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->''"I love wearing a tux when I kill guys. Makes you kinda feel like Film/JamesBond."''
-->-- '''Brock Samson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', "Fallen Arches"

A [=Badass=] or criminal character will often dress conservatively (suit and tie) to imply that he is a "professional" who knows what he is doing. Generally partakes of a toned-down version of BadassLongcoat imagery; add [[CoolShades Cool]]/SinisterShades to complete the look. The suit will usually be [[SharpDressedMan impeccable]].

This trope can include women who wear traditionally male attire (read: suits), with the further implication that they are tough enough to make it in a man's world. If the writer doesn't want the female character to wear traditionally male attire, a pencil skirt has the same implication of professionalism especially when paired with a suit jacket. But, it isn't really a DistaffCounterpart.

One easy way of showing that a situation is getting worse or dangerous is to have the previously immaculate suit become messier somehow, generally with bloodstains or just having any unnecessary bits such as the tie or jacket taken off and the sleeves rolled up.

Of course, there's a reason why suits are THE sign of masculinity (and everything associated with it). It's because they look really nice on men. Thus male characters will sometimes be put in a suit for no particular reason other than aesthetics. That is not this trope.

Be aware that in PeriodPiece works, pretty much all the male characters will wear suits (unless their occupation has a uniform associated with it), so the suit won't qualify as this trope. Often some other piece of clothing will be used for the same purpose as this trope instead (bowler hats, bowties, and pocket watches are popular choices).
There are a few careers in which this style of dress ranges from common to near-universal: TheMenInBlack, WickedCultured {{Professional Killer}}s (especially if they are BanteringBaddieBuddies), {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, CorporateSamurai, {{Amoral Attorney}}s, many {{Battle Butler}}s and {{yakuza}}/[[TheMafia mafiosi]].

This trope does ''not'' cover flashy or eccentric suits worn as a fashion statement. The suits are supposed to be something you would wear at work. Therefore, [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel's]] and [[Franchise/LupinIII Lupin's]] respective blue and red leisure suits don't quite count. Jim Carrey's shoulder-padded yellow getup in ''Film/TheMask'' is about as far from this trope as you can possibly get.

A SubTrope of StockCostumeTraits and SharpDressedMan.

Compare SharpDressedMan, TuxedoAndMartini, VillainInAWhiteSuit; CoatHatMask; ManOfWealthAndTaste; BattleBallgown; KickingAssInAllHerFinery. See also: LadyInAPowerSuit.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Valkyrie Lind of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''. She's a professional badass, and she looks the part.
* Kitano's parent in ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'' who ''[[FaceOfAThug looks]]'' like a {{Yakuza}} leg-breaker and a [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette ghost]]. The shades actually help here, Kitano's father is [[NightmareFuelStationattendant even scarier]] without.
* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Most of the characters are, what with its being set in TheGreatDepression, but Ladd Russo goes the extra mile and has his entire entourage of [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]] dress in [[WhiteShirtOfDeath immaculate white suits for the sole purpose of staining them red during their train massacre]].
* [[BattleButler Sebastian]] from ''Manga/BlackButler''. Almost always dressed in a snappy tail coat, and able to end someone's existence in several different ways. And the shinigamis, who wear it as their uniform.
* ''Manga/BlackCat'''s Sven wears a [[Film/{{Moonwalker}} smooth criminal]]-esque suit (with a red tie instead of a matching white tie), fedora included. In the anime, it's never damaged and hardly changed, whereas in the manga, he's taken some articles off, to the point of no jacket, tie or fedora; with his sleeves rolled up which was used to badass measures in a BackToBackBadAsses moment with Train.
** Train even gets in on the deal when he takes on Lugart Won (also an example).
* Mr. Chang from ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. Rock also wears suits, but that's because he's an ex-{{salaryman}}.
** Balalaika too, considering her normal wear is a red business top with a long skirt bottom.
** The latest chapters also features a group of five French [[AmazonBrigade female mercenaries]] who are dressed up in all-black suits and gloves.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ryuuken Ishida rarely wears anything but white suits in the manga [[AdaptationDyeJob (beige in the anime)]], [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that he's the director of a major urban hospital and has to be professionally dressed. He's also a very powerful Quincy and capable of kicking much ass (including [[CurbstompBattle curbstomping]] his very talented son) without even removing his jacket or loosening his tie.
** Shinji too fights in a suit and tie with BadassLongcoat to boot.
** Unlike most of the military-clothed Sternritters, Robert wears a smart suit and coat. His encounter left Kyouraku quite badly injured whereas he got off with barely a scratch.
* Pretty much every male ''Anime/BloodPlus'' character, from Haji to Solomon to David and even Kai in the second half of the series.
* The standard uniform of [[CreatureHunterOrganization Public Safety]] in ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' is a dress shirt, slacks, suit, and tie, though several members (including the title character) [[NonUniformUniform leave out the actual suit]]. Amusingly, most of them wear ''tennis shoes'' instead of dress shoes. The suits themselves are apparently some kind of extremely durable armor, [[ArmorIsUseless though it only makes a difference once]], and makes it somewhat strange that so many agents would go without it.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' has Film/JamesBond-like [[NationalStereotypes British]] Contractor November 11 who always wears a suit and tie, even when engaging in urban battles. He is a [[AnIcePerson "cool"]] guy.
* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' later falls into this after becoming a detective.
* Campanella Freuling (female) from ''Manga/DOGSBulletsAndCarnage''.
* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' has Shizuo in his bartender's outfit; looking very sharp as he hurls vending machines at [[{{Jerkass}} Izaya]] and beats up punks on the streets of Ikebukuro. The outfit is associated with him and his badassery so much that he's known as Ikebukuro's "[[RedBaron God of Destruction (in a Bartender Suit)]]."
* Kiritsugu, Maiya and Saber from ''Literature/FateZero'', Kuzuki from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and Bazett in ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia''.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Whenever Roy Mustang is not dressed in military uniform, he wears damn fine period suits. He even wears a dress shirt under his uniform while seemingly everyone else uses more casual t-shirts or sweaters.
** On the evil side, once he is released from prison in the manga and new anime, Zolf Kimblee is [[Film/{{Moonwalker}} such a smooth criminal]] that he always dresses in a snazzy white zoot suit and fedora.
** Pride ([[spoiler:aka Selim Bradley]]) is always (when in human form) dressed in a button-up shirt, a waistcoat and dress shoes. We even see him in a suit, on one occasion, in Father's lair.
* Yuno and Yuki from ''Manga/FutureDiary''. In Episodes 19-20, Yuki's desperation after [[spoiler:losing his parents]] leads him to finally play the survival game by killing people. He is dressed in a tighter fitted jacket and a white dress shirt under it to look more confident, while Yuno wears a fancy black dress. This is the first point in the story where Yuki begins to kill relentlessly alongside Yuno.
* Ayame and Kiri-chan from ''Anime/GaReiZero'', both are female.
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'':
** Gouda's goons are always wearing the same dark suit with the same dark grey shirt.
** [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Major]] sports a spiffy full-suit-and-tie combo in the episode POKER FACE while serving as a bodyguard for [[SilkOverSteel Prime Minister Kayabuki]] and [[TheChessmaster Chief Aramaki.]]
* Most of the Magnificent 10 and a few of the good guys from ''Anime/GiantRobo'' take part in this trope. Alberto the Shockwave is probably the most prominent example.
%%* ''Manga/Golgo13''
* Triela in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', another female example. She's a cute looking kid with ''long'' pigtails but wears a suit partway through the manga to emulate her handler.
* Much like Sebastian, Hayate Ayasaki of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is usually found dressed in a sharp butler suit. The same goes for every other butler such as Klaus, Nonahara, Himuro, and several others. All snappy dressers, all able to dish out brutal beatdowns to anything that threatens their masters/mistresses and friends. Hayate in particular even takes on a more cool, detached attitude as he casually dispatches gunmen, giant robots, and the various weirdos trying to cause him trouble.
* Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', who despite the "sir" title is also female. Alucard also has one under his BadassLongcoat. Luke Valentine wears a pristine white one for his assault on the Hellsing manor and gets only a single drop on him through his assault. Until the point he gets to Alucard, that is, and gets stomped.
* Justified with Kento Nanami from ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' as he is a salaryman who wears a nice suit but he is also one of the most powerful sorcerers around, as he can inflict some damage on curses that are higher grade than him. At one point, he almost nearly kills Mahito, a high-level curse.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': Saiga, the leader of YAMI. Very snazzy suit, easily one of the most powerful fighters in the series even after being involved in only a single battle.
* Rei Hououmaru from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' wears a white suit jacket. Unusually she combines this with hotpants and fingerless gloves, both also in white, and [[CoolShades green-and-rainbow aviators]]. This is to mimic her boss Ragyo, who has white skin and clothes and rainbow patterned hair. [[spoiler:She ditches the outfit in the OVA after Ragyo's death.]]
* Inspector Verossa Acous from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' is a heroic example.
** The Hückebein family from ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' are a villainous one, however. Apparently, they are good enough at murder that slaughtering an entire facility of mooks in Chapter 17 didn't leave a single stain on their badass suits.
* Female example: Rin in ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}''.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' has Kai Shiden, who's shown to have become a badass reporter and Jame Bond-esque sleuth, as well as having developed a taste in sharp suits. The ''[[Manga/MobileSuitZetaGundamDayAfterTomorrow Day After Tomorrow]]'' manga further expound on his exploits in sharp suits.
* When he isn't [[spoiler:dressing up as his sister]], Johan from ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' is usually seen in a well-tailored suit (albeit sans necktie).
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': All For One, the world's oldest and the most powerful SuperVillain, is never seen without an impeccable black business suit. Given the manga's western comic book inspirations, this is probably an intentional shout out to villains like ComicBook/LexLuthor. All For One's nemesis, All Might also wears a suit when working as a high school teacher.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Takamichi Takahata is always seen with his suit and tie even when out on missions. He got the habit from his master, Gateau Kagura Vandenberg.
