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* Homnibus the good wizard in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Gargamel tried to use magic grow one in an episode, believing he'd be more respected in the wizard community with a beard, but he didn't read the directions right, and the beard filled his entire house. Naturally, the Smurfs had to rescue him. Grandpa Smurf, who is technically a wizard from his experiences of traveling through the world, has a very long white beard.

[[caption-width-right:350:He can do ''anything'' with magic...except shave, apparently.]]

** [[BadassGrandpa Cohen]] however, has a ''{{barbarian|Hero}}'' [[BeardOfBarbarism beard]]. It has been described as making his loincloth superfluous as far as decency was concerned.

* 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? ARobeAndWizardHat and a [[WizardBeard Beard]].

* Homnibus the good wizard in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Gargamel tried to use magic grow one in an episode, believing he'd be more respected in the wizard community with a beard, but he didn't read the directions right, and the beard filled his entire house. Naturally, the Smurfs had to rescue him.

* Homnibus the good wizard in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Gargamel tried to use magic grow one in an episode, believing he'd be more respected in the wizard community with a beard, but he didn't read the directions right, and the beard filled his entire house. Naturally, the smurfs had to rescue him.

* Merlin on ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}'' usually averts this trope, since he's a youth in the series. But it is put into play when he uses the aging spell to turn himself into "Dragoon" and the beard is definitely there.

* In ''Fate'' series, Caster class is represented as an old man with long beard. However, ''none'' of the main character Casters have long beard: In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', she 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 {{kitsune}}.

* Abraham from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-05-30 a relatively small grey beard]] for a wizard. But then he's [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-06-09 not a very good wizard]].

* Creator/GeorgeMacDonald, influential Scottish fantasy author, was not a wizard but often wrote about them, and had a most impressive beard to show for it [[http://www.george-macdonald.com/photos/19c_images.html]].
* This trope may originate in a tradition for philosophers and other learned men of the ancient world to wear a beard as a symbol of their station. See Creator/{{Plato}}, Creator/{{Aristotle}} or Roman Emperor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julian_(emperor) Julian the Apostate]].

* Creator/LeoTolstoy grew one in his late years. See [[http://a3.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,dpr_1.0,h_1200,q_80,w_1200/MTE5NTU2MzI0OTQxMDA2MzQ3.jpg here]] how he looked like.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Twilight Sparkle goes to Nightmare Night dressed up as Star Swirl the Bearded, a unicorn mage famous for mentoring one of the founders of Equestria and inventing the [[StealthPun amnio]][[ShoutOut morphic]] [[Literature/HarryPotter spell]]. As you can guess, the costume includes a long, snowy-white fake beard.

* Dumbledore of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has such a beard. Played for laughs in ''Goblet of Fire''. Dumbledore draws an "Age Line" around the goblet to prevent any underage students entering themselves for the Triwizard Tournament. Anyone who tries, even if they've magically aged themselves up, is knocked backwards... and finds that they've suddenly grown an enormous beard. When the Weasley twins try it, Dumbledore compliments them on the quality of their beards.

* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting of "Known World" (later {{Mystara}} ) the supplement ''Elves of Alfheim'' had a elf wizard NPC sporting a very long beard (Mystara's elves can grow facial hair) just because he did heard of this trope amongts human wizards and found it way cool.

* Homnibus the good wizard in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''.

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* Dumbledore of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has such a beard. Played for laughs in ''Goblet of Fire''. Dumbledore draws an "Age Line" around the goblet to prevent any underage students entering themselves for the Triwzard Tournament. Anyone who tries, even if they've magically aged themselves up, is knocked backwards... and finds that they've suddenly grown an enormous beard. When the Weasley twins try it, Dumbledore compliments them on the quality of their beards.

* Enforced in Diana Wynne Jones' ''Literature/DarkLordOfDerkholm''. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Chesney's]] regulations state that very wizard leading a Pilgrim Party ''must'' wear a long beard in order to appear ancient and wise, [[YoungerThanTheyLook no matter how old they really are]]. For this reason, women aren't allowed to be party wizards, one of the many, many complaints the locals have about the whole affair.

See also RobeAndWizardHat, and RapunzelHair. Compare and Contrast BeardOfBarbarism, BeardOfEvil (some evil wizards have this instead of a Wizard Beard.)

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': The wizard Dorukan acquired a proper [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0196.html long white beard]] in his old age, well after attaining Epic status. Eugene, Roy's father and Dorukan's student, has one, but it is fairly short.

* The male mage in ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Quest 3}}'' is a hunched-over old man with a white beard, though it doesn't go much lower than his chest.