History Main / RatedMForManly

** By the end of the series, Simon becomes so manly that a nice outfit and ridiculous-looking pair of sunglasses spontaneously generates on his body, right in time for the final battle.

--> '''Bob Chipman:''' Yes, the story of Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as a frontiersman who crawls out of his own grave to hunt down the men who left him for dead after a [[BearsAreBadNews brutal bear attack]] is sub textually about the struggle about the spiritual struggle of man vs nature set against [[SceneryPorn glorious naturalist cinematography]] and a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic haunting orchestral score]]. But ''specifically'', it's about scalping, shooting, tomahawking, head smashing, [[AnnoyingArrows arrow shooting]], [[GroinAttack dick chopping]], hatchet fighting, stick fighting, gun fighting, knife fighting, and ''bear fighting'' through harsh wilderness fueled by pure white hot '''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]]'''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': The show takes place in a [[OneMillionBC primordial world]] swarming with {{Prehistoric Monster}}s. The protagonist, Spear, is a tough, muscular caveman who [[ManlyMenCanHunt hunts for food]] and gets into brutal and [[BloodierAndGorier gory]] fights with predators on a daily basis. However, to balance out the violence, he was also a loving father to his children before their death, and often shows compassion, especially towards his ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' friend Fang.

* ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', where even the [[ManlyGay gays]] can [[HighPressureBlood eviscerate]] [[{{Mooks}} Roman soldiers]] with ease. It ''is'' a show about a GladiatorRevolt [[WorldOfBadass after all]]. [[ActionGirl "Femininity"]] is defined as having a slightly lower kill count than the male characters and the male heroes often have their girlfriends (or boyfriend) by their sides as their [[BattleCouple partner in battle]]. Despite being a drama, the abundance of [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl lusty women baring it all]] and [[CoitusEnsues almost comically choreographed sex scenes]] makes it dangerously close to ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Testosterone]]'' [[TestosteronePoisoning Poisoning]].

* ''VideoGame/FinalFight''. The main trio in the first game consists of a bare-knuckle brawler who punches a dude out of a thirty-story building for [[IHaveYourWife kidnapping his girlfriend]] ([[TheHero Cody]]), an extremely badass {{ninja}} ([[TheLancer Guy]]), and (last, but '''[[MemeticBadass MOST CERTAINLY NOT LEAST]]''') [[AuthorityGrantsAsskicking a politician]] ([[PapaWolf and father of said kidnapped woman]]) who cleans up crime... by piledriving thugs into the ground and introducing them to the concept of gravity ([[TheBigGuy Haggar]]). Of course, [[SharedUniverse it exists in the]] same world as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so go figure. Also, the ''other'' Haggar-centric series, ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''. The WWE has ''nothing'' on this. Even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the lone female]] is sure to emasculate many, even though she reveals herself to ''easily'' fulfill the fanservice quota.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' at times. We have Death Metal, covered in tattoos and with decorative bolts in his face. A little before you get to him there's a picture in his mansion of him sittin' with a hot woman. Destroyman, although insane, has a codpiece that fires super lasers. In [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the sequel]], Travis himself gets a great manly moment in the form of one of his Dark Side powers, in which he turns into a friggin' tiger and shreds mooks to pieces. We also get Charlie [=McDonald=], who fights alongside his throes of under-cleavage showing, UncannyValley invoking cheerleaders. Letz Shake returns as a robot that looks like a giant penis. Also, Travis's bikes, both of which are called the Schpeltiger.

