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2[[caption-width-right:349:Düsseldorf at the TurnOfTheMillennium according to ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' (top) and in RealLife (bottom).]]
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4->''"We are we and write us ''us'' - it's Bavarian ''liberalitas''!\
5We are the Jesus mountain Chetniks, fighting for the ''Kruzifix.''\
6Drinking beer from ''grossen Mass'', ''Weisswurst'' and ''Leberkas,''\
7''Holleri'' and ''hollera'', welcome to Bavaria-a-a!\
8'''*'''cue yodeling'''*'''''"''
9-->-- '''Die Biermüslblosn''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyi8L6J--IY "Welcome To Bavaria"]]
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11In UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, everyone is fat, constantly [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities drunk on beer]], dressed in lederhosen suspenders, eats nothing but sausages and pretzels, and gets totally ticked off [[Series/FawltyTowers whenever somebody mentions]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII The War]]. If you're lucky, you might get a mention of more recent events - such as the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall and [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff David Hasselhoff]].
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13It's pretty likely that the beer is being served by one of those wenches with gravity-defying blonde braids and big breasts pushed up by the 'uplift bodice' on her dirndl. If so, expect ''[[StandardSnippet Ach Du Lieber Augustin]].''
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15If you're in a modern nightclub, expect to it to be a strange one involving a lot of [[EuropeansAreKinky leather]]. [[GermanicDepressives And possibly nihilism]].[[note]][[Film/TheBigLebowski We believe in nothing]]![[/note]]
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17The prevalence of these stereotypes has partly to do with the fact that many American units were assigned the southern part of Germany as their occupation zone at the end of World War II and as such most of their military personnel took their experiences of bucolic Bavaria as the archetype of all things German back home. Hollywood and TV then ran with this selective memory. [[note]]A British joke about post-[=WW2=] occupation is "The French got the wine. The Russians got the women. The Americans got the scenery. '''We''' got the rubble."[[/note]] Another contributing factor is that a significant portion of the German immigrants to America came from the rural regions of Southern and Eastern Germany - notably, again, Bavaria. To this day one will find German-Americans proudly operating [[TheGoodOldDays traditional]] Biergartens and breaking out the Lederhosen, steins, sausage, polka, and sauerkraut at any opportunity, [[StopBeingStereotypical much to the chagrin of any modern Germans trying to shed exactly this folksy image]]. While the intention is an honest celebration of their heritage, it can reach a point of MisaimedFandom and SelfParody at times, similar to the enthusiasm of those of [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishDiaspora descent]].
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19Of course, many foreign authors discover there is more than one region of Germany. Sadly these "discoveries" tend to include regions like the Black Forest where they grow cuckoo clocks, [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm fairy tales]], and gingerbread houses. In UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}, of course, the men are all {{Badass Longcoat}}s who have [[{{Kaiserreich}} crew cuts, monocles, duelling scars and interrogation sessions that start with "Vays off makink you talk"]], while of course, their DistaffCounterpart TheBaroness is happy to assist. Oddly, while the stigmatic association with swastikas and blitzkrieg is fading as time progresses, this archetype seems to be [[MemeticMutation morphing]] into an image of [[GermanicEfficiency tight-laced]] [[GermanicDepressives basketcases]], {{Goth}}s, and fascistic {{Dominatrix}}es who frequent [[CoolestClubEver badly-lit discotheques blaring]] ElectronicMusic, and their ways of making you talk consists of [[MostCommonSuperpower the baroness]] enacting unspeakable bondage, domination and sadomasochism. But [[CulturedWarrior be prepared to listen to a detailed history]] of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany before ''[[ThoseWackyNazis they]]'' went and ruined it for everyone.
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21German fiction has tropes of its own regarding "Ossis und Wessis" (former [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany East]] and [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany West]] Germans respectively): Wessis are supposedly materialistic, arrogant assholes, while Ossis are usually poor, bad-tempered, lazy whiners. And UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} is the FreestateAmsterdam of Germany, while Berlin - of course - is something of its very own [[BigApplesauce NYC]].
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23[[GermanHumor By the way, Germans do have a sense of humor]]. Although a stereotype, it's still better than [[AllGermansAreNazis the other thing Germany is known for.]] But not much. Invoking this stereotype will give you a very hard time making friends with any Germans.
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25[[NonindicativeName Oh, and by the way, Oktoberfest is celebrated in both late September AND through early October]].
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27For the RealLife location of the Oktoberfest, [[UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} look no further than Munich]].
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29Compare also their closest neighbors, YodelLand, LandOfTulipsAndWindmills, and {{Ruritania}} (if you're lucky) and {{Uberwald}} (if you're not).
