History Main / RatedMForManly

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* ''Theatre/CinderellaLloydWebber'': The men of the kingdom sing "Man's Man" in adulation of the vanished Prince Charming, who was incredibly buff and handsome, a great warrior, and that every woman wanted him and every man wanted to be his friend. [[spoiler:It turns out that he's a "man's man" [[ManlyGay in more ways than one.]]]]
-->'''Hunks:''' This guy really had the sizzle\\
Every sculptor would grab his chisel when they saw that face\\
Let's cut to the chase, he was a swashbuckling, mead-swilling\\
Virile, strapping, lady-killing\\
Dragon-slaying, cow-tipping\\
Lion-hearted, bodice-ripping\\
Knuckle-dragging, princess-shagging\\
Man's, man's, very tan man
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Bang Shishigami.
** In fact, about 2/3 of the cast in this game is either manly overload, or extremely hot babes.
*** The other 1/3 consists of TokenMiniMoe, EldritchAbomination... and, depending on who you ask, the 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.
** Except Jin. Who falls mostly into AmbiguouslyBi SissyVillain territory, particularly around Ragna. [[spoiler:Ironic considering that he becomes Hakumen, part of the above 2/3]]. And even Jin becomes an insanely badass {{Determinator}} post-''CS''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'':[[http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/957206/borderlands/videos/borderlands_spc_realgamer.html is for Real Gamers.]]

* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': [[http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=27541 This]] is the best descriptor that the game could have possibly received!

* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'', though depending on who you ask it may be a [[MachoCamp different kind of manly]]. On that note, ''VideoGame/MuscleMarch''.

* Another Creator/DoubleFine work, ''[[VideoGame/IronBrigade Trenched]]'', actually uses the magazine at the top of this page [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726050510/http://bitmob.com/articles/the-manly-mans-mens-magazines-of-double-fines-trenched-for-men as source material.]]

** This LetsPlay takes it to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8sElnS1rfQ extreme levels!]]
** [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/542/446/0d3.jpg Playing Contra 4 on hard will make you a man.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y53_GV2aAg8 The EXTREME trailer]] for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings 2: The Old Gods''.
** PAGANS! VIKINGS! BOATS! MAPS! PILLAGE! LOOT! SACRIFICE! [[ManlyFacialHair BEARD]]!

* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'':
** Sven the Rogue Knight, who is here to '''PUMP YOU UP''' (or '''GETS PUMPED UP''' himself). As a muscular knight, his strategy revolves in being manly as hell and build himself up so he can rush to the battlefield without fear and then wreak havoc with just self-buffs that cause massive splash damage. And a giant fist-formed RocketPunch for area stun.
** Skeleton King earned himself a reputation as "the manliest hero without testicles" due to being able to take and dish out an absurd amount of punishment. ''VideoGame/Dota2'' made this image canon upon retooling him as the Wraith King, making him a big, burly dude with [[ManlyFacialHair a magnificent beard]], [[{{BFS}} a huge sword]], and NoIndoorVoice who can make the BadassBoast "DEATH IS MY BITCH!" and ''[[AutoRevive actually back it up]]''.

*** The soundtrack of the game itself is enough to grow hair on your chest. The fact that one of the main instruments is a SYNTHESIZED CHAINSAW hits hard that this isn't some peaceful game.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': Try and pretend the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SuJ5T9sfAA trailers]] ''aren't'' fueled by this trope. Whether your character is a man or a woman, the 100% badass is mandatory.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is slightly less over-the-top about it, but is arguably even more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlACgYHtWCI awesome]].
** The Qunari as a whole are incredibly manly, standing over 7 feet tall and going anywhere bare chested, with red warpaint and a permanent scowl on their faces. Entering their camp is like walking into a gym and a biker bar at the same time.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** The Hero from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' is rebranded as super-manly by the ''Battle Road'' spin-offs: his Finisher clip showing him storming the Green Dragon's lair by simply hacking the door apart, smashing the gigantic dragon with his blade with such force it goes flying into the far wall and crushing open the Princess' cage, blasting through the earth in a tremendous leap to the surface instead of just using Evac, and launching himself kilometers into the horizon towards Castle Charlock with the Princess projecting the Rainbow Bridge beneath him as he goes.
** Loto's Karmic Transformation in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders'' reflects this as well, becoming a huge, muscle-laden Hoodie so built that employing his sword at all is comical at best, and his shield barely fits.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'': Pollock, the Hero's father, is a manly man with an incredibly muscular physique and a thick beard.

* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' is quite literally the embodiment of all that is badass.
** As evidenced by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkB43FHalAo this kickass fan movie ]]
** ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', the game that has required 12 long years to gather the required amount of manliness necessary to do this character justice.

*** We might add that the trailer features a man weathering the full force of a dragon's flames with nothing but a metal shield, then ''[[SonicScream shouting it down]]'' before summarily kicking its ass.

*** If you are Imperial and wear heavy armour, Nord guards will remark that "[[StayInTheKitchen you clang like a kitchen and should stay in one]]". If you're playing as an elf and use elven weapons and armour, [[ScrewYouElves you get mocked even more]] for using fancy moonstone weapons instead of real weapons made from "good old fashioned steel".

** Forget the ''men''! Mrs. Arrow, one of the few women in this sausagefest, outright ''shames'' most of the men in the series. She's easily one of the best racers and is depicted as a confident woman with the muscular physique of a female bodybuilder. She also happens to [[HenpeckedHusband emasculate her husband]], who is a bona-fide ''{{superhero}}'' and the ''defender of Earth''. She's eye-candy, has a ''very'' [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure feminine figure]], and is ([[{{Tsundere}} at heart]]) a sweet, caring, nurturing, loving housewife and friend who grew up as an {{Ojou}} with an aptitude for music and linguistics and a fondness of [[{{Socialite}} high class culture]]. Try wrapping your heads around ''that''.
** Special note goes to Baba, who pretty much ''epitomizes'' MachoCamp ([[MistakenForGay unless he's really just a]] [[CampStraight overly flamboyant]] {{narcissist}}), and even ''he'' could give some guys on this page a run for their money.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' gives us Locke Cole, the heroic badass thief; Cyan Garamonde, the noble badass swordsman; Shadow the badass ninja; Edgar Roni Figaro, the chainsaw-weilding badass king who gave up his freedom for the throne, and his brother Sabin Rene Figaro, the badass BoisterousBruiser who traded the throne for his freedom. [[MemeticMutation Then the motherfucker SUPLEXED A TRAIN.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Barrett, the ''huge'', loud, easily-angered LargeHam and leader of a militant group of environmental activists who has a giant gun in place of one of his hands.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' gives us the tag-team duo of Jecht and Auron. Wither in shame as we enumerate their manliness:
** Jecht [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7UhFYi8S4k hurls meteors]]. Prior to that, he was a professional athlete superstar with the body of a bronzed god, perpetual shirtlessness, and masculine facial hair. When he ends up in Spira, he's immediately put in jail for being a raging drunken jackass. About the only mark against his manliness is his lousy treatment of his son, but in the end he takes responsibility for his failures, thus attaining perfection.
*** Not to mention the final battle against him, in which he fights the heroes as a giant flaming Kaiju, whom at one point arms himself with a {{BFS}} by ''[[MachoMasochism yanking it out of his chest]]''. All to the tune on Otherworld.
** Auron is a living legend of Spira, the only guardian ever to survive a successful pilgrimage. Despite [[spoiler:being dead (from an unrelated incident following the pilgrimage)]], he refuses to rest and instead walks the world as a battle-scarred veteran who's utterly unimpressed by anything, speaks only when necessary, and tries to raise his dead friends' kids to become the heroes he and his posse couldn't be, all while smacking behemoths clear out of the battlefield in single strokes and lighting things up with cyclonic hellfire created by whipping up a whirlwind with his sword and throwing his jug of booze into it. And when he's done with all that, he heads over to the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' universe to back-talk Hades and nearly kill Hercules with one hand.
* Also from ''Dissidia'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]]. He is [[PowerFloats above walking]], [[BlackKnight is clad in]] [[SpikesOfVillainy some kickass armor]], drops ''twin'' meteors on your ass and blasts you with [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190908155649/http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/a/a6/Golbez_alternative.png Oh, and this is what he looks like, with and without his armor.]] It helps that he was a Darth Vader {{Expy}} in his original game (and Vader himself is under Film, above).
** Speaking of, Jecht, mentioned above, manages to go from manly to even more terrifying strong. ''Without'' being in his Aeon form, he throws a punch at Tidus and whiffs him, and it ''still'' [[BlownAcrossTheRoom sends him flying.]] And Jecht estimates it would be ''three days'' before he woke up, imagine what would have happened if the punch actually connected!
* Sazh in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. Specifically, [[spoiler:in crystal stasis. See [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101220203016/finalfantasy/images/3/3c/Sazh_crystal_sketch.jpg this picture]]]], where he looks like he's about to get up and kick ass [[spoiler:even though he's solid crystal]]. Also, Chocobo in the 'fro.
** Snow, who, despite the name, is a 6'7" dude in a longcoat and bandana with stubble who runs around shouting about heroism, beating up pagan gods with his bear hands (his weapon is the longcoat itself), riding around in a bike made out of attractive robot women, and leading a resistance movement that specializes in turning random mothers into badasses and whose favorite move is protecting others with [[MemeticMutation STEELGUARD]]! His appearance in XIII-2 cranks this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] by ''removing his ability to die''.

