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{{quote|''"Now with PREPOSTEROUS AMOUNTS OF TESTOSTERONE! '''[[Portmanteau|PREPOSTERONE!]]'''"''|''Powerthirst 2'' mock-commercial}}

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... and so forth.

This trope is about [[The Parody|parodying]] the concept of "manliness" in an absurd, exaggerated fashion. It is, simply, [[Badass]] made silly. The [http://www.darwinawards.com Darwin Awards website] uses the term to describe people who died attempting to pull off absurdly masculine ~~stunts -- the~~ sort of things that would end up on this trope page. It was even used in the title for one death where a man lopped his own head off with a chainsaw.

This trope is about [[The Parody|parodying]] the concept of "manliness" in an absurd, exaggerated fashion. It is, simply, [[Badass]] made silly. The [http://www.darwinawards.com Darwin Awards website] uses the term to describe people who died attempting to pull off absurdly masculine stunts—the sort of things that would end up on this trope page. It was even used in the title for one death where a man lopped his own head off with a chainsaw.

Note that, in reality, men with ''either'' high ''or'' low levels of testosterone are actually more aggressive and violent than those with normal amounts of testosterone. Besides, everyone knows that [[Real Men Wear Pink]].

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* This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNjzHnGRugo Old Spice commercial.]

{{quote|(Skiing off a jump) "I'm a Man." (Crashes through a tree, suddenly pumping a barbell one-handed on an exercise bench) But sometimes I like to [[Department of Redundancy Department|smell like a different smelling man]]." (crashes into a house, walks out with a new outfit, a badass moustache and a golf club) "Luckily, Old Spice makes a variety of different scents." (Drives a golf ball one-handed and proceeds to ''bite off a chunk of the golf club and eat it'') "For ''men''."}}

** Old Spice commercials in general are either [[Rated "M" for Manly]] or [[Testosterone Poisoning]], the parody trope. Which is probably to be expected when you have spokesmen like [[Bruce Campbell]].

** Old Spice commercials in general are either [[Rated "M" for Manly]] or Testosterone Poisoning, the parody trope. Which is probably to be expected when you have spokesmen like [[Bruce Campbell]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.], though that's littered with [[Mr. Fanservice]].

** Testosterone levels continue to rise with the new series of Youtube responses to people complimenting and asking questions of the Old Spice Man. Monocle Smile!

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* The film ''Ten Inch Hero'' mentions this by name, though it's used in reference not to extreme manliness, but rather disgusting male habits.

* ''[[Black Dynamite]]'' parodies the excessively masculine heroes of blaxploitation films. When introduced, Black Dynamite seems to be penetrating three women at the same time. {{spoiler|Actually [[Comically Missing the Point|six.]]}}

* The stetson-clad Colonel Kilgore from ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' ~~-- of~~ the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" ~~speech -- shoots~~ beyond manly into the realms of the impossible. He leads a helicopter assault to the tune of ''Ride of the Valkyries'' so that he can ''go surfing''.

* The stetson-clad Colonel Kilgore from ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''—of the famous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" speech—shoots beyond manly into the realms of the impossible. He leads a helicopter assault to the tune of ''Ride of the Valkyries'' so that he can ''go surfing''.

* ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'': A confrontation between Harvey Keitel, Fred Williamson, the great Tom Savini, and George Clooney (!) against a room full of vampires. Featuring Danny Trejo and John Saxon. And Tom Savini sports a COCK-GUN!

* ''[[¡Three Amigos!|Three Amigos]]'' pokes fun at all the machismo, especially in the [[Bad Guy Bar]] "Where did you get that pretty little gun?" (with disastrous results for the "manly" bar patrons) and Ned's duel with the German aviator (Jefe: "You wanna die with a MAAAAN's gun, not a little CC<ref>yeah, he meant "sissy", but the accent's so strong</ref> gun like this.") In which Ned falls over trying to holster the MAAAAN's gun handed to him by Jefe. And {{spoiler|gets knocked back a couple dozen feet from the recoil when he shoots the German}}.

