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| 7 | ->''"It appears annoyance doesn't cross cultural boundaries."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Edd''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', "Shoo Ed"[[note]]Ironically, the context of this quote is in regards to GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.[[/note]] |
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| 10 | This is the opposite of GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: a character or entertainer who is fairly popular in their home region becomes TheScrappy or a BaseBreakingCharacter in another market. |
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| 12 | The most common reason for this is ValuesDissonance, as things that seem normal or relatable in one culture can be seen as offensive, baffling, or just plain ''stupid'' in another. Or they [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo violate some cultural taboo]]. Aesthetic dissonance can also be at play, i.e. different cultures have their own standards of cuteness and attractiveness. Another reason for it can be that a character is supposed to [[CaptainEthnic represent the nation]] that hates them, and this character is seen as [[EthnicScrappy offensively stereotypical]]. In the worst cases, the hatedom of a single character can result in NoExportForYou for an entire series (something some people are probably going to be grateful for). |
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| 14 | This is sometimes referred to as "Americans Hate [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Soccer]] (Football)", due to the infamous [[VocalMinority vocal]] {{hatedom}} in the United States against the sport and more preference towards UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball (the subsequent OpinionMyopia and FlameWar between the sport's fans and haters has also been notable). [[SoccerHatingAmericans There's even a trope around this.]] |
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| 16 | In short, this can be summed up as PeripheryHatedom but the hatedom applying to nations outside of the work's native country and the demographic applying to the work's native country. |
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| 18 | When this is taken far enough (i.e. a work, or an entire genre, is rejected everywhere ''except'' its homeland), it can produce what's known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_syndrome "Galápagos syndrome"]], in reference to the bizarre species that evolved in isolation on the Galápagos Islands that heavily informed UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The term was coined in Japan to describe their CellPhone technology (''garakei'', from Galápagos and ''keitai denwa'', the Japanese term for "mobile phone") and how it evolved on a completely separate track from that of the West, producing high-tech flip phones that could send and receive email, surf the web at 3G speeds, and play sophisticated games in a time when Western cell phones (apart from the [=BlackBerry=], which was seen mostly as a business tool) were considered high-end if they could take pictures. They were the envy of the world in the 2000s, but due to lagging infrastructure outside Japan, they couldn't be exported, and so the Japanese cell phone industry ignored non-domestic markets almost entirely. As such, it was painfully slow to catch on to the smartphone revolution in the '10s, with foreign [[Platform/MacOS iPhones]], [[Website/{{Google}} Android]] phones, and [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] phones catching the ''garakei'' makers completely off-guard and snagging massive market share. The term has since been applied to other fields of Japanese technology, including its [=ATMs=], its cars, and [[http://digitalchumps.com/gamingnews/318-latest-news/the-state-of-the-japanese-gaming-industry.html its video games]], due to both different infrastructure and a cultural emphasis on isolationism. |
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| 20 | That's not to say that these characters or works don't have a fanbase outside of its own country, there are groups of people overseas that don't take them seriously or even like them, it's just that the amount of fans who are vocal about their dislike about them tend to be significant, if not the majority of people if you were to ask them about that character or work. |
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| 22 | The TropeNamer is Tingle from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, who's well-liked in Japan but hated in North America. Website/TheOtherWiki even has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingle_(character)#Impact_and_reception section]] discussing this phenomenon on the article for the character. |
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| 24 | By definition, this is a subtrope of BaseBreakingCharacter. Compare PopCultureIsolation. Contrast MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales, AmericanKirbyIsHardcore, and its polar opposites, GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff and NeverAcceptedInHisHometown. |
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| 26 | See also TheScrappy and CrossCulturalKerfluffle. May avert EveryoneOwnsAMac. |
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| 28 | ''Please do not use this page as a place for ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow, nor for any FanHater antics or Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike. Also, [[Administrivia/ZeroContextExample simply saying something is hated is not enough]]. You have to explain why it's hated. Finally, we ask that you to [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease not post any Real Life examples of this reaction]] (except those directly related to sports, which have their own section), as not only can it happen with anything, it attracts complaining.'' |
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| 30 | [[noreallife]] |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | !!Example Subpages: |
| 33 | [[index]] |
| 34 | * AmericansHateTingle/AnimeAndManga |
| 35 | * [[AmericansHateTingle/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 36 | * AmericansHateTingle/LiveActionTV |
| 37 | * AmericansHateTingle/{{Music}} |
| 38 | * AmericansHateTingle/{{Sports}} |
| 39 | * AmericansHateTingle/{{Technology}} |
| 40 | * AmericansHateTingle/VideoGames |
| 41 | ** ''AmericansHateTingle/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 42 | * AmericansHateTingle/WesternAnimation |
| 43 | [[/index]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !!Other Examples: |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 50 | * The Arabic animated series ''Animation/Block13'' is often considered legendary in its native Kuwait with it getting constant merchandise, reruns on other networks, and even a spin-off. However, in English-speaking countries it manages to be both a case of this and GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff due to its striking resemblance to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (as the series is an adaptation of said series), and has received split reception (especially from people who are fans of ''South Park''). One side absolutely despises the series with it gaining a PeripheryHatedom as a result and people calling it a rip-off of ''South Park''. However, the other side accepted its similarities and enjoyed it. |
| 51 | * A lot of Indian animated series tend to not be very well-liked outside of the country, usually due to the low quality of their animation, jokes, voice acting, etc. Case in point: ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' is one of the most popular kids' shows in its home country, but outside of India, it got several [[MemeticMutation memes]] made out of it, most likely due to it being considered mediocre. Due to ValuesDissonance, the show is surprisingly violent at times, despite being aimed at the same demographic as ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', with characters striking each other onscreen and Chingham openly using a gun, so outside of India it's not suitable for kids, leaving only teenagers and adults who'd have outgrown such shows as a potential audience. |
| 52 | * While Malaysian animated series ''Animation/UpinAndIpin'' is successful in its home country and neighboring [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Indonesia]], it is widely hated outside those countries. Part of the reason why is because this show is tailored towards the Malay Muslim rural community (Indonesia meanwhile has a majority Muslim population hence why most people can see its appeal), so most non-Muslims out there might not get it and see it as a dumb, unentertaining show. And because this show was aired in the Asian feed of Disney Channel, Singaporeans, Thais, Filipinos, and Vietnamese had to suffer with it all the same. |
| 53 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': The series itself doesn't get this treatment, but Wolnie is a less well-regarded character in the Western fandom compared to the series' native China, due to her constantly abusing her husband Wolffy whenever he inevitably fails one of his goat-catching missions, and the series [[PlayedForLaughs using it for comedy purposes]]. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 57 | * While not exactly beloved in America, Neil Hamburger seems to be hated by British audiences, possibly because Jerry Sadowitz has been playing a similar character on the UK comedy circuit for years before. In his earlier American tours, Hamburger usually opened for rock bands or much bigger comedy acts. Which meant trouble in front of audiences who [[StealthParody didn't get the joke]]. If you looked up reviews for the shows he opened up, chances are you'd see complaints about him. |
| 58 | * Creator/RobertoBenigni's show ''Tutto Dante'' was very popular in Italy. It had a very lukewarm reception when performed in Paris, not helped by the fact that Benigni kept performing it in Italian ''without subtitles'', so non-Italian speaking audiences were left without a clue of what's going on. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' never became popular in Canada, where the team is supposed to originate from. This might be because the characters seem to have been inspired by [[MooseAndMapleSyrup stereotypes]] of Canadians. Which is ironic when you realize the team was created by Canadian artist Creator/JohnByrne. |
