History MemeticBadass / VideoGames

** Likewise, Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} has an article for the enigmatic [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AAA AAA]], the greatest gamer who ever lived.

*** The same goes for Reznov, seeing as he not only survived and fought his hardest all the way from Stalingrad to Berlin, but did it with ''half a trigger finger''. All of his deliciously sadistic dialogue and his saving Petrenko (the player character) at the very end of the last mission certainly helped, too. Hell, he even has [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt._Reznov an article]] on Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} that calls him the "alpha male of the human race"!

** Bumbo is a decent item in his own right, but the fandom elevates him to an indestructible badass who can take out anything and everything in his path (up to and including the BonusBoss added in ''Afterbirth''), and always pays out with great stuff. [[CatchPhrase Bumbo want coin,]] and there's nothing that can stop him from getting coin.
* Hailed by the heavens, Earth, and people, ''the one and only'' '''[[VideoGame/BlazBlue BANG SHISHIGAMI]]''' is now here!

** [[FanNickname Zappy Boi]] (real name Zekhan), the troll shaman in the Battle for Azeroth's trailer quickly ascended to this status by zapping Genn Greymane who just finished knocking off ''Varok Saurfang'', [[note]] Yes, the Saurfang mentioned above [[/note]] and blasting the Alliance with lava.

** That last paragraph was just for his ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense'' appearances. ''VideoGame/BloonsSuperMonkey'' makes him out to be Ninja Kiwi's most badass character. His powers include spiked balls that turn into bursts of darts when they strike bloons, [[WhipItGood whips]] made of plasma, a beam of pure bloon destruction, an octuplet of glaives that rotate around him & ''an entire fiesta-full of others''.

* [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sub-Zero]] ([[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 the original]], although it's frequently overlapped with [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII his younger and more popular brother]] as well) is something of a meta example, as he and his infamous [[OffWithHisHead "Spine Rip"]] Fatality ''are responsible for the creation of the ESRB''. That's right, he's more or less '''''the father of the ESRB'''''.

** [[FanNickname Zappy Boi]] (real name Zekhan), the troll shaman in the Battle for Azeroth's trailer quickly ascended to this status by zapping Genn Greymane who just finished knocking off ''Varok Saurfang'', [[note]] Yes, the Saurfang mentioned above [[note]] and blasting the Alliance with lava.

** [[FanNickname Zappy Boi]], the troll shaman in the Battle for Azeroth's trailer quickly ascended to this status by zapping Genn Greymane who just finished knocking off ''Varok Saurfang'' and blast the Alliance with lava.

** Being hit also calls Desyncronization. Meaning ''Altaïr never got hit''.

* Caim of ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' fame is so badass that by second game he is TheDreaded to anything living and a sane in the setting. The guy can murder entire army by himself and nuking him from the space is just a mild incovenience for him. In the second game, he '''murdered the Grim Reaper'''. And that's without his dragon partner. In fact, he is so badass that when the second game's protagonist is presented with an option to kill Caim or his Dragon, he goes for the dragon because '''killing her is actually easier'''.

** The Courier is one as well. ''In-universe.'' The Powder Gangers call him/her the Grim Fucking Reaper and every faction wants them to help them win the war. The plot in significant part revolves around proper acknowlegement that your standard RPG protagonist accomplishments are realistically insane.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fraxy}}'' Community has a notable member named Eboshidori, A.K.A. Creator of the [[BestBossEver Best Bosses Ever]] A.K.A the most awesome Fraxian in existance A.K.A. Your Lord And Savior. And as if to solidify his status, he would eventually go on to make his own Shmup from scratch called ''VideoGame/ZeroRanger''.

*** The ultimate sign. Kratos managed to, by sheer badassery, score a place in ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat|9}}''. That's not the impresive part. Every other character then said this was unfair. Wizard gods, machines built for fighting, karate masters and the lord of the dead all thought being pitted against Kratos was just too much.
** Kratos is so badass, he put the smackdown on Thanatos in Ghost of Sparta. For those unawhere, Thanatos was a god that the Titans and that GODS THEMSELVES feared. While Hades is the god of the underworld, Thanatos was the God of DEATH. Yes, Kratos BEAT DEATH to DEATH.

* [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]] receives this treatment [[ShroudedInMyth inside]] and outside of the games. By the second game he has become so legendary due to his actions in the first that the interdimensional alien empire [[OhCrap collectively crap their pants]] at ''the mere sight of him'', and LaResistance members and Vortigaunts especially are constantly in awe of him. The fandom meanwhile considers him to be an unstoppable killing machine equivalent to planet-destroying superweapons (with is [[OneManArmy techincally true]]). Also, the reason he [[HeroicMime never speaks]] is because doing so would [[Film/{{Dogma}} cause peoples' heads to explode]].

** Sgt. Johnson has more or less the same amount Memetic Badass as the Chief. Same could be argued for the other Spartans, llike Fred and Linda. [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Frederic-104# Controversial_Argument But this is controversial for some lame reason]].

"[=ODSTs=] can defeat chieftans using ball pens."\\

** Ellis' buddy Keith. For someone who is never once shown onscreen and may or may not be real, he's quite the badass. He has suffered from third degree burns over 95% of his body twice (once making fireworks, once deep-frying turkey), lost two fingers and a toe to frostbite, broke both of his legs after driving his car off a cliff, built a shack out of mud, been stabbed by a homeless man, got tear gassed by the police, snuck a paintball gun on a roller coaster, got attacked by an alligator, bombed by the military (among the bombs, Ellis claims, were nerve gas and cluster bombs), drowned in the Tunnel of Love, got cut up by his own "bumper-car" lawn mower leaving him with wounds over 90% of his body, got cement paved over him in a sewer after falling down an open manhole, lived in a graveyard for a year after getting kicked out of his house, hung spit on the overhang in the Tunnel of Love, fell off a roller coaster onto the tracks with the ride still going, got a tattoo on his forehead saying "I'm a moron" for ate three pounds of raw chicken (The in game subtiles say catfish), turned a recreation of colonial times into a raccoon fight in his backyard, drove across a river without using the bridge, married a couple, and would have even gotten married himself, had he not ran away from his own wedding.

* Marnid in the ''Videogame/MountAndBlade'' mod Blood and Steel cost an eye of the face, and isn't very good at fighting, however, when you contract him, it's worth because he can construct the [[HolyHandGrenade Aleph]], which is basically an HumongousMecha that shoot grenades at people and do a vast damage, and this mech is near impossible to destroy, cost too much but, hey, it's still worth, EAT YOUR HEART OUT, ARTIMENNER. Also, [[FeudalOverlord King Harlaus]] tend to be this when it comes to [[RapePillageAndBurn steal all]] [[TrademarkFavoriteFood butter from a village]] or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking from a recently sieged castle]], oh and dont forget the feasts, parodied in [[http://imgur.com/a/ARVBH this comic]] which he used butter in his armor to enharden it.

* Yuri Hyuga tends to be rated as one of if not THE Bad Ass of all time by nearly everyone who has played ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' -- sadly a smaller crowd than most as the game flew mostly under the radar. Aside from a fully rounded character which tends to work to endear him to players, Yuri's EstablishingCharacterMoment is to punch a diabolical warlock in the face mid-kidnapping -- to the point you can see bone, he takes on Lovecraftian monsters like Mario takes on Goombas, can turn into a demon at the cost of possibly going crazy -- which he constantly needs to roll-Will-saves-for, oh and there was that time he kicked God in the face so hard He turned around and went home -- and it should be noted on that last one it was not a-god, or a God-like-entity but THE God. Remaining flippant despite the TraumaCongaLine that is his life also tends to help re-enforce his badassary to players.

** Saxton Hale is a badass in canon, having fought off a lion while simultaneously having a haircut, casually being able to punch over 2000 Psi, sleeping with an actual bear at night that he tamed while in the brazillian jungles and inventing the high-five. He also hunted the Yeti to extinction, literally punching them so hard they exploded.

* [[TheDreaded Kazuma Kiryu]] from ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'' is a fine exemple. He CurbStompBattle his way through everything, punches humans and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4b8ztzKr3U tigers]] alike, survives wounds that would kill normal humans. In ''Yakuza 5'', his manly DeathGlare was enough to make two missiles targetting him change their course and explode behind him. He's up there with Jotaro, Kenshiro and Big Boss.

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** The playerbase has Let Me Solo Her, a kind player wielding dual katanas and wearing nothing but a Jar Helmet, who sets his summon sign down by Malenia's boss arena- and then, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin solos her]] for his summoner. [[NoDamageRun Flawlessly]], and against a Malenia whose health is boosted because of the co-op.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''
* Craige Boone headshots the Sun five seconds before it appears over the horizon.
** [[PostMortemOneLiner Thumbs down, you son of a bitch.]]
** All the player's skills are hard capped at 100, nothing can make them go higher. Boone's Guns skill reaches 106.

* In VideoGame/TouhouSoccer, [[BrotherChuck Forgotten character Mima]] has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofnEdB8Blc Twilight Spark]], which has lead many to believe that when she comes back (and it will be when) there will be explosions.

[[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nintendo]] has [[MemeticBadass/{{Nintendo}} its own page]]

