History Main / AllegoricalCharacter

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', the Wolf bounty hunter may appear to be symbolizing "death", as he gives an appearance usually associated with TheGrimReaper - he has sickles, a black poncho with a hood, and a face mark that resembles that of a scar. [[spoiler:Of course, he is Death himself. Not metaphorically, rhetorically, poetically, theoretically, or any other fancy way. He is Death straight up.]]

* ''Art/MediciChapels'', by Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti: The sculptures on the side tombs of the "New Sacristy" are {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of the four times of the day. Michelangelo himself notes this trope because he called them "Allegories". "Dawn" and "Dusk" are placed in such a way that they receive light respectively when the sun is rising and when it's setting. Although all of them are vague in imagery, there are certain cues to their identities. "Night" is deep in a tense sleep, "Dawn" is languidly resting as if she were waking up because the sun rays bother her, "Day's" muscular frame evokes the energy needed to do one's daily activities, and "Dusk's" rough edges represent tiredness.

* Many of the non-human characters in Creator/NaudlinePierre's paintings are meant to act as {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of different aspects of the main character on her spiritual journey.

In ''Art/{{Dawn|Michelangelo}}'' by Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti, the sculpture is a representation of the time of day of its namesake. Together with its companion sculptures, they represent the full 24 hours of day and night.

* In ''Art/{{Dawn|Michelangelo}}'' by Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti, the sculpture is a representation of the time of day of its namesake. Together with its companion sculptures, they represent the full 24 hours of day and night.

* Sandro Botticelli's ''Art/{{Fortezza}}'' is a regal and armored woman as an allegory of fortitude (''"Fortezza"'' in Italian).

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica -- This Character is UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream (and often the Dream's disconnect from modern American politics and social trends).
* Franchise/WonderWoman -- This Character is Women's Strength & Courage (often associated with UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}}).
* [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Queen Atomia]] -- This Character is the dangers of nuclear experimentation.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} -- This Character is the pinnacle of humanity's ideals and faith in humanity.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} -- This Character is the determination to stand up to injustice and always doing the right thing no matter the cost.
* ComicBook/TheJoker -- This Character is Madness.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan -- This Character is the will to overcome tragedy and strife.
* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn -- This Character is the representation of a [[LoveMartyr toxic relationship]] and then breaking free of one.
* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} -- This Character is the representation of tyranny and oppression.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] -- This Character is the representation of how absolute power can corrupt absolutely.
* ''ComicBook/TheSentry'': A recurring enemy of Sentry, even appearing more than the Void, in the ''Age of the Sentry'' mini is a villain named Cranio who has three brains. He always boasts of being [[{{Catchphrase}} three steps ahead of him]] and is a recurring figure in hallucinations. Given Sentry normally has three personalities in conflict with each other he might be a representation of Bob being his own greatest enemy and the greatest threat to others.

* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn -- This Character is the representation of a [[LoveMartyr toxic relationship]].

