List of bisexual characters in animation
This is a list of characters in animation that either self-identify as bisexual or have been identified by outside parties to be bisexual. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. This article does not include any characters in Japanese animation, otherwise known as anime. There are also corresponding lists of lesbian and gay animated characters.
For fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of gay, trans, lesbian, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.
The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by a single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.
In the 1990s
Characters | Show title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Liane Cartman | South Park | August 13, 1997 | In the early seasons, Liane was very sexually active and regularly pursued this activity. She also had no issue with having sexual relations with strangers, usually inviting them to the home as frequent visitors. This desire was not strictly for men, hinted in the episode, "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" she had intercourse with Ms. Crabtree, Mayor McDaniels, and Sheila Broflovski.[1] | United States |
Meg Griffin | Family Guy | January 31, 1999 | Throughout the series, Meg has shown romantic interest in and dated several men. However, there have been several instances, in episodes like "Stew-Roids" and "Dial Meg for Murder" in which she has shown hints of being bisexual or a lesbian.[2] In November 2016, when asked about further development on the characters Chris and Meg, Alec Sulkin confirmed there would be a future episode where Meg comes out as a lesbian, taking inspiration from earlier episodes where she exhibited signs of lesbian characteristics.[3][4] A few episodes since then have hinted at that possible development, such as "The Griffin Winter Games", "Trump Guy", and "Trans-Fat." | |
Stewie Griffin | Stewie has been in relationships with female babies but is also attracted to males. In the commentary for Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the writers describe how they were going to make Stewie discover he was gay but decided to scrap this idea in order to retain Stewie's sexual ambiguity for writing purposes.[5][6] MacFarlane planned for the series' third season to end with Stewie coming out of the closet after a near-death experience.[lower-alpha 1] The show's abrupt cancellation, before later continuing, caused MacFarlane to abort these plans, and the episode "Queer Is Stewie?" was produced, but never shown.[7] | |||
Janine Renard / Fox | Gargoyles | November 4, 1994 | Former leader of The Pack, born with the name of Janine Renard as noted in the episode "Outfoxed." She fell in love with David Xanatos, a young businessman, beginning in "The Thrill of the Hunt" episode whom she marries in the show's second season, in the episode "Vows." She had a liking to Titania, the wife of Oberon and queen of the Third race, as shown in the episode "The Gathering." Her sexual orientation has been confirmed by Greg Weisman as bisexual.[8][9] | |
Stephen Stotch | South Park | May 27, 1998 | Despite married to Linda, Butters' father Stephen Stotch is revealed to be a regular customer at the local gay theater & bathhouse as shown in "Butters' Very Own Episode," and claiming to Linda he only did so out of curiosity, Stephen promises to suppress any future gay urges.[10] However, some episodes, like "Insecurity," show him pursuing these acts in secret. |
In the 2000s
Characters | Show title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Terry Kimple | The Cleveland Show | October 18, 2009 | Terry, Cleveland's co-worker, marries his husband Paul in one episode, "Terry Unmarried." In the same episode, Cleveland asks if Terry is gay; Terry answers no, much to Cleveland's cheer. But Terry replies he's attracted to both genders, much to Cleveland's dismay.[11] | United States |
Andrew LeGustambos | Sit Down, Shut Up | April 19, 2009 | Andrew is a flamboyant and bisexual drama teacher whose last name in Spanish roughly translates to "he likes both", a reference to his sexual orientation.[12] He is in love with Larry Littlejunk and Miracle Grohe, with whom he hopes to get into a relationship should they become a couple. | United States |
Ling-Ling | Drawn Together | October 27, 2004 | Ling-Ling, an Asian trading-card mini-monster,[13][14] is identified as bisexual by a parody of The Terminator in the episode "Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!"[15] | United States |
Foxxy Love | Foxxy, a "sexy mystery-solver,"[13] has relations with both men and women,[14] but preferably with the former. She makes out with Princess Clara in the show's first episode,[13] and has a brief BDSM relationship with Captain Hero in another episode, "Requiem for a Reality Show."[15] | |||
