History Characters / OverSimplified

* VillainProtagonist: Of the "Hitler" episodes, which (naturally) focuses on him. Other than pointing out his terrible childhood and his misfortunes after WWI, at no point does Oversimplified make any attempt to present him as sympathetic.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Like most of Europe's military leaders, Hotzendorff was instructed and drilled in 19th-century wars, and proved grossly underprepared for the sheer brutality of 20th-century industrialized warfare.

* DirtyCommunists:

* FelonyMisdemeanor: He wasn't re-elected due to being to soft on communism, including "letting" Brezhnev kiss him.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Lu Bu was infamous for betraying nearly everyone he fought for, to the point it was considered to be his personal hobby. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It bites him in the ass big time.]]

[[folder: Mikhail Gorbachev]]

* SaveTheVillain: [[Downplayed Heavily downplayed, as Gorbachev was his political rival and wasn't a villain]], but Yeltsin and his supporters rescued Gorbachev who was kidnapped communist hardliners.

[[folder: Leonid Brezhnev]]

[[folder: Richard Nixon]]

[[folder: Jimmy Carter]]

* FelonyMisdemeanor: He "let" Brezhnev kiss him.

[[folder: Ronald Reagan]]

The 40th American President.

!Falkland War

[[folder:Luis Vernet]]
!!Luis Vernet
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luis_vernet.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"HELP"]]

A Hamburgian merchant and governor of the Falkland Islands.

* BullyingADragon: Annoyed that American sealers and whalers were harvesting the waters around the Falklands without his permission, Vernet arrested them and confiscated their ships. In response, the American navy came down and ''destroyed'' his settlement of Puerto Luis.
* {{Egopolis}}: His trading settlement of Puerto Luis.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Initially a merchant who saw the loose cattle wandering the Falklands as a potential opportunity for wealth, he developed this after the government in Buenos Aires made him governor of the Falklands and gave him some weapons, going so far as to arrest American sealers and whalers who got too close to his territory and confiscate their ships. Then the American and British navies came down in quick succession, and shut him down.

[[folder:Leopoldo Galtieri]]
!!Leopoldo Galtieri
[[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leopoldo.JPG]]

The Argentinian Dictator responsible for starting the Falkland War.

* NearVillainVictory: The Argentinian force sent to take the Falklands initially succeeded, reinforcing their position on the islands, and public opinion made Galtieri hugely popular for a time... then a much larger British naval force came back, and turned the tables in a short but vicious war.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Was officially President of Argentina, despite taking the title in a US-backed military coup and retaining it until he was overthrown.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Kicked off the Falklands War, taking it from the UK by force for the sake of distracting his people from their problems.

[[folder:Margaret Thatcher]]
!!Margaret Thatcher
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thatcher.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Thatcher was a somewhat controversial Prime Minister, but whether you loved her or hated her, there was no denying that she was tough. Like metal. Iron, for example."]]
The British Prime Minister leading the United Kingdom through the Falkland War.

* BullyingADragon: Argentina decided to take the Falklands because they were a relatively remote piece of territory, the British were scaling back military spending, and they figured the UK might not even bother fighting for them. They were very wrong.
* IronLady: The original example, to the point where this was her nickname.
* LittleNo: When Reagan suggests to Thatcher that she could just let Argentina have the islands, this was her response.

!Football War
[[folder:Oswaldo López Arellano]]
!!Oswaldo López Arellano
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oswaldo.JPG]]

President of Honduras from 1963-1975, and an infamously corrupt leader. Leader of Honduras' forces during the Football War.

* BananaRepublic: Made Honduras into one of the original ones, thanks to wealthy American banana companies bribing him to get fruit from Honduras tax-free.
* MilitaryCoup: Came to power with one of these.
* TheScapegoat: Blamed [[TheIllegal illegal immigrants]] from El Salvador for Honduras' financial woes, to get the heat off him and his financial relationship with wealthy American banana companies.
* VoteEarlyVoteOften: Arellano was accused of winning the 1965 vote in a clearly fraudulent election.

[[folder:Amelia Bolaños]]
!!Amelia Bolaños
[[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amelia.JPG]]

An 18-year-old Salvadoran football fan.

* DrivenToSuicide: Amelia shot herself (in the heart) after Honduras won their first match against her country, El Salvador. The Salvadoran government proceeded to glorify her death and declared her a national hero.
* PatrioticFervor: She was so dedicated to her country getting into the World Cup that when the team lost their first match, she couldn't take it anymore.
* PosthumousCharacter: Several Salvadoran football fans brought pictures of her to the stadium in the matches following her suicide.

!Falkland War

[[folder:Luis Vernet]]
!!Luis Vernet
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luis_vernet.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"HELP"]]

A Hamburgian merchant and governor of the Falkland Islands.
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* BullyingADragon: Annoyed that American sealers and whalers were harvesting the waters around the Falklands without his permission, Vernet arrested them and confiscated their ships. In response, the American navy came down and ''destroyed'' his settlement of Puerto Luis.
* {{Egopolis}}: His trading settlement of Puerto Luis.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Initially a merchant who saw the loose cattle wandering the Falklands as a potential opportunity for wealth, he developed this after the government in Buenos Aires made him governor of the Falklands and gave him some weapons, going so far as to arrest American sealers and whalers who got too close to his territory and confiscate their ships. Then the American and British navies came down in quick succession, and shut him down.

