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{{trope}}
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]es in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* Before the proliferation of [[Chuck Norris Facts]], there were the "[[Mr. T]] vs ______" websites. To quote from a [http://web.archive.org/web/20030414225930/http://members.aol.com/immurdoc/a-team/mrtvs.htm defunct Web site] describing the phenomenon:▼
{{quote| The ''Mr. T Vs'' character is an extremely simplified version of a complicated, and in fact deeply weird individual. It has some resemblance to the persona [[Mr. T]] has tried over the years, with varying degrees of success, to project to the public. The Mr. T of ''Mr. T Vs'' has more traits in common with the B.A. Baracus character Mr. T played on ''[[The A-Team]]''. He is afraid of flying. He drinks milk. He works at youth centers. He doesn't (usually) swear. He can make tanks out of toasters. He speaks ungrammatically. He has little tolerance for crazy fools. However the ''Mr. T Vs'' persona has exaggerated, in fact super-human, abilities. To be specific, he can "throw helluva far" and, unaffected by most weapons, is "helluva tough". Also he is almost always hostile towards his A-Team compatriots in the rare times they appear in the strips. And he speaks even more ungrammatically than the B.A. character. Of course, that could be due to the authors' personal disregard for the English language and/or inability to spell.}}▼
▲* Before the proliferation of [[Chuck Norris Facts]], there were the "[[Mr. T]] vs ______" websites. To quote from a [
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** ''[[Fans]]!'' had the team fight this version of Mr. T. He was completely unstoppable, even after being teleported into the sun, and they only won after he called them "kids", and one member pointed out that the ''real'' Mr. T would never beat up kids. ...''[[Mr. T|fool!!]]''
* [[Chuck Norris Facts]] are possibly originated from [[Conan O'Brien|Conan O'Brien's]] near-nightly ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' skits on the former ''[[Late Night]]'', where he would pull the '''''"Walker Texas Ranger Lever"''''' causing a clip of Chuck Norris to play doing something suitably badass... usually culminating in a roundhouse kick.
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** Oh you did ''[[Oh No You Didn't|not]]'' just go there.
*** Yeah, it's too bad that there's not just one, the TWO polls that name Jason the greatest Ranger of all time. Suck it.
** This has led to parts of the fandom converting to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120825102809/http://www.freewebs.com/churchofoliver/index.htm Church of Oliver]. "And the Lord said, 'Aww, man!'"
*** While on the topic, there is also Adam, who seems to be working his way up. That's because [[Johnny Yong Bosch|he]] has achieved [[Bleach|Bankai]] and possesses [[Code Geass|Geass]], among other things. Perhaps the power of kissing developed into several handy powers.
** ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'': Carter. Grayson. [[Crazy Awesome|Period.]]
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* Watchers of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' have often made jokes about how [[Mister Muffykins|Mr. Muggles]] is one true mastermind behind it all.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'': Of course it makes sense James T. Kirk had the know-how to create gunpower, put together a bazooka, and use it to kill the Gorn. That's why he's the goddamn [[The Captain|Captain]].
** How great is Kirk? He ignored the rules of chemistry to build a cannon that the [[
** When Kirk's shirt is ripped, he is the most powerful thing on the ground. One [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] site claimed that he could singlehandedly destroy [[Star Wars|the entire Imperial Army]] if his shirt was torn. Do not mock him, for his [[Fight Scene Failure|Kirk-Fu]] is strong.
** Klingons in general. They are a proud warrior race and you can actually by real batliths at specialty stores.
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* Dr. Gregory [[House (TV series)|House]] can diagnose anything. (Whether he can cure it is still restricted by the capabilities of modern medicine.)
** You call it a lethal overdose of Vicodin. House calls it breakfast.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'': Bill Adama's glare can [https://web.archive.org/web/20130521092728/http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Adama_Glare melt through the hull of a Cylon basestar.]
** ... until it meets Laura Roslin. Then it curls up in a corner and cries.
** Until you give him a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512193930/http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Flashlight flashlight.]
** If Laura Roslin wanted to [[Thrown Out the Airlock|airlock]] a baby, believe me, that baby would be airlocked.
* All hail Dalek Fred, [[Doctor Who|the Dalek]] that [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|just shoots the Doctor]] dead on the spot, without even a warning "Exterminate".