*** (''cough'')Threesome mini-game(''cough'')

* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': Soriz prides himself in being a REAL MAN! Which, to him, involves always being true to his heart. Yes, that includes both heroism and dirty antics.
--> "Nothing is stronger than he who follows the passions of his heart! NOTHING!"
* Short story for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' is the games are an anti social justice warrior's wet dream come true. There is a mission structure but eschewing that and causing as much mayhem and chaos as you can is actively encouraged by the game itself and the fan community alike. Abuse and trolling make you a man, violence torture and drug use make you a man, [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster criminal activity makes you a man.]] Thing is it works, despite it being a MoralGuardians worst nightmare the series has had one critically acclaimed and best seller after another, with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' being the best...worst? example made in 2013 and still considered the biggest and best selling game ever made.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': Gordon Freeman may be a theoretical physicist, but he goes after invading alien armies ''with a freakin' crowbar!!'' And he's the strong, silent type. Lampshaded by Alyx Vance.
--> '''Alyx:''' Man of few words, aren't you?

** The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Sangheili]] (or Elites) can be summed up as [[RecycledInSpace "Sparta in Space"]]: an entire culture dedicated to being badass warriors, where [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership 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"]]).

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' ''loves'' this trope when it comes down to their male characters along with WorldOfBuxom for their female characters. Some examples include Graves, Jarvan IV, Jayce, Pantheon, Draven, Alistar, and Darius. And there is even more to the list. Some even have nicknames based on it, like Mantheon and his ult the Mandrop (official name [[DynamicEntry Grand Skyfall]]).
** One big problem the fandom's been complaining about is the lack of both {{AffirmativeActionGirl}}s and its reverse, manly men in female-dominated roles. ADCs, for example, are often female (or [[{{Bishounen}} Ezreal]]), and supports are almost entirely girls (or [[AmbiguouslyGay Taric]]). Enter Graves and Braum, respectively a manly ADC with a double-barreled shotgun who likes getting up close and personal, and an AllLovingHero of a BarrierWarrior whose job is to protect his allies with his massive shield.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. It's the first game in the series to be rated Teen (not that that necessarily means, mind you). Link can turn into a ''wolf'', sumo-wrestles a Goron at one point, and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower uses his own physical strength]] more than ever before.
** Ganondorf takes this even further in all his appearances, not just ''Twilight Princess''. While Link has accomplished some pretty manly feats, Ganon is just as powerful and looks the part too. He's an ''extremely'' tall, ''extremely'' manly EvilOverlord GeniusBruiser and wields the Triforce of Power, making him one of the single most powerful beings in the ''Zelda'' universe. ''Twilight Princess'' even has him survive an execution attempt ''after being stabbed through his armor''.
* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'': Jack Cayman, an ex-Marine with a [[ChainsawGood massive chainsaw]] on his [[ArtificialLimbs right arm]] has t kill every single crazy between him and the reigning champion in a variety of [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal]] and [[TheJoysOfTorturingMooks creative]] ways to earn points.

* ''VideoGame/MarlowBriggsAndTheMaskOfDeath'' is like ''Videogame/GodOfWar'' but in the present day, for XBOX 360 and PC.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Solid Snake. A ruggedly handsome, tough-as-nails AntiHero stealth operative cloned from the Big Boss, the greatest soldier to have ever lived, with [[GeniusBruiser an IQ of 180 and fluency in six languages]], a master of combat both unarmed and with weapons ranging from knives and pistols to sniper rifles and explosives, who travels the world to hunt down and destroy nuclear-armed HumongousMecha to stop them falling into the hands of terrorists and rogue governments. He routinely faces whole armies and all manner of {{Super Soldier}}s with almost supernatural abilities, [[BadassNormal with just his skill and training]]. You bet your ass this series this manly.
** The Boss. Her favorite disciple is Big Boss and her son is Revolver Ocelot. This woman ''makes'' the world's manliest men.
** Dealt with intelligently, though, because although the characters are extremely manly and cool the series portrays a lot of the usual manliness tropes (like a penchant for committing flashy acts of violence, or not having emotions) as, at best, bad life choices, and at worst symptoms of actual mental disorders obtained through experiencing battlefield trauma. Also, as a StealthBasedGame, it does not reward you blowing everything up. Usually.
** Snake took down a tank with hand grenades, which in the real world is a very bad idea. [[LampshadeHanging Because of this, Otacon considers Snake "the shit".]]
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' Raiden returns, more HotBlooded than ever, in his own game by Platinum Games. He cuts a bloody swath through hundreds of cyborgs, dozens Unmanned Gears including a Metal Gear Ray, three of the deadliest cyborgs on the planet, a Brazilian samurai, and [[spoiler:a an insane US senator beefed up by nanomachines, son]].

* Both ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''. [[SequelEscalation The sequel]] to the latter becomes even more badass now that '''''Advertising/SegataSanshiro''''' has been announced!

* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', where even [[NintendoHard dying a lot]] doesn't reduce how badass ninja are.

** The game it was a SpiritualSuccessor to, ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'', is pretty much the same. '''You are ''The Hulk''! And ''nothing'' can stop you!'''
*** You can ''catch a cruise-missile mid-flight'', and ''throw it at a robot the size of a building''. You can ''skateboard on top of a bus, destroying everything in your path''. You can ''crush a car into boxing gloves''. You can ''smash your fists together'' so hard that ''everything in a hundred-foot radius of you is '''sent flying'''''.

* Like ''Duke Nukem'', ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013'' is all about leading a foul-mouthed, violent douchebag around to blast apart demonic invaders with an assortment of overpowered firearms, only this time it's {{Far East}}ern CorporateSamurai badassery as opposed to Duke's all-American tough guy schtick.

* Most ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games, or at the very least the ones involving Guile. Or Charlie. So, in other words, pretty much all of them.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy, is a giant fire-breathing turtle monster covered in SpikesOfVillainy who's very boastful, arrogant, powerful and badass. While he's more of a comic relief villain in the RPG spinoffs, one RPG -- ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' -- has Bowser as one of the protagonists and ironically depicts one of his manliest appearances. Bowser's manliness is dialed up in ''VideoGame/BowsersFury'' where he's transformed into the raging Fury Bowser which has him sporting pecs, coupled with his giant ominous form and darker color tones.
** Wario, Mario's EvilDoppelganger, is a big guy with a huge mustache and huger arms and a boorish, slobbish attitude towards everything, who thinks of himself as the epitome of machismo. He's also well known for his StoutStrength and [[NighInvulnerability resilience]].
** The series has other bit characters that fit this trope, such as [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Rawk Hawk]] and [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam the Massif Bros.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', when someone speaks (and [[MemeticMutation firin' his]] [[KamehameHadoken lazorz]]) [[BadassBack with his back]], the manliness meter gets broken. Ladies and gentlemen, say hi to Malik Caesars.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Saxton HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!!!
** Most of the classes can qualify. The Heavy is a mountain of a man whose main weapon is an equally enormous minigun. [[ICallItVera Named Sasha.]]

