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* Butler from the Literature/ArtemisFowl series. Definitely not dumb muscle, but he certainly qualifies for this trope by taking out a first class [=LEPrecon=] team on his own and bringing down a bull troll with not much more than his bare hands. He probably fall somewhere around Class 2 to 3.
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* ''TheBelgariad'' has a FiveManBand within the FiveManBand made up of Big Guys. Barak, an enormous [[HornyVikings Cherek]] who turns into a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} and fights with an axe in one hand and a sword in the other is TheHero, Hettar, a fast moving cavalryman acts as his Lancer, archer Lelldorin is the Big Chick, religious fanatic Relg is their [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], and KnightInShiningArmour Sir Mandorallen of Vo Mandor, who kills lions with his bare hands and threatens armies by himself is Big Squared. Not much is made of this potential band within the band in ''The Belgariad''... but in the ''Malloreon'' sequel series prophetic demands and Big Guy stubborness leads to the Big Guys of the ''Belgariad's'' hero band joining together in a band of their own (along with Unrak, Barak's son and a Big Guy-in-training) and try to catch up with the main hero band. In ''The Malloreon'' main hero band itself, Toth is probably closest, though by this point the hero has become so lethally dangerous that the Big Guy role isn't really ''needed'' like it was in the first series (Eddings knew his tropes).
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* ''TheBelgariad'' ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' has a FiveManBand within the FiveManBand made up of Big Guys. Barak, an enormous [[HornyVikings Cherek]] who turns into a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} and fights with an axe in one hand and a sword in the other is TheHero, Hettar, a fast moving cavalryman acts as his Lancer, archer Lelldorin is the Big Chick, religious fanatic Relg is their [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], and KnightInShiningArmour Sir Mandorallen of Vo Mandor, who kills lions with his bare hands and threatens armies by himself is Big Squared. Not much is made of this potential band within the band in ''The Belgariad''... but in the ''Malloreon'' sequel series prophetic demands and Big Guy stubborness leads to the Big Guys of the ''Belgariad's'' hero band joining together in a band of their own (along with Unrak, Barak's son and a Big Guy-in-training) and try to catch up with the main hero band. In ''The Malloreon'' main hero band itself, Toth is probably closest, though by this point the hero has become so lethally dangerous that the Big Guy role isn't really ''needed'' like it was in the first series (Eddings knew his tropes).
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** Thomas Tanner. Which is rather ironic, considering he was a shrimp when he was younger.
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** Thomas Tanner. Which is rather ironic, considering he was a shrimp when he was younger.younger.
* Dimitri from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', is very tall at 6'7" and is also physically broad in physique.
* Dimitri from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', is very tall at 6'7" and is also physically broad in physique.
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* ''TheBelgariad'' has a FiveManBand within the FiveManBand made up of Big Guys. Barak, an enormous [[HornyVikings Cherek]] who turns into a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} and fights with an axe in one hand and a sword in the other is TheHero, Hettar, a fast moving cavalryman acts as his Lancer, archer Lelldorin is the Big Chick, religious fanatic Relg is their [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], and KnightInShiningArmour Sir Mandorallen of Vo Mandor, who kills lions with his bare hands and threatens armies by himself is Big Squared.
* Ulath in ''TheElenium'' is a type 1
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Squared. Not much is made of this potential band within the band in ''The Belgariad''... but in the ''Malloreon'' sequel series prophetic demands and Big Guy stubborness leads to the Big Guys of the ''Belgariad's'' hero band joining together in a band of their own (along with Unrak, Barak's son and a Big Guy-in-training) and try to catch up with the main hero band. In ''The Malloreon'' main hero band itself, Toth is probably closest, though by this point the hero has become so lethally dangerous that the Big Guy role isn't really ''needed'' like it was in the first series (Eddings knew his tropes).
* Ulath in ''TheElenium'' is a type11.
* Ulath in ''TheElenium'' is a type
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** Thomas Tanner. Which is rather ironic, considering he was a shrimp when he was younger.
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* In the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] novels, "unit strongman" is one of the classical roles that Piggy insists keeps coming up, regardless of how the unit changes (he's right). He was one of the originals, along with Runt and Kell (Runt is the best at strongman-type displays, Piggy hits the hardest, but Kell leaves them both in the dust with his martial arts training). In ''Mercy Kill'', Trey Courser also fills this role. Curiously, all four are variations on the rare Type 5 -- Kell and Trey are both [[MrFixit mechanics]], Kell is [[StuffBlowingUp a demolitionist]], Runt was a comms tech, and Piggy is a certifiable genius in math and basically everything else.
