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* Horace of the WebOriginal/{{Sandsverse}} has claimed to be a [[http://boarofthenorth100.tumblr.com/post/156359379219/good-catholic-boys-have-hoovs-that-stomp-the-dirt "good Catholic boy"]]. He's also a [[FullBoarAction boar-shaped]] AnimalisticAbomination who regularly tramples Literature/BabaYaga's hut and fends off goblins and the wendigo.

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* Horace of the WebOriginal/{{Sandsverse}} Blog/{{Sandsverse}} has claimed to be a [[http://boarofthenorth100.tumblr.com/post/156359379219/good-catholic-boys-have-hoovs-that-stomp-the-dirt "good Catholic boy"]]. He's also a [[FullBoarAction boar-shaped]] AnimalisticAbomination who regularly tramples Literature/BabaYaga's hut and fends off goblins and the wendigo.

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%%* Roberto Frois in ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams''.

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%%* * ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'': Valorian leads of the Chapel of Light which fights against the Voidborne. He himself carries a sword. Also, he's a Master using WhiteMagic.
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* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'':
** Gyomei Himejima was a Buddhist monk living peacefully in the mountains and caring for orphaned children before becoming a demon slayer by a meeting of fate, Gyomei himself reflects he would have lived his entire life peacefully, being completely unaware he actually was inhumanly strong if he hadn't been the target of a demon attack, as he held the demon off by pummeling its head for hours on end till sunrise. Once Gyomei became a demon slayer, and the elite as a Hashira, he never forsake his buddhist practices, he just isn't a monk living in reclusion anymore.
** Tanjuro Kamado, Tanjiro's dad, was never a demon slayer, the Kamado family passed the Hinokami Kagura style generations down the line till it became a religious ceremony to them, Tanjuro specifically performed it on scheduled repetition as means to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune to his family, it is just that Hinokami Kagura made him a person with superhuman prowess despite his ill and frail body, Tanjuro used his unexpected strength in practice to easily drive away dangerous wild animals from his family home, such as gigantic bears.

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Compare AllMonksKnowKungFu, when a Christian monk is presumed to be a martial artist just because he is... well, a monk. Closely related to RealMenLoveJesus. A BadassIsraeli may well be one of these also. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} the Lord Himself]] kicking ass, that's KungFuJesus. A {{supertrope}} to HolyHitman, and might be a case of MartialPacifist. If he uses that religion in the form of Holy Magic, he might be ThePaladin.

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Compare AllMonksKnowKungFu, when a Christian monk is presumed to be a martial artist just because he is... well, a monk.monk, and WarriorMonk when that assumption is correct. Closely related to RealMenLoveJesus. A BadassIsraeli may well be one of these also. If it's [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} the Lord Himself]] kicking ass, that's KungFuJesus. A {{supertrope}} to HolyHitman, and might be a case of MartialPacifist. If he uses that religion in the form of Holy Magic, he might be ThePaladin.
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* ''VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'': The player characters are a BadassCrew of exceptional warriors, each paying homage to a different patron god. In ''VideoGame/VermintideII'', they undertake a pilgrimage to seek guidance from the gods; some of them become {{Empowered Badass Normal}}s in the process.
** The Witch Hunter Victor Saltzpyre is a zealous follower of Sigmar, patron god of the Empire, and is quite strident about his belief that everyone else should be too. In his Warrior Priest career, he becomes a [[ReligionIsMagic miracle-slinging]] BadassPreacher.
** The dwarf ranger Bardin Goreksson worships Valaya, the dwarven MamaBear goddess of hearth and home, though he himself is functionally TheExile.
** The soldier Markus Kruber worships Taal, god of nature and the hunt. When asked, he says that as a poor FarmBoy, he went with the god who helped put food on the table. As a Grail Knight, he also gains the [[EmpoweredBadassNormal patronage and blessing]] of the Lady of the Lake, and he hopes she isn't the jealous type.
** The elf archer Kerillian favours Lileath, elven goddess of the moon and fortune. Unlike the others, her career options in the sequel have her devote herself to ''more'' gods in the elven pantheon -- it's implied that Lileath alone [[CrisisOfFaith didn't give her the answers she needed]].
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} by the pyromancer Sienna Fuegonasus. She's not religious at first, invoking legendary wizards in her OhMyGods lines instead, but the second game has her build a rapport with the {{War God}}dess Myrmidia -- a clever warrior who strikes down her foes with flame, much like her.
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* Desmond Doss was a nigh legendary combat medic for the American Army because of his sheer determination. He was a conscientious objector due to his belief in the ThouShaltNotKill commandment, and was bullied relentlessly by his comrades. Nevertheless, he saved dozens of lives in the span of his career despite never firing a gun once, and performed feats that were borderline impossible. In fact, most adaptations actually have to downplay his feats as they seemed ''too impossible for people to believe.''
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* ''Series/{{Peaky Blinders}}'': Jeremiah, a WWI Veteran-turned-street preacher, is still shown fighting alongside the Shelby family despite vowing to God never to pick up a weapon again. He justifies this by claiming that God makes an exception for this in Small Heath, much to the amusement of his fellow Peaky Blinders.
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* ''Nexus'' has the title character, who is a fairly devout Russian Orthodox Christian, but more notably also has his friend Judah "the Hammer" Maccabee, an enormous BoisterousBruiser alien who converted to Judaism and changed his name (from his original alien name... [[AerithAndBob Fred).]]

