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7	->''"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man."''
8	-->-- '''Beatrice''', ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''
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10	Facial hair is widely perceived as masculine and mature. Be it a well-groomed moustache or a lush and untrimmed beard, prominent facial hair on a male character is used to show them as [[ManlyMan a bona fide tough guy, a man's man, a veritable buffet of manliness]].
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12	The reason for this is that women and young boys usually don't grow facial hair, and the lack of it on a post-pubescent man can make them look "delicate" (see PrettyBoy) so its presence is associated with a gruff, hardened older guy. While a sufficiently muscled and [[LanternJawOfJustice square-jawed]] {{hunk}} can get away with being clean-shaven or sporting PermaStubble, he is just as likely to have a thick moustache and/or a full and gorgeous beard. Characters who ''lack'' facial hair can be considered less masculine, and the growth of facial hair on someone who was previously unable to grow it or was clean-shaven can be a visual indicator that the guy TookALevelInBadass.
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14	Common "manly" types who tend to have facial hair are the ChickMagnet (who may be sporting a Creator/ClarkGable-style mustache), the MightyLumberjack, NatureHero, or HunterTrapper (in these cases a bushy beard shows their relation to and dominance over nature), TheStrongman (who is usually associated with a handlebar moustache), and the MachoLatino sporting one of the MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico. Also often found in military settings, associated with SergeantRock, ColonelBadass, TheCaptain, FatherNeptune, and the AcePilot. Sometimes the association becomes parodic, as in the case of TestosteronePoisoning types who also sport exaggerated facial hair.
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16	SisterTrope to CarpetOfVirility, which achieves the same effect with chest hair, and LanternJawOfJustice, the way to go if you want to look manly without a beard. Compare also to HotBloodedSideburns, displaying an individual's strong personality. SuperTrope to BeardOfBarbarism (where long facial hair is used to mark someone as being from a violent warrior culture) and SeadogBeard (where a bushy beard is on an experienced seaman). Compare GirlsWithMoustaches, mustached or bearded women are usually presented as funny or disgusting since women should not be manly and should not have facial hair. And note that [[FacialScruff not all facial hair is manly]] -- a PornStache might make people giggle instead, and a WizardBeard serves more to make them look wise and old. BeardOfSorrow is also not manly, but rather a sign that a man has become depressed and given up on his grooming (though it could be worn by a HeartbrokenBadass). A BeardOfEvil is also unlikely to be manly, given its likelihood to be worn by an older, [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood wimpy intellectual]] villain like a MadScientist or EvilChancellor.
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18	Beards have also fallen in and out of fashion throughout history. The elaborate military whiskers of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras fell quickly out of fashion during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne because they interfered with the fit of [[DeadlyGas gas masks]] (except for the [[GodwinsLawOfFacialHair toothbrush mustache as it would fit beneath the mask]], but it was DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER by [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler one guy]]). They were out in the 20th century thanks to the rise of widely-available shaving equipment making it easy to get rid of facial hair but made a comeback in the 21st.
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20	Note: it is not enough for a male character to simply have a moustache, sideburns, or beard. The work must associate the facial hair with {{masculinity\|tropes}} in some way.
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22	!!Examples:
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25	[[folder:Advertising]]
26	* His beard alone has experienced more than the lesser man's entire body. His organ donor card also list his beard. He is... Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld.
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29	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
30	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Following his reawakening from a thousand years of slumber, Yhwach quickly mounts an army to utterly defeat the Soul Society and [[spoiler:kill Yamamoto]] through clever deception; Ichigo's massive attack power only shreds a piece of his sleeve, right before Yhwach slams Ichigo down with relative ease. His mustache was impressive enough in the beginning, but as each subsequent appearance leads to darker events and brings him closer to the Soul King, the mustache [[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2014/307/b/f/evolution_of_yhwach_s_mustache_by_mdre13-d856ojn.jpg increases in size and thickness]] accordingly.
31	* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'':
32	** Earl is a Heliosian scientist and has a mustache alongside a long beard. He invented the titular SuperRobot, and commands Kento in battle.
