History Main / RuleOfCool

* The Droid phone commercials thrive on this.
* This [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbD0sV5KZlU Hahn Super Dry advertisement]] runs on this rule. "Super goes in, ''Super Dry'' comes out."

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' can be best described as the Rule Of Cool Incarnate ''with extra HumongousMecha''. ''Everything'' the characters or mechs do, and even the laws of physics themselves, are subject to Rule Of Cool. The fight scenes especially make absolutely no logical sense whatsoever, but it really doesn't matter because they're so awesome. ''Simon and [[spoiler:Viral]] once actually kill enemies '''by the [[PureAwesomeness sheer awesome]] they radiate, for goodness sake!!!'''''
** Throwing galaxies like ninja stars. Full. Stop.
** There's a story reason that neatly sums up all the problems, but do you really care?
** At one point, Kamina, resident CrazyAwesome BadAss draws his [[KatanasAreJustBetter trusty Katana]], and it keeps coming out of the sheath for like ten feet, for no reason other than it looks cool while battling someone wielding a meat cleaver. The length of Kamina's sword seems directly proportional to the length of the speech he is making while drawing it.
** In the same vein, ''Webcomic/DoubleK'', the buddy cop version of the anime, seems to combine how Rule Of Cool driven both types of shows are. The result is as amazing as you think.
* ''{{Mazinger}}'': GoNagai [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] that this is the reason ''Anime/MazingerZ'' (and as a result the SuperRobotGenre) is what it is. He DID his research about science and technology, but ultimately he did what he thought seemed cooler.

* Just how ''did'' [[BlackBox mercurion work]] in ''SoukouNoStrain''? What ''is'' it? All we know is it's {{Green|Rocks}}. And why was the special ship pink, and what was with the big arm... Well, it looked cool.
* In ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', Spike Spiegel is basically the epitome of this rule. Altought it not always work for him.
** ANY character voiced by StevenBlum is subject to the epitome.
** Following the definition to a closer extent, most of the ShinichiroWatanabe works apply this so well that you could argue he perfected the rule.
*** ''Cowboy Bebop'' can be very confusing if taken on surface value, with only five episodes needed to tell the full narrative. Despite this fact, the entire twenty-six episodes remains a standard of great anime for it's smoothness, filmic style, well choreographed action sequences. Of course, there are other elements that allow the show to succeed.
*** ''SamuraiChamploo'' has little to no narrative and is often too weird or silly to be taken seriously. Fans like the show for it's devil may care attitude and breakdancing samurai battles. ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' television series was heavily inspired by ''Samurai Champloo'' and is one of the main reasons it was made in the first place.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Kazuki and actually the motivating reason behind many of Captain Bravo's odd mannerisms in ''BusouRenkin''. "Because it looks cool that way!"
* ''Mobile Fighter GGundam'' relies on this moreso than usual to set itself apart from the rest of the Anime/MobileSuitGundam franchise. Among the concepts that walk the infamous thin line between "clever" and "stupid" are a [[McNinja German ninja]], a giant robot mummy, and a martial arts master who takes off his sash and [[ImprobableWeaponUser uses it to slash an enemy robot in half]]. The fact that the main character's special technique is called "[[PowerGlows Shining Finger]]" is also helped a great deal by this rule.
** There's also the fact that practically everyone [[CallingYourAttacks yells the name of their techniques]] as they use them, and the two main characters use ThePowerOfLove to [[spoiler:defeat the BigBad by summoning the physical incarnation of the King of Hearts to blast a heart-shaped hole through it]]. And the fact that the ''entire series'' is basically a TournamentArc ''with HumongousMecha''. The winner of which [[SeriousBusiness rules the world]] until the next tournament.
* One word (or three): ''GaoGaiGar''. What else can you say about a series where a cyborg combines with an alien robot lion, a bullet train, a drill car, and a stealth fighter to form a [[HumongousMecha Humonguous Robot]] that uses a HyperspaceMallet capable of turning whatever it strikes into light particles? And of course, the series features a rather famous MemeticMutation to [[LampshadeHanging explain it all]]: "With courage, 1% becomes 100%!"
** Said HyperspaceMallet [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]]. Yes, it is possible to do so.
** The mallet came with several, by virtue of being a transforming tank. After the specific level in question, it becomes a transforming [[spoiler:''triad of spaceships'']].
* Subverted in ''MetalFighterMiku''. Early in the series, the team's mentor asks the girls to explain the purpose of the robot-like metal suits used in their wrestling league. After one team member gives a detailed explanation of the various computer systems and sensors built into the outfits, he dismisses it all with a simple "Because it looks cool!" In the end, it is revealed that his overarching goal has been to convince everyone to do away with all the pseudo-futuristic glitz and return the sport to the muscle-and-technique competition that wrestling is supposed to be.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' -- where do we start? A cast consisting entirely of {{badass}}es, rounded out by a [[DarkActionGirl anti-heroine]] who is able to backflip seven feet into the air, shoot three people dead mid-jump and has the vision range of a chameleon? A torpedo boat performing a joust against a gunship -- and winning by using a boat-wreck as a ramp and torpedoing it ''mid-air''? A one-eyed seventy year old nun who runs a gun-smuggling [[CorruptChurch 'church of violence']] and whose weapon of choice is [[HandCannon a golden Desert Eagle she fires one handed]]? An [[ImplacableMan invincible terminator]] ''[[{{meido}} maid]]'' with a [[ParasolOfPain shotgun umbrella]]?

