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Q-Force

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Q-Force	type	TVTItem
Q-Force	label	Q-Force
Q-Force	page	QForce
Q-Force	comment	Q-Force is an adult animated comedy series airing on Netflix created by Gabe Liedman and animated by Titmouse.It centers around a group of LGBT-spies working for the American Intelligence Agency (AIA) who, despite being the best in their field, are undervalued due to their sexualities and identities.Tired of this unfair treatment, Agent Steve Maryweather (also known as Agent Mary) decides to go rogue, in order to gain the attention of the AIA leadership and finally get the recognition he and his team deserve.Netflix ordered 10 episodes of the series in April 2019.The first teaser was released on July 23, 2021 and can be watched here. The first official trailer was released on August 12, 2021 and can be watched here.The first season was released on September 2, 2021. On June 27, 2022, it was announced that the show had been cancelled after one season.Not to be confused with the QForce from Ratchet & Clank.
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Q-Force / int_14c04cad	type	Butch Lesbian
Q-Force / int_14c04cad	comment	Butch Lesbian: Deb is a muscular, crass stocky woman who works as a mechanic and has short hair and a deep masculine voice. She's also openly lesbian and married to another woman. Dirk's assistant, Louisa Desk, a large woman who equals Deb in strength and size comes out as lesbian...to the surprise of no one since they've already assumed she's gay.
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Q-Force / int_1c5f6177	type	The Twink
Q-Force / int_1c5f6177	comment	The Twink: Heck, one of them is even nicknamed as such, including being aware of the power he holds over other men when he proclaims to himself, "One day, I'm gonna top him [Buck]."
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Q-Force / int_29c4561d	type	The Something Force
Q-Force / int_29c4561d	comment	The Something Force: The titular Q-Force, originally so named as an insult by the other AIA-agents. Steve decides to run with it anyway, since he actually likes it.
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Q-Force / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
Q-Force / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: The Q-Force find a guy who they suspect to be a terrorist over his profile on "Grindo" a thinly veiled parody of Grindr. In Episode 4 the Q-Force have to infiltrate a foreign country that is currently hosting the EuropeVision, a parody of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country itself, Gyenorvya, is a blatant parody of Genovia from The Princess Diaries.
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Q-Force / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
Q-Force / int_317629db	comment	Q-Force is originally an Embarrassing Nickname the other agents give Agent Mary's team, due to all of them being, well, queer. V offers to put a stop to it, but Mary declines, saying he actually likes the name.
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Q-Force / int_38a57680	type	Flying Car
Q-Force / int_38a57680	comment	Flying Car: Well, mostly. Subaru McClanahan, heavily modified by Deb, can fly (more or less). She also has many other spy features such as remote control and an electromagnet.
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Q-Force / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Q-Force / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Twink is constantly citing these in his life, often involving celebrities and circuit parties. Mary is triggered by Buck derisively referring to having to mind the shop as babysitting, which causes Mary to angrily state that actual babysitting is an extremely hard job. Deb was in the Navy and implies that she pranked superior officers during her service. V mentions that getting kidnapped and finding out that your spouse is a spy is a leading cause of divorce. Whether this is in the general population or just within the espionage community is unstated.
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Q-Force / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Q-Force / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Mary loses his title of valedictorian right after coming out as gay and the honor is given to agent Buck, a straight man, instead. All while Director Chunley is insistent that Mary being gay and Buck being straight has absolutely nothing to with it.
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Q-Force / int_460ffa29	type	Transparent Closet
Q-Force / int_460ffa29	comment	Dirk's assistant, Louisa Desk, a large woman who equals Deb in strength and size comes out as lesbian...to the surprise of no one since they've already assumed she's gay.
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Q-Force / int_4db42cf3	type	Male Frontal Nudity
Q-Force / int_4db42cf3	comment	Male Frontal Nudity: Uncensored genitalia is on full display whenever a man is in the buff. Buck is usually seen naked for either comedy or unfortunate happenstance. "Buck naked", if you will. In "Backache Mountain," a low-angle shot of Agent Mary's genitals are onscreen for a second after his steamy sex scene with Ennis. A throng of naked men, along with Buck and Twink, were seen imprisoned in "WeHo Confidential".
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Q-Force / int_50b1855d	type	Spy Fiction
Q-Force / int_50b1855d	comment	Spy Fiction: Largely a parody of Tuxedo and Martini style, with the characters using lots of spy tech and fighting rather Camp threats. When V needs to go somewhere she is prone to summoning a helicopter and flying off while hanging from a ladder attached to it.
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Q-Force / int_56264c27	type	Campy Combat
Q-Force / int_56264c27	comment	Campy Combat: Usually averted, since most characters are Straight Gay or Butch Lesbian. But Twink is the god emperor of using campy clothes and maneuvers in combat.
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Q-Force / int_562abd51	type	Let's Get Dangerous!
Q-Force / int_562abd51	comment	Let's Get Dangerous!: After ten years of not being given a case and being brushed off every time he asks for one, Mary decides to simply get the Q-Force their own case and screw what the higher-ups think about it.
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Q-Force / int_5670cddb	type	Troubled Backstory Flashback
Q-Force / int_5670cddb	comment	Troubled Backstory Flashback: In "Deb's BBQ," when Buck criticizes Twink for being too effeminate in vein of Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?, he's reminded of his father (a brutish ringleader from Cirque du Soleil) criticizing him for his lack of masculinity and calling him a "clown," a word that Buck also used disparagingly. It makes certain sense why at present, he rather goes by Twink. Twink does get over it after he (while disguised as Mary) confronts Buck about his behavior.
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Q-Force / int_5798bfbf	type	Reassigned to Antarctica
Q-Force / int_5798bfbf	comment	Reassigned to Antarctica: Mary gets assigned to West Hollywood after coming out and is more or less just left there to twiddle his thumbs so the director doesn't have to deal with him.
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Q-Force / int_5abe161f	type	Flawless Token
Q-Force / int_5abe161f	comment	Flawless Token: Discussed by V in "Rogue". When she chews Mary out for going against the AIA's orders, she adds that "people like [them]" simply cannot afford to take those kinds of risks, since people like director Chunley will immediately jump at the opportunity to fire them and/or ruin any chance they might have at advancing in their careers.
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Q-Force / int_6201e8b0	type	I Have Your Wife
Q-Force / int_6201e8b0	comment	I Have Your Wife: The villains kidnap Deb's wife Pam to force their team to exchange her freedom for the uranium they took away from them. They successfully rescue her at the end of the next episode, though it leads to Pam being aware of Q-Force as well as Deb's real job.
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Q-Force / int_71c5dc4e	type	Addictive Foreign Soap Opera
Q-Force / int_71c5dc4e	comment	Addictive Foreign Soap Opera: Cobblestones, Gyenorvya's most popular TV show. Also apparently its only TV show.
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Q-Force / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
Q-Force / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: Zig-zagged with Mary who displays some stereotypically gay mannerisms, like speaking in a high effeminate voice and being overly concerned about his looks, but overall comes across more like a Straight Gay. Played straight with Twink who goes all in on the camp whenever he's on screen.
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Q-Force / int_775a1af6	type	Married to the Job
Q-Force / int_775a1af6	comment	Married to the Job: Mary dedicates his entire life to his unit and neglects pretty much everything else, including relationships. He lets up on that starting in "Deb's BBQ" and starts dating Benji.
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Q-Force / int_79503ae9	type	Stout Strength
Q-Force / int_79503ae9	comment	Stout Strength: Seemingly any spy character who is not buff has this, including Buck, Deb and Louisa Desk.
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Q-Force / int_79cd85f0	type	First Gray Hair
Q-Force / int_79cd85f0	comment	First Gray Hair: Mary gets his after ten years without a case.This ultimately drives him to go rogue with his team, since he sees this as a sign that he's throwing his life away waiting for the agency to give him the respect he deserves.
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Q-Force / int_83b44e80	type	Straight Gay
Q-Force / int_83b44e80	comment	Zig-zagged with Mary who displays some stereotypically gay mannerisms, like speaking in a high effeminate voice and being overly concerned about his looks, but overall comes across more like a Straight Gay.
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Q-Force / int_84d29a11	type	Drag Queen
Q-Force / int_84d29a11	comment	Drag Queen: Twink regularly does drag both in his civilian job and as an undercover agent. He's pretty convincing too.
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Q-Force / int_8aef3aa4	type	Big Beautiful Man
Q-Force / int_8aef3aa4	comment	Big Beautiful Man: Benji is a pudgy but handsome fellow who manages to catch Mary's eye when they first meet.
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Q-Force / int_9c224098	type	Deliberately Bad Example
Q-Force / int_9c224098	comment	Deliberately Bad Example: Buck encompasses the worst stereotype of the "straight white male" so much that anything he says and does makes the flaws of his majority queer colleagues look like simple quirks.
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Q-Force / int_a10775b7	type	Mean Boss
Q-Force / int_a10775b7	comment	Mean Boss: Pretty much the standard for higher-ups at the AIA with regards to their secretaries, who apparently get one day off per year if they are lucky.
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Q-Force / int_a58e5ad7	type	Naked People Are Funny
Q-Force / int_a58e5ad7	comment	Buck is usually seen naked for either comedy or unfortunate happenstance. "Buck naked", if you will.
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Q-Force / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
Q-Force / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Twink's real name is Bastien, as we learn from his Troubled Backstory Flashback when his father calls him as such. Details below. Zig-zagged with Steve Maryweather where he's called Mary by his teammates, but introduces himself as Steve to those outside of work. So when he introduces himself as "Mary" to Benji by the end, this means he trusts him enough to let him know about his double life.
