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** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]] has [[GratuitousNinja become this]] ever since coming to ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' as a perfect-run BonusBoss, with patterns resembling Phantom from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. [[NintendoHard There's a reason]] he's reserved for perfect players.
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** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]] has [[GratuitousNinja become this]] ever since coming to ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' as a perfect-run BonusBoss, {{Superboss}}, with patterns resembling Phantom from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. [[NintendoHard There's a reason]] he's reserved for perfect players.
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** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' aka Lady D aka the “Whole Ass Vampire Lady”, who inspires PerverseSexualLust from the masses due being the EvilIsSexy poster girl StatuesqueStunner [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]] for the game.
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** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' aka Lady D aka the “Whole Ass Vampire Lady”, who inspires PerverseSexualLust from the masses due being the EvilIsSexy evil, sexy poster girl StatuesqueStunner [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]] for the game.
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* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[RankScalesWithAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
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* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] '''FUCKING MANLIEST [[RankScalesWithAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
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** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Dhalsim]] have also achieved this level of unparalled badassery. Dan's [[LethalJokeCharacter mighty school]] of Saikyo-ryuu is [[EnsembleDarkhorse beloved by]] [[UnpopularPopularCharacter fans of the genre]], and [[YouKilledMyFather confronting Sagat]] will earn you [[ManlyTears some of the manliest ocular gushes to have ever been gushed by a man.]] The latter? These words shall suffice.
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** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Dhalsim]] have also achieved this level of unparalled unparalleled badassery. Dan's [[LethalJokeCharacter mighty school]] of Saikyo-ryuu is [[EnsembleDarkhorse beloved by]] [[UnpopularPopularCharacter fans of the genre]], and [[YouKilledMyFather confronting Sagat]] will earn you [[ManlyTears some of the manliest ocular gushes to have ever been gushed by a man.]] The latter? These words shall suffice.
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* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
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* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking [[RankScalesWithAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
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** Ethan Winters has become this of late being a man who can endure all the AnatomyAgony you can imagine while massacring a family of mutated rednecks in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE7]]'' and the Resident Evil version of Film/TheAddamsFamily in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage sequel]] all to get his wife and daughter back respectively.
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** Ethan Winters has become this of late being a man who can endure all the AnatomyAgony you can imagine while massacring a family of mutated rednecks in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE7]]'' and the Resident Evil version of Film/TheAddamsFamily in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage sequel]] all to get his wife and daughter back respectively. What really makes Ethan stand out is that Ethan has no military or police background unlike previous protagonists; he's just an ordinary, run-of-the-mill systems engineer.
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** According to a disturbing number of fans, Damon Gant [[MemeticMolester can and will rape anything]]. Others prefer to think of him as a more traditional Memetic Badass. That, and his [[KubrickStare stare]] will ravage your soul. If that doesn't get you, his lightning ragge will.
** The same sort of popularity has been applied to Manfred von Karma, Edgeworth's ControlFreak mentor. Do ''not'' let him get within a foot of a taser.
** At the other end of the spectrum, a group of members from the [[http://court-records.net Court Records]] forum has elevated Klavier Gavin to the status of a rock/sex god, complete with commandments. Said commandments (numbering 55 as of this edit) include paying to see Klavier shower and losing one's virginity simply by looking at him.
*** The same forum had a crack theory thread. In less than a week, they turned Gregory and Miles Edgeworth into God and Jesus, respectively.
** More recently, there has been a push towards Luke Atmey getting this treatment. To wit, he is able to stop Manfred von Karma's soul-devouring gaze by hurling his Ace Detective badge directly into the prosecutor's face.
** Phoenix Wright. Even in his college days, he was capable to knocking out a guy with a one-handed shove. And during his lawyer days... he proceeds to defeat three of the most formidable prosecutors in the world, and he the only reason he will ever lose is [[spoiler:if he ''wants'' to lose, or is confronted with a certain memetic jerkass]]. And don't ''ever'' lie to him; if you do, '''he will find out and expose you as the liar you are'''.
