Badass Longcoat: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Doyle:''' He likes playing the hero. Walking off into the dark, his long coat flowing behind him in that mysterious [[Saying Too Much|and attractive way]].

'''Cordelia:''' Is this a private moment? 'Cause I could leave you alone.

 

[[Hollywood Dress Code|A Longcoat is the ideal action-hero garment,]] more practical than a [[Badass Cape|cape]] but infinitely cooler than a sport coat or no coat. In addition, a Longcoat of any level of 'billowy-ness' makes an ideal cover for producing any number of weapons, tools, supplies and whatnot. Certain styles of Longcoat are deliberately designed to distort the wearer's frame, making their wearer's access to [[Hammerspace]] almost believable to mundane eyes. This distortion of the wearer's real shape also makes it genuinely harder to land an accurate attack on them.

A third style is the [http://www.quartermastershop.com/CW%20US%20Enlisted/images/0604_us_ft_gtct_enlgmt.jpg great coat], a predecessor of the trench coat but usually much heavier, and with either a wider collar that can be turned up to protect against the wind or a short shoulder cape. Later great coats lost the cape, becoming a longer, heavier, double breasted overcoat, but retaining the name. Great coats were typically worn either buttoned, losing some of their badassitude, or simply draped over the shoulders without putting the arms into the sleeves, greatly ''increasing'' their badassitude. They're most often associated with 19th Century naval officers, Nazi German officers, and Russian soldiers. The [http://www.garbtheworld.com/images/psd2/g0112100b.jpg Inverness cape] is a lighter garment with a very similar appearance to the caped greatcoat. The cape, however, is longer, reaching slightly past the wrist rather than only to the elbow, and an Inverness cape has no sleeves at all.

 

 

A less modern example would be the [[Badass Long Robe]]. [[Cool Shades]] are a nice accessory, as are tacking on a [[Nice Hat]] and [[Mask Power|mask]] to achieve the [[Coat, Hat, Mask]] Effect. If the mask in question is a gas mask, then it's [[Gas Mask Longcoat]]. The Badass Longcoat is often combined with [[Guns Akimbo|a pair of guns]], either revolvers for a western or a pair of semiautomatic pistols or submachine guns in the modern day and beyond, for extra effect. Some characters will pack [[Trench Coat Warfare|enough weapons in their longcoats to outfit a small army]].

 

(Please note that this trope is about the ''coat'', not the ''person''. Please include information about the ''coat'' when adding examples, rather than simply listing a character. The coat is important.)

 

* Leonard Testarossa's auto-guarding coat from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is a good example of one. It repels [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/full_metal_panic_sigma/v02/c006/21.html throwing knives] and [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/full_metal_panic_sigma/v05/c018/10.html bullets] by fluttering around for a bit while all you need to do is standing there with your hands in your pockets looking smug. It does not seem to protect him from [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/full_metal_panic_sigma/v02/c006/27.html bitchslaps] however.

* The intro for ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex|Ghost In The Shell: S.A.C. The 2nd Gig]]'' shows you [[media:Ghost in the Shell S A C 2nd GIG longcoat 9782.jpg|how its done]].

** Shunsui Kyoraku (Eighth Squad Captain) is a powerful fighter with an incredibly badass [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink, flowery haori]] over his uniform.

** Ishida wears something much like a great coat, to the point of [[Crowning Moment of Funny|having a spare cape]] when one is destroyed.

** Ivan Azgiaro dons a very cool militaty-esque trench coat in the Thousand Year Blood War arc.

* Captain Bravo from ''[[Busou Renkin]]'', who is entirely aware of how cool his longcoat makes him look.

* Rika/Ruki in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' ([[Word of God]]: one of her early character models was a character from ''[[The Matrix]]''), and Captain Sampson/Satsuma and BanchouLeomon in ''[[Digimon Savers]]''.

** For added BA points for Rika/Ruki, her longcoat is PASTEL YELLOW! And yet she still looks incredibly BA and awesome.

** Ed wears a red duster, but has yet to be dismembered while wearing it (his missing limbs were before the coat). Unless you count the number of times his automail has broken, but otherwise, he's good. He makes a point of wearing a red coat anywhere for various reasons (the biggest being to cover up his automail). In one chapter, as his group is {{spoiler|Heading for what appears to be the final confrontation}}, he buys a roll of red cloth and transmutes it into his signature jacket, most likely to show that he means business.

