History Main / SeaDogBeard

** [[Anime/{{Macross 7}} Max]] [[TheAce Jenius]], though, is an aversion -- he's clean-shaven and [[BlingOfWar impeccably]] clad in white, and wears a CoolShades just to show off what [[TheAce an Ace]] he is. He even looks like a total {{Bishonen}} at 52.

* Captain Haddock in ''{{Tintin}}'', and his old mate Captain Chester.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' has Thatch, [[TheRedBaron The Madman of Barbados]], who sports a messy black beard among his many {{Gonk}} traits.

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'', as the Pirate Captain is very proud of his bushy beard, and it's even one of the judging points of the Pirate of the Year Award. His rival, Black Bellamy, has a bigger beard, which makes the Pirate Captain feel inadequate.
* Captain Hammerhead, captain of the [[SubmarinePirates pirate submarine]] the ''Dark Orca'' in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep'', sports a long, bushy BeardOfEvil.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'', Pugwash's ArchNemesis Cut-Throat Jake sorts an enormous black beard and an EyepatchOfPower.

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* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' has {{ghost pirate}} [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/scurvy_swabs! Jim Beard Sprynter]] as a phys.ed. coach in [[AllGhoulsSchool Charybdis Heights]].
* Bikke the Pirate in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. It's one of the few pirate-related things he excels at.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The British Admiral who welcomes Captain Hawkins and her surviving crew back to England has an [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180214 impressive beard.]]
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Men of the maritime or naval business, especially the [[OldSoldier more experienced ones]], will usually grow [[BadassBeard beards]]. It's more an issue of practicality - shaving requires fresh water, and you have to conserve this on a ship. But in any case, it is one way to tell that a character is a real FatherNeptune.

Any character sporting this is likely to TalkLikeAPirate. [[TechnoBabble Something about the way the densely packed follicles baffle the sound waves...]] Combine with BeardOfBarbarism for {{Pirate}}s and HornyVikings. Compare SailorsPonytail.

Men of the maritime or naval business, especially the [[OldSoldier more experienced ones]], will usually grow [[BadassBeard beards]]. It's more an issue of practicality- shaving requires fresh water, and you have to conserve this on a ship. But in any case, it is one way to tell that a character is a real FatherNeptune.

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* Bluto/Brutus in ''{{Popeye}}'' has this overlapping with BeardOfEvil. Popeye himself is eerily hairless, while his father, Poopdeck Pappy, has thick PermaStubble.

* Kunkka from ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}'', an Admiral with a pirate-y outfit who uses lots of gratuitous nautical lingo.

* In ''Film/DasBoot'', most of the crew have beards by the end. TruthInTelevision, as fresh water was in limited supply aboard U-Boats.

* Invoked in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', where Reacher Gilt affects an ostentatious pirate "look" including a beard. Mostly so that he can [[BeardnessProtectionProgram lose it]] when it's time to disappear.

** [[Anime/{{Macross 7}} Max]] [[TheAce Jenius]], though, is an aversion -- he's clean-shaven and [[BlingOfWar impeccably]] [[ManInWhite clad in white]], and wears a CoolShades just to show off what [[TheAce an Ace]] he is. He even looks like a total {{Bishonen}} at 52.

Men of the maritime or naval business, especially the [[OldSoldier more experienced ones]], will usually grow [[BadassBeard beards]]. It's more an issue of practicality- shaving requires fresh water, and you have to conserve this on a ship. But in any case it is one way to tell that a character is a real FatherNeptune.

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* In the Royal Navy, you can have a beard and moustache, or be clean shaven. That's all the choice you have.

* Despite mostly serving in space, Captain Okita of the ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' wears the traditional bushy captain beard.

* Captain Hammerhead, captain of the [[SubmarinePirates pirate submarine]] the ''Dark Orca'' in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep'', sports a long, bushy BreardOfEvil.

Men of the maritime or naval business, especially the [[BadassGrandpa more experienced ones]], will usually grow [[BadassBeard beards]]. It's more an issue of practicality- shaving requires fresh water, and you have to conserve this on a ship. But in any case it is one way to tell that a character is a real FatherNeptune.

* The Gorton's Fisherman.
* Captain Birdseye

* Edward Teach had such an ominous beard that he's better known as Blackbeard.

** Even nowadays, German sailors on subs tend to eschew washing and shaving. But yes, with limited freshwater resources, this is [[Justified justified]].

** Even nowadays, German sailors on subs tend to eschew washing and shaving. But yes, with limited freshwater resources, this is justified.

Any character sporting this is likely to TalkLikeAPirate. [[TechnoBabble Something about the way the densely packed follicles baffle the sound waves...]] Combine with BeardOfBarbarism for {{Pirate}}s and HornyVikings.

* [[HuskyRusskie Captain Ramius]] from ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' has an impressive beard. So does a nameless NPC on his boat.

* During WorldWarII, the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Kriegsmarine]] took pride in not shaving, as they considered it a waste of resources.

* As mentioned above, it was largely EnforcedTrope in time of WoodenShipsAndIronMen and even into the later 19th/early 20th century for most seamen - shaving without freshwater was next to impossible, and most of the limited supply of freshwater carried by ships of the era was necessary for drinking. This condition existed even longer on smaller naval vessels (not equipped with dedicated freshwater condensators), such as destroyers and especially submarines.

* During WorldWarII, the [[ThoseWackyNazis Kriegsmarine]] took pride in not shaving, as they considered it a waste of resources.