** Setsuna and Kaede also suit up on occasion.
** Jack Rakan trashing the QuirkyMinibossSquad while wearing a tux probably counts.
** What, no Kurt Godel?
** Even Negi pulls it off, [[spoiler:the suit becomes part of his demon form!]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Most of [=CP9=], especially [[spoiler:Rob Lucci]], complete with the suit getting taken apart as the fight goes on. He also wears a top hat.
** Admiral Kizaru wears a yellow striped (maybe a bit loud) suit; looks pretty sharp.
** Former Admiral Aokiji has a more down-to-earth white suit with a navy blue shirt, although he sometimes works without the coat (he still carries it around). He ditched the suit look after leaving the Marines.
** Captain "Black Cage" Hina, in the woman-in-a-mannish-suit category.
*** High-ranking Marines in general tend to wear pretty badass suits.
** On the side of the good guys, Sanji's usual getup tends to be suits. The entire crew did when they initially raided Shiki's fortress in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld''.
** Capone Bege and his Firetank pirates all dress like mafia gang; as his name suggests, Capone Bege especially looks the part.
** Doflamingo used to wear one when he was younger.
* The Blizzard Group from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' are all (apart from their leader) dressed in traditional suits, including their female members. They may not be [[OvershadowedbyAwesome as powerful]] as the main characters we follow, but they still are a group of B-Class heroes who put their lives on the line to deal with powerful monsters.
* Reborn from ''Manga/Reborn2004''. Isn't he just the cutest little mobster?
** Tsuna and his Guardians as well.
* Tuxedo Mask in ''Manga/SailorMoon'' wears, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]], a tuxedo, DominoMask, top hat, and BadassCape.
* A cover of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' shows the Holy Knights wearing suits. It's really badass.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' most obviously has Death the Kid, but Maka's uniform might also count, not to mention the positively Mafia-like black pinstripe suit Soul wears in his BlackBugRoom with the grand piano.
** Mosquito is always wearing a suit and is fully capable of going OneWingedAngel on Death the Kid, nearly killing him in the process.
* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': The world's best superspy, Loid Forger aka Twilight, is normally seen wearing his iconic green three-piece suit during his missions.
* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', this is the standard uniform for [[HunterOfMonsters Ghoul Investigators]]. They dress like normal officer workers, usually covering up with a white BadassLongCoat when out in the field. Female Investigators tend to favorite modest heels and pencil skirts with their suits. The vast majority are {{Badass Normal}}s that can go up against dangerous Ghouls and win.
** [[TheBrute Yamori]] and his underlings favor white suits, and are known for being brutal killers.
* Yuto Kigai, Seishiro Sakurazuka, and possibly Seiichiro Aoki from ''Manga/{{X1999}}''.
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'':
** Kaiba wears one in the Death-T arc which gives him a more regal appearance, unlike his school uniform. He later prefers {{Badass Long Coat}}s.
** Pegasus J. Crawford, the creator of ''Duel Monsters'', is wearing his iconic red suit for most of the time, and he was one of Yugi's most difficult opponents to deal with.
** Dartz, one of the most overpowered characters has a bright suit, but he never duels while wearing it.
** Siegfried Schröder wears one since he is Kaiba's UnknownRival. When Haga and Ryuzaki are about to be disqualified (they weren't invited) Siegfried insists the ref let them stay, as he wore his best suit and doesn't want to waste the trouble. He has a phenomenal winning streak until he loses to Kaiba.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Edo Phoenix has several copies of his white trademark suit and he wears it anywhere. He is one of Judai's strongest rivals, as he has defeated Judai and Kaiser even before Edo became stronger during the series.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Whenever the Minutemen from ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' take a job, expect to see all of them wearing black suits and ties.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' features The Gentleman, a seemingly ageless FlyingBrick whose costume is a perpetually immaculate tuxedo. [[spoiler:He may be the manifestation of a young girl's ideal image of her father, so it's not surprising that he seems perfect and invincible -- how else would a little girl want to imagine her father?]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** Batman's RoguesGallery's most notables have a... fondness of such sort of sophisticated outfits. [[JustifiedTrope Possibly justified]], seeing as more than a few of his rogues run criminal empires, and dress for the "Don" look.
** The Penguin and his trademark tux and top hat.
** The Joker may originally have been intended as this in UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}}, but by UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}, it was pretty firmly established that his iconic pinstripe suit, while undeniably spiffy, really was ''purple'', not just [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack a comics coloring convention representation of "dark grey"]].
** The Riddler, especially thanks to Frank Gorshin, tends to wear a green bowler hat and suit adorned with question marks.
** Two-Face's suits are usually two-toned, reflecting his character.
** Most of the Red Hoods other than Jason Todd (who instead goes for a biker outfit) sport this look, with the addition of a red hood or helmet, and perhaps a cape. The ''ComicBook/New52'' Red Hood Gang was full of these.
* Deconstructed in ''Blue Estate''. Two Italian mobsters are always seen wearing nice suits. Only to have them continually ruined by the work their jobs require (blood, termites[[note]]One was ordered to break into a decrepit house infested with termites.[[/note]], vomit...). One of them even questions why he spends half his paycheck on suits he knows will inevitably be ruined.
* [[TheJuggernaut Walter]] from ''ComicBook/TheMask'' always wears tailored suits, at least one of which is mentioned to run into the several-thousand-dollars range. None of them last long due to the gratuitous violence inflicted by and at him each appearance, but he evidently has a tailor on call because he’ll always have a nice new one by his next appearance.
* In 2000s-on comics, ComicBook/MoonKnight started wearing a three-piece white suit when his "Mr. Knight" genius-urban-crime-fighter persona was in control.
* ''ComicBook/MrBeaver'': The titular character wears a blue suit and red tie. He's also an ass-kicking anthropomorphic beaver.
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers2015'': Sunspot, cunning billionaire, starts decking himself out in a black suit once he became the leader of the New Avengers. After his team switched to the ComicBook/USAvengers, they all attended a socialite party where the team (women included) were all tidied up in suit and tie.
* ComicBook/NickFury's early spy adventures in ''ComicBook/NickFuryAgentOfShieldStrangeTales'' had him and his fellow ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agents, particularly those who followed him in from [[ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos the Howling Commandos]], dressed in business suits. In time, this gave way to him becoming more associated with the SHIELD blue and white catsuit, but it still pops back now and then.
** Nick Fury's first appearance the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' was in pure James Bond style. It was, however, an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. He was redesigned again in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', to the explicitly resemble Creator/SamuelLJackson with a BadassLongcoat that stuck ever since.
* Sam from ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' wears his suit with a striped tie and fedora.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** The Kingpin always dresses in a white suit.
** Doctor Octopus was almost always seen in a white suit in the early-mid 1990s.
** Mr. Negative, one of Spidey's newer foes post-''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', wears a white suit and tie with a black shirt. [[EvilCostumeSwitch It's actually a photo-negative-colored version of his regular suit]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': For his ComicBook/PostCrisis iteration, Angle Man was a RealityWarper GentlemanThief who dressed in suits, hats, and ties, though later writers put him back in the green and yellow spandex.
* In the Creator/ChrisClaremont-era ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, Sebastian Shaw, the Black King of the Hellfire Club, always wore the height of [[FanOfThePast Eighteenth-century fashion]], complete with ruffled collars and sleeves. Most Hellfire high-rankers wore this style while meeting at the club (the men did-- the women dressed [[{{Stripperific}} less formally]]) but Shaw kept up the look ''all the time''.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', All For One, his world's oldest and the most powerful {{Supervillain}}, is never seen without an impeccable black business suit in Luz's MentalWorld. She notes how it's almost like a metaphor, how his appearance and reputation projects the image as if he were seemingly spotless and flawless.
** Luz also wears one as part of her vigilante costume.
* In the {{Slashfic}} of ''Film/TheMatrix'' called: ''Bringing Me To Life'', just like in the film Smith wears a black suit exclusively during the first few chapters and a green one in a few of the flashback fight scenes. In later chapters, he sometimes trades his black suit-jacket in for a [[ItWasAGift dark-blue, jean jacket from Neo.]]
* Averted in ''The Return of Fanfic/WhatIf'', when Neo’s actions force the Machines to deploy a new type of Agent who are better able to understand humans on an emotional level, to the point of dressing in more casual clothing that could be mistaken for hacker attire.
* In ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'', [[PsychopathicManchild C]] is typically dressed to the nines -- though [[ClothingDamage after a fight it's usually wrecked]], while the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Fae]] also wear impeccable black suits.
* Terroma of ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'' wears the story's equivalent of a nice suit, which are elegant, colourful clothes befitting of a rich Braavosi merchant, even when he fights to the death.
* ''Fanfic/HuntingSeries'' a crossover of ''Supernatural'' and ''The Matrix'' has Smith always wearing his black suit.
** Along with John, Dean and Sam along with Neo and Jess across the series when they pretend to be from the F.B.I and other government agencies.
*** The Agents, like Brown, Jones, and Moore who always have to wear their dark-green suits.
* In ''Fanfic/SoldierWars'', suits are the mode of fashion most preferred by main characters Eli, Umi and Maki. Their use is justified, since their targets for assassination are all people with status, and they have to look the part to get close enough to kill them, though there is a limit to the niceness of the suits they wear. The formal tux Umi is accidentally stuck in for some of the story is shown to get in her way when she has to fight.
* ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'': Rarity's royal guard contingent, "The Radiant Guard" are some of the best-dressed ponies in Equestria. They are also "Black Flag Specialist" plainclothes security. Rarity's hoofmaidens could fold Big Mac into a small box without breaking a sweat.
* ''Fanfic/TheRoadNotTaken'' has Jem'Hadar attack Deep Space 9 during a diplomatic summit, forcing Captain Kurland to fight his way clear (with help from security forces [[{{Ambadassador}} and Ambassador S'taass]]) in his dress whites.
* In Chapter 57 of ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', assassin team [=CP9=] discusses this trope. The World Government gave them several plausible answers for why they had to be dressed professionally while on the job, but they all realized that the real reason was [[RuleOfCool because it's cooler to kick ass while looking good doing it]].