* ''{{Karas}}'' is the {{Sentai}} series that ''[[SuperSentai Power Rangers]]'' wishes it could be; it ''runs'' on Rule Of Cool. How else can you explain the ludicrously overpowered kick-arse hero who can transform into a jet and a car to combat the rise of blood-drinking ConspicuousCG cyborg demons?
** Four words: Train-Dragon of Death
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', of course. Erecting a sprawling civilian metropolis directly atop a military base that is ''certain'' to be attacked by aliens wielding doomsday weapons is just Saddamesque enough to be cool.
** The best part is where the skyskrapers slide down underground to hang from the roof of the Geofront whenever one of the aforementioned aliens turn up. This ends poorly (obviously, it's ''Evangelion'') but seeing them rise back above ground after a fight with ''that music'' comes pretty close to CMOA.
** And, as it turns out, the ''entire reason'' Hideki Anno decided to go with the name isn't because of [[FauxSymbolism religious symbolism]], but because he thought the words ''sounded cool''.

** Thunder Bazooka... Just... Thunder Bazooka...
* Jack Rakan of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' appears to have based his entire fighting style on this. His moves include summoning a building-sized sword, [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v25/c226/13.html surfing on a sword]], and ''shattering a magical pocket dimension just by being awesome.'' It's repeatedly lampshaded by other characters.

