So, are there any gay cartoon characters worth marrying? Because almost all the ones I can think of are positioned to be the butt of jokes.
I mean, sure, there are heroic ones that everyone suspects is gay: Prince Adam (a.k.a. He-Man), Captain Planet, Robin… but, let’s face it, despite their obvious flaming beams of resplendent gayness, they aren’t really open about it. And, trust me, there’s nothing quite as stressful as dating a guy who isn’t out yet.
Now, Snagglepuss was most definitely out and proud, as was Newton from Herculues, but, contrary to what the right-wingers say, gay guys aren’t really into other species.
So that leaves us… what? Waylon Smithers, Mr. Garrison, and an anthropomorphic sponge. No, thank you. I’ll just have to throw my vote in for Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid, too. Maybe he’ll come around some day…
Clearly you don’t watch enough ‘Adult Swim.’
Gay characters abound in ‘Harvey Birdman,’ though they’re not what I’d call, um, positive homosexual role models.
But everybody in kid’s cartoons is so far in the closet they’re practically in the basement.
(Except for the two gophers from the old Warner Brothers cartoons. Gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.)