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'''"Zorka":''' What do you THINK what would happen if it came out that a Fifth Avenue couturière if it came out that her name was Pansy Bupp? \\
-->'''Wolfe:''' Why the confounded drivel? That imbecile flummery?\\
'''"Zorka":''' What do you THINK what would happen if it came out that a Fifth Avenue couturière if it came out that her name was Pansy Bupp? \\
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* The embodiment of "Yellow Peril" in movies and TV was Khigh Dghieh ("Yen Lo" in ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''; "Wo Fat" on ''Series/HawaiiFiveO''). He was really named Kenneth Dickerson and was not of Asian descent.
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* In ''Film/TradingPlaces'', the protagonists disguise themselves as exaggerated foreigners, with Creator/DanAykroyd pretending to be a [[BlackLikeMe Jamaican]], Creator/JamieLeeCurtis' HookerWithAHeartOfGold as a NorseByNorsewest Swede, and Creator/EddieMurphy as an African. Denholm Elliott's English butler as an Irish priest isn't anywhere near as much of a stretch in terms of geography, but it's still pretty unconvincing.
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* ''WebAnimation/GobbletyTobblety'': Patty claims to be a Scottish exchange student, but is actually from Iowa and putting on an accent.
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* While he is ''a'' foreigner, Bandit Keith in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' is actually Canadian despite his American jingoism.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E6TheOtherExchangeStudent The Other Exchange Student]]" features Gustav, who is supposedly a foreign exchange student from Scandinavia. His real name is Charlie Booth, and he actually hails from the drab town of Bakersfieldville. His dream in life is to become a chef, and he travels the country posing as foreign exchange students to various families so he can try his recipes on them.
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* ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries'': Two investigations uncover fake foreigners.
** The first passed himself off as an Irish poet, only to be revealed as a Kiwi who changed his identity to cover up a [[spoiler:statuatory rape]] charge.
** The second passed himself off as an EccentricArtist from Spain that turned out to be a Kiwi panelbeater (much to his friend's shock). He'd been doing his Spanish shtick for long enough that phrases slip into his reverted Kiwi self.
** The first passed himself off as an Irish poet, only to be revealed as a Kiwi who changed his identity to cover up a [[spoiler:statuatory rape]] charge.
** The second passed himself off as an EccentricArtist from Spain that turned out to be a Kiwi panelbeater (much to his friend's shock). He'd been doing his Spanish shtick for long enough that phrases slip into his reverted Kiwi self.
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* Nanatte Manoir from ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'' does have French ''ancestry'' but plays it up really severely wearing a beret and a peppering her speech with French. However it's not very ''accurate'' French as revealed with an actually French exchange student visits the class (or to any view that has even a passing knowledge in French themselves).
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* [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Wealthy playboy]] Rodney Gaynor adopted a Mexican accent whenever he became ComicBook/TheWhip, an obscure hero in Franchise/TheDCU from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. A modern-day retelling of his origin retconned him to actually having Hispanic ancestry.
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* Inverted with Zampanò from ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves''. He claimed to be American, yet seemed foreign. [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]'s discussion page seems to think Zampanò was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:House_of_Leaves#Zampano_wasn.27t_Hispanic French.]]
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* Celestia Ludenberg in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is an ElegantGothicLolita {{Chuunibyou}} who's adamant that her name is real despite being as Japanese as the rest of the cast, and in the English version of the game sports a fake French accent.
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* Celestia Ludenberg in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is an ElegantGothicLolita {{Chuunibyou}} who's adamant that who is ''adamant'' that's her real name is real despite her being just as Japanese as the rest of the cast, and in cast. In the English version of the game sports dub she speaks with a fake French accent.accent that [[AccentSlipUp suspiciously tends to vanish whenever she gets sufficiently angry]].
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* Zigzagged with Olivia from ''Manga/AsobiAsobase''. While she ''is'' of genuine foreign descent, she was born and raised in Japan and thus can't speak a word of proper English even though everyone else assumes she's fluent; anytime she attempts to speak any, she has a very pronounced Japanese accent. She is in fact worse at English than Kasumi, whose best score in the English exam is ''one''.
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* A more regional version is seen, and played with, on ''Series/TheJeffFoxworthyShow''. A WASP-ish neighbor comes to the house to visit, and Jeff's normally-low-key Southern accent is ramped UpToEleven. When Jeff's wife asks him about it, he laughs and reveals he does it intentionally just to bug the guy.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' episode "True Spies" has Ollie under the effects of Truth Syrup confess that he's faking the accent and isn't really British.
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* The Pre-Crisis version of the ''ComicBook/WonderTwins'' become this after a human heard the name of their home planet from their mouth.
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* A variation in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' as Skeeter [=LaRue=] is shown as a slick assistant to publicist Myndi Mayer who speaks in a Southern accent (shown by lines like "Ah say," and "this here be a wild job.") After Myndi is murdered, the cops discover Skeeter is really Michael Boyd, a con man/drug dealer who turns out to be from New Jersey. A flashback shows Myndi confronting him on it, "Skeeter" brushing it off with his charm and she snaps "Oh, knock off the Jethro Bodine accent!" Boyd immediately drops the Southern talk to speak in his real voice.
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** After [[HeelFaceTurn turning good]] [[spoiler:Dewey]] is described by Ririka as being from a non-descript foreign country. He is also really from Queen Earth.
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* On ''Series/BostonLegal'', Lorraine appears to be an educated American from Harvard who has a shady past. It eventually comes out she was a high-class "madam" in London who cut a deal to hide which high-ranking members of Parliament were clients. Once the truth comes out, she uses her natural British accent, which throws people.
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* In Season 5 of ''Series/NYPDBlue'', Naomi is the squad's PAA who speaks in a broad Southern accent. During a talk on the phone, her voice shifts to an Australian accent. It turns out she's an illegal alien from Sydney and put on the act as she hoped to become a cop. She's forced to resign when the truth comes out but does get a job as a security guard using her real vice.
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* On ''Series/MartialLaw'', the team are tracking Nakamura, said to be the deadliest hitman in Japan who killed an entire pack of Yakuza bosses. Grace meets him, Nakamura speaking in a cultured accented voice. He and Sammo finally come face to face...and Sammo takes him down in five seconds. Turns out this "master assassin" is a low-level con artist who was mistaken for a chef for the Yakuza meeting where, by accident, he cooked a fish wrong to poison the bunch. Naturally, the police and underworld assumed this ''had'' to be a master assassin and overnight [[MistakenForBadass every other unsolved murder in Japan was laid at Nakamura's feet]]. To top it off, Nakamura admits he's not even Japanese but born in Hawaii and raised in L.A. and just puts on the act to con a mob boss.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Gregor/Elliot from Hungary/Michigan.
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* On ''Series/TheGildedAge'', after spending the first season as a fussy French cook, Monsieur Baudin is forced to confess he's actually a farmboy from Wichita, Kansas. He'd trained in Paris but when he found no one in New York society was interested in him, he remade himself into a Frenchman. Amusingly, he still speaks with the accent as he's become so used to it. He drops it for a perfect Kansas drawl only to slip right back into the French accent without realizing it.
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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Naddy seems to be an over-the-top all-American {{Eagleland}} stereotype. [[spoiler: She's actually a Japanese woman named [[YamatoNadeshiko Nadeshiko Yamato]]. She embraced American culture as rebellion against her strict upbringing by her AbusiveParents, who tried to force her to be a proper Japanese lady.]]
