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->"''There's only two things I hate in the world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and [[HypocriticalHumor the Dutch]].''"
-->--'''Nigel Powers''', ''AustinPowers in Goldmember''

Where you live can make you an {{Acceptable Target|s}}. This can vary widely based on where the media in question is being broadcast.

See NationalStereotypes.
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!!Examples

[[folder:Europe]]

'''Albanians'''

With a long history of conflict with the Greeks, Macedonians, Serbs, Italians, and [[{{Film/Taken}} Liam Neeson]], Albanians enjoy a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanophobia less than stellar stereotypical reputation]] in Europe. While the Albanian mafia have long been considered [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071965/ns/us_news-only_on_msnbccom/ the masters of drug running and human trafficking in Europe]], Albanians have seldom been portrayed in Western media as anything else.

'''Belgians'''

Small European country inhabited by people who speak, among other things, French, and [[DidNotDoTheResearch lack much history]]? Yeah, face it, the Belgians are begging for it. Reputation for being "boring" has never extended to the food & drink, though - chocolate, waffles, beer...
* Apparently Belgians are pretty much the go-to group for insulting for the French, and vice versa.
* They are also the preferred target of the Dutch, even more than the Germans. The most common jokes are about Belgians being almost TooDumbToLive and [[TrademarkFavouriteFood having an obsession for fries]].
* Also, they apparently make about 50% of the guns on Earth.
* It is also perfectly acceptable to blame the Belgians for everything that you dislike about the EuropeanUnion.
* In the United States, it's commonly believed that Walloons have a man-crush on America.
* According to Nigel Farage, Belgium is pretty much a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bypLwI5AQvY "non-country".]]
* [[http://zapatopi.net/belgium/ Also, its entire existence is a lie by the NWO]].

'''[[FrenchJerk The French]]'''

Common jokes include [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys their military history]], their women, their men, and their unusual cuisine if not about their pretentiousness.
* ''The Story of English'' argues that TheEternalChurchill speech is a subtle example of ''AcceptableNationalityTargets''. All of the combative words are Anglo-Saxon until ''surrender''.
* The gay. Chances are, if you here someone talking in a heavy French accent and you aren't in a French-specialized romance novel, he will be gay or a transvestite.
* Artsy filmmakers and tortured existential writers.
* To quote your grandmother, "all Frenchmen do is fuck until they die". [[BrokenAesop Lucky bastards]].
* The French are also notoriously lazy; the only time that they are not slacking off is when they're on strike.
** Never mind the fact that the French are third in the world in terms of productivity per hour.
* They're also the rudest people on earth to foreigners. Partially true too. A recent study found that Parisians in particular are the rudest people to tourists in the entire world. Americans in particular, but just all tourists in general. They despise every non-French-speaking person on Earth, and most French-speaking people too.
** Parisians love Americans compared to, say, Normans, Occitans, etc.
* On the upside, they're [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench sexy,]] [[{{Casanova}} romantic,]] and [[CampStraight oh so stylish.]]
* And they're really into bread (particularly baguettes), wine, and cheese.
* They also love wearing [[NiceHat old-fashioned berets]].
** While that was true [[OutdatedOutfit 50 years ago]], now it is only worn by the elderly and [[HollywoodDressCode French people living abroad]].
* Inside Targets :
** Are you from Paris? Then the whole of France hates you, because you are a [[JerkAss bigger jerk]] than them. Note than inside the Île-de-France, the inhabitants of the suburbs hate "real" Parisians - but outside, suburbs equal Paris.
** Corsicans are lazy, and possibly the only French people who can be as rude to foreigners as Parisians are. And they are [[BreadEggsMilkSquick terrorists]].
** People from the south of France, in general, are lazy. Especially in Marseilles, where the workers (when they are not on strike) only stop sleeping and drinking for the soccer games, and the beatings that follow the defeat.
** If you live in the Alps, then it means that your grandmother and your grandfather were brothers. Or, if you are lucky, cousins.
** Ch'tis, inhabitants of the North, are stupid, and speak like idiotic alcoholics...
** ...even if the biggest alcoholics come from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_(historical_province) Brittany]].
** About Brittany: Of course, a Breton is automatically either a sailor or a farmer, preferably old and with an incomprehensible accent. Very fond of butter (and crêpes, and ''kouign aman'', and...) and, well, [[TheAlcoholic alcohol]], and not too keen to (other) Frenchmen, though not to the extent of Corsicans. If younger, expect him to be InHarmonyWithNature, with BlueEyes [[PurpleProse the color of the sea]], or simply a younger version of TheAlcoholic, and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Women are usually represented with [[NiceHat the fancy]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigouden ''bigouden'']] costume, despite it being worn in 2011 by [[LastOfHisKind only one centenarian]].

'''[[EvilBrit The British]]'''

The following often applies [[BritainIsOnlyLondon specifically to the English]]:
* According to the rest of the world, British people eat only bangers and mash or roast beef and only ever drink the infamous [[SpotOfTea many cups of tea]].
** [[LethalChef They can't cook]] to save their lives. [[{{Asterix}} Boiling food into mint sauce]], much??
* English people have [[AustinPowers really really horrible teeth]], and English women/girls are all really, really [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships/6542263/British-people-among-worlds-ugliest-according-to-BeautifulPeople.com.html ugly]]. (Though recently, American media has begun portraying British women as [[MsFanservice beautiful objects of desire]].)
* And they all either speak like the Queen, or like Dick van Dyke from Mary Poppins (Cockney?).
* And every male is QuintessentialBritishGentleman Lord Someone de Something Earl Whateverwick.
* They are also all [[CriticalResearchFailure into rock music.]]
* They suck at sports, which like the rock music example is another case of CriticalResearchFailure (Many Brits are very insistent on how much more manly rugby is compared to American football, usually due to the fact that they don't wear padding).
** The joke in sporting circles is that Britain invented a bunch of sports (cricket, tennis, soccer) and gave/forced them to the world, and been soundly beaten at them ever since.
* They also [[EvilBrit kept calling the name, and hate America]] (Actually true, many Brits are particularly burnt at the United States, thought not because of the Revolution, but because of what the United States did ''after'' that).

[[AcceptableCulturalTargets From inside England]]:
* All northerners are drunkards who live on [[CouncilEstate housing estates]] and like to start fights, all southerners are pansies that lounge around all day drinking tea and riding horses.
* All people from the Southwest are tractor-driving farmers whose vocabulary consists primarily of the word "errrrrrr".
* People from Norfolk and Burnley are six-fingered inbreds, people from Norfolk also being tractor-driving farmers who go 'ooh-arr'.
* Expanding on the Southwest, people from {{Cornwall}} are stereotyped as being insular and rustic, driving tractors, hating England, living on pasties and speaking entirely in incomprehensible dialect, even to other West Country folk.
* People from Liverpool (commonly referred to as "scousers") are stereotyped as being thieving bastards.
* People from Birmingham get it bad for having one of the worst accents in Britain, and are generally stereotyped as being stupid due to this.
* Londoners are usually the personification of all the above British stereotypes ([[BritainIsOnlyLondon And attributed to the cause of them]]).

'''The [[BonnieScotland Scottish]]'''

Seen as either [[ViolentGlaswegian psychotic drunkards]], incredibly friendly drunkards or extremely wise drunkards. All while wearing a thick itchy skirt and having legs that only Greek sailors could dare equal. [[RunningGag While drunk]].
* The entry on Germany expresses surprise at their low drinking age (16). In the UK it's legal to drink in your own home with the permission of your parents from the age of ''five''. Although don't quote me on that, for such a drunk country we have some of the most confusing drinking laws in Europe.
* Everyone in Scotland is ginger. No exceptions.
* Within Scotland:
** "Edinbuggers" are snobbish, Anglicised penny-pinchers (probably a doctor or a lawyer);
** "Weegies" (people from Glasgow) are gruff, binge-drinking yobs,
** All other Easteners are incomprehensible, sheep-shagging penny-pinchers (probably farmers),
** Westerners are slovenly, work-shy drunkards (probably unemployed),
** Highlanders, and doubly so Islanders, are backwards puritans (invariably farmers in the Highlands and fishermen in the Isles),
** Aberdonians are either 'salt of the earth', always covered in oil, rig workers or pansy rich boys making it big off the North Sea oil. Or they're fishermen, which is getting rarer.
** Lowlanders are either posh landowners from England who got homesick so stay close to the border (South East) or else idiotic sheep-shagging farmers. (South West).
* [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Scots folk dinna know how to play the tennis to save their lives."]]

'''[[LandOfMyFathersAndTheirSheep The Welsh]]'''

Once it was all coal mining, male voice choirs and sheep-shagging. There's much less mining these days. They especially seem to be the {{Butt Monkey}}s of the UK [insert another sheep-related joke here] . Also, they have an unhealthy obsession with cheese. Their national dish is cheese on toast. Curious accent.
* Naming conventions are consistently ridiculed. "I'll name my child 'blessed flowers'. Let's see... Blodwyn."

'''The Northern Irish'''

* Do not exist except when anything to do with {{the Troubles}} is mentioned.
* Everyone sounds like they're from the Republic of Ireland, even if they're an East Belfast Protestant.
* Half the population are uptight Protestants who complain about "Popery" and think that the Pope is the Anti-Christ. The other half are uptight Catholics who are all secretly members of the IRA.

'''[[{{Oireland}} The Irish]]'''

Considered to be sub-human by most of Europe ([[BritainVersusTheUK those bits of Europe that bother to differentiate them from the British anyway]]) ... but they're not all useless, they've got some Spanish blood in them.
* Possibly due to the "sub-human" stereotype, in media they are often portrayed as ape-like in appearance.
** Particularly true for 19th century Britain. Irish people are something between “good” Europeans and “savage” Blacks.
* Particularly in Britain, Irish people are commonly labeled as gypsies who will "steal your shoes".
* As immigrants to the U.S.: [[{{Eagleland}} American]] Irishmen are always drinking (even more than the Russians or the Scots), always Catholic, always cops (except when they're criminals), and always hateful of other racial groups, particularly Blacks and Italians.
* There's a reason police cars are sometimes called "Paddy wagons" in America - at one time, it seemed every man on every police force in New York and New England was Irish, and so was everyone they arrested. And every single one of them was named Patrick. Also, TheIrishMob stereotype is still fairly common in America. This only applies to immigrants, though - the Irish who still live in Ireland are seen as dirt-poor potato farmers.
* Within Ireland, Kerrymen are the thickos, people from Cork are full of themselves and Dubliners are either junkie criminals, braindead yuppies or Anglophiles/Americophiles desperately trying to [[CulturalCringe pretend they aren't Irish]]. People from Roscommon get the sheep-shagging stereotype, whilst people from Cavan are regarded as being tight with money. In Limerick, everyone is either a gangster or a junkie criminal, it's known as "Stab City".
* Until the TurnOfTheMillennium, an Irish character in a drama or action story stood a good chance of being a terrorist, most likely [[TheTroubles IRA]].
* And jokes about their intelligence (Frank Carson, himself an Irishman, is noted to be prevalent with these).

'''Germans'''

They're [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]], they [[GermanicDepressives can't laugh]], the whole history of their nation is portrayed as [[HollywoodHistory one long spectacular roller-coaster ride of Slav-murdering evil]] (given the portrayals TheTeutonicKnights, Frederick the Great, Bismarck and Wilhelm II get, one might wonder what was so special about Hitler). Plus, they're [[GermanicEfficiency uber-organized]] and anal-retentive when it comes to even the slightest detail. Oh, [[AllGermansAreNazis and they're Nazis]]. On the off chance that they are ''not'' Nazis, they will be horribly repentant and self-effacing and will pass out at the mere suggestion of WWII.
* Non-Germans can easily believe that the obsession with organization and proper procedure is a stereotype. Actual Germans know that the stereotype doesn't even come close to the awful reality.
* Not forgetting {{Oktoberfest}}, chocolate and tiny leather shorts. and diet of sausages, sausages, pretzels and sausages. (Did I mention the sausages?) Oh, and sauerkraut. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment And sausages!]] The perception that the entirety of Germany is Bavarian. It's a bit like the idea that the United States is one giant Texas. (It's not, there's also New York, California and [[{{Superman}} Smallville]].)
** One good stereotype is that they're ''excellent'' engineers. Seriously, there's a perception that a German-made toaster oven can power a US nuclear submarine. Germany was once the no 1. exporter of high quality electronics. Unfortunately, the German reputation for the quality of their automobiles has taken a major hit in the past decade.
* Behind the efficient or jolly beer-quaffing front, Germans are (thought to be) deeply and bizarrely kinky, often into sadomasochism and scat, which is often referred to as ''Scheiße'' porn.
* The most utterly horrible tourists ever. (Or is that just how Germans see Germans?)
** Many Western countries hold this opinion of themselves (including a whole lot of Americans). According to [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8143780.stm a survey people working in the tourism industry]], however, the French, Spaniards, and Greeks are the actual worst, with the Germans coming in a very respectable fourth (after the Japanese, Britons, and Canadians).
* Beer. Possibly the only European country to rival Scotland in alcohol per capita. Much of the humor comes from a lack of a minimal drinking age and the fact that beer is not as much of taboo as it is in America. As a result, Germans are portrayed as constantly drunk. Though, with one of the highest rates of consumption per capita, this is actually somewhat TruthInTelevision. Note that there is actually a minimum drinking age (16 for beer and wine, 18 for stronger liquor) but as it's so much lower than in the States and many countries besides, people seem to ignore this. Also, a lot of parents don't really care if their teenage children have a beer or two, as long as they don't get drunk. To be fair, though, beer isn't listed as an alcoholic beverage in Bavaria - it's a staple food.
* In Germany, Bavaria is often portrayed as being a completely different country. That is especially prominent in North Germany.
** People from the southern parts of Bavaria do actually consider themselves as Bavarians rather than Germans as well as considering Bavaria being not a part of Germany. There is actually a party in Bavaria that wants Bavaria to secede from Germany, but it isn't that popular with the population.
** Northern Germany not only sees Bavaria as "the others" but everyone south of Frankfurt. It's the same the other way around. Actually every region has its own identity and separates itself mentally somewhat from the rest.
** Some other intra-German stereotypes: The [[TheScrooge Swabians are stingy]], and the East Frisians are either all stoic {{Father Neptune}}s or just TooDumbToLive. And then there is this whole Ossi/Wessi ([[EastGermany East German]]/[[WestGermany West German]]) issue - [[IronCurtain living separated and under completely different political systems for 40 years]] tends to estrange people somewhat from each other[[hottip:*: Also, you have to consider that until recently many West Germans thought that East Germans were not owning up to the crimes of their Nazi past. And that East Germans believed the West were too lenient on war criminals. It is a very persistent belief, stemming from the tendency of the BRD (the Germany we know today) to demonize the DDR (aka the Reds) and vice versa. It's amazing what proximity to an ideologically opposite 'enemy' will do to one's tendency to 'enhance' the truth.]]
** Well, considering that there are at least three different dialects from Bavaria alone...
** Also: People from the "Pott" (Northrine-Westphalia) are dumb coal-miners.

