Only men may wear a Carpet of Virility.
"Oh, poppycock! Female bandits? What next? Rubbish!"
— Prince John, Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
Much like roles that are Always Female, there are many roles largely (and often solely) designated to males. The name of the trope, however, is a bit of a misnomer, as some of these tropes can be subverted by making them female. In many cases, however, this doesn't work, especially for those involving love, sex or facial hair.
If a trope that's always male is applied to a female anyway, that's a Gender-Inverted Trope (a.k.a. "rare female example"). Again, this is not possible for many of these tropes, and is often done for comedic effect.
Compare Always Female.
See also Unisex Tropes.
Tropes
Categories:
- Absent-Minded Professor
- Accidental Pervert
- Accidental Pornomancer
- Action Dad
- Action-Hero Babysitter
- The All-American Boy
- Always Camp
- Amazon Chaser
- Agent Peacock: A senstive guy who is cool and Badass.
- Angry Black Man
- Arab Oil Sheikh
- Archnemesis Dad
- Armoured Closet Gay: A vocally homophobic man turns out to be gay and in the closet.
- Badass Baritone: Men usually have deep voices, so all examples of a heroic character with a deep voice will be men.
- Badass and Child Duo: An older tough guy acts like a surrogate father-figure to a weaker and "purer" female child. He protects her from harm while his healthy cynicism wizens her up to the ways of the world; meanwhile, her idealism and innocence humanizes him and brings out his better side, turning him into a better man than he was at the start of the story. Traditional gender roles between men and women are a lot of what makes this dynamic work. Variations and inversions of the pairing exist but this is the classic setup.
- Bald Black Leader Guy
- Barbaric Bully
- Barbarian Longhair
- Basement-Dweller
- Basso Profundo
- Bastard Bastard
- Battle Butler
- The Bear
- Beardness Protection Program
- Beard of Barbarism
- Beard of Evil
- Beard of Sorrow
- Big Beautiful Man
- Bigger Is Better in Bed
- Big Prick, Big Problems
- Big Man on Campus: The most popular guy and biggest Nice Guy in a High School setting.
- Big Jerk on Campus: The most popular guy and biggest Jerkass in a High School setting.
- Billionaire Wristband: An unnecessarily fancy men's watch.
- Bishōnen
- The Bluebeard: A man who murders his wives.
- Bourgeois Bumpkin
- Boy Band
- Briefs Boasting
- Bromantic Foil
- Bumbling Dad: The male parent is an idiot.
- The Butcher
- The Cabin Boy
- Camp Gay: A Homosexual Feminine Male.
- Camp Straight: A Heterosexual Feminine Male.
- Campy Combat
- Carpet of Virility
- The Casanova: A man who tends to succeed in having intimate relations with every woman he meets.
- Casanova Wannabe: A man who wants to have sex with every female he meets, but is too tacky and/or unattractive to actually succeed.
- The Charmer
- Chick Magnet: A man who always gets attention from the ladies.
- Chippendales Dancers
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Circumcision Angst: Penises are male sexual organs, so all examples of a character upset about being circumcised will be male.
- Cock Fight
- Cool Old Guy
- Corrupt Hick
- Crazy Jealous Guy
- Crippling Castration
- Crusty Caretaker
- Cultured Badass
- Dads Can't Cook
- Dad the Veteran
- The Dandy
- Dastardly Whiplash
- Depraved Homosexual: A gay man who is unsavory in one way or another, often by being so sex-crazed that they have no qualms over raping straight men.
- Directionless Driver
- Dirty Old Man: An elderly man who is perverted.
- Disappeared Dad: A character's mother is present and accounted for, but not their father.
- Disguised in Drag
- Distressed Dude
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: A feminine-looking man is mistaken for a woman.
- Dumbass Teenage Son
- Dumb Muscle
- Dynamic Akimbo
- Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: A male who has a negative persopective about women despite being feminine himself.
- Effeminate Voice
- Emasculated Cuckold: A man whose wife cheats on him and is unmanly or insecure about his manliness as a result.
- Eunuchs Are Evil
- The Evil Prince
- Family Man
- A Father to His Men
- Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit
- Father Neptune
- Father's Quest
- Favors for the Sexy
- The Fighting Narcissist
- Final Battle-Induced Shirt Loss
- Firemen Are Hot
- Fratbro
- Fundoshi
- Furry Baldness
- Gag Nose
- Gag Penis: The penis is a male sexual organ, so all examples of a character with a comically large penis can be assumed to be male, or on rare occasions, transgender.