* ''Fanfic/RepublicCityBlues'': Korra wears a suit to formal events as Asami's bodyguard; and as an ex-cop, waterbender, and sharpshooter, she can kick plenty of ass.
* ''Fanfic/RWBYEpicOfRemnant'': After being stranded in the world of Remnant, Lancelot eventually trades in his suit of armor for a black suit and purple tie, and kicks ass in it.
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In chapter 11 of the sequel ''Diplomat at Large'', [[spoiler: when Discord shows up to do his Duties as Champion of Chaos and reclaim the Power of Hatred from Adagio Dazzle, he appears as a human in a zoot suit and a wide-brimmed hat. Carrying the Twilicane.]]
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' Villain!Deku fics, it's an [[FandomSpecificPlot almost universal rule]] that Izuku's villain costume will consist of a sharp black suit, green tie, and black gloves. Usually, this is because where in canon his hero costume was based on [[BigGood All Might]], his villain costume will be mimicking [[BigBad All For One]].
* In ''Fanfic/ThisAndThat'', after being made the Patron Librarian of Psychology, Powder's outfit is updated into a pink and blue tailored suit and tie with a long coat, though she personally dislikes it due to it making her look like [[RichBitch a resident of Piltover]].
** Suho and Bob also count, due to their Assistant Librarian uniform matching their respective patron's main outfit.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3544760/1/Death-Eaters-Are-Sheep Death Eaters Are Sheep]]'', [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] hires Muggle tailors so he can invoke the trope. Well, he acts like he's hiring them, but in reality he kills them to avoid paying. People are beginning to notice the tailors' disappearance.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' Max, [[BigBad Darla Dimple's]] utterly massive bodyguard, muscle, butler, and [[TheDragon dragon]], wears a slick suit, bow tie, and white gloves, which he somehow manages to keep utterly immaculate despite making his appearance by [[EstablishingCharacterMoment smashing through the wall]] and being so powerful he's closer to a force of nature than a human being. He even takes a moment to present a brush and sweep dust off of his shoulder after having disposed of a threat to Darla's career.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Just about any black-and-white gangster or detective film, due to the more formal fashion standards of the time:
** ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties1939''
** ''Film/WhiteHeat''
** ''Film/LittleCaesar''
** ''Film/TheKilling''
** ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''
* The heroes (and a lot of the {{Mooks}}) in HeroicBloodshed films.
* ''Film/ActOfValor'': Invoked by [[NonActionGuy Senior]] [[RetiredBadass Chief]] when he interrogates Christo on his yacht.
* ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'' have the [[http://www.theadjustmentbureau.com/splash/images/gallery/img4.jpg Bureau Agents]], who are never seen without their classy suits, even while ''adjusting'' people and chasing David Norris. Even the hat is important!
* Frank Lucas in ''Film/AmericanGangster'' plays this one almost painfully straight; the one time he goes out in public (under protest) wearing a pimp coat instead of an understated business suit turns out to be his downfall.
* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''
** Pretty much the only time that Loki isn't in his Asgardian garb is when he goes to a museum gala in Stuttgart, Germany, wearing a fancy tux (with [[ColorCodedCharacters green and gold]] accents, natch.) Loki then proceeds to [[EyeScream rip out some dude's eye]] and [[KneelBeforeZod terrorize a crowd of civilians]].
** Agent Coulson. His suit is always impeccable, and he seemingly never loses his cool.
* In ''Film/BigGame'', Morris is a Secret Service agent -- a suit comes with the office. He's also a supreme badass, capable of taking down two men aiming at him with one pistol before any of them even thinks of squeezing the trigger.
* Subverted in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', where the brothers wear black suits, but it's soon revealed that those are the only clothes they own. They wear them to bed, into the sauna, etc. Unsurprisingly, they smell bad. Lampshaded in the sequel when Elwood tells his new partners why they have to dress the same way.
* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'': [[ProfessionalKiller Assassin]] Vincent wears a steel-gray suit and tie but loses the tie as the situation grows out of his control. Creator/MichaelMann explains in the DVD Commentary that his look is designed to be as unremarkable as possible. So he's not just a Badass In A Nice Suit but dressed to get away with murder.
* Jimmy from ''Film/DanceOfTheDead'' is a younger version than most but was wearing his prom tux when the zombies rise and has it on throughout the film.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** In ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Henri Ducard goes into hand-to-hand combat in a suit and tie.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'':
*** Harvey Dent is a heroic version until his FaceHeelTurn, at which point the suit is horrifying.
*** Bruce Wayne disarms a thug with a shotgun pointed at him at point-blank range then disassembles the shotgun.
* In ''Film/DieHard'', Hans Gruber points out that he's wearing an expensive suit from the same tailor as the one worn by the Japanese business executive.
* Storm Shadow from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' dons a spiffy white suit sans tie in the Paris segment, while James [=McCullen=] though not being a fighter does have a nice dark suit.
* The entire ''Film/{{Inception}}'' team gets into this at various stages, including Ariadne. Some particularly notable ones are Cobb, Arthur, and Saito in black tie at their first meeting, the hotel dream levels, and Arthur's famous hallway fight, in which he wears a three-piece suit and removes only the jacket.
* Lao Che in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' poisons Indy while wearing a suit with a white bowtie, even.
* In ''Film/InvitationToAGunfighter'', Jules Gaspard d'Estaing cements his status as a CulturedBadass by wearing a finely tailored black suit that makes him look more like a ProfessionalGambler than a gunfighter, and makes him stand out admidst the roughly garbed yokels.
* Film/JamesBond, much of the time at least. He even has the famous "fix my tie" maneuver sometimes. Also, [[Film/{{Skyfall}} adjusting his cufflinks in the middle of landing in a train wreck]].
* The Robber in ''Film/JewelRobbery'' is never without his white-tie suit.
* ''Franchise/JohnWick'' marks Creator/KeanuReeves returning to sharp-dressed sharpshooting -- once he begins his RoaringRampageOfRevenge in ''Film/JohnWick'', he goes black-tie (worn over a ballistic vest, to be fair) and never goes back. [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 The sequel]] shows him in Rome getting a new suit tailored that's even nicer than the first! This one doubles as BulletproofVest because the body armor is sewn into the suit. In [[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum the third movie]] the Elder even gives John a new suit as a gift to signify he's returned to the assassin community.
* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'':
** This is the very definition of a Kingsman agent. Justified, as the organisation started out as and still uses a high-class Saville Row tailor shop as their public front. The suits themselves are badass since they're bulletproof.
** Eggsy. To the extent that finally donning the suit was how he prepared to infiltrate the supervillain's lair, illustrating the end of his training and the beginning of his life as a Kingsman. The suit itself helps him be more badass, being bullet-proof.
* In ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'', the eponymous witch hunter spends most of the movie in shirt and suit trousers.
* Jef Costello, the hitman from Jean-Pierre Melville's crime picture ''Film/LeSamourai'' never leaves his apartment unless he's dressed in a suit, tie, [[BadassLongcoat rain coat]], and perfectly positioned fedora. For that extra bit of class, he always puts on white gloves before a kill. Jef cares as much about his appearance as he does his alibi.
* ''Film/LetsGetHarry'' (1986). American construction workers go down to UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} to rescue a colleague kidnapped by terrorists. They want to hire a mercenary to advise them; cue a TerribleIntervieweesMontage of MilesGloriosus-types dressed in camouflage before they get to a suit-wearing Creator/RobertDuvall, who turns out to be the ConsummateProfessional they hire.
* ''Film/TheMatrix''. Agents are TheMenInBlack wearing conservative suits. Resistance fighters typically wear flashy black suits and shades, juxtaposing their drab, worn clothing in the real world.
* The ''Film/MenInBlack'': the eponymous agents wear black suits as a uniform and wear sunglasses to shield themselves from their memory-stealing devices. When Agent Jay first dons his uniform, he says, "You know what the difference is between you and me? (''GlassesPull'') I make this look ''good''!"
* Mahogany, played by Vinnie Jones, the silent butcher/serial killer who makes short work of New York subway passengers in ''Film/TheMidnightMeatTrain''. Despite his gruesome activities, he is always impeccably groomed and dressed; a fact emphasized when [[spoiler:Leon, the photographer who has been following him, ultimately confronts and kills him, only to realize that he was only the procurer for a group of ancient demonic beings who, deprived of their delivery man, inform Leon of his new job, which he performs in exactly the same suit and hairdo.]]
* Many of [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino's]] characters: most of the cast of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' (at least on the day of the heist), Jules and Vincent in ''Film/PulpFiction'', the Crazy 88s in ''Film/KillBill''...
* Nicolas Cage's character in ''Film/SnakeEyes'' changes from his sharkskin jacket to a suit jacket as a symbol that he's stopped messing about and is serious.
* Tango from ''Film/TangoAndCash'' usually wears expensive business suits. His commander even calls him on that.
* Jason Statham's Frank Martin in ''Film/TheTransporter''. In the second film he even has a spare one in his car to deal with the inevitable (non-{{fanservice}}) ClothingDamage.
* Justified by the titular ''Film/TheTuxedo'', which is in fact the ultimate spy gadget, providing its wearer with every possible skill you'd need for a spy mission, from gun assembly to kung fu, to wicked dance moves.
* In ''Film/TheUntouchables1987'', Eliot Ness is the classiest member of the group thanks to his black suit (provided by the very ''Giorgio Armani'' no less!). Though most of the time he wears a BadassLongcoat, it's in the rooftop chase scene where he finally has some action with it.
* Sebastian Shaw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', as well as his goons Azazel and Riptide.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* [[Literature/AgentPendergast Special Agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast]] anyone?
* Butler from ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' is never described as wearing anything other than a suit, as befits his professionalism, and will beat up almost anyone who threatens [[HeterosexualLifePartners Artemis, whom he is charged with protecting]]
* The four main characters from ''Literature/TheBadGuys'' series wear black suits and ties, a trait that lingers from their original villain days. It keeps them looking like a group, while also keeping their gang-like qualities that they had from the past.
