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5	[[caption-width-right:350:This trope is [[LargeHam OUTRAGEOUS]], [[MythologyGag old]] [[Series/Batman1966 chum!]]]]
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7	->''"Now... let me see what a president looks like... HE GOT TWO ARMS! TWO LEGS! HE'S JUST LIKE US! HAHAHAHA!"''
8	-->-- '''Dablone''', ''Film/Escape2000''
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10	A common character in {{RPG}}s and action shows, the Boisterous Bruiser is a fun guy to be around. He will often be part of an ensemble and will most likely be TheBigGuy in TheTeam (specifically, their Class 3), although he tends to be a bit more boisterous than the usual archetype who plays that role. If he's not TheIdiotFromOsaka, he will at least tend to act bumpkin-ish and crude. If he's [[DumbMuscle as dumb as he is big]], he will at least have had enough life experience to dispense sage and world-wise advice to the KidHero whenever he needs it.
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12	He — since [[TheLadette female Boisterous Bruisers are quite rare]] — will usually not be part of a formal army (unless serving under a KidHero). More often the Bruiser is a mercenary-for-hire or the leader of a band of thieves. Or the leader of a band of pirates. Or the leader of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits freedom fighters]]. Or all four at once. If he's an {{anime}} character, he will inevitably have a Kansai accent, and will often be HotBlooded and use ''ore-sama'' as his [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns personal pronoun]]. He's like a really obnoxious but likable SupportingLeader. He's almost always a LargeHam.
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14	He may start out as an antagonist or as some kind of obstacle to our heroes, but he will usually be charmed into joining the heroes' side after witnessing their courage and determination, or he may just decide to throw in with them if he likes their style or if both sides have a mutual enemy. On occasion, though, the hero must outwit or even outfight the Bruiser first, but then DefeatEqualsFriendship will come into play.
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16	If he happens to be some sort of formal ruler or [[RoyalBlood king]], he will act [[WhatsUpKingDude in an extremely informal way]]. He will also tend to be loud, brash, filled with bravado, and (if it's a live-action production)... played by Creator/BrianBlessed.
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18	He will spend most of his off-time at the tavern, partying hard, knocking back tankards of ale or cups of sake, and getting into fights. The StraightMan and TheSmartGuy will find him annoying or scary, but everyone else will think he's a total hoot, and these three [[DefrostingIceQueen will probably warm up to him anyway]]. His tales of his prowess can be a little exaggerated, but those who assume he is [[MilesGloriosus all talk]] will have a surprise coming. He tends to laugh often, and is rather fond of giving rookies a hard time or [[SmackOnTheBack playfully patting weaker characters on the back with enough force to send them flying across the room]]. (The NaiveNewcomer may not realize his strength because he does not look like a bodybuilder; StoutStrength is common.) He might show affection through bone-crushing {{Bear Hug}}s.
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20	He will rub a lot of people the wrong way, [[BunnyEarsLawyer but he's such a good fighter that most of his comrades will tolerate his foibles.]] He will usually pull Tank Duty if he's part of an RPG combat party and in large formal battles, he will often split off from the main party and start mowing down enemies by the hundreds (an action which may or may not anger his superiors). But there's really no telling him what to do. He plays fast and free by his own rules and most people are okay with him (although they'd be even ''more'' okay with him if he drank less, stopped getting into fights, didn't leave his dirty laundry everywhere, and stopped hurling insults at people).
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22	If his melancholies are as gigantic as his mirths, see also EmotionalBruiser. If someone has the size and personality with some extra paunch, see BigFun.
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24	A SubTrope of ChewingTheScenery.
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26	Compare the FriendlySniper (with ImprobableAimingSkills instead of physical strength), {{Keet}} (the less macho counterpart).
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28	Contrast the BoisterousWeakling, who talks the talk but cannot walk the walk.
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30	!!Example Subpages:
31	[[index]]
32	* BoisterousBruiser/AnimeAndManga
33	* BoisterousBruiser/ComicBooks
34	* [[BoisterousBruiser/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
35	* BoisterousBruiser/{{Literature}}
36	* BoisterousBruiser/LiveActionTV
37	* BoisterousBruiser/TabletopGames
38	* BoisterousBruiser/VideoGames
39	* BoisterousBruiser/WebComics
40	* BoisterousBruiser/WesternAnimation
41	* BoisterousBruiser/RealLife
42	[[/index]]
43
44	!!Other Examples:
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46	[[foldercontrol]]
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48	[[folder:Fan Works]]
49	* ''Fanfic/ABrighterDark'' turns the originally gentle and [[AllLovingHero all-loving]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin]] into a downplayed version... although she seems to be [[CharacterDevelopment growing]] [[KnightInSourArmor out of it]] in later chapters, making this a slightly [[SubvertedTrope subverted trope.]]
