History Main / AllegoricalCharacter

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Sensei Kim Da-Eun serves as a societal critique for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_parenting tiger parenting]], an authoritarian form of strict parenting to ensure the success of their children, which is common in East Asian countries. Being raised by a ruthless Tang Soo Do teacher, Da-Eun also inherits all of her grandfather's ruthlessness. Her treatment of Tory, a Westerner, borders on from emotional and psychological abuse to full-on maltreatment.

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': The AI [[TheComputerIsYourFriend Zein]] is a social critique for real life dictators and authoritarian leaders in recorded history, a cautionary tale on how democracies can easily deteriorate into authoritarianism so long the leader stays in power. Zein's ideal world without malice gets taken to terrifying extremes: abuse of power, stifling individuality, forced compliance, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence, and the ability to evade accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, by using someone as a scapegoat to take the blame for its actions.

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': The AI [[TheComputerIsYourFriend Zein]] is a social critique for real life dictators and authoritarian leaders in recorded history, as its KnightTemplar mentality taking a page out of the authoritarian playbook taken to the most logical and terrifying extremes: abuse of power, stifling individuality, forced compliance, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence, and the ability to evade accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, by using someone as a scapegoat to take the blame for its actions.

* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': The AI [[TheComputerIsYourFriend Zein]] is a cautionary tale for authoritarianism taken to the most logical and terrifying extremes: abuse of power, stifling individuality, forced compliance, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence, and the ability to evade accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, by using someone as a scapegoat to take the blame for its actions.

** Across the First Class trilogy, Professor X represents empathy, and depending on the story, he can also be a figure of peace, hope or love. For ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he's emblematic of serenity, and without his participation during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the planet would've plunged into WorldWarIII (no Charles = no peace). For ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his 1973 self must regain hope, otherwise by 2023, mutantkind is doomed to extinction (a hopeless past Xavier = a hopeless future for mutants). For ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', his love is the only thing that can conquer fear (Jean Grey's trepidation over her [[spoiler:Phoenix Force]] disappears when she senses the utmost trust the Professor has in her), hate and anger (the last two are felt by Magneto, but once he [[spoiler:recalls how much he loves his old friend, he betrays Apocalypse]]); in this case, Charles = ThePowerOfLove.
** Furthermore, Xavier's emotional state is a metaphor for America's mindset during the time period these movies depict. In 1962, the character's optimism is an extension of the hopeful outlook President Kennedy's administration tended to exude, whereas Charles' melancholia in 1973 is not unlike the general malaise American citizens felt while under the shadow of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Xavier's descent into despair began in 1963, which is the same year Kennedy was assassinated--the end of "Camelot"[[note]]Kennedy's presidency is sometimes called this[[/note]] parallels the end of Professor X's school. At least in the AlternateTimeline, Charles starts to piece himself together again shortly after the Paris Peace Accords are signed. The80s in the USA was an era of excess and materialism (both were regarded as not just acceptable, but ''desirable''), so Xavier's vanity is at its peak in 1983, and we get to see much more of his lavish estate and everything he owns within its boundaries. The combination of his smug demeanour, dressing like he had just stepped off the set of ''Series/MiamiVice'', and driving around in a gorgeous, well-maintained vintage car announces to everyone that "[[TheBeautifulElite I'm beautiful, I'm rich]], and I love it."

* In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', [[CompellingVoice Kilgrave]] is pretty much the personification of stereotypically masculine vices, often associated with rape, entitlement, and negative aggression.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E106HesAlive He's Alive]], Hitler is the literal manifestation of hatred and prejudice, with his return being only possible when Peter attempts to revive the Nazi movement in his city. Once Peter is killed at the end of the episode, Hitler simply returns to the shadows to seek out another Neo-Nazi. As Ron Serling puts it, Hitler is alive and immortal so long as [[HumansAreBastards people continue to practice hatred and prejudice]].