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->'''Doyle:''' He likes playing the hero. Walking off into the dark, his long coat flowing behind him in that mysterious and attractive way.
->'''Cordelia:''' Is this a private moment? Cuz I could leave you alone.
->'''Doyle:''' I'm not saying I'm attracted.... [[StupidSexyFlanders Maybe I'm a]] ''[[StupidSexyFlanders little]]'' [[StupidSexyFlanders attracted]].
->—'''{{Angel}}'''

->''Just what the world's been waiting for. The Charge of the TrenchcoatBrigade.''
->—'''[[{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]''', '''''Books of Magic'''''

[[HollywoodDressCode A Longcoat is the ideal action-hero garment,]] more practical than a cape but infinitely cooler than a sport coat or no coat. In addition, a Longcoat of any level of 'billowy-ness' makes an ideal cover for producing any number of weapons, tools, supplies and whatnot. Certain styles of Longcoat are deliberately designed to distort the wearer's frame, making their wearer's access to {{Hammerspace}} almost believable to mundane eyes.

Like capes, longcoats capitalize on the [[DramaticWind dramatic effect of having something that flutters behind you]]. A variant involves jackets and excessively long shirts, but having less material to billow in the gusts necessarily makes such people seem less badass. And of course, when a the wearer of a Badass Longcoat [[TheCoatsAreOff takes the coat off,]] it's a sign that he's really serious about doing major damage.

The most common types of long coats are [[http://www.costumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/images/items/343x432/CI75214.jpg dusters]] and [[http://www.porhomme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ferragamo-trench-250k.jpg trench coats]]. The principle differences between the two are that dusters are longer overall, usually reaching nearly to the ankles, and since they're designed for horseback riding, have a long slit up the back as far as the waist. Dusters are also generally cut along fairly boxy lines. A trench coat, on the other hand, is usually more shaped, reaches to the knees or slightly below and the back slit generally only reaches mid-thigh or hip-level. Trench coats also usually feature a belt and epaulets. It should be noted that one way to tell if a trench coat indicates a spy or private investigator or is a Badass Longcoat is by whether it's buttoned and belted or not. A Badass Trenchcoat is never closed.

A third style is the [[http://www.quartermastershop.com/CW%20US%20Enlisted/images/us_ft_greatcoat_0604%20US%20Ft%20GtCt%20collage%20enlgmt.jpg great coat]], a predecessor of the trench coat but usually much heavier, and with either a wider collar that can be turned up to protect against the wind or a sort shoulder cape. Great coats were typically worn buttoned, losing some of their bad-assitude. They're most often associated with 19th Century naval officers and Russian soldiers. The [[http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/19cdress/glosspix/inverness.jpg Inverness cape]] is a lighter garment with a very similar appearance to the caped greatcoat. The cape, however, is longer, reaching slightly past the wrist rather than only to the elbow.

There is of course a fourth variety, but it takes a [[TheAdventuresOfDoctorMcNinja very, very rare combination]] [[DoctorSteel of personality traits]] to allow one to pull off the BadassLabcoat.

A less modern example would be the BadassLongRobe. CoolShades are a nice accessory, as are tacking on a NiceHat and [[MaskPower mask]] to achieve the CoatHatMask Effect. The Badass Longcoat is often combined with [[GunsAkimbo a pair of guns]] for extra effect.

Longcoat-wearing heroes probably started with {{Western}}s (for dusters) or FilmNoir, (with the classic trenchcoat) but became especially common in the public mind after ''TheMatrix''. Odds are they'll become a SubvertedTrope in a few years. Until then, enjoy it while it lasts.

The BadassLongcoat is closely associated with TheStoic. Not related to [[MemeticMutation Badass Longcat]]. Not to be confused with ConspicuousTrenchcoat.

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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* Alucard in ''{{Hellsing}}''. Luke Valentine, who wears a long white coat, and Alexander Anderson, who wears a grey cassock, are variations on this. Although none of them are particularly [[TheStoic stoic]], they are all distinctly {{Badass}}. Integra sometimes wears one too, as does Major Montana. There's The Captain too, whose {{Badass}} quotient is enough to easily stand up to the {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}ed BattleButler and have his tails do the bat-wing flutter even though it's a fully buttoned, double-breasted affair.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo's robes briefly transform into a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat with red lining that is closed at his chest during Tensa Zangetsu, the final release of his zanpakuto. It's also noted, however, that many of the captains in this anime could be considered badass and do wear haori, a type of long coat -- however, the captain coats are white.
** Ulquiorra Schiffer's Las Noches uniform, with two tails that sweep the floor dramatically.
** Subversion: Shunsui Kyoraku (Eighth Squad Captain) subverts this by being a powerful fighter with an incredibly "un-badass" [[RealMenWearPink pink, flowery haori]] over his uniform.
* Kyuzo in ''[[SamuraiSeven Samurai 7]]'', an SF adaptation of Kurosawa Akira's original JidaiGeki film ''SevenSamurai''. Unofficially is the most skilled of the samurai, possibly exceeding the group's experienced leader, and definitely the most deadly. Sports blonde hair and a distinctive crimson-red coat.
* Maka Albarn from ''{{Soul Eater}}'' sports a kickass black longcoat with two large buttons and defined shoulders that makes for awesome emphasis whenever she jumps around.
* Jo from ''BakuretsuTenshi'' is a Badass Longjacket, though she usually [[{{Fanservice}} takes it off]] during combat.
*Ryoma Nagare from [[GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]] combines this with ScarfOfAsskicking and GoNagaiSideBurns.
* ''{{Trigun}}'''s Vash the Stampede and Abel Nightroad from ''TrinityBlood'' wear Badass Longcoats, but make their opponents think they're just harmless idiots.
** Vash has other reasons for the long coat: hiding the effects of heavily subverted HollywoodHealing and his black...leather...body-armour...stuff. You have to assume this stuff is really practical desert wear for some reason. Although he also just likes the coat.
* In all ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' series, some character will have an incredibly badass coat. Kaiba in the original series has several long coats; Manjoume in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'' wears a black trenchcoat, Ryo adopts a black duster after his FreakOut transformation into Hell Kaiser, and Judai trades in his jacket for a longer coat after coming through his BreakTheCutie arc. In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'', the requisite badass coat is worn by anti-hero Jack Atlus, who ironically spends more time in his skintight bodysuit rather then utilizing the full dramatic effect of his coat.
* Rika/Ruki in ''DigimonTamers'' (WordOfGod: one of her early character models was a character from ''TheMatrix''), and Captain Sampson/Satsuma and [=BanchouLeomon=] in ''DigimonSavers''.