33	** [[spoiler:After Hayato Tate/Prince Harlin]] is rescued from Planet Marios, he shaves his wild, unkempt hair into a nice mustache. When he's challenged to a duel by Kloppen, he takes it without refusal, despite Kento's cries.
34	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
35	** Major Alex Louis Armstrong, despite being totally bald save for one lock of hair, sports a prominent mustache. Fittingly, he's one of the most overtly manly characters in the series: he's got incredibly large muscles and has one of the most physical fighting styles of the State Alchemists.
36	** Sig, Izumi's husband, is a bearded butcher who's equally as tough and muscled as Armstrong, [[BadassNormal and can fight alongside him despite not being an alchemist himself]]. Notably, when Armstrong meets him for the first time, Sig's face is one of the things he admires. He also has a [[BaritoneOfStrength deep voice]] to match his manliness, [[spoiler:and was able to kill Sloth alongside Alex Armstrong with his bare hands]].
37	* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Mary Lennox's father is a SharpDressedMan with a bushy mustache, and he's very popular amongst his fellow elites for always attending parties.
38	* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Kentaro Go has a pencil mustache, though he's a very demure guy. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that he's actually a Boazanian leading LaResistance, and as a youth, led many slave rebellions, inspiring his fellow slaves to take up arms]].
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42	* ''ComicBook/GroupOf7AMostSecretTale'': Both Bethune and Smythe were mustachioed men who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, though this seems to be more true of Smythe. The reason being that he's one of the group's hand-to-hand combat experts, and the first thing he does when he learns that John [=McCrae=] will be leading the team is challenge him for the leadership position, not liking the idea of being led by a poet into battle. [=McCrae=] still beats him one-handed, but props to him for being gutsy enough to try it.
43	* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': The Viltrumites are a race of physically powerful and genocidal space conquerors who prioritize strength. Perhaps fittingly, it is cultural tradition among their males to sport thick mustaches. [[spoiler:When Mark becomes the Emperor at the end of the series, he has to justify why he remains clean-shaven.]]
44	* ''ComicBook/SamuraiGrandpa'': [[TheProtagonist Ojichan]] has a white beard that reaches down to his waist, and his samurai skills haven't been dulled by his old age.
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47	[[folder:Eastern Animation]]
48	* ''Animation/LingLongIncarnation'': The older character, Elon, is the only one who can take on the younger protagonist, Mark, in a fistfight. Probably has something to do with the fact that he has a full beard, which adds extra manliness that Mark's PermaStubble can't match.
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51	[[folder:Fan Fics]]
52	* ''[[Fanfic/TantabusMarkII How the Tantabus Parses Sleep]]'': Moondog is usually female but, as a SexShifter, can easily take a male form. Her male forms always have a beard.
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55	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
56	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'': When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick feel like they're not manly enough to make it to Shell City, Mindy decides to use her "mermaid magic" to make them into men. What she actually does, however, is stick seaweed on their faces to make it look like they have moustaches. With their newfound confidence, our duo head back on the road... but they then run into Dennis the bounty hunter, who not only tears off their fake moustaches, but shows them what a ''real'' moustache looks like by [[SpontaneousMustache instantly growing one himself]].
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59	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
60	* ''Film/{{Balibo}}'': FRETILIN soldier Ximenez sports a beard, which is used to help portray him as a grizzled veteran.
61	* Rod of the film ''Film/HotRod'' wears a fake moustache when performing stunts in order to make himself manlier. He claims to have some kind of hormonal imbalance that prevents him from growing a real one, but [[spoiler:at the end of the movie he's starting to grow one for real anyway]].
62	* ''Film/TheHunter'': Martin has a well-trimmed beard and is a stoic, brave, and cunning hunter of dangerous animals.
63	* The eponymous hero of the Thai ''Khun Pan'' movies has a curled moustache as befits the fashion of the 1930's, to back up his magic powers and CowboyCop badassery.
64	* ''Film/PoliceAcademy'': Hightower has a thick mustache and is one of the toughest characters in the franchise.
