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| 10 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MansLife195505May19557_1650.jpg]][[caption-width-right:308: Well... [[ExaggeratedTrope This is a bit much, isn't it?]][[note]][[DopeSlap *BIFF!*]] Wrong![[/note]]]] |
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| 12 | ->'''Mongol General:''' CONAN! What is best in life?\ |
| 13 | '''Conan:''' To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women. |
| 14 | -->-- ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' |
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| 16 | A work that is heavily dependent on things, situations, or actions that are stereotypically masculine, in order to appeal to a predominantly male audience. [[MostWritersAreMale Made by men, for men]]. |
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| 18 | Expect to see PermaStubble, {{hot blood|ed}}, [[HeroicBuild improbably muscled]] [[ManlyMan Manly Men]], [[CarpetOfVirility Carpets of Virility]], lots of fighting, StuffBlowingUp, large amounts of RuleOfCool, and if you're lucky, ManlyTears. Most, if not all of the main characters are often grade-A Badasses and sometimes {{Large Ham}}s. Expect to see somebody shout a phrase [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHERE! THEY! EMPHASIZE! EVERY! WORD!]] which can result in MemeticMutation. Soundtrack is prone to be fueled by ThePowerOfRock. |
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| 20 | Traditionally, the role of women in such works is often stereotypically feminine, as [[{{Sidekick}} support characters]] or LoveInterests, sometimes [[SatelliteLoveInterest satellite ones]], while the men fight and die ([[DamselInDistress often for their sake]]). A woman may be the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom, doing some small and unimportant action early in the movie or in the origin story, which is the IncitingIncident that starts the chain of events that lead to some great disaster, and the real men would have to deal with it (for example, the villain may have turned into a villain in the first place because LoveMakesYouCrazy). Nevertheless, [[ActionGirl badass females]] are far from uncommon, and they may or may not be [[TheLadette masculine in their interests]]. Either way, expect {{Fanservice}}. Though keep in mind actual sex or womanizing doesn't necessarily mean "manly", as most playboys tend to have physical (and personality) traits opposite to the ones described above. |
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| 22 | These works also tend to [[WarIsGlorious glorify war]], although there have been many manly works with [[WarIsHell the opposite viewpoint.]] |
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| 24 | [[TropeNamers Named]] after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6fq9Aadwk&t=2m19s a line]] in the [[ItMakesSenseInContext contrasting segment]] of the Creator/JanusSyndicate parody video ''VideoGame/CounterStrike [[{{Bowdlerise}} For Kids]]''. |
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| 26 | Just because a work falls under this trope doesn't mean that it can't have any feminine appeal or a significantly large female audience. You'll find that many of the examples below have almost as many female fans as they do male fans. This trope simply means that stereotypical masculine behavior is a significant focus of the work at hand. The number of female fans generally depends on how rigidly and/or multi-dimensionally the work fits this trope. |
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| 28 | When [[ExecutiveMeddling those in charge]] think that a foreign video game would sell better with this aesthetic than the one it came with, you get the American side of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore. |
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| 30 | The WorldOfBadass is often the setting for this trope. Compare/Contrast DarkerAndEdgier. See also AwesomenessIsVolatile. Not directly related to RatedMForMoney in any way but the potential for intersection between the two is high. In cases of works where voice acting is involved, BaritoneOfStrength will often apply with a lot of the male characters. |
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| 32 | Compare with TestosteronePoisoning, where the appeal to masculinity is exaggerated to the point of parody (though expect to pass through here before hitting Testosterone Poisoning levels of manly). |
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| 34 | Contrast ChickFlick (which is this trope's opposite), UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} and {{Moe}} (which are all opposed aesthetics). |
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| 36 | Unrelated to AvoidTheDreadedGRating, though they certainly can overlap. |
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| 39 | !!Examples: |
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| 42 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 43 | * Advertising/SegataSanshiro! Segata Sanshiro, Sega Saturn Shiro!. Among Segata's accomplishments includes catching an ICBM midflight, halting its progress and then jumping off a plate glass window without breaking it. |
| 44 | * An advertisement for a casino shows a man playing roulette with a squirrel next to him placing all his nuts on the table as his bet as the voice over goes "You can cash in now and save for a rainy day or you can be a man and bet it all." The ad is basically blasting men that don't play with risky big bets. Betting with your nuts? Manly. Wagering ''all'' your nuts at once? There can be nothing manlier. |
| 45 | %%* Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld whose deeds are hugely varied and over the top. |
| 46 | * [[http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/28/carnegie-hall-ensemble-acjw-orchestra-makes-43-cartoon-theme-tunes-instantly-classier-4681908/ The controversial ads Hardees and Carl's Jr.]] ran for their ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' burger, which featured [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turning into]] a male in order to eat the sandwich, with the phrase "Man up" uttered by the narrator. That's right, Mystique, the mutant supervillain who has been going toe to toe with the Comicbook/XMen and [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] since the 70's, can't handle Carl's Jr.'s new burger unless she's a guy. |
| 47 | * Dr. Pepper's ill advised "It's not for women," campaign for their line of ten calorie sodas. The original idea was to target those men who considered diet sodas to be unmasculine, but the end result was to tell half the audience not to buy their product. |
| 48 | * British chocolate manufacturer Rowntrees marketed the Yorkie Bar -- a big, chunky, no-nonsense slab of chocolate -- with the slogan '''Yorkie -- Not For Girls!'''. The adverts featured ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2pLzdeCP0 for instance]]) vigilant shopkeepers realising the nervous-looking guy trying to buy a Yorkie bar was a woman in a false moustache, and responded as you might expect for comedy effect. The net result was to amuse one half of the viewing public whilst pissing off and alienating the other. |
| 49 | * Old Spice has two cases. |
| 50 | ** First, Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike: portrayed by Isaiah Mustafa, he is a suave gentleman who calmly and eloquently described to women what their man could smell like he was capable of doing if he used Old Spice. |
| 51 | ** He would be followed up by Creator/TerryCrews as a CloudCuckoolander with a severe case of TestosteronePoisoning. |
| 52 | * Mexican beer ''Tecate'' "Somos Bax" ("We are Box") ads featuring Creator/SylvesterStallone. All of them feature men getting angrily reprimanded by Stallone (or some other famous pugilist) for their lack of manliness in their actions, concluding with the line "Te hace falta ver más ''Bax''"[[hottip:*:"You need to watch more ''Bax'']]. |
| 53 | * Gun marketing in general is rich with this, for [[ARealManIsAKiller obvious reasons]]. Even guns marketed to women have ads promising that packing heat will turn them into {{Action Girl}}s who can whoop the ass of any rapist. Bushmaster infamously ran a [[https://www.cracked.com/article_20396_5-mind-blowing-facts-nobody-told-you-about-guns.html "Man Card" campaign]] insinuating that owning one of their semi-automatic rifles will make you more manly -- which [[HarsherInHindsight they quickly pulled]] after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter used that model of rifle to kill 27 people and then himself. |
| 54 | * There is a company making packaged water[[note]]not bottled water: It comes in cans[[/note]] which calls itself [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Death "Liquid Death"]] and uses the tagline "murder your thirst." |
| 55 | * Truck ads. Naturally, marketing for a utility vehicle would emphasize the physical and outdoorsy activities that it makes easier, from work to recreation, but in America, selling pickup trucks has been elevated to an artform. The voiceover will typically be contributed by either Creator/SamElliott or somebody imitating his gravely cowboy voice, the music will be either a hard rock or country riff, and the truck will be shown in either the [[SceneryPorn scenic vistas]] of [[NewOldWest the American West]] or blue-collar worksites driven by rugged men using it to haul large objects, often with shots of them putting such objects in and out of the bed. The very names of the trucks, from the Chevrolet Silverado and Colorado to the Toyota Tundra to the entire Ram line of trucks, are designed to evoke the rural wilderness. Ford uses the marketing slogan "Built Ford Tough", and Chevrolet once ran [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGI8IRXRqpo an ad]] for the Silverado mocking the Ford F-150's tailgate step as something that ''real'' men would never use -- which [[InsultBackfire backfired]] when Ford's truck marketing manager pointed out that it was free advertising for a genuinely useful feature. |
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| 58 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 59 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is considered very manly with all the Titan slaying, military, gore and the characters involved. Especially Levi. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'': Pretty much every [[strike:major]] character is saddled with an absurd case of muscles (though a lot of them have oddly feminine faces to go with it). In the sequel to the original manga, ''Baki Gaiden Scarface'', an unarmed man wins a deathmatch against a ''twenty-two-foot shark'' by [[spoiler:shoving an arm through its eyesocket and crushing the brain]]. It's that kind of story. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/Bastard1988'': [[MrFanservice Naked, buff men]] fighting in a [[HeavyMithril Heavy Metal Heroic Fantasy setting]] with [[{{Fanservice}} naked women in skimpy outfits]]. |
| 62 | * ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Man with a [[{{BFS}} sword the size of Kilimanjaro]] hacks his way through the legions of Hell, with more blood per volume than the entire filmography of Creator/QuentinTarantino. And his name is literally '''''Guts'''''. Ironically, one of the themes of the manga is [[DeconstructedTrope how much of a strain being this sort of person is on your psyche]]. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is a [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] that relies heavily on some of the classic formulae of the genre. It's heavily focused on fighting with character development and revelation occurring through the old-fashioned belief that only through fighting can men truly get to know each other and only when facing death can a man's personality truly be revealed. However, the excessively macho 11th division take the samurai fighting traditions to such excess they're used for both serious storytelling and parody. For example, Ikkaku would rather [[UndyingLoyalty die]] than leave his captain's side for another division, but he can also [[TestosteronePoisoning pop his dislocated shoulder back into place with nothing more than a]] PecFlex. |
| 64 | * The title character of ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' is apparently Creator/LeijiMatsumoto's attempt to {{Reconstruct|ion}} the Japanese ideal of manliness. Thus we have a man who lives under his own flag and ideals, fighting to protect his friends with such effectiveness that by himself, with only his sidearms, he could match an entire ''town'', with such feats as ramming his spaceship into any enemy that tries to bar his route and doesn't realize in time ''he won't stop'' and destroying a cyborg by physically overpowering him (and Harlock is apparently a normal human) and then forcing him to ''drink milk'' (thus shorting out its circuits). |
| 65 | * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': the main character [[MageKiller defeats mutants, magic users, and beings of near godlike power]] by ''punching them''. And he has quite a harem to go with his feats. |
| 66 | * ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'': Even though the manga focuses on Killer T's social awkwardness and desire to come down from his tower of testosterone, make no mistake: he really ''is'' a badass squad leader who can stop a viral invasion almost single-handedly. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/ChaosicRune'', and its sequel, ''Manga/ChaosicRuneES''. Yes, it's a manga about a card game, but it involves hot-blooded, manly men and well endowed (95% of them, anyway) women fight evil villains in epic battles that include badass dragons, giant motorcycle robots, magical monsters, and more. And along with cards that summon monsters, there's cards that summon weapons such as swords, pistols, and shotguns. Yes, shotguns. It's like if ~Yu-Gi-Oh!~ were written by Creator/BruceCampbell and drawn by Creator/ChuckNorris. |
| 68 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', though lacking in the HotBlooded factor, is packed to the brim with references to manly action movies, a soundtrack packed with upbeat jazz and rock music, awesome fight scenes (including non-ironic use of GunKata!), and macho plot threads such as a guy trying to find a girl he lost all while battling his pretty-boy arch rival and another guy struggling with his dark past as a cop and still haunted by the girl he loved leaving him. Oh, and did we mention [[MsFanservice Faye Valentine]]? |
| 69 | * ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' is an odd case, {{deconstructi|on}}ng not only the idea of a WorldOfBadass, but badassery in general, but then thoroughly picking apart the concept of manliness itself, to the point it even ''[[GenderBender inverts]]'' this trope in a later episode. And of course, it does it ''[[PlayedForLaughs hilariously]]''! |
| 70 | * Parodied in ''Manga/DFrag''. Kenji Kazama is a delinquent where he and his gang show their manliness by being the toughest guys in school. Then Kenji gets beaten by a group of {{Gamer Chick}}s. |
| 71 | * ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has the main character ''punching 50-foot monsters'' to make his partner [[EvolutionaryLevels digivolve]], to say nothing of their sheer HotBlooded-ness. Surprisingly, ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' is heading this way. |
| 72 | %%* ''Manga/DogSoldier'' is a love letter to 80s action films. |
| 73 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is about men with muscles so large ([[ArtisticLicenseBiology and in places where muscles aren't really supposed to exist]]) as to be an impediment to motion in scenarios even remotely grounded in reality fighting one another plus various aliens, monsters, demons, mutants, gods, and robots in increasingly violent and deadly battles (everybody except the FakeUltimateHero [[DeathIsCheap dies at least once]]) with increasingly-powerful SupernaturalMartialArts. Warrior ethos and the prides of martial artists play a prominent narrative role. Women feature, but mainly as a means by which to introduce sons into the mix. [[{{Fanservice}} And breasts]]. By the time the series ended, the BigBad could quite literally tear the universe apart by shouting loudly enough, and even the weakest fighters were probably in danger of destroying the planet they were on if they so much as tripped. |
| 74 | * ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has this in spades, though given that it's about American Football, it's a bit of a given. Especially notable given that it's a post-Millennium Shonen Jump series that mostly manages to avoid BishonenJumpSyndrome in an era rife with it. Many of the characters go straight into TestosteronePoisoning territory, considering most of the cast have some pretty impressive muscles and they're only in ''high school''. For example, the 15-year-old who's 6'7, eats nothing but meat, looks like a caveman, and smashed a car head on with his bare hands when he was in ''grade school''. |
| 75 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', renowned for its manliness, stars a BruceLeeClone who massacres post-apocalyptic [[GangBangers biker gangs]] by making their [[YourHeadAsplode heads explode]] ["You don't even know [[YouAreAlreadyDead you're already dead."]]]. Also features exploding shirts in every episode. |
| 76 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 77 | ** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'': the most manly ''Gundam'' series ever, if only you can get past how ridiculous it is; ridiculously awesome, that is. |
| 78 | -->This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Take this -- my love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! '''Shining Finger! GO GO GO!'''\ |
| 79 | Here I go! This hand of mine is BURNING RED! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory! '''ERUPTING! BURNING!''' '''''FINGER!!!''''' AND NOW! HEAT END!\ |
| 80 | Erupting Burning Finger! '''Sekiha! LOVE-LOVE!''' '''''TENKYOKEN!!!''''' |
| 81 | * ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and its OVA sequel ''FINAL'', in addition to HotBlooded, runs on this trope. Shining examples are Geki Hyuuma [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace who still shows off his massive biceps while in the vacuum of space]] and Goldymarg a robot based on him that is so manly ONE WOULD THINK HE WAS PROGRAMMED IN ALL CAPS. Other examples include Koutaro "MundaneMadeAwesome" Taiga, who can make even golf badass, and Guy Shishio, the man who epitomizes hammer attacks a LOT more than Thor. To wit, everyone in this series Exudes ManlyTears, the men, the children, ''the women'', everyone. |
| 82 | * Almost everything by Creator/GoNagai, ''Manga/GetterRobo'' (which was created by Creator/KenIshikawa with some input by Nagai) being the most over-the-top, but ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is the one that started it all. |
| 83 | * ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': it's about members of a boxing gym who dedicate their lives to the sport. They're filled with so much fighting spirit that the whole series is translated as that in some countries. |
| 84 | ** Special mention must go to Mamoru Takamura, who truly is a man among men, to the point that it borders on TestosteronePoisoning. The best example of this? He fought a {{bear|sAreBadNews}} ''and won.'' Even better, the bear gives him some scars on his chest and shoulders that only serve to make him even more manly and seriously intimidate his opponents. |
| 85 | * Half of the titular ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'''s dialogue is espousing what a man should and should not do. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. Tons of action and vampires and explosions and everything else that a manly show could want, along with several characters who would put the action stars of the 70s and 80s to shame. Alucard, Anderson, and the Captain are just the most obvious male examples, but the show also features {{Action Girl}}s galore. |
| 87 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. It's been described as "the glam version of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''" for a good reason: even though 90% of the characters are well-dressed, sparkly [[MrFanservice attractive guys]], it oozes testosterone, violence, and raw fighting spirit from every page. It's not called ''man''ga for nothing. Starting in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]], [[ArtEvolution the art style transitions to more realistic proportions]] instead of the "everybody is a giant and completely ripped" scenario of the first 3 parts...and yet it ''still'' somehow remains manly even when the characters' appearances are slender and at times downright effeminate. Who ever said {{Bishonen}}s can't also be Rated M For Manly? |
| 88 | * ''Manga/KenganAshura'' centers around the titular Kengan tournament, where a bunch of musclebound man beat the shit out of each other in various cool and badass ways. It really says something when some of the low-tier fighters in the series are still people who can smash apart trucks as a warm-up routine. |
