Sensitive Guy And Manly Man / Live-Action TV

• in 3rd Rock from the Sun. Tommy (sensitive guy) he have long hair,Likes Woman and Groovy Teenager and Harry (Manly man) He a Dates with Vicki,Bamming and He Is in Dick Behaving Badly
• Kindhearted Simpleton Kenneth Parcell and Frat Bro Tracy Jordan in 30 Rock.
• Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: The pragmatic, tough Aloof Ally Tsubasa becomes the Cloud Cuckoolanders Minder to the socially-inept, hyper-obsessive Yandere Tsuyoshi. Tsubasa is a go-getter full of street smarts that has no issues making his own decisions (to a fault; it makes him blind to others' pain) while Tsuyoshi is a nervous mess that's toxically-dependent on his wife Miho to do much of anything and is prone to frequent breakdowns; spending the second act of the show in a fluctuating state of Sanity Slippage after Miho shows her true colors.
• Battlestar Galactica (1978) has the cigar-chomping Starbuck and the mild-mannered Boomer.
• Howard and Raj on The Big Bang Theory. Raj is sensitive and utterly Camp Straight (Or possibly Camp Bi) while Howard is the Casanova Wannabe.
• Blake's 7 often teamed up the meek, cowardly Vila with the cynical, snarky Avon.
• Breaking Bad:
  • Walter White and his brother in law, Hank Schrader, at first. Hank is brash, crude and boisterous, an avid sports fan and gun enthusiast, and his work as a DEA agent often puts him in danger. Walt is a mild-mannered and milquetoast high school chemistry teacher, much more of an intellectual and something of a dork. As the show progresses, however, they both shift around the spectrum: Hank reveals an increasing amount of emotional problems and insecurities, as well as some nerdy interests, while Walter becomes increasingly cold, ruthless and dangerous.
  • Walt (gruff, stoic) and Jesse (emotional) also have this going on.
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
  • Detectives Jake Peralta and Charles Boyle are Manly and Sensitive respectively. Jake is a childish, athletic, and very enthusiastic detective with compulsions to act out action-hero fantasies who excels as a detective through a combination of natural knack and sheer luck. Charles is a submissive, eager-to-please foodie who gets by as a detective through sheer effort and who is very insecurely defensive of his place as Jake's best friend and #1 choice to partner on cases.
  • Many other character pairings produce the paradigm, such as the two commanders of the 99; yogurt-loving, 'proud mama hen' and doting father Sergeant Terry Jeffords and stoic, professional Captain Raymond Holt.
• On the series Caprica there are the Adama brothers, Joseph and Sam.
• Choujuu Sentai Liveman gains a duo who fit this trope mid-season: Tetsuya Yano/Black Bison and Jun'ichi Aikawa/Green Sai (Rhino). Tetsuya is overall more tough and more stoic than Jun'ichi, and is shown practicing boxing in the opening credits. Jun'ichi, the youngest of the Livemen and still in high school, is generally more "heart on his sleeve" and appears more emotionally invested in the scenarios that Brain Army Volt cooks up. When he becomes a host for a Brain Beast's offspring in one episode, he even eventually becomes (emotionally) attached to the progeny. When Tetsuya first refers to Jun'ichi, he describes him as his like his "little brother", while Jun'ichi always calls Tetsuya "Tet-chan"; "-chan" being a Japanese honorific suffix indicating strong affection. To symbolize their bond in a fairly literal way, their respective mechs Bison Liner and Sai Fire combine into the giant robot Live Boxer.