* Skothiam Felcraft and Denman Malkuth of ''Literature/DanceoftheButterfly'' are both wealthy, very well-dressed men. They also possess amazing martial skills and do not hesitate to use them on the deadly foes they encounter in the story.
* Assassins in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. If they don't wear black, they reason, they might as well just be thugs who kill people for money.[[note]]It also has the effect of making the Assassin somewhat recognizable, so that most potential targets aren't stuck permanently in a room with a crossbow pointed at the door, just in case....[[/note]]
** Havelock Vetinari is by education an assassin and has acted like one at least once in canon. Notably, on that occasion, he actually wore dark green (he failed camouflage because the instructor complained that [[FridgeBrilliance he'd never seen Vetinari in class]]).
** Crysoprase the troll godfather wears very nice suits. When he first appears in ''Literature/SoulMusic'', it's noted that his suit may appear badly-tailored, but it isn't; "even a troll with no clothes on looks fundamentally badly tailored". Since most trolls just wear a loincloth to conceal whatever trolls have that they want to conceal, Crysoprase's dress sense becomes even more notable.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** "Gentleman" Johnny Marcone wears nothing but hand-tailored suits and tuxedos are his standard wardrobe. He may be a mere BadassNormal in a WorldOfBadass, but he faces down everyone else through sheer intimidation and influence.
** On the side of evil, we have Nicodemus Archleone, who also has the standard attire of a suit. His one fashion deviation is that instead of a tie, he wears the noose that Judas used to hang himself with, as it grants him standard-issue invulnerability.
** Also, Dresden himself, a few times. Notably, in ''Death Masks,'' when he attends a high-class auction with Susan, in ''Cold Days'' when he attends the birthday party that Mab threw for him, in ''Skin Game'' when he goes to a high-end party to meet someone, and the short story "I Was A Teenage Bigfoot." Also, in each case, Harry shows he is a badass by having some sort of fight in each place in the novels, and utterly intimidating the MonsterOfTheWeek in the short story.
** Warden Chandler is never seen in anything but impeccable tailored suits, often with a bowler hat. On the badass subject, he's regularly assigned duties like guarding the Ways to Edinburgh, all by himself. Duties which are typically done by a team of 5 or 6 wardens. Dresden nicknames him Steed.
* ''Literature/TheHeartsWeSold'': The Daemon appears as an ordinary, well-dressed gentleman, but is in fact an extremely powerful demon who is capable of great magical feats.
* ''Literature/JamesBond'' is mostly seen fighting in a dark blue tropical suit or tuxedo, and is especially adept at CQC while wearing a suit. However, he does wear suitable gear in different environments, such as woodland camouflage gear during a [[Literature/ForYourEyesOnly forest stakeout]] or black tactical ski gear when [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService escaping from Piz Gloria]].
* Grey in ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark'' is introduced wearing a very close-fitted and stylish charcoal suit, complete with a sword-shaped tiepin - it's very soon discovered that the sword is [[MasterSwordsman not an exaggeration]], and he [[DissonantLaughter gleefully]] defeats an EldritchAbomination using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique. [[spoiler:After a nasty case of the DespairEventHorizon, one of the many changes in Grey is that he puts aside his suits for battered training gear.]]
* ''Literature/MartinFierro'': When he is conscripted to the Frontier, Fierro invokes this trope by taking his best clothes, his best horse and all the instruments that are needed for the horse. He is not only showing off, but all of those clothes and instruments are also needed for a Gaucho who is going to fight someone, he is being professional about his work fighting the natives.
* ''Literature/{{MARZENA}}'': Marian always wears a black suit, whether it's to give a BreakingSpeech or for breaking a couple of fingers. She probably has a whole wardrobe filled with these. There's also Livia who likes to wear a grey suit, and Helena a blue one.
%% * Valentine Morgenstern from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''.
* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}''. Croup and Vandemar are contract killers who wear suits, but the suits look like they were made by someone who had only had a suit described to them and thus look creepily off. Not helping matters was that the suits were on [[HumanoidAbomination Croup and Vandemar]], who are so simultaneously human and ''not'' as to be described only as "human-shaped".
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Zeus. The king of Olympus fought against the Titans in his youth, and personally led the Olympians into battle against Typhon, and is shown wearing dark, pinstriped suits.
* ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'': In the original novel and almost all incarnations, the eponymous character is a terrifying badass with [[http://i.goldstar.com/gse_media/109/0/lon-chaney-as-phantom-of-the-opera-1925.jpg?h=260&w=460 some]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfyg0nLGh71qzl1t7o1_500.jpg good]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lra99rWaH61r2tapio2_250.jpg fashion]] sense!
-->"The ghost had appeared to them in the shape of a gentleman in dress-clothes."
* ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain'': Upon gaining physical superpowers, Reviled promptly acquires nice suits to wear, including while fighting.
* DCI Nightingale in ''Literature/RiversOfLondon''. Peter often remarks on his smart if somewhat old fashioned dressing habits, mostly his hand-made shoes and bespoke suits. And he definitely is a badass. Just ask the Night Witch from the 4th book. Or those Tiger tanks he blew up with his fireballs.
* Simon Templar, AKA Literature/TheSaint, favours Savile Row suits when not in disguise; one book specifies that he prefers the real-life firm of Anderson & Sheppard. He's also a LovableRogue vigilante who has come out on top in scraps with everything from Nazis to Prohibition-style gangsters to the actual Mafia in their home country, usually in ways where the law either can't pin it on him or has to reluctantly admit that he's actually made their lives easier by getting involved. Fittingly, playing the Saint [[Series/TheSaint on TV]] for several years was a major step on the road towards Creator/RogerMoore playing [[Franchise/JamesBond a certain other tuxedo-clad English badass]].
* ''Literature/SixOfCrows'': Kaz. Bright patterns are popular in the Barrel; Kaz wears well-tailors, dark-colored suits to mock the merchant class.
* Kit Carson of Literature/TimeScout habitually wears a rumpled suit when working at his hotel. Anyone who goes downtime has a better than even chance of wearing a very nice suit.
* ''[[Literature/ConfederationOfValor Valor's Choice]]'' by Creator/TanyaHuff has a company of Confederation Marines having to fight a LastStand in their dress uniforms (they were escorting a diplomatic contingent during negotiations to bring a new species into the Confederation). Fortunately for them, the Confederation military was smart enough to equip even the dress uniforms with some armor protection.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/TwentyFour'': Though usually he's seen in more street attire, Jack Bauer has had to dress up a bit sometimes while on assignment (most notably when he infiltrates the Russian consulate in Season 6 and during the White House invasion in Season 7). Curtis Manning also wore a suit for most of Season 4 where he first appeared, which coincidentally, happened to be the season, he was most badass in. He typically wore combat gear in subsequent seasons.
* All the male S.H.I.E.L.D agents on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' except for Fitz the genius engineer, who prefers plaid shirts and cozy sweaters. Agent Ward also likes to hang out in tee-shirts, although he gets into a suit for missions. Some of the women too, but not the ones on the main team (Agent May prefers black leather that could pass as a Trinity cosplay, Sky prefers to be more casual). Simmonds' outfit could arguably fit the trope since it is something a doctor or chemist would wear to work (and she is the biochem/medicine expert): but it's not a conventional three-piece suit and tie. Fitz and Simmonds do don these when they go to The Hub.
* The F.I.R.M. from ''Series/{{Airwolf}}''. Especially Archangel.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Julian Sark is a consummate professional, and he is rarely seen without a fine suit.
* This trope was extremely common in American [[CopShow crime]] [[SpyDrama dramas]] of the 60s and 70s, particularly in representing characters from organized crime, who would never go anywhere, including an outdoor worksite, without putting on a full suit and tie. This trope could easily be called Wise Guys in Ties.
** Lampshaded (unintentionally) in "The Frame," a very early episode of ''Series/MissionImpossible'', where the team infiltrates a mob meeting at the boss's home and a major plot point hinges on one character getting spilled on and being sent upstairs to change into an entirely new suit, which the boss subsequently compliments him on.
* Marcus Hamilton in the last season of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', who was more or less the Terminator with etiquette. After being told his friends were running from "a tall, well-dressed..." and then Hamilton bursting upon the scene, Angel remarked, "Wow. He really is well-dressed." The season previous, Gunn attended a fancy party, and in order to blend had to wear a suit... and then had to beat up a bunch of warrior monk-types, which he lamented would get blood on it. (It didn't, though. He's that good.) In a minor Moment Of Awesome, he flips one mook over his head and fixes his tie back into place before he even lands.
* In ''Series/AuctionKings'', Jamie always wears the strangest suits. He also beat Paul in a rematch of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution... IE -- an arm-wrestling match.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman Agent John Steed of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' combines this trope with a hat and ParasolOfPain.
* Police Commissioner Frank Reagan of ''Series/BlueBloods'' invariably wears very nice three-piece suits and ties while working, and though he's at this point mostly a RetiredBadass he once kills a rapist for [[PapaWolf threatening his daughter]] while wearing it.
* Every male character on ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', in gorgeous [[TheRoaringTwenties '20s-era]] three-piece suits.
* The Gentlemen from the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E10Hush Hush]]" float around ripping people's hearts out while dressed in sharp black suits.
* Michael Westen of ''Series/BurnNotice'', when not undercover is almost always seen with an Armani suit and his signature designer shades. [[AwesomeButImpractical Never mind that in Miami's weather that suit would probably kill him]], [[RuleOfCool it just looks that awesome]].
** He's does tend toward polo shirts when not "on the clock". It's a good look for him.
** In one particular episode, Michael, Sam, and Fiona dress in all black Armani to give a similar impression to that uniforms give in the battlefield. That is, the impression that one belongs to a larger organization and of unified force. They succeed, of course. Also, they look fantastic.
** The show is filmed on location in Miami, and Jeffrey Donovan is a martial arts expert who does most of his own stunts; so he really is being ''that'' badass, in that suit, in that weather.
