History MemeticBadass / Fanfiction

* Harry Potter in ''Fanfic/RyuugisTheMasterOfDeath'' grows up to be a powerful and ''very'' {{Badass}} sorcerer and when you add in the fact that he is now an [[HumanoidAbomination Outsider]] it led to several Chuck Norris jokes by the readers. Master of Death 'Facts':

** The Master of Death practices neither Necromancy, nor Ectomancy. Spirits do as he bids because they don't want to find out if he can kill them, again.

** The Master of Death doesn't eat your soul because he doesn't believe in consuming empty calories.

** The Master of Death doesn't teleport, he just moves the world around him to where he wants it to be.

** The Laws of Magic break themselves before the Master of Death can get his hands on them.

** The Unseelie Accords are a Signatory to the Master of Death.

* Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''FanFic/StarWarsLineage,'' an absolute OneManArmy who can take on a dozen tanks in a BattleInTheRain ''single-handed'' and emerge victorious, duel Darth Maul toe-to-toe, put up an excellent fight against a fully-trained Jedi Master at the age of ''fifteen,'' and if that fails, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking snark any enemy into submission]] as the DeadpanSnarker supreme in a WorldOfSnark.

** Doctor Stephen Strange. Lots of characters in various media are either TheArchmage or a MagnificentBastard. Strange is ''both.'' He plays ''every single character'' in the series like a harp, with the exception of [[spoiler: Sinister,]] because the latter is blocked from Strange's foresight, and even he can only do so much with the Endless - though he still seems to be able to get them to do pretty much what he wants. He even gets a mention in the [[{{Pantheon/Magic}} House of Magic]] and is an accredited member of the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness. Oh, and he's a time traveller.

** Harry Dresden, as per canon (see the Literature page), whose reputation is given a spectacular boost after his duel with Gravemoss under Paris, which ended with Dresden [[TakingYouWithMe unleashing his Death Curse]] in the form of a vast column of flame that jetted over a thousand feet into the air and launched Gravemoss from under to Paris to the North Sea, several ''hundred'' miles away. And, impossibly, he survived (well, to be exact, [[spoiler: Strange]] saved him). While Dresden sees himself as more of a BadassOnPaper, discussing the trope in his internal monologue, his rematch with Gravemoss during the Battle of London, which was caught on camera, and resulted in Dresden forcing Gravemoss - who is in the same weight class as freaking ''Loki'' - to run for his life, only burnishes that reputation. Oh, and he's [[spoiler: in line to be Sorcerer Supreme one day]], meaning that many feats of Memetic Badassery are yet to come.
** Harry Potter/Thorson, meanwhile, has a rapidly growing reputation, partly because he is the Boy Who Lived, and partly because he is the Boy Who Continues To Live No Matter What Is Thrown At Him - no matter whether he's being attacked by Death Eaters, Basilisks, Dementors, Voldemort, the Disir, the Slendermen and HYDRA's Werewolves, Project Ultimatum, Daken, armies of HYDRA troops both muggle and magical, Gravemoss, the Elder God Chthon, Voldemort again, the Death Eaters again, [[spoiler: Sinister]], [[spoiler: Dudley a.k.a. the Blob/the Beast]], [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey]], the Red Room, [[spoiler: Dracula and the Grey Court]]... one way or another, no matter how outclassed or outmatched he is, he'll come out the other side intact - and increasingly on top, as he gets stronger, more skilled and savvier. Which is generally more than can be said for whoever's gone up against him. Or whatever's left of them, anyway. After the incident with the Red Room, Draco Malfoy, who's been quietly, and with reasonable accuracy under the circumstances, deducing what's happened, flatly states that there are very few organisations he can think of capable of containing Harry, and they're mostly supernatural superpowers. And none of that takes into account [[spoiler: the Phoenix]].

* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}: fat, lazy, eternally-sleeping housecat by day. But when the night comes, if ''FanFic/GarfieldRoyalRescue'' is to be believed, he becomes a ripped, muscular, [[TestosteronePoisoning Testosterone Poisoned]] chiseled hunk of a superhero.

