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[[File:mamoru-is-that-one-guy-in-sailor-moon 3339.jpg|link=Sailor Moon|frame|[[Captain Obvious|The one on the left.]]]]
That's short for "The one guy associated with [[Amazon Brigade|a team otherwise consisting entirely of females]]." No need to get rabid jealous, though, guys—this isn't the [[Harem Genre]]. At the most, '''The One Guy''' will be in a committed relationship with '''one''' of the members—or [[Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend|he wants to be]]. His membership can range from loose ally to close friend to part of the actual fighting team. Either that, or just some guy who [[Non-Action Guy|rarely ever actually does anything]] other than serve as [[Shirtless Scene|eye candy]] for the [[Mr. Fanservice|female viewers]]. He will usually be involved in plots that require guys, as well as be a non-threatening and harmless crush object for the assorted cast as needed. Could become [[The Face]] of the group if they have exceptional social skills.
The [[Spear Counterpart]] to [[The Smurfette Principle]]. Occasionally [[The Ditz]], or serves the same purpose of rounding out the cast as [[The Face]], and for equally uncertain reasons is less likely to occur on evil teams.
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Not to be confused with [[That One Guy]] or [[Those Two Guys]], and unrelated to [[My Hero Zero]].
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== Advertising ==
* [[Orangina]] mostly always have females, with the exception of four species, and in true fashion, they enjoy a [[Shirtless Scene]] in the ads.
== Anime and Manga ==
* Kyohei of ''[[
* Pictured: Mamoru aka Tuxedo Kamen of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Sailor Moon's [[Mysterious Protector]] and [[Shallow Love Interest|official love interest]].
** The Black Moon Clan in ''Sailor Moon R'' is one of the rare examples of this combination with ''villains''. Predictably, Rubeus uses his charms to deliberately twist his minions.
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* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has {{spoiler|Masaya Aoyama aka}} Ai no Kishi/Blue Knight
* Kaito Doumoto of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' almost does the same thing... [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|almost]].
* Erio in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
** There's also Yuuno and Chrono, but they were relegated to sidekicks (at best) in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'' and [[Demoted to Extra|only have a couple of cameos]] in ''[[Striker S]]'', and [[Petting Zoo People|Zafira]], who doesn't count anymore because he had to spend all the third season as a ''dog''.
* Mackie in ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. Sorta joined by Nigel in 2040.
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* There are several men on ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', but only one, Jun Aoi, who is a regular member of the bridge crew (as opposed to a civilian who hangs out on the bridge giving [[Expospeak]] or looking ominous). Akito's also the only male member of the kitchen staff and, for about a third of the series, the only male pilot - however, being the male lead, he doesn't really fit this trope.
* Kyoutaro from ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]''. He's the only guy in the [[Mahjong]] Club and, from what it seems, the only teenage male in the entire series. He's treated more like Yuki's errand boy, if anything.
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''{{'}}s own [[Dirty Old Man|Kimura-sensei]].
* Akemiya from ''[[Sasameki Koto]]'' who also blurs this trope by being a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]].
* Makoto from ''[[Amanchu!]]'', being Ai's hapless twin brother.
* Komachi from ''[[Chu-Bra]]''. Thanks to his big mouth, he's the only guy in the Underwear Appreciation Society, and Nayu and her friends are clearly more interested in debating which type of panties fit them best than paying much attention to Komachi.
* Although he's the main character, Shinkuro of ''[[Kure-nai]]'' is also the only heroic recurring male character. All of the other major characters are female, of varying ages.
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* Akira in ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]'' is the only boy in an otherwise all-girls band. Ironically, he's the one with the most feminine looks.
* Mikiya is the only recurring male character among the protagonists of ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]''. He's also a [[Non-Action Guy]].
* Touma Kamijo fills this role during the "Sisters" arc in ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', when he's not off being the [[Hero of Another Story]] in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]''.
