History Main / DreadlockWarrior

* ''WesternAnimation/AcrossTheSpiderVerse'' introduces Hobie Brown a.k.a. Spider-Punk, a capable, rebellious and extremely badass spider-person with dreads so awesomely immense they shouldn't by any rights be able to fit under his mask.

* Bob Makihara from Manga/TenjhoTenge, a practitioner of the Brazilian fighting style capoeira.

* Michonne from ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' wears her hair in well-maintained dreadlocks throughout the whole series.

* Gabriel Tosh in ''Videogame/StarCraftII'' is a Spectre, an elite type of Ghost, who are themselves elite assassins.

* Nagoriyuki from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear -STRIVE-'' is a vampire samurai who has dreadlocks tied back into a ponytail.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'''s first [[DanceBattler capoerista]], Eddy Gordo.
** Craig Marduk, the Vale Tudo fighter, is normally shaved bald but some of his alternate costumes show him with dreadlocks. Particularly prominent in Tekken 4, when he appeared this way in his ending.

DreadlockRasta meets BraidsOfBarbarism and often BarbarianLonghair -- a character whose hairstyle preference is dreadlocks, cornrows, or a mane of many braids, will coincidentally be an ass-kicking fighter. If you've got a FiveManBand and one of them sports this hairstyle, odds are that they're TheBigGuy. Applies even to aliens who possibly don't have actual hair, but have something looking like dreadlocks sprouting from their skull.

** Craig Mardok, the Vale Tudo fighter, is normally bald but some of his alternate costumes show him with dreadlocks. Particularly prominent in Tekken 4, when he appeared this way in his ending.

* In ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'', Ull, the [[BadassInCharge Warchief]] of the [[CannibalTribe Udam tribe]], has his hair done up short dreadlocks on the right-hand side of his head. The other side is bald, due to having his face scarred by fire arrows. And in Ull's case, AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

* Dreadlocks appeared in a wide variety of warrior cultures throughout the world, from Masai to Spartans to Maori and much more. The fact that Samson is mentioned as having this hairstyle means that it's OlderThanFeudalism.

* ''Film/SpecialFemaleForce'': One of the president's lieutenants is a [[DarkActionGirl female gangster]] called Tung Zi, who stands out due to her exotic looks for a Hong Kong film, being a DarkSkinnedBlond with long dreadlocks and she has one of the longest fight scenes in the film against the protagonists and even manages to [[HeroKiller kill one of them]].

* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', there is Lucian, who seeks to [[KillEmAll get rid of all the undead beings from Runaterrra]]; but even more dreaded is [[EgomaniacHunter Rengar]], whose objective is to hunt every other living being [[WorthyOpponent strong enough to be a challenge]]. The Resistance skin for Illaoi features reddish dreadlocks.

* Bob Makihara from Manga/TenjhoTenge, a practitioner of Brazilian fighting style capoeira.

* ComicBook/MonicaRambeau, in her appearances since ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}. [[note]]During the events of ComicBook/MightyAvengers she had short, straight hair instead, which is implied to be an attempt to forget about the events of Nextwave; after reclaiming the BadassLongcoat and dreads look, she uses and refers to it as an "underestimate-me look".[[/note]]

* A strange variation in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters is bald, but the "Butcher's Nails", cybernetic augmentations that increase one's aggression level UpToEleven, are long metallic coils that evoke this trope. As a Daemon Primarch, they actually ''[[BodyHorror bond into his body]]'', with several becoming fleshy dreadlocks.

* A strange variation in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters is [[BaldOfAwesome ba]][[BaldOfEvil ld]], but the "Butcher's Nails", cybernetic augmentations that increase one's aggression level UpToEleven, are long metallic coils that evoke this trope. As a Daemon Primarch, they actually ''[[BodyHorror bond into his body]]'', with several becoming fleshy dreadlocks.

Contrast BaldOfAwesome. Not related to TheDreaded, although both tropes may apply to the same character.