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* The Nations of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' constantly make extremely offensive jokes and slurs against each other. The entire thing is generally [[Played for Laughs]], owing to the fact that most of said Nations who do that sort of thing are just as hotheaded or stupid as the one they're insulting (also, the series pretty much runs on [[Refuge in Audacity]]).

 

* The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of [[Captain America (comics)]] has many outdated views since he is a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] but he gets over it for the most part.

* Marv from ''[[Sin City]]'' once told his lesbian parole officer that it was a shame she was gay since she had such a great body. She slugged him for it.

'''De Georgio:''' Ask him.

'''Harry Callahan:''' Especially Spics. }}

 

== Literature ==

* The Hunters of Artemis from ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' all hate men and boys, but are willing to help them for the greater good.

** It can be summed up as "Sam Vimes only likes other coppers, his wife, their child, and their butler."

* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Oh, man. Books like ''Weekend Warriors'' and ''Vendetta'' show that a number of the Vigilantes are very anti-Asian. Kathryn went into a rant at Yoko Akio about how she's using the fact that she's Asian and different as an excuse to be wishy-washy. Yoko is not wishy-washy. One of their targets is a man named John Chai, who they keep calling "Chinese boy". They don't call him anything worse than that, but the fact that the book he's in blatantly uses [[Yellow Peril]] to justify putting him in the role of the villain implies that the Vigilantes are very anti-Asian, despite the fact that one of their members is Asian herself! Later on, the Vigilantes pretty much indicate that they are [[Straw Feminist]]s and misandristic, which male readers will ''not'' appreciate!

* 'Fat Ollie' Weeks from the ''[[87th Precinct]]'' novels by [[Ed McBain]]. Very much a [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]], Ollie's multiple prejudices don't get in the way of him being very effective cop; possibly because he seems bigotted against all groups equally.

* While he starts out in the story as a [[Designated Hero]], Kyle Kingsley of ''[[Beastly]]'' makes a number of comments about objectifying women, and explicitly states at one point that he knows what to do to manipulate his girlfriend into being happy enough to have sex with him. This is contrasted to how he eventually views Lindsey, valuing her intelligence and personality and wanting a meaningful relationship with her, all of which show his growth as a person.

 

* The titular character of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' says some pretty sexist things, but then he is pretty much [[Deadpan Snarker|an equal-opportunity insult-slinger]]. (Not that such a thing always stops complaints.)

{{quote|'''Cuddy''' (evaluating House) Your attitude towards supervisory personnel is disrespectful, and a disturbingly large proportion of your comments are racist or sexist.

** Mal also makes a number of jabs at Inara's job, which he refers to as prostitution. Interestingly, it stops at insulting the job, seeing as he treats his other female crew members with respect, is perfectly fine with the prostitutes he's hired to help in "Heart of Gold", and decks a guy for insulting Inara herself.

* ''[[Married... with Children]]'' gave us [[Al Bundy]] and played it for laughs. Al was by no means a racist, but he was always quick to ogle beautiful women, mock his obnoxious customers for their weight, pick fights with the feminist-minded Marcy and generally say whatever was on his mind no matter who would be offended. Al even founded NO MA'AM ([[Fun with Acronyms|National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood]]). In one episode, he returns from a quest with a series of commandmants - "Rules for hard-working people, who don't give a rat's ass about political correctness!"

 

== Radio ==

* Big Wayne from ''[[GTA Radio|The Lazlow Show]]'' is generally the comedic center of the show, but he is horrifically pick-one-ist, and an entire section of the show involves him discussing his terrible exploits with women.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** The Imperium of Man's official state policy espouses [[Absolute Xenophobe|Absolute Xenophobia]], and the only reason they haven't completely genocided every alien race in the galaxy is because humanity is already struggling enough just to survive. Mutants have it only slightly better, since the Imperium needs psykers in order to continue functioning, but those who haven't been sanctioned as Imperial servants are fair game. Justified since a rogue psyker is vulnerable to [[Demonic Possession|daemonic possession]] and can lead to tens of billions of people getting their souls swallowed.

** The Eldar view themselves as the superior species and look down on everybody else. In fact, they will gleefully cause the deaths of billions of another species just to save a handful of their own.

 

== Theatre ==

* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' is set before women's lib caught on in the Ukrainian hinterland. Tevye is, undeniably, a big ol' chauvinist, but he's the nicest incarnation of it that you'll find.

 

== Video Games ==

** In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', one of the artifacts at the original Normandy crash site is the personal journal of the deceased Exo Presley. Over the three pages that survive, his attitude shifts from one of blatant [[Fantastic Racism|xenophobia]] to grudging acceptance to complete trust in his alien fellow crew members as well as shame over his old attitude displayed on the first page.

* Varian Wrynn and Admiral Proudmoore fall afoul of this in [[Warcraft]] due to their racist attitude towards orcs. The problem with them being vilified is that in the setting, their entire world was nearly destroyed by orcs, and damn near everyone has been in a near-apocalyptic conflict of some sort. Yet racism is held up as The Big Evil.

* Jonatham Ingram in ''[[Policenauts]]'' comes across as one of these in the fan translation, due to casually using the word 'faggot' and calling [[Gender Bender|biovestites]] 'so-called "women"'. The heroes are all rather bigoted towards the Frozeners (genetically-altered humans with paper-white skin and unblinking eyes), and it is not really challenged.

 

* Gren of ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'', ogles Glon while he's bathing and made him wear nothing but a loin cloth.

* Lampshaded in the webcomic ''[http://www.beevnicks.com The Beevnicks]'', where paterfamilias Tom Beevnick, a constant horndog, literally won a lawsuit to allow him masturbation breaks at work (presumably to reduce his constant sexual harassment of his female coworkers).

 

== Western Animation ==