'''Austrians'''

Those other people who also speak German, the Austrians, are ironically the exact opposite--so much so that in Germany, if somebody is scatter-brained, you describe them as "a bit Austrian". Funnily, the Austrians seem to hate the Germans more than the other way round (although it's mainly meant to be funny).
* All Austrians are snobbish and prissy. Or live in the wrong century because apparently they only listen to classical music (specially waltz), dress up very formally, and eat pastries while drinking hot chocolate 24/7. And they think or at least act like they're still an Empire.
* This troper never heard of the former impression but the view that austrians put on their lederhosn (leather trousers) and go for a yodel on their alps, is in a sense marketed.
* The Austrians also worship WolfgangAmadeusMozart like a God. Or something.
** And [[TheSoundOFMusic their hills are alive with the sound of musiiiiiiiiic ~]].
* Only Vienna, Innsbruck and Salzburg exist, too. What about Mariazell, Linz, Saint Poellten, Einsenstadt, Graz, etc?
* In general observation Austria (and Germany) seem to be one of the very few countries where if there is a red light and no car in sight, pedestrians wait.
* Kinda an internal/historic slur the "Wiener Wasserkopf" (translated Viennas waterhead) for the bloated bureaucracy in Vienna after the fall of Austria–Hungary (which aftwards governed a country of a ~sixth of its former size).

'''Hungarians'''

* Only Budapest exists.
* They're either in hate with Austrians or {{Tsundere}} for them.
* Total buds with Poles and quite like the Finns and Estonians. Loathe Romanians to death.
* Fanboys/fangirls of the ClusterFBomb.
* [[FireBreathingDiner Eat some of the spiciest food ever in Europe.]]

'''The Czech'''

* Only Prague and the medieval castles exist.
* Constantly hooked on beer.
* Are still considered one half of Czechoslovakia, despite how they and the Slovaks parted ways in TheNineties in the ''Velvet Divorce''.
* There's no political unrest in Czech Republic without [[DestinationDefenestration someone getting kicked off a window.]]
* Oh, and the only real historical hits in there are the Defenestration of Prague and the Prague Spring.

'''[[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Russians]]'''

See every future WorldWarIII scenario ever made.
* Male Russians are always portrayed as [[VodkaDrunkenski being drunk off vodka.]]
* Tend to be used as the opposition in a lot of first-person shooters and such set in contemporary times because shooting brown people inevitably leads to cries of racism/Western imperialism and shooting Americans, Western Europeans or Australians would ruin sales in the biggest markets. Hence why if it takes place after WorldWarII you're probably going to shoot a Russian at some point.
** [[ModernWarfare That doesn't work every time.]]
* No Russian stereotype is complete without everyone calling each other "Comrade".
** TruthInTelevision, as far as the army is concerned. "Comrade <rank>" is still the official form of address to a superior officer.
** Also true in that "Comrade" supplanted all other forms of address in Soviet Russia, to the extent that twenty years after the end of the communist regime Russians still haven't settled on a commonly used replacement. ("Gospodin" is most frequently used)
* Everyone is called Nikolai, Dmitri or Pyotr. Women will be Anya, Svetlana or Sonya.
** Or Maxim, Sergei, Boris and Ivan vs. Tatyana, Natasha, Maria and Olga.
* [[SensualSlavs All female Russians are sexy, mysterious spies]] who exist to be {{Honey Trap}}s for male secret agents from Britain and America. Then they pull a HighHeelFaceTurn at the end of the movie.
** Unless they're big, no-nosense {{Almighty Mom}}s that nag you to death.
** And if they're neither of the above, then they're a prostitute who will, sooner or later without exception, become a MailOrderBride.
* Only Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Siberia (a wide, vague, desolate spot on the map) truly exist. Vladivostok? Volgograd? Kaliningrad? Novosibirsk? ... Where?
** Volgograd might get some acknowledgement... [[PleaseSelectNewCityName except it won't be]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad Volgograd]].

'''Ukranians, Belarussians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, etc.'''

* Either they don't exist, [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn ... or they're all Russians]]. [[VisibleSigh Sigh]].
* Somewhat mixing with the above one, how annoyingly often Russian characters' surnames end in -enko.

'''Scandinavia'''

The Danish are mocked ''a lot'' in Sweden (and Norway). Interestingly, Swedes seldom mock Norwegians half as much. Probably because Denmark is flatter, warmer, and ruled Sweden for a long time.
* Likewise, Danes tend to mock both Norway and Sweden, though Sweden is usually preferred. Stereotypes such as Swedes being annoying, getting drunk and barfing often. Their accents are made fun of as well. It almost reaches the point where mocking the Swedes has become a national sport in Denmark.
* Actually, Swedes make fun of Norwegians a lot more than they do of Danes (there's an entire genre of jokes called "Norway jokes" that portray Norwegians as either [[TheDitz slightly dumb]], [[CloudCuckoolander very dumb]] or TooStupidToLive. Swedes also like to remind Danes that Sweden has kicked their asses (and that Denmark has lost or surrendered almost more than the French) in several wars.
* ''All'' the Scandinavian countries mock each other. Whether you mock Danes or Norwegians more depends on whether you live in northern or southern Sweden.
* Iceland has this weird perception of Danes being lazy and uncaring, just because the word "ligeglad" sounds funny.
** Later, Norway has been [[MemeticMutation mutated]] from friendly neighbors to schemers. What do they scheme and why? No one knows, but if you see a man who looks Norwegian, you must be wary of him, address him with "heya Norge" and if he answers "heya norge" back, he's Norwegian and therefore is probably scheming...something.
** In Norway, though, the "heya norge" phrase is taken to mean that the original speaker is a silly foreigner who tries to suck up by pretending to know the language, and the replying person is a Norwegian humoring him, so it kind of works both ways.
* Scandinavian immigrants in America were stereotyped as simple Squareheads (along with the Germans) and are the subject of many an "Ole and Lena"- joke.
* Finland is treated by Sweden and Norway as that weird neighbor they try to ignore, mainly as they're seen as insular, their language is completely different to the rest of Scandinavia and being in a weird purgatory of neither being Scandinavians or eastern European ethnically.
** It's probably because Finland isn't really considered part of Scandinavia proper... and Finns aren't Scandinavian.
** In Norway, it's more like AffectionateParody, really. There's a whole humor-subculture of jokes about Finnish soldiers during the Winter War, and most of them come across as mocking but respectful.
* In Finland, however, "Swedish jokes" are abundant. Swedish are depicted either as comically stupid, or homosexual [[UnfortunateImplications in all the wrong ways]].
* There is something in these Scandinavians that makes them premier exporters of metal, and no, I'm not addressing industry here. Norwegians ([[BlackMetal TRVE KVLT NORSK BLAKK METAL!]] * horn gesture* ) get this the harshest, but other Scandinavians (bar Danes, somehow) see it happen too.
** Maybe it's the harsh, bitter cold. Of course, that doesn't explain the Florida death metal scene or San Francisco thrash.
* '''The Swedish''', "known" to be a Scandinavian liberal paradise that is solely inhabited by sexy blonde women.
** Famous for [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Ikea, meatballs, and porn]].
*** Preferably keeping the [[IkeaErotica first thing out of the last]]. As for the other combinations, well, RuleThirtyFour applies.
*** Back between the 60's and 90's, anything with "Swedish" in the name was associated with eroticism. A socket wrench is just a socket wrench, but a ''Swedish'' socket wrench, on the other hand...
** Among heavy metal fans, they're typically associated with death metal, and the early 90s rivalry between Swedish death metal fans and Norwegian black metal fans is often played up. They are, more often than not, associated with melodic death metal, particularly its prototypical form which emerged from the "Gothenburg scene", while its more traditional sister-scene in Stockholm is comparatively overlooked.
** '''EVERYONE''' listens to {{ABBA}}, and [[SeriousBusiness not liking them]] will have [[NoReservations you thrown in prison.]]
** The only stereotype Finland has ever had for the Swedish, is that Swedish men are all blatantly homosexual. However, the joke is so old, and not very funny to begin with, that telling it is pretty much beating on a [[DeadHorseTrope dead horse]].
** Gothenburg is very stereotyped by the rest of Sweden as [[NoIndoorVoice speaking loudly]], proud of their city and hating Stockholm. This is because they can't cope with being "number 2" after Stockholm as the most populated. Oh and the trams.
*** [[DrivesLikeCrazy Not to mention that an illegal u-turn is referred to as a "Gothenburger".]]
** Stockholmers are viewed by the rest of Sweden the same way Finns view Swedes.
** Sweden, perhaps due to their long period of rule by a left-wing party, occasionally appears as a land of PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad or NewAgeRetroHippie.

'''The Serbs'''

The supposed [[http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=0300085079 "New Nazis"]] of Europe, Serbs have joined the Russians and other Eastern Europeans as acceptable villains in American movies and video games, following the events of the Yugoslav Wars of 1991-1995 and the 1999 Kosovo Conflict. Their most common portrayals in Western media are all negative stereotypes: war criminals, terrorists, mercenaries, or mafia types. For examples, see ''Peacemaker'', ''Behind Enemy Lines'', ''Sniper 2'', the first season of ''24'', ''Soldier of Fortune'', ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''.
* Sensationalist media and Hollywood tend to portray Serbs in a cartoonish and juvenile manner as if the entire Serbian nation were people of [[TheHorde brutish, unwashed and backwards]], AlwaysChaoticEvil {{Complete Monster}}s. As the wars in former Yugoslavia tend to be a very complex and [[FlameBait sensitive]] issue, '''please''' look at the YugoslavWars for further details.
* The Serbo-Croatian blog [[http://chetnixploitation.blogspot.com/ Chetnixploitation]] analyzes this phenomenon.
* The portrayal of all Serbs as maniac war-criminals is certainly untrue and unfair, but Serbs did run concentration camps, commit ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, mass rape and genocide. In short: Niko Bellic is a stereotype like Michael Corlene is one, The Land of Blood and Honey is about as much a stereotype as Shindlers List is.

'''The Rest of the ex-Yugoslavia (Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Kosovars)'''

* Only Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Ljubljana and Sarajevo exist. ''Maybe'' Medjugorje too, but only if you're Roman Catholic.


'''The Greeks'''

* They live either in the middle of their ancient ruins or in white houses located by the sea, [[PerpetualPoverty because they can't afford anything else]].
* Aside of that -- only Athens, Mykonos and Crete exist.
* Permanently asleep, and if they're not sleepy, they're hooked on frappé coffee.
* Hate Turks [[IstanbulNotConstantinople for many complicated reasons.]] Don't seem to be fond of Montenegrins either.
* [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Hate videogames.]]

'''The Bulgarians'''

* They survive on yoghurt and rose water.
* Hate everyone in their surroundings except Romanians.
* Only Sofia exists.
* Their beaches are the CommieLand ersatz for beach resorts.

'''The Romanians'''

* They're either vampires or {{Roma}}.
* Everyone save the Bulgarians hate them. ''Especially'' loathed by Hungarians.
* Worshippers of Vlad Tepes - this one's kinda understandable since Vlad ''did'' keep the Turks out, and the {{Dracula}} myths bring lots of tourism to the land.
* A CrapsackWorld among {{Crapsack World}}s during CommieLand times, specially as [[TheCaligula Ceausescu lost his shit more and more]].
* Only Bucharest, Transylvania and Timisoara exist.
* Its inhabitants are mostly [[TorchesAndPitchforks pitchfork]] wielding peasants, and occasionally form a mob when chasing down [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], or Frankenstein's monster.

'''The Roma'''

Aka. Gypsies, who to a frightening number of Europeans are subhuman. Widely portrayed as a bunch of nomads living in vardos (wagons), and are either fortunetellers, circus performers, thieves, or con artists, to name a few possibilities.

