History RealMenWearPink / VideoGames

* '' VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat}} '': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-c4U6XRtvc Cooking with Scorpion.]]

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' wears [[GoofyPrintUnderwear pink boxers with red hearts]], as seen in several of his many [[TheManyDeathsOfYou death animations]].

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Sniper knits in his spare time. (Perhaps it's a manual dexterity exercise...)
** The Heavy's second Halloween costume? A pink tutu with matching fairy wings and tiara.
-->"HEAVY IS PRETTY PRINCESS!!"
** And according to ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', his drink of choice is the Peach Bellini.

* Real knights also wear pink, as Ragnar of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' will have you know.

* ''Sqoon'': The dreaded pirate Narikeen, piloting the titular hot pink submarine, is our only hope of survival against watery alien invaders.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Mister Torgue, who's basically RatedMForManly: The Character, thinks unicorns are awesome. In addition, it's possible to invoke this with any of the characters via pink skins for their clothes and vehicles.

* ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' Global Offensive has the balaclava-donned terrorists wearing a salmon-pink flannel shirt under their armour.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** One of Captain Falcon's alternate costumes is pink. His [[MemeticMutation Falcon Punch]] isn't fazed one bit by this. It has gained the FanNickname "Captain Fabulous".
-->'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon''': Valentine's Day Captain Falcon! Here's here for you, ladies...
** Dedede looks like a straight out pimp in his pink outfit.
** There is a pink color outfit for Meta Knight - the resident badass of the Kirby series and [[CharacterTiers strongest]] character in ''Brawl''. ''[=SSB4=]'' takes it up a notch by including a costume based on [[BonusBoss Galacta Knight]].
** Franchise/DonkeyKong's only item of clothing is a monogrammed tie, which can be pink in ''Brawl'' and ''[=SSB4=]'' when using his blue costume. The latter game also gave him a costume with pink fur.
** And then there's "Gayweegie"...
* According to the dye descriptions in ''VideoGame/FableII'', pink is an ominous color in Albion. One dye color is 'Insatiable Butcher Pink'. Dyeing all of your male avatar's clothes in it subtly increases how much the civilian populace fears you.

* ''VideoGame/ClarencesBigChance'': Averted.
-->"Your Shirt and Tie: A fancy pink shirt and brown tie that you think make you look like a man of good taste. You are deluded."

* To a man, the players in the ''Mutant Football League'' are hulking bruisers that look like they chew steel and crap gunpowder and happily slaughter each other in as brutal a fashion as they can possibly manage. Some of them are killer robots, others rabid werewolves or even demons ascended from hell itself. These same 'roided-up meatheads will happily brag, on international television, that the last touchdown they scored means they can afford to go to the [[Franchise/MyLittlePony My Little]] [[BlandNameProduct Bony]] convention this year. Many of them will also have endorsement deals for lines of poetry notebooks, which are not to be used for anything but poetry on pain of being hunted down and brutally killed by the spokesplayer. Punters are also noted for the superb knitting they do on the sidelines, while being noted as very skilled at [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy "partying"]].
* From ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', we have [[spoiler:Jeritza aka the Death Knight]]. NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, ObviouslyEvil, BloodKnight extraordinaire... and loves cats, sweets, and [[spoiler:his sister, Mercedes.]] In the route where he is playable, the C support has Byleth flabbergasted seeing him devour a fancy ice cream.

* Shinjiro Aragaki in ''VideoGame/{{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.\\
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He's also a big softy when it comes to animals. Take him to the film festival, and his response to the "Amazing Pet Adventure" films is a shocked, "The river... it just... washed that dog away..." He then ''turns to keep you from seeing him cry''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''
** [[TheBigGuy Kanji Tatsumi]] has an interest in crafts and sewing. Because of this, he was mocked by others for not being "manly", resulting him to cultivate a tough and violent attitude to push others away. [[CharacterDevelopment He eventually gets over the fear of being mocked as he learns to express himself properly.]]
** The PlayerCharacter can play the trope straight, since depending on the player's choices he can be a very good cook and work at several part-time jobs involving caring for children, and he can also be quite gung-ho about the cross-dressing competition.

* A lot of the older male heroes of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (the first through [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI sixth]] games - all of the characters designed by Yoshitaka Amano) utilize scarves and heels in their outfits. Special mention goes to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]], who wears ''purple lipstick'' of all things.
** And a tiara, once he becomes a Paladin.
* Cloud from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' really fits the trope. Because real men crossdress.
** There is also Sephiroth. As ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' tells us, real men use a whole bottle of perfumed shampoo and conditioner daily and then smell of roses and vanilla.
** The movie sequel, ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', shows that all members of the party wear a pink ribbon tied around their arms in memory of Aerith. This includes uber-badasses Barrett and Vincent.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Reddas - real men wear pink pants.

* Marluxia from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' may have auburn-pink hair, a penchant for flowers, and [[ViewerGenderConfusion the ability to confuse gamers]], but trust us when we tell that his [[SinisterScythe huge-ass scythe]] isn't for show.
** Some of the gender confusion was alleviated in ''Re:Chain of Memories'' when he gains a manly voice in both versions.

** The gifts he values most are paintings.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has the potential to make every single male squad member into one of these, with the infamous pink Phoenix armour. This includes Shepard, naturally.

** Turian FriendlySniper Garrus's file in the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC features his combat playlist's top 5. These include the turian imperial anthem, two dance-mix songs, a tune from the apparently incredibly popular asari porno ''Vaenia''...and "Fire in the Courtyard" from the turian/quarian romance movie ''Fleet and Flotilla''. [[spoiler:Possible {{Foreshadowing}} for his PairTheSpares hookup with Tali in ''3'' if neither was romanced - Tali is not only a quarian, but a huge fan of ''Fleet and Flotilla'' who knows the words to half the songs off by heart]].

