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If, as is usually the case, the wearer is a [[Elders|Gentleman of a Certain Age]], it indicates that he's stuck in the past -- a more subtle form of [[Outdated Outfit]]. If the wearer is a younger man, it indicates that he ''really'' doesn't have a clue.
 
Since it's usually a male item of clothing, a woman wearing a bow-tie is often depicted as either unorthodox or wearing it as part of some [[Stripperiffic|skimpier ensemble]] [[Fan Service|designed to tease]] (such as the [[Playboy Bunny]] costume). This latter approach may also be called on by some men (such as the Chippendales). The alternative in porn in the appropriate setting is to have a beautiful woman wear a bowtie and ''nothing else'' (a variation on [[Diamonds in Thethe Buff]]).
 
And one should never forget that no matter what, there's one particularly cool suit that ''always'' has a bowtie... a [[Tuxedo and Martini|Tuxedo.]]
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The greatest bow-tie aficionado from the manga pages is clearly ''[[Detective Conan (Manga)|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 (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'' would occasionally wear a rather nice [[Real Men Wear Pink|pastel orange]] shirt combined with a little red bow-tie.
* In the [[School Festival]] episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'', Sho wears a huge pink bowtie as he emcees the duel between Judai and the Dark Magician Girl.
* Ladd Russo and all of his white-suited cohorts (sans his fiancée, who's wearing a tasty dress) in ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' look positively menacing in their white tuxes and white bowties. Which all end covered in blood. Only Ladd's isn't covered in his own. This is more of a subversion, really. The series takes place in the 30s, when bowties really were in.
* Hanson and Sanson from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Anime)|Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' wear bowtie as part of their uniforms. Maybe justified for the time period.
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara]]'' has one as part of the [[Waistcoat of Style|bartender uniform]] he constantly wears. Occasionally [http://www.mangareader.net/manga/durarara/1117173_e.jpg he wears it unclipped] just to add to the badassery.
* ''[[Transformers Super God Masterforce (Anime)|Transformers Super God Masterforce]]'': Minerva has one as part of her default outfit.
* Nanoha of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has one as part of her [[Magical Girl]] outfit.
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'': Tuxedo Mask's snazzy tailcoat would not be complete without a nice white bowtie.
* ''[[C: theThe Money Andof Soul ofand Possibility (Anime)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 ==
* ''[[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]]''
** Bruce Wayne manages a very nice-looking one.
** As do most iterations of Alfred.
** His arch-enemies, [[The Joker]] and the Penguin tend to wear them as well as part of their old-fashion dress suits.
* ''[[Zatanna]]'' wears one, in keeping with her deliberately magician-like costume: a [[Ms. Fanservice]] variant of the classic tuxedo, complete with top hat.
* ''[[Superman (Franchise)|Superman]]''
** Jimmy Olsen frequently has one.
** Clark Kent would also wear bowties on occasion, and actually ''prefers'' them to regular neckties since they don't flap in his face while flying, but every time he wears one people constantly mock him about it.
* ''[[Mortadelo Yy Filemon (Comic Book)Filemón|Mortadelo Y Filemon]]'': Filemon, all the time.
* Averted by Cyclops of the ''[[X-Men (Franchise)|X-Men]]'', who used to wear truly hideous bow ties when he was in civvies. Happily, he seems to have given up on them.
* ''[[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 (Comic Book)|Johnny Turbo]]'' magazine ads.
 
 
== Comic Strips ==
* In ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New Withwith 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.
* One ''[[FoxTrot (Comic Strip)|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).
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* The Baron from ''[[The Cat Returns (Anime)|The Cat Returns]]'' has a rather natty bowtie, and he is ''awesome''.
* Jack Skellington from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animation)|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' has a bowtie that looks like a bat.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Though it is a period piece, Dr. Henry Jones Jr., a.k.a. [[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]], wears one while lecturing at his university.
* Watch Colin Firth tying his bow-tie in ''Where the Truth Lies''. It's mesmerizing.
* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga (Film)|The Dark Knight Saga]]'': Lucius Fox has been seen wearing one or two.
* Another ''Batman'' example: [[Christopher Walken]] sports one while playing [[Manipulative Bastard]] Max Shreck in 1992's ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]''. Together with his pinstriped suit, black gloves, spats and [[Ominous Opera Cape]], Max looks like some [[Badass]] amalgam of 1920s gangster and medieval lord.
* In the 1988 film ''Sunset'', Cheryl wears a bowtie as part of a ploy. {{spoiler|She wants people to assume she's a lesbian; it works.}}
* Dewey Finn ([[Jack Black]]) wears one in ''[[School of Rock]]''.
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* Mr. Blue in ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]'', combined unusually with a [[Badass Longcoat]]. He makes it work.
* In ''[[Sabrina]]'', Harrison Ford, playing the romantic lead, wears a black-and-white spotted bow tie, although this may be because the film can't decide what decade it's set in (or it may be to hint that he's really old and shouldn't be chasing nice young girls).
* [[Harvey (Theatre)|Harvey]] the rabbit wears a bowtie in his portrait with his good friend, Elwood P. Dowd.
* [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] has been rocking this trope for almost fifty years now.
* Buckaroo Banzai from ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]'' frequently sports a bowtie. And is also awesome.
* Gaff from ''[[Blade Runner (Film)|Blade Runner]]''. Cool is an understatement.
* In ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'', the Devil (played by [[Tom Waits (Music)|Tom Waits]]) makes a red bow tie look cool.
 
