Tropescilloscope: Badass in a Nice Suit

A badass showing his professionalism by wearing a nice suit. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is Serious Business Body Horror Humans Are Bastards Eyepatch of Power The '70s Big Bad Kick the Dog Breaking the Fourth Wall Stealth Pun Red Right Hand Defiant to the End Fanservice Fan Disservice Evil Sounds Deep Half the Man He Used to Be Deus ex Machina Earn Your Happy Ending Let's Get Dangerous! Blood Knight Rich Bitch Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Captain Obvious The Dreaded Badass in a Nice Suit Alliterative Name timeperiod Pay Evil unto Evil Hong Kong Films Shower Scene Daylight Horror "Awesome McCool" Name Cool Old Lady Beard of Evil Drugs Are Bad Gender Flip Action Girl An Axe to Grind Drowning My Sorrows N-Word Privileges Heroes Want Redheads Missing Mom Big Damn Heroes Handicapped Badass Fatal Flaw Four-Temperament Ensemble Ungrateful Bastard This Is Gonna Suck Bloody Hilarious Defrosting Ice Queen Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Papa Wolf Dual Wielding Manly Tears Needs Wiki Magic Love My God, What Have I Done? Adaptational Heroism Spanner in the Works Auto Erotica Betty and Veronica