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'''Nelson:''' Ha ha!
'''Bart:''' Go ahead and laugh, but I took a chance and did something I wanted to do, and if that makes me a sissy, well I guess I'm a sissy!
''[[Beat]]''
'''Jimbo:''' ... [[Comically Missing the Point|he's a sissy! Let's get him!]]
|''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
For some reason, gritty loners, [[The Brute|hulking brutes]], and all around uber-manly characters tend to gravitate towards at least one decidedly un-manly interest or hobby. Usually, it involves baking, sewing, or [[Pink Means Feminine|the color pink]]. While oftentimes this hobby is [[Hidden Depths|kept under wraps]] alongside the [[Embarrassing Middle Name]], Mr. Badass quite often shamelessly enjoys it. Even more often, it's just [[Hidden Depths|one of those things]] [[You Didn't Ask|you just never bothered to ask about]]. Plus, apparently he was never instilled with the [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]] archetype when he was growing up. Or maybe he was, and couldn't be bothered with it anyway. It's a safe assumption that [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|he cares very deeply for his mother]].
Arguably the basis is that someone who's [[Rated "M" for Manly|self-evidently "masculine"]] doesn't need to demonstrate his masculinity in the stereotypical ways. (Even if by [[Punch a Wall|wall-punching]] steel and [[Death
On the color pink, it should be noted that as late as 1950's, it was still considered a "boy" colour. Pink was seen as a shade of red, which relates to manly concepts like blood and war. Blue was associated with the Virgin Mary and was seen as a more serene colour reserved for girls (in fact, the traditional colour for wedding dresses used to be ''blue'' before Queen Victoria popularized the white dress; all that remained of that is the line calling for "something blue" [[Old, New, Borrowed and Blue|in the rhyme]]).▼
▲On the color pink, it should be noted that as late as 1950's, it was still considered a "boy" colour. Pink was seen as a shade of red, which relates to manly concepts like blood and war. Blue was associated with the Virgin Mary and was seen as a more serene colour reserved for girls (in fact, the traditional colour for wedding dresses used to be ''blue'' before Queen Victoria popularized the white dress; all that remained of that is the line calling for "something blue" [[Old New Borrowed and Blue|in the rhyme]]).
Early in WWI, the French Army uniform included bright pink trousers. This was changed when the leaders realized it made them easy targets.
(Actually, French soldiers of early WWI used to wear a [http://a59.idata.over-blog.com/326x534/2/22/42/22/uniforme-1914-franc.jpg special kind of pink]{{Dead link}} they called [[Bilingual Bonus|rouge]], which was a natural dye from a plant called "garence".)
This trope doesn't work on extremely feminine looking [[Bishonen]] or [[Gender Bender]]s, as it's about MANLY MEN. If a character has enough girlish traits or hobbies that it starts to compromise his manliness, especially if they have an effeminate appearance, then the character may be [[In Touch with His Feminine Side]]. If he looks manly but never acts it he's just a [[Gentle Giant]].
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Contrast [[Testosterone Poisoning]], [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]], [[Sissy Villain]], [[Pink Is for Sissies]].
{{examples}}
== Advertising ==
* Toyota Racing did a "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYXiwlDBCZc Sponsafy Your Car]" contest that asked fans to go the Toyota Racing website and design their own paint scheme. In the commercial, a young girl named “Kimmy” designs a pink racecar for NASCAR star Kyle Busch. "Who doesn’t like kittens, bunnies and little baby seals?"
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* Oddly enough, "Real Men wear Pink" is a promotional tagline for Joop! cologne.
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Buccha from ''[[Air Gear]]'' wears a pink-and-white striped T-shirt.
* There's an interesting detail in ''[[Appleseed|Appleseed Ex Machina]]''. When Deunan, Briareos, and Tereus arrive at the ship of {{spoiler|Poseidon}} in their [[Humongous Mecha|landmates]], Deunan is given an advanced prototype landmate for the final assault. Briareos says he would like to take that one himself, except for the fact that it is pink. They also get the assistance of a group of {{spoiler|Poseidon}} soldiers, who all have their own landmates. Except for Argus, who takes Deunan's police landmate. Which leads us to the question why he doesn't use his own? Oh wait...
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* Dola's gang in ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Castle in The Sky]]''.
* Jet Black of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' is a big scary-looking ex-cop with a robotic arm who loves to cook and cultivates bonsai trees. Then again, Jet has so many hobbies—both manly and non-manly—he may count more as a [[Renaissance Man]].
* Parodied to death in, and rather the point of, ''[[
* The [[Badass]] [[Anti-Hero]] of ''[[Darker than Black]]'', known and feared throughout the underworld as [[Badass Nickname|the Black Reaper]], who earned his reputation by killing dozens of [[Differently-Powered Individual|contractors]] ''[[Badass Normal|before]]'' [[Badass Abnormal|he got superpowers]], is a skinny, innocuous guy who loves to cook. Seriously, leave him in a kitchen with nothing to do for five minutes and he'll start chopping vegetables. Valuable skill for a [[Big Eater]], especially since the show drops strong hints that it's the [[Power Incontinence|renumeration for his powers]]. {{spoiler|(It's actually just a quirk.)}}
* The anime of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' features Krad with a pink petticoat under his outfit. A very obvious, frilly pink petticoat. The animators claimed it was purple, but no. Did I mention that this guy spends his spare time playing torturous mind-games with his other half?
* ''[[Dragon Ball|DragonBall Z]]''--
** Satan / [[Bowdlerise|Hercule]]. Strongest human who isn't one of the Z-Fighters, [[Overprotective Dad]], world martial arts champion (and [[Fake Ultimate Hero]])... and a dog lover, who managed to turn [[Psychopathic Manchild|Majin Buu]] into a ''good guy.'' By '''''befriending him.''''' No, not [[Defeat Means Friendship|like]] [[
** At the start of the Trunks saga, Vegeta, the second most powerful being in the universe, is shown wearing a [http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm277/LoveWifeLunch/awalusedB3524-20071025202715.jpg pink shirt].
** Mercenary Tao wears a lot of pink.
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** He brings an evening dress along on a dangerous mission to a snowbound mountain, as a good-luck charm because dressing as a woman has saved his life so many times. Same sequence where he has his most impressive sword fight.
* [[CLAMP]] has another [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] example in ''[[Drug and Drop|Lawful Drug]]'': Saiga. He's also at least [[One Head Taller]] than his very [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|feminine looking]] [[Yaoi Guys|partner]] and ''always'' wears [[Cool Shades]]... but to Kazahaya's shock, Saiga is the one who is great at, and enjoys, sewing and cooking.
* [[Hot Shoujo Dad|Shiro Takamachi]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', a [[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～|ninja-assassin bodyguard that frequently took on terrorist organizations]] and has the [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|multiple scars to prove it]]. Eventually retired after [[
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'''s main character, Akito Tenkawa, pilots a hot pink [[Humongous Mecha]] ''and'' is an exceptional cook—this is a man who made crepes suzette as field rations. He's not a [[Badass]] in any sense of the word, but out of all the things people look down on him for, his ride and his skill in the kitchen are not among them.
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji Kabuto, the [[Hot-Blooded]] [[The Hero|hero]], is a [[Chef of Iron]], specially in the original manga, where it was shown he is the one cooks for his household. It is also implied that his cooking is pretty good no matter how ridiculous it is.
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* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Ryoji Kaji takes up growing watermelon as a hobby; he asks Shinji to keep it a secret, because he doesn't want his manly reputation to be compromised. Maybe his time spent with [[Ms. Fanservice|Misato]] left him with a taste for melons.<ref>The sad thing is, [[Chivalrous Pervert|he'd probably make this joke.]]</ref>
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** Sanji is a five-star chef who is always impeccably dressed and has a pronounced tendency to [[Lovable Sex Maniac|turn into subservient, heart-eyed goo]] in the presence of [[Hello, Nurse!|a pretty girl]]. He's also a grade A [[Badass]] [[Dance Battler]] and in the top three fighters on one of the most feared and renowned pirate crews in the world. Oh, and not forgetting the pink apron with the panda logo or his Skypiea shirts. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102093215/http://persephohi.deviantart.com/art/OP-Sanji-s-secret-DF-power-20914986 Search your feelings, you know it to be true].
