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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': While the rest of the cast live in nice suburban homes, the Kanker Sisters live in a trailer park out in the woods. Mostly they serve as {{Abhorrent Admirer}}s to the Eds, but they rarely have positive interactions with the other kids, acting as uncouth bullies.

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While the rest of the cast live in nice suburban homes, the Kanker Sisters live in a trailer park out in the woods. Mostly they serve as {{Abhorrent Admirer}}s to the Eds, but they rarely have positive interactions with the other kids, acting as uncouth bullies.bullies.
** The very end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' reveals that [[spoiler:Eddy's ''highly'' abusive older brother lives in one of these]].
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* "Film/TheLastStarfighter": Alex lives in the StarLite StarBrite trailer park, which his mom manages. His days are filled with maintenence and repair duties.

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* "Film/TheLastStarfighter": Alex lives in the StarLite StarBrite trailer park, which his mom manages. His days are filled with maintenence and repair duties.
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* ''Film/TragedyGirls'': SerialKiller Sadie lives in a trailer with her father.

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* The very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' has Xandir summoning a tornado that promptly plows its way through a trailer park.
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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of Irish Travellers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears [[spoiler:Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of Irish Travellers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss town's looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears [[spoiler:Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]
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In Europe, this trope also grew out of unpleasant stereotypes about UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers and UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} people, specifically due to their nomadic lifestyle and criminal reputations. (However, in the modern day, trailer inhabitants will generally not be nomadic.) ''If'' they are, it may be a variety of a person who LivesInAVan, but generally not.

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In Europe, this trope also grew out of unpleasant stereotypes about UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers and UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} people, specifically due to their nomadic lifestyle and criminal reputations. (However, in the modern day, trailer inhabitants will generally -- and ironically -- not be nomadic.) ''If'' they are, it may be a variety of a person who LivesInAVan, but generally not.



* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears [[spoiler:Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers Irish Travellers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears [[spoiler:Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]
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* Davey Stone from ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'' lives in a very small trailer near a junkyard. His trailer has no electricity and no running water, because no one wants to hire an insulting, alcoholic {{jerkass}}. Davey is somewhat looking forward to being sent to jail for his misdemeanors, as jail has heated cells and working toilets. Davey loses what little he had when a SoreLoser sets Davey's trailer ablaze.

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* Davey Stone from ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'' lives in a very small trailer near a junkyard. His trailer has no electricity and no running water, because no one wants to hire an insulting, alcoholic {{jerkass}}. Davey is somewhat looking forward to being sent to jail for his misdemeanors, [[DesiresPrisonLife as jail has heated cells and working toilets.toilets]]. Davey loses what little he had when a SoreLoser sets Davey's trailer ablaze.
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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living from TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on the NeglectedRex.

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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living from TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on the NeglectedRex.NeglectedRez.
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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living from TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.

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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living from TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.the NeglectedRex.
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* Mickey and his fellow UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers from ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' live in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDO-9hfaiI trailer park]]. Plus, it's an illegal trailer park. Turkish mentions in narration that these people have no trouble with murder (accidental or otherwise) because all they need to do is bury the corpses, pull stakes, and they will never be found because they live off the grid. [[spoiler:Sure enough, after they kill Brick Top and his men in retaliation for the murder of Mikey's mom, Turkish and Tommy arrive to the campground the morning after to find them all gone.]] Also, aside from Mikey's mother (who [[spoiler:becomes an unfortunate example of TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth [[KickTheDog courtesy of Brick Top]]]]), all of the people in the campground are showcased as loathsome con artists.

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* Mickey and his fellow UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers from ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' live in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDO-9hfaiI trailer park]]. Plus, it's an illegal trailer park. Turkish mentions in narration that these people have no trouble with murder (accidental or otherwise) because all they need to do is bury the corpses, pull stakes, and they will never be found because they live off the grid. [[spoiler:Sure enough, after they kill Brick Top and his men in retaliation for the murder of Mikey's mom, Turkish and Tommy arrive to the campground the morning after to find them all gone.]] Also, aside from Mikey's mother (who [[spoiler:becomes an unfortunate example of TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth [[KickTheDog courtesy of Brick Top]]]]), all of the people in the campground ([[EnfanteTerrible even the kids]]) are showcased as loathsome con artists.
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* In Ashley [=McBryde=]'s "Brenda Put Your Bra On" the singer urges Brenda to come watch the fight next door between Marvin, his "baby mama" and the woman he's currently fucking.
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Shit's goin' down in the trailerhood\\
''Pants 'round his ankles, still sportin' wood''

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' Rumpelstiltskin is introduced living in a hackneyed fantasy equivalent, a "carriage park" populated primarily by witches acting out various redneck stereotypes. The queen locks the doors when they ride through.

