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* KingKongCopy: ''Confucius'' of all people is depicted this way, based on his Chinese name Kongzi, translated as Master Kong.
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* Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
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* Main/{{Hypocrite}}: Thomas Jefferson claimed to oppose slavery while being a slave owner himself.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The comic portrays Mithras as a [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar]] and fertility god with parallels to Jesus such as having a birthday on December 25th. However, most of what has been discovered about the Mithras [[MysteryCult Mystery Cults]] doesn't support such a claim. For example, Mithras probably wasn't a solar deity since Mithraism already had a sun god in the form of Sol Invictus. In addition, the Mithraists celebrated ''Sol Invictus'''s birthday on December 25th not Mithras'.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The comic portrays Mithras as a [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar]] and fertility god FertilityGod with parallels to Jesus UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} such as having a birthday on December 25th. However, most of what has been discovered about the Mithras [[MysteryCult Mystery Cults]] doesn't support such a claim. For example, Mithras probably wasn't a solar deity since Mithraism already had a sun god in the form of Sol Invictus. In addition, the Mithraists celebrated ''Sol Invictus'''s birthday on December 25th not Mithras'.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The comic portrays Mithras as a [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar]] and fertility god with parallels to Jesus such as having a birthday on December 25th. However, most of what has been discovered about the Mithras MysteryCults doesn't support such a claim. For example, Mithras probably wasn't a solar deity since Mithraism already had a sun god in the form of Sol Invictus. In addition, the Mithraists celebrated ''Sol Invictus'''s birthday on December 25th not Mithras'.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The comic portrays Mithras as a [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar]] and fertility god with parallels to Jesus such as having a birthday on December 25th. However, most of what has been discovered about the Mithras MysteryCults [[MysteryCult Mystery Cults]] doesn't support such a claim. For example, Mithras probably wasn't a solar deity since Mithraism already had a sun god in the form of Sol Invictus. In addition, the Mithraists celebrated ''Sol Invictus'''s birthday on December 25th not Mithras'.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The comic portrays Mithras as a [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar]] and fertility god with parallels to Jesus such as having a birthday on December 25th. However, most of what has been discovered about the Mithras MysteryCults doesn't support such a claim. For example, Mithras probably wasn't a solar deity since Mithraism already had a sun god in the form of Sol Invictus. In addition, the Mithraists celebrated ''Sol Invictus'''s birthday on December 25th not Mithras'.
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* ReCut: One of the trade paperbacks, ''The MORE Than COMPLETE Action Philosophers!'', rearranges the order of the segments so they occur in chronological order to when the philosophers lived. So where as the original comic starts with Nietzsche, the ''The MORE Than COMPLETE Action Philosophers!'' starts with the Pre-Socratic Philosophers.
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* FatBastard: This trope is used several times as visual aid such as depicting the corruption of the Church of Denmark. This is notably [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Thomas Aquinas, who is depicted as fat but not particularly evil or jerkish.
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* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: Major critique of Karl Marx's towards "capitalist" acceptance of minority rights, LGBTQ+, and feminism was not of benevolence, but for the sake of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity perpetuating its flawed system by appeasing the reformers]].
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* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: Major critique of Karl Marx's towards "capitalist" acceptance of minority rights, LGBTQ+, and feminism was not of benevolence, but for the sake of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity [[PragmaticVillainy perpetuating its flawed system by appeasing the reformers]].
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* MisaimedFandom: The comic points out how UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Leopold and Loeb miss the point of Creator/{{Friedrich Nietzsche}}'s philosophy. In fact, the comic depicts Nietzsche coming back to life to beat them up.
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* MisaimedFandom: The comic points out how UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Leopold and Loeb [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint miss the point point]] of Creator/{{Friedrich Nietzsche}}'s philosophy. In fact, the comic depicts Nietzsche coming back to life to beat them up.
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* MisaimedFandom: The comic points out how AdolfHilter and Leopold and Loeb miss the point of Creator/{{Friedrich Nietzsche}}'s philosophy. In fact, the comic depicts Nietzsche coming back to life to beat them up.
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* MisaimedFandom: The comic points out how AdolfHilter UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Leopold and Loeb miss the point of Creator/{{Friedrich Nietzsche}}'s philosophy. In fact, the comic depicts Nietzsche coming back to life to beat them up.
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* MisaimedFandom: The comic points out how AdolfHilter and Leopold and Loeb miss the point of Creator/{{Friedrich Nietzsche}}'s philosophy. In fact, the comic depicts Nietzsche coming back to life to beat them up.
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* CorruptChurch: This is Søren Kierkegaard's view on the Church of Denmark, which informs his views and philosophy.
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* SinisterMinister: In the story about Saint Augustine , Bishop Faustus of the Manichean faith is portrayed as a JerkAss who admits his religion doesn't make sense but tells Augustine to keep quiet since [[BeliefMakesYouStupid the other followers are too stupid]] to realize the holes in religion. Augustine was so demoralized by his encounter with Faustus that [[HeroicBSOD he nearly gave up on religion all together]].
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* GameShowHost: William James, in his segment, hosts a game show called ''The Pragmatism Show'', where George Berkley, John Stuart Mill and August Comte judge the philosophies presented by the contestants.
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* MaskedLuchador: Creator/{{Plato}} is depicted as this because he was a wrestler at one point in his life.
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''Action Philosophers!'' is a comic book series by artist Ryan Dunlavey and writer Fred Van Lente, it follows the cartoon adventures of caricatures of history's most famous philosophers. Possessing broad humor and making the often complex and metaphorical ideas of philosophy more easily understood than a traditional text would, the comic won the Xeric Grant award in late 2004. The comic concluded with its ninth issue in September 2007.
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''Action Philosophers!'' is a comic book series by artist Ryan Dunlavey and writer Fred Van Lente, Creator/FredVanLente, it follows the cartoon adventures of caricatures of history's most famous philosophers. Possessing broad humor and making the often complex and metaphorical ideas of philosophy more easily understood than a traditional text would, the comic won the Xeric Grant award in late 2004. The comic concluded with its ninth issue in September 2007.
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* HulkSpeak: Plato. Referring to the fact that he'd been a wrestler in his younger days[[note]]he'd had a very complete classical education, and wrestling was part of Phys Ed class and had competed in the Isthmian Games before failing to qualify for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames[[/note]], the illustrations show him with a Lucha Libre type mask, yelling "PLATO SMASH!"
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* HulkSpeak: Plato. Referring to the fact that he'd been a wrestler in his younger days[[note]]he'd had a very complete classical education, and wrestling was part of Phys Ed class class; and had he'd competed in the Isthmian Games before failing to qualify for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames[[/note]], the illustrations show him with a Lucha Libre type mask, yelling "PLATO SMASH!"
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* HulkSpeak: Plato. Referring to the fact that he'd been a wrestler in his younger days[[note]]he'd had a very complete classical education, and wrestling was part of Phys Ed class and had competed in the Isthmian Games before failing to qualify for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames[[/note]], the illustrations show him with a Lucha Libre type mask, yelling "PLATO SMASH!"
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* StrawNihilist: The first issue [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that Nietzsche probably [[MisaimedFandom would not approve of some of the people who claim to emulate him]].
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* StrawNihilist: The first issue [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that Nietzsche probably [[MisaimedFandom would not approve (putting it mildly) of some of the people who claim to emulate him]].