** Until ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s first expansion came along and wrecked it, by adding Blood Elves.
*** Which only get that reaction because [[RealityIsUnrealistic they're the only race with normal human proportions]].
*** There is a certain (repeatable) quest, the premise of which is that your character is admiring a giant spear, not sentient, or magical, or enchanted. But it radiates so much manly that your character looks to the horizon, spots a Proto-Drake and decides that only one of you will live to see the dawn. To reiterate: ''This spear is so manly that simply LOOKING at it inspires you to kill dragons. With your bare hands, no less.''
** If you're gonna include ''Warcraft'', then you can't forget ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' or ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' which respectively consists of chain-smoking space confederates fighting aliens with all factions involved dying in droves, and OneManArmy heroes rendering demons and zombies unto loot pinatas en masse.
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' gives us Tychus Findlay: a SpaceMarine in PoweredArmor (that's not all that necessary, as he's already huge and muscular), who smokes enormous cigars, drinks hard, fights hard, carries a minigun, pilots a gigantic war machine that qualifies as a OneManArmy... Face it: You want to be this guy.
*** [[spoiler:Up until the point that Raynor shoots you in the face because of your FaceHeelTurn.]]
** Jim Raynor is pretty awesome as well. After all, he managed to sit a drunken [[PoweredArmor and suited-up]] Findlay on his ass while he himself ''wasn't wearing armor!''

* ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble''; how could it not be?

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* Specific examples aren't ''exactly'' needed here, since a staple of pro wrestling stereotypes among the general populace is muscular dudes wearing nothing but trunks, hitting each other with chairs or raving about how awesome they are/you're about to get your ass beat at the next big show. It's obvious it was meant to be something of a showcase of manliness from the get-go. However, if you need some standouts...
** '''[[Wrestling/BruiserBrody BRUISER F'N BRODY]]''' and '''[[Wrestling/StanHansen STAN F'N HANSEN]]''' '''[[CatchPhrase "HUSS HUSS HUSS!"]]'''' ''''[[CatchPhrase "HEWWWWWWW!!!!"]]''''
** Macho MAN Wrestling/RandySavage. Nothing else needs to be said other than '''OOOOOOOOOH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!''
** "Shin" Wrestling/{{FMW}} started out as Tarzan Goto's attempt to prove he could be a big star like Atsushi Onita but ended up centering around his effort to beat some manliness into Ryo Miyake.
** If any of you guys think Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin should have a place in this trope, GIMME A HELL YEAH!!
*** HELL YEAH!!!!!!
** IF YA, SMEEELLLLAAALA!!!! WHAT [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson THE ROCK]]... IS COOKIN'!!!
** Wrestling/WilliamRegal's original WWE entrance music (when known as Steven Regal) was "HE'S A MAAAAAAN, SUCH A MAAAAAAN, HE'S A REAL, A REAL MAN'S MAN" while he would do manly things like mixing concrete, chopping wood and squeezing his own orange juice.
** Who's next on the list!? Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}, YOU'RE NEXT!
** Wrestling/BryanDanielson has a manliness meter, which he frequently measures his day to day events along with any sights he may have seen on.
** The Briscoes are very vocal about the importance of "manning up", to the point Wrestling/RingOfHonor gave them a "Man Up" pay per view.
** The Last Real Man Silas Young spent his time in Ring of Honor trying to teach Dalton Castle's Boys how to do manly things like change car tires.
** Wrestling fans, are you tired of seeing little boys pretend to be grown men? Kenny King has heard your pleas and in ANX is your solution.
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* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' has a celebration of over-the-top heroes, and their various macho, epic deeds. The hero takes on Grendel ''naked'', and kicks the creature with his bare hands.
* ''The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness'', by the Von Hoffman Bros.

** For that matter, anything by "two-gun Bob" Creator/RobertEHoward, ever, such as fellow barbarian ''Literature/{{Kull}}''.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Riding a Zombie ''T. rex''.
* Creator/ErnestHemingway was the walking talking embodiment of this trope in his own lifetime. His works play this trope straight, subvert it or both.
* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' series, featuring the role model for ComicBook/ThePunisher, Mack Bolan.

* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'', in an odd way. By extension, Literature/CiaphasCain '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''' of the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe, who was largely inspired by Flashman. He keeps up a Manly-and-badass-yet-humble facade to hide the fact that he'd rather be shuffling papers at a nice safe desk instead of going toe-to-toe with Hive Tyrants and Khorne Beserkers (though the skill with which he fights said monstrosities makes it a ''really'' convincing facade).

* ''Literature/JackReacher'', already listed in the film section, about a former ex-military who the author describes as "an unstoppable force".
* Louis L'amour, or more specifically, any of the hundred-odd Western books he wrote, which have largely been responsible for half the scripts of the Western genre of filmmaking.

* ''The Manly Handbook'', by David Everitt and Harold Schechter.

* ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'' is pretty much ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Rated M For Manly with GunPorn in the long paragraphs that characterized Tolkien's SceneryPorn.

* Anything written by Emilio Salgari. An example from the ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'' novels is when the title character kills a tiger ''with a knife''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLwfZ2k0Evc Here's the adaptation in the tv movies]]... And it was actually ''toned down'' from the novels (Sandokan had rushed the tiger from the side and toppled it, started strangling him with the unarmed hand, and then [[PreMortemOneLiner declared himself a tiger too]] before cutting the tiger's throat). And it wasn't to save his [[LoveInterests Marianna]], but ''[[TheRival his romantic rival]]''. And then we have Tremal Naik, who in his debut novel made a living out of ''hunting tigers''...
** In a twist, Salgari does not refrain from showing when it's stupid and the characters could be better served by using their brains. For example, Sandokan declaring he'd kill the tiger with his knife prompted Marianna to try and shoot the tiger first because of just how ''stupid'' it is to face a tiger with a knife, and she said so to his face after the beast barely escaped her, while Suyodhana, in spite of being a formidable fighter, refrains from actually getting his hands dirty until he absolutely has to because he's usually better served by [[ZergRush having his men jump him twenty at a time]] or using traps, but the one time he did he gave ''Tremal Naik'' such a thrashing that when he kidnapped his daughter the former tiger hunter called in Sandokan while [[PapaWolf slaughtering Suyodhana's men at every chance he got]] during the wait.

* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''. Different warriors from history are pitted against each other in bloody battle, for your entertainment. Samurai vs. Vikings, Spartans vs. Ninjas, Pirates vs. Knights, Shaka Zulu vs. William Wallace...
** Creator/SpikeTV as a whole. It's the result of taking "Rated M for Manly" and building an entire 24 hour a day TV channel around it, not at first, but now they have distilled their lineup. If it's not howling-in-your-face overdone manliness, if it's not about death or booze or babes you'll never get, it doesn't belong on Spike. Its ChickFlick equivalent is Oxygen, and its nerd equivalent is Creator/{{Syfy}}.

* Due to [[RealLifeWritesthePlot various]] [[NetworkDecay reasons]], Creator/TheHistoryChannel nowadays broadcasts a number of shows which make use of this trope in varying degrees. Just to list the examples which have a page on this very wiki: ''Series/AmericanRestoration'', ''Series/AxMen'', ''Series/{{Conquest}}'', ''Series/{{Dogfights}}'', ''Series/FullMetalJousting'', ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'', ''Series/PawnStars'', anything starring Creator/RLeeErmey, ''Series/SwampPeople'', ''Series/{{Top Gear|US}}'', ''Series/TopShot'', and of course the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} example, ''Series/{{Vikings}}''.
** ''Series/ForgedInFire'' was inspired by cooking competition shows, only with a manlier twist. It's basically the same format, only instead of baking cakes, they're making ''knives''.

* Slightly subverted with ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' and ''Series/MagnumPI'', which satirize the image of the two-fisted Manly Man private investigator.

** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Sisko, and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis any...klingon...whatsoever]]
* Don't let the shipping-obsessed, largely-female fandom fool you -- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is ultimately a show about manly men hunting monsters with guns and machetes and more often than not saving a girl in the process while riding in a sexy classic car, all set to a classic rock soundtrack.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHHv5OuEzY Airbourne]]
* All That Remains: Perhaps the only Metalcore band that deserves mention, as nearly all of their songs feature manly imagery such as courage and fiery passion

** Music/{{Unleashed}}, for many of the same reasons.
* The mighty Music/{{Bathory}} are one of the ultimate examples of this in metal, having more or less invented both black metal AND viking metal. ''Blood Fire Death'' is one of the manliest albums ''ever'' made.
* Music/BlindGuardian. Having one of their songs as the theme for ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttackHeavyMetalEdition'' certainly helps.
* Music/BrianTyler, the go-to composer for 21st century action films.