* Some high-ranking Marines in ''{{One Piece}}'', since a large jacket is part of the clothing for them. Admiral Aokiji when he was Vice-Admiral Kuzan, complete with SinisterShades. Captain Hina and Vice-Admiral Garp, although the former usually takes her Marine coat off, and the latter does it when he gets ''[[LetsGetDangerous serious]]''. And recently, Admiral Kizaru, also complete with ScaryShinyGlasses (sort of, he's always cheery, but he's every pirate's worst nightmare) epitomizes this trope. He knocked out an entire mangrove tree with a kick, kicked two members of the Eleven Supernovas (seriously powerful rookie pirates, like Luffy) through a building (the first one with a sidekick knocking him through at least four or five) and during his entire escapade to the Sabaody Archipelago, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown including the four Supernovas he handed their ass to (two of which I've already mentioned)]], he caught no fewer than 500 pirates!
* Alex Rowe on ''LastExile''.
* In WitchHunterRobin, the title character of the series was badass in her own right, and not coincidentally, she also wore a red long-coat.
* Kuroudou Akabane in ''{{GetBackers}}''. Ban Mido would fall under the "excessively long shirt" subset.
* Subverted in ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' with Garderobe headmistress Natsuki Kruger, who is about as far from badass as is mortally possible in her standard, coat-wearing outfit. Miyu, with her long black duster and [[NiceHat matching hat]], fits this trope to the letter.
* ''{{Slayers}} NEXT's'' Gaav. He's not only extremely proficient with his chosen longsword, but at least seven foot tall at best guess looking at him, ungodly powerful both physically and in sorcerous power, and nigh indestructible and sports a suitably badass orange longcoat.
* Hei from ''DarkerThanBlack''. The longcoat is even bulletproof, but only when ''he'' wears it.
* Jotaro Kujo from ''[[JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''.
* When Seishirou and Subaru are introduced in "{{X1999}}", both sport badass longcoats, with Seishirou's in black and Subaru's in white.
** Fuuma appears to have a closet just ''full'' of a wide variety of stylish longcoats. Of note, he owns one that is both black ''and'' white (very appropriate to the character).
* Gally in ''{{GUNNM}}''.
* ''{{Sola}}'': Takeshi (pictured above), who fights with a sword and darts that explode into light.
* Van in ''GunXSword'' doesn't just wear a long coat, he wears a full tailcoat.
* The standard uniform of the Amestrian military in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' is a badass greatcoat.
** Ed wears a red duster, but has yet to be dismembered while wearing it (his missing limbs were before the coat). Unless, of course, you count the number of times his automail has broke, but otherwise, he's good. He makes a point of wearing a red coat anywhere for various reasons (the biggest being to cover up his automail). In the most recent chapter, as his group is [[spoiler: Heading for what appears to be the final confrontation]], he buys a roll of red cloth and transmutes it into his signature jacket, most likely to show that he means business.
*** Edward once [[http://www.onemanga.com/Full_Metal_Alchemist/85/35/ told the new Greed]] that the red coat makes him look badass.
**** For that matter, the new Greed himself wears a black longcoat / changshan and Kimbley wears a badass [[DressedToKill white tuxedo]].
* Bolt Crank from ''{{Eat-Man}}'' sports a floor length trench coat while firing [[WaveMotionGun an assortment of 'uge freekin guns]] one handed.
* Mephisto of ''Demon City Shinjuku'' wears a long red coat which billows out dramatically in convenient winds.
* Aya and Yoji of ''WeissKreuz'' both wear long coats, but it's not until sequel series ''Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen'' that they upgrade to properly billowing {{Badass Longcoat}}s.
* Chrono from ''ChronoCrusade'' While his normal outfit includes a long red coat, he [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld appears to be]] a twelve-year-old boy, and the rest of his outfit is fairly dorky looking. However, when he goes into his badass, true form of a demon he ''loses'' the coat, his coat being replaced by wings. It's possible his coat is supposed to be a visual reference to the wings he has in his true form.
** And then of course, there's the villain Aion, who is a truer version of the BadassLongcoat.
** Not to mention Joshua, who wears a long black coat with his suit that looks appropriately dramatic when he uses his demonic powers. And Father Remington's exorcist uniform includes an odd skirt-like cape around his pants when, combined with a jacket, somewhat mimics the effect of a badass greatcoat.
* Hitomi Landsknecht from ''{{ICE}}''.
* Wilhelm from ''MahouSenseiNegima''.
* Anko Mitarashi from ''{{Naruto}}'' wears a badass longcoat, though, much like other outfits in the Narutoverse, is not practical for a ninja to wear, but it does not necessarily make her a {{Highly Visible Ninja}}. Though one would assume the swooshing a proper badass longcoat would make from jumping around would decrease stealth, but, eh...
** Also Ibiki Morino and Ino's father.
** Don't forget that the Fourth Hokage used to wear a Badass Longcoat.
** There's also the entire Aburame clan.
** [[GentleGiant Jugo]] is a somewhat strange example in that no one could find a shirt big enough to fit him, so he wears a ''curtain'' as a longcoat.
* Zest and Signum from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. The former took out [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Vita]] while she was [[FusionDance Unisoned]]. The latter [[spoiler: killed the former]].
** Fate T. Harlaown (Barrier Jacket Impulse Form), Erio and Cinque count, too.
** In ''Nanoha Force'', Nanoha, Fate, and Signum appear to sport trench coats as their regular attire.
** Lest we forget the original: Chrono's enforcer uniform brought the trope to the series.
* Gainax's OVA sequel to GunBuster, DieBuster, features Dix-Neuf, a HumongousMecha that wears a gigantic duster. RuleOfCool to the max.
* Let's not forget D from VampireHunterD.
* [[PsychoforHire Dr]] [[HeroicSociopath Stein]] from {{Soul Eater}}, rocks the rare BadassLabcoat.
* Archer from ''[[FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]]''! The man they invented "GAR" for and very much deserving of it! Badassery aside, it's not a true longcoat; it's actually a pair of sleeves and a long battle-skirt-thing. Looks damn similar, though.
** Kotomine Kirei definitely qualifies with his [[ChurchMilitant bullet proof priest's robes]], and proves in {{Fate Zero}} that people don't necessarily [[MemeticMutation die when they are killed]]. Kiritsugu Emiya also sports a more traditional style duster.
* Captain Bravo from ''BusouRenkin'', who is entirely aware of how cool his longcoat makes him look.
* In ''{{Yami no Matsuei}}'', Muraki Kazutaka is almost always seen in a white trench coat, while Tsuzuki Asato sports the black variety.
* Brandon "Beyond The Grave" Heat from ''{{Gungrave}}'' in both the anime and video game. He wears an intricately detailed purple coat with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses large Gothic cross emblazoned on the back]]. Even in normal clothes he wears a black longcoat that is mostly prominent in the anime (in the game he's seen wearing it only in the opening and quickly changes to his "battle suit").