| 63 | * European comics in general are of only cult interest in America, thanks to the domination of the comics industry by superheroes (thanks to [[MediaNotes/TheComicsCode the 1950s moral crackdown]]), the different publishing style (more akin to today's graphic novels) and much of the humor and themes simply not translating well (as many of them are based on specifically French or other European sources of humor/stereotypes, which Americans generally wouldn't understand). |
| 64 | ** ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}:'' [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Universally popular, even in places you might not expect like Africa, the Middle East, China]]... Except in North America, especially the USA, where it is still more a cult strip. Case in point is Creator/StevenSpielberg's 2011 movie adaptation, which was a box office success across the world, except in the United States where the media attention and public interest were very low. |
| 65 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' [[https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Comment/Europe-loves-Asterix-but-can-he-conquer-the-US-asks-Paul-Gabilliet-professor-of-North-American-civilisation-at-Bordeaux-Montaigne-University is thought to]] [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-asterix-finally-conquer-the-us be unpopular in part]] because of it being focused around the Roman Empire and Gaul, etc. which Americans aren't generally interested in (as obviously the Romans never got there). It doesn't help several older stories use now-outdated racial depictions (which Papercutz, the current publisher of US translations, has acknowledged in their reprints). |
| 66 | * Allegedly, one of the major reasons Comicbook/IronMan is usually given leadership of Comicbook/TheAvengers in TV adaptations (such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'') is because focus group data indicated that ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (the traditional leader of the Avengers) is extremely unpopular in countries like the United Kingdom. Downplayed with ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' -- although international markets were offered the [[MarketBasedTitle alternate title]] "The First Avenger", only three nations opted for the other title, and most of its box office was international. It probably helps that the MCU's version of Captain America was often the butt of jokes for his PatrioticFervor and occasional lameness, like scolding Iron Man for swearing, and that he underwent significant CharacterDevelopment that nuanced his patriotism and loosened him up a little while solidifying his core principles as someone who would represent what America is meant to be, even if it meant taking on the authorities to do it - the internationally acclaimed ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' probably also helped. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'' is a cultural phenomenon in Flanders and even in Wallonia, it has gained somewhat of a following (something that is rare for a non-Dupuis comic). In the Netherlands, it is one of the most obscure comic books ever made. This is a diversion from the norm as other comic books by ''De Standaard'' (such as ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'', ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}''), while not always blockbusters, are still very recognizable names in the Dutch community. |
| 68 | * In 1905, a French newspaper began publishing a comic strip about a young housemaid called ComicStrip/{{Becassine}}. This strip was popular across most of France and is widely considered to be the founding of the [[FrancoBelgianComics bande dessinée]] (the ComicBook tradition of France and Belgium that gave us the aforementioned ''Tintin'', ''Astérix'', and ''De Kiekeboes''). However, it was deeply unpopular in one region of France: Brittany. You see, Bécassine was supposed to be Breton, but she didn't really act like a Breton woman; where the portrayal of her wasn't stereotypical, it was ludicrously off-the-mark. The comic ended up being so hated in Brittany that when a Breton man in Paris saw a giant statue of her, [[https://60secondparis.substack.com/p/they-decapitated-becassine he destroyed it.]] |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' of all characters is widely disliked in the Germanosphere in favor of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, as he is considered to be boring and less relatable than Donald. The German paperback format of the [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck comics]] (which is the most popular Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse medium in Germany) contains some [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse comics]], further fueling dislike of Mickey since [[JustHereForGodzilla Donald-only fans]] feel like they're getting cheated out of a Donald story. |
| 70 | * In UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}, [[PrintLongRunners long-running]] comic ''ComicBook/MeminPinguin'' features a BlackfaceStyleCaricature-looking Cuban Mexican black boy as the main character. And over there it is not seen as offensive at all[[note]]Mexico doesn't have much racial discrimination, since most of the discrimination there is more based in socioeconomic factors. Though, there has been times when Black Mexicans have been stopped at the streets by policemen due to them misidentifying them with illegal Cuban inmigrants, but that's a story for another day...[[/note]], infact, many people remember him fondly. However, he's totally despised in [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStatesOfAmerica USA]] due to his design. In 2005, when the Mexican Postal Service announced they would publish a series of postal stamps with the image of Memín, many American civil rights groups noticed the character, and criticized both the stamps, the comics, and the Mexican society as a whole as being obscenely racist, to the point [[SeriousBusiness it caused a minor international incident]] between Mexico and USA, while the Mexican postal service was more or less left wondering why they were making so much of a fuss since these stamps weren't really intended to them. Whether it was [[ThePlan deliberately done]] by the postal service [[SpannerInTheWorks or not]], the stamps were sold out within days, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity reignited interest in the comic]], and the stamps were also found on auction sites being sold at many times its face value. |
| 71 | * More so disinterest than outright hate, but when Hungarian publisher Semic attempted to familiarize readers with the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' in 1993, reasoning that the series has proved to be very popular and long-lasting in the States, the comic performed so badly that it was canned after the first issue. Said issue was an anthology of random unconnected short comics that provided no introduction to the characters and stories, which might partially explain its failure. |
| 72 | ** Archie actually was first published in Brazil in 1941, not longer after its debut in the US. Throughout the decades, it has been sporadically published in the country, but none of these attempts lasted long or came close to duplicate its success in America. The property isn't really hated, but remains pretty obscure outside of a niche audience. |
| 73 | * "Future" Comicbook/WonderWoman, Yara Flor, was one of the most popular new characters in ''Comicbook/DCFutureState'', being rivaled only by the [[TheSpook mysterious]] "Future" Comicbook/{{Batman}}. She was popular in the United States anyway. In Brazil there was backlash to the very concept of Yara Flor, before anything other than "Amazon Of The Amazon" was revealed about her. Almost everything that has been revealed about Flor since has made Brazilian critics bash on her even more, especially indigenous Brazilian observers and indigenous females in particular. Some of the kindest critics described Flor as a Mexican Beyonce with Suyane Moreira's face, suggesting the artist used the first Cariri picture available as a reference and then wrote the character with the most common minority stereotypes of the midwestern US, rather than trying to make Flor seem like an Indigenous Brazilian or even a South American. |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 77 | * [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff The popularity of]] Creator/{{Disney}} [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in Japan]] is inversely proportional to the ''un''popularity of every other American feature animation studio in the country (with the exception of Creator/IlluminationEntertainment and occasionally Creator/{{Pixar}}). It's reached the point where a lot of new releases aren't even sent to Japan, while others go [[DirectToVideo straight-to-DVD]]. This is unusual for East Asia, a region where non-Disney animated films are usually very popular[[note]][=DreamWorks=] Animation is so popular in China that an unspecified Chinese buyer was offering US$3 billion for it and would've bought it if Comcast hadn't offered US$3.8 billion[[/note]]. One of the biggest examples of this is ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', which barely made any money at the Japanese box office due to ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' coming out at the same time, despite being a critical and financial success elsewhere. |
| 78 | * ''Animation/DelhiSafari'' received critical acclaim in India and even won the National Award for the Best Animation Film in 2012. In America, however, the movie was widely panned by critics, who saw the movie (and its characters) ripping off from other animated films. The movie's also a borderline BoxOfficeBomb that barely made any money during its opening weekend. The few members of the viewing public who actually ''saw'' the movie haven't responded well to the unappealing animation and character designs, well below the standards that American audiences are used to from studios like Pixar and Dreamworks. |
| 79 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' was badly received by Norwegian critics and got very poor initial reviews there, with the general consensus being that of "generic plot and characters" and "forced and obnoxious musical numbers", while one particular review criticized the setting for "not really looking like Norway". It did better in smaller magazines, though, and ended up becoming [[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/norway/yearly/?yr=2013&p=.htm the third biggest film of 2013]] in the country. It's further exacerbated with the [[http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/09/17/disneys-frozen-ride-controversy/ news]] that Disney is replacing the Norway-themed Epcot ride "Maelstrom" with a Frozen-themed ride. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Park purists and Norwegians]] are pretty unhappy that their former ride meant to honor Norway is being replaced with a new ride based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and Arendelle. This isn't helped by the fact that [[http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-frozen-epcot-74041/ this is part of Disney's plan to build an Arendelle pavilion.]] |
