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Mock him if you will. You won't walk for six months.
He's Big, he's Bad, and he's grittier than a cement mixer. He can punch holes through steel walls. He can scare the bejeezuz out of Demonic Invaders just by glaring at them. He can kick Chuck Norris's ass blindfolded. He carries his Shih Tzu in a pink purse, and takes ballet lessons on Wednesdays... Wait, what?
Yes, you read that right. Really, You Should Know This Already. Everyone knows that Real Men Wear Pink, after all.
For some reason, gritty badasses, hulking brutes, and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves baking, sewing, or the color pink. While oftentimes this hobby is kept under wraps alongside the Embarrassing Middle Name, Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just one of those things you just never bothered to ask about. Arguably the basis is that someone who's self-evidently "masculine" doesn't need to demonstrate his masculinity in the stereotypical ways. (Even if by wall-punching steel and Death Glaring, he kinda is demonstrating it in the stereotypical ways. Try not to think too hard about that.) Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the Pink Girl Blue Boy archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. Plus, it's a safe assumption that he cares very deeply for his mother.
An alternative explanation for this behavior is that the Manly Man sees it as manly. While cooking in the home may be seens as traditionally womens work, only MEN are great chefs (seriously, look it up - compare Chef Of Iron while you're at it). This is most often used when the interest is something the man can be good at, and he often see his so called girly skills as important and manly as his ability to bash your face in.
Sometimes he may also use this as a practical reason to start fights. Or enjoy the fact that no one will dare to mock him. (Would you?)
This trope doesn't work on extremely feminine looking Bishies Bishounen or Gender Benders as it's about MANLY MEN.
See also The European Carry All, Princesses Prefer Pink. Contrast Testosterone Poisoning, Real Women Never Wear Dresses and Sissy Villain.
Examples:
Anime and Manga
- Parodied to death in, and rather the point of, Cromartie High School.
- Bontenmaru from Samurai Deeper Kyo can literally rip a man in half with his bare hands. He hangs out with several badass killers, and reads shoujo manga.
- Master Sergeant Cryborne of Irresponsible Captain Tylor, a man who wouldn't be out of place in Frank Miller's Sin City, shamelessly parades around in a mech that he has painted bright pink.
- Equally hardass First Lt. Andressen from the same series provides an even more absurd example. What would he be doing if he wasn't in the Marines? Nude modeling.
- Uryuu Ishida in Bleach knows that sewing is hardcore.
- From the same series, laid back Badass Shinigami Captain Shunsui Kyoraku is more known for the fact that he wears a gaudy kimono that is obnoxiously pink.
- The pink coat and the hat invoke the image of a feudal japanese pimp, in this tropers opinion.
- This troper associates it with kabukimono, who were both the precessors to the yakuza and inspiration for kabuki. They were known to wear women's kimonos as cloaks and tested new swords on random people.
- Plus Gentle Giant Chad's pink hawaiian shirts and his love of cute things like stuffed animals and parakeets.
- Ichigo himself wore a stylish pink sweater in an official splash page. Also, his name is a homonym of "strawberry" and at least one character remarks how cute it is.
- Does carrying a pink-haired child count for Blood Knight Kenpachi? It should be noted that Kenny does, in fact, attend Yachiru's tea parties.
- Even though they aren't considered canon material, one could also point to the anime's omake-like Golden Cup pieces where one of them has Kenpachi spending hours to get his hair just right (a.k.a. attaching the top bell on his spiky hairdo).
- And does your Badass Weapon Of Choice being pink flowers count for Aloof Big Brother Byakuya?
- To be fair, some of these examples — Byakuya and Kyoraku — are more the result of differing ideas in Japan on what constitutes "manly". Our Manly Men Are Different?
- Kenryuu from the Captain Amagai filler arc in the anime would probably be closer to it, since he also uses pink flowers, but rather than actually doing damage, all they do is annoy the bad guy by sticking to his weapon.
- Kenryuu can turn his pink flowers into deadly projectiles when his Berserk Button is pushed.
- And not even non-humans are safe from this. As one of the Shinigami Cup skits reveal, Komamura Sajin actually LIKES human world's cute puppies show, which is like the doggy equivalent of one gritty bad ass liking Barbie Shows.
- Renji on one of his days off goes around in an outfit with a big, pink floral pattern.
- It was his day off? And according to the Bleach Bootleg (translated here
 ), those are his pajamas.
- Kaneda of Akira wears a pink shirt at one point when he and his gang rescue Tetsuo and Kaori from the Clowns.
- Keep in mind, Akira was made in the '80s...
- He only wears it for a few episodes, but Vegeta has a pink dress shirt with the phrase "BADMAN" written along the shoulders. Somehow the permanent scowl on his face grows wider when he's wearing it.
- One can only assume it was bought for him by Bulma.
- Might not be a real example, as he didn't exactly choose to wear it - while he showered, Bulma left it for him to change into and didn't give him much other choice. Well, He could have gone to get something else himself, but... maybe he, um, couldn't bear to hurt her feelings. Or something.
- This troper also always wondered why he put up with wearing it when he was quite obviously wearing a white undershirt beneath it the whole time. Yeah...
- If I recall, in the English dub at least, Bulma managed to convince him it was what all real Earth warriors wore. But then again, you'd still think he'd have figured it out, since he's constantly hanging out with and/or fighting warriors from Earth, and none of THEM are wearing pink...
- Yes, but if Vegeta only wore a white shirt, no one would make a crack about it. But wearing a pink shirt means someone might try to make fun of him and he can then beat them to a pulp. It's like walking into a seedy bar and ordering milk so a mean drunk will pick a fight with you.
- He also wore it in the manga where no explanaition whatsoever was offered for the strange but funny garment.
- Of course, the shirt doesn't seem as funny in the manga since none of those panels are colored. It wasn't pink until it got to the anime.
- Anyone asking why he wore it, I dare you to NOT wear something your GF chose for you, Vegeta can be one of the most Badass Warriors in the Universe but he still is scared of his wife, as most guys (and that is a typical Toriyama character trait too)
- But Bulma wasn't his girlfriend at that point, let alone his wife. That happens sometime between Future Trunk's first appearance (when Vegeta was wearing the pink shirt) and Kid Trunk's birth 3 years later.
- There's also the assassin Tao Pie Pie or Mercenary Tao as he's called in the dub of Dragonball he wears a pink shirt that says "kill you" but he's very manly.
- When listing his offers, Tao Pai Pai also mentions a bonus involving a 50% discount and a plush puppy.
- Majin Buu the ultimate villain of Dragonball Z is literally pink.
