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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6480316/1/The_World_in_Black_and_White The World in Black and White]]'' [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] is like this. How manly is he? He is a ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Vasto Lorde]]'' class hollow and it is greatly implied that he is the one doing the household chores and ''cooking'' while not gallivanting around Hueco Mundo. Not to mention he's apparently a popular writer of [[{{Shoujo}} Shoujo Manga]]...
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1263379/gabriel_blessing Gabriel Blessing's]]'' brilliantly done ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords'' is a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' crossover that has FSN's Emiya Shirou gain a reputation for being murderously competent on the battlefield... and enjoying washing dishes, clothes, and cooking. Those who know of his reputation usually have to fight their way past a BSOD moment the first time they encounter him humming along while performing such tasks.

For some reason, gritty loners, hulking brutes, and all around RatedMForManly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves [[FeminineWomenCanCook baking]], [[TextileWorkIsFeminine sewing]], or [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[HiddenDepths kept under wraps]] alongside the EmbarrassingMiddleName, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[HiddenDepths one of those things]] [[YouDidntAsk you never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the PinkGirlBlueBoy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he cares very deeply for his mother]]. And in other words, he is a Manly Man with a Sensitive Guy Streak!

The basis is that someone who's [[RatedMForManly self-evidently "masculine"]] doesn't need to demonstrate his masculinity in the stereotypical ways. If the Manly Man sees something as manly then it ''will'' become manly as he himself ''is'' the definition of manly, kind of like how celebrities tend to change fashion in RealLife. Then some men just like to use this as a practical reason to start fights or enjoy the fact that no one will dare to mock him. (Would you?)

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' Archer himself, [[RatedMForManly epitome of manliness]], enjoys cooking, cleaning and making tea. Not that he really gets the opportunity to do so more than ten minutes into the game or so but...

[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tangled_Baking_6.PNG]]]][[caption-width-right:350:The cherries represent '''the blood of our enemies'''!\\

* TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged opens with a Shakespearean scholar saying he hopes to one day see a world where, “Manly men wear pink tights with pride.”

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12380647/8/Loki-s-Family Loki's Family]]'' [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Hogun the Grim]] secretly enjoys gardening.

** As punishment for killing somebody, Hercules is forced into slavery to Queen Omphale for a year, who forces him to [[http://i.imgur.com/300f68v.jpg wear women's clothing]] and [[GoGoEnslavement help with the weaving]], while she wears his lion pelt and waves his club around. He doesn't complain too much, because, honestly, who's going to make fun of Hercules for wearing pink?

For some reason, gritty loners, hulking brutes, and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves [[FeminineWomenCanCook baking]], [[TextileWorkIsFeminine sewing]], or [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[HiddenDepths kept under wraps]] alongside the EmbarrassingMiddleName, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[HiddenDepths one of those things]] [[YouDidntAsk you never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the PinkGirlBlueBoy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he cares very deeply for his mother]]. And in other words, he is a Manly Man with a Sensitive Guy Streak!

-->'''Tony:''' "You don’t, I dunno, want to maybe drink something a little more manly?"
-->'''Barnes:''' "Why the hell do I need to prove my masculinity."

* Surprisingly, this trope is OlderThanFeudalism, at least. As punishment for killing somebody, GeniusBruiser [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] is forced into slavery to Queen Omphale for a year, who forces him to [[http://i.imgur.com/300f68v.jpg wear women's clothing]] and [[GoGoEnslavement help with the weaving]], while she wears his lion pelt and waves his club around. He doesn't complain too much, because, honestly, who's going to make fun of Hercules for wearing pink?
* He ain't the only one, either. ''Achilles'' spent a good part of his life DisguisedInDrag per orders of his overprotective and worried mother, who wanted to keep him from dying in [[Literature/TheIliad the war]]. Per ''Literature/TheAchilleid'', Achilles hates the idea at first, but Thetis tries to get Achilles on-board with [[DisguisedInDrag pretending to be a girl]] by appealing to other Greek heroes and gods who took on feminine traits. She mentions that Hercules [[TextileWorkIsFeminine worked as a seamstress]], Bacchus wore fashionable robes, Jupiter shapeshifted into a woman, and the great hero Caenus lived as [[GenderBender both a man and a woman]].
* Dionysus is the god of wine. He parties all the time and dresses like a woman (the way you can tell is the length of the skirt: the chiton worn by men usually came to mid-thigh, the peplos worn by women was ankle length). Oh, and if you fail to show him the proper reverence he'll have his minions (drunk, horny women) tear you to shreds and eat you.
* In Myth/NorseMythology, Thor and Loki had to dress up like girls to trick the Jotun giants into thinking Thor was Freia, whom the giant Thrym wanted to marry. This is one of the oldest, best-known and funniest of the Edda poems. (Of course this was a lot easier for Loki to do since he is basically genderless shapeshifter.)

