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{{quote|''"Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governor of California. [[Sarcasm Mode|There's a perfectly ordinary]] [[A Rare Sentence|English sentence.]]"''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLpCh-lE54 Dylan Moran]'''}}
Austrian-born actor, (he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1983), former bodybuilder, and [[Fan Nickname|Governator]] of the state of [[California]] from 2003 to 2011, a fact that a lot of people in general find to be very funny. He broke into acting with an unfortunate ''Hercules'' movie, which he then followed with ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''. He is now most famous for his roles in action films such as the ''[[Terminator (Film)|Terminator]]'' series and ''[[Predator]]'', with characters [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent|that always have a thick Austrian accent]] (it has, in fact, become so iconic of him that he has a speech coach to help him maintain the accent after years in America). His comedies (and even his later action films) vary. He was also a lifelong friend of [[Stan Winston]], the master-puppeteer who quite literally made [[Terminator (Film)|The Terminator]] out of him.▼
▲Austrian-born actor, (he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1983), former bodybuilder, and [[Fan Nickname|Governator]] of the state of [[California]] from 2003 to 2011, a fact that a lot of people in general find to be very funny. He broke into acting with an unfortunate ''Hercules'' movie, which he then followed with ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''. He is now most famous for his roles in action films such as the ''[[Terminator (
Also famous for his many [[Bond One Liner|Bond]] and [[Pre Mortem One Liner|Pre Mortem]] one liners; some of the cornier ones [[Memetic Mutation|end up getting oft repeated]] [[Narm Charm|for the sake of their corniness]].▼
▲Also famous for his many [[Bond One
As shown by ''[[Commando (Film)|Commando]]'', ''[[Kindergarten Cop]]'' and even ''[[Terminator (Film)|Terminator]] 2'', hurt a child or a teenager near to him and [[Papa Wolf|Schwarzenegger WILL fuck you up so bad that you'll need more than one coffin to be buried in.]]▼
▲As shown by ''[[Commando (
Note also he is ''not'' as dumb as he looks, as he was smart enough to graduate with a University Degree in Business and Economics. When he made his breakthrough as an action star with [[Conan the Barbarian]], he had already been a self-made milionaire for years, due to a number of smart business decisions. The acting was more of a hobby, and you could call him a [[Genius Bruiser]] in [[Real Life]].
As governor of California, was a real-life case of [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]. If his political and business career are anything to judge him by, he's [[Genius Bruiser|much smarter than people]] give him credit for. You know that vast fortune he has? Most of it didn't come from acting. He's also the biggest [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] fan known to man, being the man who paid thousands for a set of golf clubs used by JFK as well as marrying into the family... and yet, somewhat oddly, he's a Republican. A rather liberal Republican (especially in an era where [[Glenn Beck]] and [[The O
Went on record saying that when his gubernatorial term expired in January 2011, he will not seek another term, nor will he run for a House or Senate seat. Most likely because [[Unpleasable Fanbase|the harsh realities of Politics]] have been less than kind to him due to him being too far to the left of his own party and too far to the right for the Democrats. The sex scandal didn't help either. He has since confirmed that he will be returning to films. [[Demolition Man|Unless the Constitution is amended]] [[The Simpsons Movie
Also of note being a real life [[Determinator]], claiming that choosing it as a life philosophy was the key to his success.
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Not to be confused with [[The Ahnold]], though he's the semi-[[Trope Namer]].
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* ''Pumping Iron'', a 1970's documentary about the pro bodybuilding scene.
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* ''The Last Stand'' -- His first role in his return to acting
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* ''[[Hamlet]]'' - "Hey, Claudius. You killed my fadda. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCVc5TaPpe8 Big mistake.]"
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* ''[[California|Kalifohrnya]]'' -- Former Governor of.
* ''[[The Governator]]'' -- As an [[Ink Suit Actor|animated version of himself]]... who's also a superhero.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: He's said that "the rod was not spared" by his father, though also stressing that this was standard dicipline for the time. Still, the relationship between them was so bad that Arnold didn't go to his funeral.
* [[The Ahnold]]: The [[Trope Codifier]] and [[Trope Namer]]
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Damn right! He kicked ass even as a Governor of California.
* [[Badass]]: Oh so much that he is well known.
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Would you believe he
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He's not just smart and strong as two separate abilities. In [[Pumping Iron]] he actually mentions how he used his brain to help win bodybuilding competitions, by actively attempting to psych out the other competitors.
** The vast majority of his fortune is also from his investments and business ventures, not from his acting paychecks.
* [[Golden Mean Fallacy]]: During his second term as governor, he was pretty unpopular because other Republicans thought he was too far to the left, while Democrats thought he was too far to the right.
* [[I Am Not Leonard Nimoy]]: to the point that whole films have been made specifically to be Arnold does X: "[[Junior
* [[Not Even Bothering
** This gets [[Lampshaded]] every now and then. For instance, a deleted scene in Terminator 3 shows him as the human the T-800 was modeled on, speaking with a silly and whimsical Southern accent. When someone comments on the voice, a scientist, speaking in Arnold's actual voice, responds "We'll fix it."
* [[Old Shame]]: Arnold's father was a member of the Nazi Party during [[World War Two]] (probably to keep his job as the local chief of police) and Arnold has spent much of his career battling accusations that he is a fascist sympathizer because of this.<ref>Arnold eventually commissioned the Simon Wiesenthal Center to research his father's wartime record. No evidence that the elder Schwarzenegger committed any atrocities was uncovered.</ref>
** Arnold has also expressed regret over appearing in the ''[[
* [[Papa Wolf]]: In several roles in film particularly in ''[[
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