* In ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'', the area with the most pink-colored dragons is the battle-centered Peace Keepers world. The ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' keeps this consistent.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Miles Edgeworth embraces his trope as he wears a berry-colored blazer with matching trousers to court (and everywhere else). His only update in a decade of law practice has been to make the tails longer and add slightly darker satin trim. If that weren't enough, there is also the [[ClassyCravat ever-present three-layered poof of lace at his throat]]. In one BreakingTheFourthWall commercial, he has a pink Nintendo DS. All of the buttons on the touch screen of his own game are his signature magenta.
** Furio "The Tiger" Tigre from ''Trials and Tribulations'': Ruthless LoanShark with mafia ties. Personification of BrooklynRage. ''Literally roars like a tiger'' whenever he gets mad. Drives a pink moped.
** Tyrell Badd is a grizzled FilmNoir detective in a zany world, and a MemeticBadass whose very name has "bad" in it. He wears a CoatCape ''covered entirely in bullet holes'' (there's also some in his tie). He also has an ''enormous'' SweetTooth and is constantly sucking on a pink lollipop. It does not at all detract from his manliness.
** Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki from ''Apollo Justice''. Head of the local {{Yakuza}} family. Casually hands out death threats. Wears a cute green apron with a cartoon fox on it. Opens up a bakery after he leaves the crime business.
** Shelly De Killer, the notorious assassin, sends out pink calling cards and openly wears a pink coat while posing as an ice cream salesman.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' Archer himself, [[RatedMForManly 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. [[spoiler:Of course, he and Archer [[MyFutureSelfAndMe are the same person.]]]]
*** He still does quite a bit even after he starts fighting. At the end of the Unlimited Blade Works route, right before the final battle, Shirou decides to get pumped up for the fight... by cooking everyone a gorgeous dinner. Also, in [[spoiler: the True End of]] Heaven's Feel, he starts to make a big meal for everyone, and this is ''after'' he [[spoiler: literally turned his entire body into ''swords'']].

* One of the bathroom encounters in ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' features Damien, otherwise the poster-demon for toxic masculinity, arguing about makeup techniques with the female love interests.
--->I like to start with a palette of complimentary colors for my skin tone: blood red, baby-flesh pink, bloodshot crimson, and then do a basic blend with a soft-boiled chimera egg... what? It's called TECHNIQUE, [[SophisticatedAsHell FUCKERS!]]
** During one of the lunch encounters, you can opt to do flower-arranging with the JerkJock Wolfpack. They thank you for acknowledging their sensitive side, then [[MomentKiller make crude remarks comparing the flowers to female genitalia]].

** Miles Edgeworth embraces his trope as he wears a berry-colored blazer with matching trousers to court (and everywhere else). His only update in a decade of law practice has been to make the tails longer and add slightly darker satin trim. If that weren't enough, there is also the [[ClassyCravat every-present three-layered poof of lace at his throat]]. In one BreakingTheFourthWall commercial, he has a pink Nintendo DS. All of the buttons on the touch screen of his own game are his signature magenta.

** Miles Edgeworth embraces his trope as he wears a magenta blazer with matching trousers. And on the off chance that it's actually ''red'', there is also his [[ClassyCravat totally-not-sissy-but-incredibly-manly ruffles]]. In one BreakingTheFourthWall commercial, he has a pink Nintendo DS. All of the buttons on the touch screen of his own game are magenta/pink.

** Deconstructed with Kanji Tatsumi, TheBigGuy whose interest in crafts and sewing caused him to be mocked by others for not being "manly", which in turn led him to cultivate a tough and violent attitude, which ''still'' caused others to reject him, this time out of fear. [[CharacterDevelopment He eventually gets over it as he learns to express this side of him more with ease.]]

** Deconstructed with Kanji Tatsumi, TheBigGuy whose interest in crafts and sewing caused him to be mocked by others for not being "manly", which in turn led him to cultivate a tough and violent attitude, which ''still'' caused others to reject him, this time out of fear.

** Deconstructed with Kanji Tatsumi, TheBigGuy whose interest in crafts and sewing caused him to be mocked by others for not being "manly", which in turn led him to cultivate a tough and violent attitude, which ''still'' caused others to reject him, this time out of fear. It also gave him a bit of a complex about his sexuality thanks to people assuming that his hobbies are a sign that he's gay.
-->'''Yosuke''': ''[[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} NOOOOO, it's too gay in here!]]''

* To a man, the players in the ''Mutant Football League'' are hulking bruisers that look like they chew steel and crap gunpowder and happily slaughter each other in as brutal a fashion as they can possibly manage. Some of them are hulking killer robots, others rabid werewolves or even demons ascended from hell itself. They'll also happily brag, on international television, that the last touchdown they scored means they can afford to go to the [[Franchise/MyLittlePony "My Little]] [[BlandNameProduct Bony"]] convention this year. Punters are also noted for the superb knitting they do on the sidelines.

* To a man, the players in the ''Mutant Football League'' are hulking bruisers that look like they chew steel and crap gunpowder and happily slaughter each other in as brutal a fashion as they can possibly manage. Some of them are hulking killer robots, others rabid werewolves or even demons ascended from hell itself. They'll also happily brag, on international television, that the last touchdown they scored means they can afford to go to the [[Franchise/MyLittlePony "My Little]] [[BlandNameProduct Bony"]] convention this year.