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* ''{{Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}}'' -- Indy impersonates a disgruntled Scottish collector of tapestries to gain access to an Austrian castle. When the guise doesn't work as well as hoped, Indy quickly resorts to [[TimeforPlanB Plan B]]. Guess what that is?

* In the movie ''TradingPlaces'', the protagonists disguise themselves as exaggerated foreigners, with Dan Ackroyd pretending to be a [[{{Black LIke Me}} Jamaican]], Jamie Lee Curtis' HookerWithAHeartOfGold as a NorseByNorsewest Swede, and Eddie Murphy as an African (who oddly [[{{Expy}} acted in much the same way]] as the African prince character he would portray in ''Coming to America,'' a few years later).

* The Spy from ''TeamFortress2''

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* Two examples of this from ''MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' [[spoiler: Countess Elena Andrenyi and her mother, Mrs. Hubbard]]. Judging by their names, they are Jewish-American and from a family of actors, but instead take on false personas [[spoiler: of a Slavic aristocrat and an extremely anoying Eaglelander]]. A lot of the novel has to do with the characters not necessarily fitting their NationalStereotypes, and it isn't too surprising that the book would have this theme, since the detective, Poirot, is himself something of a {{fauxreigner}} as part of ObfuscatingStupidity.

-->'''Bell:''' ...Yes, I see that, but... What Indians?

-->'''Bell:''' Could you tell me what tribe this is?
-->'''Chief:''' We are...Indians.
-->'''Bell:''' Yes I see that, but what Indians?
-->'''Chief:''' You don't think we are Indians?
-->'''Bell:''' No, no, no, I just uh...
-->'''Chief:''' We have teepees!
-->'''Bell:''' Right! I see, but...
-->'''Chief:''' Look at all these teepees we have. Because...we are...Indians

* Barney on ''HowIMetYourMother'' once pretends to be an Estonian street performer to pick up girls.

--> '''Eidelburger''' (Peter Sellers): Now get in this zeppelin, [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign mit aus kabloongen volkischer bierwerken kreuzkrrrgggg...]]

--> '''Yakamoto''' (Spike Milligan): Please, ah -- second phony accent would like to speak...

[[ViewersAreMorons In case you couldn't figure it out]], [[GratuitousFrench the "faux" is pronounced "fo"]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke So the trope is pronounced "fo-reigner"]].

** And to top it off, in the TimBurton version, he's played by [[{{Borat}} someone known for intentionally annoying,]] [[{{AliG}} exagerrated stereotypes of several different ethnicities]].

** And to top it off, in the TimBurton version, he's played by [[{{Borat}} someone known for annoying, exagerrated stereotypes of several different ethnicities]].

* ''{{Hancock}}'' begins with the titular hero breaking up a hi-speed chase involving four criminals, who, for some reason, pretended to be Japanese, only to confess that they weren't when Hancock starts swinging their car around like a yoyo.

* Johnny Vong in the ''{{Castle}}'' episode "Sucker Punch" is a Harvard-graduate from California who took the accent of a Chinese immigrant and made millions selling a RagsToRiches success story [[spoiler:and heroin]].

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** Yes, make fun of the idiots who won't get it. Well the joke's on you. We really are that dumb (no really. All you have to do is say "terrorist" and sorta point and we'd totally shun Jesus).

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* ''Hancock'' begins with the titular hero breaking up a hi-speed chase involving four criminals, who, for some reason, pretended to be Japanese, only to confess that they weren't when Hancock starts swinging their car around like a yoyo.
* Several Peter Sellers characters (some already from [[Main/FakeNationality other countries]]) affect this trope on occasion, particularly Inspector Clouseau. The effectiveness of the disguises, and thus the involved accents, varies depending on the plot.

* Marco Espinoza on {{Scrubs}} really is Dominican, but doesn't tell anyone he's learned English. Not even his sister Carla.

* Jack's fiancee, Phoebe, from the first season of ''30Rock'', is implied to be not quite as British as she pretends to be.

* The Spy from "TeamFortress2"

* While he is ''a'' foreigner, Bandit Keith in "YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries" isn't actually from America, despite his American jingoism. He's Canadian, in America.
** A British person is playing a Canadian pretending to be an American. Oh...kay.

* Australia and New Zealand as a whole do this towards tourists, particulary Americans. It's essentially one giant elaborate joke.

* As a parody of the PoirotSpeak used by similar characters in adventure movies, George [=MacDonald=] Fraser's novel ''The Pyrates'' has one pirate with an atrocious French accent who is revealed to have been a working class Englishman who was one day [[IdentityAmnesia knocked on the head]] in the middle of a beginning of a French language course, and ended up with a dashing, "Pepe le Pew" persona.

* A flashback at the beginning of the ''Venture Brothers'' episode ''"Now Museum, Now You Don't"'' shows Dr. Jonas Venture Sr. infiltrating Scaramantula's inner circle as the Japanese Dr. Fangdragon. The disguise includes using his fingers to pull his eyelids back and a superfluous third nipple (on his chin).