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{{trope}}
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{{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]]}}
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* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarves]], usually.
* Some Half-Elves, who are like Elves. . . with a beard!
* Every [[Horny Vikings|Viking]] ever ([[How to Train Your Dragon (
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Jet Black from ''[[
* Thorkell the Tall in ''[[
** Askeladd and Thors as well come to think of it.I
* Gendou Ikari from ''[[
* In ''[[
* Hohenheim and {{spoiler|Father}} from ''[[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 ''[[
* Kenji Harima of ''[[
* Kenshiro in the ''[[
* You Don't Fuck with [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
* General Cross Marian from ''[[D
* [[Fan Nickname|Vladcard]] from ''[[
* 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 ''[[
* King Neptune from ''[[
** 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 [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110821115228/onepiece/images/thumb/1/1a/Brownbeard_2.JPG/200px-Brownbeard_2.JPG defies explanation].
* Lord Nightray from ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[
* ''[[Gundam AGE]]'': Captain Grodek Ainoa. [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111113131827/gundam/images/e/ef/Grodek.jpg That is all.]
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== Comicbooks ==
* [[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 ''[[
* [[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
* Lucas Orion of the ''[[Atari Force]]'' first series, though his character was mostly a pacifist that won't fight.
* [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 [[
== Fan Fiction ==
* The dwarven noble in ''[[Dragon Age:
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* ''[[Ivan the Terrible]]'': [http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/04/91/000a9104_medium.jpeg Ivan's beard defies gravity. And boyars.]
* [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.
* [http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2002_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers/two_towers_009.jpg Rohirrim] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
** That's because in Middle Earth, shavin's fer SISSIES!
*** [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|Did you just insult the entire Elven race?]]
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** 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 (
* [[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 (
** 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]].
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** 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
* 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
* 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.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* During the writers' strike in '07-'08, late night talk show hosts [[David Letterman]] and [[Conan O
** Conan re-grew his since he left ''The Tonight Show''. For his show ''Conan'' on TBS, he kept it from November 8th, 2010 to the day [[Will Ferrell]] wanted it gone when he guest-starred on May 2nd, 2011.
* The late [[Billy Mays]] from ''[[Pitchmen]]'' and innumerable advertisements.
* Doyle Bennett from ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''.
* Commander Riker on ''[[Star Trek:
** [[Growing the Beard|This wasn't always the case.]]
* [[Firefly
* Marcus Cole of ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
** Sheridan grows a beard later in the series.
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== Music ==
* Both Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of [[
* Les Claypool from [[
* [[Horny Vikings|Zakk Wylde]] of [[
* Mark Morton of [[
* Rob Halford of [[
* Kerry King of [[
* [[
* 'Dimebag' Darrel Abbot of [[
* John Petrucci of [[
* [[Metallica
* Scott Ian of [[
* Nick Oliveri, [[
* [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 [[
* Shavo Odadjian of [[
* [http://www.pyromusic.net/images/interviews/31_1.jpg Johan Hegg] of [[
* Beards are all over the place in [[Country Music]], but some particularly badass ones include:
** [http://www.hometowninvasion.com/photos/470/IMG_4673.jpg William Lee Golden] of [[
** [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
* Commander, Murphy, the 'late' Demon Barber, and the Keymaster of [[
* Ian Anderson of [[
* Adrian Smith ever since he rejoined [[
* Each of [[The Beatles (
* Four out of five [[
* Mike Patton's [http://discovolante.free.fr/photos/patton/40.jpg scrub brush] during the Angel Dust period.
* Neil Fallon of [[
** Taken to High Octane Nightmare Beard levels in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eepsCXpLY4 "Burning Beard" video].
* All five members of [[
** Garth Hudson's was particularly Badass, however.
* [[media:Mike_Wengren_x_60cc2f06_4354.jpg|Mike Wengren]], drummer for [[
** Guitarist [[media:Dan_in_chair_9622.jpg|Dan Donegan]] may also count.
* Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of [[
* Mike Love of [[
** 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://www.nightwish.com/images/profiles/marco.jpg Marco Hietala] of [[
* Producer Rick Rubin, whose beard has practically taken over his body:[http://www4.images.coolspotters.com/photos/143088/rick-rubin-profile.png\]
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== Religion & Mythology ==
* [[Santa Claus]], of course.
* Many representations of the [[The Bible
** And let's not forget Jesus. Blame it on the art and ''especially'' on [[wikipedia:Jesus of Nazareth chr(28)miniserieschr(29)|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.
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* [[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
** Darmani/Goron Link definitely qualifies. An NPC shopkeeper even comments on it.
{{quote| '''NPC''': "Whoa, nice sideburns!" }}
* Gorath from ''[[Betrayal
* 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 ''[[
* Agent Chieftain of ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''.
* ''[[Max Payne (
* [[Star Wars: Dark Forces
** 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 [[
** First Enchanter Irving has one as well, though his also gives him a [[Memetic Molester]] reputation.
** The default male version of Hawke in ''[[
* Lampshaded in [[Tales of the Abyss]], where Anise insists that Van's beard is the source of his power.
** Also Largo
* In ''[[
** Returns in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
** Taken up a notch in ''[[
** And in the newest trailer for Desmond in [[
* {{spoiler|Captain Price}} in ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2''. Gaz in the first ''Modern Warfare'' game also had one. Soap, meanwhile, favors [[Perma Stubble]].
* Slayer from ''[[
* Kratos from ''[[God of War (
** In ''[[
* Basch from ''[[
** Jecht from ''[[
** Cid, Tellah, and FuSoYa from ''[[
* Dr. Light of ''[[Mega Man (
* ''[[
** 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.
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* 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.
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** And Gen. ''Definitely'' Gen.
** Zangief also has a [[Badass Beard]].
* Isaac in ''[[
** [[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]] ''[[
** [[Badass Grandpa|Youki Konpaku]] tends to be depicted this way in fanarts.
* Adam Jensen from ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution
* Putting a beard on a male [[Player Character]] was possible in ''[[
* Putting a beard and/or mustache on male non-elf [[Player Character|player characters]] in ''[[
** 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 ''[[
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* 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
* [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=543 Mr. Thorn] from ''[[
* In the "Oceans Unmoving" arc of ''[[
* In ''[[
** 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.
* [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 ''[[
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
* Post-Mission [[That Dude in
* Harley Morensein's grew in during the run of [[
* Yamauchi-sensei in [[Greek Ninja]] has one.
* The [[Angry Video Game Nerd]] has grown one recently.
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== Western Animation ==
* The Monarch from ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''.
* Action Hank, one of Dexter's idols in ''[[
** In ''Ego Trip'', Dexter takes a few [[Took a Level In 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
** 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.
* ''[[
** In a similar vein, flashback adult Aang and Sokka (though not to Wang Fire degrees).
* [[Futurama
* While no attention is drawn to it, [[The Simpsons (
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011
* Count Dooku In the Clone Wars Television series has a particularly badass beard.
** Also Obi-Wan
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* [[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
* [[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.
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* 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
** Also the Amish (who only grow them once they get married).
* [[Henrik Ibsen]]
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