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{{quote|'''The Doctor:''' Oi. Eyes on the tie. Look at me. I wear it and I don't care. Trust me?
'''Kazran:''' ... Yes.
'''The Doctor:''' [[Rule of Cool|That's why it's cool]].
|''[[Doctor Who]]: A Christmas Carol''}}
Certain items of clothing, in the real world, look ridiculous. Bowties are one of these items. Out of fashion for about 40 years now, they look fussy, old-fashioned and slightly dorky to most people.
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See also [[Real Men Wear Pink]], [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]. The wearing of a bowtie is notable enough for [[The Other Wiki]] to have [[wikipedia:List of bow tie wearers|its own list]] on the subject.
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== General ==
* Required for every fictional and real-life [[Malcolm Xerox]].
* There are those who think bow ties got taken up in the first place by the wrong gender; they almost always look really cute on ''girls''.
== Advertising ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c5vSMH-Gi8 Orville Redenbacher], the late gourmet-popcorn magnate and pitchman, was well known for donning one of these.
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* The greatest bow-tie aficionado from the manga pages is clearly ''[[Detective Conan]]'''s Kudo Shinichi in his Edogawa Conan form, who almost always wears a seriously snappy bowtie—he can't even solve most of his mysteries without a magic voice-changer inside it. (The efficacy and versatility of this device on short notice occasionally smacks of [[Applied Phlebotinum]].)
* [[Badass|Ranma]] from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' would occasionally wear a rather nice [[Real Men Wear Pink|pastel orange]] shirt combined with a little red bow-tie.
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* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Tuxedo Mask's snazzy tailcoat would not be complete without a nice white bowtie.
* ''[[C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control|C the Money And Soul of Possibility]]'': Masakaki (as well as his crayon box brothers) sports a rather large one, which only enhances his eccentric suit.
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[The Flash]]'': Barry Allen. Not so much since he's come [[Back from the Dead]], but he now has a bow-tie icon when IM'ing Iris.
* Tony from the ''[[Johnny Turbo]]'' magazine ads.
* [[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]] always wears a large red one.
* In ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'', Dixie often wore an oversized bow tie in the early strips.▼
* Jon Arbuckle from ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' constantly wears giant polka-dotted bowties on his dates.Most everyone thinks he looks like a geek.▼
** [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2019/01/26?ct=v&cti=2129226 But Pooky looks cute with one.]▼
* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strip has Jason wearing a bowtie to school due to believing people with bowties look smarter. (He also wore a [[Albert Einstein]] mask until the nose was dented).▼
* In ''[[Bloom County]]'', Opus almost always wears a bow tie; he wore a necktie in one arc where he ran for Vice President, but after the campaign failed he quickly went out and bought a new bow tie.▼
== Films -- Animation ==
* The Baron from ''[[The Cat Returns]]'' has a rather natty bowtie, and he is ''awesome''.
* Jack Skellington from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' has a bowtie that looks like a bat.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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* Gaff from ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Cool is an understatement.
* In ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'', the Devil (played by [[Tom Waits]]) makes a red bow tie look cool.
== Literature ==
* [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Hercule Poirot]].
== Live-Action TV ==
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* ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse|Pee Wees Playhouse]]'': Pee-Wee Herman.
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'''s Chuck Bass, especially during the third and fourth seasons, loves bow ties. One reviewer suggested this was so Blair could straighten them, allowing the two to have close and intimate moments.
* ''[[Glee]]''{{'}}s Kurt Hummel and Artie Abrams both wear bowties fairly frequently -- though Kurt more frequently than Artie. Artie's bowties are typically dorky. However, given Kurt's overall fashion sense and the fact that his bowties have been known to feature such items as ''tiny plastic steampunky clockfaces'', he's proof of the fact that bowties genuinely can be cool, if they're the right bowties. In Season 3, Blaine Anderson wears those ''constantly'', along with ''polo shirts that are too small for even him, bright-colored pants, and a dorky haircut. He might be trying to look childish.
* Quiz show ''Fifteen to One'' had contestant Michael Penrice, who appeared in several series and usually reached the Grand Final, in which he always wore a bowtie.
* Alton Brown cited this trope by name as a reason he selected a contestant for his team on ''Next Food Network Star''.
== Music ==
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* One of boyband JLS wore a pink and white bow tie when they appeared on the Graham Norton Show on 25th Nov 2011. Bowties Are Cool and [[Real Men Wear Pink]].
