Badass Longcoat: Difference between revisions

* John Constantine from ''[[Hellblazer]]''. It's a wrinkled, beat-up looking khaki trenchcoat. It's still badass.

** Lampshaded in ''[[The Books of Magic]]'' where a meeting of mystical characters (Constantine, Dr. Occult, Phantom Stranger, & Mr. E) are all wearing trenches. (The Phantom Stranger wears a [[Cool Cape|cape]] and suit combination, but he's still included in the group.)

'''The Stranger:''' I ''heard'' that, John Constantine. }}

* The titular character of ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'' steals one from a store after {{spoiler|being sent to Hell.}}

* Flint Henry's reincarnation of ''Grimjack'' has John Gaunt aka Jim Twilly make his entrance in a dark purple greatcoat with gold embroidery. The coat is later shown to hold about 50 lbs. of guns and edged weapons when he is busted by robot cops.

* All of ''[[The Boys]]'' wear long black coats. In addition contrasting with the [[Badass Cape|Badass Capes]] the [[Smug Super|Smug Supers]] wear, it also helps them identify fellow team members during intense brawls.

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' - [[Misaimed Fandom]] aside, Rorschach looks awesome in his trenchcoat--even the backup one, with the stains. It also serves as a nice contrast with the [[Badass Cape|capes]] his fellow superheroes wear. Then again, he is an [[Expy]] of [[The Question]].

* Gambit of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] fame is seldom seen without his brown longcoat.

* ''[[The Shadow (film)|The Shadow]]'': His long black greatcoat is so badass it deflects bullets.

* [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'':

* Played with by Blondie in ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''. He wears a badass longcoat (in the form of a Confederate Army greatcoat) for most of the film, until he gives his coat to a dying soldier. Rather than disturb the corpse, he [[Memetic Outfit|picks up a poncho]], which had become part of the Man With No Name's trademark outfit by that film.

* Snake Eyes briefly gets a black badass longcoat for ''one scene'' in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]''. This being [[Merchandise-Driven|G.I. Joe]], it's included in an [http://www.theterrordrome.com/forums/download/file.php?id=4715&mode=view action figure], too.

* ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]''. In one of the first scenes of the narrative, a pair of Great Coat-wearing badasses (with the added conceit of tricorner hats) lay waste to a group of soldiers harassing an old man and his daughter in the pouring rain.

* Lampshaded in ''Straight To Hell''.

* The Octopus in ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]''. In the denouement, he's wearing a badass long ''fur'' coat. Why? Cause he's [[Samuel L. Jackson]]!

* ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' The Dude's bathrobe fits this trope in a weird kind of way. As the movie is a parody of film-noir detective stories, that's probably supposed to resemble a gumshoe's traditional trenchcoat.

* [[Enigmatic Minion|Sabbath]], from the ''[[Doctor Who]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', wears a loose, grey, military-style overcoat, like Napoleon wears (which is rather amusing considering the fact he's [[Napoleon Complex|described as not particularly tall]] at first, although he [[Depending on the Writer|suddenly becomes very tall]] in later novels). It's ironic, because he thinks the military is absurd. (Since he was choosing his clothes to convey anti-authoritarian irony back in the 18th century, that might just make him the first hipster.) Not everyone is impressed; Anji considers it "stupid" and "embarrassing" and guesses that, like his name, he "thinks it's cool". He occasionally pulls various weapons out of it.

* The coat quixotic Ariane wears in Greer Gilman's novel ''[[Moonwise]]'' is described thus:

 

 

** Scully especially, as it helped [[Hide Your Pregnancy|hide Gillian Anderson's pregnancy.]]

* Holmes, or should I say [[Sherlock]], in the new TV series (set in the 21st century). The dark blue tweed Belstaff, classically cut, has the sort of swirling tails one needs.

'''John:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|You being all mysterious with your... cheekbones and turning your coat collar up so you look cool]].<br />

'''Sherlock:''' I don't do that.<br />