History Main / NotSoBadassLongcoat

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': When he attacks Kirito in real life, Sugou is wearing a khaki trenchcoat. This is after Kirito beat him in ALO, [[YourMindMakesItReal turning off the Pain Absorber]] and [[AnArmAndALeg killing Sugou's]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe in-game avatar]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice so]] [[EyeScream brutally]] that Sugou has been [[WoundThatWillNotHeal left with permanent injuries in real life]], and in the ensuing confrontation, Sugou loses once again to Kirito, who just barely manages to stop himself from [[SlashedThroat slitting Sugou's throat with his own knife]]; by that point, Sugou is [[InelegantBlubbering crying his eyes out]] and [[BringMyBrownPants wetting himself]].

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Lan Fan is usually a badass {{ninja}}, but this trope applies to her at one point: she wears a long coat [[spoiler:after losing her left arm, as well as Ling to the Homunculi, leaving her [[HeroicBSOD depressed and angst-ridden]].]]

->''"Goodnight...you died as you lived: in a dumb WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget coat."''

Extremely associated with police detectives, FBI and inspectors. In fact association with the latter is so strong, you will have trouble finding a character named "inspector" without a [[TitleDrop Not So Badass Longcoat]] of his own.

* Subverted by [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Inspector Zenigata]], from ''Franchise/LupinIII''; he can actually be pretty badass at times, just [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter not quite badass enough to take out Lupin and co.]]

* Sebastian Castellanos in ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''; his dirty, crumpled, worn longcoat is a TragicKeepsake that he wears incessantly to remember his deceased family.

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* Subverted by [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Inspector Zenigata]], from ''Franchise/LupinIII''; he can actually be pretty badass at times, just [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter not quite badass enough to take out Lupin and co.]]

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': When he attacks Kirito in real life, Sugou is wearing a khaki trenchcoat. This is after Kirito beat him in ALO, [[YourMindMakesItReal turning off the Pain Absorber]] and [[AnArmAndALeg killing Sugou's]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe in-game avatar]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice so]] [[EyeScream brutally]] that Sugou has been [[WoundThatWillNotHeal left with permanent injuries in real life]], and in the ensuing confrontation, Sugou loses once again to Kirito, who just barely manages to stop himself from [[SlashedThroat slitting Sugou's throat with his own knife]]; by that point, Sugou is [[InelegantBlubbering crying his eyes out]] and [[BringMyBrownPants wetting himself]].

* In ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'', Touji has taken to wear over his plugsuit during synch-tests or even lead-ups to battle when he is outside the entry-plug. Asuka calls it his "bathrobe."

* Deckard from ''Film/BladeRunner'', despite having a lot of the typical traits of a classic Noir detective, is decidedly ''not'' badass, despite his longcoat. His sole two kills in the movie are women, both of which he shoots in the back. The male replicants he pursues kick his ass up and down the field, and he's very narrowly saved from death both times (once by Rachel blasting Leon in the back, and the other time by Roy showing him mercy).
* Gary in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' certainly ''tries'' to look cool in his long black coat, but given how [[ManChild he refuses to grow up as he's reaching his forties]], it comes across as rather pathetic and hence falls a bit flat. It eventually graduates into a proper BadassLongcoat when [[spoiler:he becomes a sword-wielding post-apocalyptic hero in the film's epilogue.]]

* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' the God of the Internet is a fat nerd who dresses like the characters in the Matrix.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Adrian Monk often wears a coat but doesn't exactly give off a badass vibe, especially with all his phobias. Make no mistake though, he is a former police officer, so there are times where even he can [[LetsGetDangerous administer a surprisingly effective beatdown on some criminals.]]

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%% * Harvey Bullock of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Although it depends. We're talking about a gruff man who single-handedly took on a band of mobsters with GoodOldFisticuffs and ''won''.

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* Series/{{Columbo}}'s famously shabby beige coat is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. Columbo deliberately presents himself as a dim-witted slob as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity - he's an extremely competent detective who almost always gets his man.
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* [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]] often wears a coat but doesn't exactly give off a badass vibe, especially with all his phobias. Make no mistake though, he is a former police officer, so there are times where even he can [[LetsGetDangerous administer a surprisingly effective beatdown on some criminals.]]

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** The Sixth Doctor's technicolor dreamcoat. It was... [[WTHCostumingDepartment a lot of things]], but "badass" wasn't on that list.

* The Gang from Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia have a black leather duster that is indeed pretty cool. Unfortunately, they are all idiots.