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11The SpearCounterpart to the EstrogenBrigade, the Testosterone Brigade is an enclave of male fans within a traditionally female-dominated (or at least gender-neutral) {{fandom}}. While they may dislike the frequency of the FemaleGaze or the presence of MrFanservice characters, it's very likely that they were pulled into the series in the first place because of one or more female characters they find pleasing to the eye. Depending on the series, they may view it as a GuiltyPleasure due to the number of female fans. Occasionally, as with an EstrogenBrigade, [[FanDumb both sides will butt heads over largely superficial issues]], with buckets of opposite-sex awkwardness, which can get defensive. It should also be noted that not all male fans within such a fandom are necessarily of the Testosterone Brigade.
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13A Testosterone Brigade is easily attracted by hints of [[HoYay Les Yay]] or by {{fanservice}} from main characters. See also MultipleDemographicAppeal, GuiltyPleasure, BestKnownForTheFanservice. When the creators of a work acknowledge this demographic and make a "girly" show that's actually aimed at men, then you've got a JiggleShow or the trope WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls.
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20* Dark {{Shoujo|Demographic}} and {{Josei}} works like ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' or ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' are well liked by male anime fans, who tend to mistake them for {{Seinen}}.
21* In the case of the light-hearted {{Josei}} ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', the anime adaptation is well liked among male viewers simply because they find the story to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming.
22* Perhaps not so much in the United States, but in Japan and Latin America ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' is popular among male viewers, being considered the most successful MagicalGirl series since ''Anime/SailorMoon''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF40G7x3J-w There was even a fan-made live action opening made in Japan]] (Please notice how said opening was played entirely by ''men''.)
23* Most of the Creator/{{CLAMP}} fandom. It helps that CLAMP is basically an EstrogenBrigade themselves.
24** Speaking of CLAMP, ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' is worth specific mention: technically speaking, it's a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] series, but the dark and violent nature of the plot could lead it to be easily mistaken for {{Seinen}}. The many religious/apocalyptic elements of the story made it popular among viewers who are into stuff like ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
25* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' has a ton of male fans, but mostly because of the story and characters.
26* While the YaoiFangirl is a common stereotype of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fandom, there ''are'' male fans who are attracted to either the history, characterizations, or the female Nations.[[note]]or the HoYay.[[/note]] Somehow ironic considering it was originally [[{{Seinen}} intended for adult men]].
27* Most male fans of ''Manga/MaidSama'' like it because of Misaki Ayuzawa, the female lead, and her dynamics with Takumi Usui, the male lead.
28* Part of ''Manga/MissionsOfLove'''s appeal is that Yukina is a really hot, unusually busty, smart and independent girl who likes to take the lead. Guys really dig that.
29* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'':
30** Though the article says it is rare, it has a substantial male following for two main reasons -- [[RuleOfFunny it's very funny]], and [[{{Bifauxnen}} Haruhi]] is [[{{Moe}} cute]].
31** There's an in-show EstrogenBrigade for each and every male character, as well as an IRL one.
32* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' is similar to Sailor Moon in that it has a large crossover demographic--at least in Japan. It has a long-standing reputation for [[GoodOldFisticuffs in-your-face fist fights]] and NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to a degree that was uncommon in it's ''shoujo'' predecessors, since the tone-setting director for the first installments of the franchise is best known for ''Manga/DragonBallZ''.
33* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a children's anime about a duck who turns into a human girl who falls in love with a prince and goes through a series of ballet dances in fairy tale-like setting. The girly premise would drive men away, right? Despite it's aesthetics it's regarded as one of the darkest MagicalGirl anime alongside [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]] with a very well-written story and romance, and it also attracts a lot of male viewers.
34* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' starts as a shoujo AffectionateParody, intentionally incorporating as many shoujo tropes and themes as possible, but it takes a critical approach to them. Male viewers have been known to come for the LesYay subtext, and stay for the complex characters, dark themes, and multiple layers of meaning (it is compared with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' for a reason, after all.)
35* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is unmistakably a shoujo series, but the anime owes a fair bit of its global success to how successfully it courts a male following. All the Sailor Senshi are cute, kickass {{action girl}}s with [[LegFocus legs from here to the Moon Kingdom]]. There are Testosterone Brigades for approximately all ten of the female leads. This includes the ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', who referenced the show and its "boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" in their song "One Week".
36* ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' is a josei, but it has its loyal male fans.
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40* What male fans exist of the ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Disney's Tinkerbell]]'' movies tend to be a Testosterone Brigade, as there is a surprising amount of {{fanservice}} in the films.
41* The Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es in general, especially those from [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation the Disney Renaissance]]. It's been joked that they helped usher an entire generation of adolescent boys into puberty in TheNineties.
42** This is invoked in the first ''Film/AmericanPie'' with Jim gushing over how hot Ariel is (a sentiment Norm Peterson shared years before in an episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and Joey Tribbiani shared years later in a late episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'').
43** Also invoked in an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' when the girls get a Disney Princess makeover at Disneyland. When Penny walks into Leonard's apartment he immediately drops his pants after seeing her dressed as Aurora. Howard does pretty much the same thing. Poor Amy fails to get Sheldon's attention.
44** One Disney Princess in particular worth mentioning is Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', who, despite being a queen and not a princess like her contemporaries, has become probably the most famous animated sex symbol since [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]] due to her long blonde hair, clingy outfit, and SupermodelStrut. It helps that Elsa's and Jessica's dresses [[VaporWear have]] similarities. Yes, there are ''definitely'' a lot of Elsa fanboys on the internet. This is also the character that made a name for cosplayer Anna Faith Carlson, just for being a really accurate cosplay of Elsa!
45** ''{{WesternAnimation/Pocahontas}}'' applied a lot of AdaptationalCurves to its heroine by ExecutiveMeddling - in real life Pocahontas was [[AgeLift only twelve!]] The animators were told to make her as sexy as possible, so she has a beautiful mane of hair and a skintight dress that teases exotic Fanservice. There's one very gratuitous moment where she's crawling up a rock and [[MaleGaze her ass is fully on display]].
46** Although not an official Disney Princess, Esmerelda from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' attracts this for a very sexy scene where she performs a pole dance for an adoring crowd. She's drawn to be far more voluptuous than the typical Disney heroine, and gets a feisty ActionGirl personality too.
47* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Despite being marketed to tween girls, the movie has developed a huge male fanbase, owing to the cuteness of Mei's red panda form (as well as Mei's natural form and her friends) and the message that anyone can relate to in general (the movie itself has quite a gender-neutral Aesop if you bar the menstruation metaphors).
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51* The ''Film/BringItOn'' movies. For the women that they were aimed at, they're about cheerleading as SeriousBusiness. For men, they're about seeing Creator/ElizaDushku, Creator/KirstenDunst, Christina Milian, Creator/HaydenPanettiere, Creator/AshleyBenson, and a whole bunch of other good-looking young women in [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleading uniforms]]. Amusingly, one of the TV spots for the original film even intentionally invoked this.
52* ''Film/MeanGirls''. While written by [[Creator/TinaFey a woman]] and marketed heavily to teen girls, it was released at the height of Creator/LindsayLohan's [[HollywoodHypeMachine "it girl"]] popularity, and features Lohan and a number of other young women (specifically, [[SheIsAllGrownUp former]] ''Series/PartyOfFive'' star Creator/LaceyChabert and then-unknowns Creator/RachelMcAdams and Creator/AmandaSeyfried) in provocative dress throughout. It's no surprise that a lot of guys watch it for the hot high school chicks. The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original version]] of the film (the script for which can be read [[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/mean_girls.pdf here]]) was more explicitly targeted at both men and women. As originally written, ''Mean Girls'' was a hard-R sex comedy that {{homage}}d films like ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' and ''Film/AmericanPie'', filled with innuendos, drug references, and topless scenes from Regina and Karen; creator Creator/TinaFey said she originally envisioned it as having "wall-to-wall titties." It was {{Bowdlerise}}d after Lohan was cast as the lead (she was [[ContractualPurity still considered family-friendly then]]), and traces of this still show up in the final film.
53** ''Mean Girls'' also has a huge following among ''gay'' men, who love the catty characters and endlessly quotable catchphrases.
54* ''Film/TheHungerGames'', despite (or perhaps [[AmazonChaser because of]]) it being a particularly girl-powered film with a very feminist slant, gets quite a lot of this. Part of it has to do with the action and [[DeadlyGame the premise]] and the deep political and social commentary, but the pre-Games scenes also heavily feature Creator/JenniferLawrence looking drop-dead gorgeous.
