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{{quote|''"Caligula [[Understatement|was no boy scout]], <br />
He did [[Never Say "Die"|things that we can't even talk about]]. <br />
The Romans knew he'd lost his head, <br />
When he [[Caligula's Horse|filled a vacant senate seat with Mr Ed]].''|''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', [http://youtu.be/Yjs7NL-YnfU A Meticulous Analysis of History]}}
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{{quote| ''Ita feri ut se mori sentiat.'' ([[Death of a Thousand Cuts|"Strike so that he feels he is dying."]])}}
The infamous [[The Roman Empire|Roman emperor]], reigned between AD 37 and AD 41. His actual name was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus; Caligula is a [[Only Known
Is the [[Trope Namers]] for [[The Caligula]] and [[Caligula's Horse]]. His life was the source material for the infamously controversial film ''[[Caligula]]'' starring [[Malcolm McDowell]] in the title role.
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* [[Daddy's Little Villain]] and [[Enfante Terrible]]: According to Suetonius, when he heard that his daughter, Julia attacked her playmates and tried to scratch their eyes out, he bragged that there was no dispute of who her father was. This portrayal of Julia may have been exaggerated to justify her murder after Caligula's assassination.
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]: A favored execution method.
* [[Defiant to
* [[Depraved Bisexual]], [[Casanova]], and [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: More or less standard Roman invective, but [[Throw It In]].
* [[Dirty Coward]]: His conduct during his only military campaign is best described as this trope mixed with sheer insanity.
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* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Terribly averted. He was more than happy to let his friends see his sisters... when he wasn't with them.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Exaggerated or not, this was one guy you did not want to meet in a back alley.
* [[Only Known
* [[Prince Charming]]: Based on his father Germanicus' reputation, the Romans ''thought'' he would be one after Tiberius' purges. And he almost was, for a little while.
* [[The Purge]], by means of [[Kangaroo Court|Kangaroo Courts]]: Coupled with his utter contempt for the senatorial order, a big part of why he got such a horrendous write-up from Roman historians.
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* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: He started losing his hair at a young age, which the Romans culturally regarded as a deformity, but most balding Romans went with wigs (his own great-uncle [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Gaius]] was notable for mostly leaving it alone). Caligula, on the other hand, would go around having men with the audacity to have thick heads of hair in his presence arrested and shaven bald in public.
* [[Villainous Glutton]] and [[The Alcoholic]]: Again, standard Roman invective, but there's probably something to it.
* [[Written
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=== In fiction: ===
* Robert Graves in his novel, ''[[I, Claudius]]'' (closely following Suetonius) portrays him as evil and completely insane. In the TV [[I, Claudius|adaptation]] he's played by [[John Hurt]]. [[Large Ham|Awesomely]].
* He's the subject of the infamous [[Gorn]] movie ''[[Caligula]]'', where he's played by [[Malcolm McDowell]].
* He's portrayed by Jay Robinson (in [[Large Ham]] style) in the 1953 film ''[[
* Albert Camus wrote a play about him entitled ''Caligula''.
* John Simm played him in a TV miniseries about Nero, and his performance is pretty much a first draft for his portrayal of [[The Master]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* He's mentioned in ''[[America
* In ''[[
* Is the star of the [[Adult Swim]] online game Viva Caligula! and its sequel, Viva Caligula! in Hell. The goal? [[Kill'Em All]], using various weapons.
* Appears in "Escape to the House of Mummies Part Two!", an [[
* The 2011 [[Avatar Press]] miniseries ''Caligula'' begins with Emperor Caligula and his cronies raping the protagonist's family to death as part of their drunken revelry, then follows the protagonist's infiltration of the Emperor's inner circle in a plot to assassinate him.
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