| 80 | ** One of the spin-off shorts of the franchise, ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', was disliked in Mexico because of the short being too long and people expecting to see the main feature it was paired with, ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''. It was so hated that the short was removed just a week after release. A big factor of this was because ''Olaf'' wasn't actually a short, but a 20-minute Made-For-TV special that, according to Disney, was put in because they felt the short was "too cinematic" for TV. A few people have suggested, though, that it was put in as an attempt to lessen a blow of this trope elsewhere. |
| 81 | * Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' was well-received by critics and audiences alike, but it was [[VindicatedByHistory at first]] universally ''hated'' by the Greeks, who were angered at the film [[{{Disneyfication}} playing]] [[LighterAndSofter fast]] [[SadlyMythtaken and]] [[TheThemeParkVersion loose]] with their revered mythology, to the point where they almost denied the film a premiere in their country (the attempt to have the film premiere there on Pnyx Hill, one of the most revered sacred sites in the country, did not do them any favors PR-wise). |
| 82 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' wasn't that popular in France. It never reached #1 due to the huge successes of ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' and ''One Wild Moment''. This could be because the dub voices were lackluster (most notably the ones chosen for Joy and Bing Bong) and the plot was deemed unoriginal and contrived. It also didn't do very well in China, where it only made $12 million on its opening weekend and a mere $3 million for the rest of its run. This may be a result of CultureClash: the film is about learning to openly express and understand your emotions, while Chinese culture expects people to keep a "stiff upper lip" and deal with their feelings privately. |
| 83 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' didn't make a splash at all in Japan despite being one of the biggest movies of the year in its native USA. Frequently cited reasons include a poor dub, being carried by relatively few theaters, competition from other movies, and the fact that the movie is so pop-culture focused that the jokes don't translate to Japanese. It also doesn't help that LEGO itself, like most non-Japanese toys in general, only has a niche cult following at most in Japan, meaning the idea of a LEGO movie didn't have much appeal to mainstream Japanese audiences to start with. That said, the movie would become much more successful after it was [[VindicatedByCable released on home video]]. |
| 84 | * Two examples for ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]]'', both involving redubs of foreign tracks when the film was re-released theatrically in Europe in 1998 (the original dubs were done in 1990): |
| 85 | ** The German redub became notorious among fans for being the absolute ''worst'' German redub that Disney has ever done, for both the questionable translation and the casting choices (save for Beate Hasenau, who voiced Ursula in both dubs). When the film was released on the Platinum Edition line of [=DVDs=] in 2006, it still did not contain the original 1990 dub, and as a result, sales were disastrous. [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow Things got so bad that fans actually petitioned to have the 1990 dub available the next time the film was released. It worked;]] the original German dub (in Dolby Surround with 2.0 mixing) was made available when the film was next released on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2013. Unfortunately, however, when the film became available on the Creator/DisneyPlus streaming service, the 1998 redub was used again (even though the credits are from the original 1990 dub!). |
| 86 | ** The French-language redub was also criticized for its choice of dialogue. Unlike the German redub, however, the 1998 French redub was short-lived, only being used for the 1998 videotape and initial DVD release. As in Germany, fans petitioned to have the original 1990 dub be available again on the DVD release. Again, the petition was a success; starting with the Platinum Edition DVD release in 2006, all French-language releases of ''The Little Mermaid'' (up to and including the Disney+ streaming service) would use the original 1990 dub. |
| 87 | * ''Animation/GoatStoryOldPragueLegends'' was a big hit in the Czech Republic since it was the first CGI animated film released there, it is hated internationally due to the animation looking hidieous compared to other forign CGI animated films as well as many jokes that use sexuality, nudity, urination, drinking, racial stereotypes, and other concepts that parents might not want their kids to see outside it's home country. |
| 88 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout2005'': Doogal is probably one of the most notorious examples of this in animated film history. Based on the British-French stop-motion children's show from the '60s, the CGI film was originally released in Europe in 2005. Even though the original series and franchise is practically unknown outside of its native France, Harvey Weinstein himself after watching the original film decided to release the film in America in 2006. This was done by recasting all but two of the original British cast with well-known American stars, rewriting the film by inserting pop culture and fart jokes, reediting the film to accommodate all the script changes and advertising the film as being "created" by cartoonist Creator/ButchHartman. The results turned ''Doogal'' into a critical and commercial flop in the United States, continuing to baffle and [[BileFascination intrigue]] film enthusiasts and critics to this day. |
| 89 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' wasn't much of a hit in China, despite famous voice actors such as Creator/JackieChan and adapting a local folk tale. Some blame piracy, some worry that the native audience took issue with [[BroadStrokes the extensive reworking]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks of the original myth]], and some point to the fact that the Chinese government was in the middle of a bitter and spiteful dispute with the Walt Disney corporation and forced the film to languish for a year before letting it out with an unfavorable release date just after the Chinese New Year's celebration stuffed the box office with other films. Ten years later, [=DreamWorks=]'s ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' would prove much more to Chinese tastes, with much less behind-the-scenes drama. |
| 90 | * ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'' was a rousing success in its home country of Russia and spawned numerous sequels, but in other parts of Europe and America, its reception is tainted by negative comparisons to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', at worst being lumped together with animated mockbusters such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChopKickPanda''. This is in spite of the film coming out almost an entire year earlier and being much more faithful to Creator/HansChristianAndersen's [[Literature/TheSnowQueen original fairytale]], which the Russian public especially has adored for several generations. |
| 91 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Unlike in most of the world, where people found Lumalee to be one of the funniest characters in the movie due to his BlackComedy, it seems that Japanese audiences were less fond of the character, to the point where some wondered why he was even in the movie or what the point of his character was. The most likely reason for this is his lines being [[LostInTranslation translated unusually literally]] in a movie otherwise localized well, combined with ValuesDissonance regarding cultural views on death. |
| 92 | * ''WesternAnimation/TerkelInTrouble'' was considered ground-breaking in its native Denmark and fellow Scandinavian countries when it first released, often being considered a cult classic. However, outside Scandinavia, especially in the United States and (some-what) the United Kingdom, certain viewers criticized elements such as [[WorldOfJerkass the way the characters act]], [[NightmareFuel disturbing scenes you wouldn't expect to see in your average animated films]], poor voice acting in both US and UK dubs (mostly the former), [[ButtMonkey and the main character constantly getting tortured]], with people also making unfavorable comparisons to other films and shows such as ''WesternAnimation/SirBilli'' and ''WesternAnimation/StressedEric'' (both of which were critically panned, even in their respective countries, Scotland and the UK). |
| 93 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', while a critical and box-office success elsewhere, was a general flop in Eastern Europe. Many explanations have been raised. The less imaginative is that not many people there had seen the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 previous]] [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 two]] films because of economic troubles right after the fall of Communism in the 1990s, resulting in ''3'''s ContinuityPorn lacking appeal. Another one of them (mostly for Poland) is that during movie's release, ''Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms'' came out the same week, and despite ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise being quite popular there, haven't gained that many viewers in cinemas. Polish distributors took their lesson from it and have decided to release ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' 1 and half month later from international release, due to the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2''. |
