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--->'''Vimes''': "You know what they call a horse in the Shades, Fred?"
--->'''Fred''': "Yeah, Sarge. Lunch."

* The [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world of ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'' is filled with badassery at every turn, complete with [[AwesomeMccoolname heavy metal themed names]].

** A grand majority of the characters in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' have flashy superpowers or kick butt in different ways. Almost inevitable for a film based off Marvel comics.

** And even side-characters and civilian allies can step up to the plate without being bitten by a radioactive ''anything.'' J. Jonah Jameson may be a jerk but he won't back down from ComicBook/DoctorOctopus when his people are in danger. ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson does ''not'' make a cooperative damsel in distress ([[AdaptationalWimp outside the movieverse.]]) The X-Men's scientist friend ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert once pulled out a machine gun to battle a monstrosity calling itself Kierrok the Damned. ComicBook/LoisLane knows kung fu. The list goes on.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. Half of the cast is outright CrazyAwesome, while the other half is badass in one way or another. No exceptions. And since ''Durarara!!'' takes place in the same universe as ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', this makes sense.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is an interesting case, in that the premise doesn't sound like it's trying too hard to be cool, but then you are given [[BadassPreacher Scar]], Major [[CrazyAwesome Armstrong]], Colonel [[ColonelBadass Mustang]], [[BadassFamily the Elric brothers]], [[BadassTeacher Izumi Curtis]], [[BadassNormal Riza Hawkeye]], and many, ''many'' more. You can count the number of non-badasses on one hand, even though it's a series with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* With the frequent intermingling of gods of various pantheons and mortals in Creator/RickRiordan's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and [[TheVerse the universe]] it shares with his [[Literature/TheKaneChronicles other]] [[Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard works]] you would be very hard pressed to find anyone who can say they aren't at least some form of badass. The main characters (usually demigods or magicians with various awesome powers) regularly fight and slay some of mythology's greatest monsters, and aren't afraid to tell the gods themselves where they can [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu stick it]] when their jerkassery and petty bickering gets too much. Even some [[BadassNormal completely normal]] humans without these abilities can claim to have done something crazy [[CrazyAwesome and/or]] awesome: such as a teenage girl throwing a plastic hairbrush at the ruler of the Titans, a [[PapaWolf dad]] strafing a mob of monsters in a Sopwith Camel after his daughter was kidnapped, or the title character's parents fighting monsters with a sword and a shotgun they ''literally just found'' not a few moments ago.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', where everyone with a name has some degree of badass in some completely insane way in them. Might as well call it a [[CrazyAwesome World of Crazy Awesome]].

* Australia in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is a Country of Badass: the men fight everything they can get their hands on, the women have epic moustaches, and the girl scouts have been known to wrestle bears. The whole world still counts as [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Abraham Lincoln]] [[CrazyAwesome was the first]] [[KillItWithFire BLU pyro,]] [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent and George Washington was a spy.]] Also, [[BadassBookworm Shake]][[Creator/WilliamShakespeare spear]][[RocketJump icles]]. And [[JustForPun Kicasso]]. Oh yeah, and even a humble [[http://www.teamfortress.com/doommates/#f=4 taxi driver]] can make a powerful, Lovecraftian wizard back down.

* ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos'': EVERYONE is badass and CrazyAwesome. They take on an immortal HumanoidAbomination that can MindRape and mentally snap nearly anyone. [[KillEmAll But then again...]] Ones that deserve mention are [[Blog/SeekingTruth Zeke Strahm,]] [[Blog/WhiteElephants Robert,]] [[Blog/AReallyBadJoke Maduin,]] and Amalgamation Sage.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' falls under this trope by virtue of being a universe of CrazyAwesome and WorldOfHam. We're talking about a show that's about a BadassAdorable [[BadassArmy Army]] of kids going against equally badass ([[BewareTheSillyOnes if more than equally silly]]) villains, led by a HumanoidAbomination bent on harming and oppressing the world's children.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie''. Their entire world arguably counts. They've got an elite team of builders who smash mooks in the most awesome way possible and can build ''anything'' to kick your ass. [[spoiler: Even the citizens count once they've got their creativity back, they can build gigantic mechs to kick robo-ass in the most CrazyAwesome ways possible.]] Even the most ridiculously average guy could take out an entire highway of police cars and bikes filled with robots trying to murder him with [[CarFu Motorcycle Fu]].

