History Main / PopCulturedBadass

* Justin of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is moving in this direction now that [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-09-27 he has]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-10-08 the badass part down.]] He works in a comic book shop, and has all of the interests that his job implies.

** Buffy herself would obviously be pop cultured, and mentions both ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Film/JamesBond'' in the same breath. Her OneTrueLove Series/{{Angel}}, however, is even more so, being a Barry Manilow fan, a Creator/DouglasAdams fan, a huge Creator/CharltonHeston fan and just like Faith owns a UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

'''Scott Lang:''' ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Die Hard]]''? No, that's not one.

* Beast Boy from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' once used his pop culture knowledge of ([[ShowWithinAShow fictitious]]) television shows in order to save the day when the Titans were [[TrappedInTVLand sucked into the television]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': 21 was already pop culture savvy by the first three seasons, but by Season 4, he became a pumped up pop culture badass.

* Ness in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' is implied to love Rock music, due to the default Favorite Thing being "Rockin'". It also becomes his most powerful attack, and the most powerful of all the playable characters.

* ''The'' [[TropeMaker progenitor]] and original. Franchise/SpiderMan has spouted off pop culture jokes while fighting since the beginning and still going strong despite Deadpool being the new poster boy of comedy references. From Music/{{ACDC}}, ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Website/YouTube, VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, Creator/DCComics, Creator/ComedyCentral plus [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] etc. Exaggerated in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''.

* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] is constantly dropping references to everything from ''Star Wars'' to [[Franchise/HarryPotter another wizard called Harry]]. He is a self-professed follower of "the Tao of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]" and even references the EvilOverlordList at a couple of points. Presumably one of his fellow badass nerds from the Alphas printed it out for him, what with the WalkingTechbane thing.

--->[[Franchise/SpiderMan My kitty senses are tingling!]] You're a bad guy, aren't you?

** The main characters-- [[TheHero The Second Coming]], [[ConstructionIsAwesome Green]], [[CaringGardener Blue]], [[GadgeteerGenius Yellow]], and [[TheBeastmaster Red]] are simple stick figures but awesome badasses as most of their adventures and skills stem from the many video games they play, such as Franchise/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldandSilver Pokemon]], and particularly VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. They also enjoy watching other people play video games and Website/{{YouTube}} action videos of other stick figures fighting each other.

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** In ''Literature/{{Swellhead}}'' there's a subversion; the villain is massively intelligent and knows everything, but he is actually ''defeated'' by his [[DiscoDan lack of knowledge]] of the younger generation's pop culture. Not "as a consequence of"; By. [[spoiler:After failing to name the singer who had a hit with "I Should Be So Lucky", his head explodes. Or, if you prefer, goes [[StealthPun pop]].]]

'''Jotaro:''' [[CatchPhrase Good grief]]... I guess you are the real thing if you know pointless crap like that.

* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' is a living, breathing pop culture reference. Most of his [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]] are directly taken from action flicks of the 80s and 90s.

** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', James Rhodes (War Machine) reveals himself to be a pop-culture geek as well, frequently name-dropping movies like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' while going over plans. Specifically in this exchange during a time travel experiment:

-->-- '''Fry''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "When Aliens Attack"

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has this a lot, being a JustForFun/TropeOverdosed parody/{{Reconstruction}} of anime and Japanese fighting games. The most notable ones are [[BigBad Ha]][[FauxAffablyEvil z]][[{{Troll}} a]][[BadassInANiceSuit m]]a, [[LittleBitBeastly Ma]][[HotBlooded ko]][[MsFanservice to]], and [[TheDitz Tao]][[CatGirl kaka]].

** The main characters-- [[TheHero The Second Coming]], [[InstantExpert Green]], [[CaringGardener Blue]], [[GadgeteerGenius Yellow]], and [[TheBeastmaster Red]] are simple stick figures but awesome badasses as most of their adventures and skills stem from the many video games they play, such as Franchise/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldandSilver Pokemon]], and particularly VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. They also enjoy watching other people play video games as well as watching Website/{{YouTube}} action videos of other stick figures fighting each other.

** The main characters-- [[TheHero The Second Coming]], [[InstantExpert Green]], [[CaringGardener Blue]], [[GadgeteerGenius Yellow]], and [[TheBeastmaster Red]] are simple stick figures but awesome badasses and most of their adventures and skills stem from the many video games they play, such as Franchise/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldandSilver Pokemon]], and particularly VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. They also enjoy watching other people play video games as well as watching Website/{{YouTube}} action videos of other stick figures fighting each other.

* WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation: The main characters-- [[TheHero The Second Coming]], [[InstantExpert Green]], [[CaringGardener Blue]], [[GadgeteerGenius Yellow]], and [[TheBeastmaster Red]] are simple stick figures but awesome badasses and most of their adventures and skills stem from the many video games they play, such as Franchise/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldandSilver Pokemon]], and particularly VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. They also enjoy watching other people play video games as well as watching Website/{{YouTube}} action videos of other stick figures fighting each other.
** To a lesser extent, [[PurpleIsPowerful Purple]] is also very knowledgeable and skilled in Minecraft as well as [[BigBad King Orange]] who dedicated his life to learn everything about the game and the mysteries behind it in order to gain the most powerful item and destroy Minecraft.

** To a lesser extent, [[PurpleIsPowerful Purple]] is also very knowledgeable and skilled in Minecraft as well as [[BigBad King Orange]] who dedicated his life to learn everything about Minecraft and the mysteries behind it in order to gain the most powerful item in the game and destroy Minecraft.

* WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation: The main characters-- [[TheHero The Second Coming]], [[InstantExpert Green]], [[CaringGardener Blue]], [[GadgeteerGenius Yellow]], and [[TheBeastmaster Red]] are badasses and most of their adventures and skills stem from the many video games they play, such as Franchise/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldandSilver Pokemon]], and particularly VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. They also enjoy watching other people play video games as well as watching Website/{{YouTube}} action videos of other stick figures fighting each other.