This Troper's cousin is at least 6'4", well over 200 pounds, and studies Judo. Apart from how intimidating he is upon a first glance (I'm told a Wendy's employee that was being a jerk just for fun stopped immediately and was on his best behavior the second my cousin stepped forward to order), he loves kids, reads all the time, watches obscure movies, is an aspiring author, and very kind and smart.

This troper has a good friend, a towering fellow of Indian descent who's built like a bear. This friend also loves hugs and has a tendency to squeal "oh my god... the ''poodles!"'' when visiting another friend with dogs. This friend (while straight) is also known as "Pretty pretty princess." Yes, this troper has odd (but awesome) friends.

This troper also has a GentleGiant he knows quite well - his uncle.

This troper's girlfriend's ex-husband. She seems to like the type (though this troper himself is skinny with a short temper).

This Troper is 6'4", just shy of 200 lbs, and looks forward to playing Beanie Babies with his niece and "Rocket Ship" (lifting and "flying" around the room) with twin five year old cousins whenever he goes home, enjoys gardening, and can take an insult better than most people think (possibly because they are afraid how a large guy would take an insult.).

Are you the cousin in the above trope!?

I'd love to aspire to be you. This Troper is coming close: but I'm a horizontal giant, taking up boxing, and I'm quite the cuddle-bug. And all this at 15 years old.

''This'' Troper is 6'6", somewhere around 250 lbs, and loves children (especially really little ones-if you watch a two-year-old for long enough, the probability that they will do something random and hilarious approaches one) and animals (especially dogs). He's also a little afraid of actually ''holding'' small children, because he's a little clumsy and doesn't want them to get hurt.

This 6'3" troper aspires to this, but is forced to admit that he's too much a {{Jerkass}} to qualify, much like his temper is too short to make him a TechnicalPacifist.

In middle school and high school, I was an (American) football player. A lineman, to be precise. Looked like a lineman, too. I was never very good, since I really didn't like hitting people. I've also never been in a fight.

This troper has a friend who is one of the tallest people he knows. That person is also brittish, incredibly friendly, and feels bad when he tells anyone anything that may, some day, offend them. Whereas I am a Jerkass who delights in insulting people shorter than I am.

This troper is an apparently rare female version. 5'10", very strong for a girl (and most boys, for that matter), adores kittens and other baby animals. Not so keen on ''human'' babies, though they seem to take a liking to her.

The star throwers (track and field) and football players at this Troper's school are some of the largest and strongest students there. But they never got angry even when this this Troper helped himself to a banquet for the football players.

My uncle is pretty much like this on a regular basis- he's also a great chef and has a voice like an opera singer.

One of this tropers best friends is a huge (6' 8", IIRC), big-muscled guy who spends a lot of time quietly sitting in a chair, watching people go by. It all sounds like a bodyguard in the making, until you meet the guy and find him to be not only incredibly sweet and loving but also sillier than almost anyone else. Of everyone I have ever knows, he giggles the most, gives the most hugs, and is more openly emotional than most guys his age. Who knew?

One guy I know is really, really tall, but he's so disarmingly nice it's kind of odd. He's red-haired, though, so by all accounts the future of the world is in good hands.

This troper (at or over 6'3" and 200lbs) is usually within this trope, though unfortunately averts this during his BewareTheNiceOnes moments (which increase in rarity in seeming proportion to his height).

This troper owns a dog who is very huge, but he's very affectionate and is generally has a very nice temperament. Unfortunately, this tends to be subverted around other dogs. My family and I learned this the hard way, after he escaped and bit another dog, forcing us to pay the bitten dog's medical bills...oh yeah, and he's a racist. Specifically, he hates black people. Bet he'd get along just fine with Brian Griffin.

This troper is 6'4, but hasn't done anything more violent in his life than slap someone to shut him up (though if his stalker continues, that may change). He also has a friend who is almost 7 feet tall, but is so gentle and feminine that everyone thinks he's gay (he isn't).

