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* EpicMealTime has this but it was subverted for {{Fanservice}} in Massive Meat Log and it was played straight when they bring the girls in to eat dessert in The Black Legend.
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* Parodied in a ''ArmstrongAndMiller'' sketch where a King is hosting a massive banquet for the man of honor, but he doesn't really likes the food and so says he'll just eat his couscous he's brought in a tupperware box. He gets called out on his and says he'll gorge on the very next disk, a large roasted wild bore that has an apple in it's mouth. He leans over, grabs the apple and takes a bite, then complains that it's a Granny's Apple.

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* Parodied in a ''ArmstrongAndMiller'' sketch where a King is hosting a massive banquet for the man of honor, but he doesn't really likes the food and so says he'll just eat his couscous he's brought in a tupperware box. He gets called out on his and says he'll gorge on the very next disk, a large roasted wild bore boar that has an apple in it's mouth. He leans over, grabs the apple and takes a bite, then complains that it's a Granny's Apple.
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** How is this an inversion? Arec Bardwin is useress!
*** Especially since he's ''become'' a vegetarian animal rights activist around the same time he stopped being [[TheHuntForRedOctober Jack Ryan-ish]].
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* Ron Swanson of ''ParksAndRecreation'' planned his and Leslie's junket to Indianapolis around visiting his favorite steakhouse. The discovery that it had been shut down sent him into full-blown HeroicBSOD.

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* Sokka from ''AvatarTheLastAirBender'' is obsessed with meat (in contrast to vegetarian Aang).
** In fact, while trapped in the ground, he even admits that it's half of his personality: he's "Sokka, the [[RealMenEatMeat meat]] and [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] guy" (but he's willing to give all that up and become "Sokka, the veggies and straight talk fellow" if he can just get out of that hole in the ground).
* Lampshaded in ''PowerpuffGirls'' when a boy claims eating the flesh of lesser animals is manly. His father agrees, but then is made to eat his vegetables by his wife.
* Lance Blastoff (a politically incorrect parody character from FrankMiller) who converts a beautiful vegetarian to meat eating by the extremely manly act of killing and roasting a dinosaur.
* Asterix and Obelix both really like their roast boar.

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* Sokka from ''AvatarTheLastAirBender'' is obsessed with meat (in contrast to vegetarian Aang).
** In fact, while trapped in the ground, he even admits that it's half of his personality: he's "Sokka, the [[RealMenEatMeat meat]]
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and [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] guy" (but he's willing to give all that up and become "Sokka, the veggies and straight talk fellow" if he can just get out of that hole in the ground).
* Lampshaded in ''PowerpuffGirls'' when a boy claims eating the flesh of lesser animals is manly. His father agrees, but then is made to eat his vegetables by his wife.
* Lance Blastoff (a politically incorrect parody character from FrankMiller) who converts a beautiful vegetarian to meat eating by the extremely manly act of killing and roasting a dinosaur.
* Asterix and Obelix both really like their roast boar.
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* In an episode of SouthPark, not eating meat caused one of the boys to grow multiple vaginas.
* The fishing scene in ''{{Waterworld}}''.
* The warriors on {{Gor}} are quite fond of meat. In one book Tarl and his friend are at a fancy dinner party, but they both preferred a big steak to the delicacies being served. In another book he and his (different) friend take time out of their {{Quest}} to go hunting because they "need" to eat meat.
* ''{{Rune}}''. Ragnar will pick up whole roast legs (not poultry, BIG legs, like lamb or venison probably) and strip them to the bone, or pluck giant lizards off walls and '''bite their head off''' in a single ravenous bite, then throw the bone/body over your shoulder? And wash that down with a flagon of mead, which you also casually toss aside to shatter on the floor. Oh, sure, there's sissy ''fruit'' growing on bushes occasionally. But aside from that, HealthFood has never been manlier than ''Rune''.
* Parodied in a ArmstrongAndMiller sketch where a King is hosting a massive banquet for the man of honor, but he doesn't really likes the food and so says he'll just eat his couscous he's brought in a tupperware box. He gets called out on his and says he'll gorge on the very next disk, a large roasted wild bore that has an apple in it's mouth. He leans over, grabs the apple and takes a bite, then complains that it's a Granny's Apple.
* According to one episode of ''TheRedGreenShow'', Dalton Humphrey only eats meat.
* ''{{Zardoz}}''. The Exterminators are outraged when their god tells them to grow grain.



