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'''[[Silent Majorities]]'''
To many, the term "[[Vocal Minority]]" doesn't exist, they forget it exists, or they are too ignorant to say it exists. If there is a "[[Vocal Minority]]" in your group causing havoc to society, oftentimes much of everyone else will lump you and the other innocent people in your group and [[
'''People with physical features that some just don't happen to personally find attractive'''
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{{examples}}
== Crazy Homeless People ==
* Kill Moves from ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''.
* [[Bum Reviews|Chester A. Bum.]]▼
=== [[Western Animation]] ===▼
* The "Crazy Cat Lady" from [[The Simpsons]].
▲* [[Bum Reviews|Chester A. Bum.]]
== Evil Albino ==
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== Tourette's Syndrome ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===▼
*
** It's worth noting that the Tourette Syndrome Association called the episode "surprisingly well-researched" and were generally happy with the way people with Tourette's were portrayed in the episode.
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=== [[Literature]] ===
* Mentioned in ''[[
** Who is, [[Subverted Trope|in fact,]] a sympathetic [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|- and surprisingly well-treated]] - character.
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': "Bobby is breathing through his mouth, I'm afraid if I feed him he'll suffocate!"▼
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Not to mention when it's caused not by a temporary sickness or allergy, but a permanent deformation of the internal sinus passages.
* Take one look at [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222024634/http://peoplewhodeserveit.com/2009/03/16/129-heavy-mouth-breather/ This link]. Wow, I hope those guys ''NEVER'' have allergies or a bad cold.
▲===[[Western Animation]] ===
▲* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': "Bobby is breathing through his mouth, I'm afraid if I feed him he'll suffocate!"
== Amputees ==
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* One particularly grating recent example being [https://web.archive.org/web/20100514161521/http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2440740.ece/Disabled_poster_boy_banned_from_rail_stations Dutch Rail's refusal to display] posters that show one of Marc Quinn's ''Complete Marbles'' sculptures at railway stations across the country. Before you ask, no, it wasn't the nudity they objected to. To put matters into perspective, this is a company that will happily plaster [http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2009-11/1257702410_anouk-for-bitter-or-worse-2009.jpg a close-up of a bloody face] across its billboards.
== People with allergies ==
=== Film ===▼
* Walter, Annie's fiance from [[Sleepless in Seattle]], has many allergies including some foods. While he's not unsympathetically treated on the whole, it is presented as if it's a nerdy and less-than-sexy trait.▼
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Carl [[Meaningful Name|Wheezer]] from ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]''.
▲=== Film ===
▲* Walter, Annie's fiance from [[Sleepless in Seattle]], has many allergies including some foods. While he's not unsympathetically treated on the whole, it is presented as if it's a nerdy and less-than-sexy trait.
=== [[Real Life]] ===
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== People who were held back a year in school ==
=== [[
* [[Cool Big Sis|Millay Ashford]] in ''[[Code Geass]]'' deliberately held herself a back a year so she could be with her friends longer. She was unwilling to leave home and join the [[Real Life|real world]].▼
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* Kelso on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' was held back as a kid and kept it secret out of shame. It fits the role of Kelso as the group's resident idiot, and he takes some shots at him when they hear it. The main joke however is that he was old enough to legally buy beer for them and told nobody.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The protagonist and the main [[Love Interest]] in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' were both held back a year. While one was held back for delinquency, the other was held back for illness.▼
** Likewise the Brain from ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' who was left back in ''kindergarten'' due to not being emotionally ready for first grade, although as his nickname suggests he ''is'' [[Child Prodigy|much smarter than most of his classmates]].▼
=== [[Real Life]] ===
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** Differs from country to country. In [[German Education System|Germany]], it's not exactly uncommon to repeat a year, while in other countries it rarely happens - so if it does, expect students doing so to stick out.
▲=== [[Video Games]] ===
▲* The protagonist and the main [[Love Interest]] in ''[[Clannad]]'' were both held back a year. While one was held back for delinquency, the other was held back for illness.
▲** Likewise the Brain from ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' who was left back in ''kindergarten'' due to not being emotionally ready for first grade, although as his nickname suggests he ''is'' [[Child Prodigy|much smarter than most of his classmates]].
▲=== [[Anime]] ===
▲* [[Cool Big Sis|Millay Ashford]] in ''[[Code Geass]]'' deliberately held herself a back a year so she could be with her friends longer. She was unwilling to leave home and join the [[Real Life|real world]].
