Hobos: Difference between revisions

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'''Note:''' This applies only to hobos ''as a trope''. [[Real Life]] hobos allegedly prefer to think of themselves as homeless travelers subsisting on odd jobs, whereas ''tramps'' travel without seeking work and ''bums'' do neither. We've yet to verify this with one of their rank, and note that calling a tramp or bum ''hobo'' elicits the same nonverbal response as calling him ''Gargamel''. (Unless his name is Gargamel.)

== Comics ==

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* In the closing section of ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Jules declares his intention to quit his job as a hitman, leave [[Los Angeles]] and "[[Walking the Earth|walk the earth]]" in the style of Caine from ''[[Kung Fu]]''. His partner, Vincent, responds that he would be nothing more than a bum. {{spoiler|Better a live bum than getting shot up in the toilet.}}

* ''[[Hobo With a Shotgun]]''

* ''[[Pee ~~Wees~~ Big Adventure (Film)|Pee Wees Big Adventure]]'' - Pee-Wee encounters a friendly hobo when he hops a freight train, but the hobo's delight in singing old songs finally becomes too much for him.

* ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Film)|Pee Wees Big Adventure]]'' - Pee-Wee encounters a friendly hobo when he hops a freight train, but the hobo's delight in singing old songs finally becomes too much for him.

* ''[http://www.billdaniel.net/projects/who-is-bozo-texino Who Is Bozo Texino?]'' documents filmmaker Bill Daniel's 16-year quest for the most famous boxcar artist in history.

* Any of [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s Little Tramp films.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* The Second Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' was basically a [[Recycled in Space|Space Hobo]].

* It seems to be a running gag in ''[[~~I Carly~~ (TV)|I Carly]]'' where hobos are found or mentioned as a joke.

* It seems to be a running gag in ''[[ICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'' where hobos are found or mentioned as a joke.

** In "iEnrage Gibby", Carly even has a "hobo party" where everyone dresses up a hobo!

*** And the endless hobo gags have been so overused by [[Dan Schneider]] by this point that one troper is beginning to think it's used only because he thinks the word sounds funny.

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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'' basically has you playing [[~~Frankensteins~~ Monster|Frankensteinian]] hobos, whose [[Blessed With Suck|inherent attributes]] keep them on the move and outcast from society until they [[Become a Real Boy|become human]].

* ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'' basically has you playing [[Frankenstein's Monster|Frankensteinian]] hobos, whose [[Blessed With Suck|inherent attributes]] keep them on the move and outcast from society until they [[Become a Real Boy|become human]].

* ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]'' allows player characters to choose "hobo" as an occupation.

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* In the web-game ''Hobo Wars'', the entire point is to be a hobo.

* In ''[[Stacking (Video Game)|Stacking]]'', Levi the Hobo helps the main character Charlie and paints murals of his escapades, {{spoiler|arriving in the endgame with "Hobo Team Bravo" as part of a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment}}. There's also the DLC "The Lost Hobo King", in which Charlie helps Levi's uncle become said Hobo King.

* In ''[[Sonny]]'', you encounter two of these in succession on an old train that your party hijacks to escape a mountain village. The first one's a zombie, while the second is an actual human hobo. The second fight is handled in a slightly Anvilicious way, where [[What the Hell Hero|one of your party members calls you out after realizing on the second party turn that your foe's not a zombie]] (the anitheroic player character's response about not wanting to part with money not helping his case), in addition to the hobo having reduced max HP in comparison to the first and status ailments whose descriptions reflect the many negatives of hobo life inflicted upon him as the battle wears on.

* In ''[[Sonny]]'', you encounter two of these in succession on an old train that your party hijacks to escape a mountain village. The first one's a zombie, while the second is an actual human hobo. The second fight is handled in a slightly Anvilicious way, where [[What the Hell, Hero?|one of your party members calls you out after realizing on the second party turn that your foe's not a zombie]] (the anitheroic player character's response about not wanting to part with money not helping his case), in addition to the hobo having reduced max HP in comparison to the first and status ailments whose descriptions reflect the many negatives of hobo life inflicted upon him as the battle wears on.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://apelad.blogspot.com/ The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats]: Hobos [[X Meets Y|meet]] [[~~LO Lcats~~]].

* [http://apelad.blogspot.com/ The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats]: Hobos [[X Meets Y|meet]] [[LOLcats]].

* In the webcomic ''[[Guttersnipe]]'', set in a [[The Theme Park Version|Theme Park Version]] ''of'' a Theme Park Version of the Great Depression, hobos have become so numerous that they have taken over the entire center third of the nation, succeeding to become a sovereign nation called 'Hobotopia.' Hobos are depicted as a roaming barbarian tribe, armed with spears and wearing nothing but loin cloths and the obligatory battered top hats.

* ''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'' features Boxcar Pete, a hobo who for some strange reason wears a monocle and [[Talk Like a Pirate|talks like a pirate]].