History Main / CulturedWarrior

-->-- '''Captain Janeway''' on '''Commander Chakotay''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.

* The first thing Rider of ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Alexander, did after his summoning was to visit a library to get an atlas (for planning his world conquest) and a copy of Literature/TheIliad, which he likes to read. In fact, he enjoys it so much he'll even have other people read it out loud to him during battle.

* Jet Black from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is an interstellar ex-cop turned BountyHunter who reads Enlightenment-era literature, tends bonsai, and is a jazz aficionado.

* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' has O.D, an ''extremely'' powerful vampire lord who runs a library in the castle. Being AboveGoodAndEvil, his only interest is gathering knowledge and protecting his library, and so he is polite, helpful, well-spoken, and willing to loan books to anyone who comes asking be they human, demon, friend, or foe. [[spoiler:Just don't make the mistake of trying to run off with one of his books. To him that's BeyondForgiveness and [[DisproportionateRetribution punishable by death]], so if you try it he'll introduce you to the "warrior" part of this trope [[BonusBoss by hurling more at you than the final boss can manage]].]]

* The Horse Artillery Captain Cavalié Mercer who held off the French Cavalry at Waterloo. Especially notable since artillery was a technical division, so an artillery captain would be one of the few officers expected to be 'uncultured' rather than a {{Rich Idiot with|NoDayJob}} [[strike:[[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob NoDayJob]] ]] [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob a Purchased Commission]].
** Objection: The artillery and engineers were considered the "smarter" branches, as opposed to the infantry and cavalry.
** In this case, cultured and smart seem to be different concepts. The artillery division are required to understand the mechanics of their weaponry, thus their educations were more likely to be in the fields of science, as opposed to culture, such as literature.
*** The two are of course not mutually exclusive (and why should a "rich idiot" be more likely to be cultured than a technical expert?) and indeed quite a few of the more "bookish" officers of the day were not only very well-versed in sciences and mathematics but also well-read in literature and philosophy. Also for a long time, a military engineer would also have been fully educated in civil engineering and architecture. Many great palaces, theatres, etc. of the 18th century were designed and built by military engineers.
*** Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, perhaps the leading artilleryman of the Seven Years War, was friends with philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and employed Johann Gottfried Herder as his court preacher. Wilhelm set up an artillery and engineering school strongly founded on the principles of the Enlightenment, where for instance French was taught using the ''Encyclopédie'' as one of its main textbooks for French classes. Wilhelm's prize student was Gerhard Scharnhorst, who came out of this education knowing quite a bit about the literature of his day. Besides books on military theory, science, and mathematics he also devoured literature from other fields; for instance, the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Adam Smith, and for instance expressed a great, even emotional attachment to the literary work of Edward Young, Goethe, Schubart, and Claudius. Scharnhorst's prize student in turn was Carl von Clausewitz, the "Philosopher of War" and writer of ''On War''.
** There was another officer of artillery, well endowed in the field of mathematics where he wished to have a career. He rose to fame as Napoleon I.

*** Indeed. There is also good reason to believe that knights took up lute-playing and poetry writing because it was a great way to get girls. Why let the troubadours have all the fun?
*** Not to mention many of the founding aspects of what would become what is now the currently dying lifestyle of chivalry, and all that it entailed for all social strata of Europe, instituted by the dark-aged Church to get Medieval Knights to be less dickish in their dealings with the peasantry. Accomplishing it by scaring the shit out of the knightly class with promises of damnation if they didn't stop being dicks.

** This was only after contact with the Arab world during the Crusades. It was a trait they learned from their Middle Eastern opponents.
*** [[https://historystack.com/Carolingian_Renaissance Not really.]]

** See also Spock, with his Vulcan harp, not to mention all of the human high culture he seems to be an expert in. Like recognizing Creator/JohannesBrahms' musical handwriting and Creator/LeonardoDaVinci's painting technique on sight (neither of which is necessarily impossible or difficult; it just takes a ''serious'' fan)—and that the works he's witnessing weren't on the historical record (again, ''serious'' fan).