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has this as a running theme in the Youkai World, where there is a pecking order based on how strong you are, and it's a ruthless [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]].

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is set in a pseudo-medieval/stone age/bronze age DeathWorld populated with dinosaur-like and dragon-like creatures that make TyrannosaurusRex look like a pussy, and nearly all of them are MadeOfIron and possess ElementalPowers. The eponymous human "monster hunters" are all BadassNormal {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s (keep in mind that GenderIsNoObject [[ActionGirl is in full effect here]]) armed with traps, gadgets and some really, ''really'' big weapons. Chefs cook some ''[[FoodPorn amazing]]'' meals to keep the hunters fed and full, the smiths make weapons and armour from monster scales and claws as well as iron and steel, the fishermen and traders all have {{Cool Boat}}s and brave dangerous monster-infested waters to do their jobs, the elders who live in the hunting zones do so unarmed and alone, you can just go on and on.

** On a cultural level, the entire planet of Nirn. Every race still around has carved out their own territory by force (or survives by decentralized/nomadic tribes too tough for their "hosts" to kick out, like the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orsimer]]; and Tamriel's history is full of warring [[BadassArmy armies]], [[SlaveLiberation vengeance]] on a [[GenocideBackfire massive scale]], and invasions by [[HornyVikings Atmorans]], [[EliteArmy Akiviri]], and [[ArabianNightsDays Redguards]]. {{Steampunk}}-happy Dwemer (who are absolutely not [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame the same]]) regularly spit in the face of [[BigBadEnsemble Daedra]] while pursuing their own [[AGodAmI divinity]]...or, rather, they ''[[EvilIsNotAToy did]]''. From [[OurDragonsAreDifferent immortal, divine tyrants]] to [[ANaziByAnyOtherName supremacist empires]], some new form of evil threatens the world just about every week--and gets beaten down by everyone from [[AnAdventurerIsYou wondering heroes]] to [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething demigod Emperors]]. If you think you can survive on Nirn without being badass on a national scale...well, you can ask the [[WasOnceAMan Falmer]] or [[ToServeMan Men of Akivir]] how that goes.

* ''Fanfic/NoGodsOnlyGuns'' [[FusionFic fuses two already-badass settings]] -- ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ''Videogame/{{Borderlands}}'' -- and turns nearly every NonActionGuy from the former into a bonafide badass. That includes [[{{Ambadassador}} Ambassador Udina]] (who has a PowerFist and an EyepatchOfPower), [[DeadlyDoctor Doctor Michel]] (who responds to Fist's goons breaking into her office by going at them with a buzzsaw axe), ''[[ButtMonkey Conrad Verner]]'' (who is at least able to hold his own in a gunfight!) and even [[spoiler: [[AGodAmI Niftu Cal]]]] (who can now seriously back up his claims of being [[spoiler: a '''BIOTIC GOD''']]!)

* Even some of the most minor characters of ''FanFic/TheDreamLandStory'' could still kick your ass.

* ''VideoGame/BlazblueCrossTagBattle'' takes several of Franchise/BlazBlue's biggest badasses, the [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Investigation Team]], the cast of VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth, and [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Team RWBY]], and tosses them all together in a gigantic clash of worlds.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'': The main character is a BadassBookworm who [[spoiler:shrugs a plot-induced coma off in only 30 minutes of gameplay, while it took [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] half a disc]], his mentor singlehandedly ends a war against giant killer death robots and shouts haikus in battle, the puffball "mascot"-looking character can tank tons of damage, equip heavy armor, and hits 9999 HP before any other character; said puffball's race charges into battle against aforementioned evil killer death robots alongside humans and not-elves, the medic is the only character with a semi-reliable instant kill move, the effeminate-looking not-elf prince is described as "looks like a sissy, but he's got guts", a minor comic relief character survives having a troop transport dropped on him and is nigh-fearless even when faced with one of the tougher baddies in the game, and did we mention they're all fighting giant evil killer death robots that eat people? [[spoiler:And the main character kills, then becomes a god.]] Not to mention that both continents that the game takes place on are what remains of two warrior gods who fought each other to a standstill, making the term "world of badass" almost literal.