50	* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', Asuka is her squad's best fighter. She is as enthusiastic and lively as in canon, yet [[AdaptationalNiceGuy more sociable and more congenial compared to her canon self]] due to the positive influence of a good ParentalSubstitute that raised her, making her easier to hang out with.
51	* In ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'', Prince Fanged Paw, [[GodEmperor Emperor Golden Scepter]]'s second son, is described by his entry as a "Boisterous Bruiser"-type of person who can be pretty loud, dramatic, and outspoken even without meaning to. He also has no love for the rules and social niceties that he must abide by as a Terran Prince, so he tries to act casually around his mortal subjects by laughing, drinking, and having fun like a total party animal, which annoys his brothers as his antics has sometimes created embarrassing situations. He is also a powerful Alicorn demigod, and a ferocious and ruthless fighter whose combat style has often been compared to a savage wolf, hence his epithet, "the Savage Wolf". This isn't too surprising, since he's based on [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Primarch Leman Russ]].
52	* The main trait of the Hinanai House in ''FanFic/GameOfTouhou'', making boisterous inhabitants that enjoy partying, drinking and fighting.
53	* In the ''FanFic/HookerVerse'', [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] falls under this but is mixed with a bit of KnightInShiningArmor, while OriginalCharacter Lucy is a FieryRedhead through and through.
54	* Millicent Bulstrode in ''FanFic/ItachiIsThatABaby'' is not only rather friendly but very big and incredibly strong. At thirteen she gets a summer job breaking up prison riots by beating the hell out of the inmates. Her mother is likewise a BloodKnight though a PintSizedPowerhouse (contrasting Milly's GentleGiant father).
55	* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Asuka is bold, bashful, energetic, and after going through her CharacterDevelopment, she is happier and more mirthful than she used to before meeting Shinji. She is also [[spoiler:Franchise/WonderWoman in the original story and ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' in the rewrite.]] She is an excellent warrior and hits very, ''very'' hard.
56	* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Asuka is a rare female example. She is a super-strong heroine (''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''). She is also daring, loud, perky and likes gloating.
57	* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf certainly seems like a grimdark take on this, insulting (and defeating) his enemies while being overbearingly friendly to his allies (especially Tyrion). [[spoiler:Shame it turned out he was dead serious about bringing the Chaos gods to Westeros though.]]
58	* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': Vix-Lei the minotaur, being loud, strong and friendly.
59	* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Walburt the Barbarian is a brawny and always-optimistic HeroicWannabe who has NoIndoorVoice and is always cheerfully proclaiming how chivalrous and noble his deeds are. He ends up enlisting in Haara’s stealth mission (despite [[WithCatlikeTread a complete lack of qualifications]]) because he’s the only adventurer in town who has no issues with the rescue plan’s [[FullFrontalAssault mandatory nudity.]]
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62	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
63	* Tank in ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie.'' He's the biggest character in the entire series, being large and strong enough to dwarf and pick up resident GentleGiant PJ, and is very loud, confident, and tough. He is introduced as the right-hand man to local JerkJock, Bradley Uppercrust III but at the end of the movie [[spoiler: he has sided with the protagonist, Max, instead]], because Bradley [[spoiler: left him to die and Max saved him.]]
64	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': The thugs at the Snugly Duckling turn out to be a likable bunch who have [[RealMenWearPink a collective sensitive side]], while at the same time are still a pack of violent oafs.
65	-->'''Hook-Hand:''' Though I do like breakin' femurs\
66	You can count me with the dreamers\
67	Like everybody else, I've got a dream!
68	* Thanks to its 'Scottish legend' backdrop, almost every adult male character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' is a Boisterous Bruiser. Stand by for HamToHamCombat.
69	* Baloo in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book\|1967}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''.
70	* Pumbaa in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' during Simba's Hakuna Matata phase.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'''s version of Donkey Kong is shown to be as powerful a fighter as he is a showboating braggart, much to his father's consternation. He beats up Mario with no effort and introduces himself with the aforementioned showboating, going as far as to do a PecFlex that gets on his father's nerves.