** Marcus Cole, a member of the secretive Anla'Shok, can reference [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare, as well as singing Creator/GilbertAndSullivan songs to pass the time (and annoy his friends). This in addition to his nigh-unmatched talent in melee combat.

* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's'' TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''Fulgrim'', a concert is heavily attended by officers, and when the musician, ''prima donna'', refuses to play for a noble in the audience, Fulgrim himself appears and asks her to play for him. Later, when other soldiers complain of the remembrancers tasked with commemorating their work, Fulgrim speaks highly of the concert.

* ''Literature/TheSagaOfArrowOdd'': The viking Hjalmar has set various rules for himself and his warriors, such as not to rob peasants and merchants and never to kidnap women. But the very first rule he lists is that they will not eat uncooked meat, come what will.

* Victor Benjamin, The Savage Gentlemen wants to have the societal respect that comes with being cultured and the personal respect that comes with being a brute. This mostly results in him refusing to mingle with the lower classes in his spare time until he ''has to'', because he has higher duties to attend to while justifying his any unscrupulous tactics used on and off ring by claiming to be a savage.[[/folder]]

* The [[FrogMen Kingdom of Gug]] in ''Videogame/LostTechnology'' has an army that doubles as the royal orchestra and every single military commander is either a singer of a musician of some kind.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bombergirl}}'' has Sister Sepia Belmont, a descendant of the legendary Belmont clan and a ass-kicking nun who wields the ancestral Vampire Killer and a massive Cross Chainsaw, and her hobby is gardening.

*** Not to mention many of the founding aspects of what would become what is now the currently dying lifestyle of chivalry, and all that it entailed for all social strata of Europe, instituted by the dark aged Church to get Medieval Knights to be less dickish in their dealings with the peasantry. Accomplishing it by scaring the shit out of the knightly class with promises of damnation if they didn't stop being dicks.

* UsefulNotes/FrederickTheGreat has a number of musical compositions credited to him. Not to mention several works of poetry and books on philosophy, history and military theory, mostly in French, (including a long treatise on the art of war written entirely in verse), libretti for operas (including "Montezuma"), and works of satire (an "exegesis" of the tale of Bluebeard in the style of a Jesuit oration).

*** The two are of course not mutually exclusive (and why should a "rich idiot" be more likely to be cultured than a technical expert?) and indeed quite a few of the more "bookish" officers of the day were not only very well-versed in sciences and mathematics, but also well-read in literature and philosophy. Also for a long time, a military engineer would also have been fully educated in civil engineering and architecture. Many great palaces, theatres, etc. of the 18th century were designed and built by military engineers.
*** Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, perhaps the leading artilleryman of the Seven Years War, was friends with philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and employed Johann Gottfried Herder as his court preacher. Wilhelm set up an artillery and engineering school strongly founded on the principles of the Enlightenment, where for instance French was taught using the ''Encyclopédie'' as one of its main textbooks for French classes. Wilhelm's prize student was Gerhard Scharnhorst, who came out of this education knowing quite a bit about the literature of his day. Besides books on military theory, science, and mathematics he also devoured literature from other fields, for instance the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Adam Smith, and for instance expressed a great, even emotional attachment to the literary work of Edward Young, Goethe, Schubart, and Claudius. Scharnhorst's prize student in turn was Carl von Clausewitz, the "Philosopher of War" and writer of ''On War''.

* Both UsefulNotes/MaoZedong and his archnemesis UsefulNotes/ChiangKaiShek were also well educated men. Mao's quotes and poems are still widely used in China today.

* King Matthias I of Hungary. Remembered for organizing the Black Army, one of the strongest armies of the fifteenth century Europe, and alternately expanding the country's territory and beating back the Ottoman empire. Also remembered for single-handedly dragging the country into the renaissance era and assembling the Bibliotheca Corviniana, one of the most renowned libraries of the era.

-->-- Captain Janeway re Chakotay, ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.

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* In Roleplay/AdvanceWarsEternalWar, Jonathan is like this when calm. He makes a [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout-Out to Shakespeare]] OncePerEpisode, despite his SaltTheEarth tendencies showing whenever he uses his more unethical weaponry.