| 94 | * Gopher is not popular with British fans of the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' animated adaptations of the original A.A. Milne books, as Gopher isn't in the original books. He was created in order to give the films more appeal to American audiences and is often criticized for being symbolic of the heavy [[EagleLand Americanization]] the franchise has undergone under Disney. Furthermore, as gophers are native only to North and Central America, his inclusion has effectively changed the location of the Hundred Acre Wood (and other locations in the forest Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends live in) to the United States, whereas the original books are clearly set in England (specifically in Ashdown Forest, West Sussex). As a result, Gopher was excluded from the 2011 animated film and the 2018 live-action film ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', as both were specifically designed to be a lot more faithful to the original books and thus more appealing to British audiences. |
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| 97 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 98 | * Although it has gotten controversy in its home country of America, ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' is even more hated in Japan. The boys' constant pranking and irreverence to authority strongly clashes with Japanese morals of respect and obedience, and it doesn't help that almost every single authority figure is depicted as antagonistic. This led to the movie only getting a direct-to-video release, and the cartoon is just obscure in general there. |
| 99 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has an in-universe example: the book ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'' has a section dealing with the status of Quidditch around the world. Americans apparently prefer the game Quodpot, a sort of hot-potato game involving a Quaffle that has been tampered with and explodes -- probably a joke acknowledging Americans [[SoccerHatingAmericans prefer American football to soccer]]. In Asia, however, Quidditch is only slowly gaining appeal because Asian wizards have traditionally preferred flying carpets to flying broomsticks. The exception to this rule is Japan. |
| 100 | * A lot of Albanian people have expressed distaste for ''Literature/TheMister'' - with even an Albanian ambassador publicly denouncing it - due to it painting Albania and its people in an extremely negative light, featuring many inaccuracies about the country (for starters, none of the Albanian characters even have Albanian names), and presenting the Albanian protagonist as an ignorant and nigh-helpless womanchild. |
| 101 | * OlderThanFeudalism with ''Literature/TheOdyssey'': Odysseus was a national hero to many Hellenic states, where he was praised for his cunning, intelligence, and guile. The Romans, who called him Ulysses, despised him as a villainous, dishonest, deceitful falsifier. Vergil constantly refers to him as "Cruel Ulysses" in ''Literature/TheAeneid''; his character did not lend itself well to the Romans, who has a rigid sense of honor and respected the Trojans for their gallant and determined defence. |
| 102 | * Creator/HenryJames wrote two political novels during the 1880s – one novel, ''Literature/TheBostonians'', about women's rights movements in America, and another novel, ''Literature/ThePrincessCasamassima'', about labor unions and terrorism in England. ''Bostonians'' was a hit in England, but widely denounced in America as cruel and unsympathetic, while ''Princess'' was a hit in America, but dismissed as exploitative and narrow in England. |
| 103 | * While Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' is regarded as a literary horror classic throughout most of the world, and especially in Western nations, Romanians see it as a xenophobic story written by a foreigner to titillate other foreigners. It is considered very distasteful because the name of Vlad III (The Impaler) Dracula, who is celebrated to this day as a hero for the cause of defending the independence of Wallachia (one of the predecessor states of Romania) from the invading Ottomans during the fifteenth century ([[WellIntentionedExtremist even if it meant taking some brutal methods to so]]), was used for that of the bloodthirsty, habitual MoralEventHorizon-crossing monster. To put this another way, if a writer from another country were to write a novel featuring an American serial killer named UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln or a British murderer named UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, that would not be taken kindly by citizens of those respective nations. Granted, even though the Romanians' loathing for Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' has ameliorated over the decades, and they have even been willing to capitalize on the fictional Count Dracula's association with the country by selling vampire-related souvenirs, it is still not wise to talk about ''Dracula'' or Bram Stoker at length with any random Romanian on the streets. Which is rather ironic since despite being based on the historical Vlad, the actual character is supposed to be Hungarian of Székely descent instead of Romanian as Transylvania would not be Romanian territory until World War I and the fictional Dracula feels very strongly towards his ethnic roots. |
| 104 | * ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'''s hatedom is at this point the stuff of legend, but the series is absolutely loathed by many Native Americans, thanks to Stephenie Meyer depicting the Quileute people, a very real tribe who she did not consult, 1) completely inaccurately, including rewriting their creation myth almost from scratch, and 2) as savage animals who walk around shirtless and are frequently portrayed by the narrative as subservient and/or inferior to the vampires, who, um, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything coincidentally happen to all be wealthy whites of European blood.]] The fact that the Quileutes have [[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html seen very little]] of the billions the series has made in revenue doesn't help. |
| 105 | * Ralph Hewins's ''Quisling: Prophet without Honour'' portrays Norwegian Nazi collaborator [[TheQuisling Vidkun Quisling]] as a discerning idealist, while Norwegians, in general, are portrayed as vindictive. It was well-received in the US and its native UK, where it was seen as a welcome change from the traditional view of Quisling. Most Norwegians, on the other hand, hated it -- they did not appreciate being vilified and saw the portrayal of Quisling as an attempt to whitewash the most infamous traitor in the history of their country. Its accuracy was criticized by figures from occupation-era Norway, with several outright calling it a falsification of history. One of them, Sverre Løberg, was sued for slander by its Norwegian translator... and ended up acquitted. |
| 106 | * Creator/DrSeuss books are seen as literary classics in North America, but outside of that continent, the books are relatively unknown. This may be due to most of them having [[RhymesOnADime their lines being entirely written in rhyme]], which doesn't really translate well in other languages. As for other English-speaking regions of the world, especially in Commonwealth countries, Dr. Seuss books have been overshadowed by other, more popular domestic children's books, especially in the United Kingdom. That's why only a very few of his works, like ''The Grinch'', are only known in other parts of the world through movie adaptations. |
| 107 | * Literature/FuManchu has very few fans, if any, in the Asian American community. This is due to the fact he had been played by [[YellowFace non-Asian actors]], as well as the fact he's a [[YellowPeril racist stereotype of East Asians.]] |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 111 | * While {{pinball}} was a huge hit in the United States, and is still seen as an icon of American arcades today, it has had a cult following at best in Japan, where ''pachinko'' is much more popular. |
| 112 | * Pachinko is as popular in the US as pinball is in Japan. For a lot of people in the US, playing pachinko means about as much as watching it, or rather, watching balls roll towards their destination. This only [[FromBadToWorse worsened]] in 2015 when Creator/{{Konami}}, in the midst of their various scandals, announced a FanService-laden pachislot spinoff of ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' and recreated an iconic scene from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' to promote a ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' pachinko machine shortly after ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''[='=]s release (which was laden with ExecutiveMeddling that, among other things, resulted in ''Metal Gear'' series creator Creator/HideoKojima leaving Konami), which seriously soured Western gamers' opinions of pachinko, causing them to condemn any and all pachinko spinoffs of video games going forward -- hating them not for their gameplay since [[PeripheryHatedom many critics of pachinko have never even touched a pachinko machine]], but because of a belief that they take resources away from producing video games. |
| 113 | * Between 2007 and 2009, Creator/{{Stern}} attempted to market pinball to China. It ultimately flopped due to a combination of using franchises the Chinese were not familiar with (such as ''Big Buck Hunter Pro'' and the NBA) and a lack of familiarity with pinball as a whole, which to the Chinese equates with "not interested". |
| 114 | * For some reason, Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/BoneBusters'' was roundly rejected by players in France. The backlash was so bad that Gottlieb produced 200 kits to convert ''Bone Busters'' tables into ''Amazon Hunt III'' instead. |
| 115 | [[/folder]] |
| 116 | |
| 117 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 118 | * When it comes to soccer, the British team behind ''Podcast/MenInBlazers'' love to play with this trope, seeing how soccer is slowly starting to take off in the US. One segment featured a UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball player tried to convert the rules of soccer into baseball for the confused audience. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 122 | * Wrestling/HulkHogan was one of if not the biggest [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWF]] star of all time. However, when he brought the flexing, [[NoSell no-selling]], [[AllAmericanFace All-American gimmick]] to Wrestling/{{WCW}}, fans were lukewarm at best ''at first'', and progressed to booing him and throwing his merchandise back into the ring. He got over with them as the villainous Hollywood Hogan, but when he returned to Hulk Hogan, the fans still weren't impressed. This was largely because most WCW fans were fans of the old Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA and hated the WWF's campy, story-driven style compared to the NWA's hard action.[[note]]Which was why wrestling ratings on TBS tanked for the brief time that the WWF was on there.[[/note]] Ironically, the WWF/E tried to bring Hogan back as Hollywood in 2002 but had to revert back to Hulk Hogan because their fans refused to boo him, even after he ''plowed a truck into an ambulance that had The Rock inside it''. |
