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Obviously, this is a dangerous place to be and will often overlap with [[Crapsack World]] not only because of said danger but also because the [[Crapsack World]] [[Adventure-Friendly World|is a fertile breeding ground for the]] [[Black and Gray Morality]] that so often inspires [[Shoot the Dog|true badassery]]. This can lead to [[Anti-Hero]], [[Anti-Villain]] and [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] characters popping up at frequent intervals. Other common character archetypes include the [[Cowboy Cop]], [[Crazy Survivalist]], [[The Determinator]] and [[Blood Knight]].

Frequently overlaps with [[Everyone Is Armed]]. Compare [[Everyone Is a Super]], [[HAD to Be Sharp]].

 

 

 

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* This [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8f4hpBGDYQ Stunt City] deodorant commercial.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* The Esper population of Academy City in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' - as long as they're Level 2 or higher (but we only see one Level 1, who is [[Playful Hacker|badass in a different way]]).

** And the Mages are no slouches either.

** To prevent an all out war between three nations, the Demon World had to set up a [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] Tournament where the winner would be crowned king of the Demon World.

* ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' has this as a running theme in the Youkai World, where there is a pecking order based on how strong you are, and it's a ruthless [[Social Darwinist]].

* ''[[Ben-To]]'', full stop. It helps that every single character is pretty much [[Made of Iron]], otherwise they'd all be in traction.

* ''[[High School DxD]]'' is a series where ''everyone'' is a [[Badass]].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Really, any major super hero comic universe fits here. [[Marvel Comics]], [[DC Comics]], [[Image Comics]], [[Valiant Comics]], [[Wildstorm]], etc. They all have hundreds of [[Superpower Lottery|super-powered characters]] and [[Badass Normal|martial artists]] running around planet Earth alone. That's ignoring the various [[Cosmic Entity|cosmic beings]] and [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|powerful aliens]] outside of Earth.

** And even side-characters and civilian allies can step up to the plate without being bitten by a radioactive ''anything.'' J. Jonah Jameson may be a jerk but he won't back down from Doc Ock when his people are in danger. Mary Jane does ''not'' make a cooperative damsel in distress (outside the movieverse.) The X-Men's scientist friend Moira [[Mc Taggert]] once pulled out a machine gun to battle a monstrosity calling itself Kierrok the Damned. Lois Lane knows kung fu. The list goes on.

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Interestingly enough, in ''[[The Incredibles]]'', {{spoiler|this is Syndrome's end goal, to eliminate supers by making ''everyone'' super}}.

* The entire [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] as a whole. But '''ESPECIALLY''' ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Many [[Cyberpunk]] novels e.g. [[William Gibson]]'s ''[[Neuromancer]]'', [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[Snow Crash]]'', ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' are like this. In a more or less [[Crapsack World|Crapsack]] anarchy dominated by [[Mega Corp|MegaCorps]] where life is cheap some badass-y would be recommended for better survival rate.

* ''[[Discworld]]''. If you intend to mess with someone here, make sure they're not witches, wizards, dwarves, trolls, Mrs. Cake, demons, gods, gnomes, [[Department of Redundancy Department|Mrs. Cake]], werewolves, vampires, pictsies, heroes, [[Rule of Three|Mrs. Cake]], assassins, monks, Sir Samuel Vimes, Death, Susan Sto Helit, the Luggage or last, but not least, the Librarian ([[Running Gag|and Mrs. Cake]]). It's a wonder that anyone else is left in the place.

* World of Badass is a literal description of what happens to the setting of ''Men''. There are only eleven people left on the planet, all men, and they are all '''incredibly damned awesome.'''

* In order to be a [[Time Scout]], you have to be a badass. Hell, just to associate with a time scout will probably require you to be a badass. The only people who aren't badasses are tourists. They're just kind of annoying.

* ''[[Warrior Cats]]''. Yes, nearly every single one of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|700-some characters]] is trained to fight and can hold their own in a battle.

 

* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''. Even relatively dorky characters like Mitchell got to save the day or make sassy remarks while being horrifically tortured from time to time.

* Anything [[Joss Whedon]] has ever done. (Except ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''). You had to be badass to survive any of his worlds besides for that. One's infested with [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|vampires, demons, useless Powers That Be, Hellgods and everything else]], [[Firefly|one is much like the Old West... with lazers, spaceships, compressed air instead of gunpowder and space zombies]].

* The cast of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' is comprised of a [[Badass Abnormal]] (Merlin), a [[Badass Normal]] (Arthur), a [[Badass Princess]] (Morgana), a [[Badass Damsel]] (Guinevere), a [[Badass Grandpa]] (Gaius), a [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Badass King]] (Uther), a regular [[Badass]] (Lancelot), and a [[Badass Crew]] (the Knights of the Round Table). Oh, and a giant fire-breathing dragon.

 

* [[Professional Wrestling]] itself is a world of badass. Many wrestlers are legitimately badass outside of the ring, and [[Too Dumb to Live|some people]] have found this out the hard way.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* [[Chess]] gives us one of the smallest ever Worlds Of Badass, where even [[Mooks|the]] [[Badass Normal|un-promoted]] [[Red Shirt|Pawns]] can potentially force the [[Super Soldier|enemy]] [[Action Girl|Queen]] to retreat. Well, since everyone on the board is a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]], this is pretty much [[Justified Trope|justified]].