'''The Spanish'''

The rest of the world tends to picture them as dumb lazy drunkards, always carrying a Spanish guitar or sleeping ''siesta'' (taking a nap). That's if they don't [[{{Spexico}} think they eat tacos, drink tequila and wear ponchos and sombreros]]. However, the rest of the time, they're portrayed as [[BadassSpaniard awesome incarnate]]. Which sort of evens it out. Any earlier than the modern day and they are one of two things, the first of which you will almost never see: Fascist Spain under Francisco Franco, or the old Spanish Empire. The Age of Exploration (in which they are portrayed as [[CompleteMonster genocidal assholes]]) tends to be a popular time for American writers, I wonder why.
* The Spanish are well known for being lazy. A common joke among those that have to work with them is that the most used word in Spanish is "mañana", meaning tomorrow, as reply to a question. This usually means "try next month".
* They're also portrayed as matadors [[LatinLover who are dramatic and passionate lovers.]] The women are always doing the flamenco. Both are tall, dark, and handsome.
* In older works they're ''always'' portrayed as pale aristocrats with stiff upper lips who are immensely proud of their ''limpieza de sangre'', or pure Spanish blood. They take paleness [[ValuesDissonance extremely seriously]], since olive skin was a sign that they were part Moorish or Jewish, something no true, proud, unemotional Spaniard would ''ever'' confess to.
** For those who were wondering, the trope of the Victorian English "gentleman" has more in common with this trope than with any pre-Victorian tropes about ''English'' aristocrats.
* From inside Spain:
** Catalonians are all greedy and they ''never'' speak in Spanish, only Catala.
** Madrid folks are all cocky.
** Basques are all brute and strong. If they're not ETA members.
** Andalusians are lazy, always dancing and singing and speak with that funny accent. [[hottip:* :There are quite a few Andalusian accents actually, but TV only seems to know the Seville accent]]
** Lepe folks are TooDumbToLive.
** Canary islanders are sex-crazed LatinLover types ''and'' apathetic ("aplatanados") at the same time. Although the last part is more of an IncrediblyLamePun on the island's banana production.
** Aragonese (those from Zaragoza at least) are brute but funny. And they always dance Jota.
** Asturians live hooked on apple cider.
** Galicians are backwards or plain stupid.
** In many places in Latin America, people from Galicia are the equivalent of Polish jokes for the US. The protagonists in those jokes are always named Manolo and Venancio. It's usually meant in good fun, though.
** It's not really people from Galicia. Most Latin Americans seem to be under the impression that "Gallego" = Spaniard, similar to the equally false English = British.
*** How do you distinguish a Gallego among the crowd at a soccer stadium? He's the only one that takes a lifesaver with him, just in case the audience does the wave.

'''The Poles'''

Poles were once portrayed in America as stupid, ignorant, incompetent, gullible, superstitious peasants. As mentioned in OnceAcceptableTargets, this stereotype disappeared completely in 1978, leaving nothing but a faint association of Poles with garlic and the working classes.
* In Britain there's the stereotype of a Polish immigrant ... which really just consists of someone who speaks Polish. And is an immigrant.
** THEY TERK ARE JABS
** Or the joke when it turned out that many Polish immigrants to Britain (many of whom are tradesmen such as electricians, plumbers, builders etc.) were now emigrating back to Poland: "Well, now we're back to having plumbers who can't speak English again".
* In the Netherlands, Poles are stereotyped as lazy, constantly drunk, and [[DrivesLikeCrazy crazy/useless drivers.]] They are also all [[TheIllegal working illegals]], completely incompetent, and [[NoOSHACompliance have never heard of safety rules.]]
* Israel has a much larger stereotype for Polish people. The JewishMother is Polish, according to jokes. Polish kids are spoiled. They have irritating voices.
* Germany used to have (it's on a fast decline to the degree of vanishing) with Polish jokes. One of the most common aspects was the car stealing thing and potatoes.
--->"Why Russian gangs steal cars in twos? Because one of them'll get stolen while passing through Poland!"
--->"Travel to Poland, your car's already there!"
* Another aspect is "Polnische Wirtschaft" (Polish economy), a German idiom similar to the BavarianFireDrill or "Chinese democracy", which is probably related to Polish jokes.
* Poles in Western fiction seem to often be lovable racists.
* The Polish are well known in online gaming for their lack of skill and their loud, irritating patriotism.
** Which is a reason there exists a (small) breed of Polish players who don't like to brag about their nationality and look down upon the other so-called patriots. These guys are usually the ones who possess good levels of skills because as opposed to their fellow players they don't restrict themselves to playing in Polish 'ghettos' and happily compete with everyone available.
* Poles stereotype themselves as able to form three wholly different political parties when there's only two Poles around, or as using [[ClusterFBomb eff-word (in Polish, it's k-word) as comma]].
* History is SeriousBusiness among Poles. AlternateHistoryDotCom had its share of Polish trolls.
* It's also worth mentioning that, while [[NWordPrivileges Poles themselves make fun of those stereotypes all the time]], they tend to get offended very easily at foreigners doing the same. For the average Pole the same jokes about Poles are absolutely hilarious when told [[SelfDeprecation in Polish]], not very funny in English and [[BerserkButton really offensive]] in German.

'''The Portuguese'''

Dumb like the Polish stereotype, except there ''is'' a "stereotypical Portuguese" image to go with it: fat middle-age man with a white undershirt (in short, Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', except said shirt has like a 50% chance of being of the Vasco da Gama soccer club) who owns a sleazy bar, has always a pencil stuck under the ear, and has less than stellar hygiene habits. Almost exclusively a Brazilian thing.
* When portrayed by Americans (who seem to ignore the existence of this so easily mockable country) it will be either the above or similar to what is written in the first paragraph about the Spanish (the truth is that most things work well for both, including the rarely mentioned fascist period and Age of Discovery) except that Portuguese are never BadassSpaniard and rarely portrayed as {{Complete Monster}}s in the New World (even though Portugal did some nasty things to African and South American tribes).
** As far as Americans have for ''modern'' Portuguese stereotypes, they're so far [[TheNondescript off the cultural radar]] that that they're not even worthy of ''[[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere having]]'' a stereotype.
* And don't forget the mustache! Every Portuguese stereotype must have a black mustache (even women), despite the fact very few people have worn them since the 80's. This goes back to the 16th century, when Portuguese were portrayed in Japanese art always with a solid mustache.
* There is also a stereotype from inside which is the "Alentejano" (Alentejo is the inner South of Portugal). More than half the Portuguese jokes are either about them, [[ButtMonkey "menino Jo�ozinho"]] or dumb blondes. They are stereotypically portrayed as extremely lazy and [[TooDumbToLive ridiculously stupid]], and also have a frequently mocked accent (in the The Simpsons Movie dub, Cletus was given an Alentejano accent). This is a very typical comic portrayal of them by Gato Fedorento: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwSZoNjU1aI see it here]].

'''The Dutch'''

Extremely well-known for [[TheStoner all using various drugs constantly]], wearing wooden clogs, growing tulips around the windmills in their backyards and plugging fingers into breaking dams, while eating various kinds of cheese and visiting [[FreestateAmsterdam the Amsterdam red-light district]] every other day. Also made huge amounts of money by ferrying (in conditions worse than cattle) every African-American ancestor in existence from their African homes to their new American masters a few centuries back (conveniently forgetting about all the other European nations that did this, which included pretty much everyone with a boat).
* Special relationship with the Flemish (Dutch-speaking northern Belgium) in this as both like to make a lot of fun at each other's expense.
* Or, the opposite stereotype: the dour, Protestant, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], stern, and - quite prominently - cheap variety.
** They're all in Michigan now.
* In Germany, the Dutch stereotype involves always traveling (or even always living in) trailers. Also bicycles.
* The Dutch are also known as a caravan culture, something that is partially true.
* Oddly, the Dutch are the go-to ethnicity when a character needs to hate someone completely random. See the page quote, or [[SluggyFreelance Father Time]]. The implication is that hating the Dutch is just silly.
** Also, think of all the nationalities that you have no real reason to hate, and substitute them for the Dutch in the page quote. Just doesn't have the same ring, does it?
** How could you not hate the Dutch with their [[BetterOffTed giant propeller buildings, wooden shoes and fatty sausage]]?
* Inside targets:
** [[TooDumbToLive Limburgians]] are half-Belgian idiots, [[FootballHooligans Rotterdammers]] are antisocial football hooligans, [[DeepSouth Twentenese]] are tractor-riding hicks, etc.
** People from Amsterdam are either shady "leather coat" hustlers, soccer hooligans, or overbearing left-wing elitists. They are all Jewish, and none of them are aware that the eastern half of the country even exists.
** The province of Friesland. A known joke about them in the rest of the country:
*** Q: How do you know when you are in Friesland?
*** A: The cows are prettier than the women.
** The people from Brabant are all pig farmers, with all the [[TooDumbToLive intelligence]] and culture that implies. The region is also completely filled up with buildings, either super-large barns or processing factories, and is one of the filthiest, most unhealthy and most unhappy places to live. (And no, it's not true).
** All the people from Zeeland (literally, Sealand) are old-fashioned, cheap, devoutly Protestant, and alway wear folk costumes. [[{{Irony}} They also hate the sea with a passion.]]

'''The Swiss'''

Can apparently be summed up by efficiency and punctuality (even more so than the Germans), [[SwissBankAccount bank vaults]], and [[TrueNeutral neutrality]] ([[StupidNeutral sometimes to ridiculous lengths]]).

[[TheThirdMan In five hundred years of peace, their most important cultural creation has been the cuckoo clock.]] This comment is deeply unfair, though, as ignores their ingenious mechanical timepieces, the fine chocolate, [[BlessedAreTheCheesemakers that cheese with the holes in it]] and the famous [[SwissArmyWeapon omni-functional pocketknives]].
* [[TheGunslinger Also, they]] [[TriggerHappy have a rifle]] [[MoreDakka in every attic,]] and have very good surgeons.
** Before you ask, this is because the country uses a conscription system, and everyone that spends the mandatory time under arms becomes a reservist. Reservists all keep their weapons at home. Also, they have some of the most lax weapon laws of Europe. Suffice to say that home invasion in Switzerland [[TooDumbToLive might not be the best idea]].
* On ''TheStanFrebergShow'', whenever the nationality of any dubious foreign character was asked about, the answer was, "Swiss. That way, we don't offend nobody."
* Scott Adams of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' fame put together the unusually advanced clocks and penknives, the neutrality and fortunes, and decided that {{flying saucer}}s come from Switzerland, and the Swiss were [[TheMasquerade secretly aliens]].
* Don't forget that [[YodelLand the Alps are everywhere and everyone yodels.]]
* Within Switzerland, people from one canton hate everybody from other cantons. Quite often also people from other regions in their canton.
** People from Aargau can't drive. The only time you'll see it is when you're on a highway.
** People from Bern are sssslllloooowwww.
** People from Vaud, too - one gives its natives an extra fifteen minutes to start something.
** People from Zurich are arrogant and try so hard to be un-Swiss it hurts. Also, they are not really Swiss.
** Tessin is full of almost-Italians and pensioners from the German-speaking part.
** Basel is out of sync with the rest of Switzerland because their carnival is one week late, and weird. They mix random French words in their Swiss German.
** Thurgau is full of apple trees. It's sometimes called Mostindien (apple juice India), a pun on Ostindien (East India), because it's in the east and its shape vaguely resembles India.
** Appenzell: misogynist. They introduced women's suffrage in 1990 because they were forced to.
** Graubünden: as an aversion, nobody dislikes people from Graubünden. Which is to say, it's not their fault that they were born stupid and without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

'''The Italians'''

Portrayed as either being smooth-talking Lotharios, thick-skulled Catholic pasta-eaters or complete mama's boys. Italian women are frequently portrayed as being sexually voracious. And of course, all Italians are in the {{Mafia}}.
* Italians are pretty notorious for stereotyping themselves. Northern Italians frequently ridicule Sicilians for being boorish, ill-cultured farming types.
* [[Film/ThePrincessBride Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!]]
* Also, crossing a road in Italy (especially in the cities) could be a form of suicide.
* Perhaps more subtle is the widespread tendency for Italians to deal under the table.
* In Italy the history of political fragmentation and the abundance of geographical barriers which were often hard to cross until the late 1800s fostered the growth of literally dozens of regional and sub-regional subcultures each of which has a definite set of stereotypes against all the other ones (or at least the most proximate); internecine hate and ridiculing among Italians it's almost an untraceable subject. Here is the most glaring examples:
** The citizens of the neighboring cities of Lucca and Pisa (in the province of Tuscany) consider themselves to be bitterly stingy.
** Piedmontese are portrayed as proud, aloof gentlemen from the 1800s, and also as courteous hypocrites,
** Milanese are seen as upwardly workaholics using lots of English words despite not knowing the language and crass materialists;
** Lombards not from Milan are seen as bigoted intolerant yokels who hate Asian and African immigrants and drive tractors;
** Ligurians are seen as stingy and sullen, people from Veneto (but not Venetians) are seen as wine-loving mountaineers always singing alpine drinking chants.
** Venetians are of course all gondola-rowing boatmen who sing Neapolitan arias/songs to clueless tourists and charge them killer fares.
** Romans are bragging swaggarts thinking that the past glories of Rome allow them the right to act like assholes.
** Neapolitans are cunning swindlers able to sell you a TV set which is nothing but a wooden box with bricks in
** And then, of course, there are the Sicilians.

A nice overview of national stereotypes, both positive and negative, is given in this joke: "Heaven is where the policemen are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian, and it's organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the policemen [[ThoseWackyNazis are German]], the [[LethalChef cooks are British]], the mechanics [[WalkingTechbane are French]], the lovers are Swiss, and it's organized by [[TheMafia the Italians]]."
* You could also switch the French and the Italians for their roles in 'Heaven'.
** The line between the two is very blurry actually: while they have common roots in the art of cooking, French cooks are considered the most sophisticated, while Italian ones are usually the most productive and resort on much cheaper but even more delicious recipes. On the other hand, while Italians are known for the more passionate romances and love songs, the French are usually considered the most romantic population of the Earth ([[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench especially due to their accent and language]]).

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See NationalyStereotypes.

Where you live can make you an {{Acceptable Target|s}}. This can vary widely based on where the media in question is being broadcast.

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[[Film/ThePrincessBride Never get involved in a land war in it!]]

