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** Discussed in episode 2 when Lucy confirms after a trip to Europe that the men there are very forward with their amorous advances compared to American men in the 1950s.

--->'''Hawk''': Well, the men in Europe are much bolder. So I hear.\\

* A ZigZagged trope on ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. Out of the two European members of Dethklok, Skwisgaar (Swedish) is [[AnythingThatMoves easily the most promiscuous and kinky]], but Toki (Norwegian) is by far the ''least'' sexually active on account of his [[ManChild extreme childishness]].

** Konrad Schlotz, a German ChubbyChaser hot for Pam. [[spoiler: Though Malorie is able to seduce him into a threesome.]]

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* 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''.
* The Swedish blonde Ulla in both the original movie and the musical remake of ''Film/TheProducers'' is a prime example of this trope.
* The German couple in ''Film/SuperTroopers''.
* ''[[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 ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. After Tom Sawyer sees Mina Harker [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bite a man's throat open]], he sardonically notes, "They told me European women had funny ways." Though Mina is British and normally fits the aversion.

* In ''Film/SummerSchool'', the cast of high school students have gone to the beach together and Italian exchange student Anna-Maria starts to take off her bikini top. To the disappointment of the male students, one of the other girls stops Anna-Maria and tells her "this ain't the Riviera."
* ''[[Film/WaynesWorld Wayne's World 2]]'': Although none of the characters is in any way shy about sexuality, the Swedish secretary girl even dazzles Wayne with her outspoken desire to "sleep with you in the near future."
* ''Film/VivaMaria'': Maria I is part-French, part-Irish and Maria II is French and together they show the American audience what a Parisian Variete Show really is like.
* Sinead in ''Film/ButImACheerleader''. Explaining the root of her homosexuality, she simply states "I was born in France." In addition she also "likes pain".

* ''Film/{{Carry On|series}}'':
** ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' had UsefulNotes/HenryVIII marry Queen Marie of Normandy for this reason. He is absolutely delighted all the way to the bedroom to consumate their marriage, until he smells her garlic breath.
** ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' had the French ambassador's wife Emmannuelle Prévert being sex crazy. Throughout the film, she has sex with any man she lays eyes on, all because her husband Emile had developed an aversion to sex after a nude skydiving accident.
--->'''Emmannuelle''': Today, I made love to fourteen soldiers, twenty-one sailors and sixteen airmen. The Prime Minister announced that the moral of the defense forces 'as never been 'igher!
* ''Film/TourDePharmacy'' has a (fictional) 1980s Finnish credit card commercial wherein a man spills milk on the floor, his wife catches him, and it cuts to him performing oral sex on him (with gratuitous nudity to boot).
* ''Film/{{DEBS}}'': After Amy's lesbian relationship with [[DatingCatwoman villainess]] Lucy Diamond is revealed, Dominique shrugs it off as "not a big deal in Europe".

* ''Literature/ConfessionsOfGeorgiaNicolson'' gives us Scandinavian Sven, a RareMaleExample. 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.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' (specifically ''Literature/SmallFavor''), the England vs. Europe distinction gets called out specifically when Harry expects Luccio to be more sexually conservative since she grew up in the Victorian era. "Victoria was English," she explains smugly, "I'm Italian."
* ''Creator/BettyMacDonald'' recalls her sister getting her dates after her divorce with French and German men who could charitably be described as perverts (by 1930s standards).

* In ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'' Midge stumbles into a drag show in Paris, after being assured that they do in fact have those in America (during the 50s, mind) she gets into her comedy routine.
-->"Who here has ever been attacked in public by their husband's secretary?" ''(over half the club raises their hands)'' "Right, it's France."

* Subverted in ''Jack and Millie'' when Millie's friend Shirley drags her and her French daughter-in-law Delphine to an expensive sex shop. Shirley is surprised by how long it takes Delphine to figure out what the shop sells, and how shocked she is when she does. Delphine points out she's Catholic, and they have rules about this stuff.

