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[[File:NCR_trooper_889NCR trooper 889.jpg|link=Fallout: New Vegas|frame|''The'' last word in [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|haute couture]].]]
 
A subtrope of [[Coat, Hat, Mask]].
 
Basically any character that [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|wears a gas mask and, well, a longcoat]]. Occasionally, there will be a good reason for this, like the character deals with cold weather and/or toxic fumes on a regular basis, but mostly these characters exist because it [[Rule of Cool|looks really cool]]. Trench Coats seem to be the preferred apparel, though other kinds of long coats are acceptable.
 
Can be one sign of a [[Post Apocalyptic]] setting with an unlivable environment. Also common attire for [[Doom Troops]] thanks to the dehumanizing and vaguely skeletal/insect-like look of gas masks as well as the implication that [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]] are in use by one or more sides. Either way, you are almost certainly living in a [[Crapsack World]] if this look is practical or common.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The 3rd diary holder from ''[[Mirai Nikki (Manga)|Mirai Nikki]]''.
* Shingen Kishitani from [[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara!!]]
 
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Sandman from ''[[Sandman Mystery Theater]]''. Notable in that he also has a [[Coat, Hat, Mask|hat]]. Probably the [[Ur Example]] in fiction, since he's been sporting the look since [[The Golden Age|1939]].
* During the first few arcs of ''[[Y: theThe Last Man]]'', Yorick disguises himself with a gas mask, but phones it in a bit on the coat, wearing a poncho instead.
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr.]] Kroenen from ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]]''. He is seen wearing a long coat as part of his Nazi uniform once or twice, but eventually trades it in for a significantly less awesome apron.
* Major Maxim, hulking Nazi [[Super Soldier]] and main antagonist from the ''[[Danger Girl]]'' series, wears a similar getup to Kroenen.
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* The Tatooine-informant alien in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'' who ratted out Kenobi and Skywalker to the Stormtroopers in Mos Eisley; he was an alien who ''looked'' like he had a gas mask, but he definitely had a long coat.
* Kroenen from the film version of ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' is dressed in a Nazi uniform, with a black coat and black cap, and a metallic gas mask.
* The mooks from ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'', despite the film taking place in 1914 (in real life, gas masks weren't even used until late in the First World War).
 
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Imperial trench infantry in ''[[Mutant Chronicles]]'', complete with [[wikipedia:Brodie helmet|Brodie helmets]].
* The Death Korps of Krieg from ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000|Warhammer 40k]]'' are an entire army of this. The Armageddon Steel Legion use this trope as well.
** It should be noted that ''both'' are based on real world militaries from the same nation but of different eras. The Death Korps is intended to resemble World War 1 German infantry, whereas the Steel Legion bears more of a resemblance to the later Wermacht uniforms.
* Standard uniform of the Deathwatch in ''[[Unhallowed Metropolis]]''
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'': This is the uniform of the [[Elite Mook|NCR Veteran Rangers]]. Counter to the omnious look, they're the [[The Federation|New California Republic]]'s elite force, spreading democracy at gunpoint.
** Tycho from ''Fallout 1'' is described as this if you read his flavor text, but due to the graphical limitations of the time his in-game representation is simply one of the handful of standard NPC sprites.
** In the ''Honest Hearts'' DLC, you can find the Desert Ranger combat armor, which is almost exactly like the Ranger armor save for being unaffiliated with a faction and has some distinct markings and writings by it's previous owners.
*** The reason for them looking almost exactly the same is that the NCR adopted the Desert Rangers' (like Tycho, but as mentioned that only showed up in the flavour text) armor for their Veteran Rangers.
** ''Lonesome Road'' introduces Riot Armor, which is basically the NCR Veteran Ranger armor from the core game with some stat bonuses and no faction association, as well as the Elite Riot Armor which throws in a minor case of [[Shoulders of Doom]]. The overall outfit is slightly more protective but also lighter in weight.
{{quote| Random Chairman: "Hey baby, you dig these new troopers? The hot fashion is [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|killer robot chic!]]}}
** Also, [[The Rival|Ulysses]] wears a coat with [[Wearing a Flag Onon Your Head|the Old World flag]] on his back as well as a gas mask due to the radiation of The Divide.
* Psycho Mantis is this in his first scene in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', where all the FOXHOUND members wear coats. He ditches the coat and keeps the gas mask shortly afterward, though.
* The First Sons from ''[[InInfamous Famous(video (Videogame Gameseries)|In Famous]]''. Also crosses over with [[Gas Mask Mooks]].
* The original design for the ''[[Half Life]] 2'' [[Gas Mask Mooks|Combine Mooks]] featured the civil protection with gasmasks and longcoats. The longcoats were cut, gasmasks were not.
* [[STALKER|Popular summer wear in Chernobyl]].
** However, because the longcoat is the worst armour in the game, don't expect to combine this with [[Badass Longcoat]].
* [[Serial Killer|The Corroder]] from ''[[Clock Tower (Video Gameseries)|Clock Tower]] 3'' wears a gas mask and a long brown, stained apron that greatly resemble a coat. Justified in that his weapon of choice is a gun that shoots acid.
* He lacked the coat initially, but Kabal from ''[[Mortal Kombat]] [[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|3]]'' gained a sleeveless one in ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''.
* Silhouette from ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''
* One of the possible outfits in Brink, as well as various other [[Gas Mask Mooks|Gas Mask Mook]] looks.
* Practically a requirement for characters in ''[[Metro 2033 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Metro 2033]]''.
* [[EYEE.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy]]: standard issue uniform for all Federal Cops
* Venom troopers in ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''.
* The Storm Troopers in the final mission of ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Airborne''.
* For the [[Renaissance]]-period version of it, the Plague Doctor outfit in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''. Actually has roots in [[Real Life]] (see folder below).
* The Bogeyman in ''[[Silent Hill: Downpour]]''
* This is how Zero appears to Junpei when he is kidnapped in ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]''.
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The Captain from ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic (Webcomic)|Romantically Apocalyptic]]''.
* The [[Gas Mask Mooks]] (i.e, every single character) in ''[[GonewithGone With the Blastwave]]''. This is their army's answer to (apparently) the entire world now being an irradiated wasteland.
* If you count a nun's habit as coat, then the satanistic [[Nuns Are Spooky|Little Sisters of Belial]] from ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' do fit this trope.
* [[The FAN (Webcomic)|The FAN]] has [http://www.shastrix.com/thefan/index.php?comic=277 Captain Nil], though it's technically a cape he's wearing.
* ''[[Remus (Webcomic)|Remus]]'' introduces [[Knife Nut]] Williams as one. He later drops the gas mask and replaces it with a more generic black balaclava.
 
 
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* Death's Head, a supervillain with the power to cause spontaneous illness and infection, from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', wears a World War II-era gas mask, a fedora, and a trenchcoat of his costume.
* [[A-GENTS|A-GENT]] 88 wears this, mostly to help protect people from his [[Walking Wasteland|ability]].
* In [[Fallout: Nuka Break]], we meet an NCR Ranger at the end of Episode 6 wearing the armor seen at the top of this page.
 
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Many soldiers, particularly German ones, in [[World War OneI]]. Most likely the [[Trope Maker]].
** And for good reason: the coat protected skin against blister agents.
** They weren't called '''Trench'''coats for nothing.
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