55* ''Film/TheBlingRing'' is almost an entirely female-centred story, with teenage girls robbing celebrities' clothes and jewellery. The only prominent male character is also gay. But all four female leads, including Creator/EmmaWatson, are continually done up to the nines, walking around in sexy outfits and showing off their beauty. Marketing even centered around Watson on {{Fanservice}} duty, abusing one shot of a seductive tongue roll for advertisements.
56* A lot of guys admitted to watching ''{{Film/Aquamarine}}'' as a GuiltyPleasure just to crush on Sara Paxton playing a sexy mermaid - with an {{Adorkable}} personality too.
57* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' was what turned Creator/AnneHathaway into a star, and many male fans watched it for her - along with those of Music/MandyMoore. The character Michael is also something of an AudienceSurrogate for boys watching as well, giving them someone to relate to.
58* ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'': A lot of male fans are only interested in this female-aimed film because the actresses are good looking, particularly Creator/CharlizeTheron as Lady Lesso.
59* Despite ''Film/MadameWeb2024'' being a female-oriented superhero movie by virtue of starring 4 heroines, the presence of Creator/DakotaJohnson and Creator/SydneySweeney has attracted the (possibly) unironic interest of male fans. It has been joked that they are [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the]] [[JustHereForGodzilla sole reasons]] for men to invest in yet another film of the so far mixed-to-negatively received [[Film/SonysSpidermanUniverse SSU]] that doesn't feature ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
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63* ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'' was sent to American soldiers during the First World War, who liked it because it reminded them of home. The novel is written from the perspective of a girl, and constantly deals with feminine issues.
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67* ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'', as well as any of the other ''Top Model'' shows, has enough fetish material and {{Fanservice}} to attract male viewers.
68* A large number of male viewers tune into ''Series/GameOfThrones'' for the beautiful Emilia Clarke in [[MsFanservice either flattering costumes or fully nude]]. The likes of Ygritte (a sexy ActionGirl who gets a couple of nude scenes), Osha (an UnkemptBeauty who likewise establishes her seductress credentials in Season 2), Margaery (a gorgeous princess who's also a NiceGirl), Talisa (a HospitalHottie who also is nude more than once) and arguably Cersei (Lena Headey is very beautiful, and Seasons 1-5 pay lots of attention to her beauty) attract plenty of male admirers. Ellaria as well to a lesser extent, but she didn't show up until Season 4.
69* ''Series/ProjectRunway'' to a much lesser degree, but it still has hot girls and sexy moments.
70* ''Series/TheLWord'', as was inevitable for a show about a bunch of [[LipstickLesbian very good-looking]] [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbians]]. It pandered generously to straight males through extensive sex scenes, making one of the girls bisexual (which ensured ''at least'' some scenes would include a straight guy), featuring mainly straight guys in the supporting cast, and reducing gay guys to extras. Series creator Ilene Chaiken publicly claimed that the show would never have been made if it hadn't also brought in a male audience.
71* ''Series/SexAndTheCity''. It's a show about [[MsFanservice four sexy older women]] who like to [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex have sex]] and talk about it -- and this being {{Creator/HBO}}, they don't cut away from the nudity. (Out of the four main cast, Creator/SarahJessicaParker was the only one who had a no-nudity clause and didn't have to bare her naughty bits for the show -- and perhaps not coincidentally, she's also the one who is most frequently called [[HollywoodHomely "ugly"]] in lads' mags and gossip blogs.) While its male fanbase is often stereotyped as being [[FagHag composed primarily of]] CampGay men who watch it for the fashion, during its prime it also had a very large contingent of straight male fans, as it featured a ton of female skin and enough of the male perspective (at times) to occupy straight men's interest.
72* The same could be said of ''Series/TrueBlood'' and other female-targeted {{Creator/HBO}} shows, for much the same reason (plus this one doesn't exactly skimp on the gore and violence). Jessica (part-time MagicalGirlfriend, full-time CuteMonsterGirl) seems to have been created specifically so straight guys would have a character to gush over.
73* ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Its description on this wiki even describes it as "not a porn mag, but a US TV drama." At the height of its popularity, Creator/{{ABC}} even ran an ad with a guy admitting he watched it… and (unconvincingly) claiming that it was [[IReadItForTheArticles for the story]]. Riiight.
74* Creator/VH1's ''Single Ladies'', for many of the same reasons as ''Series/SexAndTheCity''.
