Basic Trope: A male character flexes their pectoral muscles to express their manliness.
- Straight: Zack flexes his pecs in front of a group of women.
- Exaggerated:
- Zack is an unintelligible meathead whose only skill is this.
- Every male character who is muscular always flex their pecs.
- Downplayed: Zack flexes one pec.
- Justified:
- Zack knows how to control his pectoral muscles.
- Zack does this to attract women or to appear more intimidating.
- Inverted: Zack flexes his gluetus maximus.
- Subverted: Zack's pec flex turned out to be unintensional muscle spasms.
- Double Subverted: But he showcases that he is capable of flexing his pecs deliberately as well.
- Parodied: Zack is an obese man who makes his man boobs bounce by wiggling his shoulders.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Zack doesn't flex his pecs.
- Enforced: "Zack is loved by the female demographic. Why not we have him take off his shirt and flex his pecs to appeal to the ladies?"
- Lampshaded: "How do you do that, Zack?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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