- The seven-foot tall Heroic Sociopath Kogarashi of Kamen No Maid Guy constantly wears a cutesy maid dress.
- Martian Successor Nadesico's main character, Akito Tenkawa, pilots a hot pink Humongous Mecha and is an exceptional cook — this is a man who made crepes suzette as field rations. He's not a Badass in any sense of the word, but out of all the things people look down on him for, his ride and his skill in the kitchen are not among them.
- As someone who's made crepes suzette in the field - paleontology field camp, not combat, admittedly - this troper can say that being able to do so is not an indicator of exceptional cooking skill, more an indicator of carrying the right booze along with you. Now, if he could make hollandaise in the field, then we got something.
- Kenshin Himura is short, wears long hair in a ponytail, is never seen without his pink kimono, cooks, washes the clothes and cleans around the dojo... and he's the fearsome Battousai the Killer. In the Japanese version of the anime, he's voiced by a woman.
- In the Manga, Nobuhiro Watsuki claims he based Kenshin on Genzai Kawakami, an assasin during the bakufu who was short, thin and easily confused with a woman... he used it to his advantage by crossdressing and hiding at Geisha Houses after killing.
- This Troper was shocked when he found out that information for the first time. Not on a fansite, not in the manga, but in his high school history book. Mentioning Rurouni Kenshin by name.
- Another cooking example: Tendou Souji from Kamen Rider Kabuto, a man so badass that time itself bends to his will, is a gourmet chef and enjoys cooking for his little sister.
- Senri, the silent goliath bear-man from the manga +Anima. He loves flowers, which he likes to use as bookmarks in his diary. Being the oldest and the strongest, he's a protective Team Mom and a surprising male example of a Mama Bear who goes so far as to literally lick the wounds of his companions.
- Slight ammendment. Senri uses the flowers to remember things, as his memory is quite impaired. Also, he seems to enjoy the taste of blood.
- Gundam:
- Quatre Raberba Winner is short, plays the violin and the piano, and is very polite and somewhat feminine. He also pilots a badass Gundam, is The Smart Guy of the group, can handle himself with a rapier very well and becomes de-facto leader after Heero leaves to rescue Relena and face Zechs. And despite having a clear distaste for killing, Quatre's not a Technical Pacifist (or at least, not until The Movie, when the whole team starts acting that way), and in fact probably kills more enemies than any two other characters in the show combined. Or everybody combined if you include his Zero System induced Freak Out.
- Treize Khushrenada took a rose bath on a regular basis. ROSE BATH.
- George DeSand from G Gundam has a rose-themed Gundam, is extremely courteous and refined and looks slightly feminine... but he also adores playing Volleying Insults routines with Boisterous Bruiser Chibodee Crockett, loves fighting as much as the other members of the Shuffle Alliance and, when off-duty, is a badass fencer.
- Chibodee himself has naturally pink hair (well, pink bangs), and is a Bad Ass champion boxer and major Chick Magnet. He's also the Queen of Spades in the Shuffle Alliance (and the former Queen of Spades also was male), admits being a Mommas Boy (due to a rather sad case of Missing Mom) and is fiercely protective of both Rain and his Four Girl Ensemble crew.
- Athrun Zala is nothing special although like most pilots in seed, he is essentially a bishonen, he is literally characterized by being the only pilot to pilot 4 different suits that are predominantly pink in color.
- Another female example, Black Lagoon has the notably non-womanly Revy, who at one point mentions that she watches the Oprah Winfrey show.
- The Terminator of Seto No Hanayome initially crossdresses as a schoolgirl in attempt to understand his beloved daughter's heart through Moe Moe stereotypes. Initially, because he inexplicably continues to wear the outfit in future appearances. He's the freaking Terminator, though, with laser beam eyes, so it isn't like anyone (besides his daughter) is ever going to call him out on it.
- Volume 9 of xxxHOLiC reveals that Tall Dark And Snarky Doumeki used to dress like a girl when he was little. Of course, being the unshakable master of deadpan that he is, Watanuki's attempt to rub this in his face backfires spectacularly.
- Kenji Murasame.
- Tieria Erde has purple hair, wears a pink cardigan, has a deep voice, and becomes a male version of the Defrosting Ice Queen trope in Season 1.
- Belfangan Clouseau from Full Metal Panic!. Big, tough, imposing, states that good Arm Slave piloting should resemble art and indulges in watching cute shoujo anime during his free time.
- Sanji of One Piece is a five-star chef who is always impeccably dressed and has a pronounced tendency to turn into subservient, heart-eyed goo in the presence of a pretty girl. He's also a grade A badass Dance Battler and in the top three fighters on one of the most feared and renowned pirate crews in the world. Oh, and not forgetting the pink apron with the panda logo.
- Don't forget his Skypiea shirts. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
- Ship doctor Tony Tony Chopper famously sports a large pink hat that was given to him by his adoptive father. While he's not as powerful as Sanji it is highly recomended you don't piss him off because he will Fuck. You. Up.
- There's also Donquixote Doflamingo who wears a very pink feathery overcoat while treating people as puppets using what appears to be string based powers ( which apparently double as Razor Floss when he feels like it).
- How could we go so long without mentioning CP9 member Kumadori, who sports a full head of pink hair, and even manages to weaponize it?
- Not to mention Mr. 2 Bon Clay, AKA Bon-chan, a self-proclaimed transvestite who loves pink clothes and swan motifs. Also possibly the manliest character in the series.
- Inverted in Miriam: Joel is actually considered pretty weird by his friends because he's sensitive, likes to sew, and stares wistfully at dresses in store windows. Despite this, he's a runaway and former vagrant and outlaw who knows his way around a pistol... but even though he sometimes does manly things, he isn't at all manly. This is sort of balanced out when he meets a real tomboy and hits it off with her immediately.
- Shiro Takamachi of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, a ninja-assassin bodyguard that frequently took on terrorist organizations and has the multiple scars to prove it. Eventually retired after almost getting killed to become... the owner and baker of the local cafe that specializes in cakes, cream puffs, and other sweets.
- Knight from Duel Masters spends most of the first episodes in an all black ensemble to show off how cool he is. Later on he starts wearing a pink undershirt defending the change by stating "pink is the new black".
- Absolutely every male character in Breakshot. From intimidating muscleman Oki to filty cheater Isamu to main character Chinmi, as billiards players they're usually dressed in frilly shirts with flowers and little bow ties that would look more at home on a Playboy Bunny. There's something funny about a guy bragging about how strong he is while he's dressed like King from Art Of Fighting.
