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''And you have white skin from careful preparation,''<br />
''Hunting after Aphrodite by your beauty,''<br />
''Not exposed to strokes of the sun...''|'''Pentheus''' describes [[Classical Mythology|Dionysus]], ''[[Bacchae (Theatre)|Bacchae]]'' }}
 
How do you make a [[Pretty Boy]] even prettier? Give him long (shoulder-length or longer), flowing tresses of glossy hair. Bonus points for wearing it loose, no matter how impractical this may be.
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* ''[[Finder Series]]'': Feilong
* ''100% Perfect Girl'': Jarte's secretary Benjamin
* ''[[Ai no Kusabi (Light Novel)|Ai no Kusabi]]'': Iason, many of the Elites in general and Guy.
* ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'': Gunter and Saralegui
* ''The [[Crimson Spell]]'': Havi
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series is guilty of this trope. You've got [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Bakura, Pegasus]], Otogi, Espa Roba, [[Darkskinned Blonde|Marik]], Dartz, and Sigfried.
** Continuing with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'': [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Ryo]], [[Hot for Teacher|Daitokuji-sensei]], Fubuki...
* ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]'': Dr Watari, Sohryuu and Nagare (Hisoka's father).
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Sesshoumaru, so much. Naraku, maybe, when he's not shown as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Gonk]]. There's also Bankotsu, Kouga and the eponymous Inuyasha himself.
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** ''[[RG Veda]]'': Yasha
** ''[[X 1999]]'': Kakyou Kuzuki
** ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Yue and Clow
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Xingke and Clovis. There's also V.V., though he's more of a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] than a [[Bishounen]].
* ''[[Bakuretsu Hunters]]'': Marron Glace.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Touga, Akio, and Saionji
* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'': Anotsu (practically the token bishonen in this manga).
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' (movie version): Celestine
* ''[[Berserk]]'': Griffith
* ''[[Escaflowne]]'': Allen Schezar
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* ''[[Sakura Gari]]'': Souma (before his [[Important Haircut]]) and Youya {{spoiler|aka Sakurako}}.
* [[Senkou no Night Raid]]: Natsume.
* ''[[D .Gray Man-man]]'': Yu Kanda, Jasdevi and maybe General Cross (he's not really a ''boy'').
** And [http://www.mangareader.net/210-55026-21/dgray-man/chapter-196.html Tyki Mikk].
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': Ayame and Ritsu Sohma
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* ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'': Leonard Testarossa and Kurz Weber.
* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': Souji Okita, Susumu, Yoshida, Hijikata, Kichisaburo, Maro, and Tetsunosuke.
* ''[[Zero Seven Ghost|07-Ghost]]'': Hakuren Oak.
* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Vincent, {{spoiler|Jack, even though he keeps it braided}}, Ernest, Leo, {{spoiler|flashback!Break}}, and Rufus Barma. Also, Gilbert's hair is long enough that he can tie it back with a hair ribbon.
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'': Aleister "Viscount Druitt" Chamber, Prince Soma, and the Undertaker.<ref>Grell Sutcliff doesn't actually count because [[Word of God]] has "confirmed" her to be a trans woman. YMMV on whether or not that's true, though.</ref>
** Chapter 67 gives us Edgar Redmond.
* ''[[Sukisho (Light Novel)|Sukisho]]'': Sunao, Matsuri, Professor Aizawa, and Nanami.
* The titular ''[[Id]]''.
* ''[[Mononoke]]'': Kusuriuri.
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* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'': Harry
* ''[[Nana]]'': Takumi Ichinose.
* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'': Future!Mukuro, Squalo, Kikyo, Nosaru, Daemon Spade, and Basil.
* ''[[MAR]]'': Rolan
* ''[[Kaleido Star]]'': Leon Oswald
* ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'': Arion "The White Prince" Rosemariné and Jules de Ferrier.
* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'': Shalott and Kaito.
* ''[[Utawarerumono]]'': Hauenkua.
* ''[[I''s]]'': Jun Koshinae.
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* ''[[Black Bird]]'': Sagami
* ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'': Takashiro Giou, Kanata "Reiga Giou" Wakamiya, and Isuzu Fujiwara. Also {{spoiler|Luze, Luka's younger twin brother}}
* ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'': Il Palazzo.
* ''[[Rah XephonRahXephon]]'': Dr. Itsuki Kisaragi
* ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'': <s>Zura</s> <s>Zurako</s> Katsura. And Kamui.
