History Main / FrazettaMan

Your basic Frazetta Man has the wiry build of a chimpanzee, though he is generally around human size if not larger. He'll be covered in hair (usually not fur) and will rarely wield any weapon more sophisticated than a [[CarryABigStick knobkerrie]]. Seldom if ever [[OneGenderRace will females]] or children of the species be seen, perhaps explaining his fixation on the NubileSavage in the FurBikini.[[hottip:*:In some cases, the females of the species will [[BizarreSexualDimorphism bizarrely]] ''be'' {{Nubile Savage}}s.]] His language, if he has progressed beyond the grunting stage, will be [[HulkSpeak simple]] and [[BlackSpeech brutal]], and his gods will exist primarily to excuse his bloodthirsty nature.

* ''Trog!'' has the title character as such a being, though he's a bit more sympathetic than most.

* In RobertEHoward's "Shadows in the Moonlight" ConanTheBarbarian fights one.

** There's also Thak from "Rogues in the House", though he may be a mild subversion -- he's dangerous explicitly ''because'' he's smart as well as strong even though he doesn't speak, and Conan himself acknowledges after defeating him that he has "slain a ''man'' tonight, not a ''beast''."

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[[caption-width:370:Left: FrazettaMan in his natural habitat.]][[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Neanderthal Man.]] Java Man. Peking Man. [[strike: Piltdown Man.]] [[strike:Nebraska Man.]] ''[[strike:EncinoMan.]]'' Our cousins or predecessors. What were they like? What did they eat, where did they live, how did they behave? What dreams might they have had, what primal gods did they revere? The fact is, most pulp authors just [[DidNotDoTheResearch do not do the research]], and lump these worthies into a mass of savage, knuckle-dragging [[{{Mooks}} thugs]]: BeastMan. ''Ape'' Man. ''Frazetta Man''.

* In BrutalLegend, the Headbangers are silly version of Frazetta Men. They are built like Neanderthals, and only know how to bang their heads against rocks for mining purposes, so they are used as slave labor without the need of bars and chains. The Hero then introduces them to Music/HeavyMetal, and compels them to bang their heads for freedom instead. They gain intelligence as the story goes by, building cars and weapons.

* ''Homo Heidelbergensis'', an ancestor of both modern humans and neanderthals, stood at an average height of 1.8m and an estimated weight of 100 kg. In southern Africa numerous individuals have been found that suprpassed heights of 2.1m.

* ''Homo Heidelbergensis'', an ancestor of both modern humans and neanderthals, stood at an average height of 1,80m and an estimated weight of 100 kg. In southern Africa numerous individuals have been found that suprpassed heights of 2.10m.

* ''Homo Heidelbergensis'', an ancestor of both modern humans and neanderthals, stood at an average height of 1,80m and an estimated weight of 100 kg. In southern Africa numerous individuals have been found that suprpassed heights of 2,10m.

* In BrutalLegend, the Headbangers are silly version of Frazetta Men. They are built like Neanderthals, and only know how to bang their heads against rocks for mining purposes, so they are used as slave labor without the need of bars and chains. The Hero then introduces them to HeavyMetal, and compels them to bang their heads for freedom instead. They gain intelligence as the story goes by, building cars and weapons.

[[caption-width:370:Left: FrazettaMan in his natural habitat.]][[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Neanderthal Man.]] Java Man. Peking Man. [[strike: Piltdown Man.]] [[strike:Nebraska Man.]] ''[[strike:EncinoMan.]]'' Our cousins or predecessors. What were they like? What did they eat, where did they live, how did they behave? What dreams might they have had, what primal gods did they revere? The fact is, most pulp authors just [[DidNotDoTheResearch do not do the research]], and lump these worthies into a mass of savage, knuckle-dragging [[{{Mooks}} thugs]]: BeastMan. ''Ape'' Man. ''FrazettaMan''.

Named for the art of FrankFrazetta, FrazettaMan is the generic subhuman native of the LostWorld. He most likely [[MarsNeedsWomen Wants Our Women]], and is prepared to pursue them across hundreds of miles of jungle and savanna. He is applied in [[TheHorde hordes]], can [[AlwaysChaoticEvil rarely be reasoned with]], and basically exists to be triumphed over by MightyWhitey so the locals may be properly awed. Yes, FrazettaMan truly brings all kinds of UnfortunateImplications to the table in this enlightened age.

