Line #62 Blog/MakeUpAGuy


1	''[[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy @makeupaguy]]'' is a Website/{{Twitter}} account that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin makes up guys]]. A "guy" is an individual of any gender and any appearance who is completely normal except for one distinguishing trait. The account tweets the quirky traits that these mysterious guys possess. While the account is mostly lighthearted and comical, with no real relation between the guys, the creator has laid out some [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1336620911475232770 lore]] explaining exactly what a "guy" is, how they come to be, and what happens when somebody recognizes their traits.
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4	!!Examples:
5	* AffectionateNickname: Parodied with the guy who refers to their boyfriend as "savorie" instead of "sweetie."
6	* TheAgeless: Guys do not age, and can only be killed through unnatural means or until somebody discovers their trait.
7	* AllLowercaseLetters: The account's title is "make up a guy" in all lowercase, and the tweets are typically spelled in lowercase as well.
8	* AmbiguousGender: Guys can be of any gender, and are referred to with "they/them" pronouns (though earlier tweets use "he/him" pronouns for all of them).
9	* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not clear what species guys are. They look like any normal humans[[note]]though [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1337239365030977536 at least one guy]] resembles a dog[[/note]], but are ageless, [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1338220951025094658 cannot reproduce with humans]] (though they can be created as already having children), and blip out of existence as soon as a human discovers their "guy trait."
10	* ApologizesALot: One guy apologizes for everything... [[ExaggeratedTrope even good things]].
11	* AudienceParticipation: Most of the guys are submitted by other Twitter users, though some come from the creator himself.
12	* BathroomStallGraffiti: [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1350154818858442760 Parodied.]] A guy writes people's phone numbers on the walls of their bathroom at ''home''.
13	* BeforeMyTime: [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1336562192041332738 One tweet]] referred to a Trunk Monkey, a series of television commercials from 2000 featuring a chimpanzee hiding in the trunk of a car. The guymaker then remarked that most of his Generation Z followers, born long after those commercial aired, won't get what a Trunk Monkey is.
14	* ButNowIMustGo: Once a human discovers a guy's quirky trait, the guy ventures off to a secluded place and vanishes out of existence.
15	* BrainlessBeauty: According to [[invoked]]WordOfGod, all the guys are "incredibly dateable and sexy." This includes the guys who don't believe in things like tornadoes or the water cycle, don't know common words like "dictionary," or misunderstand medical terminology at the potential expense of their own life (like the guy who thinks internal bleeding is good).
16	* CallingYourOrgasms: During intercourse, instead of moaning, [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1351767065728696321 a particularly sophisticated guy]] says, "My goodness. I am arriving."
17	* CatBoy: One tweet simply describes a "catguy." This prompted a reply [[https://twitter.com/adorbwlspopcity/status/1338217903611637763/photo/1 editing cat ears]] onto the account's icon, which the account retweeted. The account owner refers to himself as a "catguy" in his bio.
18	* ClassicalMusicIsBoring: Exaggerated with one guy who outright doesn't consider classical music to be "real" music.
19	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Downplayed. The guys all have character quirks that range from slightly unusual to downright bizarre, but otherwise appear as otherwise normal people.
20	* EskimosArentReal:
21	** A guy doesn't believe in tornadoes because "air isn't THAT strong."
22	** Another guy doesn't believe in the water cycle.
23	* ExtremeOmnivore: There's a guy who can "eat anything you tell him to".
24	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Since guys view their trait being noticed as their sole purpose in life, [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1338562106753511429 they embrace the death that occurs shortly afterwards.]] They do still fear [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1350151142832025604 death by normal means]], though.
25	* FallingDamage: Averted with the guy who "just doesn't take fall damage", though the tweet doesn't specify if this is a guy from a video game or a guy in ''real life''.
26	* FirstNameBasis: One guy refers to philosopher René Descartes as just "René".
27	* GentleGiant: One guy is "strong, yet gentle". At least until he [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1350156291696717825 remembers prom 1998]].
28	* GoodParents: One of the only guys to have children is [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1338216162245693440 the guy]] who gets into ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' to bond with his adult son. It's unclear whether the dad was just out-of-touch with pop culture or the adult son ''does'' play ''Fortnite'', but nevertheless, his intentions are sweet.