75* A very, ''very'' frequent occurrence with [[TeenDrama teen-]] and [[KidCom tween-oriented]] shows, especially American and Australian ones. (And if any British tropers feel the UK is an exception, one word: ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''.) The lead actresses are often meant to be viewed by such shows' young female fans as the type of people that they [[WishFulfillment wish they were]]... which includes looking gorgeous. Not surprisingly, appearances in fashion magazines and (for shows that skew a bit older) [[PublicExposure men's magazines]] are frequent for the stars of these shows, while those under the age of 18 may find themselves subject to some fairly creepy gushing.
76* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', being aimed at girls, has an amazingly high amount of good-looking males in the cast. It also has an amazingly high amount of good-looking ''females'' in the cast (Creator/TroianBellisario, Creator/AshleyBenson, Creator/LucyHale, Creator/ShayMitchell, Janel Parrish, Creator/SashaPieterse, Music/TamminSursok...), a trait shared with most of its fellow Warner/Alloy series like ''Literature/GossipGirl'' (which featured Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/LeightonMeester, and a young Creator/TaylorMomsen) and ''Series/TheLyingGame'' (Alexandra Chando, Alice Greczyn, Creator/CharismaCarpenter, Kirsten Prout in season 1).
77* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' featured a cast made up of attractive young actresses. While aimed mostly at fellow teenage girls, Creator/ElizabethGillies, Music/VictoriaJustice, Creator/DaniellaMonet, and Music/ArianaGrande attract a huge amount of interest from guys (and in the latter's case, her music career is only making it grow faster).
78* The Creator/DisneyChannel, being a veritable TeenIdol machine that employs a lot of attractive young people (see the point above about teen shows), often winds up with Testosterone Brigades. Some (of-age) Disney stars, past and present, that attract this include Music/SelenaGomez of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', Music/DemiLovato of ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'', Music/BridgitMendler of ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'', Music/MileyCyrus of ''Series/HannahMontana'', Creator/HilaryDuff of ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', Creator/DebbyRyan and Creator/{{Peyton List|1998}} of ''Series/{{Jessie}}'', Creator/LauraMarano of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'', Creator/DoveCameron of ''Series/LivAndMaddie'', Creator/BellaThorne and Creator/{{Zendaya}} in ''Series/ShakeItUp'', Zendaya again (plus Veronica Dunne) in ''Series/KCUndercover'', and Lauren Taylor of ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever''. (Proving how old this trope is, it goes right back to when Disney ''began'' in TV (Through ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'') - as demonstrated and proved by Annette Funicello.)
79** Creator/DisneyXD shows, while actually targeted towards boys, also apply, such as Caitlyn Taylor Love from ''Series/ImInTheBand'' (which carried over to another Disney XD show, ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman2012'', where she portrays Ava Ayala/White Tiger, and the effect is still the same), Creator/OliviaHolt on ''Series/KickinIt'' (which carried over to Disney Channel's ''Series/IDidntDoIt'' while adding Creator/PiperCurda to the mix), Creator/KelliBerglund from ''Series/LabRats'', Oana Gregory from ''Series/CrashAndBernstein'' (Creator/LandryBender never really got hers until ''Best Friends Whenever''), and Paris Berelc and, even though they're not part of the main cast, Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Brooke Sorenson from ''Series/MightyMed''. Kelli and Paris also carry theirs over to ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce''.
80** The ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' franchise has Creator/VanessaHudgens, Creator/AshleyTisdale and, for ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'', Music/OliviaRodrigo and Creator/SofiaWylie.
81* As badly as Netflix's entries to the KidCom market, ''Richie Rich'' and ''Some Assembly Required'', were received (although [[AmericansHateTingle the latter is still well-respected in its native Canada]]), that didn't stop them from receiving testosterone brigades. The former is centered on Brooke Wexler and the aforementioned Lauren Taylor; Jenna Ortega, the other female on the show, is still a little too young to apply. As far as the latter goes, while Charlie Storwick isn't without her fanboys, it still pales in comparison to Sydney Scotia's (which is shown in-universe in the "Cupid's Bow" episode).
82* The producers of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' tried to invoke this around the fifth season and so made sure the actresses' clothing was as sexy as possible. They also created plenty of episode plots where the sisters would be transformed into various magical creatures that required a different skimpy outfit. Creator/AlyssaMilano got the worst of it; a common joke was that her belly button deserved its own billing in the opening credits. (In fairness, a series with Shannen Doherty, Creator/RoseMcGowan, Creator/HollyMarieCombs, Alyssa Milano and from season 8 Creator/KaleyCuoco was always going to have this.)
