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'''[[A Real Man Is a Killer]]''': In order to be a [[I Want to Be
* '''Straight''': [[The Hero|Andy]] is seen as a lesser man until he kills an animal [[Manly Men Can Hunt|when hunting]].
* '''Exaggerated''': [[The Hero|Andy]] is seen as a lesser man until he manages to kill the entire population of a zoo and/or an entire village populated by an enemy tribe.
* '''Downplayed''': Andy is seen as a lesser man until he can squash a bug that's bothering him.
* '''Justified''': [[The Hero|Andy]] is member of a primitive tribal society that exist as hunter-gatherers.
** Killing is [[War Is Hell|difficult and unpleasant work]]. Prestige in the community is part of the pay for those who engage in in it when called on. As this job is usually given [[Men Are the Expendable Gender|to men]] it is naturally assumed that a real man is a killer.
* '''Inverted''':
** [[The Hero|Alex]] is seen as more manly for ''refraining'' from killing.
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