If you are from another country, please feel free to put in your stereotypes. In any case, there are lots of variations on stereotypes. Not all stereotypes are bad, and not all of them are entirely inaccurate (or defamatory). But they can offend people. This trope is about any kind of way that media tries to make the "other side" look bad. See also: Blonde Republican Sex Kitten and Granola Girl. If a negative stereotype was created just to make the hero look good, or his views seem right, then it is a Strawman Political. Examples of Political Stereotype include: