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[[File:dark-tower-gunslinger_7824.jpg|link=The Dark Tower|frame|Be it an [[Scenery Gorn|endless desert]], a [[Town with a Dark Secret]] or a mountain filled with [[Body Horror|mutants]], wherever the Man In Black goes, [[The Gunslinger]] ''[[Determinator|will]]'' follow]]
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]es in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* Druss the Legend from David Gemmell's ''Drenai Series''. With no training he kills six well armed veterans with a wood axe. Later he attacks a camp of forty raiders single-handedly and wins. Throughout his life he goes through many such badass actions: Fighting a boxing champion to a standstill at the age of 17, ending sieges through single-combat with enemy champions, fighting hundreds of battles and campaigns, literately been to hell and back twice. But the greatest moment of Badassery is his death. 60 years old, poisoned and heavily wounded he holds the gates of Dros Denloch for a while against a horde of enemies, taking over thirty with before he finally falls.
* Sent up in Terry Pratchett's ''[[
** Speaking of His Grace, the Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (who was his teacher's blackboard monitor): in ''[[
*** In ''[[
*** All of ''[[
*** ''Or'' Vimes' psyche in ''[[
** [[Badass Grandpa|Genghiz Cohen]]. Cohen the Barbarian. A very, very old barbarian. Think about how one manages to become a very old barbarian when you're a [[Barbarian Hero]] 24/7.
*** ''[[
** The town of Bad Ass, on the other hand, is anything but. (It's named after a donkey with a nasty attitude, not the awesome exploits of its people.)
*** It's Granny Weatherwax's hometown, what do you mean she's not Badass?
**** Granny Weatherwax could give lessons in being Badass. After a few months of living with her, a ''kitten'' took down Nanny Ogg's [[Cats Are Mean|lecherous cat]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Greebo]], a serious Badass in his own right.
**** How much of a Badass is Greebo, you ask? He doesn't just molest female cats (although a lot of it may be consensual), he goes after wolves and at least one she-bear. He's also killed at least two vampires
**** Nanny Ogg's reaction to Greebo being taken down by a kitten?
{{quote|'''Nanny Ogg:''' He brought in half a wolf last week!}}
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*** Plus the fact that Lùthien beat Morgoth by ''singing''.
** An honorable mention goes to Bullroarer Took, an ancestor of Bilbo Baggins who was able to ride a warhorse (he was a hobbit, who're normally half the size of the average human). He won a battle against an army of goblins by decapitating their chief Golfimbul. With a ''[[Drop the Hammer|club]]''. And invented the game of golf at the same time when it landed in a rabbit warren.
** Denethor from the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' also qualifies strongly, despite of his breakdown at the end. Consider - whereas Saruman was quickly corrupted by the use of Palantír to spy Sauron's activities, Denethor stood strong, never sparing slightest thought of turning on his ideals. Thus Sauron had to take alternate strategy, and destroy his hopes, instead. Also, he strongly implies that if everything is lost, and Minas Tirith falls, Sauron will come personally to mock him...and then he'll open his personal can of whoopass over him. This is before Boromir falls, which is the final straw of his breakdown from badassery.
*** Denethor, at an age when most men would be supping bread and milk by the fire, has for years gone to bed every night in armour and with his sword on, just so he doesn't go soft through being too comfortable.
** Sam Gamgee manages to beat a freakin' ''demi-goddess spider'' by himself then has the psychic moxie to not only refuse the Ring's temptation but '''''laugh at it'''''!
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** Eponine Thenardier also gets a mention here for facing down a group of armed thieves and succeeding in scaring them off from the Rue Plumet.
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