| 123 | * Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, in large part due to his role in the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob, isn't exactly a popular figure in Canada. To the point that when Michaels would make an in-ring appearance in Canada in his heyday, thousands of normally placid Canadians would be howling for his blood as soon as his music hit. Shawn Michaels: arch nemesis of Canada. The only time it didn't apply was whenever he was in [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DX]], because it gave him uber-PopularityPower. |
| 124 | * For whatever reason, Wrestling/KenShamrock was nearly booed out of whatever Canadian city in which he was wrestling. |
| 125 | * Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} is also ''hated'' in Canada thanks to ending Wrestling/BretHart's career with an errant kick. Although this does seem to be changing as ''Survivor Series 2016'' and ''[=SummerSlam=] 2019'' both took place in Toronto, and he got good reactions there (although the former was bolstered more by how he squashed Wrestling/BrockLesnar). |
| 126 | * Despite WCW's (which stood for '''World''' Championship Wrestling, remember) brief stay as the top promotion in the U.S. on the back of the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder the company never really gained much traction anywhere else, save for Japan thanks to the working agreement with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. This includes Canada, where neither Creator/{{TBS}} nor Creator/{{TNT}} was available, meaning the only way to see ''WCW Monday Nitro'' and ''WCW Thunder'' live was to get a C-band satellite dish. As such Canada doesn't really have the nostalgia for WCW and the nWo that their neighbors to the south have. Even in its heyday WCW had trouble in certain markets inside the U.S., the WWF was still for the most part outdrawing WCW in their core northeast markets and WCW never drew well on the west coast. Basically the gates would get progressively smaller the further they got from Atlanta. Which actually makes sense when WCW really was just a southern regional promotion owned by a national TV network. |
| 127 | * Wrestling/SamoaJoe has caught surprisingly negative reactions from Japanese fans, who see him as a ripoff of many Japanese wrestlers from the '90s. It doesn't help that they tend to dislike Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s usage of Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada as Samoa Joe's second banana. Wrestling/RingOfHonor would take advantage of this by having Joe be the most prominent member of its roster to call out the Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH guys. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap However]], Samoa Joe was well received by the Japanese fans in Korakuen Hall when Wrestle-1 presented TNA ''Bound for Glory'' in 2014. You can actually trace the point where they (slowly) started warming up to him in a match against Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa seven years prior, which at the time mostly made headlines [[{{Irony}} for the negative reviews it got.]] |
| 128 | * [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan)]] doesn't really get over in Mexico, not even alongside Wrestling/{{Konnan}}, but is very popular back home. |
| 129 | * Fans in the U.S. really don't like Kenzo Suzuki, or KENSO as he is known in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, after he had an unimpressive run in WWE. That he was still a relative rookie then doesn't get him any slack. |
| 130 | * Wrestling/BobSapp was a ''HUGE'' sensation in Japan both in professional wrestling and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts, to the point that his hype successfully survived multiple bad performances in the ring and lasted more than his prime activity in those sports (in 2016, when his boom had faded a loooong time ago, he was still the highest point in the ratings of the first Rizin event, which had Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba and Fedor Emelianenko in its card). The rest of the world, however, just saw him as the living Japandering he probably was. |
| 131 | * Wrestling/BrockLesnar has always been fairly popular in his home country ([[BaseBreakingCharacter for the most part]]). In Japan, Lesnar's reign as IWGP champion is among one of the most reviled in the belt's history, and the dislike just barely eclipses [[FanonDiscontinuity the failures of memories to even recall it]]. It doesn't help that Lesnar's reign started with a triple threat victory, which Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}}'s fans didn't take to, then was punctuated by a relaxed schedule that would become characteristic of Lesnar, unspectacular matches and a refusal to drop the belt. Fans also linked his presence to [[CreatorsPet Antonio Inoki's son-in-law]] and a desire to copy what Wrestling/{{All Japan|ProWrestling}} had done with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. |
| 132 | * Since the 2010's, anything in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling that seems even mildly "sports entertainment" will meet negative reaction from Western fans of the promotion who watch it specifically for more serious fare, regardless of how over the act is in its homeland. |
| 133 | ** Toru Yano of CHAOS is a skilled down on the mat wrestler, but not in any particular way that really helps him stand out from the many others of New Japan. He, in fact, had suspicion that he would be doomed to mediocrity, at least as a singles competitor, and took to {{drowning|mysorrows}} his sorrows until it more or less was his gimmick and he became an almost always playful, smiling drunk. To long term fans, especially those in Japan, who think NJPW has often been too serious for its own good, Toru Yano was a welcome, [[LoveToHate if not always embraced]] source of comic relief. To foreign fans looking for more serious pro wrestling, Yano Toru is neither embraced nor welcomed. That said, he was [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap accepted warmly]] by the live crowds when he debuted in Wrestling/RingOfHonor. |
| 134 | ** Bad Luck Fale of Wrestling/BulletClub. He was trained in New Japan's dojo for a specific role. To be a giant gaijin who would impress the audience [[TheGiant with his nigh immovability]]. He's seen as an exotic juggernaut by the Japanese fans for his Tongan ancestry and the [[{{foil}} contrast]] he provides as "[[TheDragon under boss]]" to [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]][==]Wrestling/KarlAnderson[==]Wrestling/AJStyles[==]Wrestling/KennyOmega[=/=]Wrestling/CodyRhodes. He was given a simple role and played it to perfection. To fans in the US, particularly those tired of big, good looking but slow finesse lacking guys, those sort tuning into New Japan for the famed strong and or super junior styles, Fale is an eyesore. |
| 135 | ** Bullet Club subgroup House of Torture essentially does a territory heel shtick, getting by by cartoonish methods of cheating. This makes them over as lower-card heels in Japan... but [[XPacHeat hate figures]] everywhere else, because that's not what foreign fans came to New Japan for. To be fair, [[Wrestling/EvilWrestler EVIL]] wasn't suited to be a top champion, but Westerners tend to treat House of Torture like it's the death of pro wrestling itself. |
| 136 | * Wrestling/ChiefWahooMcDaniel never really got over with Japanese audiences. |
| 137 | * Wrestling/DanSevern is viewed as a great amateur wrestler and helped pioneer the concept of Mixed Martial Arts with the UFC and is considered a legend there. The WWF tried to capitalize on this and brought him in. However at this time, WWF fans were interested in character first and talent second. Dan really had no character, was met with severe apathy from the fans, and was quickly released soon after. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Role Playing Games]] |
| 141 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is rarely played in Sweden due to the popularity of a domestic title, in particular the similarly themed ''Drakar och demoner''. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 145 | * TabletopGame/{{Chess}} is popular in most of Asia, with the notable exception of Japan, where it has never caught on; the Japanese prefer TabletopGame/{{Shogi}}. |
| 146 | * ''TabletopGame/DuelMasters'': Despite being able to rival the likes of ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'' in many Asian countries, in the West it was a colossal failure that only lasted a couple years before being discontinued. |
| 147 | * While ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' is about as mainstream as card games get in the West, ''especially'' in its home country of America, in many places in Asia tons of people have never heard of it. A commonly cited reason why ''Duel Masters'' was far from being the monstrous success in the West that it is in the East is that it's too similar to ''Magic: The Gathering'' which was already popular there. |
| 148 | * Due to the differences in format between cards in the OCG (Official Card Game, a term given to cards released in Japan and Korea) and the TCG (Trading Card Game, a term given to cards released everywhere else) in ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'', it is common to see a deck archetype being successful in the OCG format that never catches on in the TCG format. |
| 149 | ** The codifier for this has to be the TG Agent archetype. The format is so successful in the OCG format that some of its key cards are banned (and for them, rightfully so). In the TCG almost nobody plays it, to the point where people of the TCG wonder why those cards were banned and found it to be strange and unfair. |
| 150 | ** Dino Rabbit, on the other hand, dominated in the TCG but mostly struggled in the OCG against the more popular Inzektors and Wind-Ups. In its case, this was due to a rules difference: the TCG still used the rules for priority (letting a Summoned monster activate its effect immediately upon being Summoned) at the time. Dino Rabbit relied heavily on this rule to work, which made it far trickier to stop in the TCG than in the OCG. |