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In any given [[Fighting Game]] all the characters can kick your ass.

* Every ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' game and their spinoffs ultimately turn into this over the course of the game or already are from the get go. In fact, ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne]]'', and ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' pretty much have this as a survival prerequisite.

** ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'' recently took this [[Up to Eleven]]. In other ''SMT'' games, if you didn't have demons, demon power, or could otherwise fight them in some way, you were screwed. In this game, though, not only is demon summoning ability available to pretty much everyone worldwide as long as you have a cellphone (which IRL and ingame easy to get and very widespread) and a free downloadable app, even that isn't necessary in one level where ''unarmed, non demon summoning civilians'' are fighting demons and demon summoners and doing pretty well.

* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', also know as [[Beyond the Impossible|Epic]] [[Rated "M" for Manly|Manly]] [[Badass]]ery: The Video Game.

** It's [[H-game]] parody, ''[[Sengoku Rance]]'', basically is the same formula, just with a different gameplay engine and tons of estrogen due to massive amounts of [[Gender Flip]] (though non of women are less badass as a result).

* The ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''/''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' series quickly spring to mind, where even a [[Waif Fu|90 lb girl]] [[Improbable Weapon User|wielding beautiful twin fans]] can kick epic levels of ass on a battlefield filled with thousands of sword-wielding [[Mooks]].

* ''[[Bayonetta]]'', with a select few, is filled with these and is also a world of camp.

* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' is MADE of this trope. From a rampaging demigod whose strenght seemingly has no limit and who gets stronger the angrier he gets, a deity that becomes bigger than the Earth itself, to another one who has a sword that can extend all the way from Earth to the ''fucking moon'', and pierce right THROUGH IT! And that's just the three characters revealed in the ''demo''.

* [[Urban Rivals]]. When 22 factions are vying for control of the city, even the weakest combatants have to be [[Badass Normal]].

 

* The [[Nasuverse]] itself. If they have a name, they have badass points:

** In ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' every main character has severe badass credentials by the end except Shinji, really. Yes, even [[Badass Adorable|Ilya]] and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Sakura]]. ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'' barely changes the cast, but even those few it adds are amazing, such as Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a human who can go toe to toe with Servants—in fact, {{spoiler|she has her own Noble Phantasm, which only Servants are supposed to have}}.

* In ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'', there are very few characters who can't fight, and many who takes it to a ridiculous degree. The anime even opens with a war game which includes the entire school. The same event is also in one of the routes.

 

* Shock, on Stickpage.com, is a stick animation based in a world so badass, that [http://www.stickpage.com/shock2play.shtml ''this''] is what happens when you want to apply for a position ''AS THE FUCKING JANITOR''

 

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' comes very close. Every character from top to bottom seems to get at least one moment of absolute [[Badass]], from the protagonist, to her [[Love Interest]], to a traveling show full of minor Sparks, to some [[Mook|random soldier]] who woke up to find his airship on fire, to that ''[[Princesses Prefer Pink|pretty pink princess]]''.

* In the world of ''[[Axe Cop]]'', if you have a name, chances are good that you are either a good guy with superpowers or a bad guy about to be destroyed.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has a truly fascinating example. The galaxy is just filled with [[Mook]]s for Tagon's Toughs to savage, and [[Worthy Opponent]]s to return the favor. But the Toughs themselves have a ''contagious'' case of Badass. They pick up a (ir)reverend (because he was the sole applicant) and a doctor (based on her cup size). The reverend is soon skewering enemy eyeballs with a fencing foil. The doctor ends up leading troops into curbstomps and delivering speeches "Like Patton with boobs". They grab a bunch of loser thugs off from a [[Wretched Hive]] on a [[Scavenger World]]. The one with no arms can float like a butterfly(with gravitic assists) and sting like a bee(as in wrestle entire gangs with her tongue). They grab a [[Wrench Wench]] off a UNS battleplate that wants to get rid of her. She slaughters mobs singlehandledly (with [[Powered Armor]] and [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]). Join The Toughs. Be Badass.

* Lyle Phipps manages to invoke this trope in ''Great''. Everyone he interacts with is inspired to become awesome in what they do because of him.

* ''[[Nerf Now]]'' points out [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1259 how unflappable] commoners of a typical CRPG world should become after a while:

{{quote|'''Peasant's wife''': How was work, honey?

'''Peasant''': (looking bored) Oh, you know... Undead, demons, a few heroes here and there. The usual.}}

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

'''Dwarven farmer''': Laddy, you never know what be lurking out on them fields!}}

* The world of Remnant from ''[[RWBY]]'' -- just about every named character in it is a [[Badass]] of one kind or another. Including the Corgi.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The entire cast of ''[[Gargoyles]]''. The ''least'' [[Badass]] character would probably be the mutated flying [[Catgirl]] who can shoot electricity out of her hands. Yeah.

 

* ''[[Honorable Hogwarts]]'' has done this with the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' universe.

* [[Darwin's Soldiers]] - With few exceptions, everyone, everywhere can kick serious ass.

* [[Systems Malfunction]]: A [[Cyberpunk]] [[LARP]] which takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]].

 

* You're a badass and you know it!

 

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