83* For more than a few male viewers, Creator/HaydenPanettiere was the primary/only reason to watch ''Series/{{Nashville}}''. (And, it has to be said, ''Series/{{Heroes}}.'')
84* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' attracted this around its second season, when its three lead actresses had noticeably gotten older. It's a show about three teenage mermaids, all played by very beautiful actresses. As it's set in Australia, there are plenty of episodes featuring the girls in bikinis or walking around in short-shorts. Plus rather a lot of episodes revolve around parties, so the three leads are often dolled up. Interestingly enough the show doesn't feature that much male {{Fanservice}}, with Lewis only getting a couple of [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]] (at least until [[MrFanservice Will comes along]]). Both this show and the trope did help make Creator/ClaireHolt and Creator/PhoebeTonkin [[StarMakingRole make it to the worldwide mainstream]] when they were brought over to ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and ''Series/TheOriginals''.
85* ''Series/GossipGirl'', in the same vein as ''Mean Girls'', is about elite high school girls and features a lot of cattiness and girl-oriented stories. But the fact that its two leads are the fantastically beautiful Creator/BlakeLively and Creator/LeightonMeester, and later on Creator/JessicaSzohr and numerous stunningly pretty guest stars - and the camera [[MaleGaze letting you experience their beauty to its full extent]] - gave plenty of straight men opportunities to tune in.
86* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' specifically cast Creator/SusanDey as Laurie to invoke this - so guys watching could have someone to swoon over who wouldn't put off Creator/DavidCassidy's EstrogenBrigade.
87* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' was about a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a witch called Sabrina]], and dealt with lots of teenage girl issues - while the majority of the cast was female (her two aunts, best friend and AlphaBitch), only her boyfriend Harvey and the talking cat Salem as male presences. Of course, given that Creator/MelissaJoanHart was gorgeous, as were her aunts and the other guest stars - and the magic elements, along with genuinely funny writing - it went down in history as a hallmark of many 90s and 2000s kids' childhoods. In her autobiography, Melissa even described the show as "a geek's wet dream".
88* ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'': The show is targeted towards female audiences, but Creator/VanessaMorgan and Creator/KateTodd bring in tons of male fans by themselves.
89* Creator/{{Lifetime}}'s original [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek movies]] have a sizable male viewership, both from gay men who appreciate their {{Camp}} value, and straight men who enjoy watching [[BeautyIsBad beautiful women engaging in despicable behavior]].
90* ''You're So Cupid!'' is a 2010 MadeForTVMovie about teenage sisters playing matchmaker, which was made largely to appeal to the EstrogenBrigade of Jeremy Sumpter. But quite a few guys tuned in to gush over the beauty of Danielle C. Ryan as the {{Tomboy}}ish sister Emma, with gorgeous blonde hair.
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94* Female fashion magazines and general female magazines feature enough sexily dressed women (especially in the ads) and attractive female celebrities to attract straight men who usually won't admit to flipping through them to ogle all the hot women in them.
95* ''Allure'' has its own yearly "Nude" issue, that has featured Kaley Cuoco, Bridget Moynahan, and Music/AshleyTisdale to name a few, that feature tasteful nude pictures of females. This alone is justification for a straight man to flip through it.
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99* This has been the rule for most female pop/R&B {{idol singer}}s and {{girl group}}s within the last 30 years. The girls come for the music, the boys [[StealthPun come]] for the ladies singing it. Oftentimes, female musicians go for HotterAndSexier images (or have it [[MusicIsPolitics pushed onto them]]) specifically to invoke this. This is especially true for KoreanPopMusic groups and idols, so much so that girl groups [[https://www.koreaboo.com/lists/kpop-fans-male-female-voted-favorite-groups-2021-separately-results-might-surprise/ made the entire top ten]] most popular K-pop acts among males on Reddit in 2021.
100* Music/KateBush has a ''very'' large Testosterone Brigade among her fanbase.
101* Female-fronted symphonic metal bands such as Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}, Music/{{Epica}} and Music/AfterForever. While metal music as a whole already has a very large male following (and an EstrogenBrigade), a good number of these bands' fans are listening and going to concerts for a bit more than just the music.
