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** His friend and former partner Professor Arthur Hawkins (anime only) is still doing that (minus the tuxedo) leading the expedition to find Atlantis in the [[Filler Arc|DOMA Arc.]]
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** "Dark King" Rayleigh certainly qualifies. He was the first mate of the former Pirate King, and even after about 20 years is able to fight toe to toe with
** And
** Vice Admiral Garp, {{spoiler|the grandfather of the protagonist,}} who likes to attack people with a ball on chain the size of a boat, or throw/punch cannonballs at them. And like Rayleigh, he has no Devil Fruit power.
** Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate, called "The Strongest Man in the World"
** [[Dem Bones|Brook]], Strawhat Pirates´s musician is an 88 year old skeleton who can play any instrument, runs on water and can make a sword attack so fast, that you realize you have been cut [[You Are Already Dead|only when he re-sheathes his sword.]]
** Villainous example, when Five Elders member [https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Jaygarcia_Saturn Jaygarcia Saturn] finally decides to [[Orcus on His Throne|get his behind off his throne]] and become involved during the Egghead Arc, he proves a deadly adversary towards the heroes, his unnamed Zoan Devil Fruit letting him go [[One-Winged Angel]] and turn himself into a bull-spider-human [[Hybrid Monster]] (or more specifically, a yokai called the Ushi-oni). In this monstrous form, his mere presence causes everyone on Egghead Island to experience an ominous feeling of dread; he can injure normal people or knock them prone simply by looking at them, and was able to outfight Atlas, Sanji, and Bonney by himself, all while barely even ''noticing'' when Bonney impaled him with her rapier. This old geezer is ''tough''.
*** And as you'd expect, the rest of the Elders have abominable, insanely powerful yokai Devil Fruits of their own [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others|(except for Shepherd Ju Peter, whose fruit turns him into a Sand Worm straight from the pages of Dune)]] and are every bit as dangerous as Saturn. {{spoiler|When Saturn and Admiral Kizaru's operations on Egghead devolve into a disastrous shitshow that threatens to expose tightly-kept government secrets to the public, the rest of the Elders decide that the [[Godzilla Threshold]] has officially been crossed and back up their brother-in-arms. [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|And the very second they arrive, they transform into monsters and immediately start laying waste to the island with their overwhelming might without saying a word. There's no evil monologue, no taunting the Straw Hats or Bonney, just eerie silence as they show the heroes that they are '''not''' fucking around.]]}}
* Master Yupa from ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' is the ultimate [[Hayao Miyazaki]] Badass Grandpa. He wanders the world in peace and solemnity, looking for a solution to the Toxic Jungle, but also has a reputation across the entire world for being a legendary warrior. His finest moment may be ''stopping a sword at its point with his own forearm''—and the force behind the sword in question is the title princess in an [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* From ''[[Berserk]]'', we have Azan. He was once called the Bridge Knight for keeping [[One-Man Army|one hundred knights from crossing a bridge]], and while he's no longer in the prime of his life he's still able to match an injured, but still very mean protagonist, Guts in combat.
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* ''[[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]]'' has [[Captain Patriotic]] Uncle Sam, [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the American Spirit and looking exactly as old as he does in those world war two recruitment posters. He's also participated in every war of the country's existence and is as strong as the American People's faith in freedom.
* Gramps from ''[[Cavewoman]]''. Used a body enhancer to give himself superhuman strength and toughness, then turned up on a flying motorcycle to rescue his granddaughter from a gang of drug dealers before transporting himself, his granddaughter and his 15 ft. tall pet gorilla back through time to live amongst the dinosaurs.
* [[Daredevil]]'s mentor, the blind martial arts master Stick.
== Fan Works ==
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* The upcoming [[Danny Trejo]] movie ''[[Film/Bad Ass|Bad Ass]]''. Trejo plays an old guy who becomes an internet sensation after a video is circulated of him being threatened on a bus and kicking the punk's ass. Looks like he spends much of the rest of the movie kicking more ass, chased by [[Ron Perlman]]. The tagline is even "He's mean...he's angry...he's old...he is [[Badass]]".
* The protagonist of ''[[Drive Angry]]'' breaks out of hell to save his baby granddaughter from a demonic cult. Of course, the character in question is played by [[Nicholas Cage]].
* Peter, Ray, and Winston become this in ''[[Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire]]'', coming out of retirement to give backup to their younger proteges.
== Literature ==
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* Albus Dumbledore in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''. Although he was acknowledged to be the greatest wizard of all time since practically the beginning, so his magical abilities didn't came as a surprise; it's the raw badassitude he shows from the end of the fourth book onward.
** [[Word of God]] says McGonagall is "a sprightly seventy-year-old".
** Voldemort was 68 when he returned to power in ''[[
** By the same token, Hagrid, a half-giant and three years Voldy's junior.
** Interestingly, none of these characters have children, let alone grandchildren. Actual grandparents seem [[World of No Grandparents|quite rare]] in the Potterverse for some reason, while the childless just go on indefinitely.
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* Although he's only in his early forties, [[Batista]] is an actual grandfather. [http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/sport/img/23677_b.jpg Yes,] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505045900/http://www.kaladan.com/wwe/pictures/batista_formal.jpg that] [http://indianapolis.canalblog.com/images/Batista___Dave_Batista_49.jpg Batista]
== Newspaper Comics ==
* From ''[[Garfield]]''; in one strip, the protagonist meets a very old dog next to a sign that says, "Beware of the Old Dog". "What are you going to do, gum me?" he snarks to it. He finds out quickly that [[Mugging the Monster| "the old geezer is lethal with a cane..."]]
== Sports ==
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* Sensei Tetsuo Ito of the [[Whateley Universe]] is a little old (non-mutant) man, but a master of martial arts who is capable of beating the snot out of mutants in his classes, or even taking out a Syndicate battle-team.
* The Greatest Freak Out Ever videos on Youtube. In one video, the always-angry older brother is whacked in the face by his grandmother!
* Burt from [[
* ''[[Tasakeru]]'': {{spoiler|The decrepit old wolf called Drake delivers a savage beatdown to a [[Complete Monster]] in the opening chapter of Book III. Said beatdown involves throwing his opponent against a very large tree at a high velocity.}}
* Yamauchi-sensei of [[Greek Ninja]].
== Western Animation ==
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* When German Emperor Fredrick I Barbarossa went on the Third Crusade, he was 70 years old and hacked his way through the Balkans.
** He died at River Taurus, Asia Minor in 1189, not by drowning, but from a heart attack.
* The late Sir [[Christopher Lee]], who passed away in 2015 at the age of 93. Was in the SAS in [[World War II]]
* Jack LaLanne. He once swam handcuffed, shackled, and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 rowboats, one with several guests. '''At the age of 70'''. And he also maintained a healthy lifestyle until the end of his life.
** To clarify: he only did what's described above '''once''' because that was what he did to celebrate his 70th birthday. He performed '''lots''' of similar feats of strength and endurance throughout his life.
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