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* Speaker-To-Animals from ''[[Ringworld]]'' could stand out as a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] variation.

** Remember, that's the name the Kzinti gave a ''diplomat''.

* ''[[Discworld]]'':

* Sam Vimes in ~~''[[Discworld]]''~~ supposedly has a high degree of [[Fantastic Racism]], but this almost seems like an [[Informed Flaw]] in order to invoke the [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] idea. In any case, the Watch he commands contains men, women, dwarfs, trolls, a werewolf, a zombie, a golem, a vampire, gnomes, [[The Igor|an Igor]], gargoyles, at least one local equivalent of a Jehovah's Witness, a government auditor, and Nobby Nobbs.

** Sam Vimes in supposedly has a high degree of [[Fantastic Racism]], but this almost seems like an [[Informed Flaw]] in order to invoke the [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] idea. In any case, the Watch he commands contains men, women, dwarfs, trolls, a werewolf, a zombie, a golem, a vampire, gnomes, [[The Igor|an Igor]], gargoyles, at least one local equivalent of a Jehovah's Witness, a government auditor, and Nobby Nobbs.

** Vimes is an equal-opportunity bigot. He thinks that everyone sucks.

*** Vimes is an equal-opportunity bigot. He thinks that everyone sucks.

*** But he clearly thinks that vampires [[Incredibly Lame Pun|suck worse than anyone else]], and goes out of his way to avoid hiring vampires until directly order to by the Patrician.

**** But he clearly thinks that vampires [[Incredibly Lame Pun|suck worse than anyone else]], and goes out of his way to avoid hiring vampires until directly order to by the Patrician.

*** Or, to quote: "There are coppers, and there is everyone else." His categorization of "everyone else" mostly consists of "morons" and "suspects".

**** Or, to quote: "There are coppers, and there is everyone else." His categorization of "everyone else" mostly consists of "morons" and "suspects".

** Colon, also fitting the [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] idea might be a better example, especially in ''[[~~Discworld/Jingo|~~Jingo]]''. He dislikes anything "foreign" and expresses a desire that all non-white citizens of Ankh-Morpork should leave, particularly the Klatchian ones with whom the city-state is currently at war. Still, he continues to eat at his favorite Klatchian restaurant where they know to make his curry sufficiently bland so it doesn't seem "foreign".

** Colon, also fitting the [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] idea might be a better example, especially in ''[[Jingo]]''. He dislikes anything "foreign" and expresses a desire that all non-white citizens of Ankh-Morpork should leave, particularly the Klatchian ones with whom the city-state is currently at war. Still, he continues to eat at his favorite Klatchian restaurant where they know to make his curry sufficiently bland so it doesn't seem "foreign".

*** Even he starts to soften at the end though, after they actually visit Klatch and when Nobby points out his hypocrisy. And even when he expressed an attitude about the 'right' colour he ended up confusing himself, as Constable Visit (an Omnian) is described by Nobby as 'pretty brown' and he had no problem with him, eventually concluding white is a state of mind. All in all his prejudice seemed to be more in the vein of national fervor than anything else, latching onto the most obvious common distinction between them. It is said once, and shown frequently, in the books that Fred is as a rule amicably disposed towards most people.

*** By the end of the book Fred has softened enough in his attitudes to no longer be willing to patronize a restaurant that shows open racism. (And for Fred Colon to be unwilling to eat, you know that's a pretty major change of heart.)