* Indie musician Demetori turns ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' soundtracks, a series (in)famous for its ImprobablyFemaleCast, into PURE MANLINESS!!! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opbWMPM-2Ds this is maybe the manliest guitar solo ever]].

* Music/TheDoors: Front singer Jim Morrison is the essence of male virility. Probably one of the handsomest looking men of all time with animalistic lust all over him.
* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch borderlines on being a parody of this.
* Music/FrankSinatra, [[GrowingTheBeard at least certainly by]] TheFifties. The Creator/RatPack in general counts.

* Gown, despite having a distinctly unmanly name, produce [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cohbt9nr0BM the manliest song ever]].

* Jón Leifs
** ''Hekla'' has the distinction of being the [[http://www.classicalcdreview.com/leifs.htm manliest piece of music]] ever written: ''Nineteen percussion players are needed. "Percussion" instruments required are "rocks with a musical quality," steel ship's chains, anvils, sirens, church bells, shotguns and cannons''
*** That must mean the 1812 Overture qualifies as well.

* Lost Horizon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAAAAAAA-HA-AAAAH-AAAH-AAAH]].
** Although the WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAAAAAAA-HA-AAAAH-AAAH-AAAH part is definitely manly, the rest of the song ("Highlander: The One" by Lost Horizon) qualifies as well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffF0e2h4TU It must be heard to appreciate the manliness.]]

* Music/{{Metallica}}: Downplayed compared to other metal bands but still present some of the time ("Damage, Inc.", "2 x 4", most of ''Kill'em All'', etc.).
* Music/MotleyCrue: Take away [[DudeLooksLikeALady unflattering hair\costumes]] and [[PowerBallad "Home Sweet Home"]], and it's manly metal about sex and drugs.
* Music/{{Motorhead}}. Lemmy himself was so manly women [[KavorkaMan ignored how ugly he was and just threw themselves at him.]]
* Music/{{NWA}}: Fuck Tha Police!

* Pentagram (for ''[[RockMeAsmodeus evil]]'' men!)
* Music/{{Queen}} -- for when Manly bends backwards and crosses into ManlyGay.
** John Deacon is so manly that even Music/FreddieMercury could not come up with a girly nickname for him.

* Music/{{Soundgarden}}, specially as Music/ChrisCornell was considered manly enough to be invited for [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 a James Bond theme]].
* Music/SteelyDan (most of the time in a barfly kinda way)
* Music/SusumuHirasawa Forces, Forces 2, Sign, Sign 2, Indra, Aria, pretty much everything he made for ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' and some other masterpieces.
* Music/TenaciousD: (from [[Website/{{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.'"
** ''"He asked us, 'Be you angels?' and we said, 'Nay, we are but men! ROCK!'"''

* Music/VanHalen- Mostly the Music/DavidLeeRoth era, but Sammy Hagar still provides plenty of manliness beside many a PowerBallad.

* The Warrior Project is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhNOEpQSJQ fond of these]].
* Music/GraveDigger. "Hell bent for vengeance; bloodshed for free!!!"
* Paragon. Listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znjzx8g5xB0&list=FLzTe672_F3JNH3oX9nJX_Fw&index=9 this]]!
* HeavyMetal in general (and its subgenres) usually falls into this. Although there are many different subgenres, the music is usually much more ''intense'' than your average pop song from the radio (it may be quick, slow and dense, overly complex, louder, etc; or several things at once; and the singers almost always shout). Common heavy metal lyrics are about power, death, destruction, war, darkness, forbidden things, despair, glory, swords, strength, etc. And a love song here and there, but probably not a love song that you would make your girlfriend hear...
** ThrashMetal. Fast drumming, heavy, brutally melodic riffing, and harshly chanted vocals. Nothing says manly like that.
** Its derivative, GrooveMetal, also has a tendency for displays of testosterone.
** DeathMetal. Because nothing says MANLY like distorted guitars, growling, and usually {{Gorn}} laiden lyrics. Not to mention it's a SpinOff of Thrash.
** BlackMetal, for men who like Satan. As heavy as it gets, and the bands tend to be led by wackos who turn their lives into horror movies.
** HairMetal, despite being thrash's enemy, had similar tendencies. Most lyrics talked of a hedonistic lifestyle of danger, excess and sleeping with tonnes of groupies, all backed by anthemic riffs that encourage a good time. There's a good reason some derisively refer to it as "cock rock."
*** This is ironic as the musicians of such bands were known for dressing like women, with the term hair metal referring to the hairspray that they used in their elaborate costumes. The Japanese variant of hair metal called Visual Kei averted this trope, with Japanese musicians using the aesthetics to express their gender non-comformity.
** PowerMetal also has a strong tendency to display testosterone. Common themes in PowerMetal include swords, battles and dragons.
** Heavy Metal could actually be considered a subversion. Despite popular stereotypes, it’s actually less concerned with displays of machismo than hard rock from which it spawned. Hard rock got its strongly masculine attitude from the Blues and exaggerating it further, while metal music distinguished itself from hard rock by moving away from the Blues, including lyrically. While hard rock uses extreme lyrics to evoke a sense of a macho rebellion, heavy metal uses it to evoke fantastic horror. The irony about hard rock’s love songs appealing more to women is that it’s actually just another show of machismo because those bands are trying to be seductive, while heavy metal is just doing it’s own thing. As time has gone on metal has continued to diverge from hard rock and now hip-hop is the popular choice of music that is made by men for men.
*** Groove metal and hair metal though stand as aversions to this subversion as they take more influence from hard rock and exaggerate its machismo even further. Doom metal, however, despite being one of the more blues based subgenres of heavy metal has grown more popular among women as time has gone on, and now many of the most notable contemporary doom metal bands like Sub Rosa are driven by women. For all the subgenres that are coded as being hyper-masculine, there is also plenty that are coded as specifically acting against this trend, such as symphonic metal, gothic metal, alternative metal, progressive metal, and post-metal.
* Music/DeathGrips is what happens when you mix this trope with AxCrazy. "Beware", "Guillotine", "No Love" and "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" in particular are songs notable for the sheer testosterone flowing through them.
* The song the Manliest Man in Mantown doubly subverts this.

* Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld whose deeds are hugely varied and over the top.

** British chocolate manufacturer Rowntrees made the same error when marketing the Yorkie Bar -- a big, chunky, no-nonsense slab of chocolate -- with the slogan '''Yorkie -- Not For Girls!'''. The adverts featured ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2pLzdeCP0 for instance]]) vigilant shopkeepers realising the nervous-looking guy trying to buy a Yorkie bar was a woman in a false moustache, and responded as you might expect for comedy effect. The net result was to amuse one half of the viewing public whilst pissing off and alienating the other.
* Old Spice has two cases. First, Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike: portrayed by Isaiah Mustafa, he is a suave gentleman who calmly and eloquently described to women what their man could smell like he was capable of doing if he used Old Spice. He would be followed up by Creator/TerryCrews as a CloudCuckoolander with a severe case of TestosteronePoisoning.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' parodies this, with the guidebook (which gives nearly every character at least one parody stat that they have maxed out to go with the actually serious stats) giving the [[TheJuggernaut Armored Titan]] a 10/10 in "Machismo".
** The series itself is considered very manly with all the Titan slaying and the characters involved. Especially [[EnsembleDarkhorse Levi]].

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': Also a DarkerAndEdgier type like ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''...except men '''and''' ''[[TheLadette women]]'' [[TheLadette act like this]].

** There was the following description of this manga on the Internet:
--->"Every page oozes massive amounts of testosterone. I once knew this girl who refused to read it because she was afraid she'd get pregnant."
** A TopTenList of {{Anime}} openings and endings put this at #1, with the following disclaimer:
--->WARNING: The following opening sequence is the most manly sequence EVER CONCEIVED. The sheer amount of testosterone displayed may make you start karate chopping RANDOM OBJECTS!!
** [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Hokuto Musou]] features a ThrashMetal version of [[AwesomeMusic/FistOfTheNorthStar Ai Wo Torimodose]]. [[SerialEscalation Does it get any manlier]]?
*** And the fun part is that despite all being the epitomes of manly asskicking, there's not a man among them who won't [[TenderTears cry out rivers if it's appropriate]]. [[TropeCodifier This is the series that made]] [[ManlyTears crying manly]].

