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{{quote|'''Sin''': "Man, why you gotta reinforce the stereotype? I ''live'' here. I'm on the ''neighborhood watch''." }}
* In ''[[The Nutty Professor]]'', Professor Klump is a morbidly obese man looked down on for his weight. His family is also morbidly obese and portrays fat people as loud, obnoxious, lazy slobs who eat only junk food. After having a nightmare where he became a [[Godzilla]]-style caricature of a fat person, he decides to invent something that will get rid of his excess fat since he's too ashamed to be affiliated with anyone as heavy as himself.
* Subverted in ''[[Harold and& Kumar Go to White Castle]]''. Kumar is reluctant to become a doctor as he thinks it's an Indian stereotype, but later decides that ''he'' wants to become a doctor regardless of whether or not it's stereotypical.
** ''[[Harold and& Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' is arguably a [[Deconstruction]], with Harold conforming to the stereotype of the hard-working Asian but being concerned about being thought of as a "Twinkie" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside) and thus failing to live up to the expectations of his cultural identity. [[It Makes Sense in Context|And then they get a cheetah high and ride it through the woods.]] It's that kind of movie.
* In ''[[Madea's Family Reunion]]'', the black wedding planner says that she can hardly work with black people because they are ignorant.
* In ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', the manager of the Chinese restaurant gets frustrated and embarrassed when his employees are trying to sing Christmas carols for their customers and keep having trouble with [[Japanese Ranguage|the Ls]].
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