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12->''"Can't think of something to do? Just go to Europe!''"
13-->-- '''WebVideo/TheRealJims''', on ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''
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15A trend in movie sequels that pops up frequently. The first one is good enough to warrant a sequel and in either the second or third installment the action takes place in a foreign country. Compare ContrastingSequelSetting.
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17Depending upon why the characters are in a foreign country, this may turn out to functionally be a longer VacationEpisode and/or a BusmansHoliday if the characters end up doing the same thing abroad that they would do at home.
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19It could also possibly result in an ArtifactTitle if the name of the original film is also the name of its setting (for example, the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' film took place in... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, Madagascar]]. But in [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa the second film]], the setting is Africa, and [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted the third film]] is set in Europe).
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26* The first three seasons of ''Anime/CardfightVanguardOverdress'', including the first season of ''[[NewSeasonNewName will+Dress]]'', take place solely in Japan. Season 2 of ''will+Dress'' instead partially takes place in the United States, with half the cast going there for a series of exhibition matches against the American champions of [[TournamentArc Vanguard Deluxe]].
27* The third ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' movie involves some of the Japanese Chosen Children meeting Wallace in the U.S.
28* In ''Manga/KOn TheMovie'', the gang goes to England.
29* The ''Franchise/LoveLive'' movie has the cast go to New York. The ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' movie has the cast go to Italy.
30* The [[Anime/LupinIIIPartII second series]] of ''Anime/LupinIII'' has the main characters going globe-trotting, where [[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 the first season]] was mostly set within Japan. Later series would follow suit, such as ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure Part IV]]'' being set in Italy (it's even officially subtitled ''The Italian Adventure'') and ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart5 Part 5]]'' being set in France (similarly carrying the subtitle ''Misadventures in France'').
31* Ash Ketchum's journeys in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' largely follow the pattern of the video games -- he starts in his homeland of Kanto, then tours the neighboring region of Johto, and from there goes to farther areas. Also, if the regions in the anime are like they are in the games (in which they're based on real-life locations), then Hoenn and Sinnoh are still somewhat close to Kanto and Johto while Unova and subsequent regions are very far overseas.
32* ''Anime/PsychoPassTheMovie'' gets out of Japan and goes to Southeast Asia for its main plot.
33* ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'': The main setting of the whole series is an Earth-like planet whose major countries are named after those of the original Earth. The first series takes place in Japaness (named after Japan), and so does the OVA follow-up ''J Again''. The second full series, ''Saber Marionette J to X'', starts in Japaness but takes the main characters into Xian (named after China) during the second StoryArc. The distant follow-ups ''Saber Marionette R'' and the manga-exclusive ''Saber Marionette Z'' take place in Romana (named after Rome, the capital of Italy), but they star different characters since they're distant sequels (500 years after ''J to X'').
34* One of the ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' [=OVAs=] has Natsumi and Yukari transferring to Los Angeles.
35* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Anime/YuGiOh'': The first major tournament takes place on an island called Duelist Kingdom, while the next season's Battle City Tournament is held in the heroes' hometown of Domino.
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40* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': A sequel is a big word, but the third act (which is actually the fourth part) takes place not in Portland, North America, but in London, England.
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44* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': {{Downplayed}}. While technically still the same country, there is a world of difference between the wild west and New York.
45* ''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' takes place in London and France, while the main comic strip and previous feature films are all set in the USA.
46* ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' takes [=McQueen=], Mater and their friends out of Radiator Springs and across the globe, with stops in Tokyo, Paris, Italy and London.
47* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'': Arnold and his friends on a class trip that takes them out of their regular city setting of Hillwood and to the fictional South American country of San Lorenzo.
48* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': Only the first movie takes place in Madagascar (and, in the first quarter, in New York City). In the first [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa two]] [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted sequels]], the main characters go to mainland Africa, then to Europe. The ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' spin-off, which continues from the third film, takes place all over the world, including stops in Europe, China, Africa and North America.
49* One of the ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh'' [[AllCGICartoon CGI specials]], ''Scaris: City of Frights'' (as well as the accompanying short, ''From Fear to Eternity''), involves the protagonists traveling to a monsterfied version of Paris.
50* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' (which takes place in Louisiana), ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', is set in Australia.
51* ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'' takes place, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]], in Paris, compared to [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} the series]] that takes place in the USA. Similarly, the third film ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'', a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'', takes place in Africa.
52* ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' involves the titular creatures with their human friends and allies from [[Film/TheSmurfs the first film]] trying to stop Gargamel by going to France.
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56* In ''Film/ThreeNinjas Kick Back'', the three ninjas and their grandfather go to Japan. (Of course ''they'' are ninjas and Japanese, respectively.)
57* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'' takes place in Africa, unlike the previous ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'' which takes place in Miami and other areas in Florida.
58%%* "[[Film/ErnestPWorrell Hey Vern]]!! I went [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Goes_to_Africa to Africa]] too, knowhutimean??"
59* The sequel to ''Film/AgentCodyBanks'' was set squarely in London.
60* ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' takes place in UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia.
61* ''Film/AnnieARoyalAdventure'' takes place in England.
62* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' is set in Japan.
63* The gag SequelHook in ''Film/BabysDayOut'' involves a book called ''Baby's Trip to China''.
64* ''[[Film/TheBadNewsBears The Bad News Bears Go To Japan]]''.
65* ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' is set entirely in Hong Kong. The second film have one-third of it's scenes set in New York. The third film (a {{prequel}} set in the 70s) meanwhile is set almost entirely in Saigon, save for five minutes back in Hong Kong.
66* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Goes Hawaiian'' came very close to being made. Highly downplayed though as Hawaii wouldn't be foreign to U.S. (the first film was set in Connecticut).
67* The ''Film/BirdBox'' sequel, ''Film/BirdBoxBarcelona'', is set in the eponymous Spanish city.
68* ''Film/BladeII'' takes place in Prague (with one scene at the end in London), while the first film was set in the USA.
69* ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]'': London, Thailand, Australia
70* The second ''[[Film/TheCheetahGirls Cheetah Girls]]'' MadeForTVMovie takes place in Barcelona, while the third takes place in India.
71* ''Film/TheConjuring2'' sees the Warrens travel to the United Kingdom to investigate another haunting.
72* Inverted with ''Film/CrocodileDundee'', where the protagonist goes to New York for the first movie and the sequel seems him back home in Australia. Played straight for part three, ''Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.''
73* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has an extensive sequence in Hong Kong, which is further than Batman goes during ''Film/BatmanBegins'', excluding the prologue.
74* ''Film/DeuceBigalowEuropeanGigolo''
75* ''[[Film/DirtyDancing Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights]]'' takes place in Cuba.
76* The 1975 softcore film ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}} 2'' begins with the lead character taking a boat trip to Hong Kong, where she stays as an expat for the rest of the film.
77* The first two films in the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series are set in a small cabin somewhere in the U.S., while ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' ups things by having Ash stuck in ''Medieval Europe''.
78* A case of "Prequels go foreign" with the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' films. The original ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' books and films all took place in the United Kingdom, while ''Fantastic Beasts'' shows off different parts of the world.
79** The first ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Fantastic Beasts]]'' is entirely set in New York City, USA.
80** The bulk of ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' is set in Paris, France. New York City is also featured again, along with the UK, and Austria is seen briefly at the end.
81** ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'' includes the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Bhutan, and a briefly seen China.
82* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'':
83** Fast 8 primarily takes place on the NYC streets. Some scenes take place in Berlin, Russia, and Havana.
84** ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift''. Tokyo Drift takes place in Tokyo after Fast 6, just before the 7th movie.
85** ''Film/FastAndFurious''mainly takes place in L.A. and it's crowded city streets. The opening scene is set in the Dominican Republic, and a scene shows Dom living in Panama. Some scenes towards the end of the movie (especially the climactic car chase through the Mexican desert) take place in Mexico.
86** And again with ''Film/FastFive'', which takes place on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (actually filmed in Puerto Rico). Some scenes show Washington DC, Germany, Monaco, and SoCal.
87** ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' is also set abroad in. The movie primarily takes place in London, England and Spain, including the Canary Islands. A few scenes show L.A. while a scene also takes place in Russia and China.
88** ''Film/Furious7'' is primarily set in L.A. (mainly filmed in Atlanta). A scene shows the team rescuing Ramsey by air dropping their cars over the Caucasus mountains in Azerbaijan (filmed in Colorado). The next 30 minutes take place in Abu Dhabi, UAE in the Middle East before the team returns to their home turf of L.A. for the final showdown.
89* ''Film/FlodderInAmerika'' (America)
90* ''Film/TheFrenchConnection II'' has Popeye Doyle in France, to [[spoiler:pursue the drug lord who evaded capture in the first film]].
91* ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties]]'', which is set in London, where Garfield [[PrinceAndPauper gets his life mixed up with that of an English cat.]]
92* ''Film/GlassOnion'', the sequel to ''Film/KnivesOut'', leaves the USA and takes GreatDetective Benoit Blanc to UsefulNotes/{{Greece}}.
93* As part of the third series of ''Radio/GoodnessGraciousMe'', the cast recorded a "Back Where They Came From" special filmed in India.
94* ''Film/TheHangoverPartII'', which takes place in Thailand and includes the characters [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the fact that the same circumstances happened in a foreign country.
95* The first two ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' films take place in the United Kingdom. ''Film/HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth'' is the first one to move the action to the United States. The seventh film ''Film/HellraiserDeader'' is set in Romania.
96* Twice in the ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie]]'' series with ''Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo'' (1977) and ''Herbie Goes Bananas'' (1980) where he competes in Mexico.
97* ''Film/IpMan4'' has the titular character duking it out in San Francisco, USA.
98* While the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films are known for having the titular character travel around the world on his missions, ''Film/DrNo'' basically took place only in Jamaica, which makes many of the subsequent films (particularly starting with ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', although ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' had already set this template) examples for the trope.
99* ''Film/JohnWick'' had the titular character in the U.S. fighting local mobsters, while [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 the sequel]] sees him head to Rome.
100* In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' [[spoiler:this has become Inverted. After four whole films taking place in a fictional island chain near UsefulNotes/CostaRica in Central America (with [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark a brief action sequence in San Diego]]), everything from the halfway mark onwards takes place (and sets things up so [[SequelHook any possible future dinosaur-related action may happen]]) in California.]] Played straight in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', with a plot that leads the protagonists to major action set pieces in Malta and Switzerland.
101* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' is set in Okinawa, Japan because Mr. Miyagi returns to his hometown to visit his dying father, as well as settle an old score, and Daniel decides to tag along.
102** The [[Film/TheKarateKid2010 reboot]] mainly takes place in China.
103* French-Canadian film ''[[Film/LesBoys Les Boys 2]]'' is set in a hockey tournament in France.
104* French film ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' had a sequel ''Les Visiteurs II'', followed by a US foreign remake, ''Just Visiting''. The remake was released in France as a semi-sequel, ''Les Visiteurs en Amérique''.
105* ''Film/LondonHasFallen''. Sequel to ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'', which takes place in Washington, D.C.
106* The ''Film/MenInBlack'' spin-off ''Film/MenInBlackInternational'' focuses on the Men In Black's London branch and two of its agents being sent all over the world.
107* The ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' has covered many corners of the world throughout its films:
108** Inverted with the ''Film/CaptainAmerica'' movies. ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger The First Avenger]]'' starts in the United States, but primarily takes place in the WWII battlefields in Europe, while ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]]'' largely takes place in and around Washington DC (with Steve and Natasha also taking a road trip to New Jersey). Inverted ''back again'' with ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'', which takes place in several different European countries.
109** Mostly averted in ''Film/IronMan2'': While most of the action takes place in the United States, parts of the first act of the film (including Anton Vanko's first attack on Tony Stark) take place in Monaco.
110** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' features some globetrotting but the ultimate battle involves defending New York City from the Chitauri.
111** The big climactic battle of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' takes place in the fictional Eastern European nation of Sokovia, and before that the Avengers track Ultron to South Korea and South Africa.
112** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has its climax set in Wakanda, while also featuring plenty of sequences away from Earth.
113** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' is, as usual, a New York-based Spider-Man adventure (with a small part in Washington DC). [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Its sequel]], however, is remarkably the first Spider-Man feature to not primarily take place in New York, or even the United States - its plot involves Peter Parker's Europe school trip.
114** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' takes place in a small New Mexico town, ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' spends a significant amount of time in London. [[Film/ThorRagnarok The third installment]] is set almost entirely outside of Earth, with Thor and Loki only visiting Earth during the first act while trying to locate Odin.
115* ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'' is set in China.
116* ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation''.
117* The ''Film/{{Nativity}}'' series: Downplayed in ''Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'', which takes the St Bernadette's pupils from Coventry to Wales. Played straight in ''Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?'' where they go to New York.
118* ''Film/OceansTwelve'' went to Europe, justified by the title gang being too high profile to work in the USA without raising alarms (Not that it stopped them in ''Film/OceansThirteen'').