- Gwendal of Kyou kara Maou is a badass fighter and tactician with a glare of steel, but he loves cute thing and his hobby is...knitting. Knitting cute animals. And he does them awesomely.
- Does not. At least, no one can ever tell what they're supposed to be. Knits way better than this troper, though.
- Meanwhile Yozak from Kyou Kara Maou is a really big guy with bulging muscles and a handsome, manly face, and is a terrifying and intense power with a sword in his hands, and he really likes to crossdress. Initially this was explained by his being undercover when introduced, but since he changes into an 'angel of mercy' costume for saving the survivors of an earthquake and is really, really not convincing with those biceps, and is really enjoying himself, it's really not a work thing.
- Early in his first scene in the manga, before it's revealed that he's a Shin Makoku spy and Serious Mentor Conrad's old friend, he's shown sitting and laughing with Conrad, in his outrageous drag queen outfit, and the main character mistakes it for a hookup and gives them space. Hilarious, especially once you know the background.
- And he brings an evening dress along on a dangerous mission to a snowbound mountain, as a good-luck charm because dressing as a woman has saved his life so many times. Same sequence where he has his most impressive sword fight.
- The hero of the manga Otomen (a blend of otome = woman + the English "men") has dedicated his teenage years to evading this trope and failing so, so utterly. He may look like the stoic ultra-manly Kendo Team Captain, but he gives cute bento boxes the girl he loves and makes stuffed animals in a trance when he thinks about her. His best friend uses him as the model for the heroine of his hit Shojo manga series.
- Major Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist.
- Chuzaemon from Mon Colle Knights is a muscular mohawked midget in his seventies who believes manliness is the highest goal in life and spends most of his time desperately trying to make Count Collection a proud man. He also grooms cats and dances ballet in a pink tutu, tending to be surrounded by rose petals when he does so.
- Maximum HOLTFORS Ballanche Kaien, Duke of Fates, the most powerful and badass headdliner in the Mamoru Nagano's Five Star Stories, repainted his Mortar Headd Akatsuki Hime deep fluorescent pink. On the other hand, Max, in fact, isn't especially manly...
- Lest we forget Kamina's epically PINK( or orangish) Cool Shades. Simon's star shades are undeniably pink though.
- Ranma from Ranma 1/2 is probably the strongest fighter in this continuity. Although he complains loudly about it, he clearly enjoys some of the possibilities his instant-sex-change curse gives him. Eating big, girly sundaes is about the only one he'll admit to. But, while he'll protest that he only goes to that extent because it's necessary, he does seem to get a thrill out of "seducing" men to get them to surrender some Mac Guffin or other. — and his favorite "disguise" is a pink dress.
- He's also an excellent cook, though he never uses it, presumably because his Cordon Bleugh Chef and Tsundere fiancee would go ballistic if he constantly pointed the fact out (she does not take the initial revelation very well). He's also good at gymnastics, tea ceremony, sewing, and cleaning (to the point he will compulsively clean a mess, having to think about it to stop, not start, in the manga).
- Akira Kongou from Kongou Banchou soends all day gathering the finest ingredients (killing evil devil cows, climbing mountains) to make himself...the most delicious pudding ever. Man loves his pudding.
- The third chapter of Please, Jeeves opens with Jeeves reading a romance novel instead of one of his "improving books." Because we all knew that that Rosie M. Banks collection didn't really belong to his aunt.
- Jet Black of Cowboy Bebop is a big scary man with a robotic arm who loves to cook and cultivates bonsai trees.
- There's an interesting detail in Appleseed Ex Machina. When Deunan, Briareos, and Tereus arrive at the ship of Poseidon in their landmates, Deunan is given an advanced prototype landmate for the final assault. Briareos says he would like to take that one himself, except for the fact that it is pink. They also get the assistance of a group of Poseidon soldiers, who all have their own landmates. Except for Argus, who takes Deunans police landmate. Which leads us to the question why he doesn't use his own? Oh wait...
- Kazuma Kuwabara is a man's man, but he still has a soft spot for cats...especially his pet kitten, Eikichi.
- Berwald/Sweden from Axis Powers Hetalia is fairly domestic and good with children, specially the unruly Peter/Sealand. When he gives his partner Tino/Finland some of his clothes and the other remarks on their 12 cms. height difference, Sweden immediately grabs some sewing implements and calmly starts fixing them himself. Sounds okay, but... well, did we mention that Sweden is actually a huge Big Guy with a permanent Death Glare and Stoic Spectacles who scares people off whether he wants or not?
- In Urusei Yatsura, not only is the GARest, manliest stud of the series actually female, she'd also rather spend her days wearing frilly pink dresses.
- The anime of DN Angel features Krad with a pink petticoat under his outfit. A very obvious, frilly pink petticoat. The animators claimed it was purple, but this troper says otherwise. Did I mention that this guy spends his spare time playing torturous mind-games with his other half?
- Brock from Pokemon regularly wears a pink apron. There's also Dawn's Piplup, who is confirmed to be male, who wears a pink cheerleader uniform when cheering.
- That's a pink female uniform.
- Likewise, in Pokemon Special we have Ruby, who participates in Pokemon contests, regularly grooms his team, and even sews and trims outfits for man and 'Mon alike. Interesting case since we see the pink before we're given any hint to the man. Still, this is the son of Gym Leader Norman we're talking about.
- Drake Anderson from the Read Or Die OVA is a badass, gruff mercenary capable of taking out super-powered enemies in hand to hand combat, surviving helicopter crashes without a scratch, and is outright feared by Paper-users for his prowess against them. He also enjoys pottery, sightseeing, and classical literature.
Comics
Film
Literature
- In Captain Underpants, the school football team are such fans of Barney Captain Ersatz Boomer the Purple Dragon that they change their team name to the Purple Dragon Sing-Along Friends. As the author points out, who's going to argue with a bunch of linebackers?
- Butler, a hulking Badass Normal and Battle Butler in Artemis Fowl, claims to only enjoy reading soppy romance novels — apparently, books with action and explosions and helicopters and stuff remind him too much of real life.
- In The Truth, Mr. Tulip is a giant bruiser who can barely think, whose every second word is "-ing" (literally) and whose brain is constantly fizzing with what he thinks are awesome drugs, but show him any antique or work of art and he'll be able to instantly identify the period, creator, history and technique, and will often burst into tears because of how -ing beautiful it is.
- In the Phule's Company novels, Sgt. Escrima is an exceptionally talented chef, and chose his Legion name for his preferred fighting style (involving two sticks), which he teaches to other members of the company. Do not criticize his cooking unless you enjoy pain, since he's been known to hospitalize would-be food critics.