• Also played with in Criminal Minds: From their first appearances, Morgan and Reid seem set up to be this trope (Morgan is playing a vaguely "educational" drinking game with a group of women, whereas Reid, the genius prodigy, is interrupting mentor/team leader Gideon's lecture on profiling and tailing him like a puppy). As the series goes on, though they both display examples of following the trope (e.g., Morgan is the team's designated door-kicker and likes portraying himself as either a ladies' man or strong enough to handle anything, while Reid prefers trying to talk unsubs down from confrontations, very visibly has trouble with some cases, is a Distressed Dude, and can barely talk to a woman outside of his mother or the context of work), and going against it (e.g., Reid takes cases personally hard, but has had to work at making himself more sympathetic and tactful toward victims and persons of interest, while Morgan often ends up in a nurturing role towards other team members, especially Garcia and Reid). One typically masculine trait both of them share? Although Reid's emotional responses to situations are more visible, more often than not, both are loath to talk about their feelings.
• Dalziel and Pascoe. Peter Pascoe is the modern, thoughtful, psychologically-trained police officer, Andy Dalziel is pure Old-Fashioned Copper.
• Womanizer rocker Drake and nerdy shy guy Josh from Drake & Josh.
• EastEnders has the wimpy and weak, emotionally vulnerable Ian Beale (sensitive) and the tough and violent, thuggish Phil Mitchell (manly).
• In Firefly : the greedy thug Jayne, is hostile toward the classy doctor Simon. Their contrasting personalities are best seen in "Jaynestown" where Jayne feels comfortable in the rough, poor world and Simon clings to being proper. Their rivalry is best seen in "Ariel" when Jayne demands that Simon be left on the core planet after being stabbed by Simon's sister. Mal then deals with Jayne's defensiveness and Simon's concern for his sister.
• Wash and Mal borderline in “War Stories” with geeky, sweet, funny Wash having trouble controlling his jealous streak toward tough, war-hardened, manly man Mal.
• Frasier:
  • Martin Crane is a tough, no-nonsense former cop, while his two sons are sophisticated psychiatrists who are into high art.
  • Niles is the sensitive guy to Frasier's manly man, by a very narrow margin. Both are pretty sensitive, but Niles' fussy, effeminate manner and weak constitution put him over the top.
  • At the radio station, Frasier is often pitted against sports show host Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, a crass, short-tempered, womanizing Jerk Jock.
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Will is the cool ladies man (manly) and Carlton is a studious dork (sensitive).
• Friends:
  • Chandler (sensitive) and Joey (manly). Generally, Joey will sleep with girls for a night and Chandler will make them breakfast the next morning.
  • Played with in one episode: Phoebe was dating two guys at the same time, a manly fireman named Vince and a sensitive teacher named Jason. She tries to break up with Vince but discovers that's he's also sensitive and artistic to boot ("He has access to lots of charcoal"). She tries to break up with Jason while he's fixing up his apartment, and he's totally hunky. In the end, both break up with her after they meet and learn the truth.
• Game of Thrones:
  • Renly is sensitive, thoughtful, smart, politically savvy, and doesn't particularly like fighting, in contrast to his whoring, war-hero, drunkard of a brother, Robert, and notable warrior Stannis. This dynamic is also present in Renly's relationship with Loras. Renly looks tougher, but has never seen a battle; Loras is a very pretty, very dangerous knight.
  • Samwell Tarly is a meek and sensitive young man who loves books, music, and kittens. His best friend is Jon Snow, a bold young man of action who yearns to be a ranger.
• In GARO: Kouga Saezima is the serious, no-nonsense, straightforward, and dutiful Makai Knight is Manly Man to Rei Suzumura who is cheerful, quite playful and also relaxed with a high level of emotions. But in Makai Senki, Kouga still remains manly as the previous series but with the capability to show his nice side. And Leo the idealist nice guy and emotional is obviously the Sensitive Guy among Kouga and Rei Manliness.
• On Glue, best friends Rob and James fit this pattern. Rob is what passes for a manly man at their age: he's the Life of the Party, cocky and self-important, and claims his basic necessities are "food, a roof, weed, pussy, and Mars bars!". James, meanwhile, is introverted and introspective, waxes poetic about the countryside (when he's not being The Quiet One, that is), says things Rob deems "cheesy", and is an all-around sensitive soul.