'''East Asians:'''

Uptight, bad at driving, speak {{Engrish}}.
* Asians are an interesting example -- while it's okay to portray them stereotypically, outright mocking them or drawing them all squinty-eyed [[OnceAcceptableTargets is no longer cool.]] However, many "positive" stereotypes are also applied to them (they're good at math, they're hard-working, they're godly at video games, etc) and so many are led to believe it's acceptable to use them.
** And also terrible at being a significant force in Hollywood except as extras and bit actors. Once Jackie Chan and Jet Li are gone...
** Incredibly strict and unforgiving parents who believe their children should marry only within their own communities.
** Ultra-conformist drones who defer to any and all higher authority, which is linked to how big Communism is over there and why it's still going.
** Incredibly poor social skills and they tend to hang in large numbers of their own community and live in secretive social enclaves.

'''Indians'''

The caste system has propagated a certain degree of distaste. May be confused with the aforementioned Arabs. Punjabi Sikhs in particular fall under a wide variety of unfortunate stereotypes, and the religious mandate for long, combed hair and a large knife doesn't mesh well with a lot of Western societies. Mostly the whole confusion with terrorists but in countries where they do know the difference they are generally treated quite fairly like the UK.
* Arguably, defining all Asians from the Indian subcontinent as 'Indian' is a little off in itself. Pakistani or Bangladeshi people often won't take kindly to being referred to as Indian (and vice-versa) - at least in Britain.
** Try anywhere. Especially with India and Pakistan, given the history.
* India itself, being a hodgepodge of regions with differing cultures, will have states and religions referring to eachother in less than complimentary terms. The most well known are the Sardar jokes - based on the turban-wearing Sikh from Punjab - which attribute a very low IQ to them; these are the equivalent of blonde jokes with Sardars standing in for blondes. Why Sardars have acquired this status is a mystery, although this image is attributed to Sikhs taking up physically demanding work and thus they are painted as DumbMuscle. Most probably because Punjabis are noted to be heavy drinkers . A version of the Irishman, Scottsman, Englishman joke has the Sikhs as the one who gluttonously eat the nice food first and the bad food last whilst the Muslim eats the bad food first and the good later. The Hindu mixes the two foods.
** People from the state of Gujarat get classified as miserly businessmen, people from the North Central states tend to be stereotyped as loud, brash and corrupt, while those from the South tend to be stereotyped as intelligent but isolationist, preferring their regional languages over the national (Northern origin) language of Hindi. Bengalis are seen as too politically minded for their own good, or as out-and-out commies.
** South Indians are also stereotyped as being [[ButNotTooBlack ugly and dark.]] Indians who are from the Seven Sister States (the disconnected chunk of land in the extreme Northeast) also tend to get some nasty stereotypes thrown their way because mainland Indians associate their appearance and culture with East Asia more than India. The large number of indigenous tribes in their region results in them being stereotyped as uneducated tribals as well (this also happens with people from Orissa and surrounding areas). Paradoxically, The Sister States are also perceived as being more Westernized than the rest of India which leads to unfortunate assumptions about [[http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=4811 the women.]]

* In things aimed at teens, they are usually portrayed as {{Asian and Nerdy}}.
* In Britain, all the managers and owners of local newsagents are perceived to be Indian and to have the surname Patel.
* The fairly recent American (and British) image of the [[OperatorFromIndia nearly-unintelligible Indian on the other side of the customer service hotline]] for all things technology-related. Can overlap a bit with AsianAndNerdy, and is unfortunately often TruthInTelevision due to job outsourcing - that's where the stereotype came from in the first place.
* And all Indians are cheap.
* Bollywood has shown Indians as an unoriginal bunch of intellectual thieves and plagiarists who lack any kind of imagination. And has lead to the existance of the 'trendoid' fashion victim Indian, who is obsessively label conscious, uses too much out-of-date American teen slang, and bears no resemblance to normal Indians. Female characters in Bollywood films are all Purity Sues.
* Devotion and respect for animals like monkeys and cows. Hindu religion and culture are often played for laughs in other countries. The converse stereotype is the obsessively religious, celibate and intolerant Hindu-chauvinist (this stereotype is often mocked in Bollywood films).
* All Indians are assumed to be Hindu or Sikh. Muslims Indians are hardly ever seen or are confused with Sikhs. Indian Christians most ''certainly'' do not exist.
* Thanks to ''IndianaJones'', Indians may been seen as people who eat [[ForeignQueasine monkey's brains]] among other revolting things, despite the fact they are mostly vegetarian.
** In Australia, Indian immigrants have gained the reputation of being absolute money-grubbers, who'll fight tooth-and-nail over a matter of a few cents.
* Indians are always [[MagicalNegro nonviolent, spiritual, wise]] people. [[MahatmaGandhi Because Gandhi.]] And Hinduism. And yes, wealthy Americans, you should totally go there to "find yourself".
* The government is seen as incredibly corrupt and incompetent, and thus politicians are called "babus", which is an unflattering term for inept, corrupt, bureaucrats.

'''Southeast Asians'''

Though the media does not differentiate between them, expect one or all of the following: omnipresent Buddhism with enlightened monks dispensing helpful advice everywhere. In modern settings, expect [[HolidayInCambodia filthy, vice-filled cities]] policed by stern-faced authoritarian cops. [[CommieLand The default government is authoritarian and communist]], even though Laos is basically the last full-on communist state around given that Vietnam has taken the free-market route. The non-urban areas are populated solely by Buddhist monasteries and humble farm villages, occasionally a guerrilla band or two.

'''Filipinos'''

In America, they're often either ascribed the AsianAndNerdy stereotype, or as someone obsessed with hip-hop and fast cars. Sometimes Filipina women are also portrayed as sluts, gold-diggers, or mail-order brides. Also, like the Mexicans, have too many children and are either fanatically devoted to the Virgin Mary, the latest celebrity, or both (never mind the large presence of Protestant and Muslim minorities). Also they're always tainted with the reputation of a BananaRepublic.

'''Chechens'''

Amoral criminals. Even Caucasians from neighboring republics and countries often agree (in case of Ingush or Ossetians, more so than Russians). Also, good luck finding a portrayal of a Chechen in Western media who isn't a mafioso or a terrorist.
* They're also experts at making home-made guns, to the point where they're nicknamed '[[ImprovisedWeapon Chechen Firecrackers]].
** See also "[[http://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/agent-strelnikov-s-personnel-file/page5.jpg Chechens and why I hates them]]", by [[WebOriginal/SCPFoundation Agent Dmitri Strelnikov]].

'''China'''

A nation consisting of billions of soulless, brainwashed workers, purposefully putting lead in our toys and pet food. Is probably going to conquer the world through their growing economic and military clout. It is not like the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japanese]] or the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviets]], [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld we are definitely sure they will enslave all of humanity]]. Maybe.
* That is when they're not kung-fu masters, and they run around in Mao-style uniforms or [[AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats conical straw hats (or both).]]
* And don't forget Taiwan. No seriously, don't forget Taiwan, since everyone else seems to. That is if they ever knew it existed in the first place. It's also known as the Republic Of China (as opposed to the People's Republic), or simply China, depending on your political leanings (you have people taking the "One China, two governments" view, or the PRC, which simply doesn't believe that Taiwan exists as a separate country). For those who have heard of the place, it's essentially an entire island (well, a very small island) made up of [[{{StreetFighter}} Chun Li's stage]]. And lots of computers.
* In certain parts of [[LatinLand Latin America]], it seems like every Chinese person runs a little corner store/kiosk. Every community has one. Sometimes they also expand to "Mini-supermarkets", hardware stores or the dry-cleaning business. This is so widely spread that in some countries these stores are not called "stores" or "kiosks" anymore, they're called "El Chino" ("The Chinese," which is probably a shortened version of "Let's go to the Chinese guy's store"). This is kind of TruthInTelevision, but more recent waves of Chinese immigrants, as well as the descendants of the initial immigrants who are born in Latin America, have broken out of this stereotype and fallen into more typical Eastern Asian stereotypes (see above).
* And within China itself, the Mainlanders and Colonial Chinese are often seen at odds, the Cantonese for instance view most Mainlanders who feel entitled to everything if they moved over to another country and then leaving the moment their kids finish college to go back to mainland China.
* Every Chinese kid works in a sweatshop.
* Utterly deceptive and power-mad with such stereotypes as the DragonLady.
* Very ethnically homogeneous and coupled with a few instances (and their general reputation for belligerence) they are said to be racist towards all non-Chinese but lesser towards whites somewhat.
* Producers of cheap and dangerous goods such as toys with lead.
* Some of their food are contaminated with either magnesium or mercury.
* All poachers are Chinese, who couldn't care less they're killing off tigers, rhinos, pandas and others, so long as they can turn the animals' genitals into aphrodisiacs to help their sex life.
* Are [[CreativeSterility uncreative]] and steal ideas from others to create {{Shoddy Knockoff Product}}s, deny the ideas were stolen and claim originality when people start noticing the similarities, then [[OrwellianRetcon quietly make changes overnight]] to try to cover up the whole fiasco, and still [[ImplausibleDeniability maintain that no ideas were ever stolen in the first place]].

'''Japan'''

Every Japanese who is not a {{samurai}} is a {{ninja}}. Possibly [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot also a cyborg]]. If a teenager, those who aren't mecha pilots hunt demons in their spare time; if also a girl, she's [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles bound to be violated by a tentacled monster]] sooner or later.
* The Japanese also get the stereotype of being sexually repressed perverts or culturally insensitive xenophobes.
* See also {{Otaku}}, {{Salaryman}}, and {{Hikikomori}}. Also, [[WidgetSeries their TV shows are crazy]].
* There is also the whole idea that a Japanese family will rarely live in a country for long since of the demographic of Asians living in another country usually have the Japanese living in the well off areas while the average Asian lives in the suburbs or slums. Most kids sent over here are foreign exchanges students who came here just for the lax education before hauling them back for the stricter life in Japan.
* Video games are an art in Japan, and they are the greatest masters of it. Inferior Western games can only dream to emulate them.
* Within Japan, [[TheIdiotFromOsaka people from Osaka are lovable idiots]].
* Another infamous example is they choose suicide over shame, and would go through ritual seppuku, or just do it their own way. This unfortunately is TruthInTelevision, as a lot of Japanese before and after WWII would go through this than bear failure. There's even a hotline to respond to suicides attempts.
* They are also known for just sending kids over here to study or raise kids till they go to college where they are whisked back to their home country to live there.
* Japan, home of the [[WidgetSeries weirdest entertainment in existence]]!
* Past WW2 atrocities like the 731 experiments paint them out as a cold, merciless and grotesque people. And combined with textbook controversies and the still remnants of racism it makes them appear like they aren't truly apologetic for it.
* The rise of the herbivore men phenomenon has meant that Japanese men are seen as weak and girlish.
* The low birth problem is attributed to their low sex drives and the fact that they're more interested in fictional and fanciful diversions.
* Workaholics who even work themselves to death.
* The men are all pedophiles and obsessed with Japanese schoolgirls.
* Ignorant towards what happens outside Japan.
* Tourists who love to take photographs.
* 'V-for victory' (also known as 'peace') is an automatic camera reflex. Whenever a camera is pointed in their direction the 'v-for-victory' is whipped up faster than anyone ever thought humanly possible.
* The entire {{Animeland}} trope. Those OccidentalOtaku who want to move to Japan thinking that this is TruthInTelevision are in for a rude awakening once they actually go there and/or take time to get to know someone from Japan and/or actually learn a little about the culture and RealityEnsues.
* They have a particular taste for whale meat. Sometimes they're known as persistent whalers, constantly harassed by Greenpeace. Funny, considering the Norwegians also are huge whalers and yet they don't get ''as'' infamous for it.

'''Singaporeans'''

Full of smart, upper-class people who respect the government, are pushed to be the best in science or math and don't chew gum. Or, if you like it, [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean an exotic, tiny island, where piracy runs abound, the water is hardly clean and we don't chew gum]].
Also, an assumed part of either [[YouFailGeographyForever Malaysia or China]].
* All Singaporeans are extremely cheap and opportunistic when it comes to money.
* To Westerners, hard-working rich people who are [[ValuesDissonance oppressed by an overbearing nanny state and don't mind at all.]]

'''South Koreans'''

Known as dog-eating, {{Blizzard}} fans who have fat cheeks and like Japan, have kids in foreign countries and take them back to South Korea to make them more Korean. Within Asia, they are notorious for "borrowing" Japanese ideas for their entertainment. [[BerserkButton The last one is the most offensive]], considering the Japanese-Korean rivalry. They are highly homogeneous, and they typified as extreme xenophobes towards non-Koreans.

'''North Koreans'''

Shorter than the average South Korean, and generally brainwashed to worship the "Great Leader", and to hate the "American dogs". Their house must always have a portrait of Kim Jong-Il, and Kim Il-Sung, they only have one TV channel that is permitted by the government, and everything they learn in school, from kindergarten to high school, always has something to do with Kim Jong-Il, [[MemeticMutation who is so ronery]].
* If they're not hard merciless soldiers, or blindly loyal citizens, then their starving oppressed peasants living in slums, or stuck in prison camps for being politically unreliable.
* Or, as one website puts it: Imagine a cheap knock-off of the Soviet Union under Stalin as performed by a high school drama club who believe their leader is the Second Coming of Christ and are convinced that the outside world is an evil capitalist plot against heaven on earth.
* Unfortunately, much of this is [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]]. Just read a book or watch a documentary about North Korea. It's all true, [[TearJerker and all sad]].

'''Mongolians'''

* They still live out there in the steppes, ride their horses and handle the cattle as [[BarbarianHorde if they never ever stopped]] being like in the times of GenghisKhan.
* The only exception to that "rule" is Ulaanbataar.

'''Malaysians'''

* Known pretty much only for their [[KnifeNut serpentine daggers]]. Or [[{{Zoolander}} sweatshop workers]].
* And if you're on IRC, they're really annoying.

