21.   The characters are more or less based on real people or composites.

22.   The characters are based upon historical figures, including performers Bert Williams and Eva Tanguay.

23.   The TV show characters are all based on people McCord hung around with as he grew up on the San Luis Rey course near Oceanside.

24.   They also claim that WCW based their characters on negative racial stereotypes.

25.   This dispute has its own historical and geopolitical character based in the traditional rivalry between Russia and Turkey.

26.   DeSimone also said he believed the Della Pesca character was loosely based on his father, a portrayal he called offensive and false.

27.   I also based my character on a couple of photographers I know in terms of dress and looks.

28.   She was happy to hear from novelist Rick Moody that both of the couples on which he based his characters got divorces.

29.   The tales are mostly legend, but some scholars have suggested that both characters may be based on real historical figures.

30.   Yu has admitted basing the character on the woman but denied any intention to insult her.