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{{quote|"''In a period of industrial development and modernization in urban areas, logging remained a traditional business in which the workers exhibited pride in their craft, their physical strength and masculinity, and guarded their individualism. Their camps were a bastion of the traditional workplace as they defied modern rationalized management, and built a culture around masculinity.''" |
{{quote|"''In a period of industrial development and modernization in urban areas, logging remained a traditional business in which the workers exhibited pride in their craft, their physical strength and masculinity, and guarded their individualism. Their camps were a bastion of the traditional workplace as they defied modern rationalized management, and built a culture around masculinity.''" |
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|'''[[The Other Wiki]]''', [[wikipedia:Lumberjack|"Lumberjack"]]}} |
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Lumberjacks are commonly used to represent strength, man's dominance over nature, and the idea that [[An Axe to Grind|axes are pretty cool]]. In fiction they tend to be [[Badass]], often to the point of [[Testosterone Poisoning]]. Either that, or to sell paper towels. |
Lumberjacks are commonly used to represent strength, man's dominance over nature, and the idea that [[An Axe to Grind|axes are pretty cool]]. In fiction they tend to be [[Badass]], often to the point of [[Testosterone Poisoning]]. Either that, or to sell paper towels. |
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Because people will expect a lumberjack to be [[Rated "M" for Manly|manly]], they [[Double Standard|are almost always men]]. They tend to dress like a stereotypical 19th century [[Paul Bunyan]] type with [[Hollywood Dress Code|a flannel shirt]], [[Hunk|rugged outdoorsman look]], a [[Badass Beard]], and [[Muscles Are Meaningful|large muscles]] developed from years of swinging an axe. The much rarer female lumberjack will either be a [[Butch Lesbian]] and [[Played for Laughs]], or look exactly like [[Little Miss Badass|a normal girl]] wielding a giant axe, with her lumberjack heritage used to [[Hand Wave]] her insane [[Super Strength]]. |
Because people will expect a lumberjack to be [[Rated "M" for Manly|manly]], they [[Double Standard|are almost always men]]. They tend to dress like a stereotypical 19th century [[Paul Bunyan]] type with [[Hollywood Dress Code|a flannel shirt]], [[Hunk|rugged outdoorsman look]], a [[Badass Beard]], and [[Muscles Are Meaningful|large muscles]] developed from years of swinging an axe. The much rarer female lumberjack will either be a [[Butch Lesbian]] and [[Played for Laughs]], or look exactly like [[Little Miss Badass|a normal girl]] wielding a giant axe, with her lumberjack heritage used to [[Hand Wave]] her insane [[Super Strength]]. |
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== Advertising == |
== [[Advertising]] == |
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* The Brawny Paper Towel company tries to link this trope to the strength of their product by making their mascot a giant lumberjack. |
* The Brawny Paper Towel company tries to link this trope to the strength of their product by making their mascot a giant lumberjack. |
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== Film == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* Invoked in ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' with Kirk the Woodsman, an actor playing a burly [[Germanic Efficiency|German]] [[An Axe to Grind|axeman]] in commercials. |
* Invoked in ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' with Kirk the Woodsman, an actor playing a burly [[Germanic Efficiency|German]] [[An Axe to Grind|axeman]] in commercials. |
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* In ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', lumberjacking is what Logan does in his [[Retired Badass]] phase. |
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== Literature == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''The God Box'' by Barry B. Longyear |
* ''The God Box'' by Barry B. Longyear features a female lumberjack (who happens to be a fifteen-foot tall giantess). |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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* ''[[Full House]]'': One character spent some time hosting a children's television show and invited a second character to join it. The latter man scoffed at the idea, thinking it below him, till he was offered a role whose manliness satisfied him: "Lumberjack Jess." |
* ''[[Full House]]'': One character spent some time hosting a children's television show and invited a second character to join it. The latter man scoffed at the idea, thinking it below him, till he was offered a role whose manliness satisfied him: "Lumberjack Jess." |
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* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' played with this for a while, with Francis and his friend from military school believing they would be able to run off to Alaska and become these relatively easily. |
* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' played with this for a while, with Francis and his friend from military school believing they would be able to run off to Alaska and become these relatively easily. |
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* Flirted with and then subverted in the ''[[Monty Python]]'' Lumberjack Sketch. The singer dreams of being a lumberjack ... and [[Camp Gay]] at the same time. |
* Flirted with and then subverted in the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' Lumberjack Sketch. The singer dreams of being a lumberjack ... and [[Camp Gay]] at the same time. |
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== Music == |
== [[Music]] == |
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* "The Haircut Song" by [[Ray Stevens]] is about a variety of haircuts Stevens has received from insane barbers. Whenever he is feeling intimidated by a barber and is asked what he does for a living, his immediate response is "I'm a logger!": |
