History Main / PersonaNonGrata

** {{GWAR}} was at one time banned from the state of North Carolina, for certain... elements of their costuming.
** BadBrains was at one time banned at nearly every nightclub and performance venue in Washington D.C.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', after a trip to the bowling alley, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders leave, Scootaloo says that Mr. Kingpin will probably never let her back in the bowling alley again after making a gutter ball…on another lane. She seems oddly cheerful about it.

You, possibly along with your [[TrueCompanions merry band of travelers]], have found a nice place to hang out. Maybe it's a nice bar, a seaside town, or a resort planet. But then...things happened. You may not have ''meant'' for bad stuff to go down, but sometimes events are beyond our control. There might have been [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen nudity]], [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill violence]], [[StuffBlowingUp stuff]] [[ImpressivePyrotechnics blowing]] [[ANuclearError up]], [[IntoxicationEnsues certain]] [[EverybodyMustGetStoned substances]] may have been imbibed/smoked, and whoops, you just started a revolution. Possibly, your name is [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds Mike Nelson]], in which case, you're probably screwed.

-->'''[[PunnyName Hugh Jass]]''': And finally, Tony Hawk and Bam Margera, the founders of the World Destruction Tour, have been officially banned from ever returning to {{Boston}}, Barcelona, Berlin, Australia, NewOrleans, and even Thailand. Upon hearing the news, Tony and Bam replied, "Hey, good call."

** After getting kicked out of Florida in one episode, we see the family with an enormous map of the United States. They cross Florida off in a close shot, and the camera zooms out to show that all but about 3 states have permanently banned them.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', after a trip to the bowling alley, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders leave, Scootaloo says that Mr. Kingpin will probably never let her back in the bowling alley again after making a gutter ball…on another lane. She seems oddly cheerful about it.

** {{GWAR}} was at one time banned from the state of North Carolina, for certain... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean elements]] of their costuming.

* Max has something to brag about in the ''Game/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' game ''Moai Better Blues'':

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* In the ''{{Chuck}}'' story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5756619/1/What_Fates_Impose What Fates Impose]]'', Sarah and Bryce mention that they've been banned from Paraguay for an incident involving a donkey.
* In the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6341291/1/Harveste Harveste]] series, the Addamses are banned from Haiti and Indonesia. Gomez has been banned from Africa for an undetermined amount of time, but as of 1995, has at least ten years left on the ban. Grandmama is accepted as a witch doctor in five contries and banned from the rest of the world.

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* Subversion in ''LittleMissSunshine''; after the fiasco at the titular beauty pageant, the family is told that the pageant will not press charges, under the condition that Olive never enter another 'little miss' pageant in the state of California, ever again. Subverted in that the family's reaction to the news amounted to "That's fine with us!".

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** Chevy Chase: Speaking of which, he's banned from hosting (after doing so nine times, the record for a former cast member) due to his Jerk Ass attitude toward the writers and cast members. He has made cameos in a few episodes, but hasn't hosted since Season 22 (1996-97).

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* RobertRankin's ''{{Brentford Trilogy}}'' books frequently involve intrepid protagonists Jim Pooley and John Omally being banned from their favourite pub The Flying Swan by the mercurial part-time barman, Neville. The ban never lasts long, though.

--> Come ashore with the lads of the Elfmaid, my friend.
--> We're awash on an ocean of ale!
--> Some taverns to plunder, some guards to sunder,
--> And then, a short rest in the jail!

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* In the late 80s and early 90s, various members of XJapan (and occasionally the entire band) were banned from various restaurants, hotels, bars, and drinking establishments around Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan, due to the band's tendencies to start [[BarBrawl fights]]. Some bars even had "No Yoshiki" or [[VisualKei "No Blondes"]] (since both Yoshiki and other VK rockers that tended to cause trouble had blonde hair) signs, and the band still holds the record [[ForMassiveDamage for most damage done to a Japanese hotel.]] Not just the room, either. The hotel.

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* In one of the ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}}'' games, if you end up killing an important fish on Mannan, the planetary authorities ban you from ever coming back.

--> '''Max''': ... and I've been banned from 27 local arcades for playing ''Forbidden Dance Insurrection'' in ways that the designers never intended.

