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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.
* 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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* 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 ==
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* 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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* 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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