History Main / StrokeTheBeard

* As shown above, [[OldMaster Gouken]] does this in his introduction pose in ''StreetFighter IV''.

-->--[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Commander Data]] while trying on a fake beard.

* Tenzin from SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is prone to doing this. This would make his Uncle [[AvatarTheLastAirBender Sokka]] ''so'' proud of him.

This is the need for either [[OldMaster Old Masters]] or WickedCultured villains to stroke their [[BadAssBeard Bad Ass Beards]][=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]] as a compulsion. [[DastardlyWhiplash Evil types]] usually do this while preparing their {{Evil Plan}}s sipping AGlassOfChianti and indulging in [[SlouchOfVillainy Villainous Slouching]]. This version is somewhat [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]] today.

* In a RareFemaleExample, a very beardless [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nostalgia Chick]] does this in her Dreamworks video.

* Sokka of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this almost continuously while in his [[MemeticBadass Wang Fire]] disguise, whether he's pondering something or not. (Though since he is [[TheSmartGuy the idea guy]] and an engineering genius, it's probably safe to assume that there's something planning-related going on in that head of his.)
* Tenzin from ''TheLegendOfKorra'' is prone to doing this. This would make his Uncle [[AvatarTheLastAirBender Sokka]] ''so'' proud of him.

* Sokka of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this almost continuously while in his [[MemeticBadass Wang Fire]] disguise, whether he's pondering something or not. (Though since he is [[TheSmartGuy the idea guy]] and an engineering genius, it's probably safe to assume that there's something planning-related going on in that head of his.)

* In a RareFemaleExample, a very beardless NostalgiaChick does this in her Dreamworks video.

* Nolan of [[FireEmblemRadiantDawn Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]] does this in his character portrait

[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gouken-beard.jpg]]

* [[FlashGordon Ming the Merciless]] loves this.

This is the need for either [[OldMaster Old Masters]] or WickedCultured villains to stroke their [[BadAssBeard Bad Ass Beards]][=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]] as a compulsion. [[DastardlyWhiplash Evil types]] usually do this while preparing their [[XanatosGambit Xanatos Gambits]], sipping AGlassOfChianti and indulging in [[SlouchOfVillainy Villainous Slouching]]. This version is somewhat [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]] today.

[[StreetFighterIV http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gouken-beard.jpg]]

* So does Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels, he usually strokes his beard meditatively just before doing something totally BadAss.

* Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi spend a good minute stroking their chins, signaling to each other on how they should make their getaway from General Grievous in a deleted scene from ''RevengeOfTheSith''.

* Archeologist Radcliffe Emerson had a beard when he met AmeliaPeabody, but not after they married; he still strokes his chin medidatively as an action-equivalent to a CatchPhrase. The habit has even been picked up by other characters, including his daughter-in-law.

* Nolan of fire emblem radiant dawn does this in his character portrait

This is the need for either [[OldMaster Old Masters]] or WickedCultured villains to stroke their [[BadAssBeard Bad Ass Beards]][=/=][[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]] as a compulsion. Evil types usually do this while preparing their [[XanatosGambit Xanatos Gambits]], sipping AGlassOfChianti and indulging in [[SlouchOfVillainy Villainous Slouching]]. This version is somewhat [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]] today.

* Sokka of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this almost continuously while in his [[MemeticBadass Wang Fire]] disguise, whether he's pondering something or not. (Though since he is [[TheSmartGuy the idea guy]], it's probably safe to assume that there's something planning-related going on in that head of his.)

[[StreetFighter http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gouken-beard.jpg]]

* Sokka of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this almost continuously while in his [[MemeticBadass Wang Fire]] disguise, whether he's thinking about something or not. (Though since he is TheSmartGuy of the group... SoYeah.)

* Sokka of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this almost continuously while in his [[MemeticBadass Wang Fire]] disguise, whether he's thinking about something or not (though since he is TheSmartGuy of the group... SoYeah.)