* All the FBI agents except for Reid and Garcia (and sometimes Rossi) on ''Series/CriminalMinds'', for well...obvious reasons. A fair number of the police chiefs rock these as well if they aren't wearing uniforms. Many of the smarter and more well-organized unsubs have them as well: unless they use some other type of uniform to do their dastardly work. You can tell they're about to win when the suit jackets get replaced by bulletproof vests, although in reality policemen (or agents) wearing bulletproof vests usually DO wear jackets. Although this last is justified in the case of Morgan or JJ since they are skilled in hand-to-hand and suit jackets tend to restrict arm movements.
** Though they're all [[FBIAgent FBI agents]] (and all badass), Aaron Hotchner is the only one on the team to consistently wear a suit throughout the show. He only takes off the jacket when he switches it out for a Kevlar vest. And in a handful of very early episodes, Derek Morgan played this trope before opting for more casual dress.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}: Mac, being not only a detective but also the head of the Crime Lab, almost always wears a suit (complete with tie in Season 1, but Stella convinces him to ditch it in the last episode thereof). More extreme examples are:
** In Episode 2.13, "Risk," Mac and Lindsay are called to a crime scene that Danny is already working. Mac shows up in a tux, having been at a benefit for the mayor. Lindsay arrives wearing a formal dress since she was at the opera. Danny makes a comment about being underdressed.
** In a later episode, Mac chases down and arrests a purse snatcher while dressed in a tux again; he's about to attend another formal event.
* Duke Watari from ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive''. Whatever you do, ''[[BerserkButton DON'T]]'' [[BerserkButton get blood on it]].
* ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'':
** [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk]] wears custom-made suits with inner linings that make them functionally lightweight armor, making this actually practical.
** [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]] normally wears black leather jackets and clothing when on the street. But when he's put in a suit prior to taking the stand at his trial, Foggy comments, "Frank's wearing a suit. He looks better than I ever have, and he's not even wearing a tie!"
* On ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Master sometimes wore a black suit and tie (instead of his customary black Nehru suit), especially when he started the story posing as a human.
** The Silence (presumably deliberately) give this impression. Up close it starts to look like it's actually their skin, however. That or they haven't heard of dry cleaning. Or the Silence planted the idea of wearing suits in our head. That's why suits are considered as classy because that's what the Silence's body looks like.
** The Doctor himself can be quite a snappy dresser (depending on incarnation). Of note: Doctors One and Three, whose suits were old-fashioned but would've looked nice in their eras of origin; the Tenth Doctor sported a pinstripe suit and BadassLongcoat; the Eleventh preferred tweed and bow tie; the Twelfth Doctor's primary outfit is a stylish callback to both One and Three, although he's just as comfortable in a hoodie.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': In classic MIB style, all the handlers are, in Topher's words, "security guards in very lovely suits." Boyd and Dominic look especially good when having EpicBattleBoredom.
** [[spoiler:Alpha]] counts too when he starts wearing them in Season 2.
* Joan Watson from ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' begins dressing this way as the seasons go by. As she grows more into her own as a detective she switches to wearing suits and ties.
* The Hands of Blue from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', though they only appeared in two episodes and a comic.
* ''Series/{{Garcia}}'': Elite agent García remains impeccably dressed in a tailored suit even when doing fieldwork.
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': Resident [[TheChessmaster schemer]] Oswald [[Comicbook/ThePenguin “The Penguin”]] Cobblepot spends most of his screentime impeccably dressed, regularly outmaneuvering and defeating others, both mentally and sometimes physically.
* Put simply, villains from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' seem to ''love'' this trope. We have:
** Mr. Linderman, from Season 1.
** Adam Monroe from Season 2 (who really pulls it off).
** [[spoiler:Arthur Petrelli]] from Season 3 (who doesn't). Maury Parkman, too.
** Noah Bennet wore nothing but suits for Season 1, and a large chunk of Season 3.
** Suits were the default clothes for Nathan in Season 1, and most of Season 3.
** Sylar also attempts this in Volume 3 and does about as well as Arthur.
** Finally, though this may be stretching it, Danko from Volume 4 wore suit pants with his leather jacket.
* Barney Stinson on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Suit up!
* Harmon Rabb, Jr. on ''Series/{{JAG}}''. Justified because he is a Navy officer on active duty.
* Mitsuzane Kureshima of ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' was [[FromNobodyToNightmare badass enough]] to qualify for this once he got to wear a suit.
** Mitsuzane's older brother, Takatora is never seen wearing something else than a business suit and is as a badass as one can get in the series.
** Yoko Minato also wears a suit, and is a skilled fighter even outside her Rider form.
* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has Kuroto and Masamune Dan, MagnificentBastard one like another and [[spoiler:Hiiro]] after joining Masamune and pulling an EvilCostumeSwitch.
* ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Touma Kamiyama, the titular hero, who's always clad in a dapper suit and hat.
* In ''Series/TheMentalist'', titular character and protagonist [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Patrick Jane]] is never seen outside of his signature three-piece suit and waistcoat variant... [[LimitedWardrobe Seriously.]] He even takes naps [[{{Sleepyhead}} (which he does very often,)]] and straight-up ''goes to bed'' in his suits. The show seems to imply that these suits, dress shirts, and a single pair of worn brown shoes are all the clothes he owns.
* Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby of ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' insists on this while at work, and once sternly reminds his assistant that one does not investigate the death of a man without bothering to put on a tie first.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has Mr. Gold always dress in a suit during his time in Storybrooke, and, at least in the first season, he's the most powerful person in town.
* ''Series/{{Patriot}}'': Discussed and defied. The leading candidate for the presidency of Iran has noted that secret services agents are too distracted by the sex appeal of wearing nice suits. He makes sure his personal security wear stupid-looking uniforms, and his elite bodyguards must also have unattractive haircuts.
* Most of the men of ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', particularly members of the title gang itself. TruthInTelevision, as none of them had a lot of money, but they were well known for their impeccable suits.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Pretty much all Detective Carter needs to hear in a situation is "a guy in a nice suit" to know it is John Reese's doing. The one time he was spotted in a leather jacket, she mused that the suit must be at the dry cleaners. Eventually, the FBI, the US government and the criminal underworld [[FamedInStory slap him with the vigilante moniker of]] "the [[PersonWithTheClothing Man in the Suit]]". This causes a problem when the FBI finally captures Reese after a shoot-out...with ''three'' well-dressed CorporateSamurai types, so the next couple of episodes involve them trying to figure out which Badass In A Nice Suit is the man they're after.
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'': [[GodzillaThreshold Heckyl]] does not look particularly dangerous even in [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel the nice suit]] he wears, but [[LargeHam he is very good]] at convincing people to think exactly that.
* Simon Templar in ''Series/TheSaint''.
* He's a ManOfWealthAndTaste but ''Series/{{Smallville}}'''s [[MagnificentBastard Lionel Luthor]] is definitely this as well, wearing his suit the way the {{Superhero}}es wear their uniforms. For that matter so is his son [[ManipulativeBastard Lex]]. And Clark's evil, AlternateUniverse [[EvilTwin twin]], Ultraman. Needless to say, these two tropes tend to overlap a ''lot'' on ''Smallville''.
* Zig-zagged in ''Series/TheSopranos'', the mobsters like to wear vulgar sportswear most of the time but they dress up according to their fancy businessmen status when the occasion requires it.
* Most characters in ''Series/{{Suits}}'', as one would suspect from the title. Nearly all the characters either work at high-powered legal firms or are CEO-level ''clients'' of those firms, though, so it's pretty much TruthInTelevision; that's what those sort of people actually wear to work.
* {{Series/Supernatural}}:
** Some of the angels (Castiel, Uriel, and Zachariah) are always shown wearing suits. Castiel scores extra points with his BadassLongcoat.
*** Hell, all the angels. There's only one or two that are ever seen out of a suit.
** Death and most Reapers wear these.
** Any time a demon possesses a businessman. Crowley, like Castiel, gains bonus points for his own BadassLongcoat.
** Some of Sam and Dean's disguises, such as when they dressed as [[TheMenInBlack Homeland Security agents.]]
* ''Series/TheThickOfIt'': Malcolm Tucker looks remarkably un-scary -- even emasculated -- in casual clothes. Put the man in a suit, however, and he'll chew you the ''fuck'' out.
* Given the 1930s setting of ''Series/TheTimeInBetween'', nearly all of the espionage agents are impeccably dressed gentlemen who are also perfectly capable of taking action -- physical or diplomatic -- if necessary.
* Ianto Jones in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' is a BadassNormal who almost always wears a nice suit.
* Elijah Mikaelson from ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' definitely qualifies.
** Elijah's brother, Klaus, has his turn in the Season 4 finale. He arrives at graduation in a suit and literally his first action is to decapitate a witch by throwing a graduation cap.
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'' The whole show is this -- considering that Peter and Neal are very rarely not in suits when in the thick of the action.
* Brother Mouzone in ''Series/TheWire'' is possibly the epitome of this trope. Not only does he wear an immaculate three-piece suit at all times (with a very sensibly-sized handgun underneath), but also NerdGlasses and a [[RealMenWearPink ''little red bowtie'']]. But [[BadassBookworm do not underestimate]] his ability to ''fuck you up''.
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[[folder:Manhwa]]
* Jue Viole Grace and Khun Aguero Agnes from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''.
* The page image is from ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'', Raizel and those who side with him always dress in nice suits in combat (pictured above). 'Inelegant' is fighting words in noble culture.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/{{MC5}} frontman Rob Tyner, combined with AfroAssKicker.
* Music/{{Pitbull}}
* Music/{{KISS}} on the cover of ''Music/DressedToKill''.
* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} drummer Charlie Watts was famous for wearing stylish suits. Though what lands him in this trope is an incident in a 1984 tour, where a drunken Music/MickJagger stumbled into his hotel room, then called Watts's room, asking "Where's my drummer?". [[BewareTheNiceOnes The normally chill Watts showered, shaved, and got dressed in his suit and marched to Jagger's room, where he punched him in the face, saying "I'm not 'your drummer', you're 'my singer'!", and he went back to bed]].