| 89 | * ''Anime/KillLaKill''. It's called the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' and for good reason: even though the main characters are female, it oozes testosterone, blood and raw fighting spirit from every episode. It doesn't have ''Kill'' for nothing. And of course, since the main cast is female, it also has a lot of {{Fanservice}}. |
| 90 | * ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' has muscular superheroes and supervillains duking it out ProfessionalWrestling style, typically while wearing nothing but a pair of short shorts. It's very ''title'' translates to "Muscle Man." |
| 91 | * ''Manga/KongohBancho''. The main character crowns the first chapter by ''carrying a car through a Yakuza base'', and can use his ''hands'' to carve a wall into a relief so beautiful as to make a grown otaku weep. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''. As a poster once put it "One does not simply walk into Iserlohn, after all. We're talking about ''Axe-fighting Germans on spaceships'', people." Indeed, the show is filled with larger-than-life "galactic heroes". Special mention has to go to Oskar von Reuenthal and Walter von Schenkopp, though. |
| 93 | * Arguably ''Franchise/LupinIII''. The ''Anime/LupinIIIPart1'' series, ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' movie, and manga could count, being full of AuthorAppeal for killing and seducing. LighterAndSofter stories share the same style, just with DefeatByModesty or BloodlessCarnage. |
| 94 | * ''Anime/MDGeist'' is made of four things: violence, RuleOfCool, {{Fanservice}} and StuffBlowingUp. [[NoPlotNoProblem Plot? Storytelling? What are you talking about?]] |
| 95 | * ''Manga/NoGunsLife'': The main character, Juzo, is an [[DarkAndTroubledPast amnesiac]], [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]] {{cyborg}} contractor in a [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoat]] with a [[BruiserWithASoftCenter soft side]] and, oh yeah, ''a gun for a head''. Need we go on? |
| 96 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 97 | ** Among the main cast, Zoro is the most prominent example. His daily schedule consists of three things: eating, sleeping, and training. And when a fight is incoming... [[BloodKnight oooh boy.]] |
| 98 | ** Amongst the manliest men ever to walk the planet, Edward Newgate A.K.A. Whitebeard A.K.A the WorldsStrongestMan, is made out of pure manliness. He is about five times as large as a normal man (and is a biological human), is insanely strong and can ''create earthquakes.'' He can also take a TON of damage: [[spoiler:at the time of his death, he had received 267 sword wounds, 152 gunshot wounds and 46 wounds from cannonballs -- and did not have a single scar on his back, because he never, ever ran away from a fight]]. In addition to all of this, he is probably the purest example of AFatherToHisMen you will ever find: he call all his crew members and allied pirates "sons", and goes to ''war against the World Government'' to save just one of them. |
| 99 | * Even before the GenreShift from SliceOfLife to FightingSeries, ''Manga/OsuKarateClub'' is about the strongest mustachioed highschool brawler ever duking it out with nefarious delinquent gangs until the entire male youth of Kansai and Kanto [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership are at his beck and call]]. There is a constant escalation of violence and themes of dreams, justice, friendship, freedom, forgiveness... and [[StayInTheKitchen disrespect towards women]]... A scene where a blood-soaked Takagi [[SuperStrength lifts a huge wooden ship over his head]] in a island set ablaze by napalm bombs while [[MundaneMadeAwesome singing a]] [[Manga/DokonjoGaeru children's anime theme song]] on the top of his goddamn lungs before tossing it into the sea is followed by eleven men [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice willingly sacrificing themselves]] so the then overloaded vessel can set sail while Takagi [[ManlyTears solemnly cries for them]] despite being unconscious at the time]]. |
| 100 | * ''Manga/{{Oyaji}}'' just exudes pure masculinity, he Is drawn purposefully as manly as possible to goad the reader into seeing how much of a badass father he is, but as the story goes the narrative wants to sell you how much his actual determination and love for his wife and children is that makes Oyaji a real man, not his appearance. |
| 101 | * ''Anime/PsychoPass'' has plenty of blood, fighting, suspense, paranoia and action that may [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids confuse some parents who think anime = animation = for kids]]. |
| 102 | * ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'' is a series where the strongest both above and under the heavens engage in brutal, back-to-back fights to the death. Intense action, compelling backstories and ripped men abound. |
| 103 | * ''Manga/RAINBOWNishaRokubouNoShichinin'': About convicts surviving in a brutal prison system. |
| 104 | * ''Manga/RingNiKakero'': Yet another boxing manga with loads of hot blood, as expected of Creator/MasamiKurumada. |
| 105 | * ''Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku'': Delinquents that are all extremely ripped and skilled in some sort of martial art attend a special school with a military-esque faculty determined to turn them into the next great generation of men. |
| 106 | * The second season OVA for the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' anime is ''built'' on this trope. Gentlemen, prepare for the Takeda '''''MANSTRAVAGANZA!''''' |
| 107 | * ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'': For starters, just about every Holy Knight is [[HeroicBuild completely shredded]] under their armor and clothing, even the [[AmazonianBeauty women]]. The ones who aren't are [[MostCommonSuperpower Buxom as all hell]]. Then there's the fight scenes, which happen about once an episode, and give the likes of Dragon Ball Z a run for its money in terms of the amount of {{Fanservice}}, CallingYourAttacks, and overall awesomeness. |
| 108 | ** Dragon Sin of Wrath Meliodas and Fox Sin of Greed Ban, best bros for life that they are, reunite after ten years and celebrate- by punching each other through several walls, then having an arm wrestling match that collapses both the dungeon that they're in, ''and'' the super-powerful magic barrier around it- all without even being aware that they're supposed to be trapped by the enemies outside. Serpent Sin Diane (who is a literal ''giant'') just sits back and [[EatingTheEyeCandy grins]], noting that they're typical boys and the two have been doing this for as long as she's known them. This happens in Episode ''6'' of the anime. |
| 109 | ** You thought the rest of this page was as Manly as it could get? ''Who decided that?''\ |
| 110 | Season 2 finally introduces [[BadassBoast The One who stands at the pinnacle of all races]], the Lion Sin of Pride, '''''Escanor'''''. He's been hyped up for a season and a half by everyone who knew him, and he actually [[NotHyperbole lives up to the hype]]. While he looks like a complete dweeb at night thanks to that bow tie and Monopoly Man mustache, during the day he [[HulkingOut Hulks Out]] into a [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] eight foot [[TopHeavyGuy mountain of muscle]] that literally radiates ThePowerOfTheSun and wields a one-handed battleaxe so heavy that strangers mistake it for a two-handed axe. He even manages to make that mustache look manly. The aforementioned boast? He makes it in front of Galand of Truth, a demon who can turn to stone anyone who lies in his presence. Escanor stayed un-petrified... the same couldn't be said for Galand, who runs away terrified. Even Escanor's soul is badass- it completely burns another demon, Melascula, when she tries to devour him. From his introduction to the very end of the series, Escanor never loses a fight and is constantly able to NoSell his enemies' attacks. It never crosses into TestosteronePoisoning, either, due to everything about Escanor being completely sincere. Oh, and his original Japanese voice is [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Joseph Joestar]], and his English voice is [[Creator/KyleHebert Kamina]] (or if you prefer, Gohan). |
| 111 | * ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''. Heck, Creator/BuichiTerasawa's works in general (''Manga/GokuMidnightEye'', ''Manga/KarasuTenguKabuto''). |
| 112 | * ''Manga/SunKenRock'': It's about the Korean mafia, and about [[AntiVillain fighting for your ideals to protect others]]. The action scenes are intrinsically detailed, full of blood and testosterone, and what means to be a real man. Like one character states: |
| 113 | -->"Ken, you're warm like the sun... a strong person as solid as a rock!" |
| 114 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': It's all about drills. And fighting against authority. And doing the impossible, seeing the invisible, breaking the unbreakable. Breasts feature prominently in the background. And the manliness is so awesome ''it warps reality''. Manliness warping reality is ''actually the driving force of the plot''. As described to an anime club once: "''Gurren Lagann'' is about brotherhood, giant robots, and killing furries with phallic symbols." |
| 115 | * ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'': A manga in which tough delinquents become decent people through boxing, and they literally stake their lives on the ring. |
| 116 | * ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' is about finding the most dangerous animals on the planet, beating them to death with your bare hands and then [[FoodPorn feasting upon their eye-wateringly delicious flesh.]] |
| 117 | ** Half of the group that fight with Toriko has the ability of [[spoiler:Flexing their upper bodies to ridiculous levels. Known as "knocking". This of course includes Toriko himself]]. |
| 118 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': It's not called "Deep space planet future gun action!!" for nothing! |
| 119 | * ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'': It's about Miyamoto Musashi. The most badass samurai ever. |
| 120 | * ''Manga/VinlandSaga'': It's about vikings. It'll put hair on your chest. |
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| 123 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 124 | %%* ''ComicBook/ArmyOfDarkness'' (just like the movie) fits the trope perfectly. |
| 125 | * ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' doesn't usually rely on this, but on occasion we can see such a situation. Like when the title character had to kill a [[GiantSquid giant octopus]] with a knife to recover a chest full of diamonds (the owner of the treasure had put it in a pool with the octopus specifically to protect it from Diabolik, not expecting him to find out early, and Diabolik didn't have the time to just fill the pool with poison), or the time he was swimming for fun and was attacked by ''another giant octopus'' (he killed this one with a knife too in spite of being caught by surprise). |
| 126 | * The [[ComicBook/{{Doom}} Doom comic]]. It's manliness and a half! It's a 12.0 on a 10.0 scale of manliness! |
| 127 | ** RIP AND TEAR YOUR GUTS! |
| 128 | ** YOU'RE ''HUGE''! |
| 129 | ** THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ''HUGE GUTS!'' |
| 130 | ** RIP AND TEAR! |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'': The weapons and [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino]][[{{Gorn}} -esque violence]] are the hallmark of this comic. The protagonist Frank Castle is essentially a OneManArmy who obtains his weaponry and resources from the same criminals he kills and/or tortures before dispatching them, and he frequently embarks on adventures where hundreds, dozens of criminals, terrorists, and/or war soldiers are annihilated. ''He personifies badassery''. |
| 132 | %%* ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'', which is basically Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian in Ireland. It has been illustrated by Simon Bisley, which almost ''automatically'' qualifies it for this trope. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': Discussed in an exchange between Urzkartaga and [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] over what a man really wants. Urzkartaga claims that it's all about [[ARealManIsAKiller fighting and conquest]], but Steve figures most guys just want a glass of whiskey, a [[RealMenEatMeat juicy steak]] and a good woman to curl up with at the end of the day. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 137 | * In ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', when Robert Freeman and Tom [=DuBois=] go to see ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' for the first time, they mistakenly assume it will be a "manly cowboy movie", rather than the gay romance flick it really is. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 141 | * A ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11237203/1/The-Hunt The Hunt]]'' begins with a badass BarBrawl. Two burly men threaten Guile, who simply ignores them and pours a bottle of wine into his glass. When the men start to play rough by smacking his back, he counters by throwing the wine in the glass at one of the guys before tossing the empty glass at the other guy, incapacitating them. After that, Guile smashes the wine bottle and threatens one of them by squeezing the spiky ends of the broken bottle into the guy's cheek. When everything is over, the bartender scolds Guile for giving him a heart attack. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': [[MenAreTough Tough, brutal, unkillable]] male protagonist [[NinetiesAntiHero resembling typical anti-heroes from the '90s]] hunts, rips, and tears apart an [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores army]] of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapists]] and [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavers]] while [[FourStarBadass leading the charge in a war]]. Features guns and a variety of cool-looking [[MixAndMatchWeapon mix-and-match melee]] weapons, particularly a [[SerratedBladeOfPain large serrated cleaver]] and a {{BFS}}. {{Gorn}} galore. Paradoxically, this guy [[InvertedTrope inverts]] many "manly" stereotypes (e.g. [[LeanAndMean lean]] physique, ColdHam, [[CelibateHero celibacy]], etc.) and still remains a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[PragmaticHero level-headed]] CulturedBadass resilient to the [[ShellShockedVeteran heaps of trauma]] he faced in his life. As for the cherry on top, he even sheds ManlyTears in the ''very first chapter'' of the story[[note]]during a {{flashback}}[[/note]]. |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/PokeWars'': Amazing displays of badassery from everyone coupled with almost over-the-top battle scenes.'' |
| 144 | * Creator/ShakespeareHemmingway is infamous for writing fics like this, in which the protagonist is an ActionHero who slaughters his way through countless villains and has sex with an equal amount of women. The kicker? The protagonist in question is ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}. Yes, ''that'' Garfield. |
| 145 | * ''Fanfic/ThirtyHs'' [[EstablishingSeriesMoment begins]] with the line "Dobby relished his groinsaw's roar as he withdrew the flesh-choked blade from the astronaut's ruined skull", features a guitar named Fuckslayer from a dimension where all screamed for naught, the immortal line "Harry, you must rock the fuck out", and it only gets manlier ([[MindScrew and stranger]]) from there. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Films — Animated]] |
| 149 | * ''WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007''. A 7' tall CG Creator/RayWinstone takes on a much taller, hideous Grendel with: No sword, No shield, No armor, no clothes of any kind. And wins. And proceeds to dismember his arm using a massive door from a Viking mead hall. |
| 150 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''. All but one (the scientist's daughter) of the women characters are naked at one point. World War II pilots are shot and turn into zombies. And it's loaded with violence, constant nudity, and a kick-ass '80s rock soundtrack. What more could fit the bill? |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 154 | * ''Film/The13thWarrior'' features a band of badass Viking mercenaries battling cannibal Neanderthals in a retelling of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}''. It doesn't get much manlier than that. |
| 155 | * ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is another perfect example, involving heavily muscled and oiled Spartan warriors in tiny briefs kicking copious amounts of Persian ass and roaring out every other sentence. |
| 156 | * ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. Along with ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' and ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', this suffers from DoNotDoThisCoolThing syndrome. Most young men want nothing more than to attack a Vietcong village with helicopters and napalm, and then go upriver in a boat, whilst taking drugs, wearing a flak jacket and machine-gunning enemies. [[spoiler:Ends up being {{deconstructed|Trope}}. Three of the crew are killed, the remaining two are probably scarred for life after their journey, the main character is already suffering from PTSD, the villain is a MightyWhitey who went insane, and that's not even including the hundreds of background characters that we see losing or have lost their fucking minds in the most gruesome parts of the war. And absolutely none of it is portrayed lightly, as we what kind of an effect war [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome really has]] on ordinary men.]] |
| 157 | * ''Film/AmericanAssassin''. The main cast consists entirely of attractive, badass, tough-as-nails men, except for [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one token female member]] that's suitably easy on the eyes. |
| 158 | %%* ''Film/{{Bad Ass|2012}}''. This whole movie's existence wouldn't even hold water without this trope. |
| 159 | %%* ''Film/BloodSport'': It's ''Film/TheKarateKid'' for grownups. |
| 160 | * ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'' (1959), mostly thanks to the ChariotRace and SlaveGalley scenes. Anything with Creator/CharltonHeston, in fact. Whenever his broad shoulders crowd out everything else onscreen, the testosterone factor in the room increases hundredfold! |
| 161 | %%* ''Film/BillyJack'': The first bonafide American Martial arts film. |
| 162 | * ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' is about saving an orphanage with the [[ThePowerOfRock power of awesome music]], outrunning the police and later National Guard in a CoolCar, pulling off impossible stunts in a CoolCar, dodging gunfire, [[UnflinchingWalk ignoring]] [[MadeOfIron explosions]], and running down [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] ([[DisneyVillainDeath or sending them off bridges to their deaths]]), all while wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit Badass Suits]] with SunglassesAtNight. |
| 163 | %%* ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'': historically inaccurate but awesome. |
| 164 | %%* ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' |
| 165 | %%* ''Film/BloodAndBone'' |
| 166 | %%* ''Film/BriansSong'', although not in the typical way. |
| 167 | * ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'', with Creator/{{Steve McQueen|Actor}} as a badass cop and basically creating the ChaseScene with an impactful car pursuit. |
| 168 | %%* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' |
| 169 | * ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''. Let's see, terrorists, gunfights, explosions, and rock climbing? It's a manly movie that flies under the radar. |
| 170 | %%* ''Film/{{Cobra}}''. [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/cobra/ Stallone out-Arnies Arnie]] |
| 171 | %%* ''Film/{{Commando}}''. So manly it ''doesn't need the girl!'' |
| 172 | * ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' made Arnold (and his muscles) a star. Plenty of violence and muscular men slaughtering their enemies. |
| 173 | * ''Film/ConAir'': Guns, explosions, shirtless scenes, etc. |
| 174 | %%* ''Film/{{Crank}}''. As a review on Website/{{Cracked}} puts it: "If you piled all the guns in the world on one side of a room and ''Crank'' on the other, ''Crank'' would still be the manliest thing in the room." |
| 175 | %%* ''Film/TheDeltaForce''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUeQOIlcDM theme music]] alone and Creator/ChuckNorris starring in the movie is enough. |
| 176 | * ''Film/DeathRace''. It's a film about a modern gladiator game where prisoners, all [[BadassDriver badass racers]] with nicknames such as "Frankenstein" and "Machine Gun Joe," compete in a race in which the track is littered with all kinds of deadly traps while accompanied by hot babes as navigators. Oh, and the first film's protagonist is Creator/JasonStatham, and one of his crew is Creator/IanMcShane. The sequels didn't bring them back, but brought Creator/DannyTrejo and Creator/VingRhames for compensation. ''Can you feel it, dudes?!'' |
| 177 | %%* ''Film/DeathWish''. Especially the [[Film/DeathWish3 third movie]], which ends up as an all out war on the streets. |
| 178 | %%* ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' |