 
== Literature ==
* [[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Agatha Christie]]'s [[Hercule Poirot]].
 
 
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** Apparently in the UK at least, there has actually been an increase in sales of bowties since Matt Smith took the role.
* On ''[[Leverage]]'' this was mentioned directly by Hardison during The Radio Job, presumably as a [[Shout-Out]] to Dr. Who as he is a confirmed fan.
* Donald "Ducky" Mallard from ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]''. During a short fling a woman convinced him to wear a more modern tie, but he soon switched back.
* A disturbing number of TV weathermen.
* ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]''. Quite a few scientists in [[Real Life]] also wear bowties because they can't fall into beakers or chemical spills like regular neckties can. No doubt Bill was just going for the [[Adorkable]] look, though.
* Dr Bashir and Garak in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' Bond spoof episode "Our Man Bashir".
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit|Brother Mouzone]] from ''[[The Wire]]'' is disappointed but unsurprised by this display of philistinism.
* On ''[[The Andy Griffith Show (TV)|The Andy Griffith Show]]'', a bowtie was part of Barney Fife's standard out-of-uniform look. Howard Sprague was partial to them, too.
* Tim Wonnacott of ''Bargain Hunt''.
* ''[[Pee Wees-wee's Playhouse (TV)|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 (TV)|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''.
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== Music ==
* Belgian musician [http://www.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VswKK4ErKSY/TSzRqcWaKtI/AAAAAAAAIeo/EA0K7IsXlYk/s1600/stromae-cheese-cover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com/2011/01/quand-y-en-plus-et-ben-y-en-encore.html&usg=__8UUR1Rg0xGCddh-9-UCMzeuTmys=&h=396&w=440&sz=75&hl=nl&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=1QNcvJRAMWctmM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=149&ei=BEtHTaScA9GhOp3E2bkE&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstromae%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D433%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=680&vpy=129&dur=3560&hovh=213&hovw=237&tx=148&ty=190&oei=7UpHTe2oGYXtOfKkqKUE&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0 Stromae].
* Dr. John [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRrXZP8b0I rocks a bowtie (pink, no less)] at [[The Band (Music)|The Band]]'s ''Last Waltz'' concert.
* [[Avenged Sevenfold (Music)|Avenged Sevenfold]]'s rhythm guitarist, Zacky Vengeance, frequently rocks a bowtie.
* 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]].
 
 
== Pro Wrestling ==
* [[WWE (Wrestling)|David Otunga]] tends to wear a bow tie when not in the ring. (He's John Laurinaitis's legal advisor, and in [[Real Life]] is [[Genius Bruiser|actually a Harvard graduate]].)
* "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 Withwith 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.
 
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Blaz Blue (Video Game)|Blaz Blue]]'': Carl Clover wears a giant [[Everythings Better With Zippers|Zipper Pull]] as one.
* British boxer Dudley wears one in all his ''[[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Street Fighter]]'' appearances.
* Emizel in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]'' wears a red one.
* Jeff from ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]''.
* Hurdy from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics a 2]]'' wears a blue bow, which also matches with the tiny blue bows on his shoes.
* [[Token Mini-Moe|Nono]] in ''[[Fire Emblem Awakening (Video Game)|Fire Emblem Awakening]]'' provides a rare (and modest) female example, wearing a pink one.
* 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 (Video Game)|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''.
 