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** According to a disturbing number of fans, Damon Gant [[MemeticMolester can and will rape anything]]. Others prefer to think of him as a more traditional Memetic Badass. That, and his [[KubrickStare stare]] will ravage your soul. If that doesn't get you, his lightning ragge will.
** The same sort of popularity has been applied to Manfred von Karma, Edgeworth's ControlFreak mentor. Do ''not'' let him get within a foot of a taser.
** At the other end of the spectrum, a group of members from the [[http://court-records.net Court Records]] forum has elevated Klavier Gavin to the status of a rock/sex god, complete with commandments. Said commandments (numbering 55 as of this edit) include paying to see Klavier shower and losing one's virginity simply by looking at him.
*** The same forum had a crack theory thread. In less than a week, they turned Gregory and Miles Edgeworth into God and Jesus, respectively.
** More recently, there has been a push towards Luke Atmey getting this treatment. To wit, he is able to stop Manfred von Karma's soul-devouring gaze by hurling his Ace Detective badge directly into the prosecutor's face.
** Phoenix Wright. Even in his college days, he was capable to knocking out a guy with a one-handed shove. And during his lawyer days... he proceeds to defeat three of the most formidable prosecutors in the world, and he the only reason he will ever lose is [[spoiler:if he ''wants'' to lose, or is confronted with a certain memetic jerkass]]. And don't ''ever'' lie to him; if you do, '''he will find out and expose you as the liar you are'''.
*** For a good example of why Phoenix Wright is the greatest defense attorney ever, in the bonus case of the first game, he got a case in which a witness saw the defendant stab the victim, the witness tackled and restrained the defendant until the police arrived, the defendant's fingerprints were on the knife in the victim's chest and the defendant had confessed to the crime. Phoenix took the case, plead Not Guilty and WON, by proving that [[spoiler:not only had the CHIEF OF POLICE committed the murder, but he had also committed another, apparently unrelated murder two years before]].
*** Let us not forget "fell forty feet off a burning bridge into a fast-moving river in the middle of winter and came out of it with nothing but a cold."
** [[spoiler: Hobo!Phoenix.]] After he's been hit by the car, he'll walk away with only a scratch- just in time to completely [[MindRape screw]] you over, destroy your livelihood, get his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]], ''and'' he reunites families in his spare time.
** ''Investigations'''s Tyrell Badd earned the FanNickname "Detective Baddass" within days of the game's release. You know how his BadassLongcoat is riddled with holes? Yeah, those are bullet holes. And that's ''{{canon}}''. He'a also dodged Franziska von Karma's ever-annoying whip.
** The ''real'' reason for Godot's CoolMask is that he can [[EyeBeams shoot lasers from his eyes]]. Eat your heart out, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.
** Miles Edgeworth is no slouch either. Not only is he the only prosecutor to ever [[spoiler:beat Phoenix]], but he was also the guy Phoenix called in to replace him when he was incapacitated. Not only that, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth in his own game]], over the course of two days (three if you count the flashback case) Edgeworth solved 5 murders (7 counting the flashback), an arson, a kidnapping, the theft of a national treasure and DISMANTLED A CRIME SYNDICATE that had been evading police and a vigilante for 10+ years and was lead by [[spoiler:a man with diplomatic immunity]]. Do not mess with Edgeworth.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Asura is so badass that when a demigod, the size of PLANET EARTH, tries to kill him with a FingerpokeOfDoom the SIZE of a COUNTRY, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment he just yells]] [[BringIt COME ON]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome AND WINS!]] That was just the ''first boss''. What makes this especially ridiculous is that it's not exaggeration, but something that actually happens in game, making Asura an in-universe MemeticBadass!
* [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West.]] [[MemeticMutation He's covered wars, ya know.]]
** Don't forget [[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Chuckie Green]], All he needs is {{duct tape|ForEverything}}... and he can create '''anything'''.
** The ''Dead Rising'' fanbase considers 8-Ball from ''2'' the most badass character in the entire series... despite the fact that he's a corpse (and not a living one either).
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'''s Dante. Badass mutha 101. Wrote the book ''My Life as a [[BadassLongcoat Badass with a Cool Jacket]]''. Invented the line "I'm too cool for stairs!"
** {{Cutscene|PowerToTheMax}}!Dante is [[strike:practically]] invincible. You can't kill him, you can't surprise him, and you can't even ''hope'' to get a brief upper-hand. Hell, he can even kill you with '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser billiard balls]]''' and defy the laws of physics at a whim.
** Vergil, Dante’s twin brother is just as a MemeticBadass to the fans, especially when he’s “'''[[{{Catchphrase}} MOTIVATED!]]'''”. Taken up to eleven in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' as Vergil [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCnkvmZnCmIjQH1EF-tJlDK5b6wICB6pNXUg&usqp=CAU in his chair]] is (as his epic theme song says) “The Storm that is Approaching”.
** Sparda the GreaterScopeParagon and father of Dante and Vergil, touted by fans as the real “Legendary Dark Knight” not that tights wearing wuss from Gotham. Sparda’s OneManArmy siege of the Underworld and defeat of Demon gods Mundus and Argosax which was of course too awesome to ever be put to screen.
** V has won the fanbase over by being a poetic badass who looks like Kylo Ren without the angst and whom can literally [[CaneFu cane demon ass]], “so it is written”.
** Nico has become this for being such a BadassDriver she can light her cigarette using a demon while flipping her van through the air. She also build a mechanical arm “for kicks” and is all about wrecking that “DEAMON ASS”.
*** Apparently, her van also counts. Able to pop out of nowhere even in the most unholy places without suffering any damage at all surely qualifies as one.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mayor Mike Haggar]] is the '''[[RatedMForManly FUCKING MANLIEST]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking POLITICIAN]]''' in ''all'' of history. If he were president, he'd solve all the world's problems by just piledriving a shark into them.
** Which he becomes in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''... after beating [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Dormammu]] with a pipe for setting his billboard on fire and ''[[http://matsu-sensei.deviantart.com/art/Haggar-Humanity-s-Hope-195587727 piledriving Galactus.]]''
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc6jdnmBo-4 Yet another reason]] Sentinel should've packed up his bags and canceled his flight the moment Haggar was confirmed for ''[=MvC3=]''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9J-J30B3o Behold the glory that is]] ''WebVideo/TheBalladOfMikeHaggar''.
* Oddly enough, thanks to a certain song, [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]] has been elevated to MemeticBadass. It is completely undeserved, of course. Strangely enough, someone made a ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}''-like game with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] as a main character. The final boss is Air Man in it, and he's actually HARD.
** ''Rockman 2'' has only one difficulty (the equivalent of the hardest difficulty in ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'') -- Air Man's reputation is much more deserved in those circumstances (more so if you haven't beaten Wood Man yet).
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Pharaoh Man]] reached this status after a clip from the [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears cartoon show]] became popular, showing Mega Man [[MegaManning copying the powers]] of various Robot Masters, with them having a ThisCannotBe reaction. Then he tries it on Pharaoh Man, only for Pharaoh Man [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSJN5LgsE to just punch him in the face.]]
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]] has [[GratuitousNinja become this]] ever since coming to ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' as a perfect-run BonusBoss, with patterns resembling Phantom from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. [[NintendoHard There's a reason]] he's reserved for perfect players.
* There was a green-armoured RedShirt who appeared in the first stage of ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' and exploded in the game's opening. Nevertheless, the Green Biker Dude, as he became nicknamed, has gained something of a reputation.
-->"Pull a wheelie and die, GBD! For Everlasting Peace!"
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** TheDreaded Deviljho, known amongst players as simply "The Pickle" for its distinctive design. In ''World'', Deviljho [[CurbStompBattle crushes all other apex monsters like Rathalos, Diablos, and Uragaan with impunity in a Turf War]] while smaller monsters don't even get an animation; Deviljho simply picks them up in his mouth and swings them around like a terrier with a rat, and this includes ''[[AxCrazy Odogaron]]''. Only Bazelgeuse manages to not lose outright.
** The king of this trope however is the unassuming Paratoad, also from ''World'', for its ability to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu instantly zap]] ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Elder Dragons]]''.
* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield]] is so badass, he rapes 16 ton boulders and then punches them to death. He becomes a AscendedMeme in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' where Hisenberg explicitly refers to Chris’s as “that boulder punching bastard”, meaning Chris’s literal Earth shattering reputation proceeds him.
** Also [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] can survive 100-foot plunges face first, because that dying shit is for pansies. She also pushed Nemesis off a bridge like a sack of potatoes while wearing a tubetop and miniskirt.
** Imagine yourself in an infested Raccoon City [[ZombieApocalypse swarming with zombies]]. Now place all of the protagonists there. [[BigBad And]] [[MagnificentBastard We]][[GeniusBruiser sk]][[LightningBruiser er]]. Finally, add [[CoolMask HUNK]] into the mix. ''HUNK will solo them all.'' There's a ''reason'' his [[InSeriesNickname official]] [[RedBaron nickname]] is "Mr. Death." ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake RE2make]]'' only adds more, as nothing will stop HUNK reaching his beloved “extraction point”.
** Albert Wesker the BigBad, who’s great scheme is “'''GLOBAL SATURATION!!!'''” has become just as much a memetastic badass as fellow Capcom villain M.Bison to the fans. Wesker is so badass even against strongest characters of Capcom and Marvel comics, he’s a dreaded GameBreaker.
** When Leon Scott Kennedy fights a giant ogre monster and when its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]] is spewing out its back, what would you do? Shoot it? Not Leon! He just climbs on the thing's back and slashes it with his knife!
*** Fighting bio-organic monstrosities, silencing fanatic cults that utilize said bioweapons, and being a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} in general is all in a day's work for Leon. It's how he earns his paycheck.
*** Leon’s status as an Adonis among men is only further encouraged by the fact that not one of his female partners in the games [[ChickMagnet can resist his charms]] nor Creator/ConanOBrien. Fans wholeheartedly believe the “S” in Leon S. Kennedy doesn’t actually stand for “Scott” but for “Sexy”.
*** He’s also the only man worthy of carrying on the Redfield family legacy and possibly a son of Sparda alongside Dante and Vergil.
** Claire Redfield has become a Memetic [[ActionHeroBabysitter Badass Babysitter]] -- in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 every]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica single]] [[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration canonical]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 appearance]]'' she's ever made, she's eventually ended up in charge of someone's kid during a ZombieApocalypse (granted, the last one was 20 herself, but at that point Claire was still almost 20 years her senior). And three of the four emerged with barely a scratch between them!
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFR7tBtV4A This video]] manages to sum it up quite nicely.
** Tyrant 1-103 better known as his now canon nickname Mr X, has become this thanks to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' where he’s a snazzier dresser than Nemesis and just as relentless. Or to put it in other words “[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlbg1fDcUSA X GONNA GIVE TO YA!!!]]”.
** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' aka Lady D aka the “Whole Ass Vampire Lady”, who inspires PerverseSexualLust from the masses due being the EvilIsSexy poster girl StatuesqueStunner [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]] for the game.
** Ethan Winters has become this of late being a man who can endure all the AnatomyAgony you can imagine while massacring a family of mutated rednecks in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE7]]'' and the Resident Evil version of Film/TheAddamsFamily in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage sequel]] all to get his wife and daughter back respectively.
* M. Bison from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. So awesome and evil that he has done a lot of evil, badass stunts, only to forget them, because for him... [[ButForMeItWasTuesday it was Tuesday]]. A role model for everyone who wants to, you guessed it, TakeOverTheWorld.
** '''"[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!!!]]"'''
*** '''"[[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter YES! YES!]]"'''
*** '''"DELICIOUS!"'''
*** M. Bison, the character so powerful he KILLS [[Creator/RaulJulia THE PEOPLE PORTRAYING HIM]].
** In later games (particularly starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]'' and [[VideoGame/CapcomVs crossover titles]]), Bison has this pose where [[BadassArmFold he smugly and triumphantly crosses his arms across his chest]]. It's almost like he's saying, [[BadassBoast "That's your super? I'm M. Bison."]]
*** How badass is he? So badass that he can will his fiendish soul ''post-mortem'' and simply ''wait'' for a clone body to be produced so that he can kick your ass all over again. ''[[AsLongAsThereIsEvil You simply cannot kill him]]''. In fact, M. Bison is so badass that when ''SFIV'' was announced, he {{retcon}}ned ''[[DraggedOffToHell being sent to Hell]]'' by Akuma's [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Shun]] [[BlackScreenOfDeath Goku]] [[InformedAbility Satsu]]. His words? '''''[[Memes/StreetFighter YESH! YESH!]]'''''
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Dhalsim]] have also achieved this level of unparalled badassery. Dan's [[LethalJokeCharacter mighty school]] of Saikyo-ryuu is [[EnsembleDarkhorse beloved by]] [[UnpopularPopularCharacter fans of the genre]], and [[YouKilledMyFather confronting Sagat]] will earn you [[ManlyTears some of the manliest ocular gushes to have ever been gushed by a man.]] The latter? These words shall suffice.
-->'''Dhalsim:''' "I will meditate and then destroy you."
** Recently, it has been said that if [[VideoGame/FinalFight Cody]] would actually start ''[[LetsGetDangerous giving a shit]]'' in battle, he could solo the entire ''SF'' universe (this version of him is known as Totally Serious Cody [[FanNickname in some circles]]). Considering that he fights evenly with most of them ''already'' (keep in mind that he's a fifth-degree black belt who is a ''major'' [[CombatPragmatist pragmatist when it comes to fighting]] and ''willingly'' [[WillfullyWeak holds himself back]] by [[WithMyHandsTied continuing to wear]] [[ChainedByFashion his prison cuffs]] which he could take off ''[[SlippedTheRopes at any time]]''), this assumption doesn't seem too far off...
*** Hell, ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Oni]]'' says that Cody could be a match for him if he removed the cuffs. Akuma's OneWingedAngel form says that this CombatPragmatist could be a match against him if he didn't hold back. It's acknowledged in-universe!
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Oro]] doesn't fight with one arm because he's crippled. He fights with one arm because if he used both, [[DramaPreservingHandicap he'd KILL you]].
** Rashid a newcomer from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has gained this status to fans thanks to being the MVP of the Story Mode and his extremely badass dubstep theme song. The lyrics “RAAASSHHHHIIIIIIDOOOOO” only cement this.

