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4->''"H-he's like a bear! He's like a big, shaved bear that hates people!"''
5-->-- '''The Scout''' on the Heavy, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
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7''Someone'' has to be the true powerhouse of the [[ThePsychorangers villains;]] this would be [[EvilCounterpart Evil's answer]] to TheBigGuy. A GiantMook with [[CharacterDevelopment personality]], the Brute is huge, all muscle, [[BloodKnight loves to fight]] and is ''very'' good at it. However, while he may at first appear to be TheHero's equal or even superior in combat, subsequent battles will in all likelihood establish the Brute as being a constant {{jobber}} to the Hero.
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9He is usually a [[TheBully bully]] with a [[HairTriggerTemper hot temper]], and more often than not, also [[DumbMuscle pretty stupid]] because of BrainsVersusBrawn (though [[GeniusBruiser there are exceptions]]). SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability are common among [[{{Supervillain}} powered varieties]]. Female brutes are rare outside of [[AmazonBrigade all-women groups]], although not unheard of. Because of his size and power, expect some overlap with EvilIsBigger, with the hero generally being portrayed as smaller than him.
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11If TheDragon isn't the one that gets sent out to antagonize the heroes on a regular basis, it's this guy. He is usually the lowest-ranking member of the inner circle's hierarchy, and his abrasive personality means he generally gets little to no respect from them, though he may [[LargeAndInCharge exercise authority]] over the {{mooks}}.
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13He is often the first opponent the heroes face after their successes [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil require that someone more capable]] be sent to take care of them. He tends to be either blindly loyal or just too thickheaded and incompetent to ever stand a chance of overthrowing the leaders. Despite his role as the primary brute force of the [[ArmiesAreEvil Evil Army]], he is rarely ever [[RankScalesWithAsskicking as strong as]] TheDragon.
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15One thing to keep in mind with this character type is that it's the ''role'' and ''rank'' as opposed to just the personality that defines it. WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} from the Creator/{{Disney}} canon is a classic example of the Brute personality type: a big dumb bully that just loves to [[FatBastard throw his own weight around.]] However, he's generally used as a BigBad (or, in works like ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', TheDragon). As such, in most appearances, he is not technically a Brute.
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17Considering his aforementioned general role as the mean, stupid, and disrespected meat shield for his team, the Brute tends to be especially susceptible to HumiliationConga and TheWorfEffect. A Brute whose demeanor becomes {{implacable|Man}} will quickly ascend to the status of [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]], while the more [[HotBlooded emotionally volatile]] risk becoming TheBerserker. Be wary too, recruiters, of a Brute who [[PetTheDog pets the dog]], [[BruiserWithASoftCenter lest he prove to be]] a closet GentleGiant and, if you {{mistreat|ment Induced betrayal}} him once too often, may very well eventually pull a HeelFaceTurn (if not a HumiliationConga of his own) on you. TheDogBitesBack, in other words.
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19Compare: SmashMook, GiantMook. Contrast: EvilGenius, GentleGiant. Compare AND Contrast: TheBigGuy (TheBrute is listed as a Class 6) and FeralVillain.
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26* Vetto in ''Manga/BlackClover'' is the Eye of the Midnight Sun's physical powerhouse who loves fighting and killing. The Guidebook gives him a 5/5 in Brute Force. He's also not too bright having spent so much time buffed up with his Beast Magic, he had forgotten just how much of his supposed strength was due to it. His "strategy" of letting Asta stab him with the Demon-Dweller sword backfires immensely as a result.
27* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
28** Tarkus from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' is the [[EvilIsBigger biggest]] and physically strongest of Dio's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]] army, and, alongside Bruford and Dio, one of the few characters able to give [[TheHero Jonathan]] an even fight. And unlike most examples, [[GeniusBruiser he's actually quite intelligent]].
29** Santana from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' is the least talkative of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pillar Men]], and the only one who relies almost completely on his brute strength. This is rather justified, as [[TheHero Joseph]] fights him almost immediately after he's woken up and he's still adjusting to the new world.
30** Secco from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' has enough physical strength via his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] to go toe-to-toe with Bucciarati, but he's rather lacking in intelligence. [[spoiler:That is, [[ObfuscatingStupidity until it's revealed to be an act]]]].
31* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Gaav, one of the five [[BigBad Mazoku Lords]] of Lina Inverse's world, played this to Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo, the local EldritchAbomination, until he turned TheStarscream.
32* A female example is Smeddy from ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'', a gruff, muscular swordswoman with a sadistic streak who fought the heroes as one of Ashram's QuirkyMinibossSquad.
33* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
34** Major Metallitron, the Red Ribbon Android enforcer from Muscle Tower, fills this role well in the early series; he's even based on [[KillerRobot The Terminator]]. ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower'' turns him into a BigScaryBlackMan.
35** Android #8 was supposed to be this, but revealed himself as a GentleGiant.
36** Drum, the second-to-last son of King Piccolo, is an interesting version of this, as his stoutness makes Tien underestimate him and is surprised when Drum turns out to be a LightningBruiser and decimates him.
37** Nappa, the OlderSidekick to Vegeta, is one of the more notable examples. The first thing he did after landing on Earth was blow up an entire city, and he proved himself to be a nearly indestructible HeroKiller before Goku arrived.
38** Dodoria showcases himself as The Brute when he brutally massacres numerous peaceful Namekians and {{Neck Snap}}s the village elder's neck in front of his sons. Dodoria's brutality is further shown in [[Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherofGoku the Bardock episode]] where he's the one who kills Bardock's squad and gloats about it when he meets the team's leader. Ironically, he is a DirtyCoward when facing his own death at the hands of Vegeta.
39*** Despite his persona of graceful beauty, [[TheFightingNarcissist Zarbon]] becomes this in his [[PowerUpgradingDeformation transformed state]].
40** Recoome is the nigh-invulnerable brute of the Ginyu Special Force. He is actually quite smart, but very sadistic and cruel without an ounce of sympathy, ending his "fight" with Gohan by breaking the kid's neck.
41** Android #19 serves as this for Dr Gero/Android #20. Aside from needlessly killings civilians, #19 despite being a machine takes pleasure in his opponent's suffering, such as when Goku was weakened by his Heart Virus; #19 brutalized him. Much like Dodoria, he proves to be cowardly as he runs away before Vegeta annihilates him.
42** In the Buu Saga, Spopovich is very much this for Babidi and he is completely sadistic, as he [[NoholdsBarredBeatdown beats the life out]] of poor Videl to the point where his partner Yama has to [[EvenEvilHasStandards demand]] he stop before he kills her.
43*** Also from Babidi's goons, Yakon can also be considered this being an outright monster.
44** Jiren is this for the Pride Troopers, being said to be stronger than even his universe's God of Destruction and having the power, physique and brutality to match, and is notable for also being the ArcVillain of the Tournament of Power.
45** The [[NonSerialMovie non-canon Dragon Ball movies]] have Brutes galore:
46*** Bongo in ''[[Anime/DragonBallCurseOfTheBloodRubies Curse of The Blood Rubies]]''.
47*** Ghastel in ''[[Anime/DragonBallSleepingPrincessInDevilsCastle Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle]]''
48*** Sanscho in ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone''.
49*** Misokatsun in ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest''.
50*** Almond in ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight''.
51*** Wings in ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug''.
52*** Dore in ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'',
53*** Android 14# in ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13''
54*** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'' can be considered The Brute of his own movies. In his [[Anime/DragonballSuperBroly canonization]], Broly is still technically The Brute of the movie; but conversely, Broly is now a GentleGiant around Sheelai and Lemo, the people [[BruiserWithASoftCenter he cares about]].
55*** Bido in ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound''.
56*** Shisami in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF''.
57*** Cell Max in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero''.
58* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
59** Prince Dozle Zabi from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Noticeably, he was a 7 ft tall GeniusBruiser (meaning, he was ''no'' dumbass) made of pure badass who led his troops heroically in the Battle of Solomon.
60** In ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'', which recreates the One Year War in better detail and slightly shifted perspective, Dozle isn't even a Brute, — his positive traits, evident even in the original, were really amplified in the ''Origin'', making him more of a HeroAntagonist. So there he is rather a GentleGiant, basically [[MinionWithAnFInEvil the only decent human being]] [[RoyallyScrewedUp of his family]] bar [[WideEyedIdealist Garma]], a [[HappilyMarried loving husband]] and a DotingParent, who's just been born with the FaceOfAThug. Moreover, even in his military capacity, he's an OfficerAndAGentleman, AFatherToHisMen and a GeniusBruiser.
61** Depending on who you ask, either [[{{BFG}} Dearka]] [[DeadpanSnarker Elsman]] or [[HotBlooded Yzak]] [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Joule]] is [[BigBad Le Creuset's]] Brute during the first half of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed''. Dearka eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn, while Yzak upgrades to TheDragon.
62*** The Earth Forces have a Brute squad, composed of SlaveMooks [[AxCrazy Shani Andras]], [[{{BFG}} Orga Sabnak]], and [[SociopathicSoldier Clotho Bauer]], who provide Azrael with [[WeHaveReserves expendable]] muscle but little else.
63** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'', [[AxCrazy Auel]] of the [[{{Tykebomb}} Extended]] team, and [[UnstoppableRage Shinn]] [[TheBerserker Asuka]] comes very close to fulfilling this role hierarchically and personality-wise for the [[AntiVillain ZAFT team]], despite being equal to, or better than, Rey TheDragon, in combat. Shinn is an unusual case in that he's the ''protagonist'' and doesn't realize until after ZAFT's defeat that he had been manipulated into fighting for the wrong side.
64** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Michael Trinity in the first season, [[spoiler:although his role his cut short when [[AxCrazy Ali]] double crosses him and his siblings and murders them]]. Depending on how you look at it, Graham Aker and/or Soma Preies may fulfill this role for the A-Laws in Season 2; Bring Stability, Divine Nova, or (female example) Hilling Care may be The Brutes for the Innovators.
65** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'': In the Second Generation, following his younger brother, Zeheart's promotion to TheDragon, Decil Galette, ex-EnfantTerrible[=/=]{{Child Soldier|s}} and current PsychoForHire & SociopathicSoldier takes on this role for Vagan's forces, functioning as the high command's attack dog. As the former main villain of the First Generation, and a continuing power player in the Vagan ranks, he's one of the most prominent, and well-developed examples of this in the franchise.
66** Decil is [[{{Expy}} modelled on]] Yazan Gable of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', a thuggish, [[EvilIsNotPacifist violent]] BloodKnight who served as a HeroKiller and AcePilot for [[DarkMessiah Paptimus Scirocco]]. Incredibly dangerous, and with no interest in his superior's politics, Yazan is an example of a very capable Brute rather than TheDragon, and his feral cunning allowed him to cut a swathe through the AEUG's ranks, despite his [[BadassNormal total lack]] of PsychicPowers.
67** Before Decil, Yazan had another expy in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'''s Rakan Dahkaran, a BadassNormal ColonelKilgore who favoured LightningBruiser type mobile suits and served as the muscle for first Haman Khan and later Glemmy Toto. [[TheStoic Cold and unemotional]], Rakan loves his work nonetheless, and acts as a very capable physical threat to the heroes, while Glemmy and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Ple-2 lead the army.
68** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' Char Aznable picks up a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare female]] Brute in Rezun Schneider, a DistaffCounterpart to Yazan and Rakan with the personality to match. She's a [[BadassNormal badass Oldtype]] DarkActionGirl with a preference for [[LightningBruiser fast, heavy mobile suits]], a staggering LackOfEmpathy, and the personality of the most [[JerkAss overbearing bitch]] imaginable.
69** [[TheDragon Angelo Sauper]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' is a straightforward Brute in terms of characterisation, but not in appearance. Instead, he's a SissyVillain and FlamboyantGay head over heels for his boss [[BigBad Full Frontal]], and his main beef with the heroes is that they don't share the vision of [[VisionaryVillain his beloved]] [[DarkMessiah boss]].
70** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' has Ein Dalton, after he [[spoiler:gets injured and has his body [[ManInTheMachine hooked up]] to the colossal Graze Ein mobile suit]]. The second season has Iok Kujan, who fills this role by default since he's [[NumberTwoForBrains too stupid]] to be a proper Dragon and prefers to just [[AttackAttackAttack blindly attack things]] instead of coming up with a proper strategy.
71* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' has Blastmon, a huge blue guy made of diamonds that works for [[BigBad Bagramon]]
72* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has had quite a few and more than a couple overlap with TheDragon.
73** Alvida "Arc": [[GiantMook Heppoko]] to [[CarryABigStick Alvida]].
74** Buggy the Clown Arc: [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Superhuman Domingos]] to [[MonsterClown Buggy]]. [[FluffyTamer Mohji]] counts too.
75** Captain Kuro Arc: [[FatBastard Buchi]] to [[FourEyesZeroSoul Kuro]].
76** Baratie Arc: [[BloodUpgrade Pearl]] to [[CombatPragmatist Don Krieg]].
77** Arlong Park Arc: [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Kuroobi]] to Arlong. Though since Hatchan TheDragon is pretty harmless as a villain, Kuroobi arguably does that role better.
78** Loguetown Arc: [[DegradedBoss Cabaji & Mohji]], who used to be CoDragons to [[MonsterClown Buggy]].
79** Whiskey Peak Arc: [[ScaryBlackMan Ms. Monday]] to [[MadBomber Mr. 5.]]
80** Little Garden Arc: [[DegradedBoss Mr. 5]] to [[MadArtist Mr. 3]].
81** Alabasta Arc: [[TheDitz Mr. 4]] & [[TunnelKing Ms. Merry Christmas]] to [[MagnificentBastard Mr. 0]].
82** Jaya Island Arc: [[HiddenEyes Ross]] to [[JerkAss Bellamy]].
83** Skypiea Arc: [[{{Acrofatic}} Yama]] to [[AGodAmI Enel]].
84** Davy Back Fight Arc: [[HalfHumanHybrid Big Pan]] to [[SmugSnake Foxy]].
85** Water 7 Arc: [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Kariki Destroyers]] to [[{{Cyborg}} Franky]].
86** Enies Lobby Arc: [[ThinkingUpPortals Blueno]], [[SayingTooMuch Fukuro]], [[PrehensileHair Kumadori]], [[WolfMan Jabra]] and to a lesser degree, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Oimo and Kashii]] to [[DirtyCoward Spandam]]/[[PsychoforHire Rob Lucci]].
87** Thriller Bark Arc: [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Ryuuma]] and [[{{Invisibility}} Absalom]] to [[LivingShadow Gecko Moria]].
88** Sabaody Archipelago Arc: [[StoutStrength Sentomaru]] to the [[AristocratsAreEvil Tenryubitto]] As well as a [[TheDragon Dragon]] to [[LightEmUp Admiral Kizaru]].
89** Amazon Lily Arc: [[PantheraAwesome Bacura]] to [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful Boa Hancock]], [[ScaledUp Boa Marigold]] also fits this role.
90** Impel Down Arc: [[PsychopathicManchild The Demon Guards]] & [[TheFaceless The Bluegori]] to [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]].
91** Marineford Arc: Either [[LightEmUp Admiral Kizaru]] and to a lesser degree [[OurGiantsAreBigger The Giant Squad]] to [[TheChessmaster Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], or [[MaskPower Jesus Burgress]], [[FatBastard Vasco Shot]] and [[PsychopathicManchild San Juan Wolf]] to [[CastingAShadow Blackbeard]].
92** Return to Sabaody Arc: The [[CriminalDoppelganger fake]] [[DumbMuscle Sogeking]] to the [[FlunkyBoss fake Luffy/Demalo Black]]. Of the named bounty heads recruited, [[AxCrazy Caribou]] and [[CloudCuckooLander Coribou]]. [[spoiler:And {{The Starscream}}s, too.]]
93** Fishman Island Arc: [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Ikaros Much]] and [[CarryABigStick Dosun]] to Hordy Jones. [[PsychopathicManchild Wadatsumi]] pulls double-duty as both The Brute and TheDragon to [[LaughablyEvil Vander Decken IX]].
94** Punk Hazard Arc: Vice-Admiral [[BadassNormal Vergo]] to [[MarionetteMaster Doflamingo]]. In fact, in some translations his RedBaron is "The Brute".
95** Dressrosa Arc: [[DishingOutDirt Pica]] and [[StoutStrength Machvise]] to again, Domflamingo.
96** Zou Arc: [[{{Sadist}} Jack]] to [[InvincibleVillain Kaido]], and [[SmugSnake Sheepshead]] is The Brute to Jack himself. We learn later in Wano Jack is below [[CoDragons King and Queen]], being outright DumbMuscle in comparison.
97** [[EvilMatriarch Big Mom]] has quite a few as their [[BadassFamily her sons]]:
98*** [[MookMaker Cracker]] seems to be the embodiment of the trope [[spoiler:before he reveals he is much smaller but no less powerful man in a self-made biscuit suit]].
99*** [[GuardianEntity Daifuku]], who unlike his other brothers who possess redeeming traits, is just an arrogant violent asshole who lets his genie do the fighting for him; and the genie is just as brutish, slicing up an entire fleet of battleships (which were on his side) just to [[DeadlyDodging kill Carrot]].
