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• "Guns. Lots of guns."◊ (The Matrix)
• The titular character◊ of Blade

• The Man in Black fled across the desert...◊ (The Dark Tower)
• Commissar◊ Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!) (Though everyone in this picture counts as having badass longcoats.)

• Omar comin', yo!◊ (The Wire)
• Captain Mal Reynolds◊, from Firefly.
• Special Agent Dana Scully◊ of The X-Files.
• The Duster, as lampshaded here◊
• Sherlock◊ from Sherlock

• Vash the Stampede◊, from Trigun.
• Gio◊ from the Atelier series, oh so much.
  • His other outfit (warning: massive image)◊ is just as incredibly badass.
• Naruto, sporting a battered longcoat◊ made out of pure energy.

• Albert Wesker◊, (Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
• Auron◊ from Final Fantasy X shows how this trope is done.

• Kroenen shows you how it's done◊. (Abe And Kroenen)

• Flint "Stoneface" Shrubwood◊ from Adventures of the Gummi Bears, episode "For a Few Sovereigns More".