'''The Thais'''

* They all know Muay Thai.
* Only Bangkok exists
* Eat [[FireBreathingDiner spicy stuff that will make you cry after one bite]] and may be perpetually drunk.
* Their names are ''especially'' hard to pronounce.
* Hate anything related to AnnaAndTheKing (though this one's more understandable, considering all the UnfortunateImplications of the book/movies/etc.)
* Due to the ''very'' polemic sex tourism "industry", they're often flanderized into some of the biggest perverts in South Eastern Asia.
* And all Thais ride elephants instead of cars.

'''The Vietnamese'''

* [Insert your truckloads of clichés from TheVietnamWar here.]

'''The Laosians'''

* [[KingOfTheHill "'The ocean'? What ocean?"]]

'''Pakistanis'''

* Secretly associated with terrorists, [[ArchEnemy and are always at odds with India]].
* Massive inbreeders.
* Religiously intolerant despite the fact Pakistan was meant to be a secular state.
* A failed state which is poor and suffers lack of infrastructure, massive inequality, corrupt government and is massively in debt.
* Have often been likened to rats because of their vastly growing numbers and the exploitation of so called famous rat children who suffer a microcephaly and are revered in Pakistan but are exploited by criminals.
* Rapists and targeters of white women thanks to the controversy raised by UK politician, Jack Straw, saying that there is a problem in the Pakistani community of male sexual predators targeting white women as "easy meat".
** Other communities also accuse them of trying to woo non-Muslim girls who they don't respect in order to convert them for money, also known as "love jihad".
** When boys get rejected by girls, their response is to throw acid at their faces.
* Stereotyped as criminals because many of their ethnic enclaves are embroiled in crime. Crimes such as money laundering, insurance fraud and making counterfeits.
* Secretly pretend to be Indians (their hated enemy) in order to escape persecution, much to the chagrin of real Indians who have to put up with being mislabeled as Pakistanis. Most Pakistanis would be horrified to be labeled Indians and will quickly correct anyone who calls them that. They tend not to care about India until there's a war on.
* Pakistanis have a reputation for liking fat women or slightly transvestite-like women.
* Their secret service (the ISI) is associated with the Taliban and were responsible for the Mumbai Hotel attack, and hiding bin Laden. [[WithFriendsLikeThese The Americans are not happy]] [[TeethClenchedTeamwork about having to cooperate with them.]]
* Pakistanis are also cricket obsessed (this is true).
* And they're known as as closet perverts. Which doesn't help that Pakistan is the largest national consumer of porn and has been humiliatingly dubbed "Pornistan".

Within Pakistan the following sterotypes apply to various groups:

* Pashtuns (Pathans), overly traditional, proud, backwards and oppressive towards their women, who are all dressed in burqas. Have a thing for little boys and honour killings. They dress like the sterotypical terrorist. This stereotype applies to Pashtuns in Afghanistan too.
* Punjabis, dishonest, stuck up and greedy. The production line for the world's accountants, doctors and taxi drivers. Men are all short, fat, badly dressed in baggy, outdated clothes, with a side parting and Saddam Hussein mustache. Regarded by much of the Muslim world as 'not Muslim enough'.
* Balochis, if anything more backwards and conservative than Pashtuns, and they live in a vast empty desert.
* Sindhis, backwater (or, recently, underwater) hicks. The sterotypical 'feudal' landowner is from here. Sindhis in India bear the sterotype of being greedy, moneygrubbing bargainers.
* Karachiites (and to an extent Lahoris) are viewed as overly 'cool', Westernised and modern. They tend to be the most overtly politcal population withing Pakistan. Other Pakistanis view them as a bit untrustworthy; they view other Pakstanis as backwoods hicks. Karachi used to have an aura of fashionability and wealth in the 1980s, how much this still exists is debatable.
* Kashmiris: aside from being a 'cause', no one particularly cares about them.

'''Sri Lankans'''

* They exist in two contexts:
** In Indian media, where they are either hated as terrorists, pitied as refugees, or just plain made fun of.
** In Western media they are mentioned only in the context of the recent war there. Of course, most Westerners are not aware of this war, so they are rarely mentioned. Despite the fact that it was a civil war, the people are shown more often as defenseless refugees than belligerents with any agency.

'''The Bangladeshi'''

* Either nobody knows who they are, or they're {{The Woobie}}s of the Indian Subcontinent.
** Has a reputation of being massively overpopulated and being a frequent sufferer of large floods.

'''The Burmese'''

* Usually appear as examples of oppressed people and [[AnAesop why tyranny sucks]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Africa]]
Tough to come up with much, as many countries' ''sole'' history with the African continent is of their colonizing and enslaving it; the only stereotypes that could be drawn from such experience are considered less acceptable in most public discourse than they once were.
* However, it is generally accepted in the West that every African, regardless of nationality, is either a fly-covered starveling or AK-wielding guerrilla (both have AIDS), except for the ruler of the country, who took power in a military coup.
** That is lampshaded in this [[http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1 article]], "How to Write About Africa".
* Some older (but still lingering in places which hadn't caught up with Western political correctness) stereotypes include [[DarkestAfrica the primitive guys who deify]] MightyWhitey [[ThisIsMyBoomstick after he shows them a lighter]], or a son of a tribal king taking up studies on a Western university. They're usually {{played for laughs}} now, or even subverted:
-->A white traveller is lost when trying to get to the airfield. Luckily, he encounters some locals: "Have you seen a big clearing and a big, shiny bird nesting there?", he asks. They respond with "No, but there's an Airbus on an airfield some two or three kilometers from here".
-->In the ''GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movie, the dweeby rich businessman-on-safari tries to do the MightyWhitey thing with the guides using "magic pictures" from a Polaroid. The response? "He likes your 'magic pictures,' but he prefers the resolution of the Leica 35mm transparencies." [Riotous laughter.] "He also says that your lens is dirty, and that he has the equipment to clean it for you."
* Modern day Africa is portrayed as a land of genocide, female genital mutilation (and, in general, [[NoWomansLand oppression of women so extreme that they make the Taliban look like a bunch of radical feminists by comparison]]), tribalism, and totalitarian dictators/warlords. They also fervently believe that RapeIsLove, even when the victim is a baby. And this is what passes in the West as the ''"politically correct"'' view of Africa.
** That and the "eating albinos' penises to gain their witch magic" thing.
*** Also viewed that 5000 years later, they are still as primitive as they will ever be (applies to DarkestAfrica the most)
* It's becoming increasingly popular to depict '''Nigerians''' as [[Film/{{District 9}} bloodthirsty criminals]] or [[FourOneNineScam unscrupulous email scammers]].
** Recently, it has been popular to depict Nigeria as an Islamist society, ever since there was a case in which a women was facing the possibility of being executed by stoning, even though she was acquitted on legal grounds. The Christmas underwear-bomber, who was from Nigeria, gave new life to this trope. This perception also disregards the part where Nigeria is a country with numerous ethnic groups that sometimes don't get along forced to live together, the part where the country's split between a Muslim North and a Christian South, and the part where they are more or less even - two surveys in 2009 and 2011 produced results saying that Islam and Christianity were the dominant religon, both by narrow margins (50,4% for Islam in 2009, 50,8% for Christianity in 2011).
** ''Film/{{District 9}}'' [[RefugeInAudacity tried]] to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the "bloodthirsty criminal" aspect of this stereotype. Unfortunately, the Nigerian government took it seriously and [[BannedInChina banned the movie]]. This may be related to violent anti-immigrant riots in South Africa which happened [[UnfortunateImplications right after filming was done]], meaning that the movie came out [[TooSoon not too long after that]].
* Some people in the West don't even seem to know that there are multiple countries in Africa -- they refer to the whole continent as one country. Except for '''Egypt''', for some reason. See the ShiftingSandLand trope.
* White '''South Africans''' are often depicted as [[TheApartheidEra horrible racists]] and possibly inbred.
** Pretty much every stereotype of white Americans (racist, greedy, corrupt, overprivileged, etc.) gets ramped up to eleven when it's a white South African.
** Of course, this doesn't square too well with the stereotype of Africa in general, so you want to avoid referring to them as Africans. Watch what happens when foreigners try to refer to white South Africans while avoiding this pitfall. [[ItGotWorse It gets worse]] when reference also has to be made to black Africans. Some foreign material can be particularly amusing, since due to its interesting idea of political correctness, it's forced to refer to "White South Africans" and "African South Africans." Well, that clears that up!
* The national flag of '''Somalia''' is the [[RuthlessModernPirates Jolly Roger]]. Even though countless people have died in the Somali Civil War since the early 1990s, the only important event to occur in that conflict was [[BlackHawkDown a single American chopper being shot down]].
* '''Kenyans''' can make it to the end of your driveway and back before you can even get off your fat ass and make it to the door.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs They'll run as fast as Kenyans, race against actual Kenyans, and then it'll be a tie and they'll get deported back to KENYA]].
** [[BarackObama The President]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy is apparently one]]. ([[UnfortunateImplications and a terrorist]], [[RedScare commie]], [[CommieNazis Nazi]], [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot space lizard]]...and [[TheColbertReport worst of all]], a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous nerd.]])
* '''Sudan''' is only known in the West for genocide and arresting people who give teddy bears Muslim names.
** That is kind of accurate in describing the Sudanese government. Importantly, though, about half the country is Christian. Depending on how well South Sudan's secession goes, this may change. Or not, considering how long some stereotypes can linger, even if they are concerned with [[AllGermansAreNazis less out-of-the-way places than Sudan]].
* '''Ethiopia''''s pretty much only known in the West now for its horrific famines, thanks to that particularly brutal one it suffered through in the 1970s and '80s that led to Live Aid, Band Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", etc. Otherwise it's lumped in with the rest of sub-Saharan Africa in terms of being thought of as a heavily pagan, juju spirit-believing culture, although Orthodox Christianity was introduced in the 4th century, Judaism even earlier, and there is a decently large Muslim population.
** Often the subject of jokes where one orders Ethiopian food at the restaurant, and the waiter brings out an empty plate. In reality, Ethiopian food is actually pretty yummy [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_cuisine and, you know, existent.]]
** Ethiopians consider themselves as very separate from the rest of Africa, having their own Semitic alphabet and having managed to avoid being colonized, aside from a five-year occupation by the Italians. They have a sort of contempt for foreigners, especially white people. Naturally, they also often refer to other sub-Saharan Africans as "black people" and don't like Arabs too much, especially Egyptians. Needless to say they're very proud, if not arrogant, people.
* '''Congo''' is a war-torn country where [[RapePillageAndBurn all sorts of atrocities]] happen everyday. Sadly, this one is actually true [[NoWomansLand in the eastern parts of the country.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Middle East]]

{{Hollywood}}'s preferred AcceptableTarget, all hands down. Finding a positive portrayal of ''any'' nation of this area in a US-produced film? Needle in a haystack, the sole exception being Israel for reasons '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment that are not to be discussed here]]'''. Positive, or at least neutral, portrayals are more common in European productions.

'''Israelis'''

Intelligent and athletic (the latter because they've all been in [[IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles the army]]), but also rude, loud, oversexed, and ethnocentric to a degree that makes [[{{Eagleland}} American]] patriotism look tame (much of that because they've all been in the army). Still, tend to be [[{{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}} good-hearted]]. Mistaking them for Arabs is both quite common ''and'' the #1 thing a person can do to make them mad.
* The "rude and loud" stereotype is also very common between the Israelis themselves.
* They are also well known for the [[BadassIsraeli Mossad]], the Middle Eastern CIA who hunt down/assassinate terrorists, [[SarcasmMode supposedly]].
* Bulldoze Palestinian houses in an effort to take over a country they stopped owning ever since Moses lead them out of the desert.
* No one mentioned their massive noses?
* Israeli women are all deadly beautiful, bisexual, violent, amazonian warrior women. At least until they get married, at which point they mysteriously transform into haggish Jewish mothers.

'''Persians'''

Commonly mistaken for Arabs and receive the same treatment.
* When someone does bother to note the difference, Persians (the men, anyway) will be stereotyped similarly to the so-called Guidos. Think tacky "club" outfits with lots of gold chains, hair gel, cheap cologne, over-priced designer sunglasses, etc. SouthPark did a version of this in their ''300'' spoof. The track-suit "jock" variant of Guidos isn't usually associated with Persians quite as often, however. There's also the "over-zealous Shi'a Muslim guy in the street, whipping himself until he draws blood (although it's actually illegal in Iran)" stereotype, but that tends to overlap with Arab stereotypes.
** The film, 300, added a heavily biased interpretation of Persians to say the least. Depicting them as overtly pierced, imperialistic and enforcers of slavery. Certain Arab stereotypes carry over such as the harems.
'''[[ArabOilSheikh Arabs]]'''

* According to the media, Arabs are all Muslims (and all Muslims are Arabs), have oil running in their veins instead of blood, love money, are irrational fundamentalists, and live in the desert, riding on camels (or magic carpets) and setting up little tents to sell stuff (that is, con you). In the United States, they are ridiculously likely to be a terrorist. Think of the three Bs: Bombers, Belly-Dancers, or Billionaires. A lot of old Jewish stereotypes like hooked noses and love of money are being applied to Arabs.
* Arab women are all repressed and desperate victims stuffed into burkas and whose lives look like a [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Lifetime movie]] [[OverNineThousand over 9000]]. The somewhat rarer alternative portrayal goes on the opposite of the spectrum and make them into hypsersexual seductresses.
* Also, all Arabs despise and/or are consumed with hate for Westerners, especially the US of A.
** While at the same time buy tons of Western luxury goods and get American singers to sing for their underground parties.
* Arabs have a cultural image problem associated with slavery, stemming from the Arab Slave Trade.
** Arabs are associated with large harems of women, and these women come from across the world.
* There are some choice stereotypes amongst Arabic-speaking people. The most commonly known outside of the Middle East are probably the '''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Dubai Dubai]]''' stereotypes. Local men do nothing but talk on their headset all day and cut you off on the highway driving a 4x4 with tinted windows. The women dress incredibly flashy despite still being in hijab and are pretty much the diet version of America's suburban culture. The kids are probably spoiled rotten or [[EmoTeen a "scene kid"]]... or both.
** Also - if you are a local Emarati there is a high chance of you being cousin to the Sheikh.
** Among Arabs:
*** Gulf Arabs, and particularly Saudis, are wont to see themselves as "better" Muslims than everyone else, chiefly because they come from the birthplace of the faith. This doesn't stop a lot of them from drinking as much whiskey and smoking as much hashish as they can get their hands on. A Gulf man will also marry an Egyptian, Moroccan, or Lebanese woman without telling his wife.
*** If you want the Arab equivalent of TheIdiotFromOsaka, look no further than Egypt. For an urban working-class type, go to the slums of Cairo; for a hick, go to Upper Egypt. For an urban working-class type with relatives who are hicks, go to Alexandria; you'll find both Upper and Lower Egyptian migrants there.
*** All Lebanese are debauched and slutty--both sexes--unless they're Shiites, in which case they are conservatives who back Hizbullah. There is nobody in the middle. Nobody. Also, conservative Islamist or debauched secularist, ''everyone'' is at least a little bit {{Camp}} (although that's more their accent than anything else).
*** All Palestinians are stubborn bastards, except for the ones who are doctors, lawyers, literati, and other nerds dealing in biting satire. The [[{{Irony}} similarity to Jews]] is not lost on Arabs who know their history.
*** All Bedouins are traitors who deal in Israeli weed and [[ArmsDealer guns]]. [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy They are all armed and will fight you if you violate their complex rules of honor.]]
*** All Moroccans are [[TheUnintelligible completely incomprehensible]], and therefore ripe for FunnyForeigner jokes. Algerians are similar, but they hate the Moroccans and use even more French.
*** Besides the Kurds ([[CaptainObvious who aren't Arab]]), there are only two kinds of Iraqi: Westernized, sophisticated, secular Sunnis and working-class, boorish, hyper-religious Shiites. There are no Westernized Shiites, and there are no religious Sunnis. [[BlatantLies None]].

