History Main / RoguishRomani

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[HangingJudge Judge]] [[SinisterMinister Claude Frollo]] wants to exterminate the Romani population in the secret Court of Miracles, where the scoundrels of Paris live and are implied in-song to feign disability. Other examples of the racism in the film include accusations against [[HotGypsyWoman Esmeralda]] of stealing her earnings and later witchcraft, as well as Phoebus labeling the Romani as "criminals and dangerous". Ironically the BigBad in the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameII sequel]] turns out to be one of these.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[HangingJudge Judge]] [[SinisterMinister Claude Frollo]] wants to exterminate the Romani population in the secret Court of Miracles, where the scoundrels of Paris live and are implied in-song to feign disability. Other examples of the racism in the film include accusations against [[HotGypsyWoman Esmeralda]] of stealing her earnings and later witchcraft, as well as Phoebus labeling the Romani as "criminals and dangerous".

-->--Music/{{Cher}}, "Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves"%%[sic] It's spelled "Gypsys" on the album. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsys,_Tramps_%26_Thieves

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The quarians are Romani [[RecycledInSpace In Space!]]. They may be closer to actual Romani than most other media portrayals of Romani. They are only trying to survive, but they piss off a lot of people by dumping their criminals on random planets and stealing their natural resources.

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** The basic stock for members of the Ravnos [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire]] Clan are the Romani. Their clan discipline is making illusions, and they are one of the few clans who prefer the open road to city strongholds (though unlike Gangrel, they seldom have friends amongst the Were). They are also mistrusted by the more citybound kindred, and often accused of any petty acts of larceny when the Sabbat or Giovanni aren't handy.
*** As of the Fifth Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade, the Ravnos no longer conform to this trope, being recharacterized as compulsive {{Thrill Seeker}}s who wander the earth because they are [[FlyingDutchman cursed by their undead blood to do so]], and are no longer explicitly associated with any specific ethnic group or culture.
** White Wolf even published an ''entire supplement'' devoted to the Romani, [[https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Darkness:_Gypsies World of Darkness: Gypsies]], which leaned hard into every single stereotype. The book is now considered something of an OldShame for the gameline.

** The basic stock for members of the Ravnos Vampire Clan are the Romani. Their clan discipline is making illusions, and they are one of the few clans who prefer the open road to city strongholds (though unlike Gangrel, they seldom have friends amongst the Were). They are also mistrusted by the more citybound kindred, and often accused of any petty acts of larceny when the Sabbat or Giovanni aren't handy.
** They even published an ''entire supplement'' devoted to them, [[https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Darkness:_Gypsies World of Darkness: Gypsies]], which leaned hard into every single stereotype. The book is now considered something of an OldShame for the gameline.

OlderThanSteam, the stereotype goes back centuries and is especially common in older works. To a lesser extent, it is also associated with other "gypsy" groups such as UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers even if they're unrelated to the Romani.

* ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'': The basic stock for members of the Ravnos Vampire Clan are the Romani. Their clan discipline is making illusions, and they are one of the few clans who prefer the open road to city strongholds (though unlike Gangrel, they seldom have friends amongst the Were). They are also mistrusted by the more citybound kindred, and often accused of any petty acts of larceny when the Sabbat or Giovanni aren't handy.

Often a SubTrope to AcceptableEthnicTargets. Compare other vilifying racial stereotypes, such as GreedyJew, YellowPeril, ScaryBlackMan, and TheSavageIndian.

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* This is usually Priscilla Kelly's gimmick, [[DesignatedHero even as]] a baby {{face}}. However, Face!Kelly is usually just limited to sexual assault, "based" on her time on ''My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding". {{Heel}}!Kelly is more likely to veer into other crimes like theft, especially of big shiny gold belts.[[/folder]]

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In # 29, some "Irish Gypsies" (presumably Irish Travelers) visit and the Holliday Girls go to watch them put on performances and get their palms read. One of the men stabs another and leaves him for dead and then his lackeys kidnap the Holliday Girls. The woman who read their palms helps Wonder Woman rescue the girls, and the man who was left for dead helps take down the murderous traveler and his lackeys after Diana and Paula heal him.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[HangingJudge Judge]] [[SinisterMinister Claude Frollo]] wants to exterminate the Romani population in the secret Court of Miracles, where the scoundrels of Paris live and are implied in-song to feign disability. Other examples of the racism in the film include accusations against Esmeralda of stealing her earnings and later witchcraft, as well as Phoebus labeling the Romani as "criminals and dangerous".

* ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': The Romani are portrayed as thieves and rumored to be cannibals. The TokenGoodTeammate is Esmeralda, who [[spoiler:is actually a French girl SwitchedAtBirth for Quasimodo]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Frollo wants to exterminate the Romani population in the secret Court of Miracles, where the scoundrels of Paris live and are implied in-song to feign disability. Other examples of the racism in the film include accusations against Esmeralda of stealing her earnings and later witchcraft, as well as Phoebus labeling the Romani as "criminals and dangerous".

* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'': A major plot point is that the Shelby family, who run the titular gang, are part Romani; their paternal grandfather was supposedly a king among the Romani in Birmingham; their mother is referred to as didicoy (half-blooded Romani); and some of the family (particularly Tommy and Aunt Polly, who are in touch with their roots, and John, whose wife Esme is much more traditionally Romani) speak Romani, although only when they have to. The Shelbys alternately exploit and shun their connection to the Romani, in contrast with the Lee family, who live in caravans and can all speak Romani and do so among themselves. On the other hand, all the other characters consistently refer to the Shelbys as "Gypsies," even though they are at least as Irish as they are Romani, and sometimes even by slurs more often associated with UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers. And of course, both the Shelbys and the Lees are crime families.

Often a SubTrope to AcceptableEthnicTargets. Compare other vilifying racial stereotypes, such as GreedyJew for Jews, YellowPeril for Asians, and ScaryBlackMan for sub-Saharan Africans.

Often a SubTrope to AcceptableEthnicTargets. Compare other vilifying racial stereotypes, such as GreedyJew for Jews and YellowPeril for Asians.

* Music/SongsOfLoveAndHate's "Famous Blue Raincoat" mentions "one more thin gypsy thief".

The stereotype of the UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} as crooks has been so prevalent that exonyms like "gypsy" and "Zigeuner" connote these qualities. Examples mainly include but are not limited to theft, fraud, and kidnapping of children.

* Literature/LiadenUniverse: The ''kompani'', introduced in ''Necessity's Child'' and the short story "Eleutherios", are a band of secretive travelers who keep to themselves, have mystical powers, tell fortunes with decks of cards, have extremely good technological artificing skills, and disdain/steal from most outsiders.