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** Sir Potts is a foreign wrestling ''face'', who looks up to Troperians and came to their country to see what lessons and virtues he can learn from them and pass the teachings along to his own people.
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* '''Downplayed''': Sir Potts is a wrestling heel, but is very tame compared to the much meaner national wrestling heels. While he does dislike Troperians, he also sees them as WorthyOpponents.

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* '''Downplayed''': Sir Potts is a wrestling heel, but is very tame compared to the much meaner national wrestling heels. While he does dislike Troperians, he also sees them as WorthyOpponents.{{Worthy Opponent}}s.
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* '''Downplayed''': Sir Potts is a wrestling heel, but is very tame compared to the much meaner national wrestling heels.

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* '''Downplayed''': Sir Potts is a wrestling heel, but is very tame compared to the much meaner national wrestling heels. While he does dislike Troperians, he also sees them as WorthyOpponents.
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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Tropeland, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.

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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Tropeland, a Tropeland (a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Britain, Britain), [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.
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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Tropelandia, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.

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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Tropelandia, Tropeland, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.
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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.

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* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Tropelandia, a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.

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* '''Inverted''': Due to CulturalCringe, the Troperian wrestling scene is made up mostly of foreign wrestling faces and national wrestling heels.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Due to CulturalCringe, the Troperian wrestling scene is made up mostly of foreign wrestling faces and national wrestling heels.
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* '''Deconstructed''': SocietyMarchesOn, and the national stereotypes that used to be seen as cool or funny are now considered in poor taste, causing foreign wrestlers to fall out of favor with the audience.

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* '''Deconstructed''': SocietyMarchesOn, and Over time, the national stereotypes that used to be seen as cool or funny are now [[ValuesDissonance went on to be considered in poor taste, taste]], causing foreign wrestlers to fall out of favor with the audience.
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* '''Subverted''': When Sir Potts is introduced, he's initially advertised in a way that strongly implies they're a wrestling heel, but he turns out to be a face.

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* '''Subverted''': When Sir Potts is introduced, he's initially advertised in a way that strongly implies they're he's a wrestling heel, but he turns out to be a face.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???'''Exaggerated''':
** There is a wrestling heel for pretty much every country, and they're all orders of magnitude meaner than the national ones.
** Alternatively, ''all'' of Troperia's wrestling heels are foreigners.
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'''Basic Trope''': A wrestling heel who represents a foreign country/nation, often while playing up to national stereotypes, and looks down on the hosting country. The performer themselves may or may not be actually foreign.
* '''Straight''': In the Troperian wrestling scene, one of the most prominent heels is Sir Potts, hailing from Britain, [[BritsLoveTea taking a sip of tea at the start of every match]], and looking down on Troperians for being unsophisticated.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': Sir Potts is a wrestling heel, but is very tame compared to the much meaner national wrestling heels.
* '''Justified''': Sir Potts started as a face, but underwent a FaceHeelTurn as he became disillusioned with Troperians.
* '''Inverted''': Due to CulturalCringe, the Troperian wrestling scene is made up mostly of foreign wrestling faces and national wrestling heels.
* '''Subverted''': When Sir Potts is introduced, he's initially advertised in a way that strongly implies they're a wrestling heel, but he turns out to be a face.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then he pulls a FaceHeelTurn after a couple matches.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sir Potts is a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
* '''Averted''': There are no wrestlers representing foreign countries or nations.
* '''Enforced''': Troperia is at war with Tropeland, and the Troperian government pressures the country's wrestling federation to introduce Tropelandic wrestling heels as a propaganda move.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Sir Potts leaves the Troperian wrestling scene altogether because he decides that acknowledging Troperians at all is giving them too much credit.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Alice, who lives in Troperia, watches a wrestling match offscreen. While telling Bob about it, she comments on how mean the Tropelandic wrestler was and how she finds that cool.
* '''Deconstructed''': SocietyMarchesOn, and the national stereotypes that used to be seen as cool or funny are now considered in poor taste, causing foreign wrestlers to fall out of favor with the audience.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The wrestling federation updates the portrayal of foreigners to be more accurate and sensitive in order to WinBackTheCrowd.
** It turns out that MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales, and the foreign wrestling heels are so popular with the cultures and nations they portray that they continue to thrive despite the outdated stereotypes.
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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