- In a deconstruction of the most literal application of the trope, Thoros of Myr wears pink robes in his latest appearances in A Song Of Ice And Fire - but they used to be red, they've just faded. In the series, pink does not particularly seem to be considered a "girly" colour; some knights and lords have pink in their heraldry, particularly House Bolton.
Live Action TV
Mythology
- Surprisingly, this trope is Older Than Feudalism, at least. As punishment for killing somebody, Genius Bruiser Hercules is forced into slavery to Queen Omphale for a year, who forces him to wear women's clothing and help with the weaving, while she wears his lion pelt and waves his club around. He doesn't complain too much, because, honestly, who's going to make fun of Hercules for wearing pink?
- AFAIK the punishment was "just" the slavery, but she married him when she saw that the "slave" she had bought was a hero. They actually were in love with each other, which was the explanation for why he accepted said genderbending stuff. He Got Better later and left her. Yes, it's a big Take That against effeminated men / women wanting to be like men.
- He ain't the only one, either. Achilles spent a good part of his life pulling a Sweet Polly Oliver per orders of his overprotective and worried mother, who wanted to keep him from dying in the war. Odysseus unmasked him by disguising himself as a vendor and exhibiting swords *and* jewelry to the local girls — Achilles was the only one in the crowd who chose the weapons.
- Odin: All-father, giant-slayer, raven-lord, Gallows-rider, rune-caster... Crossdresser?
- If you like that image, try Thor in full bridal regalia.
- Loki also has instances of turning into a woman or female animal to pull off his stunts. He goes as far as to turn himself into a mare and become PREGNANT by a work-horse in one myth!
- Which is funny since Loki himself wonders about Odin's manlyness because he learned the magic reserved for women.
- In a myth where Loki is taunting all the gods, he and Odin taunt each other with having been women — and indeed, having borne children and nursed them "a woman through and through." Njord explicitly says that a god having borne children is worse than a goddess sleeping with her husband or lover or both.
- As depicted by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, God literally wears pink.
Professional Wrestling
- The color pink is practically a staple of the Hart Wrestling Family. Bret "The Hitman" Hart is known as much for his distinctive pink-and-black singlets as he is for his incredible matches. This started when he was tagging with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, one of his brothers-in-law and a more overt badass. Younger brother Owen Hart later got in on the act.
- Current ECW stable The Hart Dynasty, consisting of David Hart-Smith (son of "The British Bulldog" and Diana Hart), Tyson Kidd (one of the last graduates of the Hart Family Dungeon before it closed down) and Natalya Neidhart (daughter of the aforementioned Jim) also wear the color pink.
- On a more outlandish, character-based level, WWE, for a short time, played host to Vito, a six-feet-tall, bald, musclebound Italian Badass — who liked to wear frilly dresses, and who was often referred to as "the toughest man to ever wear a dress". Debate still rages on whether this was Kayfabe, or a Real Life preference of Vito's, especially since, rumor has it, after he was released from WWE, he attempted to negotiate a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship with the rider that he would be allowed to compete in a dress. Of course, the gimmick came about at the same time a mobster on The Sopranos was revealed to be gay, and WWE likes ripping off pop culture for character ideas. On the other other hand, it might have started as a gimmick but the wrestler who played him might have grown to like it.
- An earlier WCW storyline saw Perry Saturn (a bald, heavily tattooed wrestler), lose a Loser Wears a Dress match and subsequently start wearing black latex-looking skirts. If the story from Chris Jericho's autobiography can be believed, Saturn wanted this change in character. Several years later, he was shot twice saving a woman from two men attempting to rape her. And barely even noticed until the officer on scene pointed out the wounds. To help drive that last point home, the bullet wounds were discovered in his neck.
- Saturn was a legitimate Army Ranger before he became a wrestler.
- In a similar case, Darren "Droz" Drozdoff lost a match where the stipulation was that the losers had to wrestle their next match in drag. Droz discovered he liked it. The thing came to an end after Droz challenged anyone on the roster to a nightgown match, and Al Snow agreed - with the stipulation that the match had to take place under hardcore rules.
- In a more subdued, borderline case, when the 6'7", 300+-lb Dave Batista wears his impeccably-tailored suits, the shirt or tie is often pink. And that works for him.
- WWE had also once the skirt-wearing Headbangers. This was back when kilts were big among metalheads... but what The Headbangers wore could only be considered kilts if one were especially charitable.
- The same can also be said of some of Raven's "kilts" in his WWE and earlier TNA runs.
- And then there's the guy who started it all back in 1941: Gorgeous George
- Yutaka Yoshie. Big scary dude. Wears a neon pink singlet.
- Diamond Dallas Page, three-time World Champion Wrestler, practices yoga daily, and has co-authored a book on the subject.
- This long without mentioning Jesse Ventura◊? For shame...
Tabletop Games
- The Emperor's Children from Warhammer 40,000 are sadistic, evil, merciless, traitorous junkie rapists. They also wear hot pink armour and have a thing for velvet.
- The Dark Eldar are even worse than the Emperor's Children... and they wear a lot of purple and take pride from how classy and cultured they are.
- The regular Eldar are nearly as bad, and they're even more cultured and classy than their Slaaneshi kin.
- The Pretty Marines take this concept to its logical extreme.
Video Games
- Mr. Champloo of Disgaea 3 makes Home Ec the most Hot Blooded subject there is.
- Would Higashizawa's constant cooking puns in The World Ends With You count?
- In the Bonus Chapter at any rate, Higashizawa is rewritten as the "booth babe". It's just an act, however.
- The fact that a male character with a high enough bravery stat can equip girls' clothing probably counts, as well.
- Shinjiro Aragaki in Persona 3 is very fond of cooking and is a regular viewer of the family cooking show — although, as shown in one of the omake videos in the FES expansion pack, he would have preferred the rest of SEES not to realize this.
- Adding to the list of videogame chefs is...Ragna the Bloodedge. Yes, that Ragna.
- Deconstructed in Persona 4 with Kanji Tatsumi, The Big Guy whose interest in things such as sewing leads others into mocking him for that. This leads him into suppressing his soft side and his desire for acceptance for who he is, and becomes an important part of his character.
- The Main Character falls into this too when you think about it. He is a good cook and all his part time jobs involve either cleaning or taking care of children. Can fall squarely into this trope if the player picks the gung-ho responses during the crossdressing contest.
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Elzam V. Branstein Ratsel Feinschmecker: Real Men are gourmet chefs. And ride each other.
- The uber-manly yet pink-clad Dan Hibiki. On the other hand, Dan was clearly meant as a joke character, so his pink uniform is more of a jab at his worthlessness as a fighter.