100*** [[PlayingwithFire Oven]] is very much this as well, attacking his own sister when he knows she's a traitor and is completely relentless when it come to the heroes, using his heat powers to boil them when they escape across the ocean.
101*** [[SiblingTeam Counter and Cadenza]], while fairly minor thugs, successfully knock Luffy out cold.
102** In Wano Arc:
103*** [[SumoWrestling Urashima]] for Kaido's [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Headliners]].
104*** Page One for the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Flying Six]].
105** Just like ''[=DBZ=]'' the [[NonSerialMovie One Piece movies]] have a ton of brutes:
106*** [[SpikeBallsOfDoom Boo Jack]] from ''Anime/ClockworkIslandAdventure''.
107*** [[ExtremityExtremist Hot Dog]] from ''Anime/ChoppersKingdomOnTheIslandOfStrangeAnimals''.
108*** [[FatBastard Boo Kong]] from ''Anime/TheCursedHolySword''.
109*** [[ChefOfIron Kotetsu]] from ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland''.
110*** [[VaderBreath Honki]] from ''Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle''.
111*** [[KillerGorilla Scarlet]] from ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld''.
112*** [[GreenThumb Binz]] from ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ''.
113*** [[CombatSadomasochist Dice]] from ''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''.
114* This fits the depiction of Thymilph from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' pretty well. A gorilla that is LargeAndInCharge and the first of the four generals that Simon and crew encounter, this guy has the distinction of [[spoiler:being the first villain to kill one of the heroes, namely, DecoyProtagonist and BigBrotherMentor Kamina]].
115* Viede from the Sinners in ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' fills this role, although in the manga he's actually something of a GentleGiant and a GeniusBruiser. The anime, however, plays him completely straight -- most of what he does involves punching his hand into his fist and laughing evilly when he's about to smash things.
116* During the Nazi arc in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Revy, having just come down from a bout of [[AxCrazy Whitman]] [[TranquilFury Fever]], faces off against Fritz Stanford (or in the manga, ''Blitz'' Stanford), the biggest member of the Neo-Nazi Aryan Socialist Union. He carries a big-ass golden Luger HandCannon whose destructive power he shoots his mouth off about. This shooting off at the mouth gets him killed, as Revy spends the rant reloading her gun and then gunning him down mid-sentence.
117** Normally she's TheDragon to Mr. Chang, but Shenhua arguably fills this role in the Bounty Hunter gang that Russel hires to go after Rock, Revy, and Eda in the Greenback Jane arc. She's tough, persistent, and a physical match for Revy (though not nearly as bright), and is a secondary threat when compared with Russel's [[AxCrazy lunatic]] Dragon, [[PyroManiac Claude Weaver]].
118* Vita of the Wolkenritter from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' ties this trope in a knot. Yes we are looking at a hot tempered, rude, and arrogant [[CarryABigStick warhammer-wielding]] berserker. However, not only are the Wolkenritter in general the platonic ideal of anti-villains but Vita ''her''self is an ([[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld apparently]]) [[BadassAdorable eight-year old]] redhead in a poofy dress and matching hat.
119** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', there are several brutes among the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]]. Dieci has the strongest firepower, Deed is the best in armed close-combat, Nove has a very hot temper whose very strong in close-combat, Sette has a heavily combat-orientated personality, and Cinque is one of the strongest, but isn't one of the CoDragons.
120** In ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaFORCE'', Deville of Hückebein is probably the best example in his family, having the largest build, an axe and the most drastic change when Reacting so far. Arnage also fits, thanks to her reckless MacrossMissileMassacre[=/=]MoreDakka fighting style, and if they aren't enough, she switches immediately to a WaveMotionGun.
121*** Quinn Garland is the special attacker of the Grendel Family, and has some anger issues in contrast to the more level-headed [[TheDragon dragon]], Mariya Ranevskaya.
122* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Anji the Destroyer]] of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' serves as [[BigBad Shishio's]] brute. He's physically the strongest of Shishio's men, is the first one to be defeated (and the only member of the inner circle, other than TheStarscream, to be defeated by someone other than [[TheHero Kenshin]], specifically Sano who's halfway between TheLancer and TheBigGuy). Interestingly, he's also the most moral of Shishio's henchmen, and is neither a pushover nor an idiot, being a seven foot tall, BadassPreacher, ex-Buddhist monk, with some serious {{culture|dBadass}} and [[GeniusBruiser brainpower]], as well as a genuinely sympathetic backstory. Still very much The Brute though, especially in combat. Inui Banjin (Thuggish, brutal, and stupid.) and Kujirinami Hyogo (See previous description, but add a legitimate grievance against Kenshin, [[TheBerserker berserker tendencies]] and an [[TheJuggernaut inability to fall down or give up]]) are Enishi's Brutes during the final arc of the manga.
123* Maro, the sumo-wrestler-esque, gravity controlling Taoist from ''Manga/BlackCat'' is definitely [[BigBad Creed's]] Brute. He's big, none-too bright, a purely physical fighter, and intensely loyal. He's also the highest ranking member outside of Creed's inner circle, and often relays [[TheDragon Shiki's]] orders to the other grunts.
124* In the Band of 7 arc in ''{{Manga/Inuyasha}}'' [[{{Cyborg}} Ginkotsu]] is The Brute to Bankotsu, the temporary BigBad and leader of the Band of 7. He's big, stupid, very loyal, and relies on Brute force to win, while being the lowest ranking member of the group and subordinate to EvilGenius Renkotsu.
125* [[ExtremeOmnivore Gluttony]] and [[LazyBum Sloth]] in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' are both DumbMuscle giants who rely on overpowering their opponents. They're also clearly at the bottom of the homunculi totem pole.
126** [[{{Shapeshifting}} Envy]] also has shades of this despite being more skilled and lean than Gluttony and Sloth, given that they got a HairTriggerTemper, a deeply limited sense of subtlety, and an overreliance on brute force in combat: when their oppnents get past their shapeshifting in battle (that's more useful for infiltration and spywork), they're unable to fall back in anything else. They're also relatively low in the homunculi totem pole.
127* ''Manga/{{Kichikujima}}'': Kaoru the second eldest child of the family plays this role with his grandmother Otoki fitting this role even more so as she is massive and can change her size at will.
128* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Jiroubou of the Sound Five definitely qualifies. One could argue that [[PsychoForHire Hidan]], [[{{Immortality}} Kakuzu]], or [[ThreateningShark Kisame]] fulfills this role for the Akatsuki, and that [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Jugo]] (his bloodthirsty side, at least) is Sasuke's in Hebi / Taka.
129** Sasuke after joining the Akatsuki. Zetsu and Kisame are Tobi's CoDragons, with Zetsu being more of the right-hand man and Kisame being more of the strong right arm, but both have Tobi's absolute trust and display UndyingLoyalty to him. Sasuke, on the other hand, is well-known for his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, so while he sees himself as an AloofAlly or DragonWithAnAgenda, Tobi tends to throw him and his followers at difficult problems, like softening up a priority target such as a jinchuuriki and a kage. The assignments he gave Zetsu and Kisame and their roles in his plans compared to how Sasuke is used make it ''abundantly'' clear that Sasuke's quest for revenge has put him under the power of a guy who sees him as expendable muscle. The [[CameBackStrong revived]] Madara Uchiha is this for Tobi and Kabuto's alliance (alongside Sasuke), due to him having both the Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan along with inexhaustible reserves of chakra and sheer raw power greater than any other Edo Tensei zombie. ''Then'' Kabuto gets taken out of the picture and Madara takes his spot in the BigBadDuumvirate.
130* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Yammy Llargo is an unskilled mass of raw temper and rage, who lives for destroying and consuming souls and never develops the spiritual skills that make other Espada and even Fracciónes so dangerous. He is the lowest-ranking member of the Espada until his rage-fuelled Resureccion is released, which powers him up to become the strongest, angriest, most violent and most thoughtless of all Espada. As a result, he is viewed as an embarrassment by the Espada and an unworthy opponent by the Shinigami. He has average intelligence, which makes him on the bottom of the Espada in terms of brains yet again.
131* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
132** Zondark for the Count, being one of the few humans bigger than Guts and twice as arrogant. After losing to the AntiHero he becomes a Pseudo-Apostle devolving into [[HumanoidAbomination a mass of tentacles]].
133** In the Golden Age, Adon Coborlwitz is supposed to be this for the Tudor army but his brother Samson fills the role better as a mindless brute.
134** In the [[MurderInc Bakiraka]] the massive Spearman is clearly this, ironically he is killed by Judeah one of the shorter members of the Band of Hawk.
135** Wyald appears to be this for Zodd being a brutish KillerGorilla who loves to RapePillageAndBurn. Despite his strength he is the first Apostle Guts defeats.
136** Conrad, the huge, apparently mute member of the Godhand from He's almost psychopathically destructive (what with the whole, unleashing a plague thing) and seems to be lowest on the totem pole.
137** The massive Apostle-beetle man who serves [[EnfantTerrible Rosine]] in the Lost Children arc counts as this, given he nearly chopped off Guts’s head with his pincers.
138** The Angel Face to Mozgus, being literal DumbMuscle with the face and IQ of a child, strong enough to give Guts a spectacular beating.
139** In the New Band of Hawk, Grunbeld has this position as a huge BloodKnight, though his back story shows he is a TragicVillain. Zodd probably fits the bill better as he holds the same [[TheBigGuy position]] that Guts did for Griffith during the Golden Age.
140* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
141** ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
142*** Varon/Valon from the Dartz arc in favours an Armour deck, attacks his opponents himself, and is extremely violent. By contrast, Rafael serves as TheDragon while Amelda/Alister is more of a schemer.
143*** Ota/Nezbitt uses a Machine deck based on brute firepower. He takes three people at once and his main schtick is inflicting as much damage as possible without planning ahead. During the duel against Yugi and Jonouchi, Ota is the only member of the Big Five to fall for Yugi's bluff while the other four members don't.
144*** In the Duelist Kingdom arc, Player Killer of Darkness/[=PaniK=] is The Brute to the rest of Pegasus' eliminators. A gigantic man with a sadistic streak, the Player Killer of Darkness gets a real kick out of tormenting opposing players, but is really a coward at heart. He uses flamethrowers (or, in the manga, a spring-loaded garrote built into the dueling platform) to disorient his opponents, and after losing to Yami Yugi, actually tries to kill him. It's implied rather strongly that he's actually a very bad Duelist, and relies on psyching his opponents into making mistakes to stand a chance against foes above his weight class like Mai Kujaku. When he realizes this ''won't'' work on [[{{Determinator}} Yugi]], he has a VillainousBreakdown.
145*** Bandit Keith Howard is essentially a Brute who got away, having the personality, but being loyal to no one but himself. Among his henchmen, DumbMuscle Satake/Zygor could also be seen as a Brute-ish type.
146** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Paradox is the BigBad of the movie, ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'', but he turns out to be one of the many servants of Z-One and a member of Yliaster. He prefers simple beatdown strategies where he turbos out high ATK monsters while everyone else in the organization uses more complex strategies to lock down the opponent's plays. In terms of scheming, his plan to fix the BadFuture is to quickly annihilate a city block to kill Pegasus, the inventor of Duel Monsters, while the rest of Yliaster hatches a ridiculously complex and long scheme to destroy Neo Domino city with the remains of the same city from the future.
147** ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'': Among the Seven Barian Emperors, Girag and Alito are essentially the Brutes of the group, but they also serve as subversions. Girag has the build and appearance of a Brute, being very tall and muscular, but he prefers brainwashing people over direct confrontations because he's too afraid of the consequences of losing. He's not dumb per se, but his schemes can't compare to the likes of Vector. His deck is also very defensive, and while his SignatureMon is gigantic, it's also has the lowest stats out of the seven. By contrast, Alito is very confrontational and prefers to face his opponent face-to-face and is disgusted by Girag's cowardly tactics, and has a very strong sense of honor, which differs from a normal Brute. However, Alito's deck is focused primarily on Battle Phase effects, reflecting his BloodKnight nature. He's also a boxer and he likes to throw hands with his best friend Girag, showing that the two are physically evenly matched. Alito also duels against [[TheHero Yuma]] the most and he has in fact more on-screen duels than the other six Barian Emperors (from a certain point of view).
148* Ryudou "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Un]][[ImplacableMan dead]]" Hishiki, in ''Manga/GetBackers''. He's actually the ''only'' villain the titular heroes go to great lenghts ''avoiding'' to fight.
149* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has several examples: [[DumbMuscle Toby Horhorta]] from Galuna Island, [[BlowYouAway Aria]] from Phantom Lord, and [[BeamSpam Bickslow]] from Fighting Festival.
150* While Gamagoori is the largest member of ''Anime/KillLaKill'''s Elite Four, Athletics Committee Chairman Uzu Sanageyama is the actual Brute, being the challenge-seeking BloodKnight and offensive powerhouse of the team.
151* Stinch is this to the Engineers of ''Manga/HollowFields''. Designed to be "the perfect watchdog" by [[BigBad Miss Weaver]], he serves as a hall monitor, intimidating and bullying the students into following his command. Unfortunately for him, because this is a setting full of {{Evil Genius}}es, he gets [[DudeWheresMyRespect taken advantage of]] because of his [[DumbMuscle dimness]], [[spoiler:causing him to have a VillainousBreakdown in the climax]].
152* Tessai from ''Anime/NinjaScroll''. He is a giant who can [[NighInvulnerability turn his skin to stone at will]] and wields a BFS that doubles as a boomerang. How he's able to move with the grace and agility of a ninja is up for debate.
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156* ''ComicBook/XMen''
157** Blob is usually portrayed this way in most media and adaptations.
158** [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] boils down to role for his father Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto a lot of the time as well like in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. Though he pulled off a HeelFaceTurn in the main universe.
159** The ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} is defined by this role for his partner in crime Black Tom.
160** [[Characters/XMenSentinels The Sentinels]] for Bolivar Trask.
161** Avalanche, Pyro and formerly [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] were this for [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]’s Brotherhood of Mutants.
162** [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] to Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto or Weapon X.
163** Omega Red to TheDon Matsu'o Tsurayaba.
164** Donald Pierce for the [[SmokyGentlemensClub Hellfire Club]].
165** Though he outstrips most of them in terms of [[FlyingBrick power]], Gladiator is often this to the Shi'ar Empire e.g The Dark Phoenix Saga.
166* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''
167** Rhino in has generally been portrayed this way. His DumbMuscle personality was even used in a {{Homage}} to ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon'' where he briefly became smarter. Subverted in the ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005'' game, where Rhino is a geeky genius in a [[PoweredArmor robotic Suit]] who only speaks Latin until he's defeated.
168** Among The Sinister Six, [[DishingOutDirt Sandman]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven]] also fulfill this trope.
169** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan Scorpion]] frequently serves as The Brute for the Sinister Six and later the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
170** ComicBook/{{Venom}} becomes this for the Sinister Six, as well as for the Revengers as Anti-Venom.
171* [[ComicBook/SheHulk Titania]] is a fairly rare female example. Fittingly she married the equally brutish Absorbing Man whose often The Brute for villain teams himself.
172* Validus of the Fatal Five from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.
173* Bambi Baker from ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' is a female example, but then most of the [=SiP=] cast is female.
174* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Parallax, despite being an AnthropomorphicPersonification of fear itself, acts like a bully and is the first of the Sinestro Corps' five leaders to be defeated in ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. For more Corps-specific examples, the Sinestro Corps have Arkillo, and the Red Lanterns have Skallox.
175* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
176** Most incarnations of Killer Croc. When he was introduced in 1983, he was actually portrayed as a dangerously cunning GeniusBruiser with a chip on his shoulder, but as time went by, {{Flanderization}} set in as writers focused more and more exclusively on his brute strength at the expense of his other traits, and at his worst (around ''ComicBook/BatmanHush''), he was written as little more than a hungry animal. The introduction of Characters/{{Ba|tmanBane}}ne, another GeniusBruiser, rendered the original characterization of Croc redundant - few people remember that running Batman ragged and breaking his back was how ''Croc'' was introduced. The current in-universe explanation[=/=]{{retcon}} is that his mutation is degenerative, slowly making his brain more reptilian as well as his body.
177** On the other hand, the Man-Bat, is usually just a near-mindless beast.
178* Though he often depicted as TheDragon Crossbones is more often than not The Brute for ComicBook/{{Hydra}}.
179* Darth Nihl and [[MeaningfulName Darth Stryfe]] from ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}'' are the least cunning of the main Sith characters but are their two strongest warriors. Stryfe in particular is single-minded about killing anything that his boss, Darth Krayt, doesn't like.
180** In the ''Republic'' comics, and the various other media that he appears in, Gen'Dai BountyHunter [[PsychoForHire Durge]] plays this role to [[TheDragon Asajj Ventress]] and [[DiscOneFinalBoss Count Dooku]]. An eight-foot ImplacableMan with a HealingFactor and a well-deserved reputation as a HeroKiller, Durge was a near-unstoppable killing machine, who was nevertheless totally subordinate to Dooku and his commanders.
181* The Wrecking Crew from ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'' serve as Brutes in all villainous ensembles, like in ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|1984}}''.
182* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'':
183** Abomination to Hulk's TheBigGuy.