* The Daleks themselves in the Stolen Earth. Considering everything every companion of the Doctor has faced. Jack faced the son of the Devil. The Daleks show up with one message: "EXTERMINATE". Everyone is near tears.
** The Doctor qualifies too, as an in-universe example. The aforementioned memetic badass Dalek is from a race who tells ''legends'' about him.
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'''Reinette''': But what would monsters have nightmares about?
'''Doctor''': ''Me!'' }}
** Also:
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Actually, according to the books it's better then that. The Daleks - the most dangerous evil thing in the known universe, the thing that humanity until the end of time itself considers worse then the Devil - call the Doctor "The Bringer of Darkness". }}
** From Forest of the Dead:
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** Not to mention that wonderful speech in "The Family of Blood":
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** From The Pandorica Opens:
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'''Doctor''': Look at me! No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else I don't have. Anything. To. Lose! So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, AND THEN...do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first. ''(The Enemy Armada retreats)'' }}
** From The Wedding of River Song:
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'''Dalek''': [[Oh Crap|EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!]] }}
** [http://superherogrlcat.livejournal.com/242941.html Amy Pond.]
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*** This gets proven in-universe at the end of Series 5: After it kicks him out of itself, Amy tells ''reality itself'' to give her back {{spoiler|the Doctor}}. It does ''without a moment's hesitation.''
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** [http://community.livejournal.com/ihasatardis/2188020.html#cutid1 Jack Harkness is flawless. I hear his hair is insured for $10,000.]
** The Eleventh Doctor is so [[Badass]], he made the aliens flee by, basically saying: "''Hi, it's me!''". '''TWICE!'''
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** [[The Brigadier]]. A man so awesome that no-one even needs to use his name, because all lesser brigadiers have bowed down before him. "I just do the best I can," he said. And then he blew a demon back to hell. With a revolver.
** Rory Williams: The Plastic Centurion.
*** Remember that 'nameless, terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies'? Rory Williams punched it in the face. He also scared a bunch of Cybermen by just uttering one question.
*** After "A Good Man Goes to War," Rory's [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rory-Williams-is-the-New-Chuck-Norris/206862529349188 turning into] the [[Chuck Norris Facts]] of [[Doctor Who]]:
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[http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt299/snowyalice/RoryWilliams.jpg One time he punched me in the face...] }}
*** He also punched out someone else. {{spoiler|Hitler.}}
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*** In "God Complex," there is a {{spoiler|holodeck}} hotel where a room exists containing the fear of every being who sets foot in it. {{spoiler|'''It shows Rory the exit.'''}}
**** To put it another way: there is a reason that Rory has by far the longest Crowning Moment of Awesome list on the Doctor Who page (excluding the Doctors).
** An [http://stormageddons-peasant.tumblr.com/tagged/DARK_LORD_OF_ALL up-and-coming]{{Dead link}} example is baby Alfie from Closing Time (that's '''Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All''' to you peasants.)
** "A Good Man Goes To War" takes this to the point of deconstruction. Having such a terrifying reputation is convenient for scaring off overzealous [[Space Police]] who threaten your favourite planet, but it can also drive your enemies to do terrible things just to get the slightest advantage over you - such as {{spoiler|stealing a child conceived on the TARDIS and experimenting on it to create a Time Lord of their own.}} When the Doctor asks why they'd go to such lengths {{spoiler|to create their own Time Lord,}} Vastra simply replies "They've seen ''you,''" which doesn't do wonders for his mood. If that wasn't a big enough kick in the teeth, the Doctor's deeds have become so well-known that the word 'Doctor' means warrior instead of healer on some planets. Just to counter this somewhat from "The Wedding of River Song", even with all of time and space unravelling, the reply to a distress becon sent by River saying that 'the Doctor is dying, please help', is basically yes of course we'll help.
*** That "Yes, of course we'll help." is sent by not just one person, alien, planet or group. But by a trillion, ''trillion'' separate entities, all willing to do anything to save The Doctor.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Richard Alpert]] from ''[[Lost]]''. Most cite his "beginning in badassery" to the episode "LaFleur", where Richard simply walks into the DHARMA Barracks compound, holding a torch, which he then slams into the ground and sits on a bench as if he owns the place. Not to mention the sonic death fence that surrounds the Barracks, which apparently doesn't harm him. Because he's Richard Alpert.
** The television forum on [[
*** Don't forget his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t612HVRew4 Old Spice commercial].
** Juliet Burke now has her own website all about her awesomeness.
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** Sue Sylvester does not go 'hunting'. That kind of terminology implies the possibility of failure. Sue Sylvester goes killing.
