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** Calvin heard about what asexuality is, and figured, "You know what, that sounds just like me after all."
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** People only wear color schemes that match flags of identities they don’t have.

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** People only wear color schemes that match flags of identities they don’t ''don’t'' have.
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** Roy G. Biv is gay.
** Queer peoples’ skin always matches their flag(s).

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** [[ColorfulThemeNaming Roy G. Biv Biv]] is gay.
** [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Queer peoples’ skin always matches their flag(s).]]

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** Alice, a transgender woman, always wears a white t-shirt and shoes, a light blue skirt, and a light pink hoodie, matching the trans pride flag.

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** Alice, a transgender UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} woman, always wears a white t-shirt and shoes, a light blue skirt, and a light pink hoodie, matching the trans pride flag.


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** Calvin wears light and dark grays with purple accents, but turns out to not actually be UsefulNotes/{{asexual}}.
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** Jaiden wears sunset themed clothes to represent being aroace.

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???“I’m blind, so why is it that every single day someone mentions that I’m practically wearing the aroace flag, in the right order and everything?!”



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob looks for pride themed outfits to find queer people to hang out with.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???“Why are we always wearing rainbow clothes? Don’t we have anything else to wear?”



* Played for Laughs: Nobody is surprised when Alice comes out as trans because she has exclusively worn pink, blue and white clothing for years.

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* Played '''Implied''': When people are surprised by Bob coming out as pan, he jokingly asks if they are colorblind.
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Nobody is surprised when Alice comes out as trans because she has exclusively worn pink, blue and white clothing for years.years.
** People are completely blindsided by people coming out despite only wearing pride themed clothing from birth.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice wears a pink, blue, and white bracelet.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice wears a pink, blue, and white bracelet.bracelet.
** Bob wears pink, yellow and blue underwear.



* '''Inverted''': In a CastFullOfGay, all of the character's outfits perfectly match their identity's flag. The sole non-queer character dresses in pure grayscale.

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* '''Inverted''': In a CastFullOfGay, all of the character's outfits perfectly '''Inverted''':
** People only wear color schemes that
match their identity's flag. The sole non-queer character dresses flags of identities they don’t have.
** Only cishet people wear pride flag themed outfits.
** Queer characters dress only
in pure grayscale.



* '''Parodied''': Charles, the [[CampGay flamboyant]] and [[TokenMinority token]] gay character of the cast, exclusively wears striped rainbow clothing.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Charles, the [[CampGay flamboyant]] and [[TokenMinority token]] gay character of the cast, exclusively wears striped rainbow clothing.clothing.
** Roy G. Biv is gay.
** Queer peoples’ skin always matches their flag(s).



* Played for Laughs: Nobody is surprised when Alice comes out as trans because she has exclusively worn pink, blue and white clothing for years.



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* '''Averted''': Queer characters are never accossiated with the color scheme of their identity's flag.

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* '''Averted''': Queer characters are never accossiated associated with the color scheme of their identity's flag.
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** In Bob's world, magic manifests as a representation of its is user. Since Bob considers his orientation to be one of the biggest parts of his identity, his magic resembles the pan flag.

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** In Bob's world, magic manifests as a representation of its is user. Since Bob considers his orientation to be one of the biggest parts of his identity, his magic resembles the pan flag.



* '''Parodied''': Charles, the [[CampGay flamboyant]] and [[TokenMinority token gay]] character of the cast, exclusively wears striped rainbow clothing.

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* '''Parodied''': Charles, the [[CampGay flamboyant]] and [[TokenMinority token gay]] token]] gay character of the cast, exclusively wears striped rainbow clothing.
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'''Basic Trope''': A queer character's identity is represented by the colors of their respective pride flags.
* '''Straight''':
** Alice, a transgender woman, always wears a white t-shirt and shoes, a light blue skirt, and a light pink hoodie, matching the trans pride flag.
** The magic of the pansexual wizard Bob manifests as pink, yellow, and blue sparkles, similar to the pan pride flag.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice wears many different outfits, but they all perfectly mirror the trans flag in color.
** In a CastFullOfGay, all of the character's outfits perfectly match their identity's flag.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice wears a pink, blue, and white bracelet.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice specifically wears these colors as a way of showing pride, a subtle alternative to waving the trans flag.
** In Bob's world, magic manifests as a representation of its is user. Since Bob considers his orientation to be one of the biggest parts of his identity, his magic resembles the pan flag.
* '''Inverted''': In a CastFullOfGay, all of the character's outfits perfectly match their identity's flag. The sole non-queer character dresses in pure grayscale.
* '''Subverted''':
** Halfway through the show, Alice switches to a purple, yellow, black, and white outfit.
** Bob was experimenting with terms. After questioning his orientation for a bit, he realizes that he is straight.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** And a few episodes later, Alice comes out as nonbinary.
** Bob was just lying to protect himself. He really is pansexual.
* '''Parodied''': Charles, the [[CampGay flamboyant]] and [[TokenMinority token gay]] character of the cast, exclusively wears striped rainbow clothing.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice questions her gender and orientation over the course of the series and switches up her main outfit each season. Sometimes the outfit matches the flag of a concurrent label she is using, sometimes not.
* '''Averted''': Queer characters are never accossiated with the color scheme of their identity's flag.
* '''Enforced''': For one reason or another, the creators can't explicitly mention that Alice is trans in the show, so they give her an outfit modeled after the flag and [[WordOfGay confirm her gender identity via social media]].
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Alice and her queer friends go to a pride event where attendees are expected to represent their identites' colors through their outfits.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice, extremely worried about being outed, avoids wearing anything that even vaguely resembles the trans flag or otherwise suggests she is trans.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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