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Also, this Iberian country is always Spain. Portugal? What's a Portugal?
See also [[Latin Land]], which shares many elements with this trope, due to strong historical and cultural ties between Iberia and South American countries. Sometimes confused or amalgamated (by hack authors) with [[South of the Border]] into [[Spexico]] due to the same strong historical and cultural ties ''plus'' the similar climate.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Surprisingly averted by Antonio aka Spain in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''; while there is official art with him in a matador costume, the traditional stereotypes about the country are barely touched (he is still depicted as a ''siesta'' lover, though) and his personality is less of a [[Latin Lover]] and more of a [[Nice Guy]].
** However, in his drama CD released on December
* Like every other national and ethnic stereotype, this trope is alive and well in ''[[G Gundam]]''. "Now representing Neo Spain, <s> Toro</s> Matador Gundam!"
* The Spain arc of ''[[Ashita no Nadja]]'' has Nadja working her ass off to learn how to dance Flamenco, befriending an embittered ''matador'', attracting the ire of {{spoiler|the matador's [[New Old Flame]]}} and also {{spoiler|meeting up with Keith and mistaking him for his twin brother Francis}} in the ''Alhambra''.
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* Parodied in the classic Spanish film ''¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall!'', in which the people of a small Castilian village decide to give themselves an Andalusian makeover in order to impress the Americans in charge of distributing Marshall Plan funds.
* The surreal 1959 movie ''Thunder in the Sun'' has 19th century French Basques killing Indians in California with [[wikipedia:Basque pelota|Cesta Punta]] and dancing Flamenco each night. It gets worse.
* The 1956 adaptation of ''Around the World in 80 Days'' has a stop in a stereotypical Spanish town where Passepartout (played by Cantinflas) is forced to do precisely
* Featured as part of a [[Culture Equals Costume]] spoof of the United Nations' Security Council in ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''. The Spanish representative is seen conversing with a matador and a tonadillera, just like [[Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo|the Japanese is flanked by a sumo wrestler and a geisha]] and [[Britain Is Only London|the British is seated next to a beefeater]].
* The 2001 ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' version of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', and, likely, the Trevor Nunn stage production it was based on, has the Prince of Aragon show off with a flamenco dance step with fitting music to boot. Given that [[Did Not Do the Research|Aragon is in Northern Spain and has zero flamenco tradition]], this was about as accurate as portraying someone from Alaska as a ten gallon hat-wearing cowboy.
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== Video Games ==
* Vega's stage in ''[[Street Fighter]] 2'' (and Vega himself, for that matter).
** The catch? That stage is set in Barcelona, the least
* ''Mike Tyson's [[Punch-Out!!]]!!'': The unforgettable Don Flamenco! Besides his name, this fighter: likes to comment about everyone's hair, thinks he's very beautiful, dances flamenco (some dance the game designers thought looks like flamenco, anyway) with a rose between his teeth and has a girlfriend named Carmen. Not to mention entrance music from Bizet's
** To be fair, however, all of the fighters are ridiculous stereotypes. This was [[Rule of Funny|probably intentional]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]: Quidditch World Cup'': The Spanish team members are dressed as bullfighters, their stadium is a bullring and [[No Indoor Voice|they SCREAM!!!, not talk]].
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