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** Wonder Woman arguably fits this better than Superman. She has strength comparable to his, which combined with her martial arts skills make her a force to be reckoned with. Batman has called her the [[WorldsBestWarrior best melee fighter on the planet]].

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While ComicBook/EttaCandy was not the strongest nor biggest of the trio consisting of she Wondy and ComicBook/SteveTrevor that dealt with most villains, she was the one who would confidently charge in and fight rather than try for sneakiness like Steve or talking the villains down or pretending to be captured in order to learn more about their opponents. For this reason she was often kept back to charge in once Steve and Diana's attempts at a less violent solution failed.

* Teamed with the Franchise/JusticeLeague or otherwise, Franchise/{{Superman}} is usually considered the big guy or the big gun for the team, and is a mix of [[GentleGiant Class 2]] and [[GeniusBruiser Class 5]], although he's simultaneously TheLeader and TheHero.

** Diana is this to the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica by default. While she isn't the only one with SuperStrength or martial arts training, [[StrongAndSkilled her combination of both]] makes her the best melee fighter on the team.

* [[ThePrankster Socrates]] of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' is easily Class 4.

* Hugh from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is an unorthodox example, given his lean physique, his usage of skill-based weapons ([[WhipSword Threaded]] [[CaneFu Cane]], [[KatanasAreJustBetter Chikage]], [[BowAndSwordInAccord Simon's Bowblade]]) rather than power-based ones like [[{{BFS}} BFSs]], axes or [[DropTheHammer hammers]], and his graceful fighting style instead of brute force all the way. What makes him firmly this trope is that he is mute ("dumb", but [[GeniusBruiser not stupid]]), and that among the [[FiveManBand Five-Hunter Band]], he is considered the most deadly, due to his proficiency in both [[SwordAndGun swordsmanship and marksmanship]] that allows adaptability in close-quarters and long-ranged fights respectively.

* Mesmaeker from [[''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'']] is a very big man.

* Mesmaeker from [[ComicBook/GastonLagaffe]] is a very big man.

* Most Big Guys [[WeaponOfChoice tend to prefer big, heavy weapons]] [[AnAxeToGrind like axes]] or [[DropTheHammer hammers]] ([[{{BFG}} or oversized guns like bazookas or chainguns]] if in a modern/futuristic setting).

* ''Film/BloodQuantum: Bumper is a burly man who carries [[AnAxeToGrind a large axe]] as his favorite weapon and is one of the group's main fighters. When someone asks who has "the most meat on them", everyone looks at Bumper.

* ''Webcomic/TheWaterPhoenixKing'' doesn't have a standard FiveManBand, more an EnsembleCast with shifting/shared roles, but Commander Corva has proven to be this this, having the size, the strength, [[AnAxeToGrind the Axe To Grind]], the hick accent, but at once the GentleGiant -- usually quiet, ''almost'' unprovokable outside of battle with a MAJOR loyalty-to-friends loophole -- a LightningBruiser in combat, ''and'' a GeniusBruiser -- DeadpanSnarker and the leader of her own group, in her own right, ''with'' limited but real [[spoiler: Theurgy powers as a priestess of the storm god making her practically a {{Paladin}}]] on top of it all. Definitely someone you want on ''your'' side and not the other! If it ''were'' a FiveManBand setup she'd take turns with Anthem being TheLancer to Gilgam (except when ''he's'' being TheLancer to ''Anthem'') but since it isn't and she's also a AmazonianBeauty without this being at all controversial it's unsurprising that they've ended up [[spoiler: the BattleCouple]] now. More [[spoiler: MeetCute]]s should involve {{KillerRobot}}s.

* Hugh from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is an unorthodox example, given his lean physique, his usage of skill-based weapons ([[WhipSword Threaded]] [[CaneFu Cane]], [[KatanasAreJustBetter Chikage]], [[BowAndSwordInAccord Simon's Bowblade]]) rather than power-based ones like [[{{BFS}} BFSs]], [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] or [[DropTheHammer hammers]], and his graceful fighting style instead of brute force all the way. What makes him firmly this trope is that he is mute ("dumb", but [[GeniusBruiser not stupid]]), and that among the [[FiveManBand Five-Hunter Band]], he is considered the most deadly, due to his proficiency in both [[SwordAndGun swordsmanship and marksmanship]] that allows adaptability in close-quarters and long-ranged fights respectively.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* Sir Gawain of [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian myth]] is traditionally described as the biggest and strongest of all Arthur's knights (though whether he's the most skilled varies). According to some stories, [[ThePowerOfTheSun his strength triples at noon.]]

* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant (that shouldn't be [[BewaretheNiceOnes pushed too far]]) type. [[ShmuckBait Go ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]] [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]] Basically, you're dealing with someone who's [[NightmareFuel ruthless if you mess with his friend.]]

* Whenever the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] teams up with other heroes, he generally fulfils this role.

** The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.

* Apollo of ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the team's calm, cheerful FlyingBrick.
* Arthur Korsky from ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}'' is a GeniusBruiser and a GentleGiant who is an expert painter and prefers to paint rather than fight. But with his strength, he can chase down criminals and knock them out with a mighty punch.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Dynamo5}}'', this role is shared by Scrap and Scatterbrain. Scrap is a CuteBruiser, while Scatterbrain has sheer size on his side (he's a star football player.)
* Vlad in ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' is a classic Class 3.
* The Four Daves in ''ComicBook/RatQueens.'' Braga of the Peaches is a female version. So is Violet, though she's more a combination of CuteBruiser and LightningBruiser.
* Bully, a non-Nazi skinhead from German comic ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}''.
* Marv from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' was designed to be one of these. In Creator/FrankMiller's words: "Conan in a trenchcoat". He's seven feet tall, he's at least four feet wide, he's big and boisterous and strong. When he teams up with Dwight in "A Dame To Kill For" it's especially apparent.
* Though only three-apples tall, ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' have Hefty in the comics and the cartoon show and Gutsy in the live-action movie.
* Jerom, from ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'' (Spike and Suzy), would be a typical example of a Class 2 character, save for the fact that he's a bit stocky.
* ''{{Franchise/Tintin}}'': Captain Haddock is a big man, and though he isn't especially skilled in a fight, those he does hit ''stay'' hit. He once [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength ripped a wooden chair in half with his bare hands]] when angered. While the director of the space center was still sitting on it.
* Channon Yarrow of ''ComicBook/{{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.

* Evan of ''WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID'', who is actually smaller than Jeff and Vince but knows martial arts, [[KnifeNut is always carrying a weapon,]] and [[AxCrazy is by far the most intimidating.]] Subverted, however, in that the only time the group has been antagonized by a human instead of an EldritchAbomination, he got stuck holding the camera while [[spoiler: Jeff]] tackled the security guard.

* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', all of the Turtles are much larger compared to their traditional appearances, but Raphael is noticeably the bulkiest of the four.

[-[[caption-width-right:348:On the right, shown with TheLancer on the left for [[BigGuyLittleGuy scale]].]]-]

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

* ''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.

Can have some overlap with ScaryBlackMan, TheStrongman and the ProudWarriorRaceGuy especially when dealing with [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves.]] Often a victim of BigGuyFatalitySyndrome. Will often form a BrainsAndBrawn relationship with TheSmartGuy in the group or will be used as a {{Foil}} for them a la BrainsVersusBrawn.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While [[Characters/WonderWomanEttaCandy Etta Candy]] was not the strongest nor biggest of the trio consisting of she Wondy and ComicBook/SteveTrevor that dealt with most villains, she was the one who would confidently charge in and fight rather than try for sneakiness like Steve or talking the villains down or pretending to be captured in order to learn more about their opponents. For this reason she was often kept back to charge in once Steve and Diana's attempts at a less violent solution failed.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While [[Characters/WonderWomanEttaCandy Etta Candy]] was not the strongest nor biggest of the trio consisting of she Wondy and [[Characters/WonderWomanSteveTrevor Steve Trevor]] that dealt with most villains, she was the one who would confidently charge in and fight rather than try for sneakiness like Steve or talking the villains down or pretending to be captured in order to learn more about their opponents. For this reason she was often kept back to charge in once Steve and Diana's attempts at a less violent solution failed.

* ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'': Bors (Richard Boone). Despite being an OldSolider, he's the tallest and strongest of Chrysagon's men and his trusted sidekick.

* Franchise/WonderWoman in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. While she's physically similar in size to Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}}, she is described by WordOfGod as being "the best fighter" and is the one doing most of physical fighting in the final battle against [[spoiler: Doomsday]].
* Killer Croc in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.