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*** ''Wing'' uses an unorthodox rank structure based more around courtly titles than military rank. [[TheChessmaster Treize]] is actually comparable to a Major General; [[SergeantRock Lady Une]] is a Colonel, as is [[TheRival Zechs]] [[CharClone Merquise]] after he earns his two-rank promotion for his actions in Operation Nova, OZ's coup d'état to overthrow [[TheFederation the Earth Sphere Alliance]].
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*** ''Wing'' uses an unorthodox rank structure based more around courtly titles than military rank. [[TheChessmaster Treize]] is actually comparable to a Major General; [[SergeantRock Lady Une]] is a Colonel, as is [[TheRival Zechs]] [[CharClone Merquise]] Zechs Merquise after he earns his two-rank promotion for his actions in Operation Nova, OZ's coup d'état to overthrow [[TheFederation the Earth Sphere Alliance]].
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** It's highly implied that Smoker's been offered promotions before, but turned them down. Either that or the higher ups considered him too much of a loose cannon to risk on the Grand Line. Then Smoker met Luffy and started to chase after him INTO the Grand Line. [[spoiler:Post-TimeSkip, Smoker is now a Vice-Admiral, the third highest rank of the entire organization, and is still chasing after Luffy, this time in the New World, the second half of the Grand Line and the most dangerous sea in the world.]]
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** It's highly implied that Smoker's been offered promotions before, but turned them down. Either that or the higher ups considered him too much of a loose cannon to risk on the Grand Line. Then Smoker met Luffy and started to chase after him INTO the Grand Line. [[spoiler:Post-TimeSkip, Smoker is now a Vice-Admiral, the third highest rank of the entire organization, and is still chasing after Luffy, this time in the New World, the second half of the Grand Line and the most dangerous sea in the world.]]
* Over time, Tanya von Degurachaff of ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' gets promoted to Lt. Colonel. Being that she signed up when she was [[ChildSoldiers nine years old]], Tanya has spent nearly half her life in the army, and has the skills to match. She has, for good reason, accrued many RedBaron titles, such as The Devil of Rhine, White Silver, and Mad Dog of General Staff. The standard response other nations have to recognizing her mana signature is to [[OhCrap panic.]]
* Over time, Tanya von Degurachaff of ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' gets promoted to Lt. Colonel. Being that she signed up when she was [[ChildSoldiers nine years old]], Tanya has spent nearly half her life in the army, and has the skills to match. She has, for good reason, accrued many RedBaron titles, such as The Devil of Rhine, White Silver, and Mad Dog of General Staff. The standard response other nations have to recognizing her mana signature is to [[OhCrap panic.]]
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* Col. Roy Mustang from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', as seen on the page image above. He BURNS HIS OWN WOUNDS SHUT and by the end of the series, he manages to personally take down [[spoiler:two of the seven Homunculi]], which is REALLY impressive in that universe. He also plays several of the defining bits of the trope incredibly straight - he's only thirty years old, rose through the ranks incredibly fast (partly due to being a State Alchemist, which automatically starts you off at the rank of Major), he's extremely high-minded and has tremendous ideals for the country, and he will throw himself into danger in a heartbeat rather than risk losing one of his comrades, particularly [[AFatherToHisMen his five dearest and most loyal subordinates]].
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* Col. Roy Mustang from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', as seen on ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. There's a reason why he's the page image above.image. He BURNS HIS OWN WOUNDS SHUT and by the end of the series, he manages to personally take down [[spoiler:two of the seven Homunculi]], which is REALLY impressive in that universe. He also plays several of the defining bits of the trope incredibly straight - he's only thirty years old, rose through the ranks incredibly fast (partly due to being a State Alchemist, which automatically starts you off at the rank of Major), he's extremely high-minded and has tremendous ideals for the country, and he will throw himself into danger in a heartbeat rather than risk losing one of his comrades, particularly [[AFatherToHisMen his five dearest and most loyal subordinates]].