--> '''Hugh Jass''': And finally, Tony Hawk and Bam Margera, the founders of the World Destruction Tour, have been officially banned from ever returning to Boston, Barcelona, Berlin, Australia, New Orleans, and even Thailand. Upon hearing the news, Tony and Bam replied, "Hey, good call."
* A variation in ''FalloutNewVegas'': You can get yourself banned from every casino in the game if you win too much while gambling. You can still enter the casinos, but you can't gamble anymore.
* At the end of AssassinsCreedRevelations, Ezio is banned from Constantinople by the new Sultan Selim, who notes that it's only because his son Suleiman speaks highly of him that he doesn't just execute him on the spot.
* Bit of a meta example: one of the music tracks in [[NightsIntoDreams [=NiGHTS=]: Journey of Dreams]] is titled the same as this trope. Considering that the track plays when [[spoiler: Wizeman invades the Dream Gate, the HubLevel which is protected from even the level-ending Awakers, and steals away [=NiGHTS=] and Helen,]] the connection was no doubt intended.

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* NostalgiaCritic can never go back to Nevada due to [[{{Kickassia}} it being the location of his base of operations during his attempt at invading & conquering the micro-nation of Molossia]].

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* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', Crocker can never go back to Cincinatti. [[NoodleIncident For reasons unknown]].

* ''GeneratorRex'': Lansky in "Moonlighting" has a RunningGag of "I can't go to (X). Long story."

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* Michael Savage is [[BannedInChina banned from entering the U.K]] for inciting hatred against Muslims.

* Fred Phelps is banned from several places, most notably the U.K.

* Rustycon 1995: A Seattle area science-fiction convention already notorious for its wild partying was put into a very fancy Hyatt hotel. The hotel staff was clueless about what to expect. Among the highlights were an intoxicated person crashing ''through'' a plate glass window, the fire alarm was sabotaged, the elevators were broken, business guests put on the ''same floor'' as the party wing, several chandeliers were broken, and damage to the lobby artwork was in the five-figures. Needless to say, downtown Bellevue has not hosted a sci-fi convention since.

* The man who started [[FanNickname The Malace at the Palace ]] got a season ticket revocation and a lifetime ban from the arena.

* During WW2 the Allies tried to quarter ANZAC troops in Cairo. The Egyptian government refused, saying that while New Zealanders were welcome, the city was still recovering from the victory celebration the Australian troops gave in the last world war.

The trope name itself is Latin, meaning "an unwelcome person." The plural is ''personae non gratae''. It is the commonly used RealLife legal term for this trope, especially regarding diplomats (who, because of DiplomaticImmunity, often cannot be charged with crimes, but can be kicked out of the country).

The trope name itself is Latin, meaning "an unwelcome person." The plural is ''personae non gratae''. It is the commonly used RealLife legal term for this trope, especially regarding diplomats.

* OzzyOsborne was banned from entering San Antonio after he was caught urinating on the Alamo.

* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'': Ulysses should have stayed out of the Woolworths.

* As recounted in a retrospective, the {{Mythbusters}} are banned from Esparto, California after the finale of the "Knock Your Socks Off" myth, which involved (of course) setting off a huge explosion. The problem was that they underestimated just how big the shockwave would be, so it knocked people off sofas, set off car alarms, and knocked down ceiling tiles in the town, and a news report erroneously made it sound like the Mythbusters had ''leveled the town''. As they put it:

* During a 1985 show in Switzerland, the PostPunk band Swans were actually arrested onstage and asked to ''leave the country'' for ''[[BeyondTheImpossible being too loud]]''.

** Also, Cosmo is banned from Atlantis since he sunk it. [[BeyondTheImpossible NINE TIMES.]] Therefore, he becomes the number one criminal there. But in the end of the episode, Timmy is the new number one criminal.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor and Rose are banned from Great Britain by [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. It doesn't stick.

* {{Ozzy Osbourne}} was banned from the city of San Antonio, Texas for a decade, for urinating on a cenotaph outside The Alamo.

* Michael Savage was [[BannedInChina effectively banned from the U.K]].

* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou?'': Ulysses should have stayed out of the Woolworths.