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| 11 | [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/FullThrottle https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_top10ben_4071.jpg]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:350:Bonus points for [[OutrunTheFireball not looking at the explosion.]]]] |
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| 14 | ->''"Hell hath no fury like a flaming skeleton on a motorcycle."'' |
| 15 | -->-- ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'', about ComicBook/GhostRider |
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| 17 | So you've got a mean, dangerous setting. PoliceAreUseless, and usually [[DirtyCop corrupt]]. Half the time the place is enveloped in [[PollutedWasteland smoke, smog]], and moral degeneracy. [[WretchedHive Violent thugs rule the streets]], and you would have to be crazy to even leave your house at night if you had even the slightest excuse not to. |
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| 19 | Only one type of badass character can move around with confidence in these parts. He's got a surly attitude, a [[BadassLongcoat longcoat]] or leather jacket, [[CoolShades shades]], and (optional) [[SmokingIsCool cigarette clenched in his jaw]]. But what really [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman sells it]] is the CoolBike: big, shiny chrome accessories, and a growling engine. |
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| 21 | Enter the Badass Biker. |
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| 23 | Popularized by the Creator/MarlonBrando movie ''Film/TheWildOne'' and the Creator/JamesDean movie ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', the Badass Biker is the epitome of the viciously cool, tough guy. Whether they are traveling through the desert, film noir's rainy city streets, a [[MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad coastal road]], or [[RuleOfCool up a wall]], this character and bike combo exudes an aura of awesome that eclipses just about any other badass + vehicle combination. |
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| 25 | A universal trope, as media from America, Europe, and Japan all love to depict badass bikers. They're also surprisingly versatile, since Badass Bikers can be heroes or anti-heroes, or, in gangs, they can be villain captains or mooks. Badass bikers can even be transposed into a science fiction setting by giving them a futuristic hoverbike. |
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| 27 | A Badass Biker who is a thug or [[GangOfHats gang member]] usually fits into AllBikersAreHellsAngels as well. Sometimes, his entrance is a DynamicEntry. A Badass Biker might also [[RomanticRideSharing drive while their lover hugs them tightly from behind romantically]]. Most of those enter HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic, riding with heads fully exposed. |
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| 29 | !!Examples: |
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| 33 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 34 | * Courier from ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'' rides a futuristic motorcycle that can travel at high speeds (even alongside walls) and can be used for combat. |
| 35 | * Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo is very fond of this trope and thus often includes it in his works, especially ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' where Tetsuo, Kaneda, and most other characters ride and fight on stylized motorbikes. Kaneda's red motorbike is iconic in the series. |
| 36 | * Norman Burg in ''Anime/TheBigO'' is this and a BattleButler. He is ''very, VERY good'' at the wheel, and has the sheer balls to take on massive robots with his bike......especially considering it's equipped with a sidecar mounted MLRS! |
| 37 | * ''Anime/{{Blassreiter}}'' has this trope distilled and crystallized. It starts at the motorcycle racing track, and quickly [[ExaggeratedTrope cranks this up all the way]], introducing MadeOfIron {{shapeshifting}} [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot fencing cyborg]] saint riding shapeshifting ''[[FlyingCar jet]]'' bike controlled by sentient AI with talkative FairySexy [[ProjectedMan projection]]. And then he got a company. And then both guy and bike are upgraded... |
| 38 | * Priss Asagiri of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. In at least one episode, she is seen ''stealing'' the Badass Bike, and quite possibly continues riding it in the next episode. Each Knight Saber had a bike, a "Motorslave", which transformed into a small autonomous robot (or hulking add-on battlesuit, depending on need.) So really, all four lead characters had a Badass Bike. |
| 39 | * Takane from ''Anime/BurstAngel'' is a [[{{Delinquents}} biker gang leader]] and a [[BadassLongcoat Badass Longseifuku]]. Only Jo can be more badass than that. |
| 40 | * ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Hyoma Aoi was the only biker on the team. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' has Kamiyama riding a badass bike that is actually robot buddy Mechazawa turned into a motorcycle, with rocket thrusters, wings, and missiles. Cue [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFNhbGaVFI epic guitar montage]]. |
| 42 | * ''Anime/CuteyHoney'': Honey Kisaragi when she used her Hurricane Honey form. |
| 43 | * Kenji in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' tried to be one, after his [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology aniki]]--who definitely was, before becoming a smug minor {{Yakuza}} boss (though still badass, of course). |
| 44 | * Mello of ''Manga/DeathNote'' has a rather large black bike. Shame it gets [[spoiler:destroyed after Takada sets everything around her on fire.]] |
| 45 | * ''Anime/{{Devilman}}'': Akira owns a rather fetching red motorcycle which he often rides into battle on before transforming. Iwao Himura owns a similar bike, and in his debut episode, he races Akira with it. |
| 46 | * Beelzebumon on his big, black cycle named Behemoth, in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''. |
| 47 | * ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' features the [[LovelyAngels Puma sisters]], a duo of criminals who are often seen duking it out with cops all while riding very powerful motorbikes. |
| 48 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': |
| 49 | ** Celty Sturluson is a modernized [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]] from Ireland riding around [[TokyoIsTheCenterOftheUniverse Ikebukuro]] on her [[CoolBike horse familiar-turned-motorcycle]], working as a "transporter" to earn money while she searches for her lost head. Also a BadassAdorable: her helmet has kitty ears! |
| 50 | ** There's also Kinnosuke Kuzuhara, who isn't too notable other than the fact that he's just a MeddlesomePatrolman, but he's the one that gave Celty her fear of cops. |
| 51 | ** The LightNovels later introduce Vorona and Chikage. |
| 52 | * The Zokugaku Chameleons of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', the football team of the local ghetto high school. Every member, even the team manager, has their own motorcycle. |
| 53 | * Haruhara Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''. She alone inspired many people to get a Vespa, learn to play guitars, and live a life of endless badassery. |
| 54 | %%* And Haruhara in ''Anime/GaReiZero''. |
| 55 | %%* Half the characters of ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''. |
| 56 | * Reki from ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' is the sweet but cool TeamMom character. Her bike and her smoking are remnants of her troubled past. |
| 57 | * Hidaka Ken in ''Anime/KnightHunters''; his teammates, meanwhile, drive various flavors of [[CoolCar cool]] and not-so-cool vehicles. Izumi Sena in ''Weiß Kreuz Glühen'' also rides a motorcycle, but it doesn't make him any more badass. |
| 58 | * Honda from ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' goes from a timid shy cop to a fully badass biker whenever he puts his hands on the motorcycle handles (or something that looks like one). |
| 59 | * ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'': Hiroshi Shiba not only is a Badass Biker with a CoolBike but also he is an amateur racer (you can tell Creator/GoNagai is fond of this trope). |
| 60 | * The titular character from ''Manga/KurenaiSanshiro'' is a TroubledButCute young man who rides his red motorcycle around to search for his dad's killer. And he kicks LOTS of ass in the meantime. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/TheLegendOfMotherSarah'' has Sarah's son Harato and his whole militia riding CyberPunk-style motorbikes which are typical of LaResistance in the series' setting. |
| 62 | * In an episode of ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Creator/YukoGoto appears as [[AdamWesting a parody of herself]] who's a badass, hypermasculine {{Yakuza}} biker chick. It's essentially a send-up of the fact that contrary to her many moe character roles, Ms. Gotou is actually a motorcycle enthusiast in real life. |
| 63 | %%* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': |
| 64 | %%** Teana Lanster of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. |
| 65 | %%** The Huckebein family, notably Veryon, in ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce''. |
| 66 | %%* Ginji Kawai in ''Anime/MagicalProjectS''. |
| 67 | * At 17 years old, Rei Kashino from ''Manga/Mars1996'' is the BigManOnCampus, LovableJock in high school with a {{Delinquent}} streak that leads him into his fair share of fights, fights that almost always end up in a CurbStompBattle in his favor. He's also a motorbike racing prodigy and has already competed in competitions against adults. His dream is to go pro and everyone who sees him race are assured once he does, he'll dominate. |
| 68 | * Natsuki Kuga from ''Anime/MyHime'' prefers to travel by Ducati motorbike, which only adds to her mystique of being the AloofDarkHairedGirl of the main trio who [[ActionGirl can kick ass even without using her HiME powers]]. Which makes her crashing later on in the series [[spoiler: due to Nao setting a tripwire trap across the road while Natsuki's mind is distracted by recent revelations regarding her mother intending to sell her to District One when she was a child]] that more shocking. |
| 69 | %%* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Kouji and Sayaka. |
| 70 | %%** And Tetsuya and Jun from ''Anime/GreatMazinger''. |
