History Main / CigarChomper

* In a divergence from the comics, the Penguin from both ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' has shown a preference for cigars over the traditional cigarette. Both series shows as much more thuggish and brutal than he is normally.

** The original head of the [=OCB=], Lt. Lou Rodriguez, even through his [[WeHardlyKnewYe limited appearances,]] often smoked cigars (and there are promotional shots of Gregory Sierra holding a cigar as Rodriguez).

* UsefulNotes/FidelCastro, who certainly liked to be seen as a tough military leader. One of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}'s assassination attempts against him involved sneaking in an [[ExplosiveCigar exploding cigar]]. He actually stopped smoking them on the advice of his doctors in 1985.

* Comic book innovator Creator/JackKirby was a frequent cigar smoker. This is probably why so many of his characters also were.

It's okay for heroes to smoke cigars seemingly because of the expense: average cigars are ''much'' more luxurious and expensive than the amount of cigarettes of the same weight. No matter how cool the smoking of cigars is made to look, it's not a habit as easily and cheaply picked up as cigarette smoking, so it's more acceptable to show a hero smoking the occasional victory cigar. DoNotTryThisAtHome unless you absolutely know what you're doing, as tobacco smoking carries the risk of developing respiratory problems up to and including emphysema and cancer regardless of whether it's a cigarette, a cigar, a cigarillo, etc.

** Another famous photo has [[http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/churchill-and-tommy-gun/ Churchill inspecting a Thompson Submachine Gun,]] complete with a drum magazine, while wearing a pinstripe suit, bowler hat, and smoking his cigar. The Germans attempted to use the photo to drum up an image of him as a mafioso but gave up when they realized it wasn't doing anything to hinder his MemeticBadass status.

* In his later years, Creator/JimmySavile was hardly ever seen without a cigar in his mouth, be it on his shows, during interviews at home, or out in public. He claimed to have started smoking cigars at the age of seven, saying "My dad gave me a drag on one at Christmas, thinking it would put me off them forever, but it had the opposite effect."

* Warren T. Rat, the villain from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
* Carface from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''.
* Sykes from ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany ''.

* Swackhammer from ''Film/SpaceJam''

%%%%%* [[Series/LaterWithJoolsHolland Jools Holland]] regularly played with a cigar in his mouth while a member of Music/{{Squeeze}}.

* Quite a few of the Gas House Gorillas (particularly the pitcher) in the Looney Tunes cartoon "WesternAnimation/BaseballBugs".

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', when when Baby Herman's off the set and shows his real personality, he's gladly smoking a big one, crying as, well, a baby, when Eddie grabs it and throws it away.

* Comicbook/HowardTheDuck used to smoke before ''Comicbook/CivilWar'', where he had an aside telling someone told him to quit smoking.

[[caption-width-right:320:Because nothing says "[[RatedMForManly manly]]" like a phallic symbol clenched between your teeth. [[labelnote:Clockwise from top left:]][[Manga/OnePiece Vice Admiral Smoker]], [[Series/TheATeam "Hannibal" Smith]], [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Johnson]], Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.[[/labelnote]]]]

* Hannibal from ''Series/TheATeam'', as seen in the page picture, is rarely without a cigar clutched between his teeth. Most episodes have him shooting off his {{catchphrase}} before dramatically taking a puff of his cigar.