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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:ganondorf.jpg\|link=Super Smash Bros ~~(Video Game)~~.\|thumb\|400px\|"An impressive-looking [[Perma -Stubble\|stubble]]...But nothing more. Would you hear my desire? To take ''this'' foul chin curtain...and use it to blot out the light forever!"]] {{quote\|''[[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples\|He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.]]''~~\|[[William Shakespeare]]}}~~ \|[[William Shakespeare]]}} Some [[~~Badass\|badasses~~badass]]es are not satisfied with ''just'' a [[Badass Mustache]] or [[Perma -Stubble]] to show off their awesomeness. No, they choose to take it ''further''. As opposed to facial hair growing above their upper lip, they won't be content until they have a full blown beard to show off. Many times, it works for them where a simple mustache would just look [[Narm\|foolish]] or out of place. And when it does work, the gentleman in question is a bona fide tough guy, a man's man, a veritable buffet of manliness. In short, it's what happens when the [[Badass Mustache]] gets cranked [[Up to Eleven]]. Distinct from [[Growing the Beard]], but the two can most definitely overlap. Same thing goes for [[Beard of Evil]] and [[Beard of Barbarism]]. Also see [[Stroke the Beard]]. Contrast with [[Beard of Sorrow]], although they ''could'' overlap. Sometimes goes hand in hand with [[Wild Hair]]. Sometimes part of a [[Bald Black Leader Guy]] look. {{examples}} == Media in General == * [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same\|Dwarves]], usually. In some sources, even females have them. * Some Half-Elves, who are like Elves. . . with a beard! * Every [[Horny Vikings\|Viking]] ever ([[How to Train Your Dragon (~~Film~~animation)\|Hiccup]] gets a pass, though). * [[Pirates]] often have them in fiction, much like a lot of real ones. ~~== Advertisement ==~~ * Used in a sidebar advertisement for a "Free Online MMO Trading Card Game" called ''[[Urban Rivals]]'' that appears on [[TV Tropes]] at the time of this writing. An initially wimpy-looking soldier character is shown [[Took a Level In Badass\|growing increasingly more powerful]] through a series of stages, and his beard grows gradually at the same time.▼ == Advertising == ▲* Used in a sidebar advertisement for a "Free Online MMO Trading Card Game" called ''[[Urban Rivals]]'' that ~~appears~~appeared on [[TV Tropes]] at the time of ~~this~~the ~~writing~~fork. An initially wimpy-looking soldier character is shown [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|growing increasingly more powerful]] through a series of stages, and his beard grows gradually at the same time. * This is exaggerated with the Vikings in the Capitol One commercials - even one of their ten-year-old sons has a full beard. == Anime &and Manga == * Jet Black from ''[[~~Cowboy Bebop (Anime)\|~~Cowboy Bebop]]'' * Thorkell the Tall in ''[[~~Vinland Saga (Manga)\|~~Vinland Saga]]''. It was dubbed the Beard of Awesome by fans. ** Askeladd and Thors as well come to think of it.I * Gendou Ikari from ''[[~~Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)\|~~Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. * In ''[[~~Hikaru no Go (Anime)\|~~Hikaru no Go]]'' Hikaru has to play the loud, bearded Tsubaki in the first round of the Professional Exam, something he finds quite intimidating. * Hohenheim and {{spoiler\|Father}} from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Manga~~manga)\|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Oy! what about {{spoiler\|Havoc}}? As well as Sig Curtis and the patriarch of the Armstrong family * [[Badass Grandpa\|Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryusai]] of ''[[~~Bleach (Manga)\|~~Bleach]]'' sports a [[Badass Beard]] so long he has to keep it braided. * Kenji Harima of ''[[~~School Rumble (Manga)\|~~School Rumble]]'' grew a great big one for awhile till it was accidentally chopped off by Eri. * Kenshiro in the ''[[~~Fist of the North Star (Manga)\|~~Fist of the North Star]]'' film had one for a moment, performing his usual badassery. * You Don't Fuck with [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann ~~(Anime)~~\|Lordgenome]]. That is all. * General Cross Marian from ''[[D .Gray ~~Man (Manga)~~-man\|D Gray Man]]''. * [[Fan Nickname\|Vladcard]] from ''[[~~Hellsing (Manga)\|~~Hellsing]]'' has the second nickname of Beardycard for a reason! * Kan'u Gundam from ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]''. Based on Guan Yu (see below), he's a Gundam with a beard. He makes it work. * From ''[[~~Naruto (Anime)\|~~Naruto]]'' Hiruzen and his son Asuma, Shikaku Nara, the Third Raikage and [[Crazy Awesome\|his sons Killer Bee and A]] * King Neptune from ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)\|~~One Piece]]'' has a very impressive beard. How about freaking Black ~~[[Badass~~ Beard~~\|Beard]]~~? {{spoiler\|Took out Ace, killed White Beard with the help of his crew, and is set on the destruction of the world.