** Ship's doctor Tony Tony Chopper famously sports a large pink hat that was given to him by his adoptive father. While he's not as powerful as Sanji it is highly recommended you don't piss him off because [[Beware the Nice Ones|he will Mess. You. Up.]]
** There's also Donquixote Doflamingo who wears a ''very'' pink feathery overcoat while treating [[People Puppets|people as puppets]] using what appears to be string based powers ( {{spoiler|which apparently double as [[Razor Floss]] when he feels like it}}).
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** Not to mention Mr. 2 Bon Clay, AKA Bon-chan, a self-proclaimed transvestite who loves pink clothes and swan motifs. Also possibly the manliest character in the series.
** [[General Ripper]] Akainu apparently wears a pink shirt going by one of the openings. As shown [http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a84/alinajames/snapshot20091115063745.jpg here.]
** Jinbei; while he wears a yellow kimono, often with floral print, ''no one'' will ''ever'' laugh at him after [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi16wmtb8DA&t=1s how he stood up to Big Mom] with enough courage to ''resist'' her soul sapping powers. His [[Nerves of Steel]] are tougher than that of an entire Marines fleet combined.
* The hero of the manga ''[[Otomen]]'' (a blend of ''otome'' = maiden + the English "men") has dedicated his teenage years to evading this trope and failing so, so utterly. He may look like the stoic ultra-manly [[Kendo Team Captain]], but he gives cute bento boxes to the girl he loves and makes stuffed animals in a trance when he thinks about her. His best friend uses him as the model for the ''heroine'' of his hit [[Shojo]] manga series.
** Later characters include very manly guys like Kitora, a tall and intimidating-looking [[Gentle Giant]] who loves flowers more than anything (or anyone) and Tounomine, Asuka's rival [[Kendo Team Captain]] who is obsessed with make-up and hair & skin care.
* Senri, the silent goliath bear-man from the manga ''[[
* ''[[Pokémon Special]]''--
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Ruby]], who participates in Pokémon Contests, regularly grooms his team, and even sews and trims outfits for man and 'Mon alike. Interesting case since we see the pink before we're given any hint to the man. Still, this is the son of [[Badass|Gym Leader Norman]] we're talking about.
** In the anime episode "The Screen Actor's Guilt", action movie star Brad Van Darn (a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Jean
* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', we have [[Gentle Giant|Kabaji Munehiro]], a huge giant at age 13, who enjoys knitting and considers Home Economics his favourite subject.
* Ranma Saotome, from ''[[Ranma ½]]'', is probably the strongest fighter in this continuity. Although [[I Just Want to Be Normal|he complains loudly about it]], he clearly enjoys ''some'' of the possibilities his instant-sex-change curse gives him. Eating [[Sweet Tooth|big, girly sundaes]] is about the only one he'll admit to. But, while he'll protest that he only goes to that extent because it's necessary, he does seem to get a thrill out of [[The Tease|"seducing" men]] to get them to surrender some [[MacGuffin]] or other—and his favorite "disguise" is a pink dress.
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* Drake Anderson from the ''[[Read or Die]]'' OVA is a badass, gruff mercenary capable of taking out super-powered enemies in hand to hand combat, surviving helicopter crashes without a scratch, and is outright feared by Paper-users for his prowess against them. He also enjoys pottery, sightseeing, and classical literature.
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'':
** Kenshin Himura is short, wears his long hair in a ponytail, always wears his pink kimono, cooks, washes the clothes, and cleans around the dojo... and he's the fearsome [[
** In the manga, Nobuhiro Watsuki claims he based Kenshin on Genzai Kawakami, an assassin during the bakumatsu who was short, thin and easily confused with a woman... he used it to his advantage by crossdressing and hiding at Geisha Houses after killing.
** Also of note is that in the manga, Kenshin is constantly mistaken for a woman, despite carrying a sword around (which was forbidden at the time) and having a [[X Marks the Hero|big badass scar on his face.]] He also serves as a babysitter to Dr. Gensai's granddaughters (exclusive to the anime as near as it can be told).
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* Ryuuji from ''[[Toradora!]]!'' is well-known at school for having the [[Face of a Thug]] and an intimidating presence, but in reality he's a proud [[House Husband]] who likes to cook while wearing aprons (including a pink one), and can often be found [[Neat Freak|cleaning the school bathroom with a toothbrush]] and doing the household sewing and shopping.
* In ''[[Weiss Kreuz]] [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Side B]]'' Ken Hidaka, the team's resident [[Big Guy]], is a former professional soccer player and ex-convict who [[Dirty Business|kills people for money]] with a pair of steel [[Wolverine Claws]]. He [[Blood Knight|likes his job]]. He ''also'' likes cookery, adores small children, appears to have unilaterally decided [[MacGuffin Girl|Kurumi]] is his surrogate sister and, like the [[Hitman with a Heart|rest of his team]], has a cover job as a florist.
* Volume 9 of ''[[
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''--
** Kazuma Kuwabara is a man's man, but he still has a soft spot for cats...especially his pet kitten, Eikichi. Not to mention he is one of few men who will loudly, without ANY hesitation whatsoever, proclaim that he does what he does for love. Even calls himself a Warrior of Love several times.
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* Galvatron, the [[Big Bad]] of Transformers - Beast Wars II, is totally PINK. He even transforms into a giant pink dragon (make of that what you will). Despite that, he is a deadly serious villain, and in his dragon form, a rampaging unstoppable monster attacking friend or foe. Well, except when he is sleeping - which he does for most of the series.
* Eguchi, the main character of the popular biker gang series ''Shounan Bakusozoku'' (aka ''Bomber Bikers of Shonan''), isn't just the leader of the titular biker gang but also of his school's handicraft club.
* Yawara Chatora, aka Tiger, from the Forest Training Camp Arc of ''[[My Hero Academia]]''. The sole male member of the Wild, Wild Pussycats, he is a big, tough, muscular [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] who... wears a dress.
== Comic Books ==
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* Everyone knows [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]], right? ''The'' accept-no-substitutes Captain America, paragon of all that is good, patriotic and manly, a statuesque, muscled beacon to heroes the world over... and enthusiastic artist. He was a professional illustrator occasionally when he had a secret identity, and once ended up drawing ''his own'' (licenced) ''comicbook''. Let's face it, if Captain America does it, it's not girly: it's ''awesome''.
** That may derive from [[Most Writers Are Male]], as the guys making the comics want to be seen as manly, so what could be more manly than something done by Captain America? And if it's manly, Cap has to do it, so he illustrates and because illustrating is manly the writers... aso.aso.
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120610184050/http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/05/31/steve-rogers-former-sissy-boy/ Issue #225 (9/1978)] shows Cap as not always being a seemingly stereotypically macho man. He was also often described in other origin retellings as being sickly, frail and avoided rough play as well as spending a lot of his childhood avoiding bullies through staying inside drawing (and being teased for having such interests, so in one origin retelling it was stated that art was a secret hobby) and having his [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105165931/http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/04/26/arnie-roth/ childhood best friend Arnie Roth] as his protector. So while art isn't necessarily a "feminine" interest, it does get treated like one for him and is a strong link to his past. And as for the icing on a cake, in issue #2 (4/1941) Steve shows while undercover an ability to knit.
* Leslie in ''[[Liberty Meadows]]'' cries while watching ''[[Touched By an Angel]]'', but changes the channel to a wrestling match and starts grunting when Ralph enters the room. Of course, it would be hard for Leslie to be described as a Real Man, even if he weren't a frog.