* The [[FrogPeople Kingdom of Gug]] in ''Videogame/LostTechnology'' has an army that doubles as the royal orchestra and every single military commander is either a singer of a musician of some kind.

** Londo Mollari, [[NotSoDifferent much like his archnemesis G'Kar]], is an enthusiastic opera singer and fan, as well as a skilled swordsman and pilot.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Sokka's swordsmanship instructor Piandao is quite like this.

** The sequel series, WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra gives us borderline example Amon in the first season. He knows his history well enough to draw parallels to Zuko and point out all the wars caused by bending, he maintains an air of dignity and intelligence even under high-stress situations, makes eloquent speeches, and is only violent towards benders. ''The Legend of Korra'' also has this for the second season's Big Bad, but it's hard to get into without massive spoilers.
** The clearest example in [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra the series]], though, is the third season's BigBad, [[WickedCultured Zaheer]]. He's a formidable combatant - fighting him one-on-one generally results in a CurbStompBattle (unless you're [[PhysicalGod the Avatar]], or [[SpinOffspring one of Aang's children]] - ruthless and fiercely dedicated to his goals, and well-versed in Air Nomad history, culture, philosophy, and poetry.

** The warriors of the Draconis Combine, in emulation of the Samurai of ancient Terra, often take up pursuits such as calligraphy or other art.

* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, who, despite his flaws, was an extremely well-read and educated man.

** The Craftworld Eldar are an entire race of these, [[OurElvesAreBetter naturally]]. Many Eldar artists have experience as Aspect Warriors, and even ones who don't have to serve as Guardians when the Craftworld goes to war ([[HadToBeSharp which it does often]]).

* Kvothe of ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'' attends a [[WizardingSchool magic uiversity]], is a skilled craftsman of many magical items, is one of the best musicians in history, and has an extensive knowledge of literature, theater, and courtly manners. He's also a talented hand-to-hand fighter who took on a bandit camp nearly single-handed using BloodMagic.

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* ''Series/BandOfBrothers'': Unlike many of his enlisted fellows in Easy Company, who are mostly farmboys and street kids, Private Webster was actually college-educated when he enlisted, was a good writer and knew how to speak German.

** Marcus Cole, a member of the secretive Anla'Shok, can reference [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]] and Creator/WilliamShakespeare, as well as sing Creator/GilbertAndSullivan songs to pass the time (and annoy his friends). This in addition to his nigh-unmatched talent in melee combat.

** The sequel series, WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra gives us borderline example Amon in the first season. He knows his history well enough to draw parallels to Zuko and point out all the wars caused by bending, he maintains an air of dignity and intelligence even under high-stress situations, makes eloquent speeches and is only violent towards benders. ''The Legend of Korra'' also has this for the second season's Big Bad, but it's hard to get into without massive spoilers.

*** Colonel Chamberlain (''Gettysburg'') goes it one better. He was a College Professor (of rhetoric and languages), before he got a sabbatical and enlisted.

* While not a few officers of e. g. the 18th century conform to the "uncultured grunt" stereotype, it should be noted that a measure of culturedness was expected of them, as more than a few colonels and generals would be employed as ambassadors and on special diplomatic missions - e. g. Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov and Austrian Field Marshal Prince Schwarzenberg during the Napoleonic Wars - or as ministers. And there were quite a number of officers who did participate to a smaller or greater extent in the intellectual life of their era. Even Field Marshal Blücher, whose education can most charitably be described as sketchy, was in contact with quite a lot of academics etc. due to his activities as a freemason, which he saw as an essential part of his life. And in his day there were many masonic officers.

* Discussed in an issue of the ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' where Moose looks to join the military and goes to Mr. Howitzer (a retired drill sergeant turned teacher) for advice. Howitzer tells him to finish high school first and even encourages him to consider post-secondary education, explaining that the modern military has little to no use for uneducated soldiers.