| 179 | * ''Film/DieHard'' is a slightly lighter example than most other "classic" action movies, since it depicts an emotionally vulnerable hero who's really more concerned with saving his marriage than being a badass. Nonetheless, the film has enough moments of male pride (particularly from the villains) to still ultimately fit this trope. |
| 180 | %% Administrivia/ExampleIndentation * The entire ''Film/DirtyHarry'' franchise. Hell, just about every movie Creator/ClintEastwood is in. ''Heartbreak Ridge''. ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''. ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. ''Film/GranTorino.'' Even ''The Bridges of Madison County''. You heard us; Clint Eastwood could star in a movie about Bella from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' reading an Oprah book of the month club book on Lifetime and still make it manly. |
| 181 | %%* The ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' SpaghettiWestern movies. |
| 182 | * ''Film/EnterTheDragon''; the film that put Creator/BruceLee on the map (internationally, at least), it has plenty of wonderful martial arts fights to go around. And Lee spends a good chunk of the latter half [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]], showing off his amazing physique as he beats up wave after wave of mooks. |
| 183 | %%* The ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series. Especially ''Film/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''. |
| 184 | * ''Film/TheExpendables'' series runs on this. It follows a group of HiredGuns sent to South America to depose a powerful dictator, and stars a laundry list of "manly" actors and grizzled action stars, including Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/JetLi, Creator/TerryCrews, Creator/RandyCouture, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/BruceWillis, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/DolphLundgren, Creator/EricRoberts, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Creator/ChuckNorris. |
| 185 | * ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'', which runs on fast cars, manly heroes, and gratuitous shots of hot women. |
| 186 | * ''Film/FightClub'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope, presenting the modern man of TheNineties as so emasculated by suburban lifestyles of soul-deadening consumerism that they resort to beating each other up in basements to feel alive again. A lot of dudes [[MisaimedFandom didn't get the satire]]. |
| 187 | * ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. While the movie is a deconstruction of the tribal, primal nature of war and the military with some over-the-top elements that verge on TestosteronePoisoning, there are still plenty of gutsy themes associated with traditional masculinity as well such as hijinks mixed with strength or bravery and vitriolic comradeship. |
| 188 | * ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' is the story of a disgraced Roman general with an [[AwesomeMcCoolname awesome name]] who fights as a gladiator with one goal - win over the crowd, get a meeting with the evil Emperor Commodus who ordered the deaths of his wife and son, and kill the bastard in a final showdown at the Colosseum. |
| 189 | * ''Film/TheGodfather'', full of intimidating and respectable men, as well as, as discussed by ''Film/YouveGotMail'', philosophy for every male worth his salt to follow ("A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.") |
| 190 | * ''Film/TheGreatEscape''. Old school war movie, where just seeing the cast (Creator/SteveMcQueen! Creator/CharlesBronson! Creator/JamesCoburn!) makes clear it's manly. |
| 191 | * ''Film/{{Highlander}}''. An immortal katana-wielding Scottish highlander living in New York in [[TheEighties 1986]] takes on a deranged broadsword-wielding Russian barbarian to win a millennia-old DeadlyGame and [[spoiler:also avenge the rape of his beloved wife]]. Also has Creator/SeanConnery as a badass DashingHispanic and music by Music/{{Queen}}, for double manly. |
| 192 | * ''Film/{{Infinite}}''. All the cliches are here: almost no emotional scenes and no development of the main character, a ton of cool cars, a hot blonde girl who kicks ass but doesn't actually have much of a character, a maniacal bad guy in a nice suit, explosions, lots of guns, and ridiculous stunts. |
| 193 | * ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' has its titular hero traveling the world, getting the girl, and killing Nazis. |
| 194 | %%* ''In Her Line of Fire''. Yes, Mariel is manly and gets the girl. |
| 195 | * ''Film/IronMan'': good-looking multi-billionaire super-genius with charisma and swagger keeps himself in shape, shoots terrorists in the face with lasers, kicks all kinds of {{supervillain}} ass, and gets all the hot girls, the hot cars, the house, the ultimate Man's Garage downstairs, fucking robots, and the fact ''he's cool about having been caught masturbating or having sex by Creator/GwynethPaltrow.'' Oh, and the fact he gets to wear FLYING ARMOUR. That he built himself [[MemeticMutation in a cave! With a box of scraps!]]. |
| 196 | * ''Film/JackReacher'' is just Creator/TomCruise taking names and kicking ass. |
| 197 | * ''Film/JamesBond'' is built on a classy manliness, with Bond killing everyone that gets in his way while [[BadassInANiceSuit looking as suave as possible]]. And he ReallyGetsAround, of course. |
| 198 | * ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' gets pretty manly in the third act, as the three heroes head to sea on the ''Orca'' to pursue the shark. Plenty of drinking, showing off of scars, and singing drunken tunes when they're not trying to kill the Great White. |
| 199 | * ''Film/JohnWick'', which is basically Creator/KeanuReeves going the ''Death Wish'' route and slaughtering people left and right. |
| 200 | %%* ''Film/KickAss'' |
| 201 | * ''Film/KnightAndDay'': Constant action, check; spy games, check; explosions, check; firefights, check; Creator/CameronDiaz in a bikini... |
| 202 | * ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'': A movie about Bedouin riding around on {{Cool Horse}}s and camels in scorching deserts, killing large numbers of Turkish soldiers! That's also about beautiful desert landscapes, British imperialism, one man's war with his own nature, and features barely any battle scenes, instead being rife with sexual tension between men. Not exactly ''Film/{{Predator}}'', then. |
| 203 | %%* ''Film/LethalWeapon'', like ''Die Hard'', might be a little lighter given the protagonists are a family man and a nervous wreck. Their behavior and environment is still as manly as it gets. |
| 204 | %%* ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''. Hell, even Creator/GeenaDavis [[TookALevelInBadass becomes a man]] halfway through the movie. |
| 205 | * ''Film/TheLongestYard'': Football, a prison at Texas, soundtrack composed mostly of hip hop and hard rock, professional wrestlers among the cast and characters scattered across the NobleMaleRoguishMale spectrum. This is a comedy film that manages to be manly without falling into TestosteronePoisoning! |
| 206 | * Gimli in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' is a gruff, [[BraveScot suicidally-brave, Scottish-accented]] dwarf soldier tremendously proud of his heritage as well as malt beer, red meat off the bone and his axe. Note though [[AdaptationDistillation this is opposed to the book]], where Gimli is a [[WarriorPoet more dignified and complex character]]; the change was made to make him a {{Foil}} to the handsome, refined (but still extremely badass) elf WarriorPrince Legolas. |
| 207 | %%* ''Film/TheLosers'', from 1970. Nobody will have heard of this one, but it's basically Rambo [[RecycledInSpace with motorcycles]]. |
| 208 | * ''Film/{{Machete}}'', which puts Creator/DannyTrejo in the over-the-top 80s action genre. |
| 209 | * ''Film/MadMax'' (especially ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''). The leather-clad hero travels the desert wastelands of Australia in his muscle car, killing gangs and saving citizens. ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' brilliantly subverts this by [[FeministFantasy being loudly and unapologetically feminist]] in a way few movies of ''any'' genre can compare, nevermind a post-apocalyptic action film full of sweat, testosterone and motor oil. The film features scores of tough, empowering women ranging from [[HeroOfAnotherStory Furiosa]] to [[BeautifulSlaveGirl the Wives]] to [[AmazonBrigade the Vuvalini]] as heroes and explores explicitly feminist themes, challenging objectification of women and toxic masculinity. It may be a manly film, but it is ''in no way'' a man's movie. |
| 210 | * ''Film/Mandy2018'', like ''The Revenant'' below, is the rare film where "slow-burning indie art movie" crosses over with this trope. It's Creator/NicolasCage in the 80s [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge on a quest for vengeance]] against evil Satanic cultists and a ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane possibly]]) demonic biker gang, and killing them in gloriously violent ways with a crossbow, a chainsaw, his bare hands, and a gigantic jagged metal axe, you can't get any manlier than that. |
| 211 | * ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' is a downplayed case, specially with the {{Action Girl}}s and heavycomplicated plot, but certainly provides quite the manly fix with plentiful gunplay and martial arts. |
| 212 | * Most of Creator/MichaelBay's movies. ''Film/BadBoys1995'', ''Film/TheRock'', ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}''... badasses all-around, explosions, gunplay, jokes, and [[MaleGaze some pretty women for the quiet scenes]]. |
| 213 | * The ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'', revolving around Creator/TomCruise playing a very macho secret agent who survives unbelievable stuff that would kill less manly guys, most of the time out of his own volition. |
| 214 | %%* ''Film/NinjaAssassin''. The title should tell you everything you need to know. %% It doesn't |
| 215 | * ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'': |
| 216 | -->''[[[SpitefulSpit spits]]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"]]'' |
| 217 | ** There is a scene where an unnamed BountyHunter walks into the saloon and confronts Wales. After a short exchange of words, Wales tells him he can ride away and forget about it, and the man walks out... then moments later walks back in and simply says [[HonorBeforeReason "I had to come back."]] Wales, with an almost knowing tone, just replies back [[VillainousValour "I know"]] and then the two draw, and Wales wins. So manly. |
| 218 | ** The entire scene with Ten Bears manages to be one of the manliest scenes ever put to film, without any action at all: |
| 219 | --->'''Josey Wales''': I came here to die with you. Or live with you. Dyin' ain't so hard for men like you and me, it's livin' that's hard, when all you've ever cared about has been butchered and raped. Governments don't live here, people live here. Governments don't always give a fair word or a fair fight, [[BadassBoast I've come here to give ya either one]], or take either one from ya. [...] I ain't promising you nothing extra. I'm just giving you life and you're giving me life. And I'm saying that men can live together without butchering one another.\ |
| 220 | '''Ten Bears''': It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. ''[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments It shall be life.]]'' |
| 221 | * ''Film/{{Predator}}''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' once named it the Manliest Movie Ever Made, beginning with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Creator/CarlWeathers giving each other a manly handshake, featuring [[Wrestling/JesseVentura Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] toting a {{Gatling g|ood}}un, and starting the climax with Arnold bare chested, covered in mud and screaming out a battle cry. |
| 222 | ** The more modern ''Film/{{Predators}}'' does its best to live up to this (hey, they even have Creator/DannyTrejo!) and you could say it's definitely the manliest movie of its year. No contest for competing with Arnie and Jesse, though. |
| 223 | ** ''Film/ThePredator'' also gets really manly, no matter if again the cast doesn't compare to the original and even has big roles for a woman and a child. Blood, explosions, swearing, tasteless dialogue, all a man craves! |
| 224 | * ''Film/RagingBull'', which might be story and drama heavy but still deals with a pretty manly boxer. |
| 225 | * ''Film/TheRaid'', the entire movie is basically people shooting or beating other people. |
| 226 | * ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' has become a term for exaggerated violence, thanks to its soldier protagonist killing everything in his path. Ironically, the original film ''Film/FirstBlood'' was actually a drama that showed WarIsHell, about a shell-shocked veteran not being allowed to pass through a small American town and who only killed one person in the entire film. |
| 227 | ** Creator/HarlanEllison has a review of the ''Rambo'' pictures in his book ''Harlan Ellison's Watching'', speaking about the use of this trope to mitigate America's shame at having "lost" UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. |
| 228 | * ''Film/RawDeal1986'' features Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger single-handedly taking down the mob. |
| 229 | * ''Film/TheRevenant'', which some critics like [[http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-revenant-is-the-manliest-and-bear-iest-movie-ever-1745803326 Gawker]] and Creator/BobChipman even call the most macho art film ever made. In the latter's words: |
| 230 | --> '''Bob Chipman:''' Yes, the story of Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as a frontiersman who crawls out of his own grave to hunt down the men who left him for dead after a [[BearsAreBadNews brutal bear attack]] is sub textually about the struggle about the spiritual struggle of man vs nature set against [[SceneryPorn glorious naturalist cinematography]] and a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic haunting orchestral score]]. But ''specifically'', it's about scalping, shooting, tomahawking, head smashing, [[AnnoyingArrows arrow shooting]], [[GroinAttack dick chopping]], hatchet fighting, stick fighting, gun fighting, knife fighting, and ''bear fighting'' through harsh wilderness fueled by pure white hot '''[[{{Revenge}} revenge]]'''. |
| 231 | * ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky''. An {{expy}} of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], who himself is an expy of Creator/BruceLee, learns kung fu from his uncle by ''shattering gravestones thrown at him''. When he kills the drug dealer who killed his girlfriend, he is imprisoned; whereupon he fixes cut tendons in his arm with his teeth, punches the lower jaw off one of the wardens, punches the arm of the same warden thus causing it to ''explode'', battles and defeats an ogre by throwing it into a meat grinder, and then frees the prisoners by punching a hole through a concrete wall, [[MadeOfExplodium also causing it to explode]]. ''Did we mention he has five bullets embedded in his chest the entire time but is totally unconcerned?'' This would honestly fall more into the realm of TestosteronePoisoning; if only the film-makers, as far as anyone can tell, weren't dead serious. |
| 232 | * ''Franchise/RoboCop'', where even the female police officers are tough and prone to beating the crap out of people. It has plenty of nudity, violence, and explosions. |
| 233 | * ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' is another Stallone franchise dripping with manliness, involving a Boxer. Also spawned one of the manliest songs ever with [[Music/{{Survivor|Band}} "Eye of the Tiger"]]. |
| 234 | * ''Film/RRR2022''. It's a film about two extremely macho revolutionaries taking down colonists with all manner of weaponry and methods, ranging from guns, arrows, and even wild animals. Often while shirtless. |
| 235 | * ''Film/{{Rush|2013}}''. Hardly surprising, what with the ultra-light, ultra-fast, ultra-dangerous seventies UsefulNotes/FormulaOne cars running around the track as a powerful, character based drama unfolds. |
| 236 | * ''Film/TheScorpionKing'': The whole damn movie, from arrows that strike people back at an impossible distance being fired from a bow that only the incredibly manly protagonist can use, to the same incredibly manly protagonist taking an arrow from his back to fire it at the BigBad. Did we mention when [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan cross their swords and end up cutting [[ExaggeratedTrope the swords themselves, at the same time?]] |
| 237 | * ''Film/SevenSamurai'': So manly it makes its own [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai manly]] trope. It's a bunch of samurai fighting a group of bandits. One of them romances a local girl, one is a MasterSwordsman and another has a {{BFS}} as a weapon of choice. It may show examples of WarIsHell and display the pitfalls of [[GlorySeeker glory-seeking]], but it still has thrilling action. |
| 238 | ** And its Western remake ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', where the seven gunmen, plus the villainous bandit leader, are badass from start to finish. |
| 239 | ** [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016 The 2016 remake]] as well. Much like its predecessors, the film makes no apologies for what a Testosterone fest it is. A group of grizzled, well trained killers and badasses doing what they do best: Killing bad guys. |
| 240 | * ''Film/ShootEmUp''. Guns, guns, [[RuleOfThree even more guns]], {{Mooks}} getting massacred by the dozens, HeavyMetal, Monica Bellucci [[{{Fanservice}} in skimpy clothing]]... Almost borders on TestosteronePoisoning, really. |
| 241 | * ''Film/{{Shooter}}'': The protagonist's final solution is gunning an entire room of bad guys and setting the whole place on fire! |
| 242 | * ''Film/SinCity'', especially Marv. Literally every scene featuring him has him either [[PayEvilUntoEvil inflicting/surviving insane amounts of torture and damage]] or making hilariously deadpan comments, sometimes both at the same time. |
| 243 | * ''Film/{{Sisu}}''. This is a movie about a ''Franchise/JohnWick'' or ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''-inspired RetiredBadass who [[OneManArmy singlehandedly]] takes on an entire platoon of ThoseWackyNazis and [[{{Gorn}} kills them in brutal, gruesome, and satisfying ways]]. |
| 244 | %%* ''Film/{{Soldier}}'', so manly it doesn't need words. %% It does |
| 245 | * ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'': Gladiators! War! |
| 246 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': Space football, rifles that double as shotguns, arachnid aliens that tear people in half, space-marines, explosions, and uncensored co-ed shower scenes. You pay for the whole seat, but ''you only need the edge!'' |
| 247 | -->''"You're some kind of big, fat, smart bug, aren't you?"''\ |
| 248 | ''"Do you want to know more?"'' |
| 249 | ** And much like the earlier war movie examples, this was an anti-war film that still managed to make war look ''flipping awesome''! |
| 250 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 251 | ** One of the most famous examples in fiction is [[TheHeavy Darth Vader]] in the original trilogy and especially in ''Film/RogueOne'', with his [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]], [[EvilIsBigger hulking build]], [[TinTyrant sleek armor]], and overwhelming strength and [[GeniusBruiser intelligence]]. Vader's ideal of manliness is a factor behind his success as a villain and as a franchise icon, and he inspired a slew of expies that tend to follow this trope as well, some of which can be found on this very page. |
| 252 | ** And from the prequels, we have [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Mace Windu]], who's played by Creator/SamuelLJackson and uses a power-focused lightsaber style [[RealMenWearPink with a purple lightsaber]] [[RuleOfCool because Sam Jackson wanted it that way]]. |
| 253 | %%* ''Film/SuperTroopers''. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' (The sequels had manly ''[[ActionGirl women]]''). As did ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which included smack-talking badass {{Space Marine}}s packing a shitload of badass weaponry to hunt down badass aliens...hell, even the adorable little girl is badass. |
| 255 | * ''Film/{{Thor}}'', at least in the Asgard and Jotunheim scenes. ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' even more so, although it leavens the hypermasculinity with generous doses of Technicolor {{Camp}}, all set to Music/LedZeppelin. One of the film's big action setpieces is a [[CoolVersusAwesome Thor vs. Hulk]] gladiatorial match. Even the female lead is a {{Proud Warrior Race G|uy}}irl [[TheLadette Lad-ette]]. |
| 256 | * ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'', with Russell, Kilmer, Elliot, and so on...each with a [[ManlyFacialHair mustache]] and skill with a gun. So much macho it ''hurts''. |
| 257 | * ''Film/TopGun'': Macho jet fighter pilots jockey for dominance in between sweaty games of volleyball. |
| 258 | * ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', combining Arnold Schwarzenegger with ''Film/RoboCop1987'' director Creator/PaulVerhoeven. Plenty of blood, explosions, and one-liners, and even some badass women. |