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* In the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] novels, "unit strongman" is one of the classical roles that Piggy insists keeps coming up, regardless of how the unit changes (he's right). He was one of the originals, along with Runt and Kell (Runt is the best at strongman-type displays, Piggy hits the hardest, but Kell leaves them both in the dust with his martial arts training). In ''Mercy Kill'', Trey Courser also fills this role. Curiously, all four are variations on the rare Type 5 -- Kell and Trey are both [[MrFixit mechanics]], Kell is [[StuffBlowingUp a demolitionist]], Runt was a comms tech, and Piggy is a certifiable genius in math and basically everything else.else.
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* Golem Golem takes this role in book ''Orbital Conspiracy of ''Literature/FeliksNetAndNika'', after acting as SixthRanger in previous book.
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** CiaphasCain, who [[FakeUltimateHero everybody think]] is Class 4, but is really Class 5 who just wants to find a quiet place [[CowardlyLion far from the frontlines]], thank-you-very-much, but is too much of a SlaveToPR.
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* Minho from ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Maze Runner Trilogy]]''.
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* In the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] novels, "unit strongman" is one of the classical roles that Piggy insists keeps coming up, regardless of how the unit changes (he's right). He was one of the originals, along with Runt and Kell (Runt is the best at strongman-type displays, Piggy hits the hardest, but Kell leaves them both in the dust with his martial arts training). In ''Mercy Kill'', Trey Courser also fills this role. Curiously, all four are variations on the rare Type 5 -- Kell and Trey are both [[MrFixit mechanics]], Kell is [[StuffBlowingUp a demolitionist]], Runt was a comms tech, and Piggy is a certifiable genius in math and basically everything else.
* In the [[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]] novels, "unit strongman" is one of the classical roles that Piggy insists keeps coming up, regardless of how the unit changes (he's right). He was one of the originals, along with Runt and Kell (Runt is the best at strongman-type displays, Piggy hits the hardest, but Kell leaves them both in the dust with his martial arts training). In ''Mercy Kill'', Trey Courser also fills this role. Curiously, all four are variations on the rare Type 5 -- Kell and Trey are both [[MrFixit mechanics]], Kell is [[StuffBlowingUp a demolitionist]], Runt was a comms tech, and Piggy is a certifiable genius in math and basically everything else.
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* ''Literature/TheCrystal'' has [[MeaningfulName Rocky]], one of a trio of adventurers, and a six foot tall, six foot wide troll. A type 2. Speaks Like This, For Some Reason.
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* ''Literature/TheCrystal'' has [[MeaningfulName Rocky]], one of a trio of adventurers, and a six foot tall, six foot wide troll. A type 2. Speaks Like This, For Some Reason.Reason.
* Minho from ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Maze Runner Trilogy]]''.
* Minho from ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Maze Runner Trilogy]]''.
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* Frank from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' is even called this in the text. He is a son of Mars and has [[spoiler: [[{{Shapeshifting}} shapeshifting]] powers]], as well as being the [[BigFun biggest]] [[HeroicBuild physically]].
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* ''Literature/TheCrystal'' has [[MeaningfulName Rocky]], one of a trio of adventurers, and a six foot tall, six foot wide troll. A type 2. Speaks Like This, For Some Reason.
* ''Literature/TheCrystal'' has [[MeaningfulName Rocky]], one of a trio of adventurers, and a six foot tall, six foot wide troll. A type 2. Speaks Like This, For Some Reason.
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* Amanandrala "Grok" Grookonomonslf of the ''Literature/StarRiskLtd'' series is the GeniusBruiser version. He's an alien with some resemblance to a bear and, in a team full of {{Badass}}es, ranks among the deadliest. He's also extremely good with computers and cryptography.
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* Heleth in the ''{{ColSec Trilogy}}'' is a CuteBruiser Type 4.
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* Where else but ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''?