*** For a good example of why Phoenix Wright is the greatest defense attorney ever, in the bonus case of the first game, he got a case in which a witness saw the defendant stab the victim, the witness tackled and restrained the defendant until the police arrived, the defendant's fingerprints were on the knife in the victim's chest and the defendant had confessed to the crime. Phoenix took the case, plead Not Guilty and WON, by proving that [[spoiler:not only had the CHIEF OF POLICE committed the murder, but he had also committed another, apparently unrelated murder two years before]].
*** Let us not forget "fell forty feet off a burning bridge into a fast-moving river in the middle of winter and came out of it with nothing but a cold."
** [[spoiler: Hobo!Phoenix.]] After he's been hit by the car, he'll walk away with only a scratch- just in time to completely [[MindRape screw]] you over, destroy your livelihood, get his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]], ''and'' he reunites families in his spare time.
** ''Investigations'''s Tyrell Badd earned the FanNickname "Detective Baddass" within days of the game's release. You know how his BadassLongcoat is riddled with holes? Yeah, those are bullet holes. And that's ''{{canon}}''. He'a also dodged Franziska von Karma's ever-annoying whip.
** The ''real'' reason for Godot's CoolMask is that he can [[EyeBeams shoot lasers from his eyes]]. Eat your heart out, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.
** Miles Edgeworth is no slouch either. Not only is he the only prosecutor to ever [[spoiler:beat Phoenix]], but he was also the guy Phoenix called in to replace him when he was incapacitated. Not only that, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth in his own game]], over the course of two days (three if you count the flashback case) Edgeworth solved 5 murders (7 counting the flashback), an arson, a kidnapping, the theft of a national treasure and DISMANTLED A CRIME SYNDICATE that had been evading police and a vigilante for 10+ years and was lead by [[spoiler:a man with diplomatic immunity]]. Do not mess with Edgeworth.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Asura is so badass that when a demigod, the size of PLANET EARTH, tries to kill him with a FingerpokeOfDoom the SIZE of a COUNTRY, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment he just yells]] [[BringIt COME ON]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome AND WINS!]] That was just the ''first boss''. What makes this especially ridiculous is that it's not exaggeration, but something that actually happens in game, making Asura an in-universe MemeticBadass!
* [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West.]] [[MemeticMutation He's covered wars, ya know.]]
** Don't forget [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Chuckie Green]], All he needs is {{duct tape|ForEverything}}... and he can create '''anything'''.
** The ''Dead Rising'' fanbase considers 8-Ball from ''2'' the most badass character in the entire series... despite the fact that he's a corpse (and not a living one either).
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'''s Dante. Badass mutha 101. Wrote the book ''My Life as a [[BadassLongcoat Badass with a Cool Jacket]]''. Invented the line "I'm too cool for stairs!"
** {{Cutscene|PowerToTheMax}}!Dante is [[strike:practically]] invincible. You can't kill him, you can't surprise him, and you can't even ''hope'' to get a brief upper-hand. Hell, he can even kill you with '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser billiard balls]]''' and defy the laws of physics at a whim.
** Vergil, Dante’s twin brother is just as a MemeticBadass to the fans, especially when he’s “'''[[{{Catchphrase}} MOTIVATED!]]'''”. Taken up to eleven in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' as Vergil [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCnkvmZnCmIjQH1EF-tJlDK5b6wICB6pNXUg&usqp=CAU in his chair]] is (as his epic theme song says) “The Storm that is Approaching”.
** Sparda the GreaterScopeParagon and father of Dante and Vergil, touted by fans as the real “Legendary Dark Knight” not that tights wearing wuss from Gotham. Sparda’s OneManArmy siege of the Underworld and defeat of Demon gods Mundus and Argosax which was of course too awesome to ever be put to screen.
** V has won the fanbase over by being a poetic badass who looks like Kylo Ren without the angst and whom can literally [[CaneFu cane demon ass]], “so it is written”.
