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* ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'': All of the wizards have a long, unkempt beard.
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* Suthaze, the EvilSorcerer in ''ComicStrip/SnarfQuest'', has a long white beard that reaches most of the way down his vhest and is tied into two ponytails.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: While Shaggy is actually a leprechaun he wears what is essentially a RobeAndWizardHat, has powerful magic and has a long white beard that has gotten stuck in things when he doesn't remember to tuck it into his belt.

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* Suthaze, the EvilSorcerer in ''ComicStrip/SnarfQuest'', has a long white beard that reaches most of the way down his vhest chest and is tied into two ponytails.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: While Shaggy is actually a leprechaun leprechaun, he wears what is essentially a RobeAndWizardHat, has powerful magic and has a long white beard that has gotten stuck in things when he doesn't remember to tuck it into his belt.

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* Mr. Kadabra from ''Animation/AboutDressySally'' is a wizard who magically appears in Sally's dream and emerges from a clock to carry her away. He has a long black beard.
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Xiao Haha has a long, white-colored beard and not only uses magic like your average wizard, but he's also written an entire book about it.
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* Mr. Kadabra from ''Animation/AboutDressySally'' is a wizard who magically appears in Sally's dream and emerges from a clock to carry her away. He has a black beard.
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Xiao Haha has a long, white-colored beard and not only uses magic like your average wizard, but he's also written an entire book about it.
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* Mr. Kadabra from ''Animation/AboutDressySally'' is a wizard who magically appears in Sally's dream and emerges from a clock to carry her away. He has a black beard.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The inhabitants of the sky island of Weatheria are a group of old men who invent and utilize advanced technology to manipulate various weather phenomenon. Yet, for some reason all of them dress and look like old-timey wizards, wearing robes, pointy hats, and sporting ridiculously long beards and moustaches.
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Meteor Man, [[spoiler:is part of the Istari]], and sports a bushy unkept long beard.
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* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'': the Headmaster has one.

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* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'': ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': the Headmaster has one.
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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has the recurring summon Ramuh in that no matter what his size is, his beard is thick and goes down to his knees. One way the Warrior of Light in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is this.

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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has the recurring summon Ramuh in that no matter what his size is, his beard is thick and goes down to his knees. One way the Warrior of Light in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' describes Ramuh is this.this:
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's magnificent [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beard_6.jpg until it starts getting it the way.]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:It's magnificent [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beard_6.jpg until it starts getting it in the way.]]]]
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* In the ''Fate'' franchise, the Caster class is represented as an old man with long beard. However, ''none'' of the characters featured as Casters have long beard: In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Caster is a young woman; in ''Literature/FateZero'', he is a middle-aged man with no beard despite being known as the Bluebeard; in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', she is a female [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]. Even Myth/{{Merlin}} lacks a beard. Only Shakespeare has a beard albiet a short one.

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* In the ''Fate'' franchise, the Caster class is represented as an old man with long beard. However, ''none'' of the characters featured as Casters have long beard: In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Caster is a young woman; in ''Literature/FateZero'', he is a middle-aged man with no beard despite being known as the Bluebeard; in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', she is a female [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]. Even Myth/{{Merlin}} lacks a beard. Only Shakespeare has a beard albiet albeit a short one.
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* In the game ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'', there's a gamemode in which a player is selected to be a Space Wizard and cause chaos on the station. He needs a few items to be able to cast spells. Those items? A RobeAndWizardHat and a [[WizardBeard Beard]].

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* In the game ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'', there's a gamemode in which a player is selected to be a Space Wizard and cause chaos on the station. He needs a few items to be able to cast spells. Those items? A RobeAndWizardHat and a [[WizardBeard Beard]].Beard.
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* In the ''Fate'' franchise, the Caster class is represented as an old man with long beard. However, ''none'' of the characters featured as Casters have long beard: In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Caster is a young woman; in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', he is a middle-aged man with no beard despite being known as the Bluebeard; in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', she is a female [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]. Even Myth/{{Merlin}} lacks a beard. Only Shakespeare has a beard albiet a short one.

