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Defining traits of the Trumplica include an extravagant fashion sense based [[NouveauRiche more on flaunting wealth than looking stylish]] (bouffant yellow hair is usually the defining part), wealthy parentage, NoIndoorVoice, high celebrity profile, [[MayDecemberRomance one or more wives young enough to be their daughter]], control over a major corporation (property development being the most likely) and an insatiable urge to own more.

More often than not, gold is their dominant colour. Their hobbies include playing golf, [[WealthyYachtOwner partying on yachts]] and [[EgomaniacHunter shooting exotic animals]]. Most examples are [[EvilOldFolks middle-aged at the youngest]] and [[FatBastard overweight due to a lifetime of over-consumption]]. May be IdleRich, but are more often than not a prominent figure on their company's board of directors, in which case their catchphrase will definitely be ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"''. They will sometimes wear a fake tan, which, in more comedic works, may be [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation orange]].

* In ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', when Trump got elected as President in real-life, the comic character America got a makeover that turned him into a Trump caricature with orange face paint and a yellow wig, using far-right rhetoric. Humon, the comic's author originally said that she would keep America this way until Trump remained President, but later she changed her mind because it got in the way of the jokes, as many lines that would have been funny if said by an InnocentlyInsensitive America would have serious UnfortunateImplications if spoken by Trump-America.

More often than not, gold is their dominant colour. Their hobbies include playing golf, [[WealthyYachtOwner partying on yachts]] and [[EgomaniacHunter shooting exotic animals]]. Most examples are [[EvilOldFolks middle-aged at the youngest]] and [[FatBastard overweight due to a lifetime of over-consumption]]. May be IdleRich, but are more often than not a prominent figure on their company's board of directors, in which case their catchphrase will definitely be ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"''. They will sometimes wear a fake tan, which, in more comedic works, may be [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulaiton orange]].

More often than not, gold is their dominant colour. Their hobbies include playing golf, [[WealthyYachtOwner partying on yachts]] and [[EgomaniacHunter shooting exotic animals]]. Most examples are [[EvilOldFolks middle-aged at the youngest]] and [[FatBastard overweight due to a lifetime of over-consumption]]. May be IdleRich, but are more often than not a prominent figure on their company's board of directors, in which case their catchphrase will definitely be ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"''.

Defining traits of the Trumplica include an extravagant fashion sense based [[NouveauRiche more on flaunting wealth than looking stylish]] (bouffant yellow hair is usually the defining part), wealthy parentage, NoIndoorVoice, high celebrity profile, one or more wives young enough to be their daughter, control over a major corporation (property development being the most likely) and an insatiable urge to own more.

More often than not, gold is their dominant colour. Their hobbies include playing golf, partying on yachts and shooting exotic animals. Most examples are middle-aged at the youngest and overweight due to a lifetime of over-consumption. May be IdleRich, but are more often than not a prominent figure on their company's board of directors, in which case their catchphrase will definitely be ''"YOU'RE FIRED!"''.

* In ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, when Trump got elected as President in real-life, the comic character America got a makeover that turned him into a Trump caricature with orange face paint and a yellow wig, using far-right rhetoric. Humon, the comic's author originally said that she would keep America this way until Trump remained President, but later she changed her mind because it got in the way of the jokes, as many lines that would have been funny if said by an InnocentlyInsensitive America would have serious UnfortunateImplications if spoken by Trump-America.

* In ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld, when Trump got elected as President in real-life, the comic character America got a makeover that turned him into a Trump caricature with orange face paint and a yellow wig. Humon, the comic's author originally said that she would keep America this way until Trump remained President, but later she changed her mind because it got in the way of the jokes, as many lines that would have been funny if said by an InnocentlyInsensitive America would have serious UnfortunateImplications if spoken by Trump-America.

Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is in play on this one.

[[caption-width-right:350:Trump knows parodies. He has the best parodies.]]

Defining traits of the Trumplica include an extravagant fashion sense based more on flaunting wealth than looking stylish (bouffant yellow hair is usually the defining part), wealthy parentage, NoIndoorVoice, high celebrity profile, one or more wives young enough to be their daughter, control over a major corporation (property development being the most likely) and an insatiable urge to own more.

Defining traits of the Trumplica include an extravagant fashion fashion sense based more on flaunting wealth than looking stylish (bouffant yellow hair is usually the defining part), wealthy parentage, NoIndoorVoice, high celebrity profile, one or more wives young enough to be their daughter, control over a major corporation (property development being the most likely) and an insatiable urge to own more.