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36* Citroën's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQnPWjK5pE "Unmistakably German - Made in France"]] ad lampshades many German stereotypes.
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40* One episode of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' takes place in Berlin. While the episode mostly manages to stay clear of this trope, the street on which Batou is waiting in the front of a shop would fit much better into an old and traditional Bavarian village and looks nothing like downtown Berlin.
41* Despite being Japanese, ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' complete averts it and is actually one of the most realistic portrayals of the UsefulNotes/{{Bonn}} and UsefulNotes/TheBerlinRepublic in non-German fiction. It even deals with the difficulties of [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany east German]] officials integrating into a new society that [[WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell regards their former government as criminals]], which is quite difficult to explain to outsiders.
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45%%* Alfi (cousin of ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}'') and his village. It's a German comic.
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49* A scene in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' caused unintended hilarity in German cinemas, when it showed a tiny South German village on the edge of the Black Forest[[note]]Specifically, they used Gengenbach, in Baden-Württemberg[[/note]] fitting the trope and subtitled it "Düsseldorf, [[LondonEnglandSyndrome Germany]]"--the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, a completely different region, which is known for its huge urban sprawl (it's the seventh largest city in Germany), its art and fashion scene and bands such as Music/{{Neu}}, Music/LaDusseldorf and--most famously--Music/{{Kraftwerk}}.
50* The subtitle in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' says "Düssel''heim''". Nevertheless, the town has a distinct Bavarian look. Which is ironic, since most of the movie (including all city scenes) were shot in and around UsefulNotes/{{Munich}}, essentially making all locations a subtle case of this.
51* The Griswalds from ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'' go to Germany to meet their German relatives, [[spoiler:except they weren't]].
52* The entire German cast from ''Film/{{Beerfest}}'' is made of tall, drunken Germans in lederhosen, a Prussian gentleman grandpa, an old skinny grandma who eats nothing but ''bratwurst'', and a group of German guys dressed like U-boat sailors. Plus, the story begins at the actual Oktoberfest, and the entire plot is about an Oktoberfest-like drinking tournament.
53* We never visit Germany itself in the musical ''Film/TheProducers'', but Franz Liebkind has both the lederhosen and the not-very-secretive Nazi adoration. And a really stupid accent. {{Oktoberfest}} imagery is also plentiful in the "SpringtimeForHitler" production number.
54* Something of a subversion near the end of ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}'' (a German film). Near the end of the movie, a militia group is seen executing civilians for "defecting" (fleeing the Soviet bombardment). Most members are regularly dressed but their leader is seen wearing traditional German clothing, including lederhosen and the feathered hat. Somehow this makes him more intimidating than {{Narm}}y.
55* The song "I Love Louisa" from ''Film/TheBandWagon''.
56* ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' has the hilarious scene where Clouseau goes to the Oktoberfest and several dozen assassins from around the world accidentally kill each other while trying to kill him.
57* At one point in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Film/JamesBond is forced to hitch a ride with a portly German couple who keeps offering him beer and wurst, which he politely declines.
58* In ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' Mark Ratner takes Stacy on a date to a German restaurant. The waitress who serves them is a rubenesque woman wearing lederhosen.
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62* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', the human population of {{Uberwald}} is pretty much this trope. ''Quaffing''[[note]]spilling whilst swinging the mug woidly[[/note]] of beer from ornate ceramic mugs with badly secured lids, whilst singing jolly songs like ''Ich bin ein Rattedarschedschwein'', is a RunningGag.
63* ''Unborn Tomorrow'', a short story by Creator/MackReynolds. An EccentricMillionaire wants a private eye to locate a time traveler from the future and get the secret of eternal life. He believes such time travelers would go to the Oktoberfest because everyone would be too drunk to notice anything strange about them. The private eye's secretary is surprised when her boss curtly turns down this chance to get drunk on someone else's money. The private eye explains that he's already taken the assignment three times, and each time the time travelers sent him back to this point in the time line, with a massive hangover from drinking too much German beer. There's no way he's getting another hangover piled on top of the previous three, not for any amount of money!
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67* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Discussed in "Hawkins Travel Agency", when Miss Brooks is trying to sell Mr. Stone on a trip to Switzerland:
68-->'''Miss Brooks''' (speaking in a German accent): And then we go to the Bavarian Alps. Immediately you notice there is a big difference.\
69'''Mr. Boynton''': A big difference?\
70'''Miss Brooks''': Ja. There with the women and the song, you get beer. Achtung what beer! Two bottles and you ski down the whole mountain without your skis.