Linda Memari | American Dad! | June 12, 2005 | Linda is one of the neighbors of the Smith family and is a bisexual Iranian-American woman.[16] Linda saved Francine from the Lady Bugs, a social group for women who cheat on their husbands, by kissing her in the episode "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives." It has been suggested Linda may not be attracted to her husband. In an attempt to hit on Francine, in the episode "Rough Trade," she rearranged her clothes to make her bust more prominent and knocked on the Smiths' door (prompting a drunk Stan to comment "When did you get those?"). After thinking Stan was beating Francine, she made an awkward excuse to leave. Francine then says, "She's a weird chick." Linda's husband is resigned to her preferences, and asks, in a defeated tone, if he can "at least watch this time" when he sees Linda eying Francine. | United States |
Pam Poovey | Archer | September 17, 2009 | Pam is the bisexual director of human resources.[17] In a behind-the-scenes feature, her voice actor, Amber Nash described Pam as "a sturdy bisexual".[18] | United States |
Coach Daniel Stopframe | Moral Orel | January 30, 2006 | Orel's bisexual coach as well as Shapey's biological father,[19] Daniel lusts after their father, Clay,[20] and at one point has sex with three women and a dog in episodes like "The Blessed Union." | United States |
In the 2010s
Characters | Show title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Alucard | Castlevania | July 7, 2017 | Alucard is a half-vampire and son of Dracula. In the main video game series, his sexuality is never hinted, while in the 1997 game Castlevania Legends (not part of the main canon), it was heavily implied he was in a relationship with female vampire-hunter Sonia Belmont. In the animated series, at the end of the third season, in a voluntary way, he accepts the insinuations of Taka(man) and Sumi(woman) and has sex with them. Samuel Deats, director of the series, confirmed in his Twitter account Alucard is bisexual.[21] | United States |
Princess Bean | Disenchantment | August 17, 2018 | Princess Bean has shown attraction to both men and women. In the season 3 episode "Last Splash", she shares a same-sex kiss with the mermaid Mora.[22] Moira is helpful in getting Bean to Steamland.[23] In the previous season, Bean was shown to enjoy "the company of mermaids."[24] Earlier in the series, Elfo, a male elf, was Bean's love interest.[25] | |
Blake Beladonna | RWBY | July 25, 2013 | In a conversation with the voice actresses for Ruby Rose (Lindsay Jones), Weiss Schnee (Kana Eberle), Yang (Barbara Dunkelman), and Patty Hawkins, for GalaxyCon, the voice actress for Blake, Arryn Zech, confirmed Blake likes men and women, with the other cast members concurring with her assessment.[26] She had a previous relationship with the abusive Adam Taurus[27] which Ilia implied as romantic in the episode "Alone Together" even though these feelings have since faded away.[lower-alpha 2] She gets along well with her teammate, Yang Xiao Long, beginning in earnest with the episode, "Burning the Candle",[lower-alpha 3] and also exemplified by both holding hands in the season 3 finale, "End of the Beginning." Blake and Yang also fight against Adam together in the episodes "The Lady in the Shoe" and "Seeing Red," with Blake stating she will always be Yang's side. After the battle, and Adam's death, Yang and Blake embrace, and their foreheads touch each other, and in later episodes, like "Sparks" and "A Night Off" they show closeness to each other. Blake also is close to Sun Wukong, as shown in the episodes "Burning the Candle," "Argus Limited," and other episodes. | |
Jay Bilzerian | Big Mouth | September 29, 2017 | He has shown various moments of being sexually attracted to women as well as Matthew, even sharing a kiss with one another after Jay stated the phrase, "Hey, man, a mouth's a mouth".[28] | |
Bow Glimmer |
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | November 13, 2018 | In a Twitch stream on June 9, 2020, Molly Ostertag stated she doesn't believe Bow or Glimmer are heterosexual, a sentiment series creator Noelle Stevenson concurred with.[29] In the last episode of the show's final season, "Heart Part 2," Bow and Glimmer kissed, making their relationship canon, while Adora imagines Bow and Glimmer in a long-term relationship, possibly even married. Some have said Bow and Glimmer are bisexual, which would imply Glimmer had a crush on Adora or Bow had a crush on Seahawk. While others have stated Bow is trans after he wore a binder in the episode "Shadows of Mystacor." The latter is a fan interpretation that Stevenson is "very fond of."[30] | |
Wendy Corduroy | Gravity Falls | June 29, 2012 | In August 2020, show creator Alex Hirsch implied that Wendy is bisexual in a tweet.[31] Wendy is a mellow, tomboyish, laid-back 15-year-old[32] part-time employee at the Mystery Shack, and she stated that she had many boyfriends in the past, including one ex-boyfriend with whom she cannot remember breaking up. | |
Jeremy De Longpre | Allen Gregory | October 30, 2011 | Richard and Jeremy are the fathers of the title character. Jeremy is a former social worker who had a loving wife and family, although this changed after Richard became one of his clients.[33] Richard was attracted to Jeremy to the point where he started stalking him and his family until Jeremy finally agreed to be his husband. Jeremy left his wife and children for Richard, who offered him an easy, no-maintenance life as his trophy husband.[33] | |