* ''[[Immortal Rain]]'': Rain
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Fisheye, Nephrite, Zoisite and Kunzite. Also, Ali (his alien form) in the anime only Doom Tree arc. And Fiore (his alien form) in the Sailor Moon R movie. And Artemis (his human form) in the manga.
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* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'': Kaname and Rido
* ''[[Basilisk]]'': Gennosuke and Yashamaru. Also Hyouma, who's prettier than both of them.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Negi Springfield during his lightning-god form when his hair is at its longest.
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raikou Shimizu.
* ''[[Rosario Plus Vampire]]'': Fong-Fong Wong
* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'': Mello and Mikami
* ''[[Beelzebub (Manga)|Beelzebub]]'': Natsume and Athrun. Himekawa as well, when his hair is brushed down (and not in a pompadour) also counts as a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]].
* ''[[Heroman]]'': Joey
* ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'': Terumi "Aphrodi" Afuro.
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* ''[[Claymore]]'': Isley of the north
* ''[[Swan]]'': Aoi and Lucien
* ''[[Night WalkerNightwalker]]'': Cain and Shido
* ''[[Ookami-Sansan]]'': Taro Urashima
* ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'': Kouji Minamoto
* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'': Mukadia of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]] GoGo'', Souler of ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'', Cobraja of ''[[Heartcatch Precure]]'' and Baritone of ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]''.
* ''[[Naru TaruNarutaru]]'': Norio Koga
* ''[[ROD the TV Series|Read Or Die TV]]'': Junior
* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'': Jin, especially in the last scene.
* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'': Abel, Hugues, Isaak, Cain and Virgil to name a few.
* ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'': Karl Lichter von Randoll, in his ''SAGA'' and ''SIN'' incarnations.
* Yumeka Sumomo's ''The Day I Became A Butterfly'': Uka
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Freed Justine. He even has a [[Beauty Mark|beauty mark]].
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'': Verossa Acous
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]'': Nagihiko Fujisaki. Justified [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|because he's a crossdresser]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]'': Full Frontal
* ''[[Monochrome Factor]]'': Shirogane
* ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'': Nando
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'': Rosiel
* ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|Corsair]]'': Jean-Hughes D'Aubigne and Canale Delacroix.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Alto Saotome a.k.a. [[In-Series Nickname|Hime-sama]].
* ''[[Level E]]'': Prince [[Baka]]
* ''[[The Secret Agreement (Manga)|The Secret Agreement]]'': Iori
* Kiri from ''[[Wild Rose (Manga)Fangs|Wild Rose]]'' and Olgrius and Shui from ''[[Wild Wind (Manga)Fangs|Wild Wind]]'', as per [[Author Appeal]].
* ''[[Magical X Miracle]]'': Half the male cast (Glenn, Yue, Francis, Ardi, the king), and even of those male characters who aren't, most still have at least shoulder-length Go Nagai Sideburns.
* ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'': Kaoru (whose hair is pink) and Naruse.
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* ''[[Patalliro]]'': Jack Bancoran and Maraich, plus all lover boys/Swedish assassins.
* ''Bt'X'': Fou Lafine; ''Bt'X'' is by the creater of [[Saint Seiya]] and shares many stylistic features with its predecessor.
* ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]!'': Kazuki
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Edward, as he's [[Bishonen]] and has long hair in the first anime. Al counts in [[The Movie]] {{spoiler|but he cuts his ponytail after becoming stranded in Germany}}.
* ''[[Here Is Greenwood]]'': Shun Kisaragi
* ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|Mawaru Penguindrum]]'': Sanetoshi Watase
* ''[[Tsukigasa (Manga)|Tsukigasa]]'': Azuma.
* ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]'': Caesar. He cuts his hair in Chapter 8 after Nakaba is forced to get her red hair dyed. Adel, Nakaba's relative and the heir to the Senan throne.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'': Luke Valentine.
* ''[[No. 6]]'': Nezumi's hair is long enough to tie back, and he's certainly bishie enough.
* ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'': Charden Flamberg.
* Aburatsubo from ''[[Magic Users Club]]''. He's tall, has long red hair, and is gorgeous.
* ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo (Manga)|Karakuridouji Ultimo]]'': Rune and Jealous/Jealousy.
* ''Angels Feather'': Reiya Wakabayashi.
* Yunoki of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]''.
* ''[[Hatenkou Yuugi (Manga)|Hatenkou Yuugi]]'': Alzeid's brother.
