# Badasses eating apples **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047 "2016-06-22T14:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/21 "2016-06-22T17:45:41Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Someone pointed this out in a YouTube video, and now I’m suddenly noticing it everywhere: [Leonidas](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f4kviN0g8iw/TyzBydCPF4I/AAAAAAAAC9Y/XB-eGUa2lqw/s1600/frutoprohibido.jpg). [Kirk](http://thesurge.com/app/uploads/2015/07/a-short-convo.jpg). [Jack Sparrow](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/dd/cf/c7ddcf0b74f1640601157ff22d51ea0b.jpg). Whenever you want a character to look especially badass, have them casually chomp on an apple. That is a not a picture of James T. Kirk. That is a picture of something filthy elf-worshipping Smurf-fucking Pompeiian doing Trek cosplay. [THIS is Mr. Spock’s boyfriend.](https://berryproductionsblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/kirk-shatner.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/22 "2016-06-22T20:30:14Z")
In _Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome_, Tina Turner takes a big loud bite of an apple as a signal for her goons to attack Max. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/23 "2016-06-22T20:55:00Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > ISTR seeing a movie or two where the badass ate walnuts. He’d casually crack two or three of them one-handed, so you got a nice crunch as well as a display of strength. Just waaay too common to ID a specific movie. E.g., Brando does this in _The Freshman_. But that’s a comic takeoff on _Godfather_ type movies. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/24 "2016-06-22T20:58:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > My fave sub-sub-trope is the heavy using a knife to slice up the apple. It inevitably ends up crossing with the alt-trope of Chekov’s Knife. And eating the apple off of the knife blade. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/25 "2016-06-22T21:02:50Z")
[Carlito Colon](http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/images/photos/000/340/190/carlito_original.jpg?1268974508), the professional wrestler and heel (bad guy). ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/26 "2016-06-22T21:09:14Z")
In one of the BBC \* Sherlock \* episodes Moriarty confronts Sherlock in his flat, taking a big bite out of an apple to represent the O in the message IOU ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/27 "2016-06-22T21:10:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think the implication is more like what SpoilerVirgin describes. It’s supposed to highlight the character’s superiority over the people around him. While everyone else is losing control, he’s having a snack and only giving part of his attention to the crisis. It’s a way of signalling _“My abilities are so much better than yours that I’m not even getting excited by the situation that is putting you into a panic.”_ One they didn’t mention on the Tropes page: Patrick Stewart’s portrayal of Macbeth. Telling your men about murders they need to commit? That’s cold – but an actor could play that in a reluctant _it-has-to-be-done_ kind of way. Or at least just determined, looking serious and maybe a little thoughtful. Patrick Stewart does it while making a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/28 "2016-06-22T21:11:47Z")
All I can picture is Burn Notice’s Michael Westen, constantly eating his yogurt while threatening this week’s baddie. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/29 "2016-06-22T21:45:11Z")
Don’t forget Mal and Zoe eating apples with their knives. Because ribcages. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/30 "2016-06-22T21:56:53Z")
This Cracked(dot)com photoplasty - “[Cocky pricks love them apples!](http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/4/2/2/482422_v1.jpg)” - from last year also pointed this out. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/31 "2016-06-22T23:11:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And eating the apple off of the knife blade. That. > [@WordMan](#): > > ::crunch!!:: > > Sorry - you were saying something? > > 😉 Let’s just hope your mouth wasn’t full when saying that! _wagging curmudgeonly finger_ What about Adam, The Original Bad-Ass. I’m about 78% sure Bo Hopkins had a leisurely slice or two via knife point, but fogging out on anything more detailed. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/32 "2016-06-23T02:18:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think the implication is more like what SpoilerVirgin describes. It’s supposed to highlight the character’s superiority over the people around him. While everyone else is losing control, he’s having a snack and only giving part of his attention to the crisis. It’s a way of signalling _“My abilities are so much better than yours that I’m not even getting excited by the situation that is putting you into a panic.”_ Evil women characters send the same message by filing their nails. With an aggressive sawing back and forth motion, of course. There’s a fine line between evil nail care and bimbo nail care. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/33 "2016-06-23T02:41:15Z")
Eating apples certainly made Larry Mondello look tough. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/34 "2016-06-23T02:47:14Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > My fave sub-sub-trope is the heavy using a knife to slice up the apple. It inevitably ends up crossing with the alt-trope of Chekov’s Knife. Or not, as in the end of Kill Bill, when Bill uses a really big knife to spread mayonnaise on his daughter’s sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047/35 "2016-06-23T03:19:41Z")
[Onions](https://www.buzzfeed.com/robstott/happy-anniversary-to-one-of-the-weirdest-moments-o?utm_term=.xoGeBkD91#.uqazdR2a6) don’t work so well. (Buzzfeed link) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badasses-eating-apples/758047.md?page=1)