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* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: He was a Saudi noble, though his family effectively disowned him.
* [[Big Bad]] of the [[War On Terror]], from the POV of America and her allies.
* [[Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are]]: ''Encyclopedia Dramatica'' noted that "he is the world's reigning hide-and-seek champion."
* [[Dark Messiah]]
* [[Dead All Along]]: Some people believed that was dead for a long time, before he was found and killed.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: One of his tapes responded to the USA's propaganda about "freedom" with him saying "if I was doing this because I hated freedom, I'd be bombing Sweden, not America".
* [[The Dragon]]: [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Ayman Al Zawahiri]] fulfilled this role for bin Laden.
* [[Elite Mooks]]: Osama had them in the form of [
* [[Eye Scream]]: News reports over the May 2 assassination of Bin Laden reveal that Bin Laden was either shot in the left eye when he refused to surrender, or the bullet went high and blew away part of Osama's skull. [[Stephen Colbert]] [[Squee|squeed]] quite a bit at this particular detail.
* [[Face Heel Turn]] / [[The Starscream]]: He fought against the Soviets as a Mujahadeen commander in Afghanistan in the 80s.
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* [[Large and In Charge]]: An intimidating 6' 5".
* [[Lean and Mean]]: The FBI described bin Laden as [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/usama-bin-laden having a thin build.]
* [[Middle
* [[Mission From God]]: From Allah.
* [[Multinational Team]]: His army of fanatics was said to consist of Arabs, Afghans, Pakistanis, Uzbeks, Chechens, Somalis, converted Western citizens, and others.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: He rose to his current position, unintentionally, with U.S. help to mujahideen against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country!]]: Except he regarded his country as the Islamic world, in general, and Palestine, specifically.
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* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' did one episode where Osama is already in the US working undercover as an accountant.
* Brazilian comedy group Casseta & Planeta has a sketch in their TV show depicting Osama living in Rio de Janeiro with an abusing wife.
* A Brazilian comedy website, Charges.com.br, have Osama (and sidekick "Zuanta", pun on "sua [
* Mentioned in [[Planet Terror]] as having been found and killed by [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]]' character.
* ''[[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]]'': A [[Captain Ersatz]] version of Bin Laden turns up in ''The Living Daylights'' as one of the good guys. This was before [[The Great Politics Mess
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