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An awful relic from less enlightened times, or a sign that the attitudes from those times have not gone away completely. Comic relief characters in the {{Small Annoying Creature}} or {{The Scrappy}} mold whose strangeness in appearance and behavior is put down to their being of a different race or ethnicity to the heroes. Often highlighted by their being extreme {{gonk}}s in an [[{{Mukokuseki}} otherwise normal]] cast.

[[SarcasmMode Fortunately this is now a truly Discredited Trope]], fit ''only'' for {{Lampshading}}. It is, however, still sometimes [[EvilForeigner used straight in foreign countries]] (see picture), usually due more to ignorance than malice. Of course in modern remakes, the racism will be ''[[UnfortunateImplications entirely]]'' removed, as will the [[FunnyForeigner comic relief]] nature.

See Also: UncleTomfoolery, ButNotTooForeign
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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* Mr. Popo the servant/slave of God from ''{{Dragonball}}'' has an infamous and distinct look from the other characters, but is usually not considered a black stereotype. For one, he doesn't resemble any other darkskinned characters, and he's also pretty obviously supposed to be a genie.
** There was also Captain Black.
*** ...who is, well, black, but isn't particularly outlandish. He's a pretty normal, rational guy compared to, say, Commander Red.
* Chada from ''[[NieaUnderSeven NieA_7]]'' at first appears to be a walking, talking stereotype of an Indian convenience store owner, complete with broken English. However, [[{{Fauxreigner}} he's actually an alien who adopted this stereotype as his appearance and identity.]]
* Killerbee from the ''{{Naruto}}'' manga comes off as an EthnicScrappy born out of cultural ignorance. He is apparently a painfully stereotypical anime black man who raps nearly everything he says.
**However, it should be noted that this doesn't stop him from [[spoiler:outwitting both Hawk ''and'' the Akatsuki]] with what can only be described as [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome sheer brilliance]], so he's much more capable than most examples. It helps that he [[spoiler:handed [[SpotlightStealingSquad Sasuke]] his ass on a silver platter]] too.
** There's also the fact that the manga introduced four other (largely normal) black characters a couple chapters after him (Jei, Omoi, Karui, and the Raikage).
*** The Raikage is far from normal what with him [[ThereWasADoor jumping out of windows or through walls when there are doors]], of course the fans love him
*** To be fair, he did think [[spoiler: that the kid killed his brother]]. When he found out that was false and calmed down, he proved to be a very reasonable man. So much so that [[spoiler: he was made head of the new Ninja Alliance]]. Besides, anybody who can humble [[GodModeSue Sasuke]] on-screen is bound to get fans.
** Plus, this troper thought it was obvious that Killerbee wasn't so much as a caricature of black stereotypes so much as a {{Captain Ersatz}} of Muhammad Ali and Hulk Hogan.
***Killerbee may have been a [[CaptainErsatz Captain]] for Ali sure... but this troper totally missed the Hogan connection and found his [[TotallyRadical "rapping"]] to be slightly off-putting, especially in the original Japanese (where fansubs try to clean up Kishimoto's {{engrish}} to little avail).
*** Hey the Rapping is meant to suck, Killerbee actually admits to that much. Now he's on to Enka, so Rapping was just a phase...soyeah
*** Thank you above comment. I mean damn. It's like non-black people are so focused on trying to be politically correct that they fail to realize their being as ignorant as the people they think are. I'm black, and I like rap. So I think it's funny and I think the Bee's CrazyAwesome and not an EthnicScrappy. He's a ShoutOut to the Wu Tang Clan (who themselves are diehard anime fans) with a bit of intentional StylisticSuck.


