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* In our world, [[The Maxx]] literally lives in a cardboard box.
* In our world, [[The Maxx]] literally lives in a cardboard box.
* The titular character in [[Usagi Yojimbo]], naturally, considering the fact that he's a [[Ronin]]
* The titular character in [[Usagi Yojimbo]], naturally, considering the fact that he's a [[Ronin]]
* D-Man of the [[Marvel Universe]] (once sidekick to [[Captain America]]) was homeless due to a mental illness. Last time he was seen, he was getting treatment.
* D-Man of the [[Marvel Universe]] (once sidekick to [[Captain America (comics)]]) was homeless due to a mental illness. Last time he was seen, he was getting treatment.
* ''[[Watchmen]]'''s Rorschach lives in squalor and has poor personal hygiene.
* ''[[Watchmen]]'''s Rorschach lives in squalor and has poor personal hygiene.
* Ragman from the DCU is also a hero who seems to have no home.
* Ragman from the DCU is also a hero who seems to have no home.
* Marvel's Sub-Mariner spent the gap between [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] and [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] living as an amnesiac hobo. Johnny Storm found him and helped him remember who he was.
* Marvel's Sub-Mariner spent the gap between [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] and [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] living as an amnesiac hobo. Johnny Storm found him and helped him remember who he was.
* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] once hit rock-bottom, lost everything, and wound up a homeless alcoholic. But he also gave up being Iron Man for the time.
* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] once hit rock-bottom, lost everything, and wound up a homeless alcoholic. But he also gave up being Iron Man for the time.
* There was also a time in the 1960s where [[Captain America]] lived in a series of seedy hotels, before taking to the open road on his motorcycle. It made for an interesting metaphor about the state of country at the time, but it was more than a little annoying to read him bemoaning his lack of home and family, when all he had to do was join [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] again and move into their mansion.
* There was also a time in the 1960s where [[Captain America (comics)]] lived in a series of seedy hotels, before taking to the open road on his motorcycle. It made for an interesting metaphor about the state of country at the time, but it was more than a little annoying to read him bemoaning his lack of home and family, when all he had to do was join [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] again and move into their mansion.
* [[The Crow]] wears found clothing (boots from a dumpster, etc.) and lives in an abandoned building. The fact that the apartment was his former home only adds dramtatic signifance to its current state of squalor.
* [[The Crow]] wears found clothing (boots from a dumpster, etc.) and lives in an abandoned building. The fact that the apartment was his former home only adds dramtatic signifance to its current state of squalor.
* [[The DCU]]'s Uncle Sam was homeless for at least a little while.
* [[The DCU]]'s Uncle Sam was homeless for at least a little while.
* ''[[Supreme Power|Squadron Supreme]]'' vol. 3 also has a homeless incarnation of liberty (or something along those lines).
* ''[[Supreme Power|Squadron Supreme]]'' vol. 3 also has a homeless incarnation of liberty (or something along those lines).
* Then of course there's ''[[Top Ten]]'', where everyone in the city has powers and a [[Code Name]] - and like any other city, there are homeless people.
* Then of course there's ''[[Top Ten]]'', where everyone in the city has powers and a [[Code Name]] - and like any other city, there are homeless people.
* ''[[The Punisher]]'' has to move pretty frequently among the safehouses he's established around the area. They are often abandoned buildings, storage units, or even little used access areas of the [[Sinister Subway|New York Subway]].
* ''[[The Punisher]]'' has to move pretty frequently among the safehouses he's established around the area. They are often abandoned buildings, storage units, or even little used access areas of the [[Sinister Subway|New York Subway]].
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* A recent episode of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had a homeless veteran that could turn his arm metal.
* A recent episode of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had a homeless veteran that could turn his arm metal.
** Also on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Claude was an [[Invisible]] hobo. He stole everything he needed.
** Also on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Claude was an [[Invisible]] hobo. He stole everything he needed.
** Daphne too [[All There in the Manual|in her origin in the Graphic Novels]].
** Daphne too [[All There in the Manual|in her origin in the Graphic Novels]].
* Jim Rockford of ''The Rockford Files'' lives in a crappy little trailer.
* Jim Rockford of ''The Rockford Files'' lives in a crappy little trailer.
* Parodied on ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', with "The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar." Although he claims to be fighting an unknown nemesis "who is presumably responsible," in fact he and his sidekick are simply hobos who randomly attack people.
* Parodied on ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', with "The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar." Although he claims to be fighting an unknown nemesis "who is presumably responsible," in fact he and his sidekick are simply hobos who randomly attack people.
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* ''[[Hancock]]''
* ''[[Hancock]]''
* ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (the Terry Gilliam film) fits this well.
* ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (the Terry Gilliam film) fits this well.
* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]. Naturally, he shamelessly steals to live, but shares his bread with neighborhood children if compelled.
* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]. Naturally, he shamelessly steals to live, but shares his bread with neighborhood children if compelled.
* Nada from John Carpenter's ''[[They Live]]''
* Nada from John Carpenter's ''[[They Live!]]''


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* A variant occurred in ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' - one of [[Captain America]]'s old comrades spent the [[World War II]] living rough so he could secretly watch over the facility where Cap and the Red Skull were imprisoned.
* A variant occurred in ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' - one of [[Captain America (comics)]]'s old comrades spent the [[World War II]] living rough so he could secretly watch over the facility where Cap and the Red Skull were imprisoned.
* By virtue of being on the run, the G.I. Joes are forced to become this trope in [[G.I. Joe: Renegades]].
* By virtue of being on the run, the G.I. Joes are forced to become this trope in [[G.I. Joe: Renegades]].


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