184** Red Hulk too, though he isn't dumb.
185** Ironclad from the U-Foes ({{Evil Counterpart}}s of the Comicbook/FantasticFour), which (uncharacteristically) belong to the Hulk's RoguesGallery.
186** Skaar, Hulk’s son for the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
187* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Blockade]], from the original ''Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
188* Black Dwarf for [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] being the powerhouse of the Mad Titan's army. At one point Black Dwarf withstood attacks from Ronan, Super-Skrull, and Annihilus at the same time and [[NighInvulnerability did not even flinch]]. Though [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain his head is the weak point]].
189* [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] is typically The Brute The League of Doom uses against the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica.
190** Interestingly [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] is often a rare female example.
191** Though they both are quite intelligent, [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] and [[Characters/TheFlashRoguesGallery Gorilla Grodd]] fall into this trope when [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] are in command.
192* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': The aptly named Brutus is a hulking giant of a man who works for Mr. Baptiste, whose job generally consists of beating people to death with his bare hands. He's entirely unaffected by getting kicked and punched by regular humans like Robin, and even a single one of his hands is large enough to wrap around Tim's waist.
193* Patch from [[EvilTwin Scourge's]] Suppression Squad in ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.
194* If a ''Comicbook/SinCity'' mafioso needs a big guy to smack the hero around, they will call Manute everytime. Subverted in that he is quite intelligent and rarely loses his cool.
195* Due to Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}'s powers, several of his "normal" foes (especially [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) often resort to a super-powered brute to do the physical work against Superman. Examples include [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], Metallo and the Parasite, all of whom Luthor used as brutes in the ''ComicBook/LastSon'' storyline. When Luthor is dealing with a normal human being he instead resorts to bodyguards like Hope and Mercy. Doomsday also counts being Feral monster attacking anything on sight.
196* Most of the enemies that ComicBook/WerewolfByNight fought were big dumb monsters out to smash stuff and hurt people.
197* The ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' villain Slamburger looks like a half-ton of sulfurous ground beef and has the personality to match.
198* Ulik the Rock Troll from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' shows up nine times out of ten as muscle for the main bad guy of the story. There is also Mangog a literal embodiment of Hatred and Anger.
199* ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' features a textbook example and the other not-so-much:
200** Attila the Hun serves {{Dracula}} his fleet admiral and is exceptionally large for a vampire. He is also not [[DumbMuscle very bright]] either and tries to have the main protagonist killed for being a degenerate that displays [[CardCarryingVillain honor and chivalry]] - which are [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad taboo in the world they live in]].
201** Thurim is a very unconventional example compared to Attila, since he has a rather lean-build instead of looking like a brutish fiend. With that said, he fits the trope nicely, acting as muscle powerhouse for [[spoiler:the conspirators that seeking to overthrow Dracula]] and he certainly has a [[BloodKnight fitting]] [[AxCrazy personality to match]]. For bonus points, he wields a magic warhammer in combat.
202* ''{{ComicBook/Spawn}}'':Has a few examples such as Overtkill,Tremor,Cy-Gor,and Behemoth.
203* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
204** Prior to ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' where his attempts to reform into a modern style hero panned out a bit better than in previous incarnations, [[ComicBook/HerculesUnbound Heracles]] had incredible strength that he would turn on people with little notice, and obscure reasoning. He was also incredibly misogynistic by today's terms and his father can set him on people quite easily since he rarely thinks things through before acting.
205** [[GiantWoman Giganta]] often serves this role on whatever supervillain team she is on.
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209* Bluto from Elsie Segar's ''Thimble Theatre'' first introduced himself in 1932 by saying he would kill Popeye come the morning. Since then in both print and on film, Bluto, whose bruteness has been lampshaded many times by Olive Oyl, has been a pain in Popeye's side.
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213* Rep-Stallion from ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''.
214* Out of the three main [[BigBad big bads]] in ''Fanfic/TeenageJinchurikiShinobi'', [[spoiler: Utrom Shredder]] fills this position the most, as unlike Orochimaru and Kira, he specializes almost entirely in physical combat.
215** Outside of those circles are [[{{BFS}} Zabuza]], [[BloodKnight Zaku]], [[FatBastard Jirobo]], and [[DumbMuscle Hun]].
216* [[AdaptationalVillainy Ryuji Sakamoto]] in ''Fanfic/TheEvilQueen'' serves as Makoto's enforcer to bully students to get in line with her high standards. He's regularly called Makoto's "attack dog", a sentiment Makoto herself has.
217* Commander Hildread from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fic ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'' is this among the main minions (who're all female) of [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]]. A tall pegasus whose [[ArtificialLimbs right wing is completely metallic]], she's Canterlot's [[WardensAreEvil head jailer]] who was expelled from the Royal Guard because she's a sadistic KnightTemplar who arrogantly believes she can ensure national security better than the heroes with extreme brutality.
218* [[Franchise/BlazBlue Azrael]] serves as this to [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Salem's faction]] in ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', even more so than Hazel. He's unequivocally the largest and strongest, able to effortlessly kill giant Grimm like Death Stalkers with a single punch, and he's got the sadistic, bloodthirsty temperament to match. However, he's not particularly stupid so much as he is uncaring for anything outside of battle and destruction.
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222* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' has Tom, Dick and Stanley. All three are local bullies who assist Gaston and Lefou's schemes throughout the film out of pettiness and ForTheEvulz; Stanley in particular [[GiantMook is of a size]] comparable to Gaston.
223* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' gives us Thumper. He's so vicious the other grasshoppers have to keep him on a leash much of the time.
224* [[CatsAreMean Felicia]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. She is not anthropomorphic like the mice, but she still towers over them, making her appear like a dragon compared to them and can simply eat whoever gets in her way (except [[BigFriendlyDog Toby]]).
225* Banzai from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' is a large, aggressive hyena who thinks with his muscles.
226* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' has Captain Crocodile, the captain of [[BigBad Prince John's]] guards. He serves as backup muscle to [[TheDragon the Sheriff of Nottingham]] and is shown to be the most physically capable of the villains, holding his own against Robin Hood and is only taken down (temporarily) by a horde of stampeding rhinos.
227* The Green Goblin, Tombstone and Scorpion for Kingpin in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''. Green Goblin is hulking, angry muscle, Scorpion is the PsychoForHire type, and Tombstone is just Kingpin's bodyguard... [[BodyguardingABadass not that he needs it]].
228* The CymbalBangingMonkey from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. He is [[CuteIsEvil Lotso]]'s nighttime guard and he makes sure no toy leaves Sunnyside Daycare. He is so strong that he easily overpowers Woody before being defeated by him and Slinky. He doesn't speak, but he does make screeching monkey noises.
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232* The Batman movies have some brutes:
233** In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'', the Joker had Lawrence, who also carried around a boombox to provide the background music. There's also the unnamed BigScaryBlackMan who beats up Batman in the FinalBattle. Jack Napier himself was the Brute for Carl Grissom's gang, being the most physical of the hoodlums. It's not all that hard to bully a FatBastard like Eckhardt.
234** Bane in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is a clear example. While he's dangerously intelligent in the comics, film-Bane is an incoherent muscle-bound moron. ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' corrects this; he becomes a GeniusBruiser, [[spoiler:though he still actually fits the role -- [[TheDragon whether]] or [[BigBadDuumvirate not]] you believe that he's serving directly under Talia, he is still part of an evil team with her and serves as her muscle]].
235* ''Film/{{Commando}}'': Cooke is a ScaryBlackMan and ex-Green Beret who's the largest of Arius' henchmen and gives Matrix his toughest fight outside of [[DragonInChief Bennett]].
236* Thorgrim to [[EvilSorcerer Thulsa Doom]] in ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982''. He's a big (6'5") man who raised a snake, knows how to crush things with his hammer and [[DumbMuscle not much else]]. This part proves to be his downfall in the climax when [[spoiler:Conan deliberately leaves a helmet within Thorgrim's line of sight; Thorgrim hits it, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice causing a thick spike to be planted straight in his chest]]]].
237* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
238** ''Film/ManOfSteel'': During the Battle of Smallville, Faora is accompanied by Nam-Ek, a fellow Kryptonian warrior. The difference between the two is that Nam-Ek's nine feet tall and encased in armor. He noticeably matched Superman in strength while Faora TheDragon focused on speed and skill, despite his clear usefulness Nam-Ek disappears completely in the FinalBattle.
239** Doomsday from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and the opening of ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' is an "ancient Kryptonian deformity" upwards of 15 feet tall who is created by Lex Luthor as a last trump card against Superman. Doomsday reacts to everything with animalistic rage, sends Superman and Wonder Woman sprawling with every punch, overpowers Superman's heat vision, can survive being hit with a nuke, and was [[TheDreaded generally considered too dangerous to even exist]] by the Kryptonian genetic council.
240** Incubus to The Enchantress in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''. Also TheDragon.
241** Black Manta to Orm in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' [[spoiler:though it's clear by the end of the film, he's become the up in coming BigBad in his own right]].
242* In Creator/SergioLeone's ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', Mario Brega consistently plays the Brute in each film as a GiantMook for the villains who is brought in to beat up The Man with No Name (or Tuco in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''). In ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'', his character Niño is also TheDragon to [[BigBad El Indio]].
243* Storm Shadow from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Firefly from ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''.
244* Luca Brasi from ''Film/TheGodfather'' is Don Corleone's bodyguard and personal hatchet man, a fearsome figure who is capable of committing assassinations without backup and once went on a rampage for days when Don Corleone was attacked and had to be personally called off by him. On more humorous notes he has to rehearse his speech at Connie Corleone's wedding.
245* ''Film/HeroAndTheTerror'': Simon Moon. A truly massive monster and SerialKiller who is just pure uncontrolled rage, so strong that he easily overpowers Chuck Norris himself in the opening. He lacks "higher reasoning skills", to boot.
246* [[spoiler: Michael]] in ''Film/HotFuzz''.
247* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Marvel in the Career Tributes' team.
248* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' films are fond of the villains having one henchmen who's physically intimidating, and who Indy usually fights right before his confrontation with the BigBad.
249** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' has the unnamed buff Nazi plane mechanic who Indy gets into a fist fight with.
250** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has the gigantic and suitably violent Thuggee chief guard, who's even played by [[Creator/PatRoach the same guy]] as the mechanic above and who also gets into a battle of fisticuffs with Indy midway through.
251** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' has Nazi Colonel Vogel (also TheDragon), who acts as the main enforcer for the movie's BigBadDuumvirate and the most consistent physical threat to Indy, as well as [[RecurringBoss the antagonist he goes up against the most]] in the film.
252** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' has Colonel Dovchenko, who basically fulfills the same role as Vogel up there (that being a physically intimidating Colonel who Indy has multiple confrontations with).
253* The trope shows up fairly often in the ''Film/JamesBond'' series. These actually often have a character filling the roles of both Dragon and Brute, emphasising the difference between the mental power of the BigBad and the physical power of his chief henchman. Leaving aside the [[GeniusBruiser smart ones]] like Gobinda in Film/{{Octopussy}} — who are pure Dragon — examples include:
254** Red Grant in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', who is interesting in that he also has [[TheHeavy the most direct role in the action]], and [[FountainOfExpies spawned similar characters]] like Kriegler in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Necros in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', and Stamper in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
255** Oddjob in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
256** Osato's car driver in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', played by Peter Maivia, Wrestling/DwayneJohnson's grandfather. He can endure several hits of sofa and punching him in the face is quite ineffective (much like Oddjob). He's also shown to be AxCrazy, as evidenced by his glee when he finds a katana and hacks at Bond with it.
257** Grunther from ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Interestingly Bond never actually faces him in combat, that job falls to Tracy.
258** Whisper in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' is a near-silent henchman who is built much more stoutly than his LeanAndMean compatriots like [[TheDragon Tee-Hee]] and [[EvilSorcerer Baron Samedi]].
259** Jaws in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''. He has superhuman strength, can even kill a shark with his teeth, and [[ImplacableMan is ungodly tough since he shrugs off whatever's thrown at him throughout both films]].
260** Eric Kriegler in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
261** Necros in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', depending on whether or not you consider Koskov to be TheDragon. He'd fit under the GeniusBruiser type.
262** Braun in ''Film/LicenceToKill'' is a large (6'3"), silent henchman for Franz Sanchez.
263** Xenia Onatopp from ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' is an interesting example; while she doesn't fit the physical archetype, her job specialty (she's brought in as a hitman) and personality cement her as such (she gets sexually enthused by violence).
264** Stamper in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', also TheDragon.
265** Bullion in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', who happens to overlap with TheMole. There's also Gabor, [[spoiler:Elektra's bodyguard]] who is sent to [[spoiler:kidnap M]].
266** Mr. Kil in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.
267** Hinx in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
268* ''Film/KillBill'':
269** [[CuteBruiser Gogo]] [[PsychoForHire Yubari]], O'Ren Iishi's psychotic bodyguard. Even The Bride, a ruthless ProfessionalKiller, deems her crazy.
270** Budd for the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. He's the biggest, wields more powerful weapons (like a shotgun) and unlike his compatriots has let his skills atrophy. However, he's far from stupid and his clash with the Bride [[spoiler:ends with a resounding victory for him where he could have easily killed her had he wanted to]].
271* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
272** Abu Bakaar for [[TerroristsWithoutaCause The Ten Rings]] in ''Film/IronMan1'', he is a FatBastard who tortures Tony as well as killing and brutalizing poor villagers in Gulmira. Of course, he is also a coward as seen when Tony shows up in his [[PoweredArmor Sunday best]] and he hides behind a wall only to brought out with a BarrierBustingBlow.
273** Ellen Brandt from ''Film/IronMan3'' is a rare female example. She acts as backup muscle for [[TheDragon Eric Savin]] and shows a certain love for her work.
274** Kurse in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', starting off as a normal dark elf after he uses the Kurse Stone; he's strong enough to back hand [[ThunderHammer Mjölnir]] when Thor throws it at him and mercilessly kills Frigga [[YouKilledMyFather earning]] the wrath of both her sons (Thor and Loki). It takes [[spoiler:a black hole]] to kill him.
275** Brock Rumlow from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', while at first he seems like a reliable ally to Cap; Rumlow reveals his true colors and allegiance to HYDRA halfway through the movie. While he doesn't pose any significant threat to Cap, to regular humans (like Sharon Carter and Falcon) he is extremely dangerous and uses cheap tactics to get an advantage. In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' he becomes "Crossbones" and much more of a threat to Cap, able to knock him around with his PowerFist.
276** Korath the Pursuer from ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': {{Cyborg}} + BigScaryBlackMan who works for Thanos then Ronan the Accuser who can get knocked down by shots that kill the {{Mooks}} and keep going. Korath is especially brutal to Peter Quill since "Star-Lord" got the jump on him at the start of the movie. Luckily for Quill, [[TheBigGuy Drax]] takes issue with the cyborg "hurting his friend" and murders Korath when he attacks Quill.
277** The Shocker (both versions of him) from ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. Unlike The Vulture, The Shocker(s) [[PowerFist technology]] revolves around just punching and shooting electricity.
278** Fenris from ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' overlaps between this and RightHandAttackDog. Notably she's the second villain to make the Hulk bleed since the Abomination in 2008.
279** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Cull Obsidian. He's the strongest and most physically imposing member of the Children of Thanos, being just as tall and muscular as the Hulk. He also seems to be the least intelligent among them, speaking only in unintelligible grunts and relying mostly on brute strength to win his fights. [[spoiler:Ironically he's killed by plain old [[NonActionGuy Doctor Bruce Banner]] instead of his [[HulkingOut big green]] alter ego who fittingly uses Cull's lack of smarts to defeat him.]] He returns in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:thanks to TimeTravel, but he's the first Children of Thanos to go down when Spider-Man and Ant-Man team up to crush him underfoot]].
280** Bron-Char from ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' is The Brute of the Starforce; though he's actually softer-spoken than his build suggests, he's still brutal in combat. [[spoiler:However, while he's strong, Bron-Char is effortlessly beaten by the title heroine in her SuperMode, being quite [[AdaptationalWimp weaker]] than his comic counterpart.]]
281** Razor Fist is a [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] example in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings''. He has all the hallmarks of TheBrute, he's massive, relies on his blade arm and gets his butt kicked by the eponymous hero to show off the latter's martial arts skill, except Razor Fist is actually quite intelligent and being able to KnowWhenToFoldEm and [[spoiler: even pulls a EnemyMine]]. His role in the film is really closer to that of TheDragon to [[BigBad Xu Wenwu]] with Death Dealer, the seeming mute assassin who does nothing but fight, accurately fitting The Brute archetype.
282** [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan The Lizard]] in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' fulfills this role among the AlternateUniverse RoguesGallery. He's perfectly content to just be a savage monster who claws and bites the heroes, despite conversely possessing great intellect. [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 Electro]] has shades of this himself as well, having less story importance than Doc Ock and Green Goblin but still more than happy to be a power-hungry thug who tries to kill Spidey [[spoiler: all three versions of him, athough he does mellow out upon getting depowered]].
283* Leroy in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
284* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
285** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' Bo'sun the BigScaryBlackMan to Barbossa, even though he's technically TheDragon.