| 151 | ** The Rikka Sunavalon deck is an example of a deck whose main popularity exists in Europe. It won multiple events in Europe despite doing nothing in the OCG or other TCG territories. |
| 152 | ** Sky Striker, post-2019 is a deck that isn't hated by the TCG per say, but it is nowhere near as popular as it is in Japan, where it has even gotten its own manga. TCG Players have said that they are sick that the deck keeps getting new support because of said manga |
| 153 | ** As far as single cards go, the main difference between the TCG and OCG is defined by one card: Maxx "C". TCG players hate it to the point where it has been banned for five years and are also clamoring for it to be banned in Master Duel, whereas OCG players don't mind the card and tend to build decks that don't lose to it. Also, a card like Crossout Designator, which sees little play in the TCG, is limited in the OCG because it's guaranteed to counter Maxx "C". |
| 154 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' never really caught on in Germany. By the time it got localized, it already faced competition from other games, including local productions designed by import gamers. Much of the market was ultimately captured by ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'', original publisher Schmidt having made a big effort to market it to mainstream audiences.[[note]]Schmidt had previously been offered ''D&D'', but decided against it due to Creator/{{TSR}}'s high licensing fee. Oops.[[/note]] ''D&D'''s fame is generally limited to [[MorePopularSpinoff the various PC games it spawned]]. |
| 155 | ** Similarly, ''D&D'' isn't popular in Poland, having originally lost to ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay''. Things changed in the [=2000s=] thanks to the localization of Third Edition, but language barrier coupled with low availability, as opposed to WFRP being readily available in translation, held it from being popular for quite some time. |
| 156 | ** In Japan, ''D&D'' is not only not the most popular RPG (that being ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''), it's not even the most popular western-style fantasy RPG, that being the domestically-published ''TabletopGame/SwordWorldRPG''. |
| 157 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' lost out to ''TabletopGame/Cyberpunk2020'' in Poland, despite both games being localized and supplemental material for both being released. Apparently, the mix of UrbanFantasy and cyberpunk genres put people off. Furthermore the Polish game developer ''CD Projekt Red'' announced the creation of a video game adaptation, ''VideoGame/CyberPunk2077'', which cause the original tabletop game's reputation in Poland to escalate compared to competitors. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 161 | * Creator/CirqueDuSoleil troupes have travelled well over ''most'' of the world, but there are two countries in particular that it has struggled to appeal to. |
| 162 | ** '''France''': For all the jokes about the "Frenchiness" of the company that originated in Quebec, after an initial, critically-roasted visit to Paris in 1990, Cirque didn't bring another show to the country until ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'' in '''2005'''. The books ''20 Years Under the Sun'' and ''The Spark'' point out that circus has been a staple of French entertainment for so long that a) Cirque's style wasn't particularly new to them and b) it just takes a lot to impress critics there with so much competition. |
| 163 | ** '''China''': After 30 years, only ''three'' tours have even made it to mainland China: ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'', ''Theatre/{{Quidam}}'', and ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonTheIMMORTALWorldTour''. (Another show, ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'', visited Hong Kong in addition to the first two.) An attempt at a non-touring production there, ''ZAIA'', limped through a four-year run in gambling resort mecca Macau, consistently playing to half-full houses. Even Music/MichaelJackson's enormous international popularity couldn't keep ''IMMORTAL World Tour'' from completely bombing in its Bejing and Shanghai stops (selling, respectively, only 28% and 41% of its available seats according to Wikipedia); that the show used a literally BannedInChina image of the Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" in a montage didn't help. The company sold an 80% financial stake of itself to a Chinese firm in 2015, however, partially with the intent of finally gaining traction in the country, which will involve becoming more competitive with native troupes and overcoming ValuesDissonance: As a ''New York Times'' article discussing the sale explained, Cirque's tendency towards {{Excuse Plot}}s about TheEveryman's journey (''ZAIA'' was an example of such) don't play well to Chinese audiences who prefer to enjoy large, precision group numbers (think the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony). |
| 164 | * Believe it or not, even Creator/WilliamShakespeare [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples was subjected to this for a time]]. For roughly two centuries, the French dismissed Shakespeare as a hack, and viewed the English embrace of him as one of their greatest writers as proof of England's boorish culture and lack of sophistication (and, to be sure, even by today's standards there is much in Shakespeare's plays that would generally be considered lowbrow). Creator/{{Voltaire}}, [[http://triggs.djvu.org/global-language.com/ENFOLDED/BIBL/____HamFra.htm for one,]] spoke of "dreadful scenes in this writer’s monstrous farces, to which the name of tragedy is given," describing ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' as being about "drinking, singing ballads, and making humorous reflections on skulls". It was only in the 18th century when translations of Shakespeare became successful in France (the first performance of ''Hamlet'' was in 1769), and even then, it took longer for his comedies to catch on. |
| 165 | * Disney Theatricals has several blockbuster Broadway musicals to its credit, and they tend to do well internationally – but across UsefulNotes/ThePond in the U.K., the West End has not been quite so hospitable. ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' ran for over 13 years on Broadway, but only managed a little over 2½ years in London even after winning the 1998 Olivier Award for Best New Musical. ''Film/MaryPoppins'' '''began''' its life in the West End as a co-production with super-producer Cameron Mackintosh, yet ran for barely over three years while the subsequent Broadway staging ran for over ''six'', only closing to make way for ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. One reason for ''Beauty and the Beast'' underperforming was that, to the eyes of Brits, it was little more than a glorified, sentimental {{Pantomime}}, a concept virtually unknown in the U.S. but a Christmastime tradition in theatres across the U.K. Why take the time and expense to see a Disney fairy tale, when you can stay home and check out a local fairy tale farce instead? Disney has two real success stories in the U.K. thus far -- ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' has been running in the West End [[LongRunners since 1999]] and ''Aladdin'' was probably helped by the fact that it is, like a panto, PlayedForLaughs more than anything else. |
| 166 | * ''Music/{{Evita}}'' finds a lot of rejection in Argentina, where the history of the real Eva Perón and Juan Perón is well known, the Peronist party still exists, and the historical inaccuracies are more easily noticed by the public. |
| 167 | * ''Theatre/TheGondoliers'', Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's most unabashedly royalist operetta, was one of their most popular in England but never had much appeal in the U.S. except to serious G&S enthusiasts. One highly-promoted American production, according to George Jean Nathan, gave the show the rueful nickname "The Gone Dollars." |
| 168 | * The Thai [[http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2015/05/19/thailands-banned-king-and-i/ deeply, truly, sincerely hate]] ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''. Seeing how both Mongkut and Chulalongkorn are revered national heroes, that is quite understandable. Every film adaptation has been banned outright in the country. |
| 169 | * ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'' didn't play well in Thailand. The song "One Night in Bangkok" in particular was considered so offensive as to [[BannedInChina get a government ban]]. Not shocking, as the lyrics depict the city as a giant RedLightDistrict. |
| 170 | * ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'' has never been popular in the U.K. and attempts at bringing it to the West End have been met with mixed results. Part of it seems to be that the DeadArtistsAreBetter hype surrounding it in the wake of Jonathan Larson's death faded by the time it got to the West End, part of it seems to be U.K. audiences not relating to the characters and setting (would-be bohemians in late 1980s N.Y.C. at the height of the [=AIDS=] crisis). |
| 171 | * Several people of Vietnamese heritage have spoken out against ''Theatre/MissSaigon''. Most of the criticism revolves around the portrayal of Vietnam as a WretchedHive, the sexism, and racism (Orientalism). Refugees and immigrants dislike the [[https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/04/13/i-am-miss-saigon-and-i-hate-it/ exploitation]] of their personal and communal trauma. Mainlanders object to the portrayal of the communists as a [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters sweeping, evil army]] (for example, the comparison of Ho Chi Minh [[note]] considered a national hero in mainland Vietnam[[/note]] to [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]] during "Morning of the Dragon"). It's also plagued with error regarding the Vietnamese culture and language, as well as allegations of InterchangeableAsianCultures in the lack of Vietnamese actors in principal roles (the original West End/Broadway Engineer, Jonathan Pryce, was a white man in {{Yellowface}} to play an Eurasian character, and the most notable principal Kims have been Filipinas Lea Salonga and Eva Noblezada). |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 175 | * Ride/DisneyThemeParks: |
| 176 | ** Ride/DisneylandParis was initially despised by the French people, citing poor (by French standards, anyway) working conditions and seeing it as a sign of [[EaglelandOsmosis American cultural imperialism]]. |