| 259 | %%* ''Film/TropicThunder'': I'M A LEAD FARMER MOTHERFUCKA! |
| 260 | %%* ''Film/TrueLies''. Arnie as James Bond! |
| 261 | * ''Film/UnderSiege'' and its sequel ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory''. Creator/StevenSeagal, [[MoreDakka firefights]], [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]], [[EvilIsHammy hammy villains]], and the former has [[{{Fanservice}} Erika Eleniak's boobs]]. |
| 262 | %%* ''Film/UniversalSoldier''. And it gets more crazier and manlier with each sequel. |
| 263 | * ''Film/{{Venom 2018}}'': Action scenes involving SWAT teams, private security contractors, and a giant beefy, deep voiced alien with no shortage of black comedy one-liners. Outside the action scenes, you have what amounts to two buds talking about how to deal with guy stuff. |
| 264 | * ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'': Creator/ClintEastwood teams up with a MagnificentBastard British agent and a bona-fide ActionGirl to infiltrate a castle full of Nazis, where he kills near all of them with [=MP40=]s GunsAkimbo in a way [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} B.J Blazkowicz]] would be proud and blows a ton of shit up. Classic manly RuleOfCool-powered war film. |
| 265 | * ''Film/TheWildBunch'', a western featuring a BadassCrew and a huge body count. |
| 266 | * ''Film/TheWildGeese'', in which Creator/RichardBurton, Creator/RichardHarris, and Creator/RogerMoore are mercenaries. |
| 267 | * ''Film/TheWindAndTheLion'' is a fine example of old-school manly. UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt sends [[SemperFi the Marines]] to Morocco after the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Berber]] sultan Mulai Ahmed Mohammed el Raisuli the Magnificent kidnaps an American woman and her children. "Pedicaris alive, or Raisuli dead!" Plus, you can't go wrong with Creator/SeanConnery! |
| 268 | * ''Film/WithoutRemorse''. There is no blood, swearing, sex or substance abuse to speak of in this R rated actioner. But you have a bona-fide badass AntiHero who will violate regulations to assault and torture a Russian delegate out in the open, fire upon Russian police to provide cover for his men, and beat the ever living crap out of several armored guards who have detained him wearing only prison pants; which isn't very common in many PG-13 heroes. |
| 269 | * [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' is a cigar-chomping bearded badass [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys whom the girls love]]. Pure macho! |
| 270 | * ''Film/XXx'' is Vin Diesel as a fan of extreme sports turned spy, and from that description you can count on action, muscles and women. |
| 271 | * ''Film/{{Zulu}}'', where the [[CoolVersusAwesome manly Zulus take on the manly British Army]] in the manliest war movie ever made. |
| 272 | * A lot of Creator/JohnCarpenter's films with Creator/KurtRussell, ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', ''Film/TheThing1982''... |
| 273 | ** ''Film/TheyLive'' features Rowdy Wrestling/RoddyPiper fighting Creator/KeithDavid for well over 5 minutes, which is likely to cause the TV to sprout biceps and punch the viewer in the face! |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 277 | * Any book about bodybuilding or martial arts, will be manly to some degree. |
| 278 | %%creature with his bare hands. |
| 279 | %%* ''The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness'', by the Von Hoffman Bros. |
| 280 | * ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': Andrew (the narrator)'s mother and aunt in ''Duffy's Jacket'' think they need to do manly things (such as camping) with their sons from time to time so the boys don't turn out weird. Andrew's reaction to this is "You can take him camping all you want. It ain't gonna make Duffy normal." |
| 281 | * ''Literature/TheCallOfTheWild'' and ''Literature/WhiteFang'': men and canines clawing their way through life in the Arctic. |
| 282 | * ''Literature/TheIliad'', ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', and the rest of Literature/TheTrojanCycle. There's an undertone of WarIsHell, but it remains to primarily be about the manly pursuit of men fighting and the gods will it to be so. |
| 283 | * The [[Literature/TheBible Hebrew Bible]] has Samson from the ''Literature/BookOfJudges'', who [[ARealManIsAKiller kills Philistines by the hundreds]], and King David (from the ''Literature/BooksOfKings''), who does that plus runs a country, keeps a [[BalancedHarem harem]] of beautiful women, and [[WarriorPoet writes poetry]]. The ''Literature/BookOfJudges'' also contains Ehud, who spouted a testosterone laced on-liner before offing an enemy king with a concealed weapon. |
| 284 | --> ''"I have a message for you from God." *stab*'' |
| 285 | %%* '''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''' |
| 286 | * Literature/TheIcelandicSagas and ''Literature/GestaDanorum''. Although ''Literature/NjalsSaga'' is arguably a really effective {{Deconstruction}} of Scandinavian masculinity; many of these Viking men react pathetically to affronts to their manly honour and it becomes clear that a lot of the death and destruction in the story could easily have been avoided if they had cooler heads and thicker skin. |
| 287 | * ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' has so many badass and so much badassery that one can feel the heat from all the manliness warming the covers of the books. |
| 288 | * ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' helped define the Swords-and-Sorcery genre, with it's noble barbarian hero and epic adventures. |
| 289 | %%** For that matter, anything by "two-gun Bob" Creator/RobertEHoward, ever, such as fellow barbarian ''Literature/{{Kull}}''. |
| 290 | %%** In a similar mold, Literature/TheElricSaga. |
| 291 | * ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series, featuring Remo Williams and Chuin, Master of Sinanju. In this case, the books approach this rating from the other direction: they're pretty much all parody but the over-the-top machismo is simultaneously ''downplayed'', so that while all the things you'd expect under TestosteronePoisoning are there they're generally treated as the uninteresting parts of the books. |
| 292 | %%* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Riding a Zombie ''T. rex''. |
| 293 | %%* Creator/ErnestHemingway was the walking talking embodiment of this trope in his own lifetime. His works play this trope straight, subvert it or both. |
| 294 | %%* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' series, featuring the role model for ComicBook/ThePunisher, Mack Bolan. |
| 295 | %%How?* ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'' is fueled by this trope. The [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt cover art]] alone should let you know what you're in for. |
| 296 | %%* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'', in an odd way. |
| 297 | * Literature/CiaphasCain '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''' of the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe, who was largely inspired by ''Literature/{{Flashman}}''. He keeps up a Manly-and-badass-yet-humble facade to hide the fact that he'd rather be shuffling papers at a nice safe desk instead of going toe-to-toe with Hive Tyrants and Khorne Beserkers (though the skill with which he fights said monstrosities makes it a ''really'' convincing facade). |
| 298 | * The ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series. Where [[NoWomansLand Men are the Masters]]. Especially those who are [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Of the Warriors]]. |
| 299 | * Many of Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson's stories (including his first published novel, ''The Boats of the Glen Carrig'') feature small groups of men (typically led by a badass) who face off against {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, sometimes an entire ZergRush of them; even in the stories where the heroes lose (or die), they sure don't go down without a fight. Hodgson himself was something of a RealLife badass, which tends to make the manliness seem that much more authentic. |
| 300 | * ''Literature/JackReacher'', about a former ex-military who the author describes as "an unstoppable force". |
| 301 | %%* Louis L'amour, or more specifically, any of the hundred-odd Western books he wrote, which have largely been responsible for half the scripts of the Western genre of filmmaking. |
| 302 | %%* ''Literature/{{Lankhmar}}'' |
| 303 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Let's face it, Middle-Earth is a full-out WorldOfBadass, as made clear in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. We've got guys taking on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Balrogs]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragons]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] and [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]] [[{{Satan}} himself]]! |
| 304 | * Creator/HPLovecraft's recurring character, Randolph Carter. He may swoon now and then when things get too deliquescent, but he has an impressive array of manly qualities and exploits. In ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath'', Carter scales mountains, rides Night-Gaunts, allies with the Ghouls, is the cause of several full-scale wars and goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep, The Crawling Chaos -- and what's more, outwits him]]! In "The Silver Key", we learn that he is a veteran of the LegionOfLostSouls and was nearly killed at Neuilly-sur-Seine in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Battle of the Somme]]. Then in "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", [[spoiler:he ascends reality, discovers the meaning of life, becomes an alien, then travels millions of light-years back to Earth with nothing but his stash of space-weed to help get him through it]]. |
| 305 | * The page image comes from ''Man's Life'' magazine, one of many [[https://culturalgutter.com/2013/06/20/a-mans-life/ "men's adventure" magazines]] that proliferated from the '40s until the '70s. Known as "the sweats" in the publishing business, these {{pulp magazine}}s' typical contents involved extremely lurid "true stories" of men going on exotic adventures and fighting bad guys and wild animals, along with sex/seduction advice and photos of various [[MsFanservice pin-up models]]. Norman Saunders, a commercial artist who painted the covers of many such magazines, described them as "guys with guns and gals with no pants on" and said that they were mostly purchased by men with [[CompensatingForSomething feelings of masculine inadequacy]], especially the many UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar Korean War]] veterans who never saw any combat and envied those who did. They died out in TheSeventies with the rise of magazines like ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'', ''Penthouse'', and ''Hustler'' that focused more strictly on naked women (and, in the case of ''Playboy'', selling a more upper-crust, Film/JamesBond-style image of masculinity), while the stories moved on to paperback {{airport novel}}s. |
| 306 | ** As illustrated in [[http://artofmanliness.com/2010/05/26/vintage-mens-adventure-magazines/ these magazines.]] |
| 307 | ** [[https://pulpcovers.com/tag/mansstory/page/2/ I WAS THE LUST SLAVE OF THE COBRA GODDESS!]] |
| 308 | %%* ''The Manly Handbook'', by David Everitt and Harold Schechter. |
| 309 | * ''Literature/MobyDick''. Ahab might be crazy, but he's manly as hell. The book probably qualifies by default, being about an all-male cast hunting giant, deadly sea beasts. |
| 310 | %% pop culture references aren't context * ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'' is pretty much ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Rated M For Manly with GunPorn in the long paragraphs that characterized Tolkien's SceneryPorn. |
| 311 | * ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'': If Ancient Greeks have the ''The Iliad'' the Chinese have ''ROTK.'' Set in the Divided Post-Han Dynasty China filled with one-man armies who can hold a gateway by themselves alone, strategic geniuses bordering on wizardry, and rulers both righteous and ruthless. |
| 312 | * ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'' novels is when the title character kills a tiger ''with a knife''. Sandokan rushes the tiger from the side and toppled it, started strangling him with the unarmed hand, and then [[PreMortemOneLiner declared himself a tiger too]] before cutting the tiger's throat). And it wasn't to save his [[LoveInterests Marianna]], but ''[[TheRival his romantic rival]]''. However, the books don't refrain from showing when it's stupid and the characters could be better served by using their brains. For example, Sandokan declaring he'd kill the tiger with his knife prompted Marianna to try and shoot the tiger first because of just how ''stupid'' it is to face a tiger with a knife, and she said so to his face after the beast barely escaped her, while Suyodhana, in spite of being a formidable fighter, refrains from actually getting his hands dirty until he absolutely has to because he's usually better served by [[ZergRush having his men jump him twenty at a time]] or using traps, but the one time he did he gave ''Tremal Naik'' such a thrashing that when he kidnapped his daughter the former tiger hunter called in Sandokan while [[PapaWolf slaughtering Suyodhana's men at every chance he got]] during the wait. |
| 313 | * ''Literature/TheShahnameh'' is full of tough warriors battling each other, wild beasts and mythical creatures. Optimized in Rostam, a towering muscular man with a long beard, who wears tiger skin under his armour plates, and the skull of a demon he killed as his helmet, while riding a huge horse and carrying a mace shaped like a bulls head!!! |
| 314 | * ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': the adventures of a British rifleman during the Napoleonic Wars who acts as a OneManArmy. The [[Series/{{Sharpe}} TV series]] also qualifies -- Creator/SeanBean kicking ass for King and Country. |
| 315 | %%* ''Literature/StormOfSteel'' by Creator/ErnstJunger. |
| 316 | * ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}''. A muscular jungle guy, who fights big apes and crocodiles. 100% manly! |
| 317 | %%* Creator/RudyardKipling, Robert Service, Henry Rider Haggard and several other Victorian authors. |
| 318 | * Okonkwo from ''Literature/ThingsFallApart'' is absolutely obsessed with acting as manly and tough as possible. It ends tragically, as a {{deconstruction}}. |
| 319 | %%* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' |
| 320 | * ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'': An apocalyptic tale of badass ex-military militiamen throwing off the shackles of [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica Big Government]] and the Fed, crushing leftism and political correctness and setting up a frontier society of well-armed homesteaders and rugged individualism. And fighting dastardly [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazis]], [[MayIncaTec Indians]], [[PathOfInspiration neo-pagans]] and [[LadyLand techno-amazons]] along the way. one should note, however, that "manliness" is this situation is not the same as goodness. The militiamen crush leftism mainly because they themselves are [[TheFundamentalist at the opposite in of the political spectrum]] and the society they set up could be more accurately described as reactionary and theocratic than true individualism. |
| 321 | * ''Literature/{{Wereworld}}'' is about as manly a young adult fantasy novel can get with Therianthropes ripping each other apart from Chapter 3 onwards. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 325 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'', starring a no-nonsense special agent who isn't unwilling to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture his enemies]]. |
| 326 | * In a making-of piece for ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' actor Ron Livingston talks of the cast studying period photos of the characters. The actors were looking at what the soldiers wore, how they held themselves. |
| 327 | --> '''Livingston:''' They held themselves like goddamn ''men''. |
| 328 | * Creator/SpikeTV as a whole. It's the result of taking "Rated M for Manly" and building an entire 24 hour a day TV channel around it, not at first, but now they have distilled their lineup. If it's not howling-in-your-face overdone manliness, if it's not about death or booze or babes you'll never get, it doesn't belong on Spike. Its ChickFlick equivalent is Oxygen, and its nerd equivalent is Creator/{{Syfy}}. |
| 329 | ** ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''. Different warriors from history are pitted against each other in bloody battle, for your entertainment. Samurai vs. Vikings, Spartans vs. Ninjas, Pirates vs. Knights, Shaka Zulu vs. William Wallace... |
| 330 | ** Spike "manned up" ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'' when they took it over, cutting existing segments to fit five into an hour for a "faster, more modern" look and creating "more male-oriented stories." The show's distinctive spine-chilling feel was lost, according to fan discussions. |
| 331 | * ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' in some ways. There's Steve [=McGarrett=], a reserve Navy SEAL (Lt. Commander) and active CowboyCop who will happily open a locked door using a grenade, ride a motorcycle up a staircase, and otherwise behave like a badass. The rest of the team are no slouches either, and most of the significant women on the show are ActionGirl[=s=]. The guys are also pretty much EmotionalBruiser[=s=], there is lots of ManHug[=ging=], and it's up to viewer interpretation whether Steve and Danny are HeterosexualLifePartners or [[ArmouredClosetGay secretly]] [[ManlyGay gay]] [[HoYay for each other]]. |
| 332 | %% Administrivia/ExampleIndentation * Due to [[RealLifeWritesthePlot various]] [[NetworkDecay reasons]], Creator/TheHistoryChannel nowadays broadcasts a number of shows which make use of this trope in varying degrees. Just to list the examples which have a page on this very wiki: ''Series/AmericanRestoration'', ''Series/AxMen'', ''Series/{{Conquest}}'', ''Series/{{Dogfights}}'', ''Series/FullMetalJousting'', ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'', ''Series/PawnStars'', anything starring Creator/RLeeErmey, ''Series/SwampPeople'', ''Series/{{Top Gear|US}}'', ''Series/TopShot'', and of course the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} example, ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. ''Series/ForgedInFire'' was inspired by cooking competition shows, only with a manlier twist. It's basically the same format, only instead of baking cakes, they're making ''knives''. |
| 333 | * The first season of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' (on Creator/{{NBC}}) was essentially an ActionSeries, where the protagonist just happened to be lawyer, marketed and made according to this trope. When the show moved to Creator/{{CBS}}, it was retooled to include more legal drama and soap opera elements, partially to appeal more to female audiences. |
| 334 | * ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. Pirates! Giant Robots! [[MemeticBadass Captain Marvelous]]! What more could you ask for? |
| 335 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 336 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' is about survival of the fittest where it is every Kamen Rider for themselves, and by ''Kamen Rider'' standards we see deaths, blood, and Riders pitted against each other among things aimed for men. But, special honor goes to [[AxCrazy Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja]], a homicidal psychopath who is drawn to the mayhem of the Rider Fight and has a pathological urge to kick some ass because he is merely vexed while looking cool at doing so. From endlessly escaping prison to having the distinction of having high body counts in the series, to ultimately combining three [[{{Mon}} Contract Monsters]] into one HybridMonster, you get one of the most evil ''and'' manliest villain in the franchise. |
| 337 | ** With {{Hot Blood|ed}}, hot girls, and football, there's no other way to describe ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''. Doesn't hurt that it's main writer is best known for the aforementioned ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', which has its abundance of manliness. |
| 338 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Isamu Fuwa/Kamen Rider Vulcan demonstrated that forcibly opening a [[TransformationTrinket Progrisekey]] with brute strength is a proof of manliness. |
| 339 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'': Ryo Ogami/Kamen Rider Buster lives and breathes on the trope not just because of his [[{{BFS}} enormous sword]] that puts him on the same level as [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] or [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]], he's also both an active swordsman and a [[ActionDad devoted father]]. Also, putting his son in harm's way means [[PapaWolf asking for a beatdown!]] |