}} * A particularly notable example, since each time he shows up again he's become more powerful and his beard is darker and fuller ** Also Brownbeard, whose beard [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617152141/http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110821115228/onepiece/images/thumb/1/1a/Brownbeard_2.JPG/200px-Brownbeard_2.JPG defies explanation]. * Lord Nightray from ''[[~~Pandora Hearts (Manga)\|~~Pandora Hearts]]'' has a Rasputin-style beard. Uncle Oscar's beard also looks pretty badass. * Jigen from ''[[Lupin III]]''. * The goatee (aka. the [[Fan Nickname\|catbeard/kittybeard]]) of Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (the "Tiger" of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'') has achieved [[Memetic Mutation\|memetic status]] - not only because it's [[Improbable Hairstyle\|impeccably groomed to the point of implausibility]], but because it also looks like a pair of kittens. * ''[[~~Super Atragon (Anime)\|~~Super Atragon]]'': Captain Hayate, of the battleshp ''Ra'' sports a full beard. * ''[[Gundam AGE]]'': Captain Grodek Ainoa. [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111113131827/gundam/images/e/ef/Grodek.jpg That is all.] == ~~Comicbooks~~Comic Books == * [[~~Aquaman (Comic Book)\|~~Aquaman]], in nearly every incarnation in which he's an elderly King of Atlantis. Not only does he had a white beard to rival Poseidon's, but it makes him sufficiently [[Darker and Edgier]] to make the reader know that no one fucks with him. Ever. Even [[Superman]] in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' treats him with kid gloves. * Leonidas, king of the Spartans, in ''[[~~Three Hundred~~300]]'' * [[Green Arrow]]. Come on, that beard is awesome. * Wulf Sternhammer in ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' is a Viking, and has an impressive beard to match. * For quite some time, [[The Mighty Thor]] wore a beard, and lo, it was epic. ** Fellow [[The Avengers (Comic Book)\|Avenger]] [[The Incredible Hercules\|Hercules]] normally has a beard as well, and of course [[Boisterous Bruiser\|he never passes up a fight]]. The one notable time Herc ''didn't'' have a beard came during [[The Nineties]], when he decided [[Dork Age\|he'd rather look more like]] [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ~~(TV)~~\|Kevin Sorbo]]. * Lucas Orion of the ''[[Atari Force]]'' first series, though his character was mostly a pacifist that won't fight. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131016105542/http://www.asterion.se/haddock.jpeg Captain Haddock] in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''. Because: Hey, what is a sailorman without his badass beard? ** His beard is pretty impressive in [[~~The Adventures of~~ Tintin (~~Film~~film)\|the recent motion-captured film, as well]]. [http://www.screened.com/captain-haddock/15-15371/all-images/132-2513116/the_adventures_of_tintin_movie_image_9/131-585799/ Behold!]{{Dead link}} Both him and the [[Beard of Evil\|antagonist]] sport beards- between this and [[The Lord of the Rings]], you get the impression [[Peter Jackson]] has a thing for them. * Destruction from ''[[The Sandman]]''; his usual form is a tall, rugged, muscular man with a full but neatly trimmed beard. == Fan ~~Fiction~~Works ==▼ * The dwarven noble in ''[[Dragon Age: ~~the Crown of Thorns (Fanfic)\|Dragon Age the~~The Crown of Thorns]]'' has a very elaborate style, reaching as low as the sternum. It has three intertwined braids in front, plus an extra one on each side. His mustache is also long, arranged neatly in two long strands that reach the level of his collarbone. His long-dead [[Action Girl\|action girlfriend]] invented it, and the same style was since shamelessly copied by Lord Harrowmont, the Assembly Steward, etc. To compound it all, due to an event that gave the prince his {{spoiler\|[[Magic Knight]]}} status, all his hair is snow/silver white (that includes the spiked short cut on the head). Badass much?▼ ▲== Fan Fiction == ▲* The dwarven noble in ''[[Dragon Age the Crown of Thorns (Fanfic)\|Dragon Age the Crown of Thorns]]'' has a very elaborate style, reaching as low as the sternum. It has three intertwined braids in front, plus an extra one on each side. His mustache is also long, arranged neatly in two long strands that reach the level of his collarbone. His long-dead [[Action Girl\|action girlfriend]] invented it, and the same style was since shamelessly copied by Lord Harrowmont, the Assembly Steward, etc. To compound it all, due to an event that gave the prince his {{spoiler\|[[Magic Knight]]}} status, all his hair is snow/silver white (that includes the spiked short cut on the head). Badass much? == Film == * ''[[Ivan the Terrible]]'': [http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/04/91/000a9104_medium.jpeg Ivan's beard defies gravity. And boyars.]{{Dead link}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521025222/http://costumes.narniaweb.com/caspianbaddies/mirazcoronation2.jpg Miraz] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: [[Prince Caspian]]'' is surrounded by bearded badguys, but his beard is the baddest one. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070128201619/http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2002_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers/two_towers_009.jpg Rohirrim] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (~~Film~~film)\|The Lord of the Rings]]'': look particularly at Éomer and Théoden (interestingly, local [[Evil Chancellor\|Wormtongue]] is clean-shaven). That's because in Middle Earth, shavin's fer SISSIES! * [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?\|Did you just insult the entire Elven race?]] * [[Our Elves Are Better\|But do Elves]] [[Perma -Shave\|even need to shave?]] * Well, Cirdan Shipwright has a long, grey beard in the novels. How dare you include mention of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and not mention Gandalf? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM50TY9xl2g Even the fcking TREES have beards!] [[Up to Eleven\|It's beardier than a bearded pile of beards!]] * And Aragorn. And Faramir. And Boromir. And Gimli. All the Dwarves, in fact. And the King of the Undead. In fact, just about everyone who is badass and is not a) a hobbit b) an elf or c) a woman has a beard in these films. * Colour Sergeant Bourne from ''Zulu'', who's [http://fabulousblueporcupine.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bourne-hitch-and-allen.jpg 'tash and sideburn combo] is so awesome it is simultaneously [[Badass Mustache]] and [[Badass Beard]]! * Desert warrior [http://angelacameron.