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7->''"In heaven, all the policemen are British, all of the lovers are Italian, all of the chefs are French, all of the cars are German, and the whole thing is run by the Swiss.''
8->''In hell, all of the policemen are German, all of the lovers are Swiss, all of the chefs are British, all of the cars are French, and the whole thing is run by the Italians."''
9-->-- Traditional Joke
10
11{{Stereotype}}s regarding people of specific nationalities. Some of them are a little bit TruthInTelevision (certain others more so), due to having some basis in reality. But remember, stereotypes are either half-true or dishonest exaggerations; nations are not [[PlanetOfHats Planets of Hats]] where everyone always look and act the same, and there are always differences and exceptions within groups. If anything, the true face of the country in question is often either not as expected or entirely different.
12
13'''This page serves as an index of tropes pertaining to any kind of ethnic/national/racial stereotyping. Please see Analysis.NationalStereotypes to read more detailed, in-depth information about overall stereotypes.'''
14----
15!!Tropes:
16[[index]]
17[[foldercontrol]]
18
19[[folder:General]]
20[floatboxright:
21'''Main topic:'''
22+ Analysis.NationalStereotypes
23
24'''Related indexes:'''
25+ AccentTropes
26+ HollywoodAtlas
27+ ImmigrationAndDiasporaTropes
28+ TheNationalIndex
29+ PatrioticTropes
30+ RaceTropes
31++ EvilRaceTropes
32++ PositiveStereotypeTropes
33]
34* ButNotTooForeign
35* CaptainEthnic: A superhero whose theme is their ethnicity or nationality.
36** CaptainGeographic
37** CaptainPatriotic
38* TheChiefsDaughter
39* ChildOfTwoWorlds
40* CrazyCulturalComparison
41* CulturalCringe
42* CultureClash: Someone experiences culture shock when visiting a very unfamiliar country.
43* CultureEqualsCostume
44* DevelopingNationsLackCities: Third-world countries have no big cities.
45* DirtyForeigner
46* EthnicMenialLabor: Poor laborers and servants are often depicted as being ethnic minorities (especially foreign immigrants).
47* EthnicScrappy: [[TheScrappy A character who is disliked by the audience]] for being an offensive ethnic/national/racial stereotype.
48* ForeignExchangeStudent: An international student who is temporarily staying in another country to attend classes at a local school.
49* ForeignQueasine: Foreign food is gross.
50* ForeignWrestlingHeel
51* FunnyForeigner: A foreign character who provides comic relief with their bizarre customs and obliviousness of how things are in the country where they reside.
52* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: Criminal organizations are often composed mostly or entirely of crooks from a specific ethnic group.
53** MetroSpecificUnderworld: Criminal gangs who are associated with a particular city or region.
54** RuthlessForeignGangsters: Mobsters from another country are even more scary than the local gangsters are.
55* HollywoodCuisine
56* HollywoodNatives: Stereotypical aboriginal/indigenous/native tribes.
57* AnImmigrantsTale
58* InternationalShowdownByProxy
59* MadeInCountryX
60* MisaimedStereotyping: A joke where a character invokes a stereotype against a different ethnic group from the one the stereotype is usually associated with.
61* MistakenEthnicity: Incorrect guesses about where someone or their ancestors came from.
62** MistakenForForeigner: Someone who is a native citizen is wrongly assumed by others to be a foreign national in their own country.
63** MistakenNationality: Incorrect guesses about which country someone is from.
64* NationalAnimalStereotypes: NationalStereotypes meet AnimalStereotypes.
65* NationsAsPeople: {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of entire countries.
66* NonSpecificallyForeign: A character is established as being from another country, but it is not specified which country they are from.
67* TheOldCountry
68* PatrioticFervor: When the citizens of a particular country are stereotyped as all being fanatical nationalists.
69* PhenotypeStereotype
70* QuirkyNeighbourCountry
71* RegionalRiff: [[{{Leitmotif}} Stock theme music]] which represents a particular country or region.
72* SavagePiercings
73* StockForeignName: The most common names associated with people of specific nationalities.
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder:Africans]]
77* AfricanTerrorists
78* AfricaIsACountry: All of (usually just Sub-Saharan) Africa is treated like just one big generic nation with interchangeable cultures.
79* AmoralAfrikaner
80* {{Blackface}}
81* {{Bulungi}}
82* DarkestAfrica
83* EgyptIsStillAncient
84* {{Qurac}}: If a North African one.
