The following is a list of fictional characters who have associated with the
Republican Party of the
United States. The list can include television characters, film characters, literature characters, or fictional characters from any other medium.
Characters identified as Republican
The following is a list of people who have been described with the term Republican or who identify with the Republican Party. This section is only intended for fictional characters who explicitly identify as Republicans.
Philip Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — In the episode "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," Philip is consulted by the Republicans for a Better Life to run for political office. In the episode "P.S. I Love You," Philip states he is pro-choice.
Matthew Brock from NewsRadio — In one episode, Bill McNeal refers to Matthew as a "lifelong Republican."
Archie Bunker from All in the Family — In an episode in the fall of 1974, Archie endorses Republican candidate
George Jefferson and Archie states that he is the only Republican in the household.
Matt Camden from
7th Heaven identifies himself as a Republican in Season 6, when getting to know future wife, and Democrat, Sarah Glass.
Ana Torres from Grown-ish, despite supporting Obama, is a Republican.
Marilyn Sudor from Boston Public — In the episode "Chapter Seventy-Eight" Marilyn Sudor answered "yes" in response to
Stephen Harper's question of if she was a Republican.
Major
Charles Winchester from M*A*S*H. He and his filthy rich family despised Democratic presidents such as
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman. In an early attempt to get a transfer, he admitted that his father personally knew Truman (despite disliking him). A few seasons later he expressed anguish over having endured four FDR elections. Also, Major Winchester told a Congressional aide "I am so
conservative that I make you look like a
New Dealer".
Leon Carp on Roseanne. In the episode "
December Bride", Leon tells Roseanne "I hate to shop! I am absolutely insensitive. I detest
Barbra Streisand. And for God's sake, I'm a Republican!"
Mr. Kraft on Sabrina the Teenage Witch says in the episode "
Finger Lickin' Flu": "And that's why I'm a Republican" when Sabrina has fun with the magic lollipop he has sucked which will make him believe everything he is told by claiming that then-President
Bill Clinton insulted him on television.
Beverley Leslie from Will & Grace hosted events for the Republican Party.
Animation
Yancy Fry, Sr., father of
Philip J. Fry, was a staunch Republican and demonstrated strong respect for
Richard Nixon when meeting him in "
Game of Tones" (albeit within Fry's own mind, although he'd know his father's political beliefs). Fry himself expressed brief support of Nixon as well during his
3012 reelection campaign, though he was subsequently admonished by
Leela and attended Nixon's opponent's election night rally by the end of the episode.
Ike Broflovski cried upon hearing about McCain's loss in 2008 election in the episode "About Last Night...". He also cried upon learning
Mitt Romney failed to unseat
Barack Obama in
2012 in the episode "
Obama Wins!".
Frank Murphy from F Is for Family — In the episode "The Liar's Club", Frank complains about "those pansies giving Nixon the shaft".
"Dad" from Dexter's Laboratory. Mandark's father calls him a Republican during a conversation.
Ned Flanders from The Simpsons — In the episode "
Home Away from Homer", Ned says, "I wish we lived in the America of yesteryear that only exists in the brains of us Republicans."
Mr. Burns from The Simpsons is shown in several episodes as Chairman of the Springfield Republican Party meetings and ran for governor as a Republican.
Hurk Drubman Sr. from Far Cry 5 is a candidate for
Montana Senate and quest-giver, who assigns you the task of retrieving his campaign truck named after former first lady
Nancy Reagan.
Bucky Katt from Get Fuzzy was a supporter of
Mitt Romney during
2012, which Rob states Bucky supports because of Mitt Romney cruelty to his dog. Because of Bucky being rude and dumb he is supposed to be a satire to conservatives.
Rat from Pearls Before Swine once was a folk singer for the far right and wrote a song for pro-oil spills called 'Maybe Your Ducky Likes Swimming In The Mucky'. Rat also considers 'liberal' as an insult. Like Bucky, Rat is supposed to spoof Republicans.
Rod from Avenue Q claims a "friend" he is describing (actually himself) is a Republican
Characters who endorsed a Republican candidate
Television
Gale Boetticher from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul has a bumper sticker for
Ron Paul on his car and a Ron Paul sticker on his notebook. He describes himself as "a libertarian."
Woody Johnson on Brickleberry endorsed John McCain-Sarah Palin in 2008, and openly expressed his disapproval of Barack Obama and Al Gore.
Don Draper on Mad Men supported Richard Nixon in
1960
Nathan Ramsey from Seven Days – In the episode "Stairway to Heaven", when Ramsey said, "He's the best friend a man could ever have" Frank Parker said, "He's not going off on
George W. again."
Officer Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr from 21 Jump Street said he supported the Republicans.
Red Forman from That '70s Show – Forced his son
Eric Forman to say "
Nixon was framed and
Kennedy was a
commie." In another episode, Red said, "You know who I like?" and Eric responded by saying "Nixon?" However, even though Red endorsed Nixon in those episodes, in the episode "
Streaking", Red was angry at
Gerald Ford and said to him at Ford's rally, "How the hell could you pardon Nixon?"
Erica Sinclair from Stranger Things, endorsed lassiez-faire capitalism.
Sue Sylvester from Glee, in the episode “
The Hurt Locker, Part Two” there is a flashback to multiple different times when Sue was rooting for the Republican presidential candidate, ending in despair each time they lost. She also became the Vice President of the United States in 2016 with her running mate, Jed Bush, a parody of
Jeb Bush.
Senator
Robert Kelly from X-Men is identified as a Republican in the films; his political party affiliation is not mentioned in any other related media.
Tommy Eaton's parents have a Reagan Bush '84 sign pinned in their front lawn in Summer of 84.