Then you misnamed it. Don't use bruiser unless you want it associated with combat.
Suggest Unexpectedly Devout Character.
Fight smart, not fair.Hell, even after reading the article, I still thought it was about religious guys who fight. I mean, one of the first examples is Father Anderson from Hellsing. They dont come much fightier than a superhuman priest who's also Irish. Or Scottish. Meh.
edited 15th Nov '10 11:05:35 AM by OmegaKross
Can't think of anything witty, so have this instead...Religious Reveal? Short, fairly clear and with Added Alliterative Appeal. The only possible problem would be that it could be mistaken for a character being revealed to be Jesus in Purgatory.
So this is a subtrope of Hidden Depths where the the unexpected character development is that they're religious?
edited 15th Nov '10 5:00:41 PM by Clarste

A lot of people seem to mistake it for a fighting religious type, rather than a reveal that the character you would least expect to be is religious.
I'm the trope's creator, no one came up with a better name during YKTTW.