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* In ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'', the Queen claimed diplomatic immunity after she and Mia got in a car accident. Then she got Mia out of trouble by giving the traffic cops the nonexistent "Genovian Order of the [[Line-of-Sight Name|Rose]]."
** Earlier, Joe turned down Mia's request to take the Genovian flags off the limo he was driving, on the grounds that they allow him to park anywhere.
* ''[[300]]'' - Subverted. Because [[
** [[The Other Wiki]] gives the real life version of what happened as a reason why diplomatic immunity exists in the first place.
* In ''[[U.S. Marshals]]'', a Chinese 'diplomat' claims immunity after ''shooting an FBI agent in the head with a sniper rifle''.
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** The Iranian takeover of the U.S. embassy and holding the diplomats hostage in 1979 was considered a no-no (and was a complete violation of international law). Iranian claims that the CIA used the embassy as a haven for spies (true) and everyone there was a spy (not exactly far off the mark) was generally met with answer, "Well, of course the CIA used the embassy. Everyone uses their embassy for spying reasons. That's normal and acceptable". Of course, considering the United States history in Iran, one can understand why the embassy and its staff were not popular.
*** In fact, many American diplomats who were not in the embassy at the time of the takeover sought refuge in the Canadian embassy, who the Iranians didn't have as much of a problem with. Those diplomats were later smuggled out of the country with fake Canadian credentials.
** In the time of [[Ancient Greece]], diplomatic immunity was thought a sacred law instituted by the gods. When Persian emissaries came to Sparta and Athens, they received somewhat [[Shoot the Messenger|rude]] treatment, as is well known from a [[300|certain movie]]. It was madness, but [[
*** However, when bad weather started to strike, the authorities in Sparta decided that the gods must be displeased, and so sent two volunteers to the King of Persia's court to be executed, as an apology. The Great King refused, and the weather cleared. In those days, diplomatic immunity was [[Serious Business]].
** One [[Royal Brat|Saudi Prince]] sexually harassed a woman at a hotel on visiting New York. He returned unscathed. However, it is said that his father, [[Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud]] himself, personally beat him black and blue with his own hands for shaming his family.
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