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* In the ''Fate'' franchise, the Caster class is represented as an old man with long beard. However, ''none'' of the characters featured as Casters have long beard: In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Caster is a young woman; in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Literature/FateZero'', he is a middle-aged man with no beard despite being known as the Bluebeard; in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', she is a female [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]. Even Myth/{{Merlin}} lacks a beard. Only Shakespeare has a beard albiet a short one.

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* Most depictions of Myth/{{Merlin}}, natch. Oddly, medieval portrayals of Merlin do not give him the beard -- that came later. Merlin was only shown in early works as a youth, and in later works -- like Mallory -- he's a shapeshifter who takes the shape of a child, a woman, and old man, but never reveals his true form.
* Many deities have such beards. These include Zeus/Jupiter, Saturn/Kronos, Odin and even some depictions of capital G God. See GrandpaGod.
** Note that the modern depiction of Wizards with these beards, which can be traced to Tolkien, was directly inspired by Odin's traditional portrayals as the Gray Wanderer.
* SantaClaus.
* Melchior from the Magi.
* Hermes Trismegistos, the founder of Alchemy
* Hiram Abif, the founder of Freemasonry
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* Most depictions of Myth/{{Merlin}}. Oddly, medieval portrayals of Merlin do not give him the beard -- that came later. Merlin was only shown in early works as a youth, and in later works -- like Mallory -- he's a shapeshifter who takes the shape of a child, a woman, and old man, but never reveals his true form.
* Many deities have such beards. These include Zeus/Jupiter, Saturn/Kronos, Odin and even some depictions of capital G God. The modern depiction of Wizards with these beards, which can be traced to Tolkien, was directly inspired by Odin's traditional portrayals as the Gray Wanderer.
* SantaClaus.
* Melchior from the Magi.
* Hermes Trismegistos, the founder of Alchemy
* Hiram Abif, the founder of Freemasonry
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', Merlin's impressive beard keeps getting tangled up or caught in doors.
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* Lampshaded in ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' when Arthur encounters the [[HotWitch Mage]] and says, "[[ExpectingSomeoneTaller I thought you'd be taller]]...and have a beard."
* The BigBad of the Taiwanese film, ''Film/ReturnOfTheKungFuDragon'', is an EvilWizard whose beard reaches his kneecaps! Naturally, he had a protege whose job is to carry his beard for him in every scene. It's also glaringly obvious that the beard is his weak spot, exploited by the heroes in the final battle.
* In ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'' James Halliday's avatar, Anorak the All Knowing, sports one of these.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', Merlin's impressive beard keeps getting tangled up or caught in doors.
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* Lampshaded in ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' when Arthur encounters the [[HotWitch Mage]] and says, "[[ExpectingSomeoneTaller I thought you'd be taller]]...and have a beard."
* The BigBad of the Taiwanese film, ''Film/ReturnOfTheKungFuDragon'', is an EvilWizard whose beard reaches his kneecaps! Naturally, he had a protege whose job is to carry his beard for him in every scene. It's also glaringly obvious that the beard is his weak spot, exploited by the heroes in the final battle.
* In ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'' James Halliday's avatar, Anorak the All Knowing, sports one of these.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The wizards in Mom Lalonde's paintings and statuary and in Rose's fiction are all provided with long, flowing beards. This is parodied on a number of occasions, such as in Rose's stories mentioning that they have a habit of [[StrokeTheBeard stroking their beards]] that borders on the compulsory and when Rose combines a wizard statues and ball of yarn in Sburb's ItemCrafting system to create "a ball of SILKEN WIZARDBEARD YARN (WITH MAGICAL PROPERTIES)".

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The wizards in Mom Lalonde's paintings and statuary and in Rose's fiction are all provided with long, flowing beards. This is parodied on a number of occasions, such as in Rose's stories mentioning that they have a habit of [[StrokeTheBeard stroking their beards]] that borders on the compulsory and when Rose combines a wizard statues statue and ball of yarn in Sburb's ItemCrafting system to create "a ball of SILKEN WIZARDBEARD YARN (WITH MAGICAL PROPERTIES)".

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