* "The Haircut Song" by [[Ray Stevens]] is about a variety of haircuts Stevens has received from insane barbers. Whenever he is feeling intimidated by a barber and is asked what he does for a living, his immediate response is "I'm a logger!": |
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{{quote|Now a lot of people would be intimidated in a situation like this...I was not. I am what I am, play my piano, and sing my little songs. I looked him right in the eye and I said, I'm a logger - just up from Coos Bay, Oregon. Been toppin' trees - quite possibly the toughest man in the entire world.}} |
{{quote|Now a lot of people would be intimidated in a situation like this...I was not. I am what I am, play my piano, and sing my little songs. I looked him right in the eye and I said, "I'm a logger - just up from Coos Bay, Oregon. Been toppin' trees - quite possibly the toughest man in the entire world."}} |
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* "The Lumberjack Song" from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. Lumberjacks are given the same treatment in that song as Arthurian Myths were given in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. |
* "The Lumberjack Song" from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. Lumberjacks are given the same treatment in that song as Arthurian Myths were given in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. |
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== Oral Tradition == |
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends == |
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* [[Paul Bunyan]] is the <s>[[Ur Example]]</s> [[Trope Codifier]], having originated in Canada in the early 19th century. There are many myths surrounding him, the most famous of which is that the 10,000 Lakes of Minnesota were formed by him and his sidekick, [[Species Surname|Babe the Blue Ox]], as they walked around in a blizzard. It's worth noting that most of the Paul Bunyan myth, including everything about Paul being a giant with a giant pet ox, was actually the invention of a 20th century copywriter who spun Paul Bunyan into a mascot for a logging company. |
* [[Paul Bunyan]] is the <s>[[Ur Example]]</s> [[Trope Codifier]], having originated in Canada in the early 19th century. There are many myths surrounding him, the most famous of which is that the 10,000 Lakes of Minnesota were formed by him and his sidekick, [[Species Surname|Babe the Blue Ox]], as they walked around in a blizzard. It's worth noting that most of the Paul Bunyan myth, including everything about Paul being a giant with a giant pet ox, was actually the invention of a 20th century copywriter who spun Paul Bunyan into a mascot for a logging company. |
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* The [[Ur Example]] is [[wikipedia:Big Joe Mufferaw|Big Joe Mufferaw]], based on real-life lumberjack [[wikipedia:Joseph Montferrand|Joseph Montferrand]]. Some of the stories about Big Joe Mufferaw would later be re-told with Paul Bunyan taking his place. |
* The [[Ur Example]] is [[wikipedia:Big Joe Mufferaw|Big Joe Mufferaw]], based on real-life lumberjack [[wikipedia:Joseph Montferrand|Joseph Montferrand]]. Some of the stories about Big Joe Mufferaw would later be re-told with Paul Bunyan taking his place. |
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== Video Games == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'': In Little Canadia, the player can encounter lumberjacks, lumberjills, and lumberjuans. The lumberjack supervisor carries ''[[One-Handed Zweihander|two]]'' double-sides axes. |
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'': In Little Canadia, the player can encounter lumberjacks, lumberjills, and lumberjuans. The lumberjack supervisor carries ''[[One-Handed Zweihander|two]]'' double-sides axes. |
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* In ''[[Princess Maker]] 2'', being a lumberjack increases your strength, which increases your attack power, which means if you do it enough, you'll be be killing enemies in one hit. |
* In ''[[Princess Maker]] 2'', being a lumberjack increases your strength, which increases your attack power, which means if you do it enough, you'll be be killing enemies in one hit. |
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* In the computer "card" game ''[[Urban Rivals]]'', the first boss card you get in your collection is a lumberjack. He starts looking like the stereotype and hulks out when levelling up. Also adds bonus damage to the whole team. |
* In the computer "card" game ''[[Urban Rivals]]'', the first boss card you get in your collection is a lumberjack. He starts looking like the stereotype and hulks out when levelling up. Also adds bonus damage to the whole team. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', lumberjacking makes people susceptible to Paul Bunyan's Disease, which causes those it affects to turn into a giant lumberjack who is "enraged at how many trees still stand within his vicinity." |
* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', lumberjacking makes people susceptible to Paul Bunyan's Disease, which causes those it affects to turn into a giant lumberjack who is "enraged at how many trees still stand within his vicinity." |
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== Western Animation == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* In the ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "The Blunder Years" Marge becomes infatuated with the lumberjack that is the mascot for a brand of paper towels. |
* In the ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "The Blunder Years" Marge becomes infatuated with the lumberjack that is the mascot for a brand of paper towels. |
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* In ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', Wendy's father is a ''really'' tough lumberjack named Manly Dan. [[Testosterone Poisoning| |
* In ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', Wendy Corduroy's father is a ''really'' tough lumberjack named Manly Dan. [[Testosterone Poisoning|They don't call him that for nothing.]] |
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