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'''Janson:''' Well, what if their usual greeting for visiting dignitaries was to throw paint?|''[[X Wing Series|X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar]]''}}

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* In ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', as Alex and Grig fly through the tunnels of an asteroid, Grig mentions that it reminds him of home. That leads to a chat comparing their species' differences in families, dwellings, and games... {{spoiler|which inspires Alex on how to get past [[Last Starfighter|the Ko-Dan Armada]] undetected.}}

* ''[[Borat]]'' is full of (fake) Crazy Cultural Comparisons. When interviewing some politician, he claims that it is customary in Khazakstan to bring a gift a cheese, which he shares with the guy. Then he adds the cheese was made with his wife's milk. [[Squick|Ugh.]]

* The whole "spitting as greeting" thing was a major scene in ''[[Ace Ventura]] 2''.

* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]

** Discussed in ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'':

'''Janson:''' Well, what if their usual greeting for visiting dignitaries was to throw paint? }}

** The ''Essential Guide to Species'' mentions one alien race that venerates mathematics, and who greet each other with quadratic equations. Except foreigners, whom they greet with ''really'' long math problems. Fortunately for Leia, the foreigner being greeted, her brother Luke (who was present) is good at math ''and'' telepathic.

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'': Even though Orkans are physically identical to humans, they sit on their faces while pointing their buttocks at visitors. They also prefer to drink from their fingers instead of their mouths:

'''Mork:''' How do you talk and drink at the same time? Must be drool city! }}

* Nickelodeon's ''[[All That]]'' has several sketches with Ishboo, a [[Funny Foreigner]] with various odd customs:

** Weddings require the bride and groom to wear each other's clothes, and to answer three questions to be married. {{spoiler|The last question is a trick question to test the couple's devotion.}}

** In their country, you elect a president by holding a party and the last person to show up is elected.

* One episode of ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' has the Eskimo Indians celebrating Thanksgiving as "The Day of the Dead". In addition to more conventional parades and costumes, there was also the custom of throwing tomatoes at white people.

* On ''[[Seinfeld]]'', George's dad gets fed up with the commercialization of Christmas that he invents a new holiday called "Festivus". It includes a father-son wrestling match and an airing of grievences with other family members.

** In the same episode, Wash invokes this trope, mentioning (several times) that he once visited a planet where people juggled baby geese as the main form of entertainment.

* An episode of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' involved an incident where [[Funny Foreigner|Nescobar Aloplop]] received a lap dance from a stripper, who then got into an argument with [[Spicy Latina|Catalina]], because Nescobar Aloplop is one of her regular "clients". His response:

** And then he was informed by staff at the strip club, "Sir, just because a woman sits on your lap does not mean you're married to her."