History Main / Fauxreigner

* ''Theatre/MyFairLady:'' "Although she may have studied with an expert dialectician and grammarian/I can tell that she was born... Hungarian!" Of course, [[spoiler: Eliza]] ''was'' a funny foreigner to that particular social circle, but not in the way [[spoiler: Zoltan Karpathy]] thought.

* Chada of ''[[NieaSeven 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.

** In [[Television/TheColorOfMagic the TV version]], Twoflower admits he only pretends not to know Morporkean because it's all part of the image of being a tourist. (How he could know this when he's the Discworld's ''first'' tourist is [[MST3KMantra a mystery best left unexplored,]] but it may be something to do with the fact that on the Disc, tropes are practically laws of physics.) It was averted in the original novel, incidentally; Twoflower really didn't speak Morpokian, though to give the man credit he'd made a phrasebook and at least ''tried''. Rincewind ends up acting as his interpreter for most of the book after they find a third language that they both speak.

* Comedian/writer Bill Dana's famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7aEKo-tbs0 Jose Jimenez]], originally created for sketch comedy both on stage and television, eventually became the central character of both his own SitCom, ''TheBillDanaShow'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4vDcx2V0PA here's a sample]]), as well as at least one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAcbuBj7wc cartoon adaptation]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}.'', a new girl with a French accent named Sondra turns up at school, claiming to be an exchange student from Switzerland. The main characters aren't quite convinced, especially when the boys fall for her and she claims to be a superb ski expert. By the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Sondra injures herself while everyone is on a school ski trip and is revealed to be American, as well as all the other ridiculous claims she made being fake, such as being fluent in Russian and owning clothes made of cashmere.]]

* ''ComicBook/Empowered'' offers “Rum, Sodomy and The Lash” who [[OohMeAccentsSlipping uses expressions like “Blimey!”]]

-->'''Bell:''' Could you tell me what tribe this is?
-->'''Chief:''' Hmmmmm... 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 um...
-->'''Chief:''' We have... teepees.
-->'''Bell:''' Right. I see, but...
-->'''Chief:''' Look at all these teepees ...we have. Because... we are...Indians!
-->'''Packer:''' Yeah, they have teepees.

-->'''Ravelli (Chico):''' How did you get to be Roscoe W. Chandler?
-->'''Chandler:''' How did ''you'' get to be Italian?
-->'''Ravelli:''' Never mind--whose confession is this?

-->'''Driftwood (Groucho):''' Well, things certainly seem to be getting better around the country.
-->'''Fiorello (Chico):''' Well, I wouldn't know about that; I'm a stranger here myself.

-->'''Peter Venkman:''' Johnny, where are you from?
-->'''Janosh Pohah:''' (in a thick accent) The upper-west side.

--> '''Ringo:''' He's from the ''West''!
--> '''Restaurant Host:''' No, the East... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepney Stepney.]]

-->'''Anastasia''' ''(in broad Southern voice)'' All right, fine! But this here does not leave this here room!
-->'''Maya''': What.
-->'''Riley''': Duh.

--> '''Fred Nurke''' (Harry Secombe): ...Are you a ''German'', Eidelburger?
--> '''Eidelburger''': Nein. No self-respecting German would have a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent phony accent like zis!]]
--> '''Yakamoto''' (Creator/SpikeMilligan): Please, ah -- second phony accent would like to speak...

-->'''Dr. Venture:''' You've forgotten one thing, Scaramantula.
-->'''Scaramantula:''' And what is that, my uncharacteristically hirsute Asian comrade?

* In ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', it is revealed that, like his comic book counterpart [[spoiler:Flintheart Glomgold was born and grew up in South Africa. The excessive Scottishness is an act to surpass his rival Scrooge. His birth name isn't even Flintheart Glomgold, it's Duke Baloney.]]

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

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 evil foreign [[TheRival rival]] to our local boy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', it is revealed [[spoiler:Flintheart Glomgold was born and grew up in South Africa, and the excessive Scottishness is an act to surpass his rival Scrooge. His name isn't even Flintheart Glomgold, it's Duke Baloney.]]

* HerrDoktor Count Baron Napoleon von Strudel in the ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' comics is not actually German, although that's not a huge surprise given that his surname is taken from a foodstuff. He's actually English. He knew Wallace at school. His real name is Bert Maudsley

* HerrDoktor Count Baron Napoleon von Strudel in the ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' comics is not actually German, although that's not a huge surprise given that his surname is taken from a foodstuff. He's actually English. He knew Wallace at school. His real name is Bert
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* HerrDoktor Count Baron Napoleon von Strudel in the ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' comics is not actually German, although that's not a huge surprise given that his surname is taken from a foodstuff. He's actually English. He knew Wallace at school. His real name is Bert Maudsley.

* The Chameleon Brothers in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' have heavy, vaguely-Scandinavian accents. This is later revealed to be all just part of their ever-changing {{Hipster}} [[SingleMindedTwins persona]]...incidentally, the only part that doesn't change.

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/PepeLePew'' short, Pepe reveals he's not really French, but liked playing the "French lover" role. This was removed from his later appearances. Averted with his student from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', Fifi [=LaFume=], who is actually French.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Ros claims the whore Aremca pretends not to speak Westerosi to increase her exotic appeal.

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* In ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry 7'', the character Wang, obviously Chinese, ''is'' foreign... but from Ireland, and speaks English fluently with an Irish accent. Since people kept staring at him, he adopted a stereotypical Chinese accent and YouNoTakeCandle. His Irish accent slips through whenever he gets upset or annoyed, prompting Larry to ask him about it.

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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.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - in the episode "Passion", Jenny Calendar goes into a magic shop. The proprietor greets her talking in a broad flowery East European accent - when she shows herself to be up on serious magic he promptly drops the accent, explaining he puts it on for the tourists.

* While not denying his [[TheFairFolk fae nature]] or that he ''is'' a foreigner Jareth's portrayal in the ''{{Franchise/Buildingverse}}'' is so British that even his unwilling love interest gets roped into [[{{Webcomic/Roommates}} anglophile meetings]] at times. Actually that's just ActorAllusion, he is [[MixedAncestry half-Charnian (part genie and giant from this side), half Scandinavian/Germanic (and nasty sort of child stealing fairy)]]. Yeah. Playing that straight would probably make him even ''[[InvertedTrope more]]'' of a FunnyForeigner.

The in-universe version of FakeNationality. [[NoPronunciationGuide In case you couldn't figure it out]], [[GratuitousFrench the "faux" is pronounced "foe"]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke So the trope is pronounced "foe-reigner"]].

* In episodes of ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'' Shirley is seen going to a fortuneteller for advice, blissfully oblivious to how the woman is a fraud. When she goes back again, she's thrown a new, younger, fortuneteller has taken over, still using the same name.
-->'''Shirley''': Did Gina go back to the old country?
-->'''Psychic''': Old country? She's from the Bronx.

* 19th-century courtesan Lola Montez, born in Ireland as Eliza Gilbert but spent most of her career passing herself off as a Spanish noblewoman.

* In ''Film/PlutoNash'', Pluto's friend Anthony Frankowski pretends to be Scottish, trying to invent a new song genre called "Scottish crooning". It fails miserably. Pluto suggests he reinvent himself as an Italian named Tony Francis. It works, and Tony is a big hit singing Sinatra's songs on stage.