** In the Guards storylines, initially [[TheAce Carrot]] is a Class 2, verging on (in a very strange way) Class 5.
** Later, [[spoiler: [[MightyGlacier Detritus]] the troll]] gets in as a Class 1, [[spoiler: Class 5 if you get him cold enough]], followed up by [[spoiler: Reginald Shoe]] as a Class 4 and then the [[spoiler: golem, Dorfl]].
** In the Witches storyline it's either Jason Ogg or Greebo.
** For the Wizards it's the Librarian or Ridcully.
* Tazendra from Steven Brust's ''[[{{Dragaera}} Khaavren]]'' trilogy. She's considered [[AmazonianBeauty very attractive]]. In the trilogy's homage to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', she fills Porthos' role among the four Phoenix Guards.
* Bear from Genesis of Shannara ''Armageddon's Children''. He is described as the biggest and strongest member of the Ghosts.
* Victor Cachat from ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is a Class 2 with both subversions: he's a CuteBruiser ''and'' GeniusBruiser at the same time, his [[MartyStu Sue'ness]] notwithstanding.
** He's also the almost invariably the most physically unassuming man in any gathering. Which only serves to make him ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction more]]'' [[OneManArmy dangerous]].
** His [[StrangeBedfellows longtime buddy]] Anton Zilwicki is a Class 1 (his daughter called him ''Daddy Dour'' on occasion), while being only a GeniusBruiser all along.
** And then there's Honor herself, who at her 188 cm and 90 kg of solid muscle is definitely an AmazonianBeauty, and was explicitly said to have been a HugeSchoolgirl in her youth.
* Brion Stoutarm in the novelization of ''MagicTheGathering'''s ''Lorwyn'' cycle, who is a literal 30-foot giant. He's also a BoisterousBruiser. His brother Kiel is even bigger, but [[GentleGiant doesn't fight as much]].
* Subversion: "Try Again" Bragg of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': ''GauntsGhosts''. Looks like a Class 2 at first to everyone who meets him, but actually quite intelligent. The plot point of one of the stories in the second novel revolves around Gaunt choosing him for a mission because everyone assumes that he must be dumb because he's big. Also played with in Ezrah, who is very tall but is lanky rather than brutish.
** The Ogryn race ([[TheOgre Ogres]] [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]) generally fills this role for the Imperial Guard.
** CiaphasCain, who [[FakeUltimateHero everybody think]] is Class 4, but is really Class 5 who just wants to find a quiet place [[CowardlyLion far from the frontlines]], thank-you-very-much, but is too much of a SlaveToPR.
* Bigwig from ''WatershipDown''.
** Also Silver, Holly, Blackavar and Buckthorn.
* Glen Cook's ''Garrett, P.I.'' novels have several of these, most notably Waldo "Saucerhead" Tharpe and female BoisterousBruiser Winger.
* Chumley from the ''MythAdventures'' series is a class 3, with a moderate dose of class 5 also. Moreover, as Trolls like him have long found that acting like DumbMuscle gets them more jobs, his ''entire race'' (or at least the [[BizarreSexualDimorphism male half]] of it) consists of class 3 [[BigGuy Big Guys]].
* Rachel of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', despite having more feminine tastes than [[TheChick Cassie]], is most definitely this. She has to struggle to avoid becoming a full-on BloodKnight, and still ends up one of the chief dog-shooters and a borderline TokenEvilTeammate by the end of it.
** It's by preference at first, and later because the team has become so settled into their respective roles that it becomes impossible for Rachel to escape hers, despite her growing discomfort with it. A fact that she blatantly points out (while simultaneously ripping all of our hearts out) in a later book:
--> '''Cassie:''' What are you going to do with him?
--> '''Rachel:''' There's only one thing I can do. I'm going to take him back to the island and abandon him there again. And this time I'm going to make sure that he never comes back.
--> '''Cassie:''' You can't.
--> '''Rachel:''' I have to. You don't have to stay.
--> '''Cassie:''' Rachel, I don't think you'll be able to do this a second time.
--> '''Rachel:''' (Snapping) You know what, Cassie? I don't think so, either. So will you do it for me?
--> '''Cassie:''' (Taken aback) I...
--> '''Rachel:''' (After a long pause) I didn't think so.
* Perrin from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' fills this role as a type 2 with occasional 1. He is physically strong since he was a blacksmith, wields an axe and a hammer and is slow-thinking although by no means unintelligent. There's also the Ogier Loial, who fits perfectly into class 2.
