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* Addy Walker was the first African American doll of the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', she and her family were born into slavery, in the days of the American Civil War, but soon obtained their freedom. [[https://www.greenandgorgeous.net/2012/10/26/american-girl-your-slave-doll-is-a-big-fat-offensive-fail/ Some people find it frankly offensive]] the existence of a "slave doll" and there are also those who complain that the history of African Americans is always reduced to the issue of slavery. [[https://htowncosplay.tumblr.com/post/187808175450/ayalaatreides-chaos-in-the-making On the other hand, there are those who defend Addy]], keep good memories of her and her books, and point out that her story and personality are not reduced to being a "slave doll", as she's established as being brave, resilient, and highly intelligent. In addition, while adults might be critical of the idea of a children's toy whose backstory deals with the heavy subject of slavery, the African American kids for which she was actually made have always been fond of Addy, due to her [[GorgeousPeriodDress cute Victorian outfits]] and her realistically curly hair texture, which is rare among dolls with brushable hair.

* Addy Walker was the first African American doll of the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', she and her family were born into slavery, in the days of the American Civil War, but soon obtained their freedom. [[https://www.greenandgorgeous.net/2012/10/26/american-girl-your-slave-doll-is-a-big-fat-offensive-fail/ Some people find it frankly offensive]] the existence of a "slave doll" and there are also those who complain that the history of African Americans is always reduced to the issue of slavery. [[https://htowncosplay.tumblr.com/post/187808175450/ayalaatreides-chaos-in-the-making On the other hand, there are those who defend Addy]], keep good memories of her and her books, and point out that her story and personality are not reduced to being a "slave doll". In addition, while adults might be critical of the idea of a children's toy whose backstory deals with the heavy subject of slavery, the African American kids for which she was actually made have always been fond of Addy, due to her [[GorgeousPeriodDress cute Victorian outfits]] and her realistically curly hair texture, which is rare among dolls with brushable hair.

* Addy Walker was the first African American doll of the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', she and her family were born into slavery, in the days of the American Civil War, but soon obtained their freedom. [[https://www.greenandgorgeous.net/2012/10/26/american-girl-your-slave-doll-is-a-big-fat-offensive-fail/ Some people find it frankly offensive]] the existence of a "slave doll" and there are also those who complain that the history of African Americans is always reduced to the issue of slavery. [[https://htowncosplay.tumblr.com/post/187808175450/ayalaatreides-chaos-in-the-making On the other hand, there are those who defend Addy]], keep good memories of her and her books, and point out that her story and personality are not reduced to being a "slave doll".

** The song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VPxmXPFOvY San Diego]]'' from the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E5Butterballs Butterballs]]" is about the joys of "[[{{ADateWithRosiePalms}} jackin' it]]" in San Diego... and it's very popular among San Diegans, with some local fans even (jokingly) wanting it to be the city's official song. It helps that the song does advertise many of the city's iconic locations, and that it mainly mocks an event only tangibly-related to the city.[[note]] Where the controversial [=YouTuber=] Jason Russell was arrested for public nudity and disrupting traffic in the city.[[/note]]

* At least a few Swedes have professed their love for ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', despite the fact that their country is represented in the show by a vain, drug-and-alcohol-addicted nymphomaniac {{Jerkass}} with a MoneyFetish who enjoys hitting on elderly women, and whose name [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign isn't in actual Swedish]]. Said character, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, however, is probably the world's best guitarist in-universe, and [[DoingItForTheArt Does It For The Art]] when it comes to death metal. (He also periodically will have a PetTheDog moment, especially as the character development sets in.) The show also definitely [[ShownTheirWork Shows Its Work]] when it comes to metal and the entertainment industry, and is generally loved by a lot of metal fans from all over.

* A genre example with YoutubePoop; its heyday was in the Aughts and many creators went for shock humor, specifically sexual. This resulted in [[ValuesDissonance a lot of gay jokes]]. Despite this, the genre (including old videos that made heavy use of slurs) has a huge LGBT+ fanbase and some of the old creators have come out as gay or trans.

** Though not as popular in his representative country as José is to Brazilians, Panchito Pistoles from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' is still well-liked by many of Mexican descent. Although his outfit and a lot of his mannerisms are very stereotypical for the time like his gun-toting, he's shown to be highly proud and respectful of his culture, dropping his LargeHam attitude to educate Donald Duck about various aspects of Mexican history like ''Los Posadas'' and the meaning of the nation's flag.

