Line #4 PlayingWith/CulturalPosturing


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character proclaims his/her culture to be better than somebody or anyone else's.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob discusses how his nation of [[ThrowAwayCountry Tropestan]] has made numerous advances in the arts, medicine, science, math, literature, cooking, etc.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob accentuates this by putting down some other nation/ethnic group/religion/etc. in his [[CharacterFilibuster rant]], no doubt invoking GodwinsLaw and [[NationalStereotypes a bunch of stereotypes]].
5	** When among foreigners Bob extolls the virtues of Tropestan, among Tropestans he boasts about the city of Indexia, among the people of Indexia he brags about North Indexia, and among the people of North Indexia he claims his block is the best.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Bob has some traditional Tropian military equipment and training he's extremely proud of, but doesn't act as if everything good came out of Tropestan.
8	** AliceAndBob's boasting about their respective countries is a form of lighthearted banter between the two of them.
9	* '''Justified''': The discussion is a ''serious'' discussion about the history of Tropestan and its people.
10	* '''Justified/Downplayed''': Bob of Tropestan, Alice of Troperia and Charles of Tropeca are researching what part of which of their respective nations should be included in the unified nation they are to form (and if it's even remotely possible).
11	* '''Inverted''': Bob discusses how [[CulturalCringe his nation of Tropestan]] [[SelfDeprecation sucks]].
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Bob discusses some awesome thing from Tropeland.
14	** When the matter of Tropestan comes up, Bob just shrugs and says it's as good as any other country.
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** Then mentions with a wink and a smile (to Alice, whom he is trying to pick up) that ''he'' is a quarter Tropian.
17	** Until some {{Troll}} starts saying how Tropestan sucks, it's an ignorant, backward place full of hicks stuck in the DungAges, Tropestan did [[SinsOfOurFathers Some Terrible Thing 200 Years Ago]], etc. and Bob feels like he needs to defend ''his'' [[MyCountryRightOrWrong homeland]].
18	* '''Parodied''': Every other word from Bob's mouth (or fingertips if he's online) is "Tropestan" or "Tropian."
19	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
20	** Bob flip-flops between gushing about his homeland, CulturalCringe, not caring whether it was right, and MyCountryRightOrWrong.
21	** Some characters are enthusiastic about their home country or that of their recent ancestors, while others are not.
22	* '''Averted''': Bob never mentions being from Tropestan, or its achievements, even in passing.
23	* '''Enforced''': CharacterFilibuster[=/=]AuthorFilibuster.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': "Tropestan is ''soooo'' much better than [[Website/WrestleCrap Crapestan]] because..."
25	* '''Invoked''': A {{Troll}} insults Tropestan.
26	* '''Exploited''': Bethany knows all Tropestan's DarkSecret[=s=], and she records Bob's defence of Tropestan, then releases it against the historical record to [[BreakTheHaughty show him up as a]] KnowNothingKnowItAll.
27	* '''Defied''': Bob decides not to rant back, believing that doing so only brings him down to the troll's level.
28	* '''Discussed''': "Yes, Tropestan is pretty cool. Now can we ''please'' move on?"
29	* '''Conversed''': "Why does every video I find here include a history lesson-cum-CavemenVsAstronautsDebate in its comment thread?"
30	* '''Deconstructed''': There's a time and a place for nationalism, but [[UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism bringing it up in the wrong place and time]] comes across as being a JerkAss and causes a ''huge'' backlash.
31	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob knows when it's OK to bring national pride and patriotism to the table, and when doing so would just make him look like a jingoist asshole, and only discusses Tropestan's achievements in appropriate contexts (i.e. and e.g., not on music videos on Platform/YouTube).
32	* '''Implied''': Bob [[OneSceneWonder appears rarely]] but, when he does, he is always and only shown eating Tropestani food, partaking in Tropestani culture, [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead and even wearing the Tropestani flag.]]
33	* '''Played for Laughs''': Tropestan, portrayed by Bob as the [[{{Utopia}} perfect country]] … [[DontExplainTheJoke doesn't even exist and never did.]]
34	* '''Played for Drama''': A FlameWar (or worse, an ''actual'' war) starts over Bob's rant.
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