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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* Chop-Chop from ''{{Blackhawk}}''. All the Caucasian characters are tall and good-looking. The Chinese is three feet tall, as wide as he is high with lemon-yellow skin, teeth like a radiator grille, tiny, slitted eyes behind milk-bottle glasses and a silly accent. They all wore uniforms and caps, he wears a multi-coloured Qing dynasty outfit and a ribbon in his pigtail.
** The later issues, however, as early as the SilverAge, made him look like a normal Chinese guy, took away his stupid accent, and gave him a uniform.
** {{Deconstruction}}: Howard Chaykin's 1988 reworking of ''Blackhawk'', which even gave him a real name, showed him to be insulted and angered by his team-mates' use of the derogatory nick-name. In fact, the miniseries doesn't shy away from depicting any of the racism and sexism of the World War II era.
*** More modern Hawkman issues (nineties) show the character as a successful businessman. If this troper recalls correctly, his 'past' was retconned to be a couple of pointless jokes and he was always a valued member of the team. Of course, [[ContinuitySnarl since this was a Hawkman comic]], the continuity of such is in doubt.
* [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1263:is-the-spirits-sidekick-a-clown-or-did-people-actually-dress-that-way&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32 Ebony White]] in ''TheSpirit''. Yes, he got better lines and a more serious role as the story went on, but to have a comedy black character half the white guy's height with big, red, rubber lips and huge, wide staring eyes was not the finest idea in WillEisner's great career as a cartoonist. This was so common among GoldenAge heroes that Ebony is probably the ''least'' racist example.
** Not quite; [[MandrakeTheMagician Lothar]] is probably the least racist example from that period, despite his "African Prince" origin.
** Eisner discusses this problem, and his reaction to it, in the introduction to ''Fagin the Jew'', the comic he made to vindicate the character of Fagin in ''Oliver Twist''.
** The 2007 Darwyn Cooke version makes him into a street-smart kid, with the added precaution of excising JiveTurkey.
*** Also, he... um, drives a cab.
*** Although the cab thing is handled pretty well, in that he is shown to be clever enough to make a living as an unlicensed cabbie with a Taxi his dead uncle left him, despite being only 14. Spirit employs him as his driver since both of them are officially "outside the law," and because of Ebony's excellent survival instincts.
**** They also invert Ebony's role from the original strips; whereas before he was a comedy relief goon much of the time, in this version, he's the {{deadpan snarker}} who is always ready with some much-needed sarcasm whenever Spirit's ego is in danger of getting too big.
