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{{quote|''The reputation of [[Badass Crew|Team Gurren]] echoes far and wide! When they talk about its [[Badass]] leader, the man of [[Heroic Resolve|indomitable spirit]] and [[Rated "M" for Manly|paragon of masculinity]], [[Badass Boast|they're talkin' about me! THE MIGHTY KAMINA!]]''|'''Kamina''', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.}}

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* Shizuo from ''[[Durarara]]''. It took {{spoiler|getting stabbed in the knees with pens twice}} for Shizuo to notice he was getting attacked.

** Shuji directly asks Celty the "who would win in a fight?" question, which causes her to burst out laughing. It's Shizuo against an unkillable fae with the ability to give darkness physical form — Of course Shizuo would win.

** Izaya, on the other hand, will ''[[It Amused Me|troll]]'' you out of your clothes. And then stomp on your cellphone.

* For Vash the Stampede in ''[[Trigun]]'', this is actually a ''bad'' thing. He has powerful enemies and despite the fact that the man himself is a [[Martial Pacifist]] (with a heaping helping of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] ) the fact that cities and towns tend to be destroyed wherever he goes gives him a terrible reputation for destruction, and that reputation only serves to heighten the destruction and madness that surrounds him.

* In ''[[Slayers]]'' the main character, Lina Inverse, often finds that her reputation as a violent, cruel, infinitely powerful sorceress has preceded her: often just the rumor that she's in town can reduce entire populations into terrified, quivering wrecks. Of course, when she's banking on her reputation producing that effect, no one has heard of her.

** More precisely, no one has heard of the "Beautiful Genius Sorceress, Lina Inverse". ''Everybody'' has heard of "Lina Inverse, Dragon Spooker and the Enemy Of All Who Live".

* ''[[Baccano]]'': [[Axe Crazy|Claire Stanfield]]. Most Baccano fans agree that he could take anything, from mere mob bosses to immortals to even possibly elder gods. And unlike [[Batman]], he would need no preptime at all.

* From ''[[Bleach]]'' we have Aizen's truly gigantic ''couch'', which has been theorized to be The <s>Man</s> Couch ''Behind'' [[The Man Behind the Man]] and the strongest character in the series. To a lesser degree, this applies to the rest of Aizen's furniture as well, all of which is over the top.

*** Let's also not forget his plan for getting into orbit: strap a ''gigantic rocket'' on your Gundam's back and hang on tight!

** Daguza Mackle from ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'' is heading in this direction, for displaying a heightened sense of [[Genre Savvy]] skills and taking on an ace custom with a handheld bazooka. He does it again in Episode 3, but this time to [[Big Bad|Full Frontal's]] [[Ace Custom|Sinanju]].

*** The Turn A itself, on account of being undeniably the most powerful Gundam ever made (well, unless {{spoiler|the Turn X}} counts as a Gundam, in which case there is room for debate); most stalemated [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Gundam vs. Gundam "who would win"s]] end with "Turn A kills them both".

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''

The [[Beehive Barrier|AT Field]] is not for keeping the soul in. It is for keeping [[Determinator|Commander Ikari]] ''out''. }}

** Curiously [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with his son, Shinji, who [[Trauma Conga Line|despite (or, for some, because of) all the crap he deals with]] is known as a Memetic ''Wuss''. However, now that [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] has come around, he's starting to get normal treatment with this trope as well.

** Due in large part to him [[Butterfly of Doom|starting a chain of events that ultimately caused Sasuke to defect from Konoha]] by letting it slip that Itachi came by, thus bringing the story to where it is now, [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Aoba_Yamashiro Aoba Yamashiro] has been hailed as a [[Badass]] [[Spanner in the Works]] or [[Chessmaster]] by the fans. Recently, his legend grew when he showed up again with a team of reinforcements after two major villains succeeded in {{spoiler|killing a major secondary character}}. The villains were ordered to retreat shortly thereafter, but that didn't stop the fans from claiming that they had, in reality, ran in terror at the sight of Aoba and his Murder of Crows no Jutsu.

** It's worth noting that the databooks state his favorite phrase is in fact "[[Death Note|Just as planned]]".

** He's also stated to be the "door master", generally with shoops showing him killing people by opening a door.

** Einstein's original theory of relativity said: If [[The Ace|Might Guy]] kicks you, your relatives will feel it.

** It is all part of Shikamaru's plan. [[Xanatos Gambit|ALL of it]].

{{quote|"8. Number Eight, He fucking moves shadows. Do you even understand that. Moves...Shadows. THEY ARE FUCKING SHADOWS. IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD FUCKING TAKE THAT SHADOW ON THE MOON AND PULL THE EARTH AND MAKE A FUCKING EPIC COLLISION."}}

** And then there's [[Took a Level In Badass|GARuto]]...

** The Raikage was [[Badass]] from the word "Go", and it now seems Kishimoto is trying to outdo himself each week. So far he's broken a table by accident, [[There Was a Door|broken through a wall instead of taking the door]], tanking a Chidori with little more than a scratch, {{spoiler|nearly killed Sasuke}}, survived Jugo's [[Beam Spam]], punched through {{spoiler|Amaterasu to get to Sasuke (nearly killed him again!)}} and chopped his own burning arm off ''with his hand''. BAD. ASS. <s>[[All There in the Manual|Dude doesn't even have a name yet]]</s> [[One-Letter Name|His name is A]]. It's now generally accepted that his punches are nearing Falcon-level, and can solve pretty much anything. [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|ANYTHING]].

