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Notes: Subject to severe [[Values Dissonance]] for modern audiences, as, depending on time period, he is either a slaveholder or is nostalgic for the era of slavery (even if he doesn't harbor any actual racist views, the romanticism of the south's [[Golden Age]] is what matters).

Associated tropes: [[Deep South|Dixie accent]], [[Officer and A Gentleman]].

Associated tropes: [[Deep South|Dixie accent]], [[Officer and a Gentleman]].

Status: [[Corrupt Hick|Nearly]] [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in A White Suit|extinct]]. Some are still known to moonlight as [[Simple Country Lawyer|simple country lawyers]].

Status: [[Corrupt Hick|Nearly]] [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit|extinct]]. Some are still known to moonlight as [[Simple Country Lawyer|simple country lawyers]].

== [[Film]] ==

* [[Trope Maker]]: [[Gone ~~With~~ the Wind|Rhett Butler]]. The whole point of the character was that he wasn't exactly a gentleman, but he still fits the trope.

* [[Trope Maker]]: [[Gone with the Wind|Rhett Butler]]. The whole point of the character was that he wasn't exactly a gentleman, but he still fits the trope.

** Ashley fits as well.

* Buck Cantrell from the Bette Davis film ''Jezebel'' is a classic example.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* [[The McCoy|Dr Leonard McCoy]] from ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Original Series]]''.

* [[The McCoy|Dr Leonard McCoy]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.

* Lucas Buck masquerades as one in ''[[American Gothic]]''.

* Bill Compton from [[True Blood]] is a variation, he's probably the most polite vampire ever.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* Sinclair from ''[[~~Bio Shock~~]] 2'', one of the [[Voice ~~With~~ an Internet Connection|Voices With An Internet Connection]] who helps you throughout the game.

* Sinclair from ''[[Bioshock]] 2'', one of the [[Voice with an Internet Connection|Voices With An Internet Connection]] who helps you throughout the game.

* Clem from ''[[The Suffering]]''.

* Arcturus Mengsk of ''[[Starcraft]]'' is portrayed as one, with him going so far as to wear clothes resembling a CSA general's outfit.