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== Advertising ==
* In
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== Comics ==
* A pair of Japanese tourists show up in time for a fight between [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] and the [[Incredible Hulk]]. Amusing in that the speech bubbles contain kanji (the Japanese writing system), and in the caption box, [[Translation Convention|where one would expect a translation into English]], is only a transliteration into the romanized spelling of those words.
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* Actually played with in ''[[Moonwalker]]'' during the "Speed Demon" segment, where Michael runs into a herd of tromping feet and flashing cameras.
* There are a couple of these in ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids|Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]''. They see the titular kid, and naturally, a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Kaiju]] movies ensues... The subtitles lampshade it:
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'''Tourist #2''': No, [[Captain Obvious|it's a giant baby]]! }}
* There is an entire busload of this trope in ''Under the Rainbow'' starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher.
* In an early scene in ''[[Airplane!]]'', a Japanese tourist at the airport terminal loses his balance after he adds yet another camera onto his already camera-laden shoulder.
* In ''[[X-Men: The
* In ''[[Crocodile Dundee]] 2'', two camera-toting salarymen on holiday in New York City help Dundee take down a hitman using flash photography and a karate kick. Afterwards, they convince each other that Dundee was [[Clint Eastwood]].
== Literature ==
* Twoflower from ''[[Discworld]]'' was essentially the [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of this. The movie version gets a Caucasian [[Race Lift]] and is much more the [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]], likely on the grounds that it was a more [[Acceptable
== Live Action Television ==
* In an episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434xd6c0a6M&t=0m40s One game of Weird Newscasters] on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' saw ''Wayne Brady'' getting this role. That's not how [[N-Word Privileges]] works, people...
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* There's a group of these in ''[[The Adventures of Willy Beamish]]''. If you're nice to them, they {{spoiler|turn out to be disguised ninjas, who save you from a death by gang beating.}}
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'': Rose and Raiden reminisce about a group of Japanese tourists they had met in New York who asked which building King Kong had climbed on.
* A cutscene in ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]: Love For Sail'' goes like this: after returning from one of his disastrous sexual escapades, the protagonist stumbles upon a group of camera-wielding Japanese tourists. Who take very embarrassing photos of [[Naked People Are Funny|his butt-naked self]].
* Two survivors in ''[[Dead Rising]]'' turn out to be this. They run away from you, assuming you're a zombie; you have to pick up an English-to-Japanese dictionary to talk to them and convince them to come with you to the safe security room.
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== Western Animation ==
* The "Misutaa Supaakuru!" tourists from the eighth-season ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episode "In Marge We Trust". The comment at the top of the page about Japanese tourists acting like they were in a zoo, the tourists from that episode ''were'' in a zoo when they appeared.
** A Japanese tourist family are getting their pictures taken in front of the Simpsons house when their foundation is sinking in "Marge Gets A Job".
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** Apparently it even occurs in Japan. Ainu artist Bikky Sunazawa [[Trope Namer|coined the term]] "kanko Ainu" to describe Ainu who made their money selling art to tourists from Honshu.
** Hilariously, going to Japan will make ''you'' into this. Everything is so different you'll want to take photos of it all.
** And Japanese people will give you a funny look if you try to
** In America, the [[Disney Theme Parks]] are probably the most popular vacation destination for Japanese tourists.
* Just to illustrate a photography bit: one of the largest electronics retail chains in Japan? Yodobashi ''Camera''. Their major competitor? Bic ''Camera''. Japanese are indeed big on photos.
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