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* [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Taban is the true mastermind behind everything!]]
** There's also a joke in the fandom that Janus's cat Alfador is really [[{{God}} The Entity.]]
** All things begin with Nu and end with Nu.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'':
** Moyomoto, a name for the Prince of Midenhall that, thanks to a Good Bad Bug in the famicom version, causes him to begin the game at level 48 (out of 50) with three of the Plot Coupons already in hand and no equipment, allowing him to tear through the early and mid game with his bare hands. Fan art depicting him as a Kenshiro-like One-Man Army runs abound.
** The Prince of Midenhall in general is often viewed as this due to being the only protagonist in the series to not be some form of Magic Knight, which has caused many to declare him to be a Badass Normal man among men who can take down vicious monsters with pure muscle.
* After his inclusion in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]] is often called the "Master Chief" of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Sabin]]. Because '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u84cH_bmTA MOTHERFUCKER SUPLEXED A TRAIN.]]'''
** And he's running as fast as it is -- ''backwards'' -- on top of that.
*** Forget a train, Sabin can suplex '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zExDUoaZPo himself!]]''''' He defies physics. That's how badass Sabin is.
*** By understanding how Mantra actually works, in the correct conditions Sabin can, in fact, ''successfully'' divide by zero to do maximum damage to an enemy.
*** Quoth the man himself: "You think a minor thing like the end of the world was gonna do me in?"
%%** Kefka.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqV0C9Ir7RM Locke Cole]] would like a word with you.
* Garland the first boss from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and his later appearances, why? '''BECAUSE HE WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN!'''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'':
** Emperor Palamecia is so badass, he conquered Heaven and Hell ''at the same time!'' Either way, you're fucked from either end of the celestial food chain.
** Ricard Highwind, the first Dragoon of the series, set the bar high. His defining Badass moment? [[spoiler:Pulling a YouShallNotPass HeroicSacrifice against the freshly-back-from-Hell Emperor, [[OneManArmy all by himself]].]] And then, in the remakes, [[spoiler:being dead doesn't stop him from kicking the Emperor's ass in Heaven]]!
* Most of the characters in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' conjure their weapons magically when battle starts. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]] [[WalkingArmory struts around with enough weapons to fit an entire party]] [[MightyGlacier and do just as much damage]].
* Gilgamesh in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. An entertaining, AffablyEvil [[TheDragon Dragon]] at best? Not to his fans! He's the ultimate badass of the ''FF'' series, and nobody should ''dare'' suggest he's a cowardly boastful goofball who [[BraggartBoss brags about his abilities, flees at the drop of a hat, and has trouble distinguishing legendary swords with worthless counterfeits]].
** It's his [[AwesomeMusic/FinalFantasy theme song]].
*** And the fact that he's pretty much the only character to show up in more than one ''FF'' (all the other cameos are just alternate iterations).
*** Gilgamesh exists outside of time. Chaos only got a foothold because Gilgamesh has a [[NoSenseOfDirection sense of direction rivalling that of]] [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ryoga Hibiki]] combined with [[Videogame/BravelyDefault Agnès'.]]
* Jecht, originally from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', has achieved this thanks to ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', and has earned the FanNickname [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emlBFPn-d_o "Captain Jecht."]] The nickname only makes more sense when you think that he has his own version of the Falcon Punch -- one of his HP attacks is an exploding punch. Also, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax in a cutscene]] where he slams his son Tidus halfway across the arena with a single blow, and takes a sword slash to the chest and literally shrugs it off.
** And in ''Duodecim'', he gains the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes. Why? Because he's Jecht.
** And also, [[CatchPhrase HE'S THE BEST]].
** Just watch a [[LetsPlay/TippingForties certain]] LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and see how long it takes for you to believe that JECHT IS THE BEST!
** He's '''''[[RatedMForManly SO FUCKING MANLY]]''''' [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu he can punch out a Level 130 Feral Chaos]] [[CherryTapping without Iai Strike]] '''''[[CherryTapping AT LEVEL ONE]]''''' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv_CN9DrGQ4 in 34 SECONDS!]]'''''
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]]: Creator/{{Square|Enix}}'s own [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Uncle Iroh]] with a [[{{BFS}} bigass sword]].
** Auron knows Xanatos' Gambit.
** Auron [[MasterSwordsman uses a sword]], because he got bored of killing people [[WarriorMonk with his little finger]].
** Auron [[TheDeterminator slept off death.]]
** Once every year, Auron [[CurbStompBattle throws one lucky fiend into the sun]].
** A [[BuffySpeak giant lizard thingy]] tried to bite Auron. After days of excruciating pain, the giant lizard thingy died.
** One time, Auron got stranded in the [[ThatOneLevel Via Purifico]]. He loudly complained that this was inconveniencing him; because the universe knows better than to mess with Auron again, it brought the exit to him so he could be on his way.
** One time, Auron [[DareToBeBadass gave a speech so inspiring, all of Spira won.]]
** Last year, Auron got bored and decided to do some random encounters. Result: VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII has no random encounters.
** One time, Auron bought a set of Legos. Result: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Omega Weapon]]
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII He mocks the god of the dead, and Hercules only survived a fight with him because Auron allowed him to]].
** Sometimes Auron lies down in the middle of a fight until a Phoenix Down is used on him, just to give the enemies a fighting chance.
* Kain Highwind from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' isn't quite as memetic as Gilgamesh or Jecht, but he definitely has his fans, and [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/User:Faethin/Kain_Highwind_Facts his own "Kain Facts."]] With his inclusion in ''Dissidia 012'', you can be assured that there will be many a Website/YouTube video of Kain and Jecht duking it out... or teaming up via the new Assist feature.
** Hell, Golbez, the [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy not quite]]]] BigBad of ''IV'', is one of these in ''Dissidia'' (not to the levels of the above three, but still). Jecht might beat your face in with his [[RatedMForManly manly vigor]], but Golbez literally ''pimp slaps'' [[StealthMentor some knowledge]] [[WarriorTherapist into you]].
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], to the point that the exaggerations are [[AscendedFanon becoming canon in spin-offs]]. After all, [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate he will never be a memory. And he will bring you despair.]]
** In a little known universe known as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', there exists a woman who can powerbomb a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50 foot monster]]... '''UNDERWATER! ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN FLOOR!'''. That woman is Tifa Lockhart.
** Cloud Strife as he will shrug and say he’s so “Not interested” in your bullshit, so long as he gets paid. But if he needs to crossdress as a woman, snowboard down a mountain or beat a man DanceOff Cloud will do it ''like a pro''. He also gets stronger in combat when he says “[[LetsDance Lets dance asshole]]” or ''especially'' when he says “[[{{Catchphrase}} Let’s mosey]]”.
** Aerith Gainsborough [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl with her chair]]. Not even Sephiroth can defeat Aerith when she wields her foldaway of pain.
** Can’t forget the manliest ScaryBlackMan Eco Terrorist sticking it to Shinra RebelLeader and best dad ever Barret MOTHERFUCKING Wallace. Creator/MrT ''wishes'' he was as cool as Barret. Not to mention the reason Barret wears sunglasses in ''Remake'' is because we’d all get lost in his beautiful eyes.
** Roche from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' unlike literally every other SOLDIER in series he’s just here to party on his CoolBike and have cool sword fights. He’ll even heal you up before fighting, because he’s such a cool dude.
* From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'':
** Lightning. She's so badass, people actually mistrope her as a SuperSoldier. Nope. Pure skill and badassness lead to her being considered among the best in the military ''after less than six years'' for ''XIII''. Fans then ran away with the nickname "Warrior Goddess" as given by Caius in [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 the sequel]]. And now many people have asked "Is she still a goddess in ''VideoGame/{{Lightning Returns|FinalFantasyXIII}}''?"
** Sazh's Chicobo.
** Fang is the Sexy-Female-Dragoon-Aussie version of Chuck Norris, AKA: Chick Norris.
** Two words: '''Snow'''. '''Villiers'''. As one Website/YouTube comment puts him:
---> Snow is goddamned awesome. [[GoodOldFisticuffs He punches]] monsters in the face to get [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower strong enough]] to punch bigger monsters in the face. He faces beasts, [[EldritchAbomination abominations]], [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu god-like beings]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Lightning's wrath]] to [[DeclarationOfProtection save his fiance]]. He nearly gets killed protecting Hope's life and STILL protects him after Hope made it clear he wants to kill him, and he rides a motorcycle made of women! If this dude [[RatedMForManly was any more bro]], the game would be about him ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sazh]]) instead.
* In-universe, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Cidolfus Orlandu]] was so awesome he gained the [[RedBaron nickname]] Thunder God Cid. Among fans he's known as the GameBreaker that makes winning the game simple, and he's invariably one of the highest-rated characters of his type in any spinoff he appears in, possibly with some special unique concessions made for his benefit to make him look that much more awesome.
* Jack from ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin'' is both this and MemeticLoser for how ludicrous he is: “'''GOTTA KILL CHAOS!'''”. Also interrupting Lich’s [[EvilGloating villain monologue]] with the direct quote “I don’t give a fuck who you are!” — something no other FF protagonist has done to a villain has quite endeared him to fans who likewise don’t care about elaborate plots and backstories.
** [[spoiler: TheReveal that Jack is actually the aforementioned Garland from FFI has also helped his MemeticBadass status as all his LargeHam ridiculousness is actually justified and in-character.]]
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
** [[BastardUnderstudy Vanitas]] is quickly ascending the ranks of undisputed Memetic Badassery. He's so [[ObviouslyEvil awesomely evil]] and [[MagnificentBastard Magnificently]] AxCrazy that he completely dodges the title of DracoInLeatherPants, all while being admired equally by male and female fans. Also, [[MemeticMolester FEAR THE]] [[SlasherSmile SMILE]].
** '''''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'''''. No, your eyes are not deceiving you. ''[[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts That]]'' Mickey Mouse. Square made him the ''[=KH=]''-verse's answer to [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]], ''and it worked''. He's so badass, that they made BigDamnHeroes a ''gameplay mechanic'' revolving around him.
** Also from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'', there's [[ActionGirl Aqua]]. Considering what our awesome Keyblade Master can and has done [[spoiler:including kicking (Master) Xehanort's ass when he was theoretically at his strongest, kicking the aforementioned Vanitas' ass three times, with the the third and final time in a BackToBackBadasses moment with Mickey, and being the only one of the game's trio to not have their body stolen or end up in coma]], it's easy to see why!
*** And she's a raging goddess of pain and destruction in gameplay too. Meld a few commands, and by early midgame no mob can touch you.
*** What commands, you ask? Mega Flare is one of them. Yep, Aqua can spam the ultimate attack of [[Franchise/FinalFantasy the God of Dragons]].
*** She [[spoiler:spent 12 years in the World of Darkness ''without'' a Black Coat and for all of that time, the darkness had yet to eat away at her heart. The storyboard writers have probably kept her out of commision for so long in fear of Aqua becoming a [[OneManArmy One-Woman]] StoryBreakerPower.]]
*** She's not speaking in DullSurprise, she's just relaxed because petty matters such as Master Xehanort's plan are child's play for her.
** The ''KH'' version of Seifer has undeniable proof that he can totally own lamers like Roxas. He's always lookin' after the town, [[VerbalTic y'know?]]
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' shot ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' up from MemeticLoser to Memetic Badass in a single moment. The Royal Court Magician notorious for not healing Sora when he needs it is capable of casting ''Zettaflare'', the most powerful spell in the Square Enix canon, '''without any outside assistance'''. This makes Donald freaking Duck ''canonically'' [[TheArchmage the most powerful mage in ANY Square Enix game]].
