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When a character or group of characters is shown to be highly intelligent and capable precisely because they didn't do fancy things like go to college or study, that makes them cool. [[SelfMadeMan They learned everything by doing it on the job]], which gives them common sense and folk wisdom that helps them to solve problems.
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]], in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]], in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
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When a working-class character or group of characters is shown to be highly intelligent and capable precisely because they didn't do fancy things like go to college or study, that makes them cool. [[SelfMadeMan They learned everything by doing it on the job]], which job]] rather than in school, this is an impressive achievement.
Figuring everything out themselves gives them initative, common sense and folk wisdom thathelps makes them to solve problems.
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitistassumptions about class and society. assumptions. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. usually averts WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons.
Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]], in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
Figuring everything out themselves gives them initative, common sense and folk wisdom that
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist
Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]], in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
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Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated or aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family seriously because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, governors, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when working classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and some talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.[[note]] In 2010, 82.8% of US army officers had a college degree, which shows that there are some officers without a degree.
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and some talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.[[note]] In 2010, 82.8% of US army officers had a college degree, which shows that there are some officers without a degree.
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Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated a high socioeconomic status group, either because of wealth, education, or aristocratic families while birth. Lower middle-class and working-class family problems characters are either supporting characters or they are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family seriously because it was united with aristocrats were essential to the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, governors, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, In authoritarian countries, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in choice, due to censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, centuries, when working classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero heroes and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
This trope issurprisingly common in the military, military stories, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and some talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.[[note]] In 2010, 82.8% of US army officers had a college degree, which shows that there are some officers without a degree.
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This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and some talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.
position.[[note]] In 2010, 82.8% of US army officers had a college degree, which shows that there are some officers without a degree.
Source: https://facethefactsusa.org/facts/tanks-and-humvees-caps-and-gowns [[/note]]
Source: https://facethefactsusa.org/facts/tanks-and-humvees-caps-and-gowns [[/note]]
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Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated or aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family seriously because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, governors, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when working classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
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Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated or aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family family seriously because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, governors, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when working classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
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When a character or group of characters is shown to be highly intelligent and capable precisely because they didn't do fancy things like go to school or study, that makes them cool. [[SelfMadeMan They did everything on the job]]. As a result, they have all this great timeless common folk wisdom that solves every problem.
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as prostitutes, in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family of high seriousness because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, soldiers, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when social classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and a talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.
Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for working-class villains (though the two can overlap if the working-class hero is also a a particularly dark AntiHero like a SociopathicHero).
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as prostitutes, in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling family of high seriousness because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, soldiers, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when social classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and a talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.
Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for working-class villains (though the two can overlap if the working-class hero is also a a particularly dark AntiHero like a SociopathicHero).
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When a character or group of characters is shown to be highly intelligent and capable precisely because they didn't do fancy things like go to school college or study, that makes them cool. [[SelfMadeMan They did learned everything by doing it on the job]]. As a result, they have all this great timeless job]], which gives them common sense and folk wisdom that solves every problem.
helps them to solve problems.
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working asprostitutes, [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]], in spite of the fact, that at least since TheEighties, women [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_of_poverty#East_Asia represent a disproportionate number of the world's low-income earning population]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire were victims of some of the worst workplace disasters]]. Nonetheless, female examples of this trope have become increasingly popular in some media.
Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated or aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a rulingfamily of high seriousness family seriously because it was united with the problems of state as it existed then. Also, realistically speaking, they had better career opportunities to be captains, commanders, soldiers, governors, and heroes, so artists should not be faulted for reflecting the confined and restricted worldview as it existed then. And in most cases, artists didn't really have much of a choice what with the restrictions in censorship. In the wake of the revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, when social working classes started uplifting themselves, the prevalence of the working-class hero and the artistic modes to represent them gained increasing currency.
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, anda some talented working-class youth may attain a surprisingly high position.
Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for hard-drinking, lazy working-classvillains types (though the two can overlap if the working-class hero is also a a particularly dark AntiHero like a SociopathicHero).