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* ''Nexus'' has the title character, who is a fairly devout Russian Orthodox Christian, but more notably also has his friend Judah "the Hammer" Maccabee, an enormous BoisterousBruiser alien who converted to Judaism and changed his name (from his original alien name... [[AerithAndBob [[AnAlienNamedBob Fred).]]
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* Music/{{Prince}} was known mostly for his outlandish, bordering on androgynous fashion sense and songs with very, ''very'' suggestive lyrics. He was also known for being a very devout and active Jehovah's Witness. He actually participated in the JW's door-to-door ministry and was known to talk more about the Bible than about his music.
* The late Geoff Mann, lead singer with prog band [[http://www.twelfthnight.info/ Twelfth Night]], was an ordained priest in the Church of England.
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* Many Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad to be a perfect examplar, since Muhammad had been active in wrestling, archery, horse-back riding and sword fighting during the times he would be prosecuted by the Quraish and other Pagan tribes. Many Muslims in the past would learn their cultures equivalent to these skills seeing it as necessary especially in times of conflict. Whilst the vast majority of modern day Muslims feel it was no longer necessary since violence and warfare in the modern world has changed. Many young Muslims minorities in the west (especially in Europe) have taken to learning Boxing or Martial Arts to defend themselves and overcome anxiety due to the rise of Islamophobia in the 21st century.
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* ''Literature/ExHeroes'': Billie Carter is one of the main BadassNormal characters in the series and is familiar with the Book of Revelations, although she isn't outspoken about her religious beliefs and doesn't share the opinions of the After Death pseudo-cult in ''Ex-Communication''.

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As 5th edition has worn on, Clerics have been pushed away from this role.


* Clerics in TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons have a decent number of hit points and, in the 5th edition, can dish out a lot of damage in melee.

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* Clerics in TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has several variations on these, with some editions sporting more than others.
** All five editions
have the Cleric. Originally designed as a decent number halfway point between the fighting man and magic-user, the Cleric was based on crusaders. They are able to wear heavy armor and wield magic as intermediaries of hit points and, the game's god's. Their magic tends to focus more on buffing and healing over the wizard's raw damage output. This trope is arguably no longer in effect in 5th Edition, as Cleric builds have moved away from fighting with weapons and instead deal damage with spells. Compare this to something like 3rd edition's ''Divine Power'' spell that instantly makes a cleric as good of a fighter as a full powered martial class like a Fighter or Barbarian.
** Speaking of martial classes, most editions have Paladins. These are front line combatants with the best armor and weapons proficiencies
in the 5th edition, game, augmented with divine healing powers. Most editions let give them HealingHands and extremely limited spellcasting. Sometimes they can dish out TurnUndead, though never as well as a lot Cleric.
** Rangers usually have some amount
of damage Divine casting. If a Paladin is a ReligiousBruiser for CrystalDragonJesus, Rangers usually represent the trope in melee.the context of European paganism.
** Similarly, the Monk class is a ReligiousBruiser for the tropes attendant to Eastern religions, mostly analogous to Buddhism. They benefit from incredible discipline, with their supernatural powers focused around lightning reflexes and the eventually ability to overpower forces like disease and ''old age'' by sheer force of will.
** Warlocks may or may not count. Like clerics, they are servants of a higher power. It's just that their higher powers tend to be the less savory sort. If a setting had a ReligionOfEvil, expect evil Clerics, anti-Paladins, and Warlocks to be its ReligiousBruiser contingent.
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* Relg from ''Literature/TheBelgariad''. Yes, he's a [[TheFundamentalist Fundamentalist whack-job]] who spends most of his time {{Wangst}}ing about [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny sin]], but he is also not a man to be trifled with. A highly skilled KnifeNut and stealth expert, he at one point uses his ability to walk through stone to kill silently by pushing a man into a rock and leaving him there.

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* Relg from ''Literature/TheBelgariad''. Yes, he's a [[TheFundamentalist Fundamentalist whack-job]] who spends most of his time {{Wangst}}ing about [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny sin]], but he is also not a man to be trifled with. A highly skilled KnifeNut and stealth expert, he at one point uses his ability to walk through stone to kill silently by pushing a man into a rock and leaving him there.
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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observance of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career; if anything, his religious role gave him the confidence to consolidate his authority.