== Community college ==
=== [[
* While not a comedy example, ''[[Rudy]]'' is told that he must build his academic record at a community college before he will be eligible to apply to Notre Dame. The inference is that these institutions are dumping grounds for Ivy League rejects.▼
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* Played with in the episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', with Richard Speight Jr guest-starring as an intelligent guy who didn't get into a great college because his classmate stole the test, got a really high score and offset everything. The classmate then lorded it over him at a reunion.
* Played for laughs on the TV sitcom ''[[Community]]'', set in a community college.
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* In ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', Sheldon looks down on Penny for attending (and dropping out of) a community college. Though in this case, it's less that the show itself attacks community colleges and more that Sheldon is an [[Insufferable Genius]] who looks down on ''everyone'' -- including his other friends and colleagues, many of whom have earned Masters and Doctorates from "proper" universities. None of the other characters seem to have a problem with it.
=== [[
* Unless, of course, the character comes from a poor background, like Luanne Platter from ''[[King of the Hill]]'', where her going to Community College is celebrated by her family.▼
▲* While not a comedy example, ''[[Rudy]]'' is told that he must build his academic record at a community college before he will be eligible to apply to Notre Dame. The inference is that these institutions are dumping grounds for Ivy League rejects.
* Hayley on ''[[American Dad]]'' attends a community college, which is often the butt of some jokes ("I got a check-plus. That's like a C at Arizona State!").▼
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Bonus Points as sometimes, community colleges are better in some courses than "real" colleges, only cost ''much'' less. (For example, the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education, arguably one of the best culinary arts schools in the country,{{context|reason=Which country?}} is part of Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.)
* Laney College in Oakland, [[California]] is increasingly regarded as one of the best theater schools in Northern California, as its actors frequently land top spots in universities—or, you know, get picked by theaters ''as soon as they graduate''. Unfortunately it has the double-whammy of being a community college in ''Oakland,'' which is stereotyped as being dangerous, poor, and riddled with drug dealers.
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* Unless, of course, the character comes from a poor background, like Luanne Platter from ''[[King of the Hill]]'', where her going to Community College is celebrated by her family.
▲* Hayley on ''[[American Dad]]'' attends a community college, which is often the butt of some jokes ("I got a check-plus. That's like a C at Arizona State!").
== Trade School ==
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== Male Harassment victims ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Averted in ''[[Kinou Nani Tabeta]]'', the lawyer protagonist took a case in which a big guy is abused by his small girlfriend, it is portrayed realistically.
▲=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* An episode of ''[[What Would You Do]]'' tested peoples' reactions to abuse by different sexes, by having two actors playing a couple alternate being abusive. When the man was the one yelling and being rough, more often than not people stepped in to stop it. When the woman was the abuser, most people did nothing—in fact, several women who saw it happening looked satisfied, including one who did a little fist-pump after she passed them. When asked her about her reaction, she said [[Death by Woman Scorned|she assumed he had it coming]].▼
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Pretty much the whole message of Michael Crichton's ''[[Disclosure]]'' and the [[MacGuffin]] for the book. He also waxes at length on the (presumably correct for the time) statistics and what they mean.
=== [[
▲* An episode of ''[[What Would You Do]]'' tested peoples' reactions to abuse by different sexes, by having two actors playing a couple alternate being abusive. When the man was the one yelling and being rough, more often than not people stepped in to stop it. When the woman was the abuser, most people did nothing—in fact, several women who saw it happening looked satisfied, including one who did a little fist-pump after she passed them. When asked her about her reaction, she said [[Death by Woman Scorned|she assumed he had it coming]].
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* In an episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Hank Hill's reaction to being told he can sue for "Male on Male Sexual Harassment" is... "BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" followed by his shocked expression. The other person he shows it to also is too afraid to admit it. It's amazing how [[Truth in Television|real]] it can be.
** Another episode had him being borderline-stalked by a female cop with the hots for him, which wasn't shown as being the least bit acceptable. Yet still played for laughs.
== People with physical features that some just don't happen to personally find attractive ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''Naruto'' has Gai and Lee, who are frequently made fun of for their large eyebrows and their oddly shaped eyes and lashes, in canon, fanon, and just the fandom in general. The jumpsuit, haircut and poses are all their own choices, though, so those don't count.
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