119** By the time the third movie rolled around, most of the gang had settled down and those that still worked had gone straight.
120* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
121** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' opens in Singapore
122** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' opens in London. There's a good amount of Spanish influence as well - Creator/PenelopeCruz, the Spanish armada representing the Church, and Rodrigo y Gabriela are in the soundtrack.
123* ''Film/PitchPerfect2'' takes the Barden Bellas to Denmark for a worldwide a cappella championship. Downplayed in that they don't actually go to Denmark until the final act. But in ''Pitch Perfect 3'', they reunite and leave America after the first act to join a USO tour of American army bases in Europe.
124* ''Film/PoliceAcademy7MissionToMoscow'', pictured above.
125* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': The [[Film/FirstBlood first film]] is set in the Northwestern United States. In the sequels, he's doing his battles in Asia, the [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII second film]] sending him ([[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar back]]) to Vietnam, [[Film/RamboIII the third]] to Afghanistan, and [[Film/RamboIV the fourth]] to Myanmar/Burma. [[Film/RamboLastBlood The fifth]], meanwhile, instead sends him to Mexico.
126* ''Film/Red2'': Most of the action takes place in Paris, London, and Moscow.
127* ''Film/RichAndFamous'' have a sequel, ''Film/TragicHero'' which is set mostly in Malaysia.
128* The second half of ''Film/RockyIV'' is set in Moscow.
129* ''Film/RushHour'': Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong cop FishOutOfWater in LA. ''Film/RushHour2'' is set in Hong Kong - now his partner is the one out of water. ''Film/RushHour3'' takes place in Paris, where they're both out.
130* ''Film/SexAndTheCity2'' has its New Yorker cast taking a trip to Abu Dhabi.
131* ''Film/ShaftInAfrica''
132* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'', the sequel to ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'', is set in London. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A third installment]], ''Shanghai Dawn'', would have taken the protagonists to Russia, but it was never made.
133* ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' took Sherlock Holmes out of London and across the Continent to France, Germany, and then Switzerland.
134* ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl'' takes place in the Caribbean.
135* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' sends our "heroes" to South America, but also subverts this in several ways - it's Corto Maltese, a BananaRepublic and WretchedHive, which means [[spoiler:Amanda Waller has no problem leaving it to its fate when Starro is unleashed.]] Incidentally, Task Force X is often deployed off US soil in the comics.
136* The second ''Film/SuperTroopers'' film takes the protagonists across the border into Canada, although that chunk of Canada is about to become US territory due to an old mix-up.
137* Inverted for ''Film/{{Taken}}'': The first film primarily takes place in France and the second in Istanbul, but the third and final film is mainly set in Los Angeles.
138* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' ups the ante by taking place in ancient Japan. Of course they ''are'' ninjas.
139* ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', the sequel to ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby'', takes place mostly in London.
140* ''Film/TheThompsons'', the sequel to ''Film/TheHamiltons'', takes place in England.
141* Much of ''Film/TheToxicAvengerPartII'' takes place in Japan, where Toxie goes to search for his missing father.
142* ''Tremors''
143** ''Film/Tremors2Aftershocks'' takes place in Mexico instead of Nevada.
144** ''Film/Tremors5Bloodlines'' is the second movie to take place outside the United States, being set in a South African wildlife preserve that is attacked by a Graboid subspecies.
145* ''Film/VHS2'' has a segment, "Safe Haven", set in Indonesia with most of the dialogue subtitled. One of its directors, Timo Tjahjanto, is Indonesian, and the other one, Gareth Evans, had previously made the Jakarta-set action film ''Film/TheRaid''.
146* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
147** ''Film/TheWolverine'' takes place almost entirely in Japan.
148** Although ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' was the first ''X-Men'' movie to make forays outside of North America, ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' goes further, with all of the future scenes taking place either in Russia or China, and much of the '70s action unfolding in Paris and Saigon.
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152* [[Creator/IrvineWelsh Irvine Welsh's]] ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' was set in Scotland while the ''Literature/{{Crime}}'' was a spin-off about one of the officers vacationing in Miami.
153* A sequel to ''Film/GoodBurger'' was written where Ed goes to Paris to track down a customer to give him the correct change with Dexter following. Instead of a movie though, the sequel was released as a book called ''Good Burger 2 Go''.
