Discussion History Main / Trumplica

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and is not by itself enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

Also, Ghetsis\\\' cause (which is admittedly a fake cause) is environmentalism, which isn\\\'t really one of Trump\\\'s agendas.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders HidingBehindReligion as a means to boost their own profit and power but who don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, what with him setting his son up as some sort of messiah, and dressing his grunts up like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

Also, Ghetsis\\\' cause (which is admittedly a fake cause) is environmentalism, which isn\\\'t really one of Trump\\\'s agendas.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders HidingBehindReligion as a means to boost their own profit and power but who don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, what with him setting his son up as some sort of messiah, and dressing his grunts up like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders HidingBehindReligion as a means to boost their own profit and power and who don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, with his setting his son up as some sort of messiah, and dressing his grunts up like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders HidingBehindReligion as a means to boost their own profit and power and who don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders HidingBehindReligion as a means to boost their own profit and power and who don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power and don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really coincidental at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power and don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders. The \\\"religious cult leader\\\" angle is very blatant, while any connection to Trump is really superficial at best.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power and don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump.

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power and don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.

If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power and don\\\'t actually believe in the things they preach, especially considering his grunts dress like medieval crusaders.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains like Ghetsis, and not enough for me to say that he was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist religious leaders who use \\\"religion\\\" as a means to boost their own profit and power, before I would call him a {{Trumplica}}.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that often indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist religious leaders before I would call him a {{Trumplica}}.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist religious leaders before I would call him a {{Trumplica}}.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some unpopular foreign leaders. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist religious leaders before I would call him a {{Trumplica}}.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some foreign leaders which Americans also consider bad. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, I would argue that Ghetsis is a send-up of fundamentalist religious leaders before I would call him a {{Trumplica}}.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because it\\\'s not significant in the context of the game. \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair, and even in this game Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some foreign leaders which Americans also consider bad. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this, even if they try to hide them. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, Ghetsis is more similar to a religious leader than a businessman.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair. Notably, Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say that Ghetsis was based on Trump.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some foreign leaders which Americans also consider bad. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this, even if they try to hide them. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, Ghetsis is more similar to a religious leader than a businessman.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair. Notably, Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say they\\\'re the same.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some foreign leaders which Americans also consider bad. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this, even if they try to hide them. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same. If anything, Ghetsis is more similar to a religious leader than a businessman.

* \\\'\\\'Franchise/{{Pokemon}}\\\'\\\': Ghetsis Harmonia, BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 games]], is a {{downplayed|trope}} example, with Unova being based on New York. He has the horrendously garish fashion sense and very pale weird-looking grayish-green hair, and is easily one of the most malignantly narcissistic characters in the series. He has the ItsAllAboutMe attitude, and everything he does is for his own personal enrichment and not for any sort of \\\"greater good\\\". One difference comes from the fact that rather than putting himself in the limelight and plastering his name all over anything, Ghetsis attempts to seize power through {{Puppet King}}s, first his [[AbusiveParents abused adoptive son]] N, then his top scientist Colress, and finally by acting as TheStarscream to Team Rocket leader [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] (much like how Trump worked with authoritarian leaders of foreign governments mostly in his self-interest).

I\\\'m calling it not an example. Aside from the example basically admitting in the last half that it\\\'s not an example, there\\\'s really only three legitimate points I can see here.

1. Ghetsis has a flamboyant hairstyle. I\\\'m discounting it though, because \\\'\\\'Pokémon\\\'\\\' is a series that greatly indulges in AnimeHair. Notably, Ghetsis\\\' hair is actually \\\'\\\'less\\\'\\\' flamboyant than his own minion Colress.

2. They\\\'re both narcissistic. But narcissism is a very common trait among villains, and not enough for me to say they\\\'re the same.

3. Ghetsis worked with Team Rocket, and Trump has had business dealings with some foreign leaders which Americans also consider bad. Again, though, this is hardly something that\\\'s unique to either Ghetsis \\\'\\\'or\\\'\\\' Trump. \\\'\\\'Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon\\\'\\\' brings all of the villain teams back for its own Axis of Evil, and basically anyone in the business or political world is going to have connections like this, even if they try to hide them. There\\\'s a reason why we have the phrase \\\"politics makes strange bedfellows\\\".

So basically you have three very tenuous links between the two, and the rest of the entry openly admits they\\\'re not really the same.