History Main / AwesomeAussie

** ''Everyone'' in Australia is like this in [[AlternateHistory TF2 canon]], turning it into a futuristic metropolis where even the women sport burly mustaches. This is because the awesomeness is entirely from [[AppliedPhlebotinum exposure to]] [[{{Unobtanium}} Australium]]. [[ColdSniper The Sniper]] gets mocked for being only a regular example of this trope, lacking the muscles and preferring to pick fights from far away. [[spoiler:This is because he is actually from New Zealand, which is full of mad scientists and other intellectuals like him.]]

** Jake, a kangaroo rat and champion outdoorsman with whom Bernard battles for Bianca's affection.
** The villain, [=McLeach=], is an evil version of the Awesome Aussie, a poacher and trader in Australian wildlife who keeps ''[[CoolPet a pet goanna]]'' and is able to fight off a horde of hungry crocodiles.
** And Cody is a kid version of the trope; despite being 8 years old, he scales large cliffs with ease, travels around the outback all by himself, and isn't the least bit impressed by [=McLeach'=] tactics to try and make him reveal Marahute's location.

A close mate of the DashingHispanic and [[StiffUpperLip Imperturbable Pom]], and sometimes can be applied to New Zealanders.

* It's not played up, but [[NationsAsPeople Australia]] from ''{{Webcomic/Axis Powers Hetalia}}'' can swim for 10 kilometers (about 6 miles), and apparently doesn't feel accomplished until he's swam the length of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Dover Dover Straight]].

A close mate of the DashingHispanic and [[StiffUpperLip Imperturbable Pom]] and sometimes can be applied to New Zealanders.

* Chloe Frazer from the ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series is a mixed-race female version. Born to an Indian father and an Australian mother, Chloe is an avid treasure hunter like old flame Nathan Drake, but she's a lot more unscrupulous and self-serving than he is. As for "Awesome", she's the playable character in ''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'', so you get to show off her formidable combat skills as she competes against Indian terrorists as a [[OneManArmy One-Woman-Army]]. Bonus points for being voiced by Creator/ClaudiaBlack!

* Sydney Savage from ''ComicBook/DangerGirl'': a former member of the S.A.S. who is an expert with [[WhipItGood the bullwhip]].

* [[ButtMonkey Captain Boomerang]] from ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' is a massive {{deconstruction}}. ''Nobody'' likes him. [[JerkAss Not that he ever gives anyone any reason to]]. That said, he is [[NotSoHarmlessVillain deceptively dangerous]], and has a shockingly high body count even if it's usually through trickery rather than the RatedMForManly type-feats associated with the trope.

* Chloe Frazer from the ''VideoGame/Uncharted'' series is a mixed-race female version. Born to an Indian father and an Australian mother, Chloe is an avid treasure hunter like old flame Nathan Drake, but she's a lot more unscrupulous and self-serving than he is. As for "Awesome", she's the playable character in ''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'', so you get to show off her formidable combat skills as she competes against Indian terrorists as a [[OneManArmy One-Woman-Army]]. Bonus points for being voiced by Creator/ClaudiaBlack!

* [[MixAndMatchCritter Dingodile]] from the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series.

* The entire 8th Battalion AIF in ''Series/{{ANZACs}}'', a five part mini-series from the 80s set during the Great War. TruthInTelevision.
* Subverted in the Australian parody ''Series/{{Danger 5}}''. Tucker, the only Australian member of the MultinationalTeam, is a total nancy boy and only the leader of Danger 5 because no-one else can be bothered to challenge him.

For more [[BlatantLies completely true information]] on Australia, see LandDownUnder.

* In ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', Rincewind meets some Awesome [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fourecksians]], including his somewhat more self-assured counterpart (not that that's saying much) Bill Rincewind and a talking kangaroo.

* ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'':

** Which is HilariousInHindsight with {{Wolverine}} being played by (actual) AwesomeAussie Creator/HughJackman in the X-Men films.

* Outback from ''Toy/GIJoe'', in the British ''Action Force'' comics continuity. The ''A Real American Hero'' continuity has him coming from Wyoming.

* Outback from ''GIJoe'', in the British ''Action Force'' comics continuity. The ''A Real American Hero'' continuity has him coming from Wyoming.