** Speaking of ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Kairi got this treatment come the ''Re:Mind'' DLC. Usually relegated to DamselInDistress, she finally makes up for years of inactivity by [[spoiler:not only overpowering Xemnas to the point where he had to restrain her, but also being available to go toe-to-toe with [[BigBad Xehanort]] (who previously had her StuffedInTheFridge) alongside Sora, potentially without getting damaged]]. Because of this [[TookALevelInBadass levelup in badass]], Kairi's reputation skyrocketed.
** [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody]] delivered an EPIC TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to BigBad Xehanort (as Young Xehanort) and got away scot-free.
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Alfyn's Chapter 3 boss, Miguel, is regarded as completely unstoppable by the fanbase due to his ThatOneBoss status and being able to fight the entire party to a standstill while recovering from mortal wounds. Jokes abound that if he were in his prime, nothing could stop him, not even the TrueFinalBoss.
* Aya Brea of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' a underpaid 25 year old NY cop in high rise Demin jeans who casually destroys the UltimateLifeForm with her 9 millimeter. Bonus points when she’s “FEELING HOT!”
** Aya’s first action scene alone cements her as this, when she’s on a date at Carnegie Hall and gowned up but when all hell breaks loose Aya has immediately gets her piece out while her date wusses out next to her. [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/440/602/82a.gif Made better when Aya shoulder bumps that loser out of frame]].
** Daniel Dollis might just give Barret a run for his money, especially his SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the ending where he jumps out of a helicopter, [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneously combusts]] while falling but still throws Aya the InfinityPlusOneSword bullets to finish the FinalBoss with before extinguishing himself in the ocean.
* [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Sho Minamimoto]] knows the last digits of pi, and those last digits are Sho Minamimoto.
** Sho Minamimoto '''[[MadMathematician can]]''' divide by zero.
*** And he will nuke you with pi.
*** He knows Level ''i'' [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Flare]].
** Then there's Joshua, who [[spoiler:is Jesus]] and can DROP THE FREAKIN' MOON!!!!!
* [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Big Joe!]]
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[[folder:Touhou]]
''Franchise/TouhouProject'' has them in spades. It's probably easier to count the characters who are NOT Memetic Badasses.
* [[AnIcePerson Cirno]]: the '''Strongest''' of Gensokyo!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evAJNCzU5TE She is also a genius.]]
** It is notable that as of ''VideoGame/YouseiDaisensouTouhouSangetsusei'', while she is still a SmallNameBigEgo, some of what fanonically made Cirno idiotic has been disproved (she has been shown to have knowledge of maths, including fractions), along with an admission by Marisa herself that she is growing strong or skilled enough to pose an actual challenge. At this rate, she may well become a canonical Badass as well!
* But can she compare to CAPTAIN MINAMITSU MOTHERFUCKING MURASA?
* Bah. Neither can hold a candle to '''MAN'''nosuke. [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=303234 Or his blazing glory of manliness]].
** Mannosuke pales before Cho-Marisa.
** How about Marisa herself? BadassNormal Extraordinaire, fires [[KamehameHadoken gianormous lazors]]!
* No, no, the strongest is clearly Yuugi, her sake NOT EVEN DROP.
* Rumia, or rather [[OneWingedAngel EX-Rumia]] (without her [[PowerLimiter hair ribbon]]).
* Everything in Gensokyo is exactly how Yukari wishes it. Even while [[BrilliantButLazy sleeping for most of the time]], everything continues to be Just As Planned. Even think of messing with her plans, and she will hurl a train at you.
* Unzan and his [[TalkToTheFist Brofist]].
** Not to mention that [[WordOfGod Ichirin is just his hitbox]].
* [[AxeCrazy Flandre Scarlet and Yuka Kazami]]. If you see either of them, run away. Screaming.
* In VideoGame/TouhouSoccer, [[BrotherChuck Forgotten character Mima]] has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofnEdB8Blc Twilight Spark]], which has lead many to believe that when she comes back (and it will be when) there will be explosions.
* Speaking of PC-98, what time is it? Why, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0FkEZXVqjk Gengetsu Rape Time]], [[ThatOneAttack of course]]!
* Let's not forget about Hong Meiling. She may be feeble at danmaku, but she can and WILL kick the asses of every martial artist in the universe, simultaneously.
* Then there's EX Keine. She has the power to "create and change history", which is the kind of vague power which could mean anything and everything, but of course the fans took it as an indication of omnipotent and godlike power and ran with it.
* Mokou wears the pants in Gensokyo. (She also possesses strong phoenix vibes, which helps.)
* Wriggle may be a stage 1 boss, but she can still (literally) ''kick your ass.''
* Also in ''VideoGame/TouhouSoccer'', that Soccer Ball. It has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIAH6USEbUQ sliced 10,000 times in one second]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfabIwG71lY rapid-kicked so hard it burst into flames]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un9s215h968 propelled from space and back into earth by the explosion of a Space Station]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRB42vjNTU slashed by the scythe of a Grim Reaper]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDgMg1ipW0w a several-kilometer long energy sword]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7UGHkBikpY and a katana that can cut the moon in half]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBWNGq72DY Beam Spammed to hell and back]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofnEdB8Blc blasted by something that can cause an Earth Shattering Kaboom]]... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XvglrMSAkA and it has has survived all of that and more without a single scratch]]. [[MadeOfIndestructium Just what is that ball made of]]?
** The only time the ball is ever compromised is during ''Ran's Shikigami: Heavenly God's Descent'' where it briefly becomes too radiant to see clearly and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWqZT5Izd7o splits in two when Ran kicks it]]. ''And then it merges back together''.
** Some postulate that the ball has been imbued with the [[{{Immortality}} Hourai Elixir]].
* [[Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou HAX SIGN]] [[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0487 [YOU JUST PLAIN F*CKING LOSE] ]]. That is all.
** Reimu's Fantasy Heaven in ''VideoGame/TouhouHisoutensokuChoudokyuuGinyoruNoNazoOOe'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJ_vDVOa-0 really is a beast]]. Land seven hits, and they have already lost.
*** [[https://youtu.be/pLvjXdhc_Kg?t=106 Unless it's Youmu. Youmu laughs at your pitiful Fantasy Heaven.]]
* Clownpiece, by virtue of being both CrazyIsCool and [[ThatOneBoss one of the hardest bosses in the franchise]]. The inevitable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgISzVQVBvg fanmade song about her]] is primarily about how brutal the battle with her is. Her power to induce insanity must [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou extend to the player]], as you'll probably go mad before you get through her frustrating boss battle.
* Kogasa Tatara has the power to surprise people. She uses this to [[BreakingTheFourthWall surprise the player]] by [[TookALevelInBadass showing up as an Extra stage midboss]]. Naturally, Kogasa has acquired a reputation of basically being able to do [[RealityWarper just about anything]], as long as it's surprising enough.
* And then there's [[CreatorWorship ZUN]], who apparently can finish the games at the hardest difficulty setting with closed eyes without getting hit once, [[DrunkenMaster depending on how drunk he is]].
* The games themselves, for those not accustomed to BulletHell games. While harder shmups certainly exist, ''Touhou'' games often get a reputation of being "hardest games ever", even on Easy. Conversely, ''Touhou'' players are often described as being capable of dodging rainfall. The high bullet counts of these games also give the impression that ''Touhou'' games are much, much harder than "classical"/non-''danmaku'' shmups, despite the fact that ''Touhou'' games (and bullet hell games in general, ''Touhou'' simply being one of the most visible examples) usually have many design choices in favor of the player to keep from getting too frustrating.
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[[folder:Nintendo]]
* Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s very hardware is [[MadeOfIndestructium virtually indestructible]], as it is [[MadeOfIndestructium made of Nintendium]], which is harder than diamond. [[note]] One example: a UsefulNotes/GameBoy that went missing for a week, turned up in the oil pan of the family car, and still worked after it was wiped off. Or an UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 that survived an earthquake... while playing ''Quake''. Or when someone left their ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' cartridge in their pants pocket when they put it in the laundry and was playing it the very next day. (This last anecdote is verified by a Troper.) [[/note]]
** The most famous is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBeTXPaewMo Game Boy that was found in a bombed-out barrack.]]
** Back in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor days, their idea of quality assurance actually involved taking the machines to the roof of a three-story building and chucking them off.
** Averted back in the days of the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, which had such shoddy quality assurance that literally 1 in 10 machines sold in its first Christmas were defective out of the box, and the VCR-like "zero insertion force" cartridge port was infamously prone to breakage.
*** Its cartridges, however, are fully proven to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCLOxK6FpfA TOUGH.]]
** Out there in the Internet wilds is a video of some guys who dragged their UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube from a rope behind a truck through a rural neighborhood in attempts to disable it before they bought their shiny platinum [=GameCube=]. Despite the tumble, it still worked. Didn't survive the sledges and firepit, though.
*** There was a letter-to-the-editor in a [=1990s=] issue of ''Magazine/NintendoPower'': A old-school Game Boy had ''taken a bullet'' during Operation Desert Storm, and the owner sent it in to demonstrate that, though the screen was busted, it could still start up and play ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
** According to an issue of Nintendo Power, if you hurt yourself by dropping a [=GameCube=] on your head, the magical medical gnome housed inside the GCN will bandage the wound for you.
*** ''Series/XPlay'' did experiments that showed the [=GameCube=] was the most durable of the consoles for its generation.
*** Of course, this generation, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-PwYuYz9k the PS3 takes that crown, with the Wii taking second place.]] However, the Wii Remote has become feared for its destructive power instead, being capable of obliterating anything a careless player flings it at. Looks like the greater concentration of Nintendium was put in the ''controllers''.
** Nintendo's games are notoriously badass for [[NintendoHard another reason]].
*** And apparently the games by Creator/{{Atlus}} is ''purposely'' made to be even more memetic than Nintendo's for being being NintendoHard. In fact, the very first ThatOneBoss subpage that wasn't a video game genre [[ThatOneBoss/{{Atlus}} was for Atlus games]]. After all, one of their company spokespersons proudly admitted the following: ''We get off on your tears.''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMKAvCTPRDE As one YouTuber so eloquently put it]] (all the while putting a spin on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis's]] tagline), "Genesis does what Nintendon't... but Nintendo is what Genesisn't!"
* Reggie Fils-Aime, the Nintendo of America president from 2004 to 2019. His introductory words during that year's E3? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWkBv1xw9Sg#t=1m37s "My name is Reggie. I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names, and we're about making games!"]] Cue the rejoicing on UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars forums everywhere.
** When the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} released, shirts were sold depicting Reggie as a shirtless, muscular man holding a Wiimote and a Nunchuk, to cement his "Reggienator" image.
** His words after winning a ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'' match? "That's why they call me the Reggienator."
** "My body is ready."
** On the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS's one-year anniversary in the US, they distributed a Reggie Mii over [=SpotPass=]. If you venture forth with him in ''[[VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza Find Mii/StreetPass Quest]]'', he's level '''5''' instead of the usual level 1 or 2 [=StreetPass=] Miis or wandering heroes you get.
** Though to be fair, the same applies to the Iwata Mii given to European and Japanese players similarily to Reggie. This is likely a feature for all "special" Miis received over [=SpotPass=].
** And now there are multiple online petitions to have Reggie added to the roster of the upcoming edition of ''Smash Bros.'' for the Wii U. Reggie had even said on ''Jimmy Fallon'' that he's completely up for it.
*** In fact, the trailer for ''Smash 4''[='s=] reveal for Mii Fighters had Iwata and Reggie duking it out. And Reggie himself tops that with this line at the end of the ''Smash Bros.'' tournament, with the fandom immediately proclaiming that Reggie won E3.
--->'''Reggie:''' "And I'm gonna come back [to the next tournament] and I'm going to kick your [Champion of said tournament] ''[[PrecisionFStrike ass]]'''!"
