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14 | ->''"I'm positively'' evil!" |
15 | -->-- '''Crow T. Robot''' (imitating Pitch with a camp voice), ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E21SantaClaus Santa Claus]]" |
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17 | Want to demonstrate that your villain is undeniably evil but also has a flair for the (melo)dramatic or [[TheHedonist a knack for classically decadent self-indulgence]]? Make him a Flaming Devil! |
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19 | Simply put, the Flaming Devil is a representation of {{Satan}} or any other demon with CampGay, or at least AmbiguouslyGay, characteristics. Often but not always a villain or a demonstrable DepravedHomosexual, he's effeminate and at least prone to misbehaving, if not outright wicked. |
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21 | The origins of this trope are OlderThanSteam. Epicene depictions of Satan date back to the Middle Ages, in which folklore often described the Devil and his minions as having [[AmbiguousGender Ambiguous Genders]] and tempting men sexually. The homosexual implications in Creator/ChristopherMarlowe's ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' and overtly bisexual Mephistopheles in Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'' eventually codified the image of a gleefully evil and flamboyantly effeminate devil. |
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23 | Not necessarily related to SuccubiAndIncubi. Nor to HotAsHell, though there can definitely be overlap. See also SissyVillain. Though it is possible that they could overlap, a devil appearing WreathedInFlames is a different trope. |
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25 | Compare HotGod. |
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28 | !Examples: |
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30 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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32 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
33 | * Griffith from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was already a SissyVillain but after the Eclipse, he graduates into this after becoming Femto, with his true form being a [[WebVideo/BerserkAbridged winged lipstick monster]] with hawk-talons for feet. |
34 | * Daiou-sama from ''Manga/DororonEnmaKun'' might count. |
35 | * Although a minion and offspring of Father, who is an example of the SatanicArchetype, Envy from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is the most effeminate and flamboyant of the homunculi, having an androgynous appearance, flamboyant mannerisms, is rather vain about [[AmbiguousGender their]] appearance, and wears rather feminine clothes. Additionally, the homunculi (as well as Father) are themselves demons, making them fit this trope. |
36 | [[/folder]] |
37 | |
38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
39 | * Lucifer in ''ComicBook/{{Dawn}}: The Goddess'' is A) very diabolical, and B) Yahweh's gay lover. He's not remotely portrayed for comedy. |
40 | [[/folder]] |
41 | |
42 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
43 | * Demon Aziraphale in the "[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1482338 Inverse Omens]]" ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' RoleSwapPlot AU has become this trope as a result of the story's metaphysical alignment flip. This version of Aziraphale retains the canonical camp and hedonistic qualities of his angelic self, but as a demonic tempter, he's much more flirty and outgoing about it. |
44 | [[/folder]] |
45 | |
46 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
47 | * Hades from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' is a variation on the trope, especially since he's portrayed as analogous to {{Satan}}. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick called him "Meg's bitchy gay boyfriend" in her review of the movie. |
48 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNineLivesOfFritzTheCat'' had Fritz end up in hell. Upon encountering the devil, who seems like a cross between [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Big Gay Al]] and Creator/VincentPrice, he lets out, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkJDIWLMWwc Oh, Jesus Christ, Lucifer is a faggot!]]" |
49 | [[/folder]] |
50 | |
51 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
52 | * While the Devil in ''Film/ForbiddenZone'' is [[CampStraight interested in the Princess]], he's also played by Music/DannyElfman as a flamboyant showman with a CreepyJazzMusic number. |
53 | * ''Film/JennifersBody'' gives us a DistaffCounterpart in the form of Jennifer Check, who [[CameBackWrong returns from death]] possessed by a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]]. Despite [[LiteralManeater seducing boys to eat them]], the main attraction she shows throughout the movie is toward her female best friend. This was apparently intentional on the part of Jennifer's actor Creator/MeganFox, herself bisexual. |
54 | * Jareth the Goblin King from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', played by Music/DavidBowie in all his fabulousness, was explicitly designed as a GlamRock version of {{Satan}}. |
55 | * Boris Lermontov in the 1948 film ''Film/{{The Red Shoes|1948}}'' is strongly implied to be {{Satan}} in human form. As with nearly the [[CastFullOfGay entire cast]] of the movie, he's also implied to be gay. |
56 | * Satan from ''Film/TerrorToons'' gives this impression, referring to everyone as darling, among other things. |
57 | [[/folder]] |
58 | |
59 | [[folder:Literature]] |
60 | * Nyarlathotep, the SatanicArchetype in Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath'', manifests to Randolph Carter as a beautiful androgynous "young Pharaoh" in a sparkly, rainbow-colored robe. In episode 53 of the H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast, the hosts described the "flamboyant" Nyarlathotep's throne room as similar to "a Music/DeadOrAlive concert." |
61 | * Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's interpretation of ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'' includes an openly bisexual Mephistopheles, possibly the TropeCodifier. |
62 | * Inverted by ''Literature/GoodOmens''; while Crowley is described as being conscious of his appearance and makes some [[HoYay interesting remarks]], it's Aziraphale, the angel, who comes off as "gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide". |
63 | [[/folder]] |
64 | |
65 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
66 | * On a Halloween episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', the study group tells scary stories which we see played out in {{Fantasy Sequence}}s with members of the study group representing the characters. One story features Satan, who was represented by the Dean (who is pansexual, but ''extremely'' camp and prone to crossdressing). |