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/oded-fehr.jpg?w=450&h=640 Ardeth Bey], played by Oded Fehr, in ''[[The Mummy Trilogy]]''. * Jack Sparrow of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' fame. Come on - his beard has beads in it! That's pretty awesome. Davy Jones had an octo-beard, in that it was made up of tentacles. He could literally kill someone with it. Beards don't get much more badass than that. Blackbeard has them all beat by virtue of being introduced with the ends of his beard smoldering with smoke. ([[Truth in Television]]: The real Blackbeard did things like that to terrify people.) * While better known as a comic character, Tony Stark's beard in ''[[Iron Man (~~Film~~film)\|Iron Man]]'' is more individualistic than his relatively generic comic counterpart's. * [[Gladiator\|Maximus]]. * Alan from ''[[The Hangover]]'' * [[Star Wars]]: Many Jedi, most noticeably Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ki-Adi-Mundi. Dooku's would also count. * Hiccup's father Stoick from ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (~~Film~~animation)\|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' sports one. ** This is probably intentional, given that he's voiced by [[Gerard Butler]] in a similar manner to his version of [[300\|King Leonidas of SPAR-TA]]. Line 92 ⟶ 93: * Sometimes, Gilgamesh of [[The Epic of Gilgamesh]] fame is depicted with a really long beard. It helps that he's 2 parts ''Divine'' and one part Human. ** Just check him out in Civilization IV.. [http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee171/dalamb54/Sevopedia/Civs/Gilgamesh.jpg Look at this!] * Guan Yu from ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' is infamous for his impressively long and full beard and he's one of the top [[~~Badass\|badasses~~badass]]es of the story. So impressive, the [[Designated Villain]] Cao Cao gives him a beard-bag to protect its luxuriousness. A mere display of his beard makes [[Mooks]] go weak at their knees and [[Heel Face Turn\|beg to join him]]. He was known by his contemporaries as "Lord of the Magnificent Beard", which rather attests to its badassery. * The Han Emperor once said what roughly translates into, "Damn, that is one bad ass beard!" Line 102 ⟶ 103: Cìrdan, anyone? * Given to the presumption that elves do not grow facial hair... * Beorn. The climactic battle in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is going badly for the good guys until he shows up late in the day and wins it more or less single-handed. Admittedly being able to turn into a [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears\|giant bear]] immune to weapons has its advantages... * Similar to Guan Yu, El Cid Compeador is described in ''The Poem of the Cid'' as having a magnificent beard, as befitting the archetypal [[Badass Spaniard]]. * Belgarath of ''[[Belgariad]]'' had a beard, often depicted in art as being long and flowing, but was described in the books as being cropped close to his face. Barak, the [[Big Guy]] from the series' Viking [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] who turns into a [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears\|bear]] on occasion, never shaved in his life. * Kurik in [[The Elenium]] is noted as having a mighty beard, as well as the 25,000 member strong Order of the Genidian Knights (with the exception of Sir Ulath). * Väinämöinen in the [[Iron Druid Chronicles]] has a badass beard which Atticus duly notes. In fact it is later found that he has a kit of knives strapped and concealed beneath his massive face bear. * Dumbledore, once describe as reaching down to his knees. == Live-Action TV == * During the writers' strike in '07-'08, late night talk show hosts [[David Letterman]] and [[Conan O 'Brien]] sported "beards of solidarity" (also noteworthy: they paid their crews out of pocket and kept their shows on the air throughout). ** Conan re-grew his since he left ''The Tonight Show''. For his show ''Conan'' on TBS, he kept it from November ~~8th~~8, 2010 to the day [[Will Ferrell]] wanted it gone when he guest-starred on May ~~2nd~~2, 2011. * The late [[Billy Mays]] from ''[[Pitchmen]]'' and innumerable advertisements. * Doyle Bennett from ''[[Justified (TV series)\|Justified]]''. * Commander Riker on ''[[Star Trek: ~~the~~The Next Generation]]'' is, for the most part, a poor man's Kirk. The beard is what makes him Riker-er. ** [[Growing the Beard\|This wasn't always the case.]] * [[Firefly ~~(TV)~~\|Jayne]] [[Serenity ~~(Film)~~\|Cobb]]. * Marcus Cole of ''[[Babylon 5]]''. ** Sheridan grows a beard later in the series. Line 127 ⟶ 128: == Music == * Both Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of [[~~ZZ Top (Music)\|~~ZZ Top]] (no coincidence since one of their biggest hits is ''[[Sharp-Dressed Man]]''). Ironically, their drummer Frank '''Beard''' has a [[Badass Mustache]] instead. * Les Claypool from [[~~Primus (Music)\|~~Primus]]. * [[Horny Vikings\|Zakk Wylde]] of [[~~Ozzy Osbourne (Music)\|~~Ozzy Osbourne]]'s band and Black Label Society. * Mark Morton of [[~~Lamb of God (Music)\|~~Lamb of God]]. * Rob Halford of [[~~Judas Priest (Music)\|~~Judas Priest]] * Kerry King of [[~~Slayer (Music)\|~~Slayer]]. * [[~~Frank Zappa (Music)\|~~Frank Zappa]] * 'Dimebag' Darrel Abbot of [[~~Pantera (Music)\|~~Pantera]]. * John Petrucci of [[~~Dream Theater (Music)\|~~Dream Theater]] is known to have sported one from time to time. * [[Metallica ~~(Music)~~\|James Hetfield]] ever since the late 80's, with a few breaks. * Scott Ian of [[~~Anthrax (Music)\|~~Anthrax]]. * Nick Oliveri, [[~~Kyuss (Music)\|~~Kyuss]] member and formerly of Queens Of The Stone Age. * [http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/21-best-beards-in-metal/ Metal Hammer's countdown of the 21 best beards in Metal]. * [http://windham.