* Literature/{{Hottie}} in FanFic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld, nuff said.
** UpToEleven in the sequel "Hottie 4: Even Better Sequel".

*** On the occasions when he gets his hands dirty, well, he dueled a PhysicalGod Dark Wizard to a standstill and walked away whistling, and defeated a PhysicalGod-level HumanoidAbomination ''while multitasking.'' This, by the way, is on top of his normal job as Sorcerer Supreme, which job description basically entails scamming and/or beating up {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

** And more prominently, the Winter Soldier. Pretty much the entire cast, both good and evil, is either starkly terrified of him, or, at the very least, regards him with a kind of wary respect. Pretty much every time he makes an appearance, he very much lives up to his rep.

*** On the occasions when he gets his hands dirty, well, he dueled a PhysicalGod Dark Wizard to a standstill and defeated a HumanoidAbomination ''while multitasking.'' This, by the way, is on top of his normal job as Sorcerer Supreme, which job description basically entails scamming and/or beating up {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

** Harry Potter/Thorson, meanwhile, has a rapidly growing reputation, partly because he is the Boy Who Lived, and partly because he is the Boy Who Continues To Live No Matter What Is Thrown At Him - no matter whether he's being attacked by Death Eaters, Basilisks, Dementors, Voldemort, the Disir, the Slendermen and HYDRA's Werewolves, Project Ultimatum, Daken, armies of HYDRA troops both muggle and magical, Gravemoss, the Elder God Chthon, Voldemort again, the Death Eaters again, [[spoiler: Sinister]], [[spoiler: Dudley a.k.a. the Blob/the Beast]], [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey]], the Red Room... one way or another, no matter how outclassed or outmatched he is, he'll come out the other side intact - and increasingly on top, as he gets stronger, more skilled and savvier. Which is generally more than can be said for whoever's gone up against him. Or whatever's left of them, anyway. After the incident with the Red Room, Draco Malfoy, who's been quietly, and with reasonable accuracy under the circumstances, deducing what's happened, flatly states that there are very few organisations he can think of capable of containing Harry, and they're mostly supernatural superpowers (like the White Council, pulling out all the stops, or one of the Fae Courts), and HYDRA at the very height of their powers are the only one he can think of that would be mad enough to actually try (he doesn't really know much about the Red Room). And none of that takes into account [[spoiler: the Phoenix.]]

** Harry Dresden, as per canon (see the Literature page), whose reputation is given a spectacular boost after his duel with Gravemoss under Paris, which ended with Dresden [[TakingYouWithMe unleashing his Death Curse]] in the form of a vast column of flame that jetted over a thousand feet into the air and launched Gravemoss from under to Paris to the North Sea, several ''hundred'' miles away. And, impossibly, he survived (well, to be exact, [[spoiler: Strange]] saved him). While Dresden sees himself as more of a BadassOnPaper, discussing the trope in his internal monologue, his rematch with Gravemoss during the Battle of London, which was caught on camera, and resulted in Dresden forcing Gravemoss - who is in the same weight class as freaking ''Loki'' - to run for his life, only burnishes that reputation.

** Doctor Stephen Strange. Lots of characters in various media are either TheArchmage or a MagnificentBastard. Strange is ''both.'' He plays ''every single character'' in the series like a harp, with the exception of [[spoiler: Sinister,]] because the latter is blocked from Strange's foresight, and even he can only do so much with the Endless - though he still seems to be able to get them to do pretty much what he wants. He even gets a mention in the [[{{Pantheon/Magic}} House of Magic]]. Oh, and he's a time traveller.

