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* The Hulk Gang from OldManLogan counts as this very much, even though they are located in California. The Hulk himself is the corrupt hick leading them and in charge of a territory called Hulkland. They are violent [[spoiler:and quite murderous, considering how they murdered Logan's family and left the bodies unburied while he was busy trying to pay off a debt he owed them. Why? Because they got bored.]] They are a family of cannibals. Oh, and they are also inbred, because Hulk raped his own cousin [[SheHulk Jennifer]] more than once to form the Hulk Gang!
* ThePunisher runs into a clan of these in "Welcome to the Bayou". Highlights include the family raising alligators, [[CannibalClan kidnapping tourists and BBQing them]], and a massive childlike retard who lives in a swamp and wears a paper bag over his head.

* Gideon Gleeful from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.

** T.C. and Jody, exemplified in the "Good Ol' Boys" chapter. The first will screw literally AnythingThatMoves (fish, dogs, a little kid's eye socket) and even things that don't, like a birthday cake, the second [[VillainousValor will beat the crap out of nearly anything thrown at him]] (including a full-grown male gorilla and an army of mercenaries).

* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' : Odin Quincannon, the Meat King, is corrupt hick who operates an inhumane meat plant, orders the death of a local sheriff, is a card-carrying member of TheKlan, tries to blow up a nearby village with napalm, employs a Hitler fetishist as his PA and repeatedly has sex with a giant female figure made out of sides of ham. Seriously. He was so corrupt his fellow Klansmen started wondering if he was taking the whole racism thing a bit too far.
** Actually, as far as being a Klan member goes, he probably just goes over the top to show how "Real" he is as he needs the Mooks of the Klan to deal with the Preacher. It was cheaper than hiring professional hitmen. Should not have bothered. The Preacher kicked the Klan out without breaking a sweat and the Klan took their frustrations out on Odin Quincannon by [[IncrediblyLamePun beating the meat]] King.

** Billy Bob's family is an inversion: while as inbred as can be (both Billy Bob and his sister have only one eye, and it's implied they would have had children together) but are more or less decent folk.

* ''TheDukesOfHazzard'' had a double set of classic Corrupt Hicks, with Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.

* ''BJAndTheBear'': Sheriff Lobo who later reformed and got his own series.

* There's racist Sheriff J.W. Pepper who gets the ButtMonkey treatment in at least two ''JamesBond'' movies.

** The Rich Texan has frequently been shown as a doing anything for money, yet does have a good side (he does love his gay son.)

* ''Disney/RobinHood'': The Sheriff of Nottingham, for some reason has a Southern accent despite the film taking place in England.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lotso]]]] runs [[CrapsaccharineWorld Sunnyside]] with an iron fist.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': [[BigBad Lotso]] runs [[CrapsaccharineWorld Sunnyside]] with an iron fist.

One of the most obvious hallmarks of a town run by a Corrupt Hick is the apparent lack of a judicial system. It seems the Corrupt Hick can just go around arresting whoever he wants for no reason without them ever getting a trial. If there's a courthouse in town, it's certainly not being used. (On the rare occasion there is a trial, it ''will'' have a HangingJudge who ''will'' be on the [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney payroll]]). In all these respects, the Corrupt Hick is effectively a modern-day version of the FeudalOverlord of yore. Though the fact that he was probably elected due to his popularity will usually be ignored.

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WalkingTheEarth shows, particularly those set in the modern day, run into a ''lot'' of these. And virtually every adventure series or cop show made in the 1970s, whether it be Series/{{Cannon}} or TheSixMillionDollarMan or WonderWoman had at least one episode featuring the corrupt hick scenario (so much so in fact that it's fair to refer to this not only as a trope, but a full-out cliché).

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The [[DeepSouth rural southern U.S.]], and indeed, the [[OopNorth rural north of England]], are apparently full of small towns run by evil hicks of some sort. His control over the town may be political, economic, religious, or purely criminal, but in most cases it gradually expands to "all of the above".

* There is this one book whose title I forget. The plotline involves two female cousins and two men who have to go into a town that has a load of these people. They get on the bad side of a Corrupt Hick, who gets murdered later on. They also have to contend with a lawyer who breaks laws and would happily give them a FateWorseThanDeath given the chance. The number of people in the town who avert this trope can be counted on the fingers of one hand. On a interesting side note, one of the men was born in this town, and the other man, a rich and powerful CEO, grew up in a hillbilly town, and he does not remember it fondly.
* The locals in ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'' by Creator/HPLovecraft. They live in the ruined town of Innsmouth, a backwater fishing village in Massachusetts. They are very secretive, do not like outsiders, have a very strange religion, and don't look quite human. . .

* The locals in ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'' by Creator/HPLovecraft. They live in the ruined town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. They are very secretive, do not like outsiders, walk awkwardly, and look like a human combined with a fish or a frog.

* Debatably, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio Joe Arpaio.]]

* Mr Gribble in ''RoundTheTwist'' is an Australian version of this, particularly when he becomes mayor in seasons 3 and 4. As the main antagonist, throughout the series he spends most of his time bullying, bribing and cheating his way towards what he wants.

* Herod of ''TheQuickAndTheDead.'' Also an example of AsskickingEqualsAuthority, since Herod is nigh unbeatable in a straight up fight [[spoiler: and is only blindsided and killed by someone who he thought was already dead]].
* ''FoxyBrown'' has two grime-covered drug dealers who operate a front operation out on a farm.

* In ''PetesDragon'', the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmV_QZxbuU Gogan family]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': Doug Dimmadome (owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome).

* ''{{Harvester}}'' has Sherriff Dwayne: Big on pie eating, light on crime fighting. [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin Unless it’s the main character Steve that’s breaking the law]].

* ''ToKillAMockingbird'': Bob Ewell has this trope down to a ''science'', what with accusing Tom Robinson of rape, probably [[spoiler: responsible for the rape and abuse of his daughter]], [[spoiler:attempting to kill Scout and Jem]] and being an all-around not-nice person. This is nicely averted by the town sheriff Heck Tate, however, who is quite a kind man. It should be noted that Bob Ewell and his brood were considered the lowest of the low, the townsfolk only took his word instead of Tom Robinson's because Bob is white.

* One of ''TheAuthority'''s worst foes was a Corrupt Hick given [[SuperpowerLottery 2012 different superpowers]] and set on them by the [[StrawmanPolitical G7 leaders]]. When he's finally defeated, they punish him by [[BalefulPolymorph turning him into seven chickens]] and then [[BlackComedyRape bringing him home to his seven brothers]].