 
 
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** Most (if not all) elves in The Lord of the Rings movie are this.
*** And in new pictures, so's [[Aidan Turner]] as a DWARF. [http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CZrNXhvdsCQ/Th9FfiuKZLI/AAAAAAAAJrk/lBtb3pmEMFQ/s400/kili-aidan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://allthingsrarmitage.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-anticipation-of-thorin-friday-will.html&usg=__R68wafwmhZniXxIw8V2WcLxIz5I=&h=224&w=196&sz=50&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=w3RgYpheWh5gVM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=90&ei=8v0mTuntGZCqrAe_rPi-CQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkili%2Baiden%2Bturner%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2TSEE_enGB374%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D547%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0&tx=71&ty=42&biw=1280&bih=547 Seriously].
* ''[[The Man in Thethe Iron Mask]]'': [[Leonardo Di CaprioDiCaprio|Philippe/Louis]].
* ''[[Don Juan Demarco|Don Juan DeMarco]]'': The eponymous character, played by [[Johnny Depp]].
* Yoshi in ''[[Bunraku (Film)|Bunraku]]'' fits this trope to a T. Not surprising, since he's played by [[Gackt]].
* In [[Mad Max]] 2: the Road Warrior, the character Golden Boy might count, being the (boy?)friend of Wez and having, by comparison, a rather handsome face and long, flowing, blonde hair.
 
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* ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'': King Philippe
* Possibly teenage Mowgli in ''The Second Jungle Book''.
* ''[[Fablehaven (Literature)|Fablehaven]]'' has Bracken, who is tall, willowy, youthful, and has long, soft silver-white hair.
* Vanyel Ashkevron from Mercedes Lackey's ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Velgarth]]'' universe. Also Firesong.
* Pick a male Tolkien's elf. Any male Tolkien's elf. Except Cirdan and Mahtan (who are long-haired, but don't look like pretty boys).
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== Live Action TV ==
* The Groosalugg from ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' falls under this trope, until he and Cordelia go on vacation, and he cuts it short... [http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/f/f6/AngelGroo.jpg And familiarily...]
* Duncan MacLeod from ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'', until season 6 when the actor got tired of it.
* In ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'', Reid<ref>[[Bonus Points]] for his in-series nickname being [[Pretty Boy]].</ref> had longish hair in the earlier seasons but it was shoulder-length in season five. Later on in the season, Reid got a haircut. [[Criminal Minds (TV)/Funny|Crowning Moment of Funny]] when the team sees Reid's new hair.
{{quote| '''[[The Stoic|Hotch]]''': What? Did you join a boy band?}}
 
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* [[The Beatles]]
** Particularly John when he had shoulder length hair and cleanshaven. As seen in ''[[Let It Be]]''.
* Michael Kiske during his time in [[Helloween (Music)|Helloween]], as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aPaKsUfUEs here].
* Sebastian Bach of [[Skid Row]].
* [[Led Zeppelin]]: [http://www.popmusicology.com/images/led-zeppelin-in-1968-robert-plant1.jpg All of them.] That is all.
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== Theater ==
* ''[[Tanz Derder Vampire]]'': Herbert
 
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'': Felix, Piers, and [[Big Bad|Alex]]. {{spoiler|Alex returns in ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn (Video Game)|Dark Dawn]]'' under a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Paper Thin Alias]], flowing tresses intact.}}
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series' general [[Bishonen|design philosophy]] for male characters makes this trope present in abundance:
** Even since the beginning--[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Red Mage's]] and White Wizard's original sprites were [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|long haired pretty boys]] (okay, we can't tell if they're pretty, precisely - or guys, for that matter - but it's ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' in the [[Yoshitaka Amano]] era. Odds are good that they are).
*** Warrior of Light becomes one in ''[[Dissidia]]'', which was based on Amano's art for the Warrior class.
** ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' has [[The Emperor]] and his [[Rapunzel Hair]]. Firion counts as well, [[Depending Onon the Artist|when he's given longer hair]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' has the [[Bishonen|ever]]-[[White-Haired Pretty Boy|so]]-[[Hair Decorations|pretty]] [[The Hero|Cecil]] (who is [[Depending Onon the Artist|sometimes drawn with short hair, but rarely]]). In the sequel, his hair's yet longer...but still not as long as [[The Lancer|Kain]], with his long, straight, lovely blond hair.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'' has [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[The Gambler|Setzer]], and [[Chivalrous Pervert]] [[Hair of Gold|Edgar]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'': [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Veni, veni, venias! Ne me mori facias!]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Sephiroth!]] Let's not forget Vincent Valentine, though.