| 71 | %%** And Duke and Maria from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''. |
| 72 | * Duke Iker and his girlfriend Renda de Baroma from ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam''. |
| 73 | %%* [[spoiler:Mr Ando on his scooter]] from ''WebAnimation/MoriNoAndo''. |
| 74 | %%* Natsuki in ''Anime/MyHime''. |
| 75 | * Seki-sensei, Doremi and Co's homeroom teacher in ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''. |
| 76 | * ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'': Akira Hibiki, with a CoolBike to boot. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Tsuna and Yamamoto in Choice. Airbikes in the anime. |
| 78 | * ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': The protagonist Akira gains a reputation for this. There are hunters (PrivateMilitaryContractors) known for preferring motorbikes over heavier vehicles such as [[TankGoodness tanks]] or MiniMecha, and he shows why that is. Akira, even without the assistance of his VirtualSidekick Alpha who usually aids his movements, is able to RampJump onto an assault aircraft that was attacking him. It helps to have a really technologically advanced CoolBike. |
| 79 | * ''Manga/RideBack'' features nearly the entire cast on the eponymous Ridebacks, basically a cross between a modern bike and a segway, with a bit of HumongousMecha thrown in for good measure. |
| 80 | * Akira Hojo from ''Manga/{{Sanctuary}}'' in his high school days had a motorcycle. He rode off on it as he dropped out of high school to join the yakuza. |
| 81 | * The male protagonist from ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' Harima Kenji and one of his rivals, Harry Mackenzie (...their names are supposed to sound similar). |
| 82 | * In the anime version of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Date Masamune's horse sports exhaust pipes which make it look like a horse version of Harley Davidson bike. |
| 83 | * Grizzly Bear from ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe''. That's not a nickname by the way. He's an actual Grizzly Bear. |
| 84 | * The Adachi tribe from ''VideoGame/TribeNine'' is a typical JapaneseDelinquent biker gang. Like the other tribes, they settle their fights by matches of Extreme Baseball, using their bikes to move quickly around the game field (they pass the motorcycles off as "baseball cleats" so the robot referees don't raise objections). They are also highly competent at the game, especially when playing on their home turf, which is a maze-like city district that visiting teams tend to get lost in. Humorously, the tribe's leader, Hyakutaro, is the only member who doesn't have a motorcycle license yet, so he rides a bicycle instead. |
| 85 | * Nearly [[WorldOfBadass every named male character (and some of the female ones too)]] in ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' is a UsefulNotes/{{bosozoku}}. Eikichi and Ryuji have been riding motorcycles [[Manga/BadCompany since they were 14]], and have elaborate custom ones. In the sequel series ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'', even years after Onizuka left the gang life, he still commands enough respect among the biker gangs to get them to show up when he asks (Ryuji also left, becoming a bike mechanic). |
| 86 | %%* Hibari Ginza from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher''. |
| 87 | %%* Jiggy Pepper in ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee''. |
| 88 | * Takeru Takemoto uses his family's motorbike to run his errands. Which he later on has enough Yen to pay for his own bike in ''Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld''. |
| 89 | * ''Manga/VenusWars'' is chock full of badass bikers since it's about battle bike riders and motorbike military units with [[TheHero Hiro (Ken) Seno]], Miranda, and [[MajorlyAwesome Major Kurtz]] topping the list. |
| 90 | %%* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Right like Kenichi Go in the Voltes team. |
| 91 | * Natsumi, Ken, and Ken's RetiredBadass father Daimaru from ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''. |
| 92 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': |
| 93 | ** Marik in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; this is made somewhat more poignant by how it connects to his past, a motorcycle being the first thing he saw (on a television set) the first time he ever left his family's underground home. There's also [[BigBad Dartz's]] henchmen Valon, Rafael, and Allister, who all ride on motorcycles. |
| 94 | ** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': In the future, card games will be played on motorcycles. Tetsu Ushio takes this even further in the second season. He not only uses a D-Wheel, but his deck uses monsters based on demonic bikers. |
| 95 | ** Parodied in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' in "Marik's Evil Council of Doom." |
| 96 | --->'''Bakura:''' If these are all the villains in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', then where are those stupid motorcycle freaks? You know, the ones from season four.\ |
| 97 | '''Marik:''' You mean the season nobody liked?\ |
| 98 | '''Bakura:''' That's the one.\ |
| 99 | '''Marik:''' I didn't invite them. They're just a bunch of dorks.\ |
| 100 | '''Bakura:''' For once we agree on something. |
| 101 | ** Shows up in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' as well, with Saiou, proving he could still be badass without a SuperPoweredEvilSide. |
| 102 | ** Shark rides a motorcycle - or something like one - in ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''. (WordOfGod explains Shark being able to drive despite not being driving age by saying that his bike is "not a motorcycle, but a futuristic vehicle that has not been named" and will not elaborate further.) |
| 103 | ** In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': |
| 104 | *** Yugo comes from the Synchro Dimension, which resembles the world of 5D's, where several duelists, including him, ride motorcycles. |
| 105 | *** Everyone in the [[TournamentArc Friendship Cup]] is required to duel on motorcycles, and they're all pretty badass. Extra points for Yuya, who goes rogue after winning a match and drove his bike to reunite with some friends, and for pulling a DynamicEntry on his motorcycle to save Reira. |
| 106 | %%* Sniper of Manga/YuYuHakusho |
| 107 | * Akira becomes one as soon as he gets his hands on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'', racing through the zombie-infested streets of Shinjuku without a problem and even managing to OutrunTheFireball by jumping down a flight of stairs into an underground mall without wiping out. |
| 108 | %%* Soutetsu in ''Manga/ZombieLoan''. |
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| 111 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 112 | * The independent comic ''ComicBook/TheBadger'' portrayed ''Santa Claus'' as this. |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/BarbWire'' is a HellBentForLeather BountyHunter always seen on her bike. It's even one of the most enduring promotional images of the [[Film/BarbWire the movie]], as Creator/PamelaAnderson in a Harley Davidson just looks awesome. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': |
| 115 | ** Nearly every incarnation of Batman and all incarnations of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} have had a Bat-Cycle at some point. |
| 116 | ** Sometimes, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} would cruise the streets on a carefully customized bike. Jason Todd, The Red Hood would also count as he rides a Harley, and is constantly wearing a red ''helmet'' rather than actual hood. Finally, you have ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, both of whom frequently use them. |
| 117 | ** The third Robin Tim Drake was the first Robin to get a "Robincycle" which he quickly learned to use to his advantage against superpowered opponents in addition to having fun riding it. His assassin-trained successor as ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne, is often seen riding a bike that a normal ten-year-old would not be able to handle. |
| 118 | ** In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' Stephanie Brown, who had been riding motorcycles since the first panel she appeared in, gained a sweet new transforming bike called the "Compact" for its ability to compact itself which she used to great effect to aid her fight against the criminal element of Gotham. |
| 119 | * ComicBook/BlackCanary frequently travels on a bike, sometimes with her sometime love interest ComicBook/GreenArrow riding pillion. |
| 120 | * In some incarnations, ComicBook/{{Blade}}'s was equipped to scale walls. |
| 121 | * ComicBook/CaptainAmerica most often travels on a bike. He has one in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger the movie]] as well. |
| 122 | * The alternate universe version of ComicBook/TheFlash, Hot Pursuit has a Cosmic Motorcycle, which can go faster than light and time travels. |
| 123 | * ComicBook/GhostRider, of course. Even in his civilian identity, he's a stunt rider. Although there is an exception in the third Rider, Robbie Reyes, who is a BadassDriver in a muscle car. |
| 124 | * ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' made Zartan into this, with his own gang, the Dreadnoks. |
| 125 | * ''All'' female characters in ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' travel on bike and are adept at riding motorbikes, even the ones who don't need one like ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} or Franchise/WonderWoman. |
| 126 | * ComicBook/JudgeDredd is most often seen on his standard-issue Lawmaster. |
| 127 | * ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, the baddest [[strike: bastard]] bastich of them all. |
| 128 | * Occasionally, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} will make an unexpected appearance on a big powerful motorbike, saying that, "Believe it or not, I'm here to help". |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/{{Ogri}}'': The title character of this British comic series. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/ShamansTears'': Joshua Brand tools around on a classic Indian motorcycle. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/SherwoodTexas'' is a SettingUpdate of Myth/RobinHood where Robin and his Merry Men become Rob Hood and the Jesters outlaw motorcycle gang. Their biggest enemies are [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels John Prince and his gang the Nobles]]. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly]], while he was WalkingTheEarth and dealing withhis CloneAngst. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Superman takes up one of Batman's motorcycles in ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'' due to him losing a vast majority of his powers. |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'': Jack Russel, primarily during the MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 136 | ** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is the most famous comic-book example. In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', he has two that change with his costume. |
