History Main / ThebigGuy

** Actually, there is Dietrich and Ferro who are wasted earlier but it doesn't matter Vasquez is the clear point and the [[Berserker]] of the group.

Usually what holds them back from [[TheLeader leadership]] is being DumbMuscle, they know how to [[PutTheirHeadsTogether knock heads together]] but don't do much in the way of strategy. Despite this, as renowned warriors, they may still exercise authority over the [[RedShirtArmy support]] [[MenOfSherwood troops]].

* TheBrute, an exaggerated tough guy to the point of being a bully, and sometimes EvilCounterpart to any of the other Big Guys. He may be too [[DumbMuscle dumb]], or too savage to do anything else for the team, but he's kept around because he's good in a fight.

They are usually unflinchingly loyal, and often they are the largest member of TheTeam and more effective in combat than anyone else. (Sometimes combined.) They will often be the point man that holds off the {{mooks}} while the others challenge the BigBad. Against stronger enemies they might end up suffering TheWorfEffect; getting trounced to set up the villain as a credible threat.

Usually what holds them back from [[TheLeader leadership]] is being DumbMuscle, they know how to [[PutTheirHeadsTogether knock heads together]] but don't do much in the way of strategy; however, like their EvilCounterpart in the FiveBadBand (which is TheBrute), they may still exercise authority over the [[RedShirtArmy support]] [[MenOfSherwood team]]. While TheLeader and TheLancer fight [[BashBrothers side-by-side]], The Big Guy is a OneManArmy.

* Charles Barkley was known, among other things, as the Round Mound of Rebound. Despite being listed at 6'6" (1.98 m) and actually standing a little less than 6'5" (1.95 m),, which was short for an NBA power forward, he was very thick, heavy, and strong, and would win rebounds and score putbacks by physically clearing the taller, scrawnier players out of the way with brute force.

** In general, one of the unofficial "roles" in a hockey team is the Enforcer, who basically acts as the HeroSecretService, both proactively and reactively punishing attempts to injure other members of the team, especially [[TheHero the star player]], by both checking, and simply pounding the crap out of them.~

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Yang Xiao Long fills this role for the eponymous team of heroines, as she's the tallest, most visibly athletic and ([[SuperStrength by far]]) the physically strongest of the group, and is also implied to be their most skilled fighter, if Team RWBY selecting her to be their representative in the Vytal tournament is anything to go by. Yang is arguably a {{Reconstruction}} of the trope, as she sidesteps the [[TheWorfEffect traditional group muscle baggage]] by seeming to be just as strong and skilled in combat as her reputation and nearly-unblemished win record suggests, in an {{Aver|tedTrope}}sion of InformedAttribute - the villains instead opt to bring about her downfall through [[HeroWithBadPublicity other means]] where her raw power is meaningless.
** In [[HeroOfAnotherStory Team JNPR]], this role is filled by Nora Valkyrie, who is the shortest member of the team and certainly doesn't ''look'' like a physical powerhouse, but wields a massive hammer and is strong enough to overpower even Yang.

More women are filling this role, which used to be a rarity unless the ''[[AmazonBrigade whole team]]'' [[AmazonBrigade was composed of women]]. Since physical strength is usually a masculine trait, she may be a tomboy, {{Ladette}}, or if she's not lucky [[HollywoodHomely mannish.]] But you can flip this on its head by making her the Amazon: [[StatuesqueStunner big]], [[BoobsOfSteel and]] [[AmazonianBeauty beautiful]].

In any decent FiveManBand, you need a physical powerhouse.

Say hello to the powerhouse of the FiveManBand. They are usually unflinchingly loyal, and often they are the largest member of TheTeam and more effective in combat than anyone else. (Sometimes combined.) They will often be the point man that holds off the {{mooks}} while the others challenge the BigBad. Against stronger enemies they might end up suffering TheWorfEffect; getting trounced to set up the villain as a credible threat.

This is the powerhouse of the FiveManBand. They are usually unflinchingly loyal, and often they are the largest member of TheTeam and more effective in combat than anyone else. (Sometimes combined.) They will often be the point man that holds off the {{mooks}} while the others challenge the BigBad. Against stronger enemies they might end up suffering TheWorfEffect; getting trounced to set up the villain as a credible threat.

Say hello to the powerhouse of the FiveManBand. They are usually unflinchingly loyal, and often they are the largest member of TheTeam and more effective in combat than anyone else. (Sometimes combined.) They will often be the point man that holds off the {{mooks}} while the others challenge the BigBad. Against stronger enemies they might end up suffering TheWorfEffect; getting trounced to set up the villain as a credible threat.

The powerhouse of the FiveManBand. They are usually unflinchingly loyal, and often they are the largest member of TheTeam and more effective in combat than anyone else. (Sometimes combined.) They will often be the point man that holds off the {{mooks}} while the others challenge the BigBad. Against stronger enemies they might end up suffering TheWorfEffect; getting trounced to set up the villain as a credible threat.

** In general, one of the unofficial "roles" in a hockey team is the Enforcer, who basically acts as the HeroSecretService, both proactively and reactively punishing attempts to injure other members of the team, especially [[TheHero the star player]], by both checking, and simply pounding the crap out of them.

->''"Less talking, more hitting!"''
-->-- '''Hawkgirl''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

* ''Film/XMen'':

If it's a two-person duo, they could double as TheLancer.

* Heracles takes on this role when part of an ensemble.

** While all Astartes are a minimum of seven feet tall with PowerArmor and huge weapons to match, personality-wise the SpaceWolves (Space Vikings) best fit the bill, followed by the White Scars (Space Mongols), being [[BoisterousBruiser loud, proud]], and in the Wolves' case, protective of those weaker than them, an attitude [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight which has not gotten them many friends in the Inquisition]].

[-[[caption-width-right:348:Shown with TheLancer for scale.]]-]

** Reprogrammed Imperial security droid K-2SO from ''Film/RogueOne'' is only a little shorter (being, probably coincidentally, 7'2" tall) and looms over all the other characters, especially Jyn Erso (whose actress is 5'3"). He's a type five: his actual ''job'' is strategy (while his vocation is [[DeadpanSnarker providing snark]] and BrutalHonesty), and being huge and very durable is just a tactical advantage [[spoiler:as proven when it takes a hail of blaster fire quite a while to kill him on Scarif]]. To a lesser extent, there's Baze Malbus, who is ''only'' 6' tall, but makes up for it with a giant gatling blaster; he's mostly type one.

* Chewbacca in ''Franchise/StarWars''. Class 2 or 3, depending on how you look at Wookiees. True to form, Chewbacca was portrayed by the 7'2" Peter Mayhew.

* Channon Yarrow of ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'' is a relatively subtle Big Girl-- to be fair, being physically imposing by comparison with Spider Jerusalem isn't that hard. Still, she doesn't easily fit into any of the subtropes.