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* Ben from ''FuzzyKnights''.

* Scrappers in ''CityOfHeroes''. Behold the magic of [[UnstoppableRage Scrapperlock!]]

** a Big Guns optimized character have little choice but to be this. Not only the stats required for Big Guns already provide the RequiredSecondaryPowers for Big Guns (damage resistance and carry weight for instance, due to them being, well, ''heavy''), as well as Big Guns penalizing Sneak. This makes Big Guns character a primarily a charging character that relies on tough defense (and a healthy dose of Stimpaks hotkeyed) and the guns doing the killing before the character gets killed.
** a Small Arms optimized one can be too if a player prefers [[BoomHeadshot blowing the enemies heads easily]], and not to mention [[CoolGun the Chinese Assault Rifle]] and [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter the Combat Shotgun]]

* Mary in ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista''. She insists [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja on being a ninja class]], and when [[SubvertedTrope told the setting doesn't have those]], she goes for the closest thing. And when playing the sister of a queen, she insists that her PimpedOutDress has loads of pleats on the skirt, just so that she can do a RoundhouseKick with [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery no impediments]].

* Legolas from ''DMOfTheRings''. When the players learn that the success of the entire campaign comes down to the die roll of a single NPC, Aragorn and Gimli are understandably upset, but Legolas thinks it's hardcore. He's also the player who comes up with all the crazy stunts and who never, ever grows tired of shooting orcs in the face.

A PlayerArchetypes subtrope, along with TheRoleplayer, TheLoonie and the {{Munchkin}}. Despite the name, these characters can easily be female, with Comicbook/RedSonja being a good example.

A PlayerArchetypes subtrope, along with TheRoleplayer, TheLoonie and the {{Munchkin}}. Despite the name, these characters can easily be female, with RedSonja being a good example.

** Vaarsuvius is the wizard variety. He once used a spell called "Familicide" to ensure that she would never have to deal with some dragon's relations, no matter how distant, coming to look for vengeance. He estimated that as a result the world's population of black dragons decreased by approximately 25%. She has since grown out of it (somewhat) and become more of TheRoleplayer.

** Vaarsuvius is the wizard variety. V once used a spell called "Familicide" to ensure that he would never have to deal with some dragon's relations, no matter how distant, coming to look for vengeance. He estimated that as a result the world's population of black dragons decreased by approximately 25%. He has since grown out of it (somewhat) and become more of TheRoleplayer.

* [[LeeroyJenkins The Leeroy]]: The guy with no patience for long-term strategy, deliberations, or diplomacy. He usually has one tried-and-true solution to every problem: the headlong charge. This may even work, on occasion, depending on how strong the Leeroy is. However, more often it leads to him getting in over his head (and even getting the [[TotalPartyKill entire party killed]] trying to bail him out) or getting mauled by a trap. Even worse is if he gets bored and starts a BarBrawl during delicate negotiations because it's been more than ten minutes since the last fight. Named after the [[TropeCodifier most famous recent example]], [[WorldOfWarcraft Leeroy Jenkins]].

A PlayerArchetypes subtrope, along with TheRoleplayer, TheLoonie and the {{Munchkin}}.

* Possibly, Belkar from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''.
** V, despite being quite possibly not a man at all (it's deliberately ambiguous what V's sex is), is the wizard variety. V once used a spell called "Familicide" to ensure that he would never have to deal with some dragon's relations, no matter how distant, coming to look for vengeance. He estimated that as a result the world's population of black dragons decreased by approximately 25%.

* Out of the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' roleplaying games ''TabletopGame/DeathWatch'' and (to a lesser degree) ''TabletopGame/OnlyWar'' are designed for Real Man gameplay and are very combat-centric in setting and rules, with rules for fighting large quantities of insta-killed {{mooks}}, impressive weapons, high focus on combat options and tactical gameplay, and generally less focus on story agency and non-combat encounters. This is opposed to the more low-key ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' and ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade'' where players tend to do most of their work out-of-combat without clear orders of where to go next and combat tends more towards the 'nasty, brutish and short' climax of an investigation.

* Out of the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' roleplaying games ''TabletopGame/DeathWatch'' and (to a lesser degree) ''TabletopGame/OnlyWar'' are designed for Real Man gameplay and are very combat-centric in setting and rules, with rules for fighting large quantities of insta-killed {{mooks}}, impressive weapons, high focus on combat options and tactical gameplay, and generally less focus on story agency and non-combat encounters. This is opposed to the more low-key ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkCrusade'' where players tend to do most of their work out-of-combat without clear orders of where to go next and combat tends more towards the 'nasty, brutish and short' climax of an investigation.

** Exalted pioneered the Stunt Bonus concept ([[AwesomeButPractical cool actions work better when you describe them in detail]]) which ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' and ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' later used.

TheRealMan is the TabletopRPG player who plays the game for the visceral, action-packed experience. Any character played by this guy will invariably be a BadAss whirlwind of death -- rarely do they play any sort of sneaky or supporting character. If by chance they have to play a [[SquishyWizard wizard]], he'll either be [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill loaded to the gills]] with [[StuffBlowingUp fireballs]] or decidedly [[MagicKnight non-squishy]]. The real man may do some MinMaxing (though not to the insane heights of the {{Munchkin}}), but he's just as likely to select abilities based on [[RuleOfCool "cool factor"]] [[AwesomeButImpractical alone]].

Then there are more problematic forms of TheRealMan:

** The Monk class was basically made with TheRealMan in mind. For instance, one of his powers is punching so hard that his fist ''[[RocketPunch flies across the room with the rest of him still attached to it.]]''

* Most of [[GurrenLagann Team Dai Gurren]] is this to varying degrees, but none moreso than their originator, Kamina. [[spoiler: Except he's not really, it's just an act he puts on to inspire people.]]

* Most of [[GurrenLagann Team Dai Gurren]] is this to varying degrees, but none moreso than their originator, Kamina. [[spoiler: Except he's not really, it's just an act he puts on to inspire people.]]

** It's an actual rule in Paranoia that characters are not allowed to change their actions after declaring them [[spoiler: unless the GM thinks it would be funny, as in "Oh, Moe-O-DJO is going to detonate his solar grenade? Shoot, forget about diving for cover, I'm going to strip off my armor so I get a tan!"]][[hottip:*:That information was not available at your security clearance, citizen. Please report to your new duties as reactor shielding.]]

* [[LeeroyJenkins The Leeroy]]: The guy with no patience for long-term strategy, deliberations, or diplomacy. He usually has one tried-and-true solution to every problem: the headlong charge. This may even work, on occasion, depending on how strong the Leeroy is. However, more often it leads to him getting in over his head (and even getting the [[TotalPartyKill entire party killed]] trying to bail him out) or getting mauled by a trap. Even worse is if he gets bored and starts a BarBrawl during delicate negotiations because it's been more than ten minutes since the last fight. Named after the [[TropeCodifier most famous recent example]], LeeroyJenkins.

** V, despite being quite possibly not a man at all (it's deliberately ambiguous what V's sex is), is the wizard variety. V once used a spell called "Familicide" to ensure that he would never have to deal with some dragon's relations, no matter how distant, coming to look for vengeance. He estimated that it resulted in world's population of black dragons decreasing by approximately 25%.