Your basic FrazettaMan has the wiry build of a chimpanzee, though he is generally around human size if not larger. He'll be covered in hair (usually not fur) and will rarely wield any weapon more sophisticated than a [[CarryABigStick knobkerrie]]. Seldom if ever [[OneGenderRace will females]] or children of the species be seen, perhaps explaining his fixation on the NubileSavage in the FurBikini.[[hottip:*:In some cases, the females of the species will [[BizarreSexualDimorphism bizarrely]] ''be'' {{Nubile Savage}}s.]] His language, if he has progressed beyond the grunting stage, will be [[HulkSpeak simple]] and [[BlackSpeech brutal]], and his gods will exist primarily to excuse his bloodthirsty nature.

More intelligent species of FrazettaMan exist, physically little different but typically adorned in primitive jewelry and using weapons as advanced as swords or axes. Such varieties often function as {{Mooks}} for the local BigBad, and may shade over into [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcish]] or BeastMan territory.

* EdgarRiceBurroughs made liberal use of FrazettaMan in a myriad of incarnations; the best known and best developed are the Mangani, a missing-link "anthropoid ape" species who raised {{Tarzan}}.
** {{Pellucidar}} alone has the Sagoths, an advanced breed of FrazettaMan who act as {{Mooks}} to the ruling Mahars, along with separate species dubbed Ape Men, Gorilla Men, and Brute Men.

* Trolls, Ogres, and Dawn-men from TheElenium by DavidEddings are FrazettaMan on steroids, and (at least the Trolls) backed by genuinely powerful (if stupid) gods.

[[caption-width:370:FrazettaMan in his natural habitat (left).]][[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Neanderthal Man.]] Java Man. Peking Man. [[strike: Piltdown Man.]] [[strike:Nebraska Man.]] ''[[strike:EncinoMan.]]'' Our cousins or predecessors. What were they like? What did they eat, where did they live, how did they behave? What dreams might they have had, what primal gods did they revere? The fact is, most pulp authors just [[DidNotDoTheResearch do not do the research]], and lump these worthies into a mass of savage, knuckle-dragging [[{{Mooks}} thugs]]: BeastMan. ''Ape'' Man. ''FrazettaMan''.

[[caption-width:370:FrazettaMan in his natural habitat.]][[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Neanderthal Man.]] Java Man. Peking Man. [[strike: Piltdown Man.]] [[strike:Nebraska Man.]] ''[[strike:EncinoMan.]]'' Our cousins or predecessors. What were they like? What did they eat, where did they live, how did they behave? What dreams might they have had, what primal gods did they revere? The fact is, most pulp authors just [[DidNotDoTheResearch do not do the research]], and lump these worthies into a mass of savage, knuckle-dragging [[{{Mooks}} thugs]]: BeastMan. ''Ape'' Man. ''FrazettaMan''.

Your basic FrazettaMan has the wiry build of a chimpanzee, though he is generally around human size if not larger. He'll be covered in hair (usually not fur) and will rarely wield any weapon more sophisticated than a knobkerrie. Seldom if ever will females or children of the species be seen, perhaps explaining his fixation on the NubileSavage in the FurBikini.[[hottip:*:In some cases, the females of the species will [[BizarreSexualDimorphism bizarrely]] ''be'' {{Nubile Savage}}s.]] His language, if he has progressed beyond the grunting stage, will be simple and brutal, and his gods will exist primarily to excuse his bloodthirsty nature.

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* ''One Million Years B.C.'' Features these hairy bipeds in a shadowy bit part.

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* The sub-humans of ''FireAndIce'', character designs by FrankFrazetta himself.
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* These become the primary antagonists for much of TheLostWorld, though it is perhaps a bit less MightyWhitey than some examples because the outsider main characters would be toast without the army of the more human natives of the plateau. Much is made of Professor Challenger's resemblance to the chief of the ape-men.

Your basic FrazettaMan has the wiry build of a chimpanzee, though he is generally around human size if not larger. He'll be covered in hair (usually not fur) and will rarely wield any weapon more sophisticated than a knobkerrie. Seldom if ever will females or children of the species be seen, perhaps explaining his fixation on the NubileSavage in the FurBikini. His language, if he has progressed beyond the grunting stage, will be simple and brutal, and his gods will exist primarily to excuse his bloodthirsty nature.

* TheMorlocks from HGWells' ''TheTimeMachine''.

* Moonwatcher and the gang from ''2001: ASpaceOdyssey''. They were just your ordinary [[ButtMonkey Butt]][[strike: Monkeys]] Apes of the savannah until the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien artifact [[TookALevelInBadass taught them how to be badass]].

* Ayala from ChronoTrigger is a female version of this, along with the rest of her tribe.