This character, at times, tends to be disdainful and negative to characters who learn things through books and/or display conscious and unconscious elitist assumptions about class and society. In other places, [[ChummyCommies for instance communist nations]], a Working Class Hero reads books, learns about ideas, and generally isn't anti-intellectual -- this character type is more common in [[SocialistRealism socialist and communist literature]], which usually works specifically to avert WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons. Likewise, this character type, for a variety of reasons, [[AlwaysMale tends to be male]]. Poor women when represented are usually wives, sisters, or mothers of the male hero, and their issues are usually seen in gendered dimensions rather than class ones -- such as being a struggling single mother, a SingleMomStripper or in some cases working as
Historically, in the vast majority of literature and theater, the heroes and heroines tend to be from highly educated or aristocratic families while middle-class and working-class family problems are confined to comedies. For a long time, critics and artists regarded aristocratic issues such as fall of a ruling
This trope is surprisingly common in the military, usually portrayed as the hero has risen UpThroughTheRanks. While a majority of officers tend to come from the upper classes, militaries are by their nature meritocracies, and
Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for hard-drinking, lazy working-class
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* In 2nd edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', there is a kit (sub-class) called Peasant Hero, which lets you play as a heroic FarmBoy. Also, there is a myriad of lower-class backgrounds in 4th edition.
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** In 2ndedition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', Edition, there is a kit (sub-class) called Peasant Hero, which lets you play as a heroic FarmBoy. Also, there is a myriad of lower-class backgrounds in 4th edition.edition.
** The 5th Edition background Folk Hero also lets someone play as a hero from a small village or the poor part of a large city who's more in touch with the common folk than most other backgrounds.
** In 2nd
** The 5th Edition background Folk Hero also lets someone play as a hero from a small village or the poor part of a large city who's more in touch with the common folk than most other backgrounds.
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* The {{Player Character}}s in ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' are a group of working-class miners, JustForFun/{{IN SPACE}} They're constantly in opposition to the cushy jobs everyone above them holds; sometimes their paycheck is in scrip, a-la 19th century mining towns which did likewise to force employees to stay dependant on working at the mine; and the job requires a ton of heavy lifting and physical labor.
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* Seems to be the main point of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', where our heroes are oil drillers, none of whom exceptionally intelligent (with the exception of one character who specializes in geology and hides his intellect behind acting like a perv), but who get to save the day by being astronauts and drilling a giant hole in the killer meteor. It is stated, outright, that apparently it's easier to teach drillers to be astronauts than it is to teach astronauts to be drillers. Buzz Aldrin would like to have a word with you.
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* Seems to be the main point of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/Armageddon1998'', where our heroes are oil drillers, none of whom exceptionally intelligent (with the exception of one character who specializes in geology and hides his intellect behind acting like a perv), but who get to save the day by being astronauts and drilling a giant hole in the killer meteor. It is stated, outright, that apparently it's easier to teach drillers to be astronauts than it is to teach astronauts to be drillers. Buzz Aldrin would like to have a word with you.
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* Music/TheRollingStones' "[[Music/BeggarsBanquet Salt of the Earth]]" is another subversion. It's sung from the perspective of affluent liberals who lionize the working class as compliant underclasses who they have never have to interact or deal with personally:
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* Music/TheRollingStones' Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "[[Music/BeggarsBanquet Salt of the Earth]]" is another subversion. It's sung from the perspective of affluent liberals who lionize the working class as compliant underclasses who they have never have to interact or deal with personally:
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* Several of the detectives in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' come from working-class backgrounds.
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* Several Most of the detectives in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' come from working-class backgrounds.backgrounds. The only exceptions are Pembleton and Bayliss, who implicitly come from middle-class or upper middle-class backgrounds; in Bayliss's case, it generally doesn't lead to much conflict, but Pembleton's snobby behavior leads to a lot of friction with his peers.
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Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for working-class villains.
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Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime, and the LowerClassLout for working-class villains.villains (though the two can overlap if the working-class hero is also a a particularly dark AntiHero like a SociopathicHero).
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* Barney Calhoun in ''VideoGame/HalfLife''' and ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' is a humble security guard without the fancy education of Gordon Freeman or the advanced military training of Adrian Shepherd.
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* Barney Calhoun in ''VideoGame/HalfLife''' ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' is a humble security guard without the fancy education of Gordon Freeman or the advanced military training of Adrian Shepherd.
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* In the Greek Pantheon, Heracles was often invoked as this. While a demigod (an illegitimate son of Zeus with a Mortal human), he grew up on a farm, and unlike other demigods such as Perseus, Achilles, and Theseus who were associated with the military and nobility, Heracles was on the margin of government and treated as a mercenary and freelance adventurer, reflecting the itinerant and uncertainty of common people in the Ancient World. Heracles is likewise famous for his "12 Labours". Cults of Heracles were always popular among the common people in Greece and Rome, and during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, Jacobins invoked him as a Republican symbol as part of their classical fetish.
