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A character is obviously "not from around here", but where they actually ''are'' from is kept a mystery. They don't even name a [[No Communities Were Harmed]] pretend country like [[Qurac]] or [[Bulungi]].
It's possible that it's [[All There in the Manual]], but you won't get any hints in the show itself. Their name doesn't give any hints, it just [[As Long
They're likely to talk about [[The Old Country]] a lot without ever telling you what it is. Can be played for drama to hint at a character having a [[Mysterious Past]], but more common as a way to create the ultimate [[Funny Foreigner]] - you can use all the best stereotypes without offending ''anyone''!
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* Andy Kaufman's "Foreign Man" was like this originally. Then he became a regular on ''[[Taxi]]'' and got a name and backstory. The name of his home country, however, remained a mystery.
** As I recall, he was from "Caspiar," an island in the Caspian Sea. [[Rule of Funny|It sunk.]]
* Fez from ''[[That 70s Show|That 70's Show]]'' is from some ambiguous foreign country (probably from [[South of the Border|somewhere in South or Central America]]). His real name [[Only Known
** In case you're wondering, his nickname is actually a (quasi-)acronym, short for "Foreign Exchange Student." But since it's not written in capital letters, many viewers probably assumed he was Turkish.
* [[Split Personality|Kaere/Kaede]] Kimura from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* In ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Tyrion asks what kind of accent Shae has, and she simply replies, "Foreign." Cersei suspects she's from the Free City of Lorath, but she doesn't directly confirm or deny this.
* Serge in the ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' franchise. What the heck was that accent supposed to be?
* Rolf in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
* Janosz Poha in ''[[
* Ax in ''[[
* Ishboo was a recurring foreign exchange student on ''[[All That]]'' with an abundance of bizarre cultural traditions that he'd insist others join in. Whenever someone asked where he was from, he'd brush off the question. It was sometimes implied that he wasn't a foreigner, and was just messing with everyone.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' made a [[Cutaway Gag]] about two guys who don't really have much of an accent, but speak in a way that you can tell that they're not from the US. They've become occasional [[Recurring Character|Recurring Characters]]
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* Lampshaded with the Geico Gecko, a tropical lizard with a Cockney accent - one ad centers on people asking where he's from, and it deliberately cuts off before he answers.
** Wasn't he originally voiced by David Hyde Pierce in a very twee Northeastern American accent?
* ''[[The
* Nazo in ''[[Big Daddy]]''. All we ever learn about him is that he's illegal, semi-literate, and is fond of "lamb and tuna fish" [[Foreign Queasine|(yes, together)]]. He's played by the half-Jewish, half-Filipino Rob Schneider.
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