102* Music/TheWiggles are one of the very few children's music groups to sometimes include attractive female dancers in some of their videos, thus catering a bit to the fathers out there stuck watching the videos. Dads tend to be fans for that.
103* The rise of "poptimism" has made it common for {{Hipster}}ish music critics to gush over the legitimately great songcraft and performances found in bubblegum {{Pop}} acts marketed to teenage girls.
104* Music/{{Twice}} is one of the most popular A-list {{Girl Group}}s among male K-pop fans, with almost half the fans being male. It helps that - in addition to the girls being really cute and showing endearing personalities in most media when not being MsFanservice on stage, and Tzuyu having been crowned the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman in 2019 - their music has matured past the bubblegum pop sound of their early years in a way that shows their HiddenDepths without normally feeling aimed almost strictly at girls [[labelnote:*]] as opposed to "girl crush" groups like Music/BlackPink and {{Music/ITZY}}, who have brigades of their own but tend to wear their girl power on their sleeves despite their edgier looks and music [[/labelnote]]. This makes Twice one of the most accessible groups to males and females alike.
105* Music/PJHarvey's fanbase is pretty much 50/50 gender wise.
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109* Female wrestlers in general are a case of attempts to exploit this trope working to the detriment of the medium. In many cases, pro wrestling companies, recognizing that many guys were watching the women's matches for the sexy catfights, have dropped all pretense of their women's divisions being about athletic competition in order to use them to supply as much [[{{Fanservice}} cheesecake]] as possible. This, however, turns off many fans who had been watching because they were legitimately interested in the matches. It's telling that the most celebrated female wrestlers, past and present, among the IWC are those who were genuine {{Action Girl}}s rather than just models hired to look the part.
110** {{Wrestling/Lita}} is an interesting case. She became popular with young girls because of her JustForFun/OneOfUs image (she was a LadEtte). She also became popular with boys because of that as well. In addition to that, boys also were turned on by the fact that she had her thong on display and removed her top in several matches.
111** Wrestling/TrishStratus was a similar case too; the majority of fans fell in love with her stunning looks ([[EvenTheGirlsWantHer male and female]]) but along the way earned numerous amounts of respect for her desire to improve. So in Trish's case, the fans came for her beauty and stayed for the wrestling.
112** Wrestling/MickieJames got over big time with men due to her [[PsychoLesbian lesbian stalker gimmick]] in which she would [[GirlOnGirlIsHot kiss women]] and in one instance [[CanonDiscontinuity grabbed Trish's privates and seductively licked her fingers afterwards]] getting an earth-shattering pop for it. Even after abandoning those characteristics, she still remains popular with male fans due to her sex appeal, GirlNextDoor nature and the fact that she, like Trish, can actually wrestle.
113** {{Wrestling/Paige}} represents a similar case of trying to cultivate a JustForFun/OneOfUs feel. Without tanning, she adopted a RavenHairIvorySkin appearance, overlapping with UnkemptBeauty - and had fans in the palm of her hand. A documentary about her reveals that she was this before she was in WWE too. Her mother said all she had to do was slap her daughter's picture on something and it would sell.
114** Most Diva fans hated Wrestling/MariaKanellis during her WWE run (she was mocked on ''Website/DivaDirt'' for a long time). Male fans loved her, [[MsFanservice for obvious reasons]].
115* ''Series/TotalDivas'' has a ''huge'' male fanbase. Producers likely had this trope in mind - which is probably why wherever the Divas go, they always have perfect hair, perfect make-up and flattering clothes. Various episodes feature the girls going on vacations (getting them into bikinis) and even multiple appearances by a sex therapist. The show draws roughly a million viewers every week and not all of them are women.
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119* Race car driver Danica Patrick, who has parlayed her Testosterone Brigade into both a UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} career and modeling work. She's a damn good racer, making the pole position for the 2013 Daytona 500, leading laps and finishing eighth (highest finish by a female in a Sprint Cup race so far) there, as well as a good 12th place finish at Martinsville, but most people seem to best know her for her [=GoDaddy=] ads.
120* The strange case of high school pole vaulter [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801370.html Alison Stokke]].
121* The [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] women's field hockey team at the 2012 UsefulNotes/{{London}} UsefulNotes/{{Olympic|Games}}s have [[http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/dutch-field-hockey-popular-reasons-beyond-field-hockey-232321640--oly.html developed one of these]].
