Ho Yay / Web Animation

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Examples of Ho Yay in Web Animation.

Works with their own pages:

• Battle for Dream Island
• Camp Camp
• DC Super Hero Girls
• Ever After High
• Meta Runner
• The Most Popular Girls in School
• Nijisanji
• Rainbow High
• Red vs. Blue
• RWBY
• RWBY Chibi
• Terrible Writing Advice

Other examples:

• There's plenty of it, and pretty obvious examples too (Brooke Burgess even lampshades in in the commentary track) in Broken Saints between Raimi and Oran. Especially since after the end, the two of them seem to be solid Heterosexual Life-Partners in the most straightforward sense.
  • They do spend some cuddle time in Raimi's medical fridge. Oran's shirtless too. Yeah, all right, so they were only in there because Oran threw Raimi in with him last-second to avoid being fried by the EMP blast that hit Raimi's apartment. But try telling fangirls that.
• Homestar Runner once said that his best friend Pom Pom "hewped me out of some pwetty tight jams, and some pwetty tight pants, awthough that onwy happened once." Also, apparently, Coach Z is Bubs' wife. Most instances of this, however, are between Homestar and Strong Bad, and are typically odd sideways jokes about how strange the idea is since the latter hates the former.
  • There's also the Strong Bad e-mail do over👁 Image
    , in which Strong Bad imagines Homestar (dressed up as The Cheat) falling in love with him.
  • In different town👁 Image
    , Strong Bad imagines Homsar as "a modestly hot girl to get me through the hard times."
  • In one Halloween cartoon👁 Image
    , they go overboard with this, as Homestar refers to (seemingly dead) Pom-Pom as his "best friend and concubine", although he immediately claims he doesn't know what that word means. (Without being prompted by anyone.) He also refers to Strong Bad as "Hunky Strong Bad" every single time he talks to him in this episode, after Strong Bad calls himself that once, and is about to say it one last time when a piece of Strong Bad's costume pokes him in the crotch. (While he's wearing daisy dukes, no less.) He also refers to Strong Bad's "sweet rectangular mouth," and tries to get an inflatable (male pronouned) pumpkin's phone number, as lampshaded by Strong Bad.
  • Speaking of the holiday, one of the Halloween costume commentary videos includes, as its very last photo, a picture of an attractive woman dressed as Homestar. Upon seeing said costume, Strong Bad declares that his brain is "splitting in half" due to mixed signals... and then Homestar himself shows up, notes that Strong Bad seems tense, offers to give him a back rub, and calls him "sweetie". Strong Bad runs off in a panic, and Homestar notes that he "should probably stop calling everybody 'sweetie'".
  • This whole vibe used to be more subtle, and kept to a few awkward moments here and there. Bottom 10 and Long Pants both feature Homestar behaving in an awkward, suggestive manner towards Strong Bad, doing a butt dance in the former case, and showing up wearing the daisy dukes in the latter. Although the strangeness of Homestar's behavior in Long Pants goes far beyond the psychosexual.
  • Furthermore, one of Marzipan's answering machines reveals that Homestar finds Strong Sad's voice attractive; albeit it was when he thought it was Marzipan speaking, but he drops in a "Call Me" to Strong Sad's face long after he apparently realizes his mistake.
• In Deep Space 69, Jay and Hamilton, as Heterosexual Life-Partners, come off like this at times. In one episode, Jay straight-up flashes his penis to him asking for an opinion like it's a totally normal thing to do, while Hamilton is disgusted. He also seems legitimately attracted to Hamilton's crossdressing in one episode and refers to him as a 'sexy lady'.
• Paula in No Evil is introduced in the prequel comic "Judgment" being indifferent to any more boys turning up but enthused about the thought of new girls being added to the group. In the series, she spends a lot of time with Kitty, is seen picnicking with her, knows her well enough to instantly tell that leaving a job unfinished is out of character for her in "Three for a Death", and has even embraced some of Kitty's interests (sewing, for example) that a younger Paula would have rejected as too stereotypically girly. Neither Kitty nor Paula has ever expressed romantic or sexual interest in men. "Kitaula" is one of the more popular ships in the admittedly small fandom, at least on Tumblr.
• Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City:
  • Strawberry Shortcake and Orange Blossom
