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Rated M For Manly is about works, not characters


* '''Straight''': Robert the Rooster is a RatedMForManly JerkJock who mistreats almost everyone he encounters.

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* '''Straight''': Robert the Rooster is a RatedMForManly hypermasculine JerkJock who mistreats almost everyone he encounters.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???BigBad uses Robert to distract the heroes.
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* '''Inverted''': CluckingFunny

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* '''Inverted''': CluckingFunnyThe rooster is funny instead of aggressive



* '''Played for Laughs''': Robert combines this trope with CluckingFunny and manages to be a LaughablyEvil character who suffers from TestosteronePoisoning.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Robert combines this trope with CluckingFunny and manages to be a LaughablyEvil character who suffers from TestosteronePoisoning.

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* '''Downplayed''': Robert isn't always very friendly, but is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and is mostly on the side of good.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Robert isn't always very friendly, but is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and is mostly on the side of good.good.
** Robert is a BoisterousBruiser. While he is rather friendly, he's loud and rowdy.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Robert combines this trope with CluckingFunny and manages to be a LaughablyEvil character.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Robert combines this trope with CluckingFunny and manages to be a LaughablyEvil character.character who suffers from TestosteronePoisoning.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Robert [[HairTriggerTemper fights with everyone for no apparent reason]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Robert [[HairTriggerTemper fights with everyone for no apparent reason]].reason]].
** All the chickens are AlwaysChaoticEvil.
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** Or roosters and chickens are presented as the [[ShrinkingViolet total opposite with being arrogant or violent.]]


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** Chickens and roosters aren't presented as cocky or violent in the slightest.
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'''Basic Trope''': Chickens (especially [[AlwaysMale roosters]]) are portrayed as arrogant and violent.
* '''Straight''': Robert the Rooster is a RatedMForManly JerkJock who mistreats almost everyone he encounters.
* '''Exaggerated''': Robert [[HairTriggerTemper fights with everyone for no apparent reason]].
* '''Downplayed''': Robert isn't always very friendly, but is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and is mostly on the side of good.
* '''Justified''':
** TruthInTelevision: RealLife roosters are sometimes known for being aggressive.
** Robert was raised this way, and may not necessarily know any better.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Henrietta the Hen is an AlphaBitch.
* '''Inverted''': CluckingFunny
* '''Subverted''': Turns out that Robert was actually [[MeanCharacterNiceActor acting]].
* '''Double Subverted''': He ends up BecomingTheMask later on.
* '''Parodied''':
** In a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, movie studios specifically ask for roosters to play cocky, macho characters.
** Robert's "bad deeds" amount to [[PokeThePoodle poking the poodle]], but he still boasts about them anyway.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Robert is in a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
** Some roosters are portrayed as friendly in some way, but some aren't.
* '''Averted''':
** There are no roosters in the work.
** There isn't anything too unusual about roosters in the work.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writer of the series [[WriteWhatYouKnow was once attacked by a rooster]], so this is based on their own personal experience.
** It's based on a common AnimalStereotype.
** Can also be a satire of TestosteronePoisoning.
** Robert is supposed to be an Expy of another rooster known for being arrogant.
* '''Lampshaded''': "He's pretty [[StealthPun cocky]]."
* '''Invoked''': Robert's family [[FreudianExcuse raises him to be this way]].
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Robert realizes that his behaviors are unacceptable, and works to have [[HeelFaceTurn a change of heart]].
* '''Discussed''': "Why does Robert always act so mean towards us?"
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why roosters are often the JerkJock characters in works that involve animals."
* '''Implied''': Robert is never seen, but other characters mention him being mean and unlikable.
* '''Deconstructed''': This becomes a [[FantasticRacism stereotype associated with roosters]] that Robert is unfairly believed to be.
* '''Reconstructed''': Over time, roosters become more widely accepted in society.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Robert combines this trope with CluckingFunny and manages to be a LaughablyEvil character.
* '''Played for Drama''': The story focuses on Robert's main victim attempting to avoid him.
* '''Played for Horror''': Robert is more than just arrogant and violent - he's also AxCrazy.
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