** The entire Negi vs. Rakan fight. The ridiculous lengths that it goes to ([[spoiler:Negi reveals that [[IAmNotLeftHanded he is not left handed]] ''five times'']] in a single chapter) would just be overkill if it weren't so freaking awesome.
** Really, a good chunk of the series is covered by either Rule Of Cool or RuleOfFunny.
*** With whatever gaps remaining between the two being largely filled in with RuleOfSexy.
* Almost every special tennis move in ''ThePrinceOfTennis'', and more so the further along in the story one gets
** The Tezuka Zone, wherein Tezuka Kunimitsu doesn't move one step from wherever he is standing, and all balls, no matter how they are hit, are attracted to him
** Atobe Keigo's World of Ice, which attacks his opponent's weak spot... and takes the form of flying shards of ice. Yes, this is still about tennis
** Synchro is the ultimate doubles technique, during which doubles partners enter a trance-like state and are perfectly in tune with each other... and their eyes become swirling vortexes of color
** Tooyama Kintaro's Super Ultra Great Delicious Daisharin Yamaarashi which is about as realistic as you would imagine from the name
* Monou Fuuma destroys Ebisu Garden Plaza with empty soda cans and the power of his own awesomeness in the ''{{X 1999}}'' manga
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch constantly uses Rule Of Cool to his advantage. At one point, he even lampshades it saying that people don't give a damn about reason, but they can't resist miracles. However, this is more a case of WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief among characters than among the audience.
** In a more general way, most of the character/costume designs and [[LargeHam acting]] fits this trope, '''specially Zero.''' For example, his mask wouldn't work in real-life, but isn't it cool?
* ''{{Appleseed}}'' takes to Rule Of Cool to new heights, especially the fight scenes in second CGI movie ("Appleseed Ex Machina"), which opens and closes with combat sequences that would make a Cirque du Soleil-trained Green Beret turn flushed with jealousy and admiration.
* ''BurstAngel'' provides great examples for this... particularly, its main character Jo, an awesome fighter, even if not sociable at all, who can pilot a mecha as if it was her own body, do incredible stunts with weapons, and save her damsel in distress.
* ''SengokuBasara'' seems to run off of this trope as much as [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]. Seriously, it's set (theoretically) in the Sengoku Period, it features a [[HumongousMecha Mecha Samurai]] who is twenty feet tall with a drill, jet pack (or rocket engines, take your pick) and miniature treads on his feet. He launches into battle. And can fly.
* ''{{FLCL}}'' packs as much of this into six episodes as most anime manage in 26. And that goes double for episode 5.
* And then, from the same guy who directed said 5th episode, came DeadLeaves. A 55 minutes long movie that crams in as much awesomeness as the entirety of FLCL, (if not [[UpToEleven even more so]],) spiced up with the most DerangedAnimation that can be found on this side of Salvador Dali.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'''s character designs and animation make for superbly awesome coolness that definitely fall under the Rule Of Cool, and are chock-full of martial arts, scythe-spinning and slicing through things at just about every given opportunity.
* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' ''loves'' this. Everything not covered by Rule Of Cool is covered by RuleOfFunny or ItRunsOnNonsensoleum...and several characters specifically invoke this trope, such as Luffy gaining power from a FunnyAfro or Garp bursting through a wall because it's cooler than using the door. Particularly interesting is that OnePiece pretty much ignores all laws of physics...except when realism (or at least more than most comics manage) ''makes it more awesome,'' such as its treatment of HarmlessFreezing.
* ''Manga/GetterRobo''. Nothing, not even the [[HotbloodedSideburns sideburns]], are realistic. No one really notices because their heads are exploding from the [[{{HSQ}} amount]] of [[CrazyAwesome batshit insane]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moments]].
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. The series runs on it. Why does anything happen at all? Because it's just so damn cool.
** Of particular note is the beginning of the Arrancar arc, where Shinigami powers suddenly, without in-universe justification, include flight (at least while fighting).
*** It did have a justification from the beginning since soul reapers can walk on spirit particles. But it still counts because its damn cool.
*** There was also justification as to why it didn't happen in Soul Society too. Not nearly as Asspull as it looks, but still damn cool. There's also something of a specific example in soul society of bending the rule that meant they couldn't 'fly' in the first place - the DynamicEntry into the cells where Rukia is held is assisted by a giant winged device that is ONLY useful in the Seireitei. Said dynamic entry involved seeing a giant wing come from nowhere while Ichigo radiates his badass aura, to the surprise of two captains, before discarding it and landing next to Rukia.

** Three words: Bear With Rifle
* ''Manga/BlackJack''. Tezuka certainly does not [[ArtisticLicenseBiology fail biology]], that sure didn't stop him from making up crazy new stuff for the titular hero to deal with. Like extracting a parasite from his intestines ''while under attack by dingoes''.