*** Ed practically lives on this trope. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZCjsPKtJo-Y/S_TAAedr1GI/AAAAAAAAByM/6dSU6v3Acaw/s1600/Edward68.jpg He wears a black trenchcoat with a white shirt behind] after their first confrontation with Father.

** Morino Ibiki is also usually seen wearing a longcoat.

** Madara Uchiha's [[Power Armor|Susano'o]] sports one {{spoiler|in its complete, perfect state}}.

** This trick is also practiced by Crocodile, who does it with a pimpin' fur coat. ''In the desert.''

** Luffy himself gets [http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/0/0b/Luffymovie10.jpg an unbelievably cool black longcoat]{{Dead link}} in the tenth movie. As if he wasn't badass enough.

** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', the requisite badass longcoat is worn by anti-hero Jack Atlas, who ironically spends more time in his skintight bodysuit rather then utilizing the full dramatic effect of his coat. Further exemplified in third season, where he wears a completely over the top long coat that can only be described as a 'White [[Pimp Duds|Pimp Suit]]'.

* The eponymous character of ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' wears a long coat that also doubles as [[Hammerspace]].

* One of the newest characters in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' wears a blue longcoat, which is very striking when combined with his [[Eyes of Gold]].

* Aoshi's trenchcoat in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.

* Any version of the eponymous character from ''[[Black★Rock Shooter (band)|Black★Rock Shooter]]'', long black coat with a cracked white star emblazoned at the back.

* Gai in ''[[Guilty Crown]]'' wears one as the leader of the Funeral Parlor group. {{spoiler|Shu takes it for himself and adds a [[Scarf of Asskicking]] after Gai dies.}}

 

* [[Nick Fury]] has been known to wear a brown trenchcoat over a three-piece business suit, or more usually his SHIELD jumpsuit.

* In ''100 Bullets'', Agent Shepperd wears brown trench coat as a signature piece of wardrobe and the guy proves why he's the only one in the series who can wear it.

* The titular character of ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'' steals one from a store after {{spoiler|being sent to Hell.}}

* [[Jonah Hex]] sometimes wears a classic duster and sometimes an Army greatcoat.

* ''[[Nextwave]]'': Badass Longcoats appear to be standard issue for this squad.

** Wallace habitually wears a trenchcoat that comes to his ankles and earns bonus points for the fact that he is also a [[Retired Badass]] and has [[Badass Long Hair]].

* [[The Punisher]] has been known to wear black leather longcoats, especially in the stories written by [[Garth Ennis]].

* [[The Question]]. His coat is so badass that he wears it as a civilian ''and'' a vigilante, though it changes color from nondescript brown to vibrant blue when the Question goes into action. He uses special laundry detergent which, combined with the gas he uses to make his mask stick, reacts chemically and makes his clothes change colour.

* Gambit of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] fame is seldom seen without his brown longcoat.

* ''[[Blacksad]]'' does love his trenchcoat.

* [[Incredible Hulk|Joe Fixit]] often wore a purple trenchcoat, especially during the period of time where he was still repressing the Bruce Banner persona and exposure to sunlight weakened him.

* [[Doctor Strange]] has worn a trenchcoat or a duster since he lost the office of Sorcerer Supreme. For one story arc, he modified the Cloak to look more like a flowing red coat.

 

* The first thing [[DC Nation|Travis Grey]] did upon pickpocketing a [[Green Lantern]] ring was create a costume for himself; black shirt, black leather pants, and one Badass Longcoat of black leather. The only green on him is his ring and Corps symbol. (This might be because Travis is blind). The ''second'' thing he did was start rounding up crack dealers and scaring the shit out of the local gangs.

* Kyon's greatcoat in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', [[In Medias Res|first in the prologue and gaining it about twenty chapters later]].

* Takeru Takaishi wears one of these in the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]''.

 

* A good 75% of the characters in ''[[The Matrix]]'' trilogy wear them. Quite possibly they're the main reason for the current popularity of the Badass Longcoat. Most of them are black leather dusters because it's easier to render dark objects against dark backgrounds. In the sequel, the Twins wear white longcoats to set them apart. Neo's longcoat changes to something resembling a cassock in the sequels, [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|probably intended to make him look more like a priest]].