** Nico has become this for being such a BadassDriver she can light her cigarette using a demon while flipping her van through the air. She also build a mechanical arm “for kicks” and is all about wrecking that “DEAMON ASS”.
*** Apparently, her van also counts. Able to pop out of nowhere even in the most unholy places without suffering any damage at all surely qualifies as one.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
** Which he becomes in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''... after beating [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dormammu]] with a pipe for setting his billboard on fire and ''[[http://matsu-sensei.deviantart.com/art/Haggar-Humanity-s-Hope-195587727 piledriving Galactus.]]''
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6jdnmBo-4 Yet another reason]] Sentinel should've packed up his bags and canceled his flight the moment Haggar was confirmed for ''[=MvC3=]''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9J-J30B3o Behold the glory that is]] ''WebVideo/TheBalladOfMikeHaggar''.
* Oddly enough, thanks to a certain song, [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]] has been elevated to MemeticBadass. It is completely undeserved, of course. Strangely enough, someone made a ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}''-like game with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] as a main character. The final boss is Air Man in it, and he's actually HARD.
** ''Rockman 2'' has only one difficulty (the equivalent of the hardest difficulty in ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'') -- Air Man's reputation is much more deserved in those circumstances (more so if you haven't beaten Wood Man yet).
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Pharaoh Man]] reached this status after a clip from the [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears cartoon show]] became popular, showing Mega Man [[MegaManning copying the powers]] of various Robot Masters, with them having a ThisCannotBe reaction. Then he tries it on Pharaoh Man, only for Pharaoh Man [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSJN5LgsE to just punch him in the face.]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]] has [[GratuitousNinja become this]] ever since coming to ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' as a perfect-run BonusBoss, with patterns resembling Phantom from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. [[NintendoHard There's a reason]] he's reserved for perfect players.
* There was a green-armoured RedShirt who appeared in the first stage of ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' and exploded in the game's opening. Nevertheless, the Green Biker Dude, as he became nicknamed, has gained something of a reputation.
-->"Pull a wheelie and die, GBD! For Everlasting Peace!"
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** TheDreaded Deviljho, known amongst players as simply "The Pickle" for its distinctive design. In ''World'', Deviljho [[CurbStompBattle crushes all other apex monsters like Rathalos, Diablos, and Uragaan with impunity in a Turf War]] while smaller monsters don't even get an animation; Deviljho simply picks them up in his mouth and swings them around like a terrier with a rat, and this includes ''[[AxCrazy Odogaron]]''. Only Bazelgeuse manages to not lose outright.
** The king of this trope however is the unassuming Paratoad, also from ''World'', for its ability to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu instantly zap]] ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Elder Dragons]]''.
* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield]] is so badass, he rapes 16 ton boulders and then punches them to death. He becomes a AscendedMeme in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' where Hisenberg explicitly refers to Chris’s as “that boulder punching bastard”, meaning Chris’s literal Earth shattering reputation proceeds him.
** Also [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] can survive 100-foot plunges face first, because that dying shit is for pansies. She also pushed Nemesis off a bridge like a sack of potatoes while wearing a tubetop and miniskirt.
** Imagine yourself in an infested Raccoon City [[ZombieApocalypse swarming with zombies]]. Now place all of the protagonists there. [[BigBad And]] [[MagnificentBastard We]][[GeniusBruiser sk]][[LightningBruiser er]]. Finally, add [[CoolMask HUNK]] into the mix. ''HUNK will solo them all.'' There's a ''reason'' his [[InSeriesNickname official]] [[RedBaron nickname]] is "Mr. Death." ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake RE2make]]'' only adds more, as nothing will stop HUNK reaching his beloved “extraction point”.
** Albert Wesker the BigBad, who’s great scheme is “'''GLOBAL SATURATION!!!'''” has become just as much a memetastic badass as fellow Capcom villain M.Bison to the fans. Wesker is so badass even against strongest characters of Capcom and Marvel comics, he’s a dreaded GameBreaker.