** You've also got Birgitte as an Amazon.
* In ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'', [[HeelFaceTurn When they are on the "good" side]], the [[spoiler: urgals and Kull]] fulfill this role to the [[LaResistance Varden]], and [[spoiler: Nar Garzhvog]] temporarily serves as Eragon's bodyguard bruiser.
* Karrin Murphy of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is TheBigGuy despite being [[CuteBruiser tiny and female]]. She may be five foot nothing and look like a cheerleader, but she ''will'' kick your ass. As Sanya puts it, "Tiny, but fierce!"
** What, [[ChurchMilitant The Fist of God]] Micheal Carpenter doesn't count?
*** Karrin counts when it comes to violence of the non-magical kind, being an expert-shot and Aikido-expert who regularly tosses around cops two or three times her size in her martial arts classes.
** Harry Dresden himself is extremely tall (for a human), and among wizards he is considered extremely powerful, if somewhat clumsy in the stuff requiring fine control. Thus he frequently calls himself a "magical thug." Considering his compulsive smart-ass attitude, though, he is definitely a [[GeniusBruiser Class 5]].
* Also by Jim Butcher, Doroga from ''Literature/CodexAlera''. His ''[[BondCreatures chala]]'' is a giant badger, more or less; it goes with the territory. Tavi's uncle Bernard is also a big guy, but not so much TheBigGuy.
* Porthos, from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', a rather HotBlooded braggart who is only a ''little'' less competent than he claims to be. When he's not posing and showing off, anyway.
* Lord Goldry Bluszco from E.R. Eddison's ''Literature/TheWormOuroboros''.
* Johanna is a Class 1 from [[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]] which [[GenderFlip tells you a lot about the team]]
* Sinai from ''Literature/BlackDogs'' fits Class 1 to a T. After she leaves, Gunnar takes her place as TheBigGuy, who is more of a Class 2.
* ''TheGunsOfNavarone''. Andrea Stavros is described as a giant.
* Charlene from ''KingdomKeepers'' was selected to be a DHI because she was very athletic, making her a RareFemaleExample of this trope.
* JackReacher is class five, as he uses his brain when he uses his muscles. His brother comes across as a Class Two, but he really can't fight period.
* Butler from the Literature/ArtemisFowl series. Definitely not dumb muscle, but he certainly qualifies for this trope by taking out a first class [=LEPrecon=] team on his own and bringing down a bull troll with not much more than his bare hands. He probably fall somewhere around Class 2 to 3.
** Juliet Butler, also from Literature/ArtemisFowl qualifies as well, as a Big Guy of the CuteBruiser variety.
* French Sci Fi novel ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has Peyssou: big, rowdy, lewd, and uneducated.
* ''InDeath'': David Baxter or Peabody could be placed in this category.
* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', Nicko is type 2, being rather strong from his work at a boatyard but also often carrying the IdiotBall.
* Ham in ''{{Mistborn}}'' is a Pewterarm, which means he can burn pewter to make himself stronger and increase his endurance. He also happens to enjoy debating philosophy, making him a Class Five. While Vin and Kelsier can also burn pewter, they also have access to all the other metals, while being the big guy is Ham's only power.
* Tonk Fah from ''{{Warbreaker}}'' is this trope, especially in the literal sense. Returned gods also tend to have much bigger builds that also make them stronger.
* ''TheBelgariad'' has a FiveManBand within the FiveManBand made up of Big Guys. Barak, an enormous [[HornyVikings Cherek]] who turns into a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} and fights with an axe in one hand and a sword in the other is TheHero, Hettar, a fast moving cavalryman acts as his Lancer, archer Lelldorin is the Big Chick, religious fanatic Relg is their [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], and KnightInShiningArmour Sir Mandorallen of Vo Mandor, who kills lions with his bare hands and threatens armies by himself is Big Squared.
* Ulath in ''TheElenium'' is a type 1
* Dhampinella, the supernaturally-strong {{Dhampir}} in the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' is a rare female example of Class 1. She also counts as a 'Giantess' female type.
* ''Literature/AdventureHunters'': Played with; Artorius is a big and broad man in armor but he delegates all the heavy lifting to short and slender Lisa because she has SuperStrength.
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** In the Guards storylines, initially [[TheAce Carrot]] is a Class 2, verging on (in a very strange way) Class 5.
