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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* Parodied and lampshaded in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' by the [[Moe Anthropomorphism|character representing the Netherlands]] who's described as a depraved chain-smoker, apparently is somewhat of a [[Lolicon]] and uses some kinds of 'shady drugs', whatever they are. Hilariously, a recently translated strip featuring him showed a profile shot of him with his nostrils missing, leading to comments that he may have done some damage to them with his habits...

 

== [[Film]] ==

* [[Cheech and Chong]]'s ''Still Smokin'''.

 

* In an episode of ''[[The Office]]'' Jim asks his co-workers about possible vacation destinations. Toby recommends Amsterdam, stating that after his divorce, he went there for about a week... or maybe a month... he seemed a bit hazy on the details for obvious reasons.

* One game of ''Greatest Hits'' in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' started with Drew Carey taking suggestions for "a city where you would go to have a great time". Amsterdam is one of the suggestions called out, and judging from the players' and even the audience's eventual reactions, [[Genre Savvy|they all know what kind of time one would have there.]] Sadly they went with Paris. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKqC8verxPM 2:30 here.]

* In an episode of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', Earl is in a coma, and his friends are waiting anxiously for him to come out of it. [[Erudite Stoner|Darnell]] suggests that they try to stimulate his mind with both old memories and new experiences. He holds up a postcard from Amsterdam, saying (with a smirk) "I call it Amster-jam. You'll know why when you get there." {{spoiler|The postcard does not rouse Earl from his coma, but does appear in his coma dream as a decoration that his wife is putting up.}}

 

* The Dutch brothers Eddie and Alex [[Van Halen]] are from that city. So they were less than happy when Sammy Hagar composed "Amsterdam", with lyrics such as "oh Amsterdam, stone you like nothin' else can".

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Netherlands in ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' is portrayed as a stoner who provides drugs and sex to Denmark. Partially to get a rise out of [[Yaoi Fangirl|Sister Japan]].

 

* [http://bash.org/?295932 This] Bash quote.

** [http://bash.org/?715368 This one] as well.

** Amusingly the statement isn't even correct if applied to Netherlands as a whole, marijuana is also legal in Bangladesh, Portugal and Peru.

 

* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' Brian and Stewie went to a coffee shop in Amsterdam... and got ''really'' high from just sitting in it because it was full of young people smoking marijuana.

 

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[[Category:National Stereotyping Tropes]]

[[Category:Major World Cities]]

[[Category:Hollywood Atlas]]