* ''SetoNoHanayome''. If there is any way to explain why anything happens in that show (''especially'' the finale) besides this and RuleOfFunny...
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' uses this in liberal doses so that the fans don't complain about the gratuitous use of FridgeLogic...because it's hard to question the plot when bishonen with [[EightiesHair eighties multicolour hair]] are beating the ever-loving stuffing out of each other for every reason under the sun, and with every attack under the sun too (from MindRape to SomethingAboutARose, literally) whilst running up stairs and visiting Hades in time for tea. It's so much fun you just HAVE to go along with it!
* The anime adaptation of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has this to thank for at least one difference from the original visual novel. In the game's Fate storyline (which the anime is primarily based on), one of the main villains of the series, Gilgamesh, approaches Saber and Shiro. After severely wounding Shiro, Saber launches a series of attacks at Gilgamesh, which he shrugs off with his armor, averting ArmorIsUseless. In the anime, this is replaced by Gilgamesh summoning swords from his Noble Phantasm, the Gate of Babylon, so that they block the path of Saber's swings, a method much more visually appealing than just having him stand there and take it.
** Also Gilgamesh, Archer, and Shirou can use swords and other bladed weapons as projectiles, raining a vast amount of swords down upon their enemies. Tell me that isn't cool! I dare you!
* Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt basically runs on this and fan service. The first two title characters' weapons are literally panties and stockings which turn into guns and swords respectively. They're also foul mouthed angels obsessed with sex and sugar, respectively.
* In ''PokemonSpecial'', if something doesn't follow game mechanics, this is probably why. And no, we don't need ''humans'' getting directly involved in our Pokémon battles, up close and personal with the danger, but things sure do get a lot more awesome that way.
* ''FinalFantasyUnlimited'' ran on this trope to large degree for most of its run, particularly in relation to Kaze and his extremely long Magun summoning sequences.
* ''HighschoolOfTheDead'' What? Anime school girls with big knockers? Been there, done that. Anime school girls with big knockers...fighting hordes of zombies? SIGN ME UP!
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' was practically built on Rule of Cool, especially in Season 3. How else do you explain a duel around a star on motorcycles? Or a duel flying under a [[ColonyDrop colossal floating city that was about to crash into another city]]? Or, as some eloquently put it, [[YuGiOhtheAbridgedSeries CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES]].
* Come on, have we really forgotten ''{{Hellsing}}''? ''HELLSING''!? It arguably uses half of the Rule Of Cool Tropes, and each ''chapter'' manages to take it UpToEleven (with each novel taking it SerialEscalation.)
** EldritchAbomination [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] [[WhoYouGonnaCall serving the descendants of Abraham van Helsing]] [[CoolVsAwesome versus]] [[StupidJetpackHitler a souped up exiled battalion of]] {{Ghostapo}} Nazi vampires who [[WarForFunAndProfit wage war for fun]] led by an AxCrazy [[ThoseWackyNazis SS]]-[[ChaoticEvil Major]] versus a secret [[AnimeCatholicism catholic]] [[DoomTroopers organisation]] and their [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity crazy]] [[ChristianityIsCatholic Catholic]] [[ChurchMilitant paladin]].
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' there is an odd demonstration of this trope. When Mustang fights Envy he [[spoiler:continuously snaps to continue burning him to death. However, he ignites Envy with the first attack, making the snap unneeded due to how his alchemy functions, by changing the explosive gas concentration in the air. The snaps are added purely to make Mustang look cool as he roasts Envy alive.]]
** Also there are burning lanterns in the hallway, making even the first snap unnecessary.
** According to the lore of FMA, Amestrian alchemy requires contact with a transmutation circle (unlike Xingese alchemy which can be remote). Mustang’s flame alchemy still relies on this principle; therefore the successive clicks would be necessary to target another body part or object, as they spring from the transmutation circle on his glove. He would not be able to control fire in the area unless it sprang from his own alchemy.

** During one of ''several'' motorcycle fights, ''Loz'' leans over, digs his ''piston-powered gauntlet'' into the pavement, then swings around on it, ''with his bike clamped between his legs'', to ''throw the whole bike'' at the hero with beyond-lethal velocity.

** Nomura has actually gone on record saying he told the team to ignore the laws of physics and just do what looked coolest.
** ''Advent Children'' is basically what happens if you take a ''FinalFantasy'' game and make ''every'' attack a LimitBreak. Alternatively, it's an answer to the question, "Just what would it really look like to have level 99 characters who can kill just about anything?" In a game, much of that is covered by numbers increasing, but the movie shows that kind of personal power in practice.
* BenTo. Apparently, half priced box lunches are enough of a reason to kick other people's asses, not that we care anyway.

** True of anything MontyOum comes out with, really.

* Mythological gods and heroes in general are full of this. That's half the ''point'' of most of them. Hercules, Gilgamesh, the entire cast of ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''... all fuelled by Rule of Cool. And where else are you going to hear that an Eight Headed Snake was defeated by ''Sake'' of all things[[hottip:* : Besides ''{{Okami}}'']]. In fact, most mythological heroes weren't necessarily heroic in the modern sense. A lot of the time, all it took to be a "hero" was just to be an unbelievable BadAss that ran on the Rule of Cool.

[[caption-width-right:300:It's Death playing an electric guitar. Do you really need to question this?]]

* Pretty much the reason for the existence of superheroes in general. ComicBook/{{Superman}} became Mr. NewPowersAsThePlotDemands during the forties and fifties because it fulfilled Rule Of Cool for the target demographic. This is also the reason {{Batman}} will always have a [[TyrannosaurusRex T. Rex]] and a giant penny in the Batcave, even as he shifts between DarkerAndEdgier and LighterAndSofter. Damn near every superpower or fantastic element needs Rule Of Cool to shield it from an onslaught of [[FridgeLogic logic-wielding refrigerators]], although occasionally a few hits will get through, usually aimed at Superman's [[ClarkKenting disguise]] or how {{Spider-Man}} can stick to surfaces.

* Two words, ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''.

* No mention of the [[http://www.themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bear-cavalry.jpg Bear Cavalry]]?

** [[VillainProtagonist Only HALF?]]
*** Well, the other half is both appalling and awesome at the same time.

* They ultimately settled on [[AwesomeYetPractical just kicking down the door and shooting him in the face]], but check out this plan the Pentagon received for catching Osama bin Laden: Parachute in BEARS who would track him down with their "Excellent sense of smell." As if the bears could be trusted. After all, who would bears side with: People who threw them out of planes, or a hairy guy living in a cave?
** Irrelevant! The bears would never side with humans; we're too delicious!