Enid | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | August 1, 2017 | Enid is a witch and ninja[34] who loves Red Action.[35][36] In the episode, "We Messed Up" when Enid sees Mr. Gar's photo of KO's young mom, she eagerly asks who the "babe" is. Also, when Enid and K.O. are biking to Rad's house in "Hope This Flies", Enid's helmet has a peace sign sticker colored as the bisexual pride flag. Enid also has possibly romantic feelings toward Elodie.[37] Red Action and Enid shared a kiss at the end of the episode, "Red Action 3: Grudgement Day", in the show's final season. | |
Entrapta | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | November 13, 2018 | Entrapta, princess of Dryl, is a skilled but reckless inventor. She is one of the most knowledgeable people on First Ones' tech in Etheria. Entrapta first sees Hordak, head of the Horde, as her work partner, and reunites with him in the show's last season, with both walking off together in the show's final episode. Their relationship was confirmed as canon by series creator Noelle Stevenson[29][lower-alpha 4] and character designer Rae Geiger.[38][39] According to Stevenson, Entrapta "sees humanity in everything"[40] and had "lots of robot boyfriends and girlfriends," along with her relationship with the ship, Darla, in "some capacity."[29] | |
Sleepy Gary | Rick and Morty | August 16, 2015 | In "Total Rickall", Sleepy Gary is one of the dozens of aliens that alter the memories of Rick, Morty, Beth, and Summer in order to pose as friends and family members.[41] Because of the fake memories, Beth believes herself to be married to Sleepy Gary, and Jerry believes he is having a secret affair with him.[42] | |
Shannon Glaser | Big Mouth | September 29, 2017 | Shannon is the mother of Jessi Glaser.[43] Despite already being married to her husband, Greg, she is shown to be secretly cheating on him by dating Cantor Dina Reznick, another woman, as shown in the episode "Everybody Bleeds."[44] Cantor is a recurring character in the show and Shannon's love interest. | |
Marie Logan | Young Justice | November 26, 2010 | Marie Logan is introduced in the first season as the mother of Garfield Logan / Beast Boy. In a tie-in comic, Queen Bee uses her control of pheromones to enthrall Marie, with her abilities only working on people that are sexually attracted to women.[45][46] This means Marie was either a lesbian or bisexual and her powers tied to her sexual attraction.[47][48] | |
Luna Loud | The Loud House | May 2, 2016 | Luna shows attraction to Hugh, her brother's tutor, in "Study Muffin", and sends a love letter to a girl named Sam in "L is for Love".[49][50] Sam seems to feel similarly about Luna, as shown in the latter episode. Sam Sharp appears to reciprocate Luna's feelings in that episode and others, with some describing them as beginning to date in the episode "Racing Hearts."[36][lower-alpha 5][51] | |
Marceline "Marcy" Abadeer | Adventure Time | May 17, 2010 | Marcy is bisexual as she dated a male wizard named Ash,[52] and in the series finale, shared an on-screen kiss with Bonnie,[53] confirming their relationship. The latter had been hinted at and subtle since the episode "What Was Missing," leading fans to ship these characters.[54] Additionally, Marceline's VA, Olivia Olson confirmed that Marceline and Princess Bubblegum had dated.[55] In Adventure Time: Distant Lands, "Obsidian," will shine a light on Marcy and Bonnie's relationship.[56] While Bubblegum seems to have dated a male character named Mr. Cream Puff,[57] her exact sexuality, unlike Marcy's,[58] has not been confirmed. As such, reviewers have argued she is either bisexual,[59] non-binary,[60] queer,[60] lesbian,[61] or a combination of some of the latter, as both live in a world where "sexuality is somewhat fluid."[62] | |
Charlie Magne | Hazbin Hotel | October 28, 2019 | Charlie is described as "gay" by news anchor Katie Killjoy, while she is shown as in an open relationship with Vaggie in the pilot episode.[63] Charlie was implied to be bisexual based on the colors of the bisexual pride flag appearing in a tweet from her account, describing Charlie and Vaggie's intimate relationship as to that of Jack Skeleton and Sally's relationship from The Nightmare Before Christmas.[64] | |
Moxxie | Helluva Boss | November 25, 2019 | Moxxie, the protagonist of Helluva Boss, is a demon, assassin, and weapons expert of I.M.P. On Bi Visibility Day, in September 2020, series creator Vivienne Medrano revealed he is bisexual on her Twitter account.[65] | |
Plum | Bravest Warriors | January 20, 2013 | Plum had a crush on Chris, kissing him multiple times during the show in the episodes "Gas-Powered Stick," "Hamster Priest" and "Merewif Tag," even as she rejected advanced from Danny and Wallow in the episode "Mexican Touchdown." She is also madly in love with her doppelganger, as shown in the canonical comics [66] while she entered a relationship with a female character named Peach in another comic.[67] Furthermore, on numerous occasions, she has identified as bisexual, confirmed by Kate Leth, who wrote all three volumes of the Bravest Warriors comic, writing "Plum is bi and it’s canon and I’m proud of her."[68] | United States, Canada |
Harley Quinn Poison Ivy |
