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->''"...like the SAS commander, who has the sort of absurd facial hair that indeed would have given him a proud military bearing circa 1915, but nowadays just makes him look like a German porn star."''
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', on ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'''s Captain Price

A style of facial hair that resembles the classic "handlebar mustache", but is thicker and bushier on top, with no other facial hair underneath. Often used to (at least in the wearer's intentions) indicate a guy's "rugged" or "manly" nature.

This trope has a FashionDissonance problem. For most of the '70s and early '80s, it was considered authoritarian and '''[[ManlyMan manly]]''', and associated with cops, military men,[[note]]It still has these associations in some countries, particularly where fashion is somewhat stuck in the '70s. For instance in the Mediterranean, Latin America, and South Asia, chances are that someone sporting one of these--in fiction or real life--is a cop. Further, military and police regulations in the US limit what sort of facial hair police and military officers can wear, as anything below the jaw line will interfere with the proper function of a gas mask; it needs skin to make a proper seal.[[/note]] and sex symbols like Creator/BurtReynolds and Creator/TomSelleck. But people ''born'' in the '80s and later came to associate the Porn Stache with their fathers and other elder men in their lives, killing its sex appeal for many and making it [[DiscreditedTrope difficult for modern viewers to take such characters seriously]]. [[TheNewTens In the 2010s]], moustaches have once again become prominent in some circles, although they are sometimes associated with {{Hipster}}s.

A SubTrope would be "All Gay Men Have Porn Staches". Whenever a cartoon or comic shows a GayBar (especially if the series isn't normally aimed at queer audiences), at least half the men will sport a mustache like this. During the age of the Castro clones, this was to some extent TruthInTelevision. Nowadays, however, it's no more popular among gay men than it is among the straight, and its resurgence in the 2010s is still seen as hipster-y, even in gay circles.

Compare with ManlyFacialHair. JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith a PornStash. If you try hiding your stash in your 'stache, it will hurt like the dickens, unless your 'stache is HairyHammerspace.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Master Asia from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''.
* From the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam,'' Ramba Ral.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''
** Lt. Jg. Bernard Monsha.
** Jamaican Daninghan, also in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Vegeta sported one for a short time in the anime-only ''Anime/DragonBallGT''. He shaved it off after his daughter told him she hated it, however.
** Mr. Hercule Satan.
** Paragus the father of [[Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan Bro]][[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly ly]], has a pornstache.
* Adroc Thurston, the DisappearedDad of the Renton in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', had one.
* ''Anime/OnePiece'':
** Gold D. Roger’s pirate pornstache is as legendary as him.
** Genzo the sheriff of Cocoyasi Village and Nami’s surrogate dad, sports an impressive one.
** Lulu from the Galley-La of Water Seven, is a deadringer for Freddy Mercury.
* Admiral Mecklinger from ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''.
* George Joestar I, the father of Jonathan Joestar (the protagonist of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'').
* Azan “The Black Mustache Knight” of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* John 'Sleepy' Estes aka Manga/MadBull34.
* Captain Charles Brenten from ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''.
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* The original [[http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/3087443_d9cc9336ad_m.jpg Brawny paper towel]] logo guy.
* Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike in the Old Spice commercials. It peels off, but the bare skin underneath it can also peel off to reveal another mustache. It is not shown, but presumably that one can also peel off; its not clear how many layers he's got.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo This]] commercial for a Datsun 10th Anniversary 280XZ "Black Gold Edition" circa 1980.
* Lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-x8nh949JQ this Grolsch commercial.]] In the first take of a scene of a porn film in production, an actor and actress perform the ubiquitous porn scenario of a tradesman arriving at a house and finding a housewife at home alone; but the actor has no mustache, and he proceeds to repair the refrigerator. Filming is interrupted by a Grolsch spokesman (played by Ronald Top) who complains that "this blue movie is not ready yet", pointing out the actor's lack of a mustache and him actually fixing the fridge, and comparing rushed production of a porn film to rushed brewing of beer. The actor does have a mustache in the re-take.
* Mike Lindell, schlocky purveyor of [=MyPillow=] in infomercial-style television advertising (and plastered on the packaging), sports one.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Bruce Wayne of all people sports one at beginning of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'', he shaves off pretty quickly though.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Iconic villain Batroc the Leaper has quite the porn stache that’s either long and thin or quite bushy DependingOnTheArtist.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': While usually thin, ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}’s stache under pen of a few artists has become [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFs0el3ilyvT4LAd9_cPMkiXNI5qO7hdfnFw&usqp=CAU this]].
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Believe or not but Tony Stark sported [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQR5wWq1NrsY3uaMT_jWTOp_f12lYLv1W_-IA&usqp=CAU a truly impressive pornstache]] in the 80s during the ''ComicBook/ArmorWars'' saga. Tony in later comics shaved it back to his smaller stache before getting his current bearded look.
* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': The [[PlanetOfHats Planet of Pornstaches]]--Viltrum. Omni-Man in particular is probably the most prominent example.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'': Vol. 2 features the ultimate [[LargeHam ham]] Vartox, an out of date hero from the 70s who rules his planet through a combination of super powers, unbelievable manliness, and a porn stache of truly epic proportions. Played entirely serious in the character's first appearances, back when he was introduced to cash in on the popularity of... Creator/SeanConnery in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.
* ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'': Dum Dum-Dugan’s defining trait is his porn-stache. Neil [=McDonough=] who played Dugan in the MCU managed to pull it off wonderfully (see below in film).
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': J.Jonah Jameson nowadays has a pretty bushy pornstache. Although the tiny Hitler stache he had in TheSixties was much worse.
* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'': ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': The Comedian.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Anthony Caine from ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' grew one in an attempt to hide his baby face. It didn’t work, coming out rather unflattering and making him look 'too' old.
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[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': Chick Hicks' grille gives him the appearance of having a sleazy mustache.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/JamesBond''
** Q wears one in ''Film/LicenceToKill'' when he's sneaking around Sanchez's estate with a radio-transmitting broom.
** General Medrano, a particularly vile [[TheGeneralissimo generalissimo]] and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapist]] sports one in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
* Ron Burgundy of ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy''. Along with several supporting characters. It ''is'' the '70s.
* Derek Smalls in ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.
* Bollywood veteran and ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' star Creator/AnilKapoor is (in)famous for his thick mustache. That and his pompadour hair style.
* ''Film/Transformers2007''
** Barricade's police-officer hologram. And with a blank stare to boot.
** Shared with [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Moustache_Man all the Decepticon holograms.]]
* The Master from ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''.
* ''Film/ANewHope'' has Luke's friend [[https://i0.wp.com/overmental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BiggsHS-ANH.png?w=480&ssl=1 Biggs Darklighter.]] Few humans in that 'verse aren't clean-shaven.
** Many of the male rebels remind us that the film was made in 1977 and ''Film/RogueOne'' remembers this, with porn staches being part of the Alliance uniform.
* Almost all the male characters in ''Film/SuperTroopers''.
* ''Film/{{Borat}}''.
* Colin Firth sports one in a flashback sequence in ''Circle of Friends''.
* The Coach in ''Film/MysteriousSkin''. Creepily enough.
* Whenever Creator/BenStiller plays a villain in a movie, he has one.
* ''Film/TheMechanic1972'' has Charles Bronson's, just another thing that makes it so evident that it's from TheSeventies.
* ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' has Burt Reynolds'.
* Benedek in ''Film/CKDezerterzy'' sports a fancy 'stache that's even discussed at some points both in the film and in the novel.
* ''Film/InTheCut'' has Creator/MarkRuffalo's ridiculous 'stache.
* Creator/SeanConnery in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''.
* ''Film/{{Sneakers}}''. In a 1970s flashback Martin Brice has one while he's attending college, and NSA agent Dick Gordon has one in the present.
* Dum-Dum Dugan has an epically large porn stache in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. It's pretty badass.
* ''Film/{{Faster}}''. Detective Cicero finds her co-worker was a former member of LAPD's CRASH unit, and jokingly refers to them as gung-ho cops in porn staches.
* Both Creator/PierceBrosnan and Greg Kinnear in ''The Matador''.
* Charlie in the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' movies. Makes the reasons his wife left him even more baffling.
* Creator/MarkHamill in ''[[Manga/{{Guyver}} The Guyver]]''.
* Minnie's secret relationship with Monroe in ''Film/TheDiaryOfATeenageGirl'' and he has one.
* Big Brother in the 1984 film adaptation of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* Dr. Bolivar Trask in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Well, the film is set in the 1970s, after all.
* Rock Hudson sports one in 1971 SexComedy ''Film/PrettyMaidsAllInARow''. Since he's a perv who is seducing and screwing the female students at the school where he teaches, the mustache is appropriate.
* Patrick Bergin in ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''.
* Eugen from ''Film/FoxAndHisFriends'' wears one, which isn't surprising considering the film is from 1975.

* In ''The Lennon Report'' (2016), WABC producer Alan Weiss (played by Walter Vincent) is teased about his porn stache by his newsroom manager Phil Bernstein (Devin Ratray) who has a running gag about the [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] look-alike contest Weiss appears to be ready for. The real Weiss did have a porn stache, and still does.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The covers of the ''Soldier of Fortune'' 70's/80's pulp novels by Peter [=McCurtin=] show the eponymous mercenary Jim Rainey brandishing an automatic weapon and looking suitably badass...were it not for this trope. The fact that he's [[WalkingShirtlessScene occasionally shirtless]] doesn't help the porn association either.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' featured a [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/5/5a/Imperial_bully-SWHS.png rather impressive one]] worn by "[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Lord Helmet]]" (as dubbed by Podcast/RiffTrax.)
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Edward James Olmos shaved off his trademark moustache when he took the role of "Bill Adama". He regrew it for the "New Caprica" arc, [[spoiler: to symbolize the character's complacency during this period where humanity wasn't being killed off by Cylons, but ultimately shaved it off once humanity was successfully evacuated from the planet when the Cylons took over.]]
* BJ Hunnicutt grew one for the last few seasons of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' to stick it to the Army. In the '70s it probably worked, but today it's a little hard to take the devoted family man and compassionate doctor seriously when he looks like a '70s porn star.
* Nick Stokes, briefly, on the original ''Series/{{CSI}}''. He mercifully got rid of it.