 
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== 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 (Webcomic)|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]].
** Wing, a vampire from Van's flashback, also wears a bow tie.
* ''[[Hark! aA Vagrant (Webcomic)|Hark a Vagrant]]'': Soon-to-be Canadian PM Lester Pearson accepts the nickname "Mike" on the terms that [http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=294 he be allowed to continue wearing his bowtie.] [http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/series/primeministers/images/main-LBP.gif&imgrefurl=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/series/primeministers/stories/lbp-20020201.html&usg=__ueJocwUfGP8kTo_Nxrbf9gyUsJQ=&h=168&w=195&sz=12&hl=en&start=0&sig2=1gXfP33u80CIhyAxLQQ8LA&zoom=1&tbnid=akQZGqxJqO52-M:&tbnh=133&tbnw=155&ei=1Ts7TZjzJcH7lwf8o6TqBQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLester%2BPearson%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1126%26bih%3D685%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=530&vpy=107&dur=2135&hovh=134&hovw=156&tx=95&ty=82&oei=lDs7TfWpMZD3gAfFsbzBCA&esq=8&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0 He can rock it though].
* ''[[Bobwhite (Webcomic)|Bobwhite]]''. [http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20101012 This guy.] "Look, pal, just because you look handsome and dapper doesn't mean it isn't douchey to wear a ''bowtie''."
* Fuzzy from ''[[Sam and Fuzzy (Webcomic)|Sam and Fuzzy]]'' has rocked one since the very beginning of the comic.
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'':
** [[Badass|Dave Strider]] in his [[Item Crafting|alchemized]] [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit|badass nice suits]]. Compare to [[The Fool|John]], whose suits just do normal ties and is decidedly not a "[[Totally Radical|coolkid]]" as Dave is.
** Most of the Felt, especially Doc Scratch.
* ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|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 (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]].
* While he doesn't wear one, [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] uses he line while simultaneously making fun of a ''[[Youngblood]]'' character's outfit.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Bill from ''[[Sitting Ducks (Animation)|Sitting Ducks]]'' has a bowtie as his sole article of clothing.
* [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Scientist]] from ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes (Animation)|Jimmy Two Shoes]]'' gained a bowtie as part of his [[Limited Wardrobe]] in season 2. Additionally, some [[What Could Have Been|early concept sketches]] showed Jimmy in one.
* Different type of neckware, but Fred Jones' stubborn attachment to his [[Outdated Outfit|apricot-colored ascot]] in some incarnations of ''[[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]]'' has evolved into a similar dorky-and-doesn't-know-it schtick.
* ''[[Yogi Bear (Animation)|Yogi Bear]]'': You might say Boo-Boo is dressed sharper than the average bear.
* Max Schneider from ''[[Gravedale High (Animation)|Gravedale High]]'' sports a red bowtie with white polka dots.
* Professor Frink from ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' wears a blue bowtie.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''
** 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.
** Octavia, who is [[Memetic Outfit|almost never seen without]] her pink bowtie, provides a rare female example.
* [[Meaningful Name|Bowtie]] from the original ''[[My Little Pony (Franchise)|My Little Pony]]'' was fond of these, and in the cartoon she wore them in her mane.
 
 
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* [[American Football|NFL]] star Dhani Jones loves to wear bowties, and [http://www.fivestarties.com/# even has his own company that sells ties].
* President of the Belgian (French-speaking) Socialist Party, [http://www.mons.be/images/lib/Elio%20Di%20Rupo_640x480.jpg Elio Di Rupo], is never seen without a red Bow Tie.
* [[Lloyd Kaufman]], chairman and face of [[Troma]] studios, and director of ''[[The Toxic Avenger (Film)|The Toxic Avenger]]''.
* [[wikipedia:Gordon Gee|Gordon Gee]], president of [[Spell My Name Withwith a "The"|The]] Ohio State University, is famous for never being seen without one. He [http://www.thelantern.com/campus/gee-s-neckwear-untying-the-mystery-1.1719052#.TxX73_k8CSo reportedly] owns more than a thousand of them, and tries to wear each one no more often than once a year.
* [[wikipedia:Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]] (the politician, not the musician).
* Applies even to cats, as the new [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13845025 official government cat Larry] shows us.
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* Legendary TV chef [[wikipedia:Keith Floyd|Keith Floyd]].
* One University of California professor was a student radical in [[The Sixties]] but 30 years later was coming into class every day in a fairly old-fashioned suit -- and yet, in a nod to his radical roots, continued to wear his hair long.
* [[Good Eats (TV)|Alton Brown]] has recently been seen sporting bow ties of late, though he may well have been influenced by the Trope Namer, [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzazeb73qy1r3giwmo1_500.png as he's a confirmed Whovian.]
 
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