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* In the Greek Pantheon, Heracles was often invoked as this. While a demigod (an illegitimate son of Zeus with a Mortal mortal human), he grew up on a farm, and unlike other demigods such as Perseus, Achilles, and Theseus who were associated with the military and nobility, Heracles was on the margin of government and treated as a mercenary and freelance adventurer, reflecting the itinerant and uncertainty of common people in the Ancient World. Heracles is likewise famous for his "12 Labours". Cults of Heracles were always popular among the common people in Greece and Rome, and during UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, Jacobins invoked him as a Republican symbol as part of their classical fetish.
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** Scrooge [=McDuck=] may own a family castle, but by the time he was born [[ImpoverishedPatrician his family was on extremely hard times and was well behind with the taxes on their land]]. After leaving house at thirteen [[SelfMadeMan he slowly and painstakingly built his own fortune through hard labor]], also taking care of giving a chance to succeed to those who try the same.
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** [[Fiction500 Scrooge [=McDuck=] McDuck]] may own a family castle, but by the time he was born [[ImpoverishedPatrician his family was on extremely hard times and was well behind with the taxes on their land]]. After leaving house at thirteen [[SelfMadeMan he slowly and painstakingly built his own fortune through hard labor]], also taking care of giving a chance to succeed to those who try the same.
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* ''Film/TheConfirmation'': Walt, the protagonist, is an out-of-work contractor.
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Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime.crime, and the LowerClassLout for working-class villains.
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* Martok from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a Klingon example. He comes from a low-ranking house in the Ketha lowlands and was initially denied an officer's commission by the aristocratic ''Dahar'' Master Kor. He would eventually earn a battlefield commission due to sheer badassery and rise up to become a general...and then ''Chancellor'' of the Klingon Empire.
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* Several of the detectives in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' come from working-class backgrounds.
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** In fact, one of the reasons why Greek Philosopher Celsus and possibly others living in the Roman of his time were against Christianity was that it was inconceivable to them that the son of God could have been born as a peasant to a lowly common woman who in turn surely would not have been important enough to be recognized by the Lord. Celsus' admonishment of Christianity was that it was for the lower classes while an educated upper class person would have been against its theology, and as it turned out, [[ForegoneConclusion Christianity's appeal to the common masses helped give it some traction and widespread adoption.]]
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* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has a few examples:
** Scrooge [=McDuck=] may own a family castle, but by the time he was born [[ImpoverishedPatrician his family was on extremely hard times and was well behind with the taxes on their land]]. After leaving house at thirteen [[SelfMadeMan he slowly and painstakingly built his own fortune through hard labor]], also taking care of giving a chance to succeed to those who try the same.
** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck didn't study (in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' he even jokes he completed grade school only for seniority), and only ever learned things through hard experience. He has an immense set of accomplishments and [[RenaissanceMan skills]], and that's before bringing in the fact he's a superhero and [[ComicBook/DoubleDuck a secret agent]]. He's also intent to avert this for his nephews, as he's painfully aware he could have done much better had he gone through college... And he's making sure he'll be able to pay for their college.
** In the present day Brigitta [=McBridge=] is fairly wealthy, enough [[BrilliantButLazy she could become Scrooge's greatest rival if she actually tried]], but her OriginStory reveals she started out as a business owner in Dawson and only became rich at a later point.
** [[NegativeContinuity According to one of her origin stories]], Magica is a villainous version: [[FantasyForbiddingFather her uncle and aunt threw her out as a teen over her fascination with magic]], leaving her just enough money to last until she'd come back and renounce magic, but she instead taught herself enough magic to potentially fix the spell to create the Midas Touch charm and become well off while she collected the coins she needed. [[InTheBlood Her parents and uncles were the same]], at least until her parents blew themselves up in the attempt to create the Midas Touch charm (leading to her uncles to swear off magic and take her in)
** Scrooge [=McDuck=] may own a family castle, but by the time he was born [[ImpoverishedPatrician his family was on extremely hard times and was well behind with the taxes on their land]]. After leaving house at thirteen [[SelfMadeMan he slowly and painstakingly built his own fortune through hard labor]], also taking care of giving a chance to succeed to those who try the same.
** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck didn't study (in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' he even jokes he completed grade school only for seniority), and only ever learned things through hard experience. He has an immense set of accomplishments and [[RenaissanceMan skills]], and that's before bringing in the fact he's a superhero and [[ComicBook/DoubleDuck a secret agent]]. He's also intent to avert this for his nephews, as he's painfully aware he could have done much better had he gone through college... And he's making sure he'll be able to pay for their college.
** In the present day Brigitta [=McBridge=] is fairly wealthy, enough [[BrilliantButLazy she could become Scrooge's greatest rival if she actually tried]], but her OriginStory reveals she started out as a business owner in Dawson and only became rich at a later point.
** [[NegativeContinuity According to one of her origin stories]], Magica is a villainous version: [[FantasyForbiddingFather her uncle and aunt threw her out as a teen over her fascination with magic]], leaving her just enough money to last until she'd come back and renounce magic, but she instead taught herself enough magic to potentially fix the spell to create the Midas Touch charm and become well off while she collected the coins she needed. [[InTheBlood Her parents and uncles were the same]], at least until her parents blew themselves up in the attempt to create the Midas Touch charm (leading to her uncles to swear off magic and take her in)
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Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime.
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Related to FarmBoy. See also BookDumb, AlmightyJanitor. Magical versions may be a BlueCollarWarlock. For a more negative example, see SocialClimber, who is usually regarded as a working-class villain, in that the working-class hero does not deny his roots or forgets about his family and where he comes from. Can overlap with ScienceHero or NerdActionHero (or even both) depending on the job. Contrast CrimefightingWithCash for wealthy superheroes who rely on their income to fight crime.
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* The implication behind ''Freedom of Speech'' (of ''Art/FourFreedoms''). Through his clothes and the clothes of that around him, Creator/NormanRockwell implies that the subject is a blue-collar worker who is the lone voice of dissent in a crowd of white-collar men. The further implication is that because he has freedom of speech, he isn't afraid to speak his mind.
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* William Foster in ''Film/FallingDown'' is a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion, or at the ''very'' least (depending on how one views him and the film in general) an AntiHero and WellIntentionedExtremist. While he ''is'' an educated man, he made his bones as an aerospace engineer working for a paycheck rather than a scientist or an academic. When he snaps after being laid off, he is the AngryWhiteMan personified, raging at a society that left him and others like him behind and treading a very dark path that leaves nothing but destruction. For every [[VillainHasAPoint cogent point he raises about the world he, the other characters, and the viewer live in]], he then proceeds to cast a very dark shadow over it through his increasingly horrifying actions.
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* William Foster in ''Film/FallingDown'' is a {{deconstruct|edCharacterArchetype}}ion, or at the ''very'' least (depending on how one views him and the film in general) an AntiHero and WellIntentionedExtremist. While he ''is'' an educated man, he made his bones as an aerospace engineer working for a paycheck rather than a scientist or an academic. When he snaps after being laid off, he is the AngryWhiteMan personified, raging at a society that left him and others like him behind and treading a very dark path that leaves nothing but destruction. For every [[VillainHasAPoint cogent point he raises about the world he, the other characters, and the viewer live in]], he then proceeds to cast a very dark shadow over it through his increasingly horrifying actions.actions and his [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pettier and more questionable]] concerns.
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** The version appearing in ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is probably the best example, as a lot of his actions in the first two movies are either motivated or affected by his financial concerns. Even in the third film, his landlord can't stop bugging him for rent- despite the fact that Peter's apartment is significantly beneath standard.
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** The version appearing in Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is probably the best example, as a lot of his actions in the first two movies are either motivated or affected by his financial concerns. Even in the third film, his landlord can't stop bugging him for rent- rent, despite the fact that Peter's apartment is significantly beneath standard.
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* Throughout ''Film/ThePurge'' series, the protagonists are usually working-class people banding together to survive a "holiday" designed to KillThePoor, while the series' GreaterScopeVillain is the plutocratic elite of its [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica dystopian near-future America]].
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* Barney Calhoun in ''Videogame/HalfLife'' is a humble security guard without the fancy education of Gordon Freeman or the advanced military training of Adrian Shepherd.
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* Barney Calhoun in ''Videogame/HalfLife'' ''VideoGame/HalfLife''' and ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' is a humble security guard without the fancy education of Gordon Freeman or the advanced military training of Adrian Shepherd.
