History Main / GayBarReveal

** Also on the ''Simpsons'' episode "Homer's Phobia" (where Homer makes friends with a kitschy antique store owner who looks like [and is voiced by] John Waters, but breaks off the friendship when he finds out that John is gay and Bart may be influenced by him), Homer takes Bart to a steel mill that turns into a gay dance club/bar after the work day is over.

* One of the more famous examples is the [[PoliceAcademy Blue Oyster Bar]] from the first PoliceAcademy movie. Mahoney fools the academy's JerkAss students into going to the BOB. The last scene at the bar shows the two jerks being held in a tight embrace by two HardGay bikers.

* Three words: [[PoliceAcademy Blue...Oyster...Bar]].

* Played for laughs by ''TheSimpsons''; Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in a very obviously lesbian bar, providing the page quote, which is followed by a woman asking "What's her problem?" as he leaves.

Manford M. Manly has just had the GayBarReveal. He has walked into a bar or club ignorant of its nature and slowly realises that its a gay bar. It normally only happens to the character most likely to freak out about it, sometimes they'll actually be accompanied by someone who does get it quicker than them or even lead them there who provides a foil for the few moments before they catch on. Sometimes Manford will have the conspicuous homosexual elements pointed out to him but [[AntiGoggles automatically imagines it to all be part of manly bonding.]]

The bar itself can vary in terms of its queerness. At one end of the scale it can be completely inconspicuous until someone points out that there are only male patrons and a few of them are holding hands. The bar can often at the point of the GayBarReveal suddenly become a lot more obvious. On the other hand, the trope can be frequently parodied by so obviously being WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame that it makes the surprised patron look stupid.

* ''FamilyGuy'': after the Drunken Clam shuts and is replaced by a British pub, Peter and his friends start looking for a new place to hang out. They eventually come across a lesbian bar called ''The Cherry Pit'', and seem quite happy that they have good sports on TV. Upon realizing that the girls at the bar are not making out because they're lonely, they demonstrate something like the 5 stages of Grief in regards to male comprehension of Lesbianism (surprise, arousal, rejection/dejection, acceptance) then leave. Quagmire takes the time to throw in a penetration joke, of course.

* In ''{{Fanboys}}'', in which a BadGuyBar out in the middle of nowhere turns out to be a gay bar -- which the main characters realise after one of them casually uses a homphobic slur in front of the bar's many [[HardGay large musclebound patrons]].

* Played with in [[http://thenewgay.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/curt_glee_rolling_stone.jpg this]] promotional pic for ''{{Glee}}'' from ''Rolling Stone'' -- it's obviously a HardGay hangout, but it's more "Wrong Gay Bar Reveal" as the hapless patron is [[FlamboyantGay Kurt]]. (Saved from UnfortunateImplications by the regulars not looking [[RapeAsComedy predatory]] but equally dubious about ''him''.)

But wait, what's that? A series of short sudden close ups on each of the elements of the bar have revealed the truth. Those manly steel bars are for pole dancing, the bass music is techno, the bikers and steel workers are accompanied by a naval officer, police man and Native American and that ain't Greco-Romano wrestling they're engaging in.

[[RatedMForManly Manford M. Manly]] wanders the streets looking for a burly bar where he can makes a DrinkOrder of his favourite GargleBlaster, proposition women with crude sexual {{Double Entendre}}s and watch manly high impact sports on a 30 year old television before establishing alpha male dominance by engaging in Greco-Romano wrestling with other patrons.

Manford M. Manly has just had the GayBarReveal. He has walked into a bar or club ignorant of its nature and slowly realises that its a gay bar. It normally only happens to the character most likely to freak out about it, sometimes they'll actually be accompanied by someone who does get it quicker than them or even lead them there who provides a foil for the few moments before they catch on. Sometimes Manford will have the [[HoYay conspicuous homosexual elements]] pointed out to him but [[AntiGoggles automatically imagines it to all be part of manly bonding.]]

->''"Wait a minute... There's something bothering me about this place... I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit!"''

->''"Wait a minute... There's something bothering me about this place... I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your deathrap, ladies!"''

* Inverted in ''{{Menage a 3}}, where Sandra and [=DiDi=] go into a bar to talk, notice that there are mostly man there and conclude that it's a gay bar. It's actually a strip club.

* ''Family Guy'': after the Drunken Clam shuts and is replaced by a British pub, Peter and his friends start looking for a new place to hang out. They eventually come across a lesbian bar called ''The Cherry Pit'', and seem quite happy that they have good sports on TV. Upon realizing that the girls at the bar are not making out because they're lonely, they demonstrate something like the 5 stages of Grief in regards to male comprehension of Lesbianism (surprise, arousal, rejection/dejection, acceptance) then leave. Quagmire takes the time to throw in a penetration joke, of course.

->''"Wait a minute... There's something bothering me about this place... I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your deatrap, ladies!"''

->''"Wait a minute... There's something bothering me about this place... I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit!"''

* An episode of ''{{Coach}}'' had this inverted. The title coach (of American football; guess his attitude) ended up concerned that one of his students (I don't remember if he was a player) was less than heterosexual. He ends up in a peaceful bar talking with the student, and everything is fine. A slow dance tune comes on, and two young people go to have a quiet dance on the floor behind Coach Fox. They have a gender in common ...

* Played for laughs by ''TheSimpsons''; Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in a very obviously lesbian bar, muttering "Something's not quite right about this place, but I can't quite put my finger on it... wait a minute, I've got it! ''This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!''", which is followed by a woman asking "What's her problem?" as he leaves.