This editor is both tall and kinda fat, and hit his growth spurt pretty early, but also very quiet and sensitive. I found out after I graduated that almost everyone in high school was afraid of me because I was so big and rarely said anything, apparently giving off a "strong and silent" vibe--but it was just 'cause I was so shy!

This troper's supervisor is a really big black man, has a little tuft of hair on his head (apparently he said it's what's left of a mohawk), but he's got a really nice temperament and just an all-around nice guy. He's also a big fan of InuYasha.

There was a guy in this troper's youth group who was a good 6'3'' and built like a brick house - used to play football. He was also unbelievably sweet, gentlemanly, and prone to TenderTears. Turned out he was killer at Ballet, too.

This troper is 6'8", 440 pounds and rarely smiles in public. Helps me keep people from sitting next to me on the bus. Never enough leg room.

This Troper's first "boyfriend" was easily over six feet tall and about two feet wide... and he was fourteen at the time.

this troper is the same way, only I am 13.

This troper is 6'10" tall. He avoids anger with a Spock-like dedication and isn't at all sporty.

One of this troper's best friends is 6'2'' and 320 lbs, with a 2nd degree blackbelt in Tai Kwon Do, a black belt in karate, studied Brazilian jujitsu, kendo and aikido, was on the judo team in high school, played foot ball. We describe him as a "giant teddy bear."

I'm 6'2" and ~240 pounds and played American football freshman-junior year of high school. I've been told I give really good hugs, and have been called a teddy bear on more than one occasion.

This troper's best friend, is 6'3, 210 pounds and a ten year practicioner of Krav Maga, an expert marksman (Marine) and the scariest, most scarred men I've ever seen in my life. He looks like a badass straight outa the movies. In reality, he's allowed others to beat on him for fear of hurting them too bad, is a deeply religious man - studying to become a rabbi -, a dedicated father, a teetoaller and a gardner. Doesn't carry over into his military actions, I'm afraid... But he expresses sadness at such things, that's enough, yeah?

This troper's father is tall, broad, and quite hairy. First looking at him, he calls to mind a bear, and tends to intimidate people, but he's really quite easy-going and really good with children. Most of the family on his side is like that. People's first reaction upon meeting the clan is usually O____O;;;;

Somewhere between 6' 2 and 6' 4 and about 220 pounds here. Not exactly gentle (on a bad I'm a righteous jerk) but try telling that to every kid under ten whom it usually takes about five minutes of interaction to decide I'm probably the funniest person they ever met...

This troper's older brother is 6'5, and a teddy bear. He is amazing with kids (who LOVE him) and just a general sweetie pie. He brings in homemade (he BAKES!) pies sometimes for his office, and after Christmas he brings in fruit (everyone being on a diet).

This troper is 6'6" and 300 lbs. He loves to spend time loving on his little tabby kitten.

{{Eban}} is 6'4 or there abouts (the DMV's height chart stops at 6 even), weighs god only knows how much, and is moderately strong. About a month ago I pulled a dumbass and locked myself in my back yard (chain link fence). Rather than climbing over which seemed impractical I decided to just grab the post the gate latched to and bend it until I could just swing the gate open. Also kids love me, not sure why, but they do. I bake too. And yes I had more than a few guys start fights with me in Highschool. Like attacking the big dude ever ends well. Never started fights, ended quite a few though. First grade I had two older boys attack me. Then I had two older boys on the ground.

This troper's father is about 6'1; not as tall by comparison, but very heavy and seems intimidating on first glance. One associate of ours in church once mentioned that he was afraid of him the first time he saw him. Strangely enough, all of the pets that we've had the last ten years can't get enough of this guy.

My brother is somehow simultaniously a gentle giant (HE IS BIGGER THAN OUR OWN DAD) and a jerkass. And he knows magic tricks. He's a strange person.