85[[/folder]]
86
87[[folder:African Americans]]
88* AngryBlackManStereotype: Black men who are highly temperamental, especially in regards to perceived racism.
89* BlackAndNerdy: A black nerd.
90* {{Blackface}}
91* BlackIsBiggerInBed
92* BlackJezebelStereotype
93* MagicalNegro
94* MalcolmXerox
95* {{Mammy}}
96* SassyBlackWoman: Black women have attitude and make sassy remarks.
97* ScaryBlackMan
98* UncleTomfoolery: Using ethnic stereotypes for an attempt at comedy.
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Americans]]
102[floatboxright:
103'''Sub-index:'''
104+ IndexedStatesOfAmerica
105]
106* TheAllAmericanBoy
107* AllAmericanFace: An American wrestler who is the {{Face}} and has PatrioticFervor for {{Eagleland}}.
108* AmericaSavesTheDay: The USA portrayed as the main good guys ready to solve any global crisis.
109** AmericaWonWorldWarII: American contributions to the Allied victory in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII are exaggerated to the point of downplaying the other Allied powers' roles.
110* AmericaTakesOverTheWorld: When the USA is no longer content with being the most powerful country in the world, they decide to make themselves the only sovereign nation controlling everyone and everything.
111* AmericansAreCowboys
112* AngryWhiteMan: White men who feel like they're oppressed by minorities.
113* BigApplesauce: Stereotypical portrayals of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity as a place where all kinds of amazing things can happen.
114** TheBigRottenApple: NYC is stereotyped as a WretchedHive of scum and villainy.
115** BrooklynRage: Ill-tempered denizens of Brooklyn, New York.
116* TheBigEasy
117* CornyNebraska: Nebraska's claim to fame? Corn… Lots of it.
118* DeepSouth: Stereotypical depictions of rural regions of the Southeastern United States, and the people who live there.
119* {{Eagleland}}: Portrayals and parodies of the United States, affectionate or critical, from other countries.
120* EverythingIsBigInTexas
121* EverytownAmerica
122* FastFoodNation: America is a land of cheap junk food, hence the rising obesity rates in recent decades.
123* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit
124* TheFriendlyTexan
125* {{Gangsterland}}: American cities protrayed as havens for street gangs and organized crime.
126* GoodOlBoy
127* GunNut: While obsessive firearms enthusiasts can come from anywhere, in the context of national stereotypes, they're almost always American citizens.
128* HawaiianShirtedTourist
129* HorribleHollywood
130* ItCameFromBeverlyHills
131* ItalianAmericanCaricature
132* {{Joisey}}: Stereotypical residents of New Jersey.
133* MinnesotaNice
134* OnlyInFlorida: Weird things always happen in Florida, usually caused by the insane antics of local Florida men.
135* OnlyInMiami
136* RaginCajun
137* SalemIsWitchCountry
138* TheSavageSouth
139* SimpleCountryLawyer
140* SmallTownTyrant: Southern authority figures are evil.
141* SoccerHatingAmericans
142* SouthernBelle
143* SouthernFriedGenius: A genius with a Southern accent.
144* SouthernFriedPrivate: A soldier with a Southern accent.
145* SouthernGentleman
146* SouthernGothic
147** SouthernGothicSatan
148* SuburbanGothic
149* TipisAndTotemPoles
150* UglyAmericanStereotype
151* ValleyGirl
152* WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames
153* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant
154* TheWildWest
155* WildWestArmadillo
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Argentinians]]
159* ArgentinaIsNaziLand
160* {{Gaucho}}
161* ThePampas
162[[/folder]]
163
164[[folder:Australians]]
165* AwesomeAussie: An Australian who is badass.
166* TheBogan: An Australian who is crass and abrasive.
167* KangaroosRepresentAustralia
168* LandDownUnder
169[[/folder]]
170
171[[folder:Austrians]]
172* HerrDoktor: An Austrian doctor.
173* YodelLand
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Brazilians]]
177* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires
178[[/folder]]
179
180[[folder:Brits]]
181* BritainIsOnlyLondon
182* BritishRockstar
183* BritishStuffiness
184* BritishTeeth: The stereotype that British people have bad dental problems.
185* BritsLoveTea
186* EvilBrit: A British villain.
187* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: England and/or London, or all of Britain for that matter, is perpetually damp and foggy.
188* IAmVeryBritish: The stereotype that all non-Cockney British people speak posh.
189* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: A hero or other good-aligned character who is British.