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* Col. Roy Mustang from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', as seen on the page image above. He BURNS HIS OWN WOUNDS SHUT and by the end of the series, he manages to personally take down [[spoiler:two of the seven Homunculi]], which is REALLY impressive in that universe. He also plays several of the defining bits of the trope incredibly straight - he's only thirty years old, rose through the ranks incredibly fast (partly due to being a State Alchemist, which automatically starts you off at the rank of Major), he's extremely high-minded and has tremendous ideals for the country, and he will throw himself into danger in a heartbeat rather than risk losing one of his comrades, particularly [[AFatherToHisMen his five dearest and most loyal subordinates]].
** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', he even beats the [[spoiler:[[PuttingOnTheReich Führer]], another example of him taking down a Homunculus]].
** Credit must also be given to his best friend, Lt. Col. Maes Hughes, who, [[BadassNormal despite not being an alchemist]], is an [[GreatDetective investigative genius]] who also knows how to kick ass with throwing knives. He even gets ''double promoted'' to [[TheBrigadier Brigadier General]] for [[spoiler:dying in the line of duty, though that ''was'' in part to cover up the conspiracy]].
** Basque Grand. He's AFatherToHisMen who leads from the front, transmutes entire buildings into weapons while delivering [[LargeHam hamtastic lines]], accepts the surrender of Ishval's high clerics and shoots Brigadier Fiessler (an ''actual'' GeneralRipper) when the latter orders the troops to kill the cleric and continue the genocide. Also has one of the best mustaches known to man.
*** What makes it more impressive is that he had been firmly entrenched in the minds of the fans as a GeneralRipper by the 2003 anime's portrayal.
** While Major Armstrong is never promoted due to his compassion for the enemy, in the 2003 anime version he eventually gets promoted to Lt. Col.
** Also in the 2003 anime, Lt. Col. Frank Archer thinks he's one of these; whether he counts is really up to the viewer. While he is quite cool and collected under fire, he's also a sociopathic SmugSnake and GeneralRipper.
* Standartenführer Rudol von Stroheim from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', after [[spoiler: he was resurrected from the dead and brought back to life as a [[WeCanRebuildHim cyborg]].]] While initially introduced as callous and cruel, he reveals a powerful sense of bravery when the going gets tough, even going as far as [[spoiler: cutting off his leg and blowing himself up with a grenade in order to bring Santana out to the light]]. His new [[spoiler: body]] lets him stand against the Pillar Man, Kars, and he even pulls a BigDamnHeroes near the end of the arc. His nationalism and military strength show for the rest of his life [[spoiler: before finally falling in 1943 at the battle of Stalingrad]].
* Lt.Col. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Hayate Yagami]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. This is in sharp contrast, for example, to the local GeneralRipper who fails to qualify even as a BadassNormal and the three [[TheBrigadier Admirals]] who only appear on TV screens. Possibly the only Colonel MagicalGirl ever.
** To make the point clear: the few times she takes the field and uses her powers, everyone on her side is told to evacuate and get the hell out of there. Even Nanoha gets out of the way.
* Col. Richard Burton in ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' single-handedly prevented a worldwide supernatural catastrophe despite having no supernatural powers himself.
* Col. Sanders is the preferred nickname of one of the most powerful fighters in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' that we've seen so far.
** That's ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks Ku:Nel]]'' Sanders thank you.
* Great General of Darkness/Ankoku Daishogun from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', TheDragon of the Emperor of Darkness and commander of the seven armies of the Mykene Empire. He wields a BFS, sports a BadassCape and a ManlyFacialHair, and he can kick the butt of nearly any HumongousMecha invented by Creator/GoNagai. He led the army of Mykene Empire, personally or delegating on his generals, and he was AFatherToHisMen considered unforgivable default intelligence costed the lives of his troops. He fought Great Mazinger because he knew he could win, slicing it with his blade mercilessly as he laughed its attacks off. And he fought ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' quite evenly.
* Col. Shikishima from ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' has several traits of a GeneralRipper but remains a BadassNormal to the very end.
* The commander of the Umibozu, a Navy special forces team that goes up against Section Nine at the end of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s first season, is addressed as ''Taisa'': Colonel, though since he's Navy, his rank proper would be Captain. (In Japan, the same word is used to refer to both Colonel (Army) and Captain (Navy).
* Col. Dewey Novak is not only the BigBad of ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' but he also pulls off a fully functional [[spoiler:MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning scheme triggered by ''shooting himself in the head'']]. What's more badass than that?
