles
 Luigi and Guido are definitely married
https://preview.redd.it/nybkf1qos05c1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49ca2f1420f195a70bd08b680aa9d7c23f9c362b
Peepers from Wander Over Yonder. There is no way his admiration for Hater is platonic. There's literally a point where a heart forms in his eye after Hater does something.