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== Video Games ==

* ''[[Starcraft]]'' - the Terrans are the Deep South [[In Space]]! Nearly all the Terrans are apparently from the Deep South; many of the heroic ''and'' the villainous Terrans use syntax and expressions stereotypically attributed to Deep Southerners. Keep in mind, there are no references to specific cultural features of the real life Deep South - racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Focus is almost solely on the accent: the [[Sergeant Rock|Good Guy]] in the setting is a southern Terran with a distinct accent, while General Duke, an evil character, also has a very, ''very'' thick accent right out of a Civil War movie. In the expansion pack, the non-Terran humans are European, specifically Russian and German—and are almost universally evil. The United Earth Directorate is, more or less, a mish-mash of [[Commie Land]] and [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi Germany]]. Not ''every'' Terran has a Southern accent though: Sarah Kerrigan does not, and Jim Raynor's is debatable, as his accent is a sort of "Generic Rural" that can sound vaguely Southern at times (listen to him say "right on"). Tell you what, it's an Indiana accent. Southern Indiana. Basically Midwestern, but with a few traces of Southern from the dialect of Indiana's original Virginian settlers. If the Battlecruiser voices are any indication, there are also some Russians lumped in with them as well. The wiki even mentions traces of Japanese culture. Still, it seems that much of Terran civilization is dominated by heavy American (i.e. Southern) influences.

* The villains in ''[[Infamous (video game series)|inFamous 2]]'' are Anti Mutant Rednecks.

* ''[[Oddworld]]: Stranger's Wrath'' is set in an alien version of this, populated by hillbilly chicken people and toadlike outlaws.