[[folder:Leopoldo Galtieri]]
!!Leopoldo Galtieri
[[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leopoldo.JPG]]

The Argentinian Dictator responsible for starting the Falkland War.

* NearVillainVictory: The Argentinian force sent to take the Falklands initially succeeded, reinforcing their position on the islands, and public opinion made Galtieri hugely popular for a time... then a much larger British naval force came back, and turned the tables in a short but vicious war.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Was officially President of Argentina, despite taking the title in a US-backed military coup and retaining it until he was overthrown.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Kicked off the Falklands War, taking it from the UK by force for the sake of distracting his people from their problems.

[[folder:Margaret Thatcher]]
!!Margaret Thatcher
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thatcher.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Thatcher was a somewhat controversial Prime Minister, but whether you loved her or hated her, there was no denying that she was tough. Like metal. Iron, for example."]]
The British Prime Minister leading the United Kingdom through the Falkland War.

* BullyingADragon: Argentina decided to take the Falklands because they were a relatively remote piece of territory, the British were scaling back military spending, and they figured the UK might not even bother fighting for them. They were very wrong.
* IronLady: The original example, to the point where this was her nickname.
* LittleNo: When Reagan suggests to Thatcher that she could just let Argentina have the islands, this was her response.

!Football War
[[folder:Oswaldo López Arellano]]
!!Oswaldo López Arellano
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oswaldo.JPG]]

President of Honduras from 1963-1975, and an infamously corrupt leader. Leader of Honduras' forces during the Football War.

* BananaRepublic: Made Honduras into one of the original ones, thanks to wealthy American banana companies bribing him to get fruit from Honduras tax-free.
* MilitaryCoup: Came to power with one of these.
* TheScapegoat: Blamed [[TheIllegal illegal immigrants]] from El Salvador for Honduras' financial woes, to get the heat off him and his financial relationship with wealthy American banana companies.
* VoteEarlyVoteOften: Arellano was accused of winning the 1965 vote in a clearly fraudulent election.

[[folder:Amelia Bolaños]]
!!Amelia Bolaños
[[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amelia.JPG]]

An 18-year-old Salvadoran football fan.

* DrivenToSuicide: Amelia shot herself (in the heart) after Honduras won their first match against her country, El Salvador. The Salvadoran government proceeded to glorify her death and declared her a national hero.
* PatrioticFervor: She was so dedicated to her country getting into the World Cup that when the team lost their first match, she couldn't take it anymore.
* PosthumousCharacter: Several Salvadoran football fans brought pictures of her to the stadium in the matches following her suicide.

[[folder:William of Normandy]]
!!William of Normandy

Once the Duke of Normandy, he was the product of his father having an affair with a tanner's daughter -- hence, he was initially known as William the Bastard. After beating out Harold Godwinson, he became king of England.

* RageBreakingPoint: A spectacular one in the Pig War. After negotiating with the British to jointly occupy the San Juan Islands, he firmly orders General Harney, who has had a history of bucking Scott's orders, to not put Captain Pickett on the island again. Harney agrees to this...for all of five seconds when he orders Pickett back onto the island when he thinks Scott is out of earshot. Scott is unamused.

* DivideAndConquer: He uses this method to save the Tsarist rule from a complete collapse during the 1905 Revolution, exploiting the fact that the revolutionaries are divided into several groups that aren't cooperating. He fulfils the demands of the Russian liberals, weakening the revolution enough to allow the Tsar to reinstate order with the use of the military.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Accidentally leaks nuclear secrets to Stalin by sending them through unsecured coffee-shop Wi-fi. This turns out to be an excuse to segue into a [=NordVPN=] ad.

* AdiposeRex: A lot of jokes are made about his weight. He is known as a fat ill-bred boy, a revolutionary demands him to lose some weight, and Jean-Baptiste Drouet even calls him "the fat one" when he's initially fooled that he's not the king.
* ButtMonkey: Inherited a poverty-stricked nation, aided a revolution that didn't pay back, had his role in society defied and collapsed. Many scenes are dedicated to his failings.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He first made a pact with Nazi Germany at the beginning of WWII, then switched to the Allies [[NiceJobFixingItVillain after Hitler started invading the Soviet Union]], and after the war ended, he turned against the other allied nations, kickstarting the Cold War.

* TemptingFate: As shown in his caption quote, he said this after resolving a crisis at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961. [[UsefulNotes/BayOfPigsInvasion It]] [[UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis wasn't]]. And when he resolved the latter, he said it again. [[WhoShotJFK It also wasn't]].

* TailorMadePrison: His second exile is a prison comparable to [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Tai Lung's]]. It's one of the most remote island in the middle of nowhere, his letters and visitors are screened, and for good measure, ''2,000'' British soldiers[[labelnote:*]]Note that Tai Lung has 1,000 guards stationed at all times[[/labelnote]] plus 2 warships stand guard to make sure he never leaves.

* OldMaster: He had a lifetime of battles all over Europe behind him by the time king Edward died.