• In Hannibal, Will Graham is a scruffy loner who likes fishing, drinking, and dogs, while Hannibal Lecter is an erudite European socialite whose hobbies include art, composing for the harpsichord, and gourmet cooking. Also, Hannibal's a psychopathic cannibal serial killer. Unusual in that the more outwardly masculine of the two is also the more emotionally sensitive and mentally fragile, to the point where it's the awful superpower he has to wield against Hannibal.
• Richie on Happy Days was the humdrum Nice Guy while the Fonz was...well, the Fonz.
• The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: Almost right down to a T: Frank Hardy, Manly (Parker Stevenson being the muscled prep-school jock into surfing). Younger Brother Joe, Sensitive (Shaun Cassidy, slender teen-idol musician). Interesting to note, this is the absolute opposite of the way things were in the books: usually Frank is the intellectual one more likely to enjoy art, and Joe is the more athletic jock. Though the show occasionally played with it by having Frank shove Joe out front in dangerous situations:
  (as the brothers are about to step into a crypt containing god-knows-what)
  Joe: Well...you're the oldest.
  Frank: Yeah, but you're more agile on your feet—and stronger.
  Joe: Since when?
  Frank: Since right now.
• Home Improvement. Tim was a tool-loving manly-grunting man and Al was the sensitive and overly emotional type (though still very burly and masculine-looking). Being a real man was one of the show's main themes and Al's sissy-ness was the butt of many jokes but Al was shown to be much smarter than Tim. In addition, they were united as an Odd Couple by their mutual love of craftsmanship. Tim was also contrasted with his neighbor Wilson, an introspective Renaissance Man. Tim himself embraces Testosterone Poisoning to the degree that every other man on the show looks like the sensitive guy in comparison.
• House of Anubis:
  • Fabian is the sensitive one, being an Extreme Doormat, while Eddie is a bit Troubled, but Cute. Same story with Fabian and Lovable Jock Mick.
  • Also with Manipulative, Jerk with a Heart of Gold Jerome (manly) and Class Clown Alfie (sensitive).
• Barney, The Casanova Jerkass and Ted, the Dogged Nice Guy, from How I Met Your Mother. Marshall qualifies as the sensitive guy as well. This might be more of a Gentle Giant thing though.
• Kenan & Kel has impulsive and ambitious schemer Kenan and neurotic, cautious and childish Kel.
• ESPN's Mike And Mike In The Morning show uses this trope, with Mike Golic (a former NFL defensive lineman) as the manly man and Mike Greenberg as the Sensitive Guy. One of the features of their column in ESPN the Magazine is the "Manly/Metro tip", with Golic's "manly" tip accompanied by an icon of a beer mug and Greeny's "Metro" tip accompanied by an icon of a martini glass.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Durin IV is a Fiery Redhead part of a Proud Warrior Race such as the Dwarves, while Elrond is a patient Elvish scholar. This doesn't stop them from getting along.
• Modern Family:
  • Jay, a stoic former military man with fifties-era values of manliness, is often embarrassed by his touchy-feely son-in-law Phil, who is not only incompetent at most masculine interests, but also has a stereotypically female job (realtor), and was a male cheerleader to boot.
  • Phil's main competitor in realty is Gil Thorpe, who has a Jerk Jock personality.
  • Played with Mitchell and Cameron. Physically, Cameron is the bigger and stronger than the two, and was even a football star in high school, yet is by far the most sensitive of the two; while skinny Mitchel is (relatively) Straight Gay and takes the role of disciplinarian in the household.
  • Artsy, mature for his age Manny contrasts with Luke, who is more of a typical Hormone-Addled Teenager.
• Subverted in My Three Sons. Bub O'Casey is a gruff housekeeper while Steve Douglas is a levelheaded aeronautical engineer.
