History Main / SouthernFriedPrivate

* ''Characters/GenerationKill'': Both Corporal Josh Ray Person and Lance Corporal Harold Trombley could fit this trope, albeit different elements of it;

* The ''UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}'' WWII game ''B-17 Bomber'' has the memetic synthesized voice that speaks in a thick southern accent. Ironically in the game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741_jmeRtv8 TV advert]], the spokesman has a German accent.

Compare with BrooklynRage and {{Southies}} for its urban counterpart. Also compare ViolentGlaswegian[[note]]It's worth noting that the many of the inhabitants of the DeepSouth came from the northern parts of England, such as Scotland, making the Southern-Fried Private quite literally the American version of the trope[[/note]] and FightingIrish for its UK equivalents

* Private Robert 'Rebel' Ralston from ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'' in the MarvelUniverse. After the war, he became a senator for Texas.

* Bradford Dillman's portrayal of Major Barnes in ''Film/TheBridgeAtRemagen''. Barnes speaks in a southern drawl while volunteering his men for increasingly dangerous missions and avoiding exposure to enemy fire himself. George Segal's character at one point imitates Barnes' southern drawl as a way of indicating his displeasure with his glory-seeking commander.

* ''Film/DangerCloseTheBattleOfLongTan'': Private Paul Large is the Australian counterpart to this, having grown up in rural NSW shooting rabbits, and has a tendency to be clumsy which was demonstrated when he accidentally fired his M-16 whilst on sentry duty followed by him firing off a few rounds into the distance to hide his mistake by pretending he made contact with the enemy.

* ''Film/DangerClose'': Private Paul Large is the Australian counterpart to this, having grown up in rural NSW shooting rabbits, and has a tendency to be clumsy which was demonstrated when he accidentally fired his M-16 whilst on sentry duty followed by him firing off a few rounds into the distance to hide his mistake by pretending he made contact with the enemy.

* The Black Tri-Stars of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' were given thick Southern accents in the dub as an adaptation of their KansaiRegionalAccent, which carry over to appearances in other media, including the ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam'' series.

Compare with BrooklynRage and {{Southies}} for its urban counterpart. Also compare ViolentGlaswegian and FightingIrish for its UK equivalents.

Compare with BrooklynRage and {{Southies}} for its urban counterpart.

For those outside the US? [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Any geographical area of any country that's seen as being a bit backwards]] or [[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia remote or woodsy]] can breed [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry a non-US]] [[OopNorth version of this character]].

* Sarge from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fits this trope perfectly. He has the accent, he's loud, almost ''creepily'' obsessed with his shotgun and is probably the most mentally unstable out of the regulars, which is saying something.

Compare with BroolynRage and {{Southies}} for its urban counterpart.

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* ''ComicBook/CombatKellyAndHisDEadlyDozen'' had Larry 'Hillbilly' Wagner, who was a country-and-western singer in civilian life and carried his guitar with him everywhere: even into battle.

* Vernon Pinkley in the ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''. There's also Archer Maggot, but he's a genuine full-blown [[SociopathicSoldier psychopath]], not just an ignorant, insular hick.

** Person, chatty and wisecracking, is from southern Missouri, and is teasingly called a "buck-toothed, crosseyed, sister-fucking hick" by Sgt. Colbert.

* ''VideoGame/BrothersInArms'' has Cpl. Franklin Paddock, 2nd Squad's Assault Team leader. Hailing from Kansas, he fits every trait and stereotype in the bill. He has a distinctive Southern accent, he's a gung-ho BloodKnight who charges into battle (killing dozens of Germans in the process), and he isn't exactly [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the straightest nor the brightest thinker]].

For those outside the US? [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Any geographical area of any country that's seen as being a bit backwards]] or [[UsefulNotes/EastAnglia remote or woodsy]] can breed [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry a non-US version of this character]].

* Private Robert 'Rebel' Ralston from ''[[ComicBook/HowlingCommandos Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos]]'' in the MarvelUniverse. After the war, he became a senator for Texas.

* The Black Tri-Stars of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' were given thick Southern accents in the dub, which carry over to appearances in other media, including the ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam'' series.

* Ripper from ''The Zone'' WW3 novels, who drives everyone mad with his unbelievable stories of his family's misadventures back home in Hicksville. As per this trope he is also a crack shot, but not too bright.

%%* ''Series/PrivateBenjamin'' has a female version, Pvt. Hubble.

* A StarWars version is Smugglers' companion Corso Riggs from ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic.'' Complete with drawl (yes, "Yee-Haw" is one of his battle cries), old fashioned attitudes towards women, and cheerful enthusiasm towards his collection of weaponry.

His apparent lack of common sense is meant to indicate [[HalfWittedHillbilly limited intelligence in general, and he's sometimes shown having a hard time understanding things that more urban-bred (and therefore educated) members of TheSquad have no trouble at all with]]. On the other hand, he usually excels at shootin', fightin', and findin' things in the woods -- all skills you need to be a good soldier -- because he's been doing those since birth back home.