** Wait, wait, so a 14-year-old whom...well, let's go through the list... [[ParentalAbandonment The fact he's alive is the sole evidence we have that his parents ever existed]]; when we get to see what he does when not being the SideKick or driving a cab, it turns out that he's the leader (and the TokenMinority) of a band of mixed group of {{Street Urchin}}s. Of the bunch, he's probably the most savvy of them and best educated, but this troper would like to point out that [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices the truant officer is not even trying to earn his paycheck.]] [[SocialServicesDoesNotExist Assuming there is one, that is]]...you know what? He's pretty smart, given what he has to work with.
* The SilverAge GreenLantern Hal Jordan had an Inuit sidekick called Pieface who served as his mechanic. Today, he is strictly called Tom Kalmaku and depicted with respect as an engineer.
** In a recent retelling of Hal's origin, the "Pieface" nickname is used by a {{Jerkass}} rival pilot.
** Tom gets his in ''JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier'', Darwyn Cooke's (there he is again!) reimagining of the dawn of DC's SilverAge. Hal Jordan calls him Pieface when they first meet. Tom responds by calling Hal "whitebread" and threatening him with a wrench, and that's the last time Hal uses that nickname.
* The Africans in ''{{Tintin}} in the Congo'' are better left unmentioned. However, the later ''Blue Lotus'' was written with input by a real Chinese, and worked hard to remove some of the {{Yellow Peril}} stereotypes. This did not, however, apply to the Japanese villains were mostly depicted as disgusting racist mockeries with protruding teeth and thick glasses.
** This editor points out that the stereotyping of the Japanese was most likely due to the anti-Japanese colonialism theme that was a part of the storyline.
**Herge expressed great regret later on for the racism in his early work and actually requested ''Tintin in the Congo'' not be republished. The last few Tintin adventures are still prone to Ethnic Scrappy, but tend to have fairly realistic minor characters.
* Has anyone seen the token black kid in the old ''Young Allies'' comics? Go to [[SuperDickery superdickery.com]] and click on any of the pictures where the Allies are mentioned. Exactly. And they gave him the incredibly PC name of Whitewash. I wish I could be making this up but I'm not.
** Of course in a recent comic where the new Captain America (Bucky) reunited with his old friends they fix that and don't even use the nickname. He was also shown to be highly inteligent.
** And just a reminder that at that time, having a black kid in a relatively equal role in a mostly-white group ''was a step up''.
* Grant Morrison during his tenure writing XMen created Angel Salvadore, as some sort of vaguely Latina, foul-mouthed 14 year-old who was kicked out of her house by her step-father when her mutant powers developed. Some UnfortunateImplications come into play when Angel later becomes pregnant and suddenly has ''half-a-dozen children''. .