** Later, [[spoiler: [[MightyGlacier Detritus]] the troll]] gets in as a Class 1, [[spoiler: Class 5 if you get him cold enough]], followed up by [[spoiler: Reginald Shoe]] as a Class 4 and then the [[spoiler: golem, Dorfl]].
** In the Witches storyline it's either Jason Ogg or Greebo.
** For the Wizards it's the Librarian or Ridcully.
* Tazendra from Steven Brust's ''[[{{Dragaera}} Khaavren]]'' trilogy. She's considered [[AmazonianBeauty very attractive]]. In the trilogy's homage to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', she fills Porthos' role among the four Phoenix Guards.
* Bear from Genesis of Shannara ''Armageddon's Children''. He is described as the biggest and strongest member of the Ghosts.
* Victor Cachat from ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is a Class 2 with both subversions: he's a CuteBruiser ''and'' GeniusBruiser at the same time, his [[MartyStu Sue'ness]] notwithstanding.
** He's also the almost invariably the most physically unassuming man in any gathering. Which only serves to make him ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction more]]'' [[OneManArmy dangerous]].
** His [[StrangeBedfellows longtime buddy]] Anton Zilwicki is a Class 1 (his daughter called him ''Daddy Dour'' on occasion), while being only a GeniusBruiser all along.
** And then there's Honor herself, who at her 188 cm and 90 kg of solid muscle is definitely an AmazonianBeauty, and was explicitly said to have been a HugeSchoolgirl in her youth.
* Brion Stoutarm in the novelization of ''MagicTheGathering'''s ''Lorwyn'' cycle, who is a literal 30-foot giant. He's also a BoisterousBruiser. His brother Kiel is even bigger, but [[GentleGiant doesn't fight as much]].
* Subversion: "Try Again" Bragg of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': ''GauntsGhosts''. Looks like a Class 2 at first to everyone who meets him, but actually quite intelligent. The plot point of one of the stories in the second novel revolves around Gaunt choosing him for a mission because everyone assumes that he must be dumb because he's big. Also played with in Ezrah, who is very tall but is lanky rather than brutish.
** The Ogryn race ([[TheOgre Ogres]] [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]) generally fills this role for the Imperial Guard.
** CiaphasCain, who [[FakeUltimateHero everybody think]] is Class 4, but is really Class 5 who just wants to find a quiet place [[CowardlyLion far from the frontlines]], thank-you-very-much, but is too much of a SlaveToPR.
* Bigwig from ''WatershipDown''.
** Also Silver, Holly, Blackavar and Buckthorn.
* Glen Cook's ''Garrett, P.I.'' novels have several of these, most notably Waldo "Saucerhead" Tharpe and female BoisterousBruiser Winger.
* Chumley from the ''MythAdventures'' series is a class 3, with a moderate dose of class 5 also. Moreover, as Trolls like him have long found that acting like DumbMuscle gets them more jobs, his ''entire race'' (or at least the [[BizarreSexualDimorphism male half]] of it) consists of class 3 [[BigGuy Big Guys]].
* Rachel of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', despite having more feminine tastes than [[TheChick Cassie]], is most definitely this. She has to struggle to avoid becoming a full-on BloodKnight, and still ends up one of the chief dog-shooters and a borderline TokenEvilTeammate by the end of it.
** It's by preference at first, and later because the team has become so settled into their respective roles that it becomes impossible for Rachel to escape hers, despite her growing discomfort with it. A fact that she blatantly points out (while simultaneously ripping all of our hearts out) in a later book:
--> '''Cassie:''' What are you going to do with him?
--> '''Rachel:''' There's only one thing I can do. I'm going to take him back to the island and abandon him there again. And this time I'm going to make sure that he never comes back.
--> '''Cassie:''' You can't.
--> '''Rachel:''' I have to. You don't have to stay.
--> '''Cassie:''' Rachel, I don't think you'll be able to do this a second time.
--> '''Rachel:''' (Snapping) You know what, Cassie? I don't think so, either. So will you do it for me?
--> '''Cassie:''' (Taken aback) I...
--> '''Rachel:''' (After a long pause) I didn't think so.
* Perrin from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' fills this role as a type 2 with occasional 1. He is physically strong since he was a blacksmith, wields an axe and a hammer and is slow-thinking although by no means unintelligent. There's also the Ogier Loial, who fits perfectly into class 2.