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* Several observers and Grant Morrison observe that the original appeal of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Franchise/{{Superman}} was that of a WorkingClassHero (though as a civilian news reporter he's middle-class) who in the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early issues]] tackled the CorruptCorporateExecutive, slum lords, strike breakers and was a WifeBasherBasher. Morrison specifically compared Superman to Franchise/{{Batman}} as class opposites, the former grew up on a farm and needs to draw a salary while the latter is filthy rich.
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* Several observers and Grant Morrison observe that the original appeal of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Franchise/{{Superman}} was that of a WorkingClassHero (though as a civilian news reporter he's middle-class) who in the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early issues]] tackled the CorruptCorporateExecutive, slum lords, strike breakers strikebreakers and was a WifeBasherBasher. Morrison specifically compared Superman to Franchise/{{Batman}} as class opposites, the former grew up on a farm and needs to draw a salary while the latter is filthy rich.
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** One of the many reasons why Franchise/SpiderMan and Peter Parker was such a fresh character from its beginnings. He very believably came across a poor scholarship boy whose daily pressures (education, being an orphan, having elderly guardians) was already a strain before his super-powers. It's also there in his identity as a "Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man" and a SmallStepsHero. This aspect tends to be toned down some adaptations (with the exception of WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan) and more recent stories, especially when he became CEO of Parker Industries. Realistically, to continue living in New York, Peter ''would'' have to move up the income bracket and persist in the 21st Century.
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** One of the many reasons why Franchise/SpiderMan and Peter Parker was such a fresh character from its beginnings. He very believably came across a poor scholarship boy whose daily pressures (education, being an orphan, having elderly guardians) was already a strain before his super-powers.superpowers. It's also there in his identity as a "Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man" and a SmallStepsHero. This aspect tends to be toned down some adaptations (with the exception of WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan) and more recent stories, especially when he became CEO of Parker Industries. Realistically, to continue living in New York, Peter ''would'' have to move up the income bracket and persist in the 21st Century.
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* Don Martin's ''Captain Klutz'' (from a Mad magazine paperback book) was impoverished nobody who tried to commit suicide from a high-rise tenement, wound up getting wrapped up in some clothing from a series of laundry lines and inadvertently thwarts a robbery. The burglar calls him a "klutz" before getting arrested. The policeman asks what his name was and dazed he says "I'm a klutz, Captain." So he became Captain Klutz.
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* Don Martin's ''Captain Klutz'' (from a Mad magazine paperback book) was impoverished nobody who tried to commit suicide from a high-rise tenement, wound up getting wrapped up in some clothing from a series of laundry lines lines, and inadvertently thwarts a robbery. The burglar calls him a "klutz" before getting arrested. The policeman asks what his name was and dazed he says "I'm a klutz, Captain." So he became Captain Klutz.
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* The ultimate everyman is John [=McClane=] of ''Film/DieHard'' fame. He learned everything he knew from on the job honest policing in the NYPD. Then becomes a generic SuperCop in ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard''.
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** The version appearing in ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' is probably the best example, as a lot of his actions in the first two movies are either motivated or affected by his financial concerns. Even in the third film, his landlord can't stop bugging him for rent- despite the fact that Peter's appartment is significantly beneath-standard.
-->'''Symbiote Peter''': You'll get your rent when you fix this ''damn'' door!
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-->'''Symbiotebeneath standard.
--->'''Symbiote Peter''': You'll get your rent when you fix this ''damn'' door!
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--->'''Symbiote Peter''': You'll get your rent when you fix this ''damn'' door!
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** Lastly, the version seen in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' applies the DeconReconSwitch to this trope. The movies have a significantly more realisic take on how Peter and Aunt May's living conditions in the modern, expensive New York, as the two live in a small appartment. While Peter is enrolled in an exclusive school for gifted children, the movies also diliberately contrast Peter, who got there on merit, with a PrivilegedRival who got there because of his family's wealth. He is also introduced as a literal dumpster-diver in order to supply his intellectual work and gear as Spider-Man, wearing a "[[BetaOutfit costume]]" that is visibly a refashioned onesie. On the other hand, from his introduction onward the Avengers and Shield hook him up with gear, thereby preventing his life as Spider-Man seriously affecting his civilian life financially.