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* ''Fanfic/CravingTheSky'': Many of Weiss's issues and insecurities parallel those of trans people. Weiss's struggles to come to terms with her identity as a faunus are likened someone coming to terms with their gender identity, while the operation to get her wings removed is compared (somewhat paradoxically) to getting gender reassignment surgery.
* ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomATripToTomobiki Danny Phantom: A Trip to Tomobiki (Of Ghosts and Aliens)]]'': Destiny Production Management Bureau decides the fates of every living being in the universe, and Status Quo, the godlike being that influences the story's conflict, represents executive meddling in cartoons and shows. Status Quo explains that "he is the embodiment of the desires of the beings beyond the fourth dimension," and Destiny Production Management Bureau is like the producers of a television show. Status Quo and Destiny Production Management Bureau would mostly watch events to play out naturally, but sometimes, when they see potential, they ensure that certain events happen to make the world they observe more exciting for entertainment purposes. They would also cut out planned events like Vlad Plasmius's deal with the Fright Knight. They also change events to keep the status quo and prevent characters from getting character development to increase the length of the show, like the time Danny Phantom's parents discovered his identity, and despite accepting him, he, for some reason, erased his parent's memory.
* Throughout ''Fanfic/MiraculousThePhoenixRises'', it's made repeatedly clear the author has great disdain for America's school system. This is taken to its extreme with the arrival of the most detestable character in the story, the KnightOfCerebus Dr. Nicole Cho. Virtually all of her actions mark her as an allegory for ableism, particularly in the American education system, as shown through her having zero tolerance for students' discomfort, being intensely impatient, unreasonably demanding, stifles creativity, and only resorts to silencing and punishment to keep students in line.
* Just like the [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} video game]] the story is a fanfic of, ''FanFic/LaterTraitor'' has many an allegorical character inside the minds of the characters.
** Bonfear is the physical representation of Dogen's PowerIncontinence anxieties, the thing that's holding him back from full control over his blastokinesis.
** Freezie is a representation of Phoebe's negative impression of Frazie after she accidentally burns down a part of her mind that causes her to lose control over her drumming abilities.
** The boss of Clem's mind is a giant KillerGorilla representing his abusive father.
** Everyone in Maloof's mind is completely invisible save for the clothes they wear, including the mental Mikhail. Maloof hasn't formed any meaningful connections with most of the people in his life, so they're all faceless to him. Maloof sees Mikhail as a tool to get back at his bullies with, so he's faceless too.
** In Chloe's mind, there's a planet filled with tiny little cavemen, and the beautiful alien matriarch who watches over them. This represents the orphanage she lives at and the matron. She dislikes the kids and thinks they're too dumb to understand her, but the matron is intelligent and accommodating to her, so she holds her in a high regard.
** The Drag-on is the personification of Vernon's long-windedness.
** Obsessions DrawAggro, making it so that you only focus on them.
** Egos are small little goblin-like creatures [[MakeMyMonsterGrow who grow to monstrous sizes]] if left unchecked.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'': [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew Unsub]] from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' pretty much embodies the unfair and backwards way the narrative has been treating Goh and many others since ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''. He takes a single look at people and judges them based on that impression, rather than learn more about them. Whether he's right or wrong, he then does something he ''thinks'' is helping them but is actually doing more damage than good. And just like how ''Blossoming Trail'''s characters were highly self-indulgent, Ogami doesn't say or do what he does out of altruism, but because it makes ''himself'' feel better.
* ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'': Dana Summers represents how toxic those Autism Warrior Parents can be. At her best which is not often, Dana treats her youngest daughter Mary Summers, who is autistic, like a baby that can't think for herself. At her worst, she's utterly abusive to her daughter and obsessed with making her normal and curing her daughter's autism. While Dana ultimately thinks she's in the right of her treatment of her daughter, everyone around her, including her husband Todd and eldest daughter Reagan, sees that her behavior is unacceptable, and while Dana may complain about her daughter acting out, she is the one making a scene. Things come to a head when Todd and Reagan read Dana's blog and discover to their horror, how much she hates Mary, that not only does Dana not miss Mary when she ran away and considered [[spoiler: forcibly sterilizing Mary once she turns 18.]] According to the story's author, Dana is based on parents of autistic children who have written memoirs on how much of a burden it was to raise their children and how they don't respect their children.
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* ''VideoGame/BioShock1'': Diane [=McClintock=] in many ways, represents Rapture and its citizens. In the beginning, sheltered from poverty and despair, she leads a charmed life enchanted by Ryan and believing in his vision. However, Ryan neglects her in his pursuit for control which culminates in her mutilation during the New Year's riots. Permanently disfigured by the injuries and her treatment and ignored by Ryan, she slowly grows disenchanted by his increasingly cruel policies. She leaves him to join Atlas [[spoiler: who kills her when it's revealed that he cares nothing about the city and is only using her and the rebels]]. Abandoned by Ryan and [[spoiler: used and victimized by Atlas/Fontaine, she dies]] just as the city completely falls into ruin.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': The Unnamed Traveler seems to be one for PTSD and war itself. The massive pile of bodies he finds himself standing among is full of soldiers wearing equipment from Rome all the way up to World War II. Again, given the following entry, it may be that he isn’t being driven mad by his actual experiences, but what the world itself is about to experience-in other words, rather than experiencing battle, he has a vision of the carnage mankind is about to indulge in, and that is what drives him mad instead.
* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'': Porky is according to Creator/ShigesatoItoi a symbol of [[HumansAreFlawed the flaws of humanity.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'': Piggsy represents human savagery and the glorification of violence. The game itself is a critique of violence in the media and the type of people who enjoy the rush of the kill as James Earl Cash, the player character, is conscripted into a series of snuff films run by Lionel Starkweather where he's hunted by various gangs and he has to defend himself from them with whatever he has at his disposal. [[spoiler: As the final boss of the game, Piggsy is a petulant, cannibalistic sociopath who wears nothing but a severed pig head as a mask, he willingly participates in the films and believes his gruesome murders are all part of a game. This makes him an allegory of the players who over-indulge in violent media to hedonistically act on their darkest urges under the excuse that it's just a game with no real-life consequences.]]
* The Elder Dragons of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' all represent natural disasters. Blizzards, sandstorms, hurricanes, meteors. If you can name it, there's at least one Elder Dragon of it.
* All of the megastars of ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads''[[note]]plus[[spoiler: Kliff]][[/note]] represent a dark aspect of the music industry:
** DJ Subatomic Supernova represents a star's ego getting too big and thinking they're superior, as shown when he calls Mayday and Zuke irrelevant and [[NotInThisForYourRevolution doesn't even care what happens to his own company]]. For all his "enlightenment speeches", he's nothing but a sell-out and the embodiment of SmallNameBigEgo. According to the developers, his last phase of being a black hole represents him being eaten by his own ego.
** Sayu is literally a virtual idol, controlled by a team of people who animate and program her. [[spoiler: The last phase of her fight has the real Sayu and the rest of her team have a breakdown and mess-up while trying to evolve again, causing the idol's appearance to glitch out and turn into a reverse mermaid.]] Though capable of some great programming and music feats, they're also all [[ThisLoserIsYou impressionable nerds implied to be college kids]] who are being used by NSR to have the idol Sayu be a figurehead for their products.
** Yinu is just a child, and her giant, violent StageMom (literally) pulls the strings of her performance. As the fight rages on, the mother gets more and more involved, and in the last phase, fights you all by herself with Yinu's presence minimal at best. Tellingly, you don't harm Yinu directly at all during the entire fight, with your attacks targeted at her instead severing the literal puppet strings connecting her to her mother.
** 1010 satirizes over-produced boy bands as identical, synchronized, autotuned androids only superficially distinguished by color and hairstyle. Neon J. can also [[WeHaveReserves replace]] any of the band members that fall in combat with a machine, making them a [[StealthPun literal]] manufactured band. This is all reflected in their [[MildlyMilitary military aesthetic]], making it clear they're nothing more than replaceable foot soldiers whose music is all regimented and curated.
** Eve represents "tortured genius" artists who are ultimately taken advantage of for their genuine talent, while little to no attention is given to any underlying issues the artist might be dealing with [[spoiler:(in Eve's case, her crippling insecurity regarding her unique worldview)]].
** [[spoiler: Kliff represents musical elitists and toxic fans as a whole. The aftermath of the Tatiana fight reveals he's nothing but a LoonyFan who only saw the stage persona of Kul Fyra and not the person underneath, and [[NotInThisForYourRevolution only ever cared about proving rock's superiority over EDM]]. [[EntitledBastard He believes that he's entitled to a performer's time of day]], and when he doesn't get it...[[IfICantHaveYou tries to drop a satellite into the middle of a populated city]].]]
* ''VideoGame/{{QUBE}}'': Nowak and 919 respectively represent trust and doubt: the former insists that the player trusts her claims that they are the only hope of humanity's survival, in contrast to 919's claims that she is a liar and that he and the player are both prisoners being experimented on.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', [[KnightOfCerebus the Lich's]] [[NuclearMutant origin]], use of plutonium, WalkingWasteland status, affinity for [[SicklyGreenGlow sickly glowing green colors]], [[StealthPun long half-life]], and goal of [[OmnicidalManiac total annihilation]] all make him seem like the personification of [[WeaponOfMassDestruction nuclear]] [[WorldWarIII war]] at first glance. However, given that it's later revealed that [[spoiler:his prior "life" was one of the Catalyst Comet that [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs caused the extinction of the dinosaurs]], he's more like an allegorical character for the concept of '''mass extinction'''.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball:'' [[MonsterOfTheWeek The Copycats]] act as personifications of plagiarism. To be more specific, they're living parodies of the show ''Animation/MiracleStar'', a real-life {{Mockbuster}} of ''Gumball''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s true BigBad, [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]]], embodies the cycle of abuse, how abusers turn their victims into yet more abusers. [[spoiler:The Core is quite literally hundreds of Abusive Parents turned into one cohesive entity, one that molds each of its successive generations into yet another abuser. "The Core & The King" shows how Aldrich, its latest assimilee, groomed Andrias to become yet another of the Core's victims, something that presumably happened to Aldrich himself too. Andrias treatment of Marcy is also done on the Core's orders, showing how abuse leads to more abuse down the line. The Core can speak to Andrias through his crown, meaning that he has had the voice of his ancestors constantly telling him what to do for a thousand years, which is a literal version of how children of abusive parents often find themselves pressured to do what their parents wanted even when they escape their grasp. The Core is only defeated when Marcy Wu, its latest victim, defies it and breaks the cycle by refusing to let Aldrich manipulate her, which in turn gives Andrias the strength he needs to defy it himself.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender:''
