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Compare [[Ancient Grome]], [[Scotireland]], and [[Mayincatec]]. A similar phenomenon also seems to occur with depictions of Quebec in Hollywood movies as being full of Frenchmen with Parisian accents and mannerisms.
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== Anime&Manga ==
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Verizon, as seen in [http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/04/17/spain-mexico-whatever/ this sociologist's blog post], has got a print ad out there with "Coverage in Spain" on it (just ignore the "and [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|25 more countries]] than the UN recognizes" part) with the Verizon guy in front of a crowd of stereotypical Mexicans.
== [[Comics]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Viggo Mortensen was cast as a swashbuckling hero in the Spanish [[Film of the Book]] ''Alatriste''. This trope comes into play as he speaks fluent Spanish, but it's the Argentine accent, which is different from European (Castillian) Spanish. Mortensen does his best to hide it, but he still sounds like he's having difficulty articulating. Given that the character is rather laconic anyway, the filmmakers might have thought that this was an acceptable artistic choice, or at least enough to [[They Just Didn't Care|justify their]] [[Money, Dear Boy|willingness to ride]] [[The Lord of the Rings|his fame]].
** Certainly the last one. Because, you know, that movie was a ''spanish'' production...
** He manages to sound like an Andalusian Spanish after years of heavy drinking. While not exactly the character from the books (who was from Madrid), it does make him sound almost-suitable
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* Take a band of Zapatistas. The more indigenous the better. Then drop them in [[Television Geography|the Rockies]], dress them with the clothes left over by the Sicilian scenes of ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' and make them live in wooden barracks with bananas in the porch. According to ''[[MacGyver]]'', this is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjbbfK87JWc the Basque Country].
* Intentionally invoked in ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'' when GOB discovers fake plane tickets to Portugal (don't ask you'd have to watch) and that Michael is trying to learn Spanish, he concludes that Michael is fleeing to South America.
* Lampshaded in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', in a sketch where Neil Ashdown is supposed to be a bartender in Spain:
{{quote| '''Neil:''' Would you care for some tortillas? ...No, wait, that's Mexico. Never mind. ...I've been around, you know.}}
** In another episode, during a game of Hollywood Director, the three actors play out a scene from ''[[Zorro]]'', which takes place in Mexico. None of their fake accents are even remotely alike, prompting Ryan to comment, "Funny how we all come from a different part of Spain!"
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the episode ''The Bull Market'' of the ''[[Ace Ventura]]: [[Recycled:
* ''[[Filmations Ghostbusters (Animation)|Filmations Ghostbusters]]''' episode "[[Our Ghosts Are Different|The Ghost of]] [[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]" has a milder example with Spaniards constantly using Mexican slang and a villain who is a walking robber baron stereotype down to the Cantinflas moustache. Also, every Spanish character but Don Quixote has orange skin for some reason.
* In the 1930's [[Classic Disney Short]] ''Ferdinand the Bull'', the narrator tells us the story is set in "sunny Spain." However, many of the Spaniards look like stereotypical Mexicans, with sombreros, brown skin, thick black mustaches, etc.
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