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{{trope}}
[[File:Souma Mizuno.png|thumb|350px|link=Fire in His Fingertips|Those muscles aren't the only big thing he's got. Just ask his girlfriend. <ref>Source: Anime Episode 8 of [[Fire in His Fingertips]] Season 1 </ref>]]
{{quote|He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute.
|The Bimbettes fawning over Gaston during the song ''Belle'', '''''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)]]'''''}}
The classic European and American standard of male beauty,<ref>there was a period in the 18th and 19th centuries when [[Pretty Boy]] was the standard, but hunks have been more commonly admired at other times</ref> the '''hunk''' is two things: ''handsome'' and ''manly''.
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It is rare for a hunk to be an outright villain. However, a nasty hunk is often used to deliver the [[Moral of the Story]]. In this case, the (usually young, often teenage) heroine will imagine him to be a perfect [[Knight in Shining Armour]] type, but he's actually a [[Prince Charmless]], [[Jerkass]] or vain prick, thus proving that one should not judge another based on appearances.
[[Mr. Fanservice]] is usually one of these. Contrast [[Pretty Boy]]. East Asian pop-culture tends to use [[Bishonen]] as the go-to "hot guy standard" instead. Not (usually) to be confused with [[Hulk]]
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Calvin Klein hires hunks as underwear models.
* Abercrombie and Fitch is built on this trope.
* The [[Old Spice Guy]] openly exploits and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this trope.
* Three Words. Bod Men Fragrance.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* Gene Starwind in ''[[Outlaw Star]]''.
* Guts of ''[[Berserk]]'' due to constantly fighting since childhood.
* Portgas D. Ace in ''[[One Piece]]'' is a skilled fighter that served the pirate Whitebeard.
** Roronoa Zoro due to a lifetime of training.
* Son Goku in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' is Earth's mightiest warrior and always looks forward to training.
** His son, Gohan in his teen years.
** Future Trunks due to training under Son Gohan in a [[Bad Future]].
** It's pretty much easier to list the males in ''Dragon Ball'' that aren't hunks.
* Inugami of ''[[Wolf Guy|Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]''.
* Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez of ''[[Bleach]]''
** Main protagonist Kurosaki Ichigo has his moments. He's constantly training to ensure he stays powerful enough to keep his loved ones safe.
* Shin Seijurou from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''.
* Kamina from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' due to his life as a digger.
* Kurogane from ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''.
* Tyranno Hassleberry from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is presumably this due to his hobby of digging for dinosaur fossils.
** Damon due to survival training in the jungle and letting his hair grow. He's basically a [[Expy]] of [[Tarzan]].
** Kagemaru became a villainous example when his youth is restored and empowered by the Sacred Beasts. It's shortlived when he and the Sacred Beasts are defeated by Jaden.
* Souma Mizuno from ''[[Fire in His Fingertips]]'' is quite buff due to his job as a firefighter. He's also quite well-endowed according to his girlfriend and uses that along with his strength training to be [[Sex God|quite the lover to her.]] He's also the page image.
** Jun Hase and Yuuki Izumi for the same reason as Souma.
* Rekka from ''[[Blood Shadow]]'' due to training with the Crimson Lotus nearly his whole life.
* Akuji Yamamoto from ''[[Daiakuji]]'' due to him being a soldier and fighting to stop the misandrist government, Womenrica.
* Due to lacking magic his entire life, Asta from ''[[Black Clover]]'' began training his body from an early age to make up for it.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* [[Superman]] is usually drawn this way. [[Secret Identity|Clark Kent]] varies by the artist.
* Bruce Wayne aka [[Batman]] is also frequently drawn in a hunky manner.
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* [[The Hulk|Bruce Banner]] averts it, [[Hollywood Nerd|being short and skinny.]] His alter-ego doesn't fare much better, as he is generally drawn as extremely muscular but troll-faced. However, during the 90s Bruce Banner and the Hulk were merged into a single persona and this new incarnation was drawn with the Hulk's body and Banner's face, creating a (green) hunk.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* Gaston from ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' is a rare villainous example.
* Prince Charming in the ''[[Shrek]]'' movies. Also a villainous hunk.
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* [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]'s role as the name role of ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' was parodied in ''[[Mad Magazine]]''. Let's just say they named the parody ''The Scorpion Hunk''.
** The Rock is cast this way in virtually every role.
* In
* In the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], the [[Hulk]] has always been portrayed with Mark Ruffalo's face, rather than the "troll face" mentioned under Comic Books above.
* Being played by [[Mark Wahlberg]], David McCall from the 1996 film ''[[Fear]]'' is not only a rare villainous example but one that's [[Complete Monster|pure evil.]]