** Sue Sylvester once had a bet with Chuck Norris over who was the bigger badass. The loser had to star in "Walker, Texas Ranger".
*** Whispers were heard of a team made up of [[Chuck|John Casey]], [[Glee|Sue Sylvester]], [[Firefly|River Tam]] and [[Chuck Norris]]. The '''universe''' collectively trembled.
** On a related note, Pavarotti misses you guys... BUT HE'S STILL A BAMF.
*** And he's not happy with what Finn just did.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' had a series of sketches where everyone was talking about how awesome Bill Brasky was. He usually [[The Ghost|never actually appeared]], but many of the things said about him were eventually relegated into Chuck Norris facts.
** Don't forget Ditka vs. a hurricane.
*** [[Logic Bomb|What if the hurricane was named... Hurricane Ditka?]]
* [[Alias (TV series)|Jack Bristow]] waterboards ''himself'' twice every morning just to keep himself sharp.
* '''''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]]'''''.
** Buffy's plan in season 7 involves becoming this. Results vary.
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** Also, in a more unusual example, Xander. By any [[Real Life]] standards, Xander is [[Badass]] simply by merit of the fact that he's still alive after ''seven years'' of fighting the Good Fight (or more, depending on whether you count the Season 8 comics as canon). In many a [[Fanfic]], this is taken [[Up to Eleven]], and Xander effectively becomes the merciless god of his universe.
* Angelus embodied this trope ''to other vampires''.
** Angelus was so badass he was still badass when he had a soul.
** And as a puppet
*** He was so badass when he was a puppet, he FINALLY managed to beat up Spike. (OK, so it was because Spike couldn't stop laughing even as he got pummeled, but it counts.)
* When in doubt, just ask yourself: "What would [[Mad Men|Don Draper]] do?"
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** Gene Hunt can hit ''{{spoiler|the devil}}''. Who then buggered off.
* Some say he was in the pod that Superman came in, and that he's Chuck Norris' chauffeur. All we know is...[[Top Gear|he's called the Stig.]]
** Also from Richard Hammond's Opel Kaddett... Oliver
*** Looks like the Stig is so badass, he gets ''two'' listings on this page.
* [[Burn Notice|Michael Westen]] counts in-universe. Four armed members of a Russian Black Ops team will surrender because, "There are only four of us and he's Michael Westen."
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* [[Spitting Image]] does this in-universe with Doctor David Owen. Not only does he have a smooth voice, and run the Liberal-SDP Alliance by himself, but the guy can run an entire commons debate by himself (playing people on both benches, and the speaker) and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v9A2D1QBe4&NR=1 even '''breakdance'''.]
* The Red Ranger of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' is increasingly becoming more badass. He started off as a badass when we only knew his name. [[Awesome McCoolname|Captain]] '''{{color|red|MARVELOUS!!!!!!}}'''
** His teammate Joe, the Blue Ranger, is capable of fighting with [[Dual-Wielding|five swords at once]].
* [[Dexter|Sergeant James Doakes, motherfucker.]]
* According to the ''[[Sherlock]]'' fandom, no one is more of a BAMF than John "[[Memetic Sex God|Three Continents]]" Watson, tiny assassin in a cuddly jumper. Do not [[Berserk Button|threaten]] [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Sherlock]], or he will ''end'' you.
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** In-universe, Jason Gideon has this reputation.
** Spencer Reid manages to be badass by not getting himself killed despite being a physical wimp who sucks with a gun. Repeatedly
** Two words: Penelope Garcia. That girl can get any information from any system. Even stuff that would never be on a computer. Never fails. And within seconds. Now that is Badass.
* Nathan Fillion is Made Of Awesome, just check out [[Nathan Fillion|his Tropes page!]]
* [[Degrassi the Next Generation|Sean Cameron]] deafened a kid with a single punch! He would go on to shoot a kid with the kid's own gun.
* [[
* Ben invokes this with his dad in ''[[Outnumbered]]''... some of the time.
* [[Stargate SG-1|SG-1]] is this ''in-universe''. It's acknowledged by pretty much everyone that if you need the world saved, make sure Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson or Teal'c is around.
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* [[Married... with Children|Al Bundy.]] Paragon of all that is man, and general God to the abused minimum wage workers of the world.
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