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{{trope}}
{{quote|"Oh, it's basically just your ordinary English except that there are no confrontational verbs or statements of strong personal preference, [[Verbal Tic|you know]]."
Most cultural depictions of the American midwest, particularly those of the state of Minnesota, depict the people who live there as being nice, polite, and willing to help people even if they don't know them (often while speaking in a [[American Accents|thick Scandanavian-esque accent]]). A dislike of
It is also fairly common for portrayals of this trope to overlap with [[Good Is Dumb]], at least on the surface. Anybody who has spent a good amount of time in Minnesota can tell you that that is very much not the case: just because Minnesotans put on a polite and non-confrontational face doesn't mean they are [[Beware the Nice Ones|any less street-smart or strong-willed than anyone else]], and in many cases can be [[Silk Hiding Steel|even more stubborn than the average person]].
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Very similar to the trope about their neighbors to the north, [[Canada, Eh?]], to the extent that people from outside the two countries can find it hard to tell them apart. Contrast [[Brooklyn Rage]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Superman]], who was raised on a farm in Kansas, is one of the [[The Messiah|nicest]] people in the [[DC Universe]] and generally thought of as Earth's greatest hero.
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** Nastily subverted in the same book, as "Low-Key Liesmith" also claims to be from Minnesota.
== [[Live
* The first season of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' had the Walsh family from Minnesota portrayed as much more moral and down to earth than those from Beverly Hills.
* Rose of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' is from Minnesota, and, [[The Ditz|while dumb as a rock]], is also the nicest person in Miami. She's really just a product of the equally stupid and pleasant town of St. Olaf.
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* Averted in ''[[The Music Man]]'', which has an entire song called "Iowa Stubborn".
== [[Truth in Television]] ==▼
* This is [[Truth in Television]] for most people who grow up in the region: Minnesota (and neighboring communities such as the Dakotas and western Wisconsin) is a very moralistic place, a heritage which likely draws from the fact that most of the people who settled there came from places like Scandanavia, where communities more or less ''had'' to help each other out in order to live through the harsh weather and somewhat barren landscape. ▼
* [http://www.ispeakjapanese.net/videos/one-popular-japanese-stereotype-honne-and-tatemae/ This video] on the similar Japanese concept of [[Japanese Politeness|Honne and Tatemae]] gives a general enough explanation that it could apply almost word for word about Minnesota Nice as well, especially for behavior that others might see as "fake" or "two faced." ▼
== [[Video Games]]==
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* Unusually, an episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' applies this trope to a ghost from ''Wisconsin''.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Coming to Homerica," the Scandinavian-descended Ogdenvillian folk, driven to Springfield by the collapse of their town economy, politely and gladly take over the low-paying jobs.
▲== [[Truth in Television]] ==
▲* This is [[Truth in Television]] for most people who grow up in the region: Minnesota (and neighboring communities such as the Dakotas and western Wisconsin) is a very moralistic place, a heritage which likely draws from the fact that most of the people who settled there came from places like Scandanavia, where communities more or less ''had'' to help each other out in order to live through the harsh weather and somewhat barren landscape.
▲* [http://www.ispeakjapanese.net/videos/one-popular-japanese-stereotype-honne-and-tatemae/ This video] on the similar Japanese concept of [[Japanese Politeness|Honne and Tatemae]] gives a general enough explanation that it could apply almost word for word about Minnesota Nice as well, especially for behavior that others might see as "fake" or "two faced."
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