Tropescilloscope: Camp Gay

A flamboyant gay character. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Guy Artistic License – Geography Suspiciously Specific Denial Brick Joke This Is Gonna Suck Gory Discretion Shot Visual Pun Humiliation Conga You Have Failed Me Never Trust a Trailer Made of Explodium No Ending Whole Plot Reference Shoot the Shaggy Dog Vomit Discretion Shot Chekhov's Gun Not Quite Dead Death by Adaptation Catch-Phrase Big Eater May–December Romance Agony of the Feet Vomit Indiscretion Shot Defrosting Ice Queen Groin Attack Anti-Hero Attempted Rape Ambiguous Ending Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Stuff Blowing Up Four-Temperament Ensemble Rape as Drama Redemption Equals Death Dull Surprise Your Head A-Splode Immune to Bullets Shut Up, Hannibal! Deconstruction Friend to All Children The Power of Love timeperiod Dual Wielding Take That! Arc Words Male Frontal Nudity Extremely Short Timespan Fourth Date Marriage It Will Never Catch On Grey and Gray Morality Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Boom, Headshot! 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The Casanova The Ditz Those Two Bad Guys Slap-Slap-Kiss No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Overprotective Dad Mind Screw Anyone Can Die Kubrick Stare Due to the Dead Eyepatch of Power Pre-Mortem One-Liner I Need a Freaking Drink Took a Level in Badass Superhero Kill 'em All Narrator Men Are the Expendable Gender The Load And Starring Male Gaze Authority Equals Asskicking Curb-Stomp Battle Suspiciously Similar Substitute Meaningful Name Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Big Brother Instinct Danny Peary Cult Movies List Car Fu Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Dark Is Not Evil The Quiet One The Brute My Beloved Smother Stock Footage Author Avatar The '50s Affably Evil Actually Pretty Funny The Atoner Bolivian Army Ending Kill It with Fire Toplessness from the Back