* ''Manga/Golgo13'': the protagonist Duke Togo is a stoic assassin who always hits his mark and always beds the girl.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** Kirishima and Tetsutetsu have a fight in the sports festival arc that is literally just this, even ending in a cross counter and having Kirishima congratulate Tetsutetsu with both looking like something out of freaking ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
** In the anime filler episode focused on Tsu's internship, Seal Hero Selkie does his best to appear adorable, despite the fact he has a very muscular physique and masculine features. None of his crew believes his attempts make him cute in any way...except Tsu herself.

* [[http://www.superdickery.com/whats-more-manly-than-man-comics/ MAN comics]]. That is all.
* Many comic covers from WWII definitely qualify.
* ''ComicBook/ArmyOfDarkness'' (just like the movie) fits the trope perfectly.
* ComicBook/{{Batman}}, DependingOnTheWriter. It's particularly prevalent when manly villains such as [[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} are featured]].
* ''ComicBook/BattlePope'' to the point of TestosteronePoisoning, as an exercise in RefugeInAudacity.
* [[ComicBook/SecretSix Catman]]: Tom Blake reporting for lion-punching, [[NoSocialSkills raw steak-eating]], [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirt-removing]] and Batman beating-up duties, SIR!
* Characters/{{Deathstroke}}, one of the biggest badasses of DC, capable of standing up to Batman or the Comicbook/TeenTitans, all while missing one eye.

* [[BalefulPolymorph/ComicBooks Even as a]] [[QuackingUp duck]], Dr. Cliff Carlson from Doug Gray’s ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'' is very manly. Why, he even has a [[LanternJawOfJustice Lantern Bill of Justice!]]
* When Thor is not around, you can expect ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules to fill his slot. He's an immortal, hammy and beardy champion even better at fighting barehanded than his Asgardian friend.
* [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Incredible Hulk]]. UnstoppableRage personified, or as [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Tony Stark]] put it, "an enormous green rage monster".
* ComicBook/JonahHex, compounding to the inherent manliness of TheWestern. Not even Batman can stand against him.
* ComicBook/JudgeDredd. He is the law.
** [[NarmCharm You are the lawn?]]
* [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]] is a DarkerAndEdgier version. A space biker who does anything he wants because he can, and almost no one can stop him.
* Characters/LukeCage, an indestructible {{Blaxploitation}} brooding hero.
* [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]], a warrior god straight out of Myth/NorseMythology and one of the most powerful heroes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
* Creator/FrankMiller absolutely ''[[AuthorAppeal revels]]'' in this trope, sometimes approaching TestosteronePoisoning.
** ...only ''approaching''?
* ComicBook/ThePunisher is probably one of the manliest of all Marvel's heroes. Badass? Check. Brooding? Check.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]]'s advice for engaging the enemy [[ItsRainingMen from a moving plane?]]
--> ''"Always jump without a chute. Shows 'em how buck wild you are."''
* ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'', which is basically Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian in Ireland. It has been illustrated by Simon Bisley, which almost ''automatically'' qualifies it for this trope.
* ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, a guy straight out of TheLegionsOfHell who fights some really nasty stuff.
* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Captain America performs several manly feats alongside the series. Starting by jumping from the plane during WWII ''without parachute''.
* Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}. He's the best there is at what he does, and what he does usually involves lots of {{Gorn}} fueled by an UnstoppableRage.

* ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'': John Freeman fights with [[RougeAnglesOfSatin bear]] hands, performs multiple backflips and other cool moves, is a OneManArmy and even pulls a [[strike: k]]nife out of his own back to use on the enemy. ''Badass!'' Not to mention shrugging off several rounds from the combine's racket launchers and masheen guns while preventing the hug tower from blowing up long enough for the rest of humenkind to escape! And that's not all. He needs to kill fast and BULLETS TOO SLOW!! He even lifts a train and throws it at enemies in the machinima.

* The Hunter in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', in pointed contrast to his “little” charges, the “Little Fool,” “Little Hero,” “Little Lunatic,” and “Little Weakling.”
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': The personification of the Boss of the Kung-Fu Dugongs that join the crew.
** And goes into TestosteronePoisoning during the Davy Back Fight... and witnessing [[AfroAsskicker Afro Luffy.]]
** Boss and Franky flexing at each other is so manly it makes Cross's chest hair grow.

* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' is about saving an orphanage with the [[ThePowerOfRock power of awesome music]], outrunning the police and later National Guard in a CoolCar, pulling off impossible stunts in a CoolCar, dodging gunfire, [[UnflinchingWalk ignoring]] [[MadeOfIron explosions]], and running down [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] ([[DisneyVillainDeath or sending them off bridges to their deaths]]), all while wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit Badass Suits]] with SunglassesAtNight. It's the only musical men will watch, even if they deny that it's a musical. ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', ''Music/TheWall'', and ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (featuring Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/ClintEastwood) also qualify for the Manly Musical.
* ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'':
-->'''Rocco:''' Men build things. Then we die. It's in our fucking DNA! It's what we do!
* ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'': historically inaccurate but awesome.

* ''Film/{{Cobra}}''. [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/cobra/ Stallone out-Arnies Arnie]]

* ''Film/{{Crank}}''. As a review on Website/{{Cracked}} puts it: "If you piled all the guns in the world on one side of a room and ''Crank'' on the other, ''Crank'' would still be the manliest thing in the room."
* ''Film/TheDeltaForce''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUeQOIlcDM theme music]] alone and Creator/ChuckNorris starring in the movie is enough.

* The entire ''Film/DirtyHarry'' franchise. Hell, just about every movie Creator/ClintEastwood is in. ''Heartbreak Ridge''. ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''. ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. ''Film/GranTorino.'' Even ''The Bridges of Madison County''. You heard us; Clint Eastwood could star in a movie about Bella from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' reading an Oprah book of the month club book on Lifetime and still make it manly.
* The ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' SpaghettiWestern movies.

* The ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series. Especially ''Film/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''.

* ''In Her Line of Fire''. Yes, Mariel is manly and gets the girl.

* ''Film/LethalWeapon'', like ''Die Hard'', might be a little lighter given the protagonists are a family man and a nervous wreck. Their behavior and environment is still as manly as it gets.

* ''The Losers'', from 1970. Nobody will have heard of this one, but it's basically Rambo [[RecycledInSpace with motorcycles]].

* ''Film/NinjaAssassin''. The title should tell you everything you need to know.

* ''Film/{{Patton}}'': Patton is the living embodiment of the "blood-and-guts" style of military leadership.

* ''Film/{{Soldier}}'', so manly it doesn't need words.

* ''Film/TropicThunder'': I'M A LEAD FARMER MOTHERFUCKA!
* ''Film/TrueLies''. Arnie as James Bond!

* ''Film/UniversalSoldier''. And it gets more crazier and manlier with each sequel.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Natsu Dragneel, the HotBlooded, [[PlayingWithFire fire breathing]] Dragon Slayer.
** Gray Fullbuster has a well trained physique, which he tends to show off by taking off his clothes, and is cool under pressure in a fight.
** Elfman, whose catchphrase includes the word 'Man', believes everything should be settled with fists.
*** Elfman's usually talking about things that are "Manly", or what a Man should do, and all of his emotions are Manly as well. It goes so far that in later episodes in both manga and anime other characters question whether Elfman himself understands what he is saying.
** Gildarts does some pretty manly things, one notable example was a simply showing his power, not even doing anything with it which left ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction a crater]]'' and ''[[{{Determinator}} Natsu]] [[BloodKnight in]] [[HotBlooded tears]] of [[OhCrap fear]]''. Another being ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome destroying a black hole]]''.
** Ichiya says "man/men" just as often as Elfman does, and despite his comic relief status most of the time is the most powerful member of his guild.
** Makarov may be [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens old and tiny]], but he has a really big presence, and is a major PapaWolf to his guild.
*** His grandson, Laxus follows suit, with being one of the strongest wizards in Fairy Tail, and packs a powerful [[ShockAndAwe lightning punch]].

