Dare to Be Badass: Difference between revisions

[[File:aronnie 120.gif|link=Bad Dudes|frame|Well, are you?]]

 

 

[[The Hero]] is called upon to step up to the plate and be awesome. Sounds a lot like the [[Call to Adventure]], you say? Well yes, the two are closely related. The difference is, an Adventure Call is more like, "Hey! You totally want to take on this quest to slay [[The Dragon]] and save the [[Damsel in Distress|princess]] because it sure beats washing cars and sipping lattes all day (and you might even get a nice check, or even more, out of the deal)."

 

Not to be confused with a [["Weird Al" Yankovic|dare to be stupid]].

 

== Advertising ==

* Essentially all military recruitment ads in every country ever. The tendency is for such ads to demonstrate how [[Badass]] you will become if you join the army/navy and even plays up how tough the training is in order to appeal the [[I Just Want to Be Badass]] desire in young men. This kind of makes sense since the job is usually quite dangerous and not especially well paid when you start out, so few people would be willing to sign up just to make a living.

 

 

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Zero's rescue of Todoh and his fellow rebels from the execution they had come to accept is accompanied by a lecture on the nature of miracles. [[Adult Swim]] accurately described this scene as Zero berating Todoh for "not being badass enough."

* At the beginning of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Shinji Ikari receives a challenge like this from his father Gendo, who needs him to pilot EVA-01 to save the city from an Angel attack already in progress. Shinji, however, is 14 ([[Shrinking Violet|sensitive and easily frightened at that]]), hasn't seen his father in years by the latter's choice, and was expecting some sort of reconciliation scene. Neither lives up to the other's expectations, then or later.

* Kamina's whole character in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is pretty much based around providing this sort of motivation to the other characters. Hell, this could be considered basically the entire message of the series, seeing as all the incredibly awesome stuff they accomplish is caused simply by daring to a [[Badass]].

* Although it's not a straight example, the soundtrack version of [[Theme Music Power-Up|Fly Away]] from ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' has this in its lyrics. "You'll never find a better time. Make a stand, you'll be fine. You know the game and all it holds. Watch it now as it unfolds."

** Doubles as a [[Rousing Speech]]

* In ''[[One Piece]]'' Mihawk gives a magnificent one to Zoro after completely defeating him in a duel.

== Live Action TV ==

 

{{quote|This is the Admiral. You've heard the news. You know the mission. You should also know that there is only one way this mission ends, and that's with the successful rescue of our people off of New Caprica. Look around you. Take a good look at the men and women that stand next to you. Remember their faces, for one day you will tell your children and your grandchildren that you served with such men and women that the universe has never seen. And together, you accomplished a feat that will be told and retold down through the ages and find immortality as only the gods once knew. I'm proud to serve with you. Good Hunting! }}

* ''[[Chuck]]'':

'''The Spirit of the West''': Then ''be'' a hero. }}

* The song "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" in ''[[Mulan]]'' is largely about this.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==