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Tramps are sometimes portrayed as straight villains, but this role usually falls to [[Crazy Homeless People]] in modern fiction.
Tramps are often portrayed as [[Walking the Earth]] (that's almost part of the definition) or being [[Closer to Earth]].
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== [[Anime
* The [[Tokyo Godfathers]].
* Played on in the English title of ''[[Kimi wa Petto]]'': ''[[Tramps Like Us]]''. Momo, the male lead, is practically homeless, sleeping on couches. Our female lead, Sumire, finds him sleeping in a box.
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* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]],'' what he looks like at first appearance:
{{quote|''At a glance he might have been mistaken for a tramp, but he was truly seeking work.''}}
* Ben from ''[[The Borribles]]'' trilogy is a smelly, dirty bum who befriends the Adventurers, and provides them with both shelter and a useful contact in the form of Knibbs, a friend who is a drayman. Unlike most tramps he has a permanent home -- a shack built of scrap wood and metal on the mudflats of the Thames -- and occasionally he works as a drayman with Knibbs.
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