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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Ended up being shot by partisans in the woods, then his corpse strung up in the city square of Milan to be kicked, spat on, and generally abused for three days. Mussolini was also a ruthless dictator.
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Although he is popularly supposed to have coined the phrase "fascism should more appropriately be termed corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power," this was actually first said by Giovanni Gentile in his ''Doctrine of Fascism'', which Mussolini co-authored.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Called himself "el duce" and had the initials BM. TWO triple entendres. And he brought "el duce" on himself.
* [[The Casanova]]: Mussolini had for all of his life numerous flirts and lovers. And he was not ashamed to show it, building a womanizer reputation for himself. He believed (perhaps correctly, being in Italy) that his success with women contributes to his perception as a strong leader.
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** It's either that or "SI!" (Yes in Italian)
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Modern Major
* [[Nice Hat]]: his fez, that he would wear almost always (including the page picture). Bonus point for the fez being proof he served in World War I as a Bersagliere, Italy's elite infantry.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Believing it was a sign of a strong and virile Roman man, Mussolini was frequently photographed with his shirt off, posing with rifles or diving into the sea.
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* In ''[[The Pride of Life]]'', Othello's superbeasts are named for European dictators, including "Mussol" for Mussolini.
* Mussolini appears in [[Lemon Demon]]'s "[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (Music)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]."
* In Harry Turtledove's ''[[
* ''[[A Greater Britain]]'', a work aimed at rescuing Oswald Mosley from the scrappy heap, does the same to Mussolini: he fights on the Allied side of the truncated equivalent to [[WW 2]], and it reflects on his political gifts which tend to be brushed over nowadays.
* ''[[The Beano]]'' had two main wartime comic strips, ''Addie and Hermie'' (about Hitler and Goering) and ''Musso [[Once Acceptable Targets|the Wop]]'', which used Italian stereotypes cheerfully and mocked the Italian Army for its lack of success in North Africa.
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