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The current Badass index is currently cluttered with junk tropes, some will need to be sorted. Please do any discussing in the Special Efforts thread.
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- Beat Them at Their Own Game: When a badass beats you with your own special move.
- Beware the Nice Ones: They're so sweet, they won't even hurt a fly. But they will hurt you, badly, if you piss them off.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: They don't talk much. However, they will kick your ass if you take that as a sign of weakness.
- Beware the Silly Ones: They're always goofing off. However, push the wrong button and they will destroy you, no questions asked.
- Big Badass Bird of Prey: Birds of prey can be scary as hell, especially when they are large enough to flay your face in half in mid flight.
- Big Badass Wolf: Wolves are known for being badass. Big ones even more so.
- Born Winner: That automatically makes you a loser.
- Brought Down to Badass: Had superpowers, lost them, but even afterwards, they can still kick ass.
- The Captain: Who has the balls to run the coolest Cool Ship? (or The Squad)? This guy, of course.
- Colonel Badass: Leads their troops in being badass by being one as well.
- Cool Shades: A traditional visual accessory of a badass.
- Cowardly Lion: They may be cowardly but when the going gets tough, they'll kick your ass.
- Cultured Badass: Enjoys the finer things in life... and breaking the skulls of their foes.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Acts like an idiot or non badass, either on purpose or not, but it's just to hide how capable they are at breaking their opponents in half.
- Dare to Be Badass: When someone decides to quit being normal and be a badass instead.
- Dark Action Girl: She's evil and she kicks ass.
- Deadly Doctor: Can cause the same hideous agony they usually cure.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: If you actually manage to defeat something so far above your level, you're either lucky or badass.
- Determinator: HE. DOES. NOT. GIVE. UP!
- Dying Moment of Awesome: How a badass dies.
- Dynamic Entry: How a badass says hello.
- Eyepatch of Power: A great way for a badass to say "even with one eye, I'm still gonna kick your ass."
- The Fighting Narcissist: A badass who knows just how good looking he really is.
- Four Star Badass: Has a general's rank, and a long list of wrecked faces to their name.
- Future Badass: That goofy, gawky character from the present day? In the Bad Future, that character's gone hardcore.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: Does anymore need to be said?
- Handicapped Badass: Don't mistake them as a cripple, or they will crush you with what limbs they still have.
- Blind Weaponmaster: Just because they're blind doesn't mean that they can't kick your ass.
- Harbinger of Asskicking: The sign of Badassery is upon us.
- Heartbroken Badass: You murdered their lover or family. They can and will do the same to you.
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Crazy as hell and evil to boot, but funny (at least to the audience).
- Hidden Badass: They are badass... you just don't notice it at first glance.
- Historical Badass Upgrade: an historical figure becomes more badass in fiction
- I Just Want To Be Badass: When a non-badass aspires to be one.
- Iron Woobie: Their life sucks, but instead of angsting and kicking ass, they go straight to the second part.
- Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Self explanatory.
- Kung-Fu Jesus: When a Messianic Archetype decides to be badass.
- Lady of War: She is known for her grace and poise even while she's cutting you to pieces.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: That square jaw is the calling card of the one who will make you understand the meaning of the words "You will pay for your sins."
- Large and in Charge: Size does matter.
- Lamarck Was Right: When badass is genetic.
- Let's Get Dangerous: 'Nuff said.
- Lightning Bruiser: Quick, strong and badass.
- Like a Badass out of Hell: When a badass walks into Hell or a reasonable alternative, and later leaves, with a lot of kicked asses in their their wake.
- Little Miss Badass: Short of stature, but not of the ability to make you die horribly for underestimating her.
- Minored In Asskicking: A much more subdued version of the Badass Bookworm who doesn't actively practice their badass status, but can be if need be.
- Majorly Awesome: Okay, so they're not a Colonel Badass or a Four Star Badass. Do not mistake their relative lack of rank for a lack of asskicking.
- Major Injury Underreaction: You ripped off their arm. They. Didn't. Flinch.
- Mama Bear: Mess with her kids and die. Your choice.
- Memetic Badass: While their actual badass credentials may or may not be justified, their reputation as a badass is considered Off The Scale.
- More Deadly Than The Male: She makes up for her lack of (obvious) strength by being more ruthless than you and her boyfriend COMBINED.
- No Badass to His Valet: No matter how badass the character is, there is always one person who just isn't intimidated.
- Oh Crap: The classic reaction when you realized you're about to get your ass kicked by a badass.
- Once Killed a Man with a Noodle Implement: Badass enough to kill someone with strange implements.
- One-Man Army: They don't need reinforcements. They ARE the reinforcements.
- Pint Sized Powerhouse: They may be small but they pack quite a punch.
- Pop Cultured Badass: They kick ass while listening to some rock music after having seen their favorite sitcom.
- Ragin' Cajun: What Cajuns become when your face needs wrecking.
- Rated M for Manly: Badass taken Up to Eleven.
- Red Baron: Because every badass needs a nickname to go with the reputation.
- Retired Badass: They hung up their asskicking credentials. Doesn't mean they forgot how.
- Samus Is a Girl: When an Action Girl's badass status is established before her gender is revealed.
- Scarf of Asskicking: A badass wrap.
- Sealed Badass in a Can: When a badass of some type is temporarily put in some sort of stasis so it can later be unleashed.
- Shut UP Hannibal: How a badass lets you know that you talk too much.
- Sociopathic Hero: They fight for good, but that doesn't mean they're good.
- Specs of Awesome: They wear glasses, but that doesn't make them any less badass.
- Staring Down Cthulhu: What it says — and you can bet a character has to be badass to do that.
- Submissive Badass: When a badass is a follower, not a leader, but don't make the mistake that they can't break you in half as a result.