| 340 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'' checks just about every box. A morally ambiguous protagonist who is [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot both]] a BountyHunter and a ProudWarriorRaceGuy? Episodes that mostly consist of him kicking ungodly amounts of ass and getting his ass kicked by a wide variety of giant monsters and fellow seedy underworld denizens? Frequent {{forging scene}}s complete with flashbacks to the death of his family? Top it all off with [[PapaWolf a heavy thematic emphasis on fatherhood]]? You have a recipe for manliness. |
| 341 | * ''Series/TheManShow'' was basically built around this trope. Dirty jokes? Check. Beer? Check. Hot girls in skimpy outfits? Check. |
| 342 | * Creator/TheBBC show ''Man Lab'' is part building cool and useful things, and part building really cool and really stupid things, and occasionally deals with all kinds of other manly skills as well. |
| 343 | * ''Series/NinjaWarrior'' (Essentially ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on crack]].) For that matter, ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' itself. The third co-host of the show was Larry Csonka, the manliest man to ever play fullback, and the events that include wrestling, an urban assault course, beating each other with sticks, a game called Powerball that was the deadliest version of Red Rover ever, and finally, The Eliminator. |
| 344 | * ''Series/SevenDays'' is this trope, but with TimeTravel (and more than a little {{Eagleland}} as well). |
| 345 | * ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': Harleys? Check. Guns? Check. Brotherhood? Check. GoodOldFisticuffs? Check. Violence and Bloodshed? Check. Booze? Check. Willing and available women? Check. Gratuitous occasional nudity? Check. |
| 346 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' -- drugs, violence, male bonding, fatherhood, and diatribes about the emasculated state of contemporary Western society abound. Frequently subverts itself, though, by reminding viewers that most of the "manly men" in question are in fact morally bankrupt, pathetic human beings whose inability to express themselves in any way other than aggression makes both them and their families miserable. |
| 347 | * ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', where even the [[ManlyGay gays]] can [[HighPressureBlood eviscerate]] [[{{Mooks}} Roman soldiers]] with ease. It ''is'' a show about a GladiatorRevolt [[WorldOfBadass after all]]. [[ActionGirl "Femininity"]] is defined as having a slightly lower kill count than the male characters and the male heroes often have their girlfriends (or boyfriend) by their sides as their [[BattleCouple partner in battle]]. Despite being a drama, the abundance of [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl lusty women baring it all]] and almost comically choreographed sex scenes makes it dangerously close to ''[[{{Pun}} Testosterone]]'' [[TestosteronePoisoning Poisoning]]. |
| 348 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': How Colonel Jack O’Neill has not been mentioned yet is beyond me. Teal'c also deserves to be on this list. Lieutenant Colonel John Shepherd and Ronon Dex of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' do too. |
| 349 | * [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain James T. Kirk]] is a charismatic swashbuckling space captain who flies around space where he nails all the hot [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien chicks]], earns the respect of everyone he encounters (when he's not [[BigDamnHeroes saving them]]), [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu tells gods where to shove it]], [[BadassNormal and defeats monsters and super soldiers]] with a combination of his CoolStarship and GoodOldFisticuffs. All while being one of the most capable naval commanders and [[GuileHero Guile Heroes]] in the setting. Contrast [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Jean-Luc Picard]] who, while just as intelligent and [[MinoredInAsskicking pretty badass himself]], is primarily an [[OfficerAndAGentleman intellectual and diplomat.]] |
| 350 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is ultimately a show about manly men hunting monsters with guns and machetes and more often than not saving a girl in the process while riding in a sexy classic car, all set to a classic rock soundtrack. |
| 351 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': The giants of light didn't call themselves Ultra'''[[{{Pun}} men]]''' for nothing, a select few series showcase moments aimed who are asking for adrenaline rush: |
| 352 | ** ''Series/UltraSeven'': Everything about the series itself is brimming with the trope to an extent. The entire Ultra Guard are composed of manly members -- Kiriyama, Furuhashi, Soga, and even Dan Moroboshi/Seven himself; last but not the least, we have the highly attractive ActionGirl, Anne. |
| 353 | ** ''Series/UltramanLeo'': While the series is already DarkerAndEdgier to begin with, boy it does sure have manly moments. What a better way with a returning Series/UltraSeven putting the titular Ultra into a [[TrainingFromHell gruesome training regimen]] early in the series while remaining crippled for the remainder of 39 episodes. Said training eventually paid off. Also, what makes Leo stand out than his predecessors that he's an expert in [[BareFistedMonk hand-to-hand combat]], preferring to use DivingKick attacks as a FinishingMove. Later in the series, [[ManlyFacialHair Dan himself even grows a mustache, and also a beard]] in ''Series/UltramanMebius''. [[spoiler:Even Leo himself makes a return in ''Mebius'''s 34th episode and his appearance helped Mebius to man up in his fight against Alien Reflect by putting the young Ultra into a similar training routine Dan put him through back in his home series.]] |
| 354 | ** Franchise/UltramanZero himself. He's Series/UltraSeven's son and is trained by Seven's disciple, Series/UltramanLeo and has defeated the franchise's equivalent of Satan many times over. Hell, he's able to turn a wimpy {{Salaryman}} into a real man after seeing him pulling a HeroicSacrifice in episode 3 of ''Series/UltramanGeed'' by becoming his host and allow Zero to pull his martial arts skills while he's in control of said host's body. |
| 355 | ** ''Series/UltramanTaiga'': Ultraman Titas lives and breathes with this trope as he is [[TheBigGuy the Tri-Squad's muscle]]. Not to mention, he's the Ultraman equivalent of a bodybuilder due to his muscular appearance and the full display of raw power in battle solidified this status. |
| 356 | ** If you wanna see giant robot fights, a HotBlooded protagonist who not only pilots a HumongousMecha but is also a karate expert, [[Series/UltramanOrb a former villain]]-turned AntiHero returning as the captain of an attack team? Then ''Series/UltramanZ'' is a show that stands out as an ''Ultra Series'' show for real men that even made ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' proud. The real kicker is that the titular Ultra is a student of [[spoiler:Franchise/UltramanZero]]. Want another kicker? The show's theme song is performed by none other than Music/JAMProject's Masaaki Endoh! |
| 357 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. Let's cut to the chase: it's a television show featuring Creator/{{CHUCK NORRIS}}. Hell, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune he sings the intro]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1tIpE95kc Just listening to it is enough to make every woman within 5000 miles pregnant.]] [[SerialEscalation With triplets. And all of them will have beards.]] |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 361 | * Music/{{ACDC}}: They even have a song called [[DoubleEntendre Big Balls!]] Slightly averted in that last case, as Big Balls is more of an [[OverlyLongGag extended]] {{pun}} than a celebration of Scott's manhood. |
| 362 | * Music/{{Aerosmith}}, which aside from the ballads and gentle songs, are loud guitars, songs about sex or badass themes, and a macho singer who's basically a Transatlantic answer to Mick Jagger. |
| 363 | * Music/{{Alestorm}}, Scottish pirate metal, with epic songs about drinking, piracy, revenge, privateering, giant goddamn monster, plundering, and keelhauling landlubbers. |
| 364 | %%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHHv5OuEzY Airbourne]] |
| 365 | * All That Remains: Nearly all of their songs feature manly imagery such as courage and fiery passion |
| 366 | ** Well, the only MELODIC metalcore band. As they were influenced by beatdown hardcore, classic metallic hardcore bands have a much more macho driven image than most pure metal bands. |
| 367 | ** Nowadays All That Remains has gone soft, and Trivium is seen as taking their role. |
| 368 | * Music/AmonAmarth: Vikings, Valhalla and music videos containing epic battles. Johan's beard and the fact that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClSA1LZPIs they can brew mead]] helps too. |
| 369 | %%** Music/{{Unleashed}}, for many of the same reasons. |
| 370 | %%* The mighty Music/{{Bathory}} are one of the ultimate examples of this in metal, having more or less invented both black metal AND viking metal. ''Blood Fire Death'' is one of the manliest albums ''ever'' made. |
| 371 | %%* Music/BlindGuardian. Having one of their songs as the theme for ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttackHeavyMetalEdition'' certainly helps. |
| 372 | %%* Music/BrianTyler, the go-to composer for 21st century action films. |
| 373 | * [[https://www.clanadonia.co.uk/ Clanadonia]], a Scottish band whose lineup consists of several frequently-[[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]] [[ManInAKilt men in kilts]], and who specialise in loud and aggressive pipe and drum music. |
| 374 | %%* Indie musician Demetori turns ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' soundtracks, a series (in)famous for its ImprobablyFemaleCast, into PURE MANLINESS!!! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opbWMPM-2Ds this is maybe the manliest guitar solo ever]]. |
| 375 | * Music/DemonHunter, a ChristianRock example. |
| 376 | %%* Music/TheDoors: Front singer Jim Morrison is the essence of male virility. Probably one of the handsomest looking men of all time with animalistic lust all over him. |
| 377 | %%* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch borderlines on being a parody of this. |
| 378 | %%* Music/FrankSinatra, [[GrowingTheBeard at least certainly by]] TheFifties. The Creator/RatPack in general counts. |
| 379 | * If the name Gloryhammer isn't manly and epic enough for you then just listen to the lyrics, most of the songs could very well be written by googling 'Things that are epic and manly' taking the first hundred or so results, and then mashing it together as lyrics, Glory? Check, Battles? Check, BF Axes? Check, Lasers? Check, an awesome name? [[ExaggeratedTrope Saving the world by fighting space Unicorns with laser Battleaxes?]] A thousand times check. And that's just from one song. |
| 380 | * George Thorogood's raison d'être is to give BluesRock '''more testosterone.''' How many times has "BadToTheBone" been the soundtrack to a TV or movie character doing something badass? |
| 381 | %%* Gown, despite having a distinctly unmanly name, produce [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cohbt9nr0BM the manliest song ever]]. |
| 382 | * Music/GunsNRoses, who couldn't be lumped with the HairMetal in spite of their looks and {{Power Ballad}}s, given how they were tough guys singing about rough times, rough places, and not caring about wrecking people on their path. |
| 383 | * High on Fire, if you thought Matt Pike wasn't enough to convince you, the music is sludgy thrash that has the sounds of epic battles within it. |
| 384 | * Music/IggyPop, solo and with Music/TheStooges, providing songs with indicative names like "Search and Destroy", "Raw Power", and "Lust for Life". Even a PowerBallad like "Candy" can't take away Iggy's manliness. |
| 385 | * Music/IronMaiden, a neverending parade of epic metal songs about spooky and violent themes, illustrated with a zombie! |
| 386 | %%* Music/JamProject: Need proof? Listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7oOxUBbYQ&feature=related this epic cover]] of Omoide wa Okkusenman! |
| 387 | * Jindou, specifically their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IWg-mmO_6Q Wild Challenger]] used for the first ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' opening, about how awesome it is to be a macho man. |
| 388 | * Music/JohnnyCash. |
| 389 | -->'''Bono of U2''': The most male voice in Christendom. Every man knows he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash. |
| 390 | * Jón Leifs: ''Hekla'' has the distinction of being the [[http://www.classicalcdreview.com/leifs.htm manliest piece of music]] ever written: ''Nineteen percussion players are needed. "Percussion" instruments required are "rocks with a musical quality," steel ship's chains, anvils, sirens, church bells, shotguns and cannons''%%** That must mean the 1812 Overture qualifies as well. |
| 391 | * Music/{{Knorkator}}'s ''Der Ultimative Mann'' (the ultimate man) tells women why they don't really want Mr Nice Guys. |
| 392 | -->''"Hot blooded, bold, and handsome. Fast and athletic, determined and courageous. With a body like steel, and eyes like fire. I am what you want: The ultimate man!"'' |
| 393 | %%* Lost Horizon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAAAAAAA-HA-AAAAH-AAAH-AAAH]]. |
| 394 | %%** Although the WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAAAAAAA-HA-AAAAH-AAAH-AAAH part is definitely manly, the rest of the song ("Highlander: The One" by Lost Horizon) qualifies as well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffF0e2h4TU It must be heard to appreciate the manliness.]] |
| 395 | * Music/{{Manowar}}: To the point of TestosteronePoisoning. Four buff warriors making music about the glory of war, metal, or Norse Gods. What did you expect from a name like Manowar? |
| 396 | * Music/{{Megadeth}}, who always sing about death and destruction, and even homaged two characters listed on this page, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJI_K1tSZE The Punisher]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46MALEk-7cE Duke Nukem]]. |
| 397 | %%* Music/{{Metallica}}: Downplayed compared to other metal bands but still present some of the time ("Damage, Inc.", "2 x 4", most of ''Kill'em All'', etc.). |
| 398 | * Music/MotleyCrue: Take away [[DudeLooksLikeALady unflattering hair and costumes]] and [[PowerBallad "Home Sweet Home"]], and it's manly metal about sex and drugs. |
| 399 | %%* Music/{{Motorhead}}. Lemmy himself was so manly women [[KavorkaMan ignored how ugly he was and just threw themselves at him.]] |
| 400 | %%* Music/{{NWA}}: Fuck Tha Police! |
| 401 | * A very descriptive song on the trope comes from the film ''Film/{{Orgazmo}}''. Listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXaT_1I-vw here]]. It's hilarious, but also a great example of this trope! |
| 402 | %%* Pentagram (for ''[[RockMeAsmodeus evil]]'' men!) |
| 403 | %%* Music/{{Queen}} -- for when Manly bends backwards and crosses into ManlyGay. |
| 404 | %%** John Deacon is so manly that even Music/FreddieMercury could not come up with a girly nickname for him. |
| 405 | * Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}: Music/MickJagger and Music/KeithRichards just ooze manliness, being [[IntercourseWithYou sexual]], dangerous, and singing about drugs, Satan, and violent subjects. |
| 406 | * Music/RunningWild: Pirates, blazing fast riffs and no weepy ballads. |
| 407 | * Music/SexPistols (for those angry young men who love nothing more than to shock and piss off "The Man"). |
| 408 | * The Skatt Bros.' "Life at the Outpost", especially the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOuiDoSoUS0 music video]]. While there's no confirmation either way, it seems as if it ''has'' to be parody. |
| 409 | * Music/{{Slayer}}: Oh so much. Their songs are about everything from Satan to war to senseless violence and destruction. |
| 410 | %%* Music/{{Soundgarden}}, specially as Music/ChrisCornell was considered manly enough to be invited for [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 a James Bond theme]]. |
| 411 | %%* Music/SteelyDan (most of the time in a barfly kinda way) |
| 412 | %%* Music/SusumuHirasawa Forces, Forces 2, Sign, Sign 2, Indra, Aria, pretty much everything he made for ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' and some other masterpieces. |
| 413 | * Music/TenaciousD: (from [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]) "[Jack] Black characterizes Tenacious D's comic nature as an antidote to "the masculinity of rock", adding "There's also something funny about the macho-ness of rock. Like the bands that are the fucking hardest rocking are like, 'We'll fucking kick your ass, dude-with our rock.'" ''"He asked us, 'Be you angels?' and we said, 'Nay, we are but men! ROCK!'"'' |
| 414 | * Music/PeterTosh: Self-proclaimed "The Toughest" and "Steppin' Razor", he's considered the hard man of reggae. He made it his lifetime goal to challenge authority figures and to encourage others to do the same. His marijuana consumption was legendary and he survived many police beatings. Also, he didn't really do love songs -- he has a small handful across his whole career. He would also swear frequently, creating his own words like "shitstem". |
| 415 | %%* Music/VanHalen- Mostly the Music/DavidLeeRoth era, but Sammy Hagar still provides plenty of manliness beside many a PowerBallad. |
| 416 | * Music/MuddyWaters: Most musicians in this list are sissies compared to this blues legend. Muddy sang with a BadassBoast the most virile and lustful songs of all time: "I Can't Be Satisfied", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "I'm The Hoochie Coochie Man", "Mannish Boy", "I Got My Mojo Working",... all sang with a powerful voice and an electrified blues rock sound that paved the way for RockAndRoll as we know it. If you're still not convinced listen to ''[[Music/TheAnthology19471972 The Anthology 1947-1972]]'', a double album with the most essential recordings this blues legend made between 1947 and 1972. |
| 417 | %%* The Warrior Project is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhNOEpQSJQ fond of these]]. |
| 418 | %%* Music/GraveDigger. "Hell bent for vengeance; bloodshed for free!!!" |
| 419 | %%* Paragon. Listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znjzx8g5xB0&list=FLzTe672_F3JNH3oX9nJX_Fw&index=9 this]]! |
| 420 | %%* Music/DeathGrips is what happens when you mix this trope with AxCrazy. "Beware", "Guillotine", "No Love" and "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" in particular are songs notable for the sheer testosterone flowing through them. %%why? |
| 421 | %%* The song the Manliest Man in Mantown doubly subverts this. |
| 422 | * This song [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_tivywhNvv4&pp=ygURR3JlZyBrZWVsZXIgbW5hbHk%3D Manly Men]] by Greg Keeler highlights all the activities of manly men among manly manly men are we! |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Mythology and Religion]] |
| 426 | * ''Literature/{{Ramayana}}'' is a lot of things, ranging from morality tales to story TrueCompanions-hood. But ultimately, it's about the quest of a man of strength to get his woman back from a big hulking monster. |
| 427 | * Myth/NorseMythology extols heroism, courage, loyalty, perseverance, sacrifice and more heroism. Contains lots of stories about slaying giants and assorted monsters. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Ragnarok]] is basically one big UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny involving the whole pantheon, and everyone on Earth, except a pair of humans badass enough to survive and rebuild the human race and a few of Thor and Odin's children, ends up dying. Ironically, a ton of goddesses are thought to survive Ragnarok, meaning being feminine gives you a higher chance of surviving TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 428 | * Of all the books in ''Literature/TheBible'', the first half of the ''Literature/BookOfJudges'' is filled with the most testosterone (though the second half is more sad). There's Shamgar who killed 600 enemy soldiers with an ox goad, [[ActionGirl Deborah]] who hammered a tent pin in a guy's head, Ehud who stabbed a king in the gut after a badass one-liner, and Samson who most of all is ''freaking Samson''! |
| 429 | * UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} had a SpinOff called Mithraism named for Mithras the sun god that got popular in UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire as a religion for soldiers. |
| 430 | * Myth/AztecMythology is practically the MachoMasochism religion that sounds like it was designed by metalheads, with its long list of ritual sacrifices ranging from blood-letting self-harm ([[GroinAttack possibly of your genitals]]) to [[HumanSacrifice human lives]]. The latter got to enter the Aztec's paradise afterlife. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 434 | * Just about all of Creator/SteveRitchie's pinball games fall under this. He even said on the promo video for ''The Getaway: High Speed II'': "I don't do cute." |
| 435 | ** ''Pinball/HighSpeed'': How else can you describe a game centered on a high-speed police chase in an exotic car with a sexy blonde in the passenger seat? |
