History Main / BowTiesAreCool

* [[BadassInANiceSuit Brother Mouzone]] from ''TheWire''. It's hinted that he is or was associated with the Nation of Islam.

* In Rhett Titus's case, it is more like bow ties are sexy. He wore no shirt with a bow tie around his neck.

* While he doesn't wear one, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] uses he line while simultaneously making fun of a ''{{Youngblood}}'' character's outfit.

* Nanoha of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has one as part of her MagicalGirl outfit.

** Interestingly, [[spoiler:the 12th Doctor]] seems to agree with everyone else now that bow ties are most definitely ''[[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim not]]'' [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim cool]]. (Though that hasn't stopped him from adopting an even older-style bowtie on occasion, such as in "[[DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]".)
** Osgood also rocks a bowtie in honor of the Eleventh Doctor in "[[DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven Death in Heaven]]". She even utters the trope catchphrase.

Certain items of clothing, in the real world, look ridiculous. Bow ties are one of these items. Out of fashion for about 40 years now, they look fussy, old-fashioned and slightly dorky to most people.

But not for these guys. For these guys, Bowties Are Cool. And they will never be seen without one, usually to the exasperation of the people around them; though they think they look like hot stuff, they'll appear to everyone else as... well, fussy, old fashioned, and/or slightly dorky. A certain type of character ''might'' [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel be able to pull it off]], looking incredibly {{Badass}} in the process, or at least managing to look rather {{Adorkable}}. Or both!

And one should never forget that no matter what, there's one particularly cool suit that ''always'' has a bow tie... a {{Tuxedo|AndMartini}}.

* When ties became regarded as uncool in the 60s, bowties were the first to go (neckties were saved by getting larger). In the 80s, the bowtie had a resurgence among "yuppies", but they became DeaderThanDisco once again by the 90s. In recent years, they've come back in fashion big-time, and everyone from high school students to dads to celebrities are rocking them.

* They're becoming more popular for doctors, as regular ties are getting a reputation as unhygienic. (You wear them right down your front, and most need to be professionally dry-cleaned and thus seldom get washed....) You never have to untangle your stethoscope from a bow tie, either.
* Many male librarians (especially those in the public library system) have taken to wearing bow-ties because they won't get accidentally shut in drawers, tangled in lanyard-style name tags or caught on equipment. Librarians who work with children also like them because of their endearingly whimsical look and are more hygienic for both them and the kids (and smaller children can't grab them).

* In recent years, they've come back in fashion big-time, and everyone from high school students to dads to celebrities are rocking them.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'''s Kurt Hummel and Artie Abrams both wear bow-ties fairly frequently -- though Kurt more frequently than Artie. Artie's bow-ties are typically dorky. However, given Kurt's overall fashion sense and the fact that his bow-ties have been known to feature such items as ''tiny plastic steampunky clockfaces'', he's proof of the fact that bow-ties genuinely can be cool, if they're the right bow-ties. In Season 3, Blaine Anderson wears those ''constantly'', along with ''polo shirts that are too small for even him, bright-colored pants, and a dorky haircut. He might be trying to look childish.

* Averted by Cyclops of the ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'', who used to wear truly hideous bow-ties when he was in civvies. Happily, he seems to have given up on them.

* Mr. Blue in ''TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'', combined unusually with a BadassLongcoat. He makes it work.

** Other Hanna-Barbera luminaries that wear bow ties include [[TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff]], [[HuckleberryHound Pixie, Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf]], Hardy Har Har, [[TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]] (from the 1975 reboot), The Great Grape Ape and [[ThePowerpuffGirls the Mayor of Townsville]].

* ''TheFlash'': Barry Allen. Not so much since he's come BackFromTheDead, but he now has a bow-tie icon when IM'ing Iris.

* Johnny Thunder of the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. One comic even notes that his fashion sense went into a permanent stall sometime in the 1950s.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Jommeke}}: Choco the chimpansee wears a white bowtie.

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** Tellingly, [[TokenEvilTeammate undying]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Umbrage]] ([[spoiler:Caliborn]]) rocks this trope in combination with suspenders, invoking images of both the {{Trope Namer|s}} and BiggerBad Lord English, [[spoiler: who is his future self]].

* Literature/TheCatInTheHat wears a red one along with his WhiteGloves and, [[CaptainObvious of course]], his signature hat.

** Interestingly, [[spoiler:the 12th Doctor]] seems to agree with everyone else now that bow ties are most definitely ''[[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim not]]'' [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim cool]]. (Though that hasn't stopped him from adopting an even older-style bowtie on occasion, such as in "[[DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]".

** The Eleventh Doctor: The {{Trope Namer|s}}! Played with, slightly, in that [[{{Adorkable}} he's the only one around who actually thinks this.]] This is a RunningGag. According to ''Series/DoctorWhoConfidential'', it was Matt Smith himself who chose to wear the bow-tie as part of his official Doctor outfit. Because he knew they were cool.

** In ''The Eleventh Hour'', Amy Pond takes The Doctor's tie (from the Creator/DavidTennant years) and slams it in the door of a car to prevent him from going anywhere while she tries to get answers from him. Not only are they cool, but practical.

** Interestingly, [[spoiler:the 12th Doctor]] seems to agree with everyone else now that bow ties are most definitely ''[[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim not]]'' [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim cool]].

** Other Hanna-Barbera luminaries that wear bow ties include [[TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff]], [[HuckleberryHound Pixie, Hokey Wolf]], Hardy Har Har, [[TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]] (from the 1975 reboot), The Great Grape Ape and [[ThePowerpuffGirls the Mayor of Townsville]].

* The titular KillerRobot in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' is [[BearsAreBadNews an animatronic bear]] wearing a bowtie. Toy Freddy, in [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 the sequel]], also wears one.

** Other Hanna-Barbera luminaries that wear bow ties include [[TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff]], [[HuckleberryHound Pixie]], Hardy Har Har, [[TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]] (from the 1975 reboot) and The Great Grape Ape.

* Cuthbert Sinclair, a late-surviving Man of Letters on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', is quite stylish in hiw bow tie. Naturally, he's quite evil too.