** [[PredecessorVillain Fire Lord Sozin]] represents how a well-intentioned ruler can turn their nation into an imperialistic, war-mongering empire. He started off as a caring best friend to Avatar Roku and a [[WellIntentionedExtremist someone wanted to spread prosperity of the Fire Nation to the rest of the world]]. But over time, such well-intentioned goals devolved into a need to conquer and control as Sozin had a fallout with Roku and eventually betrayed him to make imperialistic dreams come true. His fear of the Avatar's return eventually morphed into a fear of an ethnic group, namely the Airbenders, whom [[FinalSolution the Fire Nation wiped out]] under his orders.
** The BigBad [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderFireLordOzai Fire Lord Ozai]] is less of a character and more of a personification of the Fire Nation's corruption since the start of the Hundred Year War. He was raised during wartime and thus gained a warped sense of the world where MightMakesRight and [[SocialDarwinist the weak should perish]]. Under his regime, the Fire Nation is at its most destructive, culminating into a war of annihilation against a nation for the audacity of resisting at the series' climax. Additionally, Ozai serves as a personification of gaslighting and [[AbusiveParent parental abuse]], raising his children to be weapons and not caring about their well-being (especially with [[ScarsAreForever Zuko]]) because it was seen as "normal" in a corrupt society (since it's implied that his own father was abusive to him).
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''
** The Hormone Monsters represents one for puberty as a whole, and represent the teenager's Id and most base instincts of fighting and screwing.
** Kitty Beaumont Bouchet represents depression. She isolates Jessi from her friends and family and tries to keep her in a constant state of lazy indisposition. Even when she is defeated, Jessi still admits she needs to see a therapist.
** Jessi's Department represent the various facets of human beings.
** Tito Taylor Thomas the Anxiety Mosquito represent anxiety. She tells the main group about their insecurities of the world, whether they're rational or not, and induce nervousness, and for Nick, panic attacks. She also has a long history of working with the Depression Kitty, as depression and anxiety are often linked together.
* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman''
** Tom Jumbo-Grumbo represents the attitude of sensationalistic media willing to exploit any possible coverage for viewership and propaganda. Their oft violation of personal privacy and disregard for the damage caused also underscore how much does Hollywoo respect the individual and real life problems.
** Hank Hippopopalous might be considered an {{Expy}} of Creator/BillCosby or David Letterman due to allegations against those two men involving sexual assault, but in a way, he is a stand-in for all A-list celebrities that do nothing more than gratifying themselves at other people's expense and mask themselves as good guys while letting their notoriety and popularity cover all of their sins.
** Vance Waggoner a stand-in for all male celebrities who have maintained a career despite accusations (and sometimes evidence) of abusive behavior, with one or two references to specific celebrity controversies (such as his drunken rant at the police officer a la Creator/MelGibson's 2006 arrest tape).
** Biscuits Braxby has perfected the penitent interview, and thus represents the forgive-and-forget mechanisms of Hollywood for its problematic celebrities. She also doubles as an embodiment of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_journalism access journalism]], as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech given to her by Paige Sinclair makes quite clear.
** Just like Tom Jumbo-Grumbo, A Ryan Seacrest Type represents the attitude of sensationalistic media willing to exploit any possible coverage for viewership and propaganda. Their oft violation of personal privacy and disregard for the damage caused also underscore how much does Hollywoo respect the individual and real life problems.
** Corbin Creamerman was the heir of Creamerman Cream-based Commodities, makers of daily products including ice-cream, a dessert Beatrice was never allowed to have. During their short courtship, Corbin struggled with getting through to Beatrice, who remained ambivalent toward him until the end where she discovered his HiddenDepths, which did attract and interest her. After getting pregnant and losing her wealth, one of Beatrice's bigger regrets, not marrying Corbin, is linked to ice-cream: one of the many sweet things in life she was never allowed to taste.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': The Eco Villains, the main villains of the series, are a small group of villains and their subordinates who wreak havoc on the Earth with pollution, wildlife endangerment, or shady business dealings; each represent the root causes of societal and environmental problems, whether directly or indirectly.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Whereas the KND represent childhood rebellion against adult authority, the Delightful Children represent "good kids" who side with adults over their kids and does whatever they say without question. [[spoiler: The fact that they were originally KND members that were made BrainwashedAndCrazy implies that they are what happens when rebellious streaks are broken systematically, turning them into "perfect little kids" while robbing them of their individuality and their childhoods, and that without the KND, this is what will happen to ''all'' children.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': King Dice represents rigged games shows that lure in rubes with the promise of great prizes while taking advantage of them.