| 436 | *** Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] with ''Pinball/TheGetawayHighSpeed2'', which adds a Supercharger, helicopters, and explosions to the mix. |
| 437 | ** ''Pinball/F14Tomcat'' features fighter jets, an evil [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian]] {{General|Ripper}}, his elite squadron, and [[StuffBlowingUp lots and lots of explosions.]] |
| 438 | ** ''Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', of course, with steel, chrome, and killer robots everywhere. |
| 439 | *** Every inch of ''Pinball/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' lives and breathes this trope -- the playfield's predominantly red color scheme is broken up by the stainless steel ramps and chrome pipes everywhere, while the red-tinged backglass is only interrupted by the merciless Terminators glaring at you. |
| 440 | ** And then there's ''[[Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports No Fear: Dangerous Sports]]'', which is one big ExtremeSportsPlot game. |
| 441 | * ''Pinball/{{Hercules}}'', which plays BarbarianHero tropes to the hilt. |
| 442 | * Atari's ''Pinball/MiddleEarth'' has muscular men running around shirtless on a LostWorld, battling UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex, [[KillerGorilla giant apes,]] and {{Kaiju}} with nothing but {{Laser Blade}}s and {{Ray Gun}}s. |
| 443 | * ''Pinball/{{Paragon}}'' has shirtless {{Barbarian Hero}}es, [[DamselInDistress Distressed Damsels]], and {{Hybrid Monster}}s [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill you]] everywhere. |
| 444 | * ''Pinball/LethalWeapon3'' qualifies, being full of explosions, car chases, gunfights, and people exploding into LudicrousGibs. |
| 445 | * [[Creator/{{Kaze}} [=KAZe=]'s]] ''VideoGame/LastGladiators'' has four tables dealing with warfare, knights, gladiatorial combat, and the Apocalypse, all to the accompaniment of over 80 hard rock theme tunes. |
| 446 | * ''Pinball/MacAttack'' has a [[HeroesRUs team of commandos]] equipped with {{Jet Pack}}s, a rocket-powered tank, and an Attack Base bristling with various large-bore cannons. |
| 447 | * In ''[[Pinball/OperationThunder Operation: Thunder]],'' the player leads a squadron of [[CoolPlane F-15 Strike Eagles and Stealth Fighters]] in an aerial assault against the enemy, blowing up large chunks of mountainous terrain along the way. |
| 448 | * Creator/SegaPinball's ''Pinball/StarshipTroopers'' features a never-ending BugWar against BigCreepyCrawlies, where the only option is to NukeEm and kill them all. |
| 449 | * Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Raven}}'' was intended to be this, with a OneWomanArmy fighting a horde of {{Mooks}} in a southeast Asian jungle. The actual execution [[{{Narm}} left something to be desired.]] |
| 450 | %%* ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble''; how could it not be? |
| 451 | * ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' has Agent GK and his WeaponizedCar, CoolPlane, and CoolBoat engaging in VehicularCombat against various enemies, accompanied by his lovely and lethal DistaffCounterpart partner. |
| 452 | * Unburdened from [[Film/LastActionHero the movie's]] IndecisiveParody and HiddenDepths, the ''Pinball/LastActionHero'' pinball game is free to indulge itself in a nonstop barrage of explosions, gunfire, and action. |
| 453 | [[/folder]] |
| 454 | |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 457 | * The rules of ''TabletopGame/AtlantisTheSecondAge'' not only enable players to play their Heroes like this, but also greatly reward them for doing so. Acting cowardly and unheroic actually makes you lose experience, while you get extra experience for fighting with great style. Like slaying an enemy with your bare hands or while being naked. Instead of improving your character's abilities, you gain the ability to use increasingly large numbers of Hero Points to greatly boost any of your die rolls. The number of Hero Points you start with is relatively low, but you can always get more by going on a night of debauchery, cursing the gods, activating a disadvantage, or make expensive sacrifices. To fight the really big and dangerous monsters, you absolutely ''have'' to use lots of Hero Points to do things that could only possibly be done by those greatly favored by the gods. |
| 458 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Your predecessors kicked the ass of god-monster creators of the world itself. Now they are returning with an army of death and legions of demons, and it's your job to kick their ass ''again''. The only thing right is what you declare as right yourself, you're beholden to no one, so get your swords/guns/big-badaboom-spells and start racking up the kills. |
| 459 | * ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Probably best summed up by a quote from its discussion list, in which GM Neel Krishnaswami describes the problem of getting [=PCs=] to properly fear the Devil Himself: "IN amplifies this effect, too. Take a standard starting PC. Straight off at bat he (or she) can kick butt, take names, and chew bubblegum -- all at the same time. And after they're done icing the bad guys, they can stiffen the spines of the meek, bring hope to those on the brink, and win the hearts of all the cute girls (and cute guys, too) -- all because they're *angels*, on a *divine mission from God Himself*. And just for icing on the cake, for pure overkill of cool, he (or she) has got Ray-bans, a flaming sword, and a fast motorcycle. Now, do you seriously expect this PC to freeze up and kiss a$$ just because the Prince of Darkness has shown up?" |
| 460 | * In [[TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness a gameline]] that usually emphasises horror, vulnerability and inner conflict, ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' stands out as being supremely manly. Your character is a huge, shaggy, monstrous BloodKnight fighting in a ForeverWar against hordes of deformed monsters. The society you are part of is, accordingly, made up of scarred, eternally scowling veterans embarked in a constant battle of dominance where everyone tries to prove themselves a bigger badass than the rest. |
| 461 | ** And to put a hat on a hat, we have the Get of Fenris, which values itself as being the ultimate warrior tribe in an entire species of warriors (well, it's them and the Wendigo, really, but the Wendigo tend to be less boastful and more vengeful). Sworn to the destroyer wolf himself, the Get are hot-blooded beasts who believe that any conflict can be resolved if you just hit it hard enough. |
| 462 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': This is a game about {{Cool Starship}}s, TechnologyPorn, SettlingTheFrontier, {{Intrepid Merchant}}s, {{Bold Explorer}}s, {{Badass Arm|y}}ies, {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}s and not uncommonly StuffBlowingUp. |
| 463 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' may not be as over-the-top as its erstwhile sci-fi spinoff, but it's no slouch in the manliness department. |
| 464 | ** In normal HighFantasy settings, the [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] are somewhat effeminate, the humans resemble real-life humans, and the dwarves are manly. In ''Warhammer'', the elves are manly, the humans are beyond manly, and the dwarves [[ExaggeratedTrope make Chuck Norris look like a milk-drinking wimp]]. |
| 465 | *** The Warriors of Chaos make them all look like dickless pansies. They're an incredibly muscular, bearded, daemon-worshiping, OneManArmy [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Viking warrior race]] who thrive in the most inhospitable areas of the Old World, and who are clad in spiky, skull-studded Conan gear. And their best fighter tend to be eight foot tall Norse demigods clad in really,''really'' intimidating plate armour (with skulls and spikes everywhere), wielding weapons most men struggle to lift and who are able to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu wrestle Bloodthirsters to the ground.]] |
| 466 | ** The humans in ''Warhammer'' fight many of the same gargantuan demonic monstrosities as the humans of ''Warhammer 40,000'', but instead of artillery and lasers they've got steel breastplates, matchlock muskets, and swords. [[RockBeatsLaser They still win.]] |
| 467 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is the manliest tabletop game, no, manliest '''''THING''''' in existence. From its fluff to the posing of its models, everything about 40K drips pure, unbridled, unfiltered, grimdark MANLINESS! Yes, that includes the women. Some examples include: |
| 468 | ** A demi-god revives a walking war engine the size of the Empire State Building simply by touching it and saying "BE HEALED, MACHINE SPIRIT!" |
| 469 | ** A crazed, speed-obsessed Ork ramps his kustom bike off a cliff and slams through 12 Void Shields to enter the nuclear core of a walking war engine the size of a building and kills the entire crew while he's still on fire from breaking the shields. The burning skulls of the engine's drivers are now mounted on that Ork's bike. |
| 470 | ** Ordinary men with flak jackets, laser guns, and [[BadassArmy standard issue balls of steel]], battling metal zombies, gigantic all-devouring bug monsters, super-advanced aliens, ancient manipulators who have had thousands of years to perfect their methods of war, hulking psychotic genetically engineered warriors that live only to fight, and mindblowing horrors from beyond space and time...and sometimes managing to ''win''. The fact that they've got some amazing [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Baneblade tanks]] and [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ibram_Gaunt truly]] [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sebastian_Yarrick badass]] [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Macharius_(Character) leaders]] helps. |
| 471 | ** Gunnery Sergeant Harker of the Catachan Jungle Fighters, leader of the elite "Harker's Hellraisers". Harker was born on a jungle DeathWorld so insanely dangerous that every settlement is fortified against the native predators (which include amongst other things, scorpions the size of tanks), every plant is toxic, and there is only a 25% chance that you will survive long enough to see your tenth birthday. Every person who comes from this planet is invariably going to be a tough and mean bastard, and Harker is considered the toughest and meanest of all of them. Harker's weapon of choice is a Heavy Bolter, which is an automatic cannon that fires .75 calibre explosive shells and usually requires a team of two men to operate as a fixed emplacement weapon. One time, Harker was attacked by a Tyranid Ravener, a terrifying serpentine monster that can easily rip a man limb from limb, and worse for Harker, the sudden attack knocked his weapon away; undeterred, Harker jumped on the thing's back, wrestled it to the floor and ''crushed its neck with his biceps''. |
| 472 | ** Newborn infant travels through a NegativeSpaceWedgie unharmed, crash-lands on an icy hellhole and subsequently gets RaisedByWolves. Eventually he beats the most powerful human in existence in a drinking contest and then gets to lead an army of [[SpaceRomans space Vikings]] across the galaxy. Face it, Leman Russ is the pure distilled essence of manliness. |
| 473 | ** The Orks and Space Wolves are basically entire factions of Manliness. To wit: |
| 474 | *** The Orks were inspired from Highschool Football hooligans while every other faction had it's roots in real-life armies (one of which is the Spartans). They only care about Fighting (shooting and smashing faces), Food and Fast Cars, and their form of promotion is beating the crap out of the boss. They've also managed to fire guns which had no triggers or bullets, made the color red into instant speed potions, and invented space travel using a junk pile. |
| 475 | *** The Space Wolves are all Drunken {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s. They are the only faction to be considered "good" in the setting, mainly because their leader holds a Daemon Axe, and still managed to intimidate the Inquisition from hurting innocents through brute force. They also ride wolves into battle, wolves the size of cars, and one of their more notable members managed to get laid 12 times within one night. Everyone has a badass beard and prior to the Grey Knight retcon they were the only non-chaos faction to survive in the warp without turning evil. |
| 476 | *** Ah, but what are these two compared to Khorne and his followers? He's a god of war, rage, strength, martial honour, battle and single combat, and is depicted as an impossibly muscular warrior with a horned, wolf's head sitting atop a massive throne of skulls floating in an endless sea of blood and his plane of existence is basically a site of never ending conflict. And his worshipers are giant, axe brandishing, war loving Blood Knights who also tend to be the best melee combatants in the setting. |
| 477 | ** If ever there was a game that was made of pure 100% mansauce, Warhammer would be that game! |
| 478 | ** God himself could not sink this game! |
| 479 | ** A third-person shooter of the universe has been created called ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' (starring the {{Space Marine}}s, obviously). Even before it's release, the manliness of the game was already shown with footage of the PlayerCharacter jumping off the air transport he's on effortlessly when it was hit and losing altitude. Not only that but it has, among other things, cutting Orks in half with chainswords, shooting Orks in da face with bolters, shooting Orks tied to missiles who are shooting at you out of the sky, and stomping a downed Ork's skull in with your mighty power armored boot. [[ExaggeratedTrope This game is so manly,]] [[BodyHorror your balls will grow balls]]. |
| 480 | ** The Sisters of Battle. There is an entire army of nuns who go around armed with flamethrowers, chainsaw-swords and guns that fire explosive rounds the size of a human fist, and wear PoweredArmor. They're also {{Large Ham}}s who [[RealMenLoveJesus sing praises to the God-Emperor]] as they cut their enemies apart. Oh, and they're most assuredly not pretty little girls, either: the standard Sister is fearless, fanatically devoted, tough-as-nails, and their bodies are covered in scars earned from their TrainingFromHell, and the veterans are ''even more'' harsh and grizzled. In short, the women of the ''Warhammer 40000'' universe are ''manlier than most men in other sci-fi universes''. |
| 481 | ** Kharn The Betrayer, so manly that he was resurrected by [[WarGod Khorne]] for the purpose of spreading more blood and gore. He's not ''a'' Berserker, he's '''The''' Berserker, plus he effectively demolished TWO SPACE MARINE LEGIONS BY HIMSELF! |
| 482 | * ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms WARMACHINE]]''. Here is a quote: |
| 483 | -->''This is a game about aggression. This is the game of metal on metal combat. This is fuel injected power hopped up on steroids. This is WARMACHINE -- the battle game that kicks so much ass we have to use all capital letters.'' |
| 484 | --->Until the final book of the first edition, Legends, came out with "You have earned your pair". |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 488 | * ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is quickly becoming manliness embodied. The main character has as much raw rage as [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], if not more, and takes on demons, gods, demigods, and anything else that gets in his way with pure manliness and rage to keep him going. At one point he fights an enemy that is larger than the planet, gets into a punching contest with the enemy's finger that's so intense that he breaks his arms off, then kills the guy with one final punch. And this is just an early boss fight. The following boss fights are even crazier. The best part? Asura's reaction to being faced with an opponent the size of the planet and tries to crush him with a finger the size of a mountain? BringIt. Oh, and the next few levels, Asura fights enemies with just his feet, head, and rage, since he destroyed his arms taking out the last boss. But Asura doesn't care, that's more than enough. Asura only has five weapons: his fists, feet, head, his rage, and his planet sized cojones. In a bit of irony, the game itself is rated T and C in America and Japan respectively, though it is rated M and Pegi 18 in Australia and Europe. |
| 489 | * The ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' offers the comic book fan's ultimate power fantasy: being Batman, beating up hordes of goons and using his resources and skills to save Gotham from itself. |
| 490 | * If you're into manly, dig up the old Creator/BlizzardEntertainment side-scrolling platformer ''VideoGame/{{Blackthorne}}'' and its eponymous protagonist, Kyle Blackthorne. His character is designed from top to bottom to be a chiseled rock of manliness with his action hero mode of dress to his [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter choice of weapon]] to the fact he can OffhandBackhand someone with his shotgun with an unflinching sense of nonchalant and indifferent routine. |
| 491 | * ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' contains a truckload of outrageous and overpowered guns that the player is expected to use to atomize a wide variety of zany enemies in a quest for fame, fortune and even more guns. |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}''. It's a ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' inspired game where you take control of an assortment of [[{{Expy}} parodies]] of (mostly) 80's/90's [[ActionHero action heroes]] as you free the world from terrorists, aliens, and the undead in a relentless orgy of [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]], [[LudicrousGibs blood]], and [[EverythingBreaks destruction]]. Just take a look at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mOAQ7t9JjY trailer]]. |
| 493 | %%* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': [[http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=27541 This]] is the best descriptor that the game could have possibly received! |
| 494 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'': if it's not the fact that a simple kick to the face can throw your target 10 yards away and the whole focus of the gameplay is to be as creative as possible with your frags, the main character's dialogue is a constant stream of swears and he even looks a bit like [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]. [[Creator/SteveBlum And talks like him.]] It frequently veers into [[TestosteronePoisoning outright parody.]] |
| 495 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': The old-school barbarian looking Simon, with the leather and crotch plate. The action figure/toy/collectible model/whatever you want to call it looks even more manly. Also, from ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', fighting Dracula again to save his woman. |
| 496 | * ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' is all about manly chivalric knights and manly DirtyCommunists (who also put the "evil" in medieval") shouting manly battle cries and {{Badass Boast}}s at each other [[HamToHamCombat at maximum volume and ferocity]] while fighting manly medieval war. [[ExcusePlot The plot is thin]], sure, but do you really need one with a premise like that? Even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Wne6Km7Oo main menu theme]] will put hairs on your chest, guaranteed. |
| 497 | %%* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'', though depending on who you ask it may be a [[MachoCamp different kind of manly]]. |
| 498 | %%* On that note, ''VideoGame/MuscleMarch''. |
| 499 | * ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Even the money smokes cigars like a badass. |
| 500 | * One promotional tagline used for ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is "0% {{moe}}, 120% [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]]", a TakeThat at the trend of [[CuteEmUp cutesy-character shmups]] such as ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. |
| 501 | %%* Another Creator/DoubleFine work, ''[[VideoGame/IronBrigade Trenched]]'', actually uses the magazine at the top of this page [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726050510/http://bitmob.com/articles/the-manly-mans-mens-magazines-of-double-fines-trenched-for-men as source material.]] |
| 502 | * ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'': Despite being able to play as female characters (Sheena, Lucia, Tsugu-Min/Brownie, Krystal, Sayuri, Ricci, Sally), this game series demands you to be as manly as hell (Shoot everything that can be shot) to attain victory. |
| 503 | %%** ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising''. |
| 504 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y53_GV2aAg8 The EXTREME trailer]] for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings 2: The Old Gods'': PAGANS! VIKINGS! BOATS! MAPS! PILLAGE! LOOT! SACRIFICE! [[ManlyFacialHair BEARD]]! |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/DantesInferno''. A man's quest for redemption through ''hell itself'' to get his wife back, all while sporting a red cross he ''sewed into his own chest''. |