| 137 | ** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} is a petrolhead. In the movies, after his original bike burned with his campervan, Wolverine stole one from Cyclops. ComicBook/{{Gambit}} as well. |
| 138 | ** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has... a scooter. |
| 139 | * ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'': Outlaws. Mavericks. Werewolves. These are The Banditos, the biker gang Wynonna ran with in her wildest, pre-Black Badge days. And Wynonna herself is tough enough to have ridden alongside them and be considered their equal. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/Earth27'' has the Sons of Batman biker gang. According to the author, he took influence from ''Sons of Anarchy'' with Jean-Paul Valley looking a bit like Jax, but both groups have wildly different ideologies. |
| 144 | * Cross this trope with a MonsterClown on a unicycle and you got the Cycle Gang from ''Fanfic/EquestriaDivided''. |
| 145 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas]]'' features the Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights|Wrestlers}}, the Disciples Of the Apocalypse and the Ascension motorcycle gangs featured in the Pro Wrestling section. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
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| 148 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 149 | * In ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Cloud gets a badass bike that comes with separate slots for each of his Fusion Swords. The vehicle can survive things that would ''massacre'' an ordinary bike. [[ICallItVera He calls it]] [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir]]. Sephiroth's Remnants also ride bikes that look like messes of pipes. |
| 150 | * [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael]] in his Nightwatcher guise in [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 TMNT movie]]. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
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| 153 | [[folder:Films -- Live Action]] |
| 154 | * ''Film/TheArtOfTheSteal'': After getting out of prison, former GetawayDriver Crunch Calhoun works as a motorcycle daredevil who takes cash from event organisers to deliberately crash, because that's what the crowds have come out hoping to see. |
| 155 | * Parodied by [[TheVonTropeFamily Eric Von Zipper]] in the '60s ''Beach Party'' movies. |
| 156 | * ''Film/TheBeastOfWar'': Moufasta and his band of fighters are introduced driving around on motorcycles, shooting guns in the air. |
| 157 | * ''Film/BloodFather'': John is an ex-member of a biker gang, and served several years in prison for it. He and his daughter visit the old Neo-Nazi biker he used to work for to retrieve his old motorcycle and use it as transport from there on out. |
| 158 | * ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Much like his comic counterpart, Captain America gets a chance to kick ass with his motorcycle in his movie. The bike even has added weaponry for additional ass-kicking. |
| 159 | * Doesn't really get more badass than Franchise/{{Batman}} on his freakish bike (detached from the Batmobile, no less!) in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which gets its own SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. |
| 160 | ** The Batcycle goes back to at least the Creator/AdamWest Batman. |
| 161 | * ''Film/EasyRider'' centers around two of them, Captain America and Billy, with the iconic opening credits having them just riding and looking cool as "Born to be Wild" plays. The film is also something of a subversion. While the main characters don't have a problem breaking the law (they survive by running illegal drugs), they're mild-mannered hippies who generally try to avoid serious trouble. |
| 162 | * Played for laughs in ''Film/FacesOfDeath II'' when Dr. Francis B. Gross, the otherwise completely straight-faced narrator, suddenly dons a leather jacket and shades before driving away on a motorcycle, setting up a series of vehicle crash clips. |
| 163 | * In the 1978 version of ''Film/GameOfDeath'' Billy Lo faces a lot of bikers who he has to fight. In the end, he uses a motorcycle himself to '''attack a mook with his front wheel''. |
| 164 | * ''Film/GhostRider2007'', but it sort of comes with the territory. |
| 165 | * Scarlet from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', who spends the Paris chase on a motorcycle. |
| 166 | * In ''Film/TheGreatEscape'', the scene where Hiltz is trying to cross the border on the motorcycle (a TT Special 650 Triumph to be precise) was not only [[AdaptationExpansion not in the book]], but entirely superfluous. Why did they do it? Because it's ''[[RuleOfCool cool]]''. |
| 167 | * Rip and Grinder (a.k.a. 'The Plague') drive motorcycles in ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun''. |
| 168 | * They were clearly going for this with Mutt Williams in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (Mutt's look is a deliberate homage to Marlon Brando in ''The Wild One''), but unfortunately, he's being played by Shia [=LeBeouf=]. |
| 169 | * The main character of the ''Film/IRobot'' movie, whose [[FanOfThePast vintage early 21st century items he collected]] include an MV Agusta that is very useful when automated vehicles become compromised. |
| 170 | * ''Film/JamesBond'' |
| 171 | ** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' has Fiona Volpe showing up with a motorcycle armed with missiles to save James Bond from an assassin. |
| 172 | ** Bond himself qualifies in three movies, ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' (where the director knew that after Bond rode a tank in [[Film/GoldenEye the previous one]] he needed a smaller vehicle, and the bike chase is a highlight), ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (jumping between boats), and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (jumping ''up walls''). |
| 173 | * ''Film/JurassicWorld'' gives us Owen Grady, who rides his motorcycle alongside his pack of trained ''Velociraptors''. |
| 174 | * A group of biker hooligans are the eponymous villains in ''Film/KillersOnWheels''. Headed by a pair of brothers from a wealthy family with too much spare time on their hands, the bikers spend the whole movie partaking in illegal street races, terrorizing a small coastal town, and chasing after women while on their bikes. |
| 175 | * ''Film/TheLosers1970'': A gang of bikers is recruited by the US military to undertake a rescue operation of a CIA agent imprisoned by the Viet Cong with motorcycles armed with machine guns mounted on the front. |
| 176 | * Pepito in the film adaption of ''{{Film/Madeline}}'' spends most of his free time on his Vespa, rather than torturing animals like his [=DiC=] counterpart. His biking skills [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsSkill would happen to help him]] escape from kidnappers]] in the climax. |
| 177 | * In the outlaw sense, Nightrider's gang in ''Film/MadMax1''. (the series is mostly about {{badass driver}}s instead) |
| 178 | * Trinity from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', in which she steals a motorcycle during the highway chase scene to escape through the opposite lane. |
| 179 | * ''Film/MenInBlack3'' villain Boris the Animal is a badass biker complete with an alien-looking CoolBike. |
| 180 | * Aped in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' with Rudy, a tough middle-schooler who wears a leather jacket, smokes, drinks, defends the downtrodden, and likes to pose on his bicycle. |
| 181 | * Music/TraceAdkins plays a tattoo artist in ''Film/MomsNightOut'' named Bones who escorts the eponymous mothers around on his Harley. He helps roughs up a pothead who's obstructing them, helps chase their (presumed) stolen minivan, gives Alysson the requisite speech about faith, and ultimately arrives with his gang, The Skulls, to help find Phoenix. |
| 182 | * ''Film/ThePrincipal'': One of the things that marks Rick as a BadassTeacher is his motorcycle. At one point he drives it straight through the school hallways to prevent a rape-in-progress. |
| 183 | * Ki-su from ''Film/{{Quick}}'', and the plot requires him to spend almost the entire film on his bike. Myung-shik would like to be one but never quite manages to pull it off. |
| 184 | * In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', "The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse", Leonard Smalls. His friends call him Lenny, but he ain't got no friends. |
| 185 | ** Aw, stop. You're gonna make me bust out cryin'! |
| 186 | * Robert Wolf, the protagonist of Creator/JasonMomoa's ''Film/RoadToPaloma'', is a biker, and is shown riding for a good portion of the movie. His buddy Cash also has a pretty cool bike. |
| 187 | * ''Film/{{Spawn|1997}}'' rides a bike in his movie, even though he really doesn't need to. |
| 188 | * ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' has one scene where Captain Kirk storms the enemy base on a motorcycle. |
| 189 | %%* BigBad Raven and the Bombers in ''Film/StreetsOfFire''. |
| 190 | * T-800 and T-1000 in the first two ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' films respectively, as well as John Connor from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' & ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines''. And ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' keeps with tradition by having John commandeering a Mototerminator to ride into a Skynet base. |
| 191 | %%* ''Film/{{Torque}}'' is all about this trope, for the good guys as well as the bad guys. |
| 192 | * Arcee from ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' is actually three badass bikes, connected by a group mind. |