** Though with a name like Leslie, his masculinity is probably called into question now and then.
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* In [[Transformers]], the Generation 1 Marvel Comics, there are quite a lot of Decepticons who wear pink - but are scary/buff enough to let this be acceptable: Fangry is an [[Axe Crazy]] psycho, Carnivac is a badass turncoat, and Spinister is the cool professional.
* [[Marvel Comics]]' sentinel-from-the-future, Nimrod, was a big pink robot. He was also one of the deadliest opponents the X-Men ever fought; just ''surviving'' a fight with him was an accomplishment.
== Fan Works ==
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20120413194746/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6480316/1/The_World_in_Black_and_White The World in Black and White] [[Bleach|Ichigo]] is like this. How manly is he? He is a ''[[Person of Mass Destruction|Vasto Lorde]]'' class hollow and it is greatly implied that he is the one doing the household chores and ''cooking'' while not gallivanting around Hueco Mundo.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1263379/gabriel_blessing Gabriel Blessing's] brilliantly done [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6154638/1/ The Hill of Swords] is a ''[[Fate/stay night
* Ryan Lee from ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Dragon]]'' is a tough-as-nails martial artist who will go to any lengths to protect his friends. He also attends a girls' school, wears ballet shoes with his school uniform, and has been studying aikido, which is a graceful and [[Dance Battler|dance-like martial art]], for years prior to the story. He even wears pink in numerous episodes (not counting the pink skirt he wears with his school uniform), including a couple of episodes where he wears a leotard.
* There is a ''[[Pokémon]]'' ROM-hack called "Manly Pink Version". Its mascot is [[Pokémon Black and White|Audino]].
== Film ==
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* As suggested by the title of [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights|Robin Hood Men in Tights]]'', Robin's Merry Men discover this as they struggle to adapt to their standard-issue pantyhose.
{{quote|'''Little John:''' Let's face it: you gotta be a ''man'' to wear tights!}}
* Sid in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' wears all black, tortures his toys and terrorizes his sister, but in his sleep, dreams about "riding the pony". A subversion, because he has plainly not yet learned to embrace that side of himself.
** From the third movie, Lotso is a purple teddy bear who runs {{spoiler|Sunnyside}} with an iron fist, and the clothing-obsessed [[Camp Straight]] Ken is one of the toughest guards.
* ''[[Miss Congeniality]]''
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* [[Steven Seagal]]'s Casey Ryback in ''[[Under Siege]]'' and especially ''Under Siege 2'' is a world-class chef.
* [[John Wayne]] wore a pink shirt or bandana in quite a few of his Westerns. And in ''[[El Dorado]]'', when he relaxes in a cantina, does he join a poker game? No, he plays dominoes with a couple of ladies.
* ''[[Tangled (2010 film)|Tangled]]'' has a song, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgLx7OgU7zA I've Got a Dream]", that's all about a bar full of hard-nosed, leather-wearing, heavily armed brutes reveling in their sensitive sides.
* Woody Harrelson, as [[Badass]] zombie killer Tallahassee in ''[[Zombieland]]'' has his moments.
{{quote|'''Tallahassee: '''Have you ever read that book "She's Just Not That Into You?"
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** His favorite movie? ''Not'' something like ''[[Die Hard]]''. It's ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''
* [[Discworld]] is ''full'' of people who fulfill this trope.
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** Captain Carrot Ironfounderson, a six-foot tall Dwarf, has all the typical Dwarf traits: a dedication to polishing his armour, a great admiration of all forms of craftsdwarfship (from bakery to jewellery to the latest in fashion), and enough upper body strength to drive his sword through the [[Big Bad]] and ''right through'' the three feet thick marble pillar behind him. More uniquely "Carrot" traits involve starting a youth football club (among the violent street gangs of the world's worst ghetto), setting up a "volunteer" scheme to do things for the elderly (the "volunteer" helpers are convicted murderers on a community service scheme) and arresting the rulers of Ankh-Morpork several times (including the Dragon who took over the city and the head Thief of the Thieves' guild).
*** Oh, and one time he tried to arrest ''Vetinari himself''.
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*** Although the time he arrested the head thief was an accident; he was new to the city, and once they explained the Guild system to him there was no more trouble with it.
** Wee Mad Arthur, a three-inch-tall Feegle [[Raised by Wolves|raised by gnomes]] who loves ballet, opera and visiting art galleries and {{spoiler|can beat up half-a-dozen regular Nac Mag Feegle single handed}}. He also ''terrifies'' full-sized humans, and anyone who tries to step on him never tries it twice.
** In ''[[
* In the ''[[Phule's Company]]'' novels, Sgt. Escrima is an [[Supreme Chef|exceptionally talented chef]], and chose his Legion name for his preferred fighting style (involving two sticks), which he teaches to other members of the company. Do ''not'' criticize his cooking unless you enjoy pain, since he's been known to [[Berserk Button|hospitalize would-be food critics]].
* Zillah from ''[[Lost Souls]]'' by Poppy Z. Brite is an incredibly badass vampire who impregnates several women throughout the story, who's always described as "beautifully androgynous" with long hair he ties back with a purple scarf.
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** This recently became [[Ascended Fanon]]: on Pottermore pressing flowers is listed as one of Quirrell's hobbies.
* A minor character in ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'' called Butch, a bulky dude with a shaved head and a face like a pile of bricks. His mother is Iris, the Rainbow Goddess. Got a problem with that?
* In an opening segment of ''[[Cheers]]'', two tough looking guys order banana and strawberry daquiris; Cliff can't help but laugh, and he ''really'' regrets it.
== Live Action TV ==
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* Michael Westen, resident badass of ''[[Burn Notice]]'', has a ''lot'' of pink shirts, to Agent Bly's amusement. Apparently you can ''still'' get away with that in Miami twenty years after ''[[Miami Vice]]''...if you're a badass ex-spy.
* Ianto Jones of ''[[Torchwood]]'', who not only frequently wears pink shirts, but also coordinated his ties and three piece suits. While not prone to violence, he did once taser a man in the head because he was holding Captain Jack and the rest of the team hostage, and shot a teammate to prevent him from risking all their lives. Also supremely badass, he head-butted a cannibal who was threatening to eat him.
* ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'s'' Jayne Cobb is a musclebound hulk, an amoral mercenary, a seasoned combat veteran, a crack shot with a rifle or pistol, and a brutal streetfighter. He also wears brightly-colored bobble hats with earflaps that [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|his mother knits for him.]]
{{quote|'''Wash:''' A man walks down the street wearing a hat like that, people know he's not afraid of anything.}}
** It's technically known as a tuque. Jayne puts it on and remarks, "Pretty cunning, don'tcha think?" Google "Jayne's Cunning Hat" and you'll find hundreds of tuque patterns posted by ''Firefly'' fans who can knit.
** This extends to another character who fits that description: thanks to a ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''-playing ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' fan, the [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong|Heavy Weapons Guy]] can sport Jayne's hat too.
** Mal also crossdresses in the episode "Our Mrs Reynolds" and seems to like that pink bonnet of his. Later in the episode he implies with apparent fondness that he's done so before.
** YMMV on Mal, though - part of the script that didn't make it past the [[Executive Meddling|Fox Executives]] suggests the only reason Mal's in the dress is because his [[Lancer]], the even more badass and intimidating but [[Action Girl|not quite manly]] Zoe [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|refused to wear it]].
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** He also happens to be played by a [[Real Life]] example: Peter Capaldi is an art school graduate, is rather fond of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7Dz_1u2Jo literally wearing pink], and has described himself as "an incurable old fop". One would never guess from seeing him in character as Malcolm.
* Albert Lambreaux in ''[[Treme]]'' is a stoic construction contractor who isn't afraid to brawl with the police and hunt down a thief to beat him within an inch of his life. He's also the Big Chief of a New Orleans Indian tribe, who prance around in outrageously garish feather costumes during certain holidays. At one point, his son has to reassure him that his tribe will be "the prettiest" at the next event.