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'': Oscar de Jarjeyes holds the rank of colonel as commander of the Royal Guards.
* Franchise/{{Gundam}} saga has a few:
** Col. Sergei Smirnov from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', a BadassNormal AcePilot. He is able to, despite having woefully inferior equipment, nearly bag two Gundams in a single battle through sheer cunning and guile the like of which makes CB's own resident strategic genius honestly afraid. The show also contains Colonel Kati Mannequin, who is more TheStrategist than a bloodletter, but has gone into battle alongside the troops, directly in harms way, and her strategies have scored her several Moments Of Awesome, the capstone of which was [[spoiler:her epic screwjob on the ALAWS in Episode 22]].
** A captain (from the navy, whose ranks Zeon uses for all branches of military service, which is equivalent to a colonel), Norris Packard of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' definitely counts. He takes on three Gundams, all piloted by the main characters, and three Guntanks, at the same time, alone, in an inferior machine, and wins. And on top of all that he finds time to be a father figure to one of the main characters.
*** Inferior mech? This is no Zaku boy, ''No Zaku!''
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' all notable officers in OZ save Noin are colonels, Treize in particular seems aware of this, maintaining the rank of colonel even after conquering the Earth [[spoiler:twice]].
*** ''Wing'' uses an unorthodox rank structure based more around courtly titles than military rank. [[TheChessmaster Treize]] is actually comparable to a Major General; [[SergeantRock Lady Une]] is a Colonel, as is [[TheRival Zechs]] [[CharClone Merquise]] after he earns his two-rank promotion for his actions in Operation Nova, OZ's coup d'état to overthrow [[TheFederation the Earth Sphere Alliance]].
** Naturally, most of these guys all have the ColonelBadass-in name Ramba Ral to thank for all of this. Only a lieutenant, he was still awesome and has often been paired with Norris as a dynamic duo of doom.
* Col. [[spoiler:Paya]] Livingston from ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan''. Boy, is he badass.
* The Colonel, head of God's Army, in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. His weapon of choice is a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, controlled with PsychicPowers. He manages to be a threat to Kenshiro ''without'' some form of superpowerful martial arts.
* Col. Todou of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. He's one of the higher-ranked members of the Japanese Liberation Front, ''and'' leader of their most elite squad, the Four Heavenly Swords. Later, he joins the Black Knights and becomes Zero's third-in-command.
** Also Todou is (based on ratings made by C.C, so take them with salt) the highest rated Black Knight, and second only to the [[AcePilot Ace Pilots]] of the series in his combat abilities.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** Well, not ColonelBadass but more Major Badass, Major Misato Katsuragi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIvjQxqrm0#t=5m20s Especially]] in ''End of Evangelion''.
** She's referred to as Lt. Col. Katsuragi in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', however. So this trope qualifies.
*** This particular differentiation between Major and Lieutenant Colonel is significant in the [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild]] continuity. Unlike the Misato in the original series, [[spoiler:who is only ranked as a major and is therefore frequently excluded from the confidential intel available to the highest personnel (Gendo, Ritsuko, and Fuyutsuki),]] the Rebuild Misato is [[spoiler:considerably more informed due to her higher rank.]] As opposed to how series!Misato [[spoiler:searches futilely for answers and only later is revealed the truth about Lilith along with Shinji,]] the Rebuild makes this change in order to allow Misato herself to [[spoiler:try to convince Shinji to pilot the Eva by showing him the top-secret Lilith]].
* ''Manga/MaidenRose'': Taki's high rank combined with his general military badassness puts him squarely in this trope.
* Captain Smoker from ''Manga/OnePiece''. He is stationed at some crappy station outside the grand line and considering his [[ElementalShapeshifter logia]] [[SuperSmoke power]] he is ranked to low in the marines. He also cares deeply for Tashgi and his marine subordinates. Furthermore [[SmokingIsCool he smokes and uses the smoke power]].
** It's highly implied that Smoker's been offered promotions before, but turned them down. Either that or the higher ups considered him too much of a loose cannon to risk on the Grand Line. Then Smoker met Luffy and started to chase after him INTO the Grand Line. [[spoiler:Post-TimeSkip, Smoker is now a Vice-Admiral, the third highest rank of the entire organization, and is still chasing after Luffy, this time in the New World, the second half of the Grand Line and the most dangerous sea in the world.]]
** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', he even beats the [[spoiler:[[PuttingOnTheReich Führer]], another example of him taking down a Homunculus]].
** Credit must also be given to his best friend, Lt. Col. Maes Hughes, who, [[BadassNormal despite not being an alchemist]], is an [[GreatDetective investigative genius]] who also knows how to kick ass with throwing knives. He even gets ''double promoted'' to [[TheBrigadier Brigadier General]] for [[spoiler:dying in the line of duty, though that ''was'' in part to cover up the conspiracy]].
** Basque Grand. He's AFatherToHisMen who leads from the front, transmutes entire buildings into weapons while delivering [[LargeHam hamtastic lines]], accepts the surrender of Ishval's high clerics and shoots Brigadier Fiessler (an ''actual'' GeneralRipper) when the latter orders the troops to kill the cleric and continue the genocide. Also has one of the best mustaches known to man.
*** What makes it more impressive is that he had been firmly entrenched in the minds of the fans as a GeneralRipper by the 2003 anime's portrayal.
** While Major Armstrong is never promoted due to his compassion for the enemy, in the 2003 anime version he eventually gets promoted to Lt. Col.
** Also in the 2003 anime, Lt. Col. Frank Archer thinks he's one of these; whether he counts is really up to the viewer. While he is quite cool and collected under fire, he's also a sociopathic SmugSnake and GeneralRipper.
* Standartenführer Rudol von Stroheim from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', after [[spoiler: he was resurrected from the dead and brought back to life as a [[WeCanRebuildHim cyborg]].]] While initially introduced as callous and cruel, he reveals a powerful sense of bravery when the going gets tough, even going as far as [[spoiler: cutting off his leg and blowing himself up with a grenade in order to bring Santana out to the light]]. His new [[spoiler: body]] lets him stand against the Pillar Man, Kars, and he even pulls a BigDamnHeroes near the end of the arc. His nationalism and military strength show for the rest of his life [[spoiler: before finally falling in 1943 at the battle of Stalingrad]].
* Lt.Col. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Hayate Yagami]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. This is in sharp contrast, for example, to the local GeneralRipper who fails to qualify even as a BadassNormal and the three [[TheBrigadier Admirals]] who only appear on TV screens. Possibly the only Colonel MagicalGirl ever.
** To make the point clear: the few times she takes the field and uses her powers, everyone on her side is told to evacuate and get the hell out of there. Even Nanoha gets out of the way.
* Col. Richard Burton in ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' single-handedly prevented a worldwide supernatural catastrophe despite having no supernatural powers himself.
* Col. Sanders is the preferred nickname of one of the most powerful fighters in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' that we've seen so far.
** That's ''[[WritingAroundTrademarks Ku:Nel]]'' Sanders thank you.
* Great General of Darkness/Ankoku Daishogun from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', TheDragon of the Emperor of Darkness and commander of the seven armies of the Mykene Empire. He wields a BFS, sports a BadassCape and a ManlyFacialHair, and he can kick the butt of nearly any HumongousMecha invented by Creator/GoNagai. He led the army of Mykene Empire, personally or delegating on his generals, and he was AFatherToHisMen considered unforgivable default intelligence costed the lives of his troops. He fought Great Mazinger because he knew he could win, slicing it with his blade mercilessly as he laughed its attacks off. And he fought ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' quite evenly.
* Col. Shikishima from ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' has several traits of a GeneralRipper but remains a BadassNormal to the very end.
* The commander of the Umibozu, a Navy special forces team that goes up against Section Nine at the end of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s first season, is addressed as ''Taisa'': Colonel, though since he's Navy, his rank proper would be Captain. (In Japan, the same word is used to refer to both Colonel (Army) and Captain (Navy).
* Col. Dewey Novak is not only the BigBad of ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' but he also pulls off a fully functional [[spoiler:MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning scheme triggered by ''shooting himself in the head'']]. What's more badass than that?
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'': Oscar de Jarjeyes holds the rank of colonel as commander of the Royal Guards.