* Jiro from ''BlackBloodBrothers''.
* [[PsychoForHire Claire Stanfield]] from ''{{Baccano}}!'' is often seen wearing one of these.
* Shana from ''ShakuganNoShana''.
* Sven (while with the IBI), Train (while with Chronos) and Belze from ''Black Cat''. Here, though, Train's long black coat isn't so much a symbol of his badassitude but of his place in Chronos as an assassin; during most of the series, he wears a cropped black jacket over a long shirt, even though he's still pretty badass. Significantly, he dons his old coat again for a major showdown.
* Tooya from ''AyashiNoCeres'' wears a trench coat (with shades and stoicism, to boot) at the beginning of the series, while he's still working for the Mikages.
**Additionally, he wears a [[BadassLabcoat labcoat]] when he disguises himself as a doctor at Aya's school, pulling off a couple of wicked rescues while he's there.
* {{Eat-Man}} is the story of Bolt Crank, who wears a jumbo-sized longcoat, who interestingly doesn't actually keep anything in his coat. Instead, he just keeps all of his miscellanous {{BFG}}s, {{BFS}}s, bombs, and... steam train locomotives... in a sort of built-in {{Hammerspace}} inside of his body.
* Raven in ''PandoraHearts''. There are others though.
* In the [[BaitAndSwitchCredits 5th opening]] of ''{{Gintama}}'', Takasugi is shown sporting a long dark trench coat while [[LastStand fighting hordes of aliens with Gintoki, Katsura, and Sakamoto in what appears to be a hopelessly one-sided battle]]. And he is kicking ass.
* General Cross Marian & Kanda especially, from ''DGrayMan''
** All Exorcist uniforms to a lesser extent
* Rena Arisugawa in ''WorldEmbryo''. Note that this series is from the creator of ''ChronoCrusade'', Daisuke Moriyama, which probably shows that [[AuthorAppeal he really, really likes this trope]].
* Misa's longcoat in ''{{Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou}}.''
* Aohsi Shinomori from ''RurouniKenshin''.
* Raye Penber and Teru Mikami in ''DeathNote''.
* Subverted in ''BlackLagoon'' with Lotton the Wizard. In a {{Badass}} series that lives by the RuleOfCool, Lotton is trying so damn hard to look cool and act cool, all the way down to his CoolShades and BadassLongcoat. He fails so badly that even though Revy shoots him mid-entrance, she doesn't remember who he is later.
* Pretty heavily subverted in RanmaOneHalf. Mousse routinely wears long Chinese robes as his signature outfit, and his first appearance makes him out as strong and capable. Then something goofy happens (in the manga, the concrete roller he sliced in half falls on his head and knocks him out, in the anime, he starts wolfing down the bowl of ramen he just did an acrobatic routine with without spilling) and his "BadAss Cred" is gone in an instant, firmly establishing him as something of the ButtMonkey. Shinnosuke seems to be a BadAss marital artist in a janitor's uniform who is a master of fighting with a [[ImprobableWeaponUser pushbroom]]... but he has such a horrible memory he just keeps making an idiot of himself by, say, stumbling headfirst into his own boobytraps.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Agent Shepperd from [=~100 Bullets~=] wears brown trench coat is a signature piece of wardrobe and the guy proves why he's the only one in the series who can wear it.
* [[SpiderMan Dr Octopus]] has been doing this since before it was cool. After a while they changed his look into a high-tech looking jumpsuit (the Eighties, I think), but the trenchcoat remained his "''classic''" look, up until they brought back the old style.
* ''ThePunisher'', particularly by Garth Ennis.
** The Boys, which is written entirely by Ennis.
** The Saint of Killers from ''{{Preacher}}'', also written entirely by Ennis.
* ''{{Nextwave}}'', where the longcoat is an issued part of the uniform for the main characters (who still wear tights underneath)
** Other examples of the BadassLongcoat Over Tights (see also CivvieSpandex):
*** Gambit of ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' fame.
*** [[StaticShock Static]] (whose baggy coat in the comics somehow manages to look more badass than the neatly-tailored one from the cartoon)
*** ''{{Blade}}'', as also mentioned in Film.
*** Midnighter of ''TheAuthority''.
*** Rogue wore one for a while, having apparently taken a fashion cue from Gambit.
* John Constantine from ''{{Hellblazer}}''.
** Also Mr E, Dr Occult and, according to Constantine, {{the Phantom Stranger}} (although his does seem to be more of a cape). While John invented the term "The Trenchcoat Brigade" as a joke, it's the title of their ''Books of Magic'' spin-off miniseries.
* The heroes of Frank Miller's ''SinCity'' have also been known to don the BadassLongcoat.
** Marv's longcoats tend to get ripped to shreds during big fights, requiring him to find another big longcoat, usually off a bad guy. There was actually a oneshot where he wakes up in a new coat, with no memory of where he got it, and tries to work out where it came from.
** Dwight [=McCarthy=] from "The Big Fat Kill" combines the BadassLongcoat with GunsAkimbo.
** Wallace habitually wears a trenchcoat that comes to his ankles.
* As noted in the Film section, Hellboy's outfit is a pretty obvious example of this.
* Dream of {{The Sandman}}.
* Bruce Wayne's son Damian wears one as Batman in Batman #666.
* Flint Henry's reincarnation of Grimjack has John Gaunt aka Jim Twilly make his entrance in a dark purple greatcoat with gold embroidery. The coat is later shown to hold about 50 lbs. of guns and edged weapons when he is busted by robot cops.
* Ivan Isaacs of {{Priest}} wears one of these.
* These are what amounts to TheBoys' uniform, contrasted with the capes-and-spandex look of the superheroes they keep in line.
* MisaimedFandom aside, Rorschach from ''{{Watchmen}}'' does look pretty badass in that coat.
* Black Canary occasionally wears one. Fishnets, fighting boots, martial arts, and longcoat. [[FetishFuel Yeah.]]
* JonahHex sometimes wears a classic duster and sometimes an Army greatcoat.
* [[{{Batman}} Commissioner Gordon]]
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[[folder:Film]]
* A good 75% of the characters in the ''[[TheMatrix Matrix]]'' trilogy wear them. Quite possibly they're the main reason for the current popularity of the BadassLongcoat.
* The titular hero Hellboy of the movie ''{{Hellboy}}'' (2004) wore a brown duster over black clothes, possibly in a futile attempt at ClarkKenting the fact that he was a large, bright red-skinned demon with a tail and horns, but more likely just to look really freakin' awesome. Also, I think it's BPRD standard issue.
