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Probably the most iconic and distinctive form of [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Good Scar]], this scar consists of two clean, intersecting cuts that form a cross or X on the hero's face. Generally, it serves to imply that the hero has been through quite a few skirmishes while making them look [[Badass]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* The poster child of this trope is Kenshin Himura of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' fame. The cross-shaped scar is associated with him so utterly that characters with this scar are regularly accused to ripping the idea from him, [[Older Than They Think|even if they predate him by years]]. Unlike many examples, Kenshin's scar proves to be {{spoiler|from two separate incidents. In the anime, the second one was deliberately inflicted so as to make it an X.}}
* Domon Kasshu from ''[[G Gundam]]'' has such a scar, the origins of which are mostly unexplained. It's a quick indicator of his ten-year [[Training from Hell]].
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** Laboon, a whale, is covered in x-shaped scars from his attempts to destroy Reverse Mountain by bashing it with his head.
** After the {{spoiler|[[Time Skip]]}}, Luffy also has a huge X shaped scar on his chest. He got it from {{spoiler|Admiral Akainu during the war at Marineford.}} If you check him out while {{spoiler|Jimbei}} is carrying him, you can see it's still fresh.
* Double subverted in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Scar, who has one of these across his forehead, starts out as a [[He Who Fights Monsters]]-style [[Anti-Villain]], but the ensuing [[Character Development]] slowly [[Heel Face Turn|turns him into]] an [[Anti-Hero]] instead.
* Juumonji from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' sports one. He is a [[Delinquent]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
** His father has the same scar, though in a different place. Hero marks are apparently genetic in the Eyeshield 21 universe, though given everything else that is perfectly acceptable.
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* Bean Bandit from [[Riding Bean]] - and its successor, [[Gunsmith Cats]] - sports one centered right between his eyes.
* Takuto Tsunashi in [[Star Driver]] has an X-shaped Mark on his chest.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* One Marvel comics character, Agent X, was distinguishable early on for these scars across his face. After being healed of these during a quasi-mystic ritual, he disappeared for a while. When he came back later on, the scars were back; he apparently carved them back on himself!
* Cable has one over his eye, although sometimes it's drawn with 3 lines instead of just 2.
== [[Film]] ==
* [[Insistent Terminology|Captain]] Jack Sparrow gets one on his cheekbone in time for the fourth [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] movie, though we never get an explanation as to how he got it.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Redeemed Ulic Qel-Droma, from the Tales of the Jedi series, has this scar on his forehead.
* Ripred from [[The Underland Chronicles|Gregor the Overlander]] gets this type of scar near the end of the fifth book {{spoiler|from himself, so he could fill the role of the a person from one of Sandwich's prophecies.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* This is an option for your custom characters in ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' allows the player to give Shepard this particular scar. [[Deadly Doctor|Mordin Solus]] also has one.
* Bang Shishigami of ''[[BlazBlue]]'' has one of these within his [[
* ''[[Mega Man X]]'s'' Axl has one of these. Why, as a robot, he hasn't had them fixed up is never even brought up.
** Being who he is, he probably keeps it for the same reason the trope exists. However, it does heal when you use his [[Infinity+1 Sword|White Armor]] in ''X8''.
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* Oscar, a sniper from [[Valkyria Chronicles]], sports one of these on the left side of his forehead. He acquired it when he protected his brother in an unexplained incident from when they were children. Musaad, a scout, also sports a similar one in the same place. His scar likely came from his involvement in the previous war in the backstory of the game, him being a famous war veteran and all.
* Glenn in ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. Due to [[Sprite Mirroring]], it's hard to say whether he has these on both cheeks or just one. And this is only the kid brother of the ''really'' heroic knight.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Sir Muir, in the webcomic ''[[Harkovast]]'' has scars crossing over his right eye.
* ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name
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