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1!!For other works in this franchise, see ''Franchise/JudgeDredd''.
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3[[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TVTROPESDREDD_519.jpg]]
4[[caption-width-right:271:[[IAmTheNoun He is]] [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner the Law.]]]]
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6->''"I am '''THE LAW!'''"''
7-->-- '''Judge Dredd'''
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9A long-running ScienceFiction comic created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Pat Mills, and starring ''the'' iconic character from the British AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Judge Dredd'' follows the adventures of the titular uncompromising KnightTemplar lawman, Joseph Dredd, who cleans the bloodstained streets of the [[{{Dystopia}} grim, far-future megalopolis]] that is [[MegaCity Mega-City One]], a gigantic, [[ViceCity decaying and crime-ridden]] urban sprawl which covers most of [[DividedStatesOfAmerica what used to be the East Coast of the USA]]. Dredd is a "Judge", a veteran officer in a law-enforcement force whose authority allows him to quite literally act as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner in a world where the criminal justice system and democratic government have long since disintegrated as a result of countless natural disasters, sky-high crime rate and world-wide nuclear wars.
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11The series is part {{Dystopia}}n sci-fi adventure, part satirical BlackComedy. Mega City One embodies the social problems, urban decay and political issues of British and Western society since The70s, turned up to eleven, with Dredd and the Judges a satire of the worst excesses of police and government authority, though some people [[MisaimedFandom seem to think his methods are a jolly good idea]].
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13The series is also notable for its moral complexity. By his very nature and purpose, [[AntiHero Dredd]] is firmly committed to the Justice Department's brutal, draconian and ruthless methods to enforce the Law, but it has been established that Mega-City One would collapse without him and his fellow Judges, and more than once ''has''. Dredd himself, [[InspectorJavert despite being as unmoving in his ideals as a stone plinth who embraces every word of the Law]], is also impeccably honest and honorable, despises corruption and unnecessary cruelty, does not discriminate his targets, goes out of his way to save innocents, has had some PetTheDog moments throughout the years, and has been given cause to question his purpose more than once. Still, at the end of the day, he is an unapologetic authoritarian. In this setting, [[DemocracyIsBad democracy within his society has been shown to be simply unworkable]].
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15For those who like their classical philosophy texts, Dredd's world has a distinct air of Plato's ''Literature/TheRepublic'' about it.
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17Sister comics ''ComicBook/AndersonPsiDivision'', ''ComicBook/TheFallOfDeadworld'', ''ComicBook/{{Lawless}}'', ''ComicBook/LowLife'', and ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective'' all have their own pages.
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20!!''Judge Dredd'' provides examples of:
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22[[index]]
23* JudgeDredd/TropesAToD
24* JudgeDredd/TropesEToL
25* JudgeDredd/TropesMToP
26* JudgeDredd/TropesQToZ
27[[/index]]

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