History PlayingWith / CarpetOfVirility

'''Basic Trope''': A RatedMForManly character is hairy.

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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** When a group of thugs hear that Bob is gay, they try to beat him up, (thinking he will be just a hairy sissy) only to discover he's also a OneManArmy who can swiftly pound their sorry asses into oblivion, and which [[TestosteronePoisoning feats of strength and courage]] [[TheParagon inspire his straight comrades to be more like him]].

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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] {{Badass}} has a hairy chest visible during his ShirtlessScene.

** Bob does all these {{Badass}} ActionHero things, but no attention is drawn to his chest.

** When a group of thugs hear that Bob is gay, they try to beat him up, (thinking he will be just a hairy sissy) only to discover he's also a {{Badass|Gay}} {{One Man|Army}} [[BoisterousBruiser Wrecking Crew]] who can swiftly pound their sorry asses into oblivion, and which [[TestosteronePoisoning feats of strength and courage]] [[TheParagon inspire his straight comrades to be more like him]].

* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that this guy is so {{Badass}} that [[TestosteronePoisoning he sweats testosterone!]] Let's give him a nice chest rug!"

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Justified''': Bob is much older than the rest of the male cast that consists primarily of teenagers and very young adults.

** Bob Badass has a smooth chest, though the rest of his boddy is very hairy.

** Bob is the TropeCodifier for TestosteronePoisoning.

** Bob is mistaken for [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] because he's so hairy.

** Bob is mistaken for {{Bigfoot}} because he's so hairy.

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** Bob is quite hairy, but he's also [[CampGay a particularly effeminate]] [[TheBeard gay man]] who [[MistakenForBadass doesn't have a lot of "badass" qualities to him]].

* '''Justified''':
** Bob is much older than the rest of the male cast that consists primarily of teenagers and very young adults.

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* '''Exploited''': ???

** More testosterone = more body hair

* '''Played Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] {{Badass}} has a hairy chest visible during his ShirtlessScene.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

** Bob feels self-conscious, as body hair goes out of style, and heads to a salon for PainfulBodyWaxing
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob, could you put a sweater on or something? That chest rug of yours is too pornographic for my eyes."

* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Parodied"
* '''Played For Drama''': As body hair goes out of style, Bob gets teased for being hairy.

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** Bob feels self-conscious, as body hair goes out of style, and heads to a salon for WaxOnWaxScream

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is covered by a thick pelt ''everywhere''.

* '''Justified''': More testosterone = more body hair
* '''Inverted''': Bob Badass has a smooth chest (either did not grow chest hair or removes it). He may or may not be a true {{Bishounen}}.

* '''Subverted''': Bob does all these {{Badass}} ActionHero things, but no attention is drawn to his chest.

* '''Double Subverted''': Until a brief ShirtlessScene or nude scene comes on, and Bob's chest hair is visible.

* '''Parodied''': Bob is mistaken for {{Bigfoot}} because he's so hairy.

* '''Basic Trope''': A RatedMForManly character is hairy.