Always Male



Much like roles that are Always Female, there are some roles largely relegated to males. This, however, is an oft-shrinking list, as the easiest way to subvert roles like these is, naturally, to make them female. In some cases, however, this may not work, particularly for those involving love, sex or facial hair. Those tropes, you can expect to see on this list for a long time. Many of these will still have Distaff Counterpart roles. This list would have been much larger had we been around fifty years ago.

Contrast Unisex Tropes. If one of these tropes is applied to a female character anyways, that's a Gender Inverted Trope.

Tropes
Categories:
 * Masculinity Tropes
 * Princely Tropes
 * Sir Index of Tropes
 * Absent Minded Professor
 * Action Hero Babysitter
 * Agent Peacock
 * Angry Black Man
 * Arab Oil Sheikh
 * Archnemesis Dad
 * The All-American Boy
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bald Black Leader Guy
 * Bash Brothers
 * Basso Profundo
 * Bastard Bastard
 * Bastard Boyfriend
 * Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend
 * Battle Butler
 * The Bear
 * Beardness Protection Program
 * Beard of Barbarism
 * Beard of Evil
 * Beard of Sorrow
 * Beast Man
 * Big Beautiful Man
 * Big Man On Campus
 * Bishonen
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Bald Black Leader Guy
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * The Bluebeard
 * Boy Band
 * Boys Love Genre
 * Bara Genre
 * Bromantic Foil
 * Bumbling Dad
 * The Butcher
 * Camp Gay
 * Camp Straight
 * Carpet of Virility
 * The Casanova
 * Casanova Wannabe
 * Kidanova
 * The Charmer
 * Chick Magnet
 * Chippendales Dancers
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * Circumcision Angst
 * Cock Fight
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Corrupt Hick
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Crusading Widower
 * Crusty Caretaker
 * Cultured Badass
 * Dad the Veteran
 * The Dandy
 * Dastardly Whiplash
 * Depraved Homosexual
 * Directionless Driver
 * Dirty Coward
 * Dirty Old Man
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Disguised in Drag
 * Distressed Dude
 * Distinguished Gentlemans Pipe
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Effeminate Misogynistic Guy
 * Egomaniac Hunter
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
 * Even the Guys Want Him
 * The Evil Prince
 * Evil Roy
 * A Father to His Men
 * Fat Sweaty Southerner in A White Suit
 * Father Neptune
 * Favors for The Sexy
 * The Fighting Narcissist
 * Firemen Are Hot
 * Fundoshi
 * Gag Penis
 * Galley Slave
 * The Gambler
 * Gay Cowboy
 * Gentleman Adventurer
 * Gentleman Detective
 * Gentleman Thief
 * Gentleman Wizard
 * GIRL
 * The Good King
 * Good Ol Boy
 * Grease Monkey
 * Great White Hunter
 * The Grunting Orgasm
 * Gym Bunny
 * Handsome Devil
 * Handy Man
 * He Man Woman Hater
 * Henpecked Husband
 * High School Hustler
 * Hobos
 * Hot Dad
 * Hot Men At Work
 * House Husband
 * Hunk
 * Husky Russkie
 * In Touch With His Feminine Side
 * I Want to Be A Real Man
 * Jerk Jock
 * Kavorka Man
 * Keet
 * Kidanova
 * Knight Errant
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Ladykiller in Love
 * A Lady On Each Arm
 * Lazy Husband
 * Leather Man
 * The Loins Sleep Tonight
 * Looks Like Jesus
 * Loser Gets the Girl
 * Macho Camp
 * Macho Masochism
 * Male Gaze
 * Mamas Baby Papas Maybe
 * Man Hug
 * Man in White
 * Man in A Kilt
 * A Man Is Not a Virgin
 * Manly Gay
 * Manly Tears
 * Manly Men Can Hunt
 * Marty Stu
 * Men Can't Keep House
 * Men Don't Cry
 * The Men in Black
 * Midlife Crisis Car
 * Miles Gloriosus
 * Millionaire Playboy
 * Mister Seahorse
 * Mommas Boy
 * Mono Gender Monsters
 * Morally-Bankrupt Banker
 * Mountain Man
 * Mr. 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
 * Overlord Jr
 * Overly Polite Pals
 * Overprotective Dad
 * Papa Wolf
 * The Patriarch
 * Perma Shave
 * Perma Stubble
 * Pervert Dad
 * Porn Stache
 * Pretty Boy
 * Prince Charming
 * Prince Charming Wannabe
 * Prince Charmless
 * Princely Young Man
 * The Proud Elite
 * Raging Stiffie
 * Rail Enthusiast
 * Rated "M" for Manly
 * A Real Man Is a Killer
 * Real Men Cook
 * Real Men Eat Meat
 * Real Men Get Shot
 * Real Men Hate Affection
 * Real Men Hate Sugar
 * Real Men Love Jesus
 * Real Men Wear Pink
 * Rebel Prince
 * Right-Hand Hottie
 * Right Through His Pants
 * Samurai
 * Scary Black Man
 * Seadog Beard
 * Sensei for Scoundrels
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
 * Sexist Used Car Salesman
 * Sexy Man, Instant Harem
 * Sexy Priest
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Shirtless Scene
 * Shoe Shine, Mister?
 * Shotacon
 * Sissy Villain
 * The Slacker
 * Southern Gentleman
 * Standard Fifties Father
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Stout Strength
 * Straight Gay
 * Straw Misogynist
 * Surfer Dude
 * The Svengali
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Team Dad
 * Teeny Weenie
 * Testes Test
 * Testosterone Brigade
 * Testosterone Poisoning
 * There Will Be Toilet Paper
 * The Three Faces of Adam
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Tunnel King
 * Two Guys in A Garage
 * Understanding Boyfriend
 * Unlucky Everydude
 * Useless Boyfriend
 * Upper Class Wit
 * Waistcoat of Style
 * Walking Shirtless Scene
 * Warrior Prince
 * Weird Beard
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * The White Prince
 * Widower Hero
 * The Wise Prince
 * Wizard Beard
 * Worlds Strongest Man
 * Yaoi Guys
 * Yellow Peril
 * Young Gun