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{{quote|"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."|'''Theodore Roosevelt'''}}
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* [[Badass Moustache]]
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Teddy Roosevelt was born and raised in New York City, and had the [[Brooklyn Rage]] to prove it. He later became a crusading [[New York City Cops|NYPD Commissioner]], and famously took on corruption, even going to the lengths of personally patrolling the streets to ensure that his officers were doing their job of protecting the people. His crusade against corruption infuriated and confounded the local political bosses. He also instituted mandatory requirements for cops to stay in physical shape. He also personally walked through the slums of the city alongside muckraking journalist Jacob Riis. Riis later wrote in his autobiography:
{{quote| "When Roosevelt read [my] book, he came....No one ever helped as he did. For two years we were brothers in (New York City's crime-ridden) Mulberry Street. When he left I had seen its golden age.... [[Crazy Awesome|There is very little ease where Theodore Roosevelt leads]], as we all of us found out. The lawbreaker found it out who predicted scornfully that he would “knuckle down to politics the way they all did,” and lived to respect him, though he swore at him, as [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|the one of them all who was stronger than pull]]....that was what made the age golden, that for the first time a moral purpose came into the street. In the light of it everything was transformed.''}}
* [[Bigger Stick]]: Pseudo-[[Trope Namer]].
* [[Blood Knight]]: He had elements of this. He loved boxing and hunting and said that he didn't start any wars when he was president because he couldn't stand the thought of being stuck in the White House while American soldiers fought on the front lines. See [[Boisterous Bruiser]] and [[Colonel Kilgore]] below.
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* Mike Resnick wrote a series of short stories about Theodore Roosevelt called "The Other Teddy Roosevelts". Among his adventures, Teddy goes after [[Jack the Ripper]] ("Redchapel"), takes on a vampire lord in New York ("Two Hunters in Manhattan"), and leads the resurrected Rough Riders into WWI {{spoiler|[[Reality Ensues|and gets slaughtered]].}} ("Over There")
* ''[[More Information Than You Require]]'' grants T.R. full [[Memetic Badass]] status.
{{quote| Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit explored Brazil's legendary River of Doubt. After they were done, it was renamed THE RIVER OF UNQUESTIONABLE CERTAINTY.}}
** Entirely [[Truth in Television]], as seen [http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_p5.html here] and [http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.com/Essay.asp?ID=1 here.]
* In [[Don Rosa]]'s ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', Scrooge meets Theodore Roosevelt a number of times on the road to making his fortune.
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