History Main / TheGeneralissimo

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo]][[note]]Caudillo can also be an affectionate term used to describe populist reformers or military leaders that have positive reputations in their home countries, such as UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle y Ordonez, and Colombia's Jorge Elicier Gaitan[[/note]]. The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders, known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo]][[note]]Caudillo can also be an affectionate term used to describe populist reformers or military leaders that have positive reputations in their home countries, such as UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle y Ordonez, and Colombia's Jorge Elicier Gaitan[[/note]]. The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo]][[note]]Caudillo can also be an affectionate term used to describe populist reformers or military leaders that have positive reputations in their home countries, such as UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle y Ordonez, and Colombia's Jorge Elicier Gaitan[[/note]]. The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]][[note]]Caudillo can also be an affectionate term used to describe populist reformers or military leaders that have positive reputations in their home countries, such as UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle y Ordonez, and Colombia's Jorge Elicier Gaitan. [[/note]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]][[note]]Caudillo can also be an affectionate term, used to describe populist reformers or military leaders that have positive reputations in their home countries, such as UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle y Ordonez, and Colombia's Jorge Elicier Gaitan. [[/note]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself, and whose career was the undisputed inspiration for the guerrilla subplot[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

His reign tends to be characterised by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, [[KangarooCourt judicial killings]], extrajudicial killings, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections nepotism]], corruption (particularly embezzlement and bribery), and [[ThePurge frequent purges of any subordinates he finds suspicious.]] His political viewpoints ([[StrawmanPolitical if he even has any]]) usually veer towards [[DirtyCommunists Communism]], [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Fascism]], or [[CommieNazis some combination of the worst aspects of both.]] Of course, none of this will stop him from [[GloriousLeader proclaiming himself "The People's Liberator"]] or otherwise [[FakeUltimateHero billing himself as a great hero.]] He may have attended a prestigious UsefulNotes/IvyLeague or {{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} university in his youth, where he MajoredInWesternHypocrisy. He is often the target of American assassination attempts and rebel groups, who may or may not be figments of his own paranoia. A common feature is to have a (frequently [[DirtyCommunists communist]]) guerrilla movement training to overthrow them. Once their revolution happens, the general goes into hiding to train his own revolutionaries to overthrow the new revolutionary government, [[FullCircleRevolution that is just as corrupt and repressive as the old one]]. A common twist is to make him a StrawHypocrite: he doesn't really care for his stated ideology, but uses it to cement his hold on power. He also has a tendency to make [[WindbagPolitician extremely long and winding speeches]] in public or over the national airwaves.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]]Where a Dominican exile and U.S. citizen named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Juan Manuel de Rosas]]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, [[UsefulNotes/Argentina Juan Manuel de Rosas]]], UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}} the Somoza dynasty]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Honduras}} Jorge Ubico Castenada]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], UsefulNotes/HugoChavez, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} Marcos Perez Jimenez]]. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and outright tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, {{Egopolis}}, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael]] [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jesus Galindez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] The TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest and tyrannical of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations, including the United States[[note]] Where a Dominican exile named Jes%C3%BAs_Gal%C3%ADndez was kidnapped and killed by Trujillo's secret police in New York City[[/note]]. Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/ElSalvador Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites. Above all, the TropeCodifier is likely [[UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic Rafael Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations.

Note that generalissimo (Latin ''generalissimus'', the absolute superlative of "general") ''[[AluminumChristmasTrees is]]'' a legitimate rank in some militaries, denoting a '''seven-star general'''.[[note]]In the United States, the equivalent is ''General of the Armies'', only held by John J. Pershing after World War I and posthumously to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur was proposed to be promoted in preparation for the Invasion of Japan, as the invasion would involve enormous amounts of manpower and a would have a large command staff[[/note]] The trope namers come from many dictators who awarded themselves with this rank primarily due a big ego and bloated sense of self-importance, but you don't necessarily need to be a dictator to be a Generalissimo - actually many RealLife Generalissimos have been brilliant and competent field commanders. The first to bear the rank was Albrecht von Wallenstein, the Imperial commander-in-chief in the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar. A similar (theoretical) naval rank of ''admiralissimus'' exists; so far, only Haireddin Barbarossa of the Imperial Turkish Navy and Albrecht von Wallenstein have borne it.

