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Good Ol' Boy
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That conservative, strong-willed guy from the Deep South or Sweet Home Alabama (or maybe Texas). Often in a position of authority or government, or sometimes a Corrupt Corporate Executive (Oil Tycoons in particular) or a Simple Country Lawyer, or even a seller of propane and propane accessories or a farmer, but in any case a Good Ol' Boy is a staunch Republican (or a staunch Democrat if set prior to 1964), pro-life (1970s and later), for the war in Iraq (or Vietnam, depending on the time period), and doesn't have much tolerance for anything he considers anti-American. He also knows what's best for his country, or at least he thinks he does, and doesn't need no nancy Bourgeois Bohemian urban liberals with their bleeding hearts and electric cars telling him what to do. (It should be noted that, until the Civil Rights Movement gained steam, many of these guys voted for liberal politicians, as the Democratic Party in the postwar era was a coalition of conservative white Southerners, blue-collar unionized workers, and social liberals for a variety of complicated reasons, like ensuring that modern-day Democrats aren't tarred with the racist brush...). Can either be a very sympathetic or very unlikable character depending on the political persuasion of the writer. Portrayal can also differ widely from wise, uncompromising leader to lovable, simple buffoon to racist, homophobic, oil-loving bastard. Sympathetic characters may have a personal code of honor and invoke one or more positive Morality Tropes. You'd better think twice about trying to rob him in his country homestead: his hobbies include collecting old rifles, shotguns and pistols and he can hit a flea off a dog's back with his grandpa's hunting rifle. He has a shotgun in the rifle rack of his pickup truck and a revolver in the glove box. Oh, and sis, ma and grandma at the cabin are also packin'. While politically conservative and against drugs, he still enjoys a swig of backwoods moonshine. He may even have a still or two out in the woods. As well, a cigar is a favorite evening relaxation. Also see Southern-Fried Private, Southern-Fried Genius, and The Friendly Texan. Examples |
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The cowboys from Hank the Cowdog, but especially Slim. Rip and Snort are described by Hank as "good 'ol boy coyotes" who love nothing more than fighting, eating, and singing (in that order). | |
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Ron Swanson of Parks and Recreation veers between being an exaggerated parody and playing this type straight. | |
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Tom Anderson from Beavis and Butt-Head, on whom Hank Hill is based (and with whom he shares a voice). He's portrayed as more buffoonish and not quite as likable compared to Hank, but he remains sympathetic due how often he undeservedly suffers from the titular duo's stupidity. | |
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Supergirl's adoptive father Jeremiah Danvers in Supergirl: Being Super is of the sympathetic variety. He's a government-wary, somewhat eccentric (he doesn't believe in birthdays or sickness) gruffy man who doesn't know how to handle emotionally-sensitive matters and thinks his country would be better off if "people worried less about revolution and more about getting stuff done". He is also visibly a devout husband and father. | |
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Buck Tuddrussel in Time Squad. He's full of pride towards his homeland (Texas) and his family name- and wishes for a simpler time similar to the American Old West. | |
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King of the Hill: Hank Hill is a sympathetic version. His very straitlaced and conservative views are often played for humor, but even when he's in the wrong, they aren't presented as villainous traits. Now, his father Cotton on the other hand? Yeesh. Imagine being such an unsympathetic piece of garbage that you manage to be a complete Hate Sink even in spite of being a war hero who lost his legs fighting the Axis in World War II and genuinely loving your grandson. He's basically what you get when someone completely stomps on the gas of every negative stereotype about Good Ol' Boys imaginable, being a loud, cantankerous, obstreperous, sexist, racist, homophobic, judgmental, violent, miserable old man who treats everyone except Bobby with complete and utter contempt, despises his son to the point he names his newborn "Good Hank", refuses to even acknowledge Peggy and refers to her as "Hank's Wife", and who's most noble action was deciding at the last minute not to spit in the face of the Emperor of Japan. Even his love of Bobby is a terrible thing, as he's such an awful influence on the young boy. |
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In Wendigo, Otis is a creepy good ol' boy hunter who takes an instant dislike to city-dweller George and goes out of his way to antagonize and threaten him. | |
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John Lee Pettimore IV from Pretending to Be People is a southern-accented Missouri cop from an extensive, hard-drinking backwoods family that is close-knit, possibly-inbred, and rambunctious to the point of criminality. Tying up a belligerent drunk family member is jokingly referred to as a common chore for Pettimore children at family gatherings. John Lee IV leans towards the libertarian end of the Good Ol' Boy spectrum, with a fondness for conspiracy theories and drugs of varying stripes. | |
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Most of the Southern officials in My Cousin Vinny. The civilians and the police are a bit dim and slow but otherwise are nice and quiet, while the prosecutor is just doing his job and drops the charges once evidence proving the innocence of the boys comes forth. The judge is a Jerkass, but only because he's suspicious of Vinny's credentials and dislikes his manner in the courtroom, and rightfully so on both counts. | |
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Our Miss Brooks: In "Four Fiancés", the Texan to whom Miss Brooks finds herself unwittingly engaged. The gentleman is portrayed sympathetically. | |
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Corso Riggs, the Smuggler class's companion from Star Wars: The Old Republic, is a sympathetic example and even a romance option for a lady smuggler. He's boisterous, prone to yelling 'yee-haw!' after a good shot, and names his beloved rifle Torchy. | |
