History YMMV / Outsourced

* {{RetroactiveRecognition}}/{{HeyItsThatVoice}}: Gupta may sound familiar to fans of WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots as Blades.

** She is told to be of a lower caste than the rest of the crew.

** He's a less dislikeable version of this in the film thinking India is a totally alien place that's impossible for him ever to understand, until he finds himself in the middle of a Holi celebration. (About 1/20th as insane as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi an actual Holi]].) It's a slightly more sophisticated version of all those films where someone regains their childlike innocence (or oppressed children regain their spontaneous joy) via a FoodFight. But you forgive it because the actors make it work in context. It also helps that he only had to learn his lesson once in the film, whereas he learns it over and over again in the series thanks to AesopAmnesia.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: In the "Training Day" Opening, everyone is on the phone recalling a ghost costume that accidentally has a pointed top, making it look like KKK robes, Gupta is on with a "Exalted Wizard" and he will only buy them if they are fire retardant, after Rajiv checks the tag, Todd tells Gupta to make the sale.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Some for reasons mentioned in the intro to the article. For some others, people readied their pitch forks and declared it racist before even seeing the first episode.
** After a few episodes, [[http://adage.com/bigtent/post?article_id=147239 a new narrative on the show's handling of India is emerging]].
** There is also the really weird notion that making a show based on the premise of outsourcing is the same thing as brainwashing the clueless masses into wanting their jobs outsourced. Clearly outsourcing would go away if only TV pretended it didn't exist! On the Internet, the people who think the show is insensitive to those who have lost their jobs and the people who think the show is racist hilariously clash over which is the "right" reason to hate the show.

* TrailerJokeDecay: And how! If you watched NBC at all during the summer of '10, you've pretty much already seen the whole pilot or at least any mildly funny moment in it beaten to death repeatedly.

** He's a less dislikeable version of this in the film thinking India is a totally alien place that's impossible for him ever to understand, until he finds himself in the middle of a Holi celebration. (About 1/20th as insane as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi an actual Holi]].) It's a slightly more sophisticated version of all those films where someone regains their childlike innocence (or oppressed children regain their spontaneous joy) via a FoodFight. But you forgive it because the actors make it work in context.

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!! For the Novel:

!! For the Movie:

!!The series contains examples of:

* TheScrappy: Gupta. The show is just so determined to make him the "funny" character, but for many he just ends up as an EthnicScrappy. Also, to a lesser degree, Todd for being so clueless about India. Watch as Todd does something culturally insensitive. Oh, he's well-intentioned, but anyone with half a brain should be able to predict the culture-clash hijinks that will result. And this is supposed to be [[DesignatedHero the guy we're relating to]]!

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Some for [[AdNauseam reasons mentioned in the intro to the article.]] For some others, people readied their pitch forks and declared it racist before even seeing the first episode.

** At least, not until he finds himself in the middle of a Holi celebration. (About 1/20th as insane as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi an actual Holi]].) It's a slightly more sophisticated version of all those films where someone regains their childlike innocence (or oppressed children regain their spontaneous joy) via a FoodFight. But you forgive it because the actors make it work in context.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by some (but by no means all) people who hate the show. Despite being a money-grubbing stuffed shirt, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd. And Madhuri is just [[GirlNextDoor so gosh darn nice]] while showing signs of some HiddenDepths.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being a money-grubbing stuffed shirt, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd. And Madhuri is just [[GirlNextDoor so gosh darn nice]] while showing signs of some HiddenDepths.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being a money-grubbing stuffed shirt, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd. And Madhuri is just [[GirlNextDoor so gosh darn nice]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being a money-grubbing stuffed shirt, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being a money-grubbing tyrant, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: In the "Training Day" Opening, everyone is on the phone recalling a ghost costume that accidentially has a pointed top, making it look like KKK robes, Gupta is on with a "Exalted Wizard" and he will only buy them if they are fire retardant, after Rajiv checks the tag, Todd tells Gupta to make the sale.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being an EvilChancellor type character, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by people who hate the show. Despite being an EvilChancellor type character, Rajiv at times actually manages to look better than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd.

* TheScrappy: Gupta. The show is just so determined to make him the "funny" character, but for many he just ends up as an EthnicScrappy. Also, to a lesser degree, Todd for being so clueless about India. Watch as Todd does something culturally insensitive. Oh, he's well-intentioned, but anyone with half a brain should be able to predict the culture-clash hijinks that will result. And this is supposed to be the guy we're relating to!

** [[spoiler:They aren't]]

** There is also the really weird notion that making a show based on the premise of outsourcing is the same thing as brainwashing the clueless masses into wanting their jobs outsourced. Clearly outsourcing would go away if only TV pretended it didn't exist! On the Internet, the people who think the show is insensitive to those who have lost their jobs and the people who think the show is racist hilariously clash over which is the "right" reason to hate the show.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Some for reasons mentioned in the intro to the article. For some others, people readied their pitch forks and declared it racist before even seeing the first episode.