72	* Captain Silver from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', an alien of the Ursid race, certainly counts. He's huge, built like a bear with a heavy accent, enormous hands, is always jolly and jovial [[spoiler: until he reveals himself as a pirate and angrily attacks Jim, Doppler and Amelia with his crew, but then turns back to his kind self after saving Jim out of fatherly love]] and loves food, in fact he is the ship's cook, and at one point is seen regaling the rest of the crew with stories over tankards of drink, enthusiastically acting out parts of it and using his mechanical arm to provide shadow puppets of the events. He can certainly hold his own in a fight as well, showing a mere fraction of his strength in nearly crushing the spider-alien Scroop's claw when he threatened Jim, and when threatened by a black hole, he is seen with Jim, using his own body to not only anchor Jim to the ship better, but to shield him as well.
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75	[[folder:Manhwa]]
76	* Interestingly played with in ''Manhwa/HesDedicatedToRoses''. The {{Bishonen}} Yo-Dah is considered as this, going around the streets and calling up gangsters to beat the shit out of them for their bad actions... but it turns out that Yo-Dah is actually the alter-ego of I-Da, a mix of {{Bifauxnen}} and {{Meganekko}} who does so to work out the frustrations that come from her rough life as the "pet" of the local AlphaBitch, Mi-Mi.
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79	[[folder:Music]]
80	* Every Time I Die's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBN28ixcK8 "We'rewolf"]]. Loud, rude, downright crude at times, but fun and surprisingly reflective at others. It helps that the video features the band being victimized by a werewolf and, shortly after, becoming rock 'n' rolling werewolves themselves. And then they crash a party...
81	* Shane [=McGowan=] of Music/ThePogues used to be one of these, but then his lifestyle caught up with him. Today, he's seen as a walking cautionary tale. Other Celtic Punk bands carrying on in The Pogues' footsteps, however, are all about this trope.
82	** The Dreadnoughts' song "Fire Marshall Willy" is all about one of these. Willy is the ultimate party animal.
83	* Many of Music/{{Korpiklaani}}'s songs give this kind of vibe, with their loud, exuberant energy and frequent lyrical focus on alcohol.
84	* GoreShack. With song titles like "The Weredude", "Beercan Burial" , and "Big Tits and Zombie Flicks", They really could never be anything else but this trope personified.
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87	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
88	%%* Myth/KingArthur's adoptive brother Kay in Myth/ArthurianLegend.
89	%%* Myth/RobinHood: If Little John isn't described that way, Friar Tuck will be. Occasionally Robin himself.
90	* Several thunder gods fall into this trope. Thor, Perun, and Susanoo-no-Mikoto fit the mold very well. Zeus is a Boisterous Bruiser who got married, but never quite settled down—his idea of subtlety is turning his paramour into a conspicuous white heifer. Thunder gods that are also the head of their pantheon tend to have been Boisterous Bruisers before they obtained some kind of (frequently literal) font of wisdom.
91	* In Myth/NorseMythology, in addition to Thor, Aegir has a bit of this too. He lives in a giant feast hall at the bottom of the sea and spends all his time entertaining the souls of drowned sailors.
92	%%* OlderThanFeudalism: Heracles of Myth/GreekMythology.
93	%%* Ajax in ''Literature/TheIliad'' as well.
94	* Sharik from Russian fairytales. His sister was abducted by a dragon, and her other brothers went to him first, trying to get her back. Said dragon lives in a big house that awes the brothers, serves them "food" of brass and iron which they can't eat naturally and "offers" them to give the sister back if they manage to destroy a huge log without either axe or fire. Which they can't, naturally, so [[KickTheDog he kills them]]. Enter Sharik, who mocks the "poor hut" of the dragon, eats all of the "food" and complains he doesn't get more, destroys the log with his little finger and his breath, then kills the dragon and revives the other brothers. HappyEnding.
95	* The eponymous heroes of the Caucasian Myth/NartSagas are energetic warriors famed for their prowess in battle, choosing struggle and glory over comfort and safety.
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98	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
99	* Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Wrestling/SantinoMarella is a comically-inept Boisterous [[FunnyForeigner Funny]] [[RambunctiousItalian Italian]].
100	* The "Funkasaurus" Wrestling/BrodusClay.
101	* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin is a more serious example. Loud, willing to fight anyone, and a easily-angered Texan, the fans loved how "the Rattlesnake" seemingly couldn't finish a promo without giving someone a stunner.
102	* [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]] is probably the best example of the Boisterous Bruiser in Professional Wrestling. Damn near every edition of his infamous interview segment "Piper's Pit" ended with him beating down the person he was interviewing, or at least starting a fight with them.
103	* Wrestling/BigShow is perhaps the ultimate example in wrestling.
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105
106	[[folder:Roleplay]]
107	* Jemimah Chen from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is an aspiring judoka and one of the most physical members of the cast, is highly energetic and cheerful, and also [[DumbMuscle not too bright]].