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/400px-jim_james_langerado.jpg Jim James] of [[My Morning Jacket]] * Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister of [[~~Motorhead (Music)\|~~Motorhead]]. * Shavo Odadjian of [[~~System of a Down (Music)\|~~System of a Down]] is famous for his braided beard. * [http://www.pyromusic.net/images/interviews/31_1.jpg Johan Hegg]{{Dead link}} of [[~~Amon Amarth (Music)\|~~Amon Amarth]] is about as well known for his long, Viking-inspired beard as for his vocals. * Beards are all over the place in [[Country Music]], but some particularly badass ones include: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140827103828/http://www.hometowninvasion.com/photos/470/IMG_4673.jpg William Lee Golden] of [[~~The Oak Ridge Boys (Music)\|~~The Oak Ridge Boys]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513052045/http://www.gallery.savingcountrymusic.com/artists/jameyjohnson/jamey-johnson-cp-6188513.jpg Jamey Johnson]. [http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/artists/daniels_charlie/charliedaniels15-430x250.jpg Charlie Daniels]. [http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000024923/hank-williams-jr-3-sized.jpg And of course], [[Hank Williams, Jr ~~(Music)~~.\|Hank Williams Jr]] , who gets extra Badass points for having grown it to cover up facial scars that resulted from him falling off a mountain. * Commander, Murphy, the 'late' Demon Barber, and the Keymaster of [[~~The Protomen (Music)\|~~The Protomen]]. The band [http://www.protomen.com/BeardsGoingNowhere/ even wrote a song about beards]. * Ian Anderson of [[~~Jethro Tull (Music)\|~~Jethro Tull]], especially in [[The Seventies]]. * Adrian Smith ever since he rejoined [[~~Iron Maiden (Music)\|~~Iron Maiden]]. * Each of [[The Beatles (~~Music~~band)\|The Beatles]] grew these at various points, with [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iPVBvyHM4Co/RfW_PkAD9gI/AAAAAAAAAFE/8tKVtQvA4NY/s400/Paul_McCartney_Biography.jpg Paul McCartney] and [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxnrgxLq9C1qz8tj3.jpg George Harrison] arguably achieving the most successful results. * Four out of five [[~~Fleet Foxes (Music)\|~~Fleet Foxes]]. * Mike Patton's [http://discovolante.free.fr/photos/patton/40.jpg scrub brush] during the Angel Dust period. * Neil Fallon of [[~~Clutch (Music)\|~~Clutch]]. ** Taken to High Octane Nightmare Beard levels in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eepsCXpLY4 "Burning Beard" video]. * All five members of [[~~The Band (Music)\|~~The Band]] sported beards, or at least some form of facial hair. They were successful at it, too! ** Garth Hudson's was particularly Badass, however. * [[media:~~Mike_Wengren_x_60cc2f06_4354~~Mike Wengren x 60cc2f06 4354.jpg\|Mike Wengren]], drummer for [[~~Disturbed (Music)\|~~Disturbed]]. How else would he create those tribal beats without one? ** Guitarist [[media:~~Dan_in_chair_9622~~Dan in chair 9622.jpg\|Dan Donegan]] may also count. * Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of [[~~The Rolling Stones (Music)\|~~The Rolling Stones]] briefly donned these in the late '60s, [http://media.photobucket.com/image/Mick%20Brian%20beards/GLIMMERBOY/GLIMMERBOY%202/2beards.jpg as can be seen here]. * Mike Love of [[~~The Beach Boys (Music)\|~~The Beach Boys]] grew a beard in the late '60s, although this arguably counts more as a [[Beard of Evil]] (since we are, after all, talking about [[The Scrappy\|Mike Love]]). ** Brian Wilson also sported a beard at one point, though admittedly not one as Badass as his baseball namesake's (see [[Real Life]], below). * [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20110816044234/http://nightwish.com/images/profiles/marco.jpg Marco Hietala] of [[~~Nightwish (Music)\|~~Nightwish]] could easily pass for a viking warrior. * Producer Rick Rubin, whose beard has practically taken over his body:[https://web.archive.org/web/20131218235111/http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/photos/143088/rick-rubin-profile.png\] Line 171 ⟶ 172: * [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]. * Bill [[Goldberg]]. * Travis "Tyson" Tomko, whose beard, tattoos, bald head, and black ring attire make him look like a total badass. [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.~~powerprowrestlingfigs~~archive.~~com~~org/~~images~~web/~~uploads~~20210902002401/https://hm.baidu.com/~~TysonTomko~~hm.~~jpg\~~js?f051a231e08be1f0feade874aa6b12d8] * [[The Undertaker]] * [[Randy Savage]] [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131111131112/http://sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/img_151291_1.jpeg Oooooh] [http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwWUt3PMqKVFIgg5jLegXCsKia6JaAisvWoDGyL6fHqFc9Lb3c yeah]! * [http://www.legendschampionshipwrestling.com/uploaded_images/02-756687.jpg Hillbilly Jim] really went the extra mile to fit the look. * [[Daniel Bryan]] has an official "Respect The Beard" t-shirt. His beard is so long it sometimes covers the "respect", so the shirt just reads "The Beard" == Religion & Mythology == * [[Santa Claus]], of course. * Many representations of the [[The Bible ~~(Literature)~~\|Judeo-Christian]] [[God]]. Also, the literal patriarchs: Abraham, Moses, Noah, etc. And let's not forget Jesus. Blame it on the art and ''especially'' on [[wikipedia:Jesus of Nazareth ~~chr~~(~~28)miniserieschr(29~~miniseries)\|Robert Powell]]'s iconical portrayal in ''Jesus of Nazareth''. * Sure, he may not have looked exactly like he does in those portraits, but he almost certainly had a beard. * Most of the [[Norse Mythology\|Norse Gods]] particularly Odin, Thor, and Tyr are commonly depicted and described as having some truly epic facial hair. Line 