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** Lastly, the version seen in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' applies the DeconReconSwitch to this trope. The movies have a significantly more realisic realistic take on how Peter and Aunt May's living conditions in the modern, expensive New York, as the two live in a small appartment. apartment. While Peter is enrolled in an exclusive school for gifted children, the movies also diliberately deliberately contrast Peter, who got there on merit, with a PrivilegedRival who got there because of his family's wealth. He is also introduced as a literal dumpster-diver dumpster diver in order to supply his intellectual work and gear as Spider-Man, wearing a "[[BetaOutfit costume]]" that is visibly a refashioned onesie. On the other hand, from his introduction onward the Avengers and Shield hook him up with gear, thereby preventing his life as Spider-Man from seriously affecting his civilian life financially.
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** Lalji from ''The Calorie Man'' is an aging smuggler, coming from a poor farm in India. He uses every opportunity to make some profit on a side, using his knowledge of the world before oil run dry and most of crops were wiped out by seed-making {{MegaCorp}}s. On top of that, he maintains a profile of a good, loyal citizen, by playing bureaucrats and security guards like fiddles.
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe is a great officer because he fought his way up from the ranks, defeating prejudice from the aristocrat-dominated officer corps who know far less about what warfare is like for the common soldier. Because of this Sharpe focuses on what he knows is important from his battlefield experience instead of getting hung up on theory like the book-taught officers. However, this trope is subverted in one way--Sharpe has a great respect for the upper-class William Lawford, who taught him how to read while they were imprisoned together in India.
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe is a great officer because he fought his way up from the ranks, defeating prejudice from the aristocrat-dominated officer corps who know far less about what warfare is like for the common soldier. Because of this Sharpe focuses on what he knows is important from his battlefield experience instead of getting hung up on theory like the book-taught officers. However, this trope is subverted in one way--Sharpe has a great respect for the upper-class William Lawford, who taught him how to read while they were imprisoned together in India.
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** Lalji from ''The Calorie Man'' is an aging smuggler, coming from a poor farm in India. He uses every opportunity to make some profit on a side, using his knowledge of the world before oil run dry and most of the crops were wiped out by seed-making {{MegaCorp}}s. On top of that, he maintains a profile of a good, loyal citizen, by playing bureaucrats and security guards like fiddles.
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe is a great officer because he fought his way up from the ranks, defeating prejudice from the aristocrat-dominated officer corps who know far less about what warfare is like for the common soldier. Because of this Sharpe focuses on what he knows is important from his battlefield experience instead of getting hung up on theory like the book-taught officers. However, this trope is subverted in one way--Sharpe hasa great respect for the upper-class William Lawford, who taught him how to read while they were imprisoned together in India.
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe is a great officer because he fought his way up from the ranks, defeating prejudice from the aristocrat-dominated officer corps who know far less about what warfare is like for the common soldier. Because of this Sharpe focuses on what he knows is important from his battlefield experience instead of getting hung up on theory like the book-taught officers. However, this trope is subverted in one way--Sharpe has
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* ''Literature/TrusteeFromTheToolroom:'' Keith Stewart started as a fitter. He is fond of his sister, a former chorus girl who married an aristocratic naval officer, but never envied her rise in social and financial status. He loves his job as a writer for ''Miniature Mechanic'', but knows he could have earned more as a factory foreman or as an instructor at a technical college.
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* ''Literature/TrusteeFromTheToolroom:'' Keith Stewart started as a fitter. He is fond of his sister, a former chorus girl who married an aristocratic naval officer, officer but never envied her rise in social and financial status. He loves his job as a writer for ''Miniature Mechanic'', but knows he could have earned more as a factory foreman or as an instructor at a technical college.
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** She and Mickey are predated though by Ace, a Companion of the Seventh Doctor; Ace was a boisterous lower-class tomboy who got kicked out of school for having been a little too good at making [[AndSomeOtherStuff her own signature homemade explosives]] and then somehow [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext wound up on an alien space station because of some weird portal thing]]. As a character, she was [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority inspired somewhat]] by the '80s Punk movement (which often embraced Working-Class Heroes to some extent), and the [[Creator/SophieAldred actress]] and producers have stated in the past that if they [[ExecutiveMeddling could have gotten away with her speaking a lower-class dialect in an '80s BBC production]], they would have. Like many Working-Class Heroes, Ace had a very... ''direct'' approach to problem-solving; more often than not her solution to a problem was to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill chuck an explosive at it]], and she's the first Companion with the privilege of getting to attack a [[spoiler:Dalek of all things]] with a ''baseball bat''. [[spoiler:As befitting this trope's tendency to embrace The Direct Approach, it actually ''works'', since the Dalek wasn't expecting an attack from behind; Sophie Aldred has indicated that this was basically the Crowning Moment of Awesome for her whole career]].