Harley Quinn | November 29, 2019 | Harley and Ivy are best friends. After much buildup to Harley and Ivy's relationship, in the seventh episode of the show's second season, "There's No Place to Go But Down," they both kiss after Harley saved Ivy, following their escape from prison.[69] This episode happened after the first season began a "slow burn journey of self-discovery for both of the troubled yet powerful women" in the words of one reviewer. | United States |
Harper Row | Young Justice | January 25, 2019 | Harper Row is the bisexual friend to Violet Harper and Fred Bugg.[70] In the episode, "Early Warning," she drunkenly kissed Violet and has a boyfriend, just like Violet,[71] whose boyfriend is Geo-Force (also known as Brion Markov), until the episode "Nevermore." She is bisexual in the comics.[72][73] | |
Asami Sato Korra |
The Legend of Korra | April 14, 2012[lower-alpha 6] | In The Legend of Korra, both Asami and Korra are romantically involved with Mako at different points. The series finale, "The Last Stand," ended with Korra and Asami holding hands and looking into each other's eyes while traveling through a portal right before the ending credits. The creators later confirmed the intention of the ending scene was to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple.[74][75][76] In the graphic novel The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, which is the sequel to the animated series, Korra and Asami are in a relationship. | |
King Sombra | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | November 10, 2012 | Series writers Michael Vogel and Josh Haber confirmed Sombra is bisexual.[77] His portrayal in the TV series was, however, 'subtle'. | |
Walter Sweetlove | The Boondocks | June 23, 2014 | Walter Sweetlove is the leader of Yes Homo, a gay rights organization in the episode "The New Black." A protege of Rollo Goodlove, he also uses activism for ultimately greedy ends.[78] | |
Jackie Lynn Thomas | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | January 18, 2015 | Jackie-Lynn and Marco start dating in the episode "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown",[79] but ended their relationship in the episode "Sophomore Slump" due to Marco's feelings for Star.[80] In the episode "Britta's Tacos", it is revealed Jackie has a relationship with a French girl named Chloé.[81][82] | |
Professor Venomous | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | August 17, 2017 | Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed Professor Venomous is bisexual, when asked by a fan, but is not non-binary.[83][84] |
In the 2020s
Characters | Show title | Character debut date | Notes | Country |
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Luz Noceda | The Owl House | August 8, 2020 | Luz Noceda, the main character of The Owl House, has shown explicit interest in men and women. As shown in the second episode, "Witches Before Wizards" Luz meets a character named Nevareth, who she reacts to in a way similar to that of a small crush or infatuation. In the episode "Lost In Language", she's shown to be blushing at both Edric and Emira Blight. A few episodes later, in "Adventures in the Elements", she states, "I've got a new crush, and her name is education". Dana Terrace, the series's creator, confirmed on Twitter she wanted to make a bisexual character.[85] On September 2, during a Reddit AMA, Terrace official confirmed Luz is bisexual.[86] She also stated Luz is "oblivious to some things in front of her," including Amity's crush on her.[87] That makes her the first bisexual lead character on a Disney Channel show.[88] | United States |
See also
- List of television series with bisexual characters
- List of polyamorous characters in fiction
- List of animated series with LGBTQ characters
- List of comedy television series with LGBT characters
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1970s–2000s
- List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s
- List of LGBT characters in television and radio
Notes
- MacFarlane told Playboy "We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out. It had to do with the harassment he took from other kids at school. He ends up going back in time to prevent a passage in Leviticus from being written: 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is an abomination.' But we decided it's better to keep it vague, which makes more sense because he's a one-year-old. Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy repressed heterosexual."
- In this episode, Ilia said Blake was "too busy falling for Adam." In the episode "Best Day Ever," Blake as a sketch of him in her notebook, meaning she may still think of him, and in "Mountain Glenn" she calls Adam her partner, although more of a mentor. She further seems to have some remorse after killing Adam.
- This is the episode which started the "Bumbleby" (Blake/Yang) shipping
- From 3:55:40 to 3:57:26 in the video, Noelle says, "Entrapta has a lot of robot boyfriends and girlfriends...Entrapdak is canon...The robots learn to love because of her, and that's like Hordak," while making a number of other comments about Entrapta and Hordak.
- This GLAAD report says "Nickelodeon’s The Loud House still features bisexual character Luna Loud, and showed her starting to date Sam, a girl from school, earlier this year."
- Asami Sato's character debuted on April 28, 2012.
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