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Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2012, 12:35 PM Mar 2012

TVTropes for people in real life

Anyone who has been discussed on this site. They can be politicians, celebrities, etc. Love them or hate them. Needless to say, your mileage may vary on all of these. For example, some tropes that I would say apply to:

Sarah Palin:
Affably Evil
Bitch In Sheep's Clothing
The Fundamentalist
Politically Incorrect Villain: "So Sambo beat the bitch"
Smug Snake
Sugary Malice
Moral Event Horizon: The crosshairs map

Fred Phelps:
Jerk Ass
Knight Templar
Complete Monster
Kick The Dog
Troll
Politically Incorrect Villain
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?
Moral Event Horizon: His first was protesting Matt Shephard's funeral

Jack Thompson:
Moral Guardian
New Media Is Evil
Jerk Ass
Knight Templar
Frivolous Lawsuit

Dick Cheney:
Big Bad
Dragon-In-Chief
The Man Behind The Man
Cold-Blooded Torture
Complete Monster
Evil Overlord
Karma Houdini

George W. Bush:
The Fundamentalist
Karma Houdini
Knight Templar
Screw The Rules, I Make Them!
Screw The Rules, I Have Money/Connections!
Smug Snake
Spoiled Brat
Tyrant Takes The Helm: The 2000 election.

Osama Bin Laden:
Big Bad
Complete Monster
The Fundamentalist
Killed Off For Real
Knight Templar

Anders Brievik:
COMPLETE MONSTER (seriously, if he doesn't qualify as this, no one does)
Karma Houdini: It's likely he will only get a 21 year jail sentence
Would Hurt A Child

The Tea Party/GOP in general:
It's All About Me
Villain With Good Publicity: Thanks to Fox News
Too Dumb To Live
The Millstone: Because their policies cause so many things to go wrong for America
Smug Snake
Jerk Ass
Kill The Poor
Complete Monster (some of them, not all)
For The Evulz
Knight Templar
The Fundamentalist
Kick The Dog (the dog being the poor, minorities, women, etc.)
The Dragon: To the GOP and the rich
Politically Incorrect Villains
Screw The Rules, I Have Guns!

Barack Obama:
Hero With Bad Publicity
Only Sane Man

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