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-->--'''Macon Ravenwood'', ''[[Literature/TheCasterChronicles Beautiful Creatures]]''

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-->--'''Macon Ravenwood'', Ravenwood''', ''[[Literature/TheCasterChronicles Beautiful Creatures]]''

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->''"Ladies and gentlemen of Gatlin. How nice tofinally meet you all. I trust you know my dear friend, the beautiful Dr. Aschcroft. She has been kind enough to escort me this evening, as [[TheHermit I don't quite know my way around our fair town.]] Let me apologize once again for being late; please do continue. I'm sure you were just about to explain that [[WitchHunt the accusations against my niece]] are completely unfounded and encourage these children to go home and get a good night's sleep for school tommorow."''
-->--'''Macon Ravenwood'', ''[[Literature/TheCasterChronicles Beautiful Creatures]]''
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]] is from New Orleans, Louisiana and is quite perky and polite, albeit an evil serial killer. He even wears a fashionable suit and offers to make everyone jambalaya.

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* In his "Groundhog Day Explained" video WebVideo/CGPGrey tells about Georgia's resident groundhog seasonal predictor "General Beauregard Lee, who one must assume has stylish facial hair and fans himself on the veranda of his plantation home while drinking mint julep and pining for the day when the South will rise again."

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* In his "Groundhog Day Explained" video video, WebVideo/CGPGrey tells about Georgia's resident groundhog seasonal predictor "General Beauregard Lee, who one must assume has stylish facial hair and fans himself on the veranda of his plantation home while drinking mint julep and pining for the day when the South will rise again."



* WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn is a parody of such.
* Gilbert Dauterieve, Bill's cousin on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a parody, with the added twist of being AmbiguouslyGay. Modeled on Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
* Colonel Shuffle from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts "Mississippi Hare" and "Dog Gone South". "Ah, magnolia!"

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* WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn is a parody of such.
* Gilbert Dauterieve, Bill's cousin on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a parody, with the added twist of being AmbiguouslyGay. Modeled on Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn is a parody of such.
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Colonel Shuffle from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts "Mississippi Hare" and "Dog Gone South". "Ah, magnolia!"



** The unnamed Southern Colonel, the last person cocky Homer challenges to a duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)".
** In "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", Southern gentlemen request bootleg mint juleps at Moe's Speakeasy.

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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E18HomerVsTheEighteenthAmendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]", a Southern gentlemen requests bootleg mint juleps at Moe's Speakeasy.
** The unnamed Southern Colonel, the last person challenged to a duel by a cocky Homer challenges to a duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)".
** In "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", Southern gentlemen request bootleg mint juleps at Moe's Speakeasy.
"[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E5EIEIAnnoyedGrunt E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]".
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Misuse, they literaly get one sentence each in the book. Not enough to qualify for the trope


* Most of the major Southern characters in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' are some variation of this; for example, General Laclede is a classic type, while Colonel [=McMoster=] is a somewhat more rugged middle-class example.
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* A modern and heroic example is [[GentlemanDetective Benoit Blanc]] from the ''Film/KnivesOut'' films. He has the (possibly [[PlayingUpTheStereotype embellished]]) accent, the stylish dress, and the charm and politeness, but without the associated prejudices.

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* A modern and heroic example is [[GentlemanDetective Benoit Blanc]] from the ''Film/KnivesOut'' films.and ''Film/GlassOnion''. He has the (possibly [[PlayingUpTheStereotype embellished]]) accent, the stylish dress, and the charm and politeness, but without the associated prejudices.
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* ''Film/TheGreatLocomotiveChase'': Union spy Andrews is a well-dressed Kentuckian (although, historically, he had a lower-class background) who is extremely courteous and sympathetic to friends and enemies alike even when it isn't required for him to keep his cover.
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* ''Literature/HolmesOnTheRange'': Julius Horatio Riggs from the short story "Bad News" is a well-dressed man with a thick Southern accent and a gracious, good-humored manner. The "Southern" part outweighs the "gentleman", though, as his demeanor can quickly get colder (although still relatively civil) toward anyone who disagrees with his politics, which includes sitting around a saloon with a Confederate flag proudly displayed in it.
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* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': Captain Leroy in ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Sharpe's Eagle]]'' is an unusual example, being an American Loyalist fighting for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. His family made its money on "[[CatchPhrase slaves, cotton and molasses]]". The working-class Sharpe calls him out on the first of these near the end of the episode.

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* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': Captain Leroy in ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Sharpe's Eagle]]'' is an unusual example, being an American Loyalist fighting for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. His family made its money on "[[CatchPhrase slaves, "slaves, cotton and molasses]]".molasses". The working-class Sharpe calls him out on the first of these near the end of the episode.
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* ComicBook/{{Gambit}} from the ''ComicBook/XMen'' books counts as this. His dark past aside, he has a very genial personality, especially towards women, he dresses well and he's from TheBigEasy. Fits in with him also being a GentlemanThief and a LovableRogue.

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* ComicBook/{{Gambit}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] from the ''ComicBook/XMen'' books counts as this. His dark past aside, he has a very genial personality, especially towards women, he dresses well and he's from TheBigEasy. Fits in with him also being a GentlemanThief and a LovableRogue.
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Notes: Subject to severe ValuesDissonance for modern audiences, as, depending on time period, he usually either owns slaves or is nostalgic for the era of slavery (even if he doesn't harbor any actual racist views, the romanticism of the south's GoldenAge is what matters).

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Notes: Subject to severe ValuesDissonance for modern audiences, as, depending on time period, he usually either owns slaves or is nostalgic for the era of slavery (even if he doesn't harbor any actual racist views, [[YeGoodeOldeDays the romanticism of the south's GoldenAge "golden age"]] is what matters).

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* The unnamed Southern Colonel, the last person cocky Homer challenges to a duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "E-I-E-I-(annoyed grunt)". In "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", Southern gentlemen request bootleg mint juleps at Moe's Speakeasy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
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The unnamed Southern Colonel, the last person cocky Homer challenges to a duel in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "E-I-E-I-(annoyed grunt)". "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)".
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In "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", Southern gentlemen request bootleg mint juleps at Moe's Speakeasy.

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