* Marv in ''[[Sin City]]'' not only wears a badass longboat for his entire portion of the movie, he continually trades up by taking them off his victims. "That's one fine coat you're wearing!"

* Eric Draven (played by the late Brandon Lee) in ''[[The Crow]]''. He takes it off Tin Tin, the first of the guys responsible for murdering him and his fiancee. He sets it aside when he finishes them off... and after it's filled with holes from about five hundred bullets.

* Selene in the ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' films is an archetypal [[Action Girl]] who wears a leather longcoat. In ''Awakening'' she makes a point to break into a store ''so she can get a new longcoat.'' This one isn't made of leather, so she ditches it when she comes across a leather one.

* The title character of the ''[[Blade (film)|Blade]]'' series of movies has a longcoat in all his incarnations. Starting with the second film, it's got a red lining.

* Mister Furious from ''[[Mystery Men]]'' wears a black overcoat, drives a black motorcycle and refers to himself as the "lone wolf".

{{quote|'''Cheyenne''': Nobody around these parts got the guts to wear those dusters except Cheyenne's men...and Cheyenne's men don't get killed.}}

* Played with by Blondie in ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''. He wears a badass longcoat (in the form of a Confederate Army greatcoat) for most of the film, until he gives his coat to a dying soldier. Rather than disturb the corpse, he [[Memetic Outfit|picks up a poncho]], which had become part of the Man With No Name's trademark outfit by that film.

* The title character of the [[Samuel L. Jackson]] remake of ''[[Shaft]]'' wears a black leather trench coat that's every bit as badass as he is.

* Bryan Mills from ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' puts a black one on for most of the movie and some of the publicity material has him in it.

* The [[Mortal Kombat (film)|film's portrayal]] of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'''s Shang Tsung has him wearing a black longcoat for most of the movie.

* In ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'', Il Duce wears a longcoat to hide his arsenal of revolvers. The McManus brothers wear peacoats, which reach their thighs, as part of their working class Boston Irish style.

* In '[[In Time]]', the Timekeepers, and most prominently the antagonist Raymond Leon, wear longcoats.

* [[David Bowie]] wears [http://theblogpound.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/db.jpg two]{{Dead link}} [http://static.letsbuyit.com/filer/images/fr/products/original/38/41/labyrinth-david-bowie-figurines-jareth-and-hoggle_5178207_5178207_5178207_5178207_5178207-5178207.jpg different]{{Dead link}} ones in ''[[Labyrinth]]''. One is very sparkly, the other is leather. Neither one does anything to interfere with seeing his AREA.

* Lord Shen the peacock from ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'' manages to pull this off with his ''tail feathers''.

* It helps that ''[[Moon Child]]'' has many slow-motion gunfight scenes, thus allowing Sho's long, white coat to flare out behind him in all its badass glory.

* [[Steven Seagal]] is very well known for wearing trenchcoats at the climax of his films.

* Hoyle wears a long, flowing black coat throughout the film ''[[Yesterday Was a Lie]]'' (often over a [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit|sexy business suit]]).

* Matsu, the protagonist of the ''[[Joshuu Sasori|Female Prisoner Scorpion]]'' series, wears a variety of long, black fabric coats; unusually, she buttons them to the neck. The one featured in ''Jailhouse 41'' is belted, with a large, ornate gold buckle.

* The mercenary leader Hanover in ''[[Deep Rising]]'' sports such attire throughout the first half of the film. He loses it halfway through, as it's easier to travel through the bottom of a water-filled cruise ship without it.

* [[Michelle Yeoh]] sports a white metallic finished trenchcoat as the titular motorcycling vigilante in ''Silver Hawk'', a Hong Kong martial arts/superhero hybrid.

 

* Roland Deschain from ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series (pictured above), though he seems to lose it at some point, as later books don't address anything of the sort.

* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Harry Dresden famously sports a duster. He's enchanted it to be bulletproof and knifeproof, so almost never goes anywhere without it - no matter how unfashionable it is. It's not, however, ''impact''-proof, as he notes on one occasion after being shoulder-checked by an enormous muscle-y brute, which demonstrates why it's an important measure but by no means a perfect one. He's gotten it to the point that the impact is spread out across his body, which any physics fanatic will tell you reduces the pressure of the impact. Though his shields do work better. It's also occasionally mentioned that before he was given the leather one, he wore a canvas duster.