* Wash from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has one in a flashback. Zoe comments that there's "something" she doesn't like about him. Since they eventually get married and he's cleanshaven in the rest of the series, presumably the lady just doesn't like porn staches. One of the novels has her pretty much stating as much. Of course, then there's the blooper version of that scene where both Zoe and Mal are also wearing porn staches....
* DS Ray Carling in ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'' and [[http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/carla_scribbles/ashestoashess01e020101.jpg especially]] ''Series/AshesToAshes2008''.
* Creator/TomSelleck, of ''Series/MagnumPI'' fame.
* Tom Selleck also sports one when he plays Monica's boyfriend Richard on ''Series/{{Friends}}''... it's pretty conspicuous. He later appears without it and just looks... [[YouDontLookLikeYou wrong]].
* Detective Carisi from ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' sports a glorious porn stache at his intoduction to the series, for the first couple of episodes of season 16 until he shaves it off.
* Earl from ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. Creator/JasonLee described it as [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ive-got-the-sexiest-moustache-on-tv-290648 "the sexiest moustache on TV"]] and said it downright upstages him.
%%* Captain Stottlemeyer from ''Series/{{Monk}}''.
* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matthew]] grows one in an episode of ''Series/{{Newsradio}}'', much to the other characters' horror, and Jimmy James is revealed--to his eternal embarrassment--to have grown one once. See the quote page.
* Detective Ronnie Gardocki, during the first two seasons of ''Series/TheShield'', had a porn 'stache before trading up for a full beard for the rest of the series (minus the second half of season six, where he was clean shaven). Actor David Rees Snell has over the years acknowledged the pros and cons of his choice of facial hair, noting that in spite of the various jokes people made about his 'stache, that it helped him stand out on a show filled with clean-shaven men and develop a fan following amongst viewers of the show.
%%* Most of the male cops in ''Series/{{Reno 911}}''.
* [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' had one when he was a hurdle runner, before sleeping with the President's daughter (or so he claimed).
* Inevitably, one of the male leads in ''Series/{{Swingtown}}''.
* Kelso from ''Series/That70sShow'' grew one of these when he became a cop because he thought it would make him look like an authority figure. Hyde said it made him look like a porn star. Kelso was happy either way. His friends later shaved it into a Hitler mustache while he was sleeping.
* Deputy Sacks from ''Series/VeronicaMars''. Notably, the mustache is fake and without it, he is [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3402406400/nm1724291 quite attractive]].
* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
** The NoNameGiven corporate hitman in the two-parter "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E17TempusFugit Tempus Fugit]]" and "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E18Max Max]]" has one. Unfortunately, his demise at the hands of alien abductors prevented fans from adding "[[FanNickname Porn Stache Man]]" to ''The X-Files''' list of nameless bad guys.
** Various police officers who are somehow part of several of the Agents' investigations -- for instance, in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired Wetwired]]" or in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E10Chinga Chinga]]".
* Robbie Ray Stewart of ''Series/HannahMontana'' dons one of these to [[PaperThinDisguise transform]] into his country-singer-turned-manager [[SecretIdentity persona]] of Robbie Ray.
* Spencer Shay of ''Series/ICarly'' generally includes one of these in any diguise. For example, infiltrating his sisters school as a janitor to catch her making out with BadBoy Griffin.
* Mike from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' had one. Once or twice in the series he would shave it off, only for the characters to point out that he looked better with the creepy mustache than without it.
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Butter Shave", Jerry and George grew mustaches. George says he feels like "an out-of-work porn star".
* In the ''Series/WhiteCollar'' episode "Need to Know," it's revealed that during Neal's imprisonment, Peter had a mustache for about a month. After seeing [[http://twitpic.com/277kdh a photograph]], Neal comments that he was expecting something more ''Series/MagnumPI'' and less ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]''.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' Gabriel dons a fake porn stache on a porn DVD VideoWill he gives to the Winchesters.
** When Sam travels back to TheSeventies in "The Song Remains The Same", he's amused by all the big moustaches.
* Brendan Brady in ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''.
* ''Series/JasonKing''.
* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', Josh attempts to grow one of these (being a kids show, they didn't actually say that it was a "porn stache" but it was implied), but everyone hates it, including his girlfriend, who even refuses to kiss him with the mustache.
* Both Chet Kelly and Marco Lopez sported impressive models in the TV show ''Series/{{Emergency}}''.
* Leroy Jethro Gibbs of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' fame. He has one (briefly) after recovering from amnesia that wigged Tony out.
-->'''Gibbs:''' I need you to look at something before you leave.\\
'''Fornell:''' You've got that mustache in a box, don't you?
* The ''Series/TopGearUK'' presenters all sport these during ''The Interceptors'' segment, a parody of [[TheSeventies 1970s]] detective series in general.
** In 2014 trio wanted to prove that 80s hot hatchback were much better than their modern day counterparts. And naturally you couldn't own a hot hatch without getting into a chase with 50[[note]]5.0s, rozzers, coppers, fuzz, Jacks, the Man, bobbies etc. etc.[[/note]]. So each of the cars were tested by going head-to-head with Top Gear Police Department. Each presenter had to drive his own car while the other two had to use anything in their disposal to stop him. And of course part of the TGPD was a fake mustache.