[[GodwinsLaw Surprisingly]], UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is rarely parodied in this manner, perhaps because the man himself is enough of an [[AcceptableTargets acceptable target]] (although one of his henchmen, Hermann Goering, did famously dress this way). UsefulNotes/JosephStalin is sometimes parodied in this way and has influenced the communist variant of this trope, but, like Hitler, he is uniquely infamous enough to represent a specific archetype of his own. Like Stalin, UsefulNotes/MaoZedong sometimes gets parodied like this and has influenced fictional examples (especially East Asian communist ones), but also like Stalin, he's iconic enough to be a stand-alone archetype. While never an actual head of state, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara is sometimes parodied in such a manner as well, as is fellow militant rebel [[UsefulNotes/{{Angola}} Jonas Savimbi]].

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites. Above all, the TropeCodifier is likely [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Rafael Trujillo]], who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest of all Latin American caudillos, and even funded terrorist activities in neighboring nations.

If East or Southeast Asian, expect them to be an Expy of [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors Yuan Shikai]], UsefulNotes/ChiangKaiShek, UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo, [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Suharto]], UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos, [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea Park Chung-hee (and his successor Chun Doo-hwan)]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Hun Sen]], [[UsefulNotes/ThatSouthEastAsianCountry Than Shwe]] and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea.

* General Emilio M. Vargas from Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Film/{{Bananas}}'', who, at the beginning of the movie, has the previous president assassinated, then takes over. He is himself later overthrown by Esposito, a Fidel Castro {{Expy}}, who literally goes mad with power right after victory and has to be replaced.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites. Above all, the TropeCodifier was likely [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Rafael Trujillo]] himself, who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, corruption and Caribbean Island to match; he was and is still considered one of the cruelest of all Latin American caudillos, and his rule so horrific that at one point, multiple nations attempted to overthrow him.

* ''Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat'' gives us the real-life Rafael Trujillo, one of the most despised and infamous caudillos in all of Latin American history.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites. Above all, the TropeCodifier was likely [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Rafael Trujillo]] himself, who had the chest of medals, megalomania, brutality, and Caribbean island to match.

Tends to be [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed based on one or more real-life military dictators,]] and particularly Latin American ones, who experienced ''so many'' that they created their own term to describe such leaders as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudillo caudillo.]] Common inspirations include UsefulNotes/FidelCastro[[note]]Who likely inspired the tendency of such characters to be a WindbagPolitician, being one himself[[/note]], UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista, UsefulNotes/JuanDomingoPeron, UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet, [[Literature/TheFeastOfTheGoat Rafael Trujillo]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Paraguay}} Alfredo Stroessner, Francisco Solano Lopez]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Porfirio Diaz, Victoriano Huerta]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Panama}} Manuel Noriega]], and UsefulNotes/HugoChavez. The many generals that led the [[UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess Argentine]] and [[UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime Brazilian]] military regimes are also favorites.

Note that generalissimo (Latin ''generalissimus'', the absolute superlative of "general") ''[[AluminumChristmasTrees is]]'' a legitimate rank in some militaries, denoting a '''seven-star general'''.[[note]]In the United States, the equivalent is ''General of the Armies'', only held by John J. Pershing after World War I and posthumously to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur was proposed to be promoted in preparation for the Invasion of Japan, as the invasion would involve enormous amounts of manpower and a would have a large command staff[[/note]] The trope namers come from many dictators who awarded themselves with this rank primarily due a big ego and bloated sense of self-importance, but you don't necessarily need to be a dictator to be a Generalissimo. The first to bear the rank was Albrecht von Wallenstein, the Imperial commander-in-chief in the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar. A similar (theoretical) rank of ''admiralissimus'' exists; so far, only Haireddin Barbarossa of the Imperial Turkish Navy has borne it.

* General Gilmore from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasLittleSpaceWar'' overthrew the ruling party of Planet Pirika, establishing himself as their new leader as he enforces a ruthless dictatorship on it's citizens. The ex-President, Papi, was saved by the LaResistance and forced to flee to Earth, unintentionally stumbles into Nobita and friends, with the rest of the movie revolving around the gang trying to restore Papi's rule and bring back peace to the planet.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s DJ Octavio is undoubtedly a leader, if not ''the'' leader, of Octarians and was a military commander during the Great Turf War. Based on info from the Sunken Scrolls and ''VideoGame/Splatoon2: Octo Expansion'', Octarian society under his rule is a deteriorating mess driven by military needs. Nearly all Octarian technology is exclusively devoted to the army, propaganda against the Inklings is at an all-time high, and WordOfGod states that Octavio uses his music to brainwash the Octarians from thinking about life beyond his regime.