History Main / CoveredWithScars

* V from ''VForVendetta'' is covered in burn scars.

* Amsterdam from ''GangsOfNewYork'' has scars on his chest when revealed in a shirtless scene, which he got while in reform school. [[spoiler: Bill the Butcher later gives him one on his cheek.]]

** The Unstoppable Higgs turns out to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110309 have this on his torso]]; apparently there's a good reason he's called "Unstoppable".

* The Unstoppable Higgs from GirlGenius turns out to have this on his torso, for much the same reason that he's called "unstoppable".

* {{Black Lagoon}}: Balalaika has burn scars all over the front of her body, including almost half her face.

A characters entire body, sometimes even face, is covered in hundreds of scars. Show that the character is a {{Badass}}, a veteran or a BrokenBird, who lived though a lot of fights or suffered a great deal of pain and torture. Often times these scars will be linked to mental scars related to how they gained them.

If the scars are self inflicted expect the character to be more than a little off.

A characters entire body, sometimes even face, is covered in hundred of scars. Show that the character is a {{Badass}}, a veteran or a BrokenBird, who lived though a lot of fights or suffered a great deal of pain and torture. Often times these scars will be linked to mental scars related to how they gained them.

* {{Berserk}}: With the amount of punishment that Guts regularly takes at the hands of his demonic enemies, he's accumulated quite a few scars over his career. Including a missing eye and forearm.

* With the amount of punishment that [[{{Berserk}} Guts]] regularly takes at the hands of his demonic enemies, he's accumulated quite a few scars over his career. Including a missing eye and forearm.

* RurouniKenshin - Shishio's full-body scarring is from one incident, but having almost all of your skin be second- or third-degree burns can't be pleasant.
* YuYuHakusho: [[spoiler: Sensui. A result of a combination of MachoMasochism and [[NietzscheWannabe being]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation completely]] [[SplitPersonality insane]].]]

* ''{{Beloved}}'' - the network of scars on Sethe's back seems like a growing tree.

*** Don't forget half of Harvey Dent's face.

* In ''{{Trigun}}'', Vash's complete upper body is basically one large scar,[[spoiler: including his missing arm]]. He calls it the price for being a [[TechnicalPacifist pacifist]] in a gunslinger world.
* ''{{Bleach}}'': Yamamoto Genryuusai, the commander of the Gotei 13
** Bleach also has Kenpachi.

** Same goes for the rest of the Bat-family, special notice maybe for Cassandra cain, who has a lot of bullet wounds from here bullet dodging training by her father.

* In {{Fable}} and it's sequel there's a good chance your character will end up like this as they acquire scars rapidly when they're hurt in combat.

* ''{{Batman}}'''s body is often shown to be covered in scars from his multiple fights.

* Zsasz from the {{Batman}} comics. His scars are self inflicted, and each one represents one of his victims.

* [[{{Trigun}} Vash's]] complete upper body is basically one large scar,[[spoiler: including his missing arm]]. He calls it the price for being a [[TechnicalPacifist pacifist]] in a gunslinger world.
* {{Bleach}}: Yamamoto Genryuusai, the commander of the Gotei 13

* BlackJack of the manga of the same name is covered in scars from stepping on a landmine as a child.

* {{Batman}} body is often shown to be covered in scars from his multiple fights.

* Zsasz from the [[{{Batman}} comics]]. His scars are self inflicted, and each one represents one of his victims.
* Daredevil is another one who's covered in scars.
* {{Deadpool}} is covered in scars or tumors or both.
* V from VForVendetta is covered in burn scars.

* [[StarWars Darth Vader]] beneath his iconic black amour.
* Kroenen from {{Hellboy}} the movie.

* Nightcrawler, in the second {{Film/X Men}} film, is covered, [[{{Mutants}} from his pointy ears to all four of his toes]], in rather artistic-looking raised scars. They're self-inflicted; apparently, he felt the need to punish himself for... something. He seems to be a bit of a [[ExtremeDoormat harmless milksop]], so it's somewhat baffling and/or depressing to think about what he could possibly have to feel so guilty about. It could be related to the fact he's a [[BeliefMakesYouStupid devout]] [[GoodCatholic Catholic]].

* AnitaBlake is covered with scars from years of fighting supernatural creatures.

* [[DresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] is a subversion. With the impressive number of wounds he has taken he should be covered in scars, but given a half dozen years of healing a wizard's body will completely heal scars back to normal flesh. The collection of scars he manages to collect even while his body is erasing them is still impressive.

* Luigi Largo from Repo! The Genetic Opera, although they're used to show the number of surgeries he's undergone, not how {{Badass}} he is..

* [[PlanescapeTorment The Nameless One]] is the poster child for this trope.

* Commander Shepard from MassEffect has a large number of scars covering cybernetic implants.

* [[{{Trigun}} Vash's]] complete upper body is basically one large scar,[[spoiler: including his missing arm]]. He calls it the price for being a [[ActualPacifist pacifist]] in a gunslinger world.

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* Apparently, Jasper from the abomination that is {{Twilight}}, but I swear,[[OrSoIHeard I was not the one in the room who knew this]].

'''It should be noticed that a character is only an example of this trope if he/she has multiple scars ''all over the body'', not just in one place, e.g. the face.'''

A characters entire body, sometimes even face, is covered in hundred of scars. Show that the character is a {{Badass}}, a veteran or a BrokenBird, who lived though a lot of fights or suffered a great deal of pain and torture. Often times these scars will be linked to [[MentalScarsAreForever Mental Scars]] related to how they gained them.

A characters entire body, sometimes even face, is covered in hundred of scars. Show that the character is a {{Badass}}, a veteran or a BrokenBird, who lived though a lot of fights or suffered a great deal of pain and torture. Often times these scars will be linked to [[MentalScarsAreForever MentalScars]] related to how they gained them.

A characters entire body, sometimes even face, is covered in hundred of scars. Show that the character is a {{Badass}}, a veteran or a BrokenBird, who lived though a lot of fights or suffered a great deal of pain and torture. Often times these scars will be linked to MentalScars related to how they gained them.