History Main / PeltsOfTheBarbarian

A subtrope of StockCostumeTraits.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'', Broly wears a pelt around his waist. It's actually the ear of a creature he befriended on Planet Vampa. As it turns out, his father Paragus didn't like the idea of his son befriending the creature, seeing it as a hindrance to his training and shot the creature's ear off, driving it away. Broly wears it as a memento.
* ''Manga/DrStone'': BigBad and EvilLuddite Tsukasa and his followers are regularly seen wearing these, and while not all - or even most - of them are portrayed as villainous, the ones that are very much act like they're straight out of a Main/BarbarianTribe (albeit one significantly more intelligent than most examples).
* In ''Anime/VoltesV'', [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Heinel]], being a member of the [[AliensAreBastards Boazanian]] [[AristocratsAreEvil Royal]] [[BlueBlood Family]], dons a blue mink mantle adorned with light blue furs. He's also a WarriorPrince who graduated as the top cadet at the Boazanian Institute of Military Sciences and Warfare, and was the only one competent enough to lead the [[AlienInvasion Earthern Invasion]].

** In the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 sequel]] the kids get CostumeEvolution, with ActionGirl Astrid's new outfit [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140116201123/howtotrainyourdragon/images/2/26/Astrid-httyd-2.jpg being like this]]. She gets a fur hood, boots, and even what's basically a short fur petticoat under her LadyLegionnaireWear.
* In Ralph Bakshi's animated ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Boromir wears a thick pelt in addition to a [[HornyVikings horned helmet]], which seems to place him in the "barbarian Northerner" bracket. (In contrast, in [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the book]], Boromir wore a [[PrettyInMink fur-lined coat]], and his homeland of Gondor is shown as highly civilized and most closely based on Greco-Roman culture.)

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'':

** In the sequel the kids get CostumeEvolution, with ActionGirl Astrid's new outfit [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140116201123/howtotrainyourdragon/images/2/26/Astrid-httyd-2.jpg being like this]]. She gets a fur hood, boots, and even what's basically a short fur petticoat under her LadyLegionnaireWear.

* [[https://www.oglaf.com/northerner/ Parodied]] in ''WebComic/{{Oglaf}}'' (warning: this comic is SFW, many others in the strip are not) when a man wearing what appears to be the skin of a bear attacks a traveler... except he's ''not'' attacking, he's ''being'' attacked by a very thin creature known as a flatbear, which detaches from him and runs away after a few whacks to the head.

Compare PrettyInMink (wearing fur is for looking glamorous instead of looking tough and more often have the choice of more simple clothing unlike a lot of examples on this page), AnIceSuit, BeardOfBarbarism (ways of styling a beard to show one is tough) and HornsOfBarbarism.

See also BarbarianHero (characters who tend to dress like this), FrazettaMan (primitive people who wear very little hide clothing), PostApunkalypticArmor (various materials crudely made into clothes), NubileSavage, and TheStrongman (who might wear it in his act).

* In the film of ''Literature/TheThirteenthWarrior'', the Vikings wear long furry capes as they travel to help King Hrothgar defend his lands.

* Parodied in ''WebComic/{{Oglaf}}'' when a man wearing what appears to be the skin of a bear attacks a traveler... except he's ''not'' attacking, he's ''being'' attacked by a very thin creature known as a flatbear, which detaches from him and runs away after a few whacks to the head.

* In ''Anime/VoltesV'', [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Heinel]], being a member of the [[AliensAreBastards Boazanian]] [[AristocratsAreEvil Royal]] [[BlueBlood Family]], dons a blue mink mantle adorned with light blue furs, as do most Boazanian nobles. Heinel is also a WarriorPrince who graduated as the top cadet at the Boazanian Institute of Military Sciences and Warfare, and was the only one competent enough to lead the Earthern Invasion.

* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian'' obviously; the title character spends a lot of time wrapped in pelts and/or armor. The director of the [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer sequel]] wasn't happy about this and insisted on Arnie having more {{Walking Shirtless Scene}}s so the [[FanService audience could enjoy the sight]]. The group of heroes from the latter film still put on fur coats at one point, as the wizard Toth Amon lives in a castle in the middle of a mountain lake. Additionally, Malak wrapped his calves in fur.

* ''Film/TheVikings'' (1958):
** ''Every'' Viking warrior has his calves wrapped in fur.
** The stump in place of Erik's cut off hand is wrapped in fur.
** Einar wears a long fur cape as he embarks on his longship for the FinalBattle.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' lets Link wear a Barbarian armor set with animal skins, a horned monster skull for a helmet, and a [[BareYourMidriff bare midriff]]. Each piece increases attack power.

* ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' has Sagani, a boreal dwarf ranger from the [[NorthIsColdSouthIsHot icy, far southern]] island of Naasitaq, who comes to you dressed in [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] furs and hides.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The Northerners, the Night's Watch and the Wildlings in the GrimUpNorth have an excuse, given that it's cold and [[ArcWords winter is coming]]. Certainly everyone south of where they live regard them as barbarians (this includes the Northerners and the Night's Watch initially thinking this of the wildlings). In the commentary, Creator/LenaHeadey talked of how attractive the actors are with fur wrapped around them. Incidentally, the coats were stitched together from faux fur IKEA throwrugs (it was a cheap solution that also avoided using animal fur).