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1* ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'', with an American as team leader (other nationalities: British, Russian, German, and Swiss).
2* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''. This trio of savage party-goers include American ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'', Brazilian José Carioca and Mexican Panchito Pistolas.
3* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': The main characters all seem to live in the same American neighborhood, but if you listen to their ''parents,'' you realize they're basically this trope one generation removed---both of Numbuh 1's parents are British, Numbuh 3's are Japanese (though only her father has an accent, so either his wife has done away with the accent or he's a direct immigrant), Numbuh 4's are Australian, and Numbuh 5's mother is French African. Numbuh 2 seems to be the only one who (as far as we know) has a "normal" American family.
4* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Led by the [[AmbiguouslyBrown racially ambiguous]] Gaia, Spirit of the Earth, voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg in Seasons 1-3 and Creator/MargotKidder in Seasons 4-6, the team was intentionally assembled from five different continents and features Kwame, an African (from Ghana), Wheeler, a North American (from Brooklyn, New York), Linka, an Eastern European (tagline later changed from "From the Soviet Union" to "From Eastern Europe"), Gi, an Asian (from Thailand), and Ma-Ti, a South American (revealed to be a grandson of a Kayapo shaman, which makes him Brazilian).
5* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' has Lazlo (Brazilian), Raj (Indian), and Clam (American).
6* The four main protagonists of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' fit this trope. Led by a Chinese boy (Omi), his teammates are a Japanese girl (Kimiko), a Brazilian boy (Raimundo), and an [[AmericansAreCowboys American cowboy]] (Clay).
7* The ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' agents come from all over the world:
8** Alex Sector - British
9** Bruce Sato - Japanese
10** Julio Lopez - Spanish
11** Jacques [=LaFleur=] - Canadian (and specifically, Quebec)
12** Ali Bombay - Indian
13** Boris Bushkin - Russian
14** Everybody else - American
15* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiralZone'', both the heroic Zone Riders and evil Black Widows are multinational teams.
16* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
17** The J-Team -- Jackie, Jade, and Uncle (Chinese from Hong Kong); Tohru (Japanese); Captain Black (white American); El Toro and Paco (Mexican); and Viper (American and AmbiguouslyBrown/[[AmbiguouslyJewish Jewish]]; the ChristmasEpisode shows her at a Hannukah party).
18** Also the Dark Hand -- Valmont ([[EvilBrit English]]), Finn (Irish-American), Chow (Chinese-American), Hak Foo (Chinese guy with [[EvilRedhead red hair]]), and Ratso (American of unclear ethnicity; he has [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green skin]]).
19* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
20** An in-universe example; Aang (Air Nomads), Katara and Sokka (Water Tribe), Toph and Suki (Earth Kingdom), Zuko (Fire Nation).
21** The prominent members of the Order of the White Lotus: Iroh, Piandao, and Jeong-Jeong are all Fire Nation; Pakku is from the Water Tribe; and Bumi is of the Earth Kingdom; (by extension there would have once been Air Nomad members, and {{fanon}} holds Gyatso was included). In fact, multinational cooperation is the basis for the Order.
22** One should add that each of the four nations are also a FantasyCounterpartCulture based on various regions of Asia: the Water Tribe are Native Siberians, the Air Nomads are Tibetans, the Earth Kingdom is China, and the Fire Nation is Japan. Some smaller tribes within fit the MagicalNativeAmerican trope to a T.
23* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Set in France. Yumi is Japanese; most other characters are French, but for some their names suggest their families have various origins: Ulrich Stern (possibly German), William Dunbar (possibly Scottish), Odd Della Robbia (most likely Italian; Della Robbia is a last name of clear Italian origins, and Odd can be short for a couple of very embarrassing Italian first names (at least, Odorico and Oddo are embarrassing for an Italian). He's probably an Italian who moved in France for his parents' works, and goes by Odd due an embarrassing first name...)
24* The 11 racecars from ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' comprise two Americans (one of them being Lightning [=McQueen=]), one Italian, one Japanese, one Spanish, one French, one Brazilian (and the only female), one German, one pure-British, one half-British, half Grenadian; and one [[{{Ruritania}} New Rearendian]].
25* In ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', Grasshopper, Earthworm, Ladybug, Glowworm and James are from different parts of Britain. Spider is French and Centipede is from Brooklyn.
26* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' features the Batmen of All Nations mentioned in the Comics page in one episode's Cold Open. They include the Legionary from Italy, the Gaucho from Argentina, the Knight from the United Kingdom, etc. They also added Impala, a black South African hero not associated with Batman in comics, for the sake of greater racial diversity. Their meeting is crashed by the Joker, who brought his own Multinational Team, featuring a Scottish Joker, an Inuit Joker, a Japanese Joker, etc.
27* The ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' featured the All-Captains Squad, whose members included ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[{{ComicBook/Wolverine}} Captain Canada]], and Captain Liechtenstein.
28* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hurricanes}}'' is about the players in a soccer team, each of whom is a different nationality.
29* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' isn't set on Earth, but each HumanAlien Winx girl is from a different planet—Stella from Solaria, Flora from Linphea, Musa from Melody, Tecna from Zenith, Aisha from Tides, and Bloom from Earth [[spoiler:and really Domino]]. This is justified by the fact that [[GratuitousPrincess half the cast are princesses of their home planets.]]
30* The six protagonists from ''WesternAnimation/MeteoHeroes'' come not only from a different country but also a different continent each:
31** Giorgio Latini/Thermo (Rome, Italy).
32** Patty Storm/Pluvia (Seattle, USA).
33** Angelita Perez/Nubess (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
34** Andrew Khumalo/ Ventum (Cape Town, South Africa).
35** Su Pa Sin/Nix (Harbin, China).
36** Adam Bolt/Fulmen (Sydney, Australia).
37* The eighth season of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' features Twilight and company opening a school of friendship, taking in students from all over Equestria and beyond. The six (known collectively as either the Student Six or the Young Six) that get the most focus are [[DeadpanSnarker Gallus]] (from the griffon nation of Griffonstone), [[ShrinkingViolet Ocellus]] (from the Changeling Kingdom), [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Silverstream]] (from the seapony nation of Seaquestria), [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Smolder]] (from the Dragon Lands), [[CuteClumsyGirl Yona]] (from the yak nation of Yakyakistan), and [[OnlySaneMan Sandbar]], an [[{{Muggles}} earth pony]] (from Equestria).
38* The ''WesternAnimation/SupaStrikas'' all hail from different parts of the world, while their opponents tend to all be from the one country. It seems to be a subtle promotion of multiculturalism and the idea of people from all walks of life working together to fix problems.
39* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': Carmen's team consists of herself (Argentinian), Player (Canadian, [[AmbiguouslyBrown possibly]] First Nations), Zack, Ivy (both American), and [[spoiler:Shadow-San (Japanese)]]. V.I.L.E. is a [[EqualOpportunityEvil villainous]] version of this trope.
40* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': Dracula's vampire court, serving as his lieutenants in his attempted extermination of humanity, come from all over the world, though most are unnamed. Dracula himself is Wallachian, (from one of the historical component countries of Romania) Carmilla comes from Styria, a province of Austria, and Godbrand is explicitly a Viking; other vampires hail from England, Germany, Japan, Nepal, and Russia, among other less-defined places. Additionally, his two human allies, Hector and Isaac, are from Rhodes and implicitly somewhere in Islamic Africa, respectively.
41* ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'': Gutt's Crew. Captain Gutt, Squint and Shira (before her HeelFaceTurn) have american accents, Raz is Australian, Silas is French, Flynn is from Britain while Gupta is from India. Dobson nationality is uknown.

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