History MemeticBadass / AnimeAndManga

** Luea is stated to be able to do more damage in a single episode than [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Korra]] can in her entire show. Why, you ask? Luea's canon feats alone include creating a massive water tornado, repeatedly encircling a large area in six seconds and lighting it on fire to heat up everyone around her, crushing a giant monster with the entire Leaning Tower of Pisa, landing on a moving plane, and levitating a castle into space. She even one-shotted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHYT585GK_s Amon]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSVPhbrimbo Zaheer]] (the former so hard he exploded). Oh, and it's a good thing Ruby dodged her punch, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly20jZOnXkg for it's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qEvvbq1OE powerful enough]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZWtt5vWgTA to one-shot]] [[Film/GreenLantern2011 Parallax]], [[Franchise/DragonBallZ Broly]], and [[Film/PacificRimUpRising a Mega Kaiju]].

** Luea is stated to be able to do more damage in a single episode than [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Korra]] can in her entire show. Why, you ask? Luea's canon feats alone include creating a massive water tornado, repeatedly encircling a large area in six seconds and lighting it on fire to heat up everyone around her, crushing a giant monster with the entire Leaning Tower of Pisa, landing on a moving plane, and levitating a castle into space.

** Garnet can [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar finger snap]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame the whole]] Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3d8B1nc2j8 away]]...and while [[spoiler:Iron Man snaps once and dies, she can snap repeatedly without feeling a thing.]]

** GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK... was here, Ash is a loser. [[http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/halolz-dot-com-pokemontvshow-garyfuckingoak-motivational.jpg There are 8 badges to earn in Kanto]], but he somehow earned ''ten'' of them.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK
** ... was here, Ash is a loser.
** [[http://www.geekstir.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/garyoakgirth.jpg You can't ignore his girth.]]
** [[http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/halolz-dot-com-pokemontvshow-garyfuckingoak-motivational.jpg There are 8 badges to earn in Kanto...]]

** Tobias, in a rather tongue-in-cheek manner. We know he was two Legendaries and curbstomps everyone, so people joke that he also has ridiculous things, such as a shiny Arceus.

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': The "Legendary" [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Tae Yamada]]. Whereas the other girls’ titles explain why they’re legendary (“Legendary Biker Boss: Saki Nikaido”, “Legendary Heisei Idol: Ai Mizuno”, etc.), Tae's does not. Thus, viewers take her and every little thing she does to simply ''be'' legendary. Adding fuel to the fire was the later revelation that she is played by a real-life legend in the anime industry, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, who voiced the title character of the ground-breakingly popular ''Anime/SailorMoon'' series.

** Yamcha has received this status for getting away with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneFn2qslUk&ab_channel=DarkraiX smacking Beerus]].

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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': The "Legendary" [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTaeYamada Tae Yamada]]. Whereas the other girls’ titles explain why they’re legendary (“Legendary Biker Boss: Saki Nikaido”, “Legendary Heisei Idol: Ai Mizuno”, etc.), Tae's does not. Thus, viewers take her and every little thing she does to simply ''be'' legendary. Adding fuel to the fire was the later revelation that she is played by a real-life legend in the anime industry, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, who voiced the title character of the ground-breakingly popular ''Anime/SailorMoon'' series.

** Ash’s Lycanroc began getting this treatment when it became the Pokémon which finally won Ash a Leauge. Some fans even produced memes where Ash ditched Greninja for it.

* After [[spoiler:Kirigiri]]'s death in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', the fanbase split into two groups: those who reacted with sadness, and those [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51aenb/dr3_spoilers_x_might_be_alive/ who]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51anik/dr3_future_arc_09_spoilers_drthh_spoilersdont/ proclaimed]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51dvcu/throwing_my_hat_into_the_ring_for_the_theory_of/ that]] she was too badass to die, that this was an ''obvious'' fakeout, that being imprisoned and poisoned and forcibly sedated was no guarantee that her murderer had or would prevail, etc.