'''The Turks'''

* Ask Average J. Westerner to talk about Turks, and the first things to come up are probably "They murdered Armenians!" and "They murder Kurds!" Add to that severe misunderstandings of the Ottoman Empire as being, well, TheEmpire, modern Turkey as being a [[BananaRepublic Kebab Republic]], the country's ties to the drug trade... and of course they're brown Muslim people. That never helped anyone's national stereotype.
** Those last two are very ironic considering: a) most of them are milky white skinned or olive-skinned, and they view all brown-skinned people as Indian/Arabian/etc. b) Islam is ridiculously repressed in Turkey. Don't let the large amounts of mosques lead you on, going to Uni with a head scarf is forbidden, Islamic marriages have also been recently forbidden, the imams who still do the latter are hunted down via police and there's a good portion of Islamophobes among its citizens.
* In Sweden there's a stereotype for most Middle-Easterners, who are often referred to as 'Turks'. Basically they're guidos who think they are sex gods, drive around in a BMW blasting Turkish disco and are very arrogant.
** ''MidnightExpress'' (the movie, not the book). Rife with {{unfortunate implications}}. And lot of lies, too.
** In some parts of Europe such as Germany they are seen as jobless welfare freeloaders.

* '''Moroccans''': The country itself seems to evade most stereotyping, other that being strictly Muslim and monarchic. Moroccan ''immigrants'', however, are often seen by Europeans as unreliable thieves and the greatest (or at least [[BlatantLies the most persistent]]) liars in the world. A common Dutch joke is:
--> Q: why should you never run over a Moroccan on a bike?
--> A: it's probably ''your'' bike.
** A rumour has it that the Arab street considers all Moroccans to be wizards.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Oceania / Australasia]]
'''[[LandDownunder Australians]]'''

Often just plain ignored by everyone else. Except for New Zealanders. New Zealand and Australia share an impressive degree of SiblingRivalry which is often mistaken for hate.
* Those shows that do have someone from the Land of Oz visit tend to portray them as a little rural, completely at home with all manner of creepy-crawlies, but simultaneously a bit backwards and at a loss in the huge, grand cities other nations have. Once again though, it's fairly good-natured and often done with tongue in cheek.
* The OlderThanYouThink deadliness of Australia as heard in statements such as ''[[DeathWorld "Australia- the continent that kills you"]]'' or ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou "Everything in Australia is out to get you!"]]'', referring to the incredible number of poisonous/venomous/extremely dangerous animals in, under and around Australia. It is not clear if this is positive or negative, as some Australians seem to be pretty proud of it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEeq5qGh8I We've even got a song about it]].
** The EverythingTryingToKillYou aspect of Australia is so well known that the Australian examples in the RealLife section of EverythingTryingToKillYou got their own section, and take up more of the page than the rest of the RealLife examples.
* From this, and possibly the ''CrocodileDundee'' movies, derives the perception of Australians as hyper-hardcore mega-{{badass}}es who will [[AwesomeAussie just survive anywhere]].
** [[ShamelessSelfPromoter This is, of course, completely and utterly true.]]
* And then there's the "Australian culture = beer" angle. Of course, this is perhaps the only thing which can rationally explain how much time and money ended up going into [[AwesomeButImpractical an unpaintable bridge and an opera house that cost several times what it was supposed to]]. And Vegemite (it's an acquired taste).
** The Aussie attitude to alcohol in general, and beer in particular, can be encompassed by this little fact: The world record speed for drinking a yard glass of beer (1.7L) is 11 seconds. It is held by our 3rd longest serving Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.
* To add further fuel to the fire, the most common joke told about New Zealanders ''in'' Australia involves sheep. And not in a good way (New Zealanders tell exactly the same jokes about Australians).
* Good old-fashioned Australian racism/xenophobia is a pretty well-ingrained stereotype in America, but it's surprisingly not all that apparent. Australia is fairly multicultural compared to other coutries and was founded by people who were rejected by their own county, though it's not saying that they don't get a fair share of idiots.[[
* Stereotypes within Australia: Northern Territorians are troppo, Tasmanians are inbred, Tasmania's not a part of Australia, Queenslanders are banana-benders, South Australians are all poofters, Perth (capital of WA) is 10 years and 3 hours behind Sydney, Sydney's the gay capital, Melbourne weather sucks (true, generally), Melbourne/Sydney is the best city in Oz (depends on whether you're in Victoria or New South Wales), Adelaidians eat crows. And nobody outside of Australia is aware the capital city is Canberra. Nobody inside of Australia really cares.
** Alternatively: Adelaide is full of church-goers and serial killers, Sydneysiders are either gay, hippies or rich snobs, and forever fighting with the Melbournites, who are pretentious, hipster wankers, and anybody from Canberra is boring, staid, and works for the government.
* For Video Game players, the Australian government is frequently seen as a mecca for dumbass MoralGuardians, though in reality there was only one who could simply stop any debate on changing the classification system, which required unanimous assent.
* This all gets rather confusing when you know that Australians subvert this trope for laughs. You'll know this is happening if you go to Australia and people under 20 start calling you "mate".
** A rather unusual assumption held by Australians over 20 is that Australians under 20 don't say 'mate'...
* We're also incredibly lazy and somewhat shifty. Public holidays are SeriousBusiness.
** It's not that were lazy, we just find it hard to give a fuck.
* Australians are all convicts. Yes, this was true at one point, but it has never changed and will never change.
* It's widely accepted in TV land that the entirety of Australia is Alice Springs and its surrounding desert, all aborigines still walk around in loincloths as a day-to day casual outfit, and Australians have an ability to use every single word of slang for something ''known to man'', except the actual name for said object/thing. This stereotype makes Australians laugh at you.
* We're all beer-bellied bogans. (False)
* Kangaroos are everywhere. (False)
* We almost see rangers (aka gingers, aka red-heads, aka 'bluey') as a different racial group altogether. (True)
* Drinks Foster's. (False; just about everyone I talked to in Australia says it's piss water.)

'''[[UsefulNotes/NewZealand New Zealanders]]'''
If possible, ignored by the world at large even more than Australians... except by Australians themselves, who love to take the piss out of their neighbours across the Tasman Sea as much as New Zealanders love to take the piss out of Australians. Again, it's mostly good-natured.
* Their fondness [[ButYouScrewOneGoat for sheep]] tends to be the most common point of mockery.
* The idiosyncrasies of their national accent also tends to get a bit of ribbing.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:South America]]
'''[[TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires Brazilians]]'''

Samba, soccer, and beautiful women with nice butts and no body hair. Nuff'said. Oh, and the favelas. And the carnival in Rio, which is [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans all year round]].
* A new stereotype is that Brazilian Internet users like to join [=MMORPGs=] in mass numbers, wherein they search for compatriots, ask for money, and laugh weirdly. Players from other countries then flee. Same goes for certain social networking sites, most notably Orkut.
* And now Brazil also gets some for creating some of {{Twitter}}'s weirdest trending topics - complete with lying to foreigners to what they actually mean.
* In Brazil itself, people from the São Paulo state/city are self-centered workaholics brutally dismissive to other states.
** If you're not from either Rio, São Paulo or Brazilia, you're from the jungle. And if you ''happen'' to be from the North, you're likely to be neck deep in PerpetualPoverty.

'''Argentinians'''

Self-centered, egotistical, think Maradona is God (some, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana literally]]). Extremely prevalent in neighbor/rival Brazil.
* The Arrogant Argentinian is a trope in Latin America, and its own joke genre. Some examples:
** Maradona is the best soccer player in the world, and one of the best in Argentina.
** An Argentinian man is having sex with a woman. She starts moaning: "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my GOD!!!!" The guy answers: [[SmithWillSuffice "Oh, you can just call me Sergio in private."]]
** How does an Argentinian commit suicide? He climbs on top of his ego and jumps off into the void.
** Two Argentinians are traveling abroad, and going to a party at a friend of a friend's. Before they come in, one of them asks the other: "Should we tell them we're Argentinian?" His friend replies: "No, they don't deserve it."
** Why do Argentinians smile when there's lightning? Because they think that God is taking their picture.
** An Argentinian boy tells his father: "Daddy, daddy, when I grow up, I wanna be just like you!" The father, proud but trying to hide it, answers: "Of course, my son, but may I ask you to say why?" The kid replies: "Because when I grow up, I wanna have a kid just like me!"
** When does an Argentinian feel normal? When he has an inferiority complex.
** One man tells an Argentinian: "What a beautiful day!" The Argentinian responds: "Thanks, I tried my best."
** Why do Argentinians only take cold showers? Because hot showers fog up the mirror.
** How do you recognize an Argentinian in a bookstore? He's the only one who asks for a world map of Argentina.
** What is the ego? It's that little Argentinian we all have inside of us.
** One Argentinian tells another: "Aren't you amazed at how humble Jesus Christ was? He chose to be born in a manger in Nazareth, when he could have chosen anywhere, even Buenos Aires!"
** What is infidelity for an Argentinian? When he stops looking at the mirror.
** "Mom, I was [[RapeAsComedy raped]] by an Argentinian!" "Daughter, how do you know he was Argentinian?" "He made me thank him!"
** The Argentinian commentator in a soccer match between Brazil and Argentina: "Brazil has zero, Argentina has zero SUPERGOOOOALS!!!!"
** Argentina didn't lose the Falklands War. They came in second.
** An Argentinian is sitting under an orange tree. He raises his hands to heaven, and asks God: "Give me an orange!" And an orange falls from the tree, right on his lap. He raises his hands to heaven again, and tells God: "A PEELED ONE, YOU DUMBASS!!!"
** How do you know a spy is Argentinian? He has a sign on him that says: "I'm the best spy in the world."
** An immigration agent tells an Argentinian: "Sir, in your visa application, in the box that says 'sex', you're supposed to write 'male', not '15 times a week.'"
** Did you hear about the Argentinian who every year, on his birthday, sends a card to his parents to congratulate them?
** A double one: How would you make an Uruguayan? Pick up Spanish, French, Italian and mix them all with a bit of shit. But just a bit! If you put too much, you'll get an Argentinian instead.
* Also, it's where ThoseWackyNazis fled to.

'''Colombia'''

Druglord haven full of corrupt politicians and leftist guerrillas (las FARC).

'''Chile'''

Prudes, bitchy, [[{{Tsundere}} prone to mood swings]], hypocritical, [[HolierThanThou ultra-religious]], GossipyHens, masters of the ClusterFBomb, sneaky, [[WorldOfSnark snarky]], and HORRIBLY classist.
* Oh, and constantly at the throats of Argentinians, Peruvians and Bolivians. Though this one ''really'' depends on which time we're talking about: currently Chileans view Argentinians somewhat more as VitriolicBestBuds or {{Worthy Opponent}}s, but Peruvians and Bolivians are "fair game." Likely to be bros with Brazilians, unless they start talking about [[TheBeautifulGame soccer]] and all bets are off.
* Among Chileans themselves?
** If you're from the Extreme North, you spend all of your time on the beach. The farther up North you live, the more Peruvian/Bolivian than Chilean you are. The Tacna/Arica and Iquique areas are full of tax-free goodies. If you go further South there's only the Atacama desert, dryest place on Earth.
** If you're from the Center North, you fight over Peruvians for the ''pisco''. Your fruits are yummy too. The only city is La Serena, where it's Beach Time 24/7. Unless you go to the Elqui Valley to catch UFO's.
** If you're from Valparaíso or Viña del Mar, you're lazy, hate Santiago, boast about the beaches and the seas, and you don't call bread by its name. And in Valparaíso, you live out on the "cerros".
** If you're from Santiago, you look down on everyone who isn't. If you're from North-East Santiago, you're also a stuck-up and classist bastard/bitch who hates being from Chile and would rather live abroads. If you're from South Santiago, you're a "flaite" (a rough equivalent to "slum people" to say it politely), are very uncultured, and treat everyone vulgarly and aggressively.
** If you're from the Center-South, your house fell down in the 2010 Earthquake. No exceptions. Also you dress and act like a "huaso" far more often than the rest of the country.
** If you're from the Extreme South, either you live in typical wooden houses over the sea and eat ''curanto'' every day, or look/act more German than Chilean due to the German immigration in past centuries. And you talk funny.
** If you're from Easter Island, you have very weird surnames ("Pakarati" seems to be specially common) and look/act more Polynesian than Chilean. And people only know you due to the Moai...