122* Very controversially, the first college athletes to really profit from the NCAA's recent NIL (name, image and likeness) rule changes that allow athletes to earn money have been attractive females who are skilled at promoting themselves on social media, like gymnast Livvy Dunne and basketball players (and twins) Haley and Hanna Cavinder, and, naturally, males make up much of their fanbases.
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126* This was the genius of the lingerie chain Victoria's Secret (and [[FollowTheLeader its many imitators]]). Instead of only selling their products through brick-and-mortar shops, they did it through a catalogue, allowing men to shop for lingerie for the wives without the embarrassment of being seen doing so at a store and making passersby think that [[MistakenForGay they might have a "secret" of their own]]. Even after the company got bought out by The Limited and focused more on selling directly to women, their catalogues were still very popular with men. To this day, Victoria's Secret stores have scads of pictures of half-naked women in the windows to get men into the store, they sponsor {{burlesque}} fashion shows that are aimed as much at men as women, and their models (known as "Angels") are regular features of men's magazines.
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130* Like how its [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster sister series]] can attract [[EstrogenBrigade the other way around]], ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has quite the Brigade of its own. The great music, interactions, and wide range of character types have drawn in male players from previous installments, and for [[LGBTFanbase those of a different persuasion]], it helps that there's a sizeable amount of eye candy in the cast.
131* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', due to its heavy action focus and JidaiGeki setting. It even proved popular enough to have a couple of manga published in Shonen magazines and a completely [[Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu action-packed adaptation]] made for the male audience to get into as well.
132* Joked about in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' in a [[Radio/GTARadio radio ad]] for the [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Midlife_Crisis_Center Midlife Crisis Center,]] which asks the listener (presumably a middle-aged suburban dad) if he's sitting in his minivan masturbating while listening to teen pop on the radio [[HollywoodMidlifeCrisis trying to feel young again]].
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136* {{Otome game}}s tend to have a pretty wide Testosterone Brigade, since while there are plenty of pretty boys to encounter, the ''heroine'' will be just as beautiful, if not more. Her interactions with the boys can endear her to the male audience, and if there is an [[{{Eroge}} H-scene]] in the game, [[MsFanservice it is likely to be focused on her.]] One particular poll for ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' put its heroine in the top 10 most popular characters, with a quote from one of the voters asking why she wasn't dateable like everyone else.
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140* ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat'': A cartoon heavily influenced by [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo]] anime, which only needed two short episodes to become one of the most popular animations from Cartoon Hangover, along with ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', which seems to be well liked by male viewers who enjoy stuff like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Considering that it was created by [[http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Natasha_Allegri an artist from that series]] this isn´t very surprising.
141* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' has a diverse following that the creators actively nod to, complete with scads and scads of {{Shout Out}}s. The following has been likened to that for My Little Pony, even spurring the epithet "Brobies", but "Dreamhousers" (as they prefer to be called) reject the comparison.
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145* When a show is packed with as much FanService as ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', it's bound to pick up a lot of male fans along the way.
146* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', as evidenced by the kind of fanart showing up on Website/DeviantArt and the abundance of {{Dark Fic}}s.
147* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The famous "Brony" fanbase is a rare example that ''doesn't'' use {{Fanservice}}. (Not for [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom most people]] anyway.) Female Cosplay and Gijinka (personified fanart of non-human characters) of the characters invokes different reactions.
148* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. Much like the above example, this show garnered a decent male fanbase without resorting to {{Fanservice}}. Many can speculate as to why, but it's probably no small part due to it being one of the few shows with G-rated ass-whooping on Cartoon Network at the time.
149* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' had and has tons of male fans. Part of it is a LGBTFanbase, but many boys watched it for the girls.
150* ''WesternAnimation/SheRa'', for boys who couldn't quite relate to uber-hunk Prince Adam and his army of beefcakes.
151** The reboot ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' gets this even more.
152* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': Despite being centered mostly in a female cast (Something very atypical for an adult animated sitcom series, especially at the time) the show managed to avert the GirlShowGhetto thanks to its snarky humor and complex characters, as well due its subtle balance of comedy and drama and relatable topics as well.
153* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is actually pretty gender-neutral in terms of its target audience, but there's no denying that a LOT of teenage boys and young men take an interest in it.
154* ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'': Thanks to her HartmanHips and overall cute design, Miko became infamous for inspiring a slew Rule34 fanart, over a year before the show even premiered.
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