Hero
Hero noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.
Sissy
Sissy noun - A person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger.
Usage example: the candidate touts his wartime service as evidence that he is not a sissy
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Heart Is an Awesome Power: Everyone looks at Chai as the weakest team member because sissy plant magic is "hardly galactic hero material".
Source: Video Game / Magical Vacation -
Vic Frankenstein from Toonsylvania, as he was more of a sissy anti-hero and his being "wicked cultured" was either not brought up or played for laughs and Rob the Cyclops/Dr.
Source: Creator / David Warner -
And then subverts this trope, being a Master of Disguise and a Master Actor, playing up the "sissy" aspect because that's what people expect to see - behind the perfume and giggles he's a Determinator who isn't afraid to get all up in the hero's grill.
Source: Sissy Villain
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