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A subset of the [[Outlaw]] with a Hispanic flavor. Most often found in stories set in Mexico or near the Mexican border.

Stereotypically, the bandito has a thick Mexican accent, wears a sombrero and poncho or serape, and in later time periods a [[Badass Bandolier|bandolier of ammunition]]. A [[Magnificent Moustaches of Mexico|thick mustache]] is common, but not mandatory.

Usually the villains of a [[The Western|Western]], but if portrayed sympathetically will have a [[Robin Hood]] code of honor, or be [[La Résistance|revolutionaries]] fighting against the corrupt government.

As with the outlaw, the bandito often overlaps with [[The Gunslinger]] and [[Cowboy]] roles, with the latter being called vaqueros. A bandito might also be a [[Knife Nut]] or [[Improbable Weapon User|lariat expert]].

Note bandito is the English spelling. In Spanish it is ''bandido''. We get desperado from the Spanish ''desesperado''.

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* ''[[¡Three Amigos!|Three Amigos]]''

* In the Disney film ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang]]'', there was a single bandito among the otherwise homogenous-white bad guys.

* Calvera and his band of outlaws in ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''.

* The bandits in ''[[Django]]''.

* Several Banditos are part of Hedley Lamarr's army in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.

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** El Indio of ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' takes the sterotypical bandito [[Up to Eleven]]. A drug-addicted [[Large Ham]] who stalks women, murders families, rigs duels, and takes trophies from his victims, he spends most of the film in an oppium-induced haze, while plotting to use [[Anti-Hero|Monco]] and [[Best Served Cold|Colonel Mortimer]] to do his dirty work, wiping out his gang and leaving all the money from his robberies for him.

** The Rojo brothers of ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' are banditos-turned-bootleggers, who sell alcohol on both sides of the border, and have an ugly rivalry with the Baxters, a family of white-collar American gunrunners. While two of the brothers are absolutely stereotypical, Ramon subverts it somewhat by being totally evil, but [[Evil Genius|very bright]].

* ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' has examples of both. On the villain side, we have Mapache, the primary villain and his army of bandits. On the (anti-)heroic side, we have Angel, one of the Bunch.

* Revolutionary banditos make up one of the bad guy groups in the movie ''[[The Professionals (film)|The Professionals]]''.

* Tomas Milian played this type (usually the sympathetic version) in a lot of spaghettis.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* Sanchez in the ''[[Desperados]]'' video games is a (deliberately) stereotypical bandito character.

* ''[[~~Bioshock~~]]'' has ammo vending machines with a cartoon/period picture of a bandito's masked face, which spouts recorded messages with an outrageously thick accent. "¡[[Gratuitous Spanish|Bienvenidos al Ammo Bandito]]!"

* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' has ammo vending machines with a cartoon/period picture of a bandito's masked face, which spouts recorded messages with an outrageously thick accent. "¡[[Gratuitous Spanish|Bienvenidos al Ammo Bandito]]!"

* ''[[Outlaws (1997 video game)]]'': has "Spittin'" Jack Sánchez.

* Part of ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' takes place in Mexico, where the protagonist contends with both banditos and revolutionaries.

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Gordito is a heroic variant of this (mixed in with [[Sidekick]]) in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.

** Gordito's uncle Pedro would be a straighter example of this, except Pedro uses a [[Rule of Cool|velociraptor]] as his [[Horse of a Different Color|steed]].

== [[Western Animation]] ==