* Franchise/{{Gundam}} saga has a few:
** Col. Sergei Smirnov from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', a BadassNormal AcePilot. He is able to, despite having woefully inferior equipment, nearly bag two Gundams in a single battle through sheer cunning and guile the like of which makes CB's own resident strategic genius honestly afraid. The show also contains Colonel Kati Mannequin, who is more TheStrategist than a bloodletter, but has gone into battle alongside the troops, directly in harms way, and her strategies have scored her several Moments Of Awesome, the capstone of which was [[spoiler:her epic screwjob on the ALAWS in Episode 22]].
** A captain (from the navy, whose ranks Zeon uses for all branches of military service, which is equivalent to a colonel), Norris Packard of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' definitely counts. He takes on three Gundams, all piloted by the main characters, and three Guntanks, at the same time, alone, in an inferior machine, and wins. And on top of all that he finds time to be a father figure to one of the main characters.
*** Inferior mech? This is no Zaku boy, ''No Zaku!''
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' all notable officers in OZ save Noin are colonels, Treize in particular seems aware of this, maintaining the rank of colonel even after conquering the Earth [[spoiler:twice]].
*** ''Wing'' uses an unorthodox rank structure based more around courtly titles than military rank. [[TheChessmaster Treize]] is actually comparable to a Major General; [[SergeantRock Lady Une]] is a Colonel, as is [[TheRival Zechs]] [[CharClone Merquise]] after he earns his two-rank promotion for his actions in Operation Nova, OZ's coup d'état to overthrow [[TheFederation the Earth Sphere Alliance]].
** Naturally, most of these guys all have the ColonelBadass-in name Ramba Ral to thank for all of this. Only a lieutenant, he was still awesome and has often been paired with Norris as a dynamic duo of doom.
* Col. [[spoiler:Paya]] Livingston from ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan''. Boy, is he badass.
* The Colonel, head of God's Army, in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. His weapon of choice is a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, controlled with PsychicPowers. He manages to be a threat to Kenshiro ''without'' some form of superpowerful martial arts.
* Col. Todou of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. He's one of the higher-ranked members of the Japanese Liberation Front, ''and'' leader of their most elite squad, the Four Heavenly Swords. Later, he joins the Black Knights and becomes Zero's third-in-command.
** Also Todou is (based on ratings made by C.C, so take them with salt) the highest rated Black Knight, and second only to the [[AcePilot Ace Pilots]] of the series in his combat abilities.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** Well, not ColonelBadass but more Major Badass, Major Misato Katsuragi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIvjQxqrm0#t=5m20s Especially]] in ''End of Evangelion''.
** She's referred to as Lt. Col. Katsuragi in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', however. So this trope qualifies.
*** This particular differentiation between Major and Lieutenant Colonel is significant in the [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild]] continuity. Unlike the Misato in the original series, [[spoiler:who is only ranked as a major and is therefore frequently excluded from the confidential intel available to the highest personnel (Gendo, Ritsuko, and Fuyutsuki),]] the Rebuild Misato is [[spoiler:considerably more informed due to her higher rank.]] As opposed to how series!Misato [[spoiler:searches futilely for answers and only later is revealed the truth about Lilith along with Shinji,]] the Rebuild makes this change in order to allow Misato herself to [[spoiler:try to convince Shinji to pilot the Eva by showing him the top-secret Lilith]].
* ''Manga/MaidenRose'': Taki's high rank combined with his general military badassness puts him squarely in this trope.
* Captain Smoker from ''Manga/OnePiece''. He is stationed at some crappy station outside the grand line and considering his [[ElementalShapeshifter logia]] [[SuperSmoke power]] he is ranked to low in the marines. He also cares deeply for Tashgi and his marine subordinates. Furthermore [[SmokingIsCool he smokes and uses the smoke power]].
** It's highly implied that Smoker's been offered promotions before, but turned them down. Either that or the higher ups considered him too much of a loose cannon to risk on the Grand Line. Then Smoker met Luffy and started to chase after him INTO the Grand Line. [[spoiler:Post-TimeSkip, Smoker is now a Vice-Admiral, the third highest rank of the entire organization, and is still chasing after Luffy, this time in the New World, the second half of the Grand Line and the most dangerous sea in the world.]]
