History Main / DistinguishedGentlemansPipe

* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'': SS Colonel Hans Landa. A rare [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking Evil Smoker]] example. The ludicrous size of the pipe also suggests a bit of CompensatingForSomething (and delivers a painful MoodWhiplash -- one second you're chuckling at the pipe and the next [[spoiler:he's murdering a family of Jews under the floorboards.]]

%%* Another rare female example is Miss Peregrine in ''Film/MissPeregrinesHomeForPeculiarChildren''.

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* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'':

* Creator/GrahamChapman was fond of smoking pipes, so much so that he flew into a rage when fellow Creator/MontyPython member Creator/JohnCleese stole it as a prank. Chapman described himself in interviews as a ManlyGay, and the pipe added onto that image, to the point where, when recounting the stealing incident, Cleese speculated that it was a direct physical representation of his masculinity.

%%* [[Creator/MontyPython Graham Chapman]]

* Reed Richards of the ComicBook/FantasticFour used to smoke a pipe from time to time, before it became PC not to smoke.
** As did [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].
** As did Dr. Don Blake, mortal persona of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]!
** And [[Comicbook/XMen Charles Xavier.]]
** Even [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers.]]
** And so did Tony Stark, who is ComicBook/IronMan...that means every member of the original Avengers was a pipe smoker...except the Wasp.
*** Creator/JackKirby, who, along with Creator/StanLee created most of the early Marvel characters, was a lifelong pipe (and cigar) smoker who is often pictured smoking while drawing. His own association of smoking a pipe with creative/intellectual work may have formed the basis of this trope's use in Marvel Comics.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer.
* Banshee would often smoke a pipe during his downtime while he was a member of the ComicBook/XMen.

* Both Henry and Mr. Wilson smoked a pipe in the early years of ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS''. It was eventually phased out.

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* Roger was almost always seen with his trademark pipe in the original animated ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Gandalf and Bilbo. And Aragorn.
** Merry and Pippin, after conquering Isengard.
** Honorable Mention: Théoden. ''Smoke, then, and think of him.''

* Sam Neill in ''Film/TheDish''.

* Another rare female example is Miss Peregrine in ''Film/MissPeregrinesHomeForPeculiarChildren''.

* SantaClaus, though it's mostly Coca Cola's incarnation.
* Clement Clark Moore also had Santa smoking one. The reader doesn't, of course, know what's in it.

* Literature/JamesBond's boss, M, is described as a avaunt pipe smoker.
* Female example: Physsil in ''Literature/WisePhuul'' smokes one.
* Bill Kraft and John Rumford in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' both smoke pipes.

* ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (also played by Pierce Brosnan)

* Dan Rowan of ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''
* Jim Anderson on ''Series/FatherKnowsBest''
* Charles Nelson Reilly on ''Series/MatchGame''
* Steve Douglas on ''Series/MyThreeSons'' (also played by Fred [=MacMurray=])

* Music/ProfessorElemental smokes a calabash.
* Music/MrBTheGentlemanRhymer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcSEwWHYI4 Militantly.]]

* ''VideoGame/HenryHatsworthInThePuzzlingAdventure'' - the pipe is also enchanted and lets Henry breathe underwater.

* In keeping with his [[Film/DollarsTrilogy inspiration]], [[TheGunslinger Angel Eyes]] fulfills this trope in ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG''.

* Several members of Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM smoke pipes.
* In ''Blog/CrossingKevinsCrossing'', Vic buys a wooden pipe shaped like a mermaid for his younger brother's birthday.
* ''WebVideo/LeftPOORDead'': Reginald's signature pipe

* Scott of ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' occasionally has a Pipe (and a smoking jacket and fez).

* ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales'': Commander [=McBragg=]. Quite.
* In the '50s, WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} sometimes had a pipe, as the StandardFiftiesFather.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Father. Also invoking the StandardFiftiesFather.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': ComicBook/TheJoker was seen with one when he and Harley "adopted" Tim Drake.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'': Bad lady Natasha Fatale was occasionally seen with a pipe while impersonating a man. Mr. Peabody during "Peabody's Improbable History" would regularly be seen with a pipe was well.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Dexter's father was an occasional pipe smoker.

* UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* Creator/CSLewis
* Creator/JRRTolkien
* Creator/MarkTwain: a notable exception to the corn cob pipe rule. Him being a quintessential SouthernGentleman, down to the white suit, it's inevitable.
* [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]]
* Gen. UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur -- another notable exception to the corn cob pipe rule.
* Music/BingCrosby
* Creator/CaryGrant
* Creator/ClarkGable
* Creator/VincentPrice
* Creator/JeanPaulSartre
* Creator/HunterSThompson occasionally smoked one instead of his trademark cigarette with holder.
* [[Literature/TheTinDrum Günter Grass]]
* [[Creator/MontyPython Graham Chapman]]
* Creator/AleisterCrowley
* UsefulNotes/CarlJung, in contrast to [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud his mentor's]] love of [[CigarChomper cigars]].
* Creator/FredWillard
* Creator/HarlanEllison
* German post-war politician Herbert Wehner.