| 193 | * A staple of the ''Franchise/{{Tron}}'' franchise. Lightcycle combat is a popular [[BloodSport blood...er...voxel sport]] in {{Cyberspace}}, and the protagonists all end up having to survive at least one match in their respective appearances. [[VideoGame/TronTwopointOh Tron 2.0's]] Mercury is explicitly coded as a lightcycle jock. |
| 194 | * Creator/MarlonBrando plays the leader of a biker gang in ''Film/TheWildOne''. |
| 195 | * Wolverine often drives a motorcycle in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' films. |
| 196 | * Parodied in ''Film/YesMan'' when Carl gets on a Ducati that is too powerful for him to handle. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 200 | * ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': In ''The Dreeson Incident'', the eponymous incident involves [[spoiler: Buster Beasley riding into a armed mob]] on a Harley. This combined with the HeroicSacrifice he makes after dismounting leads to him attaining major in-universe status as a MemeticBadass. |
| 201 | * Riki's backstory in ''Literature/AiNoKusabi'' reveals he was once this as the leader of a biker gang that [[EarnYourTitle earned himself the title]] "Riki The Dark". |
| 202 | * The Howlers of ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' are an entire biker gang of phantoms (as in "of the opera"). |
| 203 | %%* Loki/Gragg from ''Literature/{{Daemon}}''. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/TheCyberDragonsTrilogy'': Kei loves her Nina cybercycle and is able to fight on it, do stunts, and kick some serious ass while looking good. It's also essential to her job as a [[StreetSamurai Rider]]. We see her use it several times to escape lethal situations including drone strikes, Trikuza assassins, and nomadic marauders. |
| 205 | * Hell Tanner, a convicted killer and the last living Hell's Angel, the hero of Creator/RogerZelazny's 1967 dystopia / hellride novel ''Literature/DamnationAlley'' is a Badass Biker of the first degree. The only reason he undertakes to run the titular route is that the Governor has promised him a full pardon if he tried. |
| 206 | * The Hounds of hell in ''Literature/DemonRoad''. The five ride a variety of bikes, a Harley is the only one Amber can recognise. One of them actually ''snaps his own neck'' when she pins him to help him get at her. |
| 207 | * Death from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' got himself a bike in ''Literature/SoulMusic'' (a "[[StealthPun triumph]]", built by the Librarian) because the only thing [[RuleOfCool cooler]] than Death the Destroyer of Worlds is Death on a bike made of bones, shiny bits, and light. It should also be noted, while we're on the subject on unbearable coolness, that he needed the bike so that he could quickly [[BigDamnHeroes save the day]] by [[ThePowerOfRock shredding out some hot licks on the guitar]]. [[spoiler:In order to blackmail the '''universe''' into [[ScrewDestiny sparing someone's existence]].]] He also has a rose in his teeth at the start of the ride and, knowing that you [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality need]] to [[BadassLongcoat get the outfit right]], informs the Dean that "I need your clothes". |
| 208 | * ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' has the Bears, a badass biker gang. The two contract killers Nikita and Robin also own bikes and use them quite extensively to travel. |
| 209 | * The four horsemen of ''Literature/GoodOmens''. In particular, War's appearance, that of a very good-looking woman on a motorbike, makes people want to race against her. |
| 210 | * Sirius Black, from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', although ridden by Hagrid in the bike's first appearance. For bonus points, it's a [[FlyingCar flying motorike]]. |
| 211 | * Fantasy AntiHero ''Literature/KaneSeries'' and his sidekick Blacklight in "Deep in the Depths of Acme Warehouse", in which Kane appears in present-day New Orleans. Most probably because [[MyHorseIsAMotorbike Harleys are the closest equivalent of a horse]]. |
| 212 | * ''Literature/MickeyHaller'''s new investigator Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski starting in ''The Brass Verdict'' is one. He has connections and an informal affiliation with the fictional Road Saints biker gang but is not a full member of the club. |
| 213 | * {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'', the second book in the ''Literature/MillenniumSeries''. [[BigBad Alexander Zalachenko]] sends two thuggish bikers to kill his daughter [[LittleMissBadass Lisbeth Salander]]. The macho bikers try to be badass, they try ''very hard'' to be badass: she [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome beats and electrocutes them]], then [[HumiliationConga cuts up their jackets and steals their Harley Davidsons]]. |
| 214 | * The version of Ares, God of War, from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' often takes the appearance of a biker due to the gods moving to America and adapting to fit their new home. What makes him a badass is that, as expected from the God of War, he is an almost unparalleled combatant (Percy does manage to knick him but only because he got a power boost from standing in the ocean). |
| 215 | * ''Literature/SnowCrash'' has Raven, whose title of "baddest motherfucker in the world" is cemented by his motorcycle -- specifically, the nuclear weapon in its sidecar that's set to go off in the event of his death. |
| 216 | * The Darksiders from ''Literature/SuperMinion''. They've got the attitude, the leather coats, and the motorcycles. they're also surprisingly friendly and civic-minded, helping out lost visitors and keeping an eye on dangerous Odd Summer phenomena. |
| 217 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' features "swoopers" -- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people who ride swoops]]. Swoops are civilian models of the speeder bikes from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', and in the [=EU=], Everyone from Luke Skywalker to Han Solo wannabes like Dash Rendar finds them useful. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 221 | * Batgirl comes close to this in the Adam West ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', though it's slightly undercut by the fact that the bike has FrillsOfJustice. Yes, the ''bike.'' |
| 222 | * ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': The Mods are all expert swoop riders who pull off daring stunts while chasing down the Majordomo. Additionally, they all dress in stylish clothing, with several having {{badass longcoat}}s. |
| 223 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' features Rosa Diaz, who is the toughest among a group of detectives and is frequently shown as having ridden a motorcycle to work. |
| 224 | * Spike picked up a motorcycle from a Badass Biker ''Demon'' at the beginning of Season 5 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and kept it until the end of the series (though he seldom used it, it was certainly badass). |
| 225 | ** Wesley tried to become this as a rogue demon hunter on ''Series/{{Angel}}'', but didn't pull it off too well. |
| 226 | * The ''Series/DangerTheatre'' segment "The Searcher" is a spoof of ''Renegade'' where a biker travels from town to town helping people, solving problems, and getting into a lot of slapstick situations. |
| 227 | * Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays'' started out as a family-friendly version; as his role was increased, his badassitude [[strike:was decreased]] morphed from traditional "tough guy" to near-super-powered nice guy. |
| 228 | * In ''Series/{{Healer}}'', the original TrueCompanions ran a pirate radio broadcast, critical of the regime's media censorship, from the back of one of their member's trucks as he drove around the city. On occasions when the police located the source, Young Jae covered for them by blocking, distracting, and misdirecting the police pursuit. |
| 229 | * ''Series/HighAndLow'' is a 'verse FULL of these. But the big standouts are the Mugen, and latter Sannoh teams, where each member rides a Harley. The [[OneManArmy Amamiya brothers]] are also very decidedly badass bikers. |
| 230 | * There's a reason they're called ''Franchise/{{Kamen Rider}}s''. |
| 231 | * Kryten from ''Series/RedDwarf'' briefly becomes this at the end of his Season 2 debut. There is even a version of the page quote involving him and Rimmer. |
| 232 | %%* Reno Raines of ''Series/{{Renegade}}''. |
| 233 | * ''Series/TheRising'': Neve was a motocross competitor and is shown performing impressive feats during flashbacks against other bikers. She often wore a [[BadassLongcoat long leather coat]] while alive and not in driving gear, being a tough young woman overall. Neve doesn't permit a little thing like being dead stop her from trying to find her killer either, and [[OurGhostsAreDifferent luckily for her it doesn't stop her riding]]. |
| 234 | %%* Numerous characters on ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy''. Of course, it's woven into the premise. |
| 235 | * ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': Referencing the Terminators in the movies, Cameron gets to cruise around on a motorcycle, complete with [[CoolShades sunglasses]]. (Except in her case, the giant motorcycle cop glasses she wears look a little [[{{Narm}} silly]] on petite Creator/SummerGlau). |
| 236 | * Richard Hammond on ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' obviously thought he was one of these when he got to ride a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle. Subverted all the way, as he had to scramble to get into his leathers, couldn't get the thing started without help, and spent the entire ride encountering engine trouble and rain. |
| 237 | ** The Stig's "Communist cousin" in a deleted scene from the Series 12 Vietnam special. |
| 238 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'': James Hurley, the tough yet sensitive biker teen with a DarkAndTroubledPast. He's a frequent suspect who gets hauled into jail a lot, particularly during Season 1 as he didn't have an alibi for Laura's death. However, James is a fairly heroic character, who can be counted on to stand up for what's right (unless he's too busy angsting). In Season 3, he has a fairly badass moment where he gets in a fight defending a woman from her abusive man. In a convoluted way, this facilitates [[spoiler: the final defeat of BOB.]] |
| 239 | ** Season 3 also introduces us to two more biker characters: Mr. C, [[spoiler: BOB's current host body, and an EvilDoppelganger of Agent Cooper]] and Wally Brando, a comedic pastiche of Creator/MarlonBrando's performance in ''Film/TheWildOne''... played by [[spoiler: Creator/MichaelCera]]. |
