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* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': this is a real source of angst for Kud. She's ethnically Russian (her full first name is Kudryavka), but she grew up on a fictional pacific island officially owned by the USSR (a clip from the anime implies she was one of few white people living there) and then spent many years travelling around the world with her [[ButNotTooForeign Japanese grandfather]]; as it was always intended that she attend high school in Japan, she was taught the language from a young age. However, when she does start living in Japan full time, she finds that almost all of her peers simply treat her as a FunnyForeigner type. She tries to fulfill their expectations, but due to her Japanese upbringing and terrible English skills she can't really manage it and ends up disappointing them. (Her Russian seems to be much better, but is also apparently less 'cute.') As a result she ends up feeling very isolated, and like there's no place in the world where she actually belongs.

* Downplayed in the ''Jem'' fic ''Fanfic/StarlightIsForAlways''. Because of her latin surname, it's thought that Pilar can understand Spanish. She may come from Mexican-American parentage but Pilar only understands English.

This can provoke a NoTrueScotsman reaction in others of the same heritage.

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* Daya from ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' gets scorn from other Latina inmates (even her own mother) for being Puerto Rican but being unable to speak Spanish.

* Dick Grayson was {{retcon}}ned as Romani in the late 1990s. It's been shown that he doesn't know much about his heritage and doesn't understand the language.

* ''Diary of a Tokyo Teen'' is an autobiographical book about a teenager's visit to Japan. She was born in Japan but moved to America at a young age. She's visited Japan before but there's still a culture clash.

* Despite her [[PhenotypeStereotype blonde hair and blue eyes]] and western name, the [[ButNotTooForeign half-Scottish]] Lilly from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is Japanese through-and-through. She can barely speak a lick of English and doesn't quite like Scotland.

* Despite her [[PhenotypeStereotype blonde hair and blue eyes]] and western name, the [[NotTooForeign half-Scottish]] Lilly from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is Japanese through-and-through. She can barely speak a lick of English and doesn't quite like Scotland.

* A Spanish language Goya commercial has a young latina girl telling her mother that she has to make a cultural food for school. Her choice? Nachos. Her mother is horrified and they end up making flan instead.

* ''Diary of a Tokyo Teen'' is an autobiographical book about a teenager's visit to Japan. She was born in Japan but moved to America at a young age. She's visited Japan before but there's still a cultural clash.

* A Spanish language Goya commercial has a young Latina girl telling her mother that she has to make a cultural food for school. Her choice? Nachos. Her mother is horrified and they end up making flan instead.

* A Spanish language Goya commercial has a young latina girl telling her mother that she has to make a cultural food for school. Her choice? Nachos. Her mother is horrified and they end up making flan instead.

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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Raj - despite being an Indian - ''hates'' the idea of living in India. The unexpectedness of this is played for comedy, especially since he is stereotypically Indian in other ways - being a [[BollywoodNerd geek]], believing in Hinduism, etc.
** For instance, in one episode Sheldon's looking for mental challenges and Raj suggests learning Hindi, only to sheepishly admit he never learned Hindi when it turns out Sheldon already did.

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* One episode of ''Manga/{{Chihayafuru}}'' has the characters going against a group of "foreigners". They begin speaking in GratuitousEnglish with Japanese accents and mispronounce their words. This however was intentional. The characters were raised in Japan and can barely speak English. They were pretending to be from another country to freak out the competition.

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* WordOfGod is that Goth Boy from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'' is of Mexican descent, but he is as clueless about Mexico as the other kids.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' party member Lisa Silverman has two white American parents who are naturalized Japanese citizens, so you'd expect her to be fluent in English, but she can only speak Japanese and Cantonese as a result of her {{Otaku}} parents wanting her to be a traditional YamatoNadeshiko.

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Compare to MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, TheWhitestBlackGuy, and TransNature.

* Sera from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is an elf, but actively (and, at times, violently) shuns everything "elfy" and is terrified of anything pertaining to ancient elven history. It is a consequence of her being raised mostly by humans, with little contact with members of her own race.

* Sparrow from ''Webcomic/ButImACatPerson'' is Jewish by birth but despite the attempts by her mother is barely connected to her heritage.

* Penny from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' visits other pandas in China in one episode. However, she finds out she has little in common with them. In turn, they think America is essentially how it was in ''Film/SingingInTheRain'' and other older film musicals.

** A Qunari Inquisitor will also get this reaction from The Iron Bull if they speak to him about their heritage, Bull is quite insistent than the Inquisitor is ''not'' a Qunari since they were born outside the culture and don't follow the Qun, instead they are a Vashoth (as opposed to their parents, who are Tal Vashoth since they intentionally left).

Compare to MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch TheWhitestBlackGuy, and TransNature.