190* LowerClassLout: The cultural direct opposite to the stereotype directly above.
191* NorthernIrishAndNasty
192* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish
193* StiffUpperLip
194[[/folder]]
195
196[[folder:Canadians]]
197* CanadianEqualsHockeyFan: Being Canadian automatically means you love hockey.
198* CourteousCanadian: Canadians portrayed as overly nice and well-mannered.
199* CrassCanuck: The StereotypeFlip of a nice Canadian.
200* MooseAndMapleSyrup: Canadian stereotypes.
201* SingingMountie
202[[/folder]]
203
204[[folder:Caribbean]]
205* BananaRepublic
206[[/folder]]
207
208[[folder:Central Asians]]
209* BornInTheSaddle
210* ChummyCommies
211* CommieLand
212* {{Countrystan}}
213* HordesFromTheEast
214* {{Qurac}}
215[[/folder]]
216
217[[folder:Chinese]]
218[floatboxright:
219'''Sub-index:'''
220+ StereotypesOfChinesePeople
221]
222* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu
223* AnimeChineseGirl
224* AsianCleaverFever
225* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld
226* ChineseLaborer
227* ChineseLaunderer
228* ChingChong
229* MagicalAsian
230* RedChina
231* TheTriadsAndTheTongs
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Dutch]]
235* FreestateAmsterdam
236* LandOfTulipsAndWindmills
237[[/folder]]
238
239[[folder:(East) Asians]]
240[floatboxright:
241'''Sub-index:'''
242+ AsianIndex
243]
244* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: The stereotype that being Asian automatically means that you know martial arts.
245* AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats: Asians are stereotyped as all wearing large straw hats, which were historically mostly worn by farmers.
246* AsianAirhead: An aversion of the trope that Asians are all highly educated by showing an Asian who is ditzy.
247* AsianAndNerdy: Asians are stereotyped as being very intelligent, or at least studious.
248* AsianBuckTeeth: A DiscreditedTrope where Asians, often men, are stereotyped as having large and ugly buck teeth.
249* AsianCleaverFever: Asian chefs like to show off their dexterity when using a knife to cut up food.
250* AsianDrivers: Stereotypically Asians are bad drivers, or at least risk-taking ones (DrivesLikeCrazy, but Asian).
251* AsianHookerStereotype: Asian women are stereotyped as being sex workers, perhaps street prostitutes or working in dubiously-legal massage parlours (see HappyEndingMassage).
252* AsianRudeness: Asians are often stereotyped as being highly polite and having complex etiquette, but at other times they're instead shown as jerks.
253* AsiansEatPets: The stereotype that Asians cook and eat cats or dogs even in Western countries where this is culturally taboo.
254* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Asians are often shown speaking in butchered English, unless perhaps they have grown up or been educated in a Western country.
255* AsianStoreOwner: Asian immigrants.
256* DragonLady: Stock character of an Asian woman who is both sexy and dangerous, a more exoticized take on the FemmeFatale.
257* DragonsUpTheYinYang
258* FarEastAsianTerrorists
259* InscrutableOriental: Asians stereotypically show little outward emotion and outsiders are shown as finding them hard to "read".
260* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Conflating different Asian cultures (e.g. Korean, Japanese and Chinese) with each other.
261* MagicalAsian: A wise Asian mentor, who is often very old, and has a wealth of cultural knowledge that outsiders (often white Westerners) lack.
262* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow
263* {{Yellowface}}
264* YellowPeril
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder:Eastern Europeans]]
268* CircassianBeauty
269* CommieLand
270* {{Ruritania}}: A fictional Eastern European country.
271* SensualSlavs: Eastern European women are sexy.
272* {{Uberwald}}
273* UglySlavicWomen: Eastern European women are ugly and masculine-looking.
274[[/folder]]
275
276[[folder:English]]
277* EnglishRose: A beautiful young Englishwoman.
278* LondonGangster
279* OopNorth: Northern England, which is shown as poor and working class with quite distinctive accents.
280* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Europeans]]
284[floatboxright:
285'''Sub-index:'''
286+ EuropeIndex
287]
288* ClassicalMusicIsBoring
289* ClassicalMusicIsCool
290* {{Eurabia}}
291* EuropeansAreKinky: Europeans are shown as having very out-there sexual fetishes and much freer attitudes towards sexuality and nudity than most of the world.