** Goscinny and Uderzo went so far as to post an apology at the beginning of the English translation of ''Asterix in Britain''. However, it's consistently the best-selling ''Asterix'' album in the UK -- probably because the stereotypes it promotes (StiffUpperLip, BritsLoveTea) are ones the British are happy to promote themselves, while in general the Britons are portrayed as being not that different from the Gauls. Goscinny noted that normally he would get a torrent of hate mail from whatever country he was spoofing in albums set in foreign countries, but for ''Asterix in Britain'' did not receive a single one.
** The best-selling album in Corsica is ''Asterix in Corsica'', which portrays the Corsicans as surly, terrifying, outrageously misogynistic [[TheMafia gangsters]] who eat cheeses so unspeakably foul-smelling that they are explosive, and Corsica itself to be [[SceneryPorn beautiful]] but a ReassignedToAntarctica hell for legionaries, to which being thrown to the lions in the circus is preferable.
** Italians tend to self-identify as the descendants of the Ancient Romans that the series depicts as villains, and often buffoonish ones at that. The series is wildly popular in Italy, to the point [[{{Woolseyism}} the Italian translations added their own humor to make them even more ridiculous]] (Obelix' catchphrase "These Romans are crazy" was translated as "Sono Pazzi Questi Romani" to match Rome's motto "SPQR"[[note]]'''''S'''enatus '''P'''opolus'''q'''ue '''R'''omanus'', "The Senate and the Roman People"[[/note]], and in the movies' dubs the Romans talk in Rome's dialect, or at least Rome's accent).

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}} in the Congo''. This album published in 1930 is widely considered as Hergé's biggest OldShame for its caricatural and paternalistically racist depiction of Congolese people, and several countries perpetually banned it from reprints. Oddly enough, it is quite popular in francophone Africa, and in modern Congo itself in particular. Interviews of locals show that people don't mind the caricatures there[[note]](saying that local caricatures of white people there are in fact ''worse'' than what Hergé made of them)[[/note]], considering them as hilarious (seeing how [[InsultBackfire Europeans could be so unbelievably ignorant about Africans]]), and that Hergé actually made the country's name world-famous and inspired its comic book artists to the point of making it Africa's number one provider of comic book authors. And there's the boost it gave to local tourism.

* When ''VideoGame/TheFriendsOfRingoIshikawa'' was localized in Japan, a lot of Japanese gamers enjoyed the game that it made the top ten games sold there.

** Comics of fat scientists behaving like children or engaged in the pettiest of behaviour are extremely popular on campuses and in labs.

** Disney's version of Tiger Lily from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' is a [[EnsembleDarkHorse popular character]], even amongst Native Americans who otherwise [[AmericansHateTingle dislike]] their [[ValuesDissonance portrayal]] in the film, thanks to her go-getter personality and her less stylized, more traditionally appealing design.

** Many viewers with disabilities love ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''. Sure, the franchise uses things like the word "gimpy", and there's been some criticism about using animals as a stand-in for representation. But it's also one of the few major mainstream film series to have many characters with disabilities (who vary in both condition ''and'' characterization), and for the most part, it's handled well. Dory's short-term memory loss may often be played for laughs, but since the movies are comedies, so is everything else, and both films balance it out by giving Dory a CerebusRetcon.
** Scotland loves ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. It helps that the cast was mostly genuine Scots, and they were encouraged to tweak the dialogue as much as they saw fit, so it certainly ''sounds'' authentic.

** Ever since it's been revealed that ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'' used the towns of Cinque Terre in the UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian region of Liguria as the reference for Portorosso, the movie has gained a lot of interest from Italians, especially those from Liguria who instantly loved it for its accurate portrayal of the region and its lifestyle. In Monterosso (one of the towns of Cinque Terre), they've even placed two statues of Luca and Alberto on the seabed off their main beach a few days after the movie debut.

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': Australian fans are in fact very pleased by the line ''...and Australia, as everybody knows, [[SentencedToDownUnder is populated entirely by criminals]]'' and cinema screenings in the country are often interupted by loud cheering after this line.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' added an autistic character named Julia. Despite her displaying some stereotypical mannerisms of autistic people, she was universally praised by almost everyone, including Autistic people. It helps that her performer is the mother of an autistic child.

