History Series / ManWomanWild

* [[Shoutout]]: The sixth episode of Season 2 has the couple being stranded on a island after their boat, [[Series/GilligansIsland the S.S. MinnowHawke]] crashes onto the beach.

* Shoutout: The sixth episode of Season 2 has the couple being stranded on a island after their boat, [[Series/GilligansIsland the S.S. MinnowHawke]] crashes onto the beach

--->'''Mykel:''' It is safe. It is wet. It is wonderful. But '''man''' does it taste like poo!

* RealMenEatMeat: Averted. Myke forages as much as possible because hunting takes up a lot of energy, in addition to being generally less dangerous. In Mykel's own words: "plants don't fight back."

--->'''Mykel:''' Most survival situations start with some sort of traumatic event. Our scenario is; We just went out for a day paddle and the current forced us far up the coastline, when all of a sudden, unexpected like, (extremely cheerful looking, holding a kukri)we got a puncture in our raft. (Jams the kukri to the hilt into the raft. It instantly loses buoyancy and cut to a shot of Ruth losing her balance and falling into the water.)

''Man, Woman, Wild'' is a show about Mykel and Ruth Hawke, a husband and wife who put themselves in survival situations in the vein of shows like ''Series/DualSurvival'' and ''Series/ManVsWild''. Mykel is a former Green Beret and his wife Ruth is a British actress and field journalist who goes with him to learn various survival skills. While Myke is obviously more experienced than Ruth in terms of active survival, Ruth has surprising amounts of knowledge as well. UnfortunateImplications about the competent-man/inexperienced-woman aside, many admit that Ruth is the easiest to identify with and a refreshing change from the usual "survival show" star. ''Man, Woman, Wild'' is at the end of its first season and had garnered a reasonable amount of fans.

* HiddenDepths: Ruth gets a lot of flack for [[UnfortunateImplications acting like a normal person rather than a calm, experienced ex-soldier]], but ''she's'' the one who came up with the show's idea and she gets better about managing her emotions as the show goes on. And whenever she can, she [[GenreSavvy reads up on the local flora and fauna.]]

* UnfortunateNames: As [[Series/TheSoup Joel McHale]] likes to point out, the show is hosted by "Myke Hawke". Say it out loud if you don't get it.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: An example of ''Nature itself'' delivering one, in an episode taking place in Alaska (during the spring thaw), where absolutely EVERYTHING goes wrong for Myke and Ruth (they can't find any sources of food besides tree bark, their fire goes out, their shelter, made of snow, begins to MELT, etc.). At the end of the episode, after several days without food, Myke wakes a sleeping Ruth and declares "I'm tapping out, we're done", at which point their camera and support crew kicks into full gear to get the pair fed, warmed, and airlifted out. To their credit (see FanDumb above), they stuck it out so long trying to play the show's premise straight that their crew sounds ''genuinely worried'' as they radio for help, and the episode closes with voiceovers from Myke, saying "Alaska whupped us", and from Ruth, who affirms "had this been a real survival situation, we'd be dead".
* RealMenEatMeat: Averted. Myke forages as much as possible because hunting takes up a lot of energy.
** In addition to being generally less dangerous. In Mykel's own words: "plants don't fight back."

* FollowTheLeader: Clearly modeled after ''ManVsWild''.

* UnfortunateNames: As [[TheSoup Joel McHale]] likes to point out, the show is hosted by "Myke Hawke". Say it out loud if you don't get it.

!!!This show provides examples of:

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ruth is no friend of snakes and insects. When they were marooned on Tasmania, she wanted to check all the bushes near their shelter and when Myke said they didn't have time for "homemaking," she insisted it was "snake-avoiding."

* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: One episode takes place in the Highlands, with some SceneryPorn, when the weather allows it to be visible.

* [[MinoredInAssKicking Minored in Things That Most Actresses Have No Clue Exist]]: Even considering that Myke is American, how did Ruth get so familiar with American wildlife that she can identify water moccasins swimming in a murky swamp -- while ''she's dangling seven feet up in a tree''?
** Considering she has traveled a lot, it shouldn't be that surprising.
** The production's insurance rates would probably shut them down if they didn't give her a crash course on the potential dangers of the areas where they're shooting.

* {{Badass}}: Mykel, obviously.

** But damned if Ruth doesn't look good sweaty and dirty, particularly her cleava-*gets neck snapped by a hiding Myke*

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Snakes And Spiders?]]: Ruth is no friend of snakes and insects. When they were marooned on Tasmania, she wanted to check all the bushes near their shelter and when Myke said they didn't have time for "homemaking," she insisted it was "snake-avoiding."