History Main / MachoCamp

* The 1990's gave us ''Comedy/TheJerkyBoys,'' a comedy duo who specialize in elaborate prank phone calls. One of their characters is Jack Tor s, a flamboyant gay man voiced with the stereotypical lisp. Cover art for their albums depicts him as an extremely muscular, bald man who wears lipstick, tight spandex shorts, and an equally tight white tank top.

* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' has Captain Shakespeare, hiding inside a TransparentCloset. Granted, in private he's very much a CampGay, but it's undeniable that he's badass and a very competent pirate.

* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually ([[AccidentallyCorrectWriting probably unintentionally]]) historically accurate, romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30, and even married men were expected to live in barracks and only see their wives infrequently.
* In ''Film/UpTheChastityBelt'', Will Scarlet is this among Myth/RobinHood's band of Merry Men (all of whom are gay). Will is a WalkingShirtlessScene who is usually posing. However, the final fight shows that he is one of the best combatants in the film.

%%* Scarron from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

* Despite the large number of cute girls in the show and Keita's clear interest in them, ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'' has plenty of manservice in the form of Macho Campers; disturbingly so. Keita is on the receiving end of most of it, and is ''respected'' among the fetish and Macho Camp communities. The show has plenty of CensorSteam in the form of elephants on top of all this. It even goes so far as to give these men their own [[SpecialEditionTitle version of the ending]] once.

* [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]]'s uncle [[Characters/DisgaeaNovels Vesuvius]] from the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' [[LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels novels]] is a very feminine macho man. He talks like a woman and literally [[RealMenWearPink wears pink]], but it's unknown if he is truly gay because he is married to a woman, a really horrible woman at that. Though it just might be because he is such a [[TooKinkyToTorture masochist]] and she is a TortureTechnician.

* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually (probably unintentionally) historically accurate, romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30, and even married men were expected to live in barracks and only see their wives infrequently.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'': Joachim Valentine and The Great Gama carry a noticeable aura that says basically, "Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I can't crush your bones." Also, you unlock another character's special modes by paying a CampGay tailor with ''trading cards'' of men.

* Music/FreddieMercury, Music/{{Queen}}'s resident LargeHam, enjoyed invoking this trope by mixing homoerotic innuendo and imagery (like cross-dressing in the music video for "I Want to Break Free") with an overload of masculinity (like his PornStache, CarpetOfVirility, and muscular physique).

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''':

* Montrose from ''Machinima/TheLeetWorld'' is this ''and'' CampGay, with his character model being with bared, muscled arms and a bandana, being called the best shot on the Terrorist team aside from Cortez by Cortez, and having an unforgettable comeback line -- but he has said something which really make you say "gay." And was the character most pre-concerned with cleaning up the house.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'''s famous Honeybee Inn sequence, if Cloud chooses the "Group Room", he ends up stuck in a room full of these types, led by a man named Mukki. If he instead picks the "&$#% Room", after having a mild panic attack, Cloud will be woken up rather violently by Mukki... and the preceding text strongly implies that he was ''masturbated'' first.

* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually (probably unintentionally) historically accurate, romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30, and even married men were expected to live in barrack and only see their wives infrequently.

* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/{{300}}'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually (probably unintentionally) historically accurate, romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30, and even married men were expected to live in barrack and only see their wives infrequently.

* ''Meet The Spartans'' parodies the overt hyper-masculinity of ''Film/{{300}}'' by depicting the Spartans as a band of muscular, shirtless, oiled up gay men. This is actually (possibly unintentionally) historically accurate, romantic and sexual relationships between men were fairly common and accepted in Ancient Greece and especially in Sparta, where heterosexual intercourse was effectively outlawed for men under 30.

This stereotype is somewhat more common in East Asian cultures (where it has become the default gay stereotype, as [[{{Bishonen}} fashion-conscious pretty boys]] are more associated with heterosexuals there) than in the US, but is still seen in Western media (Wrestling/RicFlair being a well-know example). Almost always PlayedForLaughs, such characters are often introduced to be PluckyComicRelief, or [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale to hit on the straight guy who can do little to stop it]]. In Japan, the stereotype has been named "Hard Gay".

* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s videoclip for ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x131q2_rammstein-mann-gegen-mann_music Mann Gegen Mann]]'' is ''all over'' this trope. Probably {{NSFW}}, by the way. More context -- Rammstein has a history of having fun with their status as a generally left-wing band with a right-wing fanbase. In "Mann Gegen Mann" (literally: "man against man" -- in context, "man rubbing up against man man"), they have a bit of fun at the expense of the homophobes among their fans while playing out the usual straight stereotype of "gay men have an easier time looking for sex." The multi-racial man-orgy in the video is an extra {{Take That}} to any racists in their fanbase.

* The Fabulous Custodes from ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' are a group of muscular SuperSoldiers tasked with guarding the Imperial Palace, who also wear very little clothes, make it clear they are aroused by ''several'' people, and criticize the Inquisition's fashion sense.
* ''WebAnimation/UnbiasedHistory'' depicts the Roman emperor Elagabalus as very flamboyant and femenine, all while looking like [[WebOriginal/VirginVsChad the Chad meme]].

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* Jean Armstrong from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' is a beefy fellow obsessed with aromatherapy, the color pink, and other feminine things. He even refers to himself as a woman (occasionally, he obviously does not believe he is a woman), and flirts with both Phoenix and Godot fairly blatantly.
* Chousen, the {{Genderflip}}ped version of Diao Chan in ''VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou''. [[http://www.tactics.ne.jp/%7Ebaseson/koihime/chara.htm#chousen Enjoy]] the scary, kids!
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** Garfiel. Though he might be more of a CampGay character depending on how you interpret him (he even cross-dresses from time to time and has an over-the-top feminine walk).

* This is partially because the prototypical example GorgeousGeorge, ''did'' have this as part of his angle (he was not the first ambiguously gay professional wrestler, but was the first one to make it ''really'' big.)

* In the 1964 Italian comedy film ''Oh! Those Most Secret Agents'', a parody of then-popular Film/JamesBond films, the two main characters, believed to be gay, are "tempted" by the Russian spies with two buff, muscular, campy bodybuilders.

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* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' often tend to feature battles with muscly, oily men in speedos... often with [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere absolutely no explanation whatsoever]].
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire3'' has the Dodai, large, lisping men in speedos who ''stand in lava'' to hold up platforms during the first round of [[InevitableTournament the Contest of Champions]]. They can take a ''lot'' of punishment, though if you do defeat them [[InstantWinCondition you immediately win the entire round]].

* In 1964 Italian comedy film ''Film/Oh!ThoseMostSecretAgents'', a parody of then-popular Film/JamesBond films, the two main characters, believed to be gay, are "tempted" by the Russian spies with two buff, muscular, campy bodybuilders.

* ''Literature/FightClub'' has been interpreted as a Macho Camp story thanks to [[HoYay subtext]] and [[Creator/ChuckPalahniuk the author]] being openly gay, as noted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaRT4S0AWBM this episode]] of ''WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay''. The Narrator can easily be interpreted as gay: he is a single man with an interest in interior design who feels unfulfilled and out of place in the white-collar corporate world he inhabits, his interest in Marla is more platonic than romantic, and in the original book, he meets Tyler Durden on a nude beach. Tyler is an aggressively straight macho man who looks and sounds like everything the Narrator wishes he could be, [[spoiler:because he ''is'', in fact, the Narrator's idealized self-image -- one who, in the film, looks like Creator/BradPitt and serves as a WalkingShirtlessScene. According to the queer reading of the text, the Narrator is a man who engages in TestosteronePoisoning out of discomfort with his sexuality.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "Homer's Phobia"' featured a number of this type at a steel mill. Homer had thought that seeing American Joes hard at work would "cure" Bart of his (believed) homosexuality. It didn't. [[WorkHardPlayHard "We work hard -- we]] ''[[WorkHardPlayHard play]]'' [[WorkHardPlayHard hard!"]]
-->'''Bart:''' Dad, why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?\\
'''Homer:''' I... don't know.