* Over Justice, the two dimensional hammy flaming skeleton space cop from ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco''. His obsession with Justice and the law make him a god amongst men and aliens, and his burning justice utterly incinerates [[spoiler: the Life Fibers from Anime/KillLaKill]]. He's just that devoted.

** And he's not the only one. Hayato gets this somewhat (if only for the fact that [[CrazyAwesome he BREAKS SOMEONES EYES AND EARS IN TWO CONTINUITIES]] and yet is still TheStoic of the team), and Musashi... well, somewhat for [[TheyKilledKenny his obvious conclusion]] being one of Ryoma's biggest {{Berserk Button}}s, but also because [[DyingMomentOfAwesome of what he DOES while going down. Up to and including BLOWING UP NEW YORK.]]

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': The "Legendary" Tae Yamada. Whereas the other girls’ titles explain why they’re legendary (“Legendary Biker Boss: Saki Nikaido”, “Legendary Heisei Idol: Ai Mizuno”, etc.), Tae's does not. Thus, viewers take her and every little thing she does to simply ''be'' legendary. Adding fuel to the fire was the later revelation that she is played by a real-life legend in the anime industry, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, who voiced the title character of the ground-breakingly popular ''Anime/SailorMoon'' series.

* ''ZombieLandSaga'': The "Legendary" Tae Yamada. Whereas the other girls’ titles explain why they’re legendary (“Legendary Biker Boss: Saki Nikaido”, “Legendary Heisei Idol: Ai Mizuno”, etc.), Tae's does not. Thus, viewers take her and every little thing she does to simply ''be'' legendary. Adding fuel to the fire was the later revelation that she is played by a real-life legend in the anime industry, Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, who voiced the title character of the ground-breakingly popular ''Anime/SailorMoon'' series.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Johan Liebert can make you [[DrivenToSuicide kill yourself]] just by [[DissonantSerenity smiling pleasantly]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece''

* ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'': Kanba Takakura will kill Gods and Goddesses and all that stands in his way [[MemeticMutation FOR HIMARI'S SAKE!!]]

* Daimon Masaru (known as Marcus Damon in the dub) from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', due to his in universe ability to punch and actually ''hurt'' enemy Digimon. The finale of the series has Masaru [[spoiler: punching and defeating Yggdrasil, the Digital World equivalent of ''God''.]] Needless to say, this is carried over to his finale in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'', which has him punching bigger and more impressive things and the fandom has run with it.
** As seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHdXHdVJ8w this video]], [[Anime/DigimonSavers Masaru Daimon]] owns your soul, and he probably owns it solely for the purpose of punching it into submission.
** Also from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'': [=BancheoLeomon=]: [[NiceHat Badass fedora]], BadassLongcoat, deep gravelly voice, ''and'' is a MysteriousProtector. Amongst the fandom, he's commonly known as "the manliest digimon ever".

* After [[spoiler:Kirigiri]]'s death in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', the fanbase split into two groups: those who reacted with sadness, and those [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51aenb/dr3_spoilers_x_might_be_alive/ who]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51anik/dr3_future_arc_09_spoilers_drthh_spoilersdont/ proclaimed]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/51dvcu/throwing_my_hat_into_the_ring_for_the_theory_of/ that]] she was too badass to die, that this was an ''obvious'' fakeout, that being imprisoned and poisoned and forcibly sedated was no guarantee that her murderer had or would prevail, etc.

* Daimon Masaru (known as Marcus Damon in the dub) from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', due to his in universe ability to punch and actually ''hurt'' enemy Digimon. The finale of the series has Masaru [[spoiler: punching and defeating Yggdrasil, the Digital World equivalent of ''God''.]] Needless to say, this is carried over to his finale in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'', which has him punching bigger and more impressive things and the fandom has run with it.