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* Played with in ''Pickles'': Nelson wishes he owned a unicorn, and his grandparents question his burgeoning sexuality. It turns he made the wish "because it has a sharp horn and kills things."
* In ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'', rebel punk drummer Pierce harbors a secret love of scrapbooking.
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* He ain't the only one, either. ''Achilles'' spent a good part of his life DisguisedInDrag per orders of his overprotective and worried mother, who wanted to keep him from dying in [[Literature/TheIliad the war]]. Per ''Literature/The Achilleid'', Achilles hates the idea at first, but Thetis tries to get Achilles on-board with [[DisguisedInDrag pretending to be a girl]] by appealing to other Greek heroes and gods who took on feminine traits. She mentions that Hercules [[TextileWorkIsFeminine worked as a seamstress]], Bacchus wore fashionable robes, Jupiter shapeshifted into a woman, and the great hero Caenus lived as [[GenderBender both a man and a woman]].

* TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged opens with a Shakespearean scholar saying he hopes to one day see a world where, “Manly men wear pink tights with pride.”

Compare LessEmbarrassingTerm, PrincessesPreferPink, EmotionalBruiser, RealMenLoveJesus, AgentPeacock, GayBravado, CampStraight, PurpleIsPowerful (when people think just GracefulLadiesLikePurple) and GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak (this trope's {{distaff counterpart}}). Liable to overlap with PapaWolf if the 'pink' in question is a loving nature. A common form of this is BriefsBoasting. PinkIsErotic can come into play when the man is a lady killer and highly skilled in the art of seduction.

* He ain't the only one, either. ''Achilles'' spent a good part of his life DisguisedInDrag per orders of his overprotective and worried mother, who wanted to keep him from dying in [[Literature/TheIliad the war]]. Odysseus unmasked him by disguising himself as a vendor and exhibiting swords ''and'' jewelry to the local girls -- Achilles was the only one in the crowd who chose the weapons.

Compare LessEmbarrassingTerm, PrincessesPreferPink, EmotionalBruiser, RealMenLoveJesus, AgentPeacock, GayBravado, CampStraight, PurpleIsPowerful (when people think just GracefulLadiesLikePurple) and GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak (this trope's {{distaff counterpart}}). Liable to overlap with PapaWolf if the 'pink' in question is a loving nature. A common form of this is BriefsBoasting. Not to be confused with PinkIsErotic, where the colour pink is used to foreshadow the act of sex or reference it.

Compare LessEmbarrassingTerm, PrincessesPreferPink, EmotionalBruiser, RealMenLoveJesus, AgentPeacock, GayBravado, CampStraight, PurpleIsPowerful (when people think just GracefulLadiesLikePurple) and GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak (this trope's {{distaff counterpart}}). Liable to overlap with PapaWolf if the 'pink' in question is a loving nature. A common form of this is BriefsBoasting.

* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'': Roose Bolton wears a pink cloak as nod to the fact that pink is one of the Bolton house colors in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' novels the play is parodying.

For some reason, gritty loners, hulking brutes, and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves [[FeminineWomenCanCook baking]], [[TextileWorkIsFeminine sewing]], or [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[HiddenDepths kept under wraps]] alongside the EmbarrassingMiddleName, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[HiddenDepths one of those things]] [[YouDidntAsk you never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the PinkGirlBlueBoy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he cares very deeply for his mother]]. And in other words, he a Manly Man with a Sensitive Guy Streak!

For some reason, gritty loners, hulking brutes, and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves [[FeminineWomenCanCook baking]], [[TextileWorkIsFeminine sewing]], or [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[HiddenDepths kept under wraps]] alongside the EmbarrassingMiddleName, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[HiddenDepths one of those things]] [[YouDidntAsk you never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the PinkGirlBlueBoy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he cares very deeply for his mother]].And in other words, he a Manly Man with a Sensitive Guy Streak!

For some reason, gritty loners, hulking brutes, and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves [[FeminineWomenCanCook baking]], [[TextileWorkIsFeminine sewing]], or [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[HiddenDepths kept under wraps]] alongside the EmbarrassingMiddleName, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[HiddenDepths one of those things]] [[YouDidntAsk you never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the PinkGirlBlueBoy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he cares very deeply for his mother]].

** The P.E.K.K.A., a BlackKnight, is shown happily chasing [[AC: butterflies]].

Compare LessEmbarrassingTerm, PrincessesPreferPink, EmotionalBruiser, RealMenLoveJesus, AgentPeacock, GayBravado, CampStraight, PurpleIsPowerful (when people think just GracefulLadiesLikePurple), and GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak (this trope's {{distaff counterpart}}). Liable to overlap with PapaWolf if the 'pink' in question is a loving nature. A common form of this is BriefsBoasting.

* In Myth/NorseMythology, Thor and Loki had to dress up like girls to trick the Jotun giants into thinking Thor was Freia, whom the giant Thrym wanted to marry. This is one of the oldest, best-known and funniest of the Edda poems.