188 ⟶ 189: == Tabletop Games == * ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] Fantasy Battle'' has ''weaponized'' beards on the part of the Dwarves, who sometimes braid blades into their facial hair and use it as a weapon. * [http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p186/EarthScorpion/Random%20stuff/Kejak_profile.png Chejop Kejak] of ''[[Exalted]]'', the oldest and most powerful Exalt in existence, possesses one of these. As well as [[Badass Long Hair]]. * ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': It is always emphasized how fond dwarves are of beards. In some editions, but not all of them, even female dwarves have them. Elminister of Shadowdale has a pretty decent-sized beard, and he's the biggest badass in the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting, arguably the biggest in ''any'' setting of the game. ** [[Greyhawk\|Mordenkainen]], on the other hand, has a short, close-trimmed goatee. == Toys == * [[G.I. Joe]]. It started in the 70s with the 12" [[Adventure Team]] member Joe Colton with realistic flocked facial hair as a selling point, and despite the fact that facial hair is still against military regs in most branches, a lot of Joes started sporting ~~[[Badass Beard\|~~Badass Beards]], Including Shipwreck, Snowjob, Frostbite, Clutch, Outback, Rock & Roll, and most recently Bench Press. On the other side, Dreadnoks Ripper, Torch, and Monkeywrench as well as Iron Grenadiers Voltar and General Mayham have their own. == ~~Videogames~~Video Games == * [[Player Character\|Gordon]] [[Badass Bookworm\|Freeman]] from the ''[[Half-Life]]'' series. * The Vanguard bloodline and Engineer within ''[[Bloodline Champions]]''. The officer outfit for the Igniter has this as well. * Ganondorf from ''Zelda'', only after ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ~~(Video Game)~~\|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', in which he was clean shaven. ** Darmani/Goron Link definitely qualifies. An NPC shopkeeper even comments on it. {{quote\| '''NPC''': "Whoa, nice sideburns!" }} * Gorath from ''[[Betrayal Atat Krondor]]'' has a [[Badass Beard]] despite being an elf - which is supposed to be impossible, but [[All There in the Manual\|according to the manual]] is possible because he's half-human - which, in turn, is also supposed to be impossible in Midkemia canon. In short, the designers probably just gave him the beard to emphasize his "badass dark elf leader" image. * Solid Snake's beard in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' is not much worth talking about. But [http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w191/FodderForce/snake.jpg Naked Snake/Big Boss] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' has a [[Badass Beard]] that is a sight to behold. Snake single handedly [[Even the Guys Want Him\|made the beard sexy again for an entire generation]]. ** On top of that, it gets longer in Peace Walker, ''especially'' in the comic-style cutscenes. * Jack Cayman of ''[[~~Mad World~~MadWorld]]''. It helps that he looks a lot like [[Cowboy Bebop\|Jet Black]]. * Agent Chieftain of ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''. * ''[[Max Payne (~~Video Game~~series)\|Max Payne]]'' in the latest installment. * [[Star Wars: Dark Forces ~~Saga (Video Game)~~\|Kyle]] [[Memetic Badass\|freakin']] [[Star Wars\|Katarn]]. ** It's Official: There is no chin behind Kyle Katarn's beard, just another Bryar Pistol. * Hector in ''[[Fire Emblem]] 6'', showing how badass he still was after all those years. ** Also, Athos the Archsage in ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'' had a pretty spiffy beard. * Duncan from ''[[Dragon Age]]'' has one. This has led to [[Memetic Mutation]] on the [[~~Bio Ware~~BioWare]] forums. First Enchanter Irving has one as well, though his also gives him a [[Memetic Molester]] reputation. The default male version of Hawke in ''[[~~Dragon Age II (Video Game)\|~~Dragon Age II]]'' sports one. * Lampshaded in [[Tales of the Abyss]], where Anise insists that Van's beard is the source of his power. ** Also Largo * In ''[[~~Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)\|~~Assassin's Creed II]]'', [[Player Character\|Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] has such a beard in the final Memory Block, at the age of forty. [[Downloadable Content]] added two Memory Blocks before the final one, and Ezio can be seen growing the beard in them. Returns in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood ~~(Video Game)~~\|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', starting just after AC II ended. Taken up a notch in ''[[Assassin's Creed ~~Revelations (Video Game)\|Assassin's Creed~~: Revelations]]''. Ezio is now is his [[Badass Grandpa\|early fifties]]<ref>Keep in mind, in the Renaissance this was '''old'''.</ref> and sports an even fuller beard. ** And in the newest trailer for Desmond in [[Assassin's Creed ~~Revelations (Video Game)\|Assassin's Creed~~: Revelations]] there is a short shot of Desmond sporting one of these. * {{spoiler\|Captain Price}} in ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2''. Gaz in the first ''Modern Warfare'' game also had one. Soap, meanwhile, favors [[Perma -Stubble]]. * Slayer from ''[[~~Guilty Gear (Video Game)\|~~Guilty Gear]]''. * Kratos from ''[[God of War (~~Video Game~~series)\|God of War]]''. In the 2018 installment, the older Kratos has a longer, fuller one. Most other Norse human characters in this game have one too. ** In ''[[~~Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)\|~~Mortal Kombat 9]]'', when Kratos is the victim of a Babality (turned into a baby), ''he keeps the goatee.'' It's just ''that'' badass. * Basch from ''[[~~Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)\|~~Final Fantasy XII]]'' Jecht from ''[[~~Final Fantasy X (Video Game)\|~~Final Fantasy X]]''. His badassery gets ramped up even further in the ''Dissidia'' games, where he actually gets to show off his moves outside his {{spoiler\|Final Aeon form.