* ''Manga/RAINBOWNishaRokubouNoShichinin'': about convicts surviving in a brutal prison system.
* ''Manga/RingNiKakero'': yet another boxing manga with loads of hot blood, as expected of Creator/MasamiKurumada.'
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': Phoenix Ikki epitomizes this trope in every way possible. And not too far away, Dragon Shiryu, who is at his strongest without his armor, in a series where almost every character has one and wearing it is supposed to heighten your abilities to their max.
* ''Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku'': delinquents that are all extremely ripped and skilled in some sort of martial art attend a special school with a military-esque faculty determined to turn them into the next great generation of men.

* Quite a bit of this in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins''. For starters, just about every Holy Knight is [[HeroicBuild completely shredded]] under their armor and clothing, even the [[AmazonianBeauty women]]. The ones who aren't are [[MostCommonSuperpower Buxom as all hell]]. Then there's the fight scenes, which happen about once an episode, and give the likes of Dragon Ball Z a run for its money in terms of the amount of {{Fanservice}}, CallingYourAttacks, and overall awesomeness.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is all about drills. And fighting. Breasts feature prominently in the background. And the manliness is so awesome ''it warps reality''. Manliness warping reality is ''actually the driving force of the plot''.
** ''Even the girls'' are manly enough to warp reality.
** Heck even the pet piglet is manly enough to warp reality.
*** Even the ''super-femme CampGay mechanic'' is manly enough to warp reality!
** Manliest of all is Kamina. So much so just wearing his CoolShades at least triples your manliness. [[CatchPhrase WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?!]]
** It's a show all about doing the impossible, seeing the invisible, breaking the unbreakable. Fighting the POWAH.
** Lordgenome, the evil version of it, might top them all. He's a giant muscular man with an impressive spiky beard and spiral-shaped chest hair who goes around shirtless despite essentially ruling the world. He is so manly HE DESTROYS GIANT ROBOTS WITH HIS OWN BARE HANDS. [[IAmNotLeftHanded HE CONSIDERS USING HIS GIANT ROBOT IN A BATTLE AS "HOLDING BACK".]] He ''ate'' a Big Bang. As in for breakfast. ''Without milk.'' Devoured the damn thing whole and then turned into a gigantic-ass drill. Said drill [[spoiler:was directly responsible for the defeat of the BigBad]].
** Simon invented time-space teleportation just to punch [[TheScrappy Rossiu]] in the face.
** By the end of the series, Simon becomes so manly that a nice outfit and ridiculously awesome pair of sunglasses spontaneously generates on his body, right in time for the final battle.
** As described to an anime club once: "Gurren Lagann is about brotherhood, giant robots, and killing furries with phallic symbols."
* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'': a manga in which tough delinquents become decent people through boxing, and they literally stake their lives on the ring.

* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' It's not called "Deep space planet future gun action!!" for nothing!
* ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'' It's about Miyamoto Musashi. The most badass samurai ever.
* While ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' is not an example by itself, Tarak (the planet where men live, essentially, as a OneGenderRace) definitely is. And the Tarak men make children together, which may either negate this trope or make it [[ManlyGay even]] [[LGBTFanbase sexier]].
* ''Manga/VinlandSaga''. It's about vikings. It'll put hair on your chest.

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* While the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060115160939/http://www.birkoph.com/Wolf_tshirt.htm "Awesome" wolf shirt]] might seem manly, this is actually a common misconception. TRUE manliness would be demonstrated by either going shirtless, or wearing the skin of an actual wolf.
* UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has based most of his public persona on this perception.
%%* Creator/BruceCampbell
* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt was seen by many in his own time as a god among men!
* UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts is like wrestling mixed with the ability to just flatly beat down your opponent instead of simply making them tap.
* Testosterone, the male sexual hormone in mammals, is ''exactly'' this. Yes, a manly ''chemical''. It makes you grow more muscle, more hair, it makes your... sexual organs develop, it makes your voice deeper (at puberty, at least : don't try this as an adult...). Did I mention the increase of testosterone meaning increased sex drive AND -- supposedly -- violent behavior? ([[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091208132241.htm It's a myth.]]) Also note that this is the effect on males: on females it does, well, [[BrawnHilda the same thing]]. Naturally, if you're a transgender guy, this is what you ''want''. However, females do produce testosterone naturally, just far less than males and the female sexual hormones, the estrogens, counter the testosterone's more unwanted effects.
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* Until the twentieth century, sports in general were seen as this. Women rarely played them, and those who did were often looked down on. This gradually changed, however, once movements such as Second Wave Feminism took off and the culture began heavily emphasizing the importance of being physically active. Today, it's very common for women to both play and watch sports. Thus, they're now seen by most people as being for the whole family rather than just for the men. There has been some opposition to this. Professional football is currently fighting to maintain this image, as the NFL has recently become very popular with women, which has led many to worry about the sport becoming too "feminized." UsefulNotes/IceHockey, meanwhile, still maintains this stigma (although it does have quite a few female fans). However, other sports (such as baseball and basketball) have mostly shed this image. While soccer has, in many respects, become more popular with women than with men due to its comparably non-violent nature (then again, [[AmericansHateTingle outside North America]] it's considered a manly sport).
* The UsefulNotes/OlympicGames of UsefulNotes/AncientGreece were male-only, with women having their own separate gathering (the Heraean Games). Athletes competed in the nude and women were not allowed to participate or be spectators (the penalty for "respectable" women witnessing the games was death). Some of the fighting sports were often quite brutal. Boxing in particular could end in the death of one of the fighters, although dying this way was considered very honorable.
** Also, if you died in a boxing match ''you won'': victory came only by forcing the opponent to submit, and if he was dead he couldn't submit.
* UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel, famed American daredevil of TheSeventies. The man made ''seventy-five'' [[RampJump ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps]] in his career, and is listed in the ''Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords'' for "most bones broken in a lifetime" (433, to be exact).
* The UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship. That's all that needs to be said.
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* Kagetora Chouno, one of the teachers from the ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'' franchise -- he likes meat, a good drink, and triathlons; works out a lot, and is arguably the most traditionally manly out of the main cast.
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* ''Series/{{Empire}}'': Lucious Lyon based his entire personality around this. It helped him survive the mean streets of Philadelphia as a parentless child, it made him wealthy and powerful. [[{{deconstruction}} It also made him a terrible father and a monster]].
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** House Umber is the "Camp Macho" of the northern houses.
** The Hound is grizzled, scarred, bearded, foul-mouthed, chauvinistic and above all ''badass''.

* With {{Hot Blood|ed}}, hot girls, and football, there's no other way to describe ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''.
* 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.
* ''Series/MadMen''. What man doesn't want to be Don Draper?

* [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ron Swanson.]] As the man himself said: "Every three weeks, I have to sand down my toenails. They're too strong for clippers."

* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules]]: Possibly the TropeCodifier. Achilles is another standout example.

* Rustam is a mighty hero in (pre-Islamic) Persian Mythology (told of in the ''Literature/{{Shahnameh}}''), complete with his own version of legendary Labours. He fought dragons, demons, and eventually, [[SerialEscalation a sorcerous demon king]].

* Gruvalg from ''Webcomic/{{Ananthalos}}'' embodies this.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. Equius Zahhak achieves this all by himself. He has much more muscle than a kid/troll his age should have (and when it shows, ''[[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004117 it shows]]''), a few of his teeth, one of his horns and his sunglasses are all broken from his sheer strength, he's the STRONGEST troll on Alternia and never fails to emphasise the word STRONG, can only safely and adequately express his rage in cage matches with robots he built himself, he breaks/bruises everything and everyone with the lightest of touches, and instead of playing Sgrub properly he [=STRONGjumped=] straight through his first few gates. Also present are Dad Egbert ([[CharlesAtlasSuperpower powered by pure mangrit]]) and Bro Strider ({{flash step}}ping ironic rapping roof ninja with more than a passing resemblance to [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]).

* Let’s see? TallDarkAndHandsome -- yep! CarpetOfVirility -- yep! HeroicBuild -- and how! Seek from ''Webcomic/SilverBulletNights'' fits this trope perfectly. When he's not tearing off heads with his ''bare hands'', he's hunting other supernaturals through shadowy alleys or having mysterious men throw themselves at him.

