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* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', Seras uses a group of elderly Japanese tourists to break up a fight between Alucard and [[Knight Templar|Alexander Anderson]] in a museum, requiring the two combatants to freeze in place and be treated like statues. [[Hilarity Ensues|It's just as funny as it sounds.]]
* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', Seras uses a group of elderly Japanese tourists to break up a fight between Alucard and [[Knight Templar|Alexander Anderson]] in a museum, requiring the two combatants to freeze in place and be treated like statues. [[Hilarity Ensues|It's just as funny as it sounds.]]
* Appears in ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' of all things, where they develop a mech for Beck and proceed to gawk at the fight between it and Big O.
* Appears in ''[[The Big O]]'' of all things, where they develop a mech for Beck and proceed to gawk at the fight between it and Big O.
* Japan/Honda Kiku from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', even moreso in Japanese fanart.
* Japan/Honda Kiku from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', even moreso in Japanese fanart.
* One ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' episode, a Japanese salaryman traveling with his son meets up with and has friendly conversation with the character Masahiro Takenaka, who he thinks looks familiar (Takenaka is a terrorist and fugitive- he actually looks familiar because his face is on wanted posters). Takenaka is based upon [[wikipedia:Kozo Okamoto|Kozo Okamoto]], and the implication seems to be that the last time he was at an airport, he was blowing it up.
* One ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' episode, a Japanese salaryman traveling with his son meets up with and has friendly conversation with the character Masahiro Takenaka, who he thinks looks familiar (Takenaka is a terrorist and fugitive- he actually looks familiar because his face is on wanted posters). Takenaka is based upon [[wikipedia:Kozo Okamoto|Kozo Okamoto]], and the implication seems to be that the last time he was at an airport, he was blowing it up.


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* ''[[Miss Congeniality]]'' had a couple of these.
* ''[[Miss Congeniality]]'' had a couple of these.
* Jay jumps onto a tour bus filled with Japanese tourists in the second opening sequence of ''[[Men in Black (Film)|Men in Black]]''.
* Jay jumps onto a tour bus filled with Japanese tourists in the second opening sequence of ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]''.
* ''[[Rush Hour]]'' features a bus of Japanese tourists as well, with Carter gladly posing for them, along with Lee getting plenty of shots as he hangs from the Hollywood Boulevard sign!
* ''[[Rush Hour]]'' features a bus of Japanese tourists as well, with Carter gladly posing for them, along with Lee getting plenty of shots as he hangs from the Hollywood Boulevard sign!
* The guy from ''[[Gremlins 2]]'': "Work a camera? I ''am'' a camera!"
* The guy from ''[[Gremlins 2]]'': "Work a camera? I ''am'' a camera!"
* At the the beginning of the third ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie there are a couple of Asian tourists.
* At the the beginning of the third ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie there are a couple of Asian tourists.
* ''[[Foul Play (Film)|Foul Play]]'' with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase, Chevy needs to reach the Opera house in a hurry, so he commandeers a cab with a Japanese tourist couple in it.
* ''[[Foul Play (film)|Foul Play]]'' with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase, Chevy needs to reach the Opera house in a hurry, so he commandeers a cab with a Japanese tourist couple in it.
* ''[[The Lost World Jurassic Park]]''. When the tyrannosaurus rex escapes in San Diego, a group of Japanese tourists are seen running away from it. There's a [[Bilingual Bonus]] too: they're saying "I left Japan to get away from this!" in Japanese, a [[Shout-Out]] to the Godzilla movies.
* ''[[The Lost World Jurassic Park]]''. When the tyrannosaurus rex escapes in San Diego, a group of Japanese tourists are seen running away from it. There's a [[Bilingual Bonus]] too: they're saying "I left Japan to get away from this!" in Japanese, a [[Shout-Out]] to the Godzilla movies.
* In ''[[The Spanish Prisoner]]'' these act as one of the many [[Chekhov's Gunman|Checkhovs' Gunmen]]. "Nobody ever pays attention to Japanese tourists."
* In ''[[The Spanish Prisoner]]'' these act as one of the many [[Chekhov's Gunman|Checkhovs' Gunmen]]. "Nobody ever pays attention to Japanese tourists."
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* There is an entire busload of this trope in ''Under the Rainbow'' starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher.
* 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 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 Last Stand (Film)|X Men the Last Stand]]'', when Magneto detaches the Golden Gate Bridge and moves one end onto Alcatraz Island, there's a cut to a group of Japanese tourists who flee, leaving one astounded man behind a camera on a tripod.
* In ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand|X Men the Last Stand]]'', when Magneto detaches the Golden Gate Bridge and moves one end onto Alcatraz Island, there's a cut to a group of Japanese tourists who flee, leaving one astounded man behind a camera on a tripod.
* 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]].
* 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]].


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== Literature ==
== Literature ==


* Twoflower from ''[[Discworld (Literature)|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 Target|acceptable target.]]
* 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 Target|acceptable target.]]


== Live Action Television ==
== Live Action Television ==


* In an episode of ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'', a [[Japanese Tourist]] comes into the store with his "[[Japanese Ranguage|Cledit Caa]]" (Sooooooo!). Captain Peacock's attempts to communicate with him are at least as hilarious as the tourist himself ("You wanty buy?" "Whaty-wanty?"). He ends up falling down the stairs and having his head stuck in one of Mr. Mash's buckets.
* In an episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'', a [[Japanese Tourist]] comes into the store with his "[[Japanese Ranguage|Cledit Caa]]" (Sooooooo!). Captain Peacock's attempts to communicate with him are at least as hilarious as the tourist himself ("You wanty buy?" "Whaty-wanty?"). He ends up falling down the stairs and having his head stuck in one of Mr. Mash's buckets.
* [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...
* [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...


== Other ==
== Other ==
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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.}}
* 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]]'': 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.
* ''[[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]].
* 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.
* 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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