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* Shizuo from ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}''. It took [[spoiler:getting stabbed in the knees with pens twice]] for Shizuo to notice he was getting attacked.

* For Vash the Stampede in ''{{Manga/Trigun}}'', this is actually a ''bad'' thing. He has powerful enemies and despite the fact that the man himself is a MartialPacifist (with a heaping helping of ObfuscatingStupidity ) the fact that cities and towns tend to be destroyed wherever he goes gives him a terrible reputation for destruction, and that reputation only serves to heighten the destruction and madness that surrounds him.

* Teresa from ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'' will cut your God in half. BEFORE HE BREATHES. Just ask the 4 other Claymores that attacked her.

* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'':

* The Servant Archer from ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]]'' had such a badass final fight, it spawned the creation of the word/concept of GAR. (Note: This one is actually true.)

*** [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Da Red wunz go faster, ya gitz!]]

* {{Fanon}} commonly elevates [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] from TheChessmaster to literally omniscient, because, hell, ''[[GambitRoulette he might as well be]]''.

** Curiously [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with his son, Shinji, who [[TraumaCongaLine despite (or, for some, because of) all the crap he deals with]] is known as a MemeticLoser. However, now that [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild of Evangelion]] has come around, he's starting to get normal treatment with this trope as well.
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}''

* ''Anime/CodeGeass''

* ''Franchise/DragonBall''

* "[[WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia ALL HAIL PRUSSIA! PRAISE HIM! ON YOUR KNEES!]]"

** ALL HAIL [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia FLYING MINT BUNNY]], OUR GOD, THE CREATOR.

* [[{{Anime/Monster}} Johan Liebert]] can make you [[DrivenToSuicide kill yourself]] just by [[DissonantSerenity smiling pleasantly]].
* [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK]]

* Thanks to his infamous and vastly parodied catchphrase, [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] regularly wanders into meme battles from out of nowhere. Which, ironically, is how every single non-essential story in the ''[=HnK=]'' universe starts out. One particular example had him challenge and utterly destroy a near-hundred person band of marauding raiders who had recently ravaged a small township he had passed through. He simply stood in the way of the only exit from the cavern, and stated any who made it past would be granted amnesty and live past this day. [[ABloodyMess Yeah, no surprises what happens next.]]

* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''

* ''Manga/GetterRobo:''

--> "The voice which quakes the universe itself, was indeed that of Ryoma Nagare."

* Ah, [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Rosa Ushiromiya]]. She acquired the FanNickname "Rosa Musou" (Invincible Rosa), after she [[spoiler:fought off tons of magical goat-butlers who killed the rest of her family with a sawed-off rifle, a purse with a bar of gold inside and a ''fountain pen''.]]

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''

** Just about every character in ''{{Manga/Hellsing}}'' gets this treatment. ''[[WorldOfBadass Seriously.]]''
* Jack Rakan in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. In his case, the meme is mostly reserved for his awesome style rather than actual power. The actual power part of it left over is enough to break [[RealityWarper reality]] ''thrice'' just to BrightSlap Negi followed by some cheery advice. And the third one's the charm [[spoiler: because he came back to ''stay alive'' and joined the fight that was going on. Immediately. HE'S THAT BADASS!]]

-->''"That's Erza for ya!"''

* Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple''

* ''Manga/BlackButler''

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex's''

* Vy Low a.k.a. Scarface from Shadow Skill. He killed a giant evil werewolf by looking at it, to death.

* The late ''Creator/DaisukeGori'': "'''''I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF]] [[RatedMForManly OTOKO]] [[BadassArmy JUKU]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking EDAJIMA]] [[AwesomeMcCoolName HEIHACHI!'''''"]]

* ''Creator/DaisukeGori'': "I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF]] [[RatedMForManly OTOKO]][[BadassArmy JUKU]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking EDAJIMA]] [[AwesomeMcCoolName HEIHACHI!"]]