65	* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': The contrast in physical capability between facial hair haves and have-nots can be seen in the main characters.
66	** Westley was clean-shaven as the innocent farm boy at the beginning. By the time he turns up again as the formidable fighter the Dread Pirate Roberts he's gotten a moustache. MasterSwordsman Inigo Montoya has a fairly bushy moustache of his own, while the strong giant Fezzik has healthy sideburns. The villainous yet competent Rugen, Humperdinck's main enforcer, has a BeardOfEvil.
67	** These stand in contrast to the sniveling Vizzini, the PrinceCharmless Humperdinck, the elderly Max, and the creepy Albino, who don't have facial hair.
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70	[[folder:Literature]]
71	* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' is quite proud of his cavalry whiskers (or "tart catchers", given that women find them quite attractive).
72	* ''Literature/JudgeDee'':
73	** The Judge himself has a magnificent beard that often gets him mistaken for the Judge of the Underworld. His lieutenants, who provide the majority of the action scenes, go for long mustaches instead.
74	** Subverted in the first book, where a retired philosopher has a much larger one than the judge yet turns out to be a criminal with a false beard (the judge is unmistakably smug when it comes off).
75	* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': The legendary hero Sir Pryse was a paladin who sported a manly 'stache; apparently he set a trend since every other paladin who shows up in the story is described as boasting a thick, neatly-trimmed mustache. [[spoiler:When Blackmail removes his helmet and reveals his identity, he's still got the same mustache he had as Sir Pryse, now just slightly graying from age.]]
76	* In ''Literature/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', Ray spends the year after the fatal accident working on boats in California. When he returns, he's tanned and bearded, and his friend Barry thinks to himself "Ray's face was now a ''man's'' face "
77	* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Terintans don't consider a boy a man until he's able to produce a full beard.
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80	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
81	* Subverted in ''Series/{{Cracker}}'' when DS Beck shaves off his moustache because they've now become trendy among homosexuals, and he's tired of being ribbed about it.
82	* All of the main male characters on ''Series/MiamiVice'' had this is some form at different points in the series, either via [[PermaStubble a distinctive five o'clock shadow]][[note]]to the point of popularizing it alongside Music/GeorgeMichael[[/note]] (Crockett), a thick mustache (Castillo), or a full beard (Tubbs, Switek, and Zito).
83	* Ron Swanson on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. Not only is he a ManlyMan with the strength and toughness that comes with it (by sitcom standards, of course), the mustache ''itself'' is badass enough to come back to full form within mere days of being singed or trimmed off. In fact, when Ron got back with his ex, Tammy 1, the loss of his moustache is legitimately seen as a sign of emasculation by his friends and co-workers.
84	* 'Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
85	** [[NumberTwo Commander William Riker]] is famous for his beard, as well as for being a commanding leader (even TheCaptain of his own ship as of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'') and a confident ladies' man.
86	** In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan The Schizoid Man]] Data briefly experiments with wearing a beard on his face, feeling it makes him look more intellectual. He quickly abandons the experiment after seeing Geordi and Troi's reaction to the beard.
87	** Klingons consider their beards to be symbols of courage, and in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E9TheQualityOfLife The Quality of Life]]" Worf states that beards are symbols of courage.
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90	[[folder:Music]]
91	* Stephen Foster wrote a song [[https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/7e/IMSLP202539-PMLP343116-If_Youve_Only_Got_a_Moustache.pdf "If You've Only Got a Moustache"]] about how growing some fine whiskers will make you attractive to women. This song was also featured in ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest''.
92	* Music/{{Russkaja}}'s song "Barada" (Russian for "beard") is dedicated to this trope, namedropping legendary bearded figures such as Literature/FuManchu, Creator/ChuckNorris, and Music/ZZTop.
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95	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
96	* "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage always had a beard and/or moustache (usually both) on.
97	* Wrestling/TheIronSheik had a proper Persian mustache.