286** Among the FishPeople crew of the Flying Dutchman ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' has Morey the eel headed man.
287** In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', [[spoiler: has [[ScaryBlackMan Gunner the zombie]]. We know that he was cruel and sadistic, even before being a zombie]].
288* The BigBad of ''Film/{{Primecut}}'' has a hulking, mentally retarded assistant called Weenie.
289* ''Film/PulpFiction'': Vincent Vega is a rare protagonist example. He's an abrasive but quiet ProfessionalKiller who serves crime boss Marsellus Wallace and he's DumbMuscle: he doesn't clear an apartment which nearly gets him and his partner killed, has [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace little understanding of gun safety]], doesn't wash his hands correctly, and [[spoiler:winds up dead because he leaves a loaded gun where his target can access it]].
290* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' has Mr. Blonde. He’s the largest of the gang of criminals that the film follows (6'2") and is a psychopath who likes torturing cops for fun.
291* In ''Film/RobinHoodTheRebellion'', the Sheriff of Nottingham employs a behemoth named Brimstone as his primary enforcer: a massive [[BaldOfEvil bald]], [[TattooedCrook tattooed]] musclebound brute who towers over even Little John.
292* Torque, the robot-henchman from ''Film/RobotHolocaust''.
293* Lothar in ''Film/TheRocketeer'', who was modeled upon 30s film actor Creator/RondoHatton.
294* Dredger from ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. He stands 6'11" and serves as a GiantMook for [[BigBad Lord Blackwood]], dogging Holmes throughout the film.
295* ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries'':
296** General Zod from ''Film/SupermanII'' has Non, a hulking, "mindless aberration whose only means of expression are wanton violence and destruction".
297** In ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] creates the Nuclear Man, a brute who barely talks, to kick Superman around.
298* ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'':
299** Blackout could count seeing as he's the most heavily armed character and the largest one in [[Film/Transformers2007 the original movie]].
300*** Brawl might also qualify. He is the most heavily-armed Decepticon and the toughest one to kill. It took the combined efforts of the human military and all four non-Optimus Prime Autobots to finally put him down for the count. His alt mode is [[MightyGlacier a literal tank]].
301** In [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen the second film]], Grindor (who is identical to Blackout but is even larger than him) acts as this during the 3-on-1 battle in the forest while in the final battle, the role clearly belongs to Devastator.
302*** Demolisher could count due to his large size and that he just uses his weight instead of a weapon.
303** Shockwave's Driller in [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon the third film]].
304** While he is shorter than the BigBad Scourge, Battletrap in ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'' acts in this manner due to his bulky frame and his weapon of choice being a wrecking ball and heavy cannon. Fittingly, during the final battle it takes both Optimus Prime and Primal to take him down.
305%%''Film/{{Troy}}'':
306%%** Boagrius
307%%** Ajax also qualifies for this role.
308* ''Film/TheViewAskewniverse'':
309** ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'': Mr. [=LaFours=] is a massive mall security guard who can take a swing from a bat to the head and get up, working for Jared Svenning to stop T.S. and Brodie from either ruining his game show or dating his daughter.
310** ''Film/{{Dogma}}'': The Golgothan is Hell's top assassin, a hulking monster who's composed of the poop of every criminal who died at Golgotha. He is defeated quite comically.
311* ''Film/WhiteHouseDown'':
312** Carl Killick is a massive, muscled bully who is brought in to take hostages and intimidate them.
313** [[HuskyRusskie Vadim]] also qualifies seeing as he is one of the most aggressive terrorists and gives Cale one of the hardest fights in the film.
314* ''Wolf Warrior II:'' "Great Bear" is one of the evil PrivateMilitaryContractors. He isn't the boss' deputy, he's just a large, powerful man who can fire an FN Minimi machine gun (or near equivalent) single handed. Probably the boyfriend of DarkActionGirl Athena.
315* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
316** Sabretooth to Magneto in ''Film/XMen1'', as he's the largest of the Brotherhood and uses brute force in his fights in contrast with his teammates Mystique and Toad who employ ambushes and acrobatics.
317** Staff Sergeant Lyman to Stryker in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' and BrainwashedAndCrazy Cyclops effectively becomes this.
318** The Juggernaut from ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' is big and strong and expresses pleasure at being given an order to kill children.
319** Riptide in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', though he’s not as physical as Azazel.
320** The younger William Stryker serves this role to Trask in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' though the Sentinels are more fitting of this trope.
321** Angel plays this role in the Four Horsemen of the titular villain in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', especially since apart from Metallic Feather Projectiles, {{Flight}} and general brute strength he has absolutely no special powers and pales in comparison to other horsemen.
322* ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'': Kannuki the Giant is a hulking (6'8") henchman for [[BigBad Ushitora]] who sometimes wields a giant mallet in combat. Probably an inspiration for Mario Brega's character Chico in ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (see above).
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326* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'': Out of all the Scythes, Dragoth Vritra fits the bill. He is described as physically the largest among them with a hulking frame and long broad horns. Fittingly enough, he is also the DumbMuscle among them, as Agrona tasks him with [[spoiler:breaking the barrier Seris has set up to protect her forces when she rebels against him]].
327-->'''Agrona''': And so I kept [Dragoth] where he is, banging his thick, horned skull against [[spoiler:Seris's]] shields.
328* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn," Khumbanigash.
329* In the ''Literature/ErebusSequence'', Golia, the most physically imposing of the [[{{Mutants}} Orfani]], is also both the nastiest and stupidest. He's being prepared for a role as dumb muscle, but thinks he's being prepared to be the next king. (He doesn't genuinely care, and just wants to strike out at people who think they're better than him).
330* Creator/DavidEddings:
331** Adus in ''Literature/TheElenium'' trilogy. "Just put armor on a gorilla and you've got him." He's a mentally-handicapped thug who serves [[DragonInChief Martel]] as his best enforcer and killer. Martel considers Adus to be little more than a weapon ("I use him for killing people") and everyone who meets him looks down on him due to his stupidity and lack of hygiene. He has all the hallmarks of the personality type too, being {{dumb|Muscle}}, but a [[IdiotSavant savante]] when it comes to small unit tactics, willing to cut through his own men just to get to the heroes, and lacking the ability to so much as read.
332** [[AxCrazy Taur]] [[BloodKnight Urgas]], the King of Cthol Murgos, in ''Literature/TheBelgariad''. He's got all the hallmarks of the personality: no empathy, AxCrazy, a [[TheBerserker Berserker]] in combat, and he also seems to fit in terms of his position and role in the villainous hierarchy: he's the ruler of one of the largest countries subject to [[BigBad Torak]], and provides manpower and muscle for the Angarak armies, while still being subject to Ctuchik, Torak's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. ''The Mallorean'' actually plays this for [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathy]], as it's noted he was ''legitimately insane'' and not entirely responsible for his worst excesses.
333** In ''Literature/TheRedemptionOfAlthalus'' [[ImAHumanitarian Pekhal]] and [[DarkActionGirl Gelta]] are the ones that [[TheDragon Ghend]] calls in when he and [[BigBad Daeva]] have a situation that requires straight up brute force, as opposed to cunning or subtlety (which EvilGenius [[SmugSnake Argan]] and [[{{Telepathy}} Koman]] deal with). Both are relics from the Stone Age, and are vicious, cruel, more than a little stupid, and in Gelta's case prone to fits of [[AxCrazy psychotic rage]]. They don't get much more brutish.
334* The [[HumanoidAbomination Osthan]] from ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'' could be seen as this; however, unusually for this trope, they avert DumbMuscle, instead being a group of [[GeniusBruiser Genius Bruisers]].
335* In the BlackAndGrayMorality world of ''Literature/TheGodfather,'' Luca Brasi is a rare protagonist version of this, but man is he brutal! [[spoiler:Read 'throwing a newborn baby in a furnace because he didn't want illegitimate children' brutal.]] It's little wonder he's the Corleones' most feared enforcer, and it's why, when he is the first of the protagonists' side to die in the story proper, [[spoiler:Barzini]]'s people do not give him an opportunity to fight back before making him sleep with the fishes.
336* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
337** Crabbe and Goyle are this to school bully Draco Malfoy. They are described as being dimwitted (they didn't pass their exams in fifth year) and having gorilla-like arms. They are always seen accompanying Draco, being used by him to intimidate his victims.
338** Crabbe and Goyle's fathers were the two largest Death Eaters present at Voldemort's rebirth and seem just as dull-witted as their sons.
339** Thorfinn Rowle is this within Voldemort's Death Eaters. He is one of, if not the largest of the Death Eaters and usually duels in a very skilled and aggressive manner, killing one of his fellow Death Eaters with a stray shot.
340** Walden Macnair is a large, bloodthirsty and aggressive Death Eater. He spent the years between wars as an executioner for the Ministry, greatly appreciated Voldemort's promise of victims, and helped recruit the Giants by bonding over bloodshed. Hagrid refers to him as a maniac.
341** Another good example is the savage Werewolf Fenrir Greyback. He is an ally to the Death Eaters who revels in his bloodlust. Voldemort used him as a weapon to intimidate people into doing his bidding. If people refused, Fenrir would be sent to attack their children.
342** In the later books, it is revealed Voldemort acquired Giants for his army. In this universe, Giants are a sentient species slightly less intelligent compared to humans, but have the power to make up for it.
343* Wild Rhona, the protagonist in ''Literature/AHarvestOfWar'', almost seven feet tall and over 300lbs of solid muscle. She's fast and smart for this trope and on the good guys' side to boot, but her [[BloodKnight mean]] [[TheBerserker streak]] is so wide that, together with the even heavier and less vicious [[TheBigGuy Baindur]], it pushes her into this trope.
344** Baroness Shelby is a straighter example, if much smaller and also not lacking in brains, skill and agility.
345* Cato in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', and the aptly named Brutus in ''Catching Fire'': both big, strong, burly BloodKnight Career tributes from District 2 who genuinely enjoy participating in the Games. Also implied to have been the case with the never-seen Titus.
346* Yerrininae, the leader of Xorlarrin's drider force in ''Literature/CompanionsCodex'' is the strongest drider seen in ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'' series. Entreri describes being indirectly hit by him as ''worse'' than being ''directly'' hit by a frost giant.
347* In ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'', Armand serves as the SinisterMinister's [[TheDragon enforcer]]; big, dumb, and cruel, a man who only understands bullying people.
348* Ronald Niedermann from the ''Literature/MillenniumSeries'' is able to deal out a lot of pain, being able to break normal people's necks like sticks. Coupled with the fact that he is [[FeelNoPain unable to feel pain]] due to a neuralgic defect, it makes him nearly unstoppable.
349* Lu Bu in ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. Initially, he is able to handily intimidate all dissenters from taking down Dong Zhou, drive away Cao Cao when Cao Cao comes to assassinate Dong Zhou, and take on Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Liu Bei at once. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei are held up as amazing warriors because three on one they didn't flee Lu Bu and forced him to retire. Lu murders his lord and adopted father for a horse, his next lord for a 16 year old dancer (not that kind), and dies an alcoholic wreck of a man.
350* René St. Charles from ''Literature/{{Samhain Island}}'' is described as having "muscles that could rival a wrestler" and does most of the dirty work. If it wasn't for the intervention of Miss Vargas [[spoiler: he would have ended up shooting a thirteen-year-old]].
351* In the late ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story "TheAdventureOfTheMazarinStone" by Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, Sam Merton fills the role of the brute.
352* Tool in ''Literature/ShipBreaker'' is set up to be one to first Lucky Strike and then Richard Lopez. Subverted, as he's actually a GeniusBruiser & TheUnfettered, and is thus works for no one. Regular [[HalfHumanHybrid Halfmen]], who ''are'' TheFettered fulfill the stereotype better.
353* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
354** Ser Gregor Clegane (AKA "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Mountain that Rides]]") is this to a T. He's not on any inner circle, in part because he's too [[AxCrazy psychotic]] for that, and because [[TheChessmaster Lord Tywin Lannister]] doesn't really keep an inner circle, (he has one or two people he genuinely consults with such as his brother Kevan, the rest are dupes that he manipulates) however he is Tywin's choice for virtually all of the dirty and bloody work that needs to be done, and shows real taste for and skill at it. He's also the WorldsStrongestMan and the physically largest human seen so far (almost 8’0” tall), and will gleefully show it off.
355** Similarly, Victarion Greyjoy is this for House Greyjoy. They also make an interesting comparison, as they are two very different characters who fall under the same trope type; while Clegane is a vicious and amoral sadist, Victarion is TheFettered, believing wholeheartedly in the grim, EvenEvilHasStandards code of honor that the Iron Men share.
356** Shagga son of Dolf serves as a BoisterousBruiser style Brute to [[MisterBig Tyrion]], doing most of his dirty work, while Tyrion and [[TheDragon Bronn]] keep their hands relatively clean. [[EyepatchOfPower Timmett son of Timmett]] is somewhere between this and a [[CoDragons second Dragon]].
357** Ser Amory Lorch is a [[PetRat far less impressive]] Brute for the Lannisters - he's essentially nothing more than an idiotic thug, lacking Gregor Clegane's SuperStrength and [[TheDreaded fear factor]]. His only conceivably useful quality is his [[TheSociopath utter ruthlessness]].
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361* ''Series/Akumaizer3'': Geberu is the Akuma Clan’s strongest warrior. Even more so after he gets the Immortal Shield, which makes him [[TheJuggernaut virtually unstoppable]] and lets him NoSell any attack.
362* ''Series/TheBarrier'': Rai, the usual driver in the wealthy home in which Hugo and Julia work as house staff, is also the person called upon for tasks that require physical strength. Those tasks are usually an obstacle to whatever Hugo and Julia are trying to accomplish. Rai's personality is TheQuietOne, with one of his few instances of breaking out of it being an attempt to become Hugo's workplace bully.
363* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
364** Luke, The Three, and Absalom for The Master.
365** Kakistos comes more from the "Hulk Smash" school of approach.
366** Mr tick for The Mayor in Buffy Season 3.
367** Lindsey though he's very intelligent and both he along with Lilah are the CoDragons for Holland Manners, Lindsey is still the one most willingly to physically attack Angel (his [[ArchEnemy nemesis]]) even running even him over with a truck and going to town on him with a sledgehammer. [[spoiler: In Angel Season 5 he's more a villain in his own right.]]
368** Forrest for Adam in Buffy Season 4.
369** As shown in {{flashback}}s, Spike was essentially this for [[CoupledCouples Angelus, Darla and his lover Drusilla]] being the most combat orientated out of the quartet. Best shown in one humorously dark moment when Darla in command is demanding that the gypsy leader remove Angelus's soul, Spikes then comes out of his caravan burping having eaten his whole family.
370*** After his HeelFaceTurn Spike is TheBigGuy for Buffy and Angel's respective groups.
371** The Captain for the Covenant of Trombli in Pylea.
372** Weatherby for the Watchers Council [[TerribleTrio Special Operations Team]].
373** Skip is intentionally meant to invoke this, basically being the mercenary for the Powers That Be [[spoiler: (however subverted as he's actually very crafty and manipulative and secretly serves Jasmine an EldritchAbomination)]].
374** The Beast from Angel Season 4 makes most brutes look like a pushovers though like Skip, he's more intelligent than he looks. However Angelus recognizes the Beast is still essentially this trope for a greater evil [[spoiler: i.e. Jasmine]].
375** Caleb for the [[GreaterScopeVillain First Evil]].
376** Hamilton for The Senior Partners.
377* ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'':
378** ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'': The Impactors have Radia, who has the bulkiest fighting form among them and primarily uses brute force attacks in battle. Algol is this for the Garbans, acting as their assassin and having a suitably bloodthirsty personality to go along with it.
379** ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' has the Hades Army's [[EvilCounterpart Demon Knight]], who's tough enough to take on all three Justirisers in his initial battle with them.
380** ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'': Blaird is this for the [[SpacePirates Descal]]. He's the strongest of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Three Shoguns]], but also very hotheaded and [[DumbMuscle not the smartest]]. When the [[ConquerorFromTheFuture Neo Descal]] fleet arrives, [[EvilCounterpart Jackall]] serves as their main muscle, although his vendetta towards [[BigGood Commander Shark]] means they have a hard time keeping a leash on him whenever Shark is present.
381* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' normally features solo killers, but has occasionally featured groups large enough to include a Brute.
382** Vincent "Vinny" Perotta, [=UnSub=] of Season 1's "Natural Born Killer", is a six and a half foot tall [[TheMafia mafia]] [[PsychoForHire hitman]], who moonlights as a SerialKiller, and has a thing for [[AxCrazy gruesomely dismembering his victims]]. Profiled with [[TheSociopath antisocial]] and [[TheParanoiac paranoid]] personality disorders, Vinny's too unstable to take part in the day-to-day operations of [[TheDon Michael Russo]]'s mob outfit and sits outside the regular chain of command, holding no official position or authority over their underlings, but taking orders from Russo and Russo alone.
383** Leon, from Season 6's "Supply & Demand" is a hulking giant strong enough to [[CurbStompBattle stomp]] [[TheBigGuy Morgan]] in hand to hand combat, and large enough that one of his hands can wrap all the way around a victim's throat. Subordinate to human trafficking ring leader Lucy, and her NumberTwo, [[TheDragon Max]], Leon serves as the group's thug, transporting victims to and from cages, brutalizing them while the others (or paying customers) look on, and killing them when there's no further use for them, or an especially depraved customer wants to watch someone die.
384* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
385** Gregor and Sandor Clegane are simply muscle for their masters, exerting no political influence in Westeros except with the point of their swords. However, Sandor's ScrewThisImOuttaHere at the Battle of Blackwater has put an end to this for him.
386** The Smalljon is described as "a massive bear of a man with a temper to match" and he serves as Ramsay's muscle in his forces.
387** Rorge within the Lannister army. He doesn't appear especially intelligent, and is prone to aggressive threats uttered in a vicious snarl.
388* ''Series/{{Inazuman}}'': Udespar is a tough, bulky, armored RobotSoldier who leads the Despar Soldiers on the field. He initially has enough brains to serve as a proper Dragon, but after he's destroyed the first time his parts are rebuilt into the [[LiteralSplitPersonality Udespar Siblings]], who are capable of fusing into the even stronger Combined Udespar.
389* ''Series/{{Justified}}'':
390** [[DumbMuscle Coover Bennett]] plays this role to his [[EvilMatriarch mother]], [[BigBad Mags]] and brothers [[TheStarscream Dickie]] and [[TheDragon Doyle]]. A hulking, dim-witted MightyGlacier with a marijuana problem, and a penchant for descending into UnstoppableRage, Coover's about as archetypal a Brute as you can get.
391** Boyd Crowder has the less obvious Jimmy Tolan, a [[TheQuietOne quiet]], loyal thug who plays back up to whoever Boyd's Dragon of the moment is, displays some BloodKnight tendencies and acts as his enforcer while being at the edge of the inner circle. In Season 5, with Boyd's other henchmen dead, Jimmy gets promoted to Dragon.
392* ''Series/{{Kikaider}} 01'' has Waruder, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot robot samurai assassin]] and MasterSwordsman contracted by the villains to defeat Kikaider.
393* Eliot Spencer, TheBigGuy in ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' sometimes acts more like this trope than is usual. The show also provides a number of straight examples, most of whom eventually fight Eliot at one point or another:
394** From "The Wedding Job", there's TheButcher of Kiev, who's probably the most archetypal Brute on the show. A [[TheGiant hulking]] thug in the employ of the Russian Mafia, The Butcher is a PsychoKnifeNut who uses his massive size and fondness for meat cleavers to overpower his opponents, and is far too stupid to be anything more than a [[DumbMuscle leg-breaker]]. He has a personal grudge against Eliot for scarring his face in an earlier confrontation.
395** Mr. Quinn, of "The First David Job" is a nondescript BadassInANiceSuit retained by [[TheHero Nate's]] EvilCounterpart, Sterling, for the specific purpose of beating Eliot into submission. Not important enough to be TheDragon he displays enough [[SmugSnake personality]] to avoid being a simple {{Elite Mook|s}}, and his role as the muscle puts him firmly in this trope. He later reappears during "The Last Dam Job" to help Eliot when Eliot is recognized by the mark. He and Eliot [[FriendlyEnemy seem to get along]] despite their previous conflict.
396** Finally we have Roper, a member of the kidnap gang in "The Carnival Job." He's a PsychoForHire who seems to have a personal history with Eliot and is probably the best fighter the gang has available, as well as a ruthless CombatPragmatist (seriously, he attacked Eliot in a [[HallOfMirrors funhouse]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown while he was injured]], and still made sure to have a little girl as a hostage). However, he's not the NumberTwo, and seems to have been contracted for his skills at breaking heads and nothing else, not even appearing until the end of the episode.
397* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' Chapter 6 “The Prisoner” has the [[BigRedDevil Devaronian]] Burg played by 6'3 Creator/ClancyBrown in full [[Film/{{Highlander}} Kurgan]] mode. Although Burg is the least intelligent of the rogues Mando fights in the episode, he still puts up the best fight thanks to his strength and toughness.
398* ''Series/MetalHeroes'':
399** ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'': Ikki is muscular space warrior who fights purely with his own super strength and acts this among the [[EliteFour Four Deva Kings]].
400** ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' has General Deathzero, a missile-like KillerRobot and FrontlineGeneral who commands the [[TheEmpire Waller Empire]]'s army and is the one who battles Spielban most often.
401** ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'': The [[TheSyndicate Neros Empire]] has many Brutes among its ranks and each of its four armies has at least one warrior geared towards purely strength-based combat. The Armament Army in particular is essentially an entire team of Brutes, being comprised of heavy arsenal robots.
402** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'': Retsukiba's role among the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Sorcerers Clan]] is this. He's not the strongest ninja in the series, but in most episodes his role is just to hassle Jiraiya or carry out hits.
403** ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' has Mad Garbo, a humanoid BioweaponBeast designed to take down Jiban by thrashing him until he breaks.
404** ''Series/BFighterKabuto'': Dezzle serves as this among the Melzard Tribe, particularly after he gets a MidSeasonUpgrade that makes his shell more durable.
405* In the 2010 version of ''Series/{{Nikita}}'', Roan fills the role. A Cleaner who Nikita scarred by his own acid and silent badass, the universal reaction to encountering him is to wet your pants and run.
406** Roan may be so deadly that he qualifies as a HeroKiller. To date, Nikita is the only one who managed to get one-up on him, and she still runs if she has the chance when he shows up.
407*** As of mid-Season 2, it can also be argued that Roan has elements of TheDragon -- he's [[BigBad Percy's]] most loyal and deadliest remaining agent, and the one organized the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Guardians]] into action when [[spoiler: Amanda and Oversight locked Percy up]].
408* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Martine Rousseau for [[AIIsACrapshoot Samaritan]]. Out of all Samaritan's assets, she possesses the most aggressive tactics and is noticeably TriggerHappy, willing to shoot up a department store full of innocent people to take out a single opponent.
409* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': If you go by AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, Jack Porter is this to Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke.
410* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has a fair share of brutes within its evil groups. Most of the time, at least one villain per group fits the role of brute. More often than not, these characters are portrayed by PeopleInRubberSuits, as opposed to more sophisticated villains, who are often more recognizable as humans.
411** The earliest example is Iron Man Mask General Temujin in ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'', the second of the [[BigBad Black Cross Führer]]'s CoDragons, a TinTyrant and GeniusBruiser clad in thick armor that makes him virtually indestructible.
412** ''Series/BattleFeverJ'''s Salome is a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare female example]], a DarkActionGirl with tremendous physical strength (helped by her being played a Pro-Wrestler) capable of manhandling each member of Team Battle Fever in battle.
413** ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' gives us Demon King Banriki, who a musclebound warrior who sided with the Vader with hopes of fighting the Denziman, [[spoiler:and ended up becoming the FinalBoss]].
414** ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' has another rare female example: Amazon Killer, a vicious and powerful female warrior who's capable of taking on all three members of Sun Vulcan. Also an expert spy and GeniusBruiser at times.
415** ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'' has General Deathgiller. Since he's also the [[TheDragon primary enforcer]] of Deathdark, and since they don't have much other muscle available, he's the guy who gets sent in when they need extra force for an operation.
416** ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'': The Jashinka didn't really have a member whose main forte was being super strong. The closest would be the HotBlooded [[TheDragon Prince Megiddo]], who leads their forces into battle.
417** ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' has Monster, whom Doctor Man even admits he made just to be his DumbMuscle.
418** ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' has Adjutant Booba, a brutish SpacePirate working as muscle for the [[TheEmpire Gozma]].
419** ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', has Ley Galzus, a mute bruiser created by the Mess. After his death, [[TheDragon Ley Wandar]] was forced to take this role.
420** Commander Baraba from ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is a proud, tough warrior who serves as the army commander of Tube.
421** ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' has Dr Obular, the only member of Volt to give himself a permanent monster form. Later on Volt receives a second Brute when Doctor Ashura, a tough gang leader whom Bias modified to be an even stronger GeniusBruiser, is brought in and slowly squeezes Obular out. [[ImplacableMan Gash]] seems like he'd be a ''third'' Brute, but [[spoiler:he's actually Bias's true Dragon and co-conspirator.]]
422** ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' has the zombie {{Samurai}} Dark Boma Zimba. Once he, Jarmin, and Lehda are offed, Yamimaru combines this role with TheDragon.
423** ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' has Galactic Swordsman Billion, a MasterSwordsman who lives purely for the [[BloodKnight thrill of fighting]] (and for [[TheAlcoholic sake]]).
424** ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' has [[NobleDemon Grey]], TheRival of Black Condor and the Vyram member who battles the Jetmen most often..
425** Grifforzer from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' plays this trope straight at first, being portrayed as a monstrous beast, incapable of human language. Later on, he does get a voice, which sounds very sophisticated, downplaying this trope.
426** Major Zydos from ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. He's the muscles of the TerribleTrio.
427** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' has Daidarobatchi, the BigBad's brother and most imposing general. However, [[WeHardlyKnewYou he only lasts for one episode]].
428** ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' has Bomber the Great, TheStarscream and military officer of TheEmpire.
429** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' has Deputy Leader Zelmoda. Despite being number two to Gynamo, he's more the DumbMuscle of the Bozwocks rather than a proper second-in-command.
430** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' has Commander Yugande, Neziregia's field commander and resident BloodKnight.
431*** [[KnightOfCerebus Guirail]] might count as well since he's the most bloodthirsty member of Nezirejia.
432** ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' has Boss Gun General Sambash. The HotBlooded first second-in-command of the BigBad. He's also TheDon of the Sambash Majin Gang (first set of monsters) and the first ArcVillain.
433*** He's replaced by [[TheDragon Destruction King Battobas]] during the second half of the show. The latter is a powerful warlord relying on both strength and tactics.
434** ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' has Beast Baron Cobolda, the general who relies on pure strength rather than strategy.
435** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' has Highness Duke Org Shuten, the first ArcVillain with an axe.
436** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' has [[FrogNinja Second Spear, Chuuzubo]], a burly ninja who fights with brute force attacks and by swinging a big stick. After his exit, [[GeniusBruiser Fifth Spear, Sargain]] and [[MonsterClown Sixth Spear, Satarakura]] pass the role between each other.
437** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' has the Evolian Armor of Darkness, or whoever is wearing it, as it bestows its wearer with increased strength at the cost of making them more violent. Of its wearers, [[StarterVillain Geildon]] fits the temperament the best.
438** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'': Quite a few of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Alienizers]] are very strong and several act as muscle for other Alienizers, such as Bon Goblin Hell for the Hells Siblings and Ganymede for Abrella in his EliteFour.
439** Branken from ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. He's the most hot-headed of the villains, and the only character in a magic-themed series to rely on a {{BFS}} rather than spells. He'd also qualify for DiscOneFinalBoss if [[EldritchAbomination N Ma]] hadn't been present, if trapped, from the beginning.
440** ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' has [[TheCorrupter Yaiba of Darkness]] and [[AxCrazy Great Beast Rei]]. When the series begins, Yaiba is a very strong villain, second only in the series to [[TheDragon Ryuuwon]]. Later, Rei shows up, one-upping Yaiba alongside Gai, proving himself a brutish member of the Ashu Tribe who loves a good fight.
441** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' has Land Fist Demon Maku, although [[BigBadWannabe he'd like to be the Big Bad]]. He's powerful enough that he's able to get his fellow Fist Demons and the other Rinjuken practitioners to follow along until he gets put in his place by Rio. In the end he's just the second ClimaxBoss. When the Genjuken enter the scene, the silent Suugu serves as this among them.
442** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' has Land Pollution Minister Yogostein, the DiscOneFinalBoss.
443** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' has [[BloodKnight Juzo Fuwa]], who lives for little else other than fighting and killing.
444** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'': Both Dereputa of the Meteor and Kinggon of the Bigfoot were the muscle of their respective factions. Interestingly, both had close relationships with the leaders of their factions. Robogog later brings back Buredoran as a {{cyborg}} so he can serve as his brute, but [[spoiler:he underestimates Buredoran's cunning.]]
445** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has Special Duty Officer Barizorg, whose main role is to bodyguard [[RoyalBrat Warz Gill]].
446** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'': Escape is another rare female example. While her [[CoDragons co-dragon]] [[EvilGenius Enter]] plans the operations, Escape is the one who provides force for them.
447** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' has Sorrowful Knight Aigaron. Despite being the sadness-themed knight and crying much of the time, he was capable of channeling his sorrow make himself much more powerful in battle. Later on, [[spoiler:the former [[TheDragon Dragon]] Dogold ended up getting bumped down to here after being kowtowed by Endolf and shocked into submission]].
448** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToqger'' has [[TheStarscream General Schwartz]] who is also the ''EvilGenius'' of the Shadow Line.
449** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' has tough warrior Raizo Gabi. Later on there was Mangetsu Kibaoni, the [[OverlordJr son of the Big Bad]].
450** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' has Azald, a bulky team leader who prefers physical pain.
451** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' has Kukuruga, the bulkiest of the [[CoDragons Vice Shoguns]].
452** ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVSKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' has Destra Majjo, Dogranio Yaboon's bodyguard.
453** ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' has the bulky [[StarterVillain Tankjoh]] in the beginning. This role later gets passed to [[GeniusBruiser Gacchireus]] when he arrives and later the [[DumbMuscle Gunjoji Twins]] after they're created.
454** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' has Galza. He's a GeniusBruiser, but he's the one who takes the field whenever extra muscle is needed against the Kiramagers
455** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has Barashitara, the FrontlineGeneral of Tozitend and [[spoiler:[[ArchnemesisDad Isao Goshikida]]/]][[EvilCounterpart Hakaizer]], the enforcer protecting the MonsterOfTheWeek .
456** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' has Sonoza, the muscles of the Noto's TerribleTrio.
457* ''Sentai'''s American adaptation ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', also has its fair share of Brutes.
458** Goldar, from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', does seem to fit this trope, being the muscle to Rita and later Zedd, but also has the capability of making plans that rely on psychological warfare, rather than brute force.
459** Rito Revolto, introduced in the third season of ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'', actually comes closer, as he is really dimwitted and only used as a dumb muscle.
460** ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' has [[BigBadWannabe Louie Kaboom]] who is basically TheBully. That said, he's more powerful, intelligent and dangerous than most of the other villains of the show. This include the ''BigBad''.
461** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' has Elgar the DumbMuscle and ''AcePilot'' of the SpacePirate(s).
462** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' has Ecliptor TheDragon, Darkonda TheSociopath of the show, and Psycho Blue the EvilCounterpart of TheLancer.
463** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' has Furio, who is basically Sambash adapted with a different costume.
464*** There is also Barbarax, the most physically imposing general of this season and TheDragon of [[InterimVillain Captain Mutiny]].
465** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' has Loki, the adaptation of Baron Cobolda.
466** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' has Gluto, the DumbMuscle of the Mutants. Ironically, his costume is based on Don Dolnero, the BigBad of ''Timeranger''.
467** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' has General Retinax, [[BodyguardingABadass bodyguard of Master Org]].
468** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' has Choobo, who is Chuzubo as an AdaptationalWimp.
469** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' has [[BlackKnight General Zeltrax]] tha ArchEnemy of [[BigGood Tommy Oliver]].
470** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has General Benaag, the strongest minion of TheEmperor. [[WeHardlyKnewYou He only lasts for one episode, though]].
471** Morticon in ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' is Branken's character adapted with very little differences.
472*** During the last StoryArc, the Brute is [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Megahorn]].
473** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' has Benglo, the American version of Great Beast Rei.
474** ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' has Land Overlord Grizzaka, Maku's American counterpart and General Whiger, Suugu's counterpart (except Whiger is [[AdaptationalIntelligence slightly smarter than Suugu]]).
475** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' has a strange example, as the Brute in this series, General Crunch is of a very lean build, while the more broadly build General Shifter is actually the EvilGenius.
476** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' and ''Super Samurai'' have Deker, Juzo Fuwa's american counterpart.
477** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' has Creepox and Bluefear, the ClimaxBoss of the two first arcs.
478** ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' has [[YesMan Argus]], the power rangers' counterpart of Barizorg, except that he is a '''robot''', not a '''cyborg'''. Also he's "just" the blue ranger's rival, not his ex mentor.
479*** TheEmperor's elite guards Matacore and Yellzor also fit, but they both last for one episode.
480** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' has [[TheDragon Fury]], [[BigBad Sledge]]'s strongest general and first lieutenant.
481** ''Power Rangers Dino Super Charge'' has Snide, who is surprisingly the [[spoiler:[[TheHeavy presumed]]]] main villain.
482** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' has Ripcon, Raizo's power rangers' counterpart and the second-in-command of [[DiscOneFinalBoss Galvanax]].
483** ''Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel'' has Brax, Mangetsu's power rangers' counterpart and the strongest general of [[BigBad Madame Odius]].
484** ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' has [[HotBlooded Cybervillain Blaze]], TheRival of [[TheHero the red ranger]]. He's ''most of the time'' the [[DumbMuscle dumbest general]] of Evox. [[SmarterThanYouLook When he does use his brain, however...]] [[KnightOfCerebus let's just say that it's better to NOT think about it]].
485** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' has Boomtower, the DumbMuscle of Void Knight in season 1.
