Comic Books
Tell Tech Division these new para-shoes are working perfectly, but I'd prefer them in Caporicci or Gucci for my next two-thousand foot sky dive. Wearing armani on a shoot-to-kill operation just sounds like an invitation for seriously bad karma.
—Nick Fury, Ultimate X Men
Fan-fiction
Blueno: You know, in the earlier days of our training, I often questioned how practical it was to be dressed professionally when we were out on the job.
Kalifa: I remember that, and they always gave us plenty of plausible answers. Covering more of your form leaves less opportunity to drop a trace of yourself.
Kumadori: While at the same time testing you to ensure that you can execute without staining yourself. There is also the fact that the World Government would never have any employees of significance dressed otherwise while on the job.
Kaku: And the fact that limiting our mobility is supposed to give us constant training, in life and on the job. All valid reasons… and none of them the real one.
Kalifa: I remember that, and they always gave us plenty of plausible answers. Covering more of your form leaves less opportunity to drop a trace of yourself.
Kumadori: While at the same time testing you to ensure that you can execute without staining yourself. There is also the fact that the World Government would never have any employees of significance dressed otherwise while on the job.
Kaku: And the fact that limiting our mobility is supposed to give us constant training, in life and on the job. All valid reasons… and none of them the real one.
Rob Lucci: The real reason... is that it's just so much more satisfying to hand someone their head if you look good doing it.
"Black suit, white shirt, this little pony's gonna bring the hurt... Smooth hat, sweet shades, it's a crime to have them maaaade... Giving monsters far more than they can bear, while stallions go crazy for the sharp-dressed mare..."
—Gray Ghost, Manehattan's Lone Guardian
Films — Live-Action
Captain: I don't understand you. You dress like a banker, you make a shit-ton of money. What are you doing this for?
Tango: Action.
Tango: Action.
Angelo: Is this for a formal event or a social affair?
John: Social.
Angelo: And is this for day or evening?
John: I need one for day and one for night.
Angelo:: And what style?
John: Italian.
Angelo: How many buttons?
John: Two.
Angelo: The trousers?
John: Tapered.
Angelo: How about the lining?
John: Tactical.
John: Social.
Angelo: And is this for day or evening?
John: I need one for day and one for night.
Angelo:: And what style?
John: Italian.
Angelo: How many buttons?
John: Two.
Angelo: The trousers?
John: Tapered.
Angelo: How about the lining?
John: Tactical.
"Appropriate for all formal occasions. Weddings, funerals, High Table duels. After all, a man has to look his best when it's time to get married. Or buried."
— The Bowery King showing John Wick a new suit, John Wick: Chapter 4
Literature
"They work in an office, then dress up like cowboys. Civilians. I even see puke faggots wearing camouflage on the streets. Total mystery to me."
"They're bored," Blancanales replied. "They wear suits during the day, so they want something different. Like you, you're not in uniform. You're wearing a suit."
Pardee grinned. His smile looked like the fixed grimace of a skull. "Suit's just another uniform to me. You wouldn't believe how many suits I've ruined with other people's blood."
"They're bored," Blancanales replied. "They wear suits during the day, so they want something different. Like you, you're not in uniform. You're wearing a suit."
Pardee grinned. His smile looked like the fixed grimace of a skull. "Suit's just another uniform to me. You wouldn't believe how many suits I've ruined with other people's blood."
—Able Team #3: Texas Showdown
Live-action TV
Tom Servo: Haggar action slacks!
Crow: Whole action suit, there.
Crow: Whole action suit, there.
—Mystery Science Theater 3000, "Master Ninja"
Warden: They're terrorists? They look more like investment bankers to me.
Agent Donnelly: Well, warden, three of them may be. But one of them is the most dangerous criminal I've ever pursued.
— Person of Interest, "2?R"
"Highly trained operative in a bad suit...this is a CIA pickup site!"
— Sameen Shaw, Person of Interest, "Mors praematura"
Music
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim!
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim!
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor
— Warren Zevon - "Werewolves of London"
I will shoot from a distance
It will kill you in an instant
Not a drop of blood on my suit
It will kill you in an instant
Not a drop of blood on my suit
— Vio Lence - "Kill on Command"
Podcasts
"It's damn-decent of him to fight in a suit coat; kind of adds a touch of class to the proceeding."
— Rifftrax on The Matrix
Video games
"Promise not to bleed on my suit and I'll kill you quickly."
— The Spy, Team Fortress 2
As in life, anyone in a black suit is a professional. Professionals will shoot even at gunpoint. They can also see in the dark, why not.
"Well, well, well! The silent-but-deadly assassin in his Gay Republican outfit."
—Chicago police officer, Hitman: Absolution
Web Original
What's the well-dressed professional assassin wearing nowadays? Clothes that reflect his own essential traits of cruelty and ugliness, his aberrant values and black dead heart - that's what! You might not be a hired killer, but with the Dorcus line of Jackal Jackets you can stride onto the tarmac with a look that says: Women fall at my feet. Granted, they are usually bleeding heavily from the exit wound, but that's your style, tiger..
— James Lileks, "Selections from the Dorcus Collection"
Western Animation
[after taking a direct hit from a missile and surviving]
"That was my favourite suit you just ruined! RRRRAAAAAARRGGHHH!"
"That was my favourite suit you just ruined! RRRRAAAAAARRGGHHH!"
— The Gate Guardian, Samurai Jack
"Sorry it took me so long. I had to go get my power suit."
— Lex Luthor, Justice League