* James Lileks' [[http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/index.html skewering of a meat cookbook]].
* In ''TeamFortress2'', Saxton Hale [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/03.htm here]].
** Also, the Soldier, as "digesting ribs" is [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2663 on his list of four things men should be engaged in at all times]].
* [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]], who is appalled when his son Bobby temporarily becomes vegetarian to impress a girl. In another episode, when sarcastically asked "How many cows does your family eat in a year" he replies [[SincerityMode "Wait, we figured this out once.."]]
* Real [[KnownSpace kzin]] eat met. At least, modern male kzin do.
* Jack T. Ladd in ''{{Guilty}}'', even when hungry, turns down bread and potatoes. He needs his fats and proteins!
* The Scottish folk song "Tatties and Herrin" can be seen as an inversion, though it also invokes NationalStereotypes:
-->Fan the queen's wantin' men tae gang fecht wi' her foes
-->It's nae tae the roast beef devourers she goes
-->But awa' tae the north amongst the brave and the darin'
-->Tae the lads that were brocht up on tatties and herrin'
* ''MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Made fun of when Adam invites Amazon Kevin to Darwin Middle School, a hyper-masculine rugged adventurer who advertises cereal made made of miniature pieces of meat that turn red when dipped in milk.



* The Burger King "I Am Man" ads.
* After ''That70sShow'''s Red Forman is forced to go on a low-protein diet after his heart attack, he complains that the salad Kitty makes for him "is not food, this is what food eats."
* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.
* The stage adaptation of {{Bleach}} has an extra song with Ikkaku teaching Hanataro how to be manly. Eating RAW meat is one of the things a real man must do.
* A gender-flipped version comes from {{Disgaea2}}, with Rozalin. During the beginning intro to chapter 7, as the team's getting ready to head to bed, she admits to wanting "a nice, bloody prime rib", and when Etna talks about the reason she ditched Laharl (him eating her pudding), Etna claims [[SweetTooth sweets are a girl's best friend]], to which Rozalin shoots her down with "I really don't like sweets. I'm more of a meat eater." The manga adaptaion explores this a bit more, as when she got a cake as a child, it was WAY too sweet for her, which lead to her dislike of sweet things altogether.

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* The Burger King "I Am Man" ads.
* After ''That70sShow'''s Red Forman is forced to go on a low-protein diet after his heart attack, he complains that the salad Kitty makes for him "is not food, this is what food eats."
* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.
* The stage adaptation of {{Bleach}} ''{{Bleach}}'' has an extra song with Ikkaku teaching Hanataro how to be manly. Eating RAW meat is one of the things a real man must do.
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* A gender-flipped version comes Lance Blastoff (a politically incorrect parody character from {{Disgaea2}}, with Rozalin. During the beginning intro FrankMiller) who converts a beautiful vegetarian to chapter 7, as the team's getting ready to head to bed, she admits to wanting "a nice, bloody prime rib", and when Etna talks about the reason she ditched Laharl (him meat eating her pudding), Etna claims [[SweetTooth sweets are by the extremely manly act of killing and roasting a girl's best friend]], to which Rozalin shoots her down with "I dinosaur.
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really don't like sweets. I'm more of a meat eater." The manga adaptaion explores this a bit more, as when she got a cake as a child, it was WAY too sweet for her, which lead to her dislike of sweet things altogether.their roast boar.



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* The fishing scene in ''{{Waterworld}}''.
* ''{{Zardoz}}''. The Exterminators are outraged when their god tells them to grow grain.

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* The warriors on {{Gor}} are quite fond of meat. In one book Tarl and his friend are at a fancy dinner party, but they both preferred a big steak to the delicacies being served. In another book he and his (different) friend take time out of their {{Quest}} to go hunting because they "need" to eat meat.
* Real [[KnownSpace kzin]] eat met. At least, modern male kzin do.

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* Parodied in a ''ArmstrongAndMiller'' sketch where a King is hosting a massive banquet for the man of honor, but he doesn't really likes the food and so says he'll just eat his couscous he's brought in a tupperware box. He gets called out on his and says he'll gorge on the very next disk, a large roasted wild bore that has an apple in it's mouth. He leans over, grabs the apple and takes a bite, then complains that it's a Granny's Apple.
* According to one episode of ''TheRedGreenShow'', Dalton Humphrey only eats meat.
* After ''{{That 70s Show}}'''s Red Forman is forced to go on a low-protein diet after his heart attack, he complains that the salad Kitty makes for him "is not food, this is what food eats."
* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.