The Cultured Warrior is somewhat different. He (it's usually a he; if it's a she, she's usually also a LadyOfWar) knows his history and culture. He'll happily quote [[Creator/LordByron Byron]] or [[Creator/JohnKeats Keats]] during a battle. Often a BlueBlood, he likes fine wines and opera music, and may have gone to a BoardingSchool. Oftentimes, they simply believe that things like culture are what they are fighting for; without the fine things in life, there is nothing but more war to look forward to.

Can be good or evil. Compare OfficerAndAGentleman and WarriorPoet (usually positive), WickedCultured (negative) and CulturedBadass (either way).

* The first thing Rider of ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Alexander, did after his summoning was visit a library to get an atlas (for planning his world conquest) and a copy of Literature/TheIliad, which he likes to read. In fact, he enjoys it so much he'll even have other people read it out loud to him during battle.
* The girls of ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' are exposed to various amounts of culture and actually take classes on them. We are also shown that Henrietta is actually a skilled violinist, Claes is very well-read and she and Triela are seen discussing Creator/HonoreDeBalzac and Tosca. On the other hand, all of this culture has little effect on Rico (probably due to her handling) and Angelica can't remember anything anymore. The "cultured" in Henrietta's case was a side effect of a more pragmatic notion, though: if memory serves, Jose ordered her to play violin partly to improve the sensitivity of her fingers, which was lower than expected after the cybernitization surgery. He could, of course, have picked another, less cultural exercise for her, so it wasn't an entirely unexpected side effect, either. Triela, Claes, and Angelica on the other hand, have had very educated handlers who treated them like own daughters, hence the culture.
* Jet Black from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is an interstellar ex-cop turned BountyHunter who reads enlightenment-era literature, tends bonsai, and is a jazz aficionado.

* Discussed in an issue of the ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' where Moose looks to join the military and goes to Mr. Howitzer (a retired drill sergeant turned teacher) for advice. Howitzer tells him to finish high school first, and even encourages him to consider post-secondary education, explaining that the modern military has little to no use for uneducated soldiers.

** Baron Zemo, a lightning fast, well-educated and utterly lethal MasterSwordsman, fills this role on the villains side.

* This trope laid the foundation for an interesting conflict in the submarine thriller ''Film/CrimsonTide''. ColonelBadass -like Capt. Ramsey (Gene Hackman) points out that when he joined the Navy, they wanted basically "hard-ass grunts who only knew war" but now they seem to want people like his Executive Officer (Denzel Washington) who are more "cultured". He makes the remark "When I was at the Academy they taught us metallurgy and physics. Not 18th century philosophy".

** ''Franchise/StarTrek'' likes to do this in general. Even proudly working-class SCPO Miles O'Brien has various intellectual interests, and plays cello at a near-professional level (an informed attribute we never get to witness, but it was his father's dream for him to be a professional musician before a young O'Brien ran off to join Starfleet).
** Khan Noonien Singh of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' is this too. Even in his exile he has a copy of Moby Dick, Paradise Lost and King Lear on his bookshelf.
** It's true, Trek does like its heroes cultured. Note that at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', Riker (himself a trombonist) walks in on Picard who's listening to an opera. Riker asks if it's Bizet, Picard tells him it's Berlioz. Also, Picard came from a wine-making family, fenced (as in the modern Olympic sport) and played a wind instrument.

* Colonel William Travis in ''Film/{{The Alamo|1960}}'' is a flawlessly dressed lawyer who uses impeccably proper English but impresses Davy Crockett and his men. For example he shoots a charging cavalry soldier with a single-shot dueling pistol as the soldier charges him.
* Wehrmacht officer Friedrich von Hecht has some xshades of this in ''Film/HornetsNest''. He is extremely well-spoken and urbane compared to his brutish SS colleagues. His uniform is more immaculately kept than the other Germans', and he also wears blue cloth gloves instead of black leather ones.