-->-- ''[[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Conan the Barbarian]]'' (1982)

* Even though she's an ActionGirl, Yang Xiao Long of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' makes most men in fiction look like utter pansies. She fights demonic creatures with ''[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] [[PowerFist gauntlets]]''. She took out a bar full of mafia goons [[OneManArmy alone]] [[CurbStompBattle without breaking a sweat]], obliterated a house-sized HumongousMecha with a single punch, survived a fall from orbit ([[RuleOfFunny well, supposedly]]) and she can basically turn into a [[Anime/DragonballZ Super Saiyan]] when she's ''really'' pissed off. Her whole motive for becoming a monster slayer is to travel the world and [[BloodKnight fight things for the thrill of it.]] [[spoiler:And to top it off, she gets a [[ArtificialLimbs robotic arm]] Volume 4.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFight''. The main trio in the first game consists of a bare-knuckle brawler who punches a dude out of a thirty-story building for [[IHaveYourWife kidnapping his girlfriend]] ([[TheHero Cody]]), an extremely badass {{ninja}} ([[TheLancer Guy]]), and (last, but '''[[MemeticBadass MOST CERTAINLY NOT LEAST]]''') [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking a politician]] ([[PapaWolf and father of said kidnapped woman]]) who cleans up crime... by piledriving thugs into the ground and introducing them to the concept of gravity ([[TheBigGuy Haggar]]). Of course, [[SharedUniverse it exists in the]] same world as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so go figure. Also, the ''other'' Haggar-centric series, ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''. The WWE has ''nothing'' on this. Even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the lone female]] is sure to emasculate many, even though she reveals herself to ''easily'' fulfill the fanservice quota.

** The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Sangheili]] (or Elites) can be summed up as [[RecycledInSpace "Sparta in Space"]]: an entire culture dedicated to being badass warriors, where [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority promotion and social advancement is directly tied to one's body count]], and one of the lawfully accepted ways to deal with political disagreement is attempted assassination (with an emphasis on [[AssassinOutclassin "attempted"]]).

%%* ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'', which not only stars Creator/SteveMcQueenActor but basically created the ChaseScene.

%%* ''Film/TheGodfather''. "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

* Almost everything by Creator/GoNagai, ''Manga/GetterRobo'' being the most over-the-top, but ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is the one that started it all.

%%* ''Manga/MoonlightMile''

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': A and his father the Third Raikage. Also, Might Guy, who can punch so strong that ''the shockwave assumes the form of a roaring tiger and hits immensely hard''. '''''[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Without using Chakra.]]'''''
* ''Manga/{{Needless}}'', and half of the cast are LittleMissBadass.

** Gunnery Sergeant Harker of the Catachan Jungle Fighters, leader of the elite "Harker's Hellraisers". Harker was born on a jungle DeathWorld so insanely dangerous that every settlement is fortified against the native predators (which include amongst other things, scorpions the size of tanks), every plant is toxic, and there is only a 25% chance that you will survive long enough to see your tenth birthday. Every person who comes from this planet is invariably going to be a tough and mean bastard, and Harker is considered the toughest and meanest of all of them. Harker's WeaponOfChoice is a Heavy Bolter, which is an automatic cannon that fires .75 calibre explosive shells and usually requires a team of two men to operate as a fixed emplacement weapon. One time, Harker was attacked by a Tyranid Ravener, a terrifying serpentine monster that can easily rip a man limb from limb, and worse for Harker, the sudden attack knocked his weapon away; undeterred, Harker jumped on the thing's back, wrestled it to the floor and ''crushed its neck with his biceps''.

* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and its OVA sequel ''FINAL'', in addition to HotBlooded, runs on this trope.
** Shining examples are Geki Hyuuma [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace who still shows off his massive biceps while in the vacuum of space]] and Goldymarg a robot based on him that is so manly ONE WOULD THINK HE WAS PROGRAMMED IN ALL CAPS.
** Koutaro "MundaneMadeAwesome" Taiga can make even golf badass.
** Then there is Guy Shishio the man who epitomizes the DropTheHammer a LOT more than Thor.
*** To wit, everyone in this series Exudes ManlyTears, the men, the children, ''the women'', everyone.
* ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'': dogs surviving in the wild, fighting each other for respect and fighting bears in bloody battles.

%%* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Especially in serious arcs.

* ''Manga/DogSoldier'' is a love letter to 80s action films.