This troper aspires to be this (6'3" and mostly a nice guy), but will have to concede the title to a co-worker, who is more of a giant (6'8") and most likely gentler (never seen without a huge smile on his face).

This Troper knows a kid at his high school who is 6'5 and weighs 225 pounds, plays football, hockey and track (discus and shot put obviously) and the kid is only fifteen. However, this Troper and other kids at his school know that this guy is soft and mostly a Gentle Giant, who can only occasionally be annoying at times. Plus this Troper and others find it amusing seeing this Gentle Giant hang out with his best friend, who is a literal dwarf, only standing at 2'5.

This Troper is 6'7 and loves cute things.

This Troper isn't a giant in the sense that she's probably around 5'4". However, her trusty combat boots add on another inch or two and combine it with her NiceHat and BadassLongcoat, and she can be truly imposing. However, children seem automatically attracted to her (much to her chagrin) and she loves cute things like baby animals and chibis. Unfortunately, she's a little too much of a {{Jerkass}} to truly qualify. Her brick-house half brother and guitar teacher (more tall than muscular, but still) probably do count very well, though.

This troper's ex classmate from tenth grade qualified as this. I met him for the first time at the end of ninth grade: he was a full head taller than me, he was obese but imposing, I knew he had to repeat multiple years, and the first thing he told me was: "Hey, we're gonna be in class together next year! Ha ha ha ha ha!" During the following Summer, I was genuinely TERRIFIED of returning to school and being bullied by him. When I '''did''' return to school, he revealed himself to be kind, friendly and funny, and was one of the few people I managed to befriend in my high school years.

This Troper is only 6'1, but he towers over his all of his classmates. He's usually very quiet, but can intimidate people if they try to harm his friends.

are you me?

the Troper is between 6'1" and 6'3", weighs 260 pounds, did american football in highschool and wrestling for 11 years(first grade though senior year of high school, the last 5 years was at heavyweight, which is from 215 all the way to 275), making it to the state tournament his junior year, and is usually considered a nice guy to a fault and loves cats and for some reason kids like him (which is sort of onesided as he isn't horribly fond of human children :p) unfortunatly this troper also possesses a temper that takes quite a bit to work up, but is a textbook case of Beware the Nice Ones and will get VERY angry *I.E. an almost blind rage* (during wrestling he actually channeled that anger into his wrestling and had a constructive way to release it as well as get a burst of strength that only rage could cause) this happened enough that he got the name "killer" from his coach and teammates, and tended to not notice some injuries until AFTER the match. such as a dislocated finger, and getting all or most of the muscles torn off of his sternum. aside from the mentioned rage moments which were mostly caused on purpose aside from a few moments were he did some thing that is sort of awesome yet bad at the same time (like drop-kicking a freshman down a hill that was extremly mouthy and giving CHASE after it) , this troper is actually fairly mellow :D

This troper's father is 6'8" with a bass voice that can vibrate the plumbing. He's a laid-back literature nerd who's great with babies and animals, writes poems, and has a compulsion to feed his children's friends. This troper herself (another rare female example) is as close to six feet as makes no difference and fairly strong, but is friendly to a fault and usually avoids confrontation. They both make it a rule never to sit in front of anyone at movie theatres or the like.

This Troper is roughly 6'2", and, as my former boss occasionally noted, quite strong physically. However, according to my sister, I'm far too nice to be intimidating. In fact, I'm a prop for the rugby team I play for, and never get into fights during matches even if provoked; I generally try to ''break up'' any fights that start.

I'm around 6"5, like to wear black coats, listen to heavy metal, wear a helluva lot of necklaces and spikey things. I'm also a guy who blushes at the thought of talking to girls, Likes to write romantic fanfics, doesn't like to watch porn ('Dude, there's totally no love there), likes children, draws, and wishes to find a true love for himself...yup I'm a giant softie.

This troper's boyfriend is 6'4", hemophobic, wouldn't hurt anyone, and owns 6 cats and 2 dogs.

