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Glorious Leader
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The whole world's going to hell. Crime, corruption, moral degeneration, and a soft, weak government that can't do a thing to help. In comes this guy, promising to end all that — and being the idiots we are, we elect him, or at least wildly applaud his coup d'état. Once he seizes power, he may become The Generalissimo. The Glorious Leader is a political outsider who uses romantic and idealist rhetoric to hide some malevolent agenda. He talks lovingly about the Good Old Ways and/or the great new age he will bring about, and every other sentence out of his mouth is a New Era Speech. Bonus points if he fingers some other group of outsiders as The Enemy, blaming them for the degenerate modern era, or decides the country ought to go to war on some implausible pretext just to prove its military strength. The Trope Codifier, of course, is Adolf Hitler. Other examples: Mr. Saxon, Darth Sidious, tyrannic leaders all throughout the 20th century, Josef Stalin, and Mao Zedong have been accused of being this/portrayed this way (although there is room for debate about whether these portrayals are strictly speaking accurate). However, although this trope became much more common in fiction after World War II, it did not originate in the 20th Century. Various usurper Kings — or other rulers who were viewed as coming by their position through illegitimate means — throughout history have also been portrayed this way by their contemporaries (regardless of whether the facts actually support this portrayal). Particularly if female. Similarly, in myth and fantasy fiction alike: usurpers or rulers viewed as otherwise illegitimate are almost always this trope. If a ruler is this without being a usurper or otherwise illegitimate: then expect him/her to be corrupted by or tricked into being the puppet of some other entity. Contrast Dark Messiah, who this guy is dangerously close to becoming if there's a religious angle to the story. |
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Bioshock Infinite: Zachary Comstock styled the secession of Columbia as this, saying that the United States condemning their destruction of Peking was a sign that it had fallen irredeemably into apostasy. Comstock's actual control of the city was something he had secured since its founding (although it's implied he had rivals who were violently removed early on, probably on similar grounds). Comstock justifies all of this by invoking divine sanction indicated by his visions of the future. | |
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DMZ: Parco Delgado goes from populist revolutionary to autocrat once he assumes power, complete with lionizing propaganda posters spread around the DMZ. | |
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Scholar Visari of Killzone, of which the Helghan race is based on the Nazis. | |
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Subverted for once in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans by Rustal Elion. While he does command absolute loyalty from his men, Rustal doesn't portray himself as a larger-than-life figure and even encourages his closest subordinate Julieta to think more critically of him so she'll have a savvier view of the world and be prepared to one day succeed him. This trope is played more straight by McGillis Fareed, particularly once he gets his hands on Gundam Bael and proclaims himself Agnika Kaieru's successor and the savior of Gjallarhorn. | |
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In the Anno Domini timeline, Ribbons Almark achieves this position in the second season as Dark Messiah and Evil Overlord of the United Earth Federation. | |
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Von Gernsbach in Minion Comics rails against the governments, corporations, and the military who keep information secret from the people as justification for his organization's hacking efforts. | |
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Overlord (2012): Ainz is this to the population of Nazarick, through no fault of his own (as the only guild member to be present in the game's final hours, the denizens look on him as a benevolent god). Later, he's established as the savior of a kingdom with one of the people he saved starting a literal cult devoted to him. Again, Ainz is totally out of his depth and has no idea that he's being worshipped by humans (he already has enough trouble keeping his people's worship under control). | |
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The Last Ship: Season 5 Big Bad Gustavo "Tavo" Barros is the Simon Bolivar-like leader of a revolutionary movement aimed at uniting Latin America (by force, if necessary) and then usurping the United States' role as a world power. His followers view him as a champion of the common people and practically worship him. | |
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Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Nobody has seen him in person, but his face is worshiped on posters and on the telescreens. It's implied he may not actually exist, but it holds if he's merely a symbol even so. | |
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New Gods villain Glorious Godfrey has (fittingly enough) played this role in numerous guises. | |
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Exalted: The Scarlet Empress initiated her rule on the basis of her power over the Realm Defense Grid being the only thing capable of holding off the surviving raksha hordes and maintaining peace and solidarity among the remaining Dragon Blooded. | |