486*** In season 2, he is replaced by Wreckmate, a robotic pirate-themed general.
487* ''Series/KamenRider'' has had its fair share of Brutes over the years.
488** ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' has Go-Gadoru-Ba, who leads the strongest [[MonsterOfTheWeek Gurongi]] group, the Go Group, and acts as enforcer for the Gurongi "judge" Ra-Baruba-De, who herself is TheDragon for Gurongi leader [[BigBad N-Daguva-Zeba]].
489** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' has Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, a [[BloodKnight battle hungry]] SerialKiller with the [[HeroKiller highest kill count]] among the Riders in the Battle Fight. He's initially brought in thanks to [[PsychopathicManchild Jun Shibaura]]/Kamen Rider Gai, but later ends up doing temp work for [[BigBad Shiro Kanzaki]].
490** ''Series/KamenRider555'' has [[ScaryBlackMan Mr. J]], the [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Crocodile Orphnoch]], as this among the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Lucky Clover]] and the one usually used by their employer for missions that require muscle. After J's exit, the role was left vacant in the Lucky Clover until they fill it in with AxCrazy mass murderer Aki Sawada.
491** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' has Rook, the Lion Fangire, who is a SpreeKiller who would try to kill a certain number of people who matched whatever theme he picked within whatever time limit he chose, with ice cream as the reward for success and electrocuting himself with a power cable as the punishment for failure. He and [[ManipulativeBastard Bishop]] were the only two members of the Checkmate Four to be active in both 1986 and 2008.
492** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has Kou Tasugami/Leo Zodiarts, bodyguard to [[BigBad Mitsuaki Gamou]] and his go-to guy for missions that require muscle.
493** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' has the Phoenix Phantom, a psychotic berserker and Greater Phantom whose method for creating more Phantoms usually involves assaulting a Gate until they give into despair. In fact, because of his sadistic and brutish tendencies (which in one case led to him beating a Gate to death before a Phantom could fully manifest), he's often kept on the sidelines by [[BigBad Wiseman]] while [[TheDragon Medusa]] is the one who usually creates Phantoms.
494** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' gives us a female example with Yoko Minato/New Generation Rider Marika. Despite her [[PintSizedPowerhouse smaller stature]], Yoko is a skilled fighter, even in her non-transformed state, and acts as the {{Bodyguard Babe|s}} of [[MadScientist Ryoma Sengoku]]. Later on, Ryoma adds another Brute to [[MegaCorp Yggdrasill]]'s ranks when he takes [[TheRival Kaito Kumon]] on as an additional enforcer. When the [[MonsterLord Overlord Inves]] make their introduction, the role gets taken by [[BloodKnight Demushu]].
495** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' has Mashin Chaser as this for the Roidmude Executives, the "Grim Reaper" used by them to eliminate rogue Roidmudes or, more often, just as muscle to hold off Drive.
496** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has Fu and Rai Washio/Remocon and Engine Bro's, a pair of TykeBomb {{Supersoldier}}s raised by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Juzaburo Namba]], and typically used by him as muscle to hassle the heroes or back up his other fighters.
497** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'': This is Zooous's role in the Megid between the scheming Storious and (mostly) strategic Legeiel. In contrast to those two planners, Zooous is a [[BloodKnight battle-hungry]] bruiser who doesn't care about anything but bashing heads and snarking at his fellows.
498** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' has Julio/Wolf Deadman, bodyguard and enforcer of their "Queen of Evil" Aguilera.
499** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'': [[spoiler:[[TheBigGuy Michinaga Azuma]] becomes this after siding with the Jyamato, even getting an upgrade that makes him much more durable.]]
500* Leo Johnson on ''Series/TwinPeaks''. Hired goon, abusive husband, profane loudmouth: the whole package.
501* Hazel of the Temps Commission from ''Series/{{The Umbrella Academy|2019}}'' plays with this. He’s a big guy who is able to literally wrestle with LargeAndInCharge Luther but he’s actually a HitmanWithAHeart and proves to be moral one compared to his partner Cha-Cha. Hazel pulls a HeelFaceTurn by the end of Season 1 [[spoiler: and a HeroicSacrifice at start of Season 2.]]
502** Played straighter with the Swedes in Season 2, who simply rely on firepower and fisticuffs to try and kill the Hargreeves siblings, it doesn’t work.
503* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'':
504** The Red King in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. It doesn't have any special powers like most of the other kaiju in the series, instead it relies solely on its tremendous physical strength to pound others into submission.
505** Also appearing in ''Ultraman'' is Zetton, which was tough enough to NoSell just about every attack Ultraman threw at it. It's gone on to become one of the most feared kaiju among Ultras (and one of the most iconic in the series) because of this.
506** ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' introduces Black King, a tough monster with exceptionally durable skin that acts as muscle for Alien Nackle.
507** Doragory, introduced in ''Series/UltramanAce'', is a super strong Choju with an especially merciless fighting style. At the time of its debut it was one of the strongest opponents Ace had gone up against.
508** ''Series/UltramanMebius'': Grozam is this for the [[EliteFour Dark Four Heavenly Kings]]. Instead of coming up with an intricate scheme to defeat Mebius, Grozam opts to just face him in a one-on-one battle and beat him with brute force.
509* The appropriately named Eartha Brute from ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''.
510* ''Series/TheWire'' has at least one for each major organization. The Barksdale Organization has Roland "Wee-Bey" Bryce in Season 1, (and later Slim Charles after Wee-Bey gets life in prison) [[HuskyRusskie Husky Ukrainian]] Sergei Malatov for The Greeks, and the rare case of a female brute in Felicia "Snoop" Pearson for the Stanfield Organization.
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514* ''Literature/TheBible'': Goliath, is probably the most triumphant example of this trope. He's a [[GiantMook giant]] BoisterousBruiser who serves as the champion of the Philistines when they go to war with Israel.
515* Ajax and Diomedes serve this role for the Greeks in ''Literature/TheIliad''. They are out ranked by Agamemnon and Menelaus, but are probably the two most dangerous Greeks in the Trojan war (other than Odysseus, who was a GuileHero). Diomedes was known as TheDreaded by the Trojans for injuring gods when he got bored of murdering their forces! Sarpedon fills the role for the Trojans.
516* In the Myth/NartSagas, there is the cruel swineherd Argwana, who is strong but stupid. Because of a prophecy, he is recruited by Warzameg to help him in the abduction of Setenaya, but they soon become concerned he will try to take her for himself... Which he does.
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520* Being partially based on ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{James Bond 007|Gottlieb}}'' shows Jaws on the backglass leaping at Bond.
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524* The wrestling term for a Brute is a "[[WrestlingMonster Monster]]." This is usually (but not always) distinct from TheGiant wrestling archetype. Notable examples include Wrestling/{{Kane}}, early [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]], Wrestling/BigShow, Wrestling/{{Vader}}, Wrestling/BrockLesnar, the Great Khali, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s Wrestling/{{Abyss}}.
525* Another type of Brute that pops up occasionally in professional wrestling is the most physically imposing member of a heel PowerStable, such as Wrestling/BarryWindham in Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen or Wrestling/{{Batista}} in ripoff group Wrestling/{{Evolution}}. This can sometimes overlap with being TheDragon to the stable leader's BigBad, such as Mason Ryan in [[Wrestling/TheNexus The New Nexus]].
526* Big Titan, [[Wrestling/TheGreatKhali Giant Singh]] and Wrestling/GiantSilva, of [=TEAM2000=] in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, going from big, to bigger to biggest. Silva would serve as such again in the Makai Club.
527* A recurring trope in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}. Mano Metallico for [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney Sweet 'n' Sour International]], Tursas and Nøkken in Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes, STIGMA in the [=UnStable=], [=combatANT=] in the Swarm, etc...
528* The 300 lbs [[Wrestling/MattBloom Giant Bernard]] and especially the 500 lbs Big Daddy Voodoo in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling's Voodoo Murders. Defacto "leaders" TARU, Minoru Tanaka and MAZADA weren't even half Big Daddy V's size.
529* Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople ended the suspension of their fashionist [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Cute Kip]], to instead have him serve as their brute after they decided they were going to {{bully|ingADragon}} [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]].
530* Knux and [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson DOC]] in Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights|Wrestlers}}. There was also Tito Ortiz, but he was just there because Spike TV was using [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] to promote Bellator and he was pulled out by Bellator before he could do anything.
531* [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]], Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga in Wrestling/BulletClub. Fale is even called "the under boss", while Tonga serves twice over in both New Japan and Wrestling/{{CMLL}}.
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535* ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'': Piotr Kozlov is a hulking Russian anthropomorphic ''[[BearsAreBadNews Grizzly Bear]]''. He is not hesitant use his fists in a fight. He did however, [[GeniusBruiser develop]] the [[AwesomeButImpractical flare shotgun]].
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539%%* ''TabletopGame/CartoonActionHour'': Meant as a type of classic retro-toon character, but this came to mean "TheBigGuy".
540* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': If an [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]], [[TheOgre ogre]], or [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]] in a game is given a name and role, chances are they'll be The Brute. (or [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch for a rebellious player]], TheBigGuy... or sometimes [[VillainProtagonist The Brute again]].)
541* ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'': One of the archetypes for {{slasher|Movie}}s is the Brute, a strong man (or woman) who kills just because it feels right. Their natural talent embodies the slasher trope of "the killer gets back up just when you think he's dead," and they eventually become the Mask, which is like Jason Voorhees on PCP.
542* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Belial is no subtle manipulator. He and his servants show up on Earth for one reason -- burn everything they can find to the ground.
543* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
544** ''The Brute'', a card which is a StatusBuff that can be tossed onto a creature to make it more dangerous. Very slightly more dangerous. Even when first printed, the card was pretty weak; by modern standards it's downright laughable.
545** Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger plays the role for New Phyrexia.
546* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
547** The Orks are an entire species devoted to this trope, being genetically engineered for nothing but war. They're also the comic relief.
548** Among followers of Chaos, Khornates are this, living only to get into close combat and chop heads (until they get theirs chopped).
549** Surprisingly enough, the setting's ogres ([[OurOgresAreHungrier called Ogryn]]) are actually an aversion, having childlike personalities and devotion to the GodEmperor. Getting them to fight for Chaos doesn't require temptation or corruption like other humans, just telling them the Emperor is angry at the loyalists.
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553* ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]'':
554** Flak. He's big, tough and [[DumbMuscle extremely dumb]], to the point where one wonders just how he rose to be a CO in the first place. He also appears in ''Dual Strike'', but has no role in the story. (His LimitBreak is called "Brute Force".) His role as this is filled in the new Black Hole by Jugger, who has the exact same abilities as him.
555** Jugger (at least when the [=CPU=] is controlling him) switches from this to GeniusBruiser when he uses his Super [=CO=] Power, which gives him a ''huge'' [=AI=] boost as well as an attack power boost.
556* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The Warden is this for [[WhiteGangbangers The Factio Pugni]]. On top of sporting a incredibly large mechanical suit that makes him a MightyGlacier with an array of weapons at his disposal, he's a very BadBoss to the rest of the goons whenever they tick him off so that he personally sets them on fire to teach them a lesson.
557* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': In most titles, there is simply the [[GiantMook brute class]] of enemy, no matter the time period is either walking around in hulking great armour and carrying large weapons or just a really big guy.
558** Thomas Hickey from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' merits a mention too. While not as classic as El Tiburon, he is bigger and more muscular than other templars from the game, and he is not so devoted to the order. He is just a PsychoForHire who is only in it for money. He is certainly [[GeniusBruiser not stupid]] though.
559** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' has El Tiburon who throughout the entire game exists as a physical threat and a bodyguard to [[BigBadWannabe Torres]]. He does not say a word throughout the entire game [[spoiler: including in his dying moments]].
560* Wyzen in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''. Big, fat, wielding a ''PowerFist'' as big as he is, he is the largest and dumbest of the Seven Deities.
561* Wilhelm in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''. In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', he started out as the Enforcer for Jack's group of Vault Hunters, a hulking, very durable mercenary with a selection of durability and damage enhancements (he has an entire skill tree called ''Dreadnought''). By the time of ''2'', he's [[BigBad Handsome Jack's]] most feared minion, a terrifying murder machine who threw the original Vault Hunters out of New Haven by taking them all on solo and winning. While not ''stupid'', exactly, he's not shown to be particularly deep or thoughtful (his idea of a deep personal confession is "I like steak and robots").
562* Balrog from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is a large soap-bar shaped robot (or something) who also serves as [[BigBad the Doctor's]] right-hand man, trying to kill the main character [[RecurringBoss on several occasions]].
563* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
564** An archetype in ''City of Villains'' is actually called The Brute, though thanks to the variety of powersets available (and the free-reign character creation), all player characters of this archetype don't necessarily fit the trope -- at least the "big" and "all muscle" parts. You can just as easily make an [[SuperReflexes incredibly agile]] [[{{Flynning}} rapier]]-[[DualWielding wielding]] [[LightningBruiser Brute]]. They do love to fight, though - the archetype's entire schtick is that they get stronger as a fight goes on.
565** {{Subverted|Trope}} even more with the past few updates of the game. Since ''Going Rogue'' in 2010, it's been possible to [[HeelFaceTurn change your villainous Brute into a hero]], and since ''City of Heroes Freedom'' in 2011, it's been possible to ''start'' as a heroic Brute.
566** On the other hand, {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs that fall under this trope ''are'' generally of that archetype, including The Wretch. Captain Mako (a large muscle-bound shark man) is a subversion though, being a Stalker.
567* ''Videogame/CrashBandicoot1996'' gives us Koala Kong, while most subsequent ''Crash'' games have this position filled by [[IronicNickname Tiny Tiger]]. ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' has N. Brio as The Brute instead.
568* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': The Swine King (or Prince/God depending on level) is a Brute boss. The result of botched summoning rituals that bound an [[EldritchAbomination entity from Beyond]] into a boar, the Swine King is a giant, seemingly blind killing machine that the Ancestor describes as "brutish and stupid". It needs another pig, a small but smart creature called Wilbur, to direct its attacks; if Wilbur dies, the King loses all restraint and starts just trying to crush the entire party at once with his giant butcher's cleaver. Notably, Wilbur is the only gimmick to the entire fight; the King is otherwise just a slab of ill-tempered, demon-possessed meat.
569* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
570** GiantSpider Phantom is this for Mundus being a big dumb fiery arachnid, who Dante heartily mocks before impaling him on a statue. Phantom typically for this trope dies pathetically realizing too late that Dante is the son of the legendary dark knight Sparda.
571** Nefasturris the giant building possessing demon in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 DMC2]]''. Also, the Secretary is a rare female example for Arius.
572** Beowulf from ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening DMC3]]'' definitely fits this mold, being a massive brutish demon lacking the charm of most of the other bosses in the game due to having previously been beaten by Sparda. Naturally, Beowulf extends his hatred of Sparda to his two sons.
573** Bael and Dagon from ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'', in contrast to the other bosses, are unintelligent, being big smelly frogs who unsuccessfully try and lure and eat Nero and Dante.
574** Goliath (which is a fitting name) from ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry DMC5]]'' is a massive boisterous demon who has SuicidalOverconfidence, thinking he can rule the Demon World with simple might. Nero notes that Goliath is simply DumbMuscle and wrecks him.
575** Hunter from the AlternateUniverse attempted Reboot game, ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry''.
576* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': King Hydra doesn't speak a word, but he certainly has the physical power to exert Zoma's will upon the world, even to the extent of [[spoiler:killing the Hero's father Ortega]].
577* Bolo and his PaletteSwap Abobo in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'', and Burnov and Abore in the sequel.
578* Berserker/Hercules from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Actually, pretty much any "Berserker" class Servant. The class drives them completely insane so they really can't do anything other than AttackAttackAttack, but to make up for it, their physical strength, speed, toughness, etc all get a ''massive'' boost (and Servants are almost always very, very strong to begin with).
579* Heidegger in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' doesn't do too much direct fighting himself, but fills this role in [=ShinRa's=] army.
580** Rude for the Turks though he's very calm and stoic.
581* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series:
582** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' has Wyvern General Narcien. He's the most destructive and ruthless of the three Wyvern Generals, but in last place among the three with regards to sanity, loyalty, courage, tactical aptitude, and fighting skills. Makes you wonder how he even got hired.
583** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' features Denning. He doesn't actually seem to be part of the inner circle of villains (as he has no scenes with the BigBad or any other prominent enemies) and he's a [[OneSceneWonder one-chapter wonder]], but he fits in that he's dumber than a post and exists solely to sic legions of even stupider {{Mooks}} at you and rant "This is a message from Lord Nergal. 'I await you on the Dread Isle.'" He's also the only physical attacker among the [[ArtificialHuman Morphs]].
584** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' has General Bertram, one of the Four Riders of Daien, a BrainwashedAndCrazy DeathSeeker who only speaks in broken SssssnakeTalk. Theoretically CoDragons with The Black Knight and Generals Bryce and Petrine, Bertram is too insane to actually lead his troops, and holds his position based solely on his combat skills.
585** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has Hans, one of Garon's CoDragons. He serves as the main ground-level enforcer of Garon's will and takes great joy in slaughtering anyone who crosses him, and he's a massive LeeroyJenkins.
586* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'';
587** Even [[EverybodyHatesHades though Hades is usually portrayed]] as a BigBad in fiction, ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' portrays him as The Brute. He relies more on hitting [[DesignatedHero Kratos]] with his chain blade things than anything else, and his [[OneWingedAngel second form]] relies on NASTY physical attacks.
588** Hercules in the same game also qualifies, since he uses exclusively brute strength in combat with his [[PowerFist Nemean Cestus]], and later his bare hands after his weapons are taken from him. In Olympus' chain of command, he ranks as Hera's champion below [[CoDragons Poseidon, Hades and Helios]].
589** Magni and Modi in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' are a pair of Aesir brothers that confront Kratos and Atreus. Despite being sons of Thor, they are minor deities that serves as muscle to [[EvilOverlord Odin]] and of the two, Magni fits the trope better being extremely tall, bulky and wielding a {{BFS}}. He also gets on hell of an EstablishingCharacterMoment when he drops in front of the heroes struggling with an ogre, only to snap its neck and casually throw its carcass with one hand.
590* Agatio from ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'' is an unusually clever example, despite Alex and the official strategy guide writing him off as mere DumbMuscle. He's [[CombatPragmatist sharp enough to fight dirty]], hits like a truck... oh, and did we mention he's a [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] [[KillItWithFire Adept]] with a huge variety of unique and powerful spells at his disposal? The good news is that he defers to authority. The bad news? He thinks Prox plans to TakeOverTheWorld, and is quite determined to make it happen...
591* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
592** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Brutes]] (Species name: Jiralhanae), whom as a whole serve as this for the Covenant. One is pictured above without a helmet. They're scarier without helmets on! They're even worse if they're toting a Gravity Hammer.
593** We also have Hunters (or Mgalekgolo), even '''BIGGER''' aliens with huge-ass shields and {{BFG}}s for hands. [[DemonicSpiders If they're not roaring at you and blowing you to bits with their weapons]], [[BossInMookClothing they're roaring at you and bashing anything near them to bloody shredded ribbons and scrap metal]]. They are not DumbMuscle though; in fact, they're damn near GeniusBruiser instead, thanks in part to the fact that they're ''[[SuddenlyShouting ESSENTIALLY]]'' '''[[TheWormThatWalks A GIANT COLONY OF MICROSCOPIC WORMS]]''' '''''[[OhCrap FITTED INTO STARSHIP-CLASS ARMOUR WITH A POWERFUL ENERGY CANNON STRAPPED TO THEIR ARM!!!]]'''''
594* Roach from ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword''. A rather pitiable AntiVillain in a game that has some truly hateable villains, including [[AxCrazy Flying Fox]].
595* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has a few of these:
596** Lexaeus from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is at least head and shoulders of the rest of the members, and is the only one who can physically lift his weapon (an axesword). [[http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x252/ShiroiKishi/KH%20-%20Organization%20XIII/All-Heights.jpg Here's a picture of the Org comparing their height.]] Despite being The Brute, though, [[GeniusBruiser he's not stupid]]; he manages to cut short the one argument we see around him, and apparently has a head for strategy, given that Zexion goes to him for advice to deal with Riku.
597** [[ThatOneBoss Xaldin]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Sadistic, imposing, and dangerous... but definitely [[ManipulativeBastard NOT stupid]].
598** [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]] served this role among the Disney Villains in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''. She is one of the more formidable battlers, capable of subduing King Triton, and in her first boss fight, she is nearly invulnerable due to her never-ending spin attack that deflects any keyblade strike. Ursula's giant form really cements her role as the brute; she is the largest of the villains (one of the larger members initially), where she is relentlessly attacking you with powerful magic. Like the other ''Kingdom Hearts'' Brutes, she isn't dumb; she is capable of manipulating her enemies.
599** Terra-Xehanort and Saix share this position in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''. They were both shown to use brute strength being able to overpower and tire their opponents with ease, however, they were both eventually defeated by the Guardians of Light.
600* Third level boss The Giant from ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster''.
601* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroANewBeginning'': Unlike the other bosses, who use various forms of magic, technology, or simply acrobatic tricks, the Stone Sentinel has a simple, brutal and physical arsenal of moves based on punching and kicking Spyro around.
602* The ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series has plenty of brutes.
603** ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has Daisaku Kuze, someone who Kiryu faces off against a grand total of '''[[RecurringBoss 5 TIMES]].'''
604*** There's also Homare Nishitani, who may not be as muscular as Kiryu (or even Majima for that matter), but he sure as hell is unhinged and rather disrespected by his Omi peers.
605** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'':
606*** Futoshi Shimano, Majima's boss. The loudest and strongest of the major antagonists, and has the stature and brutality to back it up.
607*** Hiroshi Hayashi, the tall and slender Lieutenant Advisor of the Omi Alliance that Kiryu squares up against. He also makes an appearance in...
608** ...''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', as the "Lap Dog" of Ryuji Goda. He even {{Dual Wield|ing}}s [[PipePain two torn-off pipes]] later on in the fight!
609*** On a much larger scale, Ryuji can be considered this to TheManBehindTheMan Ryo Takashima, who is less of a BloodKnight that does the dirty work and more of a DirtyCoward that schemes from the sidelines.
610** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza3'', FatBastard Kanda is considered this. [[spoiler:[[BigBad Mine]] takes care of him quick, though.]]
611** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', Takeshi Kido, even if he's not really that bad, since he's also the one that [[TheBigGuy Taiga Saejima]] is up against. He's also very disrespected by his peers who think of him as a DirtyCoward even though he can wipe the floor with a bunch of Yakuza Members just because of his choice of clothing (making him look like a {{Mook|s}} than a proper boss or even a MauveShirt), though Saejima gives him some wisdom to [[MemeticMutation Go Balls Out.]]
612*** Another character is [[BoozeFlamethrower Daisaku Minami]], who's definitely this as the Lieutenant of Majima's Family. The closest thing to TheDragon that Majima has is his meek high ranking Lieutenant Nishida, who's doing A LOT for the boss, and is clearly held in higher favor than Minami.
613*** There's also [[MightyGlacier Jiro]] [[{{Superboss}} Amon]], who's strong and disrespected a lot (being called "girly" by [[TheBigGuy Saejima]]), but wields a sledgehammer that explodes on impact.
614*** [[DelinquentHair Takumi]] [[ChainsawGood Midorikawa]], despite being TheDragon in title (being the captain of the Hatsushiba Clan), is this in practice.
615** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza5'', Masato Aizawa appears to be this, but to Kiryu's surprise and confusion (and even his own), [[spoiler:He's the final boss of the game.]]
616*** In rank, he may be TheDragon, but Yahata is definitely this. Hotheaded and aggressive, Yahata fights Kiryu twice. [[spoiler:[[SingleStrokeBattle He goes down in one hit later on]], but that's because he's considerably injured.]]
617*** On a much smaller scale, ImplacableMan Kanai is this for Naoki Katsuya, and also [[spoiler:Akiyama's own final boss.]]
618** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', There's Ed, a tall, heavyset man with both StoutStrength, being {{Acrofatic}}, and also being extremely skilled with a karambit.
619** In ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', [[GeniusBruiser Yosuke Tendo]] is this, though he's significantly smarter than a typical brute, despite his Boxing Background.
620*** Alongside Tendo is [[BrooklynRage Reiji Ishioda]], since Sawashiro's TheDragon to Masumi and Tendo's his favorite, Ishioda is the one spending most of the time on the frontline.
621*** There's also Mirror Face, who can shapeshift into either [[TheBigGuy Koichi Adachi]], or the aforementioned [[GeniusBruiser Yosuke Tendo]].
622** The ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' series has a plethora of brutes to go around. Markers: JE is ''[[VideoGame/{{Judgment}} Judge eyes]]'', LJ is ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'', and KF is ''Kaito Files''.
623*** JE: Kojiro Ozaki, Lieutenant of the Matsunage Family. He's the largest of them all, being tall and bulky (in both muscle and fat).
624*** JE: HotBlooded Akira Murase of the Kyorei Clan. [[spoiler:He [[WhyAmITicking gets a bomb strapped to his back]].]]
625*** JE: Renji Honda, the muscled BloodKnight of the Keihin Gang.
626*** JE: Kaito Sakakiba, the FatBastard of the Keihin Gang. (Occasionally dresses as Yagami. [[PaperThinDisguise You definitely]] [[SarcasmMode can't tell the difference.]])
627*** JE: Sakuraba, TheQuietOne who lets [[TheAce Mitsuru Kuroiwa]] do the talking.
628*** JE: [[FlunkyBoss Mashiko, the ADDC Security Guard who has his own men to back him up.]]
629*** LJ: Sakaki of the delinquent students, but he becomes TheBigGuy later down the line in his HeelFaceTurn.
630*** LJ: [[AbusiveParents Fudo]] "[[RedBaron The Killer]]" Oshikiri, an enforcer of the Neo Keihin Gang under Renji Honda.
631*** LJ: Daimu Akutsu, who's more of TheDragon with his role, though he is this in terms of practice.
632*** KF: Fudo makes an appearance again, this time for the Bato Detective Agency, losing to Kaito, and reflecting on how bad he treated his son Kenya upon witnessing Kaito and Jun's father-son relationship.
633*** KF: [[TheAlcoholic Shusuke]] [[BloodKnight Kenmochi]], the frontman of Crimson Lotus, and the Brute to [[spoiler:BigBad [[DeviousDaggers Kyoya]] [[PsychoKnifeNut Sadamoto]].]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Oh yeah, and he can tear off a lightpost out of the ground.]]
634** In ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'', Hiroshi Hayashi makes an appearance yet again as another brute. But he's not just any brute now, oh no. [[spoiler:He's PatientZero of the zombie strain that's been rampaging all around Kamurocho, and the long-term effects aren't pretty.]]
635** Another brute that makes another appearance is Kamon Kanai, though as Yoshida Toshimaro in VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin (replaced by Shimano in the remake). He [[CarryABigStick wields a Kanabo]] and only serves as a boss.
636*** There's the mercenary [[FlunkyBoss Thomas Glover]], an expy of [[VideoGame/Yakuza3 Andre Richardson]], who's particularly tall and bulky, and {{Dual Wield}}s pistols.
637* Gades the Sinistral of Destruction from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' series.
638* [[LongRunners So far]], it seems that every set of [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Robot Masters]] in the Classic continuity of the ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' series contains at least one Master that fits this trope.
639** ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'': [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Guts Man]]
640** ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'': [[GreenThumb Wood Man]]
641** ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'': [[SuperToughness Hard]] [[AccidentalInnuendo Man]]
642** ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'': [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons Dive Man]]
643** ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'': [[DishingOutDirt Stone Man]], and maybe [[TankGoodness Napalm Man]]
644** ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'': [[EpicFlail Knight Man]] and [[{{Samurai}} Yamato Man]] could both apply, though to a lesser extent than the others, and [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Centaur Man]] certainly applies in terms of size.
645** ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'': [[GarbageWrestler Junk Man]] and [[TransformingMecha Turbo]] [[ImprobablyCoolCar Man]]
646** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': [[FlamingSword Sword Man]], [[MissileLockOn Search]] [[MultipleHeadCase Man]], and [[MadBomber Grenade Man]]
647** ''[[GaidenGame Mega Man & Bass]]'': [[ThisIsADrill Ground Man]]
648** ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'': [[BigDamPlot Concrete Man]]
649** ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': [[TankGoodness Commando Man]]
650** ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': [[PileBunker Impact Man]] and [[DishingOutDirt Block Man]] in his Double Gear enhanced form.
651** ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'', the first of the ''Mega Man World'' series, stands as the only game in the Classic continuity to not have a Brute type character, as, despite reusing Robot Masters from the first two games, neither Guts Man nor Wood Man return. The sequels, however...
652** ''Mega Man World II'': Wood Man, who decided to show up in this game instead, and Hard Man
653** ''Mega Man World III'': Dive Man, and the [[OriginalGeneration new member]] of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Mega Man Killers]], [[SpikedWheels Pu]][[AxCrazy nk]]
654** ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars'': [[OriginalGeneration The new, Wily Wars-exclusive game, Wily Tower]], gives us [[MessyPig Hyper]] [[WeaponsThatSuck Storm H]].
655** Yellow Devil and its descendants, big time!!
656* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
657** Vulcan Raven from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' fits this in terms of appearance and group role: a huge man, all muscles, who goes into battle carrying a ''[[GatlingGood gatling gun]]'', and eschews the schemes of the rest of the group. In personality he's a major subversion, being an [[GeniusBruiser intelligent]] WarriorPoet shaman, and possibly an AntiVillain going by how he says he doesn't actually want to live in the sort of world being created by Liquid and The Patriots, and how he welcomes death, rejoicing in returning to "Mother Earth".
658** Vamp from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' for Dead Cell, unlike other ''Metal Gear'' antagonists, has no greater ambition beyond creating chaos for the mad men he serves loyally, and being a DeathSeeker he revels in all bloodshed having a whale of time fighting his WorthyOpponent Raiden. Like Raven, Vamp is also honorable, being disgusted with his fellow Dead Cell members disloyalty and he also questioned orders of Solidus Snake and Ocelot.
659** The Pain in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', at over two meters tall he's the most imposing of the Cobra Unit, and his PestController powers are gonna give anyone a rough time.
660** FatBastard {{Cyborg}} Sundowner from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' invokes this being by far the most brutish and unlikable of Desperado even though he's supposed to be TheDragon (a role Monsoon fits into better). You could make the argument Jetstream Sam (Raiden's WorthyOpponent) is more like The Brute despite being an AntiVillain.
661** [[ImplacableMan The Man on Fire]] AKA [[spoiler:an undead Colonel Volgin]] for Skull Face in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''.
662* The ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Kraid]].
663* ''VideoGame/{{Mongrelmen}}'' has the [[UniqueEnemy unique mongrelman]] Cudge, a hulking grotesque humanoid of legendary strength and with [[BigEater an apettite to match]]. You, a VillainProtagonist, can actually recruit him as an ally by offering to him your entire food stockpile as a welcome gift.
664* ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'':
665** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'': Among the Four Felons, Judge The Hard/[[DubNameChange CFW Judge]] is always AxCrazy and he is an OmnicidalManiac and a BloodKnight. He is also the very first opponent the player has to face.
666** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'': Copyliace/[[DubNameChange Copypaste]] and Magiquone/[[DubNameChange Arfoire]] fit this role, since they are the main fighters of the Seven Sages. Copyliace is a BoisterousBruiser and a DumbMuscle who thinks he is the strongest and loves destroying stuff, while Magiquone has a violent HairTriggerTemper and she thinks MurderIsTheBestSolution.
667* This is the niche of the Infernal Behemoth from ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' - they're gigantic armored hunks of {{Determinator}} that are all too happy to rampage, destroy, and incidentally draw fire away from the subtler demons.
668* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Out of all the playable members of Talon, Mauga fits the bill. He is a massive WildSamoan resembling a {{Cyborg}} version of Maui from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' who [[DualWielding dual wields]] a pair of massive [[GatlingGood miniguns]]. In game, he is able to perform a FoeTossingCharge, absorb damage by putting his two hearts into overdrive, and his ultimate traps his enemies in a ring around him wherein he has unlimited ammo.
669* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
670** The Tyrants, in particular, T-00 aka "Mr X" of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 RE2]]'' is this for Umbrella, an ImplacableMan sent to retrieve the G-Virus and when possible brutalize the heroes Leon and Claire.
671** Nemesis, a modified Tyrant from ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis RE3]]'' is not just TheBrute, but TheJuggernaut who bounces back from everything Jill throws at him. It took a specialised Railgun and then a few headshots from a magnum to put Nemmy down, and even then it’s implied he was still alive even after that, and it took Raccoon City [[TheresNoKillLikeOverKill being nuked]] to finish him.
672** It appears that everyone’s favorite Umbrella Special Forces Operative [[GasMaskMooks HUNK]] is The Brute for the evil pharmaceutical company.
673*** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'' demolition expert BELTWAY is The Brute for HUNK himself.
674** Mendez for Saddler in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]]'', and in the same game [[BloodKnight Jack Krauser]] is The Brute for Wesker.
675** [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy Jill Valentine is this for Wesker in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 RE5]]'', being used as an unthinking killing machine as well as serving emotional torment for Chris, Jill’s partner. Interestingly, thanks to some BioAugmentation Jill is nearly as superhuman as Wesker himself]].
676** Ustanak for BigBad Simmons in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 RE6]]''.
677** In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 RE7]]'', since Lucas fits better as TheDragon for Eveline, Jack fulfills this role being the first boss you face and the most relentless one.
678** Lady Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' is a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare female example]]. While most of the other humanoid bosses use some kind of gimmick or ability to give Ethan a hard time, Dimitrescu relies purely on her StatuesqueStunner strength and some WolverineClaws to overpower Ethan with. Besides Lady D, the troll-like Lycans Uriaș and Uriaș Străjer are this overlapping with GiantMook.
679* ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'':
680** Lenny is a strong, but dumb commander of [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Sapientes Gladio]]. He wields the PowerOfTheGodhand, and he's stupid enough to be fooled into [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou blurting out secret information to prove that he knows it]].
