yokel stereotype theme

There is a steretypical country bumpkin kind of character, also known as a hillbilly or (in the USA) a redneck. Their attributes typically include a narrow view of the world, little education, and a perceived provincial attitude to personal hygiene.

Notes

The authors know very well that this stereotype is demeaning and most often misleading. It can nevertheless be featured in stories.

8 total · 5 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahh2x17 major The viewer is shown some stereotypical country bumpkins in a rural setting.
movie: Alien Dead (1980) major We saw a depiction of southern accented country folk living in a rural area nearby swamp. In one particular instance an old man pulled a shotgun on a man who the old man fretted that his daughter might be romantically interested in.
movie: Freaked (1993) major The film's antagonist Elijah C. Skuggs is a redneck, mad scientist who was determined to create the ultimate circus freak through the use of the toxic chemical Zygrot 24.
movie: The Galaxy Invader (1985) major The Montague's exemplified a stereotypical unsophisticated rural family: simple folk, spoke in a rural dialect, had a slovenly drunk for a father, and so on.
tftc1989e5x01 major Pa and Ma Brackett were stereotypical U.S.A. country bumpkins.
movie: Alienator (1990) minor The hillbilly brothers Burt and Harley.
movie: The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) minor Abby ran into two sex deprived yokels Clive and Gurdell in the swamp.
tz1985e1x17a minor We saw some country bumpkins in an Old West setting.