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->''Patch the drywall, clean your gutters and mow the lawn''
->''Make that phone call, I'll install anything you want''
->''Yeah, check my big staple gun, my socket wrenches are second to none''
->''I won't quit 'til I'm done, don't even care if I hammer my thumb {whacks thumb with hammer} (OW!)''

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** Marty Crane in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' is another "approximate handyman"

* Series/{{Beetlejuice}}'s first guise as Mr. Beetleman comes in an episode where he becomes a handyman who tries to repair the Deetzes' leaky kitchen faucet. The results are dubious.

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* ''Series/RedGreen'' lives by the credo "If they don't find you handsome, hopefully they'll find you handy."

He is related to the GreaseMonkey and exudes similar justified confidence in his work. (Another aspect of his character that has aphrodisiac qualities). He is laid back and easy-going and never, ever, loses his temper.

* Al Borland from ''Series/HomeImprovement'' fits this trope to a tee. Tim "The Toolman" Taylor has some aspects of this, but his confidence far outreaches his abilities, which is why he has [[TimTaylorTechnology a whole different trope]] named after him.

* ''Literature/DaveBarrysGuideToGuys'' has an extended sequence where he demonstrates [[YouSuck the kind of psychological damage]] these guys inflict, just by ''existing'', [[ThisLoserIsYou on the average mechanically-inept male.]]

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Men admire him and want to be his friend; women love him and indulge him, especially if he has put right a DIY disaster perpetrated by the HenpeckedHusband or else is effortlessly getting right what the hapless male has just got utterly and spectacularly wrong.

* Although his officially-listed occupation is "plumber", Franchise/SuperMario seems to be one of these.

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* Skips from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is '''the''' Handyman; he's been around since at least UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution and it's said that he can fix anything...[[WalkingTechbane except computers]]. Though he does get better.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Soos is the large, amiable handyman at the Mystery Shack.

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* Schneider, the superindent of the building in ''Series/OneDayAtATime'', who adopts a CasanovaWannabe attitude around divorcee Ann Romano but is actually a good friend to Ann and her daughters.
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* In ''Literature/Pact'', Blake Thorburn became a handyman after running away from home for his artist friends. He knows where all the galleries and who the owners are.

* In ''Literature/ Pact'', Blake Thorburn became a handyman after running away from home for his artist friends. He knows where all the galleries and who the owners are.

Men admire him and want to be his friend; women love him and indulge him, especially if he has put right a DIY disaster perpetrated by the HenpeckedHusband or else is effortlessly getting right what the hapless male has just got utterly and spectacularly wrong.

* In Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/SilverJohn" stories, one story John tells is of an itinerant handyman who mends a feud between two neighbors by building a bridge where he was asked to build a fence.

* In gardening makeover show GroundForce, unflappable builder Tommy Walsh is this trope made flesh – happily building gazebos, patios, and sheds or laying down acres of wooden decking for the householder to marvel at.
* Averted by Frank Barone in ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'', who only ''thinks'' he is.

* In {{Fawlty Towers}}, we have Mr Stubbs the builder, who to Sybil Fawlty’s relef sets about putting right the destruction caused by her HenpeckedHusband Basil and Mr O’Reilly.
* Al Borland from ''HomeImprovement'' fits this trope to a tee. Tim "The Toolman" Taylor has some aspects of this, but his confidence far outreaches his abilities, which is why he has [[TimTaylorTechnology a whole different trope]] named after him.
* Dan from {{Roseanne}}. Although in one episode, he's shown to resent being called a handyman, as he's a professional contractor and finds the term patronizing.
* RedGreen lives by the credo "If they don't find you handsome, hopefully they'll find you handy."

* In ''{{Discworld}}/LordsAndLadies'', Terry Pratchett coins the phrase "approximate handyman" as in ''bang a couple of nails into it and it'll stay up''.

* Skips from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is '''the''' Handyman; he's been around since at least the AmericanRevolution and it's said that he can fix anything...[[WalkingTechbane except computers]]. Though he does get better.

* In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', Terry p[ratchett coins the phrase "approximate handyman" as in ''bang a couple of nails into it and it'll stay up''.

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* In {{Manly Wade Wellman}}'s "JohnTheBalladeer" stories, one story John tells is of an itinerant handyman who mends a feud between two neighbors by building a bridge where he was asked to build a fence.