--->'''May: ''' Excuse me, sir, my mustache would like to have a word with you.


--->'''Clarkson:''' Recent figures has showed that in London 12 police cars are crashed every day. And a reason is because they're driving in high energy difficult situations while under the influence of a ''mustache''\\
'''Hammond:''' Got a mustache. Got a mustache.
* A picture in ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' showed the immortal Jack Harkness as having one in the 1970s.
* Hutch has a mustache for the entire fourth and final season of ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''.
* Anson, the current BigBad of ''Series/BurnNotice'', had one throughout Season 5, but recently shaved it off to go on the run.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Q has one when manifesting himself as a 1900's era boxer, to take on Sisko with GoodOldFisticuffs. And in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' the holographic Doctor writes a holonovel with thinly-veiled expies of Voyager's crew. Lieutenant Tom Paris becomes "Lt. Marseilles" with a moustache that makes even Tom's {{tsundere}} girlfriend B'Elanna Torres giggle at the sight of it.
* George Mendez from ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', so much so that all the inmates simply refer to him as "[=Pornstache=]."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDhDoO75U6c This clip from]] ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' features Mike and the bots trying to impress Pearl with varying sizes of Pornstaches. Only Crow seems to have any success in impressing her.
* Creator/AlexTrebek's legendary 'stache was neatly trimmed and not porn-y at all on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', but check him out in literally anything he did before that, from ''Music Hop'' to ''Series/{{Battlestars}}'' to see a less fastidious facet of his facial fuzz. Sadly, the man shaved his 'stache in 2001, and the world has mourned ever since. It made a brief return in 2014, but was shaved off again.
* Jack Pearson on ''Series/ThisIsUs'' has a thick mustache since he was raising his kids in the 1980s. When he and his family meet the doctor that delivered his kids at the hospital, the doctor cracks that he should shave the mustache.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Time Squad", Jenna is attacked by a homicidal maniac who's unfortunately NightmareFail thanks to this trope.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In one Season 8 episode, an AlternateTimeline is created. Recurring character Major Paul Davis is pretty much the same type of guy he is in the original timeline - however, here he sports a mustache. It's not necessarily the most flattering look for the otherwise rather good-looking Colin Cunningham.
* ''Series/{{Cracker}}''. DS Beck has to shave off his mustache because it's become a gay thing, and he's tired of getting teased about it.
* ''Series/MidnightCaller'': Lieutenant Zymak grows one in the third season. Deacon approves, since he has a mustache himself, but Jack thinks it looks like a caterpillar. He shaves it off two episodes later.
* Frederick J. Hanover from ''Series/AYearAtTheTop'' sports a rather impressive one.
* Ron Swanson of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', just helping show how he's manly.
* Sam Sylvia and camera man Russell Barroso from ''Series/GLOW2017''. Fittingly, Sam used to direct softcore exploitation movies, and Russell was an actual porn camera man.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/FreddieMercury of Music/{{Queen}}.
* Rivers Cuomo, the lead vocalist of Music/{{Weezer}}, during the ''[[Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum Red Album]]'' days.
* Har Mar Superstar has a very thin one, but it's clearly a porn 'stache.
* Music/FrankZappa has a bushy one.
* {{Music/Devin Millar}} has a character named Frank, who's an older man with a bushy 'stache.
* Tony Iommi of Music/BlackSabbath.
* Brad Delp, former lead singer of the band Music/{{Boston}}.
* [[{{Music/GuntherSinger}} Gunther]]. "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Ooooh, you touch my tralala.../Ooooh, my dingdingdong...]]" Seeing the Europop he was parodying at the time, he was most likely trying to be as outrageously pornish as possible. The video can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUa46dEmVM here]].
* Referenced in "Mustache" by the country music band Heartland, in which the narrator expresses his astonishment at the guy his girlfriend has dumped him for:
-->He's got a mustache\\
Has she lost her mind?\\
He's got a mustache\\
Straight out of 1979\\
It looks like a porn star...
* With that in mind, several exist among CountryMusic singers: Kix Brooks (of Music/BrooksAndDunn), Music/AlanJackson, Aaron Tippin, John Dittrich (of Restless Heart), and Music/JoeDiffie (replete with mullet).
* John Oates of Hall & Oates. A legendary example.
* Music/PaulSimon, during the (later) Music/SimonAndGarfunkel days. It temporarily came back at the time of his 1975 solo album ''Still Crazy After All These Years''.
* The late choreographer [[http://themusicsover.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/michael-peters.jpg Michael Peters]], famous for playing a gang leader in Music/MichaelJackson's "Beat It" (on which a Brazilian comedian likened him to soccer player [[http://www.projetovip.net/cerezo1.jpg Toninho Cerezo]]).
* [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]] had one from 1975 to 1979/80.
* Akiva and Jorm of Music/TheLonelyIsland don very fake-looking Porn Staches to play [[IntercourseWithYou the Bing Bong Brothers]].
%%* [[spoiler:Till Lindemann]] sports one in the Music/{{Rammstein}} video ''Haifisch'' as he [[spoiler: mails a postcard to the rest of the band, letting them know he's alive]].
* Not bushy, but Music/CarlosSantana had a thin one.
