Ambiguously Gay in Animated Films.
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Disney/Pixar
- Beauty and the Beast:
- Le Fou is a little too much into Gaston. What even more convincing about this is that the creators of the live action remake of the film decided to have the live action counterpart of Le Fou be openly gay.
- Cogsworth has many incidents of this as he has Ho Yay moments with his Camp Straight friend Lumiere, behaved awkwardly towards other men such as Maurice, and he was even voiced by David Ogden Stiers.
- In the sequel The Enchanted Christmas, we have Forte and Fife.
- Frozen: Besides Oaken's soft and somewhat effeminate personality, his family in the sauna seems to consist of a young man and four boys. However, it isn't clear if one of the members who appears to be a child is actually the young man's female partner or a different relative (such as a younger brother or cousin). Oaken says "Hi family!" but they might not even be directly related to him. In Frozen II, there's a shot where a group of Arendellians are celebrating and he lifts up a man into a hug.
- The Great Mouse Detective: Ratigan: Not only does his body language and his poise seem to suggest he's Camp Gay, but the sheer amounts of tension he has with Basil is so thick, you could cut through it with a knife.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Hugo the gargoyle was this in the first film as he displayed some gay mannerisms through his body language, his cross dressing as Esmerelda during one of the songs, and his apparent crush on Djali, who is Esmerelda's pet goat who she referred to as a "he". The ambiguity becomes a lot less foggy in the sequel when Djali apparently returns Hugo's feelings for him.
- The Incredibles:
- The Incredibles: The special features give profiles on a number of One-Scene Wonder heroes, among them being the lovable deceased dope, Thunderhead. It's noted that he was "good with kids" in the film, which the features expand to "has adopted five kids, and is raising them with his roommate, Scott." It's not hard to make the connection that "roommate" was a bit of a weasel word, especially considering the time the film takes place.
- Incredibles 2: Both Evelyn Deavor and Karen aka "Voyd" are coded as gay. Interestingly these two characters are coded gay with overt traits without having to resort to caricaturish mannerisms, as is usually the case.
- Evelyn is a stylish dresser with short, messy, pixie-crop hair. She is noted by her design team to "balance both the masculine and feminine" in her aesthetic choices. She's depicted as a smokey voiced middle-aged woman with languid body language, who can never sit correctly in a chair. She shares what could be read as some flirtatious scenes with Elastigirl, including some suggestive moments.
- Voyd is a shy and socially awkward fledgling superhero with green-blue hair in a side-cut style. She idolizes Elastigirl and states that she "felt like an outcast before" when she had to hide her powers. When asked about the possibility of Voyd being transgender on Twitter, her voice actress, Sophia Bush, assured fans that she wouldn't have taken the role if she'd been aware that were explicitly the case in the text and that she would have wanted it to go to a trans voice actress, but she also hoped that Voyd would continue to make queer young people feel seen.
- The Little Mermaid: Ursula, partly because she was designed to resemble drag queen Divine. She also has a tendency to invade Ariel's personal space, calling her things like "my child", "angelfish", "my dear sweet child", "sweet cakes", "poor little princess", and "my sweet". Also telling her that if she can't get Prince Eric to kiss her on the third day, then as a consequence, she'll "belong to me"/"will be mine". At one point in the 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' song; she moves her tentacle across Ariel's chest, with Ariel having to push it off.
- Moana: Tamatoa, the giant coconut crab. He is a narcissistic and flamboyant crab who is obsessed with his own looks and likes to participate in musical numbers, and there's his Foe Romance Subtext with demigod Maui.
- Mulan: Shang developing feelings for "Ping" (Mulan disguised as a male soldier) is textbook Sweet on Polly Oliver, but some have interpreted him as being gay but not living in a time or place where he could be open. Many, many, many parody works have taken this idea and ran with it.
- Pocahontas: Governor Ratcliffe and his manservant Wiggins, although in Wiggins' case it's just a Transparent Closet. Both were voiced by David Ogden Stiers, who would later come out as gay.
- The Princess and the Frog: Miss Charlotte "Lottie" LaBouff. Some have wondered if Charlotte is a lesbian, either secretly or obliviously. Whenever she talks of marrying a prince, she only seems interested in the status of a princess and living a life like her fairy tales. She never says anything about having a husband to love her, and doesn't seem to have any interest in Naveen beyond "he's a prince." In fact, she never even really alludes to finding him (or any man) attractive. While her being so willing to have a Fourth-Date Marriage with "Naveen" could easily just be her Gold Digger and Thinks Like a Romance Novel tendencies, it could also be because she figures, hey, she'll never get to be with someone she actually loves, so she may as well settle down with someone who can let her live out her princess fantasy. She is also very attached to her BFF Tiana, to the point of sacrificing her lifelong dream for her without a second of hesitation.
- Robin Hood (1973):
- Prince John: Behaves very childishly and effeminately and is very Prone to Tears. You could also get the impression that he's flirting with Little John when the latter shows up wearing pink and fawning over the Prince. And as if all said wasn't obvious, Prince John lacks a mane - which in lions usually means low levels of testosterone.
