Nations of the World Montage

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No, this isn't when Yakko Warner performs a musical number.

A form of montage that uses shots of various cultures from all around the planet, doing the same thing.

It's frequently used to show a global unity, that in the times of the greatest fight, the direst crisis, or the merriest celebration, we, humans, are not so different after all. Despite that, it might still mildly poke fun at National Stereotypes. Due to the Lowest Common Denominator, if a culture is meant to be recognized from a single shot, this picture will probably contain the single most famous landmark of that culture as well.

Distantly related to Travel Montage, which might use similar imagery. Often used with Gondor Calls for Aid when the called groups are also different cultures, and they are all shown answering the call.

Examples:

Anime & Manga

• This happens several times in the endings of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, showing massive crowds in the countries shown gathering to observe the Digital World shenanigans in the sky.
• Dragon Ball
• Transformers Cybertron had a montage of various major world cities being menaced by Starscream's ancient Decepticons.

Comic Books

• In The Death of Superman, nations all over the world are shown reacting to Superman's death. A Frenchman pulls the same expression as a famous photo of a Frenchman watching helplessly as Paris fell to the Nazis. In a Middle Eastern country, Supergirl is criticized for not wearing a veil.

Film - Live Action

• Independence Day had the nations of the world cheering at the destroyed spaceships. Earlier, there was a shorter scene of Gondor Calls for Aid with various militaries of the world answering the call.
• Armageddon had everyone listening to the president's Rousing Speech.
• The Return of the Jedi special edition had a Worlds Of The Galaxy Montage celebrating the victory of the rebels.
• War of the Worlds (1953) had was a section with Stock Footage of various governments meeting and national armies fighting the Martians.

Governments tried to coordinate their defences with those of other nations. The government of India met in a railroad coach, while millions streamed for the imagined safety of the Himalayas. The Finnish, Turkish, Chinese and Bolivians worked and fought furiously. Every effort against their other-world antagonists ended in the same rout.

• In the 1966 Batman movie, the entire world waits to see whether Batman and Robin can rehydrate the Expies of the United Nations Security Council. "Success, success! They've done it! They've done it!"
• Baseketball features a montage with countries all over the world tuning in to the sport as it becomes more popular.
• In The Fellowship of the Ring, the shots of all of the free peoples of Middle-Earth showing up for the Council of Elrond might qualify.
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey has people around the world watching the Battle of the Bands on TV.

Film - Animated

• In Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, first we see various nations watching Sam's weather report about the warning of the coming food storm, and toward the end there's a montage of the mayhem it caused.
• Monsters vs. Aliens does it when Gallaxhar transmits his "I Come in Peace/All of you will die" message via Huge Holographic Head.

Live-Action TV

• The 2009 V showed all the nations of the world watching the Visitors' greeting message, each in their own language.
• Done a few times in the revived Doctor Who. The Taj Mahal often seems to stand in for "the rest of the world".

Music Video

• A subversion appears in the Rammstein music video for Amerika. Various cultures all over the world are seen watching the "moon landing" and showing stereotypically American traits along with their own stereotypes.

News Broadcast

• The closest way this trope can be experienced in Real Life is when the news shows on January 1st do a report with a Montage of last night's New Years Eve celebrations and fireworks from all around the world.

Newspaper Comics

• The very first installment of Flash Gordon kicks off with shots of people all over the world panicking because of the impending collision with planet Mongo.

Video Games

• The final levels of Elite Beat Agents and both Osu Tatakae Ouendan games feature the nations of the world cheering against their corresponding worldwide threat, whether it be a giant meteor, an alien invasion, or the heat death of the sun.

Web Original

• Parodied with Obama's inauguration in this video from That Guy With The Glasses.
• Where The Hell Is Matt?

Western Animation

• In the Futurama pilot episode, the nations of the world count down to New Year's Day 2000 with the usual suspects including the Eiffel Tower, Great Pyramids, and African tribes. It then happens again for New Year's Day 3000, which includes aliens on a distant planet.
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut has a version of "Kyle's Mom's a Big Fat Bitch" which goes into this.