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** [[Sherlock]], the show that translated the mythos to the 21th century, choose to portray Mycroft as a man that had full control of the CCTV-network (of London, which is the largest and most dense in the world,) a man who was asked by Sherlock to "try not to start any wars tonight", and who asked Sherlock to relocate a stolen Goverment Flashdrive with a street-value of £600.000.000 since he was busy elsewhere. So this Fanon is alive and well.

*** Not to mention he's [[Casting Gag|played by]] a [[Mark Gatiss|writer]] for the series, so he quite literally has control over what goes on in the show.

* Harry Dresden of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'':

** His own brother describes him as "Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a [[Badass Longcoat|big leather coat]] and a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|.44 revolver]]." And how about ... "and riding a goddamn ''[[Rule of Cool|ZOMBIE T-REX]]?"''

* [[Harry Potter|Neville Longbottom]] uses Nagini's blood as soy sauce.

* Molly Weasley can kick your ass and still have time to bake a pie. [[Just Add Bitch|Bitch]].

** If you fuck with Molly's kids, she will fuck you up in ways that you cannot imagine.

** In universe example: Voldemort can kill you with his eyes.

** Dolohov considered this by the fandom, going so far as to claim {{spoiler|the Dolohov defeated in the final book was his son, who was immediatly disowned.}}

* Samwise Gamgee. It helps that he bested the insectoid spawn of an Eldritch Abomination and stormed a castle full of Orcs, overawing the survivors with his presence alone and leaving rumors of a grim Elvish lord.

** [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs in general]]. They iz made for fighting and winning. And singing (about eating you.)

* When Baba Yaga crossed over from Russian fairy tales into Western fiction she went from an old witch frequently bested by little boys and flocks of swans to the most powerful magician in the world, able to stand up to gods themselves.

* [[Discworld|Vimes]] is considered this ''in-universe''. People will line up to almost certain death instead of risking him using ''sarcasm'' on them. Also see the quote on [[Heroic Willpower]] about him.

** On a related note, Nyaralathotep has become renown for being being a pants shittingly terrifying ultimate combination of [[Troll]] meets [[Humanoid Abomination]], regardless of incarnation.

* In-universe: [[Parody Sue|Major ________ de Coverley]] in ''[[Catch-22]]''. Everyone is too scared to ask his first name. He was able to bring an end to a loyalty oath clusterfuck with two words. Then again, those words were "Gimme eat", so...

* Among fans of ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Bela. Bela is ''ta'veren'', Bela is the Creator, Bela is a Darkfriend, or Bela will kill the Dark One. For the uninformed, Bela is a horse. Not a [[Cool Horse]], but a damned reliable one.

** In universe, Matrim Cauthon. [[Norse Mythology|He hung himself from a tree to gain knowledge, his spear never misses when he throws it at people, he never loses at dice...]] Then again, at least two of those are true, so...

*** Tywin has also become an out-of-universe one in the [[Game of Thrones|tv series]] (see the [[Live Action TV]] page), thanks to his habit of bollocking [[Ax Crazy|Ser]] [[Complete Monster|Gregor]] [[The Big Guy|Clegane]] and curing dyslexia through [[Implacable Man|sheer persistence]].

* If it can physically be done, [[Zorro]] could do it with style. If it cannot physically be done, [[Zorro]] could do it with even more style.

* The Longknife family of the ''Kris Longknife'' series are another in-universe example - at least, the ones that are considered "one of ''those'' Longknifes" - not totally a good thing, as many people would prefer to avoid associating with them.

** He's also an in-universe example, especially since he's the antithesis of the Empire's "strength over smarts" philosophy, scaring the hell out of the New Republic.

*** In the ''Hand of Thrawn'' duology, the scheme to use a Thrawn impostor to take over the Empire works in part because the mere idea of Thrawn being there freaks people out.

*** Indeed, even though he was a top-class [[Magnificent Bastard]] alive, Thrawn's in-universe Memetic Badassery was so incredible that he was actually [[Beyond the Impossible|more of a threat dead than alive!]]

** Thrawn's second-in-command and successor Gilad Pellaeon also has this reputation. He's a [[Badass Normal]]--no Jedi powers, no Mandalorian training, no crazy alien strategy powers--and yet he kept the Imperial remnant together for an incredible amount of time. He even (somewhat) overcame the [[Jedi Mind Trick]] of Joruus C'Baoth.

* [[Dune]]. Multiple examples.

** Paul is so badass that he has been deified by his followers.

** Duncan Idaho was so badass he earned everyone's respect and then was resurrected endlessly for at least the next five-thousand years.

** Leto II was badass enough to actually become a Sandworm. You know, that monster that is cameod in every game that has a desert level. The only thing that could kill him was water. According to his own plan. It could even be argued that Leto II is more [[Badass]] than Paul, since he accepted the Golden Path whereas his father was terrified by it.

* From [[Fablehaven]], Patton Burgess. We learn he actually did almost everything he's known for and deliberately kept a number of them ''secret.''

 

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