*** Even better than Reggie is his successor. Not only did his dad approve of his agenda, but he managed to hold an entire boardroom meeting while his dad was on a ''Rocky''-esque training montage. Oh and he almost fired Bill Trinen.
* The Villager from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is quickly gaining a fearsome reputation, thanks to his reveal for the next ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games. It mostly seems to have to do with the fact that [[DissonantSerenity he smiles most of the time, even if he's dodging gorilla fists]], and can catch anything out of midair, including fireballs, plasma balls, and missiles.
** Isabelle [[GoodBadBugs could spawn infinite]] [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophies]] in early builds of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
** For an extra level of Memetic Badassery, Villager and Isabelle are cutesy characters from a casual life sim with no combat whatsoever... but they're still worthy of being in a fighting game with swordsmen and martial artists, among other things.
** Similarly, the VideoGame/WiiFit Trainer herself is getting this status due to the fact that [[UnexpectedCharacter no one really expected her to appear]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and the fact that she "attacks" with fitness poses. This led to numerous amount of image macros of her after her reveal.
* [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Diddy Kong]]. Period. In The Subspace Emissary of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', he fired two peanuts at a couple of Bullet Bills IN MID-AIR, and then he and DK stood doing an AssKickingPose while the bullets EXPLODED BEHIND THEM!
* [[VideoGame/DragaliaLost Dragalia Lost]] has [[AnthropomorphicFood Pipple]], a small, cute PlantPerson. It’s gotten to the point that people have [[SelfImposedChallenge taken on some of the game’s hardest bosses using nobody except him.]]
* [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Jeff Andonuts]] has a cult following (a cult following within a cult following?) like this. The most famous example being found [[http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3228/1252808805094.png here]]. Mature content warning.
** Also, Flint from ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'', who has earned nicknames such as Flint Norris and Flint Eastwood.
*** There are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH0ShWrF1jA in-game videos]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09SR9tl6A6k that]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJQvTUDh_k showcase]] Flint's awesomeness.
*** Flint is basically the epitomy of mature Nintendo. He's the first Nintendo character to make Nintendo more mature and repeatedly stabs players if they think the ''MOTHER'' series is for kiddies.
** One of the [=NPCs=] in ''MOTHER 3'' looks ''exactly'' like Mr. T. And what does he do the first time he shows up? He drags your silly ass off the train tracks and tells you, essentially, "don't do that, foo'." Best of all, you can do that several more times, and [[DevelopersForesight he has different dialogue each time]].
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In the Japanese fandom, Wrys from the original ''VideoGame/{{Fire Emblem|ShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight}}'' is jokingly treated as a badass, despite/because of being a weak [[TheMedic Cleric]] who can be considered borderline useless (recruited in the first chapter, but has bad stats and there isn't much need for a healer in the beginning, and you get a better Cleric in chapter 3), to the point the SNES remake didn't include him (the DS one did, to his fans' rejoice).
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]''
*** Ayra, the first female character in the Navarre archtype and the codifier of the popular Myrmidon class. She's working for the enemy to [[IHaveYourWife protect her nephew]] but she threatens to spear said enemy's head on a spike if he goes back on their deal. Her Astra skill lets her hit an enemy five times in a row and if you pair her with one of the two men who can give her a Brave Sword, that ''doubles'', making her a potential OneWomanArmy once she becomes a Swordmaster.
*** There's also [[OneManArmy Ced]], who single-handedly defended a village from legions of wyvern riders. In gameplay proper, when wielding [[GameBreaker the Forseti tome]], he can easily dodge-tank all day long and/or obliterate anyone who attacks him without getting hit. As one LP-player put it: "Anyone who attacks Ced [[TooDumbToLive deserves to die]], period."
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' brings us the penta-axe general, an unnamed enemy general infamous for [[https://lparchive.org/Fire-Emblem-Thracia-776/Update%2054/28-FE5_(2)025.png carrying around five different axes]].
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Binding Blade]]''
*** Rutger aka [[FanNickname Critger]], thanks to the fact he can get [[BeyondTheImpossible more than 100% chance to]] CriticalHit via his supports with Clarine and Dieck. Combined with the stat boosts he gets on Hard Mode and his reliability as a boss-killer in a game where accuracy is a major issue, he's considered to have a nigh-unassailable claim on the first Hero Crest.
*** Lilina is said to be the one wearing the pants in her and Roy's relationship and a ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend to boot, thanks to her being the daughter of the massively ass-kicking Hector and being a powerful unit whereas Roy is a TierInducedScrappy.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Blazing Blade]]''
*** Glass, a level 3 mercenary, who gives us the famous quote "I am Glass! The gods fear my name!", as well as Batta, a level 2 brigand, with the quote "You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast?"
*** The paladin Marcus, almighty EXP THIEF, is considered to be ''Fire Emblem''[='s=] equivalent of Chuck Norris.
*** Etruria's Mage General Pent is basically Marcus as a spellcaster, including his notoriety as an EXP thief. His EscortMission just before he joins you isn't hard because he needs protection from enemies... but because [[RussianReversal the enemies need protection]] '''[[OneManArmy from him]]'''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''.
*** MemeticMolester Gheb. He's very unattractive and makes not-so-subtle advances to Amelia, and has had the game in which he appeared HACKED TO STAR HIM.
*** EPHRAIM DOESN'T PICK FIGHTS HE WON'T WIN!
*** Joshua. Even more so, Joshua's HAT. Joshua is so badass his hat has gained a cult following of its own.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''
*** A faceless, nameless NPC that the fandom calls the 3-13 Archer. Has been called the best character in the game. Has had fanfics devoted to him. Is known for having entire strategies revolving around him. Statistically, he is considerably worse than your player characters, being only midway through his second tier, with average stats at best for said tier. This does not explain how he manages to instantly kill a tiger laguz every turn whilst taking no damage. It is the great mystery of ''Radiant Dawn''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
*** Frederick [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2013/06/28/499-the-weapon-triangle/ laughs]] at your meaningless TacticalRockPaperScissors. And if he's got his eye on you and you're his enemy, [[CriticalHit you better]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "PICK A GOD AND PRAY!"]]
*** Robin is the Grandmaster of Disaster. they [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killed an ancient, immortal dragon]], and didn't even [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu break their arm!]]
*** Any of the kids in ''Awakening'' have the potential to become extremely, extremely powerful, most of all Morgan. Being able to reclass to any other class in the game, they can net such skills as Renewal (+30% HP regen per turn), Pavise (halved tome/bow damage at a rate of skill), Aegis (halved any other weapon damage at a rate of skill), Armsthrift (doesn't consume a weapon use at a rate of Luck*2 [and you can get his/her luck to 50 pretty easily with an asset and the right partner]), Ignis (adds half of Strength/Magic to the alternate stat when attacking), and a collection of other skills that can allow Morgan alone to wipe out battlefields with naught more than a glance and a wave. Oh, and this is BEFORE his/her partner's stats are factored in.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''
*** In Lunatic mode, ''Conquest'' Chapter 23 has a generic Master of Arms that you can capture who has ''four'' [[StatusBuff Rally skills]], and he quickly became memetic as the Rallyman thanks to his insane usefulness.
*** Takumi, for being both ThatOneBoss as an enemy in ''Conquest'' and a GameBreaker as an ally.
* According to TV Tropes, ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': he will [[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad destroy entire armies]] for a piece of cake and regularly kill {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Do not fuck with Kirby, for he is hardcore '''([[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore IN AMERICA!]])'''.
** Forget America, Kirby's a memetic badass ''everywhere''. His [[MegatonPunch punch]]... can split a planet in half! His [[HeroicWillpower resolve]]... trumps everything. His appetite and mouth... even God himself fear. Even in [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]] when Dedede was inhaled by Kirby (temporarilly, apparently) he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRG5UeRe76k#t=5m20s saw the universe!]] Don't be fooled by his cute little face and little round, pink body... Kirby is [[SugarApocalypse the walking apocalypse]].
*** [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} The cake is a lie]] because Kirby ate it first.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVFpRQdOuQ0 I say Meta Knight da bess.]]
** The WildMassGuessing page for ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' states that the Tyranids, an intergalactic HordeOfAlienLocusts that [[PlanetEater eat planets to their metaphorical bone]] and outnumber the stars, are running from Kirby. And '''''it makes perfect sense'''''.
*** People ask if other fictional badasses ([[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]], VideoGame/{{Doom}}guy, et al) can survive the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. But as for Kirby, people ask if the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe cound survive ''[[RussianReversal him]]''!
*** What about the WildMassGuessing that Kirby is actually fighting a [[CosmicHorrorStory Reaper]] from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' (in the form of Zero)? Colonizing planets? [[VillainOverride Assuming direct control]]? Augmenting them? And Kirby's still the one who sets things straight by fighting a freakish eyeball made of what could possibly be liquified Pop Star inhabitants, and ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Oculus eyeball bosses]]! ''Talk about '''perfect sense'''''.
** For that matter, many have described the Waddle Dee from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''[='s=] [[BossRush Arena]] as the most powerful boss in the entire game, in spite of the fact that his sole distinguishing trait is an unusually large amount of health for a Waddle Dee (though Kirby can still inhale him).
*** The DS remake gave Waddle Dee a bandana and made him a secondary character in one of the storylines. FEAR THE BANDANA DEE!
*** It gets even better; in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', ''[[PromotedToPlayable Bandana Dee is a playable character]].''
** What about Sailor Dee? He went down with the ship. Like a [[ManlyTears MAN!]]
*** Actually, Meta Knight saved him in the end. But the fact remains that he was willing to go down with the ship.
** Let's not forget the big guy himself, King Dedede; a.k.a. the TRUE hero of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'''s Subspace Emissary. The mere fact he has the balls to fight the pink destroyer of the universe is certainly enough, but this cunning penguin apparently outplanned everyone, even the likes of [[MagnificentBastard Ganondorf and an interdimensional being]], in order to save the greater world all in a scenario where nobody talks. ''And'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPuaNYSH3bw he pimp-slaps Bowser!]] In ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' as well, he's the REAL hero while you, Kirby, have ironically shown what's BeneathTheMask as the greatest villain the universe has ever seen. To go up against Kirby man... that's gutsy. If you don't agree well... then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAZiklz_X4g you]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi5-lzRnsUE can]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueb1W22Fq1Q have...]]
*** Not exactly a villain, just a victim of ignorance.
** What about Waddle Doo and STINKING KNUCKLE JOE?
** It would probably be easier to think of the ''Kirby'' series as basically ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' but in a SugarBowl instead of an [[AfterTheEnd apocalyptic wasteland]].
** Don't forget that Franchise/{{Kirby}} can turn the innocent game of golf into a bloodsport (minus the blood). That's right, Kirby's so hardcore, that he kills his enemies as a golf ball of doom.
** Matter of fact, as of ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' he doesn't even need his hands or feet to be badass.
** His power....'''''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot IS INFINITE]]'''''. His health bar on the bottom of the screen isn't a life meter. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1124988-kirby It shows how many fucks he has left to give.]]
*** [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Sillydillo]] can [[OneHitKill deplete the entire thing in one hit]] if he gets the chance. If you think about it, he's actually stronger than the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
** He's also the only one to not get vaporized in the intro of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
* ''VideoGame/FZero'''s Captain Falcon, amongst Creator/{{Nintendo}} fans. To be more specific, his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Falcon Punch]] is said to match Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick, thanks to a [=YouTube=] video of a clip from [[TheAnimeOfTheGame the anime adaptation]] ''F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu'' that makes it look like it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa5OkdP3-r8 creates an explosion that can be seen from outside the galaxy.]]