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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observance of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests conquest in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career; if anything, his religious role gave him the confidence to consolidate his authority.authority. (It also did nothing to keep him from his ruthless campaigns of conquest in the bedrooms of the Roman aristocracy--being a notorious philanderer did not preclude a man from being understood as deeply pious.)
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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career; if anything, his religious role gave him the confidence to consolidate his authority.

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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation observance of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career; if anything, his religious role gave him the confidence to consolidate his authority.

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* The Friar Tuck from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' is no slouch either. In his first scene he's ambushed by Robin and the Merry Men, but fights them off and almost drives his cart away before getting knocked over by a low branch. Robin approaches and asks if he yields, Tuck takes his hand and says [[ISurrenderSuckers he'd rather roast in hell]] before biting Robin on the leg.



* ''Film/TheBeastOfWar': Taj and his men encounter a holy man who feels that their pursuit of the tank is re-enacting the tale of David and Goliath. He proceeds to accompany them for the rest of the pursuit.

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* ''Film/TheBeastOfWar': ''Film/TheBeastOfWar'': Taj and his men encounter a holy man who feels that their pursuit of the tank is re-enacting the tale of David and Goliath. He proceeds to accompany them for the rest of the pursuit.
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* The opening scene of the Indonesian martial arts movie ''Film/TheRaidRedemption'' establishes that its hero, Rama, is a devout Muslim.
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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career.

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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career.career; if anything, his religious role gave him the confidence to consolidate his authority.
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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals.

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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals. None of this kept him from his ruthless and brilliant campaigns of conquests in Gaul or his equally ruthless and brilliant campaigns during the civil wars of his late career.
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* UsefulNotes/GaiusJuliusCaesar, believe it or not, fit this ''perfectly'' within the culture of the late [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republican Rome]]. He was raised from childhood to have a career in the priesthood, and even though his career was mainly political, he seems to have taken this to heart. Mind you, his (elected) role in the Roman priesthood as [[HighPriest Pontifex Maximus]] was ''extremely'' useful to him in his political career, but the records are clear that, as opportunistic as he was throughout his career, he was always scrupulous in his worship of the gods and the observation of their festivals.
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Creepy Cool Crosses has been renamed to Creepy Crosses as per this TRS threadZero Context Examples and examples that don’t fit the trope will be removed. The trope is about crosses being used as a symbol of the occult.


* Ayako Hamada has been seen praying before matches and her gear is typically adorned with [[HeavenlyBlue blue and white]] [[CreepyCoolCrosses crosses.]]

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** Jim Burns. It alternates between being played for sympathy or not; he beats inmates to force them to convert to Protestantism, but he also defends [[TheGoodShepherd Cloutier]] against Hoyt and Kirk.

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** Jim Burns. It alternates between being played for sympathy or not; he beats inmates to force them to convert to Protestantism, but he also defends [[TheGoodShepherd [[GoodShepherd Cloutier]] against Hoyt and Kirk.
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* Fangame ''VideoGame/PokemonClover'' has Caroline, a Pokemon that is basically a talking quail who also happens to be Christian... somehow. If equiped with her exclusive item, a Bible, it raises her critical hit chance.
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* ''Fanfic/TheSeventhPlayer'': Machaira Mekhit, the titular seventh member of [[WebVideo/Dimension20 the Bad Kids]], is one of her party's strongest and most adept physical fighters and is a worshipper of Bast, a goddess of war [[JustifiedTrope who actively encourages her followers to be this]], although she's more subtle about expressing her faith than most examples are.

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* ''Fanfic/TheSeventhPlayer'': Machaira Mekhit, the titular seventh member of [[WebVideo/Dimension20 the Bad Kids]], is one of her party's strongest and most adept physical fighters and is a worshipper of Bast, a goddess of war [[JustifiedTrope who actively encourages her followers to be this]], although she's more subtle about expressing her faith than most examples of this trope are.
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* ''Fanfic/TheSeventhPlayer'': Machaira Mekhit, the titular seventh member of [[WebVideo/Dimension20 the Bad Kids]], is one of her party's strongest and most adept physical fighters and is a worshipper of Bast, a goddess of war, who actively encourages her followers to be this trope, although she's more subtle about expressing her faith than most examples are.

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* ''Fanfic/TheSeventhPlayer'': Machaira Mekhit, the titular seventh member of [[WebVideo/Dimension20 the Bad Kids]], is one of her party's strongest and most adept physical fighters and is a worshipper of Bast, a goddess of war, war [[JustifiedTrope who actively encourages her followers to be this trope, this]], although she's more subtle about expressing her faith than most examples are.

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* ''Webcomic/ScoobAndShag'': WesternAnimation/{{Foghorn|Leghorn}} is of the most formidable characters in the setting in terms of raw physical strength, being strong enough to punch Dee through multiple walls, and spouts Bible quotes on a dime.

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