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[KnightOfCerebus General Lunaris]], the BigBad of Season 2, is meant to represent the two ''worst'' possible qualities that any leader can have: paranoia and imperialism. Lunaris sees the Earth only as a mass of potential enemies, and is obsessed with proving himself and his people as being superior to Earthlings. He eagerly inspires fear and anger in the Moonlanders, leads them into a pointless war, and would sooner [[spoiler:sacrifice all his loyal followers]] [[HonorBeforeReason than admit defeat]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': As Trini Mumford's the new kid to Qyah, she's meant to represent the kids in the audience who think that all Alaskans live in igloos, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' [[BigBad the Beast]] can be read as a representation for depression and/or suicide. When people either pass the DespairEventHorizon or are close to death, [[{{Transflormation}} he turns them into trees]], which he then [[YourSoulIsMine burns in his magic lantern]]. This makes more sense when you realize that the show borrows heavily from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy,'' where suicides are punished in Hell by turning into trees.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The series gradually but firmly portrays [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] as the embodiment of religious extremism. Though his persona as a theocratical tyrant who forbids people from doing things based on arbitrary rules via DivineRightOfKings is nothing more than [[StrawHypocrite a front for his real agenda]], [[spoiler:his true backstory reveals that he is the result of Gravesfield's terrible witch hunting tradition; his attempts to fit in with their society twisting his impressionable mind into that of a zealot willing to kill his only family to uphold the town's values.]] His interactions with Hunter are also a mirror to religious DomesticAbuse and its survivors.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''
** The fuzzy blue thing Rick kept hidden in a potted plant. Toxic Rick pampers it in a shallow manner, which solidifies its loyalty to him while also turning it into a monster. Toxic Rick then uses it to attack a target he considers beneath him. While it wasn't given an official name, that blue thing is a pretty good allegory for Beth.
** The Story Lord from Season 4 is a meta two-fold of this, in which his desire to farm Rick and Morty's "endless storytelling potential" and refusal to accept that there's a limit to them (Rick even says they'll burn out before he gets what he wants) is representative of executives that want to make the series their CashCowFranchise, while his desire to make the episodic show into an epic reflects fans that want that direction to the show despite the creators saying that is not the direction they're taking.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** The show's version of Mickey Mouse represents Disney as an amoral soulless corporation willing to do anything for the sake of personal profit, ranging from exploitation of their artists and franchises to cooperating with China and their standards in order to broaden their audience base.
** [=ManBearPig=] is one for global warming and climate change. It was first introduced as an imaginary danger that Al Gore was obsessed with, due to the show's creators seeing him as just an attention-seeking alarmist. Years later, it's revealed that [=ManBearPig=] was very much real, the product of older generations making a deal to allow them to enjoy the benefits of their time in return for letting it wreak havoc on later generations (with the kids being forced to personally apologize to Gore). By the end of the episodes when they try to make another deal with [=MBP=] they found themselves unable to make the sacrifices needed (soy sauce and ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption2'') and instead choose to let him wreak havoc years later.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]] and [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]]'s [[FusionDance fusion]] Stevonnie serves both as an allegory for a first relationship and entering puberty.
-->'''Rebecca Sugar:''' [Stevonnie] serves as a metaphor for all the terrifying firsts in a first relationship, and what it feels like to hit puberty and suddenly find yourself with the body of an adult, how quickly that happens, how it feels to have a new power over people, or to suddenly find yourself objectified, all for seemingly no reason since you’re still just you...
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''
** Pastry Pete is an allegory of systemic and abusive patriarchy. Pastry Pete appears to be a well-liked, well-behaved celebrity chef at first, but he's actually a manipulative abuser who thrives off exploiting his--exclusively female--employees, taking physical and sexual advantage of them as a means of exerting his power over them. Pastry Pete gets away with all of this not only because he's rich and famous but because--as repeatedly implied earlier in the series--society ''expects'' a powerful man like him to get away and even be rewarded for his predatory behaviors.
** The moss is one for gentrification. It spreads all through Tuca and Bertie's apartment building as people are being forced to move out, and is used more generally to show corruption affecting the lower-income people of Birdtown, like [[spoiler:it lobbying for moving the money that would be used to help the citizens after a flood to revitalization]].
* The [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname Butt Witch]] in ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' is an allegory for the fear of adulthood. She has a full feminine figure she shows an excessive amount of pride in, seems incapable of moving without looking like she's modeling for the cover of a magazine and has a deep [[VocalDissonance male voice]] representing a child's voice changing. Everything she does is destructive and disruptive towards Endless Island's childhood wonderland, as Reggie sees adults as existing for little more than to ruin her fun, and she serves as a constant reminder that even in her escape to Endless Island, Reggie will, one day, ''have'' to grow up.
* Lord Dominator in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' is an allegory for comparitively more serious cartoons compared to purely comedic and episodic series. Dominator is big, has more resources than the heroes will ever get, and even to the last episode can crush them with ease, similar to more serious cartoons having well liked narratives and bigger budgets. Wander and co.'s struggle against Dominator is taken as a plea that comedic cartoons do have a place on television-- and in the end, Wander doesn't even hate Dominator at all.
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!!Other examples:

