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Alternatively, works set in the future will use a current enemy as an ally as a way of pointing up how futuristic they are being. ("[[Star Trek: The Original Series|A Russian serving with an American]]? Now I ''know'' we're in the future!")
The character often remains stereotypical in ways other than being an enemy. In cases where this overlaps with [[Token Non-Human]], this results in [[Token Heroic Orc]].
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== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' has Hugo Stiglitz, the only non-Jewish German in a Nazi-killing unit.
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'': The main villain is the Mafia; one of the heroes is Italian.
== Literature ==
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** They've been adding a Saracen to the Merry Men since the 1980s TV serial. First time the Saracen has been a [[Twofer Token Minority]] though.
* Sayid Jarrah from ''[[Lost]]''. He served in the Gulf War. For the Republican Guard. Dude.
* In ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]'' Adam Noshimuri is a defector from the [[Yakuza]]. This allows him to know inner knowledge about their politics, but also gets him caught up in embarrassing situations. Interestingly the cousins don't seem to object to him being a cop, but he often trips over various and sundry confusions (such as getting rid of "ambiguously ethical" assets, without offending cousins who might lose money in the process).
== Theatre ==
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