Random Cartoon Characters You Never Realized Are Probably Gay (14 items)

(#3) Shego
- Kim Possible
Shego, the sultry, husky-voiced henchwoman to Kim Possible's emotionally unstable villain Doctor Drakken, often appeared capable of running the world all by herself.

But, in addition to essentially serving as Kim's shadowy counterpart, a lot of fans thought the two female characters' tussles were charged with a lot more than just animosity. And doesn't it make sense that Kim would end up with an equally badass partner rather than a bumbling klutz like Ron?

Furthermore, Shego's powers emerged after she was hit by a rainbow comet. That's pretty overt.
(#6) Velma
- High Sierra
While Daphne pines after Fred, Mystery Inc.'s other resident female mystery solver always appears fairly comfortable in her singledom. But, maybe this "spinster" is simply waiting for good girlfriend material to come along - or hoping her foxy, redheaded BFF will give up on silly, ascot-wearing Fred. James Gunn (writer of the live-action movie) supported this take on the character.

I don't know if I'd call it romantic, but Velma was gay in the original script, yes. https://t.co/nBQj8CGdF6
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) November 1, 2015
(#14) Gaston
- Disney's House of Mouse, Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast
Wait, Gaston? The manliest man who ever did man... gay? Surely not! But, did you ever wonder if the man who eats "five-dozen eggs" every morning to become "roughly the size of a barge" and relentlessly pursues the village's hottest feminist in order to make her his trophy wife, while followed around by the (now canonically) love-struck LeFou, might just be a little insecure in his heterosexuality?

Despite Gaston's attempts to smother any appearance of homosexuality with excessive chest hair growth and hunting trips, Disney's casting of gay actor Luke Evans to play him in the live-action film only makes the implications more obvious.
(#12) Elsa
- Frozen
Disney's Frozen received praise as one of the company's most progressive films yet, and Queen Elsa was a big part of that. Aside from the important fact that she is the first Disney princess to remain single by her film's end, many LGBTQ+ fans saw clear parallels between her struggle with her identity and journey toward self-acceptance and their own experiences growing up.

In fact, the feeling led to the #GiveElsaAGirlfriend campaign , which trended on Twitter shortly after the film's release.
(#11) Ursula
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, Mickey's House of Villains, The Little Mermaid, The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid has long been seen as a LGBTQ+ allegory . But the big gay draw in the 1989 Disney film is undoubtedly the theatrical sea witch, Ursula.
The film's lyricist Howard Ashman confirmed that Ursula's design and character drew inspiration from Divine, drag queen star of the cult movies made by John Waters and gay icon .
(#8) SpongeBob SquarePants
- SpongeBob SquarePants, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Orange County, SpongeBob SquarePants 2, Ted
Few animated characters draw the amount of ire from anti-LGBTQ+ critics as SpongeBob SquarePants. Although the happy-go-lucky fry cook who famously lives in a pineapple under the sea shows a romantic interest in female chum Sandy the Squirrel, his flamboyance and hyper-sensitivity caused intense speculation in 2002.
Of course, the Sponge's sizeable LGBTQ+ fanbase felt thrilled by the character's undertones. One adult fan told Entertainment Weekly , "He’s not very masculine for a male character. And he’s soft."