'''Venezuela'''

Chavez and its "socialism" (aka, dictatorial government) and its blind followers, the "chavistas". Also known for its nationalized oil industry (which fuels the aforementioned government), for having a whole industry dedicated to winning the Miss Universe pageant, and for looooong and {{melodrama}}aaaatic {{Soap Opera}}s. Aside of this, Caracas and Maracaibo are the only Venezuelan cities worth anything.

'''Bolivia'''

RUINEDFOREVER after being landlocked. HATE Chileans and are hated back. Everyone has darker skin than the rest of South Americans and wears small black hats alongside colorful cloaks. Women (known as "cholitas") are [[FatGirl heavily-built]], have RapunzelHair in [[BraidsOfAction loooong braids]] and [[ActionGirl wrestle in small rings]]. Either are very rich or horribly poor (Arguably TruthInTelevision if we consider the Santa Cruz area).

'''Peru'''

Only Lima, Macchu Picchu and the Nazca Lines exist. Very passionate about TheBeautifulGame. {{The Rival}}s to Chileans. Corrupted to the core. [[ForeignQueasine And they eat guinea pigs!]]

'''Ecuador'''

Only the Equator, Guayaquil and Quito exist.

'''Uruguay'''

... You're not Argentinians, are you?!
* '''[[DudeNotFunny NO!]]'''

'''Paraguay'''

Either from Asunción or from the jungle. Steal cars from neighbouring countries. In Brazil, heaven for smuggled goods.

'''Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands'''

... Go back to the Caribbean.

[[/folder]]

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:North America]]

'''[[{{Eagleland}} USA]]'''

See also AcceptablePoliticalTargets, AmericaTakesOverTheWorld, {{Eagleland}}, and OnlyInAmerica

The mother and TropeCodifier of all Acceptable Nationality Targets. Often painted as the prime example of [[HumansAreBastards human bastardness]]: Loud, boorish, fat, lazy, uncultured, stupid, trigger happy, gun toting, bible preaching and lunatics. Americans are generally painted as completely ignorant of the rest of the world. This trope is fueled by many movies where aliens/meteors/some tragic world shattering event always hits the United States first and the rest of the world may or may not be mentioned in a single sentence. See AmericaSavesTheDay.
* There are also problems concerning a habit American producers have of making film adaptations of books and setting them in America, when originally they were not. An example being ''WarOfTheWorlds'', which was originally set in London- but set in Los Angeles in the film (New York in the remake). Though this could just be because they had a tight budget and were unwilling to use money travelling to a country to film there, it has the [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate implication]] of suggesting that America suffers from a major case of unwarranted self importance, believing that everything must revolve around America, or that American audiences can't relate to non-American heroes.
* America's such a big target that ''[[SelfDeprecatingHumor they're lampooning themselves]].'' Odds are that tropers from the United States wrote most of the entries in this section.
** Here in the USA, we love to deep fry everything we eat, and have an [[BigEater aversion to making consciously healthy choices]] about our diet.
** If somebody thinks of "American Car" chances are, the car visualized is made out of lead and therefore handles like an oil tanker, has horrible fuel efficiency, is an over-sized SUV the size of a [[BiggerIsBetter large pickup truck]] (for driving ONE child to school), has [[TheAllegedCar poor reliability]] or some combination of all the above. Also, American cars are underpowered for their engine size compared with European engines, but at least they have plenty of torque.
* The United States's population has become more and more self-loathing ever since the invasion of Iraq, and the corresponding {{Hatedom}} for the U.S. is [[TheNewTens (or was, fingers crossed)]] harbored by just about everyone else in the world. Many Americans have trouble communicating online without being insulted; to avoid this, [[SelfDeprecatingHumor some resort to insulting themselves.]] (And many non-Americans are quick to take offense when Americans insult them online).
** There has also been a greater move towards culture wars and factionalization leading to Americans becoming self-loathing due to the actions of other Americans making the rest of us ashamed to be living with them.
* So much that any non-American related AcceptableTarget instantly for that moment becomes an UnacceptableTarget ([[CanadaEh Canada]] and the United Kingdom especially). As America has a lot of political power and influence towards much of the world, pretty much any political situation is subjected to be lambasted by many people a lot more [[DoubleStandard than if that same controversy came from another country]].
* Many people get extremely annoyed at how America portrays itself during World War 2 in films. America is almost always portrayed as a great hero that fought the Nazi's with valour whilst needing little help from the its allies, Inglorious Bastards being an example where AmericaSavesTheDay. Needless to say, countries such as England and France are insultingly portrayed as having a minor role in the war, compared to America, despite being the first countries to jump to Poland's defence in 1939. It doesn't even occur to American film producers that America didn't even bother to get involved in World War 2 till 1941...
* Also, to many, the Americans are war hungry colonialists who only wish to spread their imperialism outward, and orchestrated 9-11 for just that purpose (And to the British, can't actually fire to save their lives and are ''constantly'' killing allied troops, which isn't saying much considering how Americans always make up the bulk of an Allied army in the modern era and are thus portrayed as war-hungry as well).
* The fact they lost the VietnamWar is a fact often brought up.
* And, due to this very trope itself, America is often thought of as racists who hate everything non-American and make stereotypes like this for the sake of expressing their hate.

[[AC:Pacific West]]
* Hawaii: grass skirts, hula dancing, Hawaiian shirts (called aloha shirts there), leis, and luaus
* California: Supposedly full of gay people, crazy people and the untrustworthy. Orange County is stereotypically lacking the first, and lampooned by other Californians for being a little insular and taking themselves too seriously.
** Also, anyone along the coast is a moronic surfer... and blonde.
** Also within California, Norcalians are pothead hillbillies, and Socalians are Latino wannabe actors. Or poolboys. Or rich white guys.
** And the women from California are either self-acknowledged manipulative sluts (California Gurls) or dumb blondes.
** You're a male? And you live in SanFrancisco? You're a CampGay who smokes marijuana everyday. Period.
** If you're from L.A., you're either a ValleyGirl, [[NouveauRiche obnoxious rich white kid]], an illegal immigrant, or a combination of any of these.
** Everyone in San Jose and the Silicon Valley area is a Type 1 HollywoodNerd AND a CorruptCorporateExecutive that create {{Magical Computer}}s
* When the rest of the country remembers Oregon, they usually associate it with never-ending rainfall and many can't even pronounce it. The other thing is insufferable white liberal hippyism (it's all just Portland there, right?).
** And [[OregonTrail fording rivers]].
*** This trope has died of dysentery.
** On those rare, ''rare'' occasions when someone acknowledges that there are parts of Oregon that aren't Portland, there's a general theme of slightly backwards hickishness.
** Portland will NEVER be as ambitious as Seattle or as trendy as SanFrancisco. Also, its relatively lenient policies on the homeless have given it an unsavory reputation.
*** PattonOswalt:
-->"It's Disneyland for the alternative scene. "I've never seen such a low testosterone level in a city," said my wife, enchanted by Voodoo Donuts and the Chinese Gardens. "I know I shouldn't say this, but it's hard to imagine anyone ever being raped up here."

-->Someone needs to set off an Ambition Bomb in front of Powell's."
** Eugene, where the University Of Oregon is located, is so full of Tweakers, Stoners and "Spange"ers (panhandlers), it makes Portland look like West Point.
*** Keeping your leftovers in an old plastic margarine container is called "Eugene Tupperware"
* Alaska: actually part of [[CanadaEh Canada, eh]]. Everyone lives in igloos, which are actually a viable form of dwelling since the temperature never, ever rises above freezing. Also the first stop of the [[DirtyCommies Russian invasion]].
** And around late 2008, we learned that they [[TinaFey can see Russia from their houses]].
* Washington (the state) is always rainy. Everyone there is an environmentalist, drives a hybrid, drinks Starbucks coffee, and is a video game nerd.
** Don't forget, we're all hipsters and insufferably pretentious.
** And [[Literature/{{Twilight}} vampires]]
*** In the '90s, [[{{Grunge}} a bunch of dirty, rebellious people.]]
** A bunch of passive-aggressive types who are quite polite, but not very friendly past general courtesy. We don't know how to drive, either. We've practically grown webbed feet, live off Thai food, coffee, and microbrew beer (the darker, the better). We wear nothing but polar fleece, Gor-Tex, and down. Suit? What's that?
*** Seattle and Tacoma hate each other, Eastern Washington is full of redneck republicans. Hanford, Washington is radioactive and glows in the dark. Olympia and Bellingham are crazy hippie towns.
** A bit dated now, but Seattle comedians making fun of themselves and the surrounding areas was the bread and butter of AlmostLive. Kent, Renton, and Auburn were the redneck areas. Tacoma was a gang-infested WretchedHive with pollution so bad you could ''smell'' the town before you saw it. (The "aroma of Tacoma" was a RunningGag of northwest humor until the offending paper mill shut down). Ballard was an enclave of elderly Scandinavians who drove five miles an hour. Kitsap County is nothing but one big Navy base that just happened to have a town pop up around it (Some TruthInTelevision - Kitsap County has enough Navy hardware to qualify as a a nuclear power in its own right).
** Those who live in the eastern half of the state know that the rain never crosses the mountains, and neither do the environmentalists.

[[AC:Mountain West]]
* New Mexico is lucky to be considered part of the Union at all, most of the time it's kind of off to the side and gets awkward looks from everyone else.
** It got to a point where the state had to put "USA" on its license plates because people thought New Mexico was another country.
** During the Atlanta Olympics New Mexicans attempting to purchase tickets were directed to contact the Mexican embassy.
** [[TheSimpsons Whoa whoa whoa there's a New Mexico?]]
*** TruthInTelevision: The state's [[http://www.nmmagazine.com/ tourism magazine]] has a monthly column called "One of Our Fifty Is Missing" where readers report experiences with people who ''don't know the state is part of the United States''. These stories are true; this troper had one of his own experiences published there.
* Arizona. Oh, Arizona. For a state that cannot get enough adobe and fakey 'Indian' decor all over everything, Arizona sure does seem to despise anything brown.
** Arizona is the wild, wild west. All rural and the population consists of outlaws, {{Cowboy Cop}}s, and bartenders. We suck at sports and contribute nothing to American politics (John [=McCain=] is [[YourMileageMayVary debatably]] the sole exception to the rule) And the Indians are all {{noble savage}}s even when they're shopping at Wal-Mart.
*** Even among the combative two Californias, there seems to be a consensus that Arizona is a the Florida of the west.
*** Tourists often act as if it is [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou America's answer]] to [[LandDownunder Australia]], immediately asking about rattlesnake and scorpion precautions even if they aren't leaving downtown Phoenix, but this isn't touched on much by people when not focusing on tourists.
** Also, we should boycott them over their immigration law.
* Utah, see [[AcceptableReligiousTargets Mormonism]], because nobody knows or mentions anything else about this state.
* Colorado has something of a duality. On the one hand, there's Colorado Springs, aka the Vatican City of fundamentalism where everyone owns a gun and lives in the mountains. On the other, there's Boulder and the ski towns, home of the GranolaGirl, the NewAgeRetroHippie and, for the latter, rich celebrities making a second home. And if you're from Denver, you're a BadassLongcoat who's thinking about [[{{Columbine}} shooting up his school]].
** Also, many disconsider the mountains and only think the state is a huge desert.
* Nevada. Hookers, [[VivaLasVegas Vegas]], [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and hookers from Vegas.]]
** [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Whores and gambling/Whores and gambling/Whores and gambling, that's Nevadaaaa]]
* Everyone in Idaho lives in a potato field, Boise, or ''{{Deliverance}}'' country (where everyone is part of the Klan or the Aryan Nation).
** For Southern Idaho, see NapoleonDynamite for a weirdly accurate portrayal that makes heavy use of NWordPrivileges. For any super-white, über-Mormon portrayal Utah gets, Idaho in real life can outdo it.
* Montana is generally portrayed as having nothing but [[CrazySurvivalist survivalists]], libertarian psychos, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and national parks/forests]]. Within Montana, people from Missoula are pot smoking hippie pantheists, people from Bozeman just moved there from California/Colorado/Washington, and eastern Montana is a frozen wasteland full of Norwegian Lutherans ([[TakeThat in other words, North Dakota]]).
* There are, of course, no stereotypes of people from Wyoming since no one lives there. Well, maybe there are [[BrokebackMountain cowboys in the mountains]] but that's about it.
** [[{{Garfield}} Wyoming does not exist]].