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Lord Ezelcant of from Gundam AGE. He leads his people in a massive war against Earth because they abandoned the colonies on Mars that eventually became Vagan and is fond of making big, holographic-projected speeches about revenge and returning to the "Eden" of Earth. He turns out to have a hidden agenda to force the "evolution" of peaceful humans by killing off people who fight, Earthrace and Vagan alike. | |
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President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip of Sinclaim Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, later adapted as V (1983). And by extension Charles Lindbergh as presented in Philip Roth's The Plot Against America (Roth's novel is a Spiritual Successor). | |
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In Parable of the Sower, a dystopian United States elects Reverend Andrew Steele Jarrett, a radical preacher who eventually leads a crusade against all non-Christians and other undesirable groups, blaming them for the devastation of the economy and using them as a scapegoat to unite the people against. | |
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Call of Cthulhu campaign The Fungi from Yuggoth. The Brotherhood of the Beast plans to cause worldwide disaster so its leader can step in, save the world, and be made President of the U.S. (and eventually ruler of the world). | |
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Adam J Susan (or Adam J Sutler) from V for Vendetta. | |
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Flash Gordon: Ming is called "Benevolent Father" and took control of Mongo during a Civil War or a time of overall anarchy. | |
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Following the 2000 US presidential election The Onion came out with President Clinton seizing the opportunity. | |
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The Gundam franchise has had more than a few of these. Expect a lot of talk about humans on Earth being weighed down by gravity. The Universal Century timeline alone saw multiple, starting in Mobile Suit Gundam with Gihren Zabi, de facto ruler of the Principality of Zeon in large part thanks to his massive personality cult and skill at rallying the people. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam saw Haman Khan having carved out her own fanatical following in Neo-Zeon, only to be challenged for the role by Glemmy Toto in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ and later succeeded by Char Aznable Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. On the opposite side of the Zeon-Earth conflict, Paptimus Scirocco aimed to be this for the Earth Federation in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam by coopting the Titans and turning them into a private army based upon his ideals of an intelligent elite ruling over humankind. In After War Gundam X, Seidel Rasso of the Space Revolutionary Army preaches that all spacenoids will become part of the Newtype Master Race and plans to wipe out what remains of humanity on Earth, and brutally kills anyone who disagrees with his doctrine of genocidal conquest like the entire colony of Satelicon and his trusted aide Nicola. In the Cosmic Era timeline, General Ripper Patrick Zala is tricked into becoming one of these by Big Bad Rau Le Creuset, while Well-Intentioned Extremist Gilbert Durandal became one of his own volition. In the Anno Domini timeline, Ribbons Almark achieves this position in the second season as Dark Messiah and Evil Overlord of the United Earth Federation. Lord Ezelcant of from Gundam AGE. He leads his people in a massive war against Earth because they abandoned the colonies on Mars that eventually became Vagan and is fond of making big, holographic-projected speeches about revenge and returning to the "Eden" of Earth. He turns out to have a hidden agenda to force the "evolution" of peaceful humans by killing off people who fight, Earthrace and Vagan alike. Subverted for once in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans by Rustal Elion. While he does command absolute loyalty from his men, Rustal doesn't portray himself as a larger-than-life figure and even encourages his closest subordinate Julieta to think more critically of him so she'll have a savvier view of the world and be prepared to one day succeed him. This trope is played more straight by McGillis Fareed, particularly once he gets his hands on Gundam Bael and proclaims himself Agnika Kaieru's successor and the savior of Gjallarhorn. |
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Superman: General Zod men speak of him in these terms, and he eventually sets himself up as one for New Krypton, amassing a personality cult, and seizing power in the aftermath of Allura's death. | |
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The Wizard of Oz as presented in the musical Wicked, though he is a more sympathetic example than most, being manipulated by Madam Morrible into thinking what he is doing is helping the people achieve their true potential. | |
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Ninjago: Dragons Rising: Empress Beatrix (All glory to the good empress!) of Imperium, who is worshipped by her subjects even despite the obvious fact she's a total nutjob. It eventually turns out she seized power in a coup. | |
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King P otherwise known as Porky Minch from Mother 3 has his own army of brainwashed soldiers who wear pig masks on their heads, and try to convince others to serve him. He's actually a nihilistic, childish kid who has become immortal due to time travel. | |