** Justified in the first ''Super Smash Bros.'' and its sequel ''Melee'', since Captain Falcon is one the most dominating characters, and in the right hands he could be absolutely '''devastating''' against any other character, or even multiple characters at once. So much so that he was greatly de-powered in ''Brawl'', reducing him to a merely below-average opponent. He ultimately received buffs in ''Smash 4'', restoring him back to his former dominant levels.
** Nuclear physicists around the world have based their [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Falcon_Collider.png entire research procedure]] on the Falcon Punch. How badass is it? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHC#Construction_accidents_and_delays Too badass]] for a physical manifestation to not blow itself up ''repeatedly''.
*** The Captain's badassery is established also in the fact that we can see his muscles from underneath his clothing. Also, he originated in a racing game. How did the developers get the idea to give him those moves? He can shoot fire from out of his legs and arms... without magic or any technological explanation.
*** From watching his behavior in VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary plot (driving a racecar with his arms folded, knocking over a giant robot with his paunch, carrying other characters, and summoning his spaceship by snapping his fingers) one could conclude that the developers themselves acknowledge his fanbase and may secretly want to be a part of it. In fact, Falcon's MemeticBadass status is justified even further in that, at the end of ''F-Zero GX'', he owns a belt that gives him ultimate power over the universe (but chooses not to use it).
*** ''F-Zero'''s characters are a homage to comic book superheroes; Falcon was always intended to be ridiculously badass.
** Captain Falcon is so strong that he was able to beat [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]] out of a slot in ''Smash Bros.'' using his ''bare hands''. It took Chrom's daughter and his [[GameBreaker godlike friend]] to even lay a scratch on Falcon.
* From ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', we have Briggs and Dullahan. Briggs for being a BadassNormal pirate as well as a nasty WakeUpCallBoss, and Dullahan for being a gleefully NintendoHard BonusBoss.
** Both of whom get canon badass moments in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'': Briggs repeatedly attacks the most defensible city on Angara's east coast with a busted ship to rescue his son [[spoiler: and dies of wounds sustained ''[[DyingMomentOfAwesome soloing against the superpowered monsters of the Grave Eclipse]]'']], and [[spoiler:Dullahan ''gets a difficulty upgrade'']].
** It doesn't matter where in Weyard they are or what they're facing, war zones, monster-infested wilderness, trap-filled dungeons... if there are teenage Adepts on a quest and in need of exposition, [[CoolOldGuy Kraden]] will find a way to them.
* Beam Claws from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. That's not the weapon he's using, it's his name. His particular weapon, however, has Paralysis properties. He can close gaps with his excellent foot speed and cure blindness by running really fast. He can turn a single slash into a brutal Combo. And he takes advantage of the fact that opponents on rails are easy targets. He's also the only one capable of firing Daybreak. To a lesser extent, everyone else in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hNwH7C7cg&feature=related multiplayer.]] It's thought that Masahiro Sakurai himself was playing as Beam Claws.
** Anti-example in Fairy Orbitars, who didn't do a single thing to help his teammates out and just stood by looking like an idiot when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nwg0vFVyHo&feature=relmfu Beam Claws fired Daybreak.]] And he had to call in Pit to replace him.
** Black Club, too. He's Beam Claws' worthy opponent. Hell, he was the first to land a kill, and who died? Beam Claws, getting rammed by Black Club's [[AccidentalInnuendo giant steel balls.]]
** Beam Claws' teammate, Twinbellows Cannon also counts. He knocks his opponents off the edge with AUTHORITY.
** Insight Staff is divisive. He's either a coward who only runs away and gets a few cheap shots or he's a ruthless, cunning ColdSniper.
** In the single-player campaign, Magnus has quickly become an EnsembleDarkhorse. He helped you fight one boss, then [[spoiler:you took control of him and ''defeated your own possessed body'']], then came a BossRush where he teamed up with the first boss against you, making the fight ''much'' harder. He never needed your help, [[TermsOfEndangerment angel-face]]!
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''
** Certain ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames'' characters are subject to this in WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s. Most notable is King Harkinian. Shopkeeper Morshu is also sometimes considered as a Memetic Badass. He has rope and bombs.
** Also Gwonam, who uses SQUADALAH, DAI, and birds.
** The Cuccos anyone? They are one of the most terrifying things in the ''Zelda'' universe.
** Speaking of ''Zelda'', we have Link himself and every reincarnation of him, seemingly the only guy you need when something bad happens. Silent but deadly.
** And now, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Groose]] and/or his pompadour join this elite club. This trope shall now be renamed [[MemeticBadass Memetic Groosinator]].
** Teba from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' joined the group because, similar to Admiral Dane below, he also is one of the few to swear in a Nintendo game.
** The shopkeeper from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' for being the only NPC in the series capable of performing a OneHitKill on Link using his unexplained [[Franchise/StarWars "Sith]] [[ShockAndAwe Lightning"]] powers. This occurs if you [[FiveFingerDiscount steal from him]] and [[TooDumbToLive come back]]. Not even [[BigBad GANONDORF]] is remotely close to capable of doing that. Ergo, fandom considers him the most powerful character in the whole series and [[FridgeLogic wonders why HE doesn't face Ganon and save the world]] rather than [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood just murdering thieves at his shop]].
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
** Admiral Dane from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''. Impressive, since he [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} shares a universe]] with a woman that has (to date) blown up three planets, one which was a sentient parasite, and caused the near extinction of at least two major-threat species. This fandom was likely spurred on by official concept art portraying him with an eyepatch, peg-leg, cape, and laser sword. Besides, Dane's too manly to wear a helmet or filtration system while landing on the Space Pirate Homeworld to order Samus around. Note that no pirates have the balls to even try to snipe him during the briefing. That, and he does so on a planet ravaged by rain so acidic that even Samus has to use a special widget to survive. What does he use [[ImprovisedUmbrella as an umbrella]]? ''His own personal '''flagship.''''' Also notice that most space pirates stop appearing after he makes planetfall. This fact has been linked to his slightly "bulkier" appearance later in the game. So, what did he do to the pirates? Rounded them up, locked them in a huge cage, then bench-pressed it. Also, he SWORE [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUPR831LvQ in a Nintendo game.]]
** Samus Aran needs no fandom to exaggerate her badassery. She is the intergalactic Queen of Badass. In-universe, too: some characters talk about her like some kind of war goddess, while others can't believe the stories (they're wrong). Hell, the Space Pirates actually treat stories of her as some sort of myth. It'd be like telling your kids about how Satan will come to blow up them and everyone they love if they act out... only Satan's a hot blond chick in power armor.
** Ridley. Holy ''hell,'' '''''Ridley,''''' if not only because of his extreme durability. Shoot the living piss out of him? He'll turn up good as new. Cripple him beyond fighting capability? He'll be a {{Cyborg}} next time. Send him ''falling down a shaft?'' A dose of Phazon will patch him up. Happen to cause ''an entire planet to explode with him on the surface?'' He'll probably be cloned. Twice. At the very least. Like Bowser, Ridley is one tough, ''tough'' bastard to kill off, and would pretty much be invincible to ''anyone'' but Samus.
** Anthony Higgs, from ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', has taken on a life of his own in terms of memetic badassery. It is said that if he and Armstrong Houston (the other memetic badass from ''Metroid'') were to meet, the universe would implode from the sheer awesome.
** But all of them pale to [[BigBad Raven Beak]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidDread''. According to ADAM [[spoiler:who's clearly [[ButHeSoundsHandsome not Raven Beak by the way]]]], his analysis indicates that there is zero chance of defeating Raven Beak at your full potential because he's that powerful and has no weaknesses. He single-handedly sealed away the X Parasites, and brought [[NotZilla Kraid]] to ZDR with his bare talons before Zebes exploded. He killed [[JokerImmunity Ridley]] '''''[[KilledOffForReal permanently]]''''' and that's why the Space Dragon isn't in the game. Phaaze was the rotting corpse of a creature that Raven Beak killed on his way to destroy an even more powerful creature. He has a higher item completion rate than you and will always beat you at speedrunning. He wasn't included into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' because the game couldn't handle his awesomeness. He's also utterly shredded with an eight-pack and handsome-looking. [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter You were no match for him then, you are no match for him now]]. Accept your helplessness.
* [[VideoGame/NintendoWars Grit]] can snipe with a revolver.
* [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red]] from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is ''definitely'' this. Only he can defeat a mafia, stand in a pitch dark cave, on a mountain, in the snow (with no jacket), isolated from man, and run like a ninja... and he's ''fourteen'' (eleven when he defeated Team Rocket and became Champion).
** Red's ''silence'' has been known to make the manliest of men break down into hysterics.
** Red did not climb [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Mt. Silver]]. Mt. Silver grew where Red decided to stand.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Cynthia]] also tends to be this for her asskicking ability when she isn't depicted as a MemeticMolester, to the point where just her {{Leitmotif}} showing up in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' - which likely takes place at least a century before she was even born - was enough to make veterans of the Generation IV games [[ThisIsGonnaSuck cringe in terror]].
** Just like his anime counterpart, Blue from the games can be this due to his personality and the fact Gary is based off him. You usually beat him though. His [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/84/HeartGold_SoulSilver_Blue.png new clothing]] can also be used for this lately.
*** Gary Motherfucking Oak! Mostly because Blue/Green/Gary is always one step ahead of you and acts like a {{Jerkass}} throughout the game.
*** Blue was the [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Ozymandias]] of his time. He was ''always'' leaving behind breadcrumbs for you to follow. "What's that? You beat all eight of the Kanto Gym Leader/all of the Elite Four? [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]"
** Leaf, Red's DistaffCounterpart, has become one of these to varying extents. She's on the level of Red, she's [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter stronger than Red]], she's their weakness, she wasn't in HGSS because she was too good for it or would have made the universe explode if both her and Red were in it, etc.
** You were not necessary to shut down [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Team Galactic]]. Rowan would have subdued them with nothing but a steely gaze and ''ellipses''. He just deputized you to do it instead so he could spend the weekend at a spa.
** [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Joey Youngster Joey's]] Rattata is in the top percentage of ''all'' Rattata. EVER.
** On the actual 'mon side of things, we have [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Genesect]][[note]] Genocide + Insect. Or Genesect for Genesis + Insect[[/note]], [[MemeticMutation also known as]] [[FanNickname Dennis]]. Why Dennis? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneztcvUMcY This is why.]] [[note]]Please note that the song is actually for the BigBad of the game, not Genesect.[[/note]]
** Hilda, the female protagonist of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', has been portrayed -- especially in artwork around the revelation of her -- as a badass [[WrenchWench truck-]] or motorcycle-obsessed [[TheLadette Ladette]]. To many, Hilda is actually ''more'' of a badass than even Red.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Hilbert]], believe it or not.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Youngster Tristan]], a kid who is even younger than the main character that managed to beat the Elite Four. Many claim that he should have been the true Champion.
** Due to [[http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy347/HyperAthena/aggron.jpg this]] poster (Warning: NSFW!) on the internet, Aggron has become one. An updated version (NSFW as well) can be found [[http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy347/HyperAthena/aggron.jpg here.]]
** Given its status among fan interpretations as a reality-breaking EldritchAbomination and ''the'' glitch Pokémon, it may be surprising to learn that [[GlitchEntity Missingno.]] is actually quite harmless and benign in the actual games where it can manifest.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Garchomp]] is a [[ThreateningShark hammerhead]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot landshark]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] [[OhCrap that can fly at mach speeds]] ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation at least according to the 'dex]]). His stats also place him in the top tier of non-OlympusMons, and many gaming communities actually rank him higher than lower-tier legendaries. Not good enough for you? Look at [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4d_445_m.png Garchomp.]] Now look at [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4d_445_m_s.png shiny Garchomp.]] Notice the difference? No? That's because Garchomp is perfect as it is. It helps that Garchomp is most infamously associated with being the SignatureMon of fellow Memetic Badass Cynthia.
*** The shiny one looks darker, but only because [=GARchomp=] scares light.
** Don't fuckle with Shuckle. This magnificent entity can [[AwesomeYetImpractical dish out the most damage possible in the game]]. Even without Power Trick, he can use Power Split to steal half your attack, and, with his incredible defense, set up Acupressure after Acupressure, shrugging off your attacks, until all his stats are maxed out and he is ready to wreck your shit.
** Terrakion also gets this treatment, both because of its design and the fact that it's equally good as an attacker in the games and TCG. Its BoisterousBruiser personality in the anime also helps somewhat.
** Magikarp. For one reason. It's so common. It evolves INTO THE STINKIN' LOCH NESS MONSTER! Because it's so common and so easy to catch (unless you happen to be in Unova, in which case be prepared to pony up to the Magikarp salesman or complete your dex and get to the nature preserve), you can easily raise an unstoppable army of GYARADOS! Also, see MagikarpPower.
---> "I swear to God, when I evolve, I'm going to kill you all."