* There are [[http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/11/35/67/80/avt_ge10.jpg numerous photographs]] of Music/GeorgesBrassens showing him with a pipe.

When a writer wants to show that a character is just a little bit "above" everyone else in the group, in one way or another, he'll give them a pipe. The man with the pipe is usually depicted as being a little bit older, a little bit (or a lot) smarter (often a [[TheProfessor Professor]] or a GreatDetective), in control, composed, unruffled and dignified. Properly packing a pipe for smoking requires a bit of skill to judge - too loose, and the tobacco will immediately burn out; too tight and the smoker won't be able to draw enough air through it. Perhaps even pompous, snooty, aloof or a bit haughty. When being held, the stem points back at the smoker, drawing attention to them as being the most important; it can also be used by them to point with.

* Professor Utonium in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' smokes a pipe. Occasionally, it's a BubblePipe.

* Reed Richards of the ComicBook/FantasticFour used to smoke a pipe from time to time, before it became [[PoliticallyCorrect PC]] not to smoke.

* Creator/PhilipMarlowe sometimes smokes a pipe at home or in his office, though he smoke cigarettes while he's out and about. In ''Literature/FarewellMyLovely'' he says in narration that he chooses the pipe to give his hands something to do and that anybody who assumes it signifies that he's a solid and respectable man is going to be disappointed.

-->-- '''Literature/PhilipMarlowe''', ''Farewell, My Lovely''

* Fred Willard

* Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister of the 1960s and 70s, actually invoked this trope on ''himself''. He preferred to smoke cigars in private, but was usually seen with a pipe in public precisely because of the qualities of wisdom/experience and so on mentioned in the description as associated with pipe smokers. Also, cigars are for the upper-class - Wilson was a socialist.
* Also deliberately invoked by Stalin. Stalin preferred cigarettes over pipe tobacco, but he had a small problem. In Russia at the time cigarettes were seen as glamorous and for the upper classes, while pipes associated with commoners and the inteligentsia. So Stalin opted for a pipe, but he packed it with rolling tobacco instead. That way he could appear as an intelectual and champion of the proletariat while and not give up his bourgeois preferences. He never cleaned his pipes, instead smoking one until it was unusuable than starting a new one.
* A rather interesting play on this trope is Stephen Fry, who officially holds the last ever "Pipe Smoker of the Year" award, despite being a usual cigarette smoker at the time who happened to grab a pipe when he couldn't find his smokes on the way out of his house one day. Someone spotted the him with the pipe and he was soon contacted to receive the award.

* A rather interesting play on this trope is Stephen Fry, who officially holds the last ever "Pipe Smoker of the Year" award, despite being a cigarette smoker at the time who happened to grab a pipe when he couldn't find his smokes on the way out of his house one day. Someone spotted the him with the pipe and he was soon contacted to receive the award.

* [[Mangazine/{{Playboy}} Hugh Hefner]]

* In [[Recap/CheersS4E5 one episode]] of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' Sam Malone started acting very sophisticated and debonair, including lighting up a pipe. Then Diane woke up (it was AllJustADream). When she looked through Sam's desk she found an actual pipe, causing her to wonder OrWasItADream...then she looked at the pipe more carefully, blew into it and [[BubblePipe bubbles came out]].

** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1989&addr=890427 When Garfield and Jon are absent,]] Odie watches a documentary about Mozart, reads Literature/WarAndPeace and dresses like the gentleman from the trope page, pipe included.

When a writer wants to show that a character is just a little bit "above" everyone else in the group, in one way or another, he'll give them a pipe. The man with the pipe is usually depicted as being a little bit older, a little bit (or a lot) smarter (often a [[TheProfessor Professor]] or a GreatDetective), in control, composed, unruffled and dignified. Perhaps even pompous, snooty, aloof or a bit haughty. When being held, the stem points back at the smoker, drawing attention to them as being the most important; it can also be used by them to point with.

When a writer wants to show that a character is just a little bit "above" everyone else in the group, in one way or another, he'll give them a pipe. The man with the pipe is usually depicted as being a little bit older, a little bit (or a lot) smarter (often a [[TheProfessor Professor]]), in control, composed, unruffled and dignified. Perhaps even pompous, snooty, aloof or a bit haughty. When being held, the stem points back at the smoker, drawing attention to them as being the most important; it can also be used by them to point with.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Two examples.

* Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of ''Series/{{Maigret}}'' smokes a pipe in direct contrast to the other characters' cigarette habits. If he's not smoking, he's almost invariably fiddling with his pipe in one way or another. He keeps a rack of pipes on his office desk and another rack on his home coffee table.

[[caption-width-right:215:I say, it can even make a dog look distinguished!]]

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Spoofed when Andrew lights up a pipe to fulfill this trope and immediately starts coughing.

** Subverted in “The Murder Mystery” when the calabash pipe Penny “smokes” emits soap bubbles.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Two examples occur.
** In “The Baseball Game,” Rhino says he would look distinguished smoking a pipe.