Line #22 PlayingWith/SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan


1	'''Basic Trope''': One guy is masculine and the other is feminine.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** [[{{Hunk}} Mike]] is a buff [[HandyMan craftsman]] who values his independence. [[PrettyBoy Steve]] is a slender [[FriendToAllChildren teacher]] who reveres his [[HappilyMarried commitment]].
4	** Mike wears pumped up masculine clothing and loves sports while his brother Steve wears fairly feminine [[FormFittingWardrobe form-fitting]] style clothing and prefers sewing and music.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** Mike is a [[TheQuietOne quiet]] mechanical engineer with competitive and status-seeking tendencies, while Steve is a [[MotorMouth talkative]] gardener with a complacent demeanor.
7	** Mike is so masculine, he borders on TestosteronePoisoning, while Steve is 100% purely feminine. Furthermore, Steve hates masculine hobbies with a burning passion, and Mike hates feminine hobbies with a burning passion too.
8	* '''Downplayed''':
9	** [[BigManOnCampus Mike]] is on the rugby team while [[LovableJock Steve]] is on the cheerleading squad.
10	** Mike is TheCharmer and Steve is SilkHidingSteel.
11	** '''Tomgirl and Girly Boy''': Mike is a fairy feminine guy, who, although loves sewing, clothing, fashion, caring for his hair, and dancing, art, cooking, and gymnastics, and is more feminine than a typical man, nonetheless still has some standards and has some masculine qualities and interests, while Steve is a very feminine guy, to the point of being "girly".
12	** '''Extreme Macho Manly Man and Moderate Manly Man''': Mike is very macho to the point of being extremely "manly", while Steve is a moderate manly man, who while engages in sports and working out, he also doesn't mind some feminine activities such as cooking and sewing.
13	** '''Moderate Manly Man and Girly Boy''': Mike is mostly manly, but has a few feminine interests, while Steve has only feminine interests.
14	** '''Brash Man and Emotionally Open Man''': Neither Mike nor Steve have feminine interests, but Mike is either TheStoic or HotBlooded while Steve feels a wide range of emotions and is open to express them.
15	** '''Tomgirl and Extreme Macho Manly Man''': Steve is mostly feminine, but also has a heart of a baritone, [[TheStoic stoic]], [[MusclesAreMeaningless muscles are meaningless]] martial artist, while Mike has only Masculine interests.
16	** '''Girly Boy''' Steve and '''Extreme Macho Manly Man''' Mike are polar opposites in different ways.
17	** '''Tomgirl''' Steve and '''Moderate Manly Man''' Mike are gender-neutral in different ways.
18	* '''Justified''':
19	** [[IWantToBeARealMan Mike]] comes from a family that values [[GoodOldWays traditional]] [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast gender roles]] whereas [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide Steve]] comes from a more progressive family.
20	** Mike comes from a tribe of honoring barbarians full of hotblooded martial artists, while Steve comes from a noble [[MartialPacifist martial pacifist]] family that abhors "hyper stereotypes" and respects each other no matter masculine or feminine.
21	** Conversely, Mike comes from a military family in a supportive country, while Steve comes from a rich urban family in a peaceful breezing city.
22	** Mike is talented at traditionally masculine activities, and this is why he engages in them. In contrast, Steve is talented at traditionally feminine activities.
23	* '''Inverted''': Both of them are either exactly Feminine or equally Manly.
24	* '''Gender Inverted''': TomboyAndGirlyGirl.
25	* '''Subverted''': Mike is a [[HeroicBuild muscular]] and [[TheStoic stoic]] painter while Steve is a [[HollywoodThin skinny]] and [[{{Keet}} cheerful]] [[ManlyMenCanHunt hunter]].
26	* '''Double Subverted''': ... Then they switch activities on a whim and end up enjoying their new ones more.
27	* '''Parodied''': Mike is a big [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]] warrior who kills monsters with his bare hands just for fun while Steve is a mystic [[{{Elfeminate}} elf]] with a secret [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] fetish.
28	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
29	** [[BoisterousBruiser Mike]] and [[ProneToTears Steve]] keep [[FreakyFridayFlip switching bodies]] throughout the story.
30	** [[DependingOnTheWriter Different writers]] switch Steve and Mike between the roles of [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide Sensitive Guy]] and ManlyMan.
31	** Steve is a [[AgentPeacock Sensitive Guy with a Manly Streak]] while Mike is a [[RealMenWearPink Manly Man with a Sensitive Guy Streak]].
32	* '''Averted''':
33	** [[RatedMForManly Every guy in the story is manly]].
34	** The boys are not differentiated by their masculinity/femininity.
35	* '''Enforced''':
36	** [[TheProducerThinksOfEverything The producers]] wanted to appeal to a wide range of boys, so they included male characters with different tastes.
37	** The writer/executive producer wanted to showcase two different types of men.
38	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[CaptainObvious They're not much alike]]."
39	* '''Invoked''':
40	** [[LadyAndKnight Mike and Steve go to a Renaissance faire dressed as a knight and a prince.]]
41	** It's part of their GoodCopBadCop act.
42	* '''Exploited''': [[MrFanservice Mike]] convinces [[{{Moe}} Steve]] to [[FakeOutMakeOut kiss]] so that [[AbhorrentAdmirer Felicity]] [[SorryImGay will leave him alone]]. [[YaoiFangirl Felicity]] [[FemaleGaze accepts]] [[GuyOnGuyIsHot the situation]].
43	* '''Defied''': ???
44	* '''Discussed''':???
45	* '''Conversed''': ???
46	* '''Implied''':
47	** Mike [[RealMenCook barbecues]] [[RealMenEatMeat a steak]] while Steve [[MostWritersAreMale outlines a novel]].
48	** Mike takes on basketball while Steve takes on sewing.
49	* '''Deconstructed''': Mike and Steve are so different that they struggle to get along.
50	* '''Reconstructed''': ... But their skills are complementary enough that they commit to working together.
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56	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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