Persona Non Grata: Difference between revisions

The trope name itself is Latin, meaning "an unwelcome person." The plural is ''personae non gratae''. It is the commonly used [[Real Life]] legal term for this trope, especially regarding diplomats (who, because of [[Diplomatic Impunity|diplomatic immunity]], often cannot be charged with crimes, but can be kicked out of the country).

 

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* The humorous introductions given for [[Top Gear|The Stig]] often mention him being banned from some location or event.

* There are a handful of hosts and musical guests on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' who have caused so much trouble backstage (or on the show) that they can never appear on the show again:

** Milton Berle: Hosted the April 14, 1979 episode, and after consistently upstaging other performers, non-stop mugging to the camera, and unscripted performance of "September Rain", Michaels banned him from the show. Berle's episode (along with Lasser's) would not be seen in syndication for twenty years after (and are included in the season DVD sets).

** Steven Seagal: Hosted the April 20, 1991 episode, and was banned soon afterwards because he had difficulty working with the cast and crew, often pitching lousy sketch ideas and getting angry that none of them were picked. This was referenced in a later episode (September 26, 1992) featuring Nicholas Cage, where Lorne Michaels responds to Cage's insistence that his monologue made him look like "the biggest jerk on the show" with the response "No, no. That would be Steven Seagal."

** Martin Lawrence: Hosted the episode that came right after the infamous Alec Baldwin-hosted show with the "Canteen Boy Goes Camping" sketch (where Canteen Boy (Adam Sandler) is {{spoiler|molested by his scoutmaster}}) in 1994 (Season 19), and got himself banned when he launched into a monologue about the decline in women's hygiene. All reruns have cut off Martin's monologue and replaced it with cards that explain why this can never air on TV again.

** Musical guest Sinead O'Connor was banned after ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II and calling him 'the true enemy' after her second song (the segment was banned as well, save for an appearance on an ''SNL'' DVD special about the show's popular music performances in 25 years. The segment does appear, albeit with Lorne Michaels introducing the piece and telling viewers about the controversy behind it).

** Musical Guest Cypress Hill (on the season 19 episode hosted by Shannen Doherty) was banned after DJ Muggs lit a join on-camera (and trashed their dressing room).

** Subverted with Elvis Costello, who was initially banned for playing "Radio Radio" (a song critical of the music publishing establishment, of which NBC certainly was), instead of the planned "Less than Zero" on the season three episode hosted by Miskell Spillman (an elderly woman who [[Contest Winner Cameo|won]] ''SNL'''s "Anyone Can Host" contest). He eventually returned to the show in 1987 (appearing on the episode hosted by Mary Tyler Moore), and eventually took part in the show's 25th anniversary celebration by recreating his song switch.

* In the first season of ''[[Heroes]]'', Ando and Hiro are banned from all of Mr. Linderman's casinos after they abuse Hiro's powers to cheat at poker. This becomes a problem later in the series, when they need to get back into one of the casinos in order to steal an ancient [[Samurai]] sword in Mr. Linderman's collection.

** [[The Who]] at one time held the record for this, thanks to the antics of the late Keith Moon.

** Taken to the extreme by [[Industrial|Power Electronics]] group Whitehouse, who would [[Blatant Lies|routinely bill themselves as a "synth-pop" band]] in order to get gigs, often provoking the baffled audience to riot or simply leave.

* [[Guns N' Roses]] can never again perform in St. Louis after the Riverport Riot (in case you don't know, it all started when a bootlegger pressed W. Axl Rose's [[Berserk Button]], and Axl flipped out and left the stage, which indirectly led the fans to riot).

* During a 1985 show in Switzerland, the [[Post Punk]] band Swans were actually arrested onstage and asked to ''leave the country'' for being too loud.

 

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* On ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', Crocker can never go back to Cincinnati. [[Noodle Incident|For reasons unknown]].

** Also, Cosmo is banned from Atlantis since he sunk it nine times. Therefore, he becomes the number one criminal there. But in the end of the episode, Timmy is the new number one criminal.

* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' "We Call It Maze", Dr. Doofenshmirtz reveals that he's no longer welcome in Albania after he [[Noodle Incident|somehow provoked the ambassador's wife]].

* On ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'', Killface and Simon CAN'T EVER GO BACK TO ARIZONA!

* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] was banned from entering San Antonio after he was caught urinating on the Alamo.

* The Sheraton hotel chain will not host a Shriners' convention, owing to the extreme rowdiness and damages that tend to follow them. Ray Stevens' song about a Shriners' convention involved molestation, extreme intoxication, and a motorcycle going off a high diving board; the real ones aren't nearly that sedate.

* During [[World War II]] the Allies tried to quarter ANZAC troops in Cairo. The Egyptian government refused, saying that while New Zealanders were welcome, the city was still recovering from the victory celebration the Australian troops gave in [[World War One|the last world war]].

* In [[Ancient Greece|ancient Athens]], criminals convicted of the most heinous crimes weren't executed or imprisoned for life, they were instead ''exiled'' from Athens. At the time, most of the territory in the Greek islands was untamed wilderness, and exile often amounted to a death sentence.