History Main / FISHOutOfWater

** ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' involves a human girl accidentally transported to a similar magical land inhabited by witches and demons.

* BusinessAsUnusual

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Sousuke Sagara, despite being ethnically Japanese, was raised in war-torn Afghanistan. His mission places him (and his two American squadmates) in Tokyo, where Sousuke is forced to adapt to life as a normal high school student. The spin-off series ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' focuses on the comedy of Sousuke's attempt to adapt to the cultural differences of life in Japan.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', mages exist secretly throughout the world, having their own culture and way of doing things. Most obviously, it's only relatively recently that technology has caught up (and surpassed, in areas) magic, so even young mages have absolutely no idea how to use even the most user-friendly machines. Why would they use a cell phone instead of a telepathy spell? Why would they use a computer instead of an enchanted book? So on and so forth. Since most of the series takes place in the most technologically advanced city in the world, they're even more out of their depth than normal.

* Eris in ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties'', doesn't always understand certain Earth customs like nudity taboos and sometimes mistakes things depicted in Kio's PornStash of Mangas as being normal customs when they actually aren't such as wearing {{School Swimsuit}}s to a diplomatic meeting.

** [[Creator/CharlesBronson Crowe]], the CowboyCop assigned to find Hada's daughter, is a KnightTemplarFather unable to adjust to modern American culture's sexually permissive ethos when it comes to his own teenage daughter (who, [[{{Irony}} as it turns out, was molested on a public bus by Hada, whose daughter Crowe is tasked to saving from molestation]]).

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': While in Diana's [[ComicBook/SensationComicsNumberOne original introduction to the world outside Paradise Island]] she was well educated about the norms of society, but cared very little for them and had no trouble adjusting as she liked to living in the United States most subsequent rewrites of her origin make her far less prepared.

* In "Masquerade" from ''Series/TheInsideMan'', when AJ tells Mark that it's "[[UsefulNotes/ComicRelief Red Nose Day," Mark is completely clueless. AJ says that it's the charity that's been going for twenty years and it's like Mark has never worked in an office before. In fact, Mark never has worked in an office before - he's a hacker who's been sent to infiltrate the place and at the moment is waffling about whether or not to actually go through with his assignment.

* In "Masquerade" from ''Series/TheInsideMan'', when AJ tells Mark that it's "Red Nose Day," Mark is completely clueless. AJ says that it's the charity that's been going for twenty years and it's like Mark has never worked in an office before. In fact, Mark never has worked in an office before - he's a hacker who's been sent to infiltrate the place and at the moment is waffling about whether or not to actually go through with his assignment.

* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' has a double-whammy: American spy Steve Trevor is comically out of place when he crash lands on the primitive and magical home of the Amazons, and Amazon princess Diana finds herself in the same situation when she accompanies Steve back into his world.

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* Ride/WeekiWacheeSprings, a UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} Theme Park famous for its mermaid show, provides a quite literal example. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uPIphua6g This video]] promotes a charity marathon called "Fish Out Of Water Extreme 5K."

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Emma gets this once she [[spoiler: ends up in the Enchanted Forest]]. She's an ActionGirl, but she has no clue how to handle [[spoiler: magical creatures or the fact that the fairy tale characters from her childhood stories are all real]]. Her WrongGenreSavvy doesn't help.

* ''Series/SonOfZorn'' is a FOX show involving an animated [[Frnachise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]-eqsue barbarian moving to a suburban, live-action neighborhood to re-kindle his relationship with his son. Many culture clashes ensue.

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* [[ShroudedInMyth The Stig]] on ''Series/TopGear'', to the point of being an IdiotSavant. [[BadassDriver When behind the wheel]], however, he's more than in his element.

* ''Series/ItsAboutTime'', a '60s sitcom where astronauts travel to prehistoric times. In the final season, the astronauts return to the present with a caveman family.