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[[folder:Pinball]]
* Naturally, Film/JamesBond in Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{James Bond 007|Gottlieb}}'', played by Creator/RogerMoore.
* In a blatant copy of Bond, the male agent in Creator/DataEast's ''Pinball/SecretService'' pinball also wears one. He's accompanied by a female partner, who can be seen on the backglass and the playfield wearing a full-length gold dress while shooting at Soviet spies.
* The mobsters in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s unreleased ''Pinball/{{Kingpin}}'' all wear nice suits, often accompanied by matching ties and hats.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* The Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, later UWA ''[[TheAce and]]'' [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP]] ''Heavyweight'' Champion Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami was frequently seen in a suit of some kind out of the ring. His son LEONA even more so.
* Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen were always dressed to the nines when they weren't inside the ring, as they lived the life of playboy superstar athletes.
* Four-time Wrestling/{{A|merican Wrestling Association}}WA [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html World Heavyweight Champion]] Nick Bockwinkel frequently cut promos while wearing a suit, tie, and sunglasses.
* Wrestling/MrFuji, topped off by his nice hat.
* [[Wrestling/BigBossman Big Bubba Rogers]], the bodyguard of Wrestling/JimCornette, always wore a suit even when wrestling. He later became Big Bossman, the [[WrestlingDoesntPay wrestling prison guard]].
* Wrestling/MasahiroChono was famous for his suit, and his gimmick, which hinted at {{yakuza}} ties, didn't help.
* Swiss Money Holding would all regularly wrestle in dress suits and pants, and shoes, with belts and ties, mixed with actual athletic gear in places.
* Wrestling/LowKi once wrestled in a suit at [[Wrestling/{{NJPW}} Wrestle Kingdom 7]]. He apparently took a liking to it as he later wrestled in his suit full time between 2017 and 2018.
* Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, the SpiritualSuccessor to the Four Horsemen, always dressed sharp as well. Wrestling/{{Batista}} retained the look for a while after the stable disbanded and he turned {{Face}}.
* When he isn't wrestling, Wrestling/WilliamRegal almost always has a nice suit.
* Wrestling/{{StephanieMcMahon}} and Wrestling/{{AJLee}} respectively fit this mold while they were on-screen authorities.
* Maxwell Chicago is one of the most over the top examples, a lounge lizard wrestling in a full tuxedo.
* Donny Brooks and Dylan Dunbar, IWA Texas Alums and ACW TagTeam Champions, better known ''as'' Dressed To Kill.
* Downplayed with Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA wrestler Ricky Ruffin, who discards the suit jacket and tie before matches but still wrestles with the pants and shirt.
* When Stormie Lee isn't wearing a suit, she's wear some kind of custom made athletic gear made to look like her suits. She also considers herself a mafia queen; she intends to knockoff opponents until she can build a castle on the South Eastern United States.
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* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', one of the first things that Shooter notices about Agent Travers is how impeccably she's dressed in a suave suit and tie. She follows up by forcing him to aid in her detainment of the protagonists, and demonstrates her physical prowess when she effortlessly takes down a girl with superpowers.
* Maxwell Lombardi in V4 of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest''. V1 villain [[MadeOfIron Jacob Starr]] also wore a suit in the early part of the game, before replacing the jacket with [[BadassLongcoat a trenchcoat]].
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Butlers in ''TabletopGame/MaidRPG'' are this by default, as they're required to wear a nice suit at all times, and they are typically much stronger than the already superhuman maids.
* Commissars and Inquisitors in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' favor [[WorldOfHam comparatively]] conservative suits and uniforms. The Inquisitors add PoweredArmour and tote an InfinityPlusOneSword, while Commissars add gold epaulets and [[CommissarCap huge dictator caps]].
** The Dark Eldar special character Duke Sliscus. Described by Aurelia Malys as "amoral, despicable, and impeccably dressed". Oh, and he's pretty badass too.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Phoenix Wright may not be physically badass or able to fight (except in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]''), but he's nonetheless a legendary defense attorney in an impeccable blue suit.
** Shelly de Killer, a professional assassin in a nice black suit.
* ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'': KnowledgeBroker Sai shows up wearing an office suit and looks very, ''very'' classy when he fights in it.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': Bruce Wayne at the beginning. Played quite realistically, as the suit coat gets torn along the shoulder seams, demonstrating how restrictive and, well, unsuited to combat a suit can be.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'': Marquis is a badass robot BattleButler sniper in a dapper suit attire.
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue:'' [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] and [[BattleButler Valkenhayn]]. Hazama switches out the jacket and hat for a hooded cape in his [[LetsGetDangerous Terumi]] persona.
* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': Anonymous has a snazzy suit and tie that he wears for the whole game, (except for the optional BeachEpisode during the epilogue). It seems to be standard issue because all of the other Anons living in his PlanetOfSteves hometown are wearing identical suits –- even the females.
* ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'': [[TheSociopath Makarov]] is almost always donning his signature tieless suit. Even when [[spoiler:massacring an entire airport worth of civilians in order to kickstart World War 3]]. Although he does cover it with kevlar jacket for that particular job.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': Across the franchise, any game where Ayami Kojima did the designs will have its lead character dressed in the very height of (somewhat) period-appropriate fashion, although special mention must be made of Alucard, both his dandyish dress from Symphony of the Night and his elegant double-breasted suit, complete with red pocket square, from the Sorrow games.
* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'': Completing the main storyline earns you the Director's Suit, a prim and proper suit befitting Jesse's new position as the Director of [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction the Federal Bureau of Control]]. Nothing's stopping you from continuing to fight in it. Solving the roulette EasterEgg gets you a golden version of the same suit.
* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'':
** Connor, who's supposed to evoke the image of a well-dressed professional, most likely to give off the no-nonsense, police officer vibe who is designed to accomplish his mission at all costs. He also has a tendency to adjust his suit and tie after just wiping the floor with someone or after just taking down an entire army of highly trained soldiers in armor with ease, and his interactions in the mirror with himself seem to be of him admiring his suit. Gotta look sharp if he's going to be solving crimes after all.
** Marcus after he becomes leader. He wears a different variety of nice fashionable outfits by the start of a new chapter in order to blend in before getting his BadassLongCoat. And just like Connor, is just as competent in fighting, but with street fighting brawler techniques instead of using tactical combat.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'': Gentleman Jim Stacey. He's the Master ([[GentlemanThief Gentleman]]) Thief of the Vvardenfell branch of the ThievesGuild and wears a full suit of "extravagant" clothing, making him look quite dapper.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': Mr. Burke. While nearly everyone else in Megaton is a dirty, ragged-looking peasant, Burke is rather snazzy in his white suit, fedora, and tortoise-shell glasses. This ends up being because he’s not from Megaton, he’s actually from Tenpenny Tower, a skyscraper where the inhabitants live in luxury.
-->'''Burke:''' "I just had this suit TAILORED!"
* ''Videogame/Fallout4'': The Ballistic Weave upgrades unlocked by doing sidequests for the Railroad make this a practical option, turning clothing such as suits or dresses into actual functional armor.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''Advent Children'': All of the Turks except for Reno, who wears his suit as casually as can be done.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', [[PlayerCharacter the Warrior of Light]], [[TheAce champion of Eorzea]] and recognized OneManArmy, can dress in one of many suits [[VirtualPaperDoll if the player so chooses]]. But a handful are given by the story or major quests.
** Near the end of ''Heavensward'', Tataru has a bunch of tailors jump the Warrior of Light to take their measurements in preparation for making the Warrior the snazzy [[https://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/gearset/scion-adventurers Scion Adventurer's]] set. For the guys, this consists of a white blazer, black slacks, and a neat tie accented by silver accessories along with some HighClassGlass. The girls still get the blazer but trade the slacks for a skirt.
** At the end of Ameliance's Custom Deliveries she gives you the [[https://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/gearset/appointed "Appointed"]] set of clothes, consisting of a black blazer accessorized with a bronze chain, white tie, a layered WaistcoatOfStyle, matching halfgloves, delicately embroidered white slacks, and white leather shoes. Should you decide to dye the top a different color, the tie changes color to black to better coordinate with the rest of the outfit.
** In the 2022 Little Ladies Day event, the Warrior of Light is asked to act as a runway model for an aspiring fashion designer. Should they ask to dress as a seneschal for the event, they'll be decked out in a Best Man's Jacket (a black blazer with a white ClassyCravat) along with dark slacks and shoes as well as white gloves.
* ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'': Almost all the mobsters wear suits with ties and hats. The Cuneos and Barzinis stay in this trope despite using red and green respectively because they stand by dark shades. Your character initially doesn't have a suit, but you can buy several kinds of coats.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': Belze, the Master of the Four Devas, up until the point where [[spoiler:he transforms into a giant demon fly/worm with his own face]]. Subverted in that not only is he considered an easy boss, but it's a RunningGag that his suit is ''terrible''.
* Niko in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''. In the later part of the game, the player can buy various high-class outfits, a few of them being business suits.
** And while we're there, Michael in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' also counts, thanks to his lifestyle. Franklin and Trevor can also purchase and wear them. And these are also available for both men and women in the game's online mode. Ever wanted to assault a motorcycle gang in a black dress suit with a matching red blouse and heels?
** Carl Johnson can dress up pretty dapper in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', once the last store opens up.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has [[CulturedBadass Slayer]].
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'': The G-Man always wears a suit (and carries a briefcase, just to add to the look), helping him stand out against the generic scientists and security guards of the first game and then the ragtag resistance members of the second. He also [[DissonantSerenity remains decidedly professional]] (whatever his "profession" is) and calm compared to all the other characters.
* ''VideoGame/Halo2'' has the Prophet of Regret attack Earth during a medal ceremony held aboard the orbital defense station ''Cairo'', forcing those taking part in the ceremony to go into battle in their dress whites. (The [[PlayerCharacter Master Chief]] excepted: he's wearing his [[PoweredArmor MJOLNIR armor]] instead.)