* Chosen Man Harris from Literature/{{Sharpe}} series is well educated, has a deep knowledge of classical literature, is fluent in several modern and ancient languages and was even employed as a private teacher before joining the Rifles. He also masks it quite well under his mischievous and hedonistic persona.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series, Wee Mad Arthur is growing into this. Having discovered and embraced his Nac Mac Feegle heritage he remains as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than ever while calming his ever present rage at the world. However being raised by gnomes means that he has also acquired an appreciation for the finer things in life like a night out at the opera.
%%* Lord John of Diana gabaldon's ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' series, not to mention his own.

* ''Literature/TheUnknownSoldier'' has a deconstruction of this in Major Sarastie. He says intellectual, wise-sounding things, seems like he was pondering of something deep and meaningful, and admires the ethnographic value of the buildings of the occupied areas. However, it's mostly just a front. He's aware of this trope and that he as and officer should try to live up to it. In reality his thoughts and interests are much more down-to-earth and practical.

* Brother Mouzone on ''Series/TheWire'' reads Harper's Monthly, The Nation, and other intellectual magazines, in between performing Drug executions. Stringer Bell tries to put on this air, but never quite succeeds. The end of Stringer Bells character arch leaves this open, ([=McNulty=] picks up The Wealth Of Nation in Stringers apartment) "Who the fuck was I chasing?"

** Colbert also qualifies. Just before a battle he quotes Shakespeare. Then, just to contrast, Person talks about eating pussy.

* ''Series/BandOfBrothers'': Unlike many of his enlisted fellows in Easy Company, who are mostly farmboys and street kids, Private Webster was actually college educated when he enlisted, was a good writer and knew how to speak German.
** Robert Leckie in its spiritual sequel, ''Series/ThePacific'' is able to quote poetry from memory, has read about the Turkish sack of Smyrna and actually writes a poem himself in the aftermath of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

* Wrestling/ScottSteiner likes to project this image by wearing chain mail, bragging about going to the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan and reciting Latin phrases. He then usually shows himself to be a DumbJock with DelusionsOfEloquence.
* Audiences from the UK can tell Wrestling/WilliamRegal is a working class man the moment the first word he speaks reaches their ears. Still, he likes to present himself as a most cultured, well bred BlueBlood to foreign audiences. A most clean wrestler and pride of England. He's not, [[WartsAndAll but the English love him anyway]].
* Victor Benjamin, The Savage Gentlemen wants to have the societal respect that comes with being cultured and the personal respect that comes with being a brute. This mostly results in him refusing to mingle with the lower classes in his spare time until he ''has to'', because he has higher duties to attend to, while justifying his any unscrupulous tactics used on and off ring by claiming to be a savage.[[/folder]]

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** Pink Queen too, though it'd be more like pop culture for her. she happily sends lolcats into battle, and has a pet cat that talks in [[WebOriginal/LOLCats lolspeak]].

** Most of the [[ProudWarriorRace Clans]] have no interest in warriors doing anything not related to fighting, but Clan Ghost Bear has a long tradition of havig their warriors practice some form or artistic pursuit as well, such as painting, sculpting, or poetry. Each warrior has a Great Work, a masterpiece they spend their whole lives trying to complete.

* The [[FrogPeople Kingdom of Gug]] in ''Videogame/LostTechnology'' has an army that doubles as the royal orchestra, and every single military commander is either a singer of a musician of some kind.

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** The sequel series, WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra gives us borderline example Amon in the first season.. He knows his history well enough to draw parallels to Zuko and point out all the wars caused by bending, he maintains an air of dignity and intelligence even under high stress situations, makes eloquent speeches and is only violent towards benders. ''The Legend of Korra'' also has this for the second season's Big Bad, but it's hard to get into without massive spoilers.
** The clearest example in [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra the series]], though, is the third season's BigBad, [[WickedCultured Zaheer]]. He's a formidable combatant - fighting him one-on-one generally results in a CurbStompBattle (unless you're [[PhysicalGod the Avatar]], or [[SpinOffspring one of Aang's children]] - ruthless and fiercely dedicated to his goals, and well-versed in Air Nomad history, culture, philosophy and poetry.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' is loaded with these, [[WarriorPoet Dinobot]] being the most evident example as he's a blood thirsty raptor with a passion for Shakespeare and history. But Megatron's a good example of WickedCultured. There's also the chain-gun wield, flower and science loving [[TheBigGuy Rhinox]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' where Billy's father (who is TheDitz even at the best of times) is revealed to be both a world class ballet dancer and a former Navy Seal at separate points in the series.

