History Main / ForeignExchangeStudent

** Also from the third game is Juna Crawford, a citizen of [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Crossbell]] and one of Rean's homeroom students. However, she plays with this trope, due to Crossbell being absorbed into Erebonia at the end of the second game. While she was born a citizen of Crossbell, the annexation effectively makes her an Erebonian citizen.

* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has Sonia Nevermind, the Super High School Level Princess (or just [[DubNameChange Ultimate Princess]]) from the fictitious [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Novoselic]]. While all students enrolled at Hope's Peak Academy are technically transfer students, Sonia stands out, since she is a talent who doesn't originate from Japan. The school's description explicitely mentions that it is Japan's pride and hope and all of its students are the hope of their nation. It essentially makes Sonia the hope of her homeland, fittingly since she is her country's princess.

* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' has Sonia Nevermind, the Super High School Level Princess (or just [[DubNameChange Ultimate Princess]]) from the fictitious [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Novoselic]]. While all students enrolled at Hope's Peak Academy are technically transfer students, Sonia stands out, since she is a talent who doesn't originate from Japan. The school's description explicitely mentions that it is Japan's pride and hope and all of its students are the hope of their nation. It essentially makes Sonia the hope of her homeland, fittingly since she is her country's princess.

* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Earl recalls that he picked on a French exchange student named Pierre [[KidsAreCruel back in elementary school]]. (Who, understandably, did not care much for Earl either.) Earl writes Pierre a letter and encloses a plane ticket asking him to come back and give America another chance. Pierre arrives, punches Earl in the face, and plans to leave (all the while grousing about what a terrible place America is). Earl steals Pierre's passport and credit cards, forcing him to stay, and attempts to show him what a great place America really is. (Which, being that he's presenting ''Camden'' and the {{Lower Class Lout}}s that live there, doesn't go as planned.) Eventually, Earl helps Pierre use his accent to woo their now-grown female classmates (and their now-elderly [[HotForTeacher teacher]].) [[spoiler: Unfortunately, [[FrenchJerk Pierre]] [[YourCheatingHeart has a wife back home...]]]]

The Foreign Exchange Student, officially there to experience the setting's culture, will often be beautiful (often subject to their home country's PhenotypeStereotype) and mysterious (due to their foreign background). Their home country varies, but it's often from the United States (if the setting is Eastern) or Asia (if the setting is Western). Exchange students from Europe also pop up every once in a while.

* Samantha Woo in ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'', who is introduced three episodes into the second season as this, having come from Hong Kong (although her [[NotEvenBotheringWithAnAccent accent is more Americanized]]). She started out living with the Garrison family, arriving in the episode after that which set up original main character Jenny's departure, but moved in with the family of new character Lorena Costa the following season after Matt Garrison was written out of the series.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel III'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Tita Russell]] from Liberl ends up studying at Thors II to be Schmidt's fourth disciple. She also ends up being one of [[TheHero Rean's]] students in the academy (though not his homeroom class).

* In ''The World's Strictest Parents'', Peter and Jocelyn became this during his stay in Pune, India at a Indian private school despite being the only foreigners. They did this to make up the mistakes they did in England. Also, they weren't too happy about it.

* In ''The World's Strictest Parents'', Peter became this during his stay in Pune, India at a Indian private school despite being the only foreigner. He did this to make up the mistakes he did in England. Also, he wasn't too happy about it.

* In ''The World's Strictest Parents'', Peter became this during his stay in Pune, India at a Indian private school despite being the only foreigner. He did this to make up the mistakes he did in England.

* In ''The World's Strictest Parents'', Peter became this during his stay in Pune, India at a Indian private school despite being the only foreigner.

* A lot of the drama in ''Manga/MiracleGirls'' is due to Mika's crush Chrisgoing away to be a foreign exchange student in England.

* A lot of the drama in ''Manga/MiracleGirls'' is due to Mikage's crush going away to be a foreign exchange student in England.

** Akaza Chacha is one of several foreign students enrolled at Tenbi Academy. But while her [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/44/8/ tanned complexion]], green eyes, and [[DarkskinnedBlonde white hair]], are a dead giveaway, her nationality is never specified.
** All the members of [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/8/13/ the Venus unit]] also hail from different countries. However, the only ones whose nationalities are specified are Yan-Min ([[AnimeChineseGirl China]]) and Celia ([[EagleLand America]]).

** Akaza Chacha is one of several foreign students enrolled at Tenbi Academy. But while her [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/44/8/ tanned complexion]], {{green eyes}}, and [[DarkskinnedBlonde white hair]], are a dead giveaway, her nationality is never specified.

** [[SupremeChef Gustav]] is a [[NorseByNorsewest Scandinavian]] exchange student that stays with the Diazes in one episode, whose odd behavior leads Star to believe him to be a [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]. [[spoiler: He turns out to be a subversion, being an American pretending to be various nationalities in order to test out various ethnic dishes on his unsuspecting hosts.]]
** Star herself is (after her parents provide a hefty bribe to the principal) accepted as a foreign exchange student in the series premier. She's [[HumanAliens a lot more foreign]] than the usual examples.

!!Examples

* ''Anime/KiniroMosaic'' follows British teenager Alice as she studies in Japan. She's soon joined by her childhood friend Karen (who is [[ButNotTooForeign half-Japanese]] but very European in her physical traits).