* Thomas Wayne in ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' was written to be a Trump-like character. He's wealthy and has political aspirations, but lacks the social graces expected of a political candidate. It's also heavily implied that the titular Joker is a product of an affair Thomas had with an employee over 30 years before the story began, but it's left ambiguous as to whether or not there's any truth to it.
* Maxwell Lord in ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' is a tycoon with a garish fashion sense whose advertisements have a "greed is good" vibe.

* Max Shreck from ''Film/BatmanReturns'' was meant to be a parody of 80s-era Trump, with his puffy hair and his corrupt business practices. A CorruptCorporateExecutive in the true, Shreck believed that one could never have too much power, was very manipulative and treacherous toward Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, and was quite the sexist in regards to his personal assistant Selina Kyle, both of which ended up coming back to bite him hard.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': The short, "Jungle Bungle" from the episode, "Pollution Solution" features Ronald Grump as the short's antagonist. Grump owns a giant scorpion shaped robot/factory that cuts down the rainforest to make one elevator button out of each tree and use the rest of the tree to power the robot, also giving his mansion the world's largest front yard. When Buster and Babs find out about global warming, they travel to the rainforest and try unsuccessfully to convince Grump to change his ways. When Grump refuses, Buster ejects him from his robot and attempts to use it to destroy Grump's mansion. After some persuasion from both Buster and the homeless animals, Grump changes his ways by planting new trees. Unusually, Trump's hairstyle isn't parodied; Grump is bald.

* The Creator/{{Netflix}} animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Green Eggs and Ham|2019}}'' introduces a villain named Snerz who is rich, has a ridiculous hairstyle (actually a creature that he forces to act as his toupee), is obsessed with owning gold and exotic animals and tends to shout a lot.
* The revival for ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' replaced the former BigBad Lawrence Limburger with the invading Catonians who found themselves being assisted by an amoral real estate developer named Ronaldo Rump.

Later instances of this archetype may also involve an expy of Trump as President of the United States, especially after the real UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump ran in--and won--the 2016 Presidential election. Such portrayals tend to be done in a negative light even by the standards of this trope. They share the conspicuous wealth and excessive consumption with earlier portrayals, but they will also be patriotic to a fault and harbor far-right political views.

Contrast with TheScrooge - who is far more miserly with their riches - and BourgeoisBohemian - who prefers to live a less materialistic lifestyle in spite of their wealth.

!! Examples

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/LexLuthor was reimagined for ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' in 1986 as a famous CorruptCorporateExecutive who liked to put his name on everything, instead of his traditional MadScientist persona. WordOfGod has confirmed that they based him on Donald Trump, but they also used Ted Turner and Howard Hughes for inspiration. Lex Luthor ended up becoming president in the DC universe in 2001, 15 years before his inspiration would follow suit.

[[AC: Film]]
* Biff Tannen in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' becomes this after gaining access to Marty's sports almanac and Doc's time-machine, which he then uses to bet on winners and make a fortune. He also made a bid to legalise gambling so that his only means of wealth wouldn't be compromised. Adding to his Trump-like image is his Vegas-style skyscraper that's smack-dab in the middle of a suburban district, his outrageous fashion sense and the fact that his wife has very obvious breast implants.
* Thomas Wayne in ''Film/Joker2019'' was written to be a Trump-like character. He's wealthy and has political aspirations, but lacks the social graces expected of a political candidate. It's also heavily implied that the titular Joker is a product of an affair Thomas had with an employee over 30 years before the story began, but it's left ambiguous as to whether or not there's any truth to it.

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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The series' 25th anniversary special, "Stars and Street Forever!" features Ronald Grump as the special's antagonist. Grump's plan is to tear down Sesame Street so that he can build the Grump Tower. Everyone on Sesame Street protests the plan, except for Benny Rabbit, who wants to work as the tower's doorman. When Grump reveals that he was planning to build a robotic doorman for the project, Benny joins the rest of Sesame Street to protest Grump's plan. Grump ultimately abandons his plan when he realizes that Oscar's trash can is on city property, and Oscar refuses to move.

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[[AC: Western Animation]]
* The mayor of Elmore in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is modelled after the guy, and, not surprisingly, is a corrupt politician.

* President/Lord Business from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' has the bizarre hairstyle and is established as a wealthy, powerful and high-profile figure in his home city. Since the movie came out before Trump was announced as a presidential candidate, there's some HilariousInHindsight.