* ''Film/BadAss''. This whole movie's existence wouldn't even hold water without this trope.
* ''Film/BloodSport'': It's ''Film/TheKarateKid'' for grownups.

* ''Film/BillyJack'': The first bonafide American Martial arts film.

* ''Film/BriansSong'', although not in the typical way.
* ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'', which not only stars Creator/SteveMcQueenActor but basically created the ChaseScene.

* ''Film/{{Commando}}''. So manly it ''doesn't need the girl!''

* ''Film/DeathWish''. Especially the [[Film/DeathWish3 third movie]], which ends up as an all out war on the streets.

* ''Film/TheGodfather''. "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Germany is this in spades. This becomes ''especially'' apparent when he is compared to [[{{Keet}} Italy]] and [[YamatoNadeshiko Japan]].

* Gimli in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' is a gruff, [[BraveScot suicidally-brave, Scottish-accented]] dwarf soldier tremendously proud of his heritage as well as malt beer, red meat off the bone and [[AnAxeToGrind his axe]]. Note though [[AdaptationDistillation this is opposed to the book]], where Gimli is a [[WarriorPoet more dignified and complex character]]; the change was made to make him a {{Foil}} to the handsome, refined (but still extremely badass) elf WarriorPrince Legolas.

* If the name Gloryhammer isn't manly and epic enough for you then just listen to the lyrics, most of the songs could very well be written by googling 'Things that are epic and manly' taking the first hundred or so results, and then mashing it together as lyrics, Glory? Check, Battles? Check, [[AnAxeToGrind BF Axes?]] Check, Lasers? Check, an awesome name? [[ExaggeratedTrope Saving the world by fighting space Unicorns with laser Battleaxes?]] A thousand times check. And that's just from one song.

** Haxorus (a [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaurian dragon]] with [[AnAxeToGrind tusks that resemble a battle axe]])

* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'': in which delinquents punch the snot out of each other and demons from hell.

* ''The Dwarves of Khazad-dum in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' are portrayed similar to their cinematic counterparts. They are a loud, bombastic ProudWarriorRace with thick Scottish accent, ready to hold a rock-smashing contest with Elves just to prove who is tougher.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': [[MenAreTough Tough, brutal, unkillable]] male protagonist [[NinetiesAntiHero resembling typical anti-heroes from the '90s]] hunts, rips, and tears apart an [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores army]] of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapists]] and [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavers]] while [[FourStarBadass leading the charge in a war]]. Features guns and a variety of cool-looking [[MixAndMatchWeapon mix-and-match melee]] weapons, particularly a [[SerratedBladeOfPain large serrated cleaver]] and a {{BFS}}. {{Gorn}} galore. Paradoxically, this guy [[InvertedTrope inverts]] many "manly" stereotypes (e.g. [[LeanAndMean lean]] physique, ColdHam, [[CelibateHero celibacy]], etc.) and still remains a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[PragmaticHero level-headed]] CulturedBadass resilient to the [[ShellShockedVeteran heaps of trauma]] he faced in his life. As for the cherry on top, he even [[ManlyTears cries]] in the ''very first chapter'' of the story[[note]]during a {{flashback}}[[/note]].

*** The other 1/3 consists of TokenMiniMoe, EldritchAbomination... and, depending on who you ask, the DarkSkinnedBlond GenkiGirl {{Cloudcuckoolander}} catgirl with a ([[TheFaceless lack of]]) face made of pure scary falls either here or in the previous 2/3s, so take from that what you will.

* Music/TenaciousD: (from [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]) "[Jack] Black characterizes Tenacious D's comic nature as an antidote to "the masculinity of rock", adding "There's also something funny about the macho-ness of rock. Like the bands that are the fucking hardest rocking are like, 'We'll fucking kick your ass, dude-with our rock.'"

* Creator/SegaPinball's ''Pinball/StarshipTroopers'' features a never-ending BugWar against BigCreepyCrawlies, where the only option is to NukeEm and KillEmAll.

%%* ''Anime/MoonlightMile''