* ''AllegoricalCharacter/{{Psychonauts}}''

* ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomATripToTomobiki Danny Phantom: A Trip to Tomobiki (Of Ghosts and Aliens)]]'': Destiny Production Management Bureau who decides the fates of every living being in the universe, and Status Quo, the godlike being that influences the story's conflict, represents executive meddling in cartoons and shows. Status Quo explains that "he is the embodiment of the desires of the beings beyond the fourth dimension," and Destiny Production Management Bureau are like the producers of a television show. Status Quo and Destiny Production Management Bureau would watch the events to play out naturally, but sometimes, when they see potential, they ensure that certain events happen to make the world they observe more exciting for entertainment purposes. They would also cut out planned events like Vlad Plasmius's deal with the Fright Knight. They also change events to keep the status quo and prevent characters from getting character development to increase the length of the show, like the time Danny Phantom's parents discovered his identity, and despite accepting him, he, for some reason, erased his parent's memory.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': The Story Lord from Season 4 is a meta two-fold of this, in which his desire to farm Rick and Morty's "endless storytelling potential" and refusal to accept that there's a limit to them (Rick even says they'll burn out before he gets what he wants) is representative of executives that want to make the series their CashCowFranchise, while his desire to make the episodic show into an epic reflects fans that want that direction to the show despite the creators saying that is not the direction they're taking.

* ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomATripToTomobiki Danny Phantom: A Trip to Tomobiki (Of Ghosts and Aliens)]]'' : Destiny Production Management Bureau who decides the fates of every living being in the universe, and Status Quo, the godlike being that influences the story's conflict, represents executive meddling in cartoons and shows. Status Quo explains that "he is the embodiment of the desires of the beings beyond the fourth dimension," and Destiny Production Management Bureau are like the producers of a television show. Status Quo and Destiny Production Management Bureau would mostly what the events to play out naturally, but sometimes, when they see potential, they ensure that certain events happen to make the world they observe more exciting for entertainment purposes. They would also cut out planned events like Vlad Plasmius's deal with the Fright Knight. They also change events to keep the status quo and prevent characters from getting character development to increase the length of the show, like the time Danny Phantom's parents discovered his identity, and despite accepting him, he, for some reason, erased his parent's memory.

If ''all'' of the characters in the work are written this way, then you might just have a full-blown {{Allegory}} on your hands.

** [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]’s pretty much the physical embodiment of toxic masculinity and the US military. He’s one of the most powerful and influential forces in the world, but he accidentally kills innocent people with nuclear explosions and then acts like he’s the good guy for the most part. Homelander's response to the danger he represents also mirrors the Trump Administration's "nothing to see here" response to the then-emerging COVID-19 pandemic.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The series gradually but firmly portrays Emperor Belos as the embodiment of religious extremism. Though his persona as a theocratical tyrant who forbids people from doing things based on arbitrary rules via DivineRightOfKings is nothing more than [[StrawHypocrite a front for his real agenda]], [[spoiler:his true backstory reveals that he is the result of Gravesfield's terrible witch hunting tradition; his attempts to fit in with their society twisting his impressionable mind into that of a zealot willing to kill his only family to uphold the town's values.]] His interactions with Hunter are also a mirror to religious DomesticAbuse and its survivors.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The series gradually but firmly portrays him as the embodiment of religious extremism. Though his persona as a theocratical tyrant who forbids people from doing things based on arbitrary rules via DivineRightOfKings is nothing more than [[StrawHypocrite a front for his real agenda]], [[spoiler:his true backstory reveals that he is the result of Gravesfield's terrible witch hunting tradition; his attempts to fit in with their society twisting his impressionable mind into that of a zealot willing to kill his only family to uphold the town's values.]] His interactions with Hunter are also a mirror to religious DomesticAbuse and its survivors.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The series gradually but firmly portrays [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] as the embodiment of religious extremism. Starting off already as a theocratical tyrant who forbids people from doing things based on arbitrary rules and imposes authority via DivineRightOfKings, [[spoiler:it is latter revealed that he is nothing but a fraud, but his actual background as a witch hunter who grew up an anti-witch society establishes him as a zealot so indoctrinated by prejudice that it ends up destroying his own family]]. His interactions with Hunter are also a mirror to religious DomesticAbuse and its survivors.