}} Cid, Tellah, and FuSoYa from ''[[~~Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)\|~~Final Fantasy IV]]''. * Dr. Light of ''[[Mega Man (~~Video~~video ~~Game~~game)\|Mega Man]]''. * ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)\|~~Team Fortress 2]]'': The Demoman's facial hair straddles the line between a [[Badass Beard]] and a [[Badass Mustache]]. (He's trimmed off everything on his chin except for a small triangle beneath his lip. The man is stylin'.) ** The Spy can also have a beard. Well, [[Incredibly Obvious Bug\|a fake one with a "hidden" camera in it]]. * [[Jak and Daxter]] deserves a special mention for making a [[Good Hair, Evil Hair\|traditionally evil]] goatee look heroic. ** more like [[Anti-Hero\|anti-heroic]]. * LeChuck from ''[[Monkey Island]]''. His beard is so badass that it gets used to reanimate the rest of his body. * ''[[Jed]]'', as a [[And Your Reward Is Clothes\|rew]][[Cosmetic Award\|ard]]. * Jorge-052 from ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. * The Point Man of [[First Encounter Assault Recon\|FEAR]], formerly [[The Faceless]], has one in the third game. * The Monk of ''[[Diablo\|Diablo III]]'' counterpoints his [[Bald of Awesome]] with his mighty beard. * ~~Gouken from~~ ''[[Street Fighter]]''.: Gouken And Gen. ''Definitely'' Gen. Zangief also has a [[Badass Beard]]. Dhalsim has one in ''V''. Also in that game, G, the [[Final Boss]]. * Isaac in ''[[Golden Sun ~~Dark Dawn (Video Game)\|Golden Sun~~: Dark Dawn]]'' sports one 30 years later after saving the world in the previous game. A NPC comments that [[Hot Dad\|Isaac is quite the looker for his age]] and many women are attracted to him. He's only 47! [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101018184943/goldensun/images/f/fe/DDIsaac.png see for yourself.] [[Older Than They Look\|Forty-seven apparently going on twenty-seven]], [[A Wizard Did It\|due to Alchemy]]. {{spoiler\|Briggs}} also grew a mighty long beard in the last thirty years. His son favors the [[Perma -Stubble]] look. * Bill Overbeck from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''. Francis could also count. * [[Troperrific\|Obligatory]] ''[[~~Touhou (Video Game)\|~~Touhou]]'' example: Unzan. The fact that he's a cloud really helps. ** [[Badass Grandpa\|Youki Konpaku]] tends to be depicted this way in fanarts. * Adam Jensen from ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution ~~(Video Game)~~\|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]''. * Putting a beard on a male [[Player Character]] was possible in ''[[The Elder Scrolls III ~~Morrowind (Video Game)\|The Elder Scrolls III~~: Morrowind]]'', but ''[[Oblivion]]'' reduced your options to five-o'clock shadow. [[Bethesda]] brought true beards back for ''[[Skyrim]]'', [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]. * Putting a beard and/or mustache on male non-elf [[Player Character\|player characters]] in ''[[~~Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)\|~~Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' is as easy as clicking "Toggle Facial Hair" during character creation. ** Among non-player characters, we have the bald, bearded Khelgar Ironfist, and mustache/goateed Ammon Jerro. ''Storm of Zehir'' adds Septimund and Ribsmasher. * Jinpachi Mishima from ''[[~~Tekken (Video Game)\|~~Tekken]]''. Just...WOW. The Mishima Family is pretty much known for their outlandish, pointy hairstyles (a bonus from having electric attacks or the Devil Gene, maybe?), but the original progenitor definitely takes the cake for his beard alone. == Webcomics == * In ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', resident [[Badass]] / [[Determinator]] Dex Garrett grew a beard. Sadly, it's long gone by the time he {{spoiler\|nearly gets killed by a [[Cosmic Horror]] and is presumed he would die from his injuries.}} * Hall from [[Supernormal Step]] has a pretty sweet one that just reaffirms his badassery. * O-chul in ''[[The Order of the Stick ~~(Webcomic)~~\|Order of the Stick]]'' combines this with [[Bald of Awesome]] to [[Memetic Badass\|great effect]]. * [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=543 Mr. Thorn] from ''[[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)\|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. Games teacher and dragon-slayer for the previous generation, and owner of an ''epic'' beard. * In the "Oceans Unmoving" arc of ''[[~~Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)\|~~Sluggy Freelance]]'', Calix grows a massive beard after {{spoiler\|Stu dies}}, and afterward becomes much more ruthless and determined, growing up from the skilled but innocent boy he was. * In ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)\|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', Franz Rayner [[Double Subversion\|Double Subverted]] this with his neckbeard. While normally the complete opposite of this trope (and it just led to him getting humiliated when compared to Dan's [[Badass Mustache]]) it's capable of blocking ninja punches. King Radical, on the other hand, wins the award for most ridiculous beard that still manages to look badass. He also [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p79 gave a bunch of orphans beards] just because he loves all things awesome. The Ultimate Diplomat is a [[Badass Pacifist]] example. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080726045541/http://pics.livejournal.com/beatonna/pic/0004eh1s/ Sandford Fleming in this Hark! A Vagrant strip.] * Callous, a minor villain from ''[[Wright As Rayne]]'', [http://wrightasrayne.thecomicseries.com/comics/10 sports one of these.] * Ryan and Jason of ''[[~~Remus (Webcomic)\|~~Remus]]'' each sport one. The badassery of Jason's is debatable, but Ryan's... [http://www.remuscomic.com/2012/03/05/020/ not so much.]