Hated Hometown
When a character for whatever reason hates the place they grew up or were raised in. Maybe the people were jerks, maybe they disagreed philosophically, maybe they didn't like the smell. Whatever the reason, before or over the course of story they leave it, either to protect the townspeople's sorry asses or to get revenge, or because they were kicked out.
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"Oh, so you're from troperville? I'm going there next month, how is it?" |
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Small Town Boredom is a Sister Trope- this has a far more negative emotion involved and is often at a larger scale.
Anime and Manga
- Code Geass: Lelouch to the Brittanian empire.
- Naruto: Sasuke.
Comic Books
- In Creature Tech, Dr. Ong hates Turlock, CA, because he thinks there's too many rednecks for his taste.
Film
- Star Wars:
- Anakin Skywalker to Tatooine.
- Luke Skywalker's not too keen on the place either.
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"Well, if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from." |
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- Cody Maverick from Surf's Up: "Good-old Shriverpool. *razz* This place sucks, bro!"
Theatre
- When Sweeney Todd agrees that "there's no place like London," his tone is acid. And when we learn what happened to him, we learn he has every reason to believe such.
Western Animation
- The Simpsons: Homer Simpson has sometimes expressed this feeling about Springfield.
- "A Star is Torn":
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Homer: You [Lisa] and I are gonna write and sing our way out of this godforsaken hellhole. |
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Video Games
- Billy Candle from Call of Juarez hates his hometown (as well as everything from his crappy childhood, except his mother), but has to return to it in the beginning of the first game.
- In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Keiss, upon visiting his home, reluctantly says "home sweet home... I guess." He's not on good terms with the local leader.
Real Life
- Janis Joplin was known to feel this way about her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas.