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Many, many gay and fat jokes. Before Chuck realizes firsthand how homosexuals are discriminated against, he's the first to say hateful words about homosexuality; later he changes his tune -- as do the rest of the firefighters, but that's only after the movie mines as much humor out of LGBTQ stereotypes as possible. Larry's young son is suspected of being gay because he would rather tap dance and sing in musicals instead of engaging in more "masculine" activities like sports; as much humor from this situation as possible is mined before it's revealed that Chuck has been helping Larry's son rehearse for an audition, and it doesn't make a difference what the boy's sexual orientation might be, but by that  point, it's too little too late. There's no redeeming the movie's painful Asian stereotypes, which take the form of a Canadian wedding chapel owner (it's obviously Rob Schneider dressed as an East Asian man). Also, most of the female characters are treated as sex objects in an attempt to comedically exaggerate Chuck's "Casanova" character. A mentally ill homeless man is the butt of some jokes. 

Gay stereotypes abound, and these stereotypes are often the source of the comedy, even as it seems as if the movie is trying to address and confront homophobia. The minister who weds Chuck and Larry is a white man pretending to be Asian, and resorts to all the worst cliches of the stereotype. Most of the women are presented as little more than sex objects for Chuck's enjoyment, including a female doctor and lawyer who eventually end up as scantily clad as the other women Chuck seduces. Fat-shaming is another source of humor throughout the movie. 

Chuck punches a protesting minister who calls him a "f-ggot." Joke about prison rape. 

Chuck is known as a womanizer; he has five lingerie-clad girlfriends spending the night. He makes twin sisters kiss each other (off screen -- viewers see the firefighters' reactions). A woman discusses how "freaky" she can get in bed. After flirting in a sexist manner with a female doctor while recuperating in the hospital, the doctor is later shown in Chuck's bedroom wearing lingerie, and as seduced by Chuck's charms as the other scantily-clad women spending the night in his bedroom. Firefighters' bare buttocks are visible in a fairly long shower scene. Many jokes about all the "hot gay sex" Chuck and Larry are having while they're pretending to be a couple. Chuck receives pornographic material (a blow-up doll, brown paper packages marked "explicit," Trojan XL condoms case, etc.) in the mail. A calendar shows hetero men in homosexual poses. While still pretending to be gay, Chuck is asked to place his hands on the breasts of his lawyer/love interest, so she can prove to him that "they're real." When his lawyer/love interest starts to remove her clothes in front of him, Chuck borrows a sweatshirt so he can hide his erection. When Chuck moves in with Larry, Chuck receives a voluminous amount of pornography in the mail, including magazines found by one of the kids. 

Homosexual hate words like "f-ggot" and "f-g" are used for the first half of the movie, including by the main characters; Chuck later explains why it's insensitive to use those words. Other curse words include "ass," "a--hole," "s--t," "bitch," "whore," "dick," "fatboy," etc. Middle finger gesture. 

Budweiser beer product placement throughout the movie. Trojan condoms. 

Joke about Vicodin. Cigar smoking. When Larry first asks Chuck to be his domestic partner, Chuck responds by reaching for a bottle of booze and chugging it. Champagne drinking. Chuck shows an obviously stoned store employee the marijuana joint that started a fire; Chuck then sprays the employee with his fire extinguisher, and the employee acts like the spray is getting him high. Chuck and another character drink wine; partygoers drink.