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{{quote|''But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor."''|[[The Bible|Matthew 13:57]] the official [[Trope Namer]].}}
|[[The Bible|Matthew 13:57]] the official [[Trope Namer]].}}
 
When [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]] is applied to the protagonist in his world.
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Compare [[All of the Other Reindeer]], [[Ungrateful Bastard]]s, [[What Have You Done for Me Lately?]]. The opposite of [[A Hero to His Hometown]]
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* The Argentinean soldiers who returned from the Falklands' war suffered from this, in one of the most degrading demonstrations of hypocrisy and ungratefulness from the same society they came. Said society was brainwashed and manipulated by the Corrupt Government of that era, anyways, but the ungratefulness and hypocrisy are still there.
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' was burned in John Steinbeck's hometown, and when he moved back there he wasn't treated well because everyone thought he was a communist.
* [[wikipedia:Josephine Baker|Josephine Baker]] was ignored and briefly hated in America because she was black and tried to take on [[Mega Corp|William Randolph Hearst]], but was revered as a ''goddess'' in France because of her pioneering dance style. Her working as [[MataSeductive HariSpy|a spy]] for [[La Résistance|the French Resistance]] during [[World War II]] (which earned her a Croix de Guerre, making her the first American-born woman to receive the honor) didn't hurt her reputation either.
* Variation with [[Rammstein]]: One of the (if not ''the'') world's most famous [[Industrial Metal]] bands, with sold-out concerts in many parts of the world... yet they can't catch a break in their native Germany. As Paul Landers, their rhythm guitarist, said:
{{quote|''"We have such a bad reputation in Germany it can’t get any worse elsewhere."''}}
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