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One of the easiest ways to look down upon another person is to make fun of their personal hygiene. This extends sometimes to entire nationalities. Thus, the Dirty Foreigner trope was born. |
One of the easiest ways to look down upon another person is to make fun of their personal hygiene. This extends sometimes to entire nationalities. Thus, the '''Dirty Foreigner''' trope was born. |
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This trope is strange in that it, in particular, unlike the [[Funny Foreigner]], is a [[Discredited Trope]] at best, possibly verging on a [[Dead Horse Trope]], and is most often used today in subversion, as a quick and easy way to tell that a character has a prejudice against another group, and that character is usually painted in a negative light. |
This trope is strange in that it, in particular, unlike the [[Funny Foreigner]], is a [[Discredited Trope]] at best, possibly verging on a [[Dead Horse Trope]], and is most often used today in subversion, as a quick and easy way to tell that a character has a prejudice against another group, and that character is usually painted in a negative light. |
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