- The Gambler
- Gay Bravado
- Gay Cowboy
- Gayngster
- The Generalissimo
- Gentleman Adventurer
- Gentleman Detective
- Gentleman Thief
- Gentleman Wizard
- G.I.R.L.: The belief that women on the Internet are actually men pretending to be women.
- The Good King
- Good Ol' Boy
- Gorgeous George
- Grease Monkey
- Great White Hunter
- Groin Attack: Those on the receiving end of this are almost always male. Exceptions are extremely rare.
- The Grunting Orgasm
- Gym Bunny
- Handsome Heroic Caveman
- Handsome Lech: An attractive Casanova Wannabe whose personality hinders his sexual conquests.
- Handy Man
- He-Man Woman Hater: A man who is openly misogynistic.
- Henpecked Husband: A husband who submissively does whatever his wife tells him to without even trying to object.
- High-School Hustler
- Hobos
- Hollywood Action Hero
- Hot Men at Work
- Househusband: A husband who stays at home and does housework while his wife goes to work.
- Howard Hughes Homage
- Hunk
- Husky Russkie
- Instant Soprano: Getting hit in the groin causes a man to have a high-pitched, feminine-sounding voice.
- Jaded Washout
- Jerk Jock
- Kavorka Man: A man is successful with women in spite of being ugly or unpleasant.
- Keet
- Kid-anova
- Knight Errant
- Knight in Shining Armor
- Ladykiller in Love
- A Lady on Each Arm
- Lawman Gone Bad
- Lazy Husband
- Leatherman
- Leg Cling
- The Loins Sleep Tonight
- Long John Shout-Out
- Looks Like Jesus
- Lovable Jock
- Macho Camp
- Macho Masochism
- Magical Seventh Son
- Man in a Bikini
- Man in a Kilt
- Manly Gay: A Homosexual Masculine Male.
- Marty Stu
- Men Can't Keep House
- Mighty Lumberjack
- Miles Gloriosus
- Millionaire Playboy
- Mister Seahorse
- Momma's Boy
- Morally Bankrupt Banker
- Mountain Man
- Mr. Fanservice: A male character who tends to provide fanservice.
- Mr. Fixit
- Mysterious Protector
- Neet
- Nice Jewish Boy
- Noble Male, Roguish Male
- Nocturnal Emission
- Non-Action Guy
- Non-Action Snarker
- No Shirt, Long Jacket
- No Woman's Land
- Officer and a Gentleman
- Old-School Chivalry
- The Old Convict
- The One Guy
- One-Man Song
- One of the Girls
- Overlord Jr.
- Overprotective Dad
- Papa Wolf
- The Patriarch
- Pec Flex
- Perma-Shave
- Perma-Stubble
- Pervert Dad
- Playboy Has a Daughter
- Pretty Boy
- Prince Charming
- Prince Charming Wannabe
- Prince Charmless
- Princely Young Man
- Puddle-Covering Chivalry
- The Quarterback
- Quintessential British Gentleman
- Real Men Wear Pink: Inverts the belief that anything feminine haves to be avoid.
- Rebel Prince
- Right-Hand Hottie
- Right Through His Pants
- Samurai: Almost any fictional depiction will have men. It's somewhat of a subversion since female samurai known as onna-musha or onna-bugeisha did exist for much of Feudal Japan's history.
- Scary Black Man
- Senior Sleep Cycle
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: One man is feminine, and the other is masculine.
- Sexist Used Car Salesman
- Sexy Man, Instant Harem
- Sexy Priest
- Sharp-Dressed Man
- Shirtless Captives
- Shirtless Scene
- Sissy Villain
- The Slacker
- Southern Gentleman
- Standard '50s Father
- Stout Strength
- Straw Misogynist
- Stumbling Upon the Lost Wizard
- Surfer Dude
- Tarzan Boy
- Teeny Weenie
- Testes Test
- Testosterone Brigade
- The Three Faces of Adam
- Time-Passage Beard: Men tend to grow beards, so a character growing a long beard to signify that a long amount of time has passed can be expected to be male.
- Tiny Schoolboy
- Top-Heavy Guy
- Troubled, but Cute
- Trumplica
- Tunnel King
- Two Guys in a Garage
- Understanding Boyfriend
- Unlucky Everydude
- Useless Boyfriend
- Very Punchable Man
- Waistcoat of Style
- Walking Shirtless Scene
- Weird Beard
- The Wise Prince
- Wizard Beard
- World's Strongest Man
- Would Hit a Girl
- Wouldn't Hit a Girl
- Young Gun
