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* [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugChloeBourgeois Chloé Bourgeois]] from ''[[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Miraculous Ladybug]]'' is a wealthy spoiled brat with blonde hair who regularly abuses her power and privileges as the mayor's daughter. Following the thrid season finale, her [[TookALevelInJerkass iredeemable traits were ramped up]] to the point that [[WordOfGod series creator Astruc]] [[https://twitter.com/Thomas_Astruc/status/1370525635366547467 compared her]] to Trump. "Reunion" even has her making conspiracy-rallying social media posts that stir up Jalil Kubdel. [[spoiler: Then she causes a coup and takes over Paris as acting mayor after her father stepped down, refusing to acknowledge her father did it willingly while projecting blame on the heroes.]]

** The spin-off ''UNIT The News Series'' has a storyline, released in November 2016 as part of the Silenced set. It is a two-parter focusing on a politician, Kenneth LeBlanc, who is firmly anti-immigration and incompetent, with no clear policies, and who unknowingly owes his popularity due to the mind control abilities of the alien Silence, who are manipulating him for their own ends. When he's elected he privately admits he had no idea he'd win and has no idea what to do. Of course, he could also be considered a parody of British politicians such as Nigel Farage, also the Leader of a fringe Party heavily opposed to immigration and no clear policies and Boris Johnson, who also has a reputation for incompetence and untidiness, both of whom gained support for being 'not like other politicians', despite being blatantly untrustworthy and racist.

* Dave Eggers's ''The Captain and the Glory'' (2019) is an extended satire of the Trump presidency, about the crew of the cruise ship ''Glory'' electing as their new captain, ''"the man with the yellow feather in his hair"'', whose previous job was selling souvenirs at the golf course and is notorious for blurting out anything that comes into his head, because, as one voter says, ''"we need to shake things up."''

* Howard Jacobson's ''Pussy'' (2017) centers around a newly-elected President named "Fracassus".
* Joe Keenan's novel ''Putting On The Ritz'' (1991) features as deuteragonist a Manhattan real estate tycoon named Peter Champion who is heartily loathed by both upper and lower New York society for his crass manners and lack of culture. He'd be easier to ignore if the "Champion style" wasn't being constantly thrown in everybody's faces by his eyesore skyscrapers, which one critic described as ''"[[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Albert Speer]] goes to Las Vegas."''

* The Literature/WildCards series of superhero novels actually gives us a Trumplica that appears in each of the two major time periods associated with this character type. Duncan Towers first appears in a re-issue of a novel originally published in [[TheEighties the 1980s]] with a couple of new stories. He is an egomaniacal New York millionaire that loves to flaunt his wealth. That was followed by an appearance in a new novel set in the present time. In the alternate history of the setting, Duncan Towers actually serves as the vice-president for a female President. They also both belong to the Liberty Party, a third party that has both a Libertarian wing (to which the President belongs) and a nativist, populist wing (to which Towers belongs). She is depicted more or less sympathetically, while Towers is a [[TheStarscream treacherous opportunist]] and a bigot.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate timeline]], the 1985-A Biff Tannen's characterization is a cross between Donald Trump and Elvis. He's a casino mogul who lives in a Vegas-style skyscraper, has a wife with obvious breast implants, and sports blond-orange hair. This all gets combined with his Elvis-like clothing, mutton chops, and Southern-style entourage. WordOfGod also confirmed that Bad Future Biff was meant to be a caricature of Trump. Interestingly, the film depicts Biff as the de-facto ruler of Hill Valley and an influential kingmaker in the Republican party, long before Trump's ascension to the presidency. In this timeline, [[PermanentElectedOfficial Nixon is still president]], having been elected four times and seeking a fifth term in the 1984-A election. It is heavily implied (and confirmed in a [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic spinoff]]) that Biff helped Nixon overcome Watergate and helped extend his presidency by repealing the 22nd amendment. Said comic spinoff also features Biff attempting to run for president in the 1988-A election, [[spoiler:though he ends up getting killed before that]].

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate timeline]], the 1985-A Biff Tannen's characterization is a cross between Donald Trump and Elvis. He's a casino mogul who lives in a Vegas-style skyscraper, has a wife with obvious breast implants, and sports blond-orange hair. This all gets combined with his Elvis-like clothing, mutton chops, and Southern-style entourage. WordOfGod also confirmed that Bad Future Biff was meant to be a caricature of Trump. Interestingly, the film depicts Biff as the de-facto ruler of Hill Valley and an influential kingmaker in the Republican party, long before Trump's ascension to the presidency. In this timeline, [[PermanentElectedOfficial Nixon is still president]], having been elected four times and seeking a fifth term in the 1984-A election. It is heavily implied (and confirmed in a [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic spinoff]]) that Biff helped Nixon overcome Watergate and helped extend his presidency by repealing the 22nd amendment. Said comic spinoff also features Biff attempting to run for president in the 1988-A election.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' gives an odd example in its portrayal of Lex Luthor (who, as explained above, has taken inspiration from Trump since the mid-1980s) as there was a six-year-long SequelGap between its second and third seasons because it was {{Uncancelled}}. The second season ended in early 2013, some two and a half years before Trump ran for president but season three was put into production in 2017 (it aired in 2019), the year in which his presidency began. Luthor in the first two seasons was a pretty textbook adaptation of the character but in season three he's a straight-up Trump commentary. He uses his role as Secretary General of the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations to help his business that he continues to run (when Luthor became President in the comics in the early '00s, he put his business in a trust and Talia al Ghul became [=CEO=]) and in response to being found out, he gives a speech about fake news and changing international libel laws.