292* EvilColonialist : A fictional conqueror and exploiter of indigenous peoples will most likely be from Western Europe
293* MedievalEuropeanFantasy : A fantastic setting based on the European Middle Ages
294* UnitedEurope : Europe is unified as one country
295[[/folder]]
296
297[[folder:French]]
298* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: French soldiers are depicted as cowards.
299* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
300* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench
301* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty
302* FrenchJerk: A French person who is mean.
303* GayParee
304* MauriceChevalierAccent
305[[/folder]]
306
307[[folder:Germans]]
308* AllGermansAreNazis: Being German automatically makes you one of ThoseWackyNazis.
309* GermanicDepressives: Germans are always dreary.
310* GermanicEfficiency: Germans are obsessed with making everything efficient.
311* GermanHumour
312* HerrDoktor: A German doctor.
313* {{Kaiserreich}}
314* {{Oktoberfest}}
315* YodelLand
316[[/folder]]
317
318[[folder:Greeks]]
319* AncientGrome: Mixing up ancient Greece and Rome.
320* GorgeousGreek
321[[/folder]]
322
323[[folder:Indians/South Asians]]
324* AsianStoreOwner: If Indian.
325* BollywoodNerd: An Indian who is highly intelligent.
326* MysticalIndia
327* OperatorFromIndia: Indians stereotypically tend to work in call centres or some kind of IT job.
328* StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish
329[[/folder]]
330
331[[folder:Irish]]
332* DublinSkanger
333* FightingIrish
334* IrishExplosivesExpert
335* TheIrishMob
336* IrishPriest
337* NorthernIrishAndNasty
338* OfficerOHara: The stereotypical Irish police officer.
339* {{Oireland}}
340* {{Scotireland}}: Confusing Irish stuff with Scottish stuff.
341* StPatricksDayEpisode
342[[/folder]]
343
344[[folder:Italians]]
345* ItaliansTalkWithHands: Italians are stereotyped as being animated and having highly exaggerated body language while talking.
346* TheMafia
347* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: If it's about TheMafia.
348* RambunctiousItalian
349* SpaghettiAndGondolas
350[[/folder]]
351
352[[folder:Japanese]]
353* AnimeLand
354* AsianCleaverFever
355* TheIdiotFromOsaka: The streotype that people from the Kansai region (Osaka especially) are [[LowerClassLout lower-class louts]] that are framed as the negative contrast to [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse people from Tokyo]].
356* JapaneseDelinquents
357* JapanesePoliteness: The stereotype that the Japanese are overly polite.
358* JapaneseRanguage: The stereotype that the Japanese cannot distinguish L and R sounds.
359* JapaneseSpirit
360* JapaneseTourist
361* JapanTakesOverTheWorld: A now-outdated prediction that Japan would dominate the global economy.
362* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: If it’s about {{Yakuza}}.
363* ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: The portrayal of Japan as both traditional and futuristic.
364* {{Yakuza}}: Japanese gangsters.
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder:Jews]]
368[floatboxright:
369'''Sub-index:'''
370+ ANiceJewishIndex
371]
372* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: All Jews are shown being from the Eastern European Jewish subgroup rather than Sephardi (Mediterranean) Jews or Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) Jews.
373* AllJewsAreCheapskates: Jews don't like spending too much money.
374* AmbiguouslyJewish: A character isn't stated to be Jewish, but has hints of being Jewish or is played by an actor known to be Jewish.
375* BadassIsraeli: Instead of the NiceJewishBoy who may be something of a wimp, this stereotype instead shows Jews as being tough and skilled fighters from Israel's mandatory military service.
376* GentileJewChaser
377* GreedyJew: Jews are shown as loving money and doing unethical things to get it.
378* JewishAmericanPrincess: A young Jewish woman who is spoiled.
379* JewishAndNerdy
380* JewishComplaining: Jews constantly kvetch.
381* JewishMother: Jews are shown as having MyBelovedSmother as a parent.
382* JewsLoveToArgue: In Jewish culture, having heated debates about all kinds of things is shown as normal.
383* KosherNostra
384* MagicalJew
385* NiceJewishBoy: A mild-mannered Jewish young man who is seen as an ideal mate.
386* SizableSemiticNose
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Latin Americans]]
390[floatboxright:
391'''Sub-index:'''
392+ HispanicAndLatinoIndex
393]
394* BananaRepublic
395* {{Brownface}}: Caucasians (and other non-Latino people) wear makeup to perform offensive portrayals of Latin Americans.
396* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires
397* TheCartel: Latin Americans may be stereotyped as in the illegal drug trade.