- Regal Bryant of Tales Of Symphonia is the Team Chef of the group, and is also The Atoner who could kick your ass With His Hands Tied. (And he does, in fact. Regularly.) Not to mention he wears a... belly shirt.
- Well, how would you go about changing your shirt with your hands tied together?
- Lloyd asks this very question in-game — it's implied that Regal has no problems with using his hands to cook or do non-destructive things... Either that or his feet are really dexterous.
- Regal? Try Rid, from Symphonia's spiritual predecessor Tales Of Eternia. Pink, embroidered "man-bra", as it has been described elsewhere on this wiki. The boy can cook, which is as well, since he's also a Big Eater. And he's as close as the team has to a Team Mom, serving as a cautious, responsible foil to Farah's brash impulsiveness and Meredy's childish curiosity and enthusiasm (compare to every other series lead, except Ruca, who's just a wuss). He also has a good case to be the straightest-played lead in the entire series, and he's got the potential to wield the power of Seyfert.
- Wait wait wait, we jumped from Symphonia to another Tales game without anyone bringing up Zelos?
- Well, Zelos is seen by most as a girly Bishie boy, so he doesn't really count. Especially when compared to Regal.
- Miles Edgeworth embraces his trope as he wears a magenta blazer. And on the off-chance that it's actually red, there is also his totally-not-sissy-but-incredibly-manly ruffles. In one Breaking The Fourth Wall commercial, he has a pink GBA.
- Furio "The Tiger" Tigre from Trial and Tribulations. Ruthless loan shark and spiked-haired lawyer impersonator extraordinaire... drives a pink moped.
- Arachnos Spymaster Vridian in City Of Villains loves his soap operas and is not ashamed to admit it.
- Marluxia from Kingdom Hearts may have auburn-pink hair, a penchant for flowers, and the ability to confuse gamers, but that trust us when we tell that his huge-ass scythe isn't for show.
- To be fair, some of the gender confusion was alleviated in Re:Chain of Memories when he gains a manly voice in both versions.
- Real knights also wear pink, as Ragnar of Dragon Quest IV will have you know.
- The warriors in Dragon Quest III also wore pink armor with wings on the helmet, whether they were a gigantic, stern-faced man or a temperamental, no-nonsense woman.
- One of Captain Falcon's alternate costumes in Super Smash Bros is pink. His Falcon Punch isn't fazed one bit by this.
- Similarly, one of Snake's palette swaps is a neon pink-orange camo suit. You don't get any manlier than Snake.
- Come on, pink? what happened to the leopard print suit?
- And let's not forget Kirby, whose body is pink by default.
- Come on. (Almost) EVERYONE in Brawl who isn't that color already gets a pink color pallette. Even Meta Knight.
- Jack Turner, Mighty Glacier and bad guy overall from the Art Of Fighting games is portrayed like this in his (English) Art Of Fighting 2 ending: The "Neo Black Cats" gang that he talks about is actually going to be a creative dance group, unbeknown to his followers. Not necessarily canonical, though, as most of the English endings for said game seem to be jokes.
- Suikoden's Georg Prime, the world's greatest swordsman, has an incredible sweet tooth. He even has cheesecake in his inventory when he joins you.
- Newer protagonists are far too pretty to count, but The oldschool Belmonts fit this perfectly, seeing how they were brawny macho men who ventured out to battle evil in outfits that would have been considered risque on a female character.
- Real men wear little leather skirts!
- Amano Hyo from The Last Blade wears a flamboyantly pink kimono patterned with bright red flowers. His weapon is only a stick, and he doesn't see this as something bad, because it means he can slam people over the head with it even more than required by a better weapon before they're knocked out.
- Annoyingly, he tends to show up about half way through the game, which makes him the first serious opponent. Also, there is actually a sword inside that stick...
- Shinobi on the Game Gear had a Pink Ninja. His Weapon Of Choice? Bombs, bombs, and more bombs.
- Only real "men" (bioroids, actually) of Shadow Mirrors have the gall to ride on the battlefield riding an angel-shaped mecha with skirt and boobs, painted on PINK (I'm talking about Lamia's girly mecha Angelg). You won't see it in OG, though, you only see it in Advance, and only if you use Axel.
- Starman from Pro Wrestling. While his entire skin is pink (in addition to a purple painted star on his face), he is an accomplished acrobat.
- Roy Koopa, probably the biggest and meanest of the Koopalings from the Super Mario Bros games, is also bright pink and wears magenta shades.
- This has been subverted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where his shell has been recolored a darker purple... the top of his head and shades are still pink, though.
- In former instances of Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise, Blood Knight Lu Bu's costume always fittingly consisted of gold, red and... purple? In the lastest sixth installment of the series, he dropped the purple for a mostly black and red full body armor, but instead got some nice make-up◊. Of course, nobody would ever dare to question Lu Bu.
- Ikaku Madarame of Bleach wears similar eye-makeup. It's shorthand for "Bad Ass" in both Chinese traditional theater and Kabuki theater.
- Link, in several installments of The Legend Of Zelda, wears tights...or no pants at all.
- And in the Four Swords mythos, when he draws the Four Sword and is split into a quartet, one of the Links dresses in lilac purple.
- Don't forget about him turning into a pink rabbit when he enters the Dark World, in A Link To The Past. Before he gets the Moon Pearl, that is.
- but you forget to mention the best part: it is explained IN GAME that your form in the Dark World represents your inner self.
- At least it explains why his hair is pink, even in human form.
- Hugo and family from various Capcom games and their trademark leopard-print tank tops. Doesn't help that licensing issues resulted in his constant companion Poison being declared a transsexual.
- Elzam von Branstein from Super Robot Wars is an Ace Pilot, a battleship captain, an Anti Villain / Atoner, and an exquisite gourmet chef. His first reaction upon a rendezvous with his allies' battleship is to ask directions to the kitchen, so he can cook the soldiers' meals. His alternate identity, Ratsel Feinschmecker, even translates to "Mystery Gourmet". Not to mention the fur-lined jacket and pink-tinted riding goggles he wears in that persona.
- Almost every male in Valkyria Chronicles has some of this about him. Team Captain Welkin loves going on nature hikes and has discovered six new insect species, and big man Largo, who carries around the VC equivalent of a bazooka as his personal sidearm is an avid vegetable grower and actually gets combat bonuses from standing near vegetables.
- It's... arguable how Badass Travis Touchdown is, but any anime-loving Troper (I know from the size of the above section that there's loads of you out there) has to respect how he can go out and kill people while wearing a pink ensemble of made-to-order merchandise for his favourite anime. Incidentally, it's the most expensive outfit.