* The ''[[Lexx]]'' universe dials this trope [[Up to Eleven]]. I mean, just ''look'' at the battle wear of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130124064134/http://www.thepicbug.com/season2/2x18brigadoom/images/brigadoom079.jpg the renowned Brunnen-G warrior race]. Or of [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Thodin.jpg badass rebel leader Thodin].
* [[The BBC|BBC 2]]'s ''The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook'' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Two guys who look pretty much like [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]] ... travelling around the UK to look at local recipes.
** One of the Bikers, Dave Myers, is a double example: before becoming a TV presenter, his career was as a TV/film make-up artist.
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* Barney in ''[[Barney Miller]]'' often wears a pink dress-shirt.
* Dean from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' is a badass demon hunter...who admits to watching Oprah.
* Worf of ''[[Star Trek: The
* Shawn Hunter from ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' is a troubled kid from the wrong side of the tracks. He also admits to writing secret poems to help express his feelings and having "thought about" crossdressing so much that he already has a name for his female alter-ego, "Veronica", and years later he is the go-to guy for advice on crossdressing, when Eric wants help.
* [[Sixth Ranger|Gai]] [[Promoted Fanboy|Ikari]] from ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' likes Pink pants
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== Mythology ==
* Surprisingly, this trope is [[Older Than Feudalism]], at least. As punishment for killing somebody, [[Genius Bruiser]] [[Classical Mythology|Hercules]] is forced into slavery to Queen Omphale for a year, who forces him to [
** The punishment was "just" the slavery, but she married him when she saw that the "slave" she had bought was a hero. They actually were in love with each other, which was the explanation for why he accepted said genderbending stuff.
* He ain't the only one, either. ''Achilles'' spent a good part of his life pulling a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] per orders of his overprotective and worried mother, who wanted to keep him from dying in [[The Iliad|the war]]. Odysseus unmasked him by disguising himself as a vendor and exhibiting swords ''and'' jewelry to the local girls—Achilles was the only one in the crowd who chose the weapons.
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* The color pink is practically a staple of the Hart [[Wrestling Family]]. [[Bret Hart|Bret "The Hitman" Hart]] is known as much for his distinctive pink-and-black singlets as he is for his incredible matches. This started when he was tagging with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, one of his brothers-in-law and a more overt badass. Younger brother [[Owen Hart]] later got in on the act.
** [[Legacy Character|The Hart Dynasty]], consisting of David Hart-Smith (son of "[[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]]" and Diana Hart), Tyson Kidd (one of the last graduates of the Hart Family Dungeon before it closed down) and [[Natalya Neidheart]] (daughter of the aforementioned Jim) also wear the color pink.
* On a more outlandish, character-based level, [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], for a short time, played host to Vito, a six-feet-tall, bald, musclebound Italian [[Badass]]—who liked to wear frilly dresses, and who was often referred to as "the toughest man to ever wear a dress". Debate still rages on whether this was [[Kayfabe]], or a [[Real Life]] preference of Vito's, especially since, rumor has it, after he was released from WWE, he attempted to negotiate a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship with the rider that he would be allowed to compete in a dress. Of course, the gimmick came about at the same time a mobster on ''[[The Sopranos]]'' was revealed to be gay, and [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] likes ripping off pop culture for character ideas. On the other other hand, it might have started as a gimmick but the wrestler who played him [[Becoming the Mask|might have grown to like it]].
** An earlier WCW storyline saw Perry Saturn (a bald, heavily tattooed wrestler), lose a Loser Wears a Dress match and subsequently start wearing black latex-looking skirts. If the story from [[Chris Jericho]]'s autobiography can be believed, Saturn ''wanted'' this change in character. Several years later, he was shot ''twice'' saving a woman from two men attempting to rape her. And barely even noticed until the officer on scene pointed out the wounds. To help drive that last point home, the bullet wounds were discovered ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|in his neck.]]''
*** Saturn was a legitimate Army Ranger before he became a wrestler.
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* WWE had also once the skirt-wearing Headbangers. This was back when kilts were big among metalheads... but what The Headbangers wore could only be considered kilts if one were especially charitable.
** Their t-shirts even had a variation of the trope's name on it: "REAL MEN WEAR SKIRTS".
** The same can also be said of some of Raven's "kilts" in his [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and earlier [[TNA]] runs.
* And then there's the guy who started it all back in 1941: [[Gorgeous George]]
* Yutaka Yoshie. Big scary dude. Wears a neon pink singlet.
* [[Diamond Dallas Page]], three-time World Champion Wrestler, practices yoga daily, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110408112209/http://irreference.com/yoga-for-regular-guys/ has co-authored a book on the subject].
* [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio Jr]] has several outfits in shades of pink and purple, and admitted in an interview to collecting perfumes and cologne. In the same interview, however, he also showed off his sword collection and vaguely implied having enough skill to be able to shave his beard with them.
* A number wore [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|feather boas]], like [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Jesse Ventura]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer
** The Emperor's Children are sadistic, evil, merciless, traitorous junkie rapists. They also wear hot pink armour and have a thing for velvet.
** That's because pink on black is one of the few colours that has any impact on their perception. Spending ten thousand years as a [[Sense Freak]] will do that to you.
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* Shinjiro Aragaki in ''[[Persona 3]]'' is very fond of cooking and is a regular viewer of the family cooking show—although, as shown in one of the omake videos in the FES expansion pack, he would have preferred the rest of SEES not to realize this.
** He's also a big softy when it comes to animals. Take him to the film festival, and his response to the "Amazing Pet Adventure" films is a shocked, "The river... it just... washed that dog away..." He then ''turns to keep you from seeing him cry.''
* ''[[
** And in the spiritual precursor ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', there's Potemkin. [[Mighty Glacier|More powerful than an armored division]], [[Megaton Punch|capable of delivering four tons of pressure with two fingers]]. Now, you might be asking, "Two fingers? How would that be common knowledge?" [[Power Perversion Potential|And no, so shut up.]] Well, it's because of what he dislikes: pencils that can't withstand said four tons of pressure. And his most treasured possession: a pencil case that can withstand being trampled by a dragon. He's an artist, and apparently quite an avid one.
** Iron Tager, a tricked-out, super-strong cyborg. One of his hobbies? Making ships in a bottle.
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** Try Reid, from ''Symphonia'''s spiritual predecessor ''[[Tales of Eternia]]''. Pink, embroidered "man-bra", as it has been described elsewhere on this wiki. The boy can cook, which is as well, since he's also a [[Big Eater]]. And he's as close as the team has to a [[Team Mom]], serving as a cautious, responsible foil to Farah's brash impulsiveness and Meredy's childish curiosity and enthusiasm (compare to [[Hot-Blooded|every other series lead]]). He also has a good case to be the straightest-played lead in the [[Tales (series)|entire series]], and he's got the potential to wield the power of [[God|Seyfert]].
* Jowd wears a pink artist's smock in ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective|Ghost Trick]]''. Though, arguably, when you're in jail for murdering your wife, your manly reputation is probably not such a big deal.
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'''s Miles Edgeworth embraces his trope as he wears a magenta blazer with matching trousers. And on the off-chance that it's actually ''red'', there is also his totally-not-sissy-but-incredibly-manly ruffles. In one [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] commercial, he has a pink
** All of the buttons on the touch screen of his own game are magenta/pink.
** Subverted, however, with his half-way closeted love of the children's [[Show Within a Show]] ''The Steel Samurai''. Edgeworth spends a lot of time trying to pretend he doesn't like it as much as he does.
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* Real knights also wear pink, as Ragnar of ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' will have you know.
** The warriors in ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' also wore pink armor with wings on the helmet, whether they were a gigantic, stern-faced man or a temperamental, no-nonsense woman.