*** Then came [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Wishiwashi]]. When it achieves School Form, Gyarados runs from it!
** Officially, members of the GAR pantheon include [=GARizard=], [=GARados=], [=GARchomp=], etc.
** ''FUCK YEAH! SEAKING!''
** Where do you think Blue/Green/Gary got all of his magnificence? That's right, Professor Oak. The Oak family's got genes, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].
*** Although just as many consider him a DitzyGenius for failing to tell people's gender as well as not remembering his own grandson's name.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Erika]] tends to be made into a HiddenBadass.
** While not quite as popular as Red, it isn't uncommon to see other protagonists be {{Memetic Badass}}es. [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Dawn]], [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Lyra, and Ethan]] in particular pop up often; the ''HGSS'' protagonist actually canonically ''beats'' Red, his rival, achieves twice as much as Red did.
** And with ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', we get Klefki the [[KillerRabbit Killer Keyring]], notorious for completely wrecking unprepared teams with the Prankster ability. As the saying goes: [[http://www.polarisgo.com/video/4ZFlxpuVlISN/category/all/tag/all/section/latest/page/0 "Jingle jangle, motherfucker."]]
** The Fairy type in general became this as soon as it turned out it was immune to, and super effective against, the [[GameBreaker Dragon type.]] Especially the cute, harmless looking ones.
** Pachirisu (previously known as "that annoyingly cute Electric-type rodent... no, not Pikachu, the other one") briefly became one after Se Jun Park [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOx_Qdc6bqw won the 2014 World Championships]] with a team that made surprisingly good use of one.
** Misdreavus in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Colosseum]]''. It took awhile, but its badassery was completed by the dumb computers attacking it with petty Normal-Types.
** Mega Rayquaza became one after ''it got banned from Smogon's banlist'' for being such a ridiculous GameBreaker. You know this Mon's a Memetic Badass when it's considered more overpowered than '''God'''.
** Lord Espurr. Restraining its desire to destroy the world.
** And of course Omanyte, better known as Lord Helix (originating from Twitch Plays Pokemon) is another almighty Pokemon God in the fanbase.
** In the HypotheticalFightDebate community, some Pokémon have become legendary for their impossible Pokédex entries:
*** Machamp can throw [[RapidFireFisticuffs a thousand punches per second]], a single one of which is strong enough to move mountains.
*** Magcargo is over twice as hot as the surface of the Sun itself.
*** Gardevoir can literally manifest black holes. While this was likely intended to be read as an UnrealisticBlackHole, some have taken it literally and (usually jokingly) claim that a single Gardevoir can easily wipe out the whole solar system.
*** However, the most extreme Memetic Badass Pokémon is none other than [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/62zfph/move_aside_pokedex_magcargo_gardevoir_and_machamp/ the humble Lanturn]]. According to the Pokédex, Lanturn's light can be seen from three miles under the sea. First of all, consider how bright a lightbulb would have to be for you to be able to see it from three miles away, and how hot it would be. Then take into account that water is exponentially more efficient than air when it comes to absorbing light, and the only way for this feat to be possible is if it emits ''several times more energy than exists in the entire universe''. That's right, this cute, unassuming anglerfish is secretly an EldritchAbomination capable of obliterating all of reality a dozen times over.
** Only a few days after ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'' were announced and the new region, Galar, was revealed to be based on the UK, the fanbase began to portray the female player character as a [[SirSwearsALot crass]] [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]] [[TheLadette Ladette]]. This is before ''anything'' was revealed about the protagonists aside from their appearance.
** From ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]]'' spinoff series, we have Kecleon who are far better than in main series (and you'll likely learn it [[ShopliftAndDie the hard way]]), and Drifloon line, due to how absurdly well Unburden synergizes with its moveset, making it one of best choices for the dreaded Lv. 1 dungeons.
** Quagsire has a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass reputation in competitive battling circles because, despite its weak stats and goofy appearance, it has consistently been used as a check against some of the most fearsome legendaries across the ages such as Raikou, Kyogre, and Zacian-Crowned.[[note]]which was so overwhelmingly dominant it was banned from the highest tier of competitive play, Ubers, which otherwise allows virtually every Pokemon.[[/note]] Many fans have claimed it's [[AchievementsInIgnorance simply too stupid to understand Tiers]] and shows up wherever it wants.
** The Champion from Sword and Shield, Leon, is the undefeated Champion of Galar who uses a Charizard. This is a fact that the games remind you of at every opportunity, because it is very important that the player knows that Leon is the undefeated Champion of Galar who uses a Charizard. [[OverlyLongGag Did I mention that Leon is the undefeated Champion of Galar who uses a Charizard?]]
** Tinkaton quickly achieved memetic badass status following her debut in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' due to the juxtaposition of her cutesy appearance with her apparently being such an efficient predator of Corviknight that the Bird Pokemon was deemed ill-suited to run the game's fast travel system as it does in Galar.
* Anti-example: [[VideoGame/PunchOut Glass Joe]].
** To elaborate, Glass Joe has a win-loss record of 1-99[[note]]{{Fanon}} is divided as to whether this one win was either against Nick Bruiser, or a fluke against Von Kaiser[[/note]]. However, such a staggering ratio shows that no matter how badly he keeps getting beat, [[{{Determinator}} he doesn't give up and keeps coming back for more]].
*** In other words, he would be an example of a MemeticLoser, despite his admirable quality of being a determinator.
** Super Macho Man's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyIKPJXGh4o RELEASING THE BOGUS!]]
** All incarnations of Mr. Dream. Even though he's a Tyson wannabe, he can still kick ass and takes just as long as Tyson.
* [[VideoGame/Splatoon3 Splatoon 3]]: Big Man. [[MeaningfulName He’s called that for a reason.]]
* [[VideoGame/StarFox Wolf O'Donnell]] can't let you do that, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Stah Fox]]!
* Due to the lack of general logic within the series, practically ANY ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' character can be this at one time or another, when they do something particularly amazing.
** Mario and Luigi in general. To date, between them they've defeated entire armies at least ''thirty times'', taken down god-like beings on about ten different occasions, helped destroy three black holes, and survived the end of the universe... '''twice'''. ''And that's just their canonical feats''.
** Mario can [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 kill the sun]][[note]]Okay, so it's a fake enemy sun, but it's still pretty awesome[[/note]]. [[HeKnowsAboutTimedHits He also knows about timed hits]].
*** [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php?g2_itemId=5874 Don't mess with the plumber.]]
*** If you're not watching ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', Mario WILL turn you into a Goomba!
** Luigi's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jq-C7CxnI0 punch can break mountains.]]
** Never [[VideoGame/MarioParty throw a party]] while Luigi's around. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6PxRwgjzZw He's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJZwjYv3sfk so]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0UrO73s5Oc good]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAP-P9CzAVQ at]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke5upQDA7yE partying,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAAPAxrRDI he]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlaqOR3NKs can]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkd_7QX4nRc win]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUlozbyaFH0 without]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M1jQMA3xBw lifting]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ0XlBHLZck a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eeX2Lx1pE finger.]]
** Even when everyone else tries to do nothing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrxeZRH3Mbo Luigi still wins.]] Only Luigi can ultimately master the power of nothingness. ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV The Power of Nothingness?]])
** Luigi's so badass he even wins ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DarsyXXFSM matches]] [[ActualPacifist by doing nothing.]] And when everyone else also does nothing? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGyUXwX6_yU Luigi]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peiAYz7YA2U still wins.]]
** Luigi can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9Do2OPdIA kill with his taunt (at 1:22).]]
** He even wins ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' Balloon Battles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2dUIEhilGA by doing nothing.]] Is there no stopping him?!
** [[VideoGame/MarioIsMissing Weegee]].
** The real, one true badass of ''Super Mario Bros.''? The Green Thunder himself, [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Mr. L]], of course. Mr. L wasn't working for Count Bleck; Bleck was working for him. Losing to you? [[ILetYouWin All part of the plan]], of course. And [[TomeOfEldritchLore The Dark Prognosticus]] was completely correct in that [[spoiler: Mr. L is the one most suited for the Chaos Heart]]; however, Dimentio was too afraid of him, so he had to settle for Luigi instead.
** Princess Daisy, surprisingly, gets this treatment. {{Fanon}} says the reason she doesn't get kidnapped is because she'll give you a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown if you try.[[note]]Though she was kidnapped by Tatanga in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''.[[/note]]
** The first [[TheGoomba Goomba]] in World 1-1 of the first game. Admit it, [[YetAnotherStupidDeath he killed you too when you first played!]]
** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], [[BigBad King of the Koopas]]. ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' helps here, where the guy goes {{Determinator}} to a ridiculous degree and fights enemies ten times larger than himself, but generally, fans like to see Bowser as damn near impossible to kill and super determined regardless. After all, he survives black holes!
** ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' has once again made Luigi this, this time owing to the fearsome LUIGI DEATH STARE. Try to pass him up ''now''.
* Creator/MasahiroSakurai, director of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, is hailed as "Daddy Sakurai" by ''Smash'' players. He's known for subverting fans' expectations at every corner in ''Smash'' pre-release trailers that drop UnexpectedCharacter announcements, and then [[http://static02.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2015/12/15-1.jpg telling fans never to ask him for anything ever again]].
* [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles Xenoblade Chronicles]]:
** [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Xenoblade Chronicles]]:
*** [[{{Catchphrase}} Now it’s Reyn time!]]
*** Have no fear, for the Legendary Heropon Riki, is here!
** [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2]]: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis ZEKE! VON! GENBU!]] [[TheMagnificent Bringer of Chaos!]]
** [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3]]: “Yes! Eunie’s the boss!”
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* [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Xenoblade Chronicles]]:
** [[{{Catchphrase}} Now it’s Reyn time!]]
** Have no fear, for the Legendary Heropon Riki, is here!