* The Nintendo 3DS. Don't bother explaining the fact that the light from the screen is split up into lines of varying brightness and color to simulate depth... Once you realize the fact that the graphics are in 3D, it won't matter.

* ''[[Fanfic/ThirtyHs HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]]'' freely dispenses with both the ''HarryPotter'' canon and narrative logic wherever it can conceive of something ten times more awesome.

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** However, sometimes this {{Rule|OfCool}} will team-up with the {{Fridge|Logic}}s to produce honestly [[FridgeBrilliance brilliant]] answers to superhuman mechanics.

The RuleOfCool is another principle that seeks to dispel arguments among fans over implausibility in fiction. It has been cited by animation director Steve Loter (of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible, ClerksTheAnimatedSeries, Tarzan,'' and ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'') in response to questions from fans attempting to justify temporary breaches in logical consistency. It is a complement to BellisariosMaxim and the MST3KMantra.

* MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' can be best described as the Rule Of Cool Incarnate ''with extra HumongousMecha''. ''Everything'' the characters or mechs do, and even the laws of physics themselves, are subject to RuleOfCool. The fight scenes especially make absolutely no logical sense whatsoever, but it really doesn't matter because they're so awesome. ''Simon and [[spoiler:Viral]] once actually kill enemies '''by the [[PureAwesomeness sheer awesome]] they radiate, for goodness sake!!!'''''

* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', if examined with a critical eye, would collapse under the weight of its FridgeLogic... if not for how it essentially ''created'' the RuleOfCool-based {{Shonen}} series. It's hard to complain about the implausibility of the premise when you're trying to retrieve your jaw following the fight scenes.
* ''{{Karas}}'' is the {{Sentai}} series that ''[[SuperSentai Power Rangers]]'' wishes it could be; it ''runs'' on RuleOfCool. How else can you explain the ludicrously overpowered kick-arse hero who can transform into a jet and a car to combat the rise of blood-drinking ConspicuousCG cyborg demons?

** Really, a good chunk of the series is covered by either RuleOfCool or RuleOfFunny.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch constantly uses RuleOfCool to his advantage. At one point, he even lampshades it saying that people don't give a damn about reason, but they can't resist miracles. However, this is more a case of WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief among characters than among the audience.

* ''{{Appleseed}}'' takes to RuleOfCool to new heights, especially the fight scenes in second CGI movie ("Appleseed Ex Machina"), which opens and closes with combat sequences that would make a Cirque du Soleil-trained Green Beret turn flushed with jealousy and admiration.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'''s character designs and animation make for superbly awesome coolness that definitely fall under the RuleOfCool, and are chock-full of martial arts, scythe-spinning and slicing through things at just about every given opportunity.
* ''OnePiece'' ''loves'' this. Everything not covered by RuleOfCool is covered by RuleOfFunny or ItRunsOnNonsensoleum...and several characters specifically invoke this trope, such as Luffy gaining power from a FunnyAfro or Garp bursting through a wall because it's cooler than using the door. Particularly interesting is that OnePiece pretty much ignores all laws of physics...except when realism (or at least more than most comics manage) ''makes it more awesome,'' such as its treatment of HarmlessFreezing.

* ''Manga/BlackJack''. Tezuka certainly does not [[YouFailBiologyForever fail biology]], that sure didn't stop him from making up crazy new stuff for the titular hero to deal with. Like extracting a parasite from his intestines ''while under attack by dingoes''.

* Come on, have we really forgotten ''{{Hellsing}}''? ''HELLSING''!? It arguably uses half of the RuleOfCool Tropes, and each ''chapter'' manages to take it UpToEleven (with each novel taking it SerialEscalation.)

* Pretty much the reason for the existence of superheroes in general. ComicBook/{{Superman}} became Mr. NewPowersAsThePlotDemands during the forties and fifties because it fulfilled RuleOfCool for the target demographic. This is also the reason {{Batman}} will always have a [[TyrannosaurusRex T. Rex]] and a giant penny in the Batcave, even as he shifts between DarkerAndEdgier and LighterAndSofter. Damn near every superpower or fantastic element needs RuleOfCool to shield it from an onslaught of [[FridgeLogic logic-wielding refrigerators]], although occasionally a few hits will get through, usually aimed at Superman's [[ClarkKenting disguise]] or how {{Spider-Man}} can stick to surfaces.