* ''Series/{{Veep}}'' has Jonah become more and more of a Trump parody as his political career gains a foothold. His family has major connections and was originally supposed to be a stand-in to keep a house seat warm while a relative was unable to campaign, but he manages to gain a tiny bit of notoriety through [[AchievementsInIgnorance lucky incompetence]] and sympathy points after a testicular cancer diagnosis. He starts up a far-fetched presidential campaign where he starts screaming to crowds about random things that annoy him, which gathers a small but devoted following despite how nonsensical his anti-math, anti-Arabrants were. [[spoiler: A happenstance incident where an Arab schoolteacher committed a mass shooting gives him just enough clout to be seen as a useful pawn for Selina, who selects him to be her Vice President in exchange for his endorsement. This decision drives a wedge between her and much of her current staff, and the DistantFinale shows that Jonah was impeached out of office (given it's Selina, she likely used him as TheScapegoat for something else)]].

* In ''Film/SinCity'' you have a rare twist on the trope where the character, [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11/118136/2607502-1809_26640.gif Senator Roark]], is a replica of [[https://images.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2016/313/40736522_1478698054.jpg Fred Trump]] rather than his far more famous son Donald. This is also unique to the film. In [[http://thatyellowbastard.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/8/5/20852596/3873511.jpg the comics]], he is more of a FatBastard with a bulbous nose and a lazy eye.

* ''Film/KnivesOut'' has Joni Thrombey, a Gwyneth Paltrow-esque "lifestyle guru" who has the Trumplica's signature blond hair and fake tan. Despite the clear visual invocation, Joni claims in-universe to despise Trump and his politics, though this may be performative considering her actual racist attitude towards her father-in-law’s Latina nurse.

* ''Film/{{President Evil|2018}}'' is a 2018 parody of ''Film/Halloween1978'', with the resident Michael Myers {{expy}} wearing a Trump mask and motivated by [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic extreme right-wing rhetoric]] to hunt [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain black people, Hispanic people, Muslims and trans people]].
* In ''Film/SinCity'' you have a rare twist on the trope where the character, [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11/118136/2607502-1809_26640.gif Senator Roark]], is a replica of [[https://images.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2016/313/40736522_1478698054.jpg Fred Trump]] rather than his son Donald. This is also unique to the film. In [[http://thatyellowbastard.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/8/5/20852596/3873511.jpg the comics]], he is more of a FatBastard with a bulbous nose and a lazy eye.

* Joe Keenan's novel ''Putting On The Ritz'' features as deuteragonist a Manhattan real estate tycoon named Peter Champion who is heartily loathed by both upper and lower New York society for his crass manners and lack of culture. He'd be easier to ignore if the "Champion style" wasn't being constantly thrown in everybody's faces by his eyesore skyscrapers, which one critic described as ''"UsefulNotes/AlbertSpeer goes to Las Vegas."''

* Creator/HowardJacobson's ''Pussy'' centers around a newly-elected President named "Fracassus".

* Creator/HowardJacobsen's ''Pussy'' centers around a newly-elected President named "Fracassus".

* Creator/DaveEggers's ''The Captain and the Glory'' is an extended satire of the Trump presidency, about the crew of the cruise ship ''Glory'' electing as their new captain, ''"the man with the yellow feather in his hair"'', whose previous job was selling souvenirs at the golf course and is notorious for blurting out anything that comes into his head, because, as one voter says, ''"we need to shake things up."''

** Vivek Ramasquamy, played by Squeex, is a combination of this and a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed parody]] of Trump’s 2024 primary competitor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy]].

* In October 2020, Francis J. Francer on ''Roleplay/NoPixel'' goes [[https://youtu.be/9cFVB1E24os?t=147 undercover]] in a Trump costume, sticking with his own squeaky, [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent Aussie-esque]] voice and [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent not even attempting]] to do an imitation of Trump's regular voice. Francis/Trump proceeds to go on a rampage through Los Santos, killing other Trumplicas, using a ray gun to blast "socialists," giving Randy Bullet US citizenship for shooting a "socialist," then nuking the city right after tweeting about how "all socialist shud pay". [[UnexplainedRecovery Everyone gets better]], though.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' had an AttentionWhore billionaire owner of a beauty pageant named Victor Baron a.k.a. "The Baron", who cheats on his former beauty queen TrophyWife with younger pageant contestants and describes everything as "very classy".

* The ''Manga/DeathNote: a-Kira'' one-shot features an unnamed Donald Trump lookalike as the US president, who gets in a bidding war with a [[UsefulNotes/XiJinping]] lookalike over the notebook.

Compare with UpperClassTwit, CorruptCorporateExecutive, MillionairePlayboy, TheCaligula, ANaziByAnyOtherName, MrViceGuy, ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, InsufferableImbecile, SubParSupremacist, PresidentEvil, and OurPresidentsAreDifferent.

* The ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' version of ComicBook/NormanOsborn is presented as one of these based on Trump as the President, albeit only as a mayor, but he's still also running Oscorp in addition to his mayoral duties (with a little snooping around his apartment by Mary Jane implying he has higher aspirations). Amusingly, like the below-mentioned version of Lex Luthor from ''Young Justice'', he's voiced by Creator/MarkRolston. However, unlike a lot of other examples of how this trope is usually played, he's given a more [[AdaptationalSympathy sympathetic portrayal]] in that [[spoiler:his son Harry is dying of a genetic disease--the same one that killed his mother--and his actions in the game are him desperately trying to find a cure for it, though doing so creates Mr. Negative and Doctor Octopus in the process, and strongly implies Norman will become his famous, pumpkin-bomb throwing alter ego Green Goblin soon enough.]]

* ''The Golden House'', by Creator/SalmanRushdie, has not one but two Trumplicas, [[DecompositeCharacter representing different facets of the man]] as a New York business fixture and a presidental candidate, with one being PracticallyJoker for good measure.