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Q-Force / int_aa6043ca	type	Open-Minded Parent
Q-Force / int_aa6043ca	comment	Open-Minded Parent: Benji's parents who are nothing but nice to Steve when Benji introduces him to them. It's implied that they've always been this way, and are ecstatic whenever their son brings his boyfriends home.
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Q-Force / int_b474c23f	type	Misery Poker
Q-Force / int_b474c23f	comment	Misery Poker: When Mary talks to Deb about the pressure he feels as the first openly gay agent in the field, she half-jokingly tells him to try and be a black woman for one day. Mary doesn't get it.
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Q-Force / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Q-Force / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: The head miner in "Backache Mountain" refuses to sleep with Mary when the latter comes onto him, calling him out for attempting that kind of thing when both of them are supposed to be working and stating that work and relationships don't mix.
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Q-Force / int_b8dbbc07	type	Ink-Suit Actor
Q-Force / int_b8dbbc07	comment	Ink-Suit Actor: It's plain to see that Louisa Desk's large frame, curly hair, and face are modeled after her voice actress, Fortune Feimster. Benji's two best friends are also modeled after their voice actors, Maulik Pancholy and Ira Madison III.
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Q-Force / int_bc07ffe3	type	Spies Are Lecherous
Q-Force / int_bc07ffe3	comment	Spies Are Lecherous: Quite often the Q-Force has to resort to flirting to get information from a target. It's not just them either, as the whole of AIA actively encourages using sexuality and seduction if it gets the job done. Apparently there's even a class in Spy Sex at the academy.
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Q-Force / int_c4500946	type	Break His Heart to Save Him
Q-Force / int_c4500946	comment	Break His Heart to Save Him: Mary breaks up with Benji to get him, and his family, out of harm's way, racked with guilt from witnessing Benji's friend, Antoni, die in a scooter explosion that was meant for Mary.
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Q-Force / int_c4842ab1	type	Appropriated Appellation
Q-Force / int_c4842ab1	comment	Appropriated Appellation: Q-Force is originally an Embarrassing Nickname the other agents give Agent Mary's team, due to all of them being, well, queer. V offers to put a stop to it, but Mary declines, saying he actually likes the name. Initially, "Mary" and "Agent Mary" were names Buck bestowed on Steve Maryweather to make fun of him for his sexuality* 'Mary' is also used as an insult for effeminate gay men., though he eventually reclaims this moniker and proudly goes by it* In the same vein with which gays would refer to each other as Mary back in the day..
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Q-Force / int_ca5eda76	type	Heteronormative Crusader
Q-Force / int_ca5eda76	comment	Heteronormative Crusader: Director Chunley who shows absolutely no respect for the Q-Force or their accomplishments and would rather pretend they don't exist at all. Buck, Q-Force's token straight, isn't much better, being incredibly toxic and homophobic to everyone around him and showing no respect for his fellow agents, simply because they're out and proud and he can't handle that. The AIA as a whole, since they developed Project Greyscale as a way to erase the memories of queer agents and other "inconveniences" after firing them.
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Q-Force / int_ca7ec334	type	Two Lines, No Waiting
Q-Force / int_ca7ec334	comment	Two Lines, No Waiting: The show uses this frequently at the start of Episode 3, with focus shifting back and forth from one group of cast to the other. How much each subplot has to do with the other depends on the episode.
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Q-Force / int_d32cd9f5	type	Cast Full of Gay
Q-Force / int_d32cd9f5	comment	Cast Full of Gay: Aside from Buck (who is straight) and V (whose identity is a secret), absolutely no one in the Q-Force is straight. Add to that a plethora of LGBT+ side-characters and villains.
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Q-Force / int_e1da40	type	The Bear
Q-Force / int_e1da40	comment	The Bear: Benji, Agent Mary's boyfriend, is an archetypal one. Full beard, heavyset, openly gay and all. Though he is more soft-spoken than most examples.
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Q-Force / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
Q-Force / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: A make-up company called "Honestly?" is named after the interjection, so it's always pronounced with a raised inflection.
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Q-Force / int_ee0c2c3c	type	Fictional Country
Q-Force / int_ee0c2c3c	comment	Fictional Country: Gyenorvya, a vaguely northern monarchy in Europe that is hosting that year's EuropeVision. The country is known for having a gigantic hole, celebrates Christmas every day and has it's own internet cut off from the rest of the world.
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Q-Force	hasFeature	Campy Combat / int_8d4771e6
Q-Force	hasFeature	Cast Full of Gay / int_8d4771e6
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Q-Force	hasFeature	The Twink / int_8d4771e6
Q-Force	hasFeature	Western Animation of the 2020s / int_8d4771e6

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