* The canonical definition for this is the utterly preposterous premise of ''Film/TheMatrix,'' in which robots farm humans for power, using a computer generated reality to placate their minds. This ignores both the first and the second laws of thermodynamics, but who cares? ''Robots'', man! Hey, Neo draws his sunglasses ''before he starts to fight Smith''. THAT is the RuleOfCool in action.

** The Agents (and later Neo's) ability to [[DodgeTheBullet dodge bullets]] is never replicated to dodging much slower punches and kicks. This is due to RuleOfCool, because if they did the fights would last all of five seconds and be unbelievably one-sided.

** Although this is the most justified example on this page, as we're not seeing what happened, we're being told what happened by a lone survivor, [[spoiler: to an army of Greeks about to fight the Persians]], so ''of course'' it runs on RuleOfCool
* ''SnakesOnAPlane''. SamuelLJackson (amongst others) is trapped in an aircraft, and he's ''particularly'' incensed about the eponymous reptiles with acted-upon Oedipal complexes. MemeticMutation was drawn to this movie like flies to stink, and the rest is history.

** Even the fact that the time machine itself is a [=DeLorean=] is already RuleOfCool in itself. What self-respecting geek hasn't fantasized about having a time-traveling [=DeLorean=]? Which is specifically invoked as one of the reasons Doc chose the [=DeLorean=]. He starts to give a practical reason, but gets interrupted and doesn't revisit it.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16256_near-misses-6-worst-movies-hollywood-almost-made.html 6 funny examples]] how RuleOfCool can mingle with something and get rabies. "...should be pretty cool. Right?"

* RogerEbert says in his [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/REVIEWS/467306179/1023 review]] of the ''Film/IronMan'' movie that military weapons tend not to look nearly as cool as Iron Man, but also that "It wouldn't be nearly as much fun to see a fight scene between two refrigerators crossed with the leftovers from a boiler room."

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' Period. You got your pirates, your undead, your curses, your sea monsters, your totally impossible swordfights and Captain Jack Sparrow.

** The entirety of the wedding scene in ''At World's End'' was RuleOfCool. Simultaneously a crowning moment of funny, heartwarming and awesome... and technically it wasn't even legal.

* In one of the books of the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch relaunch novels]], an interstellar portal (which, mind you, could have led to anywhere in the galaxy) just happens to lead to a Malon garbage scow that had been taken over by a Hirogen hunter. Why? [[RuleOfCool So that Taran'atar, their local Jem'Hadar character, could fight with him, of course!]]

* Some wrestling moves (especially the more elaborate finishers) fall into this category; the most obvious one is {{TNA}} [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestler]] Petey Williams' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1rNg0wsIg Canadian Destroyer]]", a flip piledriver that [[MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay would break the laws of physics]] if the opponent weren't helping -- but it looks incredibly awesome, so it doesn't matter too much.
* JeffHardy....I...have nothing else to say...
* RobVanDam. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WXkc1ZHhGI 'Nuff said.]]
* The effectiveness of every move used in pro wrestling is directly proportionate to how cool it looks. An example is the People's Elbow, which could finish anyone off, despite being done from a standing position, as well as [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] bouncing off the ropes twice for no reason.

* Surely, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot wrestling grave-digger zombie biker]] would be a laughable gimmick that ends up in infamy, but surely enough, TheUndertaker has been alive (undead?) and kicking for about 20 years now, and has become one of the most iconic figures in all of wrestling.

* Ever wanted to play a [[YouFightLikeACow wise-cracking]] [[TimeTravel time-hopping]] secret warrior [[CowboyCop maverick cop]] with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]] from [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the future]] with [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting kung fu]] powers [[GunsAkimbo dual wielding]] his {{BFG}} in one hand and a {{magitek}} [[FrickinLaserBeams energy rifle]] in the other trying to stop [[CardCarryingVillain evil eunuch sorcerers]] and [[ArtificialLimbs cyborg]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys gorillas]] from replacing the [[GenreShift entire history of mankind with their own warped version]] just by capturing a few places that are heavily tied to the chi of the world? Try ''TabletopGame/FengShui''. The entire game is pretty much built on every RuleOfCool trope ever. It makes ''{{Exalted}}'' look like very SeriousBusiness indeed. Based on a card game called ''Shadowfist''.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Physics ''is'' the RuleOfCool, and it's [[NightmareFuel fueled by abyssal nightmares]].