{{Dead link}} == Web Original == * In ''[[~~The Gamers Alliance (Roleplay)\|~~The Gamers Alliance]]'', [[Magic Knight\|Belial]], [[The Good King\|Khasra III]], [[Praetorian Guard\|Orestes]], [[Glorious Leader\|Pronin]], and [[Trickster Mentor\|Taliesin]] have these. [[Fallen Hero\|Refan]] also had it for a while, but he eventually cut it off to signify his newfound determination. * Post-Mission [[That Dude in ~~The~~the Suede]]. * Harley Morensein's grew in during the run of [[~~EPICMEALTIME (Web Video)\|~~EPICMEALTIME]]. * Yamauchi-sensei in [[Greek Ninja]] has one. * The [[Angry Video Game Nerd]] has grown one recently. * Inverted. [[Mr. Brilliant's Reviews\|Mr. Brilliant]]'s beard only made him more of a loser. According to a worker named Peter Dinklage, his beard hair looked like pubes. == Western Animation == * The Monarch from ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. * Action Hank, one of Dexter's idols in ''[[~~Dexters~~Dexter's Laboratory]]''. In "Beard to Be Feared", Dexter comes to the conclusion that Hank's beard is what makes him "rugged", and in an attempt to become tougher, uses an invention to give himself a fairly impressive beard. After Hank helps Dexter defeat a band of villains who use their own bad-ass facial hair as [[Improbable Weapon User\|weapons]], Dexter learns [[Spoof Aesop\|"It doesn't matter if you have the beard on the outside, as long as you have the beard on the inside."]] ** In ''Ego Trip'', Dexter takes a few [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|Levels in Badass]] when growing up, and gets a [[Badass Beard]] in the process. He also goes [[Bald of Awesome\|bald]]. Elderly Dexter is beardless so he presumably shaved it off when his [[One-Man Army\|one-man]] [[La Résistance]] days were over. * While not a true character, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender ~~(Animation)~~\|Sokka's]] alter-ego [[Growing the Beard\|Wang Fire]] is generally held to be [[Memetic Badass\|incredibly badass]]. Also [[Beard of Evil\|Ozai, Sozin and Azulon]]. And Hakoda. In Season 2, Iroh grows out his goatee and [[Hotblooded Sideburns]] into an amazing beard, and keeps it that way. Special Mention goes to the Order of The White Lotus, an organization ''full'' of them. * Yukon Cornelius was likely the most badass character in ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'' (he wrestled the Abominable into submission and tamed it, for crying out loud) and his beard was just as full as Santa's. * ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)\|The Legend of Korra]]'': Tenzin.▼ * ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' has grown a full one in Season 5, crossing over with [[Beard of Sorrow]]. Aku thinks it looks stupid. ** In a similar vein, flashback adult Aang and Sokka (though not to Wang Fire degrees). ▼ ▲* ''[[~~The Legend of Korra (Animation)\|~~The Legend of Korra]]'': Tenzin. * [[Futurama (Animation)\|Santa Bot]]. Whether you have been naughty or nice. Also, his pal the Hanukkah Zombie. Kwanzaabot is badass, but alas, no beard.▼ ▲** In a similar vein, flashback adult Aang and Sokka (though not to Wang Fire degrees). * While no attention is drawn to it, [[The Simpsons (Animation)\|Hank Scorpio]] would be far less awesome without his.▼ ▲* [[Futurama ~~(Animation)~~\|Santa Bot]]. Whether you have been naughty or nice. Also, his pal the Hanukkah Zombie. Kwanzaabot is badass, but alas, no beard. * In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)\|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' [[The Good King\|King]] Claudus and [[Four-Star Badass\|General]] Grune, the [[Big Good]] and [[The Dragon]] respectively, both sport expansive versions of these, while [[Court Mage]] Jaga has a slightly more downplayed badass [[Wizard Beard]].▼ ▲* While no attention is drawn to it, [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~animation)\|Hank Scorpio]] would be far less awesome without his. ▲* In ''[[Thundercats 2011 ~~(Western Animation)~~\|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' [[The Good King\|King]] Claudus and [[Four-Star Badass\|General]] Grune, the [[Big Good]] and [[The Dragon]] respectively, both sport expansive versions of these, while [[Court Mage]] Jaga has a slightly more downplayed badass [[Wizard Beard]]. * Count Dooku In the Clone Wars Television series has a particularly badass beard. ** Also Obi-Wan * The ''[[Teen Titans]]'' episode "Betrothed" introduces Galfore, Starfire's ''k'norfka'' (guardian), a serious badass with a very impressive beard. * This is subverted in the ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' episode "Feudin', Fightin', and Fussin'" where Woody's [[Foil]] is a mountain man with a long beard that reaches down to his toes. Through most of the short, Woody uses the poor guy's beard to trip him up and play numerous other jokes. Eventually, he decides his "dang whiskers always gettin' me in trouble" and decides to shave them off. * In ''[[The Smurfs]]'', one thing that makes Papa Smurf stand out among the other Smurfs (the other being his red hat) is his full beard; [[Flashback]]s show he had it as a young Smurf, but it wasn't grey then. Grandpa Smurf has an even longer one. ** In one episode, Gargamel tries to use magic to grow one so he'd be more respected as a wizard, but he fails to read the directions and ends up with a beard that fills his entire house and makes him unable to move from its weight. As usual, the Smurfs have to intervene so he doesn't end up starving as a result. == Real Life == Line 299 ⟶ 309: * [[wikipedia:George V of the United Kingdom\|King George V]] * [[wikipedia:File:Barbarossa01.jpg\|Frederick I Barbarossa, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire]] might just have the most badass of them all. ** So badass that it grows either all the way around or ''through'' [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/sleep.html the table he is sitting at]. <ref> The same is told of Denmark's Holger Danske and [[King in ~~The~~the Mountain\|others.]]