154* ''Literature/{{MASH}}'' had a number of sequels titled ''M*A*S*H Goes To _____'', starting with Maine (Hawkeye returns home, Trapper decides to come with him) and hitting, before that particular horse was flayed beyond recognition, New Orleans, Paris, London, Las Vegas, Morocco, Hollywood, Miami, San Francisco, Montreal, and Moscow.
155* ''Literature/TheMummyMonsterGame'': After book 1 took place in Josh and Amy's home in Australia, the second has them going on a Nile cruise in Egypt with their cousin Harry and his mother.
156* ''Topper'' by Thorne Smith was followed by ''Topper Takes a Trip'', set on the French Riviera. Both were later turned into [[Film/{{Topper}} movies]].
157* ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'' plays with this tradition and pertinent cliché.
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161* ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'' took place in the titular city for its first two seasons, but the third season follows the main characters on a tour across Europe. (It does contains three anthology episodes that are set in Atlanta, as well as one taking place in New York). The fourth and final season returns to Atlanta in its entirety.
162* ''Series/TwentyFour'' was mainly set in the United States. A little bit of the third season was set in Mexico and the TV movie ''Redemption'' that served as a prequel to Season 7 had Jack in Africa, but a lot of the action, mainly the political stuff, was still set in the U.S. ''Live Another Day'', which follows up on the series after it originally ended, is set entirely in England.
163* ''Series/ChildrensHospital''
164** The show was mostly set in an hospital [[RunningGag in Brazil]], except Season 5 which is set on a military base in Japan.
165** Its sequel, ''Medical Police'', is a globe-trotting action/adventure drama spoof.
166* ''Series/CrazyLikeAFox'': The made-for-TV movie "Still Crazy Like a Fox" takes place during a family vacation to England.
167* ''Series/EscapeOfTheArtfulDodger'' has the characters from ''Literature/OliverTwist'' in Australia. In the title character's case it was actually somewhat justified, as [[SentencedToDownUnder "Transportation to the Colonies"]] was a normal penalty in that era for petty theft: The presence of Oliver, Fagin et al is less easily explicable.
168* ''Series/InspectorRex'' was an Austrian series, but when it was revived in 2008, the setting of the majority of cases was Rome.
169* ''Series/JoeMillionaire'' Season 2 went to Italy and cast female contestants from Europe, because everyone in the U.S. would be GenreSavvy enough after the first one that they couldn't pull the same trick again.
170* {{Downplayed}} in ''Series/NCISHawaii'' -- unlike [[Series/{{NCIS}} its]] [[Series/NCISLosAngeles three]] [[Series/NCISNewOrleans predecessors]], which take place in the continental United States, it takes place in Hawaii, a state that's nowhere near North America. It's also PlayedStraight on ''Series/NCISSydney'', which is set in Australia.
171* ''Music/SClub7'''s TV series is a strange example. It was a British band on a British TV show, but the first three series all took place in the United States, specifically Miami and L.A. The fourth season, however, took place in Barcelona, Spain.
172* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise pulls something similar on a galactic scale.
173** ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' mostly take place in the Alpha Quadrant, the home turf of TheFederation, with a few forays into the Beta Quadrant involving the Klingons and Romulans.
174** ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' is still set mostly in the AQ, but involves frequent trips into the Gamma Quadrant and run-ins with the Dominion.
175** ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' takes place almost exclusively in the Delta Quadrant, where the titular starship is stranded 70,000 light-years from home.
176* The original run of ''Series/TheWrongMans'' was set almost entirely in Berkshire, England. The second series, while still featuring Berkshire a fair bit, had the characters go to Texas, USA [[spoiler:due to witness protection]]. Subsequently, they ended up in Eastern Europe and then France before returning to the UK.
177* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': The first four series largely occurred in Cardiff, Wales. However, the miniseries ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' sees what remains of the team being forced out of the UK and into various locations in America.
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181* When Wrestling/{{Holidead}} and Thunder Rosa won the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Western States TagTeam Title belts they took the belts to Wrestling/WorldWonderRingSTARDOM in Asia and renamed them the NWA International Tag Team Titles... though they were later renamed the Vendetta Pro Wrestling International Tag Team Titles by Five Most Wanted after Cody Hawk and Sean Casey won them due to the fact there [[OneSteveLimit already was a set of NWA International Tag Team Title belts]], in Asia! In Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling to be more specific.
182* The third Full Impact Pro Heavyweight Champion, Roderick Strong, would declare his belt a World Title after successfully defending against Wrestling/{{Pac}} at ROH's fifth year festival in Liverpool.