67 | * When K. Gordon Murray's ''Film/SantaClaus1959'' turned up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Crow characterized the demon Pitch this way. "I'm, like, poth-itively ''evil''!" |
68 | * While not CampGay per se, on ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', Satan is a DepravedBisexual. He actually used to be in love with God. |
69 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
70 | ** Crowley, a ManOfWealthAndTaste and the current King of Hell. He started out as a crossroads demon, the kind that [[DealWithTheDevil humans make deals with]], and these deals are made official with [[AMagicContractComesWithAKiss a kiss on the lips]], so being a DepravedBisexual is pretty much a job requirement. |
71 | ** In the episode "Season 7, Time For A Wedding!", the main antagonist is the demon Guy, a sharp dresser with an affected lilt who is not shy about finding Sam and Dean attractive or about [[VanityIsFeminine his own vanity]]. |
72 | --->'''Guy:''' I wasn't thrilled to see your new hubby was Sam freakin' Winchester. I mean, if he knew that I was here talking to you, he'd probably...\ |
73 | '''Becky:''' Gank your ass.\ |
74 | '''Guy:''' Yes. And I'm very protective of my ass. It's one of my best features. |
75 | [[/folder]] |
76 | |
77 | [[folder:Music]] |
78 | * Creator/BoBurnham's "Sunday School" has the lyric "Did you know Satan wears a cape made out of a rainbow flag?" |
79 | * Satan as depicted in the Creator/StephenLynch song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swGBlDn_yiI "Beelz."]] |
80 | * In the video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k Montero (Call Me By Your Name)]]", Satan is shown wearing a leather body harness and getting a lap dance from Music/LilNasX. |
81 | * "Mr. [=MacPhisto=]" by Music/{{U2}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsVfZeHL4s Just look at him.]] |
82 | [[/folder]] |
83 | |
84 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
85 | * In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' setting, the Chaos god of excess Slaanesh and its followers, whether daemon, Drukhari (Dark Eldar) or human, are generally rather... flamboyant. |
86 | [[/folder]] |
87 | |
88 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
89 | * Emperor Doviculus from ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' isn't exactly camp per se, but he has a [[BondageIsBad s&m aesthetic]] (as does [[OurDemonsAreDifferent his entire faction]]) and a ''lot'' of HardGay[=/=]DepravedBisexual overtones. |
90 | * Though actually the resident {{Satan}} {{Expy}}'s [[TheDragon servant]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Lord]] Ghirahim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' pushes AmbiguouslyGay to the breaking point. The [[HidingBehindYourBangs hair]], the [[{{Stripperiffic}} outfit]], the {{Guyliner}} and [[UncannyValleyMakeup white lipstick]], the [[OverlyLongTongue tongue-action]], the [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace uncomfortable]] [[NoIAmBehindYou body language]], certain lines like "[that] filled my heart with rainbows", claiming that he and Link are tied by the RedStringOfFate... ''Hoo boy''... The only thing that makes Ghirahim ''Ambiguously'' Gay is the reveal that [[spoiler: not only is he the BigBad's number 2, he's literally his sword, [[AmbiguousGender bringing up the question of if he even had a gender to begin with]]]]. |
91 | [[/folder]] |
92 | |
93 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
94 | * Continuing off from the above example is ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'''s Asmodeus, an extremely flamboyant demonic embodiment of Lust. |
95 | [[/folder]] |
96 | |
97 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
98 | * In the Webtoons comic ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfGod'', God sends a [[CampGay gay hairdresser]] to Hell. Upon finding out that the man was sent due to his orientation, Lucifer asks God to [[BlindDate "Stop setting me up!"]] Their relationship is teased throughout the series by many characters who want to see the relationship progress, including his [[NumberTwo Right-hand Man]], Ebag. |
99 | [[/folder]] |
100 | |
101 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
102 | * When Journalfen was functional, one of the members of Fandom_Wank posted an anecdote about a dream in which Creator/BillCosby and Creator/SamuelLJackson starred in a movie that involved Satan tempting Jesus Christ sexually. |
103 | [[/folder]] |
104 | |
105 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
106 | * The Devil in ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrimm'' is camp, flamboyant and voiced by Music/AdamLambert. |
107 | * The Red Guy in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', explicitly referred to as the devil in the pilot. He's very flamboyant and effeminate, loves to crossdress, squeals like a little girl when excited, often comments on people's fashion sense, and sometimes screams like a woman when frightened. |
108 | * The Devil in ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'' has a stereotypically CampGay voice and flamboyant mannerisms of an EvilBrit. |
109 | * The Robot Devil in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' tortures Bender with musical theater when they first meet and is typified by his flamboyant mannerisms. |
110 | * On the short-lived animated series ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'', the Devil, voiced as an EvilBrit by Creator/AlanCumming, isn't ''extremely'' camp, but he's certainly dapper and way more uptight than God, who's voiced by James Garner and is more of a laidback [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] type. |
111 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is set in Hell and has a CastFullOfGay, including Angel Dust, a cross-dressing gay [[OurDemonsAreDifferent spider-demon]] porn star/[[{{Gayngster}} mobster]]. |
112 | * Him in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. One of the rare ([[DependingOnTheWriter mostly]]) serious versions. |
113 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E21TheMonkeySuit The Monkey Suit]]", Lisa's class has to watch the propaganda film ''[[BlatantLies So You're Calling God A Liar: An Unbiased Comparison of Evolution and Creationism]]'', which depicts Satan making out with UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin, complete with FootPopping. |
114 | * Played with by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', where Satan ''is'' gay, but is StraightGay, if not full-on ManlyGay due to his huge and buff physique... at least most of the time, anyway. He spent all of "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E11HellOnEarth2006 Hell on Earth 2006]]" acting like a spoiled teenage girl, but that was about it. He's also shown to be pretty nice, only torturing actual sinners while everyone else has AHellOfATime (in ''South Park'', everyone who isn't a Mormon gets sent to Hell whether they've sinned or not). |
115 | [[/folder]] |
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