* Music/GiorgioMoroder. Very much his visual trademark. His CareerResurrection prompted him to regrow it, though its effect is somewhat less now that it's white rather than the rich brown it was in the 70s.
* Music/JimCroce had a large mustache that was bushy.
* Music/{{Yanni}} used to have a regular sized bushy stache but he shaved it off.
* Music/ScatmanJohn had a regular bushy one.
* [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Anthony Kiedis]] adopted one in 2011. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJL0w-8C-E It was even acknowledged in an interview]], complete with saying Kiedis was compared online to 'a Mexican porn star'.
* The cowboy, {{leatherman}} and construction worker in Music/TheVillagePeople all sport these. In fact, the recruitment ad for the band downright asked for mustached men!
* Peter Hollens sports an impressive 'stache in his video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70vvZKxHf8 "Don't Stop Me Now"]], aptly as a tribute to Freddie Mercury. At the end of the video he makes a point of saying he's going to shave it off.
* Creator/AnthonyNewley had one very briefly in the late '60s to early '70s, notably on the cover of his album ''The Romantic World of Anthony Newley''.
* Music/JamesBrown had one of these from 1974 to 1978.
* Creator/RobertGoulet began sporting one in the early '70s, and retained the look for the rest of his life.
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* Anthony has one ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse''.
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[[folder:Pinball]]
* Green Machine from ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'' has one.
* The men in ''Pinball/FutureSpa'' each have bushy staches.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Wrestler Wrestling/ScottHall had one during his Wrestling/{{A|mericanWrestlingAssociation}}WA days, when he was "Magnum" Scott Hall. He later shaved it before going to the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] and becoming Razor Ramon. And the man he was emulating, Wrestling/{{MagnumTA}}--who looked a little like Tom Selleck from ''Magnum P.I''.
* Announcer Wrestling/TonySchiavone, early in his career.
* "Ravishing" Wrestling/RickRude, in what had to be a [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] instance.
* Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Heavyweight Champion [[Wrestling/DanSevern Dan "The Beast" Severn]] is almost as well known for his shiny porno mustache as he is for anything related to athletics.
* It became a good chunk of independent wrestler Wrestling/JoeyRyan's [[TheGimmick gimmick]] for a time, although he tended to also wear a little stubble which diluted the effect. Part of his [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was a sleazy 70s CasanovaWannabe, and his finishing move was called a Mustache Ride (which was also the beginning of his entrance music.)
* The most immediately identifiable trait of "The Last Real Man" Silas Young. It's completely shaved or mustache only, if you also want to be a real man.
* Peacock Party Boy Wrestling/DaltonCastle has been seen with such a mustache, perhaps to be expected.
* Most recently, Wrestling/CodyRhodes has been the butt of all the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGE7TRj0FJo jokes]] with his mustache.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* The ''TabletopGame/DungonsAndDragons'' Miniatures collectable game had a Cloud Giant miniature in the Giants Of Legend expansion that was notable for sporting a huge porn-stache along with wavy 70s hair and a headband. Much derision was heaped on the mini as a result.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* [[strike: Solid]] Old Snake acquires one in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''.
* Captain Price from the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series ([[VideoGame/ModernWarfare all of]] [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 them]]).
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario and Luigi, to the point where "Stache" is a stat you can increase in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', which boosts your critical hit rate and makes shopkeepers offer you discounts.
** Toadworth's younger self from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'' has one of these.
** Broque Monsieur from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'' also has one, which becomes a pair of BigOlEyebrows when he flips his head to battle you.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]] has a brilliant bristly one.
* Odessa Cubbage, of ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' fame. It's a bit thin, however.
* Garet gains one of these in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''
** The Great Deku Tree has one. Unusual, in that it's... well... a tree.
** The Mario Bros. knockoffs Ingo and Talon have such 'staches as well.
* Valant Gramarye in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' grows one when he gets older. It's supposed to make him look more mature than his younger self.
* Griffin from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife''.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor'' you can through customisation give Cal [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxQZ81Udf99mMDzQfKlWxEyJEKFCiPEgmaaQ&usqp=CAU one of these]] as well as a mullet, if you really want your space samurai wizard hero looking like a 1980s porn star.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
** [[strike:Saxton Hale]] '''[[TestosteronePoisoning SAXTON HAAAAALE]]'''.
** All classes except Pyro gained a miscellaneous item that give them an [[https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Macho_Mann epic 'stache straight from the 80s.]]
* "Rad" Spencer was a clean cut red-haired [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Duke]] clone in ''VideoGame/BionicCommando Rearmed'', but as of ''Rearmed 2'' has grown a rather impressive (if out of place) bright red manstache.
** "Super" Joe Gibson, Spencer's ally and the object of the rescue mission in the NES ''Bionic Commando'' and its remake, also ends up sporting one of these.
* Chester, Hobo Lord of Sleaze (complete with van and bag of candy) has one of these in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''. You can even [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Chester%27s_moustache acquire it for yourself.]]
* John Mullins from ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune''.
* ''VideoGame/FableI'': One of the hairstyles the Hero can get from the barber is a short, thick moustache. It increases his Scariness stat instead of his Attractiveness, implying that the negative connotations of the trope have gotten all the way to the Land of Albion.
