Manly Guys Doing Manly Things: Difference between revisions

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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The main character Commander, full name/rank being Commander Badass. He says soldiers can be made from American soil and triple-A steak in the future, so are named by rank, but it's quite possible he was joking. {{spoiler|He was.}}

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Link tells Ganondorf that all Gerudo are dirty thieves. Okay, most of them are, but Link called him that after [[Hypocritical Humor|after smashing Ganondorf's flowerpots in search of rupees]].

* [[Five Token Band]]: The Commander's old squad.

* [[Five-Token Band]]: The Commander's old squad.

* [[Flat What]]: [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/398 Jared's reaction when his bean dip begins talking to him].

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Mr. Fish.

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* [[Kid With the Leash]]: Jared.

* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Link, natch.

* [[Know When to Fold Em]]: The "Gay Chicken" contest between Kratos and Leonidas [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/938 ends] when {{spoiler|Leonidas surrenders so he can go back to his wife and son.}}

* [[Know When to Fold'Em]]: The "Gay Chicken" contest between Kratos and Leonidas [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/938 ends] when {{spoiler|Leonidas surrenders so he can go back to his wife and son.}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Averted with Jared.

{{quote| '''Coelasquid:''' Jared has a new t-shirt every day, he may be a teenage boy, but at least he changes his shirt.}}

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* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: When the Commander stops dropping his g's, [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/323 you know you're in trouble].

* [[One of Us]]: In-universe:

** '''''[[Duke Nukem]]''''', [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/448 if you think about it...] due to his constant [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] and references from obscure places is shown to be a huge nerd.

** '''''[[Duke Nukem]]''''', [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/448 if you think about it...] due to his constant [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] and references from obscure places is shown to be a huge nerd.

** Also [[Lobo]], [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|The Heavy]], and [[Dragon Age|Sten]] join Duke and The Commander for [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/551 a game of] [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. However, since all of them insist on being fighters and barbarians despite the Commander voicing that he has reservations about how will work out that work, it can be assumed the Commander is the only one who really gets the game.

{{quote| '''Heavy:''' ROGUE IS COWARD.<br />

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* [[The Power of Rock]]: The fellows from ''[[Dragon Age]]'' [[Invoked|know]] that there's only [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/images/dragonmetal.jpg one way] to win after all else has failed...

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Kratos wins at Gay Chicken... because Leonidas wanted to go back to his family. This reminds Kratos that he doesn't have a family anymore, making the victory less than appreciated.}}

* [[Rated M for Manly]]: This and [[Testosterone Poisoning]] pretty well the reasons it exists.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: This and [[Testosterone Poisoning]] pretty well the reasons it exists.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]:

** More like [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/275 real men aren't assholes], but the principle is the same.

** [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/2010/08/02/elite-commando/ Kilts are the manliest way to be pantsless].

** Turns out that the Commander watches ''[[Jem and The Holograms]], [[The Care Bears]],'' and ''[[My Little Pony]]'' with his daughter, and has developed strong opinions about the characters and their relationships.

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: The cast list would qualify this comic alone, but that's not the end of the [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]].

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: The cast list would qualify this comic alone, but that's not the end of the [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]].

* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: The Commander and Jonesy are [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/654 as of this strip] a thing.

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/373 Apparently how] ''[[The Expendables]]'' was made.

* [[Shamu Fu]]: [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/150 This is] how you make [[Pokémon|Magikarp]] useful before the [[Magikarp Power]] sets in.

* [[Shout Out]]:

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** One comic basically equates Kratos's motives with the prom scene in ''[[Carrie]]''.

{{quote| '''Kratos:''' That's not how it went...<br />

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** In [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/164 this comic], Jared talks about how his parents still have his Xbox, making a reference to the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xbox-360-kid Xbox 360 kid meme]:

{{quote| '''Jared:''' They still have my Xbox! With my save files! And all of my achievements! How am I supposed to show everyone online that I'm beating games without it?}}

** The Halloween strip is basically a huge [[Shout Out]] to ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', with Canadian Guy showing up to work dressed as Robert Baratheon "because he's Canadian Guy."

** The Halloween strip is basically a huge [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', with Canadian Guy showing up to work dressed as Robert Baratheon "because he's Canadian Guy."

** Jared got obsessed with [[Hatoful Boyfriend]] at one point.

** While infected with the Nomura virus, the Commander sports [[Gurren Lagann|Kamina's]] sunglasses.

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* [[Stable Time Loop]]: The Commander is attacked by himself while he's having coffee. His future self steals his coffee, then disappears. The Commander then proceeds to travel back in time to beat himself up and get his coffee back... Which means he beat himself up for no reason. Although since the comic is titled "We all peacock in our own way," it's pretty obvious why he did it: [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|he was trying to impress Jonesy]]. That and keeping himself on his toes ("Watch your back and maybe this won't happen, candy-ass!").

* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: [[In Universe]], Jared's parents consider Pokemon training such [[Serious Business]] that they yell at him for being proud of his Gyarados, because Gyarados sucks in the metagame.

* [[Stop Helping Me]]: In the author's opinion, [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Fi]] is worse than Navi.

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: In the author's opinion, [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Fi]] is worse than Navi.

* [[The Swear Jar]]: Not for swearing, but [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/435 for saying the word "Epic"]. According to the that strip's description, there are seperate jars for saying "WIN" and "FAIL" as well. Commander's not a big fan of Internet slang.

* [[Take That]]: