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{{quote|''"Well, you look nervous. Is it the scars? You wanna know how I got them?"''|'''Joker''', ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' }}
Many times, when an author wishes to identify a certain character as a [[Badass]], said character will be given some sort of horrific permanent disfigurement. Most of the time, the disfigurement will stay unnoticed, possibly out of respect for he that is marked, or because the story behind it is [[You Do NOT Want to Know|too horrible for the others to imagine.]] But there always exists the chance that some bystander will [[Schmuck Bait|ask about the scar]], in which case the Badass is contractually obliged to explain it. When he is, expect the story to be long-winded, fantastical, and involving at least one [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. In other words, a [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]] moment.
Similar to [[Scar Survey]], but can occur between any two characters (not just hero/heroine) at any time (not just after sex.)
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* [[Harry Potter]] has his famous lightning bolt, naturally, courtesy of You-Know-Who. There's also Mad-Eye Moody's scars from his career spent fighting Death Eaters, and Lupin's facial scars, self-inflicted due to his transformations. Averted with Dumbledore's scar on his kneecap shaped precisely like the London Underground; its mentioned offhand in the first chapter of the first book and then never explained or even referenced again.
* Many characters in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' bear scars, and probably the most notable "how-I-got-these" story would go to Sandor Clegane, who decides it would be fun to tell Sansa all about how his [[Complete Monster|dear brother]] held his face down in a lit brazier when they were kids. Sansa is not enthused.
* Callie, the protagonist of ''[[Cut (Literature)|Cut]]'' by Patricia [[Mc Cormick]], has been sent to Sea Pines, a residential treatment facility, to deal with her [[Self -Harm]] problem. Callie mainly cuts herself on her arms, leaving scars that she tells the stories of to her therapist at one point in the book.
* [[Inkheart|Dustfinger]] may be a subversion. The story behind his facial scars is humiliating rather than awesome: {{spoiler|he was held down by a couple of thugs and carved up by a man who fancied his wife}}. He mentions several times that it was [[The Dragon|Basta]] who "decorated" his face, but it's someone else who actually explains what happened.
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