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{{quote|"''You know America was founded by prudes. Prudes who left Europe because they hated all the kinky, steamy European sex that was going on.''"|'''Cooper''', ''[[
In works produced outside Europe, Europeans are often depicted as more sexually free and straightforward than anything else on the planet. The sexually liberal European is typically contrasted with a more inhibited American, or with some other non-European character, who has trouble dealing with her libertine ways. Since this is usually [[Played for Laughs]], the European character tends to be female, as having a woman act this way is considered [[Double Standard|more outrageous]], and therefore more humorous. Men acting in a sexually straightforward manner is considered either [[All Men Are Perverts|normal]], or at least not particularly funny. A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[Norse
As a narrative trope, [[Europeans Are Kinky]] has been around since the 1960s. Earlier examples are rare, at least in mainstream audio-visual media, since before that decade cinema (excluding porn) and TV didn't address sexuality with the level of candidness the trope requires. In the 1960s, the Swedish movies ''I Am Curious (Yellow)'' (1967) and ''Language of Love'' (1969) were among the first films with explicit sex scenes to get a wide international distribution, thus contributing to the stereotypical image of the "kinky Swede". Even earlier, the French film ''The Lovers'' (1958), which includes a short (and not particularly explicit) sex scene, was the subject of a famous American court case. A screening of this film in Ohio resulted in the theater manager being convicted for public depiction of obscene material. The manager appealed, and the Supreme Court eventually overruled the conviction, stating that the movie was not pornography, and therefore not obscene. Even though movies like these helped establish the image of the sexually straightforward European in the US, they are not examples of this trope as such. [[Europeans Are Kinky]] doesn't usually appear in works produced in Europe itself, as a vital part of the trope is that the European character is seen from an outside perspective as an exotic Other.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Justice League International]]'', Crimson Fox is always trying to seduce [[
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* ''[[Cabaret]]''.
* There's a Swedish woman with no nudity taboo in ''Cashback''.
* Several characters in ''[[
* This trope is at least as old as 1965, when it forms one of the themes of the Bob Hope movie, ''I'll Take Sweden''.
* Parodied in ''[[Not Another Teen Movie]]'' with Areola, the foreign exchange student who is [[Ms. Fanservice|constantly nude]].
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** Ramathorn and his girlfriend are on about the same level as Germans. They're perfectly fine with having a foursome with carjackers.
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125111/ Naval Cadets]'' series played this both ways at once, when a French man had funny ideas about the Russian bath (see below). He learned what it really is about, but barely survived the experience full of steam and broom.
* Referenced in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (
** Even though Mina is British and normally fits the aversion.
* ''[[Everything Is Illuminated]]'': One of the deleted scenes from the movie showcases Alex's sexual prowess.
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* ''The Divide'' by Nicholas Evans makes a passing reference to a "voluptuous Swede called Ulrika" who took her clothes off during a New-Agey dance class and literally gave a guy a heart attack.
* ''[[Confessions of Georgia Nicolson]]'' gives us Scandinavian Sven, a [[Rare Male Example]]. He and his girlfriend Rosie get the furthest through the snogging scale and his outrageous antics are often hilariously sexual, up to and including kissing strange men on the lips and dancing on tables in furry shorts. Since they started dating, Rosie now carries a false beard and a pipe around at all times. Actually, this is more a case of Mainland Europeans Are Outrageous, given that the series is set in Great Britain.
* The D'Angelines from ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[Son of the Beach]]'', where the word "European" is used as a stand in for "gay". [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
* ''[[Mad Men]]'': In "The Jet Set", Don Draper falls in with a bunch of Europeans while on a business trip to California. The most bizarre moment occurs when Don is lying in bed with his conquest of the week, only for her ''father'' to walk in and make suggestive comments about Don - to which the daughter responds "Papa, ne touchez pas."
* ''[[Party Down]]'': Ron is approached by a European porno producer.
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