** You've also got Birgitte as an Amazon.
* In ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'', [[HeelFaceTurn When they are on the "good" side]], the [[spoiler: urgals and Kull]] fulfill this role to the [[LaResistance Varden]], and [[spoiler: Nar Garzhvog]] temporarily serves as Eragon's bodyguard bruiser.
* Karrin Murphy of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is TheBigGuy despite being [[CuteBruiser tiny and female]]. She may be five foot nothing and look like a cheerleader, but she ''will'' kick your ass. As Sanya puts it, "Tiny, but fierce!"
** What, [[ChurchMilitant The Fist of God]] Micheal Carpenter doesn't count?
*** Karrin counts when it comes to violence of the non-magical kind, being an expert-shot and Aikido-expert who regularly tosses around cops two or three times her size in her martial arts classes.
** Harry Dresden himself is extremely tall (for a human), and among wizards he is considered extremely powerful, if somewhat clumsy in the stuff requiring fine control. Thus he frequently calls himself a "magical thug." Considering his compulsive smart-ass attitude, though, he is definitely a [[GeniusBruiser Class 5]].
* Also by Jim Butcher, Doroga from ''Literature/CodexAlera''. His ''[[BondCreatures chala]]'' is a giant badger, more or less; it goes with the territory. Tavi's uncle Bernard is also a big guy, but not so much TheBigGuy.
* Porthos, from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', a rather HotBlooded braggart who is only a ''little'' less competent than he claims to be. When he's not posing and showing off, anyway.
* Lord Goldry Bluszco from E.R. Eddison's ''Literature/TheWormOuroboros''.
* Johanna is a Class 1 from [[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]] which [[GenderFlip tells you a lot about the team]]
* Sinai from ''Literature/BlackDogs'' fits Class 1 to a T. After she leaves, Gunnar takes her place as TheBigGuy, who is more of a Class 2.
* ''TheGunsOfNavarone''. Andrea Stavros is described as a giant.
* Charlene from ''KingdomKeepers'' was selected to be a DHI because she was very athletic, making her a RareFemaleExample of this trope.
* JackReacher is class five, as he uses his brain when he uses his muscles. His brother comes across as a Class Two, but he really can't fight period.
* Butler from the Literature/ArtemisFowl series. Definitely not dumb muscle, but he certainly qualifies for this trope by taking out a first class [=LEPrecon=] team on his own and bringing down a bull troll with not much more than his bare hands. He probably fall somewhere around Class 2 to 3.
** Juliet Butler, also from Literature/ArtemisFowl qualifies as well, as a Big Guy of the CuteBruiser variety.
* French Sci Fi novel ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has Peyssou: big, rowdy, lewd, and uneducated.
* ''InDeath'': David Baxter or Peabody could be placed in this category.
* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', Nicko is type 2, being rather strong from his work at a boatyard but also often carrying the IdiotBall.
* Ham in ''{{Mistborn}}'' is a Pewterarm, which means he can burn pewter to make himself stronger and increase his endurance. He also happens to enjoy debating philosophy, making him a Class Five. While Vin and Kelsier can also burn pewter, they also have access to all the other metals, while being the big guy is Ham's only power.
* Tonk Fah from ''{{Warbreaker}}'' is this trope, especially in the literal sense. Returned gods also tend to have much bigger builds that also make them stronger.
* ''TheBelgariad'' has a FiveManBand within the FiveManBand made up of Big Guys. Barak, an enormous [[HornyVikings Cherek]] who turns into a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} and fights with an axe in one hand and a sword in the other is TheHero, Hettar, a fast moving cavalryman acts as his Lancer, archer Lelldorin is the Big Chick, religious fanatic Relg is their [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], and KnightInShiningArmour Sir Mandorallen of Vo Mandor, who kills lions with his bare hands and threatens armies by himself is Big Squared.
* Ulath in ''TheElenium'' is a type 1
* Dhampinella, the supernaturally-strong {{Dhampir}} in the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' is a rare female example of Class 1. She also counts as a 'Giantess' female type.
* ''Literature/AdventureHunters'': Played with; Artorius is a big and broad man in armor but he delegates all the heavy lifting to short and slender Lisa because she has SuperStrength.
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