* ''[[Kirby]]'' proves real men ARE
* One of [[F-Zero|Captain Falcon]]'s alternate costumes in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' is pink. His [[Memetic Mutation|Falcon Punch]] isn't fazed one bit by this.
** Similarly, one of [[Metal Gear Solid|Snake's]] palette swaps is a neon pink-orange camo suit. You don't get any manlier than Snake.
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* Starman from ''Pro Wrestling''. While his entire skin is pink (in addition to a purple painted star on his face), he is an accomplished acrobat.
* [http://www.mariowiki.com/Roy_Koopa Roy Koopa], probably the biggest and meanest of the Koopalings from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros]]'' games, is also bright pink and wears magenta shades.
** In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' his shell has been recolored a darker purple... the top of his head and shades are still pink, though.
* In former instances of Koei's ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' franchise, [[Blood Knight|Blood Knight Lu Bu's]] costume always fittingly consisted of gold, red and... purple? In the lastest sixth installment of the series, he dropped the purple for a mostly black and red [[24-Hour Armor|full body armor]], but instead got [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511192741/http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/downloads/wallpapers/dw6/wall-lubu-1600x1200.jpg some nice make-up]. Of course, [[Game Breaker|nobody would]] [[One-Man Army|ever dare to]] [[The Berserker|question Lu Bu.]]
** Ikaku Madarame of ''[[Bleach]]'' wears similar eye-makeup. It's shorthand for "Bad Ass" in both Chinese traditional theater and Kabuki theater.
* Link, in several installments of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', wears tights...or no pants at all. [[Robin Hood: Men in Tights|Hey, ya gotta be a MAN to wear tights!]]
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** And in the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]]'' mythos, when he draws the Four Sword and is split into a quartet, one of the Links dresses in lilac purple.
** When he enters the Dark World, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'', he turns into a ''pink'' rabbit. {{spoiler|Before he gets the Moon Pearl, that is.}} The best part: it is explained ''in game'' that your form in the Dark World represents your inner self. In that same game, Link's sprite also has pink ''hair'' (though this may be due to a limitation of the SNES's palette at the time).
** There's also ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'' where he has to be [[Disguised in Drag]] to enter Gerudo Town.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'''s Hugo and his family from ''[[Final Fight]]'' and various other Capcom games wear trademark leopard-print tank tops. Doesn't help that [[Executive Meddling|licensing issues]] resulted in his constant companion Poison being [[She's a Man In Japan|declared a transsexual]].
* Almost every male in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' has some of this about him. Team Captain Welkin loves going on nature hikes and has discovered six new insect species, and big man Largo, who carries around the VC equivalent of a bazooka as his personal sidearm is an avid vegetable grower and actually gets combat bonuses from standing near vegetables.
* It's... [[This Loser Is You|arguable]] how [[Badass]] ''[[No More Heroes]]''' Travis Touchdown is, but any anime-loving Troper has to respect how he can go out and kill people while wearing a pink ensemble of made-to-order merchandise for his favourite anime. Incidentally, it's the most expensive outfit.
** Also, his favourite anime is a [[Magical Girl]] show featuring incredibly [[Moe]] characters, and if Sylvia's comments are anything to go by he knows how to give massages too. He also loves his cat.
* Judging from ''[[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]]'', Solid Snake is into women's figure skating.
** However, given the ''figures'' necessarily required for said women to remain athletically competitive, this might be a [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty/Recap|subliminal subversion]] that flows nicely with the programmers' tendency to put up photos-as-posters throughout the series...of their wives in highly revealing swimsuits/underwear.
** Big Boss likes cute things, a little more than you'd expect. In ''[[Metal Gear]]'', he insists on asking Snake if the enemy uniform is a '[[Sailor Fuku|cute little sailor suit]]', and in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' he loves the Ga-Ko camo, because "What's wrong with being cute?" He also develops a fondness for the Oyama face paint (which emulates a woman's makeup), and - let's not start on the "Love Pack" in ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]''.
* From ''[[Flashback (video game)|Flashback]]'', we have Conrad Hart, a fearless government agent who fights aliens. He wears a pink shirt in all versions except the Genesis and Sega CD ports.
* ''[[Ace Combat]] 6'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JlLGJRUI downloadable Idolmaster-skinned planes], including a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTM7OipSoc0 pink F-22], but none of these are [[Joke Character]]s.
** Gryphus One from ''Skies of Deception'' has a cutesy cartoon bird on his insignia along with the Southern Cross.
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* ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'': The original berserker-packin' man-and-a-half's reason for ''blowing up hell''? The demons killed his pet bunny. Named Daisy. Seriously, play the fourth episode of ''Ultimate Doom'' and see for yourself.
* While not ripping the faces off of representatives of the living dead, Lovecraftian horrors, and/or demon lords, player characters in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' may spend their free time learning to cook, sew, and pick flowers. And yes, there is pink armor.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510075458/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/5160-Stolen-Pixels-15-Azeroth-Travelogue-Part-2 Herbs. Grognok gather herbs.]
** Paladins are notorious for getting the pink treatment. Their Tier 5 armor set from the raids in ''The Burning Crusade'' was all bright sparkly lavender in color. Their Tier 10 armor set from ''Wrath of the Lich King'' features a plate skirt. And in the default raid U.I., every character's name appears in a different color based on his/her class: warriors are tan, priests are white, mages are light blue, etc. ... guess what color paladins are!
* In ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' Archer himself, [[Rated "M" for Manly|epitome of manliness]], enjoys cooking, cleaning and making tea. Not that he really gets the opportunity to do so more than ten minutes into the game or so but...
** As does Shirou, who also owns a pink apron on top of it. Although the housekeeping side of him is only shown before he starts doing anything badass.
*** He still does quite a bit even after he starts fighting. At the end of the Unlimited Blade Works route, right before the final battle, Shirou decides to get pumped up for the fight... by cooking everyone a gorgeous dinner. Also, in {{spoiler|the True End of}} Heaven's Feel, he starts to make a big meal for everyone, and this is ''after'' he {{spoiler|literally turned his entire body into ''swords''.}}
* Minsc from the ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldurs Gate]]'' series, a hulking beast of a man whose weapon of choice is a [[
** Although he is more a [[Man Child]] with a strong hint of the [[Cloudcuckoolander]] than Manly Man.
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''--
** Chousokabe Motochika is [[The Captain|leader]] of an infamous [[Pirate]] crew, sports a [[Badass]] [[Eyepatch of Power]], beats his enemies to a pulp with an ''[[Anchors Away]]'' and has [[Mr. Fanservice|abs you could grate cheese on]]. He also wears a full pink and purple ensemble, complete with [[Flower Motifs]]. Plus his [[
** Then there's Maeda Keiji, a six foot-tall muscle bound tank who fights with [[Cherry Blossoms|sakura]] [[Petal Power|petals]], wears flowers in his hair, has an adorable pet monkey, and frequently gives heartfelt speeches on [[Love Freak]], even while he's brutalizing enemies with his [[
** And these two are some of the manliest characters in the series!
* ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' kills robot armies, kicks alien ass, and shits down their throats... he also likes to watch ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]]'', and wore a pink vest in his original incarnation.
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** [[Mr. Fanservice|Jacob Taylor]] enjoys watching ''[[Old Yeller]]''
* Sukapon, the Main character of ''Joy Mecha Fight'', is a pink comedian robot.
* Malik of ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' has a very ''special'' [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] costume. [http://www.4gamer.net/games/088/G008879/20100326013/ It needs to be seen to be believed.]
* Isaac Washington from ''[[House of the Dead]]'': OVERKILL. [[Scary Black Man]] and [[Badass]] [[Cowboy Cop]] who blows away [[Not Using the Z Word|mutants]] with [[Guns Akimbo]], is on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against the [[Big Bad]] for [[You Killed My Father|killing his father]], and almost literally can't go a minute without dropping a [[Cluster F-Bomb]]. Also manicures, hates bugs, and was [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|visiting his mom]] when the mutants attacked.