| 506 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}: Wrath of War''. You play [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Horseman of War]] as he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against both gun-wielding [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]] and Demons with a BFS named Chaoseater as well as other demonic toys. It's basically Zelda with the sheer testosterone of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' games. You open chests by ''punching them''. You open locked doors by ''stabbing them with knife keys''. |
| 507 | * The first two ''VideoGame/DeadToRights'' games fit this category. The CowboyCop AntiHero Jack Slate is a rugged individual with a [[HeroesLoveDogs Husky sidekick]]. He is brutal and ruthless in trying to solve mysteries, but shows slivers of vulnerability from time to time, especially in regards with [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest his father]]. It is a bit hard to see those slivers through all the [[HeroicBloodshed gallons of blood]] Jack spills over the course of the games. |
| 508 | * ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': One man, alone, armed only with power tools, takes on a ship full of space zombies. And his most powerful weapon is his almighty boot. |
| 509 | ** In the future, the engineers are more badass than an entire warship full of armed soldiers. |
| 510 | ** In the future, flamethrowers are considered power tools. Possibly because, as weapons, [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck they suck]]. |
| 511 | ** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' delivers even ''more'' Boot-on-Necromorph action. |
| 512 | * ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' is a video game about a team of [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame foul-mouth, beer-guzzling space Dwarves]] sent to a dark DeathWorld to mine for rare minerals and mow down entire swarms of giant, monstrous bugs with military-graded weapons. And if that's not manly enough, there's [[GoodGuyBar the Abyss Bar]] where you can order beers for you and your teammates to either get buffs or get stone-drunk on your arses. And if you order the [[HideousHangoverCure Leaf Lover's Special]], you'll be shamed by your dwarven brethren for ordering [[ElvesVersusDwarves a tree-hugging elf drink]] and not being [[NoTrueScotsman a true, manly dwarf]]. |
| 513 | * The ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series is all about DemonSlaying in stylish-as-hell RuleOfCool fashion. The playable characters' fighting styles also incorporate a lot of martial arts and kung-fu (Dante), [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]] (Vergil), or [[WrestlerInAllOfUs wrestling]] (Nero). All of the games' music and songs also use rock and/or {{Badass Boast}}s. |
| 514 | * ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' is probably the manliest of all the ''Disgaea'' games, notably in contrast to [[VideoGame/DisgaeaD2 the previous game]] which had only one major male party member, but in this game, the majority of the cast are buff martial artists. |
| 515 | * ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', although [[ComicBook/{{Doom}} the comic]] goes a bit nuts with this and turns into TestosteronePoisoning. |
| 516 | ** The mod "''VideoGame/BrutalDoom''" is about as close as you can get to the line that divides this and TestosteronePoisoning (that is, it's so [[{{Gorn}} ridiculously gory]] and the protagonist can do things like rip monsters to shreds with his bare hands and provoke monsters by swearing and flipping them off that it almost feels like a parody, but it's so badass and NintendoHard that it just barely manages to keep a straight face). The fact a large part of its reason for existing is to bring the comic book's vision of ''Doom'' to life, particularly with its use of the phrase "rip and tear", contributes significantly to that. |
| 517 | ** ''VideoGame/Doom2016'': Oh HELL YES! Between the blood, the gore, the Glory Kills and the [[OneManArmy one-man onslaught]] against TheLegionsOfHell, DOOM is all about being a badass. ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' only increased the magnitude of badassery [[note]] The final DLC adds a costume that lets the Slayer rend demons [[spoiler:(and kill Satan)]] while dressed as [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Conan the Barbarian]] [[/note]]. RIP AND TEAR! |
| 518 | ** The soundtrack of the game itself is enough to grow hair on your chest. The fact that one of the main instruments is a SYNTHESIZED CHAINSAW hits hard that this isn't some peaceful game. |
| 519 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'', about two burly guys punching everyone who appears in front of them. |
| 520 | %%* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': Try and pretend the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SuJ5T9sfAA trailers]] ''aren't'' fueled by this trope. Whether your character is a man or a woman, the 100% badass is mandatory. |
| 521 | * ''VideoGame/DragonValor'', a game about slaying dragons. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOtCl0Dzqjc Its intro really says it all.]] |
| 522 | %%* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' is quite literally the embodiment of all that is badass. ** ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', the game that has required 12 long years to gather the required amount of manliness necessary to do this character justice. |
| 523 | * ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' adventure mode is so hilariously manly, it often goes to TestosteronePoisoning levels. Did you just lose your four limbs? NO PROBLEM! Go, crawl through the landscape and bite your foes to death! No healing for you, unless you are a werebeast! |
| 524 | ** You can wrestle bears and win. You can then throw these dead bears at other bears to kill more bears, even '''without limbs'''. Or even dual wield bear corpses and pummel your enemies with it! |
| 525 | ** Hell, even fortress mode is pretty manly. Mostly your legendary soldiers, who will become (if they don't die) so badass they can go and slaughter {{Eldritch Abomination}}s on their own or entire goblin sieges, but your blacksmiths are generally pretty manly because they don't even need a hammer to work, they just hammer the metal with their fists. |
| 526 | ** Dwarves can ride a minecart '''while that minecart is full of lava'''. How's that for manliness? |
| 527 | ** Even your female dwarves can be very manly. Maternity break? What's that? They can give birth in the middle of an enemy siege '''and still completely curbstomp the siege'''! |
| 528 | ** Twelve-Year Favor. It's proof that NightmareFuel and SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome can become one. |
| 529 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' (aka ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' the game): Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei best exemplify this trope. Deng Ai, Sun Jian and Xiahou Dun as well. Also it's [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Japanese counterpart]], which has [[BattleButler Tadakatsu Honda]], Magoichi Saika, [[TheBigGuy Keiji Maeda]], UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, and Yagyu Munenori who doesn't even have to draw his sword to kick your ass! |
| 530 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' features a beefy man-among-men blacksmith who forges swords with nothing but his tight pants, Fabio hair and his thick, hardened muscles. |
| 531 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' will go down in history as one of great examples of this trope. The game is set in a land of fantasy Vikings, now in the grip of civil war. Around you, a great empire has crumbled, and its remnant struggles against Nazi elves. The world is about to die, devoured by a dragon god whose reptile servants already roam the skies. And you're the legendary Dragonborn, the only one who can stop them. You kill dragons in droves and eat their souls to gain their might, while a ''barbarian choir'' chants [[ThemeMusicPowerUp a song about how awesome you are]] in DRAGON LANGUAGE. Did we mention that character creation includes an incredible number of options for [[ManlyFacialHair facial hair]]? |
| 532 | ** The teaser trailer to ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. Narrated by Max Von Sydow with a Norse-inspired choir and orchestra in the background. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJSRtYpNRoN0&has_verified=1 Watch it here.]] |
| 533 | ** The trailer features a man weathering the full force of a dragon's flames with nothing but a metal shield, then ''[[SonicScream shouting it down]]'' before summarily kicking its ass. |
| 534 | ** The live-action trailer is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1AenlOEXao&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dw1AenlOEXao&has_verified=1 equally badass]]. |
| 535 | ** Worth pointing out that for [[HornyVikings Nords]], being manly is practically their [[PlanetOfHats racial hat]]. They're big, they're burly, they're hairy (mostly), they love mead and fighting, and they call you a priss if you use magic. Not just the men, [[ActionGirl the women too]]. |
| 536 | ** If you are Imperial and wear heavy armour, Nord guards will remark that "[[StayInTheKitchen you clang like a kitchen and should stay in one]]". If you're playing as an elf and use elven weapons and armour, [[ScrewYouElves you get mocked even more]] for using fancy moonstone weapons instead of real weapons made from "good old fashioned steel". |
| 537 | * ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier''. The four male protagonists are a cop, a cowboy, and two badass martial artists. The females are a foxgirl, a demon-girl, two {{Robot Girl}}s, and a pair of busty princesses for good measure. And to top if off, they got a half-dozen armored assault mecha for ''sidekicks''. |
| 538 | * ''VideoGame/FZero''; this game not only brings us [[MemeticBadass Captain Falcon]], but Samurai Goroh, Black Shadow, Super Arrow, and tons of other muscular masked racecar drivers. In a Japanese game with tons of characters, there is only one {{bishonen}} in the game (Jack Levin) and even he's manlier then most! |
| 539 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', in that cheesy, over-the-top 80s sci-fi kind of way. Everything bleeds neon, lessening the impact, but gore is still copious. |
| 540 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFight''. The main trio in the first game consists of a bare-knuckle brawler who punches a dude out of a thirty-story building for [[IHaveYourWife kidnapping his girlfriend]] ([[TheHero Cody]]), an extremely badass {{ninja}} ([[TheLancer Guy]]), and (last, but '''[[MemeticBadass MOST CERTAINLY NOT LEAST]]''') [[RankScalesWithAsskicking a politician]] ([[PapaWolf and father of said kidnapped woman]]) who cleans up crime... by piledriving thugs into the ground and introducing them to the concept of gravity ([[TheBigGuy Haggar]]). Of course, [[SharedUniverse it exists in the]] same world as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so go figure. Also, the ''other'' Haggar-centric series, ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters''. The WWE has ''nothing'' on this. Even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the lone female]] is sure to emasculate many, even though she reveals herself to ''easily'' fulfill the fanservice quota. |
| 541 | * ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''. Bikers, tattoos, metal, dogs, meat, rednecks, chainsaws, beer, knives, and bunnies. |
| 542 | * ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' and its sequels may as well be called "Rated M For Manly: The Game". Big hulking badasses deliver [[BondOneLiner one liners]] while [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]] and [[MoreDakka shooting]] whatever enemies get in their path. They're so tough, they can briefly make their guns stronger by reloading properly. The women within it [[MusclesAreMeaningless might not be as large]], but [[GenderIsNoObject their alike activities]] make many other games' men seem effeminate by comparison. |
| 543 | * ''VideoGame/GodHand''. Everything about God Hand is powered by 100% high-octane, weapons-grade, enriched testosterone, and 50% slapstick comedy. Yes, that is 150% of AWESOME. Therefore, God Hand probably straddles the line between this and ''TestosteronePoisoning''. |
| 544 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': |
| 545 | ** In just the first 10 minutes of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'', you get to make Kratos literally tear foes in half, rip the wings off of a harpy, gouge a Hydra head's eyeballs out, and impale another head on ''the mast of a ship''. It only gets better from there... |
| 546 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarII II]]'', you start off by fighting the Colossus, a giant animated statue using a man that would bring [[Film/ThreeHundred Leonidas]] to his knees in shame, then just move on from there. |
| 547 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarIII III]]'', you start off by fighting the leviathan, the apocalyptic living embodiment of the sea itself, as it is destroying the Titans who are climbing up Mount Olympus to wage war with the gods. Even more epic than it sounds. And then it's god slaughtering time. |
| 548 | ** The handheld version sets you off against a Cyclops as your first big boss. Well, that's understandable, smaller platforms gonna mean WHAT THE FUCK SOMETHING JUST ATE THE DAMN CYCLOPS! |
| 549 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', basically a high fantasy beat em up game. There's a female character, but she's hot and dressed in a ChainmailBikini. |
| 550 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'': There is a mission structure but eschewing that and causing as much mayhem and chaos as you can is actively encouraged by the game itself. Abuse and trolling make you a man, violence torture and drug use make you a man, [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster criminal activity makes you a man.]] Thing is it works, despite it being a MoralGuardians worst nightmare the series has had one critically acclaimed and best seller after another, with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' being the best...worst? example made in 2013 and still considered the biggest and best selling game ever made. |
| 551 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a fighting game chock full of rock/metal music references. The main character is a tough-as-nails, [[SirSwearsALot swearing]], rebellious, all-American GeniusBruiser BountyHunter who hunts down inhuman monsters with a HotBlade that looks like a mix between a gas lighter and a cricket bat, and listens to Music/{{Queen}} and builds awesome weapons in his spare time, and he can transform into [[DraconicHumanoid a humanoid dragon]]. |
| 552 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}''. How about killing alien zombie gangsters with {{hand cannon}}s on each hand and a BFG hanging from your back, or Katana fighting Tanks with a Blind BadassLongcoat wearing DeadpanSnarker (said katanas have pistols on the handles) or Electrocuting said Zombie alien gangsters with an electric guitar wielded by a Rocking Ghost that looks like a Vash The Stampede expy? and that is not counting the Bosses. |
| 553 | * You can say the whole ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series represents this trope, ''especially'' when [[SuperSoldier Master Chief]] appears in it; riding a bomb into an enemy warship is just the start of it. There's also this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRMUYpH7bQk live-action trailer]] for ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''. Need we say more? |
| 554 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}''. This is CAVE's last game that uses a purely military aesthetic, and on top of that all named characters are male. |
| 555 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. It's the first game in the series to be rated Teen (not that that necessarily means, mind you). Link can turn into a ''wolf'', sumo-wrestles a Goron at one point, and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower uses his own physical strength]] more than ever before. |
| 556 | * ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'': It's a 90's FPS where you blow away hordes of monsters almost singlehandedly with an absurd amount of firepower. Furthermore, a common feat done by skilled Marathoners is to run through a level and kill everything WITH YOUR BARE HANDS! |
| 557 | %%* ''VideoGame/MarlowBriggsAndTheMaskOfDeath'' is like ''Videogame/GodOfWar'' but in the present day, for XBOX 360 and PC. |
| 558 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 559 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': In the words of Miranda Lawson "He's a hero, a bloody icon", obviously referring to [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]]. No better exemplified than when he ''headbutts a '''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Krogan]]''''' |
| 560 | %%What obvious nature?** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' Prepare to also shed those ''ManlyTears'' due to the game's obvious nature. |
| 561 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}'': A game series about being one man or woman [[OneManArmy who almost singlehandedly dismantles regimes violently]] (the airstrikes, high-explosives, and various factions who pay you also helped). EverythingBreaks to ensure you will get maximum satisfaction from StuffBlowingUp. |
| 562 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' stars Solid Snake: A ruggedly handsome, tough-as-nails AntiHero stealth operative cloned from the Big Boss, the greatest soldier to have ever lived, with [[GeniusBruiser an IQ of 180 and fluency in six languages]], a master of combat both unarmed and with weapons ranging from knives and pistols to sniper rifles and explosives, who travels the world to hunt down and destroy nuclear-armed HumongousMecha to stop them falling into the hands of terrorists and rogue governments. He routinely faces whole armies and all manner of {{Super Soldier}}s with almost supernatural abilities, [[BadassNormal with just his skill and training]]. You bet your ass this series this manly. Although the characters are extremely manly and cool the series portrays a lot of the usual manliness tropes (like a penchant for committing flashy acts of violence, or not having emotions) as, at best, bad life choices, and at worst symptoms of actual mental disorders obtained through experiencing battlefield trauma. Also, as a StealthBasedGame, it does not reward you blowing everything up. Usually. |
| 563 | * ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' definitely qualifies. There's so much StuffBlowingUp and MoreDakka! |
| 564 | * ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'': [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Michael Wilson]] must reclaim America using his [[AmericanRobot All-American]] MiniMecha "Metal Wolf", a ton of guns, and '''HIS [[HotBlooded BURNING]] LOVE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE!''' |
| 565 | * ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' is probably the manliest adaptation of Tolkien's work yet. You, with a big-ass sword and dagger, can run around Mordor at your leisure decapitating Uruks in various brutal fashions, tame and ride ginormous Graugs and Caragors, all while on a quest to free the curse of an undead Wraith bonded to you permanently to avenge the murder of your wife and son, all while being able to ''cheat death'' in the face of your toughest enemies.. |
| 566 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' is a game series that made it name via through excessive, over-the-top violence and {{Gorn}}, and every sequel [[SerialEscalation continued to one-up the last]] in those regards; it's so over-the-top that it's BloodyHilarious. Most famous about it is its fatalities feature, which allow you to render your opponent unto LudicrousGibs. [[FinishingMove FINISH HIM!!!]] |
| 567 | %%* Both ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''. [[SequelEscalation The sequel]] to the latter becomes even more badass now that '''''Advertising/SegataSanshiro''''' has been announced! |
| 568 | * ''VideoGame/NieR''. The epitome of a PapaWolf, a gruff, intimidating warrior willing to go through ''anything'' to save his daughter, in a desolate wasteland he continues to save even after [[spoiler:he discovers his daughter cannot be cured.]] Also the cause for the shedding of many ManlyTears due to its nature. It's also worth noting that the protagonist was requested to be made manlier in the western release [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore to appeal to American gamers]]. |
| 569 | * ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', while certainly not without its sappier moments, has ''loads'' of StuffBlowingUp, HotBlooded, [[{{Pun}} hot]] [[MsFanservice female-modeled androids]] that would put any males to shame in combat, [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha flying mechs that take down even bigger mechs]], and a story that explores themes such as war, corruption, and prejudice. |
| 570 | %%* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', where even [[NintendoHard dying a lot]] doesn't reduce how badass ninja are. |