** He also wore the duster in the graphic novels of the same name. This, along with the filed-down horns (which resembled goggles on his head), were intended to play up the "Average, Blue-Collar Joe" image of the character.
* Mark and Ken Gor (both played by Chow Yun-Fat) from John Woo's ''A Better Tomorrow'' series, though both of them are less stoic than they might seem. The main bad guy of the first movie, Shing, wears a ''white'' BadassLongcoat.
** Ken's badass quotient is doubled by the fact he wears his twin brother's old ''bullet-hole riddled'' BadassLongcoat in the final action sequence of the movie.
**After the release of the first film wearing similar coats became a trend among young men in Hong Kong, and the style of coat is still sometimes referred to as "Brother Mark's Coat."
* Carlito Brigante with his black leather trenchcoat in ''Carlito'sWay''.
* On a similar note, Jason Dean (Christian Slater) in ''Heathers'' sports a black longcoat throughout the entire film.
* Eric Draven (played by the late Brandon Lee) in ''TheCrow''. He takes it off Tin Tin, the first of the guys responsible for murdering him and his fiancee. He sets it aside when he finishes them off...and after it was filled with holes from about five hundred bullets.
* Selene in the ''{{Underworld}}'' films is an archetypal ActionGirl who wears a leather longcoat.
* Tom Cody in ''StreetsOfFire'', complete with shotgun.
* William 'The Butcher' Cutter from ''GangsOfNewYork'' appears in the opening scene not only in a super-badass longcoat, but a silver false eye in the shape of the Federal Eagle.
** His similarly longcoated nemesis [[http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2002/gangsofnewyork/priest.jpg Priest Vallon]] outshines him in the badass wardrobe department.
* The title character of the ''{{Blade}}'' series of movies has a longcoat that's so badass it's black on the outside and red on the inside.
* Mister Furious from ''MysteryMen'' wears a black overcoat, drives a black motorcycle and refers to himself as the "lone wolf".
* Freddy Krueger in ''Wes Craven's A New Nightmare'' is the first and only time he appeared in a long coat, in addition to the usual striped sweater.
* Another villainous example, ''{{Film/Spider-Man}} 2'''s Doctor Octopus wears a long coat and pairs it with CoolShades.
* Gabriel Van Helsing in the movie ''Van Helsing''.
* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Rustler's Rhapsody'' when the narrator notes that western villains always have thugs who wear raincoats in the desert. Technically, they're Badass Longcoats of the "duster" variety.
* Sgt. Mitch Hunter from the MutantChronicles movie and his incredibly shiny coat qualify.
* Believe it or not, Doc Brown in ''BackToTheFuture Part III,'' for his first appearance: shooting the rope hanging Marty, and forcing Buford Tannen and his gang to back down.
* Of all people, Aragorn in LordOfTheRings.
* The titular hero in ''Darkman''.
* Cameron Vale in ''{{Scanners}}''.
* The Shadow: His coat is so badass it deflects bullets.
* Rutger Hauer in ''Split Second''.
* SergioLeone's OnceUponATimeInTheWest:
---> '''Cheyenne''': Nobody around these parts got the guts to wear those dusters except Cheyenne's men... Cheyenne's men don't get killed.
* Snake Eyes briefly gets a BadassLongcoat for one scene in ''[=~GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra~=]''. This being [[MerchandiseDriven G.I. Joe]], he gets an [[http://www.theterrordrome.com/forums/download/file.php?id=4715&mode=view action figure]] out of it, too.
* Shockingly ''averted'' in ''ThePunisher'' War Zone film, where Frank wanders through New York with all his holsters and guns and ''WHITE SKULL SYMBOL'' perfectly visible - even though his penchant for longcoats is an established comic book trait.
* The title character of the Samuel L. Jackson remake of ''Shaft'' wears a black leather trench coat that's every bit as badass as he is.
* Bryan Mills from ''{{Taken}}'' puts a black one on for most of the movie and some of the publicity material has him in it.
* Shua in ''Film/SkyBlue''.
* Jade in Bulletproof Monk ends the movie in a BadassLongcoat. It helps that she has been kicking ass pretty much the entire movie but there is something about a bodyhugging red leather outfit complete with a red longcoat that is drool-worthy.
* ''Brotherhood of the Wolf''. In one of the first scenes of the narrative, a pair of Great Coat-wearing badasses (with the added conceit of tricorner hats) lay waste to a group of trannie soldiers harassing an old man and his daughter. In fact, one of the badasses doesn't even bother getting off his horse and fighting, they're that awesome. The great coats make a few more appearances, but aren't integral to the badass-itude of the wearers.
* David in ''TheLostBoys''.
* Lampshaded in ''Straight To Hell''.
-->Get the longcoats, boys!
* Sho in MoonChild.
*Deckard in BladeRunner.
* The Octopus in TheSpirit. In the denouement, he's wearing a badass long ''fur'' coat. Why? Cause he's [[SamuelLJackson Sam Fucking Jackson]]!
* [[TheBigLebowski The Dude's]] bathrobe fits this trope in a weird kind of way. As the movie is a parody of film-noir detective stories, that's probably intentional.

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[[folder:Literature]]
* Roland Deschain from TheDarkTower series (pictured above), though he seems to lose it at some point, as later books don't address anything of the sort.
* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] famously sports a duster. He's enchanted it to be bulletproof and knifeproof, so almost never goes anywhere without it - no matter how unfashionable it is. It's not, however, ''impact''-proof, as he notes on one occasion after being shoulder-checked by an enormous muscle-y brute, which demonstrates why it's an important measure but by no means a perfect one. He's gotten it to the point that the impact is spread out across his body, which any physics fanatic will tell you reduces the force of the impact. Though his shields do work better. It's also occasionally mentioned that before he was given the leather one, he wore a canvas duster.
* [[CiaphasCain COMMISSAR! CIAPHAS! CAIN!]] in SandyMitchell's novels of the ''[[{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40K]]'' setting, who kicks ass and takes names while wearing a huge, red-sashed and gold-trimmed greatcoat, complete with [[CommissarCap natty cap]].
* John Taylor from Simon R. Green's ''{{Nightside}}'' series wears a long ''white'' coat. He can also terrify enemies just by introducing himself.
** Let us not forget the SELF-DESTRUCT in Taylor's coat, which sends it up in flames if it gets too far from his body. Green gave a reasonably plausible justification (let a significant personal possession get loose, and you're likely to have all sorts of magic nastiness come down on you), but the reader suspects he had tongue firmly in cheek while writing that one...
** John's ''probably'' kidding when he tells servants he'd prefer they not take his coat because he hasn't fed it recently. ''Probably''.
** Razor Eddie, also from Green's novels, wears a dirty gray longcoat and routinely cuts {{Cosmic Horror}}-caliber monsters into sashimi.
