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{{quote|''I grew this mustache through sheer force of will, don't tell me I'm not ready.''|'''Gordito Delgado''' (age 12), ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''}}
{{quote|''A moustache can tell you a lot about a man. When properly administered, it can say, "this man has commanded spacecraft", "this man escorted Soviet bombers out of Canadian airspace", or "this man lived in a research vessel at the bottom of the ocean." These can be tall orders to live up to – having a moustache is a big responsibility.''|[https://chrishadfield.ca/about/ An Astronaut’s Guide To Col. Chris Hadfield]}}
Few things say [[Badass]] the way a well groomed handlebar mustache does. Well, [[Always Male|unless you're a woman]]. There's just something about a man who has almost half of his body weight compiled on his upper lip that ''screams'' "I'm all outta gum". A 'stache also works as an easy and quick way for an established character to [[Take a Level In Badass]]. It may also turn them into a [[Chick Magnet]].
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{{examples}}
== Anime
* ''[[Black Cat Detective]]'' - Black Cat has Badass Whiskers. When Hei Mao twists his whisker like a pimp, you know shit is about to go down. It is an allegorical mustache.
* Whitebeard from ''[[One Piece]]'' has a stache so badass many fans assume he'll use it as a sword.
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* ''[[MythBusters]]'' - Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. Jamie also combines this with [[Bald of Awesome]] to great effect.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': While his [[Growing the Beard|beard]] may get more press, Commander Riker's moustache is pretty badass.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* In a recent ''[[Top Gear]]'' episode, Clarkson, after spending some time in a "mood room" and deciding [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]], decided their prototype eco-car "Geoff" needed a huge moustache. He duly got one.
* ''[[Firefly]]'' - Though Shepherd Book's hair is the stuff of legends, his mustache is undeniably badass, as well. Simon jokes about growing the villainous equivalent after the events of "Ariel", but sadly the series ended before we could find out what he'd look like if he went through with it. Wash's own 'stache, as seen in flashback, was probably trying for this, but he couldn't pull it off.
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** [[Lilliputians|Lilliputian]] [[Plant Person]] Emrick has a dashing little [[Errol Flynn]] pencil mustache to go with the tiny twig sword he wields.
** [[Rubber Forehead Alien]] [[Master Swordsman]] the Duelist sports a very long, pencil thin handlebar that advertises his villainous nature.
* Man-At-Arms/Duncan from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''. The original action figure showed him without one; it was added to the cartoon to make him look like a tougher, older veteran, and it certainly did the job.
== Real Life ==
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* Steve Prefontaine
* [http://www.clt.astate.edu/wnarey/Honors%20Seminars_files/America%20Between%20the%20Wars/America%20Between%20the%20Wars%20Pix/Britons,%20Kitchener%20Wants%20You,%20Alfred%20Leete,%201914.jpg Lord Kitchener] has the archetypal WWI officer mustache, made famous though this popular British WWI recruitment poster
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203232400/http://www.cracked.com/funny-200-poland/ topic page about Poland] shows that the entire history of Poland is made of Badass Moustache.
* [[wikipedia:Vlad III the Impaler|Vlad Tepes]] has a really cool moustache, although it's rare that [[Dracula|media portrayals of him]] remember the 'stache.
* [[Jeopardy!|Alex Trebek]], until he shaved it off.
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* Howard Bellamy of The Bellamy Brothers ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101129155238/http://sogospel.com/wp-content/uploads/palin_photo-300.jpg the guy on the left]).
* [http://www.dannlewis.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/howard-hughes.jpg Howard Hughes]{{Dead link}}.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190710175939/http://www.switchbladecomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/donfrye.jpg Don Frye] is quite possibly the manliest [[Mixed Martial Arts|MMA fighter]] there has ever been, and that's saying a lot. His mustache has been speculated to gain him an extra two points per round [[Rated "M" for Manly|for just being awesome]].
* [[Frank Zappa]], imitating bandleader [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Johnny_Otis.jpg Johnny Otis].
* John Oates
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* [http://trueball.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/13-parros2.jpg George Parros]{{Dead link}}. Not only is he an [[The Big Guy|enforcer]], but he's a [[Genius Bruiser]] to boot.
* Cossacks are often thought of as having mustaches.
* [[Final Fantasy|Hironobu Sakaguchi]]. This man ''created [[Final Fantasy]]''. When he left [[Square Enix|Squaresoft]], their financial capital decreased. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521054750/http://www.mcmbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Hironobu-Sakaguchi-Mistwalker.jpg Just check out his stache.]
* Mexican Revolutionaries [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609195258/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/General_Emiliano_Zapata.jpg Emiliano Zapata] and Doroteo Arango aka [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Pancho_villa_horseback.jpg Francisco "Pancho" Villa]. The latter one [http://www.badassoftheweek.com/villa.html has been mentioned] in [[Badass of the Week]].
* [[Anil Kapoor]]: Indeed, when you see him WITHOUT said moustache, babies begin to cry. Loudly.
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** Magnum TA, one of [[WCW|NWA Mid-Atlantic's]] most over faces, before he was forced into early retirement by a car crash, also sported a fu manchu.
* [[Reds with Rockets|Soviet]] [[Four-Star Badass|general]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140315032543/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Bagramyan.jpg Ivan Bagramyan] combined Badass Mustache with [[Bald of Awesome]] and [[Chest of Medals]] to look like the classic military badass he was.
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