108	* Several characters in ''Roleplay/FateNuovoGuerra'', but Beowulf and Benkei (in Primus) and Ajax (in Secundus) certainly take the cake.
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110
111	[[folder:Theatre]]
112	* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's:
113	** Sir John Falstaff is known popularly as this. However, it is subverted in that he is canonically a strangely likeable SmugSnake, who goes around ''pretending'' to be a Boisterous Bruiser.
114	** Gratiano in ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''. Even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Bassanio.
115	* Rooster Johnny Byron of ''Theatre/{{Jerusalem}}'': a larger-than-life raconteur who lives alone in the forest, [[FriendToAllChildren shelters kids who want to get away from their parents and have a little fun]], and regales them with stories about meeting honest-to-goodness giants. Arguably deconstructed, as the reckless, daredevil attitude that makes him so entertaining is shown to have a habit of pissing off everybody, even those closest to him.
116	%%* The Pirate King from ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
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119	[[folder:Web Animation]]
120	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
121	** Yang Xiao Long, who wields twin shotgun-bracers (allowing her to punch and shoot things simultaneously), has a SuperStrength Semblance and spends her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introductory trailer]] in a one-versus-all brawl in a shady nightclub. Interestingly for this trope, she's also Team RWBY's TeamMom. ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' lampshades this with [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Winter and Zwei's imagining of her]]:
122	--->'''Yang:''' ''[Winter's imagination]'' I'm Yang, let's fight!\
123	'''Yang:''' ''[Zwei's imagination]'' I'm the Yang, let's fight!
124	** Nora Valkyrie from Team JNPR; a PerpetualSmiler GenkiGirl, she is always eager to charge into battle and smack opponents around with her giant warhammer/GrenadeLauncher. Her suggestion to deal with Jaune's bullying problem is to break the bully's legs, and even her ImageSong "Boop" includes lines like "We'll crush our enemies, bring them to their knees".
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127	[[folder:Web Original]]
128	%%* [[HumongousMecha /m/]]. It's the Boisterous Bruiser of Website/FourChan.
129	* ''Literature/MotherOfLearning'' includes a female example in Zorian's friend Taiven, a MagicKnight possessed of great confidence and an utter lack of shame when she has something she wants. To give a blatant example:
130	-->'''Taiven:''' ''[barging into the room]'' Roach! You're just the man I... wait, am I interrupting something?\
131	'''Zorian:''' Yes?\
132	'''Taiven:''' Never mind, it will only take a minute. ''[shoving a newspaper into his face]'' Did you see this?
133	* Mike from ''Literature/ShadowOfTheTemplar'', one of the team's [[TheBigGuy Big Guys]] (Johnny, the other Big Guy, fills the role of TheQuietOne) and designated driver, regularly makes loud greetings and [[HandsomeLech perverted jokes]]. You can only guess [[DrivesLikeCrazy what his driving style is like...]]
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135
136	[[folder:Web Videos]]
137	* ''WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow'': The title character is portrayed this way whenever he cameos in a fellow Website/ChannelAwesome member's video, as well as in the crossovers like ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' and ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. '''ESPECIALLY''' ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''.
138	* Grog Strongjaw from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is practically the poster child for this. A seven foot tall man-child who shifts from comic relief to murderous rage with ease. A single episode might see him carousing through every bar and whorehouse in town, buying a silly hat that he thinks make him look dignified, and then ripping the lower jaw off a foe with his bare hands.
139	* In ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'', the ComicBook/GreenGoblin serves as a wacky, but evil Boisterous Bruiser for the villains in Season 1, but becomes a wacky, ChaoticNeutral Boisterous Bruiser for the heroes in Season 2.
140	* Golgotha in ''Series/{{Noob}}'' is a rare female case that fits better here than in TheLadette. The main cast StrawMisogynist even went through a period of suspecting her to be a CrossPlaying male because he couldn't settle with the idea of a woman acting like her.
141	* Von Kaiser, re-imagined as Little Mac's new trainer, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiBER4iVwCw this fanmade trailer]] for a ''VideoGame/PunchOut!'' movie. He's very... infectious.
142	-->'''Von Kaiser:''' My name is Von Kaiser -- ze German ''Steel Machine''. They call me "Ze Steel Machine" because it is STEEL! Steel in ze ''heart!'' Steel in ze ''arms!'' STEEL IN ZE ''HEAD!!''\
143	'''Von Kaiser:''' When you step, you bring your feet up! When you punch, you bring your arms up! And you will ''always'' keep your heart up!
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