* The servant Archer from ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]]'' had such a badass final fight, it spawned the creation of the word/concept of GAR. (Note: This one is actually true.)
** The Berserker from ''LightNovel/FateZero'', also known as GA­Rserker. His first scene in the anime is already badass enough, but it goes {{up to eleven}} when he [[spoiler:TAKES OVER A JET FIGHTER AND DOGFIGHTS GILGAMESH.]] He also kicked Saber´s ass in the span of 40 seconds (she did have limited use of her left hand but it would´ve barely made a difference), later curb-stomped her until he ran out of mana and shoots a minigun from the hip in midair.

* [[ChivalrousPervert Issei Hyoudou]] in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''. He's got at least '''''SEVENTEEN''''' badass tropes in his name, three more than ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri Lowell]]'' and just as many as '''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the freaking Dragonborn]]'''.

*** In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series, this is completely canon: He is responsible for making [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] a Badass, and has killed the Angels! He's also proven himself to be so awesome a battle commander, forces from over 50 different mecha anime have been willing to concede to his authority.

** Seto Kaiba fully ascended to this after ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'', though he'd been on the border for a while. After it became canon that he bought entire cities, built a space station shaped like his company's logo, invented cyberspace, shrugged off being absorbed into a HiveMind, broke his way into the afterlife, and shaped the face of culture for generations, there's really not much for the fans to add.

*** Guido Mista, who manages to be both this ''and'' MemeticLoser. Despite suffering from TheWorfEffect a number of times throughout the Part, fans often treat him as a {{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}}-esque badass with a harem of every character in the Part.

* Only Ange in ''Anime/CrossAnge'' can claim to break a metallic arm ''with her ass. While she was cavity searched.'' Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' where if the Vilkiss is in a space map, she ''still'' opens the Vilkiss' cockpit to deliver her killing blow with her machine gun ''without any space suit or even a mask!'' Even Chirico above had to wear a mask!
** There's only one awesome maid in this series and that's Momoka, the [[GratuitousEnglish TOPPU MEIDO]] and is the only person capable of serving Ange. She can even survive anything with just a frying pan on her chest!

* And last, but not least... Saitama, the titular ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. He [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin only needs one punch]] to beat '''''ANYONE'''''. In particular on VS forums where 'one punch' is the answer to many debates involving him. Hilariously, while it's not a status he has in-universe, it's gotten to such a point that he rivals even '''''Chuck Norris''''' and '''''Captain Falcon''''' as the biggest Memetic Badass ''of all time''.

** Although possibly a localized example, Mr. Popo from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' became this on the Website/GameFAQs board devoted to the series. The origin of this is a filler scene where he manages to catch the punches of Super Saiyans Trunks and Goten, despite being far, far less powerful than them. So many topics were made asking how he could do this, that eventually the posters just ran with it. This is also the case in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', whose version of Mr. Popo is... massively over-the-top, prone to [[ForTheEvulz random acts of cruelty]], and hilarious. It helps that one of his earliest appearances in ''Manga/DragonBall'' has him casually and literally ''eating'' the Kamehameha.
--> "Enjoy the climb back up, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH!]]"
--> "I'll tell where they're not. '''Safe.'''

** Perhaps the best example though has to be [[MamaBear ChiChi]]. Goku may be the strongest being in the Universe, but he's scared crapless by his wife. Hell, [=ChiChi=] would've won the Cell Games in one episode.

** Bulma gets this in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' for being the only character (aside from Whis) who is able to get away with scolding Beerus. It even appears that Beerus is scared of Bulma, sweatdropping or looking nervous whenever Bulma gets angry. That's right, the [[DestroyerDeity God of Destruction]] is intimidated by this one mortal. She's also jokingly said to be immensely powerful for her slap scratching Beerus in ''Battle of Gods'', while sustaining little damage from Beerus knocking her down.[[note]]Beerus had greatly suppressed his power when he hit her, but she was still knocked unconscious.[[/note]]