*** He also {{spoiler|broke the "Zabuza sword"}}.

** Lelouch vi Britannia only misses out on thiNs page because he doesn't ''need'' to be exaggerated. He really did hit an army with a mountain. {{spoiler|'''And''' a ''volcano.''}}

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' (''Z'' and otherwise)

{{quote|"Enjoy the climb back up, [[This Is All The Tropes Bitch|BITCH!]]"<br />

"I'll tell where they're not. '''Safe.''' }}

**** He's not quivering in fear, ''he's trembling with rage!!''

**** This may have some basis in reality, seeing how the guy is seen near the end of the series, alive and well.

** SON FRIGGIN GOKU. His [[Power Level]] is '''[[Over Nine Thousand|OVER NINE THOOOOOUUUUUUUUUSAAAAAAAAAAAAND]]!!!!!'''

*** Only if you have a [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Silk_Screen_Goku_Shirt Silk Screen Goku Shirt.] Warning: Ads may be [[NSFW]]

* "[[The Open Door|Should I return home, my report will be, 'I have met the greatest man in the multiverse and his name is]] [[Ah! My Goddess|Keiichi Morisato]], [[The Open Door|and we should be humbled to know his name.' That is all that needs to be said.]]"

* "[[Axis Powers Hetalia|ALL HAIL PRUSSIA! PRAISE HIM! ON YOUR KNEES!]]"

** [[Psychopathic Manchild|YOU WILL ALL BECOME ONE WITH]] [[Husky Russkie|RUSSIA]]. Not to mention that he broke Busby's Chair which is supposed to send anybody who sits in it to hell...[[Up to Eleven|twice!]]

** ALL HAIL [[Axis Powers Hetalia|FLYING MINT BUNNY]], OUR GOD, THE CREATOR.

** Machida of ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', a [[Redshirt Army|NUNS]] VF-171 pilot who appears for roughly 20 seconds in a single episode. In a world where [[Red Shirts]] last about ten and generally die in a flurry of [[Stock Footage]], we see what at first glance appears to be said [[Stock Footage]] of a flight getting killed by missiles. The missiles come in and... [[High-Speed Missile Dodge|get dodged]] as Machida laughs "You thought that was going to work every time?!" Commence ass kicking of two red vajra (which usually require combined arms attacks from the protagonists to take down). Has becomes something of a meme for any random vehicle pilot (at least Valkyrie pilots in any Macross series) who ''should'' be a [[Red Shirt]] and yet does something ''beyond'' the call of the [[Red Shirt]], since obviously all of them were Machida. Yes, this goes retroactively to all the older Macrosses too.

*** The truth behind Machida is that he has some of Max Jenius' DNA infused in him. Max Jenius the undisputed best pilot in the Macross Universe, if not all of mecha. He has his own section under Macross' moment of awesome and certain image boards exaggerate his already impressive talents into godlike power, resulting in him being able to take on Char, Amuro, Jesus Yamato, Setsuna "The True Innovator" and win among other things such as reducing the kill count in Tomino productions and [[Memetic Sex God]]-tier ability to seduce women.

** And swords. You think stabbing Ryoma's going to stop him? He just flexes and that sword breaks.

* In a rather bizzare example, the Iguan from ''[[Zoids]]'' was elevated to badassery on both sides of the Pacific in different ways. In the US, "Iguan" became a stock answer for any stock stupid question, starting with "What Zoid is the most powerful" and going downhill from there. It became a meme in the fandom that Iguan was the most powerful Zoid ever, that it could destroy anything with its mighty Iguan Kick and so forth. Meanwhile, in Japan, Iguan became a fan favourite in fanart andkitbashes, depicting its rival with the Godos as the greatest and deadliest rivalry of any Zoids (and helping to escalate the Godos to similar standards). The kicker? The two memes appear to be entirely unrelated, which seems to make Iguan's badassery even more so.

** For the record, Iguan is a small and innocuous gemeric mook Zoid that never appeared in any of the anime, and only rarely apepars in licenced media.

** Shiina's appearance means that your force has been strengthen by [[One-Man Army|a thousand men]].

* Hanma Yujiro from [[Grappler Baki]]. He silenced an ''earthquake'' with his fist.

** Yuno Gasai [[Memetic Mutation|WILL PROTECT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU.]]

* As seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHdXHdVJ8w this video], [[Digimon Savers|Masaru Daimon]] owns your soul, and he probably owns it solely for the purpose of punching it into submission.