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The underlings of a '''Corrupt Hick''' will be either corrupt themselves or [[Clueless Deputy|clueless]]. Areas that tolerate corrupt hicks generally don't get reformed from inside. If it's a horror story, he may be keeping a [[Madwoman in the Attic]].

[[Walking the Earth]] shows, particularly those set in the modern day, run into a ''lot'' of these. And virtually every adventure series or cop show made in the 1970s, whether it be [[Cannon]] or [[The Six Million Dollar Man]] or [[Wonder Woman]] had at least one episode featuring the corrupt hick scenario (so much so in fact that it's fair to refer to this not only as a trope, but a full-out cliche).

[[Walking the Earth]] shows, particularly those set in the modern day, run into a ''lot'' of these. And virtually every adventure series or cop show made in the 1970s -- whether it be ''[[Cannon]]'', ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' or ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' -- had at least one episode featuring the corrupt hick scenario (so much so in fact that it's fair to refer to this not only as a trope, but a full-out cliche).

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