** ''Series/TheManShow'' was basically built around this trope. Dirty jokes? Check. Beer? Check. Hot girls in skimpy outfits? Check.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', Captain K'nuckles tries to prove to Flapjack that he's this trope. He is less than 1/4 of this, at least whats left of him that's human anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** [[TheBrute Jasper]] is a SuperSoldier war veteran with the looks and attitude of a particularly nasty [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] ArrogantKungFuGuy villain. Though like all OneGenderRace Gems, Jasper is a ''she'', and also [[VileVillainSaccharineShow in a show that is otherwise quite feminine and soft.]] Naturally, she gets defeated by ThePowerOfLove and doesn't take it too well, nor [[EvilCannotComprehendGood understands that she was]].
** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' introduces [[spoiler:Steg, the {{fusion|Dance}} of Steven and his dad Greg, who is ''much'' more muscular and manly than both of his components]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}:'' Of the boys on the team, [[Characters/TeenTitansNewTeenTitans Cyborg]] is the most masculine. Episodes focusing on him usual show not just his Badassery, but also his emotional side and his [[{{Determinator}} determination]] as well. He sums it up in this line in his epic final battle with his personal arch nemesis, Brother Blood, "I don't need you to make me a man. [[BadassBoast I already am one!]]"

* Even though it is primarily known for its [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess princesses]], the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' has introduced many manly characters throughout their long run. And some of them have [[CharacterSong character songs]] to express a certain amount of masculinity.
** [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs The Seven Dwarves]] might be short and goofy looking, but they mine diamonds, and they'll go to great lengths to protect Snow White from the [[EvilMatriarch Evil Queen]]. Grumpy is the best example among the dwarves, for his JerkWithAHeartOfGold attitude. He even lead the charge at the climax of the film when the Evil Queen disguised as a hag poisoned Snow White.
** Gaston of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is the best hunter in town, and is seen as the manliest man ever. His VillainSong is so manly, it's become a meme. Say "No one is MANLY like Gaston".
*** The Beast himself is not far behind Gaston himself, if not more so. He's built like a bull, and his voice is [[GutturalGrowler deep and imposing]]. He wrestled with a pack of wolves on his own just to protect Belle. And he's willing to let Belle go free because of his love for her, unlike Gaston, who would sooner go {{Yandere}} than let Belle go.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' introduces the LargeHam, BigFun [[BenevolentGenie Genie]] with '''"PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS"''', everyone would like as a friend.
*** In [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar the sequel]], there's Jafar's [[JerkassGenie Evil Genie]] form, who even has a HeroicBuild to show he's outdoing the Genie whenever possible, even in manliness.
*** Sa'luk, the BigBad of [[WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves the third film]], another example of a manly Disney villain. He's one of the few villains to almost beat our favorite street rat in a fight.
** The titular protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''. Vine swinging, tree surfing, fights with jungle cats, runs around in [[MrFanservice a loincloth]], has dreadlocks. No question, he's the picture of wild manliness.
*** Second to him is the English hunter Clayton. He's muscular, big chined, and carries his gun with him almost everywhere he goes. Not to mention, he's voiced by ''Creator/{{BRIAN BLESSED}}''.
*** The song "Son of Man", by Phil Collins, is all about a boy growing up to being his own man, as seen in the film with Tarzan, while growing up to be an adult, learning to be himself rather than something he isn't, and to be proud of who he is.
** WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}, Greece's greatest hero, and the son of [[TopGod Zeus]]. "Zero to Hero" sums up his manliness pretty well.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Li Shang's song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is the manliest Disney song ever. Helps that Shang is [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]] and showing off his HeroicBuild throughout the song. Mulan herself certainly [[FemaleGaze takes notice]].
*** Yao, Ling, and Chien Po are also quite manly in their own right.
*** The BigBad Shan Yu also qualifies, being a hulking, deep voiced warrior so strong he can hack into stone pillars with his sword.
** The titular ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' is also quite manly. He might built big, but he's also a GentleGiant who would rather be a good guy instead of a bad guy.
** Maui of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''. Not only is he also heavily built, he has tattoos all over his body, and are greatly emphasized in his character song. It certainly helps that he's voiced by Creator/DwayneJohnson.
** WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld introduces Jaeger Clade, an explorer determined to discover what's beyond the mountains near his town. When he instead fell into the titular strange world, he survived there for 25 years using nothing but his explorer skills. Oh, and also his FireBreathingWeapon.

* Yami Sukehiro of ''Manga/BlackClover'' is a muscled Magic Knight captain in a tank top who smokes and uses his katana with dark magic. He's always urging his squad members to get stronger and surpass their limits. Yami's manliness is one of the reasons Magna respects him so much.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Profound manliness has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!!
** When Alex Armstrong meets Sig Curtis, the [[PecFlex manliness]] is [[HandshakeSubstitute unparalleled]]!

* PlayedForLaughs during the GenderBender arc in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Kagura is not just turned into a male version of herself, she is turned into a muscular, imposing general straight out of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', complete with [[ManlyFacialHair beard]], GutturalGrowler voice, [[GoodScarsEvilScars a huge scar]] and a [[CoolHorse white horse]].

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' Jack Rakan can break the laws of magic and physics and general common sense with sheer "guts." Even his own power (reflected back at him) isn't enough to kill him! If he does die, he can still come back and give the hero a lecture if he wants! He's also the only character in the series that BarbieDollAnatomy ''[[{{Squick}} doesn't]]'' apply to...

* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': Despite being a {{Bishonen}}, Akio is very much this. Riding shirtless through the night on a giant, throbbing, red [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Muscle Car]] after front-flipping the hood? Just the beginning. [[spoiler:The show does, however, make it very clear that masculinity based on wealth, power, sex and violence is both shallow and toxic.]]

* Quite a bit of this in Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins. For starters, just about every Holy Knight is [[HeroicBuild completely shredded]] under their armor and clothing, even the [[AmazonianBeauty women]]. The ones who aren't are [[MostCommonSuperpower Buxom as all hell]]. Then there's the fight scenes, which happen about once an episode, and give the likes of Dragon Ball Z a run for its money in terms of the amount of {{Fanservice}}, CallingYourAttacks, and overall awesomeness.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'': BLACK☆STAR WILL SURPASS GOD!!!!! YAHOOOOOOO!

* {{Colonel|Badass}} [[ColonelKilgore Miles]] Quaritch from ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. The proof: Customized his AMP suit and his [[CoolShip personal gunship]] with dragons, stays beefy by lifting weights and is fond of solving problems with [[MoreDakka heavy ordinance]].

* This trope is apparently the reason [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]] hasn't been in any of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games, aside from being too similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Clayton]]. Actual examples from the series, most of which are [[spoiler:incarnations of BigBad Xehanort]]:
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]]. One of the hugest [[LargeHam hams]] in the series too.
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Xemnas]], voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto in Japanese.
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Terra]], possibly the manliest playable character, who uses [[DishingOutDirt rock]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]] powers, wields [[{{BFS}} a giant Claymore]] [[MightyGlacier of a keyblade]]. Being a young adult as opposed to an early-to-mid teen (like every other protagonist besides [[ActionGirl Aqua]]) [[JustifiedTrope definitely helps]]. [[spoiler:And he would also later be [[DemonicPossession possessed]] into becoming Xehanort himself, who would then be separated into the above two characters.]]

* As an InUniverse example, Robin Newman in the third case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' is described by multiple characters (including the samurai convict prosecutor that has a pet hawk and can create {{Razor Wind}}s) as one of the finest male specimens one could ever see. [[spoiler:Problem is, Robin is actually [[UnsettlingGenderReveal a girl pretending to be a man]], and when the secret behind her gender is revealed, she becomes ridiculously girly.]]

* Manish Man, the Manly Minotaur, of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is an example of this trope. But he seems to be a more joyous character than most listed.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Sokka has a briefly appearing ''alter ego'' for shenanigans in the Fire Nation and decides on the name WANG FIRE! Wang Fire has a deeper voice and a moustache Sokka got somewhere.
** Toph's introduction episode features a ridiculous manly wrestling circle which includes real life wrestler Wrestling/MickFoley playing '''THE BOULDER.''' who's every LargeHam wrestling stereotype rolled into one. He's awesome.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. Fred and Barney almost exclusively engage in "manly" activities like bowling, watching sports, and wrestling. Whereas traditionally feminine activities such as baking and cleaning are frequently mocked by them.

* Many Anime and Manga series that fall under this are nicknamed [=MANime=] or [=MANga=] by English-speaking fans.

* Basically any and every movie based on bodybuilding.

