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When a character gets a scar, it’s usually from a sword or knife fight (and the occasional fire)
Note that this is not "character X has a scar" - the scar has to be ''cool''. (Karowu from ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' has plenty of scars, but they're signs of abuse, not badassery - none of them are cool.)
▲When a character gets a scar, it’s usually from a sword or knife fight (and the occasional fire) or a childhood accident. But just because they have a scar doesn’t mean that it can’t be freakin’ awesome looking. Mainly it has to have a cool shape or be in a very noticeable place or have a cool back story. Sometimes it may be a Mark of Shame or a Distinguishing Mark.
Compare and contrast with [[Scar Tropes]] and [[Rule of Cool]].
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== Anime
* Zoro from ''[[One Piece]]'' had scars all over his body, though the prominent ones are on his left eye and a huge one in his chest, which goes down from his left shoulder to his right hip. These cool scars were from his many battles.
* Tigrerra from ''[[Bakugan]]''
* While they’re not exactly scars the tracer marks from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has Scar, who has an "X"-shape scar on his face, which he got from an encounter with Kimblee (anime) or an explosion, which Kimblee sets off to kill off the Ishvalan bystanders (manga).
* Himura Kenshin, titular character of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', has an 'X' shape scar on his cheek.
* Both Kakashi and Iruka Umino from ''[[Naruto]]'' and ''[[Naruto Shippuden]]'', but there's too many characters to make the list.
* [[Monochrome Factor|Nanaya]] has this trope, his scar runs down his face and uses an eyepatch.
* Sosuke in ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' has a scar on his left cheek - it looks like a [[Dueling Scar]], but he probably picked it up in real combat. When he goes undercover and wears a cute animal mascot costume in ''Fumoffu'', the costume gains the same scar.
== Comic Books ==
* [[Batman]]'s rogue gallery has Two-Face, who has half a scar running down one-half of his face.
** Another Batman villain, Victor Zsasz, immortalizes each kill he makes by carving tally marks into his skin.
* Dwight from ''[[Walking Dead (comic books)|Walking Dead]]'' got his facial scars when {{spoiler|Negan ironed him just to punish him.}}
== Films ==
* Inigo Montoya from ''[[The Princess Bride]]'' has a pair on both sides of his face because he tried to fight the six-fingered man.
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* In ''[[The
▲* In [[The Mask of Zorro|the Mask of Zorro]], Diego Zorro cuts a Z into Raphael Montero’s neck, surprisingly twenty years later it still looks pretty fresh.
** Also Alejandro Zorro cuts an M on Captain Love’s face.
* [[Harry Potter]]’s lightning bolt shaped scar.
* In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', [[the Joker]] relates where he got those scars. [[Unreliable Narrator|He never gives the same explanation twice.]]
* Nick Fury in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] has three parallel scars running under his eyepatch which help make him look dangerous and [[Badass]]. {{spoiler|In 2019's ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'', we discover that a <s>cat</s> flerken scratched him ''and'' damaged his eye.}}
== Myths and Legends ==
* [[Japanese Mythology|Kuchisake]] [[Youkai|-onna]]'s scar spreads across her whole mouth. Depending on the legend, it's a plastic surgery [[Gone Horribly Wrong|gone wrong,]] jealous husband slicing her with his sword, or she had an accident while crossing the street.
* Star Boy, who is a legendary Blackfoot Indian warrior, was also called "Scarface"/"Poia". Because he was stuck down by a lightning-weapon.
== Animated Films ==
* Cloud gets a scar in his face in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'' when Loz shoots him in the face at point-blank range but Cloud’s goggles took most of the damage for him but still you can notice it several times later in the movie.
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** Barret has two going down the side of his face.
== Video Games ==
* Odette from ''[[Rune Factory Tides of Destiny]]'' has one on her face, supposedly she got it from playing kitchen by cutting a rock with a knife, the knife supposedly broke and hit her in the face.▼
▲* Odette from [[Rune Factory Tides of Destiny]] has one on her face, supposedly she got it from playing kitchen by cutting a rock with a knife, the knife supposedly broke and hit her in the face.
** Gerard has one right under his left eye.
* Squall from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' receives one from Seifer during their Gunblade fight, Squall returns the favor.
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** Saïx also has an "X"-shape scar on his face. How he got that, no one knows, since his [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/kingdomhearts/images/7/71/Isa_KHBBS.png/revision/latest?cb=20161028120238 younger self doesn't have it].
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'''s Solid Snake.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]]''{{'}} Baiken has a scar over her left eye.
* Geralt of ''[[The Witcher]]'' series fame has some scars on his face, one runs down his left eye.
* Sub-Zero from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series has a scar on his left eye.
== Web Original ==
* In Dolan True Stories' ''[https://youtu.be/om_H_fUdzJI Our Worst Injuries as Kids]'', a [[Reddit]] user (portrayed by Pringle) explained how he sliced his foot thanks to a rock collection under his sister bed, which he landed on while playing superhero. Despite the hard landing, the user explained that [[Feel No Pain| didn't feel any pain]] until his mother [[I Ain't Got Time to Bleed| noticed that he was hurt]], resulting in a cool scar.
== Western Animation ==
* Zuko’s burn scar from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', even though he got it from his [[Jerkass]] dad and it looks like a rotting black eye and his eye can’t open all the way - it’s still pretty cool.▼
▲* Zuko’s scar from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]], even though he got it from his [[Jerkass]] dad and it looks like a rotting black eye and his eye can’t open all the way it’s still pretty cool.
** Despite surviving an explosion and getting cut on some ice the cuts he receives from the Northern Water Tribe heal up completely.
** Song, a girl he meets, has a scar on her leg from getting blasted as well.
* Panthro in [[ThunderCats (2011 series)|the 2011 version of
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