** Johnson gives the fact the Chief attended the award ceremony in full power armor a LampshadeHanging at the beginning of the cutscene at the beginning of the level.
--> '''Master Chief:''' You told me there wouldn't be any cameras.
--> '''Johnson:''' And you told me you were going to wear something nice!
* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'': Agent 47 across the entire series. As a ProfessionalKiller, expensive clothes are one of the few luxuries he can enjoy. In ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', he even makes a stop at his usual tailor to get a new suit before the big finale.
* ''VideoGame/Killer7'': Garcian Smith, Mask De Smith (along with a cape and luchador mask), and Dan Smith.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'':
** [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Robert Garcia]] is both the primary and foremost example in fighting games in general, being that he was the original sharp-dressed prettyboy archetype. Creator/{{SNK}} established Robert's character from the very beginning by introducing him as always being dressed to the nines. In each game that followed, SNK further emphasized his lavish style by expanding on [[ActionFashionista his wardrobe of designer suits]], luxurious fighting stages, and his suave debonair charm.
** King made her debut in the same game as Robert and has since become his DistaffCounterpart. Like him, she's never without her tux and is known as both a high-class bartender and a champion level kickboxer. Which is why she's usually the captain of the All Women's Team at the annual ''King of Fighters'' tournament.
%%** Oswald.
** In his appearance as the TrueFinalBoss of [=AOF2=], Geese Howard wore a spiffy suit. Outside the arena, his "present-day" wear is a reddish business suit.
** Vanessa wears a button-up shirt and a tie. In [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters KoF XI]] she starts rounds taking off her suit jacket.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire''. Most of the male main characters, but especially Cole Phelps.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''
** The Valentines' Day-themed "Debonair" skins, have Jayce, Vi, Ezreal, and Galio in very nice suits.
** Xin Zhao's "Special Agent" skin gives him a black suit and glasses reminiscent of the secret service.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'': Nick the con man wears what [[UnreliableNarrator he claims to be]] a $3000 suit during the ZombieApocalypse. Whether or not he's telling the truth, he does look snazzy.
* In ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', the majority of characters, especially most badasses, wear snazzy suits and ties even when going into bloody melee combat. This is Justified in-universe as incredibly advanced technology allows the creation of fibers just as durable and protective as more 'practical' armor without any of the encumberance, and can even give effects like enhancing strength or making you more agile than normal if you have some exceptionally high-quality fibers (usually [[HumanResources made from humans]]). This makes combat-ready suits just more valuable, especially consdiering the game's urban setting.
* Par for the course in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series. With many characters, named or unnamed, major or minor, as long as they are a member of the Yakuza are almost always wearing suits either cheap or expensive. The biggest example is [[TheHero Kazuma Kiryu]] with his iconic grey/white suit with a maroon dress shirt underneath. During his Lord of the Night days, Goro Majima wore a very snazzy tuxedo both in and out of work as a cabaret club owner.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
** [[HitmanWithAHeart Thane Krios]] wears what appears to be a space tuxedo. Space leather tuxedo, that is. His design process was long and hard to make him not only have the flair and confidence of an assassin but also look intriguing to women. He even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fsCKAuZwo poses]] in his own personal idle animations.
** [[TheHero Commander Shepard]] as well in his Cerberus officer uniform or the formal wear he procures from Kasumi's mission.
*** Likewise in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' with the formal wear from Kasumi's mission or an Alliance officers uniform.
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has almost too many examples -- there's Neo in a few levels, there's in-Matrix Smith and the Agents, then there are quite a few of the Merovingian's mooks.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'':
** [[spoiler:Senator Steven Armstrong]]. He takes off the jacket before the first part of the fight, and midway through, he takes off the shirt.
** Raiden is also wearing a business suit during the intro cutscene, but he tosses it away before the first battle. Thankfully, you can unlock a slightly different version of the suit (human hands vs gloved cyborg hands, normal shoes vs exposed prehensile cyborg feet) by beating the first level on [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] difficulty.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Another Suda 51 character, Henry Cooldown, whether it be a BadassLongcoat or a black and gray suit.
* ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'': Doomfist wore a nice white suit to the Monaco casino in the comic that details his return to power shortly after being freed from prison. Later on in the game, he gets a skin wherein he wears another white suit, complete with CoolShades, and his PowerFist over one sleeve.
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' & ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': The player characters are this (except for Jacket, Bodhi, Rust, and Sangres, who don't wear suits). The basic two-piece suit offers the best concealment and speed ratings, which make it useful for stealth runs. Better armor is unlocked over time, but the characters will still wear their suits underneath it.
* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'': The [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard DarkSim's]] default outfit is this.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4 Golden'' feature the option to dress all the male characters in tuxedos, with ''VideoGame/Persona5'' having it available as DLC.
** As part of his PhantomThief persona, the Protagonist of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' sports a fancy black dress suit with an immaculate pocket-handkerchief, a double-buttoned vest, and a classy BadassLongcoat.
** Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' by newcomer Wolf in his first battle:
--->'''Wolf:''' Although raising a bit o' hell all decked out like this is pretty sweet, I gotta say!
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Giovanni wears a sharp and badass suit, befitting his role as the boss of the mafia-like Team Rocket.
** Steven Stone, the Champion of the Hoenn region, wears a dashing new suit in his redesign from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''.
** There's also Darach, Lucian, and Riley from the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh region]], the latter of whom completes the suit with a fedora. Not to mention the waiters/waitresses and maids...
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': The Striaton City Gym is based off of a café, so all of its trainers -- including its leaders Cilan, Chili, and Cress -- dress like waiters. And they don't look half-bad, either.
** Red suits are the standard dress code for Team Flare from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]''. Although in-universe, quite a few people actually ridicule them for these tacky suits. Their boss doesn't even wear one, instead wearing a black suit as a more straight example.
** For her return in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Anabel]] dons an impeccable black suit.
** Ms. Geeta from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' wears a black suit, befitting her role as both the chairwoman of the Pokémon League and the Top Champion of Paldea.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'': Chairman Drek dresses like he's from the mafia in a pinstripe suit, and it serves as a contrast to the unappealing visage of a Blarg and makes his height all the more amusing. He's a clever enough businessman to make up for it though.
* ''VideoGame/TheReconstruction'': Sirush, combined with a hat and extremely formal speech as part of the usual assassin attire.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Many players will often make Arthur Morgan wear stylish suits and dress him very dapper and tidying him up. There is almost never a playthrough where no one has not dressed him up as looking like some sort of elegantly dressed gentleman movie star. He also happens to be a [[TheGunSlinger very skilled gunslinger]] and a strong brawler who can beat someone much bigger than him to a bloody pulp and turn them into submissive puppies and give everyone he encounters a run for their money.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Albert Wesker in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': The Boss, as well as several gang bosses in the first three games, particularly in the [[VideoGame/SaintsRow1 first game]].
* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' Tony's Enforcer wears a grey suit and tie with shades, while Tony can purchase various tieless suits.
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', when [[spoiler:Commander Gore is revived by the Mothers as the Ubergestalt]], he inexplicably starts wearing a formal suit. He also happens to be far more powerful and intelligent than he was [[spoiler:while alive]].
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'': Urien starts off his introduction in a white business suit before tearing it off to fight. When we meet him again in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', his default costume has him fighting ''in'' a black pinstriped suit with a purple shirt.
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': The Crimson Viper wears a business suit with lightning generators in her sleeves and rocket boots disguised as high heels.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'': Of all the games to find on this page, amidst the medieval-fantasy armor and [[RummageSaleReject Rummage Sale Rejects]], you will find [[PsychoForHire Yuber]], in a dapper, vaguely-Chinese black suit and fedora, [[AxCrazy gleefully chopping people up]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'': Mario and Bowser's wedding outfits are impeccable white suits. The description for Bowser's version lampshade that for a giant turtle monster, he sure cleans up nicely. In addition to that, Mario can also wear a black tux and top hat (based on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars''), and a nice pinstripe suit. Updates later added the suit Pauline's backup musicians wear and one based on Topper the Broodal's green suit.
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': Formal suits are a common type of costume available to the male party members.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Spy wears a pinstriped suit by default, but it's customizable with a plethora of cosmetic options available, and rack after rack of hats to top it all off.
-->'''Spy''': You got blood on my suit!
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Brothers Kazuya Mishima and Lee Chaolan tend to wear very lavish suits while fighting: Kazuya wears a dark violet suit with long, angular tails, and Lee wears a black tuxedo with a rose on the lapel and silk gloves. It [[JustifiedTrope makes some sense]], given their father Heihachi's attire (fur-lined tiger greatcoat with white vest-pants combo). Others who dress in this manner in later games include Baek Doo San (three-piece suit and hat), Feng Wei (mafia-style suit and open-collared shirt), and Anna Williams (cocktail dress). CharacterCustomization also allows many other characters, both male or female, to wear similarly badass suits.
* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'': Any sword who is part of the Osafune school.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wadanohara}}'': Most of the male characters wear stylish suits and are able to hold their own in combat, including the humanoid form of [[spoiler:Sal, TheHeavy and primary antagonist]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'':
** It can be difficult to tell with the default colour scheme, but [[http://images.wikia.com/warframe/images/d/df/Frost.jpg Frost]] seems to fit this trope and combine it with BadassLongcoat. It's easier to notice on [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130505225236/warframe/images/1/13/Frost_Prime_Scenic.jpg Frost Prime]] or by changing normal Frost's colours.
** Tying with Frost as the most well-dressed Tenno in the game is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warframe/images/1/14/LimboNewLook.png/revision/latest?cb=20141124023126 Limbo]]. And to add to the look, he comes with a variety of helmets he can take off, including his default helmet, which gives the appearance of a suave-looking gentleman. Even more so with the inclusion of the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warframe/images/9/9e/SWRTenLimboVistyxioSkin.png/revision/latest?cb=20171101051149 Vistyxio Skin]] which gives him a white suit and a nicer-looking stovepipe hat.
