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For all the female fanservice stuff out there, there are male equivalents, too. This is the male version of [[Wrench Wench]].
Builders, plumbers, and gardeners tend to be big, strong men, so why not have them with [[Shirtless Scene|their shirts off]], regardless of health and safety issues? And if the steelworker or blacksmith's hot, sweaty body can be outlined by [[Forging Scene|flickering flames]], what is a burn or two?
There is also the possibility of something termed "[[Squick|builder's]] [[Fan Disservice|backside]]" (plumber's crack?) being seen.
This trope has a rather intense brother, [[Firemen Are Hot]], and two bisexual cousins, [[Fair Cop]] and [[Good
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* The opening scene of ''[[Tamara Drewe]]'' provides the audience with a nice view of a handsome male character's naked torso as he's chopping wood outdoors.
* The chef in ''[[Jumping the Broom]]'' for some reason has a scene outside in nothing but overalls catching fish.
* In ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'', one of the [[Item number|dance numbers]] requires the main character to be dressed in nothing but jeans, work gloves, a work helmet and possibly a lot of body glitter.
* In ''Cannibal'' one of the main characters looks longingly at a pair of shirtless carpenters working just outside his window.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[
* Charlotte in [[Sex and
* [[Show Within a Show]] example- ''[[CSI]]'', "Two and a Half Dead".
* At least one episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', with [[Ms. Fanservice|Edie]] walking past a construction site.
** John, the [[Likes Older Women|MILF-loving]] gardener played by [[Jesse Metcalf]] with whom Gabrielle had a long-term affair.
* Occurs in a ''[[Poirot]]'' episode, with a gardener, Adam Goodman. He turns out to be an undercover agent but he is one sweet looking guy.
* ''[[True Blood]]''
** Jason Stackhouse as Road Crew. Also Hoyt.
** Terry and Lafayette as hot cooks.
* Brilliantly parodied in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' when Jen has to distract a woman to sneak Roy out from under her desk, by looking out the window and saying: "Ooh, a builder working with his shirt off.. just like on the television." All the women run to take a look, to reveal a pale, flabby guy staring vacantly back at them.
* In ''[[The OC]]'' season 2 premiere, the Cohen's house was being remodeled by burly construction workers. The neighbors have started calling their house "The Manhole".
* In a first-season episode of ''[[
* May be part of the reason why Mike Rowe from [[Dirty Jobs]] has gotten so popular.
* Ty Pennington in ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''.
* Xander from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is a construction worker. Anya, watching him work, imagines having sex with him.
* Appears in an episode of ''[[Las Vegas]]'' when two window washers are doing work on the Montecito casino's ''many'' hotel windows while shirtless. Justified because they were specifically paid extra to follow this dress code to placate the guests.
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== [[Music Videos]] ==
* The [[Village People]].
* In the video for the [[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', with the Springfield steel workers. "We work hard, we play hard!"
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* When a dance club called The Throckmorton Mining Company was under construction, there was a huge sign up that read MEN AT WORK, ENTER IN REAR.
* You can get really nice print fabric with pictures of men who fit this trope on it. Construction workers, firefighters (of course), and
* There was a promotion by a certain dishwashing liquid that would send you plates with pictures of men like this on it. Just get 3 of the codes and you could have plates with sexy firemen and pool boys on them.
* A classic image in Nazi and Soviet propaganda.
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