681** Raiden of the Mutant Apes is actually a pretty sophisticated guy, but his huge size and enormous strength in comparison to fellow Apes [[FragileSpeedster Hien]] and [[GunFu Ouka]] land him squarely into this trope.
682* ''VideoGame/{{Sifu}}'' has this evenly split between [[WildMan Fajar]] and [[BloodKnight Sean]].
683** Fajar is a downright feral man with an unkempt BeardOfEvil. He's also the one who gave your character a SlashedThroat in the prologue of the game. Though, the one who's truly fitting of the role is none other than...
684** ...Sean, the BloodKnight, who runs a Dojo with the emphasis on PAIN. He's the tallest and most muscular of the [[FiveManBand Dawn]] [[ThePsychoRangers Group]], and clearly the most violent of all, as though Fajar might fit the WildMan Archtype, Sean is basically such a BloodKnight that he's simply referred to as ''"The Fighter"''.
685* ''VideoGame/{{Sinjid}}'' has the Bandit Brute. He's [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]], [[DumbMuscle stupid]], and relies on GoodOldFisticuffs to get the job done.
686* Dapang from Creator/JohnWoo's ''VideoGame/{{Stranglehold}}'', who also has the distinction of being Wong's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. On the Golden Kane side, we have Ty Lok, who Tequila fights in the third major mission, who isn't as big and powerful as Dapang, but does pack a [[MoreDakka big whacking]] [[{{BFG}} machine gun]].
687* Several cutscenes in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' show Balrog playing this role within [[BigBad Bison's]] Shadaloo organization. Although if you play as him, he will betray Bison in a power grab.
688** Balrog/"Boxer" is definitely The Brute of Shadaloo... anywhere '''but''' in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3''. In that game, he's TheDragon (to [[BigBad Bison/"Dictator"]]).
689** Interestingly, The Dolls actually fit this better for Shadaloo, being unthinking killing machines albeit [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling ones]].
690** Since Helen a.k.a. Kolin fits better as TheDragon for Gill, Urien fulfills this role for TheIlluminati being a violent, sadistic, arrogant scheming Jerkass, as seen in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterV SFV]]''.
691** Charlie Nash played this role twice for The Illuminati and Shadaloo (Udon Comics) when he CameBackWrong, he got better though.
692* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': O'Chunks is a classic example.
693** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has Marilyn who has the most health and strongest attack power of the Shadow Sirens.
694* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries:''
695** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': BoisterousBruiser [[PlayingWithFire Magnius]] fills this role for the Desian Grand Cardinals, since he's an axe-wielding combatant who believes in the organization's cause, but isn't smart enough to realize that his fellow Cardinal Rodyle is manipulating him.
696** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'':
697*** Largo the Black Lion fits the role but also subverts it: A giant man over six feet tall and wielding a SinisterScythe, he is a WellIntentionedExtremist WarriorPoet who is usually very calm and collected, and views battle as a means to an end and not as an end in itself. He is also something of a WorthyOpponent. Although he is the first God-General ''defeated'' he returns to plague you several times, and in each of his appearances he's usually strong enough to be a match for a full party.
698*** [[DarkMagicalGirl Arietta]] actually plays this more straight in personality and actions while being the TokenMiniMoe of the God-Generals. Despite her LeeroyJenkins tendencies and not being particularly clever (she spends the majority of the game being manipulated by others) she doesn't ''need'' to be when she can just ZergRush enemies with her monsters. Whenever something calls for pure force, the God-Generals rely on Arietta and her [[TheBeastmaster beastmaster]] skills.
699** ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'':
700*** Lunarre is an AxCrazy Hellion who works for the BigBad, Heldalf. His main role is to use his skills as an ex-assassin and his new fire artes to help start a war between Hyland and Rolance, but he tends to prioritize his own bloodlust against the Shepherd's party. However, he is capable of complex plans and manipulations, making him a downplayed example. In the postgame DLC, he organizes a Hellion attack on Camlann in order to kill or corrupt Sorey and Maotelus in the middle of their hibernation, and it's implied that the combination of his malice and intelligence will turn him into Heldalf's successor as Lord of Calamity, making him a rare example of a brute becoming the new main antagonist.
701*** Maotelus is an Empyrean-turned-Hellion who plays this trope straight, albeit unwillingly, since he is unable to think rationally in his current state and therefore provides no intellectual contribution to Heldalf's plans. His role is to act as Heldalf's Armatization partner in the good ending and transform into an unstoppable rampaging dragon in the bad ending.
702* [[HuskyRusskie The Heavy]] in the page quote from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fills this archetype as a playable character, being a MightyGlacier wielding a [[{{BFG}} big freakin]] [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] [[ICallItVera named "Sasha"]].
703** And he can get another one, it's named Natasha.
704** Thing is, while he mostly qualifies for simply TheBigGuy of the second variety while on your team, he definitely qualifies as this while on the ''other'' team, since while he is generally one of the nicest members of the cast to his other team members, he is taunting and berating to his enemies.
705* Fergal Bansha in ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' is a tall, bulky, dark grey-skinned vampire that serves as [[VampireMonarch Lord Redgrave's]] muscle and strongest enforcer. While he is seen fighting barehanded against multiple opponents like most examples of this trope, he displays the unusual ability to summon a LivingShadow to fight alongside him. And in the true spirit of this trope, [[spoiler:he is deemed completely expendable by his boss, who doesn't feel bad about his death at the TheHero's hands]].
706* In ''VideoGame/WildArms'', Belselk, the first member of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Quarter Knights]], is definitely The Brute of the squad. He's a rare case that's actually stronger than TheDragon, and Zeikfried admits this in the remake, calling him the strongest fighter of the Quarter Knights. The heroes were only able to beat him because a trap backfired and left him weaker. [[spoiler:The remake had Alhazad revive him after his death at the hands of Boomerang, and he returns near the end of the game to pay Boomerang back then goes on to face the heroes one last time just before the BigBad.]]
707* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', has Savolla. It is very unusual for The Brute to be an EvilSorcerer, but he is still this. He is the first opponent that TheHero faces and he also, aside from being a sorcerer, is also quite large physically.
708* Xord in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' appears to be this at first, but [[spoiler:since it's later revealed he's just one of many Mass-Produced Faces, he's just an Elite Mook]].
709** Metal Face plays this more straight, even though he considers himself to be the BigBad, or if not that, at least TheDragon.
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713* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has its resident brute in the form of Strong Bad's brother, Strong Mad.
714* Agent Maine, better known as The Meta in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' definitely qualifies. Since he [[TheVoiceless is incapable of speech (at least in any form the main characters can understand)]], this seems to be one of his only personality traits.
715* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Physically, Hazel's the tallest character in the series at eight feet zero, which combines with his muscular build to make even tall characters look frail by comparison. Although Hazel appears calm, rational and pacifistic on the surface, it [[BewareTheQuietOnes hides]] a darker truth. [[spoiler:He descends into a violent, unstoppable rage when in the presence of [[BigGood Ozpin]], due to his undying hatred for the man he [[ItsPersonal holds responsible]] for the [[AngstySurvivingTwin death of his sister]]. Unlike most fighters in the setting, Hazel does not appear to use any weapons. Instead, thanks to a Semblance that allows him to FeelNoPain, he stabs Dust crystals into his arms which powers him up even beyond his physical limits. He then [[BoringButPractical fights with his fists]], empowered by the Dust crystals which give his fists elemental attacks, such as fire or lightning.]]
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719* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', of the Abberations that attack Adrian Raven, the Abberation known as Gullet is shown to be big, strong and dumb.
720* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
721** The Midnight Crew's Hearts Boxcar. As a Dersite agent, he's appropriately referred as the Hegemonic Brute. Oddly enough he's also a ShipperOnDeck, though he's still quite brutish about it.
722** Lord English. While he prefers to leave most of the heavy lifting to his more cunning underlings, when he gets personally involved he tends to just overpower everyone in his path.
723* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
724** The Monster in the Darkness fits into this role for Xykon's organization. He's the closet GentleGiant, but the others don't seem to notice.
725** As does [[PsychopathicManChild Thog]], for Nale's group. [[spoiler:He's later replaced by Tarquin, who as well as being a skilled fighter is also highly intelligent.]]
726* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' has Ollie Oop in [[TheBully Johnny's]] gang. Though the bio says that he's also the heart ''and'' the brain of the gang.
727* Doyun from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is the lowest on the executive order of Cheongang, a rival gang from across the Seoul river. He's also muscled, hot-tempered, and prideful to a fault. He even gives [[BigBad Donald]] a disparaging nickname and has to be held back by Juwon, who's much more collected and recognises Donald's obvious strength.
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731* One persona of Two Worlds, protagonist of the ''WebOriginal/{{Arielverse}}'' is known as "The Brute".
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735%%* ''Film/{{Sockbaby}}'': Chub Chub.
736* Warduke from ''WebVideo/FranceFive'' is very much the physical fighter, and gives a good run for their money to all five heroes when he gets serious. His role in the story is closer to TheDragon, though, as he commands each MonsterOfTheWeek. [[spoiler:It's only after his demise that we're introduced to the proper Dragon Zakaral.]]
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740* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': Vorugal is the most heavyset of The Conclave, and showcases a preference for smashing victims with his might or his freezing ice blasts.
741* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has Francis. He's usually just a bully, but in episodes where he's changed through magic, like "Timmy the Barbarian" or "The Big Superhero Wish" he takes on this role a lot more seriously.
742%% Needs context * General Molotov on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''.
743* Siege in ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon. Not particularly dumb but definitely the biggest and strongest of the Saurians, who prefers brute force.
744* The Rhino, a {{Supervillain}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', definitely qualifies, being especially powerful, threatening and dumb. Other brutish types include his former partner the Sandman, who has the good fortune to be a ''little'' more clever and less single-minded, and TheDragon Hammerhead, who is intelligent enough to loyally serve the BigBad ([[spoiler:until eventually [[TheStarscream betraying him]] during a gang-war]]).
745* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
746** Lugnut in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', definitely falling under the "[[BattleButler blindly loyal]]" version. In the same series, Blackout takes this role in Team Chaar.
747** [[BattleButler Demolishor]] and [[MightyGlacier Tidal Wave]] from ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]]'' qualify.
748** From ''Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne'', there's Decepticon [[CombiningMecha gestalts]], the first and most famous being [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Devastator]].
749** Pinning down this role in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' is difficult. Scorponok has the personality, but he's Megatron's NumberTwo; same goes for [[PyroManiac Inferno]] who's more or less TheDragon following his initial appearances. The arrival of [[SociopathicSoldier Quickstrike]] in Season 2 marks the first time that the team has a dedicated Brute; he's short-tempered, psychotic, and low on the hierarchy due to his status as a newbie. [[SerialKiller Rampage]] is somewhere between this, and an unwilling SixthRanger. He's kept under control by a RestrainingBolt, has more physical power than any member of the team (including the BigBad), and is a GeniusBruiser in the vein of [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].
750** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'':
751*** Breakdown, [[AdaptationalBadass in an interesting departure from his]] [[DirtyCoward usual role]]. He's not especially unintelligent, though; he simply prefers to leave the more cerebral matters to his partner [[EvilGenius Knock Out]], while letting his missile launchers and giant hammer do the talking for him.
752*** Both Skyquake and Dreadwing, two brothers who are loyal to Megatron and use heavy weapons, can count (although Dreadwing become TheDragon after his initial appearance, and is actually a GeniusBruiser).
753*** Hardshell, an [[GiantMook Insec]][[EliteMooks ticon]] with a personality and [[Creator/DavidKaye voice]] now serves this role. [[spoiler: Well, he used to, then he got hit with a bunch of missiles from the [[CoolShip Jackhammer]] and is dead now.]]
754*** Season 3 introduces the new Predaking. A massive ancient Draconic Cybertronian beast revived by Shockwave to hunt the now scattered Autobots. Powerful enough to through around both Wheeljack and Bulkhead and durable enough to barely notice a grenade going off underneath it and only slowed down being crushed by a mine falling on its head. Later he reveals [[spoiler:that he is capable of transformation. When he speaks for the first time he reveals a rather eloquent and almost tragic side, being alone and unsure of his destiny. Megatron is not pleased to discover that his new "Brute" is actually a GeniusBruiser capable of overthrowing him if he so chose]].
755*** Skylynx and Darksteel play this role in ''Predacons Rising''.
756* Thundra in the ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' animated series is a rare female example. She's the muscle of the villainous Frightful Four.
757* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'':
758** Godbrand from for {{Dracula}}'s Army, being the least sophisticated, least intelligent and most gluttonously bloodthirsty Vampire General. Of course, Dracula easily perceives that Godbrand is a PaperTiger the moment the latter attempts to confront him over the lack of available human blood. [[spoiler:Godbrand doesn't even get to fight the heroes and is [[CurbStompBattle unceremoniously killed]] off by TheDragon Isaac.]]
759*** Dragoslav and Zufall, two other Vampire Generals, also fit this trope, being little thuggish CannonFodder for Trevor, Sypha and Alucard to effortlessly beat.
760** The AmazonianBeauty Striga from Carmilla's Four Vampire sisters is definitely this. Most highlighted in Season 4 where she gets into a ScaryImpracticalArmor and wields a {{BFS}} and proves to be quite the OneWomanArmy and TheBerserker. Although she's an [[GeniusBruiser intelligent example]] and a GentleGiant around her allies, namely her lover Morana.
761** Dragan for [[spoiler:Death]] in Season 4 makes the previous examples look like pushovers. He's a heavily armoured Vampire General wielding a dual mace chain, he single handedly gives Trevor, Alucard and Sypha their toughest fight since Dracula, and when Trevor hits his arm with his HolyHandGrenade whip Morning Star, Dragan rips his arm off before he can explode and throws it at Trevor and Alucard, blowing them back. It takes a mighty CombinationAttack from Alucard and Sypha to kill him.
762** In terms of monsters [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent the Minotaur]] seen in the Belmont Hold battle is certainly this.
763* Bubba in ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'', though he often shows GentleGiant tendencies.
764* Harchi from ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOasis'', though he's more of a follower than an outright villain.
765* The gang of teenage goons who terrorize Springfield Elementary on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' consist of Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney. Kearney is the most physically imposing of the bullies, wears [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked bracelets on his wrists]], and -- unlike the other gang members -- is actually [[OlderThanTheyLook a slightly-smaller-than-average adult who remembers the U.S. Bicentennial of 1976, has a son nearly as intimidating as he is, and has apparently been held back in grade school indefinitely because he really is that stupid]]. (An issue of ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'' reveals that he wears [[RealMenWearPink pink underpants]].)
766* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' features Jasper, a massive individual who's strong enough to evenly match [[TheLeader Garnet]] one-on-one. While she shares many standard brute tendencies -being a bully who likes to yank people around, and sporting an impressive SlasherSmile- she's generally more articulate and intelligent than the standard depiction of the trope- and seems to have a case of WorthyOpponent going on for Steven's MissingMom.
767* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
768** Female CuteBruiser brute example in the form of Ty Lee. She's the only antagonist who doesn't have any Bending or weapon, instead she's a BareFistedMonk who uses her martial skill to Chi-block Benders leaving them defenseless. She's also the TokenGoodTeammate for Azula and a PerkyFemaleMinion to boot.
769** Combustion Man. He's a large, silent ProfessionalKiller and ImplacableMan sent to go after the Avatar who doesn't have complete control of his explosive powers (that's why he has a metal arm and leg).
770** The Boulder and The Big Bad Hippo; both are massive men and excellent [[DishingOutDirt earthbenders]] who primarily listen to their muscles and speak of themselves in the Third Person, with The Boulder speaking in the arrogant variety and The Big Bad Hippo in HulkSpeak: "Hippo mad!". Both of them make a HeelFaceTurn and participate in the attempted invasion of the Fire Nation on the Day of Black Sun.
771* P'Li of Book 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' -- who seems to double as TheDragon of the [[RenegadeSplinterFaction Red]] [[BombThrowingAnarchists Lotus]] -- is another of those rare female examples. On the one hand, she's [[spoiler:a [[FreudianExcuse deeply]] [[RageAgainstTheLegalSystem wounded]] former {{Child Soldier|s}} (and, ultimately, a TragicVillain) who's]] [[UnholyMatrimony in mutual, genuine love with the primary antagonist]] and has been stated by WordOfGod to match him in {{antivillain}}y; on the other, she's a ''scary'' [[StatuesqueStunner 6'8"]] ColdSniper with an [[PowerTattoo inked-up]] [[ThirdEye face]], who can [[HavingABlast blow things up with her mind]].
772* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' gives us a variant with Mr. Cat. He isn't big or {{dumb|Muscle}}, but he has a massive wealth of athletic skills and physical strength (and an impressive arsenal of weapons), and is very [[HairTriggerTemper short tempered]]. Long story short, you don't want to mess with him.
773* Brutus, the made-for-TV version of Bluto from the ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoons, benefits from Jackson Beck's deep and sandpaper voice giving him a menacing texture. More often than not, though, Brutus is more an annoyance than a threat.
774* [[MakingASplash The Liquidator]] is this for the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fearsome Five]] in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', being a near-invincible BlobMonster made of water who is also larger than the other four members and relies more on physical attacks.
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