[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=iqeerocu&trope=FutureBadass From YKTTW]]

{{Earnest}}: The pic is awesome... I just wish I knew who (or ''what)'' it is. >_<

{{Andyroid}}: I think that's Kon, from ''{{Bleach}}''. O_o

{{Seth}}: I think it's FanArt i haven't seen anything like that in the manga or anime.

ShireNomad: It is indeed the series ButtMonkey Kon, dressed as {{Badass}} BloodKnight Kenpachi Zaraki. And I'm fairly certain {{Seth}}'s right that it never actually happened in the series.

{{Citizen}}: Indeed, but it does get the point across. ^^
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Objection to the HarryPotter example: it seems more like TookALevelInBadass. --DocumentN
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{{alliterator}}: Removed this (spoiler tagged to protect the unwary) from the ''{{Heroes}}'' examples:
[[spoiler:Likewise, in Season 3: Villains, some traumatic event about to happen in Claire's present apparently turns her into a black-leather-wearing assassin in the new alternate future.]]
Because it's a big fat spoiler for Season 3 (which hasn't aired yet).

{{Nexus}}: Took out the Harry Potter example, as it doesn't fit this trope, but [[TookALevelInBadass it does fit another one]].

* An interesting variant appears in ''HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows'', when [[spoiler:Neville Longbottom]] makes an appearance towards the end of the book - as a battle-scarred, serious-minded, sword-swinging [[LaResistance resistance]]-fighter.