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* [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Marcello Hernandez]] jokes about this in [[https://youtu.be/QNq7dMa5Vvg?t=48 one routine]], noting how jarring it is that he's a Latino-American (half-Cuban, half-Dominican specifically) born to immigrant parents who "looks like a white [[Website/TikTok TikToker]]."

* ''Series/{{Vida}}'': Nelson prefers dating White woman over Latinas as he likes fair skin. However, in reality Latina women have a variety of skin tones (not to mention that Latino is a culture, not a race, thus White vs. Latino isn't a binary option, however in the US they're often treated that way). Only those with olive skin and darker are shown in the series, except for maybe Nico.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' had a lot of Hispanic characters with similar tanned skin and often black hair.

There exists a [[RealityIsUnrealistic stereotypical perception]] in North American media that all of Latin America is composed of a single race of olive-skinned, raven-haired folk of mixed European and Indigenous descent. Thus, if a work features many Latino characters, most if not all look this way, [[TheCoconutEffect or characters will think they do before being corrected by an actual Latino character]]. In real life, this is a specific background ("Mestizo"[[note]]"Mixed" in Spanish, though they're far from the only mixed-race group in Latin American culture, and there are in turn several "races" that make up mestizos[[/note]] in Hispanic America and "Caboclo" or "Mameluco"[[note]]Or more generally "Pardo", which is the terminology used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statiscs.[[/note]] in Brazil), and Latin America comprises a variety of ancestries and ethnic groups, similar to Anglo America, making the region one of the most racially diverse in the world.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', every character who is Hispanic, such as Alejandro (and his brother José), Courtney, Zee, Axel, and [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace Brody]] (with the latter four being confirmed as such by WordOfGod) has brown skin and dark hair.

* ''Series/AllRise'': Most of the Latino characters have the standard black hair and olive skin. Sara has slightly lighter skin and chestnut brown hair, attributed to her actress being half-Caucasian, though she is still a Latina who's appearance visibly shows she's a woman of color.

* ''Series/{{Vida}}'': Nelson prefers dating White woman over Latinas as he likes fair skin. However, in reality Latina women have a variety of skin tones (not to mention that Latino is a culture, not a race, thus White vs. Latino isn't a binary option, however in the US they're often treated that way). Only those with olive skin and darker are shown in the series, expect for maybe Nico.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', every character who is Hispanic, such as Alejandro (and his brother José), Courtney, Zee, and [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace Brody]] (with the latter three being confirmed as such by WordOfGod) has brown skin and dark hair.

There exists a [[RealityIsUnrealistic stereotypical perception]] in North American media that all of Latin America is composed of a single race of olive-skinned, raven-haired folk of mixed European and Indigenous descent. Thus, if a work features many Latino characters, most if not all look this way, [[TheCoconutEffect or characters will think they do before being corrected by an actual Latino character]]. In real life, this is a specific background ("Mestizo"[[note]]"Mixed" in Spanish, though they're far from the only mixed-race group in Latin American culture, and there are in turn several "races" that make up mestizos[[/note]] in Hispanic America and "Caboclo" or "Mameluco" in Brazil), and Latin America comprises a variety of ancestries and ethnic groups, similar to Anglo America, making the region one of the most racially diverse in the world.

This trope extends to Spaniards themselves as well, as there is also a certain idea that Spain ([[{{Spexico}} if differentiated from Latin America at all]]) is predominantly populated by people with a similar brown-ish skin tone. In reality, like Latin America, Spain is a pretty diverse mixed bag, going from people who easily might pass as northern Europeans to people dark enough to resemble Northern Africans (it helps that Spaniards have a historically significant Semitic and Berber input, going from the ancient Phoenician colonizations to the Arab conquest of the peninsula, all with a sprinkle of Romani too).[[note]]Note that, contrary to popular belief, this genetic input is not stronger in southern Spain compared to its northern regions, or even necessarily due to the Arab conquest in the first place. In reality, the conquest left relatively little genetics, as the Muslim conquerors were actually a small elite and mostly married among themselves. Jewish genetics, for instance, are almost twice as significant among modern Spaniards, as the so-called [[UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada Expulsion of the Jews]] drove most of them to just convert to Christianity so they could stay. Southern Spaniards ''do'' tend to be more tanned due to their climate and lifestyle, though.[[/note]] The same applies to Italians, Greeks and other Mediterraneans, who might or might not feature your typical olive skin depending on many factors.

* Notably averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', which is set in Colombia. While Mirabel, her mother and sisters, her grandmother and her uncle Bruno have the standard Mestizo features, her aunt Pepa has fair skin and auburn hair, while her father Agustín has more Asian features and Pepa's husband Felix is Afro-Colombian with dark skin and an afro, and their three children have varying degrees of African features. The village folk also have an array of skintones, hair colors/textures, and facial features as well, and the movie has been praised for its diversity.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', every character who is Hispanic, such as Alejandro (and his brother José), Courtney and [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace Brody]] (with the latter two being confirmed as such by WordOfGod) has brown skin and dark hair.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', every character who is Hispanic, such as Alejandro (and his brother José), Courtney and [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace Brody]] (with the latter two being confirmed as such by WordOfGod) has brown skin.

-->'''Paul:''' You know why? [[AnythingThatMoves Because we'll sleep with anybody]]! When it comes to sex, we're not prejudiced. If we don't like your color, we'll fuck you in the dark!