    • Strawberry Shortcake shares a smoothie with Orange Blossom by sipping them together with two straws in the intro.
    • "The Great Gooseberry Chase" is full of this regarding Strawberry and Orange, with their affectionate taunting of each other coming across like playful flirting. The storyboarder, Ashley Simpson, even admitted that she intentionally invoked this feeling for the episode.
    • In “Traffic Jam”, Strawberry ends up snapping from being stuck in traffic all day, deliriously telling Orange that they live in the truck now, and should raise their dozens of cupcake children together.
  • Strawberry Shortcake and Raspberry Tart:
    • The two already have numerous parallels to one another, and since Season 1 is focused around their rivalry, it provides a lot of Foe Yay Shipping fuel as the two grow closer.
    • At the end of "Johnnycake Cobbler's Sensational Sweetening Spritz" the two head back to their trucks to watch the new Bite of the City, and Raspberry briefly tries to invite Strawberry to watch the show together, but decides against it in a manner not to dissimilar to someone trying to ask their crush out but getting cold feet at the last minute.
    • Raspberry Tart's first scene in the "Spring Spectacular" special is her hand-feeding Strawberry a tart. Well, she just shoves it in her mouth, but still.
  • Lemon Meringue and Lime Chiffon:
    • At the end of their Origins Episode, "Lemon Lime Back in Time", Lemon and Lime resolve their earlier disagreement, with Lemon telling Lime she's the best, leading to Strawberry, Orange and Blueberry aw-ing at the moment, and Strawberry telling the two that they are perfect for each ofher. The way the three react comes across like they're approving of Lemon and Lime being in a relationship, especially with the delivery of Strawberry's line.
    • In "Orange's Slumber Party", when Lemon sees Lime is nervous about watching a scary movie, Lemon immediately reassures Lime she's got her back.
  • Blueberry Muffin and Lime Chiffon:
    • In "Mint-eresting", Blueberry claims that Clint the Mint wants Lime to be the one who moves "him" into a new pot, and tells her she's the smartest berry "Clint" knows and trusts. At the time it was left ambiguous if Blueberry could talk to plants, so the scene comes across a bit like an indirect confession.
    • "Night of the Sweet Tooth Fairy" has Lime fall asleep right in Blueberry's arms.
    • In “Turn Things Around”, Lime is startled into Blueberry Muffin’s arms upon hearing growling (which turns out to be Lemon’s stomach). When all the girls rush over to the campfire, Blueberry is still bridal-carrying Lime.
  • Huckleberry Pie and Bread Pudding:
    • In general, Huck has no sense of personal space when it comes to Bread, sometimes pulling him in extremely close, such as when he put their faces right up against each other in "Deliveryberries".
    • In "Donuts and Drawbridges", when it seems like the pursuing Bodybuilder Berry is about to catch up to them, Bread and Huck immediately hug each other for comfort.
  • Lime Chiffon and Crepe Suzette:
    • "Fashion Forward" introduces Crepe Suzette with Bishie Sparkles from both Bread and Lime’s point of view, who are openly in awe of her appearance. Their attempting to invite Crepe to their fashion brunch also comes across like they are attempting to ask her out.
    • In “Let the Good Times Roll”, Lime Chiffon and Crepe Suzette are briefly shown dancing together. Crepe even dips Lime, a move commonly associated with romantic dances.
  • "Will You Be My Lemontine" features Strawberry racing up to Lemon Meringue in slow-motion, surrounded by heart shapes and her eyes featuring gigantic hearts for pupils. It serves to symbolize Lemon's fear of Sweetie Pie's Day and the displays of affection it entails, but Strawberry ends up being the first to bring her around to finding something to appreciate in the holiday and express her feelings in a unique way. In general, Strawberry and Lemon's interactions are of a more intimate nature than those with Strawberry's other friends, due to Lemon's less-outgoing nature and preference for quieter, one-on-one interactions.
  • Near the end of "Meet Huckleberry Pie", Lime dramatically collapses into Strawberry's arms upon being reunited with her.
  • In “Strawberry Surprise” Sour Grapes doodles a drawing of her and Raspberry Tart holding hands while wearing crowns and sashes. Bread even tells her they’ll “delve deeper into that later”.
  • In "Let the Good Times Roll", Banoffee and Figgy Pudding briefly hold hands and look at each other affectionately.