LGBTQ+ representation in the Bigfoot Cinematic Universe

The Bigfoot Cinematic Universe (BFCU) contains many characters who identify as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. This page will not simply list these characters but acknowledge the views and narratives that SBFW: Finding Bigfoot and SBFW: THREE'S A CROWD take toward these communities as well as homophobia. It will not cover MAPs (minor-attracted persons) as they are criminals, not LGBT, however some characters may be both. Due to the nature of the series' continuity as well as the fluidity of gender and sexuality, the sections do not perfectly align and will overlap.
==Gay men and women==
In "MKFC", which is read in "SBFW: Finally Finding Bigfoot", Mr. Krabs has sexual intercourse with several male corpses. In "Overcrowded", this version of Krabs appears and has sex with the Atomic Flounder's dead corpse.
In the same episode, Mr. Gus and Mr. Renaud are introduced as a couple, with the two being cis men in a homosexual relationship, which is depicted in arguably wholesome ways, given that the two are very caring and long for each other when the two are separated due to Renaud's indoctrination into the Malarky Cult. Mr. Gus, however, may be bisexual as he says he also likes 13-year-old girls (he is a pedophile). This relationship becomes the centre of the second season, and despite this established relationship, Jew Wario still presumes that Renaud is close to Sex Edward in a similarly romantic way, calling the two "Big Nonce". It could be argued that Jew Wario's implication is homophobic, or related to Sex Edward's profession as a . Mr. Renaud and Mr. Gus are revealed to be married in "A Midsummer's Night Bloons". They separate at some point due to Renaud's excursion to Israel.
It is implied that despite His vehement heterosexuality, the deity Conner Malarky - in part due to His own massive penis - may be homoerotically interested in others, asking in "Bloons, Pursued by a Bear" for proof of Renaud's claim that he, instead of Malarky Himself, is the God of Cocks. The Cult of Malarky is not disapproving of homosexual relationships unlike many Christian communities, with Renaud directly stating in "The Merchant of Bloons" that Conner Malarky "approves of lesbians".
Pluto, who appears in "Grooming", laments about being the "lesbianator", in reference to his real-world counterpart having the tendency to be in relationships with women who end up coming out as homosexual. CrazySponge, in the fictional world, is excited when lesbians are brought up, implying he fetishises them. Later on in the episode, Pluto has several moments of trauma associated with his lesbianating past.
The British politicians Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg appear as lovers in "A-Level Politics", however due to their conservative ideology are largely repressed in their bisexuality. This is especially ironic given Johnson's real-life promiscuity with several women and his massive list of children. Their attraction to each other is initially played off as a joke before they have their lives threatened when stuck in an elevator, allowing for them to be more open and romantic about their feelings. For example, when stuck in the elevator initially with NotJoe, they start French kissing. Interestingly, Johnson also has memorabilia of men on his phone, with former MP and sex offender as his lock screen, and shirtless images of US President Joe Biden. Despite initial protests from Speaker , the gay sex Johnson and Rees-Mogg initiate in the eventually develops into a full-on orgy, including other then-MPs and , though the Commons agrees not to allow press to record the orgy.
In "True and Honest Deathbattle (An Enemies to Reveal Lovers Story)", Chris Chan and have a conversation about lesbians, spurred on by Chris Chan's identity as a lesbian woman - particularly her relationship with her own mother, Barbara Chandler - and Cuomo's song about lesbians, "".
In "Worst. Episode. Ever.", Patchy the Pirate requests Potty the Parrot to "taste" his bulging purple penis but it is unclear if this was of a sexual nature, and rather just in response to Potty's medical concerns. The rest of the episode focuses on the penises of its characters but not in an explicitly homosexual manner.
Squilliam's album in "Scatman's World (Or, More Specifically, His Elevator)" has cover art described as "homoerotic". The record label producer claims that the cover art killed three of the label's workers, though it is likely due to how gratuitous and ugly it is rather than any homophobia.
In "Overcrowded", several characters make fleeting references to homosexuality, however it is not an essential part of those characters, most of which play minor roles. Briefly, crude versions of Patrick and Squidward make reference both to having sex with Elon Musk and quoting Leader Plankton! Remade, in which Patrick states "no homo, we slippin' on semen" after a cum tsunami initiated by Mr. Krabs. Later on, Jesus Sandal confesses that he masturbated to pornography of before admitting it was actually based off of that series' spin-off . An intern on the Leader Plankton! Remade production team also refers to the Jesus Sandal incident wherein he tampers with the series as an "F3 JS FBI SCOTUS LGBT situation". It is unclear what they mean by this. Peter Griffin and end up intensely making out in Jesus Sandal's attempted version of a THREE'S A CROWD episode.
In "The Monkey of the Day", a young Sex Edward's pet lemur Mr. LemurPants comes out to Sex Edward as gay, having been in a relationship with a monkey named Niles. The following musical number seems to endorse and showcase members of the LGBTQ+ community, though explaining very little to a young, confused Sex Edward. The lemur and monkey couple are followed and antagonised by a mob but this prejudice seems to emerge not from their homosexuality but because the lemur kidnapped the monkey from a cage wherein it was being tested on by a scientist.