%%* Any {{Swashbuckler}} starring Creator/ErrolFlynn.
* Most war movies, especially ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''. Which is one of many in the genre with Creator/LeeMarvin, who managed to be the manlier guy opposite impressive co-stars like Creator/ToshiroMifune (''Hell in the Pacific'') and ''Creator/ChuckNorris'' (''Film/TheDeltaForce'').
%%** Most ''classic'' war movies. A decent rule of thumb is whether it's in shelved under "Feature Films" or "War" at the video store.
%%* Many {{Blaxploitation}} movies, e.g... ''Film/{{Shaft}}'', ''Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong'', ''Truck Turner''...
%%Zero-context** Anything with Creator/PamGrier. Which makes her role in ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' a whole lot funnier.
%%* The films of Creator/QuentinTarantino.
%%* Much of Creator/RebBrown's filmography including ''Film/YorTheHunterFromTheFuture'', ''Film/MercenaryFighters'', ''Film/StrikeCommando'', ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Film/RoboWar''.

%%* Pretty much anything scored by Music/EnnioMorricone, Music/BasilPoledouris, Music/BrianTyler, Music/HansZimmer, Music/JerryGoldsmith, or Music/JunkieXL.
* Every movie of Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/ClarkGable, Creator/JamesCagney, Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/BruceLee, Creator/TonyJaa and Creator/EdwardGRobinson ''ever''.
** Bonus points to Gable for saying [[Awesome/GoneWithTheWind the greatest line in the history of cinema]]: after 10+ years of kissing [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett's]] ass and getting nothing but attitude, he finally decides to walk out. And when she asks what she's supposed to do now...
-->''[+Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.+]''
* Pretty much every movie directed by Creator/JohnWoo. Examples include ''Film/HardBoiled'', ''Film/TheKiller'', the ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' series, ''Film/FaceOff'', ''Film/HardTarget'', ''Film/BrokenArrow1996'', and ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''. ''Film/HardBoiled'' is quite possibly John Woo's manliest movie to date.
* Any movie directed by Creator/AntoineFuqua also counts. ''Film/TrainingDay, Film/TheEqualizer, Film/OlympusHasFallen, Film/{{Infinite}}''...

* While the smaller, cuter ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' tend to get all the attention, several of them evolve into much larger badass forms. Other Pokemon start and stay that way. Also [[MemeticBadass Gary Oak]].
** Strictly all of the Generation 1 starters, with Charizard being the most prominent example.
** From Johto we have Feraligatr (a very manly cyan-gator, with massive jowls, capable of tearing it's prey to shreds.)
** Groudon (it's a lava-controlling, earthquake-making dinosaurian badass)
** Garchomp (because it's a desert shark/dragon with JET ENGINES. also has "Gar" in his name)
** Machoke and its evolution, Machamp. (quite obviously)
** Tyranitar, a very powerful [[RentAZilla Godzilla-like]] rock monster covered in hard armor with spikes everywhere.
** Salamence, a Jerkass BloodKnight dragon that soars wherever it pleases and rampages if it gets angry.
** Aggron (is a steel-plated triceratops partly made of rock)
** Nidoking, ''especially'' the one that Gary Oak owns
** Gyarados (it's a giant SeaMonster with a well-groomed mustache. )
** Haxorus (a [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaurian dragon]] with tusks that resemble a battle axe)
** Blaziken (a {{Shotoclone}} [[BirdPeople Bird Man]] that shoots fire from its wrists)
** Tyrantrum (a [[ManlyFacialHair bearded]] UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex that's also [[DinosaursAreDragons somehow a dragon]])
** Incineroar (an [[HeroicBuild extremely buff]] [[PantheraAwesome bipedal tiger]] {{heel}} wrestler with a championship belt made out of fire)
** Tauros, Bouffalant, Zekrom, Arcanine... the list goes on.
*** Zekrom was specifically designed to be "hard" and "masculine" compared to its counterpart Reshiram, who has a softer, more angel-like appearance.
** Ultra Beast Buzzwole ([[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/f/fa/794Buzzwole.png/1200px-794Buzzwole.png ''massively'' muscular bug/fighting Pokemon]] who constantly flexes its arms in its idle stance and shows off its muscular body, even in the middle of battle, and comes from a dimension so manly even the ''trees'' are flexing.)
** Mewtwo who can probably destroy all these pokemon with his mind.
** The humans in the franchise aren't exempt from this, either.
** Drayden is a muscular, bearded man who wrestles with his fully evolved ''dragons''. To toughen ''them'' up.
** Chuck, Bruno, and Marshal are huge, muscular Fighting-type Trainers, emphasized by the former two's WalkingShirtlessScene[=s=]. Chuck's official art even shows him hefting a giant dumbbell.

* This song [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_tivywhNvv4&pp=ygURR3JlZyBrZWVsZXIgbW5hbHk%3D Manly Men]] by Greg Keeler highlights all the activities of manly men among manly manly, yes, manly men are we!

* Even before the GenreShift from SliceOfLife to FightingSeries, ''Manga/OsuKarateClub'' is about the strongest mustachioed highschool brawler ever duking it out with nefarious delinquent gangs until the entire male youth of Kansai and Kanto [[AsskickingLeadsToAuthority are at his beck and call]]. There is a constant escalation of violence and themes of dreams, justice, friendship, freedom, forgiveness... and [[StayInTheKitchen disrespect towards women]]... A scene where a blood-soaked Takagi [[SuperStrength lifts a huge wooden ship over his head]] in a island set ablaze by napalm bombs while [[MundaneMadeAwesome singing a]] [[Manga/DokonjoGaeru children's anime theme song]] on the top of his goddamn lungs before tossing it into the sea is followed by eleven men [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice willingly sacrificing themselves]] so the then overloaded vessel can set sail while Takagi [[ManlyTears solemnly cries for them]] despite being unconscious at the time]].

** And also Rider of ''LightNovel/FateZero''. There's a reason he was known as the [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat King of Conquerers]] in life.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': the main character [[MageKiller defeats mutants, magic users, and beings of near godlike power]] by ''punching them''. And he has quite a harem to go with his feats.

*** The Beast himself is not far behind Gaston himself, if not more so. He's built like a bull, and his voice is [[BadassBaritone deep]] and [[GutturalGrowler imposing]]. He wrestled with a pack of wolves on his own just to protect Belle. And he's willing to let Belle go free because of his love for her, unlike Gaston, who would sooner go {{Yandere}} than let Belle go.

** One of the most famous examples in fiction is [[TheHeavy Darth Vader]] in the original trilogy and especially in ''Film/RogueOne'', with his [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] [[BadassBaritone voice]], [[EvilIsBigger hulking build]], [[TinTyrant sleek armor]], and overwhelming strength and [[GeniusBruiser intelligence]]. Vader's ideal of manliness is a factor behind his success as a villain and as a franchise icon, and he inspired a slew of expies that tend to follow this trope as well, some of which can be found on this very page.

* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' and its sequels all feature a protagonist dressed in a [[BadassLongcoat leather trenchcoat]], [[CoolShades sunglasses]] and having a BadassBaritone for a voice. The manlyness of the games come from the high amounts of gore, hot chicks, [[CrossesTheLineTwice Osama Bin Laden]] and the cool weapons you can use to slaughter your way through everyone, from [[ShovelStrike shovels]] to a [[{{BFG}} nuclear rocket launcher]] in the second game's expansion pack. Oh, [[ToiletHumour and you can piss on everyone too]].

* PlayedForLaughs during the GenderBender arc in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Kagura is not just turned into a male version of herself, she is turned into a muscular, imposing general straight out of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', complete with [[ManlyFacialHair beard]], [[BadassBaritone Coarsed Voice]], [[GoodScarsEvilScars a huge scar]] and a [[CoolHorse white horse]].

* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': Andrew (the narrator)'s mother and aunt in ''Duffy's Jacket'' think they need to do things that are this (such as camping) with their sons from time to time so the boys don't turn out weird. Andrew's reaction to this is "You can take him camping all you want. It ain't gonna make Duffy normal."

The WorldOfBadass is often the setting for this trope. Compare/Contrast DarkerAndEdgier. See also AwesomenessIsVolatile. Not directly related to RatedMForMoney in any way but the potential for intersection between the two is high. In cases of works where voice acting is involved, BadassBaritone will often apply with a lot of the male characters.

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