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100	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
101	* Dwarfs from ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' never stop growing beard hairs and never willingly shave their facial hair, and as such a (male) dwarf's beard length is directly associated with his age and position in the social hierarchy. As such, this trope is in effect for dwarfs InUniverse, with long-bearded dwarfs automatically being given reverence and respect for their age, wisdom, and their long beards. On the flip side, [[TraumaticHaircut being forcefully shaved is just about the worst thing you can do to a dwarf]], and many who suffer it [[DeathSeeker willingly take the Slayer's Oath over the loss of their beard]]. The [[{{Conlang}} dwarf language of Khazalid]] contains several words on respect or disdain owed to a particular dwarf's magnificent or scruffy-looking beard.
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104	[[folder:Video Games]]
105	* The indie platformer game, ''VideoGame/BeardBlade'', where you're a badass warrior with a [[PrehensileHair prehensile BEARD]] have you kicking ass while turning your beard into fists, blades, maces, and assorted weapons. Early in the game, the wizard who gave you your powers claims "everyone has a ''special'' trait that grants their worthiness in magic", and apparently your special trait is your awesome beard.
106	* ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'', being set in UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge, is unsurprisingly chock full of these. Almost every single male character, from TheHero to random mooks, has a beard, including non-Norse characters, and they tend to be ornate [[BeardOfBarbarism Beards of Barbarism]], decorated with gold rings, braids, dreadlocks (in the case of [[TheBard eccentric African griot]] Cisse), and the like. Only Brother Angelico, a timid young Italian monk who's basically a [[GenderInvertedTrope male version]] of the WhiteMagicianGirl, is clean-shaven.
107	* Zig-zagged in ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'', whose dwarves all exhibit StoutStrength and are brave/bonkers enough to willingly delve into the monster-infested mines of Hoxxes IV. The Scout and Engineer classes by default have facial hair, but the Gunner and Driller -- who both handle rapidly-rotating equipment -- are clean-shaven. But a quick trip to the in-game shop lets you spend your gold on a variety of mustaches and beards to customize your characters, and truly magnificent beard styles, embellished with armor plating or gilded jewelry, are rare and valuable cosmetic items.
108	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Whenever Ganondorf sports a beard, he's depicted to be brawny, having a stout body, and heavily emphasizes on swordsmanship. So confident in his skills, he doesn't use magic in his {{Boss Fight}}s, a stark contrast to his other appearances which put heavy emphasis on dark magic.
109	* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Used as TertiarySexualCharacteristics in the Jellicent line. Both [[PinkGirlBlueBoy male (blue) and female (pink)]] Jellicent have white lining underneath their eyes; in females, this resembles a puffy collar, but in males, it resembles a mustache.
110	* In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', the academy students all consider Saguaro to be a huge ManlyMan. Naturally, he has quite an impressive mustache to back up this assumption.
111	* Barry Burton in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' sports a bushy beard and moustache, which compliments his burly body. Barry is also a husband and a father of two daughters and during his time in the mansion incident, he wields a .44 magnum revolver, which is extremely powerful. The remake slightly tones down his muscular frame and he gains a PermaStubble instead of retaining his facial hair, but he regains it in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2''.
112	* ''VideoGame/{{Shing}}'': It's no coincidence that Wilhelm, the manliest member of the player characters, who walks around [[WalkingShirtlessScene bare-chested]] and [[BloodKnight slaughters Yokai by the hundreds]] with an [[AxeCrazy axe]], is also the only one with a beard.
113	* [[BullyBulldog Muggshot]] from the ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' series sports a thick handlebar mustache, fittingly for a though, musclebound gangster like him. His backstory cutscene in [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus the first game]] even shows how his mustache grew in proportion to his muscles and confidence.
114	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': Zangief, who's characterized by his [[MusclesAreMeaningful muscular]] [[HeroicBuild physique]], [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] [[LargeHam attitude]], and herculean levels of strength, has a very iconic beard that stays consistent across all of his appearances. He's also got a strong CarpetOfVirility to go with it.
115	** In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Ryu was given an alt costume that makes him shirtless and gives him a rugged beard. Fans decided to call this look "Hot Ryu". It grew popular enough to become the basis of Ryu's design in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6''.
