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* EyesWideShut: The only picture of him, shown when Ralph explains "Squeakivus" to Princess Carolyn, has him kneeling with his eyes closed.
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* KnightFever: He was a knight in old-time Europe.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: The biggest authority of the kingdom, wealthy, noble and an OmnicidalManiac with religious fanaticism.
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* {{Tyrannicide}}: Part of his importance within the story (InUniverse and out), he put an end to the omnicidal ambitions of a mad cat king by stabbing him in the gut. This led to both the sparing of unmeasurable innocent lives of mice who's only crime was probably having a different religion, proper escape for immigrants to other countries
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* {{Tyrannicide}}: Part of his importance within the story (InUniverse and out), he put an end to the omnicidal ambitions of a mad cat king by stabbing him in the gut. This led to both the sparing of unmeasurable innocent lives of mice who's only crime was probably having a different religion, proper escape for immigrants rodents to other countries and the end of a long reign of terror. In a way, his whole story could be read as that of the weakling beating the large giant and saving the kingdom. Squeaky's legacy has been a mixed bag: true, his tale is revered and gives hope to the descendants of those persecuted as that of reliance and bravery, without which the land would have bled; however, such fanaticism has expanded beyond ascending Squeaky to "saint" status, focusing on the {{demonization}} of cats of all kind, with King Puss Puss becoming nothing more than a figure of hatred, a stand-in for all felines, good or otherwise. This is the main reason why "Squeakivus" isn't viewed as progressive as it should be: when it reduces people to stereotypes for the sake of a good story, the caste system isn't destroyed, just turned on its head.
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* CatsAreMean: Huge understatement but considering his peers in the series, played as straight as an arrow.
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* FictionalCounterpart: His picture is a point-by-point replica of [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad Tepes of Wallachia]] and his story is similar to the persecution led by Tepes of Saxon Protestants due to religious fanaticism.
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* TheSociopath: Being the FictionalCounterpart of a well-known psychopath and organizing the massacre of millions of lives, this king doesn't hide his LackOfEmpathy and insanity.
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* AssholeVictim: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Whatever people's opinion of Squeaky may be, there's no doubt he made the world a favor by wasting this monarch. Problem is, by putting Squeaky on a pedestal (somewhat reasonable) and painting Puss Puss as a bastard that had to be killed (correct), descendants of the original survivors have developed a more overarching fanaticism (read:hating on all cats instead of just one) without admitting their InnocentBigot tendencies.
* TheSociopath: Being the FictionalCounterpart of a well-knownpsychopath psycho and organizing the massacre of millions of lives, this king doesn't hide his LackOfEmpathy and insanity.
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* OnlyOneName: May be had a surname, but legend has him pegged as "Squeaky". Just "Squeaky".
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* GreaterScopeParagon: From the same branch as Secretariat, Squeaky's actions seemed to have marked a "before" and "after" for persecuted European mice everywhere, with his killing of King Puss Puss coming at a time where most Saxon Protestant rodents were fleeing for their lives across the sea with nothing more than swiss cheese for food. Unlike the race horse, Squeaky has been canonized as a saint with a festivity named and centered around him for all descendants of those horrific times to celebrate. However, this much talked history and its implications in modern society has done little to help the rarity of interspecies prey-predator dating, with the over-blown "anti-cat" message being accepted even by mice who know this CatsAreMean ideology to be wrong, yet still expecting the tradition to be respected.
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* PrepareToDie: The last verse of his traditional song, sung to the King himself.
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* OneHitKill: One thrust of the pointy end and King Puss Puss was no more. At least, that's how the story goes and how it's represented every year in "Squeakivus".
-->''Oh, right in the cat gut!''
-->''Oh, right in the cat gut!''
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* TheHero: Of "Squeakivus".
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* MemeticBadass: InUniverse, it's possible Squeaky did kill King Puss Puss with one stroke of sword, but the over-the-top nature of the song and obvious bias as mice "pride" makes it doubtful it was as quick as the story says. Whatever Squeaky's fighting prowess was, he'll always be remembered as the one who killed the maniac cat with no effort.