398* DashingHispanic
399* LatinLand
400* LatinLover
401* LatinoIsBrown: Even though Latin Americans can be any colour and are quite diverse in skin tone, they are mostly shown as neither white nor black but in between.
402* MachoLatino: Latino men are shown to be aggressively manly by their cultural standards, something called ''machismo''.
403* SpicyLatina: Latina women are shown to be sexy and emotionally feisty.
404[[/folder]]
405
406[[folder:Mexicans]]
407* {{Bandito}}
408* {{Calacas}}
409* GratuitousMariachiBand
410* LazyMexican: Mexicans are lazy and nap under ponchos and sombreros instead of working.
411* MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico: Latino men, especially Mexicans, are stereotyped as tending to have large and bold moustaches.
412* MaskedLuchador
413* {{Mayincatec}}: If using the Maya and Aztec parts only.
414* SombreroEqualsMexican
415* {{Spexico}}: Mexican culture gets confused with Spanish culture.
416* SouthOfTheBorder
417* WildWestArmadillo: If a Mexican one.
418[[/folder]]
419
420[[folder:Middle Easterners]]
421* AllMuslimsAreArab: Although most Arabs are Muslim and the religion of Islam comes from Arabia, most Muslims today are from outside the Arab world.
422* ArabBeobleTalk: Arabic is one of the few big world languages that doesn't have a /p/ sound, which leads to a noticeable accent.
423* ArabOilSheikh
424* ArabianNightsDays
425* EgyptIsStillAncient
426* {{Eurabia}}
427* MiddleEasternCoalition
428* MiddleEasternTerrorists
429* {{Qurac}}
430* SizableSemiticNose: If they're Arabs, which they usually are.
431[[/folder]]
432
433[[folder:Native Americans]]
434[floatboxright:
435'''Sub-index:'''
436+ NativeAmericansTropes
437]
438* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins
439* BrownFace
440* IndianBurialGround
441* IndianMaiden
442* InjunCountry
443* MagicalNativeAmerican
444* {{Mayincatec}}
445* PeacePipe
446* TheSavageIndian
447* SwornBrothers
448* TipisAndTotempoles
449* TontoTalk
450[[/folder]]
451
452[[folder:Pacific Islanders]]
453* HulaAndLuaus
454* WildSamoan
455[[/folder]]
456
457[[folder:Russians]]
458* TheBackwardsR
459* ChummyCommies: Less common than...
460* DirtyCommunists: If set during the Soviet Union.
461* FakeRussian
462* GloriousMotherRussia: Russians are shown as highly patriotic and boastful of their country.
463* HeroicRussianEmigre
464* HuskyRusskie: A Russian who is large and intimidating.
465* TheMafiya
466* MakeTheBearAngryAgain
467* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong
468* RenegadeRussian
469* RussianGuySuffersMost: Out of a MultinationalTeam, the one who goes through a lot of pain is likely Russian or at least Slavic.
470* RussiaTakesOverTheWorld
471* ThatRussianSquatDance
472* VodkaDrunkenski: Russians are stereotyped as extremely heavy drinkers and especially having a love for vodka.
473[[/folder]]
474
475[[folder:Scandinavians]]
476* HornyVikings: Vikings wear horned helmets.
477* NorseByNorsewest
478* SexyScandinavian
479[[/folder]]
480
481[[folder:Scots]]
482* BraveScot
483* ManInAKilt: Scottish men wear kilts.
484* {{Scotireland}}: Confusing Scottish stuff with Irish stuff.
485* ThriftyScot
486* ViolentGlaswegian
487[[/folder]]
488
489[[folder:Spaniards]]
490* DashingHispanic: Spanish men are attractive.
491* {{Spexico}}: Confusing Mexican stuff with Spanish stuff.
492* TorosYFlamenco
493[[/folder]]
494
495[[folder:South Americans]]
496* BananaRepublic
497* {{Gaucho}}
498* {{Mayincatec}}: If you use or base on the Incan part.
499* ThePampas
500* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires
501[[/folder]]
502
503[[folder:Southeast Asians]]
504* HolidayInCambodia: A stereotypical Southeast Asia that's a rough and brutal place, poor and corrupt and wartorn, whose main industries are drugs and prostitution. Comes from fiction about the Vietnam War era that isn't accurate today and doesn't apply to the whole region.
505[[/folder]]
506
507[[folder:Swiss]]
508* YodelLand
509[[/folder]]
510
511[[/index]]

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