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* ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'': Black Monday Blues, both before the [[NotUsingTheZWord sickness hits]] and after he [[BreatherEpisode gets a chance to resupply]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Dogfight}}'' has the members of Amaranth fight while wearing suits, probably as agents of justice. Likewise, [[HellHound Baskerville]] also has a fancy outfit when he goes killing.
* Ellen [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=201 goes this route]] while trying to be Elliot's EvilTwin in the first Sisters arc in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. While she's not that great at being evil, she has her badass moments.
* Gabriel Caine from ''Webcomic/{{EVIL|2016}}'' definitely evokes this trope, although his is a bit more casual with an unbuttoned collar and loosened tie.
* Turner of ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'' wears a really nice suit and can kill people easily with his SuperStrength and power to {{shapeshift|er}} his limbs. Before his fight with Edith, though, he ditches the suit, to have free use of his powers.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
** Each protagonist makes himself new clothes after acquiring enough alchemy ingredients. John gets a rather dashing teal suit, but Dave later one-ups him by making a tuxedo, complete with bowtie!
*** Dave has at least three outfits that could qualify for this trope, including the tuxedo.
** The Midnight Crew, who live this trope with a healthy dash of noir and more than a touch of sociopathy (although in the case of [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Clubs Deuce]], the "badass" part is... debatable). Diamonds Droog especially has numerous backup suits.
** Droog's counterpart, the Draconian Dignitary, [[spoiler:in the Alpha universe]] admires Dad's clothing so much, he makes it mandatory for the population to wear it.
** Same thing goes for the Felt, especially with Doc Scratch [[spoiler:as through Ectobiology, Scratch was created with a magic Cueball and Lil' Cal, who had a green suit made for him by Kanaya.]]
%%* ''Webcomic/ImprintChronicles'': Mr. Black.
* [[FourEyesZeroSoul Mordecai]] [[ScaryShinyGlasses Heller]] of ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' combines elements of this trope along with [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Cat]], ProfessionalKiller, and WickedCultured. Utterly ruthless, he has absolutely no qualms about hacking a screaming victim to pieces with a hatchet. Priding himself on cleanliness and order, his only problem with the killing was the mess.
* Business Shark in ''Webcomic/MandatoryRollerCoaster''.
* ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'': Agent 300 earns this status after his OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, during which [[spoiler:he [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped an entire room full of Niels' mooks, and shot Niels' eye out with his own gun after Niels shot 250]]]].
* Mr Spender in ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' is a subversion. While he's wearing his Consortium suit, he gets a couple of exaggeratedly badass lines...which are [[{{Anticlimax}} immediately undercut]] by him being a dork or otherwise fumbling the encounter, and ultimately all he's wearing it for is a meeting with his boss. When he ''actually does'' [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass something badass]], namely beating [[spoiler:Forge]], he's wearing jeans and a jacket, rather than his suit.
* Corrick of ''Webcomic/{{Plume}}'' has a really swanky outfit accompanied by BadassLongcoat. He's a guardian supreme and has an excellent track record keeping his charges alive.
* The illithid mobsters in ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''
* Rudy from ''Webcomic/TheStoryOfAnima'' [[http://tapastic.com/episode/43378 is both a snappy dresser and a professional ass kicker]].
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* [[Website/FourChan Anonymous]] is often depicted as a hollow tuxedo or black business suit.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Well he's by no means a badass, Boru is still a villain. Despite being a simpleton, he wears a swell purple suit with a red tie.
* The Shadow and the Watcher from ''WebVideo/KateModern'', and [[spoiler:Tez On Toast]] towards the end of ''[[GrandFinale The Last Work]]''.
* Virgil, Bree's Watcher and sometimes Lucy, all from ''WebVideo/{{lonelygirl15}}''.
* Malcolm from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets a lot of this character type. Doug has teased that the reason for this is that he looks good in them.
* [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]]; at least one [[Website/SomethingAwful goon]] suspected he/it wasn't actually wearing a suit but had a very [[BodyHorror strangely-proportioned (and colored) body]] (for instance, his neck actually drooped like a vulture's, giving the appearance of a tie). This is just about the only element of him that appears in nearly all the stories, outside of his [[TheBlank signature featureless head.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the supervillain Accord and his Ambassadors dress in formal wear and masks rather than [[StandardSuperheroSuits the traditional sort of superhero garb]]. The men fall under this trope; the women under KickingAssInAllHerFinery.
** [[spoiler:[[StoryBreakerPower Contessa]]]] also qualifies; she is typically described as a "mysterious unnaturally competent woman in a suit".
* [[MeaningfulName Legend]] from the flash series ''WebAnimation/{{Xin}}.'' In the second half, he trades the full suit coat for a waistcoat, and when it's time to get serious he tears it off and rolls up his sleeves.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* CIA Agent Stan Smith on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' always wears a suit.
* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'':
** Most of the {{Mooks}} from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' wear two- or three-piece suits. Most of the {{big bad}}s do too.
** The ''DCAU'' version of Lex Luthor. In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' GrandFinale, what does he wear after [[spoiler:journeying beyond the Source Wall to bring Darkseid the Anti-Life Equation]]? [[CallBack His iconic look from the Superman cartoon]].
-->'''Luthor:''' Sorry it took me so long. I had to go get my "power" suit.
* Victor Veloci, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'', though he more often fails than succeeds at his attempts to be badass.
* Agent Six of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex''. He is officially the sixth deadliest person in the world. Where he ranks on the "best dressed" list was, sadly, never specified.
** We later see Dos, the second deadliest person in the world [[spoiler:and by debut's end the deadliest]] wearing a very snazzy suit.
* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': Bryce and Hit-Monkey both clean up nicely, wearing some very nice suits throughout the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers'': [[TheSyndicate The Organization's]] agents generally all wear some variation of a dark suit as part of their dress code. The heroes even unoriginally nickname them "Suits". The two EliteMooks that serve as [[BigBad the Professor's]] PraetorianGuard are a straight example, dressing in black three-piece suits with turquoise ties and being amongst the more powerful [[KungFuWizard Seekers]] on the show.
* Given that Stavros Garkos can break a table in two by merely punching it in anger, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Hurricanes}}'' should be glad he never tried to fight any of them in person.
* General Molotov on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' dresses this way.
* Charles Foster Ofdensen of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' had the Ant Hill Mob, always formally dressed and carrying Tommy Guns like the good little stereotypical mobsters they were.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
** The Guardian. He's MadeOfIron, has a HammerSpace arsenal of weapons, and is the only character ever shown to be able to [[CurbStompBattle beat Samurai Jack within an inch of his life]], and was about to finish him off until he was told not to. He dresses in a sharp black suit and he goes into UnstoppableRage when Jack ruins it.
** Jack himself normally wears his trademark white gi, but in "Jack and the Gangsters" he joins forces with the titular gangsters and dons a very nice pinstripe suit. Naturally, he's still just as badass while wearing it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', [[BigBad crimelord]] Tombstone and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Hammerhead both dress this way, as do their comics incarnations.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' episode "Corporate Raiders From Dimension X", Casey wore a nice suit (along with his mask). So did Rocksteady and Beebop, although that pushes the definition of "badass" a little. (They were ''very'' upset about having to ditch the suits when Shredder aborted the plan.)
* Bishop in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''. He takes on all of the Turtles, Splinter, Leatherhead, April, and Casey with nothing but a suit and a tie. Shredder needs his armor, Foot army, and Karai and/or Hun to take on the Turtles alone. Truly a badass.
* Parodied in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': "I love killin' guys in a tux, makes me feel like Film/JamesBond."
* Brick in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. He is, needless to say, quite upset when the suit is ruined in battle. Do you know how much it costs to get a suit in his size?
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* Any member of the military or police in their dress uniforms. In fact, it's worth pointing out that among the ''first things'' a soldier learns in basic training is how to shine boots and iron clothes.
** In the US armed services, the Navy and Marines probably win this trope; Marine dress uniforms even have a full length lined cloak -- that's right, they get an [[BadassCape official superhero cape]].
* TheMenInBlack, the non-descript gents wearing a dark three-piece suit, reflective shades, and earpiece, who work for the Secret Service, Special Branch or perhaps some shadowy organization that runs everything.
* The Nation of Islam, particularly the paramilitary wing called the Fruit of Islam, exploits this trope. They always appear in public dressed in suits and bowties.
* Gangsters during the 1920s often made a point of showing off their wealth and status by dressing very expensively (which in turn locked in this entire trope for gangsters for the next century).
* People who plan to fight are discouraged from wearing a full suit, since the tie [[NecktieLeash can easily be used to pull or choke somebody]], and the jacket and pants are often of a cut that restricts movement.
** [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/4/6/184446.gif?v=1 Let Jackie Chan demonstrate here.]] (As discussed on the NecktieLeash page, for this very reason, people working security in the standard Western suit will have a clip-on tie.)
* In Colombia, there is a specific shop that makes clothes that are pretty much bulletproof. Considering the sort of location Colombia is, it's likely they make a killing... especially considering they are rumored to have made a suit for Barack Obama.
* [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia John "The Dapper Don" Gotti]]
* [[KosherNostra Jewish gangster]] Mickey Cohen believed you shouldn't leave home not dressed up. His stated occupation was 'haberdasher', and he ran a men's clothing business in Los Angeles.
* There was a time in Medieval Europe, particularly during the Renaissance, when full plate armor was worn both for protection ''and'' [[BlingOfWar as a fashion statement]], allowing the KnightInShiningArmor to fit into this trope (at least for the time, and ''especially'' given how fancy a suit of full plate can get at the time). Some of the fanciest suits that are still intact belonged to UsefulNotes/HenryVIII and the Holy Roman Emperor, and this trend continued well into the Elizabethan Era.
* Flexible suits, like the xSuit, are designed to allow someone to be one. They're resistant to being dirty, and are built to withstand the type of crouching and stretching needed for atheletic feats like Parkour, Martial Arts, and so on.
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