* In ''[[Sigma Star Saga]]'', a Kril wearing gold insect wings is a pretty girly thing, as the [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism|females grow these when in love]]. Said wings are [[Bizarre Alien Biology|detachable]], and are sometimes given as a gift to her boyfriend. The average Male Kril wouldn't wear them, but Star Pilot Recker does, and with pride. The powerup is even called ''Girl Wings''.
* Captain Reginald von Winslow, the sun-baked old seadog in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'', wears pink frilly underwear.
* According to the dye descriptions in ''[[Fable II]]'', pink is an ominous color in Albion. One dye color is 'Insatiable Butcher Pink'. Dyeing all of your male avatar's clothes in it subtly increases how much the civilian populace fears you.
* Mira Han's mercenary company in ''[[
* Hagel Boldness of ''[[Atelier Rorona]]'' (and reappearing from many other Gust games) is a huge, burly man's man whose massive, tree-trunk-sized arms were built working the forges... and who is '''''not at all sensitive about his lack of hair''''', likes to design cute, frilly dresses in his spare time, and breaks into tears just thinking about dear ol' mama. And there's nothing the least bit unmanly about ''any'' of those things, '''''got it?!'''''
* Among the list of insults that Umberto levels at Tommy in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'' is the claim that he is exploiting this trope, dressing effeminately so that people will assume he's a tough guy.
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* Raven from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' wears a pink shirt and a purple [[Badass Longcoat]].
* In Episode 2 of ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness'', during the cutscene following Charles' defeat, Gabe (who is a brute in his 1920s incarnation) [[Crowning Moment of Funny|comes out of the kitchen with a pie, while wearing a pink apron and pink oven mitts.]]
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* "Real men wear pink" is practically [[Dominic Deegan|Donovan Deegan's]] [[Catch Phrase]], especially given that it dominates almost his entire wardrobe, from suits and [[Badass Longcoat|dress coats]] to a "banana hammock" and a complete set of pink scale mail armor. Yeah. Really. His honorary orc name actually means "little pink man in pink", and the orcs affectionately refer to him as [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815130519/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-02-26 "Uncle Pinky".]
** Indeed, in his first appearance, it's [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210215007/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-03-04 one of the first things he says.].
* Ken, the drunken, [[
* [[Sociopathic Hero|Black Mage]] of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' recently redecorated the [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|Temple of Fiends.]] [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/09/16/episode-1038-what-a-chakra/ This] is ''his'' room.
** Not to mention Red Mage's crossdressing, and the fact that he had a specific female name he wanted to be called by.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''
** Bun-bun takes the [[Killer Rabbit]] trope to such [[Sociopathic Hero]] and [[Jerkass]] extremes that it's a little unsettling when he acts [https://web.archive.org/web/20090117015725/http://72.36.141.236/daily.php?date=070626 like a cute widdle bunny].
*** He's also been known to wear [https://web.archive.org/web/20141022034759/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=050925 pink silky dresses.]
** [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Lord Horribus]] of the Dimension of Pain has a teddy bear called Mr. Boo-boo. According to a presumably non-canon guest artist story, he also has a thing for [[unicorn]]s. This is all the more extreme considering that he belongs to a [[Our Demons Are Different|species]] that feel [[Good Is Bad and Bad Is Good]] so strongly they are repulsed by the smell of flowers.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]] Reynardine from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' seems to be in denial about this. In public, he protests that "Reynardine [[The Magnificent|The Great]] does not play with dolls!"; in private, he arranges tea parties with Kat's [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]], [[Batman]], and [[The X-Files|Fox Mulder]] action figures. In public, he's seen reading classics like ''El Cid''; in private he reads ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' with barely-concealed glee.
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* A pair of fuzzy bunny slippers are a part of [[Doctor Steel]]'s lounging wardrobe. (He's also been photographed with a teddy bear.)
* Arkada of the [[Desu Des Brigade]], a Canadian internet reviewer of anime [[Memetic Badass|that makes peanut butter by smashing peanuts off of live Narwhale's skulls]], is a fan of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' and ''[[Fruits Basket]]''.
** Professor Otaku tops him by being a ''[[Super
* Lester of ''[[Awkward]]'' is a big fan of Korean romantic comedy ''My Sassy Girl''.
* [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony,]] upon hearing the suggestion that he was a cheerleader in high school: "Fuck you, I was in the marching band! I played the fucking glockenspiel! You don't even fucking know what a glockenspiel is!" (Hint: In marching band at least, it's [http://www.jimlaabsmusic.com/images/uploads/drumsets/marching/trixonGlockenspiel/trixon_marchingGlockenspiel_2.jpg this thing.] Not the manliest-sounding instrument...)
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{{quote|'''Yugi:''' "There's nothing girly about the Dark Magician Girl, and only Real men use Watapon..."
'''Jaden:''' And oh, FYI, Yugi, I’ve been taking ballet for six years regardless }}
* [[Husky Starcraft]] will always root for the ''[[
* CR of ''[[Familiar Faces]]'' is a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|brony]] and proud of it, having done a two parter ''[[My Little Pony]]'' retrospective, drawing [[Fi M]] fanart, and even starting his own segment of [[Fi M]] episode reviews called "Reviews are Magic."
** Blister Thumbs members [[Jew Wario]] has also been revealed to be a brony.
* [[
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* Zuko's uncle on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Iroh is always seen enjoying activities like drinking tea or enjoying sauna bath, among other things. Nevertheless, he is one of the kick-assiest characters at the time of fighting.
** Sokka, too. "I'm not the one who's purse matches my belt," Katara teases him, but that doesn't change the fact he's a [[Badass Normal]].
* Jorgen von Strangle from ''[[The Fairly
** Now, now... there is no shame in marrying the [[Hello, Nurse!|Tooth Fairy.]]
** Timmy Turner's shirt and hat are pink. This was because, in the episode "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker", Mr. and Mrs. Turner were expecting a girl, and thus they bought girl-related stuff, like girls' toys and clothes.
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** In another episode, he's seen earnestly explaining to his classmates the proper way to clean, and apply powdered sugar to, freshly-picked huckleberries. When Principal Skinner wanders within earshot, Nelson quickly ad-libs something about punching a kid in the face.
** In yet another episode, one of his prized possessions is seen to be a photo from Disneyland of a girl dressed as Snow White. When a shady private eye tells him she's just an actress, Nelson snaps "Shut up! Some of us prefer illusion to despair!"
** And in "Lisa on Ice", Principal Skinner tells him he's failing history, geography and math, but compliments him for doing well in home economics. "Keep it down, will ya?" whispers Nelson.
** Jimbo also these moments. In the season six episode "The PTA Disbands!" (in which the teachers of Springfield Elementary go on strike), Jimbo is seen in a fancy living room watching soap operas with his mom ("I haven't cried this much since ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]''!")
** And of course, there was Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney's reactions to Bart's ballet performance in "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" and their mock therapy session in "Whacking Day."
** The first episode of season 3 has Homer wearing one thanks to Bart placing his lucky red cap with the white laundry. Of course, this gives him trouble since wearing a pink shirt leads to him being sent to a mental institution.
* The Unicorns from ''[[Foster's
{{quote|'''Brooklyn Unicorn''': You'se thinks we're girly, huh? (they all point their horns at him)}}
* Bender from ''[[Futurama]]'' fits this temporarily in his stint in [[Professional Wrestling|the Ultimate Robot Fighting League]]. He's forced into the character of [[Gender Bender|The "Gender Bender"]], complete with a pink tutu and [[Princess Curls|curly, blond wig]]. Though he appears to hate the outfit, he DOES take the time to carefully put it on a hanger and store it in his personal storage space, in the middle of a fight no less.
