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* The main character in Gabby Rivera written ''America''. The problem is Rivera, despite being hired because she was "Hispanic", barely if at all knows Spanish.

 

* A meta example: This trope is endemic among anime fanfic writers who have picked up a handful of basic Japanese words. Some writers will never deign to use English words like "Yes," "Thank you," or "Good morning," because [[Fan Dumb|you aren't an anime fan unless you know basic Japanese]]. This is particularly jarring when you ''do'' know basic Japanese, the author doesn't, and they [[Blind Idiot Translation|try to use Japanese that they haven't learned yet.]]

** Replacing the "God" in sentences such as "Oh my God" with "Kami" is quite popular, and quite wrong: a lot of spirits that are nowhere near capital-G-God-tier, or even the lower tiers of Olympus, are called ''kami''.