116	* ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'': Sheriff Bigby Wolf's normal style of facial hair is a 5 o'clock shadow beard that grows into a medium-length beard with a stubble mustache when he gets angrier and is forced to use his innate powers. As a character, Bigby is a tough fighter as many fables have gone into brawls with him, he smokes a lot, and is hot-blooded. Bigby's fighting prowess and toughness were the exact reasons why he was chosen to be the sheriff of Fabletown as he's the most iconic fable (resulting in his high durability) and he is considered one of the best fighters in Fabletown.
117	* ''VideoGame/{{Wulverblade}}'': A great many men in the game, including Caradoc and Brinnus, have facial hair, and are all warriors fighting for the future of Britannia.
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121	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
122	** The captain of the ship to Menagerie and Mistral has a full and shaggy white beard and side-burns, and full moustaches. It initially helps make him seem grandfatherly when he first tries to bring the anti-social Blake out of her shell. Once the sea dragon attacks, it helps give him a calm, level-headed, no-nonsense air of authority; he is portrayed as a grizzled veteran who instantly takes command of his young crew and the two young Huntsmen that are travelling on the ship.
123	** Ghira has a very large and full beard that blends in with the rest of his hair and compliments the [[CarpetOfVirility hair on his chest and arms]]. When forced to fight by the White Fang's attempt to assassinate him, his style is very physical and includes physical intimidation such as flexing his muscles while roaring. Even being stabbed in the back doesn't stop him from fighting, or holding up a large section of a falling ledge with his arms and shoulders to stop Ilia from being crushed.
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127	* In the world of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', moustaches have mystical powers. Dan [=McNinja=] earned the leadership of his clan simply by showing off his impressive moustache, and Gordito - a ''ten-year-old boy'' - [[SpontaneousMustache grew an even greater pair out of sheer force of will]], instantly cowing the grown-up civil worker witnessing this. Even Franz Rayner's neckbeard, which got him laughed out by other ninjas, is capable of blocking attacks.
128	* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'': In [[https://explosm.net/comics/2074/ one strip]], two characters are comparing their manly mustaches. One of them has a mustache that is so manly, it can flex itself like flexing arm muscles.
129	* Overly muscled manly man and AwesomeAussie Saxton Hale of the ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'' webcomics displays a thick and prominent moustache.
130	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sam as a transman used to wear a [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2014-12-10 fake beard]] in an attempt to look more manly. After he [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/tsos-28 gains]] a spell that allows him to transform his body to be fully biologically male, his transformed self sports a real beard.
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133	[[folder:Western Animation]]
134	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldofGumballS1E26TheMustache The Mustache]]" the teenage Gumball and Darwin take a muscle-building supplement out of a desire to become men, and turn into heavily ripped and mustachioed strongmen.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'': Max Ray (who was [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed modeled after]] Creator/TomSelleck) sports a PornStache, while Rex Charger has a sandy blonde beard that gives him a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking-like]] appearance. Both characters (like all the other Centurions) are manly {{Action Hero}}es.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': Mung Daal claims his mustache helps him with the ladies.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': Zig-zagged with protagonist Cleveland Brown. While his mustache is a great source of pride for him (at one point he's shown to have an entire grooming kit for it), he displays few stereotypically "masculine" traits in connection with facial hair. While losing his mustache causes his voice to noticeably rise in pitch (no filter), his level of vanity in regard to his facial hair could be considered stereotypically feminine.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/CupcakeAndDinoGeneralServices'': Everyone in the eponymous club in "The Manly Men's Man Club" has a manly mustache. Cupcake himself grows one to join the club, only for it to become a rampaging monster.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Has an episode where Dexter uses HollywoodScience to give himself a bushy red beard, in emulation of his hero [[SoulBrotha Action Hank]], and Dexter even ends up fighting alongside him against various bearded villains. Unfortunately he loses his prosthetic facial hair in the process, but Action Hank reassures him that [[SpoofAesop "It's not the beard on the outside that counts, but the beard on the]] ''[[SpoofAesop inside."]]''