* [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Xenoblade Chronicles]] has none other than the Legendary Heropon Riki.

* [[VideoGame/DragaliaLost Dragalia Lost]] features none other than [[AnthropomorphicFood Pipple]], to the point that people have [[SelfImposedChallenge taken on some of the game’s hardest bosses using nobody except him.]]

** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Julius Belmont]] gained this status for being an old geezer who still kicks all kinds of ass. He got his own set of jokes, though they were nothing more than transplanted Chuck Norris jokes.

* After the game was reviewed by the Hungarian 'Bad PC Games' webseries, the {{AFGNCAAP}} of ''Airborne Hero'' became the legendary [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENuQyBuc64I Dick Assman]] (not related to the gas station owner of the same name).

* While [[Videogame/{{Doom}} Doomguy]] always had a certain fame for badassery, it wasn't until his surprisingly colorful characterization in ''Videogame/DOOM2016'' that it ''really'' hit its peak, as [[TheDreaded he's established as an utterly terrifying]] and [[TheJuggernaut unstoppable force]] who [[OneManArmy took on Hell and every last one of its demons alone]], [[CurbstompBattle trashed them]], got the SealedGoodInACan treatment because only that could stop him, and once uncanned is back in action and too pissed to hear complaints. While it's hard to portray him as any more badass than he already is in the base game, whenever a crossover happens people will ''always'' bet on the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Doom Slayer]], even in such {{Crapsack World}}s as ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' (where it's generally believed he'd be fighting Daemon Primarchs and winning within the week).

* [[VideoGame/Dota2 Axe]] can kill people with his beard. It does not matter how many ways you are immune to death, you die anyway.

"[=ODSTs=] can [[DualWielding Dual Wield]] Gravity Hammers. They don't do it because that way is too easy."\\

--> Jebediah: "I want it [[BiggerIsBetter huge]], [[AwesomeButImpractical unstable]], [[ExplosiveOverclocking prone to overheating]] and [[MadeOfExplodium a good chance it will blow up if you look at it from the wrong angle]]. I didn't become a kerbonaut for an easy ride, dammit!"

--> '''Shepard:''' I expected [the interrogation] to be more difficult.
-->'''Thane:''' Shepard, he was just a common criminal. You killed a ''Reaper''.

*** Once had sex with a Krogan female once, and lived to tell about it. But he doesn't, because he's a gentleman.

** That last paragraph was just for his ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense'' appearences. VideoGame/{{Bloons Super Monkey}} makes him out to be Ninja Kiwi's most badass character. His powers include spiked balls that turn into bursts of darts when they strike bloons, [[WhipItGood whips]] made of plasma, a beam of pure bloon destruction, an octuplet of glaives that rotate around him & ''an entire fiesta-full of others''.

* VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption gives us Herbert Moon. Sorry, Herbert MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!

* Yuri Hyuga tends to be rated as one of if not THE Bad Ass of all time by nearly everyone who has played ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' -- sadly a smaller crowd than most as the game flew mostly under the radar. Aside from a fully rounded character which tends to work to endear him to players, Yuri's EstablishingCharacterMoment is to punch a diabolical warlock in the face mid-kidnapping -- to the point you can see bone, He takes on Lovecraftian monsters like Mario takes on Goombas, can turn into a demon at the cost of possibly going crazy -- which he constantly needs to roll-Will-saves-for, Oh and there was that time he kicked God in the face so hard He turned around and went home -- and it should be noted on that last one it was not a-god, or a God-like-entity but THE God. Remaining flippant despite the TraumaCongaLine that is his life also tends to help re-enforce his badassary to players.

** Harry Mason told Heather he was the strongest man in the world. [[TearJerker Both her and gamers thought so until Silent Hill 3...]]

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', we have General Horace Warfield, who even before acquiring his MemeticBadass status beats a hydralisk to death with his bare, well [[PowerArmor power armored]] hands, takes [[AscendedMeme terrible, terrible damage]], survives enough poison to kill an Ultralisk, then gets his arm amputated and replaced with an ArmCannon.

** And they get Darth Revan as well. Who is so badass in-game that he can't be killed by a full turbolaser barrage from a Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic ''Star Destroyer''. And can kill three terentateks all by himself, normally the work of ''nine Jedi''. And can out-swoop-race, out-lightsaber-duel, and out-shoot everyone in existence.

* Not everyone has played or [[AcclaimedFlop even heard of]] ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', but everyone who has knows ''damn well'' what Boron Brioche is. On the outside, he's a big cheerful chubby kitty cat that wouldn't hurt a fly. And then he gets behind the cannon. [[AreaOfEffect Every foe in sight is soon blasted to bits.]] Any who decide to strike him back [[Kevlard barely leave a dent]]. Even when [[DeathOrGloryAttack close to death]] on ''his'' terms, he manages to come back as strong as ever. And when he reaches [[LimitBreak Hero Mode]], ''you'd best get on your knees and beg for mercy''. [[BigBad The Berman Army]] isn't dealing with a super-powered tank. ''They're dealing with a super-powered tank '''and the god that made it His chariot.'''''[[note]]It should be noted that this was ''[[InvokedTrope done on purpose]]'' by the game's director; as Creator/CyberConnect2's CEO and multiple game testers frequently sacrificed Boron to the Soul Cannon early in development (due to assuming his BigEater traits would make him TheLoad of the team) the director chose to make Boron-- [[CreatorsFavorite his favorite character, mind you]]-- as PurposefullyOverpowered as possible as a way of getting back at them. Needless to say, it worked.[[/note]]

** The first "boss" the game has you face is a Soldier of Godrick, basically identical to the other Lordsworn Soldiers you can find wandering around everywhere. The community has taken to hyping this one up as the strongest person in the Lands Between, dubbing him 'Soldier of God, Rick'.
** Starscourge Radahn fairly quickly got this reputation for real, due to his difficult and cinematic boss fight (you get infinite summon signs, and you will need them), his amazingly over-the-top attacks with both his giant swords and gravity magic (this guy ''turns himself into a meteor'' when he switches to Phase 2), and his badass and heartwarming lore. This guy ''held meteors back''' from the lands between, and was such a FatherTohisMen that they keep protecting his fief of Caelid even after it's been devastated by the Scarlet Rot. Oh, and he learned gravity magic just so he could keep riding his childhood steed despite growing to 27 feet tall.