** When Leon Scott Kennedy fights a giant ogre monster and when its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]] is spewing out its back, what would you do? Shoot it? Not Leon! He just climbs on the thing's back and slashes it with his knife!
*** Fighting bio-organic monstrosities, silencing fanatic cults that utilize said bioweapons, and being a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} in general is all in a day's work for Leon. It's how he earns his paycheck.
*** Leon’s status as an Adonis among men is only further encouraged by the fact that not one of his female partners in the games [[ChickMagnet can resist his charms]] nor Creator/ConanOBrien. Fans wholeheartedly believe the “S” in Leon S. Kennedy doesn’t actually stand for “Scott” but for “Sexy”.
*** He’s also the only man worthy of carrying on the Redfield family legacy and possibly a son of Sparda alongside Dante and Vergil.
** Claire Redfield has become a Memetic [[ActionHeroBabysitter Badass Babysitter]] -- in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 every]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica single]] [[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration canonical]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 appearance]]'' she's ever made, she's eventually ended up in charge of someone's kid during a ZombieApocalypse (granted, the last one was 20 herself, but at that point Claire was still almost 20 years her senior). And three of the four emerged with barely a scratch between them!
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFR7tBtV4A This video]] manages to sum it up quite nicely.
** Tyrant 1-103 better known as his now canon nickname Mr X, has become this thanks to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' where he’s a snazzier dresser than Nemesis and just as relentless. Or to put it in other words “[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlbg1fDcUSA X GONNA GIVE TO YA!!!]]”.
** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' aka Lady D aka the “Whole Ass Vampire Lady”, who inspires PerverseSexualLust from the masses due being the EvilIsSexy poster girl StatuesqueStunner [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]] for the game.
** Ethan Winters has become this of late being a man who can endure all the AnatomyAgony you can imagine while massacring a family of mutated rednecks in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE7]]'' and the Resident Evil version of Film/TheAddamsFamily in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage sequel]] all to get his wife and daughter back respectively.
* M. Bison from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. So awesome and evil that he has done a lot of evil, badass stunts, only to forget them, because for him... [[ButForMeItWasTuesday it was Tuesday]]. A role model for everyone who wants to, you guessed it, TakeOverTheWorld.
** '''"[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!!!]]"'''
*** '''"[[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter YES! YES!]]"'''
*** '''"DELICIOUS!"'''
*** M. Bison, the character so powerful he KILLS [[Creator/RaulJulia THE PEOPLE PORTRAYING HIM]].
** In later games (particularly starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]'' and [[VideoGame/CapcomVs crossover titles]]), Bison has this pose where [[BadassArmFold he smugly and triumphantly crosses his arms across his chest]]. It's almost like he's saying, [[BadassBoast "That's your super? I'm M. Bison."]]
*** How badass is he? So badass that he can will his fiendish soul ''post-mortem'' and simply ''wait'' for a clone body to be produced so that he can kick your ass all over again. ''[[AsLongAsThereIsEvil You simply cannot kill him]]''. In fact, M. Bison is so badass that when ''SFIV'' was announced, he {{retcon}}ned ''[[DraggedOffToHell being sent to Hell]]'' by Akuma's [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Shun]] [[BlackScreenOfDeath Goku]] [[InformedAbility Satsu]]. His words? '''''[[Memes/StreetFighter YESH! YESH!]]'''''
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Dhalsim]] have also achieved this level of unparalled badassery. Dan's [[LethalJokeCharacter mighty school]] of Saikyo-ryuu is [[EnsembleDarkhorse beloved by]] [[UnpopularPopularCharacter fans of the genre]], and [[YouKilledMyFather confronting Sagat]] will earn you [[ManlyTears some of the manliest ocular gushes to have ever been gushed by a man.]] The latter? These words shall suffice.
-->'''Dhalsim:''' "I will meditate and then destroy you."