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* ''Literature/DorothyMustDie'': Amy lives in a trailer with her drug addict mother. After coming back from Oz the first time her mother has been moved to a two bedroom apartment [[TrailerParkTornadoMagnet due to the tornado that took Amy to Oz wiping the trailer park off the face of the Earth.]] [[spoiler: She also got clean]]

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* ''Literature/DorothyMustDie'': Amy lives in a trailer with her drug addict mother. After coming back from Oz the first time her mother has been moved to a two bedroom apartment [[TrailerParkTornadoMagnet due to the tornado that took Amy to Oz wiping the trailer park off the face of the Earth.]] [[spoiler: She also got clean]]clean]].


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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Class bully Mitch Mitchelson lives in a trailer park with his grandmother, in which the latter does nothing all day but sit in front of the (non-functional) TV.
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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.

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In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living from TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.
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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in an old trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the land around them looks like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]] with rusting cars and broken appliances everywhere. In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]].

If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in an old a trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the land around them looks like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]] with rusting cars and broken appliances everywhere.

In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]].

guns]]. Women are depicted as making a living TheOldestProfession or stripping. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in an old trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the land around them looks like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]] with rusting cars and broken appliances everywhere. In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsMarket selling illegal guns]].

If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez. There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, the characters will still have nice clothes, cars from the year of the production and they'll have other middle-class amenities like new laptops.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in an old trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the land around them looks like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]] with rusting cars and broken appliances everywhere. In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsMarket [[ArmsDealer selling illegal guns]].

If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez.

There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, their poverty, the characters will still have nice clothes, cars from the year of the production and they'll have other middle-class amenities like new laptops.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in a trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the yards look like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]]. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in trailers on TheRez. There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, the characters will still have nice clothes and other amenities.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in a an old trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the yards look land around them looks like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]]. scrapyard]] with rusting cars and broken appliances everywhere. In fiction, the inhabitants of trailer parks collect social assistance to live, supplementing their check with lowbrow crimes like selling (or cooking up) meth, [[FellOffTheBackOfATruck stealing items and selling them]], and [[ArmsMarket selling illegal guns]].

If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in old trailers on TheRez. There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, the characters will still have nice clothes clothes, cars from the year of the production and they'll have other amenities.
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* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': Natalie grew up in a trailer and is a tough, if [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deeply moral]] person with a bad reputation. Her parents, however, are both [[AbusiveParents abusive]], her father especially.
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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in a trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the yards look like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]]. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, the characters will still have nice clothes and other amenities.

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Because of the ubiquity of FriendsRentControl in fiction, the quickest way to establish that a character is [[WrongSideOfTheTracks extremely poor]] is to have them live in a trailer or RV park. In fiction, trailers are only ever inhabited by the poorest characters -- and bonus points if they are ''also'' [[LowerClassLout loutish]], {{Addled Addict}}s, {{The Alcoholic}}, or [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons stupid]] (hence "trailer trash"). As well, bonus points if the trailers are dilapidated and the yards look like a [[DownInTheDumps garbage-strewn scrapyard]]. If the protagonist themselves is not one, they'll probably live in a trailer with AbusiveParents. In an American work, expect the trailer's inhabitants to exhibit DeepSouth and/or FlyoverCountry stereotypes, owing to the association of trailers and mobile homes with the Southern United States. You're also likely to find people living in trailers on TheRez. There may be overlap with PotteryBarnPoor, where, in spite of everything, the characters will still have nice clothes and other amenities.
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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's [[spoiler:Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]
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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance, no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance, appearance]], no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]
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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Detective Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', this is invoked as an important part of the backstory: When a bunch of travelers settled down in the town of Sandford shortly before the Town of the Year competition several years ago, they ruined the town'ss looks so much by being a bunch of louts that the town lost that year. This caused Inspector Frank Butterman's wife, who had driven herself to the point of exhaustion to clean up the town, to fall into despair and decide to [[DrivenToSuicide get in her car and "have a traffic collision"]]. [[spoiler:This in turn caused Inspector Butterman, who is the local chief of police, [[DirtyCop to become psychotic]] and [[MilkmanConspiracy gather a number of the town's like-minded townsmen]] to enforce [[StepfordSuburbia Sandford's]] pristine appearance so it would never lose the "Town of the Year" award ever again, by [[ObsessivelyNormal murdering anybody who did anything that threatened that appearance]]. appearance, no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution insignificant]] or [[EvilIsPetty petty]]]]. Shortly after he hears Butterman's MotiveRant, [[TheHero Detective Sergeant Nicholas Angel]] runs into one of the abandoned caravans while running away from the bad guys trying to silence him, now full of skeletons (making it a very literal example).]]

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