History Main / Fauxreigner

* Karai in ''BatmanBeyond'' fakes a heavy Japanese accent because it sells more fish that way. She speaks normally when she isn't working or teaching her students.

* While he is ''a'' foreigner, Bandit Keith in ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' isn't actually from America [[hottip:*: That is to say he isn't from the United States of America]], despite his American jingoism. He's Canadian, in North America.

* As a parody of the PoirotSpeak used by similar characters in adventure movies, [=~George MacDonald Fraser~=]'s novel ''ThePyrates'' 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.

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

* Nelson on ''LifeOnMars'' does the ObfuscatingStupidity variant of this. "People seem happier with the ''other'' Nelson."

* ''GoodnessGraciousMe'' lampshaded the use of the trope in films with a parody of ''TheGreatEscape'' where a team of captured Indian prisoners of war pretend to be German in order to escape the POW camp.

* The villain of AnthonyTrollope's novel ''The Way We Live Now'', Melmotte, sort of ended up as this because the author ultimately avoided making him an EvilForeigner from a specific country. While he is most likely Jewish and/or French, there is also the possibility that he is Irish-American and arguably the fact he claims to be an English citizen leaves open a further possibility.

A character is presented as an archetypal FunnyForeigner with a [[PoirotSpeak ridiculous accent]], extreme clothes, and a tendency towards weird food. They may even be an EvilForeigner [[TheRival rival]] to our local boy.

* Kaere/Kaede Kimura of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' fits into the typical ForeignFanservice image and has a type two {{Eagleland}} characterization, particularly her frequent threats to sue people. However, she falls into this because of her ridiculous claims about her (never named) home country, and a couple of episodes reference the fact she pretends to speak English, but actually barely knows a single word, and was only briefly outside of Japan. When he first meets her, [[CuteShotaroBoy Majiru]] [[MouthyKid Itoshiki]] actually calls her a "blond fake foreigner".

* ''{{X-Statix}}'' once battled a European super team called Euro-Trash. One of their members was Surrender Monkey; wo was essentially a walking embodiment of every negative stereotype Americans have regarding the French. A later story revealed that Surrender Monkey was not French, but actually an expatriate American.

* When the LegionOfSuperHeroes was rebooted in the 90s, Chameleon Boy was introduced as not speaking [[CommonTongue Interlac]]. Several story arcs went by with other characters attempting to teach him the language, only to get frustrated. Finally it was revealed that he had finally learned Interlac, but was continuing to pretend he didn't understand it in order to lure the villains of the moment into a false sense of security.

* In ''CannibalTheMusical'' the Alferd Packer and co. encounter Indians who are actually Japanese guys in disguise.

* One of the ''Trebizon'' books included a girl finding out that a famous "Russian" ballerina she idolized was really an English woman pretending to be Russian to advance her career.

* A more regional version is seen, and played with, on ''The Jeff Foxworthy Show''. A WASP-ish neighbor comes to the house to visit, and Jeff's normally-low-key Southern accent is ramped [[UpToEleven up to eleven]]. When Jeff's wife asks him about it, he laughs and reveals he does it intentionally just to bug the guy.

* In {{Dreamfall}} we meet a store owner with a long wispy beard, something resembling a traditional outfit, and a ridiculous accent (even in the Russian version!) The LetsPlay names him Horrific Chinese Stereotype. Eventually he drops it.

** An example of a character playing up their identity is 71-hour Ahmed in ''{{Discworld/Jingo}}'', who finds it convenient to be a stereotypical Klatchian who stepped straight from ArabianNights, but can actually speak Morpokian with barely a trace of an accent (which he could do because he was, like so many, schooled in Ankh-Morpork as a youth), and even takes on Ankh-Morpork mannerisms when in Klatch. As he explains, "Always be a little bit foreign wherever you are, because everyone knows foreigners are a little bit stupid." Incidentally, he tipped his hand about the ObfuscatingStupidity quite early on, seeing something of a kindred spirit in Sam Vimes, yet still managed to surprise him with his mastery of the language.

* Nelson on ''LifeOnMars'' does the ObfuscatingStupidity variant of this.

* Frequently done on ''AlloAllo!'' between the Nazis, the French, and the British airmen

** It is unknown if his student from ''TinyToonAdventures'', Fifi [=LaFume=], is actually French or just pretending to be like her teacher.

* General Wolfram, a wolf-themed villain claiming to be "the genetic terror of the Third Reich". Apparently he faked the Nazi angle and the accent for distinctiveness' sake/to draw heat away from his real identity. Venom, impersonating {{Spider-Man}}, calls him "Castle Wolfenstein" and eats his arm for his trouble.

--> "It kills him he lives next to Foghorn Leghorn!"

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* Kaere/Kaede Kimura of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' fits into the typical ForeignFanservice image and has a type two {{Eagleland}} characterization, particularly her frequent threats to sue people. However, she falls into this because of her ridiculous claims about her (never named) home country, and a couple of episodes reference the fact she pretends to speak English, but actually barely knows a single word, and was only briefly outside of Japan. When he first meets her, [[CuteShotaroBoy Majiru]] [[MouthyKid Itoshiki]] actually calls her a "blond fake foreigner".
* Chada of ''{{Niea_7}}'' is an alien that pretends to be an Indian. To be precise, he's a dark skinned alien that purchased a cheap turban and started acting like an Indian.

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* The DJ in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Revelation of the Daleks" broadcasts an American-style radio show with an American accent, but really speaks with a British one in private conversations with Peri and when making snide comments.

* In the musical/movie ''SweeneyTodd'', Pirelli plays himself up as a stylish, eccentric Italian barber. He's Irish (British in [[TheMovie the 2007 movie version directed by]] TimBurton).
** And to top it off, in the TimBurton version, he's played by [[{{Borat}} someone known for intentionally annoying,]] [[{{Bruno}} exagerrated stereotypes]] [[{{DaAliGShow}} of several different ethnicities]].

* Adolfo Pirelli, the self-proclaimed 'King of the Barbers and the Barber of Kings' who claims to have shaved the King of Naples and the Pope and who is all the rage in London, in ''SweeneyTodd''. It turns out he is really Daniel O'Higgens, an Irishman who was Todd's assistant as a boy.