* In ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'', there are very few characters who can't fight, and many who take it to a ridiculous degree. The anime even opens with a war game including the entire school. The same event is also in one of the routes.

[[caption-width-right:240:In this world all of this happening at once is an everyday occurrence!]]

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Westerosi politics can be very hazardous to your health]], so if you aren't a great fighter, thinker, schemer and[=/=]or liar, you will certainly wind up with your name on the death list.

* ''WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is a non-CrapsackWorld example. It is a comedic anime about anthropomorphic personifications of various nations, with some countries, for example the superpowers, being rather childish. America calls himself hero and loves video games, China loves Hello Kitty and Russia considers everyone his friend and loves sunflowers. Still, they're superpowers and we also see America swinging a buffalo over his head as a child, China beating up the entire Axis with a wok and Russia being late to a meeting because he was practising to stop tanks with his body...
** In the Hetalia Bloodbath 2010, Sealand, who isn't even a real country, beats a mysterious enemy who was trying to kidnap him, showing he is literally MadeOfIron.
** Then there's Italy, who's always quick to raise the white flag when he gets attacked. But as Chibitalia, he once defeated the Turkish Ottoman Empire. While the charakters in Hetalia in general don't spend that much time being badass, it doesn't mean they can't be, if they want to.

* [[CrapsackWorld Filled of crap though it may be]], ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' is this. Four out of five people in this world need to be just a little bit badass at one point in their life in order to survive it, and this includes [[CoolOldGuy old]] [[NeverMessWithGranny people]], [[BadassAdorable little kids]], and princesses (if only for one moment). If they still don't qualify as true badasses, then they're usually big time [[ActionSurvivor action survivors]]. And even under the most [[BreakTheCutie horrific circumstances]], people don't just stop being badass: [[TookALevelInBadass they merely shift from one state of badass-ness to another.]] For instance, Casca starts out as an ActionGirl, then had a brief period of [[spoiler: being a PregnantBadass]] which horrifically ended with the Eclipse and her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going insane as a result of it]]... only to having glimpses of her former self.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' is filled with badass fighters and magicians. The residents of the Magical World can also kick ass.

* The [[MissingEpisode now-deleted]] ''FanFic/SnowAngels''. Every single character kicks copious amounts of ass, such that even {{Muggles}} can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch out Cthulhu]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is set in Gensokyo, a realm that has become the nexus of Japan's magic and badass. When a character that can freeze their opponent solid in an instant and another that can shatter boulders with their fists are mocked by fans and other characters for being ''too weak'', then this trope is inevitable.

** Hurin Thalion (''Thalion'' being the sindar word for "badass"): captured because he was buried under a mountain of Orcs and Trolls slain by his battle-axe. Brought befor Morgoth, he taunted him (and paid the price).

* Many of the darker portrayals of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy (live-action works include ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Series/TheMandalorian'') venture into this territory, chock full of {{Crazy Survivalist}}s, hardened criminals, badass bounty hunters, SpacePirates, [[TheTrickster clever smugglers]], vicious aliens of all types who can tear apart, impersonate, infect, outsmart, or otherwise outmatch an average human, or, if you're particularly unlucky, even a Jedi or Sith. There's a reason nearly every civilian vessel is packing so much firepower.

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' can be this, DependingOnTheWriter. It certainly is when Creator/MattStover or Creator/TimothyZahn writes it.

In the World of Badass, every character is a badass. Even the daintiest girly-girl will be a butt-kicking GirlyBruiser. Even the scrawniest of nerds will be a BadassBookworm. Far from [[BlackDudeDiesFirst dying first]] the black dude will be [[ScaryBlackMan the guy you least want to mess with]]. And you should [[ManlyGay probably just steer clear]] [[AgentPeacock of gays altogether]]. Even that [[TeamPet adorable dog]] might be [[KillerRabbit tough as nails]]. May or may not be RatedMForManly, after all badassery comes in many shapes, personalities and sizes. Oh, and expect a few or ''everyone'' to have an AwesomeMcCoolName.