183* The third Wrestling/RingOfHonor Champion, Wrestling/SamoaJoe, would take the title to Europe and declare his Ring Of Honor singles belt was a world title after successfully defending it there. The {{tag team}} belts actually were taken to Asia when Wrestling/RoderickStrong and Wrestling/AustinAries of Generation Next decided to upgrade them to world status.
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187* ''Franchise/TheMuppets''
188** ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', the sequel to ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', is set in Britain.
189** The Muppets would repeat themselves with ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', the next film after ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' and the 7th theatrical sequel to ''The Muppet Movie'', which is set on a European tour.
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193* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', Ezio Auditore leaves his native UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} (which was the setting of the two previous games, ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'') to venture in UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]] ([[UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} Constantinople]] and Cappadocia).
194* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'':
195** While [[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans1 the first game]] was set entirely in a parody of [[TheFifties '50s America]], ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2'' starts the player in [[TheSixties '60s]] UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco before moving to UsefulNotes/{{London}}, [[ThirtySecondsOverTokyo Japan]], [[GloriousMotherRussia Siberia]], and UsefulNotes/TheMoon.
196** The spinoff ''[[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansBigWillyUnleashed Big Willy Unleashed]]'' followed the first two America-set levels (respectively based on [[HollywoodNewEngland Boston]] and Kentucky) with the South Pacific (specifically, a parody of ''Series/FantasyIsland'') and [[HolidayInCambodia Vietnam]].
197** The third full game ''[[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansPathOfTheFuron Path of the Furon]]'' went even more foreign, starting in [[TheSeventies '70s]] [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]] and {{Hollywood|California}}, moving on to UsefulNotes/HongKong and [[GayParee Paris]], and finally ending in an orbital pleasure resort around [[TheGreys the Furons]]' homeworld.
198* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon III'' starts the game in New York City, but moves to various foreign countries (namely China, Japan, Italy and Egypt) after the first stage.
199* ''VideoGame/FinalFight2'' involved Mike Haggar traveling to various Eurasian nations to take down the remnants of the Mad Gear Gang. The setting would move back to Metro City in ''Final Fight 3''.
200* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: London 1969''
201* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' is implied to be set somewhere in Eastern Europe, compared to [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 the first]] being in an American laboratory in New Mexico.
202* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
203** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' takes place in Hyrule, while its direct sequel ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' takes place on the island of Koholint. The [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle duology]], set between ''A Link to the Past'' and ''Link's Awakening'', has Link traveling from Hyrule to either Holodrum or Labrynna to save it from Onox or Veran respectively. If you're playing a linked game, Link then travels to the other country to save it from the other villain [[spoiler:as well as Twinrova and Ganon]].
204** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' takes place in standard franchise setting Hyrule, whereas its direct sequel, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', takes place in the alternate land of Termina.
205** Inverted with the games placed in the Adult Timeline: ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' takes place on the Great Sea (since Hyrule had been flooded centuries ago) and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]'' takes place in the World of the Ocean King, but ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' is set in a newly-founded version of Hyrule.
206** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' takes place in Hyrule, while its sequel ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]'' takes place in Hytopia.
207* While the levels in ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes'' took place in a variety of locations (New York, Latveria, Asgard, an unnamed island, Asteroid M, etc.), the game had only one hub world: Manhattan. In [[VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes2 the sequel]], however, the hub world is Chronopolis, a [[PatchworkMap hodge-podge of spatio-temporally displaced locations]] that not only includes three [[CityNoir different]] [[{{Tomorrowland}} versions]] of [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]], but also [[{{Afrofuturism}} Wakanda]], [[TheDungAges Medieval England]], [[TheShangriLa K'un]]-[[SlippySlideyIceWorld Lun]], the [[NoSwastikas Hydra]] [[BadFuture Empire]], [[UnderTheSea Lemuria]], [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian Ancient]] [[ShiftingSandLand Egypt]], the [[TheWildWest Old]] [[WeirdWest West]], and even extraterrestrial locations like [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Xan]][[{{Tomorrowland}} dar]], [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk Sak]][[ShiftingSandLand aar]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsKree Hala]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Asg]][[LethalLavaLand ard]], [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Attilan]], and [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Knowhere]].
208* ''Videogame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' takes the series outside of Japan for the first time with one of its main locales being Honolulu, Hawaii.
209* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' does this in its third installment, in which Max has quit the NYPD and is now working as a bodyguard for a rich family in Brazil. The in-universe reason for the move is that Max killed the son of a powerful Mafia boss and left the country to avoid being hunted down by the mob.
210* A planetary example in the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series: ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' sees Samus fighting the Space Pirates on her home planet Zebes, while ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' has her go to [=SR388=] to hunt down the remaining Metroids, and the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' (which chronologically takes place between both games) is set in different planets depending on the game, including a whole solar system in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' and even a whole new galaxy in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters''. It's not until ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' (third game released, ''eighth'' in the timeline) when Samus returns to Zebes. Then, [[spoiler:since Zebes explodes at the end of ''Super Metroid'']], Samus goes to a space station in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', briefly revisits [=SR388=] in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' before spending the rest of the game on another space station, and goes to the planet ZDR in ''VideoGame/MetroidDread''.
211* The original ''VideoGame/OutRun'' doesn't take place in a specific location, but ''[=Turbo OutRun=]'' took place in America, and ''[=OutRunners=]'' has multiple SceneryPorn nations and locations as ''stages''!
212* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue The]] [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver first]] [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire four]] [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl generations]] were based on regions of Japan, but since then each generation took place elsewhere: ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'' is based on New York, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'' on France, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'' on Hawaii, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'' on the United Kingdom and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' on Spain and Portugal. The [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Orre]] [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness region]], which debuted in [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Generation III]], was based on Arizona (United States).
213* ''VideoGame/{{Repton}}'': The fourth game is titled ''Around the World in 40 Screens'' and sees Repton visiting America, the Arctic, the Orient, the Oceans, and Africa.
214* In ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 RE1]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'', and the prequel ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 0]]'' take place in or near Raccoon City in the United States, but [[spoiler:(likely due to the city being bombed at the end of ''3'')]] the sequels mostly take place elsewhere:
215** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'' takes place in Antarctica.
216** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' takes place in Spain.
217** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'' takes place in [[{{Bulungi}} a fictional African city/country]] called Kijuju.
218** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' takes place in the Mediterranean Sea (more specifically near Italy).
219** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 Revelations 2]]'' takes place on an island in Russia.
220** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Village]]'' takes place in Romania.
221** {{Averted|Trope}} in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard 7]]'', which takes place in the U.S. again, and [[ZigzaggedTrope zig-zagged]] in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 6]]'', as some levels take place in the U.S. while others take place in China and still others take place in the fictional Eastern European country of Edonia.
222* ''VideoGame/ShenmueII'' takes place in Hong Kong. The third installment instead takes place in China.
223* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
224** The first ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' game is set in a place called the Junkyard, a place of perpetual war between six tribes with themes taken from Hinduism [[spoiler:that turns out to be a virtual reality]]. The second game is set in the United States, with the currency changing from Macca to dollars to reflect this.
225** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' appears to play this trope straight at first by taking place in a fictitious kingdom called Mikado with heavy Western influences, rather than Tokyo like the past three mainline games. However, it's a subversion, as Mikado is built on top of a still-populated Tokyo.
226** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', spun off directly from the mainline games [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse which take place in Tokyo]], is set in [[MysteriousAntarctica Antarctica]].
227* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''; the first two games took place in areas of Inkopolis, but this one takes place in Splatsville, a relatively close city.
228* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
229** This is the case when comparing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' and/or ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' (Subcon), ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' (the whole Mushroom World), ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' (Dinosaur Land), and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' (Sarasaland), since it took a while for the Mushroom Kingdom to be fully established as the default setting for the 2D {{Platform Game}}s.[[note]]It's unclear whether or not Mario Land from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' is part of the Mushroom Kingdom, but one issue from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' hints that it's a kingdom on its own.[[/note]] In turn, after all ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games as well as ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'' took place in the Mushroom Kingdom, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' takes place in the neighboring, idyllic Flower Kingdom; you can even see some of the Mushroom Kingdom's [[FungusHumongous native giant mushrooms]] in the distance during the cutscene where Bowser steals the Wonder Flower and kickstarts the plot.
230** Within the 3D lineup, only ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' take place in the famed homeland of Mario and most of his friends, whereas ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' uses Delfino Isle, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 Galaxy 2]]'' go well beyond their ''homeworld'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' uses the Sprixie Kingdom (Lake Lapcat is the setting in ''Bowser's Fury''), and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' displays numerous kingdoms across their home planet (only including the Mushroom Kingdom as a post-game level).
