History Main / PopCulturedBadass

* Abed from [[Community]] IS this trope.

* Commander Charles Tucker of the USS [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]] is fond of his ''{{Superman}}'' comics.

* Abigail Whistler from ''[[{{Blade}} Blade: Trinity]]'', who was listening to trip hop while kicking ass. Bit of a WallBanger, too. Why would you want to cut off one of your main senses while wading into melee combat?

** For a man who has the whole of time and space to explore, the Doctor seems awfully fond of early 21st century Earth pop culture. For example, he seems to be a HarryPotter fan, and once gave a humanitarian speech to an alien race that was threatening to kill a third of Earth's population... with lyrics from ''TheLionKing''.

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]], so '''''very''''' much. He even references the EvilOverlordList at one point.
** Which is very strange as the list originated on the Internet and Dresdenverse wizards always make technology malfunction by going near it.

* ''Canaan'' has a taxi driver that drives like a professional stuntman while listening to girly pop idol songs.

* Deadpool: Olsen Twins, Bea Arthur, Fat Albert, Lord of the Flies, Lethal Weapon, The Warriors, Golden Age, Steve Ditko...

* Nicholas Cage's GhostRider ''really'' enjoyed the music of the Carpenters. And jelly beans.

* {{Chuck}} Bartowski loves is video-games, Sci-Fi movies, and ''[=MacGyver=]''.

* Beast Boy from ''TeenTitans'' use his pop culture knowledge of ([[ShowWithinAShow fictitious]]) television shows in order to save the day.

Contrast CulturedBadass and WickedCultured. Sometimes the titular bunny ears of a BunnyEarsLawyer.

While the CulturedBadass and WickedCultured kill to Tchaikovsky and Wagner, and read [[NietzscheWannabe Nietzsche]] on their spare time, the PopCulturedBadass rocks out to the latest hits on their [[ProductPlacement iPod]] and discusses their interpretation of recent movies.

*** In one EightDoctorAdventures novel, the Eighth Doctor (yes, the one with the [[GorgeousPeriodDress cravat]] and the long hair) [[WaxingLyrical quotes]] "All Along the Watchtower", whilst in an EnemyMine situation with a man who [[OrganTheft literally stole his heart]], trying to escape a creepy EldritchLocation (ie., ItMakesSenseInContext):

*** In one DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novel, the Eighth Doctor (yes, the one with the [[GorgeousPeriodDress cravat]] and the long hair) [[WaxingLyrical quotes]] "All Along the Watchtower", whilst in an EnemyMine situation with a man who [[OrganTheft literally stole his heart]], trying to escape a creepy EldritchLocation (ie., ItMakesSenseInContext):

* Spike from {{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}} has moments of this.

* How come [[{{Farscape}} Crichton]] not on this list yet?

* DukeNukem

* How come ''[[{{Farscape}} Crichton]]'' not on this list yet?

* How come [[Farscape Crichton]] not on this list yet?

* ''DoctorWho'' likes this. For example, the Master is a fan of the Scissor Sisters, and Crane broadcasts ''The Lion Sleeps Tonight'' while converting the masses into Cybermen.

* Spike from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Not to mention the titular Buffy, and the other Scoobies -- aside from Giles, the BadassLibrarian, and possibly Wesley.

* ''NoMoreHeroes'': Travis Touchdown, OccidentalOtaku, Assassin. Could practically be the TropeNamer.

** For a man who has the whole of time and space to explore, the Doctor seems awfully fond of early 21st century Earth pop culture. For example, he seems to be a HarryPotter fan, and once gave a humanitarian speech to an alien race that was threatening to kill a third of Earth's population.

* Both Wendy Watson and TheMiddleman.

* Mr. Blonde from ''ReservoirDogs''

* The Pool-hall fight scene in ''RushHour'', though that's a borderline case of SorryILeftTheBGMOn. [[UncleTomfoolery James Carter]] of the same movie may be a better example.

**That bit about the Cybermen is actually a reference to how the Nazis running the concentration camps would play Wagner over the screams of dying prisoners to drown them out.
** For a man who has the whole of time and space to explore, the Doctor seems awfully fond of early 21st century Earth pop culture. For example, he seems to be a HarryPotter fan.
*** Well, we always have been one of his favorite species...as far as which direction the cause and effect there goes, [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV.]]

--->‘“‘There must be some way out of here,’ said the joker to the thief”.’[[hottip:*:That sure is a lot of quotation marks.]]

* Teal'c from ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''
** When not wasting hordes of Jaffa or otherwise saving the world, Colonel Jack O'Neill never misses an episode of ''TheSimpsons''. He's also a bit of a ''StarTrek'' fan, getting upset when the USAF wouldn't name the first Earth built starship "Enterprise". Also, when he travelled back in time, he said his name was James T. Kirk...then said it was [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]].

* John Crichton, ''{{Farscape}}.''

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': While the amount of Badass is debatable, Hiro Nakamura is a shining example.

** It's less obvious, but Ocelot loves Spaghetti Westerns.
*** Less obvious? The man looks like he just walked out of one.

* Beast Boy from ''TeenTitans'' use his pop culture knowledge of television in order to save the day.