Line #17 PlayingWith/RealMenWearPink


1	'''Basic Trope''': A boyish boy/manly man with some feminine traits.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is TheBigGuy who happens to have a hobby of sewing.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob is the strongest badass in an entire work, and has a side business of knitting sweaters all by himself.
5	** Bob is a TestosteronePoisoning type character personality-wise, but he always wears frilly pink clothes and likes knitting and collecting pony dolls.
6	** Bob is the deadliest man alive this side of Batman. He has no problem carrying his arsenal in a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'' backpack.
7	* '''Downplayed''': Bob is just a normal guy and likes to pick up the needles on occasion.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Bob grew up in a background where sewing is considered a sign of manhood.
10	** Bob used to get picked on for being InTouchWithHisFeminineSide despite having more masculine interests than feminine ones. He decides to starting training for fights & exercising in order to become a badass, so that way no one will mess with him & it works.
11	** Bob lives alone or with people who can't fix clothes, so he has to teach himself to sew.
12	** "Knitting and sewing keeps my hands nimble so I can wield my sword better. Dancing makes me faster, so I can kill more bad guys."
13	** Courage and bravery are traditionally considered traits in masculinity and Bob decides to emphasize it [[LoopholeAbuse by openly doing feminine hobbies without caring about other people's opinions.]]
14	** Bob just likes knitting and doesn't feel a need to justify it.
15	** Bob adopts his girlish hobbies for his daughter.
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Bob is normally InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, but has a masculine hobby or two like doing sports or going to the gym.
18	** AgentPeacock
19	* '''Gender Inverted''':
20	** Alice is a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak.
21	** Alice is a [[TheLadette Ladette]] or ButchLesbian, but has a feminine hobby or two.
22	* '''Subverted''':
23	** It turns out Bob only sews because it's a side job outside of being a hero, and he doesn't actually enjoy the work…
24	** It turns out Bob only sews out of necessity, as his measurements mean either this, expensive custom clothing or [[OneSizeFitsAll One Size Fits None]].
25	** Bob turns out to not be as tough as he seems.
26	* '''Double Subverted''':
27	** ...but once he gets his infuriating old sewing machine fixed it becomes much more fun, and he genuinely enjoys it.
28	** Bob may not be as tough as he looks, but it turns out the man who taught him to sew '''is''' that tough.
29	* '''Parodied''': Bob ''is'' pink and is more of a man than any of the other characters
30	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob sews just to make a living, except he actually enjoys sewing, but only when the outfits he sews are for men, but especially likes sewing pink outfits.
31	* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't have any effeminate hobbies.
32	* '''Enforced''':
33	** "Why do men always have to have the common stereotypes associated with them? Let's give Bob something to subvert the audience's expectations to make a point."
34	** "We need this manly man character to [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan be attracted]] [[WeaknessTurnsHerOn by girls]], so let's add his soft girlish side to make them can relate to!"
35	* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob, I never knew someone like ''you'' would enjoy sewing!"
36	* '''Invoked''': All of Bob's friends tell him that the truest way to manly is to not be afraid to be girly, and he takes those words to heart
37	* '''Exploited''': The team decides to let Bob do the work of patching up their outfits after a battle of some kind.
38	* '''Defied''': Even though Bob likes to sew, he doesn't do it because it's "not manly".
39	* '''Discussed''': "Hey Alice, you know how Bob likes to sew? Why is it that the most manly of men always seem to have the most feminine of hobbies?"
40	* '''Conversed''': "Sewing doesn't exactly show a man's masculinity."\
41	"Of course it does! All men in fiction have to have some kind of habit that's feminine in some way!"
42	* '''Implied''': Bob usually does manly things, but every now and then he brings up his love of knitting with his guy friends, but he's never seen actually knitting
43	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's hobby of sewing made him a target of bullying growing up, so he gained a rough personality to prove his manliness, only to be rejected once again out of fear.
44	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob decides that it doesn't matter what others think of him, and decides to pursue on with his hobby ignoring those who ridicule him.
45	* '''Played For Laughs''': After coming home from a huge war, "Manly" Bob puts on a pink sweater, snuggles up with his kitten, and watches My Little Pony.
46	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob used to be a member of a society where his feminine hobbies are seen as reducing his value as a person.
47	* '''Played For Horror''': Bob is a copycat of ComicBook/TheJoker who wears a pink tuxedo... well, it ''used'' to be pink. Now it's got so much blood on it that it looks purple.
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