** Recently, it has been said that if [[VideoGame/FinalFight Cody]] would actually start ''[[LetsGetDangerous giving a shit]]'' in battle, he could solo the entire ''SF'' universe (this version of him is known as Totally Serious Cody [[FanNickname in some circles]]). Considering that he fights evenly with most of them ''already'' (keep in mind that he's a fifth-degree black belt who is a ''major'' [[CombatPragmatist pragmatist when it comes to fighting]] and ''willingly'' [[WillfullyWeak holds himself back]] by [[WithMyHandsTied continuing to wear]] [[ChainedByFashion his prison cuffs]] which he could take off ''[[SlippedTheRopes at any time]]''), this assumption doesn't seem too far off...
*** Hell, ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Oni]]'' says that Cody could be a match for him if he removed the cuffs. Akuma's OneWingedAngel form says that this CombatPragmatist could be a match against him if he didn't hold back. It's acknowledged in-universe!
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Oro]] doesn't fight with one arm because he's crippled. He fights with one arm because if he used both, [[DramaPreservingHandicap he'd KILL you]].
** Rashid a newcomer from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has gained this status to fans thanks to being the MVP of the Story Mode and his extremely badass dubstep theme song. The lyrics “RAAASSHHHHIIIIIIDOOOOO” only cement this.
** According to a disturbing number of fans, Damon Gant [[MemeticMolester can and will rape anything]]. Others prefer to think of him as a more traditional Memetic Badass. That, and his [[KubrickStare stare]] will ravage your soul. If that doesn't get you, his lightning ragge will.
** The same sort of popularity has been applied to Manfred von Karma, Edgeworth's ControlFreak mentor. Do ''not'' let him get within a foot of a taser.
** At the other end of the spectrum, a group of members from the [[http://court-records.net Court Records]] forum has elevated Klavier Gavin to the status of a rock/sex god, complete with commandments. Said commandments (numbering 55 as of this edit) include paying to see Klavier shower and losing one's virginity simply by looking at him.
*** The same forum had a crack theory thread. In less than a week, they turned Gregory and Miles Edgeworth into God and Jesus, respectively.
** More recently, there has been a push towards Luke Atmey getting this treatment. To wit, he is able to stop Manfred von Karma's soul-devouring gaze by hurling his Ace Detective badge directly into the prosecutor's face.
** Phoenix Wright. Even in his college days, he was capable to knocking out a guy with a one-handed shove. And during his lawyer days... he proceeds to defeat three of the most formidable prosecutors in the world, and he the only reason he will ever lose is [[spoiler:if he ''wants'' to lose, or is confronted with a certain memetic jerkass]]. And don't ''ever'' lie to him; if you do, '''he will find out and expose you as the liar you are'''.
*** For a good example of why Phoenix Wright is the greatest defense attorney ever, in the bonus case of the first game, he got a case in which a witness saw the defendant stab the victim, the witness tackled and restrained the defendant until the police arrived, the defendant's fingerprints were on the knife in the victim's chest and the defendant had confessed to the crime. Phoenix took the case, plead Not Guilty and WON, by proving that [[spoiler:not only had the CHIEF OF POLICE committed the murder, but he had also committed another, apparently unrelated murder two years before]].
*** Let us not forget "fell forty feet off a burning bridge into a fast-moving river in the middle of winter and came out of it with nothing but a cold."
** [[spoiler: Hobo!Phoenix.]] After he's been hit by the car, he'll walk away with only a scratch- just in time to completely [[MindRape screw]] you over, destroy your livelihood, get his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]], ''and'' he reunites families in his spare time.
** ''Investigations'''s Tyrell Badd earned the FanNickname "Detective Baddass" within days of the game's release. You know how his BadassLongcoat is riddled with holes? Yeah, those are bullet holes. And that's ''{{canon}}''. He'a also dodged Franziska von Karma's ever-annoying whip.
** The ''real'' reason for Godot's CoolMask is that he can [[EyeBeams shoot lasers from his eyes]]. Eat your heart out, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.
