History PlayingWith / AllGermansAreNazis

** Our protagonists go to Germany. All the Germans they meet seem to be over-the-top Nazis, and they accept this as just the way Germans are -- [[RevealShot and then the camera zooms out]] to show that they never left [[WeAllLiveInAmerica America]] and somehow wandered into a neo-Nazi rally.

** [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German language]] InUniverse [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank literally only consists of Nazi Rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism euphemisms]]

** [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of Nazi Rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]]

** All Germans, even people with only one very distant German relative, [[YouClonedHitler are]] UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. They do not merely resemble him, they are ''exactly'' like him.

** Mikhail, a former NaziHunter with a huge KnightTemplar tendency, believes that all Germans are Nazis and they must be exterminated. So he begins to perpetuate a FinalSolution to cleanse the entire German population, [[VanHelsingHateCrimes regardless whether they are truly Nazis]]. His action [[NotSoDifferent ironically makes him no different to the Nazis...]]

** UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, Chester Nimitz, Creator/JRRTolkien, King George VI, most of the troops in the British, American, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian armed forces, and a large number in the Indian army all have German ancestry. As do many in the Red Army. Therefore, they are all exactly like Hitler, even though they opposed Nazism. As are all the people who live in Austria, Switzerland (even the French, Italian, and Romansh speaking people), Liechtenstein, and many of the people of [[FridgeLogic Israel.]]

** UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, Chester Nimitz, Creator/JRRTolkien, King George VI, most of the troops in the British, American, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian armed forces, and a large number in the Indian army all have German ancestry. As do many in the Red Army. Therefore, they are all exactly like Hitler, even though they opposed Nazism. As are all the people who live in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and many of the people of [[FridgeLogic Israel.]]

* '''Played for Drama''': The German characters all are members of a NaziNobleman family that got off scot-free thanks to their connections, and they are now working to support Nazi ideals in modern-day Germany. Everyone angsts about this a great deal.

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** All Germans embody a different ridiculous stereotype: Oktoberfest around the clock. Beer and polka for ''everybody''!

* '''Downplayed''': The German regime and its leader are vaguely authoritarian TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, but not associated with Nazis in any way.

* '''Parodied''': Our protagonists go to Germany. All the Germans they meet seem to be over-the-top Nazis, and they accept this as just the way Germans are -- [[RevealShot and then the camera zooms out]] to show that they never left [[WeAllLiveInAmerica America]] and somehow wandered into a neo-Nazi rally.
* [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of Nazi Rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]]

[[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of Nazi Rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]]

[[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of nazi rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]]

[[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of nazi rhetoric and]] [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]

[[WebVideo/FilthyFrank The German Language]] [[InUniverse In-Universe]] [[WebVideo/FilthyFrank Literally only consists of nazi rhetoric and [[DeadlyEuphemism Euphemisms]

** Due to media overload, all countries in the world begin to assume that Germany is still full of Nazis. They institute economic sanctions against Germany strongly resembling those instituted after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil The entire nation of Germany figures that if they're going to be accused of being Nazis, they might as well be Nazis.]]

** Even though they opposed Nazism, UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, Chester Nimitz, Creator/JRRTolkien, King George VI, most of the troops in the British, American, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian armed forces, and a large number in the Indian army all have German ancestry. As do many in the Red Army. Therefore all are exactly like Hitler. As are all the people who live in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and many of the people of [[FridgeLogic Israel.]]

'''Basic Trope''': German characters being portrayed as {{Nazis}} in [[DaysOfFuturePast the future]], the past, or in [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy universes]].
* '''Straight''': In a TimeTravel show UsefulNotes/FrederickTheGreat, Film/TheRedBaron, [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany Erich Honecker]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Chairman Schultz]], and [[TheFuture Walther Ivermann]] all exhibit distinct Nazi mannerisms.

** Every single German in the history of ever is portrayed as a longcoat-wearing, goose-stepping, Jew-hating, [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villain]].
** All Germans, even those with a single atom of German ancestry, are Hitler. Not just resembling, but ''exactly''.
** Eisenhower, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, Nimitz, Creator/JRRTolkien, King George VI, most of the troops in the British, American, Canadian, New Zealander and Australian armed forces, and a good number in the Indian army all have German ancestry. As do many in the Red Army. Therefore all are exactly like Hitler. As is every citizen of Austria, every citizen of Switzerland, every citizen of Liechtensten and a good number of the citizens of [[FridgeLogic Israel.]]
** Theodoric the Ostrogoth was a Nazi. One and one half thousand years before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. And he carried a swastika with him when conquering Rome. So was Charlemagne. So were most of Charlemagne's enemies.

** The story is about a Nazi propaganda project associating every famous person of German ancestry with Naziism.

** Even from 1933 to 1945, [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory there are no Nazis]].
** All Germans embody a different ridiculous stereotype: Oktoberfest 24/7. Beer and polka for ''everybody''!

* '''Double Subverted''': But he's then overthrown by an actual Nazi.
* '''Parodied''': Our protagonists go to Germany. All the Germans they meet seem to be over-the-top Nazis, and they accept this as just the way Germans are - [[RevealShot and then the camera zooms out]] to show that they never left [[WeAllLiveInAmerica America]] and somehow wandered into a neo-Nazi rally.

** Germans both in the past and in the future are portrayed appropriately, without any references to Nazis.
** During Nazi rule, some Germans are portrayed as either outright defiant or less than sympathetic to the regime. Or indeed, as apathetic.
* '''Enforced''': The work was made in 1946, [[TwoFistedTales or is a throwback to that era]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "Herr Bismarck?" "Ja?" "...You're wearing a swastika armband. What. The. Fuck."
* '''Invoked''': "Let's go to a German neo-Nazi rally; it'll look like all Germans are Nazis."

* '''Discussed''': "We're in 1930s Germany: All Germans we'll see will be Nazis."
* '''Conversed''': "These guys are great, why does everyone think they're Nazis?"

** A German character suffers terrible prejudice on account of his nationality, because everyone thinks he's a Nazi.
** Due to media overload, all countries in the world begin to assume that Germany is full of Nazis. They institute economic sanctions against Germany strongly resembling those instituted after WWI. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil The entire nation of Germany figures that if they're going to be accused of being Nazis, they might as well be Nazis.]]

** All media depicting Germans as Nazis is owned and created by a German Nazi, making the whole plan ShapedLikeItself.

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* '''Straight''': In a TimeTravel show UsefulNotes/FrederickTheGreat, Film/TheRedBaron, [[EastGermany Erich Honecker]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Chairman Schultz]], and [[TheFuture Walther Ivermann]] all exhibit distinct Nazi mannerisms.

** Even {{Amish}} are Nazis as they have German ancestry.

* '''Subverted''': German leader in TheFuture looks and sounds like a Nazi, but it's only a prank to scare the time-travelers.

* '''Parodied''': Our protagonists go to Germany. All the Germans they meet seem to be over-the-top Nazis, and they accept this as just the way Germans are - [[RevealShot and then the camera pans out]] to show that they never left [[WeAllLiveInAmerica America]] and somehow wandered into a neo-Nazi rally.

* '''Downplayed''': The German regime and it's leader are vaguely authoritarian TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, but not associated with Nazis in any way.