* [[Colt Regan]] typically wears a black duster when on the job, mostly because it looks cool.

* John Taylor from Simon R. Green's ''[[Nightside]]'' series wears a long ''white'' coat. It even has a self-destruct in it, which sends it up in flames if it gets too far from his body. Green gave a reasonably plausible justification (let a significant personal possession get loose, and you're likely to have all sorts of magic nastiness come down on you), but the reader suspects he had tongue firmly in cheek while writing that one...

** John's probably kidding when he tells servants he'd prefer they not take his coat because he hasn't fed it recently. ''Probably''.

* In the ''[[Discworld]]'', which runs on tropes, several characters have one. One of the most notable is Mr. Gryle, a Banshee, and he seems to wear it a little bit too easily; it helps to realize it's actually his wings. Another is the Ghost {{spoiler|the one who's Walter Plinge}} in ''Maskerade''.

* [[Felix Castor]] makes frequent use of a Cossack-style greatcoat, citing the carrying capacity that's necessary for the tools of his trade as a freelance exorcist.

* In some medieval cultures, long surcoats were worn over armor, and show up in medieval romances, epics, and other martial literatures of those cultures. So, for example, in ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', the generals all wear "battle robes" as an outer layer, and at one point Lu Bu's is even described as fluttering in the wind. The samurai of ''Tale of the Heike'' wear something similar.

* Badass Bow Street Runner [[Matthew Hawkwood]] is usually described as wearing a long riding coat, even when he is not on horseback.

{{quote|"She wore her ruffianly greatcoat, caped and cuffed and quite staggeringly heavy, of moleish dusky wool, with rather fewer silver buttons than designed. It hung to her heels. With the wooden spoon she brandished, striding and swirling, it gave rather a Dulle Griet air of absurd panache, of rag-and-bone fantastical swagger: ''so boldly did I fight, me boys, although I'm but a wench.''" }}

 

* King Uther Pendragon of the BBC TV series ''[[Merlin]]'' often sports a black leather badass longcoat, unusual for a king in the Dark Ages.

** And occassionaly his son, Arthur, rocks a rather nice ankle-length brown coat.

* The ''[[Highlander]]'' franchise has a lot of these, starting with Connor MacLeod in the first movie. Not only do the dusters look cool, they provide a convenient [[Hand Wave]] for how Immortals [[Hammerspace|pull their swords out of nowhere]].

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':

** Angel.

* John Druitt from ''[[Sanctuary]]'' is rarely seen without his black leather longcoat.

* He's not really that badass, but Eric Van Helsing wears one when he goes slaying in ''[[Young Dracula]]''.

* ''[[NCIS]]'': Ziva David wears them on occasion, ranging from a short black trenchcoat to a grey long coat (similar to the style worn by Neo in Matrix II & III) with red lining. She also has them in neon colors like green and orange.

* Both Mulder and Scully of ''[[The X-Files]]'' wear trenchcoats in several episodes.

** Scully especially, as it helped [[Hide Your Pregnancy|hide Gillian Anderson's pregnancy.]]

{{quote|'''John:''' Oh please, can we not do this, this time.

'''Sherlock:''' Do what?

* Olivia on ''[[Fringe]]'' regularly wears a long, black coat; Peter, Broyles, and Nina Sharp also occasionally wear them

* Franky Fitzgerald, from the British T.V show ''[[Skins]]'', wore a black longcoat during the first episode, which helped her gain the nickname "Franky Badass".

 

* Cake's song "Short Skirt/Long Jacket".

* Phil Collins appears to be invoking this trope in the very ''[[Blade Runner]]''-esque music video for the Genesis song [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zzdh_genesis-tonight-tonight-tonight_music "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"].

* [[Tom Waits]] wears one on the cover of ''Mule Variations''.

 

 

* [[Matt Hardy]] recently started sporting a very nice Badass Longcoat, though at the moment he might be a subversion of the associated trope.

