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* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': A surprisingly common [[Fanon]] viewpoint of Ranma Saotome is that he is at least mildly misogynistic, though in reality he is not very sexist at all, indeed much less so than an average Japanese guy, he just does not like [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|being turned against his will]] into a [[Gender Bender|girl]], which for him is an unnatural state that [[Curse|causes him many problems]]. Since he does not like being a girl [[Fan Dumb|people assume that he must view males as better than females]]. Those that don't usually point towards his [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|unwillingness to fight back against]] [[Official Couple|Akane Tendo]], even though she frequently gives him an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]], and/or towards his telling her that guys sometimes go easier on girls they like, shortly after Kuno's introduction.

** In a [[Filler]] episode in the anime about Shampoo's village sisters, Ranma makes a sexist comment and Shampoo [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls him out on it]]. In another storyline Ranma is distraught when he finds out Akane is stronger then him but this probably has to do more with his (inflated) ego than misogyny.

* 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]]).

 

* 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.

* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', Captain Nemo of actually hates the English, despite working for them. Being an Indian prince ([[Alan Moore]] actually [[Shown Their Work|went back and researched]] and discovered [[Jules Verne]] had never intended Nemo to be [[Ink Stain Adaptation|white]]), he's understandably bitter about [[The British Empire]] [[The Raj|dominating his Homeland]], bus takes his homicidal rage [[Up to Eleven]] when there's a crowd of English Mooks to mow down. Most of the casual racism and sexism is pretty much [[Played for Laughs]] or [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]], [[Sociopathic Hero|Griffin and Hyde]] notwithstanding.

* Lance Blastoff from [[Frank Miller]]'s ''Tales to Offend''. It's probably intended as parody but, with Miller, it's sometimes hard to tell.

* In a ''[[Runaways]]'' story arc where the group finds themselves in the 1800s, a number of the "talented" street urchins they stay with refer to the Asian-American Nico as "the oriental" (she corrects one person with "I'm Japanese, by way of Glendale"). When Klara sees Karoline being intimate with Xavin (who is in his/her usual body of a black human woman), she freaks out at how "wrong" it is and refers to Xavin as a "negress". {{spoiler|She seems to get past it when they bring her to present times.}}

 

* ''[[Italian Spiderman]]''. For all his [[Hypocritical Humour|"Respecte la donna!"]], he's the biggest sexist of all time. And it's ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|hilarious]]''.

* A lot of monster movies have the girl falling in love with the biggest chauvinist in the cast. ''[[King Kong]]'' probably started it, but it's alive and well twenty years later in ''Them!'' and the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]-ified ''The Deadly Mantis''.

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

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

 

* [[Private Detective|Eddie Valiant]] from ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]'' (the book that inspired [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|the similarly-named film]]) starts out as a shameless [[Fantastic Racism|fantastic racist]], thinking of the Toons as second-class citizens incapable of behaving with dignity or even of feeling the same emotions as humans. Throughout the course of his adventures, however, he learns to chill out and treat everyone's needs equally, eventually understanding that though they're fundamentally different in many ways, Toons are people too. He never stops being a bitter [[Deadpan Snarker]], though.

* 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."

* In [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[The Running Man (novel)|The Running Man]]'', first published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, the main character is this. He uses the words "Negro" and "nigger," both of which mark him as out of place in 2025, an anachronism. Of course, you're still supposed to sympathize with him because he's trying to get onto one of the Network's sadistic game shows in order to make money so that his [[Littlest Cancer Patient|sick infant daughter]] can get decent medical care.

* 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.

* DCI Gene Hunt from ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' is a particularly good example. (Heavily lampshade-hung in the Season 1 finale of A2A, when Alex tells Gene there's a ''sizeable'' percentage of otherwise intelligent twenty-first-century women who'd be perfectly happy to sleep with him.)

{{quote|'''Gene Hunt:''' Now. Yesterday's shooting. The dealers are all so scared we're more likely to get Helen Keller to talk. The Paki in a coma's about as lively as Liberace's dick when he's looking at a naked woman, all in all this investigation's going at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory.

**** I think Gibbs simply has difficulty taking orders from anyone, male or female, and had worked very very closely to Shepard in the field, so imagine taking orders you disagree with from one of your best friends.

** Mike Franks, Gibbs' mentor, fits this trope even better. His sexist views are FAR more blatant. When he found out Jenny Shepard was the director of NCIS, he laughed at her since she was a woman.

{{quote|"Dear Liz Lemon, Though other women have bigger boobs than you, no women has as big a heart and when I saw you getting ready to go out and get nailed by a bunch of guys last night, I knew for sure it was over between us and, for the first time since the '86 World Series, I cried. I cried like a big dumb homo. And if it were up to me, we'd be together forever, but there's this new thing called 'Women's Liberation' which gives you women the right to choose and you have chosen to abort me and that I must live with."}}

** And Jack Donaghy on the same show. ''Only'' Alec Baldwin could get away with the line "I like a woman with ambition; it's like seeing a dog wearing clothes".

* ''[[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!"

 

* 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.

 

* Just about everyone in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' is horribly prejudiced against everyone else, [[Black and Grey Morality|hero or otherwise]]. Of course, being the [[Crapsack World]] that the 41st millennium is, bigotry is basically required not only to survive, but to avoid a horrible [[Fate Worse Than Death]] that will last for all eternity.

** 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.

 

 

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': Renegade!Shepard can be quite racist. Some of the squad members edge into [[Noble Bigot]] territory: Ashley believes humans should be able to stand on their own, and is hesitant about placing too much trust in allies from other species, while Garrus can be pretty insensitive in his conversations with Wrex and Tali (he wises up).

** 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.

* 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).

 

* ''[[Futurama]]''

** Subverted with Zapp Brannigan, who is perceived in-world as a [[Magnificent Bastard]], but to the main characters and the audience is just a [[Too Dumb to Live]] [[Jerkass]] in velour. In one episode, it is revealed that women are no longer allowed to serve in the military, not because of some societal prejudice, but to prevent his constant sexual harassment.

* The title character of ''[[Archer]]'' is likely a worse misogynist than anyone on [[Politically Incorrect Villain| the other list]], and that's only ''one'' of his vices. He truly pushes the limits of "hero" more often than not.

* Downplayed initially with Omi from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', who was initially openly sexist towards Kimiko. In his defense, his view of women was learned using a sociology textbook written in the 11th Century. After making a bet with Raimundo that she couldn't complete a Showdown (and losing) and thankfully lost that trait.

 

* Winston Churchill disliked Indians, and opposed the independence of India from Great Britain, believing they could not successfully rule themselves. He even had some fairly racist things to say about [[Unacceptable Targets|Gandhi]].

* Name any historical figure you admire. Chances are, he or she was horribly prejudiced against '''somebody.'''