231** The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' sub-series started off in the Mushroom Kingdom with ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', then moved to Rogueport and the surrounding areas in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', then ventured into several {{Alternate Dimension}}s in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', before finally returning to the Mushroom Kingdom in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''. However, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' takes place in Prism Island, which is far away from the Mushroom Kingdom. ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' reverses the trend once again by taking place in the Mushroom Kingdom.
232** The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' sub-series inverted this in the beginning [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga the first game]] taking the duo to the faraway Beanbean Kingdom, while the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime second]] and [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory third]] games returned to the Mushroom Kingdom. [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam The fourth game]] plays it straight, with the gang traveling out of their homeland by going to Pi'illo Island. [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam The fifth game]] reverses the trend by once again taking place in the Mushroom Kingdom.
233** Peach never has any action in the Mushroom Kingdom in the two games focused on her: ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' takes place on Vibe Island after Bowser kidnaps Mario, Luigi and a gathering of Toads, while ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'' takes place in a theater so distant from the Mushroom Kingdom that nobody there recognizes her right away[[spoiler:, and it takes until the ''fourth floor out of five'' for one Theet to even make the connection]].
234* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' took place in the Old World. The first sequel, ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII'', moved the focus onto the New World and Ulthuan, the setting's equivalent of {{Atlantis}}. The final game in the trilogy, ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'', will focus on the northern realm of Kislev up to [[{{Mordor}} the Chaos Wastes]], as well as the Far East. Notably, this is the first time in any medium that the FarEast portion of the ''Warhammer'''s World That Was is explored in any detail.
235* Every subseries in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' takes place in a different country across the continent of Zemuria. Some characters from previous games have made cameos or the occasional supporting role, but direct crossover between nations is rare aside from the [[GreaterScopeVillain Society of Ouroboros]].
236* ''VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion'' is set firmly in the British capital of UsefulNotes/{{London}} as opposed to its predecessors which were set in the distinctly American cities of UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco.
237* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch3'' takes place in America instead of Japan. Nate moves with his parents to the United States. In the North American version, Nate already lives in America, so he moves down south to St. Peanutsburg.
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241* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
242** The premise of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Adventures'' is that Ryunosuke Naruhodou, a young man from Meiji-era Japan with aspirations in defense law, goes overseas to Victorian England.
243** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' happens in a kingdom called "Khura'in", as opposed to Phoenix Wright's usual setting (which can either be Los Angeles or Tokyo, depending on the localization). Parts of the game are still set in the usual city, though.
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247* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
248** The first half of the second season of has Anne and the Plantars leave Wartwood for the mystical city of Newtopia to unlock the secrets of the Calamity Box which transported Anne and her girlfriends there.
249** The first half of the final season takes place on Earth, in which Anne and the Plantars hide out with Anne's parents, where she tries to keep their identities as frogs hidden from the townsfolk, and tries to keep Andrias' invasion a secret from her parents as much as possible while fighting various dangerous encounters Andrias sends against her.
250* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 3B shifts the series from Big City to the Greens' old hometown of Smalton, after Bill sees their old house up for sale and buys it back, causing them plus Remy to return to the country.
251* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'' zig-zags with this. While the China-set franchise has included characters from other Asian nations such as Japan before, the first season introduces European characters -- specially the knight Wandering Blade and the Mages Klaus and Veruca. However, the first season remains firmly in China, with the exception of a few flashbacks to England. [[spoiler:Trailers for Season 2 show, however, that the action is set to move to India.]]
252* In the final season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', Kion, the Guard and Makini leave the Pride Lands in search of the Tree of Life, which will heal Kion and Ono of their respective injuries in the final battle against Scar. This season explains [[SimultaneousArcs where they were]] during the second act of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', with the final two episodes serving as an epilogue.
253* The final two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' shifts its focus to Star's home kingdom of Mewni, where she learns more in-depth and shocking reveals about her family.
254* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' has Rapunzel, along with Eugene and Cass, leave Corona and follow the path of Black Rocks to the mysterious Dark Kingdom so Rapunzel can unlock her destiny.
255* While ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' is mostly set in a magic universe, Season 4 shifts the central location to Earth, particularly Bloom's hometown Gardenia, as they work to help mortals believe in fairies and magic with the Believix power and defeat the Wizards of the Black Circle.
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