** Miles Edgeworth is no slouch either. Not only is he the only prosecutor to ever [[spoiler:beat Phoenix]], but he was also the guy Phoenix called in to replace him when he was incapacitated. Not only that, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth in his own game]], over the course of two days (three if you count the flashback case) Edgeworth solved 5 murders (7 counting the flashback), an arson, a kidnapping, the theft of a national treasure and DISMANTLED A CRIME SYNDICATE that had been evading police and a vigilante for 10+ years and was lead by [[spoiler:a man with diplomatic immunity]]. Do not mess with Edgeworth.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Asura is so badass that when a demigod, the size of PLANET EARTH, tries to kill him with a FingerpokeOfDoom the SIZE of a COUNTRY, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment he just yells]] [[BringIt COME ON]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome AND WINS!]] That was just the ''first boss''. What makes this especially ridiculous is that it's not exaggeration, but something that actually happens in game, making Asura an in-universe MemeticBadass!
* [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West.]] [[MemeticMutation He's covered wars, ya know.]]
** Don't forget [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Chuckie Green]], All he needs is {{duct tape|ForEverything}}... and he can create '''anything'''.
** The ''Dead Rising'' fanbase considers 8-Ball from ''2'' the most badass character in the entire series... despite the fact that he's a corpse (and not a living one either).
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'''s Dante. Badass mutha 101. Wrote the book ''My Life as a [[BadassLongcoat Badass with a Cool Jacket]]''. Invented the line "I'm too cool for stairs!"
** {{Cutscene|PowerToTheMax}}!Dante is [[strike:practically]] invincible. You can't kill him, you can't surprise him, and you can't even ''hope'' to get a brief upper-hand. Hell, he can even kill you with '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser billiard balls]]''' and defy the laws of physics at a whim.
** Vergil, Dante’s twin brother is just as a MemeticBadass to the fans, especially when he’s “'''[[{{Catchphrase}} MOTIVATED!]]'''”. Taken up to eleven in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' as Vergil [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCnkvmZnCmIjQH1EF-tJlDK5b6wICB6pNXUg&usqp=CAU in his chair]] is (as his epic theme song says) “The Storm that is Approaching”.
** Sparda the GreaterScopeParagon and father of Dante and Vergil, touted by fans as the real “Legendary Dark Knight” not that tights wearing wuss from Gotham. Sparda’s OneManArmy siege of the Underworld and defeat of Demon gods Mundus and Argosax which was of course too awesome to ever be put to screen.
** V has won the fanbase over by being a poetic badass who looks like Kylo Ren without the angst and whom can literally [[CaneFu cane demon ass]], “so it is written”.
** Nico has become this for being such a BadassDriver she can light her cigarette using a demon while flipping her van through the air. She also build a mechanical arm “for kicks” and is all about wrecking that “DEAMON ASS”.
*** Apparently, her van also counts. Able to pop out of nowhere even in the most unholy places without suffering any damage at all surely qualifies as one.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
** Which he becomes in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''... after beating [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dormammu]] with a pipe for setting his billboard on fire and ''[[http://matsu-sensei.deviantart.com/art/Haggar-Humanity-s-Hope-195587727 piledriving Galactus.]]''
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6jdnmBo-4 Yet another reason]] Sentinel should've packed up his bags and canceled his flight the moment Haggar was confirmed for ''[=MvC3=]''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9J-J30B3o Behold the glory that is]] ''WebVideo/TheBalladOfMikeHaggar''.
* Oddly enough, thanks to a certain song, [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]] has been elevated to MemeticBadass. It is completely undeserved, of course. Strangely enough, someone made a ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}''-like game with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] as a main character. The final boss is Air Man in it, and he's actually HARD.
** ''Rockman 2'' has only one difficulty (the equivalent of the hardest difficulty in ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'') -- Air Man's reputation is much more deserved in those circumstances (more so if you haven't beaten Wood Man yet).
