History Main / NotSoBadassLongcoat

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

* [[BladeRunner Deckard]] from Blade Runner, 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 shot 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).

* Detective Dick Gumshoe from AceAttorney series.

* Soviet Conscripts in RedAlert3.

* Harvey Bullock of BatmanTheAnimatedSeries

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* Subverted by InspectorZenigata, from LupinIII; he can actually be pretty BadAss at times, just [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter not quite badass enough to take out Lupin and co.]]

* The titular DirkGently in ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labeled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behavior.

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* InspectorGadget
* Harvey Bullock of BatmanTheAnimatedSeries

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* [[ThePinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]]
* [[HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup's]] coat/vest looks long enough to be a longcoat, but it more serves the purpose of making him look smaller than look badass.
* [[BladeRunner Deckard]] from Blade Runner, 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 shot 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).

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* Detective Dick Gumshoe from AceAttorney series.
** Although he could TakeALevelInBadass when required of him. He'd lose it as soon as he was done though.
* Soviet Conscripts in RedAlert3.

* InspectorZenigata, from LupinIII
* Rotton the Wizard from [[BlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]

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

Extremely associated with police detectives, FBI and inspectors. In fact association with the latter is so strong, you will have trouble finding character named "inspector" without NotSoBadassLongcoat of his own.

* The titular DirkGently in ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* The titular Dirk Gently in ''DirkGently'' typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* The titular Dirk Gently in ''DirkGentlys'' typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* The titular Dirk Gently in ''[[DirkGently]]'' typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* [[DirkGently Dirk Gently]] typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* DirkGently typically wears a long, black leather overcoat (originally a part of his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial scheme of being labelled as a vampire), but spoils the effect with his funny hat and quirky behaviour.

* Rotton the Wizard from [[BlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]

Sometimes just wearing longcoat isn't quite enough to look [[BadassLongcoat badass]]. It can be because the longcoat in question is old, battered, two sizes bigger than needed or it can be because the character himself acts lame or [[ObfuscatingStupidity just acts as one]].

* Dick Gumshoe from AceAttorney series.

Extremely associated with police detectives, FBI and inspectors. In fact association with the latter is so strong, you will have trouble finding character named '''inspector''' without NotSoBadassLongcoat of his own.

Extremely associated with police detectives, FBI and inspectors. In fact association with the latter is so strong, you will have trouble finding character named ''inspector'' without NotSoBadassLongcoat of his own.

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