* Carl Hollywood, a secondary character from Neal Stephenson's ''Diamond Age'', would not even come close to being described as a bad ass for most of the book. He is for all intents and purposes the manager of a theater, and the job mostly fits his personality. He was, however, also raised essentially as a cowboy. So, at one point toward the end of the book while clad in a leather cowboy duster complete with hat and boots he proceeds to (with a small group of others) fight his way through a future Shanghai in the middle of a war zone.
* While not a long coat exactly, Gerald Tarrant of the ''ColdfireTrilogy'' wears calf-length, medieval-style tunics, and he's fairly badass.
* The Marquis de Carabas, from ''{{Neverwhere}}'', wears what is somewhere between a trench coat and a frock coat.
* SherlockHolmes was known to pull this off, so much so that a billowing Inverness cape is frequently associated with images of him.
* Michael Daniel Liberty, from the Starcraft novel ''Liberty's Crusade'', gets one early on. He doesn't start off very badass, but... [[TookALevelInBadass he gets better.]]
* The same coat keeps turning up in Steven Brust's novels, usually on coachmen. The best description is in ''Freedom & Necessity'': "Last week I found my most treasured item of clothing ... a vast and possibly antique driving coat, rusty black, with deep turned-back cuffs and a high-standing collar, and a pair of pockets so large that I could drop one of Mr Colt's pistols in each and hardly grudge the room. It swallows me up nearly to the ankles.... As his boots were to Puss, so this coat is to me. I assure myself that I seem a latter-day [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Turpin Dick Turpin]] when I've got it on, though I may in fact look a quite modern scare-crow."
* Will Thatcher of [[http://thelonelywinds.com/library.php The Lonely Winds]].
* In [[TheEdgeChronicles The Edge Chronicles]], most [[SkyPirates sky pirates]] wear great coats as part of their [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes uniforms]], and they're most certainly badass.
* ''AmericanGods'' with the "new god" of the Internet. He wears a black longcoat in a ShoutOut to ''TheMatrix'' but is an unpleasant, physically weak nerd.
* The [[spoiler: Asha'man]] in [[TheWheelofTime The Wheel of Time]] are often identifiable only by their long, black coats. And they are certainly badass.
* An entire ''civilization'' of them in Sherwood Smith's ''Inda'' series. All Marlovan warriors wear long, gray dusters designed for riding.
* Carmen Sandiego has that awesome red one!
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Duncan [=MacLeod=] in ''HighlanderTheSeries''.
** The {{Highlander}} franchise has a lot of these, starting with Connor [=MacLeod=] in the first movie. Not only do the dusters look cool, they provide a convenient HandWave for how Immortals [[{{Hammerspace}} pull their swords out of nowhere]].
* Captain Mal Reynolds in ''{{Firefly}}''. Though he physically is pretty much human, he makes up for it by having a [[{{Determinator}} nigh-indomitable will]].
** This is also said to be the standard uniform for Independent soldiers during The War (hence "Browncoats"). An entire ''faction'' of Longcoats, Badassitude optional. They did lose, but The [[strike:South]] Outer Planets will rise again!
** Zoe's browncoat appears in "Out of Gas", in the flashback where she and Mal first buy Serenity, and yes, definitely badass.
* Angel and Spike on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In Spike's case, the coat was an explicit symbol of his badass-ness.
** In fact, one of the marks of Spike's BadassDecay was that he put the coat away towards the end of the sixth season. In mid-season 7 episode of ''Buffy'' he realizes that he's turned into a wimp, so he pulls the old coat out and promptly starts kicking ass. He's never without it again, his BadassDecay briefly halted by the act.
** Towards the end of the show, Buffy herself adds a long coat to her UnlimitedWardrobe.
* And in ''{{Angel}}'', Angel's black leather longcoat is badass enough to stay that way even when it's being worn by a muppet-Angel in the episode "Smile Time".
* Captain Jack Harkness is an example of this trope, as is the Tenth Doctor: definitely a badass, and practically epitomizes this trope. Both are from ''DoctorWho'' as well as ''{{Torchwood}}''.
** Donna Noble wears a long coat in the episode Turn Left during which she is the only one who can save the world.
** The Fourth Doctor fits this trope.
** The Sixth Doctor wore a long-cut coat, but it lost a bit of its badass by being a multicolored patchwork.
* John Crichton's increasing badass-ness on ''{{Farscape}}'' is symbolized by his abandonment of his IASA civvies and taking up of a Peacekeeper long black coat.
** Hell, virtually everyone gets the Badass Longcoat treatment as the show progresses. D'Argo's costume progression is notable, and Aeryn and Crais get their own BadassLongcoat moments in later seasons. Not to mention [[{{BigBad}} Scorpius]], who's practically a walking CrowningMomentOfAwesome in his badass ''coattails.''
* [[FutureBadass Future Hiro, Future Matt and Future Peter]] in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''
** Supervillain Sylar also upgrades to an iconic badass overcoat at the end of Season 1 for the final battle.
** [[TheInvisibleMan Claude's]] coat was rather long, though not down to the floor, if I remember correctly.
** Samuel in Season 4.
* Mick-St.John in ''{{Moonlight}}''
* Parodied in the ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' episode "200", when Teal'c imagines himself as a BadassLongcoat detective.
** In the Season Six episode 'Nightwalkers' Carter, Teal'c and Jonas Quinn show up in a small Oregon town all three wearing long, dark leather coats. Way to go, guys, could we look any MORE threatening and sinister?
* Omar Little in ''{{The Wire}}'' uses a duster to conceal his kevlar vest and double-barreled shotgun while robbing drug dealers.
* In ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' parodies the longcoat on several occasions. In one episode, Charlie remarks how cool Frank's trenchcoat looks and wants one of his own. In another episode, Mac buys a black leather duster because he thinks it makes him tough. At one point he thinks it will help him kick down a door. When Charlie wants a try at the door, he demands to put the duster on first. Mac ends up hitting Charlie against the wall while Charlie wears the duster. In a third episode, Mac's will demands that his duster be burnt after his death, but Dennis insists on keeping it for himself.
* Villainous version: the Huntsman of ''TheTenthKingdom''.
* Edward Woodward, TheEqualizer.
* The BadassLongcoat is part of a Makai Knight's standard uniform in the Toku series ''{{Garo}}''. The title character wears a very cool white longcoat when he's not in armored mode.
* Wraith officers in ''{{Stargate Atlantis}}'' tend to wear long black coats. And what can be more badass than an alien that can hardly be killed and ''feeds on your life force''?
** Also the series' most memorable human villain, Acastus Kolya, who wears a long black coat when not in uniform.
* Michael from ''LaFemmeNikita''. Sometimes others, as the situation demanded.