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Pharaoh Man]] reached this status after a clip from the [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears cartoon show]] became popular, showing Mega Man [[MegaManning copying the powers]] of various Robot Masters, with them having a ThisCannotBe reaction. Then he tries it on Pharaoh Man, only for Pharaoh Man [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSJN5LgsE to just punch him in the face.]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]] has [[GratuitousNinja become this]] ever since coming to ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' as a perfect-run BonusBoss, with patterns resembling Phantom from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. [[NintendoHard There's a reason]] he's reserved for perfect players.
* There was a green-armoured RedShirt who appeared in the first stage of ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' and exploded in the game's opening. Nevertheless, the Green Biker Dude, as he became nicknamed, has gained something of a reputation.
-->"Pull a wheelie and die, GBD! For Everlasting Peace!"
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** TheDreaded Deviljho, known amongst players as simply "The Pickle" for its distinctive design. In ''World'', Deviljho [[CurbStompBattle crushes all other apex monsters like Rathalos, Diablos, and Uragaan with impunity in a Turf War]] while smaller monsters don't even get an animation; Deviljho simply picks them up in his mouth and swings them around like a terrier with a rat, and this includes ''[[AxCrazy Odogaron]]''. Only Bazelgeuse manages to not lose outright.
** The king of this trope however is the unassuming Paratoad, also from ''World'', for its ability to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu instantly zap]] ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Elder Dragons]]''.
* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield]] is so badass, he rapes 16 ton boulders and then punches them to death. He becomes a AscendedMeme in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' where Hisenberg explicitly refers to Chris’s as “that boulder punching bastard”, meaning Chris’s literal Earth shattering reputation proceeds him.
** Also [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] can survive 100-foot plunges face first, because that dying shit is for pansies. She also pushed Nemesis off a bridge like a sack of potatoes while wearing a tubetop and miniskirt.
** Imagine yourself in an infested Raccoon City [[ZombieApocalypse swarming with zombies]]. Now place all of the protagonists there. [[BigBad And]] [[MagnificentBastard We]][[GeniusBruiser sk]][[LightningBruiser er]]. Finally, add [[CoolMask HUNK]] into the mix. ''HUNK will solo them all.'' There's a ''reason'' his [[InSeriesNickname official]] [[RedBaron nickname]] is "Mr. Death." ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake RE2make]]'' only adds more, as nothing will stop HUNK reaching his beloved “extraction point”.
** Albert Wesker the BigBad, who’s great scheme is “'''GLOBAL SATURATION!!!'''” has become just as much a memetastic badass as fellow Capcom villain M.Bison to the fans. Wesker is so badass even against strongest characters of Capcom and Marvel comics, he’s a dreaded GameBreaker.
** When Leon Scott Kennedy fights a giant ogre monster and when its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]] is spewing out its back, what would you do? Shoot it? Not Leon! He just climbs on the thing's back and slashes it with his knife!
*** Fighting bio-organic monstrosities, silencing fanatic cults that utilize said bioweapons, and being a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} in general is all in a day's work for Leon. It's how he earns his paycheck.
*** Leon’s status as an Adonis among men is only further encouraged by the fact that not one of his female partners in the games [[ChickMagnet can resist his charms]] nor Creator/ConanOBrien. Fans wholeheartedly believe the “S” in Leon S. Kennedy doesn’t actually stand for “Scott” but for “Sexy”.
*** He’s also the only man worthy of carrying on the Redfield family legacy and possibly a son of Sparda alongside Dante and Vergil.
** Claire Redfield has become a Memetic [[ActionHeroBabysitter Badass Babysitter]] -- in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 every]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica single]] [[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration canonical]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 appearance]]'' she's ever made, she's eventually ended up in charge of someone's kid during a ZombieApocalypse (granted, the last one was 20 herself, but at that point Claire was still almost 20 years her senior). And three of the four emerged with barely a scratch between them!
