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3While most often seen in fighter games, this character will occasionally appear in [=RPGs=]. This is the one with the usually [[WildHair shaggy]], muscle-bound and under-dressed appearance who's from the past/from a jungle/victim of a military experiment. The Wild Man will often use primitive means of attacks, such as big blades or clubs (gee, who would've thunk it?) and some times slightly more advanced weapons which you're not really sure how they manage to be good with (bombs, usually).
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5When this character shows up in [=RPGs=], it will often overlap with TheBigGuy trope, but as far as fighters go, this character will usually be the odd looking guy with increased strength/agility ([[LightningBruiser or both]]) and animal-based or generally very melee-based attacks, probably TheBerserker.
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7Compare to WildChild or JunglePrincess. May "evolve" into a BeastMan if exposed to magic or genetic engineering.
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9This trope is OlderThanDirt, first appearing in Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh.
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13* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Battle Beast is a primitive and brutish duelist who grunts a lot and is under-dressed. As his nickname suggests, he is a beast... [[spoiler:a ''wounded'' beast to be exact]].
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16* ''TabletopGame/TheRealmsWithin'': The Pallid Men are a pack of them, having lived in the swamps for so long that they have lost the ability (or need) for regular human speech.
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19* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'': Junkmen, being the first GiantMook encountered, serves as Reunion Movement's heavy hitter early in the game. They possess high health and attack power with their massive clubs, but wear ragged clothing that offers low overall defenses. Invoked by their description, which mentions that they disguise themselves as drifters to hide the fact that they are mercenaries.
20%%* ''VideoGame/BornToRun'': El Cabaillo Blanco, the reclusive RealLife ultrarunner who is rumored to be a former boxer who killed his opponent in a bout.%%How does this trope come into play?
21%%* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'': Leah.
22* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Ayla is a Wild ''Woman'' from the prehistoric past.
23* ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}'': Subverted. Wilson the Castaway has the appearance, but he is actually a frail NonActionGuy whose main role is to make noise to distract Japanese soldiers.
24* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': Zophy is practically the poster child of the trope, a taciturn man raised in the wilderness who wanders into adventure with nothing more than a speedo and some golden jewelry and [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower a mountain of muscles]]. In ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'', the only attack he needs is a mighty punch that's as strong as any other ally's magical or technological attacks. The latter game diversifies his fierce repertoire of punches and gives him the ability to pick up and throw enemies and objects of any size. A friend to all living things, he's never seen without King Leo, a talking lion and his closest companion.
25%%* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Gau.
26* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'': Morimar is a burly man who lives in the wilderness with a tiger.
27* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': "Traditional" Male Viera don't have much in the way of society compared to the females, living solitary and primitive lives in the forests, living off the land, killing outsiders that the females haven't given entry to and almost never being seen in the process. It's noted in some lore resources that besides their teachers (to whom they bond with like a father), male Viera may well fight to the death if they encounter one another out of sheer territorial impulse. That said, this isn't any kind of downright instinctual impulse, as Erenville and Loifa prove a male Viera raised in a normal society adapts to it like any other person would.
28* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'': The Masked Men that live in the ruins are muscular, under-dressed and covered in long WildHair. Their profile wonders if their hairiness is due to the lower temperatures of the area where they live.
29* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'': Yamakaze is considered "king of the forest" but has a [[{{Bishonen}} refined appearance]] and a deep-down caring personality. Nonetheless, he is a badass, AxCrazy warrior whose battle scenes land squarely into NightmareFuel territory.
30* ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'': Akihiko Sanada is built off of this archetype. He was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to be a [[TheMenInBlack Man in Black]]-type character inspired by Creator/JasonStatham in ''Film/TheTransporter'', but developers wanted a Wild Man so he was tweaked.
31* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'': Bruno appears to be a martial artist that has abandoned civilization -- the only item of real clothing he wears is a tattered pair of pants held up by his black belt, the apparent leftovers of a gi. He's also let his AnimeHair grow out to BarbarianLonghair length, and in ''Let's Go'' he even has feral UhOhEyes.
32* ''VideoGame/Rage2011'': Members of the Jackal Clan wear pelts, yelp like wolves and [[TheUnintelligible talk in complete gibberish]]. They have the highest proportion of melee-happy berserker enemies. A handful will use assault rifles, but most of the ranged ones just use crossbows.
33* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': The swamp-dwelling Night Folk seem to somehow have lost the ability to communicate like normal humans, mostly staying quiet, or howling and grunting like deranged animals.
34%%* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'': Tam Tam; note that he comes complete with CuteMonsterGirl kid sister Cham Cham, who's playable in the second game. As well as being one of the few {{Catgirl}}s who actually has some feline behaviour.%%ZCE; the example is spent talking mainly about how a different character fits a different trope
35%%* ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'': King Rasta Mon.
36* ''VideoGame/{{Sifu}}'': Fajar has a scrawny build and a mangy, unkempt appearance, and what little clothing he wears is tattered and mossy. He also favors a machete and his [[spoiler:stolen talisman]] gives him control over plants. In the second phase of his battle, he creates a spontaneous bamboo jungle to hide in and ambush you from.
37* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'': Blanka walks around on all fours, wears nothing but torn pants, and fights with his claws and teeth more than conventional punches and kicks, although he's intelligent enough to chat with and befriend people.
38%%* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'': Necalli.
39%%* ''VideoGame/{{Tomba}}'': The eponymous hero.
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42* ''Webcomic/APathToGreaterGood'': Burk wears nothing but trousers (or GoofyPrintUnderwear after he lost them) and a shaggy head of hair while fighting with GoodOldFisticuffs. ''WebComic/HeroOhHero'' also gives him a better dressed Aristocrat as a foil.
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45* ''WebVideo/{{Gateway}}'': Apex has only vague ideas of civilization, eats like an animal, and speaks in terse sentences.
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48* ''WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain'': The Old Man is an evil version, living on his own in the wild and terrorizing the inhabitants of the area whenever he feels like it.

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