History Main / BadassesWearBandanas

* After Wolverine lost his adamantium and reverted to a more feral state, his mask was a bandana.
* Electra typically wears one.

* Lex in ''Series/TheTribe'' wore one in a few first season episodes as well as his flashback episode.

* Charles Gunn from ''{{Series/Angel}}'' wore a bandana in his first few appearances, but it was dropped soon after.
* Lex in ''TheTribe'' wore one in a few first season episodes as well as his flashback episode.

* Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/JesseVentura often wear a bandana on their heads to cover their baldness. Both likely took their look from an earlier wrestler, "Superstar" Billy Graham, who did the same thing.

* James May sported a bandana during the TopGear Bolivia Special

* A Waddle Dee that is used as a JokeCharacter Boss in ''KirbySuperStarUltra ''wears a blue Bandana to tell it apart from other Waddle Dees. He later appears as a main character in ''VideoGame/KirbyReturnsToDreamland'' where he wields a spear.

* Ike from FireEmblemTellius.

* Most ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' protagonists. There's even a skit about it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQ7vhOriXw here]].
* A Waddle Dee that is used as a JokeCharacter Boss in ''KirbySuperStarUltra ''wears a blue Bandana to tell it apart from other Waddle Dees. He later appears as a main character in VideoGame/KirbyReturnsToDreamland where he wields a spear.

* Pan from Anime/DragonBallGT is a {{Badbutt}} example. She must have been following her dad Gohan's example from when he participated in the World Tornament as The Great Saiyaman in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.

* Caesar Martinez from ComicBook/TheWalkingDead wears one, and is one of the biggest {{Badass}}es in the series, [[JawBreaker ripping a zombies jaw off]] by sticking his hand in its mouth.

* Will, Jack, and many other pirates in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' franchise wear bandanas.

* Sgt Jones in [[PoliceAcademy Police Academy 2]] [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope when he puts a bandana on before capturing two would be thieves.

* The Badass Bandana is an actual item in TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}.

* Marcus Fenix of the VideoGame/GearsOfWar franchise is one of the most visible examples of this trope. He is only seen without his bandana twice: [[BookEnds at the start of ''Gears of War'' and at the end of ''Gears of War 3'']].

* Frank Woods in VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps wears a headband throughout the game.

* In the VideoGame/FableI and VideoGame/FableII, bandits often wear bandanas, but aren't very {{Badass}} in comparison to your Hero. But you can wear a bandana; just expect people to run in fear from you.

* Most VideoGame/TalesSeries protagonists. There's even a skit about it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQ7vhOriXw here]].

* Pan from Anime/DragonBallGT is a {{Badbutt}} example. She must have been following her dad Gohan's example from when he participated in the World Tornament as The Great Saiyaman in Anime/DragonBallZ.
* Zoro from ''OnePiece'' puts on a bandana whenever he decides to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]].
* Krylancelo Finrandi, the main character of Manga/SorcererStabberOrphen.
* This is a typical way that {{ninja}} of {{Naruto}} may choose to wear their forehead protector.

* Yusuf from AssassinsCreedRevelations wears a very colorful headband. It probably serves to make him a distinct character model more than anything else, but he ''is'' an Assassin.

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* HulkHogan and JesseVentura often wear a bandana on their heads to cover their baldness. Both likely took their look from an earlier wrestler, "Superstar" Billy Graham, who did the same thing.
* {{The Undertaker}} used to wear one during his days as The American Badass from 2000-2003.

* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/08/15/nin-wahs-agenda/ one replaces CK's usual hood]] when he ends up unwittingly fitted into a costume with every BadAss CostumeTrope in the book.

* Domon Kashuu from GGundam.

* In ''ToraToraTora'', the mechanics chief gives Commander Fuchida a ''hachimaki'' for good luck just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* In ''{{Gremlins 2}}'', Gizmo the Mogwai puts on a bandana (a move inspired by his watching {{Rambo}}) when he TakesALevelInBadass. He goes on to kill a Gremlin that has turned into a giant spider monster by firing a burning arrow at it and setting it on fire.

* Pvt. Vasquez from {{Aliens}} gives an excellent {{Ladette}} example.

** Many [[FireEmblemElibe Sacaens]] wore headbands, almost all of them were badasses by default and the headgear may have been more evocative of BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins.

* ''FireEmblem'' has Dart and Darros, both of whom are {{pirate}}s.

* [[MagicKnight Flik]] from ''SuikodenII''.
* Most TalesSeries protagonists. There's even a skit about it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQ7vhOriXw here]].
* A Waddle Dee that is used as a JokeCharacter Boss in ''KirbySuperStarUltra ''wears a blue Bandana to tell it apart from other Waddle Dees. He later appears as a main character in KirbyReturnsToDreamland where he wields a spear.
* ''FatalFury'' and ''KingOfFighters'' has Billy Kane, a mean Brit wearing red-and-white bandanna.
* Crono from ''ChronoTrigger'' wears one where it is his starting accessory which gives him a speed boost.
* The hero of ''SecretOfMana''.
* The male human player character of ''SaGa2'', as well as Arthur of ''SaGa3''.
* The protagonist of ''CaveStory'' has a green bandana around his neck. It's all but invisible on the in-game sprite, but it's there in the official artwork.

* Solid Snake from ''MetalGearSolid''. Big Boss wears one too, but his is a memento of his mentor, The Boss.

** Firion, TheHero of ''FinalFantasyII'', wears an elaborate bandanna decorated with jewels and beads.
** In ''FinalFantasyV'', all of Faris' pirate crew but herself wear bandanas. Every character including Faris will wear a bandanna when made into a thief through the JobSystem.
** ''FinalFantasyVI'' has Locke, who is a thief that wears a bandana. He proves to be {{Badass}} by saving [[HalfHumanHybrid Terra]] in Narshe at the beginning of the game, steals the clothes off of merchants and soldiers ''while they're wearing them'', and [[spoiler:in [[AfterTheEnd the World of Ruin]], goes to a remote cave in the mountains in order to find the [[GreenRocks magicite]] Pheonix in order to resurrect his dead girlfriend.]]
** Laguna's hulking giant of a companion Ward wears one in VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII, here it gives him the impressions of a Naval soldier with his [[AnchorsAway choice of weapons]].
** Snow, the male lead of ''FinalFantasyXIII'' wears a black do-rag to show off his rebel-ness.

* The male human player character of ''SaGa2'', as well as Arthur of ''SaGa3''.

Bandits, cowboys, and pirates tend to wear bandanas to signify them being outlaws or to reinforce their tough and gritty look. In fact, the bandana will often be worn for this exact purpose: A LadyOfWar would never wear a bandana, but a grizzled {{Ladette}} marine might. An elegant swordfighter wouldn't wear the bandana, but a rugged thief would.

* The BadassBandana is an actual item in TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}.