| 177 | ** Duffy the Disney Bear: |
| 178 | *** Duffy was a huge hit when he was introduced in Ride/TokyoDisneyland. When he was brought to America in 2010, many wondered "[[CanonForeigner Who the hell is that?]]" and "[[CreatorsPet Why is he everywhere?]]" It appears as though America does not get the appeal of Mickey Mouse's little plushy friend, in part because he doesn't appear in any other Disney media (the animated canon, shorts, TV shows, etc.), as well as not accounting the cultural differences on why he got famous in Japan. Despite that, there are still fans of Duffy and his friends stateside, and Disney hasn't quite given up on him (he is set to be included in a reboot of ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''), but not enough to consider bringing him back a second time in the parks. |
| 179 | *** An earlier version of Duffy was NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: the Disney Bear was introduced at Once Upon a Toy in Ride/WaltDisneyWorld's Downtown Disney (later renamed Disney Springs) in 2004, as an attempt at [[FollowTheLeader breaking into]] the Build-a-Bear market. However, it came "pre-built", and the reception was lukewarm at best. Plans for his introduction at Ride/{{Disneyland}} (which had an actual Build-a-Bear store in their Downtown Disney by then) were cancelled, and he was pulled from Disney World just three years later. |
| 180 | * Though [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Japan]] would later on achieve great success with domestic visitors, there were several behind-the-scenes-based attractions that upon opening with the park in 2001, failed to get a following with Japanese audiences. Said attractions included ''Motion Picture Magic'', which was a show hosted by Creator/StevenSpielberg that detailed the history of the studio, ''Television Production Tour'', which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and ''Monster Make-Up'', a Japanese version of ''Theatre/UniversalsHorrorMakeUpShow''. These shows were incredibly short-lived, as unlike the visitors to the American Universal parks, people in Japan had little interest in seeing how Hollywood productions were made and wanted a more straightforward theme park experience. ''Motion Picture Magic'' was replaced with ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'' 4-D, ''Monster Make-Up'' went through several temporary replacements before becoming ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' ''On Tour'' in 2019, and ''Television Production Tour'' became a location for a wide variety of special event offerings. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 184 | * Franchise/{{Barbie}} is one of Creator/{{Mattel}}'s biggest CashCowFranchise even to this day. But Japanese sales of the doll are dismal, due to her grown-up nature, compared to the 11-year old Japanese doll, Toys/LiccaChan. The reason why is a pretty simple cultural difference: international standards for women push them to be physically attractive and sexually appealing, while Japanese ones value youthfulness, cuteness, and innocence. |
| 185 | * Sindy, the UK's equivalent to Barbie, still sells particularly well in her native homeland, but an attempt to bring her to the other side of the Atlantic (with commercials starring Susan "[[Series/TheBradyBunch Cindy Brady]]" Olsen) was a dismal flop. |
| 186 | * ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids'' is simply hated by many Japanese fans, due to the doll's [[UnintentionalUncannyValley grotesque nature]] compared to the simplified yet cute face of the country's native ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' and other Creator/{{Sanrio}} Characters. |
| 187 | * ''Toys/LiccaChan'' is well-known in Japan enough for millions to be made for Takara Tomy in doll sales and for other media to include her, such as ''Anime/SuperDollLiccaChan'' and ''VideoGame/DreamMixTVWorldFighters''. An attempt to bring the franchise over to America in the 1970s as ''[[DubNameChange Pretty Lisa]]'' sputtered out quickly and, aside from a few licensed video games that largely fell under the radar, ''Licca-chan'' [[NoExportForYou remains Japan-exclusive]]. Most tend to blame the aforementioned Franchise/{{Barbie}}, and more specifically her more mature proportions and nature appealing more to American girls, as the reason for ''Licca-chan'''s stateside obscurity. |
| 188 | * An interview with Forbes mentioned that while Toys/SHFiguarts' ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'' products are top-sellers in Japan, they barely register with customers in America (As these are mostly niche to some US fans). In the U.S., the brand's top sellers are things like ''Franchise/DragonBall'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (mostly because of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' connection), albeit Star Wars is only through importing as its toys and SH Figuarts being NoExportForYou due to Hasbro's monopoly regarding the franchise's merch. |
| 189 | * With the exception of video games, most major toy franchises in the rest of the world are niche at best in Japan (or outright hated, as is with the Barbie and Cabbage Patch Kids examples above). This is most likely because Japan already has a thriving toy industry full of huge domestic producers like Takara Tomy, Bandai, Banpresto (Later absorbed by Bandai as part of the Bandai Spirits brand), Good Smile Company (Makers of Figma and Nendoroid figures) and Sanrio, leaving little room for anything from other countries. A western franchise that catches on in Japan, like ''Star Wars'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', will have stores predominantly selling merchandise made by these Japanese companies rather than imported goods. |
| 190 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 191 | ** Though the fanbase spans the world, it isn't as huge in most countries as in the US or Japan, which affects the sales of fan-targeted series like ''Generations'', formerly called ''Classics''. Most European territories [[NoExportForYou refused to sell them]] during the early 2010s, reasoning that children don't care for complex, expensive toys based on the old cartoon and comic characters they never heard of, and old-school fans are too much of a minority to justify the import. Distributors focused instead on toys based on currently-airing cartoon series or the live action films, as well as simplified, generic sub-lines, "1 step-changers", ''Kre-O'' or ''Construct-Bots''. This mentality has slowly been changing, but given their niche appeal, ''Generations'' figures can still be hard to find, and large retailer chains keep focusing on the more kid-oriented merch. |
| 192 | ** In America, the Decepticons are consistently no less popular than the Autobots, while in Japan, they're considerably poorer sellers. This is largely due to differing cultures with regards to children's toys: in America, it's typical to have "good guy" and "bad guy" toys, but in Japan, it's typical to have ''only'' the good guys get toys (and maybe one or two main villains or [[HeelFaceTurn characters who are initially villains and turn good]]). This is evident in most SuperRobotGenre shows meant for toy-hawking, where the antagonists are usually one-off {{Robeast}}s or monsters. Consequently, lines meant for Japanese audiences, especially younger ones, tend to feature far fewer Decepticons and even fewer new-mold ones, and media created in Japan often depicts the Decepticons or their equivalent as {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s. |
| 193 | * While Gunpla (Franchise/{{Gundam}} Plastic Models) are beloved worldwide, the Western audiences hate one subset of these models - the MS Girl-types introduced starting with the Super Fumina in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' as well as the Petitgguys. While they're big in Japan, Western fans ''really'' hate them, as they refer to the MS Girls as a "poor man's ''Toys/FrameArmsGirls''" and believe that making them and all of their variants just prevents Bandai from making popular non-''Build Fighters'' Gunpla, and thus, making the hobby look bad for outsiders as they don't want the first thing they find when someone says "Gunpla" to be tiny bear toys or 14-15 year old girls [[spoiler:minus the older woman]] in skimpy clothing and barely covering armor (with the exception of the Chinagguy). However, Bandai's subsequent "30 Minute Sisters" kits (a spinoff of the ''30 Minute Missions'' line) have been better received, due to better design and fans liking the interchangeability and "make your own mecha musume" aspect. |
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| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 197 | * Before TheNewTens, the visual novel genre as a whole had trouble finding a foothold in the West. It was hard to find official localized versions of VisualNovels, and most Westerners who bothered to play or review them derided [=VNs=] for "having no gameplay," even though several anime based on [=VNs=], including ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' or ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', were popular in the anime fandom. It didn't help that most official localizations of [=VNs=] were {{eroge}}, leading to [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles the perception that VNs were solely for perverts]]. The advent of Platform/{{Steam}} and crowdfunding via Website/{{Kickstarter}} meant that smaller publishers could take a chance on localizing visual novels. [=VNs=] with popular anime series, including ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' and ''CLANNAD'' received official versions to wide acclaim. The latter briefly outsold games like ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' on Steam. |
| 198 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 199 | ** Wendy Oldbag is one of the most popular characters in Japan for being a MotorMouth with a [[AbhorrentAdmirer humorous obsession with Edgeworth]]. This resulted in her returning in several games and making cameos in various trailers. On the other hand, Western audiences find her and her quirks to be annoying. |
| 200 | ** Larry Butz is incredibly popular in Japan and has consistently ranked high on Japanese character popularity polls, which has resulted in him becoming a prominent supporting character in the franchise. By contrast, in the Western fandom, Larry is far more [[BaseBreakingCharacter divisive]] due to his [[TheCasanova womanizing traits]] and his tendency to being [[BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible lazy and unhelpful]]. While he does have his fans who enjoy his comedic antics, others find him to be an annoying, unlikable, and creepy {{Jerkass}}. |