* [[TinMan Wyatt Cain]] in Tinman is a good example of this as well as [[spoiler: Glitch]].
** The Mooks are specifically called "Longcoats" for their...long coats.
* Barnabas Collins from ''Dark Shadows'' was an Inverness cape wearing vampire.
* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]], the ass kicking warrior of God from ''{{Supernatural}}'', is modeled after John Constantine wardrobe-wise (trench coat and all). Being an angel, Castiel’s clothes have the added bonus of self-repairing damage from gunshot blasts and stabbings, not to mention magical dry cleaning for blood stains.
* It's probably anachronistic, but Arthur's brown coat in ''{{Merlin}}'' definitely qualifies, and it looks in the set pictures like Uther might be going to wear one in season two.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Many wrestlers have adopted the longcoat to improve their image as badasses; among them are The Undertaker, Sting, Edge (one of the earliest adopters), and Christopher Daniels (who ups the badass quotient by wearing a ''sleeveless'' BadassLongcoat).
** Although, really, Chris Daniels's BadassLongcoat kind of loses its badass quotient when you notice that ''Trevor Murdoch'' wears the exact same coat.
*** Are you saying Trevor Murdoch's not badass? Show me another fat, pasty redneck who can pull off a perfect Canadian Destroyer.
** Matt Hardy recently started sporting a very nice BadassLongcoat, though at the moment he might be a subversion of the associated trope.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Imperial Commissars in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', who have absolutely no qualms with [[BadBoss summarily executing their men]] for [[YouHaveFailedMe cowardice, disobedience, incompetence, fighting amongst themselves, drinking on duty, looking at heretical materials, wearing the wrong cap-badge, sneezing on the Emperor's holy icons....]] [[strike:All]] *cough* CiaphasCain *coughcough* I mean most Commissars are also Badass enough to scare their underlings more than whatever horrors are faced. As mentioned in the Literature section above, though, some Commissars are more Badass than others.
* Badass longcoats are also very popular in Cyberpunk [=RPGs=], like ''{{Shadowrun}}'' or CP 2020. Especially since you can use them very well to hide guns under them.
** ''Shadowrun'' actually has a fun bit of flavor text in the ''Street Samurai's Catalog'' supplement about how Securetech's kevlar-lined trenchcoat has become something of a standard-issue uniform among runners.
** Note that {{Shadowrun}}'s use of longcoats pre-dates the present fad for putting {{Badass}} action heroes in them, as the game's designers were trying to capture a "Wild West" feel for Awakened Seattle.
* ''DeadLands'', being inspired by {{Western}}s and requiring a good deal of Badassitude from at least some character classes, are a kind of natural habitat for {{BadassLongcoat}}s too.
* Also very popular among players in the ''WorldOfDarkness'' games, to the point that someone appearing in one, particularly if he uses a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana sword]], is an utter, utter cliché.
* Going by the artwork in the books, trenchcoats are Standard Issue among [[{{Champions}} ''Dark Champions'']] vigilantes.
* In the game ''DogsInTheVineyard'', a BadassLongcoat is standard issue to every player character. Depending on how the GM decides to run the game, they can even deflect bullets.
* Just about every faction from [[IronKingdoms Warmachine and Hordes]] has ''someone'' wearing an incredibly badass longcoat.
* Carmen Sandiego has that awesome red one!
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In the 10th Anniversary Dream Cast of ''LesMiserables'', Javert gets one when he's undercover as a spy among the revolutionaries.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Dante from ''DevilMayCry'' is notable for being both a BadassLongcoat and a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy. So is his twin brother Vergil, as the third title revealed. So was their father Sparda, as is newcomer Nero too.
** Subverted with Credo; though his high-collared white getup looks pretty sleek, [[InformedAbility he never displays the swordsmanship that supplementary materials say let him climb the Order's ranks]].
** As a sort of ShoutOut to Dante, we have Wes from the story mode of ''{{Pokemon}} Colosseum''. He starts by stealing a Pokemon theft device from his former management at Team Snagem, blowing up the rest ''along with their hideout'', and bailing on a motorcycle with Snagem goons chasing him. He just continues from there. For extra ShoutOut points, his two initial Pokemon are an Umbreon and an Espeon, akin to Dante's twin handguns Ebony and Ivory, respectively.
* Parodied in the browser {{MMORPG}} ''UrbanDead'', where characters with overly "badass" description, especially the ones with long coats, scars, katanas (and other weapons not in the game) etc. are mocked to no end. The term "trenchcoater" also a negative term for the {{Munchkin}}s of the game. This also exists in the {{MMORPG}} ''NexusWar'', which was founded and played by a lot of ''UrbanDead'' Players.
* Grit in the ''AdvanceWars'' series.
* Gilder in ''SkiesOfArcadia''.
* CarmenSandiego [[RunningGag has that awesome red one!]]
* Antonio Guster in the ''F-Zero'' games wears a long lab coat over his combat outfit.
* The character of Setzer from ''FinalFantasyVI'' wears an overcoat, drinks, gambles, and pilots both of the only flying machines (The Blackjack and the Falcon) to appear in the game.
** Faris of ''FinalFantasyV'' has one very similar to Setzer's in the concept art and PS1 version's FMV cutscenes. She is not depicted wearing this in the game, sadly.
** Villainous example: Sephiroth of ''FinalFantasyVII'', who also bears the distinction of being the WhiteHairedPrettyBoy of the game.
** ''FinalFantasyX'''s Auron, who also sports some CoolShades in keeping with the fairly modernish world.
** ''FinalFantasyVIII'''s Seifer Almasy, the RivalTurnedEvil for Squall, wears the BadassLongcoat in light grey.
* Gamov from the remake of ''NinjaGaiden'' represents a subversion; despite having a long green coat, CoolShades and a capacity for OffscreenTeleportation, he never does anything wow-inducing. In the endgame, TheManBehindTheMan chops him up before he can defend himself. In NG: Sigma, he was made a boss with [[GunsAkimbo Handguns Akimbo]], but unfortunately a rather ineffectual one. It didn't help that he had an annoying laugh.
* Keats from ''Folklore'' - especially when he activates his [[SuperMode hidden powers]].
* Endorph from ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' and Walnut from ''PhantomBrave''.
* Vermilion from the ''BattleArenaToshinden'' series, who's also a [[TheGunslinger Gunslinging]] BloodKnight.
* JC Denton in ''DeusEx'' wears a dramatic long black coat; this is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Agent Navarre in an interview: "I do not expect you to perform as well as Agent Hermann, but the mission will require us to do more than frighten the NSF with our baggy coats that make us look bigger than we really are." His brother Paul wears such a coat as well, as does Walton Simons. That is to say, every nano-augmented person in the world wears a BadassLongcoat. And that is badass.