* The Creator/{{Netflix}} animated series ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'' introduces a villain named Snerz who is rich, has a ridiculous hairstyle (actually a creature that he forces to act as his toupee), is obsessed with owning gold and exotic animals and tends to shout a lot.

A subtrope of NoCelebritiesWereHarmed. Compare with UpperClassTwit, CorruptCorporateExecutive, TheCaligula, MrViceGuy and ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, and OurPresidentsAreDifferent.

The Trumplica is a more precise (and often less flattering) example of an EccentricMillionaire that tends to appear in works of fiction made after 1980.

More recent instances of this archetype may also involve an expy of Trump as President of the United States, especially after the real UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump ran in--and won--the 2016 Presidential election. Such portrayals tend to be done in a negative light even by the standards of this trope. They share the conspicuous wealth and excessive consumption with earlier portrayals, but they will also be patriotic to a fault and harbor far-right political views.

** The President of Canada is possibly the snidest example of this trope. He's only on screen for all of two minutes, during which he's shown to be an irresponsible bigot with no sense of class whose policies wrecked Canada, before getting raped to death by Mr. Garrison.

* Daniel Clamp from ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' was originally intended to be this, but instead the actor playing him decided to characterize Clamp as a SpoiledSweet HonestCorporateExecutive with some Manchild tendencies, instead (his insistence on colorizing old films also makes him resemble Ted Turner).

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': The short, "Jungle Bungle" from the episode, "Pollution Solution" features Ronald Grump as the short's antagonist. Grump owns a giant scorpion shaped robot/factory that cuts down the rainforest to make one elevator button out of each tree and use the rest of the tree to power the robot, also giving his mansion the world's largest front yard. When Buster and Babs find out about global warming, they travel to the rainforest and try unsuccessfully to convince Grump to change his ways. When Grump refuses, Buster ejects him from his robot and attempts to use it to destroy Grump's mansion. After some persuasion from both Buster and the homeless animals, Grump changes his ways by planting new trees.

More recent instances of this archetype may also involve an expy of Trump as President of the United States, especially after the real Donald Trump ran in--and won--the 2016 Presidential election. Such portrayals tend to be done in a negative light even by the standards of this trope. They share the conspicuous wealth and excessive consumption with earlier portrayals, but they will also be patriotic to a fault and harbor far-right political views.

* Lex Luthor was reimagined for The Man Of Steel in 1986 as a famous CorruptCorporateExecutive who liked to put his name on everything, instead of his traditional MadScientist persona. Word Of God has confirmed that they based him on Donald Trump, but they also used Ted Turner and Howard Hughes for inspiration. Lex Luthor ended up becoming president in the DC universe in 2001, 15 years before his inspiration would follow suit.

* ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' has the vile President of the United States, who decides to allow all junkies in the world to die and declare himself the de facto winner of the War On Drugs and essentially treated his Secretary of Press like a slave to the point she had to use drugs to deal with all of the workload (and when this makes her another of Poppy's victims, he's okay with letting her die). While the final cut of the film is rather subdued about it, deleted scenes made him an even more clear Expy of Donald Trump.

* Sesame Street: The series' 25th anniversary special, "Stars and Street Forever!" features Ronald Grump as the special's antagonist. Grump's plan is to tear down Sesame Street so that he can build the Grump Tower. Everyone on Sesame Street protests the plan, except for Benny Rabbit, who wants to work as the tower's doorman. When Grump reveals that he was planning to build a robotic doorman for the project, Benny joins the rest of Sesame Street to protest Grump's plan. Grump ultimately abandons his plan when he realizes that Oscar's trash can is on city property, and Oscar refuses to move.

* The Netflix animated series ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'' introduces a villain named Snerz who is rich, has a ridiculous hairstyle (actually a creature that he forces to act as his toupee), is obsessed with owning gold and exotic animals and tends to shout a lot.
* The revival for WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars replaced the former BigBad Lawrence Limburger with the invading Catonians who found themselves being assisted by an amoral real estate developer named Ronaldo Rump.

* Tiny Toon Adventures: The short, "Jungle Bungle" from the episode, "Pollution Solution" features Ronald Grump as the short's antagonist. Grump owns a giant scorpion shaped robot/factory that cuts down the rainforest to make one elevator button out of each tree and use the rest of the tree to power the robot, also giving his mansion the world's largest front yard. When Buster and Babs find out about global warming, they travel to the rainforest and try unsuccessfully to convince Grump to change his ways. When Grump refuses, Buster ejects him from his robot and attempts to use it to destroy Grump's mansion. After some persuasion from both Buster and the homeless animals, Grump changes his ways by planting new trees.