History Main / CaptainColorbeard

* In one GoldenAge story, Franchise/{{Batman}} fights a one-shot villain called Blackbeard, who styles himself after the historical Blackbeard (see RealLife below).
* Parodied with Captain Wackbeard in ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: X Marks The Spot.'' He shoots anyone who uses that name.
* ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'': Due to time travel shenanigans, Ben Grimm ''is'' Blackbeard.
* According to one [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] is a descendant of Greenbeard Olsen; a buccaneer from the 1700s. Over the course of the story, Jimmy suffers from a curse whereby he assumes Greenbeard's personality under a full moon. A summary of the story can be read [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman%27s_Pal,_Jimmy_Olsen_Vol_1_21 here]].

* One of the Phantom's personas in ''WesternAnimation/FlyingRhinoJuniorHigh'' was "Captain Peachfuzz Beard".
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two" has a statue of the cyclopean Purplebeard the Pirate, Scourge of the Six Seas. Of course, given the way the episode turns out, [[spoiler:he almost certainly never actually existed, and even if he did he wasn't a cyclops.]]

See also DressedToPlunder, FatherNeptune, and SeadogBeard. And strangely enough, since blue is a color associated with the ocean, TheBluebeard is completely unrelated, being a SerialKiller rather than a {{Pirate}}.

* Many notable Vikings had colourful nicknames, among them [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard Sweyn Forkbeard]].

Probably as a result of infamous sailors like UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and the Barbarossa brothers[[note]]"barba rossa" is Italian for "Redbeard", although the name's attachment to the Ottoman privateers Oruç and Hayreddin Barbarossa is possibly based on a garbling of Oruç' earlier title "Baba Oruç".[[/note]], it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[SeadogBeard facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either.

Probably as a result of infamous sailors like UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and the Barbarossa brothers[[note]]"barba rossa" is Italian for "Redbeard", although the brothers were Turkish privateers[[/note]], it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[SeadogBeard facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either.

* The BonusBoss Deadbeard in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1''.

Probably as a result of infamous sailors like UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and the Barbarossa brothers,[[note]]'barba rossa' is Italian for 'Redbeard', though the brothers were Turkish privateers[[/note]] it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[SeadogBeard facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either.

* ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'' had a pirate named Captain Ironbeard. He didn't have a beard, but he had a massive mustache made of iron.

* An episode of the ''[[Literature/WheresWally Where's Waldo?]]'' cartoon featured a pirate named "Peg-Beard", who had a peg-leg on his chin with tufts of hair sticking out of it. Mention is also made of a "Captain Peg-Neck" who had an ill-fated encounter with some termites.

* Whitebeard and Blackbeard from ''Manga/OnePiece''. Also Brownbeard, a SmallNameBigEgo trying to invoke this trope simply by naming himself after his facial hair, piggybacking on the hype of those with a similar name. Ironically, due to Japanese not having a separate word for "beard", both Blackbeard ("Kurohige" in Japanese) and Whitebeard ("Shirohige") sport mustaches... but lack actual beards.[[note]]"Hige" refers to all facial hair, regardless if it's a beard or a mustache.[[/note]] "White Facial Hair" doesn't flow as well.
** Well, Blackbeard has now grown a small one nowadays.
** The name "Whitestache" is still pretty awesome.
** Spain's dub actually renamed Whitebeard to "Albino Mustache" so it works better. The manga keeps on calling him "Whitebeard" despite him obviously lacking a beard.
** We also have "Red-Haired" Shanks and his Red Haired Pirates. Of whom only Shanks himself actually has red hair.
** As of chapter 904, we got [[spoiler:Peachbeard]].
** While keeping the spirit of the naming style, there's the Warlord of the Seas Dracule Mihawk who most of the world knows as "Hawkeye" Mihawk.

See also DressedToPlunder, FatherNeptune, and SeadogBeard. And strangely enough, since blue is a color associated with the ocean, TheBluebeard is completely unrelated, being a SerialKiller rather than a {{Pirate}}. Compare to NameFaceName.

Probably as a result of infamous sailors like UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and Barbarossa brothers,[[note]]'barba rossa' is Italian for 'Redbeard', though the brothers were Turkish privateers[[/note]] it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[SeadogBeard facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either.

** The early short "Where's the Wand?" has Cosmo dress up as Greenbeard.

* ''VideoGame/SeaOfThieves'' has Glitterbeard, a legendary pirate created and named after a Rare employee who passed away. The game's error codes are also coded after different Colorbeards, such as Kiwibeard, Bronzebeard, Lapisbeard, Redbeard, Denimbeard, and several more.

* ''VideoGame/OceansHeart'': Aside from a heavily fictionalized version of {{Blackbeard}} being the main villain, there's also an "Honestbeard" in [[WretchedHive Ballast Harbor]] who runs an HonestJohnsDealership selling stolen and overpriced goods. Funnily enough, Honestbeard's actual beard is a short and fairly nondescript brown goatee.

* The 17th issue of ''The Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century'', the comic book tie-in to the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' animated series, had the heroes get into conflict with a group of Thanagarian pirates led by Talon Redbeard.

** As of chapter 904, we got [[spoiler:Pinkbeard]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Booty'', a pirate-themed set, has a whole series of Captain Colorbeards, including Greenbeard (who's [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair an anime character]]), Fatbeard (who's [[SelfDeprecation a geek]]), and ''Nobeard'' (who's [[PirateGirl a woman]]).

** Redbeard appears in ''VideoGame/LegoSoccerMania'' alongside his crew, the Tricorner Pirates, ''an entire team'' of Colorbeards: [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Bluebeard, Greenbeard]], Whitebeard and Greybeard.

** In "Bart Gets An F", when asked to name one of the pirates from Literature/TreasureIsland, Bart (inaccurately) guesses "Blue-Beard." Though, considering [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the number of people with blue hair in Springfield]], it's highly possible a Blue-Beard would've existed.

* Laser Pirate's crew in ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo'' are aptly named [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Mauvebeard, Chartreusebeard, and Indigobeard]].