History Main / BadassGrandpa

*** After capturing Goliath and [[{{ptitle0z548336167v}} calling him out]] on the destruction of his last airship, he responds to Goliath's denials with "You sound like every whiny employee I ever fired."

** [[{{ptitleffkod5myo2xc}} "Listen, sunny Jim. Sleeping like this will add ten years to your life. I learned it from Keith Richards when I toured with the Stones. This may be the reason why Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons."]]

* In ''Magic: The Gathering'', several characters are Badass Grandpas :
** Nicol Bolas, the oldest known planeswalker, in a 25,000 year-old dragon (and actually one of the [[BigBad Bid Bad]] of the storyline). He [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't exactly ''look'' like he's that old]], but he does get some aging problems after the Mending in ''Shards of Alara'', which bothers him a lot as he [[AGodAmI usually thinks he's a god]].
** More grandpa-like is Barrin, Master Wizard, in ''Urza's Saga'' and the following sets of the ''Weatherlight'' Saga. Thanks to [[FountainOfYouth some slow-time water]], he actually looks younger and stronger, and, one might say, [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave sexier with age]], so that in the end he doesn't look a grandpa any more.

* ''{{In Nomine}}'' by Steve Jackson Games, meanwhile, has [[ArchangelMichael Michael, the Archangel of War]], who is the second oldest created being in the universe and still able to kick the butt of anyone who gets in his way. With a battleaxe.

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[[caption-width:360:For God's Sake, get off his lawn.]]

->''"You're naive. So naive that it makes me dizzy. Have you forgotten that I have led the [[BadassArmy Gotei 13]] for a thousand years? [[BadassBoast For a thousand years]], [[KlingonPromotion there has been no shinigami]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority stronger than me.]]''
-->-- '''Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto''', ''{{Bleach}}''

->''"Rule One: Never act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man!"''
-->-- '''Lu Tze''', ''Discworld/{{Thief Of Time}}''

->''"Let me show you how we brought the pain in MY day!"''
-->-- '''Jetfire''', ''[[{{TransformersFilmSeries}} Revenge of the Fallen]]''

*** Though to be fair, he kind of runs with an idiot ball bigger than his own pompous ego. [[spoiler: His plan to get stabbed by Aizen and then grab his arm and incinerate everybody there was more than a little bit retarded. This troper wonders why Old Man Yama didn't just stab Aizen in the face or something. And his little speech about the pursuit of justice. He ignored Kyoraku and Ukitake's reasoned arguments like a troll on 4chan.]]
**** Although, Aizen's special power [[spoiler: which as Gin says, is total hypnosis if you've seen it released (and Yamamoto has). The only way to counter it is to have contact with the sword, either through holding it or being stabbed by it, as by extension, you would have the real Aizen. Which makes his gambit more of a [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]] of the Gotei 13 to stop evil.]]

* ''{{In Nomine}}'' by Steve Jackson Games, meanwhile, has Michael, the Archangel of War, who is the second oldest created being in the universe and still able to kick the butt of anyone who gets in his way. With a battleaxe.

* ''{{In Nomine}}'' by Steve Jackson meanwhile, has Michael, the Archangel of War, who is the second oldest created being in the universe and still able to kick the butt of anyone who gets in his way. With a battleaxe.

** And recently, [[spoiler: he swam across the Calm Belt. A strip of ocean filled with giant sea creatures that even the most hardened Marines & Pirates avoid]]

* GeorgeCarlin, truly a [[strike:BadassGrandpa]] [=BadassOldfuck=].

**** Although, Aizen's special power [[spoiler: which as Gin says, is total hypnosis if you've seen it released (and Yamamoto has). The only way to counter it is to have contact with the sword, either through holding it or being stabbed by it, as by extension, you would have the real Aizen. Which makes his gambit more of a HeroicSacrifice of the Gotei 13 to stop evil.]]

**** Although, Aizen's special power [[spoiler: which as Gin says, is total hypnosis if you've seen it released (and Yamamoto has). The only way to counter it is to have contact with the sword, either through holding it or being stabbed by it, as by extension, you would have the real Aizen. Which makes his gambit more of a Heroic Sacrifice of the Gotei 13 to stop evil.]]

** No love for Nondi Steiner? She is 86, General of The Army of the Steiner side, and still deadly (although ''WeKnowBetter'').

* How about dear old [[TheDragon Conrad Marburg]], PsychoForHire, veteran of dozens of field operations, and still prefers to punch you to death.

* Professor Oak is still a pretty good fighter, even though he actually ''is'' a grandfather in ''PokemonSpecial''. Agatha is the same age, and is a member of the Elite Four. Wattson and Pryce also probably count. Bertha will probably be added to the list once she makes an appearance.

* Rafiki the Mandrill in ''{{The Lion King}}''

* Dr. Loomis in the original ''Halloween'' series

* Claude Frollo of Disney's ''{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}''. Although he mostly makes his soldiers do all the work, he's quite capable of going after anyone himself. He's almost as physically strong as Quasimodo.

* Keith Richards. It's been over forty years since the Stones formed up; after all the drugs, sex, trials and blood transfusions, Keef Riffhard can still kick your ass.

* Actors: HarrisonFord, JackieChan, Willem Defoe, and Chow Yun Fat are HOW OLD and STILL do almost all their own stunts?

* Lemmy Kilmister. He has taken more drugs than you or I have cells in our body, he's been in Motorhead since the beginning and he still owns every stage he walks on.

[[caption-width:360:Question his authority? If you are lucky, you might be punched across few city blocks. If you are not, he will fire your ass. ''[[PlayingWithFire Literally.]]'']]