 

 

* Imperial Commissars in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', who have absolutely no qualms with [[Bad Boss|summarily executing their men]] for [[You Have Failed Me...|cowardice, disobedience, incompetence, fighting amongst themselves, drinking on duty, looking at heretical materials, wearing the wrong cap-badge, sneezing on the Emperor's holy icons....]] * cough* [[Ciaphas Cain]] * coughcough* I mean most Commissars are also Badass enough to scare their underlings more than whatever horrors are faced. As mentioned in the Literature section above, though, some Commissars are more Badass than others.

** Cypher The Fallen one, and indeed all "The Fallen" Dark Angels have taken to wear Badass Longcoats, in theory to hide their identity's. As they are seven to eight foot tall, and tend to wear said longcoats over their bulky Power Armour, its less than effective at hiding, but more than effective at showing off the Badass

* Imrijka, the iconic inquisitor from ''[[Pathfinder]]'', could almost be a [[Distaff Counterpart]] to the DMG II half-orc (and an [[Beastess|oddly]] [[Hot Amazon|sexy]] one, at that). Her hat and duster, however, are [[Lady in Red|bright crimson]] and considerably more ornate.

 

* In the 10th Anniversary Dream Cast of ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'', Javert gets one when he's undercover as a spy among the revolutionaries.

* A production of ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the Guthrie Theater gave both Macbeth and Banquo long, black leather jackets in their first scene.

* Ralph Fiennes brought new levels of whupass to a 1995 Broadway production of ''Hamlet'' with a long black leather greatcoat in the early scenes. This instantly elevated him from [[Emo Kid]] to [[Darker and Edgier]], right off the bat, which is unusual. [[media:Ralph Fiennes Hamlet 9737.jpg|Picture here.]]

 

* Appears throughout the ''[[Growlanser]]'' series. Crevaniel, the protagonist in ''Wayfarer of Time'' is always wearing his longcoat.

* The titular Dude of the ''[[Postal]]'' series wears a knee-length black trench coat over a blue Roswell T-shirt in the first and second games. This is replaced by an ankle-length brown duster, complete with bullet holes in the collar, for Postal 3.

** Vergil and Nero also sport longcoats in blue.

* Axel and Kurtis of the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series wear longcoats. The former's is white with [[High Collar of Doom|an extremely high collar]], and the latter's is gray with a light blue collar. {{spoiler|Before reincarnating, the real!Overlord Zenon wore one of these, as well.}}

* [[Carmen Sandiego]] [[Running Gag|has that awesome red one!]]

* Antonio Guster in the ''F-Zero'' games wears a long lab coat over his combat outfit.

** The protagonist of the third game, Adam Jensen, looks to be continuing... sorry, ''[[Cosmetically Advanced Prequel|starting]]'' the tradition with a [[Badass]] neo-renascentist black trenchcoat, complete with an [[Real Men Wear Pink|awesome floral print]] on the shoulders.

** Also doubles as [[Awesome but Practical]], as it has slits for his [[Blade Below the Shoulder|arm blades]], and openings that magnetically attach themselves to his [[Death in All Directions|Typhoon]] Ports.

*** Before you run out and purchase official merchandise, you may want to compare the coat offered in the above link to [http://h9.abload.de/img/dxhr17nbww.jpg what Adam Jensen's coat actually looks like]. No, they barely have anything in common.

* From ''Mugen no Frontier: [[Super Robot Wars]] OG Saga'', we have Harken Browning, with his black and red longcoat.

** Decoy Octopus wears a long coat in official artwork, but fails to do much of anything that could be construed as badass.

** Big Boss is always drawn with one of these (post-Peace Walker)

* Two sorts of [[Elite Mooks]] (Theron Guards and Kantus) in ''[[Gears of War]]'' are distinguished first and foremost visually by their long dark coats.

** Additionally, General RAAM wears a strikingly similar outfit in black.

* Daniel from the free indie RPG ''[[Exit Fate]]'' wears a black one with gold trim.

* In the first ''[[Shin Megami Tensei I|Shin Megami Tensei]]'', although the Chaos Hero sports an urban camo trenchcoat and a brash demeanor, he is physically weak and openly admits to such, constantly relying on other characters for help. Although that may [[Cutscene Incompetence|not be the case during gameplay]]...

* ''[[Fable II]]'' allows you to wear a variety of coats, two of which stand out as badass: the Noble Gent's Coat and the Highwayman Coat.