This troper was told of a man who studied hospitality, the art of servicing customers in resteraunt and hotel scenarios, hoping that one day he could work on a cruise ship. Despite his willingness to help a hand and his wonderful personality, no ship would hire him because he was so big that he would intimidate the ship residents on first glance.

This Troper is over 7 feet tall (about 7’1’’) and built like a brick house. Often times, people are scared of me. I couldn’t count how many times a little kid has hid from me, thinking I was a monster. However, I rarely get into fights, and am very quiet. I do work out, but instead of showing off my muscles like some jerk, I’m more likely to calmly read or watch anime. Oh, and I bunnies.

This Troper is not a giant, but his physique still intimidates some people, and his PermaStubble doesn't help things much. This often makes it surprising when they find out he loves to write and draw and that he tends to be a FriendToAllChildren.

A friend of this Troper's mother had an English mastiff named Big Ben. The dog was so huge it could lick an average-sized kitchen counter without lifting its forefeet. It was scared of shadows and loved people.

This Troper's friend has two huge, muscular dogs, one of them a Rottweiler. Neither of them would hurt a person unless it was from sheer enthusiastic love.

This Troper's friend at school. He's a big guy with a heart of gold, who loves things like TheMuppets (no, really) and loves sharing his muppet puppets with the younger kids at school. He also qualifies for TheHeart. Another kid at school, a tall, strong, seemingly scary PunkRock kid with long hair, seemed to have fun playing with a smaller kid with prosthetic legs.

This troper is 18 years old, 250, 5'11, ''once'' '''''accidentally''''' ''popped one of his friends arms out of socket''...And loves puppies, kitties, chocolate milkshakes, and is his neices and nephews favorite uncle who would gladly protect them from danger or die trying.

I had open heart surgery as a toddler, and apparently the surgeon was a GentleGiant. My mom says he had so big hands that she wondered how the hell he would be able to do anything to fix my tiny heart. As I'm still alive, I assume he did a good job.

This troper is one as well. Tipping the scales at a mean 280 lbs and with a 6'6" frame, I'm the last thing people want to see in a dark alley. However, I'm one part goof, two parts bleeding heart, and three parts shy guy. I'm also a firm believer of bear hugs. My friends tell me that getting a hug from me is akin to being raped by a sleeping bag. I also suffer from acute 'cute radar.' Puppies, kittens, and small children under 10 bring my IQ down a dozen points. I think I also get bonus points for being a big brother. God help you if you piss me off to the point of no return. But odds are, you won't.

This troper is 14 6'4 200 ibs and has been compared to a giant teddy bear,I whould'nt hit a woman to save my life wont shoot a gun at anything but lord have mercy if someone hurts a lady mugs someone or does anything to hurt anyone around me

This female troper's LoveInterest is a gentle giant. He's physically large, athletic, really strong and mean-looking but he's basically a kind, shy person with a great sense of humor. I like him because he has a kind and humorous personality.

This troper is a huge fan of the band Space, and their keyboard player, Franny Griffiths, is one of her heroes. He is 6ft 3 and towers over the rest of the band, and she was nervous about meeting him because she'd heard he was a bit of a hardman and had been in a lot of trouble as a teenager. One of her friends, who lives in Space's home town of Liverpool, reassured her that Franny was actually the nicest band member, and this was confirmed when this troper met the band and it turned out that her friend was right. Franny might have the FaceOfAThug, but he's actually really sweet and friendly, and has always been nice to her whenever she went backstage at subsequent Space gigs.

This troper is around 194cm (you do the math yourself, I'm too lazy to), and I get rather irritated when people call me this, but I'm too much of a GentleGiant to show them just how irritated I am.

This tropette is 6'3'' and is classified as this by her peers. She's nice, thoughtful, and is generally easy-going. She only attacks when provoked (but not short-tempered). She enjoys kittens and prefers art over basketball.