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[[folder: Film ]]

* Charlie the cook from the original 1933 ''KingKong'' is a definitive example of the Comedy Chinaman, mandarin suit and all. Made a little bit less awful because he does show some competence in spotting the bracelet dropped by one of the islanders. In the oft-forgotten sequel, ''Son of Kong'', he fought off a Styracosaurus with a meat cleaver.
** Referenced in Peter Jackson's 2005 version, where the cook is also a Chinese man in a full Mandarin suit. He doesn't have much screentime or act Scrappy-ish, though.
* There was a certain time period where any team of heroes that had reason to visit a vaguely Arabic or Asian country would be stuck with a young, pidgin-English-speaking boy. Children always tended to do marginally better in this role than their adult counterparts, as they were intended to be endearing and cute.
** Probably the most famous was Short Round, Indy's sidekick in ''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom]]''. He ''just possibly'' escaped being a Scrappy by virtue of being somewhat of a son figure to Indy, and [[RuleOfCool driving Indy's car]], but YourMileageMayVary.
*** According to later books, Short Round followed in Indy's footsteps by becoming an archaeologist. He would later go on to discover Atlantis.
** In the 1996 movie adaptation of ''ThePhantom'', the Phantom rescues a young boy who becomes his EthnicScrappy.
** Oddly, cropped up in a mild form in the 2007 ''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movie, with the Qutar kid who existed mostly as a walking PetTheDog for the US soldier characters. Also, his dad's cellphone saved the day.
*''Revenge of the Fallen'''s Twins, Skids and Mudflap (AKA [[FanNickname "Herp and Derp"]]) are this and more. With gold teeth, speaking in painful slang and playing to every black stereotype imaginable ("We don't do much readin'."), you have to wonder if Michael Bay was testing the resiliency of his career when he let Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson get away with their performance.
** Speaking of Michael Bay, go back and watch the opening scene of ''{{Armageddon}}''. The annoying, high-voiced, jive-talking black man throwing racial slurs at a fat Hawaiian guy in a loud shirt, the dumb Asian tourist woman shouting "I want to go shopping!" in the middle of a city-destroying meteor shower... Let's let [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Chick]] [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/11386-arma01 talk us through it]], shall we?
* Seen most recently in ''Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid'', in which the cast has a cameraman who's a jive-talking, incompetent, wise-cracking, loudmouth black guy who spends the entire movie fearfully hiding behind his white bosses. As one reviewer put it (to paraphrase): "Weren't characters like these supposed to have died out in the 1940s?"
* Snails from the first ''DungeonsAndDragons'' movie is a textbook EthnicScrappy.
* And let's not forget Hamchunk from ''TheGreenBerets''.
* Prissy from ''GoneWithTheWind''. Oh god, Prissy...
* Salazar (played by Nick Cannon) from the Steve Miner ''DayOfTheDead'' remake takes this to ludicrous levels. Here's one of his many charming quotes:
-->'''Salazar''': What's the matter? You see a black man with a pointed stick and it automatically gotta be a ''spear?''
** And it only gets worse from there. You know what's ''really'' dumbfounding? All those lines were ad-libbed by ''Cannon himself''.
* Long Duk Dong from the movie ''Sixteen Candles''.
* Zambo, Lord Roxton's Indian servant [[strike:in blackface]] in the 1925 film adaptation of ''TheLostWorld'' plays this trope to a T. The character in the original novel wasn't a plucky comic relief but merely a "[[HappinessInSlavery devoted negro]]". In later film adaptations the character is always written out. The 2001 A&E version replaces him with a quiet, pragmatic native Brazilian chap named Samuel.
*The upcoming movie ''G Force'' has a black guinea pig who seems incapable of saying something without sounding like a rap star.
* The Indian child actor Sabu made a career out of this sort of role in the 1940s, in films such as ''{{Black Narcissus}}''.
* Mickey Rooney as a Japanese caricature is the worst thing in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Anyone remember Hop Sing, the Chinese cook on the old television show ''{{Bonanza}}''?
** To be fair, the Hop Sing characterization had ValuesDissonance. ''Bonanza'' was set in the 19th century and the depiction of the Chinese people on the show was not entirely inaccurate for that time period.
* In the TV show ''{{Sliders}}'', Rembrandt Brown started out with at least one foot in this territory, but fortunately the character displayed drastic improvement as the series progressed.
* Julio Fuentes from ''{{Sanford and Son}}''. The man [[FunnyForeigner OWNED A GOAT]], for Pete's sake. Not to mention his unrelenting pleasantness in the face of Fred's unrelenting racism which may have been intended as a type of {{Stealth Insult}} ala [[AllInTheFamily Lionel Jefferson]] but it really came off...[[ModernMinstrelsy badly]].