** RuleOfCool explains how Dante still manages to get business, even though the standard response to a call for help seems to be to [[spoiler: ''kick the front door out, shoot randomly at the street, and blow up your own damn shop'', if the bonus clip in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'' is to be believed.]]

** Just about ALL of ''Fallout 3'' runs on RuleOfCool, really. That and the intentional {{Zeerust}} are the only things that can explain the giant scorpions, the radiation hanging around after 200 years and keeping things a wasteland, and the fact that that many buildings are still there after being nuked then left to rot for over 200 years, cars that explode in mushroom clouds and most of all... [[spoiler: Liberty Prime. A giant, bipedal robot with Gort's laser eyes and a backpack of miniature nuclear missiles, which it throws like footballs. Which is voiced by Peter 'Optimus Prime' Cullen.]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' in its entirety is fueled by nothing but RuleOfCool and RuleOfFun. There is no other way to justify scenes such as a crossdressing ninja punching a hole through a fighter jet to fight its anthropomorphic fox pilot or a giant penguin bitchslapping a turtle-dragon.

* Solid Snake of ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fame is at times a [[WarriorPoet quiet and profound]] kind of cool, and at other times an artistically lethal example of the beauty of perfect motion. The cutscenes from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' almost invariably function on splicing this trope directly with another trope (or several others) for multiplicative results. One BossBattle and the cutscene following it actually manage to include ''more than ten'' tropes that are easily identifiable offhand, wherein [[SuperSoldier Snake]] takes on [[TheGunslinger Revolver Ocelot]] in a running firefight to save a [[TortureTechnician tortured hostage tied to a pillar]] in the middle of the square room, forcing the player to carefully avoid [[ShootTheHostage shooting him]] throughout the fight. Moreover, the entire center square of the room is criss-crossed with [[IncrediblyObviousBomb tension wires tied to blinking Semtex bombs]], meaning the player has to be extra careful not to so much as ''touch'' one while still trying to dodge Ocelot's [[ImprobableAimingSkills impossible ricocheting shots]] which can hit you ''even if you're safely behind cover'', or [[GameOver the game will immediately end in failure]]. And if all that wasn't enough, winning the fight cues the sudden appearance of a stealth [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninja cyborg]] character who announces his entrance by cutting off Ocelot's right hand in mid-aim, then surgically severing the trigger wires in such a way that no one is killed when the bombs all explode. The ninja then attacks Snake, immediately [[DodgeTheBullet deflecting several bullets with his sword]]. Snake employs a combination of [[SuperSoldier gunfire, martial arts, and desperate gymnastics]] to bring about a split-second [[MexicanStandoff stalemate]] with the ninja's sword at his throat and his SOCOM pistol at the ninja's head, point-blank. Now, the ten separate tropes linked here are all present and actively played during this scene, but would you believe there are actually even more in there? This entire game gets a ''double'' award for usage of the RuleOfCool, since not only the events within the narrative clearly qualify, but the writers and directors score likewise for the [[RefugeInAudacity pure and utter improbability]] of all of these elements ever playing together so well, and the greatest part (as well as the part which makes it a fit addition to this section) of all? ''[[RuleOfCool It seriously works]]''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hZGKUkPX8 See for yourself here]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6F_2kq8B4 And here]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3raLq4f_LQ And here]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98qb3spbk4 And, probably most impressively, here]].

** Needless to say, EBA's predecessor, OsuTatakaeOuendan, ran on this trope too - if using Japanese-style male cheerleading to encourage a buddy cop pair to fight back against an invading army of battery-like aliens, or an overworked salaryman to protect his city and his daughter in Ultraman fashion, or the ''entire planet to blast an oncoming meteor with concentrated willpower'' isn't RuleOfCool, we don't know what is.

** Even the basic [[MoreDakka rapid-fire weapon]] in ''Up Your Arsenal'' develops RuleOfCool powers after a while - not only does each shot ricochet an ungodly number of times, they also discharge red lightning when they hit.

* The official roleplay rules for ''{{Furcadia}}'' involve something called the Rule of COOL, but that has nothing to do with this trope, although our RuleOfCool probably gets invoked by the players often enough.
* Pretty much any time you become Super Sonic in a [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Game]]. A flying golden hedgehog going well over the speed of sound? Hell yes.

* ''MischiefMakers'' is a game that takes the RuleOfCool SerialEscalation. Sequences in the game include outrunning a tidal wave on a tricycle, riding giant bees, and a stage literally called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Missile Surf.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'''s combat is the definition of the RuleOfCool. Sure, you can punch your enemies to death, but why do that when you can achieve the same result by shoryukening them, punching them thrice in midair, then slamming them into the ground like a rail spike?

