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== Anime ==
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** Both Mulder and Kuipers (his mom's maiden name) are usually Dutch/Afrikaner surnames. His mother's first name is Teena, which is usually short for Christina and would be a fairly weird name for a Jewish woman of her generation.
* Most of the characters of ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]'' had "Jewish" last names (Stein, Ziff, Gelfen, Pinsky, etc.). None of them were directly stated to be Jews, but it was mentioned in one episode that if Budnick and Dina had a child, it would have a Bar Mitzvah. Dina also fits the stereotype of a JAP (Jewish-American Princess). There used to be an actual Camp Anawana on the site of (and operated by) [[Borscht Belt]] resort Kutsher's, which would cater mostly to Jewish clients.
* If the wedding is any indication, ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Lord Zedd]].'' Of course, that could just be the Jewish writer Haim Saban writing the ceremony he knows. Also, see "[[Christmas Episode|I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger]]", when he tries to usurp Christmas with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|spinning tops]].
* ''[[Numb3rs]]'': The Eppes family were ambiguously Jewish for the first two seasons. They clearly weren't observant at all, but the actors who play Don, Charlie, and Alan (Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, and Judd Hirsch) are ''all'' Jewish. In season 3, it was established that they are in fact nonobservant Jews.
* Matt Parkman on ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' is Jewish according to actor Greg Grunberg (who is also Jewish). The only "hints" of his religion on the show was when he said "Mazel tov" to HRG.
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== Western Animation ==
* Almost every character in ''[[Drawn Together]]'' has exemplified Jewish stereotypes; several of them know Hebrew song lyrics and the entire cast celebrated Hannukah. This is most likely just another way of making fun of Jews, however, given [[Dead Baby Comedy|the nature of the show]]. It's [[Self
* Zoidberg from '' [[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. He fulfills many, many Jewish stereotypes but is never exactly confirmed.
* Jay Sherman from ''[[The Critic]]'' is played by a Jewish actor, and the character has any number of jewish-seeming manurisms. However, as a baby, he was adopted by parents who are rich, white, stereotypical Protestants, which would make him Protestant as well. Duh. However, when presented with the posibilty of finding his birth-mother, he expressed hope that she was Jewish, which, as previously noted, would make him Jewish as well. Verdict: Borderline Jew. according to: [http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=251 Jew or Not Jew].
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