- Testosterone Poisoning: Parodying Rated M for Manly.
- Took a Level in Badass: When a non badass or a minor badass gets better at it.
- Trampled Underfoot: What very large badasses do to show they mean business.
- Tranquil Fury: When a badass just kicks your ass, no questions asked, no screaming, just a Death Glare will do.
- Underestimating Badassery: When a badass is underestimated by those whose excess DNA needs to be removed from the gene pool.
- Waif-Fu: Petite, yes, but that doesn't stop her from kicking your ass.
- Warrior Prince: He will lead his people to victory on the front lines.
- What Measure Is a Non-Badass?: When a badass isn't considered badass enough for the setting in question.
- Worthy Opponent: They may be an enemy, but they are still a badass.
- Badass Teacher: Teaches the alphabet to kids, and brutally schools the fools who take them on.
Plural forms:
Look at again.
- Action Survivor: An everyday guy with no Action Hero qualities, who is actually FORCED TO BE A BADASS.
- Ambadassador: They represent their hometown or home country, and they plan to export an ass whooping to those who mess with them.
Keep as is:
Stereotypical Badassery.
Badassery is contrasted with other character trait(s).
Indications of badassery are off the scales!
- Asskicking Pose: Awesome and sometimes flashy, by the way did we mention that you're probably about to get your ass kicked afterwards.
- Badass Arm Fold: A particularly badass pose.
- Badass And Baby: Only a true badass can fight and take care of an infant at the same time.
- Badass Back: When someone is so badass they dropped your ass without turning around.
- Badass Bandolier: A utilitarian badass accessory worn so a badass can keep their tools of the trade handy.
- Badass Baritone: Nothing screams intimidating than a deep voice.
- Badass Boast : Every good badass needs a cool line about how dead they are gonna make you.
- Badass Cape: Long flowing capes... the traditional accessory of certain breeds of badass.
- Badass Creed: A philosophy that espouses badass as a central tenet.
- Badass Finger Snap: A badass snaps his fingers and AWESOME happens. (needs clarification)
- Badass Longcoat: A great way to say badass is to wear an imposing overcoat.
- Badass Long Hair: Who says mullets aren't proof you kick ass?
- Bald of Awesome: Who said hair was a requirement to be badass?
- Battle Strip: When clothing is removed for the convenience of the badass in question. (actually an event trope, but close enough)
- My Name Is Inigo Montoya: Isn't it nice for a badass to introduce themselves before they kick your ass?
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: A badass telling what they think what they think of you. Oh wait, you're already dead.
Tropes involving a badass in some way, but aren't actual characterization or character type tropes.
- Badass and Child Duo: Badass has a child following him around. And woe betide anyone who tries to target that kid.
- Badass in Distress: When a badass is temporarily out of action in a way that does not diminish their badass rating.
- Badass Abnormal: When said ordinary, already badass person gains the power to shoot lightning bolts out of their hands and punch intangible deities in the balls. (Seems to be a plot trope, rather than a character trope)
Remove.
Fix
- Badass Gay: Just because they're gay doesn't mean they're not a bonafide badass.
- Badass Back: When someone is so badass they dropped your ass without turning around.
- Offhand Backhand: Bonus points if they didn't even notice you were there. (Merge)
- Badass Baritone: Nothing screams intimidating than a deep voice. (some sort of repair was desired)
- Badass Beard: Their facial hair is shorthand for "Don't mess with me." (possibly merge with other facial hair badass tropes)
- Badass Blink: When a cloaking field pauses for badassery to ensue. (rename, nothing to do with badassery) - Moved to Invisibility Flicker, rewrite to follow.
- Badass Bookworm: Reads the encyclopedia for fun. Is also quite capable of using it to bludgeon you to death. (rename most likely)
- Badass Bureaucrat: Master of paper shuffling and the dreaded red tape. Capable of screwing with your life in oh so many ways. (rename, this has nothing to do with badassery)
- Badass Bystander: They were minding their own business until your turned their world upside down. Now, they will make you regret that mistake. (this is not a character type, but a plot oriented trope. Needs a full shakedown for misuse)
- Badass Damsel: She's NOT as helpless as she looks. (rename out of the trope family and clarify the description as needed)
- Badass Driver: Give them a vehicle, and they will do hardcore, death defying shit with it. (rename out of the trope family and clarify description.
- Badass Grandpa: He might have grandchildren who see him as a teddy bear, but don't think he won't make you fear him if you cross him.
- Badass Labcoat: The scientist version of Badass Longcoat. (in TRS) - Merged with Badass Longcoat where appropriate.
- Badass Long Robe: The wizard version of Badass Longcoat. (in TRS)
- Badass Mustache: Like Badass Beard, but above the lip.
- Badass On Paper: A rare breed where the character can do badass things with out being badass. (this doesn't seem like a character trope so much as a type of legend)
- Badass Pacifist: Won't hurt you, but will fearlessly sacrifice their lives to keep you from hurting others. (not really related to TV Tropes concept of Badass)
- Badass Unintentional: Didn't plan to be a badass. (Trope collision)
- Never Mess with Granny: Genderflipped Badass Grandpa. (both have accumulated badass+old examples, rather than any sort of contrast, the most likely trope involved).
- Badass Native: When the natives are restless and scrotum crushingly badass. (has a bunch of unrelated characteristics slapped in the definition)
Possible cut
- Badass Angster: He/She might have a few reasons to get depressed, but they compensate by using their anger or despair as fuel for their asskicking escapades. (In TRS)
- Badass Automaton: It clanks, it grinds, or it whirs when it moves. Doesn't mean that it can't beat the shit out of you. (possibly redirect to Killer Robot)
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