* A lot of male pornstars, gay or straight.
** Lee Stone is a good example. Not only is he very muscular, but he is [[Bigger is Better in Bed|massive between the legs]], killing the "muscular men are [[Compensating for Something]] [[Teeny Weenie|small"]] stereotype. This made him one of [[Chick Magnet|the most sought after]] [[Sex God|adult actors]] in the industry until his retirement.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Carrot Ironfoundersson in ''[[Discworld]]'' is described as being pretty hunky.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* Angel in both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', so much so that [[Even the Guys Want Him]].
* Booth in ''[[Bones]]'', who shares [[David Boreanaz|an actor]] with [[Angel]].
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* From ''[[Degrassi]]'', Spinner, Sean, Jay and Riley fit this trope to [[Memetic Sex God]] levels.
* ''[[Person of Interest]]'' gives us the [[Memetic Sex God|very attractive]] [[Jim Caviezel]].
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* Pretty much every male Gladiator in [[American Gladiators]].
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==▼
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* Due to varying fan opinions and [[World of Badass|the nature]] [[Rated "M" for Manly|of the form of fiction]], it would probably be quicker to mention wrestlers who do not fit this trope.
==
* Bill from ''[[Bill of the Beach]]'' is super buff, so strong he tore a woman's top off just by flexing, extremely well-endowed, and has so much stamina it took sex with 63 women to get him to start limping. As a teenager he also had [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|much longer hair]] and took to bodybuilding very quickly.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Chris Redfield and Billy Coen in ''[[Resident Evil]]''.
* Solid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', is considered this for a reason.
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* [[Memetic Sex God|Jecht]] from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' and ''[[Dissidia]]'' is actually described as having "the body of a bronzed god," which is in stark contrast to the many, many [[Pretty Boy|bishies]] in the series.
* Little Mac was considered this when ''[[Punch-Out!!]]' went into 3D.
* Guy Kazama from ''[[Last Alert]]'' is a handsome soldier whose combat training left him very muscular.
* Alex of ''[[Stardew Valley]]'' is a [[Lovable Jock]] with aspirations to be a gridball player and is often seen working out and talking about his muscles. He is also one of the bachelors in the game. However, while his profile pic is quite handsome, due to the 16 bit look to the game, his muscular build is more of an [[Informed Attribute]].
* Ludger Will Kresnik, the main protagonist of ''[[Tales of Xillia 2]]'' looks like a typical [[Bishonen]], but during Chapter 15, "Brothers Forever" the anime cutscene shows that he's actually pretty buff when he watches television and arm wrestles with his {{Spoiler|half-brother}}, Julius in a flashback.
* Riku from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' likely as a result of constant training on the Destiny Isles. Also doubles as [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]].
* A '''LOT''' of male fighters in tournament fighters are this. If we listed every single one, we'd be here for a long time. But some of the most famous examples are:
** Ken Masters and Ryu from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' franchise.
** Liu Kang and Johnny Cage from the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' franchise.
** Terry and Andy Bogard from the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' franchise.
* Because he likes to exercise, Kana from ''[[Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns]]'' is the most muscular (albeit still lean) bachelor in the game.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Johnny Bravo]]. Despite having the looks, he repulses women because he is such a preening dumbass. [[Word of God]] says Johnny does get girls offscreen though and the cartoon only highlights his failures for laughs. It's even confirmed in "Johnny and the Amazon Women" that he is not I repeat '''NOT A VIRGIN.'''
* The aptly named He-Man from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''.
* Big Macintosh from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' is a pony version.
* Raymond, a one shot love interest for Alex from ''[[Totally Spies]]'' is a young bodybuilder.
* Some incarnations of Fred Jones from the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise are quite muscular, most notably from ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', and ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]''.
* From ''[[The Simpsons]]'' franchise we got:
** Duffman, a mascot off Duff. Due to several actors portraying him, one is known to be gay while several are womanizers.
** Rainier Wolfcastle, a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
** Ned Flanders is actually quite buff under that shirt and shown to be quite well-endowed. He briefly becomes a [[Chick Magnet]] after his wife Maude dies and once had sex with a movie star.
** Chase, AKA, Pyro, is an [[American Gladiators|American Gladiator]] that was for a time the boyfriend of Luann Van Houten after she divorced Kirk.
* Kevin Levin from ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' and ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' when he becomes a teenager.
* Raimundo Pedrosa from [[Xiaolin Showdown]] is a leaner example but his training left him with six pack abs and muscle tone in his arms by the second season.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Always Male]]
[[Category:Masculinity Tropes]]
[[Category:The Beautiful Tropes]]
[[Category:Personal Appearance Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Hunk]]
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