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* The Scottish folk song "Tatties and Herrin" can be seen as an inversion, though it also invokes NationalStereotypes:
-->Fan the queen's wantin' men tae gang fecht wi' her foes
-->It's nae tae the roast beef devourers she goes
-->But awa' tae the north amongst the brave and the darin'
-->Tae the lads that were brocht up on tatties and herrin'

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* ''{{Rune}}''. Ragnar will pick up whole roast legs (not poultry, BIG legs, like lamb or venison probably) and strip them to the bone, or pluck giant lizards off walls and '''bite their head off''' in a single ravenous bite, then throw the bone/body over your shoulder? And wash that down with a flagon of mead, which you also casually toss aside to shatter on the floor. Oh, sure, there's sissy ''fruit'' growing on bushes occasionally. But aside from that, HealthFood has never been manlier than ''Rune''.
* In ''TeamFortress2'', Saxton Hale [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/03.htm here]].
** Also, the Soldier, as "digesting ribs" is [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2663 on his list of four things men should be engaged in at all times]].
* Jack T. Ladd in ''{{Guilty}}'', even when hungry, turns down bread and potatoes. He needs his fats and proteins!
* A gender-flipped version comes from ''{{Disgaea 2}}'', with Rozalin. During the beginning intro to chapter 7, as the team's getting ready to head to bed, she admits to wanting "a nice, bloody prime rib", and when Etna talks about the reason she ditched Laharl (him eating her pudding), Etna claims [[SweetTooth sweets are a girl's best friend]], to which Rozalin shoots her down with "I really don't like sweets. I'm more of a meat eater." The manga adaptaion explores this a bit more, as when she got a cake as a child, it was WAY too sweet for her, which lead to her dislike of sweet things altogether.

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* James Lileks' [[http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/index.html skewering of a meat cookbook]].

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* Sokka from ''AvatarTheLastAirBender'' is obsessed with meat (in contrast to vegetarian Aang).
** In fact, while trapped in the ground, he even admits that it's half of his personality: he's "Sokka, the [[RealMenEatMeat meat]] and [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] guy" (but he's willing to give all that up and become "Sokka, the veggies and straight talk fellow" if he can just get out of that hole in the ground).
* Lampshaded in ''PowerpuffGirls'' when a boy claims eating the flesh of lesser animals is manly. His father agrees, but then is made to eat his vegetables by his wife.
* In an episode of ''SouthPark'', not eating meat caused one of the boys to grow multiple vaginas.
* [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]], who is appalled when his son Bobby temporarily becomes vegetarian to impress a girl. In another episode, when sarcastically asked "How many cows does your family eat in a year" he replies [[SincerityMode "Wait, we figured this out once.."]]
* ''MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Made fun of when Adam invites Amazon Kevin to Darwin Middle School, a hyper-masculine rugged adventurer who advertises cereal made made of miniature pieces of meat that turn red when dipped in milk.



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* Averted in ''SupermanBirthright'', which established Superman as a vegetarian in keeping with his cherishing and protection of lives in general.
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*** Especially since he's ''become'' a vegetarian animal rights activist around the same time he stopped being [[TheHuntForRedOctober Jack Ryan-ish]].
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** How is this an inversion? Arec Bardwin is useress!
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* [[TeamFortress2 Saxton Hale]] [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/03.htm here]].

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* [[TeamFortress2 In ''TeamFortress2'', Saxton Hale]] Hale [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/03.htm here]].
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* A gender-flipped version comes from {{Disgaea2}}, with Rozalin. During the beginning intro to chapter 7, as the team's getting ready to head to bed, she admits to wanting "a nice, bloody prime rib", and when Etna talks about the reason she ditched Laharl (him eating her pudding), Etna claims [[SweetTooth sweets are a girl's best friend]], to which Rozalin shoots her down with "I really don't like sweets. I'm more of a meat eater." The manga adaptaion explores this a bit more, as when she got a cake as a child, it was WAY too sweet for her, which lead to her dislike of sweet things altogether.
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** They turn up at county fairs too.
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* Subverted by the tenth-century warrior-saint Gerald of Aurillac. Although he would eat meat, especially venison, he preferred fish and vegetables. This did not make him [[ChurchMilitant any]] [[TechnicalPacifist less]] BadAss.
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** Also, the Soldier, as "digesting ribs" is [[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2663 on his list of four things men should be engaged in at all times]].
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TurBaconEpic - Meat beyond measure.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc5wIpUenQ Simply called TurBaconEpic,]] it's a bird, in a bird, in a bird, in a bird, in a bird, in a pig with endless bacon strips and bacon stuffing, garnished with Baconators.
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--Ted Nugent, speaking on ''[[PennAndTellerBullshit Penn & Teller's Bullshit]]'', S2 episode 1

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--Ted Nugent, --TedNugent, speaking on ''[[PennAndTellerBullshit Penn & Teller's Bullshit]]'', S2 episode 1
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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and HardcorePunk scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian MacKaye of MinorThreat are examples.