-->'''FlavorText:''' Says more about you than a dozen books.
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* Indie Pete in ''Webcomic/DieselSweeties'' [[http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/1995 gets a job as a sex ed teacher]] because he has one of these, and [[http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2006 loses it after he shaves]]--apparently the moustache makes him look like "a man who knows his way around a set of organs".
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' features [[http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20080808.html a debate]] on the thin line between a [=pornstache=] and a just plain creepy stache.
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'':
** Dan [=McNinja=] even has a special ninja mask which covers everything but his eyes and the 'stache. It is even revealed to be an almost mystical source of authority.
** The Doc's kid side-kick, 13 year-old Gordito, a gunslinging Mexican native, had an impressive 'stache he grew through sheer will power (in a matter of seconds) after his father died.
* [[http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090530 This]] strip of ''Webcomic/{{Unshelved}}.''
* Warlord Damaske from ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', who is referred to as "[[FanNickname Warlord Mustache]]" by snarkers.
* Calamities of Nature makes a [[http://calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=302 reference to the porn stache.]]
* Sarin of ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'' had one for a time immediately prior to being hit with a GenderBender; InUniverse, it is widely agreed that she looks better without it.
* [[http://accidentals.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ Frostbite]] in the "Rock Paper Scissors" arc of ''Webcomic/{{Accidentals}}''.
* [[NoNameGiven Shitty]] in ''WebComic/CheckPlease'' has a luxuriant one, and is very insistent that it is ''not'' a "pedo stache."
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* ''WebVideo/ItalianSpiderman''. At one point, he throws it like a [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang boomerang]].
* [[http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9629/mariopeople.gif This ad]] for ''Mario Kart DS'' shows three Japanese pop-rock-types sporting these and winking/grinning at the camera. You can play with people across the world via Wi-Fi, and this is represented by the various stereotyped versions of the guy with the Mario-like mustache and hat. The picture has become rather popular as an avatar icon.
* ''Website/GaiaOnline's'' Timmy experienced [[PlotRelevantAgeUp "Megapuberty"]] and had the choice of either growing to adulthood immediately or remaining a child forever, and out of indecision decided to poll the fandom. Most of the fans who voted started talking about what a {{Bishounen}} Timmy would grow up to be. Instead, Timmy grew up HollywoodHomely (think Creator/NicolasCage's character in ''Raising Arizona''), and has since then been accosted by police officers purely because they could not believe someone with a mustache like that was an honest citizen.
* ''Literature/BinderOfShame's'' appropriately-named Deviant Boy is described as having an "abnormally thick moustache".
* Parodied in Episode 4 of ''WebVideo/{{Manwhores}}'' when Kevin gets a fake one in order to imitate Randy. Five minutes later, he's in an 8-way. Yes, an 8-way.
* Frollo gains one of these after being [[spoiler: age regressed by his Arab cousin]] in ''WebAnimation/TheFrolloShow''.
* ''WebVideo/ScreenJunkies'': Hal Rudnick grew one for [[http://mademan.com/movember movember]],a men's health awareness program. In fact, the PornStache is the goal of every participant in Movember. Few succeed.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Flashbacks to when Coach Z was younger show he used to have an afro and a big, bushy moustache. In "Decemberween Short Shorts", Coach Z claims that back in 1974 "Ladies would go out with anything that had a mustache!"
* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', after Vegeta mentions that a pure blooded Saiyan's hair doesn't change after birth with the exceptions of beards and mustaches, Goku imagines Vegeta with one of these. TheStinger for that episode is Vegeta sporting more of these in a VoiceClipSong, which later got a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hle2-bGDh10 live action video]] with even more of these.
-->'''Goku:''' Hee.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[DiscussedTrope explores]] literally every stereotype associated with the Porn Stache.
-->''He's got the kind of facial hair that says "Yeah, I've been naked on camera before, what of it?"''
* Tony Stark in ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries''. The mullet doesn't help.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'':
** Brock Samson has one of these whenever he appears in college flashbacks.
** Him and Rusty both have them for a brief spell. "What were we thinking?"
* William Murderface of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. Mainly because he's based off of Geezer Butler, who, as stated above, had one.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': stupid sexy Flanders!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** One of Twilight Sparkle's spells, see in "Boast Busters", sprouts an impressive mustache on the lip of the subject. As seen in "Magic Duel", it even works on mares.
** Rarity's father has one naturally. This caused [[FanNickname fans to call him]] [[Series/MagnumPI "Magnum"]].
* Taking its cues from ''Film/ANewHope'', several specimens are seen through the course of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', with Admiral Konstantine giving one plenty of screen time.
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[[folder:Other]]
* Due to the cross-media nature of the character, it's hard to place him in one category, but several [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Commissioner James Gordons]] have boasted mustaches that are ''very'' 70s'. While some depictions of the good Commissioner have him appear quite distinguished in a vaguely old-money Southern fashion, several have been given rather porny 'staches over the years. Gary Oldman in the Nolan-era reboot movies is one such salient example.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Actors and media figures:
** Porn actors: Go figure.
*** Porn star Ron Jeremy, perhaps the most iconic example and probably responsible for the association with porn.
*** John Holmes, the inspiration for Dirk Diggler in ''Film/BoogieNights''.
*** And the original [=pornstache=], Harry Reems. Some even noted the oddness of him not having it in ''Forced Entry''.
** [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie]] [[Music/FreddieMercury Mercury]], in the 80's.
** Ric Romero, consumer reporter for Los Angeles-based KABC-TV and [[MemeticMutation Internet meme]] extraordinaire.
** John Stossel, former ABC newsman and host of ''20/20''--although some might term it an "English gentleman" mustache instead.
