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A character who pulls a flip-flop in terms of proclaimed sexuality or suddenly, for no apparent reason, feels strongly enough about it to become the Token Minority of their particular series for that particular sexuality. This can be because the author changed his mind about a character, is catering to Fan Wank, or is simply providing Fan Service. In any of these instances it is usually frowned upon. Not that it's entirely unrealistic, but it's very jarring. Sometimes employed purely as an answer to the assumption that all undeclared characters in fiction must, by default, be heterosexual.

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  • Suddenly Sexuality
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  • A character who pulls a flip-flop in terms of proclaimed sexuality or suddenly, for no apparent reason, feels strongly enough about it to become the Token Minority of their particular series for that particular sexuality. This can be because the author changed his mind about a character, is catering to Fan Wank, or is simply providing Fan Service. In any of these instances it is usually frowned upon. Not that it's entirely unrealistic, but it's very jarring. Sometimes employed purely as an answer to the assumption that all undeclared characters in fiction must, by default, be heterosexual.
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  • A character who pulls a flip-flop in terms of proclaimed sexuality or suddenly, for no apparent reason, feels strongly enough about it to become the Token Minority of their particular series for that particular sexuality. This can be because the author changed his mind about a character, is catering to Fan Wank, or is simply providing Fan Service. In any of these instances it is usually frowned upon. Not that it's entirely unrealistic, but it's very jarring. Sometimes employed purely as an answer to the assumption that all undeclared characters in fiction must, by default, be heterosexual. Can be implemented as a quick gag, in which case the characters may immediately become some variation of Stereotype Gay (Flamboyant Gay and Leather Man the most popular), regardless of their previous character traits. Technically speaking, if no information as to a given character's sexuality has been demonstrated before in a work, either due to that character not getting a lot of screen time or the work simply not focusing on romantic relationships, then any declaration of sexual or romantic feelings would count as this trope. If this is done via Word of God instead of within a work, it's Word of Gay. Compare to No Bisexuals. May result in a Straight Gay. Can be forced by introducing Situational Sexuality. See also: Rape and Switch. Relationship Reveal is a chance to out a character with more buildup. For the race version, see Suddenly Ethnicity. Examples of Suddenly Sexuality include:
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