== Comic Books ==
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* Hawk is the only guy in the 2010 relaunch of the historically all-female ''[[Birds of Prey]]''. Obviously, it's because Hawk and Dove are a package deal and his bird motif certainly fits in otherwise.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' played this to the hilt, with the Scooby Gang's makeup became increasingly female starting with Season 5. After Spike left near the end of Season 6, Xander was temporarily the only male Scooby in Sunnydale (until Giles returned in the last episode). The male demographic increased in Season 7 with the return of Spike, but the arrival of the Potentials permanently shifted things towards the female side.
** Xander lampshades this in one episode when he says that the Magic Box is like "NORAD, and we're at DEFCON 1" and the room full of women just stare back at him, prompting him to sigh "I so need male friends."
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* Leo from ''[[Charmed]]'', sometimes (male police officers were sometimes prominent, and there was Cole whenever he was on the good side of the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].)
* Bosley in ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
* ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'''s "Santina Marella" during the "Miss Wrestlemania 25" match.
* Cute Kipp, the only male member of [[TNA]]´s [[Alpha Bitch|The Beautiful People]]
* ''[[Army Wives]]'' has four army wives and one army husband. But to be fair, the military husbands and military wife are prominent characters as well, so it feels more like an even gender balance.
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* Allen Anderson of the regular kids on [[Punky Brewster]]. He left at the start of season 3 (and boy, did it break Punky's heart).
* In [[New Girl]] Schmidt is this at his job. Rather than a dream job for him, though, his work is dismissed, he's sexually harassed by his superiors, and treated as being inferior to all the women at his job. Not played for laughs all the time.
== Literature ==
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* The first series of [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' quartet has Briar Moss as the only dude. They even live with two [[Hide Your Lesbians|foster mothers]], with Niko visiting only occasionally.
* The Gunnery Officer on the ScreeWee ship in ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy|Only You Can Save Mankind]]''. Since ScreeWee gender politics are exactly opposite to human ones, he's inclined to over-compensate.
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
* Mark is the only boy in the family in [[Edward Eager|Half Magic]].
== Video Games ==
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* Shikanosuke from ''[[Kirakira|Kira Kira]]'' and in the sequel, Curtain Call. d2b is an all girls band and he is forced to crossdress for most of the original game and {{spoiler|at the end of the sequel}}
* In ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', Bartz becomes That One Guy of the party when Galuf is replaced by Krile.
== Web Comics ==
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* Nenshe from [[Rumors of War]] qualifies in the absence of Obadai, as [[Genre Savvy|the latter has yet]] [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|to actively participate]] in the story.
* When ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'' began, the roster of main characters consisted of three women and one male: NJ. Two more males, Torro and Parker, joined in the second comic, but Parker got swiftly [[Put on a Bus]]. Also, Torro rarely contributes anything worthwhile to the characters' adventures, for being [[Too Dumb to Live]]. This results in NJ still holding this title most of the time.
== Web Original ==
* [[Whateley Universe]] has Lancer, the only guy in Team Kimba, however there are plenty of reoccuring male characters outside Team Kimba. Also somewhat subverted in that Lancer used to be female.
** Phase is another guy on Team Kimba, but most people wouldn't know that looking at him, due to his mutation turning him into an intersexed hot chick physically. He gets almost as much pronoun confusion as the J-Team out of it.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[She-Ra: Princess of Power|She Ra Princess of Power]]'' featured [[The Archer|Archer]] and [[Master of Illusion]] Bow. Bow is one of the only ''recurring'' non-villain male character, besides He-Man's frequent cameos. The vast majority of enslaved townspeople the Rebellion rescues are male. The Sea Hawk and his crew. And there's Kowl and Light Hope; none of them human and none of them even remotely likely to be [[Love Interest]] to ''anyone,'' but both of them male and both of them major enough characters to be explicitly mentioned in the opening.
* ''[[My Little Pony and Friends]]'' has Spike, at least until Danny comes along.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* Huckleberry Pie from ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]''.
* Rick in ''[[Polly Pocket]]''. He's the only boy among Polly's closest friends.
* Tuck is the only male member of the ''[[Wonder Pets]]''.
* In ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'', Cody is the only male contestant on Team Amazon.
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