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Sword of Truth The series given its Anvilicious libertarian themes, whenever an enemy is this, it instantly makes them an acceptable target for just about anything. Jagang himself: he's essentially the product of magic in a society that hates and fears it, he snapped up almost all of the known world, and through exceedingly clever management, the ability to run a crowd like none other, control over the wizards and sorceresses, and demonizing the freedom-loving wizards and "New World"ers, he's well on his way to actually ruling the world. He even has popular support, despite the terrible economic system that the Brotherhood runs. Joseph Ander in particular, but the Anders in general, did this as a race, using guilt and political correctness to crush those who genuinely were trying to uplift them. |
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William Kraft in Victoria is a rare heroic example of this. Kraft, a right-wing ideologue, uses a deft combination of reactionary agitation, moving public displays, and political intrigue to seize power in the fledgling Confederation, whereupon he proceeds to implement his revolutionary agenda. A small but extremely brutal purge of about a hundred and fifty political enemies is his first major executive action, followed by various similarly ruthless acts of national consolidation and limited wars with neighboring states. However, while Kraft's methods are often portrayed as unsavory, the ultimate moral of the story is that they are also necessary to secure the new state. By the time he passes away decades later, he is remembered very fondly by the people as the father of their nation. | |
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In After War Gundam X, Seidel Rasso of the Space Revolutionary Army preaches that all spacenoids will become part of the Newtype Master Race and plans to wipe out what remains of humanity on Earth, and brutally kills anyone who disagrees with his doctrine of genocidal conquest like the entire colony of Satelicon and his trusted aide Nicola. | |
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Subverted in The Day of the Triffids (2009). Torrence sees himself in this light, often admiring statues or paintings of Winston Churchill, but he's just a sociopath with delusions of grandeur. The government he sets up in London only lasts briefly before it's overrun by triffids. | |
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Doctor Who: British Prime Minister Harold Saxon, a.k.a. The Master, a homicidal Time Lord, notable for having strong public support (using the ArchAngel network to subtly hypnotise them), being honest and open with his Cabinet (giggling at them, throwing the paperwork in the air and then having them all poisoned), taking a strong stand in diplomatic relations with the US President (having him murdered on international television) and bringing about dramatic electoral reforms (taking over the world). Vote Saxon! | |
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In the Jedi Academy Trilogy, Daala is sickened by the ranks and self-promotions the warlords have invented and/or given themselves. This, combined with other reasons, results in Daala ending the Enemy Civil War and uniting the imperial military. | |
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The Legend of Korra: Kuvira is the charismatic supreme leader of the Earth Empire, who paints herself as the driving force behind the Earth Kindom's modernization and stability, but regularly subjects citizens to slave labor practices institutional racism against Firebenders and Waterbenders—basically anything to take advantage of the power vaccum for personal power, which she very much admits in the end of Ruins of the Empire. | |
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In The Gamer's Alliance, Dylas and Pronin pretend to be saviours of their people but are actually power-hungry tyrants who use people for their own purposes and aren't afraid to break a few eggs to make an omelette. | |
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Star Wars Legends: Darth Revan has more than a few elements of this in Knights of the Old Republic, especially considering how loyal his followers tend to be to him and/or his ideals even in the sequel, when he's been gone for at least five years. Well, his followers who aren't Malak, at any rate. Of course, Malak proceeded to (try to) set up his own cult of personality, although he was somewhat overshadowed by Revan even then. And the big honkin' tombs of the dead Sith Lords of Korriban suggest this is something of a tradition. | |
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The Universal Century timeline alone saw multiple, starting in Mobile Suit Gundam with Gihren Zabi, de facto ruler of the Principality of Zeon in large part thanks to his massive personality cult and skill at rallying the people. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam saw Haman Khan having carved out her own fanatical following in Neo-Zeon, only to be challenged for the role by Glemmy Toto in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ and later succeeded by Char Aznable Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. On the opposite side of the Zeon-Earth conflict, Paptimus Scirocco aimed to be this for the Earth Federation in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam by coopting the Titans and turning them into a private army based upon his ideals of an intelligent elite ruling over humankind. | |
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The Antichrist in Left Behind. Though his rise to power completely ignores the Rapture occurring less than two weeks ago and is even in complete contradiction to the supposed off-screen record crime waves. He just becomes the head of the United Nations and says it would be nice if every nation would destroy or hand over all their weapons to him so there can be world peace. This works. | |
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