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* AntiHero: Judging by the live representation at Stilton Manor, Squeaky's sole action was to stab King Puss Puss during a vulnerable moment. This, in itself, casts doubt on Squeaky's moral compass, since his actions'd only be viewed as "heroic" by mice because of the King's death, not because it was the right thing to do or because Squeaky himself was a morally righteous mouse.
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* AntiHero: Judging by If the live representation at Stilton Manor, Manor is taken at face value, Squeaky's sole action was to stab King Puss Puss during a vulnerable moment. This, in itself, casts doubt on Squeaky's moral compass, since his actions'd only be viewed as "heroic" by mice because of the King's death, not because it was the right thing to do or because Squeaky himself was a morally righteous mouse.
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* TheKingslayer: Much like [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheKingsguard its forebearer]], Squeaky killed Puss Puss with his own sword. Whether he did it by stabbing him in the gut when turning around isn't explained, but it was by his hand, that's for sure.
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* CustomUniform: A traditional gilded suit of plate, courtesy of being knight. His picture, most likely due to invoking his image at its prime, has him solely using this.
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* EyesWideShut: The only picture of him, shown when Ralph explains "Squeakivus" to Princess Carolyn, has him kneeling with his eyes closed.
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* DavidVersusGoliath: Squeaky fought King Puss Puss, one of the most dreaded monsters in history, and won by stabbing him in the gut.
* KnightFever: He was a knight in old-time Europe.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He's portrayed as righteous, kind and noble, ideals a knight should aspire to have.
* TheParagon: To the Euro-rodent race. Felines don't quite disagree, but find the glorification of Squeaky at the cost of demonizing the entire cat race insulting.
* KnightFever: He was a knight in old-time Europe.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He's portrayed as righteous, kind and noble, ideals a knight should aspire to have.
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* PatronSaint: Canonized as a saint after death and revered by Protestant rodents as such ever since for his heroic actions.
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* BraggingThemeTune: Per tradition, "Squeakivus" has a song which detail his battle against King Puss Puss. It does so [[TheVillainSucksSong by dissing the tyrant]]...and [[GuiltByAssociation insulting cats as a race]].
-->''I'm positively evil''\\
''I'm nasty and smelly''\\
''So I'll take my sword''\\
''And stab you in the belly''
-->''I'm positively evil''\\
''I'm nasty and smelly''\\
''So I'll take my sword''\\
''And stab you in the belly''
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* TheVillainSucksSong: "Squeakivus"'s traditional song extorts the virtues of St. Squeaky....by deriding and calling King Puss Puss all but a bastard. The song is still fearfully respectful of how much of a monster he was, however.
-->''Look at me''\\
''I'm a dumb cat king''\\
''I'm an ugly, mean, fat thing''\\
''Innocent mice will feel my wrath''\\
''I'm a stinky cat''\\
''Who never takes a bath''
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* AmbiguouslyChristian: Judging the parallelism between the Stiltons and Euro-Christians, Squeaky is subjected to this trope as well, with shades of MessianicArchetype. Considering King Puss Puss's image has a likeness to [[https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html Vlad Tepes]], [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler the Impaler]], Squeaky (and the Stiltons) may be
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* AmbiguouslyChristian: Judging the parallelism between the Stiltons and Euro-Christians, Euro-Protestants, Squeaky is subjected to this trope as well, with shades of MessianicArchetype. Considering King Puss Puss's image has a likeness to [[https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html Vlad Tepes]], Tepes,]] [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler the Impaler]], Squeaky (and the Stiltons) may be Saxon Protestants, which were often victimized by the ''voivode'' of Wallachia.
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FolkHero of rodents everywhere. A knight on a mission to face against King Puss Puss, oppressor of his people, to free the persecuted and end his reign of terror. "Squeakivus", a festival in his honor, is held every year to commemorate his victory. Felines, however, may see the festival as [[FantasticRacism "anti-cat"]].
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* {{Foil}}: To his SpiritualSuccessor, [=BoJack=]. Both came from really shitty conditions to become famous superstars in horse racing and acting, respectively. Like [=BoJack=], Secretariat has done a lot of sacrifices for his career, including leaving a loved one out to dry: in Secretariat's case, getting his brother Jeff drafted to 'Nam in his place; [=BoJack=]'s, selling out his mentor Herb fro a chance at playing Secretariat, ironically and both are constantly haunted and feeling incomplete about their lives. The only difference is that while Secretariat allowed his fears and failures to consume him, [=BoJack=] has constantly bounced and learned from his while continuing walking in an uncertain road. Only time will tell if he ends up the same as his hero.