- Sir Hiss: immediately starts acting like a jilted lover. Kind of funny, considering that historically speaking, Richard's the one whose sexuality is up for debate.
- Turning Red: Tyler, the boy who initially bullies Mei, doesn't show any romantic interest in girls. He is a closeted fan of the boy band 4*Town, which he is embarrassed about when Mei and her friends find out. He happily enjoys the performance with them and seems to be attracted to one of the members, Aaron Z., after whom Tyler models his attire. By the end of the film, he has joined Mei's friend circle.
- Zootopia: Benjamin Clawhauser acts very effeminate at times. He is obsessed with Gazelle, a female pop star, with no apparent component of attraction, which is a common gay stereotype. Some of his body language suggests it, and he has a soft lispy voice. He also has an exceptionally elated reaction to discovering Chief Bogo is also a Gazelle fan. It's made more ambiguous by the movie's tendency to play some stereotypes straight and invert, subvert, or defy others.
DreamWorks
- Madagascar: King Julien: It doesn't help that in the real world, lemur groups are ruled by females, which is just begging for "Queen Julien" jokes. He does show attraction to females so it's probable he is Ambiguously Bi.
- Shark Tale: Lenny has heavy comparisons to being a closeted gay man. He's a vegetarian shark with an Effeminate Voice who hides his vegetarianism from his family out of fear they'd be ashamed of him.
- Shrek:
- Prince Charming is rather effeminate and voiced by the openly gay Rupert Everett. Although he wants to marry Princess Fiona, it seems to only be so he can become king of Far Far Away. That being said, he does seem to reciprocate Rapunzel's affections, so he may be Ambiguously Bi.
- The Big Bad Wolf: He loves to crossdress and is seen cuddling up to, then dancing with, one of the knights at Shrek and Fiona's wedding. Take that as you will.
- The Bad Guys (2022): During the falling scene, Wolf admits to Snake that he was afraid of saying to him that he wanted to be good because Snake would act like a jerk and never talk to him again. Then, as Wolf was about confess his feelings, Snake responds that he loves him and the two reconcile by hugging each other.
Other
- The Elm-Chanted Forest has Thistle, the neurotic court wizard. Aside from his effeminate behaviour (he lisps, is very submissive and even wears a purple dress-like robe), he has a clear crush if not an outright relationship with Emperor Spine and, later in the film, Buddy the Bear. Though in the second film he falls in love with the Queen of the fairies.
- Fire & Ice: The villain, Nekron, is very effeminate and is actually repulsed by the idea of mating with the very attractive Teegra while practically drooling over her brother, Taro, and engaging in a flirty duel with Larn, the young warrior who would be Teegra's lover.
- Ice Age: Frank is rather effeminate, and their introduction sees him surprising Carl with fresh greens and the only dandelion to survive the frost. It's never explicitly stated that they're together, but the general consensus seems to be that they are.
- Heavy Metal: Revolutionary leader Ard from the Den segment acts very effeminate and seems to think that women are inferior, but unlike everyone else, never tries to have sex with Den.
- King Dick has Master Limpcock's satisfied reaction after his wife's naked manservant slips on a banana peel and accidentally sodomises him while he was in a prone position.
- Mac and Tosh are depicted this way in Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run. They relate to each other Like an Old Married Couple, bickering but making up almost immediately. Also, Tosh advises Mac to "cut the cord!" on his less-than-ideal mother, who hates Tosh, and they give Lola Bunny a Makeover while singing a musical number called "Girl, You're Fabulous".
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Mayor: Of all the citizens of Halloween Town, the Mayor seems to be the most worried for Jack when he goes missing — and it doesn't look like just as a professional and/or as a friend, either. Not helped by the fact his voice actor was the openly gay Glenn Shadix.
- This is the theme of One Stormy Night. A wolf named Gabu and a goat named Mei befriend each other but must run away together to escape their family's scorn towards their bond. They're treated like a couple and the scene where Gabu stares hungrily - literally hungrily - at Mei's butt doesn't help. In the books Mei was of Ambiguous Gender (though Word of God says he was always intended to be male) so many grew up thinking it was a romance book about a male wolf and a female goat.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Unlike the games, where he was a Parental Substitute for Bowser, Kamek's devotion to the king of Koopas ranges closer to a friend with an unreciprocated crush. When Bowswer questions if Peach likes Mario, Kamek insists he look in the mirror and he has nothing to worry about. Later, when Bowser dresses Kamek like Peach to practice his proposal to her, Kamek gets a little too in character when he says yes and puckers his lips.
- Yellow Submarine: The Chief Blue Meanie: acts very effeminate, has a high feminine voice, calls his robotic glove his baby, uses stereotypically "gay" hand gestures (stroking the Glove's index finger in particular), is enamoured by roses, and seems to fall in love with Jeremy at the end.
- Terence the seahorse from The Water Babies (1978) unlike the other male characters in the animated portion, he has long eyelashes and effeminate and flamboyant mannerisms.