* A ZigZagged trope on ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. Out of the two European members of Dethklok, Skwisgaar (Swedish) is [[AnythingThatMoves easily the most promiscuous and kinky]], but Toki (Norwegian) is by far the ''least'' sexually active on account of his [[ManChild extreme childishness]].
* In the movie version of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' there's the porn film starring Cartman's Mum and some Germans that the kids find on the internet. Not just any porn film, but something called "German Scheißeporn" which translates to... well, German shit-porn. [[http://the-american-catholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/europe-by-usa.jpg Parodying Germany's reputation as the land of dirty porn.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Knock Out is stated early on to have taken the Alt Mode of a European sports car. Of all the Transformers, he's the one implied to be the [[AgentPeacock sexually active pretty-boy]].

* Inverted in ''Website/TheOnion'' [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/european-men-are-so-much-more-romantic-than-americ,11552/ article]]: "Point-Counterpoint: European Men Are So Much More Romantic Than American Men vs. American Women Studying In Europe Are Unbelievably Easy"

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 PlayedForLaughs, the European character tends to be female, as having a woman act this way is considered [[MyGirlIsNotASlut more outrageous]], and therefore more humorous. Men acting in a sexually straightforward manner is considered either [[AllMenArePerverts normal]], or at least not particularly funny.

** It's lampshaded by Jonah Macon, a gay African American, who has heard that Europeans display more liberal attitudes towards sex.

** By the standards of 1910s America, Lestat de Lioncourt (a Frenchman) being a bisexual libertine would be regarded as kinky, especially considering that the term "bisexual" didn't even exist then (Lestat identifies his sexuality as "Non-discriminating"). He lives in a TransparentCloset with Louis de Pointe du Lac (a black Creole), and being a same-sex ''and'' interracial couple was scandalous at a time when homosexuality was a crime and interracial marriage was illegal in most states, including Louisiana. Not surprisingly, people gossip about Louis' "pale lover" and "the weird goings-on at their Sodomite townhouse" behind their backs.

-->'''Emmannuelle''': Today, I made love to fourteen soldiers, twenty-one sailors and sixteen airmen. The Prime Minister announced that the moral of the defense forces 'as never been 'igher!

** ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' had the titular Emmannuelle and her husband being sex crazy (the wife moreso) and ending up with practically a "litter" of children.

** ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' had UsefulNotes/HenryVIII marry a French woman for this reason. He is absolutely delighted all the way to the bedroom to consumate their marriage, until the new Queen ate garlic before sex.

** By the standards of 1910s America, Lestat de Lioncourt (a Frenchman) being a bisexual libertine would be regarded as kinky, especially considering that the term "bisexual" didn't even exist then (Lestat identifies his sexuality as "Non-discriminating"). He lives in a TransparentCloset with Louis de Pointe du Lac (a black Creole), and being a same-sex ''and'' interracial couple was scandalous at a time when homosexuality was a crime and interracial marriage was illegal in most states. Not surprisingly, people gossip about Louis' "pale lover" and "the weird goings-on at their Sodomite townhouse" behind their backs.

** By the standards of 1910s America, Lestat de Lioncourt (a Frenchman) being a bisexual libertine would be regarded as kinky, especially considering that the term "bisexual" didn't even exist then (Lestat identifies his sexuality as "Non-discriminating"). He lives in a TransparentCloset with Louis de Pointe du Lac (a black Creole), and being a same-sex ''and'' interracial couple was scandalous at a time when homosexuality was a crime and interracial marriage was illegal in most states. Not surprisingly, people gossip about the Louis' "pale lover" and "the weird goings-on at their Sodomite townhouse" behind their backs.

** It's lampshaded by Jonah Macon, a gay African American, who has heard that Europeans have more liberal attitudes towards sex.

** Brother America is a bit of an inversion, as one comic has him point and grin at Sister Sweden's chest, then go into shock when she causes actual contact to occur. Brother England is [[UpToEleven even worse]] in this regard, crying at his own perverted actions and running away after lightly touching Sister Denmark on her arm and her being unaware of the entire interaction.

If the kinky European is a minor character, she's usually presented as a sex object to the protagonist, often with added {{Fanservice}}. If she is given more characterization, she tends to be an EthicalSlut. This trope can overlap with InnocentFanserviceGirl, if the supposed kinkiness of the European character is explained by her culture simply not having the same sort of inhibitions that the culture she is contrasted with has.