- Judging from Metal Gear 2, Solid Snake is into women's figure skating.
- However, given the figures necessarily required for said women to remain athletically competitive, this might be a subliminal subversion that flows nicely with the programmers' tendency to put up photos-as-posters throughout the series...of their wives in highly revealing swimsuits/underwear.
- Big Boss likes cute things, a little more than you'd expect. In Metal Gear, he insists on asking Snake if the enemy uniform is a 'cute little sailor suit', and in Metal Gear Solid 3 he loves the Ga-Ko camo, because "What's wrong with being cute?" He also develops a fondness for the Oyama face paint (which emulates a woman's makeup), and - let's not start on the "Love Pack" in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
- Does it count that he chooses to defend a base with cute little hamsters in Metal Gear 2?
- From Flashback, we have Conrad Hart, a fearless government agent who fights aliens. He wears a pink shirt in all versions except the Genesis and Sega CD ports.
- Ace Combat 6 has downloadable Idolmaster-skinned planes, including a pink F-22, but none of these are Joke Characters.
- Gryphus One from Skies of Deception has a cutesy cartoon bird on his insignia along with the Southern Cross.
- Unzan of Touhou Project is a giant pink cloud. He's also by far the manliest character of the series that has had any screentime at all. Granted, that's not a crowded field, but still...
- The original berserker-packin' man and a half's reason for blowing up hell? The demon's killed his pet bunny.
- While not ripping the faces off of representatives of the living dead, Lovecraftian horrors, and/or demon lords, player characters in World Of Warcraft may spend their free time learning to cook, sew, and pick flowers. And yes, there is pink armor.
- In Fate Stay Night Archer himself, epitome of manliness, enjoys cooking, cleaning and making tea. Not that he really gets the opportunity to do so more than ten minutes into the game or so but...
- As does Shirou, who also owns a pink apron on top of it. Although the housekeeping side of him is only shown before he starts doing anything badass.
- Minsc from the Baldurs Gate series, a hulking beast of a man whose weapon of choice is a BFS, has a pet hamster. Named Boo.
- That's Miniature Giant Space Hamster Boo to you.
- Chousokabe Motochika from Sengoku Basara is leader of an infamous Pirate crew, sports a Bad Ass eyepatch, beats his enemies to a pulp with an anchor and has abs you could grate cheese on. He also wears a full pink and purple ensemble, complete with Flower Motifs.
- Duke Nukem likes to watch Oprah
- MegaMan sometimes has a pink palette swap for one of his weapons.
- In the Pokemon franchise, the female Nidoran line is indigo, while the male line is pink/purple.
- In Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, if you collect all the Rupee Goods, Tingle's normally-green outfit turns pink for the final boss.
- Cormano Wild, from the game Sunset Riders, is a Mexican who wears a hot pink sombrero with a lighter pink shawl. And he's a shotgun-toting badass.
Web Comics
Web Animation
- Strong Bad enjoys bubble baths and baking. And owns a pink shower cap with a cherry-red heart print. In his case, however, it's more proof of how he fails to be as cool as he thinks he is.
Music
- Weird Al's Truck Driving song plays this for laughs, with the song starting out talking about a manly truck driver... who wears high heels and various other feminine accessories.
Web Original
- The "Pink Pulverizer", seen in Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog wears a pink mask, boots and boxing gloves. His bedroom is also pink, and filled with teddy bears and lace bedsheets.
Western Animation
- Jorgen von Strangle from The Fairly Odd Parents. He kicked a whole negative universe's worth of Fairy ass and was a five-stars officer in the fairy military. His hobbies? Baking delicate pastries and watching mushy soap operas. Not to mention he married the Tooth Fairy and a whole episode is dedicated to him being broken-hearted after she temporarily dumped him.
- Now, now... there is no shame in marrying the Tooth Fairy.
- Timmy Turner's shirt and hat are pink. This was because, in the episode "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker", Mr. and Mrs. Turner were expecting a girl, and thus they bought girl-related stuff, like girls' toys and clothes.
- Don't forget the end of "The Boy who would be Queen", where after spending a whole day as a female, Timmy decides to give himself a treat and goes to the local beauty salon. The ladies who work there are so delighted that they even wish he'd date their daughters. And in the beginning of the episode, he was shown enjoying soap operas.
- Francis is decked out in bully attire, but if his name weren't a hint to this trope, his room is also wallpapered with posters of pink unicorns.
- Dark Laser, a very powerful Captain Ersatz of Darth Vader and master of dark powers, is extremly concerned with the interior design of the Death Ball, insisting it be "cozy".
- In Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders, one of the suspects is a large, muscular Native American who refuses to explain why he is mysteriously roaming the roads at night. It turns out that his hobby is collecting pressed flowers.
- The big, hulking, muscular and gentle warrior Lian-Chu, from the French/German animated fantasy series for children Chasseurs de dragons (English: "Dragon Hunters"), is very fond of knitting, something that his best friend since childhood and dragon-hunting partner Gwizdo, a Lovable Rogue, often makes fun of. In the 2008 CGI prequel movie of the same name, Lian-Chu's knitting needles even play an important role in killing the World Eater.
- Binky Barnes in Arthur lives in fear that his night light and interest in fine arts and ballet will be discovered and trash his tough reputation.
- Nelson in The Simpsons loves Andy Williams, and cries when he attends a live performance. Ironically enough Nelson does wear a pink shirt.
- In another episode, he's seen earnestly explaining to his classmates the proper way to clean, and apply powdered sugar to, freshly-picked huckleberries. When Principal Skinner wanders within earshot, Nelson quickly ad-libs something about punching a kid in the face.
- Jimbo also these moments. In one episode he's shown watching a soap opera with his mother, in another some performance (I forget what it was) of something moved him to tears: "I haven't cried this much since the Joy Luck Club!"
- And of course, there was the whole gang of toughs' reaction to the masked Bart's ballet, and how they open up to each other after a few days accidentally locked in a supply closet.
- Inverted in an early episode where Homer goes to work in a pink shirt (actually his white shirt, dyed in the wash by Bart's red cap). He is immediately sent to psychiatric evaluation.
- The Unicorns from Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends object to be called girls by Terrence simply because they're pink.
- Bender from Futurama fits this temporarily in his stint in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League. He's forced into the character of The "Gender Bender", complete with a pink tutu and curly, blond wig. Though he appears to hate the outfit, he DOES take the time to carefully put it on a hanger and store it in his personal storage space, in the middle of a fight no less.
