History Main / TheTramp

TheTramp is most common in works OlderThanTelevision. If he does appear nowadays, he's not as likely to be called a "tramp," due to HaveAGayOldTime -- nowadays "tramp" is often used to mean a woman who ReallyGetsAround.

* The Tramp character of Creator/WaltDisney's ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''. Although he is, admittedly, a dog.

* Belgarath is introduced at the beginning of ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' as a wandering storyteller but is later revealed to be [[LivingLegend something else]], and could thus also be considered an aversion of this trope. In the prequel ''Literature/BelgarathTheSorcerer'' it's revealed that he has played this part for about 500 years before the events of the first novel.

** WordOfGod is that even though he dresses like and has similar mannerisms to The Tramp, The Jewish Barber from ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' is ''not'' supposed to be an instance of The Tramp.

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* On ''WebVideo/NoPixel'', Solomon Seerson is a kind homeless man who became a lawyer to help other downtrodden individuals.

* Played on in the English title of ''Manga/KimiWaPetto'': ''Tramps Like Us''. Momo, the male lead, is practically homeless, sleeping on couches. Our female lead, Sumire, finds him sleeping in a box.

* The Tramp character of Creator/WaltDisney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''. Although he is, admittedly, a dog.

* The Creator/AstridLindgren book ''Literature/RasmusAndTheTramp'' (also known as ''Rasmus and the Vagabond'')

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* The best known characters portrayed by Creator/CharlieChaplin fall under this type (and, in fact, "the Tramp" is often the closest thing the character has to a name). Before HilarityEnsues, the Chaplin character can often be found trying to think of a way to get dinner, but he will jump at the chance for a paying job when it comes up.
** Although Chaplin wore that costume for almost every movie he made from 1914 through 1940, his Tramp wasn't always a homeless person. In ''Film/MabelsStrangePredicament'' (1914), Chaplin's second film appearance and the debut of the Tramp, he is a drunken hotel guest. In ''A Day's Pleasure'' (1919) he has a wife and kids; in ''Film/PayDay'' he has a steady job and a wife (that he hates). However, in Chaplin's features, starting with ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'', the Tramp is always a vagrant.

* Both versions of ''Film/MyManGodfrey'', though the forgotten man (a.k.a. tramp) starts out rich, goes on to be a tramp, makes the money back, and uses it to help the other tramps. Oh, and marries the pretty rich girl.
* Alan in ''Film/ThePetrifiedForest'' is a failed author who is hitchhiking across America, without a dime to his name, after his rich wife dumped him. He's charming and erudite and Gabrielle the truck stop waitress is instantly enchanted with him.

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* In the Creator/BruceSpringsteen song "Born to Run," the singer identifies himself and his lover as tramps, implying this is one reason they need to leave town and hit the open road.

** Although Chaplin wore that costume for almost every movie he made from 1914 through 1940, his Tramp wasn't always a homeless person. In ''Film/MabelsStrangePredicament'' (1914), Chaplin's second film appearance and the debut of the Tramp, he is a drunken hotel guest. In ''A Day's Pleasure'' (1919) he has a wife and kids. However, in Chaplin's features, starting with ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'' (1920), he is in fact always portrayed as a vagrant.

* The title character in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' is like this, a tramp and beggar living on the streets off his own wit and what he can con/steal -- until he gets the lamp, at least.

A subtrope of {{Hobos}}, The Tramp is a romanticized vagrant. He rarely has any significant material possessions. He survives from day to day ''via'' [[TheCon grifting]], mooching, petty thievery, and playing off others' sympathies. He's usually quite intelligent, though, and generally won't do anything truly horrible. WalkingTheEarth is part and parcel of a Tramp character -- if he stays in one place he's not a Tramp.

TheTramp is most common in works OlderThanTelevision.