* Mickey Mouse in ''KingdomHearts 2''. Yes, you read that right.
* Sanger Zonvolt from the ''SuperRobotWars'' series wears his Badass Longcoat even in space. If his cockpit suffered a hole or he needed to eject he would die but he would looks badass while doing it.
** From ''Mugen no Frontier: SuperRobotWars OG Saga'', we have Harken Browning, with his black and red longcoat. How badass is he? He wields a machine gun/katana/pile bunker with one hand and a long-barreled revolver/WaveMotionGun with the other, and often juggles and spins them through the air. Officially, he's an {{Expy}} of Kyousuke Nanbu, but he may or may not have a bit of Sanger in him as well.
** Shu Shirakawa also comes with a Badass Longcoat. He probably won it during his graduation and receiving the Ph.D title.
* Shinjiro of ''{{Persona 3}}'', unlike the rest of the party, only has one outfit. And it's a Badass Longcoat. The protagonist's usual outfit can also sometimes display some aspects of the Badass Longcoat without being one.
* Which member of the [[CastleVania Belmont]] clan succeeded in killing Dracula off for good? Julius, in his longcoat.
** Soma Cruz has a ''White'' Coat that manages to be badass, [[strike:despite]] especially with the pimp qualities. The 21st Century is obvious the era of Badass Fashion.
** Also, in ''Curse of Darkness'', Trevor Belmont wears a belt with the lower part of a trench coat on it, just because it looks cool.
* The not-all-there, blood-splattered trenchcoat wearing villain Walter Sullivan of ''SilentHill''.
* Clive from ''[[WildArms3 Wild ARMs 3]]'' and Jack from the original ''[[WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]''.
* [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid series]].
** Liquid Snake, Revolver Ocelot and Psycho Mantis all wear the same style: brown leather with wide epaulets.
** Fortune wears hers simply draped over her shoulders, giving her the best of both a Badass Longcoat and a Cape.
* Croix from ''[[LaPucelle La Pucelle Tactics]]'', with the added bonus of blowing about in a nonexistent wind when he [[spoiler: rises to a god-like level of badass]].
* In the superhero MMORPG ''CityOfHeroes'' (and its sister game/expansion ''City of Villains''), trench coats are unlocked for an account that's been active for over three months. They come in several types (long, short, tattered, split) and take up the 'back' slot used for capes or wings. Like all costume pieces in the game, they have no effect on gameplay besides looking cool.
* Wild Dog from ''TimeCrisis'' dons a Badass Longcoat in the third and fourth games of the series, and throws it off to the side before proceeding to [[ThatOneBoss wipe the floor with your ass]].
* Syndicate put you in command of a whole squad of Badass Longcoats. Cyborg gangster badass longcoats. With [[GatlingGood miniguns]].
* Kane from ''CommandAndConquer'' series probably sleeps with his longcoat on. He dies more than twice during the course of the games and is the greatest badass and MagnificentBastard in the series.
* Two sorts of EliteMooks (Theron Guards and Kantus) in GearsOfWar are distinguished first and foremost visually by their long dark coats.
* Not-So-{{Elite Mooks}} (Helghast Stormtroopers) in ''{{Killzone}}: Liberation'' also wear distinguishing black coats.
* Ganondorf in ''[[TheLegendOfZelda Wind Waker]]'' wears a pretty cool longcoat, the sleeves being so large that he actually [[spoiler:has a sword hidden in each.]]
* Caleb of the ''{{Blood}}'' series wears a brown one.
* Sly Boots, the protagonist of Anachronox, is a FilmNoir detective. In a trenchcoat.
* ''{{Fallout}} 3'' gives you the chance to wear at least two different types of dusters, both of which look badass.
** Also, [[TheDragon Colonel Autumn]] wears a trenchcoat and gives a pretty good show of being evil.
** Also take note of The Regulators, a law enforcement group with standard issue dusters.
** The Mysterious Stranger also wears a coat in the private eye tradition.
* For a while, the standard garb for Swordmasters in {{Fire Emblem}} gave them the appearance of a Badass Longrobe (or [[BreastPlate Long-Slitted-Skirt]] for female characters), until Lloyd from [=FE7=], whose sprite was edited to reflect the longcoat he wears in his character art. As of Radiant Dawn, the longcoat is the signature garb of the Trueblade.
* Crimson Viper from StreetFighter 4 has a longcoat as her alternate costume. It's badass on its own, even before factoring in the taser gloves and flamethrower shoes.
* The as-of-yet unknown protagonist of ''RedSteel 2''. All we know about him so far is that he wears a longcoat, and that he's chosen to take on the town of Corona all by himself. And he wields a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] ''and'' a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]].
* Ricardo from TalesOfInnocence: black and double-breasted. What he wouldn't do for his [[BerserkButton little brother]]...
* Albert Wesker in [[ResidentEvil Resident Evil 5]] and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Both his spiffy black trench-coat and his entire tight-fitting outfit are completely [[HellBentForLeather made out of leather]]. He just [[CoolShades knows how to look cool]].
* Lewton from ''{{Discworld}} Noir'': Brown trenchcoat with leather added over the shoulders, and a [[NiceHat matching fedora]].
* Daniel from ''ExitFate'', a freeware RPG: Black with gold trim.
* Boomerang in the remake of ''WildArms1''.
* In the first ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiI Shin Megami Tensei]]'', although the Chaos Hero sports an urban camo trenchcoat and a brash demeanor, he is physically weak and openly admits to such, constantly relying on other characters for help. Although that may [[CutsceneIncompetence not be the case during gameplay]]...
* [[{{Fable}} Fable 2]] allows you to wear a variety of coats, two of which stand out as badass: the Noble Gent's Coat and the Highwayman Coat.
* ''TheGodfather'' game outright tells you in the menu hints that the enemy gangsters with longcoats are superior to those without.
* [[{{SengokuBasara}} Sengoku Basara]]'s [[{{BattleButler}} Katakura Kojuurou ]] wears a brown duster that sweeps to the ground. It's utterly anachronistic, but hey, what's history when compared to badassery, right? And he's so badass that they made him playable in the expansion pack.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Shadehawk from ''AntiheroForHire'' is at least partial subversion. All his moments of badassery (which are numerous) are mixed with just as numerous moments of screwing up hilariously. Sometimes in one strip.
-->''Shadehawk confronts a TykeBomb assassin, who had earlier smashed his glasses\\
''Tyke Bomb:'' Whoa, that would've been totally badass if your face didn't look like shit.\\
''Shadehawk:'' Well, that isn't exactly my fault now, is it!?
