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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]] ==
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] did this in one episode (San Francisco International), with a shirtless Dr Forrester and Frank doing some repairs in Deep 13. Dr Forrester is in ''nice'' shape.
* Charlotte in [[Sex and the City]] fantasizes about the gorgeous rose
* [[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]]''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', with the Springfield steel workers. "We work hard, we play hard!"
{{quote|'''Bart:''' Dad, why did you take me to a gay steel mill?}}
== [[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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