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The stereotypical enemy of [[La Résistance]], and a must have for any self respecting Dystopia that is not in total [[Anarchy Is Chaos|anarchy]]. [[Police Brutality]] is the standard operating procedure here and they are most likely incredibly corrupt. One popular portrayal is having them dressed perpetually as swat teams. [[Fascists Bed Time]] will be enforced. |
The stereotypical enemy of [[La Résistance]], and a must have for any self respecting Dystopia that is not in total [[Anarchy Is Chaos|anarchy]]. [[Police Brutality]] is the standard operating procedure here and they are most likely incredibly corrupt. One popular portrayal is having them dressed perpetually as swat teams. [[Fascists Bed Time]] will be enforced. |
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[[Truth in Television]], of course, [[No Real Life Examples Please|but we won't list them]]. It's not always obvious when a country is one of these. Also, because [[Omnipresent Tropes|there are so darn many of them, listing them all would be too hard]]. |
[[Truth in Television]], of course, [[No Real Life Examples, Please|but we won't list them]]. It's not always obvious when a country is one of these. Also, because [[Omnipresent Tropes|there are so darn many of them, listing them all would be too hard]]. |
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Variants: [[Culture Police]], [[Secret Police]], [[State Sec]]. Subtrope of [[Dystopia]] |
Variants: [[Culture Police]], [[Secret Police]], [[State Sec]]. Subtrope of [[Dystopia]] |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* An inversion is seen in the ''[[ |
* An inversion is seen in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S25 E2 The Happiness Patrol|The Happiness Patrol]]" from 1988. The titular patrol used their "fun guns" and pink uniforms to suppress anyone seeming miserable or unhappy, whom they labelled "Killjoys". Some were executed by means of deadly sweets... |
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** Played straight in in "The Beast Below", where England {{smallcaps| [[In Space]]}} is turned into one of this. The government is keeping a secret and any dissidents who try to find out what happened are fed to the titular Beast Below. The Doctor figures this out pretty quickly since nobody is visibly reacting to his usual weirdness and nobody stops to inquire why a child is crying. They are too afraid. |
** Played straight in in "The Beast Below", where England {{smallcaps| [[In Space]]}} is turned into one of this. The government is keeping a secret and any dissidents who try to find out what happened are fed to the titular Beast Below. The Doctor figures this out pretty quickly since nobody is visibly reacting to his usual weirdness and nobody stops to inquire why a child is crying. They are too afraid. |
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[[Category:Politics Tropes]] |
[[Category:Politics Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Police State]] |
[[Category:Police State]] |
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