| 240 | * ''Series/VeronicaMars'': Eli "Weevil" Navarro, head of the PCH biker gang in Neptune. For the first season, at least. This culminates in the second season, where he kills the guy who stole his biker gang by tasering him and taping the drugs he was carrying to the underside of the guy's bike, knowing that when he reported back to the crime family who owns the drugs that they would search the bike and "deal" with him - thereby leaving him in the clear. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 244 | * The Music/BlueOysterCult were pretty much the house band for New York Angels. The band adopted a leather biker look for a while in tribute, and wrote several songs as homage: ''[[Music/BlueOysterCult1972 Transmaniacon MC]]'' tells the story of the Altamont festival - from the point of view of the Angel chapter that became infamous there. ''[[Music/{{Spectres}} Golden Age of Leather]]'' is about old Angels who decide to go out with a bang rather than get old. ''[[Music/TheRevolutionByNight Feel The Thunder]]'' is about the death and afterlife of three Angels. |
| 245 | %%* Koshi Inaba from B'z. Exclusively ride Harley-Davidson. |
| 246 | %%* What about the Cycle Sluts from Hell? And their hit single "Badass Mama"? |
| 247 | * The MemeticMutation of "Superstar" from ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'': "Jesus Christ Superstar, burning down the road on a Yamaha,..." |
| 248 | * Rob Halford, lead singer of pioneering heavy metal band Music/JudasPriest, is known for riding onstage on a large Harley Davidson motorcycle, usually performing a song or two whilst seated on the bike before getting off of it. |
| 249 | %%* Kid Rock rides with them in the video for "American Badass". |
| 250 | * Music/EdithPiaf: Her song "L' Homme à la Moto" is about an attractive biker she likes. |
| 251 | %%* Commander of Music/TheProtomen dresses like this. |
| 252 | %%* Outlaw biker Jimmy, The "Leader of The Pack" from the song of the same name by The Shangri-Las. |
| 253 | * Parodied in the music video for Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s "By Crooked Steps", where it's a biker gang riding ''Segways''. |
| 254 | * "Born to Be Wild", originally performed by Music/{{Steppenwolf}} is told from the point of view of such a biker. Thesong is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. Whenever used as {{Leitmotif}} it implies that the character is either BadToTheBone or simply [[MilesGloriosus someone who thinks he is.]] |
| 255 | * The late Music/TaijiSawada, ex-X, ex-Loudness, ex-Cloud Nine, ex-The Killing Red Addiction. Insanely talented slap bassist, and until his injuries got too severe, a Badass Biker since the 1980s, also preferred a Harley-Davidson [[http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/526527214_21b03351b8.jpg?v=0 but could settle for a Honda occasionally... ]] |
| 256 | * James, the protagonist of the classic Music/RichardThompson song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is a Badass Biker [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold robber with (possibly) a heart of gold]]. His love interest, Red Molly, is also a biker ("Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme"); [[spoiler:as he promises, she inherits his eponymous CoolBike when his life of crime leads to his early death]]. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 260 | * All of the ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson'' pins features the player as this. The version from Creator/SegaPinball[=/=]Creator/SternPinball also has the masked Mystery Rider. |
| 261 | %%* The player's character in ''VideoGame/ProPinballTheWeb'' is one of these. |
| 262 | %%* The unnamed protagonist in ''Pinball/SpaceRiders'' |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 266 | * Biker [[TheGimmick gimmicks]] were common in the territorial days. Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{MagnumTA}} are a couple of the more famous examples. |
| 267 | * RealLife example: [[Wrestling/JesseVentura Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] rode with the San Diego chapter of the Mongols before entering the pro wrestling business. Ironically, his tag team partner in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation East-West Connection]], Wrestling/AdrianAdonis, was the one who actually used a biker persona as part of his gimmick. |
| 268 | * Tetsuhiro Kuroda rode a motorcycle and had several other bikers in his wake in [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]]. |
| 269 | * Love Machine and Héctor Garza in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, the latter serving as transportation for his {{tag team}} partners and stablemates even. |
| 270 | * Swedish biker Slo Feng in Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel. He calls his bike Sleipnir (after Odin's horse) and doesn't want anybody else to even touch it. |
| 271 | * [[Wrestling/BrianAdams Crush]] led The Disciples of Apocalypse ([[FunWithAcronyms D.O.A.]]), a fairly popular but not very talented stable during the WWF's "Gang Wars" angle. Included TagTeamTwins Ron And Don Harris. |
| 272 | * When Wrestling/TheUndertaker switched gimmicks for the first time in the WWE, he traded in his trademark BadassLongcoat for a Badass Bike to become the "American Badass". Mark Calaway, the man behind The Undertaker gimmick, is in fact a passionate motorcyclist (the American Badass character is basically Mark Calaway adapted for the world of pro wrestling). |
| 273 | * [[FleetingDemographicRule Chuck Palumbo tried this after the Undertaker]], with less success. This gimmick was also based on the wrestler's real life, as it happens. Oddly enough, Palumbo's was Wrestling/MichelleMcCool, the Undertaker's future wife. |
| 274 | * [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights|Wrestlers}} stable, who are based on SAMCRO from ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy''. |
| 275 | * Wrestling/LuchaUnderground has Son of Havoc, who is among the inaugural Trios champions. PartsUnknown is {{justified|trope}} with him, as he has no fixed residence, always riding from place to place. |
| 276 | * Wrestling/BaronCorbin in 2023 NXT run riding a motorcycle to the ring. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 280 | * ''TabletopGame/ApocalypseWorld'' features the Chopper playbook, who is the leader of a post-apocalyptic biker gang, each of whom gets a custom CoolBike. |
| 281 | * ''TabletopGame/DeadReign'' has The Reapers, badass zombie slayers led by the BigGood of the setting and also an available player class. |
| 282 | * ''TabletopGame/NuclearRenaissance'' has the possibility for many bikies and bikie gangs: there is an official mini for one Golg the Terrible, who eats any meat he can grab, has a saw for a hand, rides an enormous bike, and can quite easily be kitbashed into an [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}Ork]]; and, in the fluff, Sir Stanton, a knight in scrap metal armour who is fascinated with technology, but insists upon fighting with his blade, as he believes himself to be a knight, who must fight with honour, and guns are dishonorable. |
| 283 | * ''TabletopGame/TheOthers2015'' has an expansion called "Sons of Ragnarok". Said group is a biker gang composed of men and women named after Myth/NorseMythology who fight the powers of {{Hell}}. The box warns civilians to stay out of their way and contact FAITH, as they're actually really effective at what they do. |
| 284 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has go-gangs: themed gangs of motorcycle riders. They range from the Halloweeners, which are basically poorly equipped {{Mooks}}, to the Ancients, an all-elven gang that rivals some military forces in terms of training and equipment. And then there's the Spikes, an all-troll gang that makes up for their lack of training or discipline by being AxCrazy. |
| 285 | * ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' gives us the [[ContinuityNod Bruja]] bloodline, which is what happens when a Carthian Gangrel decides the leader of a biker gang would make a good instrument for the revolution. What happens is said Carthian ends up getting diablerized by his childe, who then goes on to Embrace his gang and raise hell all over the Southwest. |
| 286 | ** ''Danse Macabre'' introduced The Brides of Dracula, a whole Covenant consisting of Badass Bikers. |
| 287 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': How much more badass do you get than screaming green maniacs on ramshackle scrap-metal motorbikes laden with giant machine guns? Oh yeah, that would be the {{Super Soldier}}s on giant armoured bikes the size of cars. Or the ''evil'' Super Soldiers on ''hell motorbikes'' covered in blades and skulls... or maybe the space-elf knights on flying bikes with laser lances... or the evil space elves that can fly their bladed flying death bikes with enough skill to ''cut specific arteries''. |
| 288 | ** The Orks have legendary bikerboy Wazdakka Gutsmek, who never, ever gets off his bike except to tinker with it, and never sleeps thanks to a special brew the [[DeadlyDoctor Mad Doks]] make for him. His goal is to create a network of warp gates and such so that he and his army can ride from one end of the galaxy to another. He has a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] hand and equipped his bike with [[MoreDakka cannons that can stop a tank in its tracks]]. He once killed a [[HumongousMecha Warlord Titan]] by driving off a cliff, punching through its [[DeflectorShields void shields]], crash-landing in the thing's ''head'', and slaughtering the crew. [[InfernalRetaliation While on fire]]. |
| 289 | ** [[https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:Doomrider.jpg Doomrider]]. A demon price/chaos lord from older editions has become a meme with 40k fans. Now mind you cocaine is bad, but when you are the demon god-thing of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll's favored demon prince biker of badassitude, cocaine is the weakest drug in your veins. |
| 290 | ** This is the Literature/WhiteScars Space Marines' entire schtick. They're pretty much Mongols on armoured bikes with machine guns. |
| 291 | ** The Adeptus Custodes get their share of anti-gravity jetbikes, which are naturally as devastating as anything the Custodes usually field, if not more. Most bikes don't have a tank-melting {{BFG}} mounted at the front, but it wouldn't be a proper Custodian vehicle without ludicrous armament like that. |