*** Kadaj and Yazoo from ''[[Advent Children]]'' take after Sephiroth.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has Irvine. Save a horse, ride a cowboy, ''indeed.'' Laguna too, when he was younger.
** ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'' has Kuja, bishiest of all.
** ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' has Seymour Guado (although how pretty he is may be subject to debate).
** ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' has Larsa and Vayne Solidor, and Al-Cid Margrace.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' ''nearly'' avoids the trope, but Cid and Rygdea keep the tradition alive.
* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'': The boss Flea. The chest padding in the game art doesn't help.
* ''[[Super Punch Out]]'': Kabuki dancing boxer Heike Kagero (long ''purple'' hair, even).
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Xehanort, Xemnas, "Ansem", Saix, Marluxia, Riku, Vexen... Yeah, ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' is the master of Long Haired [[Bishonen|hotties]].
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'': Vega
** Ken too, especially in the [[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Alpha]] series.
** Alex, also. 'Dat ponytail.
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'': Zelos Wilder and {{spoiler|Mithos}} Yggdrasill.
* ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'': [[Incurable Cough of Death|Ukyo Tachibana]].
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'': Several examples, most notably Zhang He and Zhou Yu.
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* ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'': we have Ishida Mitsunari, Akechi Mitsuhide and Sasaki Kojiro.
* ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'': Taigong Wang, if he wore it loose that is.
* ''[[Okami (Video Game)Ōkami|Okami]]'': {{spoiler|Waka}} {{spoiler|How does he keep it under that hat?}}
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'': Akechi Mitsuhide and Maeda Keiji. Sanada Yukimura is of the rat-tail variety, but qualifies when he lets it down.
* ''[[Infinite Space]]'': A few male characters (including the main character), most notably Lord Roth, who has waist-length hair.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'': Ezio. His hair is usually in a ponytail, but does reach his shoulders. And ''damn'', is he a [[Even the Guys Want Him|pretty boy]].
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'': Kafei
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': Lots, most notably Arthas Menethil and Kael'thas Sunstrider.
* ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'': [[Badass Long Hair|Yuri Lowell]], plus [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Duke]].
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* ''[[King of Fighters]]'': Duo Lon.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'': Raiden doesn't initially come off as this, but take away his hat and cloak, and you're left with a rather [http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/File:Raiden_Traje_alter.jpg pretty man with a glorious mane of white hair].
** Partially lampshaded in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' where, upon learning they are fighting for the safety of Earth, Johnny Cage asks Raiden, "What should we do, besides standing around looking pretty?"
* The ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem]]'' series has had plenty of these, dating as far back as Nabarl from the very first game. Perhaps the most famous examples are [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Lucius]] from ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Blazing Sword]]'' and Soren from ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Path of Radiance]]''.
* ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'' has quite a few, with Testament standing out in particular.
* ''[[Soul Series]]'': Siegfried Schtauffen. He used to have short hair in ''Soul Blade'', but it's grown out a lot in later games.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Annyseed (Webcomic)|Annyseed]]'' The sinister Mr Coldsteem.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': [http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2006-01-29 Noah.]
* ''[[Monsterful]]'': Jacob Bottom Button, the Rag doll boy.
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'': Maxim, who was originally meant to be nothing more than a joke sketch of a [[Pretty Boy]] [[Frankenstein's Monster|Jagermonster]].
* ''[[Paradis]]'' has angels as this, specifically Gabriel.
* ''[[A Broken Winter]]'': While both Kuroda and Reisen have very long hair, Reisen lets his fly in true pretty-boy style. Kuroda keeps his in a neat tail.
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== Web Videos ==
* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] as a sixteen year old.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'': Malchior{{spoiler|, er... Rorek}}.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Several characters, including [[Porn Stache|Haru]] and [[Complete Monster|Firelord Ozai]].
* ''[[Western Animation/Sym Bionic Titan|Sym Bionic Titan]]'': Lance and Soloman, who both also fall under [[Badass Long Hair]].
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'': Kevin Levin, whose hair falls to his shoulders.
* ''[[Generator Rex (Animation)|Generator Rex]]'': Van Kleiss is also an older example.
* ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'': Finn would be considered this when he removes his hat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlxhS8t_2k
* ''[[Metalocalypse (Animation)|Metalocalypse]]'': Skwisgaar Skwigelf.
 
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