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* A [[ValuesDissonance painfully straight]] example is in EdgarAllanPoe's short story, "The Gold Bug" - Jupiter, the {{Engrish}}-speaking [[HappinessInSlavery voluntary slave]] whose ''sheer stupidity'' becomes a plot point.

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[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* Connie (George Webster Confucius), the Chinese comic relief character, from the ''TerryAndThePirates'' comic strip.

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[[folder: Professional Wrestling ]]

* Any pro-wrestler not from the USA or Canada. Continues to this day - see Umaga, for example.
** The Japanese are particularly susceptible - Tajiri, Mr. Fuji, and Kenzo/Hiroko Suzuki in the WWE/WWF stick out in this regard.
*** Subverted or averted by RingOfHonor and other independent promotions that have working relationships (often strong) Japanese pro wrestlers and their home promotions.
** Despite some occasional slips on this mark, TNA's Samoa Joe actually exists to subvert this trope, being a perfectly normal, in fact exceptionally skilled, wrestler.
*** Of course, the aforementioned Umaga seems to have been created as a ''TakeThat'' for Joe, as though to say, "This is how Samoans act in wrestling." Some of us are still not pleased.
*** As of late, Samoa Joe seems to have embraced being a 'wrestling Samoan' in that he has his face all painted in Maori tattoos and threatens opponents with a 'tribal knife.'
**** Shockingly, Manu, a recently debuted Samoan wrestler in WWE, speaks plain English and does not appear to have any "native" leanings. Then again, they also recently debuted R-Truth, a black ex-con who now raps and dances his way to the ring... so...
*** I just thought I'd point out the ancestry of the wrestler-turned-actor formerly known as "The Rock". Although the fact that his real name is Dwayne Johnson and that he is only half-Samoan might temper this a bit. On the flip side (while this troper makes no claims to following pro wrestling) wasn't he a {{Heel}} for most of his career? Also: he was originally introduced as Rocky ''[[ItRunsInTheFamily Maivia]]''.
**** True, but he was introduced as a pretty-boy {{Face}}. The {{Heel}} part came when the fans didn't react to the promotion and the execs dumped him in the EthnicScrappy boiling pot known as The Nation. He's one of the few superstars who worked his way out of a racial angle and made it on a reputation of skill alone.
**Booker T was an ex-con who does spinnaroonies would have fit this trope long before R-Truth. Rikishi being a Samoan who spoke plain English and acted pretty normal was in the WWE before Umaga or the fact Samoa IS part of the USA. Most people don't acknowledge Samoa Joe started out in UPW, a former WWE development league and current talent scout for the company.
**Even if in some people's eyes Yoshiro Tajiri fits the "ethnic stereotype" it was justified in that he came straight from Japan and spoke little English for a long time. Tajiri can just as easily get the fans on his side as he can be a scrappy and is regarded by most the be an exceptional wrestler-not someone to compare to Mr. Fuji. Many also consider Umaga a good wrestler as he can pull off impressive maneuvers for his size.
**WWE isn't the only place to use ethnic scrappies either. TNA's new American hating Sheik comes to mind, [[TropesAreNotBad but in wrestling its to be expected]], as many wrestlers make their whole careers off of being hated.
*** You Mean Daivari? At least in TNA they make it believable and mention that he was born in the US and didn't go to the extreme WWE went with Hassan (Who wasn't even Arab).
**Jimmie Wang Yang is a notable aversion of this trope.
*** Not really since he's playing with redneck stereotypes.
**There are a few inversions of this too such as Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle and "The All American American" Jack Swagger.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* The [[SoBadItsHorrible unspeakably awful]] TabletopGames ''[=FATAL=]'' had actual, equippable items which literally turned the wearer into Ethnic Scrappies - of Jews, black people, Asians and Greeks. The RPG was not played for laughs, and would probably have been even ''more'' offensive if it had been. Particularly offensive sample:
-->50. Nigrous Nincompoopery, of: Whosoever dons this armor experiences a loss of 1d100 points from each sub-ability of Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. The ass of the wearer will grow by 50% and be abnormally high. If the wearer is male, then those around him are 80% likely to believe that his manhood has increased, though it has not. The skin of the wearer becomes cursed and dark as night. Disposition turns to [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Unethical Immoral]]. Temperament becomes phlegmatic. The eyes of the wearer are visible 3 miles away at night. The wearer will have a body odor for 1d10 feet. On the bright side, the Physical Fitness of the wearer increases by 10%. The armor may be removed at will.

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[[folder: Theater ]]

* The song "Spanish Rose" in ''ByeByeBirdie'' shows in a single musical number how to make an EthnicScrappy out of a character who isn't even supposed to be Spanish aside from her last name. This song might not have been written if Chita Rivera hadn't been the victim of typecasting.
** This is also a rare case of a character ''deliberately'' invoking this trope. Having endured a litany of racist remarks from her prospective mother-in-law for most of the play, Rosie declares her intention to get revenge by acting "so Spanish eet will make you seeck."