</ref> * [[Chuck Norris]] is not, in fact, the reincarnation of Jesus. His beard, on the other hand, is. ** In fact, there is not a chin under Chuck Norris's beard. There is only another fist. Line 309 ⟶ 319: * Anders Friden, the vocalist for the heavy metal band In Flames, definitely qualifies. [http://www.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/In%20Flames3.jpg Just look at that thing.] Oh, and when he was younger, he also had some pretty cool [http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/membre_groupe/photo/Anders%20Friden-12438_2505.jpg dreadlocks as well.] * Jewish guys seem to be able to grow these effortlessly. Including [[The Daily Show ~~(TV)~~\|Jon Stewart]]. Also the Amish (who only grow them once they get married). * [[Henrik Ibsen]] * [[George Bernard Shaw]] * [[Charles Darwin]]'s image is made instantly recognizable by his epic beard. This is even more impressive because he didn't grow the iconic beard until well after he published ''Origin''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150907235903/http://www.jacksofscience.com/lol/great-beards-of-science-or-standing-on-the-beards-of-giants/ Beard of science, indeed.] * [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Karl_Marx_001.jpg Karl Marx.] And we can't forget his less-famous co-author for the ''Manifesto of the Communist Party'', [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Engels.jpg Friedrich Engels] Che Guevara also had a badass beard, best shown off in his classic and much replicated portrait. You are not a real communist until you have awesome beardage. * Beards seemed to be particularly popular with the Bolsheviks (Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Kalinin... Stalin also had a beard, but later shaved it off and adopted his famous full-mustache look). * [[wikipedia:Gustav I of Sweden\|King Gustav I]], the first renaissance king of Sweden, was a badass tyrant who sat 37 years on the throne and made a state in a modern sense out of a fractious medieval realm. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/GustavEriksson.jpg His beard] was as badass as himself. * [[wikipedia:Ivan the Terrible\|Ivan the Terrible]]. * [[wikipedia:Crown Prince Haakon\|Crown Prince Haakon of Norway]] married the love of his life, [[wikipedia:Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway\|Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby]], despite her less than regal background, and afterwards grew a beard to show that he was a real badass who'd done the right thing. * Aversions: [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005175740/http://www.cameronmcewan.com/projects/magazine/culture_blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/neckbeard.jpg The Neckbeard]. It [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost12037-motivator6105244fd4%2Ejpg protects the neck] from ninjas. * Either way, it's downright disturbing. Line 327 ⟶ 337: * Edward Teach, a.k.a. [[wikipedia:Blackbeard\|Blackbeard himself]], whose name derived from his huge, braided beard which had lit fuses woven into it. * Ernest Hemingway. * [http://archives.nd.edu/episodes/sorin/sorin-e.jpg Fr. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.], the founder of the University of Notre Dame. Shouldn't expect anything less from a priest who almost singlehandedly built ND in the middle of Nowhere, IN, and after it burned down in 1879 swore to rebuild it even larger. Also, he's an ''honest-to-God'' doppelganger of Albus ~~Dumbledore--check~~Dumbledore—check if you don't believe me. * It's a hockey tradition, at least in the NHL, that players grow a playoff beard when entering said part of the season. Most players do not shave until they either win the [[Stanley Cup]] or get eliminated. Thus the length of the beard is usually directly proportional to how deep the team is in the playoffs and thus how badass it is. However, some players elect to not follow that tradition and some others trim their beards after a loss to change their luck. * [[wikipedia:W. G. Grace\|W.G. Grace]] The most famous beard to ever [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|grace]] Victorian cricket fields. Line 348 ⟶ 358: * [[wikipedia:Robert Bakker\|Dr. Robert T.Bakker]] - The [[Deadpan Snarker]] of paleontologists with the face of Santa Claus. His research propelled the theory of dinosaurs as warm-blooded animals into mainstream paleontology. * [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/201101/arush_superbowlpressconf_00.3_500.jpg Brett Keisel] of the Pittsburgh Steelers. * Egyptian Pharaohs, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131010132850/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Tuthankhamun_Egyptian_Museum.jpg full stop]. ** A subversion: for a long time the fashion was to be clean-shaven, and then wear a '''fake''' beard (one about as realistic as the one in the linked image). * [[wikipedia:Bashir II\|Bashir Shahib II]] "The Great", Emir of Lebanon. He ruled Lebanon in the name of the Ottoman Empire, and played a minor role in thwarting Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. However, this will be forever overshadowed by his truly epic [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/BashirChehab.jpg beard/moustache] combo. So epic, that you'd be forgiven for believing that the lining of his robe is part of it. 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