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{{quote|'' "Look at how sensitive and vulnerable he is -- he must be gay. That means women feel safe around me, and trust me... then BAM! Pregnant! BAM! Pregnant! BAM! Pregnant."''|'''Russell Brand'''}}
These characters are not simply [[Badass]] [[Bishonen]], nor are they all necessarily transvestites. Basically, these are male characters who are badass nancy boys. They're often campy, vain and in many cases quite pretty, but they're also incredibly effective at what they do, and quite powerful. They may have insane combat skills, seduction ability that rivals James Bond's, or simply be [[Chessmaster
Some ways in which girly-ness can make a character more badass:
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* Sani from ''[[Toriko]]''. He even prepares food that makes anyone that eats it become [[Bishonen]] (by killing creatures that would take entire armies of "normal" people for incredigents). His effeminancy and aloofness are contrasted with his [[Tomboy
* Nuriko from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', moreso before his [[Important Haircut]].
* Ukyo of ''[[Samurai 7]]'' initially seems like a simpering, brainless fop, which he actually is, minus the brainless part. The real Ukyo is a [[Magnificent Bastard]] who is like ''[[The Prince]]'' distilled into a person. While he has little to no combat skill himself, he's good enough at manipulating those who do that he doesn't really need it.
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* Dr. Frank N. Furter of ''[[Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'': Seduces everyone and everything... in a corset, and (presumably) tops Rocky.
* Jareth: From ''[[Labyrinth]]''... extremely camp and rather swishy...and yet King of the Goblins with insane magical powers. My god, the costume changes.
* ''[[Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]'': When the [[Drag Queen
* Similarly in ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]'', there's a scene where Patrick Swayze's character (a drag queen) beats up a woman's abusive husband, thus saving the woman (and he does it in drag).
* To some extent Captain Jack Sparrow of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' is one of these, with the eyeliner and all the dangly things in his hair and his rather effete and flamboyant mannerisms. Johnny Depp has stated in interviews that he intends Captain Jack to read as bisexual.
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* Firesong from the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series. He's [[Camp Gay]], very effeminate and the most powerful mage in the world, basically. Also he is literally called a peacock to his face multiple times. Vanyel also counts, though he's slightly less camp, even more powerful, and Firesong's ancestor. Just as pretty, though. And he is ''also'' literally called a peacock more than once, having quite an affinity for finery and good grooming.
** Vanyel also mentioned a duelist who was straight, but intentionally played camp to annoy his enemies
* [[Jerry Cornelius]] might
** Huillam d'Averc from the [[Michael Moorcock|Runestaff series]] could also qualify; as he's an effeminate and foppish French aristocrat, who seems more interested in clothing, womanizing, and his (exaggeratedly hypochondriac) various illnesses. But he's also a renowned swordsman and tactician, and one of the most feared nobles of [[The Empire]] prior to his [[Heel Face Turn]]; using his effeminate manner and supposed illness to cause his opponents to underestimate him.
* [[Psmith]], [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[High-Class Glass|monocle-wearing]], clothing-obsessed dandy character, is an unstoppable [[Guile Hero]] and has his moments of physical badassery too.
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* Raoul de Beausoleil from Margaret Weiss's ''Star of The Guardians'' and ''Mag Force 7'' series certainly fits this description. He's flashy, campy, effeminate and deadly gorgeous in an extaordinarily androgynous way. Quite fitting for an assassin whose favorite weapon is poisoned lip gloss. He reads [[Camp Gay]] as he's usually flirting with the guys and being catty toward women concerning their physical appearance. He spends so much time fussing over his hair, makeup, nails and clothes, that it almost falls into the comic relief category - until he does something so awesomely badass that it reminds everyone that he really IS one of the most dangerous men in the galaxy.
* Thomas Raith from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is very much a pretty boy, but he's also indisputably bad ass. It helps that he's a vampire, and thus has supernatural speed and strength. To give an idea of how effeminate he is (or rather, how effeminate he looks), for a good portion of the series, he masqueraded as a French [[Camp Gay]] hairdresser, and no one saw through the disguise.
* Lord Brandoch Daha from E. R. Eddison's ''[[The Worm Ouroboros]]''. He is explicitly referred to as "delicate", his looks are described as "like a girl's", and he dresses
* Sir Percival Blakeney, Baronet, aka [[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]. Dresses to outshine the girls, appears late at balls because he lost his time trying to tie his cravat ''just right'', and generally dismissed as a fop. Has snagged the [[Fiery Redhead|hottest]] [[Heroes Want Redheads|redhead]] in Europe as his wife, and all the ladies fawn over him, his [[Camp]] posturing, and his slender white hands that are dainty enough to pass as a woman's. Also happens to be the ultra-badass secret vigilante who pulls off daring rescues of French aristocrats on a regular, if not daily, basis. Might even be the [[Ur Example]]; also a case of [[Author Appeal]], since he was created by a woman who [[Author Avatar|very obviously]] wanted to be his wife.
* In [[Julian May]]'s ''Saga of the Exiles,'' there's a member of the supporting cast known as Mr Betsy- a transvestite former engineer and Queen Elizabeth the First impersonator (with a goatee). He's also one of the enforcers the Lowlives have to ensure none of them get any ideas about stealing the aircraft they're repairing, quite capable of holding up someone a good ten kilograms heavier than him.
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* The Greek god Dionysus: He's a hard drinking, effeminate pretty boy... whose cultists tore goats apart for fun and feasted on raw meat. Originally, though, artwork depicted him as bearded and masculine like other gods, so this is only [[Older Than Feudalism]].
** Not quite. The robes he is usually shown wearing in Greek Art are women's clothes.
** Particularly in ''[[Bacchae]]'', where he's seen as the non-supernatural variety of
* Oberon has shades of this in a lot of depictions, possibly due to [[Elfeminate]] being in play. In ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Nights Dream]]'', he even has some mild [[Ho Yay]].
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* Zhang He in [[Dynasty Warriors]]. In one of the games he had a ''butterfly outfit''. Seriously. He always looks, acts and talks overly flamboyantly (like when he persuaded Xiahou Yuan to do a pre-battle dance routine so their ride to victory would start "beautifully")... but those ginormo claws attached to his hand aren't just for show, and he tends to be one of the most frighteningly effective officer killers in the series.
* Sergei from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' shares the look, but is a very, [[Complete Monster|VERY]] cruel version of this trope. He [[Expy|shares the look]] of [[.hack GU|Endrance]] above, but he is not in anyway a good guy.
* Celice from ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]''... well, he's [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|got the looks]], and adds in the fact that he's surrounded by beautiful women (if you take them all into account, 15 of them are possible [[Love Interest
** [[Just for Pun]]: [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/afej/dlc/img/dlc0524b_img.jpg He's Shogun Peacock in Fire Emblem Awakening.]
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