| 292 | ** About the only people without badass bikes are the Tau (who go with [[AMechByAnyOtherName battlesuits for their badassery]]), the Tyranids (who are a HordeOfAlienLocusts), the Imperial Guard (who actually get badass ''riders''...seriously, they have a ''horse-mounted cavalry'' unit), and the Adeptus Mechanicus (who favour [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot fire-breathing steampunk robot horse-dogs]] over bikes), although in the latter case, the Kataphron servitors[[note]]lobotomized {{cyborg}}s on tank treads[[/note]] are, as of 9th edition, classed as bikers in the game rules. |
| 293 | ** Cadian Rough Riders ride ''choppers''. Yes, 40k has a unit of badass normals, riding big bikes around in combat and charging people on them so they can stab them with explosive-tipped lances. |
| 294 | * Dokurorider from the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game is a 6-Star Ritual Monster/Zombie with 1900/1850 who rides a giant motorcycle with jaws over the front wheel. He's not especially strong, but ''damn'' he looks cool. [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dokurorider Click here for the Wiki article]]. |
| 295 | ** Other biker monsters in the game are Chaosrider Gustaph, Diskblade Rider, Stygian Street Patrol, and Stygian Sergeants. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 299 | %%* Jack Turner from ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''. |
| 300 | * The ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}'' series has no shortage of badass biker chicks. Jeanne uses her magic to drive vertically across a cliff face in the first game, and in ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta 2}}'' she drives recklessly into oncoming traffic, just because she can! Bayonetta herself is no slouch either, in the first game she steals a motorcycle so she can shoot up some [[OurAngelsAreDifferent car-shaped angels]] on the highway, hot-wiring it by ramming her [[FlippingTheBird middle finger]] into the ignition to magically jump-start it! |
| 301 | * The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'', Shelly, is described as someone who likes "kicking ass, motorcycles, [and] kicking ass on motorcycles". |
| 302 | * ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', by the same designer, has ''two'' teams of Badass Bikers; the Thunderhogs, boom-trikes for your bassist [[TheMedic medics]], and the Fire Barons, choppers which ignite high-proof booze in their wake to KillItWithFire. ItMakesSenseInContext, I promise! |
| 303 | * Johnny from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''; even better, because he's a badass that ''turns into'' a bike. |
| 304 | * In the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'', Brotherhood bikers rides [[CoolBike Recon bikes equipped with twin rockets launchers]]. |
| 305 | * The protagonist of ''Videogame/DaysGone'' is a former One-Percenter Biker-turned-Post Apocalyptic Bounty Hunter who makes a living taking out troublemakers and clearing out "[[NotUsingTheZWord Freaker]]" encampments for various survivalist communities. |
| 306 | * Chuck Greene of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' is a motocross champ and zombie-killing extraordinaire who turns his skills fixing up his bike into the ability to [[MacGyvering MacGyver-up]] weaponry. |
| 307 | * Both Dante and Lady ride bikes in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''. The former is a BadassLongcoat and the latter is a BadassNormal. |
| 308 | %%* ''VideoGame/DriveClub Bikes'' allows you to perform this to collect [[ScoreScreen Fame]]. |
| 309 | * Franchise/JamesBond qualifies for this in ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'', whenever he rides the Q-Bike. Especially so in the nailbiter that is the Pontchartrain Bridge chase level, where he's trying to catch up with Jaws [[spoiler: who's driving a tanker truck full of nanobots, hell-bent on [[HarsherInHindsight destroying the levees and flooding New Orleans]].]] |
| 310 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 311 | ** In one mission in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Cloud rides a bike. Of course, he still uses his [[{{BFS}} Buster Sword]]. |
| 312 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' introduces Balthier and Fran this way, coming in on a hoverbike to pull a heist on the Royal Palace. |
| 313 | ** Snow, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', is familiar with a high-tech version of this trope, using massive Cocoonite riders that certainly give off a motorbike attitude (if not quite form). When he becomes a l'Cie, he gets the [[SummonMagic Shiva Sisters]], whose Gestalt Mode is a more traditional motorcycle that [[AnIcePerson spits ice out the exhaust]]. |
| 314 | * ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' has Carol Tea, who has a motorcycle capable of scaling walls, climbing ladders, and she can claw swipe, kick, and roll attack her enemies while on it. She can even hang on a hanging bar ''with the bike between her legs'' for extended periods, though she's obviously exerting a lot of effort that way. |
| 315 | * ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'' (pictured atop this page) is all about Badass Bikers and is generally the all-around reference for details of this trope. |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'': Motorcycles make a great choice with their superior speed, ability to maneuver through heavy traffic, fit down tight alleyways or through gaps in roadblocks, and pop a wheelie while doing so... though hitting something means flying out straight into the tarmac. |
| 317 | ** All the subsequent GTA games have had the bikes, but Johnny Klebitz and The Lost from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' are the definitive men to ride them. In the first DLC episode, Johnny is the protagonist, and the gang serves as support and backup. |
| 318 | ** Franklin from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto5'' also qualifies for this, overlapping a bit with his driver skills. His best friend Lamar lends him a green WMC Bagger (stolen from a repo job) early in the story, which becomes his second main vehicle. Mix that with his ability to enter bullet time while in a vehicle, and you'll find yourself cruising through traffic and police chases with ease. |
| 319 | * In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', [[spoiler:one of Bronya Zaychik's abilities as Herrscher of Reason is to convert [[RobotBuddy Project Bunny]] into a motorcycle that she can ride on. Cue the roadkill.]] |
| 320 | * [[NoNameGiven The Biker]] from ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', a hired killer like the protagonist Jacket, who ends up clashing with the latter as the second boss, becoming playable after Jacket's storyline. He has a CoolBike that he rides between levels, in contrast to Jacket's CoolCar. He never fights while riding his bike, but he disguises himself with his turquoise motorcycle helmet in lieu of the animal mask he was given. Armed with a meat cleaver and throwing knives, he's determined to break free from his contract killings and find the people behind the phone calls. |
| 321 | * Jak from ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' regularly uses ''antigrav'' bikes. Not particularly badass in [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy the original game]] (in which he was your standard-issue FarmBoy), but in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade''... well... a PhlebotinumRebel riding a gun-fitted antigrav motorbike stolen from a totalitarian police force is pretty badass. |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' has Francis, a heavy-set, 6'3 biker who seems to be the only survivor that actively enjoys larger fights in the game. One soundbite of his, that plays on killing a large horde without taking any damage, "I hope you're all having as much fun as I am!" says it all. |
| 323 | ** Another example, when being hauled to his feet by another survivor: |
| 324 | --->'''Louis:''' Come on now, let's get you up on your feet.\ |
| 325 | '''Francis:''' Uuughh... heh... good thing I'm indestructible. |
| 326 | * ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' has Yuma Suou, a high school student who is the leader of the Made In Heaven biker gang. Not only is he quite formidable on a bike, but we also learn that he was even a motocross champion in his middle school days. |
| 327 | %%* Matsu, of ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' fame. |
| 328 | * VideoGame/MachRider, real identity unknown, is trying to help save the world from an alien invasion. [[AmbiguousGender His/her]] bike is equipped with a gun called the Power Blaster, as well as the ability to instantly reform itself in the event of a crash. |
| 329 | * Jack Cayman from ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' is shown to be one, complete with road rage level. ''Two'', in fact. |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'' added bikes to the series. Of course, in this case, the badassness depends on the rider: ones like Baby Peach or Baby Daisy can't really pull it off, but Bowser or even ''Dry'' Bowser? Heck yeah! In addition, when Peach (as well as her metallic variant Pink Gold Peach), Daisy, Rosalina and Pauline use bikes, they replace their usual dresses ([[JustifiedTrope which would be very impractical to wear on bikes]]) with body-clinging biker outfits. |
| 331 | * Nitro Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' also falls into the Motocycle Transformer category. |
| 332 | ** Ride Boarski of ''VideoGame/MegaManX 7'' as well, if we're going by that logic. |
| 333 | ** Zero, Axl and the "Green Biker Dude" get a ''ton'' of mileage out of the Ride Chasers, physically similar to bikes. |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' also features motorcycles in their games, working much like the example above; quick and compact, but one collision sends you flying. The third game, ''DUB Edition'', has choppers along with sports bikes. |
| 335 | * Definitely a parody: Travis Touchdown from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' rides a ''huge'' motorcycle that looks like an [[Franchise/StarWars X-Wing]]. |
| 336 | * There are quite a few tough "Biker" and "Roughneck" trainers in some of the main series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games. A heroic case is protagonist Wes from the spin-off ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum''. |
| 337 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' |