140	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter grows a moustache and becomes innately more badass: he rescues a guy from a burning building. However, the moustache is burnt off in the attempt, reverting him back to normal.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E8TheHawHawedCouple The Haw Hawed Couple]]", Homer's revised ending to the ''Angelica Button'' book has Greystash activate his "mustache powers," causing his mustache to enlarge and flex like muscular arms that punch Malicious Krubb into submission.
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144	[[folder:Real Life]]
145	* In real life, mustaches are considered more professional than beards and they were mandatory in certain services. In the southern parts of India, [[https://www.logically.ai/factchecks/library/7b41d1a6 police officers are encouraged to grow a mustache or have mustaches as part of the uniform]] because police officers with a mustache were believed to be more effective, more respected by the public, less intimidating, and better at interacting with the community. Mustaches and beards are also considered a sign of innate masculinity and virility in India.
146	* From 1860 to 1916, it was [[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/01/mustache-law/ mandatory for British soldiers to wear mustaches]] and they would be arrested if they removed their facial hair. In Ancient Rome, beards were considered slovenly and a sign of living in squalor but were accepted as long as they were well-groomed and worn by someone in a position of authority. In certain countries [[note]] The Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Brazil to name a few. [[/note]], unkempt beards are considered improper and unprofessional while serving in the military and soldiers will have to be clean-shaven because the organization has to present discipline, hygiene, and uniformity. However, mustaches are only acceptable in certain countries as long as they are neatly trimmed and well-groomed during the soldier's service.
147	* In [[UsefulNotes/{{Amish}} Amish]] and Mennonite cultures, shaving off one's mustache is actually seen as a rejection of militarism and a non-verbal declaration of pacificism. They also believed that men were created by God to grow beards, and that shaving them off would be a sin, especially after marriage.
148	* Music/TheVillagePeople's first recruitment was through a flyer that read, "Macho Types Wanted: Must Have Moustache".
149	* Creator/PedroPascal usually sports a groomed mustache while acting or making public appearances. He discussed this trope in an interview from the ''Film/TripleFrontier'' press tour, claiming that someone warned him that he resembles a "grandmother" during his rare clean-shaven appearances. (Interestingly, one of his ''Triple Frontier'' character's nicknames is "Catfish," after an animal known for appearing to have long whiskers.)
150	* Not only is Creator/ChuckNorris considered ''the'' archetypal MemeticBadass, but his beard is also portrayed as a force of nature unto itself.
151	* Played with in tank ace Otto Carius' memoirs ''Tigers in the Mud''. While he lamented that he could only grow peach fuzz upon joining the Nazi German armored corps, his fellow tankers were jealous that he barely had to shave at all, as shaving supplies were in short order on the front.
152	* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt's epic manliness was complimented by an impressive mustache. Noteworthy as the majority of American presidents so far, have been clean-shaven, there's even a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_with_facial_hair whole article about that]] on Website/TheOtherWiki.
153	* UsefulNotes/RobinOlds, an AcePilot who grew a mustache worthy of an RAF officer about to fight the Red Baron.
154	* Creator/DannyTrejo tops off his intimidating look with a mustache of warning. As do Creator/SamElliott and the late Creator/CharlesBronson.
155	* Lord Kitchener (and his mustache) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kitchener_Wants_You Wants You!]]
156	* In most Arab and Persian culture, facial hair is considered a sign of maturity and authority among men, although the actual style varies among places and social groups, from military mustaches to neatly trimmed beards to no shaving anywhere. During the [[UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror wars in Iraq and especially Afghanistan]] the requirement for shaving in the military was relaxed among those who would interact most with local people, so that they would be taken more seriously.
157	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] on the internet by the stereotype of "neckbeards" and "soy boys", which are used to throw shades at men who are deemed [[{{Manchild}} immature and childish]] and riddled with bad habits such as, in these two cases, having a inelegant appearance and a bad or unbalanced diet. Said men are usually depicted with unkempt facial hair.
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