** He has many straight up examples: his earnest enjoyment of the robo soap opera ''[[Soap Within a Show|All My Circuits]]'', his "pregnancy" with beer, his number two most repeated word is "Daffodil", he has a deep love of cooking (and his hurt reaction when it sucks), is obsessed (and stalked) the aforementioned soap-opera's star, and the TIME HE ALMOST MARRIED SAID STAR. And displayed some emotional aftermath at episode's end.
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** Let's not forget Agent P, who has been seen watching mushy soap operas on his days off.
* In ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', John Stewart alias [[Green Lantern]]: [[The Comically Serious]] big black [[Genius Bruiser|Ex-Marine]] who eats [[Bland-Name Product|Bob and Terry's]] ice cream and cries at the ending of ''[[Old Yeller]]''.
* Pinky is likely the most masculine of the Ghost Monsters on the old ''[[Pac-Man (animation)|Pac-Man]]'' cartoon, being [[The Brute]] of the group with a [[Brooklyn Rage| thuggish Brooklyn accent.]]
* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', the [[Badass Normal]] hero of the series of the same name, wears a purple costume (the cape is pink on the inside). He's also a loving parent to his daughter, whom he raises together with his [[
* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Helga's father, Big Bob, is ''big''. And when he throws his back out and can't work, he is shown becoming addicted to watching soap operas (and demanding his wife videotape them when he goes back to work).
* Cliff from ''[[CatDog]]'' practices ballet, though he had no shame in doing so as he did it in order to learn new moves to beat up CatDog with like a wrestler he looked up to.
* ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' had an episode where Cow, Flem and Earl summon Sgt. Weenie Arms, a hero one of their action figures is based on, so they can become "Weenie Marines." One night of [[Training
* Alan in ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'', a purple-clad mechanical genius who's portrayed as being just as masculine as his brothers.
* Ron Stoppable of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' plays into this territory. Sure, as Kim's sidekick and master of Mystical Monkey Powers he regularly saves the world, but he is also a dab hand at cookery, keeps a (pink!) naked mole rat as his pet, and is obsessed with trick-or-treating (the photo of him and Kim dressed up as a princess and a cowboy... respectively) and a certain Christmas animated special.
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' has no problem cooking for his niece while wearing a pink frilly apron over his trenchcoat.
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-
* Windsor Gorilla, from ''[[My Gym Partner's
* ''[[Johnny Test]]'''s dad is secure enough in his masculinity to be a stay-at-home dad. With a pink apron.
* Magnus from ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'': "THIS NOT SKIRT, THIS WARRIOR KILT!! I VIKING!! I CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO FIGHT ME!!!"
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'''Gunther:''' Actually, Mrs. Buttowski, I'm famed Viking warrior Thor Thorson. He was so fierce in battle, he wore purple tights to avoid intimidating his own men. }}
* [[Anti-Villain|Vlad Masters]] from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is a very powerful human-ghost hybrid... who enjoys knitting. The love for knitting is also true for his arch-rival [[Genius Bruiser|Jack]] [[Stout Strength|Fenton]]
* In the ''[[My Little Pony:
** Spike seems especially prone to this trope, what with gradually developing a desire to attend the Grand Galloping Gala in "The Ticket Master," wearing a pink apron in "Dragon Quest," and even [[Fandom Nod|playing with pony dolls]] in "A Canterlot Wedding."
** Meta-example: Some [[Periphery Demographic|Bronies]] consider the show to be [[Rated "M" for Manly|extremely manly.]]
* ''[[Goof Troop]]'': One of Goofy's friends is a huge and muscular man who works as a waiter. Pete commented that a man must be huge to wear an apron without a problem. The man secretly leads a double life as an undefeated wrestler. He'd rather quit but can't unless he loses and won't throw a fight.
* Father, most powerful villain of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', a terrifying silhouette of an old-time sitcom dad who can [[Playing with Fire|emit flames]] from his body and [[Wreathed in Flames|become a living bonfire]]...likes baking. (''"For me it's more than a hobby, really."'') He also has a yellow bathrobe with pink, fluffy lining.
** Also, Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb, a team of [[Robot Master]] [[Evil Genius]] types who love Rainbow Monkey toys as much as Numbuh 3 does.
* in ''[[The Emperor's
* [[The Pink Panther (animation)|The Pink Panther]] is male despite his color. Of course, he is one [[Cool Cat]].
* Rhinox in ''[[Beast Wars]]'' believes you should always stop to smell the flowers. He also dual-wields chainguns; when [[Beware the Nice Ones|sufficiently annoyed]] he can pick [[Badass|Dinobot]] up by the neck and shake him like a maraca until he stops carping; and, when forced into a [[Face Heel Turn]] by Megatron in season 1, proceeds to roflstomp his way to the top of the Predacon hierarchy in about 15 minutes.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', in its episode written by [[Larry Niven]], had the Kizinti flying a pink spaceship.
* ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]''; the episode "The Least Dangerous Game" introduces [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|K'ranch]], a huge, mean, hulking [[Expy]] of the [[Predator]] who enjoys hunting humans for sport (which Boilmer stupidly ''volunteers'' to be the prey for, thus the title of the episode). You'd expect this guy to be the type who'd eat raw meat and drink the blood of his foes — until, that is, he stops mid-hunt to thank Captain Freeman for [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the mimosas they had at brunch.]]<ref>A mimosa is sparkling wine with orange juice, not exactly a masculine cocktail.</ref>
* Wendy's father "Manly" Dan Corduroy from ''[[Gravity Falls]]''. A [[Mighty Lumberjack]], he [[Testosterone Poisoning|did ''not'' get that name for nothing]], even if he does dress as a Valkyrie (complete with blonde pigtails) for [[Halloween Episode|Summerween]]. He's also a big fan of the boy-band Sev'ral Timez.
== Real Life
=== Sports ===
* There is a breast cancer charity that is run through rodeos and sponsored by Wrangler called Tough Enough to Wear Pink. This was developed after 8-time world champion Joe Beaver's wife developed breast cancer, and led to the Pink Shirt Night for one of the go-rounds at the National Finals Rodeo. One year, they even painted the bucking chutes pink! Cowboys wearing pink shirts coming out of a pink chute on top of a bull pretty much embodies this trope.
* Several [[Truth in Television]] examples from the ultra-manly National Football League:
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* Italian football team Juventus' 2011-12 season away top is bright pink.
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* In the German army all uniforms have color coded edgings on the rank insignia that designate unite type. Pink markings identify a soldier as belonging to a [[Tank Goodness|tank unit]]. It has been so [[Nazis With Gnarly Weapons|ever since the Wehrmacht years]].
* [[wikipedia:Philippe I, Duke of Orleans|Philippe I, Duke of Orleans]], an officer in pre-Revolutionary France, was an out-of-the-closet homosexual who loved ribbons, fashion, jewelry and such things, but it never prevented him from being a talented and brave general... much to his brother Louis XIV's chagrin.
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* Swiss mercenaries and the German Landsknechts who imitated them were known as the most effective troops in the western world for hundreds of years. So notable was their reputation that they developed an outrageous fashion style to advertise their identity on the battlefield. They took to wearing puffed-out and frilly doublets bestrewn with brightly colored swatches of fabric, giant floppy berets topped with tall feathers, and candy-striped hose. The rainbow-colored uniforms of the Swiss Guard in Rome are based on this historical outfit.
* During the nightmarish Liberian civil war, the National Patriotic Front of [[Liberia]] gained a well-earned reputation for brutality, raping and slaughtered over 150,000 people. They also fought wearing women's clothing and brightly colored wigs, believing that this would terrify their enemies and confuse their bullets. Remember, this is the same country that produced the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Butt Naked Brigade]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150326162306/http://www.epk.com/news/taliban-catches-army-spc-zachary-boyd-with-his-pants-downliterally This U.S. Soldier], who rose to fight off a surprise attack in naught but his vest, helmet, and pink undies. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Underdressed to kill?]]
