BadAss

A person who is bad in a good way (as per 80s slang), and who, generally speaking, is not to be messed with.

A few people who represent the platonic ideal of BadAss:

• Samuel L. Jackson
• Solid Snake (see MetalGear)
• Snake Plisskin (the inspiration for Solid Snake)
• MichaelVrable
  • I wasn't aware... --MichaelVrable
• 80's Michael Jackson (a.k.a. "The Moonwalker" and Captain E.O.)
  • Later incarnations of Michael Jackson were definitely not BadAss
    • No, but they were definitely WhiteAss.
• Dante (of DevilMayCry et al.)
• Hiro Protagonist, of SnowCrash?
  • Also YT, and any Shaftoe.
• Preston from Equilibrium
• Boba Fett
• Godfrey Waterhouse IV
• The Hebrew Hammer