However, this trope is sometimes used in some European works too, to illustrate perceived cultural differences within the continent. It can appear in British and Irish works, since the British rarely tend to think of themselves as Europeans, and usually use the term "Europe" to mean "continental Europe", and the Irish still have the whole "Catholic guilt" thing going on. Also, while American works generally lump UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} in with the rest of Europe in regards to this trope, Russian authors usually distance themselves from it. Instead, kinkiness in Russian culture is often associated with the UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. And in works from Catholic European countries (such as France or Italy), the same trope exists about the women from Northern and Protestant Europe ([[SexyScandinavian Scandinavia]], Germany, the Netherlands), who are described as more promiscuous than the local ones.

A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] [[NorseByNorsewest Swedish]] [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]], though other European nationalities can also be used. The biggest exceptions tend to be Britain and Ireland: British people are commonly portrayed as [[BritishStuffiness more repressed]] than everyone else on the planet, while the Irish are considered [[MoralGuardians too intensely Catholic]] for casual sex (instead tending towards having [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large families]]). However, in Asian media, sexually liberated behaviour is frequently associated with anyone from European descent, including all of the Anglosphere. [[note]]Especially because English is by far the most common European second language in Asia, Asian countries are relatively more familiar with the Anglosphere than the rest of the rest, plus Hollywood cultural influence, so it is more likely for a sexy American or British character to appear in Asian media, even if they are considered stuffy by continental European standards. [[SmallReferencePools Sorry Ireland, one day they'll know you exist]]. See also GorgeousGaijin.[[/note]]

A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] [[NorseByNorsewest Swedish]] [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]], though other European nationalities can also be used. The biggest exceptions tend to be Britain and Ireland: British people are commonly portrayed as [[BritishStuffiness more repressed]] than everyone else on the planet, while the Irish are considered [[MoralGuardians too intensely Catholic]] for casual sex (instead tending towards having [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large families]]). However, in Asian media, sexually liberated behaviour is frequently associated with anyone from European descent, including all of the Anglosphere. [[note]]Especially because English is by far the most common European second language in Asia, Asian countries are relatively more familiar with the Anglosphere than the rest of the rest, plus Hollywood cultural influence, so it is more likely for a sexy American or British character to appear in Asian media, even if they are considered stuffy by continental European standards. See also GorgeousGaijin.[[/note]]

A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] [[NorseByNorsewest Swedish]] [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]], though other European nationalities can also be used. The biggest exceptions tend to be Britain and Ireland: British people are commonly portrayed as [[BritishStuffiness more repressed]] than everyone else on the planet, while the Irish are considered [[MoralGuardians too intensely Catholic]] for casual sex (instead tending towards having [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large families]]). However, in Asian media, sexually liberated behaviour is frequently associated with anyone from European descent, including all of the Anglosphere. [[note]]Especially because English is by far the most common European second language in Asia, Asian countries are relatively more familiar with the Anglosphere than the rest of the rest, plus Hollywood cultural influence, so it is more likely for a sexy American or British person in Asian media, even if they are considered stuffy by continental European standards. See also GorgeousGaijin.[[/note]]

A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] [[NorseByNorsewest Swedish]] [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]], though other European nationalities can also be used. The biggest exceptions tend to be Britain and Ireland: British people are commonly portrayed as [[BritishStuffiness more repressed]] than everyone else on the planet, while the Irish are considered [[MoralGuardians too intensely Catholic]] for casual sex (instead tending towards having [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large families]]).

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 candour the trope requires. In the 1960s, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} 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 [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} 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.

* Valerie, the French exchange student in ''ACE Academy''. [[spoiler: It's actually subverted: while she's a huge flirt, she's actually no more experienced in relationships than [[NiceGirl Yuuna]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Kaori]], or [[ShrinkingViolet Mayu]]. When asked about what being with a man is like, she tries to claim that it's like assembling a computer's hard drive before the others call her on it.]]

A stereotypical example of this trope is the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] [[NorseByNorsewest Swedish]] [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]], though other European nationalities can also be used. The biggest exceptions tend to be Britain and Ireland: British people are commonly portrayed as [[BritishStuffiness more repressed]] than everyone else on the planet, while the Irish are considered [[MoralGuardians too intensely Catholic]] for sex.

Note that the word "kinky" is used here to refer to general sexual liberality and/or promiscuity. [[CasualKink Kinky]] is often associated with unconventional sexual practices, such as UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}, but they aren't necessarily a part of this trope.