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[[caption-width-right:350: Certainly, the dry cleaner will feel oppressed. <ref> Clockwise from top right - [[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Exdeath]], [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Gabranth]], [[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Golbez]], [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Garland]]</ref>
 
When the phrase "tinpot dictator" is literal.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Yuki Judai of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' fits this trope in full, as his standard clothing during the Genocidal Overlord phase becomes a black, full-body armor, heavily accessorized with sharp spikes, jewels, a flowing red cape and a helmet which fully covers his face when the visor is lowered -- as can be seen [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_adQb7RO71Jc/R1EHHgn3LQI/AAAAAAAACf4/UXfr6P81xSU/s1600-R/HaouJudai.jpg here].
* Wapol from ''[[One Piece]]'' had a ship called "The Tin Tyrant" but Don Krieg fits the bill better albeit without a helmet.
* {{spoiler|Prince/King Kaito}} from ''[[Murder Princess]]''.
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** Cable's evil clone Stryfe.
*** {{spoiler|And now [[Face Heel Turn|Cable]].}}
* There was a [[Superman (Comic Book)|Zod]] who wore a pink suit of armor. Err. Red. Totally Red. Manly Red.
** [[Red vs. Blue|It's not pink! It's lightish red!]]
** It ''should'' be red, thematically, seeing as he's both a Communist and takes his power from red suns.
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* Master Menace from ''[[Squadron Supreme]]''.
* Darth Krayt from ''[[Star Wars Legacy]]'' is a bit of a subversion as the armor is a part of him {{spoiler|it's Yuuzhan Vong armor}}.
* [[G.I. Joe|COBRA Commander]], in the middle of the Marvel Comics run where he always wore his battle-armour. {{spoiler|It had the side benefit of concealing the fact he was [[Man in Thethe Iron Mask|an imposter]].}}
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* [[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Sauron]], but he is only described in armor in the movies; in the book, he's simply described as "A Terrible Dark Lord", "an image of malice and hatred made visible". Morgoth is described as wearing black armor in combat (though outside of it, at least his hands and face are left uncovered).
* Darth Vader in ''[[Star Wars]]'', but [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!!]]
** And, to a lesser extent, Darth Revan from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''.
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== Video Games ==
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series' more medieval installments love this trope, as seen at the top of the page.
** Garland in ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]''. (although his characterization in Dissidia is more similar to that of a [[Blood Knight]])
** Emperor Mateus Palamecia in ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'', although he doesn't have a helmet, he certainly has a golden and violet suit of armor.
** Golbez in ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]''.
*** Lampshaded by [[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Gilgamesh]] in Dissidia:
{{quote| ''"You really outta [[Robe and Wizard Hat|dress the part]] if you're a wizard."''}}
** Exdeath in ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]''. It's never quite explained how he fits in the armour, despite his being an [[When Trees Attack|evil tree]].
*** [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|"Don't you know anyzeengk about MAGIC?"]]
** All the Judges in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', but especially Gabranth.
** The [[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|fal'Cie]] play with this, since they appear to be made of tin.
* All of the eponymous Overlords in the ''[[Overlord]]'' series.
* Ganondorf from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' has been seen in armor quite a few times, but never covers his head.
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* ''[[Guilty Gear]]'': Surprisingly, Justice is this as well, since the drama CDs state that she wears it to protect her frail figure. The hair on the armor, though, is her real hair.
* In the first game of ''[[Lightning Warrior Raidy]]'', one of the bosses is this. This hides the fact that {{spoiler|inside, [[Samus Is a Girl|it's a girl]].}}
* In the ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'' series, Arthas fits this trope quite well.
** Deathwing as well, despite being a dragon. Unlike the other dragons which run around basically naked, Deathwing has elementium plates grafted onto his body.
*** In his case it's justified. His body is slowly wasting away due to his vast power. The armor plating is basically holding his body together.
* In ''Myth: The Fallen Lords'', Balor wears armor in combat, which is probably all the time. Given the game's heavy Tolkien influences, this is pretty fitting.
* Nightmare from the ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' games <s>wears</s> ''is'' [[Animated Armor|an awesome suit of azure armor]].
* Standard fare for the more physically inclined ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] and higher enemies; some of the most memorable examples are [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Hardin]], [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Zephiel]], and [[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|the Black Knight]].
* The powered armor variant appears in ''[[Fallout]] 2'' in the form of [[The Dragon]], Frank Horrigan.
* All of the male Sinistrals in ''[[Lufia]]''.
* In the ''[[The Witcher]]'', the [[Big Bad]] first appears [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic|unhelmed, presumably to make better use of his charisma]], then passes for a [[Magic Knight]] for a time, and then subverts the helmet trope when his [[True Colors]] show.
* [[Oda Nobunaga]] [[Historical Villain Upgrade|fits this trope perfectly]] in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', complete with [[Spikes of Villainy]].
* Xemnas from ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' gets this form during the first and third stages of the battle with him. {{spoiler|It turns out to be the Keyblade Armour of Master Xehanort, his ''original'' original incarnation.}}
* Mordekaiser from [[League of Legends]] rules over... something and is constantly seen wearing armor. His new Pentakill Mordekaiser skin removes the armor covering his torso, but he is still [[The Faceless|wearing his helm]].
* Lord Deimos from ''Mace: The Dark Age'' fits too, seeing as he's encased in blood red armor and we never see any part of him outside of it. He even has the BFS and [[Spikes of Villainy]]
* Frank Horrigan from ''[[Fallout 2]]'' is a 12-foot tall, [[Powered Armor]] version of this. The Roman-themed Legate Lanius from [[Fallout: New Vegas]] is the more traditional version.
{{quote| '''Legate Lanius''': We shall see how brave you are when you are nailed to the walls of Hoover Dam, your body facing West so you may watch your world die.}}
* Loghain in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'' is arguably an aversion, while he does run around in full plate armor it appears to be standard, ordinary, off-the-shelf full plate and is silver instead of black.
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* The [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Black Knights]] from [[Dark Souls]] are completely covered in their huge, tough black armor {{spoiler|and that's all that's left of them}}. Also Havel the Rock, though his armor is actually incredibly heavy carved rock.
* Heinrich, the final boss in ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''. He doesn't have a helmet.
* Dark Lord Gaol in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. It turns out that the armor is actually used to ''control'' Gaol{{spoiler|, who was a captured spy [[Samus Is a Girl|and is actually a woman]]. After defeating her, she makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] and learns to control the armor herself.}}
* The Nemesis in ''Blood Omen: [[Legacy of Kain]]''.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* General Tarquin in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', complete with [[Spikes of Villainy]] and [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|dark colors]]. Very shortly after his introduction, though, he removes the helmet for the [[Dramatic Unmask|dramatic reveal of his identity]] very shortly after his introduction, and never puts it back on.
** Tarquin dons another helmet while pretending to be Thog.
* No one in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is this, but Agatha's fashion clank thinks Gil [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080509 should be]!
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== Western Animation ==
* All Shredders in the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series.
* Metallus in [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[Space Ghost]]''.
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'': Crocker becomes such a tyrant during [[The Movie]], despite being ridiculous skinny.
* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'': Hannibal Bean has a [[Mobile Suit Human]] themed after this. He's rarely seen using it though.
* Megabyte in ''[[Re Boot]]'' is a borderline example. His body ''is'' his full metal armor. Though on one occasion Dot calls him a "blue tin coward" when Megabyte didn't show up in a battle.
* Megatron in ''[[Transformers]]'', being the leader of an army of [[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]], qualifies. Scorponok even calls the [[Beast Wars]] incarnation one on one occasion.
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