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After identifying Alkaio Thiele of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as probably gay due to his many male friends, his romance with Kayden Koshelev, and...well, just look at him, prancing with his mom (the butch one)... I've been going through his work, looking for gay subtexts.
Left: I don't have any n*de photos of Alkaio, since he's under 18, but here's a random Greek guy.
Episode 1.13, Scene 1: After school, Darwin is cheerful; Gumball is suspicious. Finally he comes clean: He wrote his girlfriend Carrie (right) a love letter, and he's going to slip it in her locker.
"But Carrie is a cursed specter from the Underworld. She might not approve of love."
Then the ghost-being Carrie and her friend Penny, a glowing peanut, appear. Gumball and Penny rub their faces over each other and smoochy-woochy. Two boy-girl romances. It's not looking good for the "insanely gay" advocates.
Ghost-being Carrie icks. She explains that she's dead inside, so she finds physical displays of affection "cringy and gross." That's why she and Darwin get along so well -- he's not "a mewling puddle of mush."
Uh-oh, she opens her locker, and her monster-knapsack absorbs Darwin's love letter!
"But what if you get a cute 'I wuv you' letter?" Darwin asks, grasping at straws.
She possesses Gumball and makes him announce that the dead are deprived of love, so when a ghost hears "I love you," even when addressed to someone else, the hunger makes them lose control and devour your soul. So is it that you don't like physical affection, or you don't like romantic love? Make up your mind, lady.
Scene 2: At lunch, Ghost Carrie, Peanut Penny, and a cloud-being are discussing the circumstances under which a boy might say "I love you" and not get eaten. They specify a boy, assuming that all romances are boy-girl. Things are not looking good.
Gumball sneaks under the table, where the monster-knapsack eats him. But it spits him out, and he brings the letter with him, along with Ghost Carrie's book of magic, which they can use to destroy it.
Scene 3: Gumball can't read the arcane language, so he tries conjuring at random. First, a refrigerator. Then a love spell. Gumball already loves Darwin, but "You really look like a snack right now." Ok, a reference to same-sex desire.
The dimwits finally realize that they could just throw the letter away, but as they toss, the giant ape Hector Jotunheim jumps in front of them, and it ends up in his backpack. Now he'll think that Darwin is in love with him!
Scene 4: Gumball suggests that "a sweet and chill partner" like the Giant Ape is a better match than an emo ghost, but Darwin insists that he loves only Ghost Carrie. He doesn't assume that Darwin's romantic partners can only be girls.
Whoops, the Giant Ape returns the letter -- during class --- and the teacher forces Darwin to read it aloud. Now Carrie will know the truth!
Wait, it's not his letter after all! It's from the Giant Ape, explaining that he is not romantically interested: "I've tried dating people your size before, and I've been hurt." Chances are they'll be hurt, too. Giant Apes have giant....you know.
Scene 5: Uh-oh, Carrie thinks that Darwin was trying to cheat on her with the Giant Ape and goes berserk, turning the hallways into a Lovecraftian hellzone, with eyes and tentacles everywhere. Darwin tries to explain that the Giant Ape was responding to a letter to her, but instead of saying "I love you," he says "Eat my face."
Carrie rushes back into the school, possesses Gumball, and returns out to kiss him. "Thank you for understanding," Carrie/Gumball says. They hug, and Carrie lets Gumball go.
Gumball is happy that he could help his friend, and imagines being there for him "all day, every day." Well, maybe not all day, like on his wedding... he retches at the thought of watching Darwin's wedding night. The end.
Left: Another random Greek guy.
The diary and n*de black guys after the break