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[[File:ganondorf.jpg|link=Super Smash Bros.|thumb|400px|"An impressive-looking [[Perma-Stubble|stubble]]...But nothing more. Would you hear my desire? To take ''this'' foul chin curtain...and use it to blot out the light forever!"]]
{{quote|''[[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.]]''|[[William Shakespeare]]}}
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** How about freaking Black [[Badass Beard|Beard]]? {{spoiler|Took out Ace, killed White Beard with the help of his crew, and is set on the destruction of the world.}}
*** A particularly notable example, since each time he shows up again he's become more powerful and his beard is darker and fuller
** Also Brownbeard, whose beard [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110821115228/onepiece/images/thumb/1/1a/Brownbeard_2.JPG/200px-Brownbeard_2.JPG defies explanation].
* Lord Nightray from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' has a Rasputin-style beard. Uncle Oscar's beard also looks pretty badass.
* Jigen from ''[[Lupin III]]''.
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* [http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2002_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers/two_towers_009.jpg Rohirrim] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': look particularly at Éomer and Théoden (interestingly, local [[Evil Chancellor|Wormtongue]] is clean-shaven).
** That's because in Middle Earth, shavin's fer SISSIES!
*** [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|Did you just insult the entire Elven race?]]
*** [[Our Elves Are Better|But do Elves]] [[Perma-Shave|even need to shave?]]
*** Well, Cirdan Shipwright has a long, grey beard in the novels.
** How dare you include mention of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and not mention Gandalf?
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM50TY9xl2g Even the f*cking TREES have beards!] [[Up to Eleven|It's beardier than a bearded pile of beards!]]
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* Belgarath of ''[[Belgariad]]'' had a beard, often depicted in art as being long and flowing, but was described in the books as being cropped close to his face. Barak, the [[Big Guy]] from the series' Viking [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] who turns into a [[Everything's Worse with Bears|bear]] on occasion, never shaved in his life.
* Kurik in [[The Elenium]] is noted as having a mighty beard, as well as the 25,000 member strong Order of the Genidian Knights (with the exception of Sir Ulath).
* Väinämöinen in the [[Iron Druid Chronicles]] has a badass beard which Atticus duly notes. In fact it is later found that he has a kit of knives strapped and concealed beneath his massive face bear.
* Dumbledore, once describe as reaching down to his knees.
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* [[Metallica|James Hetfield]] ever since the late 80's, with a few breaks.
* Scott Ian of [[Anthrax]].
* Nick Oliveri, [[Kyuss]] member and formerly of Queens Of The Stone Age.
* [http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/21-best-beards-in-metal/ Metal Hammer's countdown of the 21 best beards in Metal].
* [http://windham.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/400px-jim_james_langerado.jpg Jim James] of [[My Morning Jacket]]
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* Neil Fallon of [[Clutch]].
** Taken to High Octane Nightmare Beard levels in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eepsCXpLY4 "Burning Beard" video].
* All five members of [[The Band]] sported beards, or at least some form of facial hair. They were successful at it, too!
** Garth Hudson's was particularly Badass, however.
* [[media:Mike_Wengren_x_60cc2f06_4354.jpg|Mike Wengren]], drummer for [[Disturbed]]. How else would he create those tribal beats without one?
** Guitarist [[media:Dan_in_chair_9622.jpg|Dan Donegan]] may also count.
* Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of [[The Rolling Stones]] briefly donned these in the late '60s, [http://media.photobucket.com/image/Mick%20Brian%20beards/GLIMMERBOY/GLIMMERBOY%202/2beards.jpg as can be seen here].
* Mike Love of [[The Beach Boys]] grew a beard in the late '60s, although this arguably counts more as a [[Beard of Evil]] (since we are, after all, talking about [[The Scrappy|Mike Love]]).
** Brian Wilson also sported a beard at one point, though admittedly not one as Badass as his baseball namesake's (see [[Real Life]], below).
* [http://www.nightwish.com/images/profiles/marco.jpg Marco Hietala] of [[Nightwish]] could easily pass for a viking warrior.
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* Travis "Tyson" Tomko, whose beard, tattoos, bald head, and black ring attire make him look like a total badass. [http://www.powerprowrestlingfigs.com/images/uploads/TysonTomko.jpg\]
* [[The Undertaker]]
* [[Randy Savage]] [http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/img_151291_1.jpeg Oooooh] [http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwWUt3PMqKVFIgg5jLegXCsKia6JaAisvWoDGyL6fHqFc9Lb3c yeah]!
* [http://www.legendschampionshipwrestling.com/uploaded_images/02-756687.jpg Hillbilly Jim] really went the extra mile to fit the look.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] Fantasy Battle'' has ''weaponized'' beards on the part of the Dwarves, who sometimes braid blades into their facial hair and use it as a weapon.
* [http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p186/EarthScorpion/Random%20stuff/Kejak_profile.png Chejop Kejak] of ''[[Exalted]]'', the oldest and most powerful Exalt in existence, possesses one of these. As well as [[Badass Long Hair]].
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* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': The Demoman's facial hair straddles the line between a [[Badass Beard]] and a [[Badass Mustache]]. (He's trimmed off everything on his chin except for a small triangle beneath his lip. The man is stylin'.)
** The Spy can also have a beard. Well, [[Incredibly Obvious Bug|a fake one with a "hidden" camera in it]].
* [[Jak and Daxter]] deserves a special mention for making a [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|traditionally evil]] goatee look heroic.
** more like [[Anti-Hero|anti-heroic]].
* LeChuck from ''[[Monkey Island]]''. His beard is so badass that it gets used to reanimate the rest of his body.
* ''[[Jed]]'', as a [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|rew]][[Cosmetic Award|ard]].
* Jorge-052 from ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
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== Web Original ==
* In ''[[The Gamers Alliance]]'', [[Magic Knight|Belial]], [[The Good King|Khasra III]], [[Praetorian Guard|Orestes]], [[Glorious Leader|Pronin]], and [[Trickster Mentor|Taliesin]] have these. [[Fallen Hero|Refan]] also had it for a while, but he eventually cut it off to signify his newfound determination.
* Post-Mission [[That Dude in the Suede]].
* Harley Morensein's grew in during the run of [[EPICMEALTIME]].
* Yamauchi-sensei in [[Greek Ninja]] has one.
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** Special Mention goes to the Order of The White Lotus, an organization ''full'' of them.
* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'': Tenzin.
** In a similar vein, flashback adult Aang and Sokka (though not to Wang Fire degrees).
* [[Futurama|Santa Bot]]. Whether you have been naughty or nice. Also, his pal the Hanukkah Zombie. Kwanzaabot is badass, but alas, no beard.
* While no attention is drawn to it, [[The Simpsons (animation)|Hank Scorpio]] would be far less awesome without his.
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*** Beards seemed to be particularly popular with the Bolsheviks (Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Kalinin... Stalin also had a beard, but later shaved it off and adopted his famous full-mustache look).
* [[wikipedia:Gustav I of Sweden|King Gustav I]], the first renaissance king of Sweden, was a badass tyrant who sat 37 years on the throne and made a state in a modern sense out of a fractious medieval realm. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/GustavEriksson.jpg His beard] was as badass as himself.
* [[wikipedia:Ivan the Terrible|Ivan the Terrible]].
* [[wikipedia:Crown Prince Haakon|Crown Prince Haakon of Norway]] married the love of his life, [[wikipedia:Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway|Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby]], despite her less than regal background, and afterwards grew a beard to show that he was a real badass who'd done the right thing.
* Aversions: [http://www.cameronmcewan.com/projects/magazine/culture_blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/neckbeard.jpg The Neckbeard].
** It [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost12037-motivator6105244fd4%2Ejpg protects the neck] from ninjas.
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