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** She and Mickey are predated though by Ace, a Companion of the Seventh Doctor; Ace was a boisterous lower-class tomboy who got kicked out of school for having been a little too good at making [[AndSomeOtherStuff her own signature homemade explosives]] and then somehow [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext wound up on an alien space station because of some weird portal thing]]. As a character, she was [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority inspired somewhat]] by the '80s Punk movement (which often embraced Working-Class Heroes to some extent), and the [[Creator/SophieAldred actress]] and producers have stated in the past that if they [[ExecutiveMeddling could have gotten away with her speaking a lower-class dialect in an '80s BBC production]], they would have. Like many Working-Class Heroes, Ace had a very... ''direct'' approach to problem-solving; more often than not her solution to a problem was to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill chuck an explosive at it]], and she's the first Companion with the privilege of getting to attack a [[spoiler:Dalek of all things]] with a ''baseball bat''. [[spoiler:As befitting this trope's tendency to embrace The Direct Approach, it actually ''works'', since the Dalek wasn't expecting an attack from behind; Sophie Aldred has indicated that this was basically the Crowning Moment of Awesome for her whole career]].
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** The show's first ''attempt'' at this was back in the 60s with the companion Dodo Chaplet, who was introduced with a working-class Mancunian accent. ExecutiveMeddling made her start speaking RP pronto. A more successful example work be Ben Jackson, a sailor with a broad Cockney accent, contrasted with his middle class ImpliedLoveInterest Polly.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, Lord Krishna is very close to this. Although he would become ruler of Mathura and Dwaraka, and in later traditions, be regarded as an Avatar of Vishnu, a great deal of his childhood was spent as a village boy who participated in local games, flirted and teased with the local girls, protected the village from rain and generally spent most of his time performing pranks on elders. Festivals associated with Krishna's childhood, his foster-parentage with village communities are highly popular in India largely because it involved a much more common and earthy traditions than that of other figures in the Pantheon.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, Lord Krishna is very close to this. Although he would become ruler of Mathura and Dwaraka, and in later traditions, be regarded as an Avatar of Vishnu, a great deal of his childhood was spent as a village boy who participated in local games, flirted and teased with the local girls, protected the village from rain and generally spent most of his time performing pranks on elders. Festivals associated with Krishna's childhood, his foster-parentage with village communities are highly popular in India largely because it involved a much more common and earthy traditions tradition than that of other figures in the Pantheon.
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* Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' remains highly original as a video-game hero. Despite being the first major video game star, and living in a fantasy world which is not realistic, he stands out as a stocky, mustached plumber in working overalls whose real powers are his ability to move with his hands and legs, as opposed to video-game heroes who are elites - soldiers, warriors, super-soldiers, etc. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', as well as the marketing for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', also depict him as a construction worker.
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* Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' remains highly original as a video-game hero. Despite being the first major video game star, and living in a fantasy world which that is not realistic, he stands out as a stocky, mustached plumber in working overalls whose real powers are his ability to move with his hands and legs, as opposed to video-game heroes who are elites - soldiers, warriors, super-soldiers, etc. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', as well as the marketing for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', also depict him as a construction worker.
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* Chris and Troy from ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters'' start out as plumbers. They are also an allusion to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]], as both are siblings, one is fat and the other is thin)
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* [[PlayerCharacter Sam]] from ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' is stated to be one by WordOfGod. He works as a [[{{Courier}} porter]], delivering cargo between settlements. After the prologue, he's also responsible for connecting them to the chiral network, allowing them to communicate much better. [[SilkHidingSteel Fragile]] also works as a porter, although she works for an independent company, while Sam works for the [[DisasterDemocracy the UCA]]. [[MauveShirt Igor]], who we briefly meet in the prologue, is a member of the Corpse Disposal unit, responsible for taking the bodies of the dead to the incinerator outside of town (if the body isn't incinerated, it will essentially turn into a dark matter bomb).
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* All of the guys shot up in space from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' are these. Joel was a janitor, Mike was a temp, Jonah was basically a space trucker and Emily was a rigger.
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* In [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum]], a Worker on Iron Island refers to himself as a working-class hero when he challenges the player and after being defeated.
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