** Harry Potter/Thorson, meanwhile, has a rapidly growing reputation, partly because he is the Boy Who Lived, and partly because he is the Boy Who Continues To Live No Matter What Is Thrown At Him - no matter whether he's being attacked by Death Eaters, Basilisks, Dementors, Voldemort, the Disir, the Slendermen and HYDRA's Werewolves, Project Ultimatum, Daken, armies of HYDRA troops both muggle and magical, Gravemoss, the Elder God Chthon, Voldemort again, the Death Eaters again, [[spoiler: Sinister]], [[spoiler: Dudley a.k.a. the Blob/the Beast]], [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey]], the Red Room... one way or another, no matter how outclassed or outmatched he is, he'll come out the other side intact - and increasingly on top, as he gets stronger, more skilled and savvier. Which is generally more than can be said for whoever's gone up against him. Or whatever's left of them, anyway.

** Doctor Stephen Strange. Lots of characters are either TheArchmage or a MagnificentBastard. Strange is ''both.'' He plays ''every single character'' in the series like a harp, with the exception of [[spoiler: Sinister,]] because the latter is blocked from Strange's foresight, and even he can only do so much with the Endless - though he still seems to be able to get them to do pretty much what he wants. He even gets a mention in the [[{{Pantheon/Magic}} House of Magic]]. Oh, and he's a time traveller.
** Harry Dresden, as per canon, whose reputation is given a spectacular boost after his duel with Gravemoss under Paris, which ended with Dresden [[TakingYouWithMe unleashing his Death Curse]] in the form of a vast column of flame that jetted over a thousand feet into the air and launched Gravemoss from under to Paris to the North Sea, several ''hundred'' miles away. And, impossibly, he survived (well, to be exact, [[spoiler: Strange]] saved him). While Dresden sees himself as more of a BadassOnPaper, discussing the trope in his internal monologue, his rematch with Gravemoss during the Battle of London, which was caught on camera, and resulted in Dresden forcing Gravemoss - who is in the same weight class as freaking ''Loki'' - to run for his life, only burnishes that reputation.

* The Lady Knight in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', a human woman (albeit immortal) who hasn't appeared on screen, but has cast a shadow of proceedings. She taught most of the major badasses in history how to fight. Cuchulainn? Taught him. The Argonauts? Taught most of them. RealLife badass William Marshal, the greatest knight? Taught him too. She even took Sif and Fandral under her wing and turned them into [[WarGod the Goddess of War]] and the [[MasterSwordsman finest swordsman in the Nine Realms with only Sif for a peer]] and one of the deadliest men in the entire universe. She was also the best of Arthur's court. Yes, even better than Lancelot. No one really knows anything about her, beyond the fact that she's epically badass, trapped on TheSlowPath and probably something of a HurtingHero by now - though she hasn't been seen since the 18th century.
** And more prominently, [[spoiler: the Winter Soldier]], who, by his reputation, is basically invincible and pretty much the entire cast, both good and evil, is either starkly terrified of him, or, at the very least, regard him with a kind of wary respect. And, pretty much every time he makes an appearance, he very much lives up to his rep.
** Doctor Stephen Strange. Lots of characters are either TheArchmage or a MagnificentBastard. Strange is ''both.'' He plays ''every single character'' in the series like a harp, with the exception of [[spoiler: Sinister, because the latter is blocked from Strange's foresight]], and even he can only do so much with [[spoiler: the Endless]]. He even gets a mention in the [[{{Pantheon/Magic}} House of Magic]]. Oh, and he's a time traveler.

* The Lady Knight in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', a human woman (albeit immortal) who hasn't appeared on screen, but has cast a shadow of proceedings. She taught most of the major badasses in history how to fight. Cuchulainn? Taught him. The Argonauts? Taught most of them. RealLife badass William Marshal, the greatest knight? Taught him too. She even took Sif and Fandral under her wing and turned them into [[GodOfWar the Goddess of War]] and the [[MasterSwordsman finest swordsman in the Nine Realms with only Sif for a peer]] and one of the deadliest men in the entire universe. She was also the best of Arthur's court. Yes, even better than Lancelot. No one really knows anything about her, beyond the fact that she's epically badass, trapped on TheSlowPath and probably something of a HurtingHero by now - though she hasn't been seen since the 18th century.

* Literature/HarryPotter is considered a total badass by the day employees in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11474098/9/Five-Nights-with-Harry Five Nights with Harry]]'' for managing to be the night security guard at Freddy Fazbear's for over a month.