* In ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]]: The Game'', the menu hints outright tell you that the enemy gangsters with longcoats are superior to those without.

* A variety of gear from ''[[Dark Souls]]'' allows the player to rock the badass longcoat look such as the Wanderer's Coat and the Black Cleric Robe.

 

* Detective Tyrell Badd of ''[[Ace Attorney|Ace Attorney Investigations]]'', the only person ever to dodge one of Franziska's whip strikes. He wears it so he will never forget his [[My Greatest Failure|greatest failure]], and since then it has become riddled with holes. ''Bullet'' holes.

** Subverted with Detective Dick Gumshoe, whose brown duster usually doesn't help out his [[Butt Monkey]] status.

** Kotomine Kirei definitely qualifies with his [[Church Militant|bullet proof priest's robes]], and proves in ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' that people don't necessarily [[Memetic Mutation|die when they are killed]]. Kiritsugu Emiya also sports a more traditional style duster.

 

* In ''[[Supernormal Step]]'', [[State Sec|Henderson Security]] incorporates a duster in its uniforms. [[Badass|Hall Henderson]] in particular works the coat.

* In ''[[Charby the Vampirate]]'', vampire hunters Vic and Blaine both wear long coats when they go out a-slaying. Nebbish boss Blaine wears a black, buckled coat over his office attire. Vic sported a plain grey coat for the longest time but recently had an upgrade to a dark grey long coat with red trim. Charby himself prefers long coats with lots of expressive tendrils of shredded cloth at the bottom.

** His son Gilgamesh [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030314 does] a little bit of this too, though [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070328 doesn't quite have his father's knack for it]. But [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071121 he's] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071130 getting][http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080303 there.]

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050624 Jägers] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050713 know] how to look impressive too.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' includes one in the traditional garb of [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=558 defender of the Court].

** Briefly used in Chapter 19—Antimony is wearing a Gunnerkrigg uniform trenchcoat when she gets pulled into Zimmy's [[Black Bug Room]]. When Zimmy flips out and attacks her, Annie uses her Judo-ish skills to very quickly incapacitate her attacker.

* Benjamin generally wears a police trenchcoat, though he also pulls off the rare badass labcoat, in ''[[A Miracle of Science]]''.

* Practically everyone in ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', the protagonists being private eyes and the antagonists being organized crime.

* ATLAS from ''[[MS Paint Masterpieces]]'', a prototype combat robot created by the military, wears this as a disguise.

* Julio Scoundrel of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''. He is a "Dashing Swordsman", but knowing how to work the flowing brown (or black, or crimson) longcoat is part of it

* Gunslinger Emily from ''[[Spacetrawler]]'' is rarely seen without her duster. She even wears it over her spacesuit.

* Both of the [[Villain Protagonist]]s of ''[[Suicide for Hire]]'' wear black trenchcoats.

* Axel from ''[[Yosh!]]''. He may not have guns to pull from his coat, but the demons he summons make up the difference and then some. He's a master of demonic magic {{spoiler|and known to be one of the strongest magic users in the entire series, wearing the title of The Vile and being almost on par with the Magi}}.

 

* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', [[Implacable Man|Jacob Starr]] of v1 and Julie Mikan of v3 wear trenchcoats. Jacob started with [[Badass in a Nice Suit|a suit]], but when the jacket was damaged in a gun battle he took the trenchcoat off of one of the people he killed.

** In v4, Staffan Kronwall was actually assigned this as a weapon

* Parodied by Travis Boles in ''[[Three in The Afternoon]]''—he wears a bathrobe. Which, according to one of his foes, "smells".

* ''[[New York Magician]]'': Michel's Burberry (and later London Fog).

* Umbra from ''Shadowhunter Peril'' wears a long, badass, black duster. Simple yet elegant, but it got destroyed in a fight with Lilith. However, he easily replaced it.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Carmen Sandiego]] had that awesome red one!

* In ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', Basil wears an Inverness cloak much like Sherlock Holmes.

* Dante from ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]'' wears his trench coat [[Limited Wardrobe|almost all the time]].

* The episode Reincarnation of ''[[Futurama]]'' both Hermes and the Proffecer's anime forms have very badass longcoats.

* Dib from ''[[Invader Zim]]'', despite being eleven years old.

 

 

== [[Real Life]] ==