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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52 | Back to SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan, bro. |
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54 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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56 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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