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFR7tBtV4A This video]] manages to sum it up quite nicely.
** Tyrant 1-103 better known as his now canon nickname Mr X, has become this thanks to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' where he’s a snazzier dresser than Nemesis and just as relentless. Or to put it in other words “[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlbg1fDcUSA X GONNA GIVE TO YA!!!]]”.
** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' aka Lady D aka the “Whole Ass Vampire Lady”, who inspires PerverseSexualLust from the masses due being the EvilIsSexy poster girl StatuesqueStunner [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]] for the game.
** Ethan Winters has become this of late being a man who can endure all the AnatomyAgony you can imagine while massacring a family of mutated rednecks in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE7]]'' and the Resident Evil version of Film/TheAddamsFamily in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage sequel]] all to get his wife and daughter back respectively.
* M. Bison from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. So awesome and evil that he has done a lot of evil, badass stunts, only to forget them, because for him... [[ButForMeItWasTuesday it was Tuesday]]. A role model for everyone who wants to, you guessed it, TakeOverTheWorld.
** '''"[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!!!]]"'''
*** '''"[[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter YES! YES!]]"'''
*** '''"DELICIOUS!"'''
*** M. Bison, the character so powerful he KILLS [[Creator/RaulJulia THE PEOPLE PORTRAYING HIM]].
** In later games (particularly starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]'' and [[VideoGame/CapcomVs crossover titles]]), Bison has this pose where [[BadassArmFold he smugly and triumphantly crosses his arms across his chest]]. It's almost like he's saying, [[BadassBoast "That's your super? I'm M. Bison."]]
*** How badass is he? So badass that he can will his fiendish soul ''post-mortem'' and simply ''wait'' for a clone body to be produced so that he can kick your ass all over again. ''[[AsLongAsThereIsEvil You simply cannot kill him]]''. In fact, M. Bison is so badass that when ''SFIV'' was announced, he {{retcon}}ned ''[[DraggedOffToHell being sent to Hell]]'' by Akuma's [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Shun]] [[BlackScreenOfDeath Goku]] [[InformedAbility Satsu]]. His words? '''''[[Memes/StreetFighter YESH! YESH!]]'''''
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Dhalsim]] have also achieved this level of unparalled badassery. Dan's [[LethalJokeCharacter mighty school]] of Saikyo-ryuu is [[EnsembleDarkhorse beloved by]] [[UnpopularPopularCharacter fans of the genre]], and [[YouKilledMyFather confronting Sagat]] will earn you [[ManlyTears some of the manliest ocular gushes to have ever been gushed by a man.]] The latter? These words shall suffice.
-->'''Dhalsim:''' "I will meditate and then destroy you."
** Recently, it has been said that if [[VideoGame/FinalFight Cody]] would actually start ''[[LetsGetDangerous giving a shit]]'' in battle, he could solo the entire ''SF'' universe (this version of him is known as Totally Serious Cody [[FanNickname in some circles]]). Considering that he fights evenly with most of them ''already'' (keep in mind that he's a fifth-degree black belt who is a ''major'' [[CombatPragmatist pragmatist when it comes to fighting]] and ''willingly'' [[WillfullyWeak holds himself back]] by [[WithMyHandsTied continuing to wear]] [[ChainedByFashion his prison cuffs]] which he could take off ''[[SlippedTheRopes at any time]]''), this assumption doesn't seem too far off...
*** Hell, ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Oni]]'' says that Cody could be a match for him if he removed the cuffs. Akuma's OneWingedAngel form says that this CombatPragmatist could be a match against him if he didn't hold back. It's acknowledged in-universe!
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Oro]] doesn't fight with one arm because he's crippled. He fights with one arm because if he used both, [[DramaPreservingHandicap he'd KILL you]].
** Rashid a newcomer from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has gained this status to fans thanks to being the MVP of the Story Mode and his extremely badass dubstep theme song. The lyrics “RAAASSHHHHIIIIIIDOOOOO” only cement this.