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* In ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'', Dixie often wore an oversized bow tie in the early strips.
▲* Jon Arbuckle from ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' constantly wears giant polka-dotted bowties on his dates.Most everyone thinks he looks like a geek.
▲** [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2019/01/26?ct=v&cti=2129226 But Pooky looks cute with one.]
▲* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strip has Jason wearing a bowtie to school due to believing people with bowties look smarter. (He also wore a [[Albert Einstein]] mask until the nose was dented).
▲* In ''[[Bloom County]]'', Opus almost always wears a bow tie; he wore a necktie in one arc where he ran for Vice President, but after the campaign failed he quickly went out and bought a new bow tie.
== Pro Wrestling ==
* [[
* "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase always looked snappy in one. His son, Ted DiBiase, Jr., opts for midcentury casual instead.
* Outrageous bowties were a must for [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|wrestling tax man]] [[Fun with Acronyms|Irwin R. Schyster]].
* Late 1980s/early '90s ring announcer Mike McGuirk was often seen in a suit with a bowtie. Maybe this was to emphasize that she (yes, despite the name, McGuirk was a woman) was a female performing a traditionally male job.
== Sports ==
* [[Enforced Trope|Enforced]] in professional snooker: the dress code explicitly mandates vest, shirt and bow tie for all players, even women. (Only medical reasons, such as a thyroid condition, can exempt you.) Players don't particularly like the bow tie; taking it off when the opponent has nominally won the deciding frame signals "I'm not coming back to the table anymore."
* [[Ice Hockey|Chicago Blackhawks]] center [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsrt0yBKI01qd6oq7o1_500.jpg Dave Bolland], which has led to rampant specualtion of him having [[Time Lord|Gallifreyan origins]]. See his listing on the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] page for more on that.
== Video Games ==
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* Jeff from ''[[EarthBound]]''.
* Hurdy from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' wears a blue bow, which also matches with the tiny blue bows on his shoes.
* [[Token
* Dr. Gilbert Buford from ''[[Nancy Drew|Legend of the Crystal Skull]]'' wears a red bowtie. Justified, as he's both a medical doctor and rather elderly, from [[The Big Easy|a city]] where old-fashioned styles tend to be respected rather than sneered at.
* The Spy and The Medic in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' have the "Doctor Whoa", a randomly droppable, user-submitted, team-colored bowtie that's a direct [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s Eleventh Doctor. It was even released on one of the yearly anniversaries of the creation of ''Doctor Who''.
== Visual Novels ==
* The female protagonist of ''[[Fate Extra]]'' wears a blue one as part of her school uniform.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Walkyverse]]'': Jason Chesterfield, as part of being identified as the personification of the [[British Stuffiness]] trope. He somehow manages to see it as "dignified".
* ''[[Supernormal Step]]''
** Both [[Hidden Agenda Villain|Mr. Kite]] and his [[Robot Buddy]] Beatle wear bow ties (Beatle's is painted on his chassis). However, they're both [[The Mad Hatter|certifiably]] [[Ax Crazy|insane]].
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** Most of the Felt, especially Doc Scratch.
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'': [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2118 Hannelore's dad] appears to be a classic white-coat-and-bowtie [[Absent-Minded Professor]].
== Web Original ==
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]].
* While he doesn't wear one, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] uses he line while simultaneously making fun of a ''[[Youngblood]]'' character's outfit.
== Western Animation ==
* Bill from ''[[Sitting Ducks]]'' has a bowtie as his sole article of clothing.
* [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Scientist]] from ''[[Jimmy Two-
* Different type of neckware, but Fred Jones' stubborn attachment to his [[Outdated Outfit|apricot-colored ascot]] in some incarnations of ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby
* ''[[Yogi Bear]]'' wears a necktie, but his little friend Boo-Boo wears a bowtie. You might say Boo-Boo is dressed sharper than the average bear.
* Max Schneider from ''[[Gravedale High]]'' sports a red bowtie with white polka dots.
* Professor Frink from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' wears a blue bowtie.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** In one episode, [[The Fashionista|Rarity]] makes a ''[[Gem-Encrusted]]'' one for [[Audience Surrogate|Spike]]. And he loves it.
** [[Uncle Pennybags|Fancypants]] dons a rather snazzy one during the party at the end of Sweet and Elite.
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[[Category:Bow Ties Are Cool]]
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
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