* The "Pink Panzers" of the German Love Parade, a small convoy of pink tanks. An utterly adorable one showed up one year, the 'Goliath' suicide tank last [[Those Wacky Nazis|glimpsed in WW2]], pink and full of candy instead of deadly anti-tank mines. That's right. An exploding tank full of candy.
* Similar to the above example, in [[World War II]] Lord Mountbatten favored a [[wikipedia:Mountbatten pink|certain shade]] of pinkish-grey for ships in his fleet. As German artillery sometimes used pink dye to see where their shells hit, this might have been justified. Not only that but you only have to wait till twilight to blend in, not darkness.
** The British Army's SAS (Special Air Service), the nation's high water mark of manliness, rode desert patrols in their "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130929092902/http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/Pink_panther.htm Pink Panther]" Land Rovers. Real Men don't just wear Pink, they drive it too!
* One of the things recruits are taught in Basic Training is how to sew. The one thing that no one tells you about is aside from lots of pushups the other thing Basic Training is big on is uniform inspections. Soldiers are expected to know how to properly care for and maintain their uniforms as well as how to properly wear them. This means that basic repair work is ''your'' responsibility and if for some reason your clothes don't fit you properly it's ''your'' job to fix it.
** Classical Officer's Swiss Knife comes with a small scissors (perfect for nail clipping) and a sewing needle (more like a sewing blade actually).
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* The Chevalier d'Eon was a famous 18th century soldier, spy and crossdresser who spent the second half of his life as a woman. He was also a [[Master Swordsman]], defeating the Chevalier de Saint-George in an exhibition match while wearing a dress.
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* [[Truth in Television]] for many ancient cultures, where fashion was [[Serious Business]] for the aristocracy because it demonstrated your place in the wealthy warrior elite. Frills, loops, and other intricacies were expensive to create, and therefore displayed your status as upper-class. [[Purple Is Powerful|Tyrian Purple was a royal color]] since it was made from several thousand sea snails in an era without scuba gear. Look at any portrait of someone from 17th century Europe and remember that most of those guys in frills were also trained killers.
* In the Wodaabe tribe men are the ones who wear makeup and have pretty contests to attract females.
* In spite of its sissy reputation, ballet dancing is physical grueling, causing many manly men to take up ballet or have it in their background.
** Lynn Swann took ballet, and even invited Mr. Rogers along to teach kids that Real Men can. It helps that his name is ''Lynn Swann''.
** Several NFL teams require (as depicted in at least one or two movies) their players to take ballet lessons, in order to give them the grace and balance required to run 100 yards in anywhere from 60 to ''140'' pounds of padding. Though that may make it more like [[Training
** Rugby players, notably the England squad, also take ballet lessons.
** [[Jean
** There are a few pictures of James Dean [http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab308/Vlad_88/JamesDeaninBalletClasslol.jpg taking ballet classes.] One of which shows him with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730155228/http://inperspective.tumblr.com/post/250413071 Eartha Kitt.]
* The macho (and, it is alleged, [[Hot-Blooded|violently temperamental]]) [[Russell Crowe]] likes to crochet.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716190917/http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/About/pinktie.shtml Real Mathies Wear Pink Ties]. Long live the Tie Guard!
* Sir Edmund Hillary is notable for two things: Making the biggest mountain on the planet his bitch, and beekeeping. Traditionally the preserve of willowy ladies in big hats.
* Skater punks in skirts and punks in skirts in general. Only an idiot argues with a real punk. Combines with exhibitionism since they often wear a flowing skirt with nothing under it that easily flies up during a particularly involved thrasher or punk dance move....
* The balaclava, as seen [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10084740@N03/3071134861/in/photostream/ here], is a common military head-warmer while in cold warzones. They're usually made as gifts by civilians and have been around since at least the Crimean War.
* Rapper DMX [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922154047/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/47509/dmx-adopts-pink-prison-wardrobe
* Dee Snider, frontman of Twisted Sister.
* [[Helloween|Kai]] [[Gamma Ray|Hansen]] has [http://www.metal-rules.com/concerts/SwedenRock2001/SwedenRock2002/gamma_2.jpg a pink signature guitar].
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* Inverted by David Lee Roth, a rather feminine-looking chap with a love of feather boas and other flamboyant stagewear who happens to be the on-again-off-again frontman for Van Halen, a high-level black belt, and probably nailed more women than Wilt Chamberlain.
* There are three cultures in the world that are well-known for having especially big, strong, tough men that you do ''not'' want to cross. Scots, Polynesians, and some parts of Africa. In all three cultures, these men traditionally wear some sort of skirt.
** "[[Violent Glaswegian|Ae's
** Many a brave and bonnie traditional Scotsman knows how to knit. They make their own socks.▼
* Google "Darth Kitty." We'll wait.
** Back yet? Google "Hello Kitty AK-47". For extra credit, picture them both together.
** The Hello Kitty AK-47 is a fake, unfortunately. However, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120204210/http://blog.riflegear.com/archive/2007/12/26/hello-kitty-ar-15---evil-black-rifle-meets-cute-and.aspx Hello Kitty AR-15] is very much real and very much awesome.
** Also "Hello Raiser". Keeping the [[Safe Search]] on is [[Nausea Fuel|advisable]], however.
* Gangsta rapper Cam'ron developed a fascination with the color pink later in his career; he even attempted to trademark a shade of pink to call his own.
** Spoofed in the song "Pink Tee" by Crime Mob [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nE318f50g\].
* [http://www.usfirst.org/ FIRST Robotics] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141024094157/http://www.thepinkteam.org/ Team 233] chose pink as their team color. At competitions, the women ''and men'' of the team will paint their entire bodies pink and cheer. They also hand out buttons with this trope title.
* [[Al Capone]] invited press to a cookout he was hosting while wearing a pink apron during a campaign to improve his image by making him seem more personable and relatable. In this case, he was wearing pink to deliberately soften his image (tough guys ''don't'' wear pink?).
* As a camouflage measure (it works far better than it sounds like it should) many spitfires used for photo reconnaissance [http://io9.com/5872484/why-world-war-ii-spy-planes-used-pink-camouflage were painted pink].
* Rahm Emanuel, [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s tough-as-nails [[Memetic Badass]] former chief of staff (soon to be Mayor of [[The Windy City|Chicago]]), studied ballet as a boy, and was so good at it he earned a dance scholarship. He turned it down to go to study at Sarah Lawrence instead. Where he graduated with a degree in... ballet.
* While on the ice, legendary NHL Hall of Famer Jacques "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Jake the Snake]]" Plante would wear toques that he knitted himself. Coach Toe Blake was not impressed; he felt that his players shouldn't wear anything that set them apart from their teammates. Plante is also the guy who popularized the goaltender's mask.
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* Pink Day, which is pretty much where everyone's expected to try this out. It started because one kid got picked on all day because he wore pink, went home and [[Driven to Suicide|killed himself.]]
* Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima is a professional K-1 fighter who recently won the K-1 World MAX 2010 Japan Tournament. He's also known for cosplaying during his ring entrances, and some of his cosplays include Haruhi, Ranka Lee, Hatsune Miku, Dokoro-chan, and several Touhou characters.
▲** Many a brave and bonnie traditional Scotsman knows how to knit. They make their own socks.
* The Early Medieval Norse were noted for their strict hygiene, combing their hair and beards daily, washing their faces every morning and bathing fully at least once a week. Many neighbouring peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons considered these habits to be rather effete and unbecoming of a "real" man. And then the Vikings happened.
** The Anglo-Saxons themselves were known for their hair care: combs are among their most common grave artifacts (men's graves, since you ask). So the Vikings must have been extra-effete...
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* [http://9gag.com/gag/2466954 This guy.]
* [[Hugh Jackman]] has scored enough Badass points as Wolverine to survive him through the next Ice Age. He's also one of the few surviving song-and-dance men who admits his love of musicals, idolizing the greats like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, and winning a Tony for playing [[Camp Gay]] Peter Allen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3zU2IcVzbc "The Boy From Oz."]
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