History Main / BadAssBeard

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Most {{Space Marine}}s are clean-shaven for that BaldOfAwesome look. The Space Wolves, who are giant space Vikings, have equally giant beards.

** Jack Pattillo is known for two things: sounding almost exactly like cohort Ryan Haywood, and having the most glorious beard among any of the Achievement Hunters. It's so iconic that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yMjp-dpJ8 his part of the group's RTX 2014 intro is just him running his fingers through it.]] Sadly, it was shaved off during the November 2015 Extra Life livestream as part of a donation milestone.

* Bifouga Zeeh “Rufflebeard” had a glorious one dragging the ground.

* The late Creator/BillyMays from ''Series/{{Pitchmen}}'' and innumerable advertisements.

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Cristóbal Rios sports a beard which conveys that he's a tough guy (he hardly winces at a large piece of shrapnel embedded in his shoulder, for instance) who can handle rough-and-tumble situations.

* [[TheCaptain Kunkka]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lycanthrope]], [[ThePaladin Omniknight]], and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beastmaster]] from ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}''. And while she obviously doesn't have one, [[AffirmativeActionGirl Tresdin]] will compliment those who has a BadassBeard.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'': Most {{Space Marine}}s are clean-shaven for that BaldOfAwesome look. The Space Wolves, who are giant space Vikings, have equally giant beards.

** Ganondorf develops one from ''Wind Waker'' onwards; prior to that, he was clean-shaven. His ''Twilight Princess'' beard used to provide the page image. And if sideburns count, even pre-beard Ganondorf had epic chops, along with eyebrows that connect to his hairline. Truly fitting fiendish facial hair.

* The Vanguard bloodline and Engineer within ''VideoGame/BloodlineChampions''. The officer outfit for the Igniter has this as well.

* Gorath from ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'' has a Badass Beard despite being an elf - which is supposed to be impossible, but [[AllThereInTheManual according to the manual]] is possible because he's half-human - which, in turn, is also supposed to be impossible in Midkemia canon. In short, the designers probably just gave him the beard to emphasize his "badass dark elf leader" image.
* Ethan Thomas' beard in ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot'' is this along with BeardOfSorrow.

Distinct from GrowingTheBeard, but the two can most definitely overlap. Same thing goes for BeardOfEvil and BeardOfBarbarism. Also see StrokeTheBeard. Contrast with BeardOfSorrow, although they ''could'' overlap. Sometimes goes hand in hand with WildHair. Sometimes part of a BaldBlackLeaderGuy look. Occasionally the beard has [[WeirdBeard some unusual properties]].

Do not confuse with TheBeard.

* Pirate captain Edward Teach's badass beard became [[UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}a metonym for the man himself]], better-known than his actual name.

* Commander Riker on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is, for the most part, a poor man's Kirk. The beard is what makes him Riker-er.
** [[GrowingTheBeard This wasn't always the case.]]
** Klingons in any part of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise.

-->-- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''

-->-- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare'''

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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Jorge-052 from ''VideoGame/HaloReach''.
** A number of [[KillerSpaceMonkey Brutes]] also grow out their breads, most notably Atriox of ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'', who even braids it!

* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'': The people standing in for Mance's army include a DemotedToExtra Tormund from ''Series/GameOfThrones'', complete with the AdaptationDyeJob that changed his beard to a red one.

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* Naturally, all of the dwarves in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' except Dopey had beards. (What? Don't think they were badass? Watch the climax of the movie, and ''then'' try to deny it.)

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* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', [[MagicKnight Belial]], [[TheGoodKing Khasra III]], [[PraetorianGuard Orestes]], [[GloriousLeader Pronin]], and [[TricksterMentor Taliesin]] have these. [[FallenHero Refan]] also had it for a while, but he eventually shaved it to signify his newfound determination.

* Harley Morensein's grew in during the run of WebVideo/EpicMealTime. He shaved it off for "Breakfast Lasagna" and is letting it grow in again.

* Quinn from WebVideo/DemoReel has a great bush of hair on his face, making him even more manly than the clean-shaven (but still badass) Carl.

* Saberspark from the ''WebVideo/MLPAnalysis'' community.

* Jack Pattillo of Creator/RoosterTeeth's Creator/AchievementHunter is known for two things: sounding almost exactly like cohort Ryan Haywood, and having the most glorious beard among any of the Achievement Hunters. It's so iconic that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4yMjp-dpJ8 his part of the group's RTX 2014 intro is just him running his fingers through it.]] Sadly, it was shaved off during the November 2015 Extra Life livestream as part of a donation milestone.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 4, the ship's captain has a full and shaggy white beard and side-burns, and full moustaches. It initially helps make him seem grandfatherly when he first tries to bring the anti-social Blake out of her shell, but once the sea dragon attacks, it helps give him a no-nonsense air, portraying him as a grizzled veteran when compared to his young crew and the two young Huntsmen that are travelling on the ship. Although even he has never heard of a Grimm this big, he calmly issues instructions and swiftly devises a plan to defeat it. He not only easily splits his attention between the movements of the Grimm, the effectiveness of the ship's side-guns, the ship's main cannon and his crew's activities, but he also takes command of Blake and Sun. It's his orders they follow to slow down the Grimm enough for his ship to become effective. Turning his ship into a battering ram, he pins the dragon to a sea stack and blows the creature's head off with the main cannon. It saves Blake and Sun's lives in the process.
* [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]], who started off as a BadassMustache and eventually became this.

* Captain Epic in ''WebVideo/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory''.

* Post-Flashpoint ComicBook/SteveTrevor is returned to his roots as a super spy, AcePilot, and military metahuman contact/handler and is also given a beard.

* In Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[spoiler: Blaike Raven]] is a fearless adventurer who willingly marched blind into the unknown, and he's shown wearing a full beard.

* Kratos from ''VideoGame/{{God of War|Series}}''. In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', when Kratos is [[http://k43.kn3.net/20D1A2C7E.jpg the victim of a Babality]] (turned into a baby), ''he keeps the goatee.'' It's just ''that'' badass.