History Main / Fratbro

* Even as far back as TheMiddleAges in England and continental Europe, there are records of university students being condemned for drunkenness, getting into violent brawls, and engaging in all sorts of mistreatment of women up to and including rape, making this OlderThanPrint.

* In TheMiddleAges, university students were condemned for drunkenness, getting into violent brawls, and engaging in all sorts of mistreatment of women up to and including rape, making this OlderThanPrint.

* In "[[https://youtu.be/gziP8x1Nu8g MMA Fighters Try Women's Self-Defense: episode #10 Wrist Control!]]", Coach Ramsey Dewey seeks help strengthening his biceps because the grab-defense technique he learned from Pure Motion Fitness isn’t working for him (the video series debunks and satirizes flawed self-defense techniques that are marketed toward women, but don’t actually work against a resisting opponent). To do this he enlists the help of Curl Bro, a dude at the gym who wears a baseball cap, constantly calls Ramsey "bro", and teaches people to perform curls no matter what gym equipment they're using. Tricep dips? Curl the dip station! Squat rack? Take the bar off the rack and curl it! Heavy punching bag? Curl the bag!

* Rocco from ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}''. He's so prone to WackyFratboyHijinks that he hazes himself when the frat doesn't. He spends the rest of his time drinking and being a perv.

The Fratbro is usually an AcceptableTarget in pretty much any work not aimed at this demographic. Often used as a BromanticFoil to the male lead. One popular {{Aesop}} for this type of character is to become a LadykillerInLove, especially if they CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest. Whether or not it works is a toss-up, as this sort of character can easily imply that the audience [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing Should Not Do This Cool Thing]].

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* Kagura Mutsuki from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'' has this as his mindset of least resistance - that is to say, give him enough time without inhibitions and he will party with a hot babe (or several) with alcohol for everyone. This usually lasts until Hibiki or Makoto find out - the former [[LizLemonJob will lecture him at great length about not taking his job seriously]], while the latter [[PervertRevengeMode literally beats it into him]]. That he is introduced suffering from a hangover after a floozy runs out on him doesn't help his case - Noel even points out that the room "reeks of alcohol". [[BunnyEarsLawyer His Fratbro personality does not in any way stop him from being]] a ColonelBadass, however.

* In the Middle Ages, university students were condemned for drunkenness, getting into violent brawls, and engaging in all sorts of mistreatment of women up to and including rape, making this OlderThanPrint.

* A few of Cecil and Kain's lines in the Playstation version's translation of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' are like this. [[http://legendsoflocalization.com Legends of Localization]] [[http://legendsoflocalization.com/final-fantasy-iv/intro/ refers to this]] as "Cecil and Kain, who are super-high ranking knights, talk[ing] like college bros or something".

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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' portrays musical theatre creators Creator/StephenSondheim, Creator/StephenSchwartz, Creator/AndrewLloydWebber and Music/EltonJohn as all being beer-swilling bros in secret.

** So influential was he that a poster of Blutarsky on a dorm / fraternity wall is an almost necessary prop.

* Nathan from ''Film/ExMachina'' acts much like a guy who never grew out of his college frat lifestyle. He binges on alcohol, and enjoys dancing and sex with attractive women. He is also into exercise, uses the words "dude" and "bro" a lot, and acts familiar and chummy with Caleb. On the other hand he is far more reclusive than one would expect an extroverted frat bro to be, what with his mansion/laboratory in the middle of a vast tract of wilderness, and as the robot-inventing founder of a high-tech company he has a decidedly nerdy specialty.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' portrays musical theatre creators Creator/StephenSondheim, Creator/StephenSchwartz, Creator/AndrewLloydWebber and Creator/EltonJohn as all being beer-swilling bros in secret.

* Creator/DaneCook was often seen by fans and critics alike as an archetypical example of Fratbro comedy, with much of his material focusing on telling long anecdotes about drunken antics and dating[=/=]relationship issues. Perhaps unsurprisingly, his fanbase during the peak of his success largely consisted of teens and young adults and he would often perform in college towns during his stand-up tours.

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* Yahtzee from ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' characterizes {{Xbox 360}}'s target audience as being largely this trope, largely due to the popularity of their multiplayer shooters appealing to them.

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* In ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'' there is a trio of background bros who appear and chant "BROS!" whenever someone says the word. Between the three of them they demonstrate fratbro-attire quite well, wearing college-labelled clothing, hoodies, and pastel polo shirts. No surprise that they first showed up at a bar.
* [[http://druidcitycomic.com/comic/volume-1-page-142/ Chapter 7]] of Volume 1 of ''ComicBook/DruidCity'' is full of fratbros. Two serve as the antagonists of the chapter, four others serve as charmless rubes, and many others appear as copy-paste versions of themselves in a dance sequence.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', "Attack of the Clowns", while Mandy and Grim are trying to help Billy conquer his fear of clowns, Billy goes to his happy place in his mind where he encounter his imaginary "Inner Frat Boy" who helps Billy conquer his fear.

* Nathan from ''Film/ExMachina'' acts much like a guy who never grew out of his college frat lifestyle. He binges on alcohol, and enjoys dancing and sex with attractive women. He is also into exercise, uses the words "dude" and "bro" a lot, and acts familiar and chummy with Caleb. On the other hand he is far more reclusive than one would expect an extroverted frat bro to be, and as the founder of a high-tech company he has a decidedly nerdy specialty.

* Nathan from ''Film/ExMachina'' acts much like a guy who never grew out of his college frat lifestyle. He binges on alcohol, and enjoys dancing and sex with attractive women. He is also into exercise, uses the words "dude" and "bro" a lot, and acts familiar and chummy with Caleb. On the other hand he is far more reclusive than one would expect an extroverted frat bro to be, and has a decidedly nerdy specialty.

In a lot of ways this character is an evolution of the DumbJock stereotype as they often fulfill the same role, although the Fratbro will not necessarily be an athlete (he will be a big ''follower'' of sports, however). Also unlike the traditional jock, the Fratbro will often be a very big fan of soft drugs (particularly cannabis), and be portrayed as being pretty much harmless in comedic works, but darker examples will frequently throw in a proclivity towards DateRape and a tendency (since they are usually from upper-middle-class/upper-class backgrounds) to attempt to use family connections to get them out of trouble.