Himbo, into the modern age.

From action to comedy, They go. Sources Keanu and Krong, With Arnold done fuzzy from memory.

The whore with a heart of gold transitioned, right around 1988 according to this page on memes.

This trend that moves from the fiction of books, into other dimensions where it gets to me. Along with all the work and baggage that entails. This is the current impressions.

Varying degrees of himbo began to emerge. Diverging into the action and romance genre within entertainment.

Falling in love 1968

Dr. Dude 1990

The himbo moved, the himbo evolved in the entertainment sphere. From Pride and Prejudice's himbo Regent Darcy. To lovestruck darlings in the comics within early pulp comics. No word was neologized yet to capture this phenomenon. 

The himbos of the entertainment internet era, they help promote odd, quirky games. Back in 2013. They came with their reactions, they came and did the premotions with their silly faces and made a man out of games.

Sources, This podcast episode on the origin of himbo. Brilliant source of the trope and it's evolution.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/himbos/id1656465616?i=1000606099115

Regardless, They're pretty cute.