- He has many straight up examples: his earnest enjoyment of the robo soap opera All My Circuits, his "pregnancy" with beer, and his number two most repeated word is "Daffodil".
- The "daffodil" bit is implied to be an error, as words 5, 4, 3, and 1 are "Bite", "My", "Shiny", and "Ass", respectively. What's Bender's Catch Phrase again?
- "Hot diggity daffodil!"
- Let us not forget his deep love of cooking (and his hurt reaction when it sucks), his obsession/stalking of the aforementioned soap-opera's star, and the TIME HE ALMOST MARRIED SAID STAR. And displayed some emotional aftermath at episode's end.
- Jack Bennett is a test pilot and vigilante who possesses super enhanced senses and optic blasts thanks to his enhancements. He's also rather good with his four (adopted and natural) children (A Genius Bruiser, a Hot Blooded martial artist, a baseball team captain and a Genki Girl) and quite a good cook.
- Inverted on Garfield And Friends: Nermal is so utterly feminine, fans refuse to believe he's male. But he wins a ribbon for "Most Push-ups" in a pet show.
- Brock Samson, of The Venture Brothers, is a hulking secret agent/berserker, who displays great concern for his herb garden.
- Brock is questionable for two reasons. One, he has orders to protect the area underneath his herb garden (though he doesn't know why until the end of season three), and two, it's implied the herbs he grows are... special herbs that help him relax.
- However, he does act motherly to the Venture boys, as seen in "Assasinanny 911!".
- Brock is an avid herbalist, who specially cultivated the grass for the Venture compound, as he explains to Sgt. Hatred.
- Spoofed in an episode of Johnny Bravo, where Johnny is getting badass training from Mr. T. At one point, T tells him to put on a tutu, claiming that only real men would wear something like that. When Johnny asks him why he isn't wearing one, he responds "You think I'd be caught dead wearing that!?"
- Buford's love for his goldfish in Phineas And Ferb
- In Justice League, John Stewart alias Green Lantern: the big, scary Unfunny Ex-Marine who eats
Ben and Jerry's Bob and Terry's ice cream and cries at the ending of Old Yeller.
- Darkwing Duck, the Badass Normal hero of the series of the same name, wears a purple costume (the cape is pink on the inside). He's also a loving parent to his daughter, whom he raises together with his sidekick/Heterosexual Life Partner Launchpad McQuack.
- In Hey Arnold!, Helga's father, Big Bob, is big. And when he breaks his leg, he is shown watching soap operas and demanding his wife videotapes them when he goes back to work
Real Life
- Several Truth In Television examples from the ultra-manly National Football League:
- Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier, one of the (American football) L.A. Rams' legendary "Fearsome Foursome", was a prototypical Scary Black Man... and needlepoint enthusiast.
- The late Craig "Ironhead" Heyward did a famous TV commercial based on this trope. He implored men to try Zest's lather-producing but unmasculine shower-sponge, by answering the question viewers were undoubtedly thinking: "But Ironhead, what's with this thingy?"
- To say nothing of Joe Namath's famous pantyhose commercial.
- Which is based on the real fact that NFL players wear pantyhose under their pants on cold days. It keeps them warm and is more flexible than long underwear.
- Or Joe Namath famously wearing a mink coat on the sidelines.
- Warren Sapp, Jason Taylor, Emmitt Smith, and Jerry Rice all appeared on Dancing With The Stars. All four were either the first runner-up or the champion of his respective season.
- As did Helio Castroneves, the most recent of only five men to win the Indianapolis 500 in consecutive years.
- Lynn Swann took ballet, and even invited Mr. Rogers along to teach kids that Real Men can.
- And above all, his name is Lynn Swann.
- Ron Wolfley wrote poetry.
- Ian Johnson. Record-setting runningback at Boise State. Hero of the 2006 Fiesta Bowl, possibly the greatest college football game of all time. Accomplished crocheter.
- The Hogettes are a famous group of Washington Redskins fans who wear women's dresses to the games.
- On October 4th, 2009, the NFL had a breast cancer awareness week where many of the athletes and officials wore pink cleats, gloves, sweatbands, etc. This Troper could have sworn he heard at least one commentator invoke the Trope Name during the day's games.
- In Australia, for Breast Cancer Awareness month, there's a pair of badges with the very Trope Name on them alongside a pink ribbon. I'm wearing one right now.
- Sean Avery, of the Dallas Stars in the equally ultra-manly National Hockey League, took the summer between seasons to work an unpaid internship at VOGUE Magazine.
- Years ago, a friend of this troper took a life drawing class where the artist's nude model was an retired Army sniper who served in Vietnam. He stated that his sniper training allowed him to hold poses for long periods of time without difficulty.
- Several NFL teams require (as depicted in at least one or two movies) their players to take ballet lessons, in order to give them the grace and balance required to run 100 yards in anywhere from 60 to 140 pounds of padding. Though that may make it more like Training From Hell...
- Mr. Holland's Opus is one of those movies. The football coach minored in Modern Dance in college and choreographs the big dance number in the school musical. He also shrewdly uses it, because people will be expecting his football players, who he trains for the play, to be stumbling all over the stage and will come for the spectacle... but be blown away by the dancing.
- This is also true of many rugby teams, notably the England squad.
- I was told (by my mother) that when the Commandos were being set up that the male ballet dancers they recruited didn't have to go through the fitness training and assessments. As it was explained to me, a ballerina might not weigh much but you try lifting one above your head and holding her there at arm's length while dancing....
- USC quarterback Matt Leinart finished all his required credits in 3 years, but chose to stay in school and play a fourth. He only took Ballroom Dancing during that semester, for the same reason.
- Real Life example: the macho (and, it is alleged, violently temperamental) Russell Crowe likes to crochet.
- Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, an officer in pre-Revolutionary France, led soldiers into battle wearing a dress and makeup.
- Real Mathies Wear Pink Ties. Long live the Tie Guard!
- Sir Edmund Hillary is notable for two things: Making the biggest mountain on the planet his bitch, and beekeeping. Traditionally the preserve of willowy ladies in big hats.
- What's unmanly about beekeeping? Most people think bees are Nightmare Fuel.
- Yet another example of Truth In Television, famous grappler Gene LeBell was known for competing in, and frequently winning judo competitions while wearing a pink gi. He didn't set out to do this, however. As LeBell tells it, he washed his judo gi(which was white) the day of a tournament and didn't realize that there was a piece of red clothing bunched in with it, so naturally the gi was pink when it came out. He had no time to try and bleach it or purchase another one, so he decided to go ahead and wear it. The Japanese fans went nuts when he showed up, and Gene figured he was on to something.