* Dr. Bashir from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a big hit with the autistic community in spite of being the stereotypical InsufferableGenius and InnocentBigot. It helps that he is still one of the most accurate portrayals of low-support autism ever, he's a hero and never portrayed as a burden despite sometimes being annoying, he has sexual agency (averting one of the most common and infantilizing HollywoodAutism tropes), and [[spoiler:many autistic people have survived medical abuse as he did.]]

*** Another major reason why this trope is in effect is that Speedy Gonzales himself is not the offensive (or the most offensive) portion of his cartoons. Instead, what's potentially offensive is the fact that the cartoons go out of their way to paint all the OTHER Mexican mice as lazy and gullible as possible.

** A strange thing about Apu is that while he has been criticized by Indian-Americans or rather South Asian Americans (since even Pakistanis and Bangladeshis who aren't Indians are confused for the stereotype and accent), Apu is well-liked in India itself for the fact that Apu was one of the few Indian-origin characters in American TV, and that he was in the context of his time, non-stereotypical i.e. not defined entirely by religion, not overtly submissive, and generally shown with the same flaws and quirks as any Springfielder, compared to most Indian characters in Western media.

** The character of Julio is very popular among both Cubans and Costa Ricans (his exact nationality is unclear) despite being gay and both countries been relatively conservative. The Bumblebee man is also very popular among Mexicans and Hispanics in general, probably in part because he is also an AffectionateParody of beloved comedian Series/{{Chespirito}} who is an icon of both Mexico and Latin America at large.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]" is beloved by New Yorkers, because it shows the ''best'' parts of New York and the ''worst'' parts. New Yorkers were also ''pissed'' when the episode was pulled for years from rotation post-9/11 due to the [[HarsherInHindsight jokes about the World Trade Center]].

** Tweak and Craig became a gay couple purely for the sake of a joke about [[OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs the shows yaoi fanart]] but a lot of LGBTQIA+ fans appreciated how they were portrayed as a StraightGay couple who weren't defined entirely by their sexuality and like Jimmy and Timmy, treated like normal kids who just happened to be gay.

** People with Dissociative Identity Disorder (or other neurodivergent conditions) often relate to Mike and his alters despite their less-than-accurate portrayal in the show, as they are a rare example of a system that is portrayed sympathetically. They often flesh out his symptoms and implied trauma in fan works to make him more realistic. It helps that he avoids all the [[EvilCripple negative]] [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery stereotypes]] commonly associated with disabled people, with it being made extremely clear that he is not crazy.

* The ''Film/SisterAct'' movies are well-known for [[ArtisticLicenseReligion playing fast and loose with Catholicism]] and [[NunsAreFunny playing nuns and sisters for comedy]], but many real-life nuns and others in Catholic ministry love the movies. A lot of it comes down to the fact that the films are both feel-good and harmless; aside from lighthearted ribbing against some goofier antiquated practices, they never mock the practice of religion or theology as a whole, and they frame the nuns, priests, and monks in the movies as being in the right in finding strength from their faith.

* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' every school[[note]]with the exception of the main Ooarai school[[/note]] that partakes in the shows sport of 'Sensha-Do' is based in Japan but styles itself after a different nation that took part in WWII and all of them have been well received by fans. Special mentions go to the St. Gloriana's[[note]]the british school[[/note]] who are constantly sipping tea while operating their tanks and Pravda[[note]]The Russians[[/note]] who are led by a short wanna be autocrat and kill time during matches by cossack dancing. The characters that inhabit these schools tend to adored by those whos culture they're parodying. It even got to the point where the Government of Finland paid the studio to add a Finnish team to the cast[[note]]The school in question is known for stealth techniques in the snow, steal all their tanks and are all based on the popular Finnish show Moomins[[/note]] and Girls und Panzer fandom returned the love by donating enough to the Finnish tank museum to save the last BT-42 tank from being scrapped.

** The Liberty Prime in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' is a gigantic parody of [[Main/EagleLand American jingoism]], but right-leaning Americans likes to parrot his quotes unironically.

* Many Americans are upset about ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''. That is to say, they are upset about it [[NoExportForYou not being released in the U.S.]] until the 2018 remaster. It was so popular as an import game, that discs were being sold for up to $200. It mercilessly lampoons HotBlooded {{Eagleland}}ers in such an over-the-top fashion that is hard not to love it for its '''[[MemeticMutation BURNING AMERICAN FREEDOM!]]'''

** The Liberty Prime in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' is a gigantic parody of [[Main/Eagleland American jingoism]], but right-leaning Americans likes to parrot his quotes unironically.