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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E68TheShelter The Shelter]]", after the crisis begins, Frank Henderson is continually racist towards the foreign-born Marty Weiss, describing him as a "pushy, grabby, semi-American" and later refers to "you and your kind." However, it is never stated what country Marty is from.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': Kim the Invincible is one of two foreign villains who appears in the series, being a powerful hippo who's wandered the world, defeating its greatest warriors and targeting Po as his latest trophy. While it's made clear he's not from China, it's never explicitly established where he came from exactly.

* Soma Cruz is introduced in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' as a ForeignExchangeStudent currently studying in Japan. His ethnicity is anyone's guess: his first name suggests that he's Greek, his surname suggests that he's Spanish, a certain TomatoInTheMirror moment suggests that he's Romanian, etc...

->'''Fez''': That Tomas is shady. But have you noticed he never says what country he's from?\\
'''Hyde''': ''[beat]'' What country are ''you'' from?

* In ''Film/TheRoom'', Johnny has [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent some sort of foreign accent]] and makes a single reference to arriving in the country years back, but never reveals where he's from. The actor, Creator/TommyWiseau, was himself this as he was known for going through great lengths to hide his Polish origins until a lawsuit forced him to reveal it.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': The Wammy's kids. L is later said to be a mix of Japanese, English, Russian, and either Italian or French. Mello's real name, Mihael Keehl, suggests a mix of Croatian and German although this is not confirmed. Matt's real name, Mail Jeevas, is quite a bit harder to pin down in terms of an ethnic background or a country of origin. Near's ethnic background is also unconfirmed. (The LightNovel ''LightNovel/LChangeTheWorld'' ''does'' name a Thai boy as Near, but he does not appear to be related in any way to the Near from the series proper]].) Beyond Birthday is a self-chosen nickname, and Rue Ryuuzaki is just an alias.[[note]] Though it ''is'' possible that that's a case of RealNameAsAnAlias.[[/note]]

* The DWMA in ''Manga/SoulEater'' has students and staff from all over the world, but the series' cast is pretty much either explicitly Japanese (Black Star, Tsubaki, Mifune, Azusa, [[ButNotTooForeign Maka's]] mother) or potentially anything ''but'' Japanese. The Thompson Sister are American and two meister/weapon pairs (one of which is a Death Scythe) are Russian, but you can't really nail anyone else to a region more specific than a continent. Their [[AerithAndBob names]], [[WeAllLiveInAmerica mannerisms]], and [[{{Mukokuseki}} faces]] don't really give many hints. Witches especially seem to be ethnically ambiguous in-universe and supplant the culture of their birth nation with that of their MageSpecies: one conversation in ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'' has people assuming [[spoiler:Kim]] is from everywhere from Korea to ''Spain''.

* Soma Cruz is introduced in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'' as a ForeignExchangeStudent currently studying in Japan. His ethnicity is anyone's guess: his first name suggests that he's Greek, his surname suggests that he's Spanish, a certain TomatoInTheMirror moment suggests that he's Romanian, etc...

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': The Wammy's kids. L is later said to be a mix of Japanese, English, Russian, and either Italian or French. Mello's real name, Mihael Keehl, suggests a mix of Croatian and German although this is not confirmed. Matt's real name, Mail Jeevas, is quite a bit harder to pin down in terms of an ethnic background or a country of origin. Near's ethnic background is also unconfirmed. (The LightNovel ''LightNovel/LChangeTheWorld'' ''does'' name a Thai boy as Near, but [[NamesTheSame he does not appear to be related in any way to the Near from the series proper]].) Beyond Birthday is a self-chosen nickname, and Rue Ryuuzaki is just an alias.[[note]] Though it ''is'' possible that that's a case of RealNameAsAnAlias.[[/note]]

* [[HotScientist Dr. Vahlen]] from ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', whose accent is an odd hybrid of French and German. The fandom's best guess is that she's from somewhere near the border between the two countries and spent a lot of time travelling back and forth between them in her youth.

Compare AmbiguouslyBrown and UndisclosedNative, which can overlap with this trope. Contrast ButNotTooForeign. See also WhereTheHellIsSpringfield, for when it's the setting of the show that's ambiguously located. The real life version as applied to versatile actors is PlaysGreatEthnics.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "To Helga and Back" has a foreign girl named Helga delivered to Johnny after he sends for the perfect woman. The end of the episode has her state that she is from an indeterminate country.

* Olivia from ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'' has an English name the typical [[PhenotypeStereotype blonde hair and blue eyes]] to mark her as a foreigner despite living in Japan all her life, but it's never stated where her family is actually from. Her classmates assume she's American, but she has yet to confirm this.

* Olivia from ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'' has the typical [[PhenotypeStereotype blonde hair and blue eyes]] to mark her as a foreigner despite living in Japan all her life, but it's never stated where her family is actually from.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': In the English dub, Nando has a name of Hispanic origin and a thick, vaguely European-sounding accent.

* In ''Film/TheRoom'', Johnny has [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent some sort of foreign accent]] and makes a single reference to arriving in the country years back, but never reveals where he's from. The actor, Tommy Wiseau, was himself this as he was known for going through great lengths to hide his Polish origins until a lawsuit forced him to reveal it.

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' has only ever referred to her birthplace as "an island to the left". Nobody has a clue what that means, and her appearance gives no hint.

* The DWMA in ''Manga/SoulEater'' has students and staff from all over the world, but the series' cast is pretty much either explicitly Japanese (Black Star, Tsubaki, Mifune, Azusa, [[ButNotTooForeign Maka's]] mother) or potentially anything ''but'' Japanese. The Thompson Sister are American and two meister/weapon pairs (one of which is a Death Scythe) are Russian, but you can't really nail anyone else to a region more specific than a continent. Their [[AerithAndBob names]], [[WeAllLiveInAmerica mannerisms]], and [[{{Mukokuseki}} faces]] don't really give many hints. Witches especially seem to be ethnically ambiguous in-universe and supplant the culture of their birth nation with that of their WitchSpecies: one conversation in ''Manga/SoulEaterNot'' has people assuming [[spoiler:Kim]] is from everywhere from Korea to ''Spain''.

* Fez from ''Series/That70sShow'' is from some ambiguous foreign country (probably from [[SouthOfTheBorder somewhere in South or Central America]]). His real name [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname isn't even available]] as a clue to his origins. His nickname is actually a (quasi-)acronym, short for "Foreign Exchange Student." Complicating matters further, a fellow countryman visited in one episode, played by a white actor with an exaggerated English accent and when asked where they were from, they stated "It depends on whether you ask the British or the Dutch," which would imply it's somewhere in Europe.