==Transgender and non-binary characters==
The main character of the first series, Joe Mama, is a transgender woman, and the season depicts their transition, though played for jokes in most cases. They are referred to as male until the episode "Out with the Joe, in with the New", and their gender dysphoria seems to worsen as they become more famous and powerful in "The Ultimate Joedown", wherein she refers to herself (pre-transition) as "not Joe", signalling her name change to Josephine, and the episode ends with Joe and her father at . A popular right-wing rumour, conspiracy theory and meme details how Burger King is adding oestrogen to its burgers, and since this is a feminising hormone, it is perceived that the fast food chain may be turning men into women. This theory is given credence in SBFW: Finding Bigfoot, since whilst Joe's gender dysphoria does not start at Burger King, her transition does. The burger oestrogen has a notable effect in "Out with the New, in with the Joe", and she also clearly had vocal training and a change in wardrobe, though she does not mind if friends still call her "Joe". Both Adam Walker, her British vampire friend, and her father, Scott Mama, are accepting of her transition, as well as her old friends Josh and John., as shown in "Joe 2.0". Scott even references that he should have known that she was transgender because of her interest in the character . Josh in particular, however, seems to sexualise Joe, however, and fetishises her identity as a trans woman. In "SBFW: Finally Finding Bigfoot", she does face some transphobia from Kirkburn and the narrator, however her confidence remains high during the episode and she seems unbothered. Joe faces similar worries and shares her concerns through song regarding the fetishisation of trans women by clubgoers in bloons during her musical numbers in "All the World's a Stage", worrying she will be sexually harassed, asked embarrassing questions or generally faced with bigotry regarding her status as a transgender woman. Moments after her death, the church choir that sings about it seems to believe that her identity was "blasphemy" and against God's will, proving some of her concerns.
NotJoe, who identified as a transgender woman at the time of the episode's release, is depicted as one called Gwen in "A-Level Politics". Her trans identity largely does not feed into the plot although it may explain in part the aggression she faces from Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg.
YouTube personality Chris Chan appears in "True and Honest Deathbattle (An Enemies to Reveal Lovers Story)", with her transgender identity not being immediately obvious to Ken Stringfellow, who saw her as a man before she revealed her identity as a "lesbian woman". This seems to arouse Stringfellow.
AllisonLoaded, or Locknloaded23, is a user on the SpongeBob Fanon Wiki who has several writing credits in the BFCU. As a transgender individual, Lock sometimes implements this into her episodes, and in-universe in the BFCU, she is characterised as a rogue writer "destroying" spin-offs, as shown mostly in "Overcrowded". One of the ways in which she destroys spin-offs is shown by the Atomic Flounder, who after making a transphobic statement, is attacked by Mr. Krabs, who claims Lock would be offended by his remark. Soon after, Lock writes it into the episode that the Atomic Flounder explodes due to a large erection, though he makes one more transphobic remark before dying. Furthermore, the idea of alter-egos for Locknloaded23, consisting of the three versions, Laffy, Ally and Yvonne, may be a reference to gender fluidity.
==Homophobia, transphobia and oppression==
The narrator in "SBFW: Finally Finding Bigfoot" believes that trans women aren't real women. This is played for laughs, as is Joe Mama's perception that the Reverend may be transphobic, although Adam reassures Joe in "Joe 2.0" that the Reverend was actually somewhat progressive. 
John. says a homophobic slur in "SBFW: Finally Finding Bigfoot", which is censored due to FANDOM's Terms of Use. He faces no consequences for his actions. 
In "SBFW: Finally Finding Bigfoot", Kirkburn - a parody of the FANDOM staff member - appears to be transphobic towards Joe, when on the phone to Scott Mama, constantly misgendering her, for which he is punished for by Mr. Renaud and Mr. Gus, who throws Kirkburn into the sea because he "draw[s] the line at transphobia".
Sex Edward changes his name from George, as revealed by Jew Wario in "The People of Bloons v. Mr. Renaud", and the way Jew Wario refers to him as his former name is similar to deadnaming, however Jew Wario is never explicitly transphobic. Ironically, Sex Edward actually is, making a joke at his panned Brazilian stand-up comedy set in "All That Glitters is Not Bloons" about liberal screenwriters, later commenting after the joke bombs that transphobia is not funny in third-world countries, parodying the idea that western culture is more civilised. However, the crowd does laugh when Mr. Krabs insinuates in his joke that Sex Edward is not a name but a homoerotic reference. 
Bigfoot may be homophobic, but it is unclear as to why he is so upset at the fact that his son Mr. Gus is "chomping on [Mr. Renaud's] mayoral meat", as he never elaborates when he is told by Jew Wario about the relationship in "To Bloons or Not to Bloons". Regardless, Jew Wario's intentions are to upset the old-fashioned Bigfoot so homophobia plays a role, though it is reasonable of Bigfoot to be prejudiced against MAPs. 
The country of is sometimes seen as a "safe haven" in the Middle East for LGBTQ+ issues as they are less restrictive legally than many of the surrounding countries regarding homosexuality as a crime. Despite this, Mr. Renaud faces prejudice in Israel in "The Merchant of Bloons" when an Israeli businessman is intimidated by his perceived insinuations that he is a "lesbian" or would want Conner Malarky's "throbbing schbadonker slathering Jesus juice into [his] unexpecting face".
An interesting concept that may be mirrored in the Cult of Malarky's disapproval of pedophilia is how homophobic many Christian communities are, often sometimes citing holy scripture as containing inherently homophobic texts and morals. This parallel could be satirising the stereotype of Catholic priests being involved in sexual abuse scandals, which arose from a plentitude of genuine cases. The book is revealed to endorse necrophiles however. Additionally, Mr. Gus' complaints about not being able to find a job as a pedophile in Brazil during "All the World's a Stage" may be commentary on how there are systematic issues and social prejudices that may prevent homosexual and transgender individuals from succeeding in the workplace, however exaggerated due to Gus' criminal history.
In "Overcrowded", The Flying Dutchman briefly references in a fleeting remark how much he hates gay people, and faces no consequence for this. Similarly, Peter Griffin faces no consequence for refusing to respect pronouns later on in the episode.
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