* The world of ''Manga/DragonBall'' where everyone is a super powered martial artist, and even the comic relief {{Muggle|s}} Mr. Satan/Hercule is a BadassNormal who can kick any non-powered human's ass (and a zombie horde....with his bare hand...as an old man who hasn't fought in at least a decade....yeah, that's ''Dragon Ball'' for you).

In the World of Badass, every character is a badass. Even the daintiest girly-girl will be a butt-kicking GirlyBruiser. Even the scrawniest of nerds will be a BadassBookworm. Far from [[BlackDudeDiesFirst dying first]] the black dude will be [[ScaryBlackMan the guy you least want to mess with]]. And you should [[ManlyGay probably just steer clear]] [[BadassGay of gays altogether]]. Even that [[TeamPet adorable dog]] might be [[KillerRabbit tough as nails]]. May or may not be RatedMForManly, after all badassery comes in many shapes, personalities and sizes. Oh, and expect a few or ''everyone'' to have an AwesomeMcCoolName.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'''s significant characters include a BadassBookworm hero who can build {{doomsday device}}s, one pregnant badass who guns down enemies in hard labor and another pregnant badass who heads up an armada, a villain who's TooKinkyToTorture, a priest who used to be an [[HitmanWithAHeart assassin]], a CuteBruiser with a fondness for {{groin attack}}s, and a combination BadassBureaucrat BadassGay who survives three {{bad boss}}es. Even a [[TheScrappy scrappy]] in this [[TheVerse verse]] will be able to melt metal with her screams or mystically survive molecular dispersement.

* ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'': Basically any character that ''isn't'' a badass is just there for decoration. Virtually every character of note kills somebody. The result is an AnyoneCanDie situation, since the entire show pretty much amounts to a bunch of badasses all trying to kill each other. ''Spartacus'' is notable not just for the sheer number of badass characters, but also for their variety. Relevant types include ActionGirl (Mira and Saxa), BadassGay (Barca, Auctus, Agron, and Nasir), BaldOfAwesome (Doctore, although Rhaskos and Gnaeus, despite their ignoble moments, are also pretty badass), CoolOldGuy (Lucius), DarkActionGirl (Naevia, of all people), DreadlockWarrior (Barca), GeniusBruiser (Spartacus), HandicappedBadass (Ashur), HeartbrokenBadass (most of them), OneManArmy (Caesar), PregnantBadass (Lucretia and Illithyia), ScaryBlackMan (Doctore), and SilkHidingSteel (Sura and Aurelia).

If the protagonist of a World of Badass has a {{Love Interest|s}}, expect them to become (or, in some cases, start out as) a BattleCouple. If they have kids, it's [[PapaWolf best to avoid]] [[MamaBear messing with said kids]]. [[BadassFamily In fact,]] [[BadassAdorable the kids may well be able to take care of themselves.]]

