#action hero

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the really, really strong guy who says dumb catchphrases

Sylvester Stallone is the troubled underdog hero with a really deep, distinct voice

Michael Biehn is the average joe (he’s like the Hawkeye of action movie stars)

Jackie Chan is a silly goody two shoes who is really, really good at martial arts (but the fun type, not the gritty urban combat stuff we see in more modern movies)

Jet Li also does martial arts, but he’s the more serious, brooding type of hero

Jean Claude Van Damme has to do some crazy gymnastics shit in his movies, regardless of who he is playing (ex: he’s played a serial killer and an army captain, two very different characters who are somehow proficient in gymnastics)

Keanu Reeves has to be the stoic badass who acts more through his facial expressions than dialogue

Jason Statham always has to be the intense British guy who is one step away from kicking your ass

Steven Seagal is a Gary Stu

Tom Cruise must always do his own stunts

Dolph Lundgren is really tall and intimidating

Harrison Ford is the dashing, rogue hero (the guy with “roguish” charm)

Kurt Russell always has to be the guy who seems like he’d be fun to have a beer with

Clint Eastwood always talk softly, but that’s because he’s so badass that he doesn’t need to raise his voice

Chuck Norris is the all-American badass, the type of guy who was probably the star athlete of his high school and ended up being a God-fearing man in his adult years

John Wayne is a cowboy, even in the Vietnam War

Liam Neeson has to be either intense or poised

Michelle Rodriguez is always the tomboy badass who always talks like she’s about to punch you for something you did

Charlize Theron is…also kinda like Michelle Rodriguez, but less emphasis on the tomboyness (Atomic Blonde comes to mind)

Sigourney Weaver is the underdog hero who is incredibly strong-willed and cool, but dealing with villains who she can’t easily overpower

Michelle Yeoh has to be in some sort of competent role, like she’s the one who people turn to when things are getting chaotic (which is why her role in EEAAO was sort of against type for her)

Wesley Snipes has to be a cool badass who occasionally says some whacky shit that still fits with his character (for example, “some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill”)

Chow Yun Fat has to be a cocky badass, the guy who the police superintendent has to take off the case since he’s too loose cannon

Bruce Willis has the same shtick as Chow Yun-fat, but funnier

Nicolas Cage is either crazy or he just fully commits to whatever goofy role he was cast in

Dwayne Johnson is basically modern day Arnold Schwarzenegger

Vin Diesel is kinda sorta a modern day Sylvester Stallone, but less emphasis on the underdog

If Kirby was actually this cool and cutting deep? Why hasn't there been a canonic apperance of the Dashing Super Guy? C'mon Sakurai!

Welcome to the Golden Age, where "Zoro" only needed one 'r' to avoid a copyright strike and the title of your magazine sounded like a Batman fight scene sound effect. Here we have our hero, the Mystery Man, demonstrating the "Human Lawn Dart" technique. He’s diving into a high-speed nautical kidnapping with nothing but a sensible cardigan and a dream. You have to admire the villain’s commitment to the aesthetic; he’s wearing a leather aviator's helmet for a boat ride and has helpfully branded his getaway vehicle with a giant skull and crossbones, just in case the harbor patrol wasn't sure if he was up to no good. It’s the 1940s equivalent of a "Student Driver" sticker, but for felonies. Meanwhile, our damsel in distress looks remarkably poised for someone currently being used as ballast in a pirate dinghy. Ten cents was a small price to pay for physics-defying heroics and the mystery of how Zoro's hair remains perfectly parted during a thirty-foot freefall.