Category:National Stereotyping Tropes: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''The whole world is festering with unhappy souls.

''The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles.

''Italians hate Yugoslavs. South Africans hate the Dutch.

''And I don't like anyone very much.''|[[The Kingston Trio]], "The Merry Minuet"}}

Tropes that deal with [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|National Stereotypes]] and the [[Unfortunate Implications]] thereof. See also [[Fictional Culture and Nation Tropes]].

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General=

* [[Crazy Cultural Comparison]]

* [[Culture Equals Costume]]

* [[Dirty Foreigner]]

* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]] <!-- No, really, it is general. -->

* [[Foreign Queasine]]

* [[Funny Foreigner]]

* [[Hollywood Atlas]]

* [[Hollywood Cuisine]]

* [[International Showdown by Proxy]]

* [[Made in Country X]]

* [[Mistaken Nationality]]

* [[National Stereotypes]]

* [[Non-Specifically Foreign]]

* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]

* [[Regional Riff]]

* [[Savage Piercings]]

* [[Stock Foreign Name]]

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Africans=

* [[Bulungi]]

* [[Darkest Africa]]

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Americans=

* [[The All-American Boy]]

* [[America Saves the Day]]

* [[America Takes Over the World]]

* [[America Wins the War]]

* [[Americans Are Cowboys]]

* [[Brooklyn Rage]]

* [[Eagle Land]]

* [[Minnesota Nice]]

* [[Patriotic Fervor]]

* [[Southern-Fried Private]]

* [[Tipis and Totem Poles]]

* [[Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names]]

* [[We All Live in America]]

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Arabs=

* [[Arab Oil Sheikh]]

* [[Middle-Eastern Coalition]]

* [[Qurac]]

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Asians=

* [[All Asians Are Alike]]

* [[All Asians Know Martial Arts]]

* [[All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats]]

* [[Asian Airhead]]

* [[Asian and Nerdy]]

* [[Asian Drivers]]

* [[Asian Gal with White Guy]]

* [[Asian Rudeness]]

* [[Asian Store Owner]]

* [[Dragon Lady]]

* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]

* [[Inscrutable Oriental]]

* [[Yellow Peril]]

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Aussies=

* [[Awesome Aussie]]

* [[Land Down Under]]

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Brits=

* [[Brave Scot]]

* [[British Stuffiness]]

* [[Evil Brit]]

* [[The Mean Brit]]

* [[Quintessential British Gentleman]]

* [[Smart People Speak the Queen's English]]

* [[Spot of Tea]]

* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]

* [[Thrifty Scot]]

* [[Violent Glaswegian]]

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Canadians=

* [[Canada, Eh?]]

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Chinese=

* [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu]]

* [[China Takes Over the World]]

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Dutch=

* [[Freestate Amsterdam]]

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Eastern Europe=

* [[Ruritania]]

* [[Sensual Slavs]]

* [[Überwald]]

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Europeans=

* [[Europeans Are Kinky]]

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French=

* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]

* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]]

* [[French Cuisine Is Haughty]]

* [[French Jerk]]

* [[Gay Paree]]

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Germans=

* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]

** [[Those Wacky Nazis]]

* [[Germanic Depressives]]

* [[Germanic Efficiency]]

* [[Herr Doktor]]

* [[Oktoberfest]]

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Indians=

* [[Bollywood Nerd]]

* [[Operator From India]]

* [[Sim Sim Salabim]]

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Irish=

* [[Fighting Irish]]

* [[Irish Priest]]

* [[Officer O'Hara]]

* [[Oireland]]

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Israel=

* [[Badass Israeli]]

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Italians=

* [[Italians Talk with Hands]]

* [[Olive Garden]]

* [[The Mafia]]

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Japanese=

* [[Animeland]]

* [[The Idiot From Osaka]]

* [[Japanese Politeness]]

* [[Japanese Ranguage]]

* [[Japanese Tourist]]

* [[Japan Takes Over the World]]

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Latin Americans=

* [[Banana Republic]]

* [[Latin Lover]]

** [[Spicy Latina]]

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Nordic Countries=

* [[Horny Vikings]]

* [[Norse by Norsewest]]

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Russians=

* [[Glorious Mother Russia]]

* [[Husky Russkie]]

* [[Lzherusskie]]

* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]

* [[Russian Guy Suffers Most]]

* [[That Russian Squat Dance]]

* [[Vodka Drunkenski]]

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Spaniards=

* [[Badass Spaniard]]

* [[Spexico]]

* [[Toros Y Flamenco]]

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{{reflist}}

[[Category:Topical Tropes]]

[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]

[[Category:Stereotype]]

[[Category:Tropes]]