** Creator/RonHoward sported one in the early 1980s. It's shown in all its glory in a 1982 episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' he hosted.
** Critic Gene Siskel of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' in the 70s. Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDpdyA5x75s clip of them]] reviewing ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen''.
** Geraldo Rivera.
** Film critic/conservative commentator/self-styled "cultural crusader" who's supposedly led a "controversial life", Michael Medved.
** Creator/BurtReynolds.
** Creator/TomSelleck.
** Creator/RichardPryor
** [[http://pics.livejournal.com/snowgrouse/pic/0004peqf Seventies Porn Colin]], a 1970s publicity shot of Creator/ColinBaker shirtless and sporting one of these, has attained memetic status in ''Series/DoctorWho'' fandom.
** Creator/GrouchoMarx is arguably the TropeMaker for male actors--even if his 'stache was just painted on.
** Creator/JeffDunham used to have one, which he shows in a series of pictures of his rather questionable fashion choices throughout the years.
** Even the great Creator/ChristopherLee had one in the early '70s, which can be seen in ''Theatre Macabre'' and ''Film/HorrorExpress''.
** The typical simplified graphical representation of Music/GiorgioMoroder is a pair of CoolShades and his trademark mustache. He even regrew it after his comeback thanks to Music/DaftPunk.
* Athletes and sports figures:
** UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} has plenty of famous drivers with porn 'staches. Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Tim Richmond, Neil Bonnett, Terry Labonte, Dale Jarrett, Mike Skinner...
*** But it faded out in a hurry in the 90s, starting with Jeff Gordon's ridiculous attempt at one, and his subsequent shaving of it to create the current clean-cut image favored by most modern NASCAR drivers. Facial hair today is more likely to take the form of full beards, like Jimmie Johnson's eternal five-o-clock shadow (which has been hinted to be there mainly to tick off crew chief Chad Knaus, who reportedly can't stand how it looks).
** In UsefulNotes/FormulaOne the most notorious [=pornstache=] is Nigel Mansell's.
** Mark Spitz, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome who won seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games]].
*** Hilariously, after his medal haul Spitz was approached by a coach from the Soviet team, asking him why he had a mustache. Spitz jokingly replied that it deflected water away from his mouth and effectively made him swim faster; at the next international swim meet he attended the following year, all the male Russian swimmers were sporting mos.
** Baseball player Jeff Kent's famous facial hair has led to baseball announcers to jokingly refer to impressive or important home runs by Jeff Kent as "money shots".
** NBA commissioner David Stern had one early in his tenure, clearly evident in archive photos from the '84 draft.
** Famous mustachioed Yankee player of the 80s and early 90s Don Mattingly and Jason Giambi. Giambi in particular, credited Mattingly as the inspiration for him growing his in 2008. Giambi (known famously for his full beard/long haired look while he was a member of the Oakland Athletics) infamously shaved off his facial hair when he signed with the Yankees in 2002, so his decision to grow a moustache revived his career with the organization and with fans after several years of subpar playing and revelations that he was on steroids for the bulk of his tenure at Oakland. The Yankees later held a "Jason Giambi Mustache Day" in which they gave out fake mustaches as a promotion to get Giambi the final spot on the AL All-Star Team roster. He didn't win the vote, though.
** George Parros, enforcer of the Anaheim Ducks. He's even earned the nickname "Stache" because of it.
** Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt has sported one since his playing days.
** Two-time Vezina/Conn Smythe/Stanley Cup winning Hall of Fame NHL goaltender Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers had one of the most [[http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/640/560/1974-75_bernie_parent_flyers_with_trophies_display_image.jpg awe-inspiring examples of the trope]] in the history of North American professional sports during the 1970s. It's since morphed into a [[GoodHairEvilHair Trustworthy Beard]] as [[http://bernieparent.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Book-Cover.png its owner]] has aged.
** Broad Street Bullies-era [[http://www.goaliecards.com/70/taylor70.jpg backup goalie Bobby Taylor]] was a fairly decent backup for Parent in this area as well. Hockey seemed to raise a bumper crop in those days, with even Taylor cheerfully quipping in the HBO documentary on the team, [[http://www.hbo.com/sports/broad-street-bullies/index.html The Broad Street Bullies]], that "we looked like a bunch of porn stars."
** In fact, the Flyers in particular are no slouches in the [=pornstache=]d Goalie department, with another Vezina and Conn Smythe coming from netminder [[http://cdn.nhl.com/flyers/images/upload/2008/02/hexy_portrait.jpg Ron Hextall]] in the 80s.
** Sportscaster and entertainment reporter Pat O'Brien.
** Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator [[http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5012430098_2bcf9083ea_z.jpg Brian Van Gorder]].
** One of the most well-known in the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague is Jacksonville Jaguars owner [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid_Khan Shahid Khan.]] When he started for the team, quarterback Gardner Minshew was famous for his 'stache as well.