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{{quote|"I'm getting sick and tired of all these people giving me ''crap'' about what color my skin is. Yeah, I'm ''pale'' -- what's the big deal?... It doesn't matter what color my skin is, because I'm [[World's Strongest Man|the best wrestler in the world]]! I beat Homicide, I beat everybody that [[Ring of Honor]] has put in front of me! And d'you know what? ''THAT'' is what makes me a ''MAN!'' And do you know what's ''un''manly? All these idiots talking about my skin color, going and sitting in front of a bunch of fluorescent lights with goggles and a Speedo!"}}

** And then he became the mentor for "Mantastic" Derrick Batemann, who, in Bryan's words, is "manly, so manly, OH SO manly!"

* Isn't pro wrestling and [[Testosterone Poisoning]] rather redundant? Kind of like wet water.

* Isn't pro wrestling and Testosterone Poisoning rather redundant? Kind of like wet water.

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* ''[http://dudebro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Dudebro 2]'', the [[Defictionalization]] of a [[Neo GAF]] meme, is intended as a parody of video games that fall under this trope. The voice of [[Duke Nukem]] was even cast as the lead!

* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'': You can seriously consider Jecht's portrayal to be tongue-in-cheek. Every scene seems to emphasise his incredible physique and gruff voice. He uses a giant anchor-esque sword as a weapon. ''[[Dissidia]]'' only catalysed it.

* ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' runs on this. The initial cast are horrifyingly detestable hyper-macho [[Jerkass~~|Jerkasses~~]]... and most of them die horribly despite ~~it -- only~~ the main character and the one character from the starting set who ''wasn't'' like that actually survive past the first half hour. The over-the-top macho nonsense and parodically intense violence only continue from there.

* ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' runs on this. The initial cast are horrifyingly detestable hyper-macho [[Jerkass]]es... and most of them die horribly despite it—only the main character and the one character from the starting set who ''wasn't'' like that actually survive past the first half hour. The over-the-top macho nonsense and parodically intense violence only continue from there.

* Two Words: [[Duke Nukem]]

* ''The First Funky Fighter'' lets you play as an uber-manly man (ala Kenshiro!) fighting crocodiles and sharks with bare fists and ultra violence to save a feminine woman.

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* [http://www.contratdegars.com/ Contrat d'Gars] is the Québécois epitome of the trope. You need to understand Quebec French vernacular to get half the jokes, though.

* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]], in his ''Bound in Blood: Call of Juarez'' video, gives us the Ben Croshaw "Hats" Scale of Manliness, whereby a man's manliness is judged by the [[Nice Hat|size of his hat]]. Thus, to continue the example, Ray and Thomas both have large hats, so they can "eat danger and shit bullets", while Wee-um does not possess a hat at all, reducing him to eating Weetabix and shitting healthily.

** He also uses masculinity as one of the justifications for why he doesn't play [[Real Time Strategy]] games or [[JRPG~~|JRPGs~~]], stating after his review of ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' that he now must play an FPS or else his body will absorb his testicles.

** He also uses masculinity as one of the justifications for why he doesn't play [[Real Time Strategy]] games or [[JRPG]]s, stating after his review of ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' that he now must play an FPS or else his body will absorb his testicles.

{{quote|"Fucking hell! Did anyone just see that!? I am squirting machismo out of my ''nipples'' over here! I am a ''monster truck'' that walks like a ''man!"''}}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzbr6fPDmkE This] ad discussing the manly Army Rangers.

* <big> [[Atop the Fourth Wall|"I AM A MAN!!!" *PUNCH!* ]]</big>

* <big> [[Atop the Fourth Wall|"I AM A MAN!!!" *PUNCH!*]]</big>

* ''[[Hyperbole and a Half]]'' has [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-make-showering-awesome-again.html Sueeve -- for MEN]:<br />The Shower Hammer!! Brutalize the dirt off! Hit yourself until the dead skin submits to you. Bleed the germs away!

* [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/xtreme-muscle-product.html XTREME MUSCLE PRODUCT!!!!]