** King radical is from the alternate dimension called the radical lands, where everything (including the living helicopter-tree hybrid, and the sun) wear sunglasses for starters, also badass nicknames are the norm. And title character drmcninja would be considered an average citicen in that alternate universe.
** Giant ghost powered robot made from the city using the city's zombie defence system. That is all.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': If you've managed to get into the Medium and you're not badass already, you will be soon enough. In a more literal CrapsackWorld example, Alternia. Even surviving past ''infant-hood'' in [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Troll]] society requires a certain degree of badassness, since [[BizarreAlienBiology wigglers]] are put through a series of harrowing trials immediately after they hatch. It says a lot that ''a thirteen year old blind girl'' from Alternia is one of the most badass characters in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (how do you think she survived being effectively orphaned and blind for all those years?), and that even the wimpiest among the trolls has strong psychic abilities that [[TheBeastmaster allow him to tame and raise a virtual army of monsters.]] Although he usually uses them to play card games. Speaking of which, effectively everything on Alternia can be fatal. {{LARP}}ing is extremely dangerous, every sport is a BloodSport, those card games involve hatching actual, extremely dangerous {{Mons}}, and so on. No wonder those twelve kids beat Sburb in less than a month.
* St. Louis is a city of badass in ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}''. All the characters have their moments. Here's a list: Rocky Rickaby, who dances in and out of danger and gets in all sorts of trouble; Aunt Nina, a [[NeverMessWithGranny badass grandma]]; Freckle [=McMurray=], who goes from quiet ex-cop to "murders three recurring villains with a tommy gun while laughing like a maniac" almost immediately after finding the Lackadaisy; Mitzi May, who is simply an Action Girl; Dorian "Zib" Zibowski, who is a total badass without ever picking up a weapon; Mordecai Heller is, well, Mordecai Heller and the list goes on.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has a truly fascinating example. The galaxy is just filled with {{Mooks}} for Tagon's Toughs to savage, and {{Worthy Opponent}}s to return the favor. But the Toughs themselves have a ''contagious'' case of Badass. They pick up a (ir)reverend (because he was the sole applicant) and a doctor (based on her cup size). The reverend is soon skewering enemy eyeballs with a fencing foil. The doctor ends up leading troops into curbstomps and delivering speeches "Like Patton with boobs". They grab an entertainment AI that simulated a holographic boy band because it wanted to quit. It's soon deftly piloting entire warships in a war against [[EldritchAbomination dark matter entities]]. They grab a bunch of loser thugs off from a WretchedHive on a ScavengerWorld. The one with no arms can float like a butterfly (with gravitic assists) and sting like a bee (as in wrestle entire gangs with her tongue). They grab a WrenchWench off a UNS battleplate that wants to get rid of her. She slaughters mobs singlehandedly (with PoweredArmor and PostVictoryCollapse). They grab a fast food worker [[ADegreeInUseless with a background in Memetics]] that started dating one of their members and got accidentally picked up during a chaotic mission. She ends up promoted to lieutenant and strong-arming a scholar task force to track down the {{Precursors}} and ensure the survival of current civilization as a whole. Join The Toughs. Be Badass.

* ''WebComic/SupernormalStep'' goes beyond WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief in its diverse range of Badass characters. The whole series seems like an OriginalCharacterTournament waiting to happen.
* The Snafu comics by Bleedman; Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi, and Grimtales from Down Below. Like mainstream print comics, the two feature superheroes, robots, aliens, beings of supernatural origin, etc.; rightfully fitting this trope from the get-go, but the real icing on this cake of badassery is that the characters have all on their own saved the world and/or universe at one point or another, and are now all together in one continuity.

* The main setting of ''Webcomic/{{Dogfight}}'' consists of [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic animal characters]] engaging in martial arts for the sake and meaning of justice. Pretty much most of the protagonists are martial artists with well choreographed fight scenes that take advantage of their animal anatomy and psychology.

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', WesternAnimation, [[{{Series}} TV Series]], and ComicBooks.): Danny meets many, many superheroines.
* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' crossover ''Fanfic/Justice'', this is implied to be a literal example, as Chopper finds out that there's not much, if any, genetic difference between a human from Earth and a human from the One Piece world, meta-humans and Devil Fruit users excluded, thus speculates that it's the environment of the world itself that makes even people like Nami and Usopp have physiques that have Superman seeing them as non-powered physical powerhouses.

* The ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' series. Even the women are manly, and ''Film/{{Predators}}'' has a doctor who seems inoffensive [[spoiler:[[BewareTheNiceOnes but is someone to fear anyway]]]].
* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' series, complete with [[Film/TheTerminator a waitress]] and [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines a veterinarian]] becoming {{Action Girl}}s.

* Many of the darker portrayals of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy venture into this territory, chock full of {{Crazy Survivalist}}s, hardened criminals, badass bounty hunters, SpacePirates, [[TheTrickster clever smugglers]], vicious aliens of all types who can tear apart, impersonate, infect, outsmart, or otherwise outmatch an average human, or, if you're particularly unlucky, even a Jedi or Sith. There's a reason nearly every civilian vessel is packing so much firepower.

* Every named character in ''Webcomic/GodOfHighSchool'' is fully capable of kicking ass. Even the weakest characters are able to leave massive craters in a boxing ring as a side-effect of a single move. As for the stronger characters... well let's just say that entire ''planets'' aren't safe.