** Creator/KeithOlbermann alternated between this and clean-shaven from his days as a sports anchor in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles until midway through his ''Series/SportsCenter'' tenure, after which he apparently hacked it off for good. Apparently he figured out that the look may work for some people, but it unambiguously does ''not'' work for him.
** Similarly, Creator/{{ESPN}}'s Chris Berman sported one early in his tenure on ESPN [[http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/chris_berman_rocking_the_mustache/3195134 and recently decided to give it another try]].
** MLB Pitcher Carl Pavano--''especially'' when it's not fully grown in.
** Possibly-former Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas.
** NBA player Adam Morrison is commonly mocked for this (along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUcQ1bh38sA his non-presence with the Lakers]]).
** Many an Australian [[UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} cricketer]] have sported these through the years, including [[http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2009/7/17/1247840973038/David-Boon-001.jpg David Boon]] and [[http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3075746-v Dennis Lillee]]. More recently, [[http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/27/4958950/johnson-729-620x349.jpg fast bowler Mitchell Johnson]] had one during the 2013 Ashes test series.
** WVU punter, Nick O'Toole, whose [[http://i.imgur.com/ysfX8Xc.jpg Porn Stache]] [[http://i.imgur.com/OcN56bJ.jpg makes him look 20 years older]]
** This may well be why Creator/CharlieBrooker chose England goalkeeper David Seaman to star in the imaginary erotic drama ''Disraeli Nights''.
** Atlanta Braves pitcher [[https://www.wtok.com/resizer/fW-XaysBYsUkAnmBnzeMJK0a-Yk=/arc-photo-gray/arc3-prod/public/E434QDX6B5BRFLJXOKQ4DFCOG4.webp Spencer Strider]], whose look has proven popular with fans and earned him nicknames such as "Sheriff Strider".
** MLB All-Star catcher Mike Piazza sported one.
** The late Swiss kickboxer [[https://muaythaitv.fr/images/w500/en-us/2013/8/hug.jpg Andy Hug]] was as well known for his signature mustache as he is for his legendary run in K-1 and his devastating axe kick. He would shave it near the end of his life, however.
* Historical and political figures:
** John R. Bolton.
** Former Trump Administration lawyer Ty Cobb (no, not the baseball star), lovingly described as a "novelty popcorn salesman" and "typewriter that magically came to life" by Twitter.
** Not uncommon among European royalty of the 19th and early 20th centuries, with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Umbertoofitaly.jpg King Umberto I of Italy]] having one of the most epic Porn Staches of all time.
** A large number of men on board the RMS Titanic, who have been featured in cinematic adaptations of the sinking and highligh the style of the Edwardian Era. The range from crew members such as Third Officer Herbert J. Pitman, Chief Baker Charles J. Joughin, and White Star Lines Chairman J. Bruce Ismay. This also includes passengers such as Archibald Gracie V and John Jacob Astor IV.
** Some of his (numerous) detractors argue that the moustache UsefulNotes/PeterMandelson used to have looked like one of these. [[http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/q-peter-mandelson-moustache.jpg Judge for yourself]].
** And of course, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin. He even was nicknamed "Baffone" ("Big Moustache") in Italy.
*** And some of his comrades too, like Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich and Andrei Zhdanov.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein Saddam Hussein]].
* Miscellaneous:
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günther_(singer) Günther]], the stage persona of Swedish singer Mats Söderlund. His entire act is indeed modeled on bad German porn stars.
** French ClassicalMusic composer [[https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9_Paul_Nadar_1905.JPG Gabriel Fauré]].
** [[http://mmalinker.com/wiki/images/1/17/Frye.jpg Don Frye]], MMA fighter and the badass Captain Gordon in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''.
** Creator/FriedrichNietzsche had an uber-[=pornstache=]. Although he was celibate like Tesla.
** British Army lore has it that these are standard issue for the SAS, so the page quote may well be justified. However, considering the skills of a [[SuperSoldier standard SAS soldier]], it is a bad idea to mock them for this.
** ''Meet The Talking Car'', an old children's safety PSA, gives one of these to one of the cars. The car in question seems peculiarly affable towards children, claims to have known quite a few boys and girls "in my day", and adds that they are good.
** The University of Western Ontario's Science Faculty has a mascot, by the name of Sanchez. Sanchez, cheerfully referred to as "Our King" by the faculty, is a blow-up doll possessing-of course-only the most epic of porn 'staches.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamBoninFreewayMugshow.jpg Serial killer William Bonin]]
** Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut and recent commander of ISS for Expedition 35. [[http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/biomedical-equip-forehead.jpg And yeah I totally picked a doofy picture on purpose.]] Also kind of Adorkable, sometimes.
* Michael Collins of Apollo 11 fame. Interestingly, he started his famous mission totally clean shaven and shaved his several-day-old beard into a mustache on the way back to Earth.
* In the 1980's this sort of moustache became associated with British Special Forces, as a sort of informal badge of membership. Although SAS troopers preferred it if it were described as a ''Zapato'', after the Mexican revolutionary. See Page Quote.
** In the British Army it's popular amongst all squaddies to grow a tour 'tache when posted overseas.

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