| 338 | ** If you consider automatic scooters to be bikes, then the Investigation Team in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' absolutely qualifies. Despite automatic scooters being [[{{Badbutt}} tame compared to actual bikes]], and ''especially'' disregarding the fact that the Investigation Team are a bunch of dorky goofballs, they're no less competent or badass as the other Badass Bikers, and in some ways, are even tougher. [[spoiler:For example, how many people in ''general'' [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch out the Japanese Goddess of Death?]]]] |
| 339 | ** Kanji, [[VideoGame/Persona4 from the same game]], [[ZigZaggedTrope toys with this trope a lot.]] On the one hand, he has [[JapaneseDelinquent the demeanor and appearance]] of a Badass Biker... only he was actually a [[UsedToBeASweetKid sweet kid]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (and still is)]], and actually ''beats up'' biker gangs [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas for causing too much noise for his mother.]] Then he plays it straight ''again'' by having a (non-motor) bike that he uses regularly and even an outfit that looks like a Japanese biker outfit... only to avert it ''[[SerialEscalation again]]'' by being the only member of the Investigation Team to never get a motor Scooter, alongside the biker outfit being from a gang he crushed. |
| 340 | ** Ryuji from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' subverts this trope. Despite having a HellBentForLeather outfit and a tough demeanor, he doesn't have a bike. He makes up for it for having a badass {{Pirate}} as his Persona, which evolves into [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong, the Monkey-King.]] |
| 341 | ** The one person to play this straight, ironically, is Makoto Niijima, the ''StudentCouncilPresident.'' Despite being a bit of a goody-two-shoes with some hidden anger issues, alongside a ''completely'' blushing beauty when romanced or flustered, she manages to be a badass, competent Persona-user who's Persona manifests ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot as a nuclear-powered motorcycle based off a female Pope and later a Sumerian goddess.]]'' |
| 342 | %%* Hugh from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic''. |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' features the NPC faction called the Riffs. They randomly show up to go on zombie-shooting sprees, and later help you out with [[spoiler:taking out the Last Judgement]]. |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Claire Redfield, a college girl who rides a motorcycle into zombie-infested Raccoon City. Post-credit scenes in both ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' also feature Claire with different motorcycles. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'' has many of the gang kind in its cast, including lead character Jake. The highest difficulty is also called "Badass Biker". |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' |
| 347 | ** The Boss can be played this way; just give them a HellBentForLeather outfit, a couple of guns, and a CoolBike, and boom! Instant BadassBiker. |
| 348 | ** The Ronin in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' have many members who drive powerful motorcycles. Subverted with Shogo Akuji, who according to Gat spends more time on his hair than his bike. |
| 349 | * Cheiron Archer, from ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'', was the leader of a biker gang before becoming a lawyer. After her CharacterDevelopment, she starts riding her bike once more. Her [[TransformingMecha STAR]] incorporates a biker motif, using a throttle-powered chain as its weapon. |
| 350 | * Ryo Hazuki in ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''. Although he doesn't actually own a bike, he fills the trope when he either borrows one from a neighbor or -- more fittingly -- kicks the ass of a thug and takes ''his''. |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' introduces us to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hell Biker]], who besides being an undead Badass Biker, is also one of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Fiends, the Incarnations of Death]]. |
| 352 | * In ''VideoGame/Slipstream5000'', Rysho was leader of a Tokyo bike gang before joining the races. His vehicle is one of the smallest and narrowest, perhaps because he wants to treat it like a flying bike. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has the title character getting a bike so the {{Badbutt}} can enter this trope too, as he is otherwise capable of running to supersonic speeds (when Amy points this in [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics the Archie comics]], Shadow explains that all G.U.N. agents must be issued with a vehicle, and he immediately liked the motorcycle enough to customize it). He still rides it in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', and it's his vehicle in ''VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing''. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'': Jim Raynor, who already has one or two entries in badass, rides a souped-up Vulture hoverbike as his primary vehicle. |
| 355 | * ''Franchise/StarFox'': Wolf O'Donnell. While he doesn't actually own a bike—he pilots a Wolfen—he does fit the trope in terms of his design and personality. The former because he wears the black leather attire that is standard for the trope in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''. His design is still based on this in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', but it goes a step further by giving him at least one accessory traditionally associated with the biker motif, including a chain that connects to the belt around his waist and to the holster for his blaster which, other than making a clanking noise when he lands on a platform, serves absolutely no purpose other than to illustrate that he's a big, bad tough guy because ClothingReflectsPersonality. |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'': Juri Han, who debuted in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', rides and stunts around on a bike, somehow driving from Brazil to London on one. Her reveal trailer for ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' has her enter on a bike and do a side slide before dismounting and taking to the fight. |
| 357 | * The ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series has quite a few of these characters. |
| 358 | %%* Hayato Kanzaki of ''VideoGame/StarGladiator''. |
| 359 | ** First up that comes to mind is, Paul Phoenix. Bikes around a lot, and self-proclaimed "toughest guy in the universe". Though judging by his record of fighting (beaten several Mishimas in canon!), he's... really badass. |
| 360 | ** Jin Kazama is this too, owning a souped-up sports bike that has boosters on it. The Bloodline Rebellion Intro details just how good he is with his bike of his. |
| 361 | * Lara Croft from ''Franchise/TombRaider'', who downright has some driving segments in ''Videogame/TombRaiderLegend''. |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/TouristTrophy'', a spinoff of ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'', allows you to compete head-to-head with other bikers on tracks. |
| 363 | * Mr. Grimm from ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', a skull-themed motorist (TheGrimReaper himself in some continuities) who always rides a CoolBike. |
| 364 | %%* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''. The Anarchs, but nobody is as badass as Smiling Jack. |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': |
| 366 | ** Wario becomes this complete with a chopper bike called the "Wario Bike", built by Dr. Crygor for him since ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames''. In fact, a good few of his microgames have him riding his bike through various hazards. |
| 367 | ** There's also [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Mona]] who owns a scooter and puts it to good use in her stages in the first game and ''VideoGame/WarioWareTwisted''. |
| 368 | * ''VideoGame/{{WarWind}}'' has them as an equivalent of cavalry in Obblinox army, recruitable at an inn. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 372 | * Mondo Owada of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' got accepted into one of the world's most prestigious high schools on the basis that he's one of the most badass biker gang leaders, leading the biggest Biker Gang in Japan. |
| 373 | * Subverted with Morgan in ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework''. On the one hand, she used to lead a gang, and she scares Dennis enough that he takes pains not to have her around when he’s harassing the other girls. On the other, her one foray into the crime world (to prove that her gang was for “real”) was a botched armed robbery that led to her gang breaking up and Morgan herself going to prison for a year. |
| 374 | * In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', Akira's motorcycle only adds to his image as a tough, capable fighter. Seiji and Kaoru are both impressed by it and demand rides from him on separate occasions. |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 378 | * In ''WebAnimation/DickFiguresTheMovie'', Red acquires motorcycle skills during a lengthy car chase. |
| 379 | * Lobo in ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'' is a space biker. |
| 380 | * Season 9 of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has [[ActionGirl Agent]] [[TheAce Texas]] riding a heavy motorcycle during the big highway battle; when she's done with it, she simply sends it up a ramp and crashing into an enemy AV-14 Hornet. |
| 381 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' A keen motorcyclist who favours biker-influenced outfits, Yang is an elite [[HunterOfMonsters Huntress]] whose pride and joy is her orange-and-black motorcycle, Bumblebee. Junior's nightclub fears her because every time she rocks up on her bike, it's to cause trouble, and Neptune is impressed when she bursts through the club's blast doors, unfazed by the club's defences. When biking through Anima, she punches a bandit for hitting on her and later sacrifices her bike in battle against Adam to save Blake; In Volume 8, she field tests a new hoverbike by performing somersaults and later leads the bike chase through the mountains [[spoiler:when Oscar is kidnapped]]. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 385 | * In ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' Maria uses a motorbike as her primary mode of transport and is a well-respected paladin. |