*** Indeed. There is also good reason to believe that knights took up lute playing and poetry writing because it was a great way to get girls. Why let the troubadours have all the fun?

** The Holy Roman emperor Friedrich II is sometimes called the first "Renaissance prince" due to his keen, cultured mind. He spoke French, Italian, German, Greek and ''Arabic'' (even more remarkably, he could ''read'' Arabic. Literacy was, at that time, considered a skill apart from fluency in a language). He was a patron of arts, architecture, and science, founded the world's oldest state university (University of Naples) and wrote an influential treatise on falconry. He was also a poet, writing in Italian (his father, the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI, had also written poetry, in German).

* Common with guerilla leaders, especially the more ideologically driven ones. A radical mullah may be well versed and a memorized of Quran, Hadith, Sunnan, Shariah, Fatwa, Arabic and local poetry, Islamic history, world geography, several languages, classical Arabic, theology, political theory, realpolitik, rhetoric, financial skills, business skills, management skills, and assymetrical warfare. The crummy and incompetent ones do not live long. Doesn't make them any less destrutructive, though, but the more you know about your enemy...

*** The two are of course not mutually exclusive (and why should a "rich idiot" be more likely to be cultured than a technical expert?) and indeed quite a few of the more "bookish" officers of the day were not only very well-versed in sciences and mathematics, but also well-read in literature and philosophy. Also for a long time a military engineer would also have been fully educated in civil engineering and architecture. Many great palaces, theatres etc. of the 18th century were designed and built by military engineers.
*** Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, perhaps the leading artillery man of the Seven Years War, was friends with philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and employed Johann Gottfried Herder as his court preacher. Wilhelm set up an artillery and engineering school strongly founded on the principles of the Enlightenment, where for instance French was taught using the ''Encyclopédie'' as one of its main textbooks for French classes. Wilhelm's prize student was Gerhard Scharnhorst, who came out of this education knowing quite a bit about the literature of his day. Besides books on military theory, science and mathematics he also devoured literature from other fields, for instance the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu and Adam Smith, and for instance expressed a great, even emotional attachment to the literary work of Edward Young, Goethe, Schubart and Claudius. Scharnhorst's prize student in turn was Carl von Clausewitz, the "Philosopher of War" and writer of ''On War''.

** There's a reason that a short, powerful, witty statement is known to this day as a Laconic phrase. In one of Plato's dialogues, Socrates states "This is how you may know... that the Spartans[[note]] Theor land was called Laconia, hence Spartans were also called ''Laconians''[[/note]] are the best educated in philosophy and speaking: if you talk to any ordinary Spartan, he seems to be stupid, but eventually, like an expert marksman, he shoots in some brief remark that proves you to be only a child."

* Colonel William Travis in ''Film/{{The Alamo|1960}}'' is a flawlessly dressed lawyer who uses impeccably proper English but impresses Davy Crockett (John Wayne) and his men. For example he shoots a charging cavalry soldier with a single-shot dueling pistol as the soldier charges him.
* Wehrmacht officer Friedrich von Hecht has some shades of this in ''Film/HornetsNest''. He is extremely well-spoken and urbane compared to his brutish SS colleagues. His uniform is more immaculately kept than the other Germans', and he also wears blue cloth gloves instead of black leather ones.

* Wrestling/ScottSteiner likes to project this image by wearing chain mail, bragging about going to the University of Michigan and reciting Latin phrases. He then usually shows himself to be a DumbJock with DelusionsOfEloquence.

* The Savage Gentlemen wants to have the societal respect that comes with being cultured and the personal respect that comes with being a brute. This mostly results in him refusing to mingle with the lower classes in his spare time until he ''has to'', because he has higher duties to attend to, while justifying his any unscrupulous tactics used on and off ring by claiming to be a savage.[[/folder]]