71* This trope was satirized to death (and then some) by the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' "Bavarian Restaurant" sketch.
72** Ironically enough, made on location for ''[[SelfDeprecatingHumour German]]'' television.
73* On ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' during German Week the store staff is forced to wear lederhosen. Two of the cast get very small, form fitting versions: [[FanService Miss Brahms]] and [[FanDisservice Mr Humphries]].
74* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode ''The Maquis, Part 1'', Benjamin Sisko is visited by his old friend Calvin Hudson. They reminisce about the time when they were stationed together in the New Berlin colony, and comment about how they looked like in lederhosen. Lederhosen in the New Berlin colony make about as much sense as ten-gallon Stetsons in the New Boston colony, but never mind.
75* In S10E21 'Berlin' of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' Tony and Ziva visit Berlin. Of course, Tony buys a Lederhosen as a souvenir und they visit a "typical local" bar with a waitress in a phony Bavarian Tracht serving Tony a Maß beer. At least it's lampshades by Ziva's contact Adam Eshel that it might be better to blend in like a common tourist.
76* An episode of ''Series/WorstCooksInAmerica'' that coincided with ''actual'' Oktoberfest had it as a theme for the episode. Contestants had to make their own wurst using the meat grinder and sausage-filler attachment on a stand mixer...and use [[StockYuck natural casings]] for the sausages. There was also an appearance by a band wearing lederhosen.
77* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': In "The Wall", a bar in East (Eastern at the time of the airing) Berlin has Bavarian music playing and waitresses in traditional Bavarian dresses.
78* On the ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Head Martian Keymar visits Chochum, the Wise Old Martian, to talk about what's been wrong with the Martian children. Chochum asks him what month it is. Keymar replies, "It is the middle of Septober." Tom Servo msts: "Time for Septoberfest!"
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82* [[Music/FaithNoMore Das Schützenfest]]. (Technically something different than Oktoberfest, but the cliches in the lyrics are the same.)
83* This imagery is invoked for the 80s song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP9Wp6QVbsk "Fichtl's Lied" by Die Woodys]].
84* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3LObBiggFzA "I Goes To Fight Mit Sigel"]] is a song from UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar about a recent German immigrant from "der old contree" enlisting in the Union Army who regrets not having "der lager beer" and "der saurkraut, der Schvitzer-kase und bretzel" in the army.
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88* The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' includes a scenario, "Sektoberfest in [=NoThingfjord"=], which combines the Literature/{{Discworld}}'s version of Oktoberfest with HornyVikings and UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n backpackers, among other things.
89* ''Tanto Cuore: Oktoberfest'' is a DeckbuildingGame about {{Meido}} serving Beer
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93* The musical ''Theatre/NineMusical'', though set in Italy, provides a taste of this flavor with the number "The Germans At The Spa."
94* The protagonist of ''Theatre/PassingStrange'' visits Berlin, and encounters the avant-garde nihilist brand of Germans. And then it turns out [[spoiler:they all go home to the bucolic village version for Christmas.]]
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98* [[Ride/BuschGardens Busch Gardens Williamsburg]] has an entire area themed around this, that's outright called "Oktoberfest".
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102* The Berlin level of ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'' is styled in this way, featuring a bombed out wall section and drunk men in lederhosen.
103* The Medic in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is German, and of course has the stereotypical accent. [[MemeticMutation "Oktoberfest"]] is one of his taunts. Thankfully, he doesn't wear lederhosen, though he can put on a hat. A Mann vs. Machine map brings the team to his hometown of Rottenburg, which looks to have situated itself as this for tourists.
104* ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight 2'', which takes place in modern day Bavaria, has elements of this.
105* German ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' character Hugo has a stage in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: 2nd Impact'' that sums this up perfectly.
106* The goats and [[{{Mooks}} Rhynocs]] of the level Sheila's Alp in ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' are obviously based on this. Despite that, [[PlayerCharacter Sheila]] herself is an out of place [[KangaroosRepresentAustralia Aussie-accented kangaroo]].
107* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', where a screen about Oktoberfest occasionally replaces a JumpScare.
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111* Discussed in ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework''. The protagonist and Henry snuck in at one point.
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120* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', a rather Bavarian-looking band plays in the background while Fievel and his family board their ship to America in ''Hamburg''. Sigh.
121* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' that introduced the Dog and Pig talismans was set in this version of Germany.