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Wham Bam Rock, the boss of the [[{{Metroidvania}} Great Cave Offensive]] (ironically) in ''{{Kirby}} Super Star'', is made up entirely of a leafy crown, huge round disembodied eyes, huge red disembodied rubber lips, and disembodied stone hands he beats you around with. They got their act together for the DS VideoGameRemake (where Wham Bam now resembles a clay totem) - well, partially. The "king of all the Wham Bams", Wham Bam Jewel, has both basic Ethnic Scrappy characteristics (huge staring eyes and rubber lips).
** While Wham Bam Jewel does look a bit like the old Wham Bam Rock, he also has tusks and a third eye, indicating he might be some type of non-human instead of a silly stereotype.
* TouhouProject, to my dismay, seems to have one of those with Hong [[FanNickname "China"]] Meiling. She's a Chinese-like youkai. And she's a terrible gatekeeper, lazy, rather weak compared to other characters, abused by her boss, [[ButtMonkey etc.]] Fortunately, other similar characters abound in Touhou (Reisen, Komachi to a lesser extent...) without the ethnic stereotypes.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''JonnyQuest'' has Hadji. ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' greatly updated the character; however, he retained essential aspects of the EthnicScrappy- ridiculous accent despite years of living in the US, "ethnic" attire no modern Indian man would wear, and magical powers.
** To be fair, they tried to avoid Hadji having magical powers in the first season, instead having him use tricks like controlled breathing. During the second season, demands for the show to be more like the original put in some "latent" powers like spoon bending.
** ''JonnyQuest'', the original series, is grindingly embarrassing at times due to this. Supposedly, the Zulus throwing spears at the Quest Jet in the closing credits were from an episode that never aired, but that image is crazy enough. The worst that DID air was probably one where the team were stranded on a ship when the MonsterOfTheWeek smashed their plane. They find the only survivor of the ship's crew -- a Chinese cook named Charlie who has a horrible accent, dresses stereotypically (how did they miss giving him a pigtail?), and continually references his "honorable ancestors". They are eventually spotted by DUTCH search parties from Batavia-- despite Jakarta (and Indonesia) having been independent for years already. Oy...
* ''The 13 Ghosts of ScoobyDoo'' had Flim-Flam. Despite being a parody of this character type, he was a worse Scrappy than Scrappy himself.
* In ''DefendersOfTheEarth'', MandrakeTheMagician had an adopted Asian son named Kshin.
* Parodied on ''TheVentureBrothers'' with Kano, a member of the original Team Venture, who "[[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas despite his racial handicap]]" is a skilled pilot, and powerful enough to crush a boulder, yet gentle enough... to crush a butterfly. Also, he communicates with origami.
* The ''DickTracy'' animated series from the '50s/'60s had "Joe Jitsu", an Asian kung-fu master/detective, and "Go-Go Gomez", a lazy Mexican who solved crimes from his hammock. Both were drawn just about as stereotypically as you might imagine. Gomez could move very fast, although he did so with lots of "Arriba! Arriba! Yeeha! Yeeha!" yells that turned him into a human Speedy Gonzales.
* ''Many'' early cartoon characters, which usually highlights interesting arguments between meme insensitivity and deliberate racism. Animation fans usually defend characters like Bosko, who was obviously a racial caricature of a sort, but isn't treated maliciously and is always the hero.
* ''The PlasticMan Comedy/Adventure Show'' had "bumbling Hawaiian sidekick" Hula-Hula.
** He was a parody of Lou Costello in general appearance, speech, and actions, much like Plas' original comic book sidekick "Woozy" Winks.
** To be fair, he's introduced as being an extremely high-strung pharmaceuticals salesman who wondered which of his own pills might apply to his own constant ills, as well as fainting at the sight of blood, so it's probably more character-based than race-based. His own family is used as a foil against him on more than one occasion.
* [[LooneyTunes Speedy Gonzales]], like the Hachibi example, avoids this trope thanks to CrazyAwesome. He's [[SuperSpeed fast]], he's [[KnightInShiningArmor chivalrous]], he's [[XanatosSpeedChess clever]], and [[HumiliationConga always gets the gringo]]. So why do people still not like his cartoons? It's because the ''other mice in the show'' piss people off, who all have their laziness and ignorance cranked UpToEleven until the writers are sure you know they're Mexican.
** Need we mention his cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez?
*** No; while he is slow in the feet, he's not slow in [[GratuitousSpanish la cabeza]].
*** Also, he pack a '''"GON."'''
* [[ChuckNorris Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos]]: Dear '''GOD!''' Where to start? When the least offensive ethnic character on the show is a stereotypical Samurai named Kemo, you know you're in trouble. Others include Lard-ass ExtremeOmnivore sumo wrestler Tabe and (shudder!) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Too-Much]].
* ''TheBoondocks'' has two, Stinkmeaner and Uncle Ruckus. They're annoying and overly offensive.
** However, they are ''intended'' as parody, and are generally supposed to be considered unsympathetic.
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