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** To his SpiritualSuccessor, [=BoJack=]. Both came from really shitty conditions to become famous superstars in horse racing and acting, respectively. Like [=BoJack=], Secretariat has done a lot of sacrifices for his career, including leaving a loved one out to dry: in Secretariat's case, getting his brother Jeff drafted to 'Nam in his place; [=BoJack=]'s, selling out his mentor Herb fro a chance at playing Secretariat, ironically and both are constantly haunted and feeling incomplete about their lives. The only difference is that while Secretariat allowed his fears and failures to consume him, [=BoJack=] has constantly bounced and learned from his while continuing walking in an uncertain road. Only time will tell if he ends up the same as hishero.hero.
** To Hank Hippopopalous. Both of them are the role models of two of the protagonists (Secretariat for [=BoJack=], Hank for Mr. Peanutbutter); and both have ''hell of dark sides''. Secretariat's train wreck of a life is well-known today by all of Hollywoo and is acknowledged as flawed by everyone, Hank is thought to be the symbol of IncorruptiblePurePureness ([[TheSociopath even when it's far from the truth]]). Overall, Secretariat's the GoodCounterpart to Hank, since in spite of his many listed transgressions, he's not as cold-hearted as the hippo.
** To his SpiritualSuccessor, [=BoJack=]. Both came from really shitty conditions to become famous superstars in horse racing and acting, respectively. Like [=BoJack=], Secretariat has done a lot of sacrifices for his career, including leaving a loved one out to dry: in Secretariat's case, getting his brother Jeff drafted to 'Nam in his place; [=BoJack=]'s, selling out his mentor Herb fro a chance at playing Secretariat, ironically and both are constantly haunted and feeling incomplete about their lives. The only difference is that while Secretariat allowed his fears and failures to consume him, [=BoJack=] has constantly bounced and learned from his while continuing walking in an uncertain road. Only time will tell if he ends up the same as his
** To Hank Hippopopalous. Both of them are the role models of two of the protagonists (Secretariat for [=BoJack=], Hank for Mr. Peanutbutter); and both have ''hell of dark sides''. Secretariat's train wreck of a life is well-known today by all of Hollywoo and is acknowledged as flawed by everyone, Hank is thought to be the symbol of IncorruptiblePurePureness ([[TheSociopath even when it's far from the truth]]). Overall, Secretariat's the GoodCounterpart to Hank, since in spite of his many listed transgressions, he's not as cold-hearted as the hippo.
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* IconicSequelCharacter: He was just talked about in season 1, when his long awaited biopic finally seemed on the verge of being made. It was on season 2 when his life was [[AmbiguousSituation (mostly)]] shown during {{flashback}}s and the shooting of his biography.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: According to ''Secretariat: A Biopic'', once his coach accused him of CripplingTheCompetition.
-->'''Secretariat''': You really think I'm the guy who busted that pinto's leg? 'Cause if I am, you should be a lot more goddamn scared of me.
-->'''Secretariat''': You really think I'm the guy who busted that pinto's leg? 'Cause if I am, you should be a lot more goddamn scared of me.
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* OffstageVillainy: See AmbiguousSituation and KickTheDog above.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Is uninterested in Corbin's suggestion using vegetable oil instead of milk fat in the 60's, even though that is now the industry standard today.
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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: C'mon, as soon as Secretariat took a moment to catch air before saying Richard Nixon "[was] a groovy dude", everyone knew he was full of it.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the SacrificialLamb. Jeffretariat's life was cut short by 'Nam, but he most likely had his story, his dreams, his own life, yet all people remember him today for is his connection to his ''much more known'' brother Secretariat and the way his death trigerred his descent into suicide.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the SacrificialLamb. Jeffretariat's life was cut short by 'Nam, but he most likely had his story, his dreams, his own life, yet all people remember him today for is his connection to his ''much more known'' brother Secretariat and the way his death trigerred triggered his descent into suicide.
