History PlayingWith / CulturalPosturing

** Bob has some traditional Tropian equipment and training he's extremely proud of, but doesn't act as if everything good came out of Tropestan.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob accentuates this by putting down some other nation/ethnic group/religion/etc. in his [[CharacterFilibuster rant]], no doubt invoking GodwinsLaw and [[NationalStereotypes a bunch of stereotypes]].

* '''Played for Laughs''': Tropestan, portrayed by Bob as the [[MarySueTopia perfect country]] … [[DontExplainTheJoke doesn't even exist and never did.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Bob has some traditional Tropian equipment and training he's extremely proud of, but doesn't act as if everything good came out of Tropestan.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob has some traditional Tropestani equipment and training he's extremely proud of, but doesn't act as if everything good came out of Tropestan.

** Then mentions with a wink and a smile (to Alice, whom he is trying to pick up) that ''he'' is a quarter Tropelandish.

* '''Parodied''': Every other word from Bob's mouth (or fingertips if he's online) is "Tropestan" or "Tropestani."

* '''Deconstructed''': There's a time and a place for nationalism, but [[UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism bringing it up in the wrong place and time]] comes across as being a JerkAss and causes a ''huge'' InternetBackdraft.

'''Basic Trope''': A character gives an example of how his/her culture is better than anyone else's.

** Until some {{Troll}} starts saying how Tropestan sucks, it's an ignorant backwards place full of hicks stuck in the DungAges, Tropestan did [[SinsOfOurFathers Some Terrible Thing 200 Years Ago]], etc. and Bob feels like he needs to defend ''his'' [[MyCountryRightOrWrong homeland]].
* '''Parodied''': Every other word from Bob's mouth (or fingertips if he's online) is "Tropestan"
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob flip flops between gushing about his homeland, CulturalCringe and MyCountryRightOrWrong.

* '''Enforced''': CharacterFilibuster / AuthorFilibuster.

* '''Invoked''': A {{Troll}} insults Tropestan
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Why does every video I find here include a history lesson-cum-CavemenVersusAstronautsDebate in its comment thread?"

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob knows when it's OK to bring national pride and patriotism to the table, and when doing so would just make him look like a jingoist asshole, and only discusses Tropestan's achievements in appropriate contexts. (i.e. not on music videos on Website/YouTube)
* '''Played For Laughs''': Tropestan, portrayed by Bob as the [[MarySueTopia perfect country]]...[[DontExplainTheJoke doesn't even exist, nor did it ever.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': A FlameWar (or worse, an ''actual'' war) starts over Bob's rant.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': There's a time and a place for nationalism, but [[MisplacedNationalism bringing it up in the wrong place and time]] comes across as being a JerkAss and causes a ''huge'' InternetBackdraft.

** Bob discusses some awesome thing from Tropestan.
** Bob doesn't make a big deal about being from Tropestan

** Then mentions with a wink and a smile (to Alice, whom he is trying to pick up) that ''he'' is Tropestani.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "Tropestan is ''soooo'' much better than [[{{Wrestlecrap}} Crapestan]] because..."

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played Straight''': Bob discusses how his nation of [[ThrowAwayCountry Tropestan]] has made numerous advances in the arts, medicine, science, math, literature, cooking, etc.

* '''Justified''': The discussion is a ''serious'' discussion about the history of Tropestan and its people.

* '''Double Subverted''': Then mentions with a wink and a smile (to Alice, whom he is trying to pick up) that ''he'' is Tropestani.

* '''Deconstructed''': There's a time and a place for nationalism, but [[MisplacedNationalism bringing it up in the wrong place and time]] comes across as being a JerkAss and causes a ''huge'' InternetBackdraft.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob knows when it's OK to bring national pride and patriotism to the table, and when doing so would just make him look like a jingoist asshole, and only discusses Tropestan's achievements in appropriate contexts. (i.e. not on music videos on Website/YouTube)

* '''Lampshaded''': "Tropestan is ''soooo'' much better than [[{{Wrestlecrap}} Crapestan]] because..."

* '''Enforced''': CharacterFilibuster, AuthorFilibuster

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob accentuates this by putting down some other nation/ethnic group/religion/etc. in his [[CharacterFilibuster rant]], no doubt invoking GodwinsLaw and [[NationalStereotypes a bunch of stereotypes]].
* '''Inverted''': Bob discusses how [[CulturalCringe his nation of Tropestan]] [[SelfDeprecation sucks]].

* '''Deconstructed''': There's a time and a place for nationalism, but [[MisplacedNationalism bringing it up in the wrong place and time]] comes across as being a JerkAss and causes a ''huge'' InternetBackdraft.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob knows when it's OK to bring national pride and patriotism to the table, and when doing so would just make him look like a jingoist asshole, and only discusses Tropestan's achievements in appropriate contexts. (i.e. not on music videos on YouTube)

* '''Played For Drama''': A FlameWar (or worse, an ''actual'' war) starts over Bob's rant.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob discusses some awesome thing from Tropestan.

** Until some {{Troll}} starts saying how Tropestan sucks, it's an ignorant backwards place full of hicks stuck in the DungAges, Tropestan did [[SinsOfOurFathers Some Terrible Thing 200 Years Ago]], etc. and Bob feels like he needs to defend ''his'' homeland.

* '''Inverted''': Bob discusses how his nation of Tropestan [[SelfDeprecation sucks]].

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* '''Basic Trope''': A character gives an example of how his/her culture is better than anyone else's.