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There is also the possibility of something termed "[[FanDisservice builder's backside]]" (PlumbersCrack) being seen. They may also wear RoughOveralls, but shirtless to play up the fanservice.

There is also the possibility of something termed "[[FanDisservice builder's backside]]" (PlumbersCrack) being seen. They may also wear RoughOverallsm, but shirtless to play up the fanservice.

There is also the possibility of something termed "[[FanDisservice builder's backside]]" (PlumbersCrack) being seen.

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* Liquid Plumr have been doing this with their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlaRPlsHpJE ads.]] The ads are outright parodies of porn, with a hunky plumber showing up saying he's there to "snake the drain" or "clean the pipes."

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* {{Invoked}} by Mori in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' during a manliness contest - to increase his chances of winning, he chopped wood without a shirt ("for some reason").

* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' - when Homer is framed for one of Mr Burns's crimes and sent to prison, Marge hires a whole team of buff shirtless men to do the housework. Lisa points out that Homer didn't do any of the stuff they're supposedly filling in for, but Marge isn't listening.
* ''ComicBook/RedEars'': A bored woman tries to seduce the handsome young window washer who's hanging outside her window by stripping in front of him. However, he's NotDistractedByTheSexy.

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* Using another gardening example: in ''Film/SomethingNew'', Sanaa Lathan's character finds herself getting a little hot and bothered watching Simon Baker dig up roots in her yard.

* The chef in ''Film/JumpingTheBroom'' for some reason has a scene outside in nothing but overalls catching fish.
* In ''Film/OmShantiOm'', one of the dance numbers requires the main character to be dressed in nothing but jeans, work gloves, a work helmet and possibly a lot of body glitter.
* In ''Cannibal'' one of the main characters looks longingly at a pair of shirtless carpenters working just outside his window.

* ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' did this in one episode (''Film/SanFranciscoInternationalAirport''), with a shirtless Dr Forrester and Frank doing some repairs in Deep 13. Dr Forrester is in ''nice'' shape.
* Charlotte in ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' fantasizes about the gorgeous rose gardener--and eventually kisses him--during her first marriage. Her mother-in-law proclaims that she's proven herself part of the family once she finds out about the fling, heavily implying that the other women of the family have had similar dalliances with the staff.

* Occurs in a ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' episode, with a gardener, Adam Goodman. He turns out to be an undercover agent but he is one sweet looking guy.
* ''Series/TrueBlood''
** Jason Stackhouse as Road Crew. Also Hoyt.
** Terry and Lafayette as hot cooks.
* Brilliantly parodied in ''Series/{{The IT Crowd}}'' when Jen has to distract a woman to sneak Roy out from under her desk, by looking out the window and saying: "Ooh, a builder working with his shirt off.. just like on the television." All the women run to take a look, to reveal a pale, flabby guy staring vacantly back at them.
* In ''Series/TheOC'' season 2 premiere, the Cohen's house was being remodeled by burly construction workers. The neighbors have started calling their house "The Manhole".
* In a first-season episode of ''Series/MythBusters'', preliminary testing required jackhammering a large hole in M5's sidewalk twice. Adam wore his usual t-shirt, Jamie spent most of those sequences shirtless.

* Xander from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' is a construction worker. Anya, watching him work, imagines having sex with him.
* Appears in an episode of ''Series/LasVegas'' when two window washers are doing work on the Montecito casino's ''many'' hotel windows while shirtless. Justified because they were specifically paid extra to follow this dress code to placate the guests.

* This was basically the idea behind reality-tv show ''Joe Millionaire''. A bunch of women were told they'd be romanced by a rich, handsome young bachelor. The twist was that he wasn't really rich; he was just a construction worker. But they still got the "handsome" part.
* A chapter of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' saw Enrique Iglesias playing one of these.
* Piper's [[OurAngelsAreDifferent whitelighter]] and eventual husband, Leo, in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. He initially poses as a handyman, and there are a couple of [[FemaleGaze lovingly focused shots of his butt]] (during one while he was looking up their fireplace, Phoebe enters and lustily comments "My, Santa, you've changed.") And a ShirtlessScene or two as well.
* On ''Series/BodyOfProof'', Megan visits her landscaper boyfriend at his job and doesn't hide her pleasure at finding him shirtless. Seeing as he's played by MrFanservice himself, Creator/JamieBamber, one can hardly blame her.
* Fiona on ''Series/BurnNotice'' gets some information about an assassin in a Season 2 episode by visiting a demolition company claiming to be the publisher of hot-men-at-work calendars. She even tells the foreman (who is legitimately hunky, assuming that the puff in his polo shirt was air and not gut) "I think I'm looking at Mr. January right here."

* Invoked in an episode of ''Series/DesigningWomen'' when contractor Anthony winds up in a BachelorAuction. Suzanne puts him in a tight tank top and ''very'' small jean shorts. Anthony's a handsome enough guy but hardly the buff and brawny type.
** Subverted by Rusty, the contractor the firm often uses for projects. He has a huge gut and Mary Jo ''always'' makes him bend over to examine a floor-level outlet to force the other women to look at his plumber's crack.

* The Music/VillagePeople.

* Music/FifthHarmony's song "Work from Home" features them singing while hot construction workers go about their business around them.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had a skit that parodied the famous ''Diet Coke'' ad, where the guy the women are gushing over is the portly Flavio the Hippo.

* The classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCP0R3ZF7CQ Diet Coke ad]], where everyday at a certain time, a bunch of office women flock to their window to watch a construction worker (model Lucky Vanous) outside strip off his shirt and enjoy said drink.