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A square jawline. A protuberant chin. A manly cleft. Somewhere along the line (possibly around [[Superman]]'s time), artists decided that these, more so than anything else, were ''the'' defining facial feature of [[Knight in Shining Armor|really heroic]] (or [[Dumb Muscle|really strong and dumb]]) characters. Perhaps to an even greater extent than [[Heroic Build|broad shoulders, barreled chest, and absurdly large biceps,]] the surest sign of a character's strength and manliness lies in his chin.
[[The Ace|Parodies of superheroes]] will take this trope to its [[Flanderization|illogical extreme]], giving heroes jawlines large enough to logically prevent them from ''looking down''
If a character with a jawline like this crops up in an American [[Western Animation]] production, there's a really good chance he'll be voiced by [[Patrick Warburton]]. Also common in [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]].
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* British comic hero ''Bananaman'', as a parody of the genre, naturally possesses one of these.
* Even as a gangly teenager, [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]] had a bit of this going on. As Marvel's foremost [[The Cape (trope)|Cape]], he tended to have a strong chin no matter who was drawing him. Lampshaded a little when a new love interest, Bernie Rosenthal, was introduced in the 80's - she had a chin cleft, and the first thing she said to him was that he had one too.
* Ironically enough, the [[Green Lantern
* [[Preacher (Comic Book)]]: Averted with The Saint of all Killers. His lantern jaw rivals that of Clark Kent's, but there's [[Complete Monster|nothing just about him]].
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* In the heart-warming (?) ending of ''[[Me Myself and Irene]]'', it is revealed that Jim Carrey's alternate personality had one of these surgically implanted on him. Everyone is amused.
{{quote|''Look at that, Daddy's got a butthole in the middle of his face!''}}
* Even the more obscure films out there subscribe to this notion. Superhero-in-training Rod Rescueman from ''[[Twice Upon a Time]]'' had his career pretty much determined by
* Buzz Lightyear in ''[[Toy Story]]'' (and the [[Defictionalization|defictionalized]] ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'') has one of these, replete with "chin swirl." Which is actually ''there,'' considering that he's an intentionally stylized toy.
* Don't forget [[Bruce Campbell]], especially in ''[[Evil Dead]]''. His (hilarious) autobiography is even called ''If Chins Could Kill''.
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* Helo, who provides both the strongest jaw and strongest morals on ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''.
* ''[[Chuck]]'' - under pentathol, Chuck tells John Casey, "Your jaw was sculpted by Michaelangelo himself."
* Seeing as Adam Baldwin plays John Casey, that means [[Firefly|Jayne Cobb]] also has a
* Both futuristic journalist Edison Carter and his AI counterpart [[Max Headroom]] have lantern jaws, though given Max's preference for snark and mischief over heroism, the "justice" part usually only applies to Edison.
* Captain Jack Harkness, from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Torchwood]]''.
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* Playable character from ''[[Time Splitters]] 2'', Hank Nova is described in his gallery info as having "the squarest jaw the galaxy has ever seen."
* For a nonhuman counterpart, ''[[Monster Hunter]] Tri'' has the Uragaan, whose chin is its most prominent feature. The chin can even be broken, but don't expect it to go quickly.
* [[Parappa the Rapper]]: Joe Chin is never an outright
* ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' gives us the astounding and noble [[Badass]] Honda Tadakatsu, whose in-game model gives him quite a square jaw to go with his powerful physique. ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', of course, then cranks this [[Up to Eleven]] by giving Tadakatsu a chin so pronounced ''it gets its own armor covering.''
* ''[[Full Throttle]]'', '''Full Stop.''' You can see that chin from the tiny, tiny page art.
* ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'': Baleog the Fierce, being the offense class out of the trio, has a particularly large chin.
* [[Warriors of Might and Magic]]: In cutscenes Alleron is shown to have a huge chin.
* [[Duke Nukem]] is a parody of the generic musclebound action hero. Which means he, of course, sports a
* [[Death Spank]].
* 'Guts Man', both in ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'', quite literally has the squarest chin in existence. It's so square as to be perfectly rectangular and often looks like a box attached to the bottom of his face, giving him an enormous underbite. Whether he's actually ''heroic'' or not depends largely on the universe and circumstances, but there are at least two instances of Guts Man being on Mega Man's side.
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== Western Animation ==
* The Crimson Chin, from ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]],'' takes this trope to ridiculous new heights. Just look at the picture.
** ''Ka-chin!''
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'s'' Captain Hero, another superhero parody, also sports one.
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* Perry the Platypus of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' also has a lantern ''bill'' of justicee.
* Jim Gordon in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', but not quite as much as Batman himself.
* Freddie in ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]''
* [[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]: Eustace Baggge, even though he's a complete [[Jerkass|jerkface]].
* In ''[[Voltron Force]]'', it's [[The Big Guy|Hunk's]] ''lion'' that has this. Recall that the lion is a ''robot''. This is part of an overall trend of the lions looking more individual, rather than [[Palette Swap
* Harvey from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
* Frosty superhero Man Arctica from ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]''
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** And cosplays as Solid Snake.
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Corporal_Patrick_Tillman.jpg Pat Tillman.] Considering he was a NFL football player who became a soldier who fell in the line of duty, it's difficult to get much more heroic.
* [[Patrick Warburton]]
** Ditto Craig T. Nelson (voice of Mr. Incredible). Though the years seem to be slowly eating away at his chin cleft.
* [[John Barrowman]].
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* [[Queen|Freddie Mercury]].
* [[Nintendo|Reggie Fils-Aime]], as amusingly exaggerated in [http://i.imgur.com/Enqpb.jpg his official Mii].
* This was known as the Habsburg Lip or the Habsburg
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