Line #46 WebComic/RockManlyfist


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3	->''"Don't forget that Rock needs to have sex every 24 hours or his head explodes! It's the price he has to pay for his amazing powers!"''
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5	Rock Manlyfist is a parodic martial arts comic written and drawn by Johan Wanloo. It's an AffectionateParody of all the 80's action tropes you can think of, [[Film/KungFury much like an other piece of Swedish Media]], only Rock Manlyfist did it first. The eponymous character is a badass from the 80's who is awakened from his suspended animation by the US Government in order to combat [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North Koreans,]] [[WarriorMonk Shaolin Satanists,]] [[HornyVikings Swedish Neo-Viking Terrorists,]] Laser Beavers, and more {{Ninja}}s than you can throw a Shuriken at. How does he accomplish this? Well, Rock Manlyfist is a master of "Space Karate". An immensely powerful fighting style wich allows him to do literally anything as long as he screams "SPACE KARATEEEE!" at the top of his lungs while doing it. The catch? Well, [[ThePornomancer Rock needs to have sex every 24 hours]], or else his [[YourHeadAsplode head will explode.]] Bummer.
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7	Originating as an English language WebComic (since taken down) back in 2010, new adventures with Rock Manlyfist can be read in the HermanHedning magazine every month ([[NoExportForYou if you're Swedish that is]].) The WebComic can still be read using [[https://web.archive.org/web/20101227230057/http://www.rockmanlyfist.com/?p=70 wayback machine.]]
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10	!!TROPE KARATEEEE!!:
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12	* AwesomeMcCoolname: Rock himself of course. There's also a villain called "Skägg Skinnryggsäck" wich literally means "Beard Leather Backpack".
13	* AlmightyJanitor: Agent Wintersmith used to be Rocks [[BashBrothers Bash Brother]] in their "ultra super secret black ops strikeforce" during the 80's, but nowadays he works as a White House janitor. He's also the man responsible for bringing Rock back from his meditation.
14	** BadassInANiceSuit: Rock's usually allergic to shirts, but sometimes he rocks (no pun intended) the Series/MiamiVice look.
15	* BloodyHilarious: Rock regurlarly tears out the brains, lungs and heart of his enemies, [[AmusingInjuries in cartoony fashion.]]
16	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The inhabitants of Dröpplinge, in [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth "The Shadow Over Dröpplinge".]] Averted when [[spoiler: it turns out to be a ruse to lure Manlyfist to them. All they really wanted to do was build a [[GiantMecha killer robot]] because they were bored and unemployed.]] Manlyfist was intended as a guinea pig, they could test it's weapons system on.
17	* CannibalClan: The Ekström family.
18	* CurbstompBattle: Pretty much every fight, Rock's involved in.
19	** The only ones he doesn't win are those where he for some reason is physically unable to say "Space Karate".
20	* CoolCar: Rock has an awesome Ferrari.
21	* CoolPlane: He has an awesome stealth bomber, too.
22	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Rocks parents were missionaries who got eaten by Zombies for no apparent reason, [[FreudianExcuse kicking of his lifelong hatred of everything evil.]]
23	* FantasticFightingStyle: As said before, Space Karate allows Rock to do ANYTHING within and outside the realm of the possible, if it can aid him in his current situation. For example, in addition to beating an army with his bare hands it can make him an expert at [[MundaneMadeAwesome operating a ball grill while drunk.]]
24	** It's sometimes implied that Space Karate is more of a metaphysical, divine power, like "the Force" in Franchise/StarWars, than it is a martial art.
25	* RatedMForManly: ''SWEET JESUS!''
26	* {{Expy}}: Because of [[ReferenceOverdosed the kind of comic it is]], this trope is omnipresent. One example is when Rock is trying to infiltrate the dangerous world of [[MartialArtsAndCrafts "Murder Tennis"]]. In order to do so, he first goes through a number of other, [[RefugeInAudacity increasingly more ridiculous bloodsports]], like "alligator jousting", [[GoodOldFisticuffs "bareknuckle boxing"]], and "deathmatch wrestling in a pool of corrossive acid". His three respective opponents in these fights are Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Mike Conley (the guy from the [[MemeticMutation "overly manly man" meme]]) and Wrestling/TerryFunk. The FinalBoss of the Murder Tennis tournament is "the Murderizer Mutant" who is a four armed version of Wrestling/BigVanVader.
27	* ExtremeOmnisexual: Rock needs to get laid every 24 hours or he'll die. However he doesn't necessarily need to have sex with a human, just as long as he gets to penetrate something. A select list of thing that Rock Manlyfist has had sex with includes:
28	** A crack in the wall.
29	** A Saxophone.
30	** A mailbox.
31	** The fucking [[Myth/NorseMythology Midgard Serpent!]]
32	** Allowing himself to be raped by a retarded {{Expy}} of Franchise/ScoobyDoo.
33	** A vacuum flask filled with the guts of an enemy he just killed.
34	** When visiting UsefulNotes/NorthKorea, Manlyfist ''ended their famine'' by impregnating the soil with his semen.
35	* TrainingFromHell: Among other things, Rocks Sensei would reenact the "take the pebble from my hand" bit from ''Series/KungFu,'' with Rocks ''spleen'' in place of a pebble.
36	* TomTheDarkLord: The leader of the Neo-Vikings is called "Kjell-Åke" (a stereotypical "old mans name" in Sweden.)
37	* TwoFistedTales: An AffectionateParody.
38	* TheImmodestOrgasm: "AROOOGA!"
39	* StoutStrength: Rock has obvious love-handles sticking out over the side of his pants. Doesn't make him any less of a badass or less irresistible to the opposite sex, though.
40	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Rock's been injured and the blood is ''spraying'' like a waterslide, through an open wound in his stomach:
41	--> Rock: "I suppose i should do something about this".
42	* MachoMasochism: ...upon which he ''stabs himself in the eye'' with a pencil, to cause himself so much pain that he won't think about how much it hurts to sew his belly up with steel wire.
43	--> Rock: "I'm so smart!".
44	* NorseByNorsewest: Rock has a [[FriendsWithBenefits steady sexual relationship]] with the [[ArtisticLicense "president"]] of Sweden, who of course is a [[GagBoobs big titted]] blonde with a [[HornyVikings horned helmet.]]
45	* WalkingShirtlessScene: This is Rocks standard mode of dress, all the time, rain or shine.
46	* LudicrousGibs: This comic is violent as hell.
47	* StylisticSuck: Wanloo draws everything in a very minimalist way which is meant to invoke comparison with old UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame sprites. The constant use of a MrExposition narrator is this as well, and is meant to resemble the dialogue in [[PulpMagazine Pulp Literature]] like Literature/TheDestroyer and Literature/TheExecutioner
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