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When they show up in fiction, it is often as a main character's [[Hippie Parents]], and they are very likely to live in [[San Francisco]], since that city is known both for being very liberal and for having a very high cost of living.
When they show up in fiction, it is often as a main character's [[Hippie Parents]], and they are very likely to live in [[San Francisco]], since that city is known both for being very liberal and for having a very high cost of living.


See also: [[The Man Is Sticking It to The Man]], [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]], and [[Upperclass Twit]]. If the aging character loses the values themselves as well as the trappings thereof, they become a [[Former Teen Rebel]].
See also: [[The Man Is Sticking It to the Man]], [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]], and [[Upperclass Twit]]. If the aging character loses the values themselves as well as the trappings thereof, they become a [[Former Teen Rebel]].
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* Ben Stiller's real parents in ''[[Flirting With Disaster]]'', played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin.
* Ben Stiller's real parents in ''[[Flirting With Disaster]]'', played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin.
* Jane in ''[[Its Complicated]]'', though her ex-husband seems to be more of the businessman type.
* Jane in ''[[Its Complicated]]'', though her ex-husband seems to be more of the businessman type.
* Olive's parents in ''[[Easy A (Film)|Easy A]]''.
* Olive's parents in ''[[Easy A]]''.
* ''Everybody'' in ''[[The Big Chill]]''.
* ''Everybody'' in ''[[The Big Chill]]''.
* ''[[Team America World Police]]'' casts a number of Hollywood celebrities as wealthy liberal activists who try to aid Kim Jong-Il.
* ''[[Team America: World Police]]'' casts a number of Hollywood celebrities as wealthy liberal activists who try to aid Kim Jong-Il.
* Varying degrees in the main characters in ''The Decline of the American Empire'' and ''The Barbarian Invasions'', by Quebecois director Denys Arcand.
* Varying degrees in the main characters in ''The Decline of the American Empire'' and ''The Barbarian Invasions'', by Quebecois director Denys Arcand.


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* ''[[Portlandia]]'' makes fun of the suburban counter-culture scene of Portland, Oregon. Many characters are middle-aged professionals with bohemian values.
* ''[[Portlandia]]'' makes fun of the suburban counter-culture scene of Portland, Oregon. Many characters are middle-aged professionals with bohemian values.
* You could also definitely include Warren and Lois Whelan--Debra's wealthy (or at least upper middle-class) parents--from ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. When they first appear, Ray, Frank, and Marie are not looking forward to it, groaning about how much Warren and Lois basically embody this trope to a tee, and how different their own blue-collar family is from the Whelans. When they arrive later in the episode, [[Hilarity Ensues]] obviously. Over the course of the series, Warren and Lois continue to embody this trope, leading to more awkwardness (and hilarity) when they and the Barones interact.
* You could also definitely include Warren and Lois Whelan--Debra's wealthy (or at least upper middle-class) parents--from ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. When they first appear, Ray, Frank, and Marie are not looking forward to it, groaning about how much Warren and Lois basically embody this trope to a tee, and how different their own blue-collar family is from the Whelans. When they arrive later in the episode, [[Hilarity Ensues]] obviously. Over the course of the series, Warren and Lois continue to embody this trope, leading to more awkwardness (and hilarity) when they and the Barones interact.
* George in ''[[Bored to Death (TV)|Bored to Death]]'', played by Ted Danson, is a pot-smoking hippy who manages a magazine similar to ''[[The New Yorker]]''. He's quite wealthy, but still has his left-wing lifestyle and opinions. In the second season, he suffers a serious clash of cultures when his magazine is bought out by a right-wing organization.
* George in ''[[Bored to Death]]'', played by Ted Danson, is a pot-smoking hippy who manages a magazine similar to ''[[The New Yorker]]''. He's quite wealthy, but still has his left-wing lifestyle and opinions. In the second season, he suffers a serious clash of cultures when his magazine is bought out by a right-wing organization.


== Music ==
== Music ==
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** Critics of Michael Moore point out that while he makes documentaries that criticize big business and support working class families, he is himself wealthy and sent his kids to private school.
** Critics of Michael Moore point out that while he makes documentaries that criticize big business and support working class families, he is himself wealthy and sent his kids to private school.
** Examples in the music industry include [[Barbra Streisand]] and Neil Portnow, head of NARAS (which gives the Grammy Awards), who once used his annual address at the Grammys to editorialize on the Iraq War.
** Examples in the music industry include [[Barbra Streisand]] and Neil Portnow, head of NARAS (which gives the Grammy Awards), who once used his annual address at the Grammys to editorialize on the Iraq War.
*** [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] have often mocked Hollywood and the music industry for their tendency to embody this trope, usually in [[South Park]] with Mecha-[[Barbra Streisand]] and [[George Clooney]]'s "Cloud of Smug" being prime examples from the show, but also in other works like [[Team America World Police]]. In a 2004 interview, creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] remarked that "People in the entertainment industry are by and large whore-chasing drug-addicted fuckups...But they still believe they're better than the guy in Wyoming who really loves his wife and takes care of his kids and is a good, outstanding, wholesome person. Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be." Parker and Stone also continued this theme in the movie [[Team America World Police]], in which several celebrities [[Too Dumb to Live|foolishly support Kim Jong Il.]]
*** [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] have often mocked Hollywood and the music industry for their tendency to embody this trope, usually in [[South Park]] with Mecha-[[Barbra Streisand]] and [[George Clooney]]'s "Cloud of Smug" being prime examples from the show, but also in other works like [[Team America: World Police]]. In a 2004 interview, creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] remarked that "People in the entertainment industry are by and large whore-chasing drug-addicted fuckups...But they still believe they're better than the guy in Wyoming who really loves his wife and takes care of his kids and is a good, outstanding, wholesome person. Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be." Parker and Stone also continued this theme in the movie [[Team America: World Police]], in which several celebrities [[Too Dumb to Live|foolishly support Kim Jong Il.]]
* In addition to San Francisco, places in the U.S. likely to be considered havens for these types of people include Boston, Massachusetts (and the nearby suburbs of Cambridge and Brookline); Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Park City, Utah; and, over the past decade, Hoboken and the downtown section of Jersey City, New Jersey. And, obviously, New York. Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia are inevitably seen as having both these (as well as plenty of Republicans running around, although moreso in northern Virginia than in New York).
* In addition to San Francisco, places in the U.S. likely to be considered havens for these types of people include Boston, Massachusetts (and the nearby suburbs of Cambridge and Brookline); Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Park City, Utah; and, over the past decade, Hoboken and the downtown section of Jersey City, New Jersey. And, obviously, New York. Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia are inevitably seen as having both these (as well as plenty of Republicans running around, although moreso in northern Virginia than in New York).
* [[Hipster|Hipsters]], especially younger and more suburban ones, are generally seen as a junior version of the trope. Teens and especially college kids who espouse strongly liberal, counterculture and anti-establishment views are often criticized for doing so from a position of material comfort, being supported by their parents and lacking experience in the "real world."
* [[Hipster|Hipsters]], especially younger and more suburban ones, are generally seen as a junior version of the trope. Teens and especially college kids who espouse strongly liberal, counterculture and anti-establishment views are often criticized for doing so from a position of material comfort, being supported by their parents and lacking experience in the "real world."
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