| 571 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' at times. We have Death Metal, covered in tattoos and with decorative bolts in his face. A little before you get to him there's a picture in his mansion of him sittin' with a hot woman. Destroyman, although insane, has a codpiece that fires super lasers. In [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the sequel]], Travis himself gets a great manly moment in the form of one of his Dark Side powers, in which he turns into a friggin' tiger and shreds mooks to pieces. We also get Charlie [=McDonald=], who fights alongside his throes of under-cleavage showing cheerleaders. Letz Shake returns as a robot that looks like a giant penis. Also, Travis's bikes, both of which are called the Schpeltiger. |
| 572 | * ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'': |
| 573 | -->''Painkiller is in the same bucket as ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' and the original VideoGame/{{DOOM}}s in that it serves as an antidote to fancy-pants complex modern [=FPSes=]. There are no stealth elements, no [[FetchQuest key hunting]], no [[EscortMission escort quests]], no [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection dorky support characters dribbling in your ear]], no [[VideogameObjectives mission objectives]] besides '''kill everyone'''. It's just you, some guns, and the entire population of Murdertown between you and where you need to be.'' |
| 574 | -->- Yahtzee, severely CausticCritic of [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/57-Painkiller Zero Punctuation]]. |
| 575 | * ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' and its sequels all feature a protagonist dressed in a [[BadassLongcoat leather trenchcoat]], [[CoolShades sunglasses]] and having a deep, manly voice. The manlyness of the games come from the high amounts of gore, hot chicks, [[CrossesTheLineTwice Osama Bin Laden]] and the cool weapons you can use to slaughter your way through everyone, from [[ShovelStrike shovels]] to a [[{{BFG}} nuclear rocket launcher]] in the second game's expansion pack. Oh, [[ToiletHumour and you can piss on everyone too]]. |
| 576 | * ''Videogame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'': The Prince is always a badass, but never manlier than here, slicing and dicing people with LeParkour, while metal music plays in the background. |
| 577 | * ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''. Alex Mercer kung fu kicks helicopters and tackles tanks, making them explode! |
| 578 | * ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'': '''You are ''The Hulk''! And ''nothing'' can stop you!''' You can ''catch a cruise-missile mid-flight'', and ''throw it at a robot the size of a building''. You can ''skateboard on top of a bus, destroying everything in your path''. You can ''crush a car into boxing gloves''. You can ''smash your fists together'' so hard that ''everything in a hundred-foot radius of you is '''sent flying'''''. |
| 579 | * ''VideoGame/PumpItUp'': This game allows you to choose a male announcer then jam to hip-hop songs about respect and power with names like "[[http://youtu.be/ir4a3TcNMcs The Good Life]]" and "[[http://youtu.be/bO8-J9mvDNs Like A Man]]" while looking at animations of overblown anime combat and gangsters. Classical Music is also abundant and features, among other things, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWhgeXGEGg cats piloting giant robots]]. |
| 580 | * ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'': You jump/fly around the world, [[LudicrousGibs gib]] everything in front of you and you die a lot. Imagine that, at infinite. |
| 581 | * ''VideoGame/RazingStorm'' features a hardcore metal soundtrack by Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch and tons of awesome weaponry! |
| 582 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' is the story of former outlaw John Marston, complete with facial scars and [[ManlyFacialHair beard]], taking up his guns once again at the behest of the US government to hunt down his former gangmates and rescue his family, cutting a bloody swathe through the US and Mexico as a OneManArmy. ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', the prequel set in the gang's heyday, features tall, handsome and sharp-witted also-OneManArmy Arthur Morgan as he robs banks, gets into shootouts and casually charms practically every woman he meets. |
| 583 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Rune}}'' |
| 584 | * ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack'', featuring a chromed robotic unicorn chasing pastel-colored stars and jumping among fairies and dolphins while leaving rainbows in his wake, all set to Erasure's ''Always'', [[PlayedForLaughs plays with the trope]] by proudly invoking it as needed for the ''player'' to be able to play the game. |
| 585 | -->''[[RealMenWearPink "Is your masculinity threatened? Then you're not man enough to play."]]'' |
| 586 | * ''VideoGame/RyseSonOfRome'': Play as a badass centurion who can cut foes down foes [[Film/ThreeHundred 300]] style. |
| 587 | * ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours''. Imagine Tony managed to escape from the finale of the movie alive. He [[GoingColdTurkey now remembers how he was the baddest mofo around]], and it's your goal to make all of Miami and beyond take notice that Tony's back and he's BAD—by literally rebuilding your Reputation (your experience points in this game). Your manliness (which you can build by doing macho things like shooting guys in the nuts and making timely -- and profane -- [[IShallTauntYou taunts]]) is literally measured in "Balls", which you can then use to go into a [[LimitBreak brief]] UnstoppableRage. |
| 588 | * ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''. And if there's any doubt, the tagline for the third game is "No Cover, All Man" |
| 589 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013'' is all about leading a foul-mouthed, violent douchebag around to blast apart demonic invaders with an assortment of overpowered firearms, only this time it's {{Far East}}ern CorporateSamurai badassery as opposed to Duke's all-American tough guy schtick. |
| 590 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'': It's not hard to find any card that falls into this category (since many of the male Swordcraft and Dragoncraft followers usually fall into this), but the most exaggerated example is neutral follower [[https://shadowverse-portal.com/card/105021020?lang=en Gruff Mountaineer Captain]], which can more or less be seen as a parody of this trope. |
| 591 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}'', you're a dude in shades and a vest who runs around punching robots to death. |
| 592 | * The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' is about warriors contesting over the titular EvilWeapon, Soul Edge. The game is famous for many things, among those being {{Fanservice}}: from a well-endowed ninja, an EvilBrit of a {{Dominatrix}} who fights with a WhipSword to name a few. But one such example who embodies the trope is a {{Samurai}} named Heishiro Mitsurugi, who has a [[BloodKnight pathological urge for fighting stronger opponents]], and even has the audacity to pick a fight with a PhysicalGod to prove himself as the strongest. |
| 593 | * ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' subverts this trope, using it to create an expectation in the player then pull the rug out from under them. At first, heroic, bad-ass-looking manly men from Delta Force go out to do manly things like save American troops in Dubai and shoot brown people in the face. They show no emotion except grim determination and professionalism as they announce, "Tango down!" and kick all kinds of ass. By the end, the characters are war criminals screaming with mad rage and terror. They shout, "I want him FUCKING DEAD!" at targets and howl like animals when hit. Their rugged good looks have been reduced to scarred, broken ghoulishness. Nervous breakdowns, freakouts, and PTSD-induced hallucinations start raining down from the character's shattered minds and morals. WarIsHell and possibly [[spoiler:HellIsWar]] as the game deconstructs this trope -- along with most tropes found in a modern war shooter video game. Then the game flatly delivers to the player a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech just for wanting to live this kind of fantasy in the first place. |
| 594 | * The 2010 reboot of ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' features a heavy metal soundtrack and a trash-talking mask while you brutally beat your way through monsters. |
| 595 | %%* Most ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games, or at the very least the ones involving Guile. Or Charlie. So, in other words, pretty much all of them. |
| 596 | * ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'', where even the hot ActionGirl is manly. |
| 597 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' itself is nothing to sneeze at in this department. Given the amount of anime series with {{Hot Blood|ed}} involved in most installments, it's no wonder that all the manliness rubs off on the most quiet or wimpy characters. |
| 598 | * Any of the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games, but specifically all installments with Samwise Didier as the main artist. Dear lord, even the ''[[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]]'' are gigantic beefcakes you wouldn't find outside of a professional body builder contest. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040215023423/http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/profile_samwise.html His profile on the Sons of the Storm]] website containing Blizzard artists' work flat-out says [[LampshadeHanging his style of art]] and [[AuthorAppeal favourite things to create]] are "Over-proportioned, primary colored, bulky armored dudes and monsters." |
| 599 | * ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' consists of chain-smoking space confederates fighting aliens with all factions involved dying in droves. |
| 600 | * ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' features and OneManArmy heroes rendering demons and zombies unto loot pinatas en masse. |
| 601 | * ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder''. [[MadeOfIron Built like a brickhouse]], [[GunsAkimbo dual-wielding machine guns]] and [[OneManArmy singlehandedly]] taking on the ''entire'' Third Reich while speaking in a grizzled macho whisper, B.J. Blazkowicz is as manly as they come. The prequel, ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'', could be summarized as "the very latest in Nazi super-technology is beaten effortlessly by a [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]] Blazkowicz [[RockBeatsLaser with a lead pipe]]". |
| 602 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is full of this trope. Men pulling their coats off in one swoop revealing tattooed backs and chisled frames ready to duke it out with their fists and whatever happens to be laying nearby. Angry screaming and sickening, bone crunching attack moves are in ''no short supply'' and the music just happens to be rocking during the action near constantly. Mix in some ManlyTears every so often and you've got a typical Yakuza game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpoOGq4jtVQ A good example without any context required]]. |
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| 604 | |
| 605 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 606 | * In ''VisualNovel/ExtracurricularActivities'', the love interests are muscular anthropomorphic men whose physiques are ripped and it's surprising that they're playing tennis with the size of their bodies. |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 610 | * ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'' features the titular character who embodies a dark and raunchy type of the joke. Lobo likes smoking, drinking and swearing. Almost all of the characters are male. |
| 611 | %%* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' |
| 612 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', which takes the already manly ''Halo'' games, puts in a few characters who could give Master Chief a run for his money (on the good guys, Sarge and two ''women'', Tex and Carolina; on the bad guys, O'Malley, The Meta, Felix and Locus) and some stupid comedy tailor fit for dudes. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 616 | %%* ''Webcomic/DoubleK'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' (and other Gainax characters) [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/MiamiVice''/''Film/BadBoys1995''. |
| 617 | * ''Webcomic/HellBastardComix'' (or ''[=HellbastardComix=]'') has a little of everything: demons, violence, pirates, pop culture references, violence, and deep love of alcohol (and also violence). |
| 618 | * ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''. So manly, it's in the title twice. One of the main ideas of the comics is that real manliness is being a good man on the inside, and that "manly man" and "loud obnoxious jackass" are not the same thing. It also introduces the idea of becoming so manly you enter another plane of existence: |
| 619 | -->'''Commander:''' If you live yer life right, you reach a state of nirv''man''a where th' whole universe is in complete recognition of yer masculinity. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Websites]] |
| 623 | * [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ Badass of the Week]], in which every week the tale of a new badass is told; including real-life superspies, legendary warriors who kill monsters, and a guy who disarms live mines by whacking them with a pipewrench. [[Website/BadassOfTheWeek Has its own page on this wiki]], as befits its manliness. There are occasional articles about women as well, but those too are more manly than you will ever be. |
| 624 | * ''Website/TheArtOfManliness'' takes this to an artform, as the name implies. |
| 625 | [[/folder]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 628 | * ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'' is all about eating food that is [[GiantFood gigantic]] and completely unhealthy, such as a lasagna made out of burgers and pizza, with food items that stretch into the hundreds of thousands of calories. The entire thing is hosted only by men, and their mascot is a silent dude-bro named Muscles Glasses who typically chomps down the things they make with his bare hands. Also, they add bacon strips (and bacon strips, and bacon strips) to every dish, and all the narration is done with emphasis on everything with intense music playing in the background. |
| 629 | * ''LetsPlay/{{Robbaz}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Robbaz likes to play up the image of a badass manly viking, but in a tongue-in-cheek way. This is most obvious in his Skyrim videos, where he refuses to fight any other way than [[BareFistedMonk with his fists]]. His idea of "manliness" also happens to include violent ComedicSociopathy (to characters in games.) |
| 630 | * The "Macho Nachos" episode of ''WebVideo/YouSuckAtCooking'' parodied this. The host suggests that only real men watch the episode, and gets rid of on-screen captions by punching them. While making the nachos, the host adds moisturizer to his hands, puts on nail polish, and tap dances to his fridge. After the nachos are done, he adds flowers to them. |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 634 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' like rock 'n' roll, heavy metal, gangsta rap, beer, cigarettes, breaking things, fighting, guns, explosions, ToiletHumour, fire, and girls with big boobs so they are pretty much wannabes for this trope. They obviously don't ''fit'' the trope, mind you. But they ''yearn'' to. |
| 635 | * ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', ''especially'' the original series, fits the bill. They ride motorcycles...check. Hardened survivors of a genocidal war carried out against their kind...check. Olympic athlete bodies, perpetually shirtless, and with superstrength...check. Hard rock intro...check. Their base is located under a baseball stadium and their diet consists of hot dogs and root beer (with the feeling that if the show wasn't for kids they'd drop the ''root'' part)...check. It's even sometimes {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the show itself. Who knows how many gay male furries this show and ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' spawned in the '90s… |
| 636 | * The Argentinean animated movie called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGo3WsnSSXg Boogie The Oily One]]". It contains every single archetype from any kind of action film (film noir, western, gangster film, etc.), but combines it with lots and lots of BlackComedy. |
| 637 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x_4nCj4TI0 The manliest intro ever.]] |
| 638 | * ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'': Of all the cartoons in the 90's, this is the only one which has the most gratuitous amounts of BeamSpam, and explosions that can only be matched by ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. |
| 639 | * ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs'' has a seriously testosterone laced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI__EW_fPJs intro]]. [[AutobotsRockOut Hard rock]] intro coupled with scenes of [[HeroicBuild muscled-up]] dinosaurs fighting each other pretty much screams this trope. |
| 640 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme''. The series actually ''toned down'' this compared to the toys, which were downright TestosteronePoisoning. |
| 641 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Iron Man|The Animated Series}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM makes this list once more.]] This is from the second season of his '90s cartoon, in which the show seriously [[GrowingTheBeard grew the beard...]] or mullet, as the case may be. Face-melting guitar solo. Medieval-style blacksmithing -- not merely without protective gear, but without a ''shirt.'' All the while '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis "I! AM! IRON MAN!"]]''' roars in the background. |
| 642 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria''. More manly than the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' movies, and actually more faithful to the original books in sheer amounts of ultraviolence. |
| 643 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''. What's more manly, a CoolCar or a {{Super Robot|Genre}}? Apparently, the answer here is ''both.'' |
| 644 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Subverted and played straight. The band deals with less "manly" issues like body image, abandonment issues, and group therapy, but they also make things that aren't really Capital M Manly and make them so, like coffee (which they will make blacker than the blackest black times infinity) or golf (which Nathan will play alone, hatefully, in a rainstorm). |
| 645 | * ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': The show takes place in a [[HollywoodPrehistory primordial world of dinosaurs and cavemen]] swarming with {{Prehistoric Monster}}s. The protagonist, Spear, is a tough, muscular caveman who [[ManlyMenCanHunt hunts for food]] and gets into brutal and [[BloodierAndGorier gory]] fights with predators on a daily basis. However, to balance out the violence, he was also a loving father to his children before their death, and often shows compassion, especially towards his ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' friend Fang. |
| 646 | * ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'', which features a scene where Rambo rides a missile, giving a thumbs up to a passing jet. |
| 647 | * ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks''. Seriously, what could be manlier than muscular mutant humanoids with shark heads and razor sharp teeth, and can chomp about anything hard as steel, going around riding motorcycles and bursting through walls every five seconds?! |
| 648 | * Throughout the ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', we've been introduced to many, MANY, manly robots, but the most consist examples are [[BigGood Optimus Prime]], and [[BigBad Megatron]], the respective leaders of the Autobots, and Decepticons. Then there's Grimlock, leader of the [[AnimalMecha Dinobots]], he's a [[TheBigGuy large]], [[UnstoppableRage aggressive]] warrior who's weapon of choice is a [[FlamingSword superheated]] {{BFS}} and he transforms into a robotic [[BreathWeapon fire breathing]] UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex. |
| 649 | * From ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': Brock Samson. He may not kill you with a gun, but he'll kill you with anything else he can get his hands on!! Reaches an apex in "Eeney, Meeney, Miney... Magic" where Brock enters a machine that shows people their deepest desires. He fights off a horde of ninjas with a knife, beats up cowboys wielding flamethrowers and riding ''T. rexes'', whallops polarbears in cars with gatling guns, and has sex with Molotov Cocktease. Another borderline case of [[TestosteronePoisoning ''Testosterone'' Poisoning]]. |
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