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* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'', virtually every character with conservative viewpoints are often portrayed as ignorant, racist, homophobic, overzealous religious nutjobs, or otherwise just plain heartless or hypocritical. Clara often exhibited such traits, especially in later episodes, and even antagonized some of the main characters due to her remarkably intolerant political and religious views. On the other hand, while other main characters certainly had unlikeable aspects to their personality, they're not nearly as close-minded (aside from the occasional joke about Xandir's sexuality) and Foxxy (one of the more liberal characters on the show) is often depicted as the voice of reason.
* Similar to the above example is ''[[Family Guy]]''. Conservatives, Christians, pro-lifers, and in general, people who don't agree with the writers' political views get this treatment, which unfortunately, affected the show's quality. In fact, that's why the infamous episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" is so reviled: Christians are portrayed as zealous, ignorant and extremely intolerant.
* [[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerated]] in the ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts", which depicts the Springfield Republican Party as zealots who hold meetings (prefaced by a round of [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]) in an ominous castle straight out of a [[Hammer Horror]] film, and who at one point confuse a water cooler with their mayoral candidate.
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'' have been accused of representing the seven deadly sins with Papa Smurf as the devil and Gargamel as a good priest.
* Deconstructed [[In-Universe]] in ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'': Evil Queen Vexus of Cluster Prime has lied to her own robot people about Earth's defender, [[Robot Girl]] XJ9, presenting her like an [[Exclusively Evil]], [[Beauty Equals Goodness|horrible monster]] robot that wants to destroy her own kind in various propaganda videos. When XJ9 accidentally goes to Cluster Prime, all the robots see her for the cute, normal, [[The Hero|heroic robot who wants to help and protect others]] that she is. This is Queen Vexus' downfall.
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