| 386 | * Kalita from ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' is a biker who specializes in brawling. She can [[OneWomanArmy take out an enemy gang by herself,]] and has an ElementalPunch as one of her techniques. |
| 387 | * Subversion: an early sequence [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/02132002/ starting here]] [[note]]If that link doesn't work, go to the archives and start at February 13th, 2002[[/note]] in ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' has Monica (looking like a {{goth}} because she's got motor oil around her eyes) looking for a phone in what turns out to be a biker bar after her car breaks down. The bikers all seem pretty badass, but [[spoiler:it turns out that they're all rich, white-collar motorbike enthusiasts dressing up]]. Monica gets to ride shotgun on a Harley anyway, so she's not complaining. |
| 388 | * Subverted with Hades from ''Webcomic/ZeusAndSons'' who, despite his biker garb, badass motorcycle, and dominion over the dead, is seen crying about his inability to find a girlfriend and lovingly petting his [[CuteMonster three-headed puppy]]. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 392 | * ''WebVideo/LeftPOORDead'': Toby in episode 5 |
| 393 | * Nightwing in ''WebVideo/NightwingTheSeries'' rides a sleek sport-cycle. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 397 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvengerPenguins'' revolves around three bike-riding penguins that inhabit Big City, uniting to protect it and its citizens from the evil Caractacus P. Doom, [[MadScientist an insane and reclusive criminal scientist]]. |
| 398 | * ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: they're humanoid mice, they come from Mars, and they're bikers. For the Badass part... Back on Mars they routinely fought tanks one-on-one and ''won''. |
| 399 | * Ulrich Stern of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' has a monowheeled flying "Overbike" in the virtual world. Note that he's also a [[SuperSpeed speedster]], but the bike makes him even ''faster''. |
| 400 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'' shows Zartan's origin as this. |
| 401 | * ''WesternAnimation/GrojBand'''' has Mina Beff and Nick Mallory, who can ride a motorcycle. |
| 402 | * Vigilante from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', whom due to being an modern cowboy. Goes for the MyHorseIsAMotorbike trope. |
| 403 | * On ''{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}}'', Nathan Explosion often drives a bike with four sidecars for his band members, which he calls the Murdercycle. |
| 404 | * Steve from ''{{WesternAnimation/The Owl House}}'' is revealed to have an aesthetic like this late in season 2, with a motorbike and leather jacket. He takes King on a joyride across the Isles for no personal benefit and they even help a family with cart troubles. As a member of the Emperor's Coven, he's considered badass by default. |
| 405 | * [[spoiler:Mike Chilton]] pulls this off in the finale of ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}''. |
| 406 | * ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', of all people, becomes one after the fifty-year TimeSkip in [[SamuraiJack/TropesSeason5 Season 5.]] The first scene of the season has him saving a family from a gang of robot bugs by smashing them with his bike. |
| 407 | %%* Sonia the Hedgehog from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' in a few episodes. |
| 408 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': |
| 409 | ** When vehicular travel is necessary, the Titans ride in Cyborg's CoolCar... except for Robin, who rides his own Badass Bike. |
| 410 | ** In keeping with his status as Robin's ShadowArchetype, Red X has one too. (Johnny Rancid likes to ''think'' of himself as this, but even control over reality using [[GreatGazoo Larry's]] powers doesn't make him badass.) |
| 411 | * In his biography for ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' Trent states that if he won the money, he'd use it as a down payment for his dream chopper. |
| 412 | * Some ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', such as Thrust from ''Beast Machines'', Sideways from ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' and Prowl from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', take this even further... they ''are'' Badass Bikes. [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29 Oil Slick]] has yet to appear, but he looks the part and will likely fit the role to a T. |
| 413 | ** He finally appeared. And for those who don't know, he transforms into what is essentially a heavily modded Dodge Tomahawk, the most badass mode of transportation ever conceived. Modded meaning he has a GOAT SKULL on his handlebars and spikes everywhere. Metal incarnate. He was so awesome that while he was originally intended to be toy-only, the creators thought he was so awesome that they put him in both the show and the tie-in comic. |
| 414 | ** Oh, and did we mention badass bikes Prowl and Oil Slick are also ''ninjas''? Sideways just has to get along with being [[spoiler: a living virus and servant of an eater of worlds.]] |
| 415 | *** [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideways_(RID) Tfwiki has it]] that he actually is a ninja as well, though more recently he's a spaceship or a car instead of a bike. |
| 416 | ** Arcee from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is another badass bike-bot. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 420 | * RealLife bikers can get a bad rep, especially in areas where gangs are well-known, but there are a lot of stories of how they are actually quite nice, though they often use the image to protect their own. |
| 421 | ** A good example are the guys of [[http://www.rescueink.org/ Rescue Ink]], who work to help rescue abused animals while making sure that the abusers get what's coming to them. See [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100507164543/http://www.dosomething.org/blog/chatterbox/bikers-help-fight-animal-cruelty this article]] for an absolutely adorable picture of them helping out puppies. |
| 422 | ** There are also the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders Patriot Guard Riders]], veteran bikers who attend funerals of American servicemembers and shield the family from the [[strike:evil cultists]] protesters of the [[ReligionOfEvil Westboro]] [[HolierThanThou Baptist]] [[BeliefMakesYouStupid Church]]. |
| 423 | ** Adelasian locals (Adelaide, South Australia) will know all about the Santa Bikers run. Every year all the bikers in the city buy presents for disadvantaged kids and drive down the main roads on their bikes (most decked in Santa gear because that's part of the fun) to deliver them. I'm told other countries have similar runs. |
| 424 | *** Many Australian cities have similar events, including Brisbane and Townsville. |
| 425 | ** [[http://www.bacausa.com Bikers Against Child Abuse]] are another charity biker group that offers support and protection to children who have experienced mental and physical abuse. They have chapters in the US and other countries. If the victim is scared at night, they will ride up to keep vigil outside their house and they also fill the entire front row of the courtroom when the victim has to testify. "It's harder to feel scared when the scariest-looking people in the room are on ''your'' side. " |
| 426 | * A couple of [[TooDumbToLive particularly dumb robbers]] in Australia made [[MuggingTheMonster an unfortunate choice of place to knock over]] since the club had about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFBcmo2WMk 50 "Blackie" bikers meeting inside]], who proceeded to ZergRush the robbers to the point that one [[SuperWindowJump jumped out the window]] to get away while the other was rugby tackled and hogtied by the bikers while trying to leave out the back door. |
| 427 | * Touring bikers are often an aversion. [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]] and Creator/EwanMcGregor are good examples of this. |
| 428 | * In places where the driving conditions are often chaotic and dangerous (i.e. in developing countries), people who choose to ride motorcycles become badasses by default since every day they brave hellish road conditions that can lead to severe injury or death. |
| 429 | * An indirect example would be the [[https://www.ocweekly.com/the-very-merry-un-gangs-of-disneyland-6429567/ "Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneyland."]] Basically, large social clubs who often adopt a tough, biker-like apparel, but visit the park to enjoy the attractions just like anyone else. When necessary, they'll leverage their intimidating looks to help keep the peace by intimidating actual troublemakers and reporting them to security. |
| 430 | * Kurdish militias fighting back invading Islamic State militants got some unexpected reinforcements in the form of [[http://news.yahoo.com/netherlands-says-ok-biker-gangs-fight-islamic-state-155136559.html Dutch biker gang "No Surrender"]] and [[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186278 German biker gang "Median Empire."]] |
| 431 | * Italy has a tradition of ''military'' bikers dating to before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII when every ''Bersaglieri'' (quick assault infantry) regiment was given a recon platoon equipped with bikes, recon platoons that, if necessary, [[http://image.archivioluce.com/foto/high/ATTUALITA/GP13/A00049515.JPG could fight]]. To this day, Italian brigades still have a recon company equipped with bikes (including, of course, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_Bersaglieri_Brigade Garibaldi bersaglieri brigade]]), said bikes' manufacturer Cagiva sells bikes to armies of all the worlds, and the ''Corazzieri'' (the guards of the Italian president, chosen among the tallest and most badass of the ''Carabinieri'') [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/2june2006_059.jpg can be seen on large bikes when on parade or escorting the president]]. |
| 432 | * Motorsports involving motorcycles typically have this, with [=MotoGP=] and more extreme series taken to the extreme. Valentino Rossi, for example. |
| 433 | * Motorcycle cops play into the same image and have a reputation even amongst other police officers for being renegades. Many also participate in their own motorcycle clubs off-duty. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
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