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* ''[[Mad TV]]'': initially averted, then subverted in an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkCSbIJO3EQ "Average Asian" skit].
* The ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' sketch where David Mitchell receives a [[Brown Note|green clarinet that makes you tell embarrassing truths in verse]] has him retaliate against a woman who cuts in front of him in the supermarket checkout line by forcing her to confess:
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** In this case, "Asian" is used in the British sense, meaning someone of South Asian descent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.).
* In the "Diversity Day" episode of'' [[The Office]]'', everyone is supposed to treat the others as the race named on a card stuck to their forehead. Dwight demands that Pam treat him as his new ethnicity (Asian), so he could figure out what it was.
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* In the [[Comedy Central]] Roast of [[William Shatner]], Shatner at one point jokes about how brave a program ''[[Star Trek]]'' was. For God's sake, they let an Asian guy<ref>Sulu</ref> drive!
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* Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani lampoons this [[N-Word Privileges|along with Middle Eastern stereotypes]]:
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* Indian-Canadian comic Russell Peters claims that he thinks the media perpetuates stereotypes more subtly in modern times. For example, on the news, if they show a car crash, the first person they cut to for a comment will be, if they can possibly manage it, an Asian person...
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* Japan is the only developed country where more people are killed ''by'' cars than in them. This is most likely because a lot of surface roads in Japan are ridiculously narrow and don't have sidewalks.
* [[George Takei]] has lampshaded this trope on his Twitter.
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== Western Animation ==
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** Also, in one episode, a carriage of Disney Princesses crash in a horrific and gory way: it's revealed that it happened because they "let [[Mulan]] drive".
* One ''[[King of the Hill]]'' has Hank go to a "[[wikipedia:Def|Def]]-ensive Driving" course in search of a driving course without any gimmicks, only to discover that it is a Live At The Apollo-esque stand-up class. The "instructor" states that one of the most heinous mistakes he sees on the road is "DWO: Driving While Oriental".
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* One gag in ''[[Family Guy]]'' depicts an Asian woman cutting across to the other side of the highway without signaling, causing many cars to crash into each other.
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** "How can Santa be Asian? He doesn't drive around at 20 miles an hour with his left blinker on!"
** The NASCAR in China gag, where the whole field piles up at the drop of the green flag, then all the drivers start arguing with each other about who was at fault.
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