- Skater punks in skirts and punks in skirts in general. Only an idiot argues with a real punk. Combines with exhibitionism since they often wear a flowing skirt with nothing under it that easily flies up during a particularly involved thrasher or punk dance move....
- Many of those are modern American Kilts, Kilts made in black, brown, khaki, ext.
- The guy on the left. Explanation from the lady who knitted the hat: he mocked her husband for his handknitted hat, so she threatened to knit him one in pink. His response: "I would ROCK a pink beanie." They're US Marines. Note the cute little ears!
- Back when this troper was in high school, the football team for the local (only recently and barely co-ed, and the butt of endless jokes) Catholic High School would wear pink socks with their uniforms when they played us. Since they could also offer scholarships they generally beat the crap out of us too.
- NOTHING outdoes the Evzones of Greece for girly looks with (historical) bad-assery.
- Retired boxer Pinklon Thomas was briefly Heavyweight Champion and, according to Mike Tyson, gave Tyson his hardest fight prior to Tyson' first loss. And he did it in trunks that were pink or at least had pink borders. (Although obviously it's as much a pun of his name as anything).
- When Anthony Bourdain went to Sweden for No Reservations, he interviewed two ski and snowboard champions who took up crochet after being injured. They were so good at it that they even sold customised hats, scarves, etc.
- Also, ex boxing champion Evander Holyfield (yeah, the one who got bit by Mike Tyson) appeared in Dancing with the Stars.
- To add to that Mariusz Pudzianowski, five times World’s Strongest Man, came second on Taniec z Gwiazdami (the Polish Strictly Come Dancing), something I discovered by accident while finding out it was Raivis Vidzis who was the WSM who won Dejo ar zvaigzni (the Latvian Strictly Come Dancing).
- Geoff Capes, former Olympic Shot Putter and World’s Strongest Man 1983 and 1985, keeps budgerigars.
- Originally, pink was preferred for boys as it was thought a "stronger" (think sanguine) color than blue, which was instead used for girls.
- In feudal Japan, popular hobbies among samurai included poetry and flower arranging. Miyamoto Musashi himself was an accomplished poet.
- It wasn't only a hobby, but very much Serious Business... and not only in regards to Japan. There's more info about that in the Warrior Poet entry.
- Rapper DMX fails the manhood litmus test. Apparently he felt it was "ridiculous" and "disrespectful" to be forced to wear pink undergarments while serving time in Maricopa county jail.
- Male Food Network Stars.
- Dee Snider, frontman of Twisted Sister.
- Real Men Wear Pink is a common slogan on pink shirts sold during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Georgia. How seriously it is taken varies with the wearer.
- David Lee Roth, former Van Halen frontman, was fond of wearing pink feather boas in concert.
- When the hell was David Lee Roth ever a "manly man?"
- Since he took several belts in martial arts, or nailed thousands of groupies?
- Michael Madsen, the man who is renowned for slicing off a man's ear and making "Stuck in the Middle With You" High Octane Nightmare Fuel, is an accomplished poet So Yeah.
- Swiss mercenaries and the German Landsknechts who imitated them were known as the most effective troops in the western world for hundreds of years. So notable was their reputation that they developed an outrageous fashion style to advertise their identity on the battlefield. They took to wearing puffed-out and frilly doublets bestrewn with brightly colored swatches of fabric, giant floppy berets topped with tall feathers, and candy-striped hose. The rainbow-colored uniforms of the Swiss Guard in Rome are based on this historical outfit.
- During the nightmarish Liberian civil war, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia gained a well-earned reputation for brutality, raping and slaughtered over 150,000 people. They also fought wearing women's clothing and brightly colored wigs, believing that this would terrify their enemies and confuse their bullets. Remember, this is the same country that produced the Butt Naked Brigade.
- None of that sounds particularly manly. Not unless Norman Bates also counts.
- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz enjoys cooking and gardening. He's also a self-declared 'proud Mama's boy' and dedicates all of his home runs to his deceased mother.
- This U.S. Soldier, who rose to fight off a surprise attack in naught but his vest, helmet, and pink undies. Underdressed to kill?
- There are three cultures in the world that are well-known for having especially big, strong, tough men that you do *not* want to cross. Scots, Polynesians, and some parts of Africa. In all three cultures, these men traditionally wear some sort of skirt.
- It's not a skirt a kilt. Women did not wear them, and they were never considered feminine. It should also be noted that originally it was just a long square of fabric folded and wrapped around the body, and was used as a blanket in case he was away from home hunting or fighting. It was also easy to move in. Later, it was woven in many different designs, Tartan, meant to identify what clan a person was from. By the time Scotland became a part of Britain, it was a way to identify Scottish troops. Now, men in Scotland (and often times the US) only wear Kilts for formal events.
- No proof of manhood is required in a land where the men wear skirts with no underwear and the thistles grow waist high.
- Google "Darth Kitty." I'll wait.
- Back yet? Google "Hello Kitty AK-47". For extra credit, picture them both together.
- Gangsta rapper Cam'ron developed a fascination with the color pink later in his career; he even attempted to trademark a shade of pink to call his own.
- Many sports teams (such as the Los Angeles Lakers) established their early identities with bright, traditionally "girlish" colors and soft, cartoonish logos; it's to the point that hardcore fans actually prefer they stay (or revert back to) this way rather than adopt the bolder, more aggressive themes and styles that became pervasive amongst newer teams and redesigns in the '90s.
- FIRST Robotics Team 233 chose pink as their team color. At competitions, the women and men of the team will paint their entire bodies pink and cheer. They also hand out buttons with this trope title.
- Al Capone invited press to a cookout he was hosting while wearing a pink apron during a campaign to improve his image by making him seem more personable and relatable. In this case, he was wearing pink to deliberately soften his image.
- At this troper's highschool there was a group of male dancers at the pep rallies, who wore scanty clothes and were kind of a parody of the cheerleaders or so I heard. Anyway, during one famous performance, they danced in their revealing clothes as usual, but to the tune of the Mulan song, "We Are Man." It got a huge laugh and round of applause.
- As a camouflage measure (it works far better than it sounds like it should) many spitfires used for photo reconnaissance where painted pink. Not a good idea to mock fighter pilots.
- Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's tough-as-nails Memetic Badass chief of staff, studied ballet as a boy, and was so good at it he earned a dance scholarship. He turned down to go to study at Sarah Lawrence instead.
- While on the ice, legendary NHL Hall of Famer Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante would wear toques that he knitted himself. Coach Toe Blake was not impressed; he felt that his players shouldn't wear anything that set them apart from their teammates. Plante is also the guy who popularized the goaltender's mask.
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