122* Stewie and Brian stopped by this version of Germany while on their "Road to Europe" tour in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. There's one notably hilarious exchange in which Brian brings up the subject of WWII:
123-->'''Brian''': The writer Thomas Mann fled to America to escape persecution!\
124'''Tour Guide''': No he didn't! He left to manage a Dairy Queen!
125* The main villain in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Chocolate Chips", Heinrich von Sugarbottom, is supposed to be a German. Of course, he is wearing lederhosen.
126* Uter from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was this type of German exchange student. In the German dub he is from Switzerland.
127** Also, Homer and Marge have gone to an Oktoberfest celebration on at least a couple of occasions.
128* The character Dieter Lederhosen from ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' fulfills about every non-Nazi, non-UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}n, non-Music/{{Kraftwerk}} German stereotype. So does his family whose name is indeed Lederhosen. And although he grew up in Hazelnut (as opposed to being on student exchange), he speaks with the typical accent.
129* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "The Bus Boy" there's a fat German boy in lederhosen (an {{Expy}} of Uter). His story involved the bus boy (resembling the German boy) dancing around eating food and commenting how good it was.
130* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. When the gang go to Germany for Oktoberfest in "Fun on a Bun", Fry expects the drunken debauchery of his day. He is greatly disappointed that in the ensuing thousand years, it has evolved into a classy, sophisticated event. Lederhosen and sausage are still present, though; in fact, the plot includes Bender entering a sausage-making competition.
131* In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Heffer joins a cult that is all about sausage. (To the point where they consider any other foodstuff, including pizza ''with sausage on it'' to be an abomination.) They all wear lederhosen, and the women wear their hair in braids.
132* The ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' episode "[[Recap/TotalDramaSlapSlapRevolution Slap Slap Revolution]]" takes place in Germany, and has all the associated stereotypes; they have to do a challenge where they make a giant sausage and ride it down a mountain, they sing a song to the tune of Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"[[note]]Mozart was actually Austrian, but his family was from Germany[[/note]], they then do another challenge where they all partake in German slap-dancing, one of the teams has to wear traditional Tyrolean hats, and Cody even has to wear lederhosen. Another team has to wear pickelhaube helmets, which crosses over a bit into {{Kaiserreich}}.
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136* Well... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest the Oktoberfest]]. And '''''no''''', [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it neither celebrates beer nor does it celebrate the fact that it's October as modern days knew]]. It celebrates the jubilee of the 1810 wedding of the Bavarian Prince Ludwig I (later King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the grandfather of UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria) and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on the same spot, just outside the city limits of UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} (in 1810, that was, as the city engulfed it. Nowadays, it's in the city center). Not that it would be an easy task to find any German who knows this. The locals, however, still call the Oktoberfest ''die Wiesn'' (literally, "the meadow").
137* Cincinnati ''is'' a known example for this trope during Oktoberfests, along with many places in the world with a high German colony will become mini Oktoberfests or host similar festivals, i.e. Blumenau in Brazil and Kitchener (formerly Berlin, Ontario) in Canada.
138** The Kitchener Oktoberfest is actually the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the world outside of Germany.
139* German songs bang on about this to the extent that the Deutschlandlied, from which one part was taken to become the '''national anthem''', has a second stanza (repeated in the chorus) to this effect:
140-->Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
141-->Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang.
142-->'''Translation:'''
143-->German Women, German loyalty,
144-->German Wine and German song.
145** As of 1990, only the third stanza of the Deutschlandlied is recognized as the national anthem. That's the one about unity, justice and freedom. The first stanza was deemed too nationalist to be part of the anthem of united Germany, and had the taint of the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] besides (they had sung ''only'' the first stanza, and then jumped into the Horst-Wessel-Lied). The second stanza was deemed to be too drunk and informal to be the anthem of ''any'' country.
146* At a cruder level, there are interminable [[UsefulNotes/TheStudentenverbindung German student songs]], invariably about imbibing huge quantities of beer and wine (''Im Schwarzen Walfisch'', ''Krambambuli'' et al), generally sung at ''Kneipen'' (traditional festive get-togethers).
147* Many breweries in the United States and other non-German countries sell seasonal craft beers to commemorate Oktoberfest. Such beers are usually premium German-style lagers that are only available during the months of September and October.
148* The Japanese restaurant "Die Wurst" is Bavarian themed, with waitresses wearing "Dirndl" and "Lederhosen".
149* Leavenworth Washington, which survived the decline of the timber industry by turning itself into a little Bavaria in the Cascades, is known for it's Octoberfest.
150* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_Tovar Colonia Tovar]] is a quintessential German alpine village, with timbered homes high-topped roofs... in the middle of Venezuela. To be fair, IT was founded by German colonists during the 19th century.
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