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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and HardcorePunk scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian MacKaye of MinorThreat are examples.
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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and [[HardcorePunk Hardcore]] scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian MacKaye of MinorThreat are examples.

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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and [[HardcorePunk Hardcore]] HardcorePunk scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian MacKaye of MinorThreat are examples.
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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and [[HardcorePunk Hardcore]] scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian Mackaye of MinorThreat are examples.

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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and [[HardcorePunk Hardcore]] scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian Mackaye MacKaye of MinorThreat are examples.
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* Another inversion: vegetarianism and veganism are very popular in the hyper-masculine HeavyMetal and [[HardcorePunk Hardcore]] scenes. Attila Csihar of {{Mayhem}}, Tormentor and Gaahl of {{Gorgoroth}}, Mark "Barney" Greenway of NapalmDeath, Geezer Butler of BlackSabbath and Ian Mackaye of MinorThreat are examples.
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** Because nothing is manlier than oiling yourself and walking around almost naked, showing off how well you'd feed people if they killed you for your lean meat.
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That cow? Food. That dog? [[EatTheDog Food]]. That grizzly bear? Food. That roadkill? Eh... [[ExtremeOmnivore food.]]

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That cow? Food. That dog? [[EatTheDog Food]]. [[EverythingsWorseWithBears That grizzly bear? Food.bear?]] [[OrIsIt Food]]. That roadkill? Eh... [[ExtremeOmnivore food.]]
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* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.

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* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.
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* The stage adaptation of {{Bleach}} has an extra song with Ikkaku teaching Hanataro how to be manly. Eating RAW meat is one of the things a real man must do.
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See also RealMenHateSugar
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*** '''''[[SkywardScream "MEEEEEAAAAAT!"]]'''''
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* My Gym Partner's A Monkey: Made fun of when Adam invites Amazon Kevin to Darwin Middle School, a hyper-masculine rugged adventurer who advertises cereal made made of miniature pieces of meat that turn red when dipped in milk.

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* My Gym Partner's A Monkey: ''MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Made fun of when Adam invites Amazon Kevin to Darwin Middle School, a hyper-masculine rugged adventurer who advertises cereal made made of miniature pieces of meat that turn red when dipped in milk.

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** Well, he is a rubber man and so he needs a lot of protein.




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* Earl was astounded when his son, Robbie, became a vegetarian. Since they are {{Dinosaurs}}, it is treated like a gay/fantastic drug sort of thing.
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In case you haven't guessed, real men eat meat. They are obsessed about meat, and the bigger, redder, bloodier the better. Chicken and ([[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks most]]) fish barely qualify as manly meat, but if the guy is eating poultry, you can bet it's a big greasy drumstick. If it's fish, he probably got it with dynamite or it's some kind of [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]]. The other end of the spectrum goes up to [[BiggerIsBetter deer, bears, dinosaurs]] and anything bigger, depending on the setting.

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In case you haven't guessed, real men eat meat. They are obsessed about meat, and the bigger, redder, bloodier the better. Chicken and ([[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks most]]) fish barely qualify as manly meat, but if the guy is eating poultry, you can bet it's a big greasy drumstick. If it's fish, he probably got it with dynamite or it's some kind of [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]]. The other end of the spectrum goes up to [[BiggerIsBetter deer, bears, dinosaurs]] and anything bigger, depending on the setting. \n Bonus points if the meat is something [[ARealManIsAKiller he himself killed]].



A subtrope of TestosteronePoisoning. Related to ManlyMenCanHunt and ARealManIsAKiller. Unrelated to LargeHam.

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A subtrope of TestosteronePoisoning. Related to ManlyMenCanHunt and ARealManIsAKiller. and. Unrelated to LargeHam.
LargeHam (although overlap is possible).
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* After ''That70sShow'''s Red Forman is forced to go on a low-protein diet after his heart attack, he complains that the salad Kitty makes for him "is not food, this is what food eats."
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* The Burger King "I Am Man" ads.
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If you're a man, eat food. If you don't eat meat, you're not [[RatedMForManly manly]]. And eat red meat. Who only eats the white stuff? That's not meat; it's gotta bleed before it's meat. What are ya? Some skinny punk? A girl?

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If you're a man, eat food. If you don't eat meat, you're not [[RatedMForManly manly]]. And eat red meat. Who only eats the white stuff? That's not meat; it's gotta bleed before it's meat. What are ya? Some skinny punk? [[UnfortunateImplications A girl?
girl]]?

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