• NCIS has McGee, who is more or less a Camp Straight, and Tony, who, hiding his true side behind a jerkass mask, constantly derides him for it. Interestingly, McGee's 'soft side' tends to get him dates; Tony, more of a slick womanizer by nature, often sticks his foot into his mouth by making fun of McGee's feminine tendencies in front of sympathetic ladies. It's also played with in that, while Tony is a tough guy type, more physically capable and stereotypically masculine than McGee (he's a street-smart athlete to McGee's academia and noodle-arm), he's also a dedicated follower of fashion where McGee wore the same suit for his first four seasons. He makes fun of McGee for moisturizing, but he spends $100 on a tie.
• Noah (sensitive) and Wade (manly) from Noah's Arc. Also, to an extent Junito (sensitive) and Ricky (though Ricky's "manly" tends to be sexually aggressive and detached).
• Parks and Recreation likes to contrast manly man Ron Swanson with overenthusiastic New Age health nut Chris Traeger.
  • There's also Ron from Eagleton, who certainly looks like a Manly Man (he's played by Sam Elliot, whose mustache puts Nick Offerman's to shame). Swanson initially likes the other Ron ... until he discovers the other Ron is a vegetarian sandal-wearing practitioner of yoga, at which point his comment is "I no longer like Ron."
• British cop shows love this. In the late 70s and early 80s, The Professionals had the rough, tough, SAS-trained Bodie and the more gentle and sophisticated Doyle.
  • Life on Mars (2006) borrowed from this trope and had the sensitive, By-the-Book Cop Sam Tyler working with the ridiculously macho Cowboy Cop, Gene Hunt.
  • In the follow-up series Ashes to Ashes (2008) the roles are delegated to Those Two Guys Chris and Ray.
• Doctor Cox (manly man) and JD in Scrubs. Also, to some extent, Turk and JD, though, while Turk is quite sensitive himself, he cannot compare to JD.
• Star Trek:
  • Star Trek: Voyager: Best friends Tom Paris and Harry Kim. Paris is an extroverted, Handsome Lech ex-con who's into muscle cars; Kim is the musically inclined, duty-bound officer with a steady girl back home (well, at first, before he goes full-on Fatal Attractor).
  • Star Trek: Picard: Elnor (Long-Haired Pretty Boy) is sensitive, having been raised by women and being open about his feelings, whereas Rios (Tall, Dark, and Handsome) is rugged and manly as well as more emotionally guarded.
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody stars twin boys where Cody loves school and cooking while Zack is the more cool brother. Zack does have his sensitive moments though especially in "On Deck". Most notably in "Flowers and Chocolate" when he is seen bawling during a romantic film.
• Supernatural appears to be a textbook version of this trope, but hard-drinking and -playing, gun-happy 'Manly Man' Dean is more often in a nurturing role than little brother Sam, and will unashamedly cry where his family's concerned. While Sam's more likely to cry even for strangers and prefers nonviolent paths, he becomes single-minded enough to forsake his characteristic empathy under the wrong circumstances. Which are common.
  • Pertinent to this trope, many of Dean's jokes make the punchline Sam's lack of (what he sees as) masculinity. Although Sam does get his own back occasionally:
    Dean: Of course, the most troubling question is, why do these people assume we're gay?
    Sam: Well you are kind of butch, they probably think you're overcompensating.
• That '70s Show:
  • Eric the nice guy (sensitive) and Hyde the Troubled, but Cute "bad boy" (manly).
  • Fez the Camp Straight foreign kid (sensitive) and Kelso the dumb narcissistic ladies man (manly).
• Jack is Manly and Ianto is Sensitive in Torchwood.
• The two brothers on Two and a Half Men fulfill this stereotype to the letter. Charlie is arrogant, hedonistic and Really Gets Around, Alan is a neurotic Butt-Monkey who's awkward with women.
• Matt the Lovable Jock and Tyler the Jerk Jock in the early episodes of The Vampire Diaries.

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