History Series / QueerEye

* {{Transsexual}}: One show featured a female-to-male subject for a makeover. It veered into VerySpecialEpisode territory as it had the Five deliver a message on acceptance in place of the usual {{tag}}.

Creator/{{Netflix}} revived the series in 2018, featuring a new, more multi-ethnic Fab Five: Tan France (fashion), Bobby Berk (interior decorating), Antoni Porowski (food and wine), Jonathan Van Ness (hair and grooming) and Karamo Brown (culture). The reboot moved the setting from New York City to Atlanta, giving the show a different flavor as the boys make over some Southern good old boys. The new version is also more pointedly political than the original, referring to topics like gay marriage, Black Lives Matter and the Trump administration.

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Played with and deconstructed to some extent. Much of the humor is raunchy, but during one more serious conversation a nudist client remarks to Kyan that both nudists and gays are wrongly assumed to be all about sex. Kyan agrees: "Sex is just a tiny part of it."

* BigApplesauce: Almost everything happens in New York City; in the early episodes even going to Long Island is seen almost as foreign trek. In later seasons they do visit a few other cities, however.
* CampGay: All five of them are to some degree, but especially Carson and Thom.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While you'd expect the fashions to date a bit over time, what's really striking after less than a decade is the gadgets that are occasionally flogged as the newest, coolest thing. Hey look, here's a new phone that you can do email on! And did you know you could rent [=DVDs=] over the Internet now?

* SafeWord: Parodied in one episode where the straight guy is being lusted after especially hard by Carson. Kyan tells him that if he gets uncomfortable, his safe word is [[FundamentallyFunnyFruit "zucchini"]].

* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: In a show like this, from this era, the formulation is almost inevitable.

* VivaLasVegas: A couple of later episodes are shot in Vegas, where they make over an aspiring magician and Jai ends up dressed as a showgirl.

* TheCastShowOff: Jai, who acted in {{Theatre/Rent}} before this gig, sings and dances on camera on some occasions. He even does the National Anthem complete with MelismaticVocals at one point.

* TheCastShowOff: Jai, who acted in Theatre/Rent before this gig, sings and dances on camera on some occasions. He even does the National Anthem complete with MelismaticVocals at one point.

* BaldOfAwesome: The Five convince one guy to get rid of his toupee and believe in this trope.

* BigApplesauce: Almost everything happens in New York city; in the early episodes even going to Long Island is seen almost as foreign trek. In later seasons they do visit a few other cities, however.

* TheCastShowOff: Jai sings and dances on camera on some occasions. He even does the National Anthem complete with MelismaticVocals at one point.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While you'd expect the fashions to date a bit over time, what's really striking after less than a decade is the gadgets that are occasionally flogged as the newest, coolest thing. Hey look, here's a new phone that you can do email on! And did you know you could rent DVDs over the Internet now?

* BigApplesauce: Almost everything happens in Manhattan; in the early episodes even going to Long Island is seen almost as foreign trek. In later seasons they do visit a few other cities, however.

* LockAndLoadMontage: A spoof version is done for the opening credits. Each of the Five gets a phone summons and loads up the relevant equipment (shopping bag, cooking whisk, hairdryer etc.) to charge into the next makeover.

* CelebrityStar: The show rearranged its format for one episode to make over five members of the Boston Red Sox and participate in a charity exhibition game.

''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Filicia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). This is all geared toward a significant event planned for the end of the show, such as a family reunion, marriage proposal, career-related gathering, engagement party, or sometimes just a regular old party. The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''

* BigApplesauce: Almost everything happens in Manhatten; in the early episodes even going to Long Island is seen almost as foreign trek. In later seasons they do visit a few other cities, however.

* ChristmasSpecial: Some Thanksgiving specials, too.

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queereye_7210.jpg]]''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Filicia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). This is all geared toward a significant event planned for the end of the show, such as a family reunion, marriage proposal, career-related gathering, engagement party, or sometimes just a regular old party. The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queereye_7210.jpg]]''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Felicia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). This is all geared toward a significant event planned for the end of the show, such as a family reunion, marriage proposal, career-related gathering, engagement party, or sometimes just a regular old party. The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queereye_7210.jpg]]''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Felicia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''

* ADateWithRosiePalms: The Five keep finding the DNA evidence on the sheets in a lot of bachelor pads, and have no qualms about saying so.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While you'd expect the fashions to date a bit over time, what's really striking after less than a decade is the gadgets that are occasionally flogged as the newest, coolest thing. Hey look, here's a new phone that you can do email on! And did you know you could order DVDs over the Internet now?

-->Carson: Your clothes are in the basement?
-->Straight Guy: Yeah.
-->Carson: That's so ''SilenceOfTheLambs.''

''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Felicia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''

''Queer Eye'' was a makeover reality series that ran from 2003 to 2007, called ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' in its first two seasons. The format involved a subject -- usually a straight guy, as implied by the original title -- getting an all-around aesthetic upgrade from five gay men known as the "Fab Five": Carson Kressley (fashion), Thom Fecilia (interior decorating), Ted Allen (food and wine), Kyan Dougles (hair and grooming), and Jai Rodriguez (culture, which usually means things self-presentation and selecting appropriate gifts). The Five indulge in a lot of catty remarks and CampGay humor along the way, which kept the show entertaining but also led to accusations of gay {{Modern Minstrelsy}} from some quarters. Nonetheless the show was well received by much of the gay press and led to a tie-in book, a hit soundtrack album and a short-lived SpinOff series, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.''