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Have to agree that's not a very good name. I thought it meant the overly-defined musculature Frazetta was most known for, not "ape-men", which he wasn't.
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I thought it was an art style where all the men were drawn as overly muscled. It's not. I'm with Foxy Mod.
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Rename.
I see the Awesomeness.
Agree on rename. I think the "ridiculous muscle definition" trope is out there under a different name. I'll check on Heroic Build.
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Hammer of the Pervs
I'm a huge Frazetta fan and I agree. Rename it.
Deboss, who's ass is that? Fantastic.
"Did anybody invent this stuff on purpose?" - Phillip Marlowe on tequila, Finger Man by Raymond Chandler.
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And I figured it referred to poses like this
◊ - big muscular half-naked Manly Man With a Sword and the half-naked Womanly Woman who loves him.
"Draws cavemen who aren't anthropolicgally accurate" wouldn't be on my "Top Ten Things I Know About Frank Frazetta" list.
Jet-a-Reeno!
I see the Awesomeness.
I don't know who the character actually is. Electivirus posted the image and now it's my avatar. I think it was mentioned that it was a gundamm character, and the only purple suited gundam character I can think of is a guy.
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It's a funny name, but yeah, it needs to go.
Rename.
edited 24th Sep '10 8:51:30 PM by Camacan
I think it needs a rename.
Standard Savage, Generic Savage or maybe just Hollywood Caveman all seem to work.
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I think that Holly Wood Caveman, whilst tropable in its own right, is a far broader concept than just 'cookie-cutter primitive tribe in the background'. Consider, for instance, The Flintstones, a commentary on the modern world filtered through a Hollywood Caveman lens.
What's precedent ever done for us?
I see the Awesomeness.
Hammer of the Pervs
Ape Man is perfect. It's simple and obvious. And I'm surprised we don't already have that one.
"Did anybody invent this stuff on purpose?" - Phillip Marlowe on tequila, Finger Man by Raymond Chandler.
Dragon Writer
We do have Beast Man, but that's unrelated.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Ape Man needs to exist.
The Other Troper
Frazetta, in my opinion, is known more for Nubile Savages and chicks in armor...
Yeah, Ape Man works.
Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.
The Other Troper
Some would confuse that for actually being part ape (taxonomy aside). Plus the name comes from Tarzan, who was raised by apes, not simply this trope.
edited 25th Sep '10 1:38:46 PM by DragonQuestZ
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I see the Awesomeness.
If the picture is accurate, which I'm assuming it is, then it looks like a guy who is ape like.
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The Other Troper
That just implies acting stereotypically primitive, not about being like an ape.
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I see the Awesomeness.
Primitive is most commonly represented as being ape like.
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The Other Troper
That's using a side aspect as the name, not the central point.
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Pronounced YAK-you-luss
Yes, I will admit that it's my own idea, but I still like Generic Savage. Gets the point across pretty straightforwardly, I'd say.
What's precedent ever done for us?
Title depends on a working knowledge of Frank Frazetta's work. In other words, Fan Myopia.
Alternative suggestion: Generic Savage.
What's precedent ever done for us?