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** Foley also ''wrote'' all of his books and, unlike many athletes, does not use a ghostwriter (he actually was given one on his first book, but was unsatisfied with his work). He proudly notes in the introduction to ''Have A Nice Day!'' that he wrote the over 700-page manuscript for it in longhand (mostly because his typewriter broke). Also, his publisher was surprised by how ''[[Doorstopper|long]]'' it was - they were expecting under 150 pages.
** He opens his first book by recalling spending a double-digit-hour plane ride home working on his manuscript longhand. He was so bleary-eyed and punchy from working hard on it that, upon arrival, his wife asked him repeatedly if he had been doing drugs.
* [[Happily Married]]: To his wife Collette for about twenty years now. A real-life [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] that has succeeded much to his own admitted astonishment, and it's not even a because-he's-famous example (they met while he was still working the independent circuit).
* [[Honorary Uncle]]: [[Paul Bearer]] was Mankind's honorary uncle after betraying [[The Undertaker]] and managing Mankind instead.
** In a related play on the trope, for a short period Mankind considered [[Goldust]] his honorary ''mother''.
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** [[Dented Iron]]: There's a reason he doesn't do much wrestling anymore. He also lampshaded this in "The Faces Of Mick Foley" when he said that he particularly liked his hippy-dippy Dude Love character because he didn't get hurt so much.
*** Lampshaded in an interview with [[Jim Ross]], where Jim suggested Foley (as Mankind) enjoyed pain. Mankind responded by asking if having his kids want to play with him but being too hurt to get out of bed was where the fun started.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Foley is often compared to film director [[Kevin Smith]] in terms of his approachability and friendliness towards his fanbase. He also donates a large portion of his income to different charities related to sexual abuse and volunteers on RAINN's help hotline.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Over time, wrestlers, announcers and fans stopped referring to him strictly by his preferred gimmick of the moment and simply called him [[Mick Foley]]. Watching old clips today, one probably thinks "[[Mick Foley]] as [Mankind, Cactus Jack or Dude Love]." This shouldn't be all that surprising though, given the fact that he switched between his three faces often and over time "Mankind" became [[Lighter and Softer]], more like Mick in [[Real Life]].
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]: His persona of Dude Love.
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** In one of his later books, Mick mentions being psyched at a chance to meet Tori Amos in real life... only to be horrified when he went through all of his older books and realized he mentioned listening to her music in conjuction with acts of ghoulish violence. Thankfully, her nephew was a wrestling fan and had read said books, so she knew what to expect from him when they met.
* [[Running Gag]]: As Commish, he'd often found the most absurd places to set up his office in the arena.
* [[Self
{{quote| "...and Mankind's dozens ''[[Crowd Song|(AND DOZENS)]]'' of fans..."}}
* [[Solemn Ending Theme]]: When he first appeared as "Mankind" in the WWF, he had two themes, an entrance theme and a different, more solemn exit theme that played when he won a match (which he requested specifically for the [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]).
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** One of the greatest moments of his career was when he did a TitanTron segment as both Mankind and Dude Love, while [[Triple H]] watched, confused, in the ring. When Foley announced that Cactus Jack was back, [[Triple H]] looked scared out of his ''mind.'' ''That's'' how you put someone over.
* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: As Mankind, he'd curl up at the corner of a ring before a match, rocking back and forth and letting out pig-like squeals.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: He even flats out admits this in his first book.
** [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: During the infamously bad "Lost in Cleveland" skits, an actress was used to play Foley's wife because the bookers felt people wouldn't buy Cactus Jack's wife being that hot. Colette(his actual wife) didn't think that was funny.
* [[Unnecessary Roughness]]: At the 1999 ''Royal Rumble'' event, Foley took '''ten unprotected chair shots to the head''' during his "I Quit" Match with [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]. The Rock wasn't supposed to keep on hitting him, and Mick himself classified the match as "having gotten away" from both of them; i.e. they both got caught up in the drama and neither was willing to end it before the scheduled finish. The Rock didn't apologize to Foley for his actions, and this later became a bitter sticking point on Foley's part, though he said that when he eventually confronted The Rock about it, The Rock thought that he ''had'' checked on Foley after the match, and was very upset upon realizing he hadn't.
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