* The Lady Knight in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', a human woman (albeit immortal) who hasn't appeared on screen, but has cast a shadow of proceedings. She taught most of the major badasses in history how to fight. Cuchulainn? Taught him. The Argonauts? Taught most of them. RealLife {{Badass}} William Marshal, the greatest knight? Taught him too. She even took Sif and Fandral under her wing and turned them into [[GodOfWar the Goddess of War]] and the [[MasterSwordsman finest swordsman in the Nine Realms with only Sif for a peer]] and one of the deadliest men in the entire universe. She was also the best of Arthur's court. Yes, even better than Lancelot. No one really knows anything about her, beyond the fact that she's epically badass, trapped on TheSlowPath and probably something of a HurtingHero by now - though she hasn't been seen since the 18th century.

* Several MLP fics that somehow have [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Megan]] return to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic modern Equestria]] have her discover ponies remember her as an utter {{Badass}} if not straight up divine. Granted, she ''is'' a {{Badass}}, just a BadassNormal.

* Mr. Black in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/MakeAWish Make a Wish]]. "Whoever caught the rabbit first would get the title of the best and be given the job of tracking down all the death munchers. Umbitch took one look at the forest and concluded that rabbits don't exist. The Aurors went in with fifty men and came out with ten . . . having fought a great battle with the rabbit and barely escaped with their lives. And Mr. Black . . . he didn't even bother to show up . . . three days later, the rabbit died . . . of 'natural causes.'"

* In ''Fanfic/{{Overlady}}'' the Minions tell tales of [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Karin of the Heavy Wind]] such as how she "doesn't have fingers, only more wands" and "her bear skin rug isn't dead, it's just too scared to move".

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8753582/3/Overlady Overlady]]'' the Minions tell tales of [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Karin of the Heavy Wind]] such as how she "doesn't have fingers, only more wands" and "she doesn't sleep, she waits".

* PlayedForLaughs in-universe in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos''. After she stuns Astorath in battle, his fellow Hell Knights start spreading rumors describing [[BadassAdorable Cream the Rabbit]] of all people as a demon-slaying monstrosity who "pisses fire and eats planets".

* PlayedForLaughs in-universe in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos''. After she stuns Astorath in battle, his fellow Hell Knights start spreading rumors about ''[[BadassAdorable Cream the Rabbit]]'' as a demon slaying monstrosity who "pisses fire and eats planets".

* PlayedForLaughs in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos''. After she stuns Astorath in battle, his fellow Hell Knights consider ''Cream the Rabbit'' as a demon slaying monstrosity who "pisses fire and eats planets".

* Several MLP fics that somehow have [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Megan]] return to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic modern Equestria]] have her discover ponies remember her as an utter {{Badass}} if not straight up divine. Granted, she ''is'' a {{Badass}}, just a BadassNormal.

-->'''Author:''' I could write an essay on why Mikasa isn't a MarySue. I just wanted to [write the fic] because she's a total badass.

* {{Hottie}} in FanFic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld, nuff said.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10138926/1/AOT-Skits-Mikasa-The-Resident-Badass-and-More AOT Skits]]'' depicts [[Anime/AttackOnTitan Mikasa]] as a beloved hero who singlehandedly kills ''all'' Titans.

** "''No evil would touch him while [[TheChampion Watson]] [[UndyingLoyalty stood guard.]]''"

** "''No evil would touch him while [[TheChampion Watson]] [[UndyingLoyalty stood guard.''"]]

** Basically, they know that [[NiceGuy this gentle guy]] ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS agony and pain]] if you screw with his friend.
** "''No evil would touch him while Watson stood guard.''"

* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson is most definitely this. In one chapter, it's implied that A LOT of villains are freaked out by him ''because'' they know that they shouldn't mess with Holmes if Watson is helping him out.

** Basically, they know that [[NiceGuy this gentle guy]] ''will'' [[DeadlyyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS agony and pain]] if you screw with his friend.