History Main / ManInABikini

* Mankini is a character on ''TheSoup''. He pulls it off pretty well, actually.

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* ''{{La-Mulana}}'': [[spoiler:The prize for beating Hell Temple is an all-too-revealing shot of Lemeza wearing a swimsuit.]]

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* In the Flash video ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/283688 S.M.B.3 Bloopers]]'', Mario finds the wrong kind of Super Suit.

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* ''ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' teaches us the value of [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/777 context]] with the help of [[GearsOfWar Marcus Fenix]].

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* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], trying to "think unsexy thoughts" while in an elevator with an attractive coworker, pictures fat drunken slob Barney Gumbel in a bikini.

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* There was plenty of discussion about this on TheOtherWiki. Consensus was: it's unencyclopedic.
* Actor JimCarrey wearing then-girlfriend Jenny [=McCarthy=]'s suit at the beach. [[http://tinyurl.com/yapd9lf Pictures]].
* TruthInTelevision: male bikini-wearing appears to be a fairly common thing. It [[DidNotDoTheResearch is not predominantly associated with gay men, despite stereotypes]]. Youths will do this during their college/university years as a joke.
* Wickedweasel.com, which has become somewhat MemeticMutation in itself, although no men have as yet appeared in bikinis. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Perhaps just as well]]...
** Give it time, and it will become an AscendedMeme.

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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' is one show that likes using this trope, mainly for DeadBabyComedy and RuleOfFunny purposes.
* In ''HentaiKamen'', the titular hero's mankini is his ''weapon''.

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Bikinis are usually shown on television as {{Fanservice}}. However, men shown wearing them are likely to be done for FanDisservice, PlayedForLaughs, or done as BlackComedy, because according to some, AManShouldNeverWearABikini.

* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], trying to "think unsexy thoughts" wehile in an elevator with an attractive coworker, pictures fat drunken slob Barney Gumbel in a bikini.

Bikinis are usually shown on television as {{Fanservice}}. However, men shown wearing them are likely to be done for FanDisservice, PlayedForLaughs, or done as BlackComedy.

** Give it time, and it will become an AscendedMeme

* Xander Harris wore a red speedo in the "Go Fish" episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** Um, that's not a bikini.

* Xander Harris wore a red speedo in the "Go Fish" episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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* ''Borat'' is quite possibly one of the more famous examples. The neon green mankini that Sacha Baron Cohen wears in the film has [[TheRedStapler become popular on beaches]].

However, this is also TruthInTelevision: some males will, and do, like wearing bikinis, despite the fact they are technically opposite-sex clothing. This does not include DragQueens who like to do this [[PlayedForLaughs for comedy purposes]].

Bikinis are usually shown on television as {{Fanservice}}. However, men shown wearing them are likely to be done for either {{Squick}} purposes, PlayedForLaughs or BlackComedy purposes.

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* There was plenty of discussion about this on TheOtherWiki. Consensus was: it's unencyclopedic.
* TruthInTelevision: male bikini-wearing appears to be a fairly common thing. It [[DidNotDoTheResearch is not predominantly associated with gay men, despite stereotypes]]. Youths will do this during their college/university years as a joke.
* Wickedweasel.com, which has become somewhat MemeticMutation in itself, although no men have as yet appeared in bikinis. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Perhaps just as well]]...

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* One video game had its player character have the option of him wearing a garish orange bikini.
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* ''[[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus]]'' was the earliest example of this; with John Cleese sometimes wearing one for RuleOfFunny purposes.

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* One video game had its player character have the option of him wearing a garish orange bikini.
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[[folder: Real Life]]
* There was plenty of discussion about this on TheOtherWiki. Consensus was: it's unencyclopedic.
* TruthInTelevision: male bikini-wearing appears to be a fairly common thing. It [[DidNotDoTheResearch is not predominantly associated with gay men, despite stereotypes]]. Youths will do this during their college/university years as a joke.
* Wickedweasel.com, which has become somewhat MemeticMutation in itself, although no men have as yet appeared in bikinis. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Perhaps just as well]]...
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However, this is also TruthInTelevision: some males will, and do, like wearing bikinis, despite the fact they are technically opposite-sex clothing. This does not include DragQueens who like to do this [[PlayedForLaughs for comedy purposes]].