Southern-Fried Private: Difference between revisions

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He's the foil for any minority or [[New Meat]] soldiers in the unit, as he almost exclusively gets to play the role of the insular xenophobe.

Even if this character is written as an officer, it is important to remember that this is a class-specific trope. A military officer with southern accent, a good education and a genteel matter is not usually a [[Southern-Fried Private]], but an attempt by the writer to provide some variety among a group of characters who might otherwise speak and dress pretty much the same. Good examples of this type would be [[The McCoy|"Bones" McCoy]] (DeForest Kelley) on ''[[Star Trek]]'', Surgeon Wilkins (Chill Wills) in the [[John Wayne]] cavalry classic ''Rio Grande'', and Chief Engineer "Trip" Tucker on ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.

Even if this character is written as an officer, it is important to remember that this is a class-specific trope. A military officer with southern accent, a good education and a genteel matter is not usually a '''Southern-Fried Private''', but an attempt by the writer to provide some variety among a group of characters who might otherwise speak and dress pretty much the same. Good examples of this type would be [[The McCoy|"Bones" McCoy]] (DeForest Kelley) on ''[[Star Trek]]'', Surgeon Wilkins (Chill Wills) in the [[John Wayne]] cavalry classic ''Rio Grande'', and Chief Engineer "Trip" Tucker on ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.

[[The Idiot From Osaka|Any geographical area of any country that's seen as being a bit backwards]] or woodsy can breed a non-US version of this character.

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* ''[[Hamburger Hill]]'' Sgt. Dennis "''Dont mean Nuttin''" Worchester.

* Chef from ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.

* [[Inglourious Basterds|Lt. Aldo Raine]]. He's a Lieutenant, not a Private, but he's still a hick from Maynardville, ~~Tennessee--he~~ even brings up making moonshine at one point.

* [[Inglourious Basterds|Lt. Aldo Raine]]. He's a Lieutenant, not a Private, but he's still a hick from Maynardville, Tennessee—he even brings up making moonshine at one point.

* Conrad in ''[[Three Kings]]'' - "I rigged the football with C-4, sir.". Although possibly subverted, as he later gains respect for the Iraqi locals, {{spoiler|so much so that he requests to be interred by them}}.

* PFC ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' in the movie of the same name. Also his buddy Bubba Blue.