* ''CrimsonSkies''. All of both the PC and Xbox versions. ''Everything'' is powered by the RuleOfCool.

** King Radical comes from Radical Land, which is even more like this; apparently, ''everything'' there is based on the RuleOfCool. Not just almost every plot point like in the normal setting of the comic, but everything else too. Even the Sun wears sunglasses. Given the general nature of the comic, it makes perfect sense when he reveals (in "A Cumberland Ninja in King Radical's Court") that [[spoiler: the world of the comic is halfway between Radical Land and a boring universe like ours, influenced by the energies of both, which is why it looks like the world we know with the addition of the occasional ninja doctor or vengeful astronaut ghost or an ogre running a supermarket.]]

* In ''{{Snowflakes}}'', Wray's logic and knowledge of history, and even her grip on reality, are often come into question. But who cares if Erik the Red never piloted the Enterprise, or whether there are wraiths? It's [[RuleOfCool awesome]].

** See also [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-demands-tax-dollars-only-be-wasted-on-stuff,17704/ this]] article from ''TheOnion'', in which the RuleOfCool is applied to federal government.

* Much of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is built between the RuleOfCool and the RuleOfFunny, resulting in quite a bit of varying controversy. Many recurring questions that [[Headscratchers/TeenTitans linger in the fandom]] are the identity of Red X, the identity of Slade and the fuel behind his motives, and which of the Robins Robin is. Glen Murakami on the other hand has openly expressed that he couldn't care less about any of these things, so long as the [[AnimationAgeGhetto kids]] liked it and found it cool. In one interview, he uses the word "[[TotallyRadical cool]]" a good fifteen times to answer just about every other question. Inevitably, the series concluded with [[KudzuPlot more unresolved plotlines than you can count on your hand]].

* Tried, but failed, in the ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'' animated series. (If it managed to fail at the RuleOfCool despite having Creator/MrT as the main character, you know it failed big-time). While a few moments (most notably ''[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Mister_T/Mystery_of_the_Golden_Medallion.aspx spinning an alligator over his head]]'') managed it, the [[{{Anvilicious}} punctuating thuds of anvils landing]] got in the way.

* Quartz watches are not just a lot cheaper than mechanical; they're also a lot more accurate. Why do people buy mechanical at all? A combination of conspicuous consumption and RuleOfCool.

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* Ninja Sex Party's song "Dinosaur Laser Fight". It's about dinosaurs having a laser fight in space with sharks and robots because a tyrannosaurus couldn't get a high-five.

*** The Valkyrie shuttle had "open gunner's nests" and had "soldiers push explosives out the back" because it was purposed as a space-to-ground supply transport vehicle. '''Supply transport'''. Not bomber. The only reason why it was used was because it was the only thing big enough to carry all the explosives and the bad designs were the best they could do to provide protection in a short amount of time. The Dragon, Samson, and Scorpion gunships all had rational designs.

* [[MegasXLR MEGAS. FREAKING. X. L. R.]] A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNu6_dxWbNo badass opening theme song]], a badass robot that can turn into a car and is piloted with a video game system, the fact that Coop can pull off amazing and special moves because he played video games all his life, an episode where Coop fantasizes about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjab76TJ3c destroying the DMV]], awesomely designed villains (some with their own OminousLatinChanting music), and some of the most high-octane giant robot fights to rival any Giant Robot Show Japan has made. In fact, it was so awesome, Creator/CartoonNetwork couldn't take it, and [[TooGoodToLast canceled it]].
** Megas was not a robot that could turn into a car, it was a giant robot ''with a badass car for a head''.
** It can all be summed up by these two lines, from the episode where Coop enters Megas into a car show:

*** [[ShoutOut Large amounts of homages were awesome too.]]

** Also, laser-armed VTOLs, jetbikes and jeeps. Or, well, everything STAG uses. Especially the [[spoiler: [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Daedalus]].]]

* The ''VideoGame/Espgaluda'' series features characters who can slow down bullets and power up their attack by using Kakusei ("Awakening"). Not only does activating this [[SuperGenderBender instantly change their gender]], but they also inexplicably change into a different set of clothes. [[WordOfGod The character designer]] said that it was just to look cool.

** Bahumut can do that, huh? For example, in ''CrisisCore'', his signature move, Exaflare, involves the giant dragon surrounding the MOON with crystals, blowing half of it up, and turning it into a GIANT LAZER which is pointed towards the planet, thus taking out a good amount of HP.