29	* IKnewIt: InUniverse, [[https://twitter.com/makeupawriter/status/1349215386646941696 one guy]] spends so much time perfecting their fanfic that it happens in canon by the time they publish it.
30	* InherentlyFunnyWords: One of the guys studies law because they like to say words like "quash" and "subpoena". The inspiration came from the creator studying first amendment law.
31	* InsistentTerminology:
32	** One guy refers to accordion music as [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1339026934320205824 "pizza music".]]
33	** Another guy calls water "plain juice".
34	** Another guy calls bare feet "raw feet".
35	** One guy only refers to breasts as "tender baps".
36	** A guy calls eyes "peepers".
37	** One guy calls all types of leaves "salad" and refuses to be corrected. Another guy actively seeks to hurt anyone who tries to correct them, and the two of them are in love.
38	** One guy calls limes "greens".
39	* ItAmusedMe: The guymaker has no reason to make guys except to enjoy their antics. He doesn't even care that the guys he makes have to inevitably be blipped.
40	-->the guymaker is a chaotic diety[sic]. with the ability to create human-like "guys" i could do something productive but instead I choose to make weird people who I get to watch do weird things. there is rarely an agenda behind any given guy other than "heh. funny"
41	* JustHereForGodzilla: InUniverse, a guy buys ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' just to check out the penis customization.
42	* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: A variation is the guy who rates their own jokes on a scale of one to ten.
43	* LethalChef: “Guy who cooks really bad pesto pasta and nothing else”.
44	* LiteralMetaphor: One guy claims they were "built different," as in the slang for somebody describing how they're unique and better than most people. In this case, the guy was literally built different - they were born with an extra rib.
45	* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: One guy named all of his fingers. It's unclear why he did so.
46	* NeatFreak: One guy washes his hands even after taking a bath.
47	* NoIndoorVoice: Implied with one guy, whose goal in life is just to be as loud as possible.
48	* OcularGushers: One guy's tear streams are so strong, he has the power to "projectile cry."
49	* ProductPlacement: [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1346639518947045377 One tweet]] just uses the "guy who likes X" format to promote the video game ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether''.
50	* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: "... why make up a guy when I already have you?" is a poem on a cheesy card [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1493259623440265223 posted for Valentine's day]].
51	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: One guy says the word "cough" instead of actually coughing.
52	* SoapboxSadie:
53	** One guy not only considers landlords corrupt, but berates tenants who ''live in the landlords' buildings'' because they are "financially supporting unethical land renting practices."
54	** Another guy is against the Boston Tea Party due to the Americans littering in the harbor.
55	* ShoutOut:
56	** One tweet just said "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy guy, family]]."
57	** A tweet referenced Music/AvrilLavigne's "[=Sk8r=] Boi," saying, "he was a skater guy, she said see you later guy."
58	** One of the guys competitively plays the Card-jitsu game on ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin,'' though the tweet just refers to it as "that club penguin ninja rock paper scissors game idk what its called."
59	** One of the guys opens their fridge "like the saloon doors in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption.''"
60	** Guy who thinks WebVideo/{{Dream}} is an anime protagonist.
61	* SpoofingSpoofiness: In-universe, there's a guy who wants to write a parody of Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "White and Nerdy" about being a gangster. The joke is that, of course, "White and Nerdy" is already a parody, and the song it parodies, "Ridin'", is already about being a gangster.
62	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1402160288409866240 guy]] makes {{Original Character}}s based on themself, but names them "not [guy]" to avoid suspicion.
63	* TakeThat: On January 19, 2021, one day before the end of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's presidential term, the account posted "guy who is 24 hours from getting fired". In case anyone didn't catch the joke, he "credited" this guy to the @POTUS Twitter account.
64	* TestosteronePoisoning: A guy has meat with every meal just because they think it's "manly."
65	* TooDumbToLive: One guy thinks internal bleeding is good, "because that's where all the blood is supposed to be."
66	* TotallyRadical: A youth pastor guy spends way too much time using Website/{{Reddit}} slang.
67	* VerbalTic: [[https://twitter.com/makeupaguy/status/1338776762814173186 One of the guys]] prefaces every sentence with "heh."
68	* YouMeanXmas: A guy refers to holidays by their ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' counterpart names, such as Christmas being "Toy Day."

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