* Riff from ''SluggyFreelance'' is a classic example. Usually he wears a brown trenchcoat, but he's been known to [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020602 level up.]] His humanizing quirk is the tendency of his inventions to only ''mostly'' work, prompting his CatchPhrase: "Let me check my notes."
* Donovan Deegan of ''DominicDeegan'' has a badass long coat...made even more badass in that said long coat is ''[[RealMenWearPink pink.]]''
* Vic from ''{{Charby the Vampirate}}'' did a 180 going from a comic villain & Team Rocket of one to {{The Hunter}} kick butt vampire killer archtype as shown when he [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/index.php?p=29854 kill a vampire with his bare hands]], of course this hasn't helped him with the ladies.
* Charlie from ''[[http://www.thezombiehunters.com The Zombie Hunters]]'' punches in a zombie's skull, but later loses the labcoat.
* ''MetalGearSolid'' webcomic ''TheLastDaysOfFOXHOUND'' has them, of course, but it's [[http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=308 not just Liquid who wears them]].
** [[http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=313h Lampshaded]]
** and [[http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=249 Parodied]]
* Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, the AntiVillain dictator of Europa in ''{{Girl Genius}}''. While his is more of a great coat than a trench coat, it does serve to make his already imposing figure [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040105 more so]]. An early version shown [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030813 here]]. It's sufficiently Badass that it makes him look imposing even [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040804 from the back, with a baby in a backpack.]]
** His son Gilgamesh does a little bit of this too, but [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070328 he doesn't quite have his father's knack for it]].
** He's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071121 getting]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071130 there]].
** Krosp, The King of All Cats acquired a spiffy red-embroidered with gold longcoat during his stay with Master Paynes circus.
* Balthios from ''Barkley, Shut up and Jam Gaiden''.
* Benjamin generally wears a police trenchcoat, though he also pulls off the rare badass labcoat, in ''[[AMiracleOfScience A Miracle of Science]]''.
* Briefly used in ''GunnerkriggCourt''. In Chapter 19, Antimony is wearing a Gunnerkrigg uniform trenchcoat when she gets pulled into Zimmy's BlackBugRoom. When Zimmy flips out and attacks her, Annie uses her Judo-ish skills to very quickly incapacitate her attacker. Coincidence?
* T-O-E from ''RiceBoy'' is a robot with a BadassLongcoat.
* Red from ''Kagerou'' [[http://www.electric-manga.com/21/19.html gets a more suitable outfit.]]
* Julio Scoundrél of the Order of the Stick.
* [[{{ptitlejmt00a4r}} Fetch Quest: Saga of the Twelve Artifacts]] has Lionel "the Lucky" and his black jacket. It's especially apparent when it makes him more [[http://www.fetchquest.com/archive.php?chapterid=4&comicid=11 intimidating]] than he really is.
* Both of the [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]] of SuicideForHire wear black trenchcoats.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* In ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'', [[ImplacableMan Jacob Starr]] of v1 and Julie Mikan of v3 wear trenchcoats. Jacob started with a suit, but when the jacket was damaged in a gun battle he took the trenchcoat off of one of the people he killed. Julie is a slight subversion in that, though she started off as a BadAss player, she soon realized she just wasn't capable of murder on the sheer scale playing the game would require.
* [[CoolOldGuy Big Boss]] wears one of these in ''FanFic/{{Stray}}'', and another character comments on the garment's dramatic value.
* Parodied by Travis Boles in ''ThreeInTheAfternoon''--he wears a bathrobe. Which, according to one of his foes, "smells".
* Parodied by Trenchcoat from ''VatsyAndBruno'', who is a mockery/pastiche of the Private Investigator/Longcoat stereotype. He dictates everything that happens to him in a persistent, hard-boiled monologue.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Caleb in ''{{WITCH}}''.
* Hard Drive, a villain from ''SwatKats'', derived his data-hacking/teleporting/electrical powers from his "Surge Coat". Why not just a form-fitting data-suit or a backpack and goggles? Because the Surge Coat looks ''badass''.
* Lampshaded in ''RoswellConspiracies'', when the totally unbadass Fritz is overjoyed at the opportunity to borrow the Hero's "cool coat".
* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan''' villain Doctor Octopus pairs his long coat with [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]].
* Macbeth in ''{{Gargoyles}}''. It came in handy when he fought Goliath, as he was able to quickly slip out of it and escape the gargoyle's clutches.
** Broadway tries to employ this trope when he's playing trenchcoat-detective. This ironically tends to backfire, when it comes to looking {{Badass}} -- he's more intimidating when he doesn't hide his gargoylish build -- although it does help him blend in a bit.
** For that matter, sometimes the gargoyles' ''wings'' visually evoke this trope when they're folded closely over their shoulders, like dark body-hugging capes.
* Cyclops gets one in ''{{Wolverine and the X Men}}'' and uses it to great effect. In fact, he effectively becomes the bad ass of the team and subverts the usual relationship between Wolverine and Cyclops.
* TheBatman had D.A.V.E with a BadAssLongcoat.
* CarmenSandiego had that awesome red one!
* [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Cad Bane]] combines this with a NiceHat to becomes one hell of a CompleteMonster EnsembleDarkhorse.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Cake's song "Short Skirt/Long Jacket".
* Phil Collins appears to be invoking this trope in the very BladeRunner-esque music video for the Genesis song [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zzdh_genesis-tonight-tonight-tonight_music "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"]].
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[[folder:FanFiction]]
* A {{Redwall}} fanfiction that featured a pine marten in an embroidered black trench coat. [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Who cares that trench coats are a bit out of place in Redwall,]] [[RuleOfCool IT'S AWESOME.]]
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[[folder:Other]]
* Being that he's a parody of film-noir detectives, ''obviously'' Nick Danger from the Firesign Theatre has one.
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[[folder:RealLife]]

*Admiral Nelson in his naval uniform.
*George Early, an American GentlemanAdventurer in the Balkans during WorldWarII . He considered himself a super-spy and always wore a trenchcoat everywhere, presumably to [[OvertOperative announce himself]] to the Germans. The OSS was so exasperated that it simply yanked his clearance and used him for the rest of the war as no more then a decoy.
**Oddly enough he showed some insight [[BornLucky occasionally]], once picking up a rumor about the atomic bomb.
* Adam Lambert on the Season 8 ''AmericanIdol'' performance finale wore a [[http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/73/09/0000057309_20090519234506.jpg long, black trench coat]] with fog machines while singing "Mad World". It didn't necessarily make him badass, though.
* The statue of Sir Robert Borden at the Parliament of Canada is wearing an overcoat which, combined with his awesome moustache and its location at the edge of a hill overlooking Wellington Street, makes for one badass statue. [[http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5931518.jpg Picture]]!
* SamKinison. That is all.
* BillHicks.
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