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Nightmare Time: Duke Keane plays with this. With his Texan accent, beat-up station wagon, mullet, and casual dress sense, he looks like a classic Good Ol' Boy, but rather than being a conservative blue collar worker, he's an incredibly dedicated social worker who does everything in his power to help people who can't help themselves, and he's a Reasonable Authority Figure and one of the few Muggles who's in on Hatchetfield's supernatural happenings. | |
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Downplayed with both the protagonist and Mortelli in Daughter for Dessert. They both believe in laws, but have their own morals that are independent of the law. They are also both implied to be politically conservative. However, none of this is mentioned all that much. | |
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The titular Tucker and Dale from Tucker & Dale vs. Evil are well-meaning if socially awkward rednecks, which makes the fact that they keep getting mistaken for villains in a Hillbilly Horrors movie all the more hilarious. | |
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Dwight Hendricks from Memphis Beat (of the "Aw shucks, Ma'am" variety). | |
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The main characters in Letterkenny are very proud to be Good ol' Boys, although they are of the Canadian variety, which generally means that they will leave the politics part of it aside. | |
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In the thriller Victoria, Bill McMoster is more or less a straight example, though perhaps a little more "upper" middle class than most, with belligerent conservative views and a love for toughening outdoor sports and Confederate history. He is also slightly unusual in being a completely heroic figure in spite of this characterization. | |
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The titular Forrest Gump is from Greenbow, Alabama and is an all around sweetheart despite his lack of traditional smarts. The other characters who come from the same place vary in terms of niceness. While Forrest's mother was an example of Good Parents who steered him right, he was also a victim of bullying during his time in school, and his childhood friend and crush Jenny ended up living a tumultuous life due to her abusive upbringing. | |
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Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2. We don't know much about his politics (it's not a subject that comes up much during a Zombie Apocalypse), but he knows his guns and dearly loves his loud music and NASCAR. | |
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Disco Elysium has the Anti-Villain Hardie Boys, a group of these who serve as Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters policing their community in the government's absence. Their leader Titus Hardie has a somewhat rural American Southern accent, hostility to city cops, and his ball cap and the puffy vest he wears as part of his Union uniform fit the look. Surprisingly they're a rather diverse bunch, with gay and black members present, and identify as social democrats. | |
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The Engineer from Team Fortress 2. He's even described as such on his trading card.◊ Consequently he's the nicest and calmest member of the team, though even he has his vicious side. | |
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Captain Leroy from Sharpe's Eagle is a subversion. While he is a conservative, cigar chompin' military man from rural Virginia, "conservative" in this context means he has no patience with namby-pamby liberals like the Founding Fathers and their crazy-talk about "equality" and "justice". In fact, he considers the US to be built on hypocrisy of the worst kind; money and class are just as important in the US as in Britain, but everyone pretends that isn't the case. Furthermore, his family were plantation owners who made their fortune in "slaves, molasses and cotton" before being forced to flee to Canada after the Revolution, and the army he is serving in is the British one. | |
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Spirit of '77: Players can create one of these as a character via the role of the same name. Since the game is set in The '70s, it's an obvious call to Dukes of Hazzard, but can also extend to Convoy-type truckers and Evel Knievel-type daredevils. | |
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On Survivor, this term is used throughout the show's history to refer to a specific male casting/character archetype. Tom Buchanan was the first to be called this in Survivor: Africa (season 3). Coach called J.T. a Good Ol' Boy in Survivor: Tocantins (season 18), a man clearly cast for that trope. J.T. would continued to be referred to as one on Heroes vs. Villains by other castaways. Coach also called Rick Nelson a Good Ol' Boy in Survivor: South Pacific (season 23). Ben Driebergen referred to himself as a Good Ol' Boy on Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers (season 35). Various other male contestants have either referred to themselves as or been referred to by Jeff Probst or other contestants as "Good Ol' Boys" or similar names over the show's 40 seasons: Rodger Bingham (S2 - Australian Outback), Travis 'Bubba' Sampson (S9 - Vanuatu), James Miller (S10 - Palau), Brandon Bellinger (S11 - Guatemala), Boo Bernis (S14 - Fiji), Chicken Morris (S15 - China), Ralph Kiser (S22 - Redemption Island), Jeff Kent (S25 - Philippines), Caleb Bankston (S27 - Palau), Jeremiah Wood (S28 - Cagayan), Keith Nale (S29 - San Juan del Sur), Mike Holloway (S30 - Worlds Apart), Caleb Reynolds (S32 - Kaoh Rong) and Carl Boudreaux (S37 - David vs. Goliath). | |
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Various locals in South Park, particularly Skeeter, Jimbo, and Ned. Zig-zagged, in that they serve as a voice of reason nearly as often at they contribute to whatever ridiculous ideas the town's adults have gotten swept up in. | |
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In Anita Blake, narrator Anita refers to one of Edward's methods of disguising himself as his "good ol' boy" manner. He fits the trope to a tee...when he's playing the part, anyway. The man himself is Death to Anita's Boogeyman. Not that this stops him from Becoming the Mask. | |
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Donny, the pig farmer turned warrior, from Fire Emblem: Awakening. Kellam has elements of this as well, having been a farmer before becoming one of the Shepherds. He and Donnel can bond over it. |
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Don Williams' 1980 hit "Good Ole Boys Like Me" is about a good ol' boy who feels out of place in society. | |
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