| 201 | ** Many western fans consider "Turnabout Big Top" in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' the worst case in the entire series, finding the wacky circus members annoying and unlikable (a LoveTriangle between a 16-year-old girl and two adult men doesn't help) and the supposed SympatheticMurderer to be UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. Japanese fans generally like it, and it came fifth in a Japanese survey of cases that "left the greatest impression" on fans. |
| 202 | ** In Japan, ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' remains the highest-selling game in the series after the UpdatedRerelease of the first. While its reception in the west wasn't especially poor -- its review scores on its first release weren't as good of those of the first or third game, but better than those of the second -- it was by far the lowest-selling main-series ''Ace Attorney'' game, and ahead of only ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' as the lowest-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game overall, likely contributing to Capcom's pulling the plug on physical releases of the series in the west... until the release of the spin-off series in the form of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney Chronicles'' in 2021. |
| 203 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' may be iconic in Japan, but it barely has any fans in the west, partly due to its depressing tone and infamous AudienceAlienatingEnding ([[spoiler:[[ItWasHisSled Misuzu dies from her curse]]]]) turning off potential fans. |
| 204 | * ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'': Toma tops Japanese popularity polls, but a vast number of Western fans loathe him for his [[{{Yandere}} treatment of the heroine]] and how it's [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack swept under the rug]] in his good ending. |
| 205 | * In ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty'', Ayumi is usually on the top of the polls in Japan. In western audiences, she's the DamselScrappy. Yuka (Satoshi's little sister) is very popular in Japanese polls. For the West, she tends to be either despised or seen with apathy. This is because while in Japan her childliness is perceived as endearing, for westerns it comes off as grating and obnoxious (she's 14, but she acts much more like a toddler or a 9-year-old). The fact that she is in love with her brother is another blackmark in the West, but it's also one of the reasons she's so liked in the East. |
| 206 | * ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is a smash hit in its native Japan, but it's mostly loathed everywhere else, due to its attempts to [[RomanticizedAbuse fetishize]] DomesticAbuse and UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome being seen as insensitive, among other things. |
| 207 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' |
| 208 | ** While most people in the east enjoy her character, Miu Iruma can come off as this especially towards Western fans. People find her lewd comments either funny or annoying. In addition, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91xdAI4WJw8 scene of her repairing Keebo]] has been slightly controversial as either people think it's hilarious or they dislike the idea of it being PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Her role in Chapter 4 doesn't help much as she attempts to kill Kokichi and frame Kaito for the crime because of her viewing the Flashback Light and believing that the world needed her inventions to help save them. Others dislike her selfishness over her prioritizing her life over her classmates especially given how she would have ended up getting Keebo killed while others felt bad for her due to her sympathetic motive involving [[TheNeedsOfTheMany wanting to take care of other citizens in the world]], not to mention being a complex JerkassWoobie who ends up having her paranoia get the best of her, which leads to her downfall. Plus given she does tend to get bullied or ignored by her classmates, some fans feel that Miu choosing the rest of the world over them is understandable, especially since the Flashback Light led her to believe the world was in a drastic state of emergency.]] |
| 209 | ** Kirumi Tojo is pretty beloved in her native country of Japan placing above most western fan favourites such as Gonta and Himiko. Some fans in the west dislike her for being [[TheAce incredibly talented at everything she does]], [[InexplicablyAwesome without any sort of explanation for her skills]] in her Free Time Events. According to her Free Time Events, her only "weakness" - [[WeaksauceWeakness being unable to slice konjac root]] - came across as a joke weakness to those who dislike her. [[spoiler: And come the major plot twist in Chapter 2, many fans took Kirumi turning out to be the ''de facto'' Prime Minister of Japan poorly. Some saw it as an AssPull to justify her murder, and some hit by ValuesDissonance took distaste to her political backstory due to the negative connotations associated with politicians in America compared to Japanese culture (especially when Monokuma starts narrating her backstory in a UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump voice even using his campaign slogan). Her manipulating a suicidal person into accepting his death doesn't help either. Not only does she commit murder, but she also claims to be trying to honor her promise to [[EnsembleDarkhorse Kaede]] to [[ManipulativeBastard guilt trip Shuichi into not accusing her of the murder]], and even attempting to manipulate other students into being executed in her place after she's finally caught. Other western fans appreciate Kirumi's character design, the selflessness and caring behind all of her actions, and her TeamMom personality. Even her motive for murder can be seen as quite [[SympatheticMurderer sympathetic]] to those buying into her TheNeedsOfTheMany utilitarianism, as the lives of thirteen high school students she met a few days ago can look quite insignificant compared to the lives of the entire country of Japan. Her joke weakness with konjac root is also shown as a larger, more genuine weakness in her later Free Time Events and Harmonious Heart event: [[ThePerfectionist her inability to accept imperfection]]. Either way, whether someone loves Kirumi or hates her, there's very little middle ground on the character in the west anyway, in the East, she's an EnsembleDarkhorse.]] |
| 210 | * ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': |
| 211 | ** Hiyoko Saionji was the 4th most popular character in an [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr2_jp_poll.jpg official Japanese poll]] (only below Chiaki, Nagito and Ibuki), making her a EnsembleDarkHorse and an UnpopularPopularCharacter there. However, most western fans hate her for being a [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] FakeCutie who spends her time [[TheBully bullying]] other characters and use CrocodileTears to her advantage. Unsurprisingly, she is always placed at the bottom of popularity polls or second place to [[DepravedBisexual Teruteru]] although she does still have a large western fanbase that like the Japanese one enjoys her genuinely witty lines and JerkassWithAHeartOfGold personality making her more of a BaseBreakingCharacter than TheScrappy. |
| 212 | ** Similarly, there are ''far'' less fans of Akane Owari in the west than there is over in Japan, with her even placing dead last alongside the Ultimate Imposter (of whom nothing is really learned about in the story proper) in [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dq2-3AeWkAYHKPE?format=jpg&name=medium a poll on the Danganronpa wiki.]] Her detractors claim her to be a StaticCharacter whose HotBlooded [[DumbMuscle stupidity]] [[LeeroyJenkins is more obnoxious than charming.]] |
| 213 | ** Nagito is at best, a contentious character in the west often being overshadowed by characters like Gundham Tanaka, Chiaki Nanami, and Hajime Hinata. In Japan however? He's frequently voted the BreakoutCharacter of Goodbye Despair due to his Trickster tendencies, his complex backstory of being an UnluckilyLucky LonelyRichKid, and being TheRival with several Mangas, an anime, and even several NoExportForYou figurines and posters to the point ''he'' was on the Anniversary box and cloth poster for the collector edition of the Switch release of Dangaronpa 1, 2, and V3 replacing Hajime or Chiaki. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 217 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has had difficulty breaking into Asian markets due to their unfamiliarity with the [[Franchise/{{Halo}} source material]]. In particular, Japanese audiences have particularly expressed concern about Grif, whose laziness and irreverence for authority is very much out of sync with their culture. Which is quite ironic, considering that laziness and irreverence for authority is very common for Japanese works protagonists such as Nobita from ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' for the former and Asta from ''Manga/BlackClover'' for the latter, to name a few. There's also how [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan loves]] ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', which was made by [[Creator/RoosterTeeth the same people]]. |
| 218 | * Russians hate ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' due to it having American pop culture references not being well known outside the US. Most negative reviews on Steam for the game, ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' are from Russian users. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 222 | * Western fast food chains like UsefulNotes/McDonalds and Burger King are popular in most of Asia, but flopped horribly in Vietnam. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6enxa3tdEk This video]] explains that these chains' failure boils down to ValuesDissonance and fierce competition from cheaper street vendors. Unlike the solitary, rapid consumption associated with Western fast food (hence the term, "'''fast''' food"), Vietnamese culture emphasizes the communal aspect of meals, with people preferring to share food with loved ones. KFC, however, managed to adapt to these preferences to some extent, even though its offerings are generally less healthy compared to the more wholesome options available from street vendors. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
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