History Main / NotSoBadassLongcoat

* Timmy Turner in the ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' MysteryEpisode Where's Wanda.

* Detective Dick Gumshoe from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series. Although he could TakeALevelInBadass when required of him, he'd lose it as soon as he was done.

->''Goodnight, [[spoiler:Lutessa Lena Luthor]]. You died as you lived: in a dumb InspectorGadget coat.''

* Arthur spends a good portion of ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' in a housecoat, as he had just woken up when [[SleptThroughTheApocalypse the earth was destroyed]].

* Soviet Conscripts in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3''.

* Soviet Conscripts in ''RedAlert3''.

* Series/{{Columbo}}

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 NotSoBadassLongcoat of his own.

* 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.

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

* Buster Baxter from Arthur when he goes into detective mode.

* Harry in ''Film/HomeAlone'' wears a ratty overcoat that, rather than making him look badass (as he probably thinks it does), just makes him look trashy.

* Arthur spends a good portion of ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' in a housecoat, as he had just woken up when [[SleptThroughTheApocalypse the earth was destroyed]].

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

* 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.

** You sure 'bout that?

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 NotSoBadassLongcoat of his own.

-->-- '''Chris Sims''', ''[[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/recap-smallville-finale/ Comics Alliance]] recap of the {{Smallville}} finale''

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* 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''.

* Gareth from {{One Piece Parallel Works}} wears a long, green coat that doesn't really serve any purpose in the story or his character development.

* [[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.
* [[Film/BladeRunner 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 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).
* Harry in HomeAlone wears a ratty overcoat that, rather than making him look badass (as he probably thinks it does), just makes him look trashy.

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* Rotton the Wizard from ''BlackLagoon''.

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* [[BladeRunner Deckard]] from ''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 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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* Harry in HomeAlone wears a ratty overcoat that, rather than making him look badass(as he probably thinks it does), just makes him look trashy.

->''Goodnight, [[spoiler:Lutessa Lena Luthor]]. You died as you lived: in a dumb Inspector Gadget coat.''
-->-- '''Chris Sims''', ''[[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/recap-smallville-finale/ Comics Alliance]] recap of the{{Smallville}} finale''