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Reginald: It's about bloody time. What do they plan to do? }}
* 90% of all ''[[Godzilla]]'' (and Godzilla-related) movies takes place in Japan, (sole exceptions being ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' and ''Destroy All Monsters'', and of course [[Godzilla (film)|that 1998 remake]]) making giant monsters look less like a "World Problem" and more of a "Japanese Problem". We never have any idea if giant monsters are a problem elsewhere in the world, nor do we EVER get an "in-universe" reason why Japan is so plagued by Giant Monsters.
** There are some versions of Godzilla where this is at least justified, where Godzilla is said to be less of a literal mutant monster and more an embodiment of Japan's sins made manifest, and thus he exists to punish them for their own misdeeds. (Presumably, if other countries were to suffer similar attacks, their own kaiju would take on different forms.)
* Played straight and lampshaded in ''[[District 9]]''. One of the talking-heads in the [[Mockumentary]] section specifically says when aliens landed on Earth, they 'did not land in New York' as they do in most Hollywood blockbusters. Instead they land in South Africa, the country of origin for most of the cast and crew.
* In ''[[Hustle And Flow]]'', the phrase "Fuck with me" is used not to mean "Mess around" or "be a [[Jerkass|jerk]] to, but a colloquial "hear out my business proposition", which is only interpreted as such in Memphis, according to director Craig Brewer.
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* [[Todd Solondz]]'s movies are almost always in New Jersey, but he doesn't seem to LIKE New Jersey, judging from the movies.
* All of the TV shows and films in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse (Clerks I and II, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) are set in his hometown of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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