[[AC:West North Central]]
* Apparently a lot of people think that North Dakota is a frozen wasteland with less than five people and not one of them has seen an ATM before. At least our banks aren't failing.
* Kansas is apparently where rationality, science and fun all go to be burned alive for witchcraft. It used to be just that big flat area people hurried through to get to the Rockies.
** And Kansas's twin, Missouri? Lucky to even be mentioned. We have the St. Louis Arch and [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's about it]].
*** Hard to believe that towards the end of the 19th century there was serious talk of making St. Louis the nation's capital.
*** The everyone is a meth addict stereotype also shows up. That and everyone is a misplaced Southerner.
** [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Plus, no one thinks they're there anymore.]]
** There's also Kansas City, which is apparently still part of the WildWest.
** You could probably [[ThrowawayCountry destroy the state]] [[JamesBond and nobody would know about it for years]].
* Minnesota tends to be seen by outsiders as an offshoot of Canada -- it's the "Minnesota Nice" combined with the weather and Minnesota's accent, as seen in the movie ''{{Fargo}}'' is itself an acceptable target.
** Minnesotans are seen either as hicks with snow instead of rusted-out cars, or pleasant, blonde suburbanites. Either way, likely to be depicted as conservative, closer to earth GoodOldBoy types, all of whom are Lutheran and Swedish. [[http://www.surfminnesota.net/olelena.html See Ole and Lena.]]
** Didn't know Vikings still exist? Well, they do. And [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie they mostly live in Minnesota!]]
*** An old joke us Wisconsinites like to tell: What does Minnesota and both Dakotas have in common? None of them have a professional football team.
* Iowans like corn! Because corn is ''[[TheFairlyOddParents nice]]''.
* Nebraskans still drive covered wagons, live on farms, and raise corn and cows. Yeah? No, not anymore. Well, we still raise corn and cows, but we have cities other than Omaha.
** Apparently we Nebraskans are all still playing [[CowboysAndIndians Cowboys and Indians]] out here. Oh, and there's no electricity, indoor plumbing, or any type of technology whatsoever.
** Nebraska, despite being in the center of the United States, [[OfferVoidInNebraska is completely isolated from the rest of the country]] in many ways.
** What's a cell phone?

[[AC:West South Central]]
* '''[[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]''' especially. Howdy Y'all!
** Everyone in Texas is a far-right religious zealot who's actively opposed to scientific advances and intellectualism in general.
*** Both averted, and possibly justified to those outside the state. Much of the economy of the larger cities are based around high-tech industries, meaning there's a significant intellectual pool in the Lone Star State. However, some of the editions of textbooks suggested and approved by the Texas School Board do show a right-leaning bias--to Texas' credit, though, a ''lot'' of people were upset about that.
** And within Texas, Austinites are gay, pot-smoking, liberal hippies.
*** ''Outside'' of Texas, Austin is the state's one redeeming quality. (I.e., the one part that's not ''totally'' insane.)
** Of course, Austinites consider the rest of Texas to be ''{{Deliverance}}'' land, except for Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, who they think are carpet-bagging sons of bitches that are trying to come in and ruin everything.
** Or how about the terribly outdated or narrow-minded stereotypes of Texans as: all being involved in the oil industry, all being ranchers or farmers (think of Southfork Ranch), all being terribly loud and boorish types, all wearing ridiculous "cowboy" outfits including huge ten-gallon hats and big belt buckles, playing the banjo or spoons, all driving around in huge trucks when they're not riding horses, etc.
** Don't forget how they're ''still'' racist against African-Americans. (Which couldn't be further from the truth, by the way.)
** And, of course, Texas is [[DividedStatesOfAmerica a whole other country.]]
** Getting a gun is as easy as doing groceries.
** Texans and New Mexicans love to joke about [[WretchedHive El Paso]], with the major theme being that Texas would sell El Paso back to Mexico, but the Mexicans don't want it. It has something of a reputation as Juárez North (and in fact is ''right across the river'' from Juárez), which doesn't much help either (but has some truth to it).
* Oklahoma? [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I love that musical!]] ....wait, it's a state?
** Everyone who lives in Oklahoma is either a proud [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American living in a teepee]], or a dumb-as-rocks hillbilly living in a trailer wondering why the "ternaders" always blow his house away.

[[AC:East North Central]]
* Depending on what part of Michigan you're from, you're either a crazy black mugger (Detroit/Flint/Pontiac area), a tree hugger (Grand Rapids), a rich snobby Jew (West Bloomfield), a rich snobby WASP (the rest of Oakland County, save Pontiac, which see above) a rich snobby foodie tree hugger (Ann Arbor), or a hick who does nothing other than hunt (anywhere north of Saginaw). And don't forget da Yoopers: still a hunting hick, but with a cool accent and pasties, ya?
** Don't forget the stern Dutch Calvinists over in the west part of the state, near the appropriately-named city of Holland.
* Wisconsin people, especially as seen by those from Illinois, seem to subsist entirely on a diet of cheese, bratwurst, and beer. All of them are dairy farmers, hicks, and maniac hunters, and they ''always'' are terrifyingly rabid Green Bay Packers fans.
** Truth in Advertising.
*** TruthInTelevision. Wisconsin produces 53% of the ''entire country's'' annual cranberry supplies, makes more cheese than any other state (and most European countries), loves to invent new cheeses [[SureWhyNot just because we can]] (Horseradish and Blueberry cheese, anyone?), Drinks more beer than any other state (with Texas following in 2nd); many consider Deer Hunting season to be a national holiday, and insulting the Green Bay Packers is collectively insulting the majority of the state residents. The Packers are not only the first team to exist in the NFL, but are also the only publicly owned football team. People purchase stock shares, entitling them as part ''owner'' of the team, and will get straight up defensive and/or [[FootballHooligans violent]] if you speak any ill of the team.
** Unless you're from Madison, then you're an elitist hippie commie treehugger. However, the terrifyingly rabid Green Bay Packer fan thing still applies, but you pile up terrifyingly rabid Wisconsin Badger fans on top of that.
*** Madison, Wisconsin - 76 square miles surrounded by reality.
** Wisconsin is even more of an acceptable target in Minnesota. Wisconsin exists so Minnesotans have a place to buy beer on Sundays.
* Illinois people are apparently either stuck-up, hypocritical, politically corrupt snobs with a [[TheWindyCity Chicaaagaa]] drawl, or they're murderous gangsters ('20s or modern, take your pick).
** Plus there is a whole 85% of the state (in terms of area) outside of {{Chicago}}land, but no one really thinks about them. Even [[CorruptBureaucrat the previous governor]] couldn't be bothered to head downstate to the [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield capital]].
** Illinoisans are a swarm of boat-dragging, SUV-driving locusts who invade the Northwoods of Wisconsin every summer, acting like they own the place while they're here. On the other hand, who can blame them for coming here, because who would want to spend their vacation time staying in Illinois?
** In Wisconsin Dells, we hate people from Illinois, but we ''love'' their money.
** Illinois is a wonderful target for Wisconsinites in terms of professional sports. If you're a fan of the Chicago Bears or the Chicago Cubs, ''you have no excuse for living.''
* "Hi, we're visiting Ohio!" "[[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere ...Why?]]" This especially applies to {{Cleveland|Rocks}}.
** [[PlaceWorseThanDeath "In every country, there is a city everyone makes fun of. In United States, it is Cleveland. In Soviet Union, it is Cleveland."]]
* Let us not forget the Three Kinds of Indiana: hicks who could've been from Alabama if they weren't wearing snowboots and a winter coat; whitebread EverytownAmerica-ish suburbanites (particularly around Indianapolis and the Chicagoland region); and Inner City Indiana, for which the exemplar is Gary, Indiana, AKA the Armpit of America, where the chemical factories and steel mills release a putrid perfume for all to smell and where the cops will beat the crap out of you, cite you for marijuana possession... and proceed to smoke it right in your face.
** Indiana: We're so sorry about Gary.
** [[MichaelJackson No one can ever make fun of us AGAIN.]]
** Northwest Indiana (Chicagoland, The Region) might as well be its own state or join Illinois. In contrast to the generally red state, The Region is democratic,(a good portion of us HATE the current governor, Mitch) more industrialized (although we still have plenty of corn), is on Central Time opposed to Eastern time, and has larger cities opposed to the small towns that scatter the rest of the state.
** Allen County in the Northeast manages to contain ''all three'' Indianas in less than 700 square miles.

[[AC:East South Central]]
* Anywhere beneath the Mason-Dixon line tends to be looked down upon, but [[DeepSouth Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi]] probably get it the worst of all.
** To elaborate, anyone from the South is an uneducated redneck/trailer trash, everyone has double names (Billy Bob, Mary Lou, etc.), inbreeding is rampant, and the civil rights movement never happened.
* If you think you got it bad, think about Kentucky. The only states that get it worse are Alabama and Mississippi. From Kentucky? Automatically a creationist inbred yokel who doesn't wear shoes, has no teeth, who knows how to handle a horse better than the 16 kids my teenage cousin/wife pumped out. Also harbor a deep-seated love for a various assortment of guns that overcompensate for a small penis/closeted gayness, while strummin' a banjo all day long in my shack in the mountains that doubles as a meth lab when not busy blowing said mountains up. All this is done when not busy lynching blacks.
** And shoots firework over the border into North Carolina
*** Kentucky doesn't even border North Carolina...
**** Well, they must be ''really good'' fireworks...
* Louisiana is a subset of the Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi Deliverance country, except everybody speaks French patois. And there's New Orleans. New Orleans is drunk (or was destroyed by hurricane Katrina).
** Katrina and the BP Spill did not destroy New Orleans (completely). But yeah, for [[INeedAFreakingDrink those reasons]] and ones before it such as [[ViceCity rampant crime]] and [[BadCopIncompetentCop lazy to nonexistent response time]], coupled with [[WretchedHive how the Katrina Aftermath played out for awhile]], no one really cut back considerably on their drinking.
* People from Tennessee are either hillbillies who play banjos and [[IncestIsRelative sleep with their cousins]], typical fat DeepSouth rednecks, or murderous inner-city thugs who will beat you up, steal your wallet, and shank you with a knife if they think you might have more than $5 on you. The hillbillies are all on meth, the rednecks are all drunk, and the gangstas guzzle codeine cough syrup by the quart.
** Memphis is a giant slum surrounding the downtown historic district, which is a quaint tourist district where you can visit little museums devoted to forms of music only old people listen to anymore, ride a riverboat, and see the hideous glass and metal abomination known only as "The Pyramid".
** Nashville is populated entirely with country musicians.
** [[TheSimpsons Knoxville has literally nothing in it but the Sunsphere.]]
** Nobody really cares about any of the other cities. If Tennessee is known for anything else at all, it's Jack Daniel's whiskey.
* The only actual city depicted in the South will be {{Atlanta}}. Everywhere else will be treated like it's a small town.
* West Virginia is considered an acceptable target even by the most politically correct people out there. According to the rest of America, West Virginians are all uneducated, white trash, racist, dirt poor, toothless, shoeless, gun toting hillbillies who eat raccoons and have moonshine running through their veins. The state pastimes include hunting squirrels and having sex with their [[BrotherSisterIncest cousins]].

[[AC:North East / New England]]
* [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]] seems to be the most acceptable target for a state to other Americans; Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance (a New Jersey native) said it best:
--->'''Frank:''' New Jersey is like New York's retarded brother that they kept locked in the basement.
** Much of it comes from things that unfortunately have basis in truth. Jersey is known to have [[CorruptBureaucrat rampant corruption]], ridiculously high taxes (Property tax being most cited), and everybody drives so horridly our car insurance rates are sky-high.
** There's a long-standing joke that New Jersey is the state you have to pay to leave. This is actually true, for all it's phrased meanly - there are tolls on all the major roads/bridges out! Also fairly typical is to refer to it as the armpit of the country - for the supposed smell (of the chemical plants), and if you look at a map, you can sort of see New England as the arm and PA-and-points-south as the main body.
** Another long-standing joke: They say that New Jersey is just a glorified suburb of New York City, which is ''completely'' unfair to the half that's a glorified suburb of Philadelphia.
** Another long-standing joke: Camden.
*** New Jersey really doesn't deserve its rep, yet it's an acceptable target even among natives simply because it's so much fun to bash. However, Camden genuinely represents every horrible thing said about Jersey. For those unfamiliar with Camden at all, Camden held the title of [[WretchedHive Most Dangerous City in America]] (and Murder Capital USA, even though [[TheOtherWiki the internet]] seems not to have mentioned the last one) for several years running until its neighbor Philedelphia took the crown. The town still hasn't quite recovered from the riots.
* [[BigApplesauce New Yorkers]]: Rude, loud, thieves, gangsters, snobbish, empty headed, any stereotype you can fit with Italians/Jews/* enter other classic New York immigrant here* , and at worst, liberal demons. And yes, this accounts for those who live in Upstate New York as well. Even the Amish.
** As an image, NYC is filled with all sorts of people, but the image of New York boils to NewYorkCity as the ''capital of the goddamn world'' where you're constitutionally obliged to be an asshole or GTFO, and and New York State as backwoods farmland (example: the farm in which Edgar the Bug lands in ''Film/MenInBlack'').
*** Manhattan in and of itself counts, as there's a world of difference between the somewhat-upscale Upper-West Side, with its theatres and assholes; and the East Village, with its pizzerias and assholes. Contrast all of that with the Southern Central Park Area, which has rapists and assholes.
** The thing with Upstate New York is, people from other states act as if it's RetGone 95% of the time. Before I moved to Texas, I always got asked [[BigApplesauce what part of the city I was from]] by people from, for example, Maine or Delaware. Sorry, Binghamton's ''not'' [[YouFailGeographyForever a borough]]. (Ironically, and counter to stereotype, Texans know better... "How far away is that from Syracuse?")
* [[HollywoodNewEngland Massachusetts]]: Full of loud, obnoxious, drunken Irish-Americans or pretentious college kids...sometimes both. Have a bit of an inferiority complex with New York especially pertaining to sports teams. Dislikes EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE LIST. Oh, and everyone in Salem is a witch.
** You know a state has a reputation problem when they create a portmanteau of the name and "asshole" to describe the inhabitants... "Massholes"! And then there's Boston, which has THE WORST roads/road construction issues in the world - even according to Bostonians. The [[DrivesLikeCrazy resulting driving style]] is much of the reason for the term "Masshole".
** Highway Engineer Prank #11: [[http://xkcd.com/253/ Boston]].
* Rhode Island has the worst drivers in America, coffee addicts (Dunkin Donuts to be exact), cannot give directions, think a 45 minute drive is a daylong trip, and have the most corrupt government that you'd ever see...it'd make Tony Soprano stand in awe. Despite all of this, nobody is quite sure if they exist or not.
** And those who are sure are laughing at their accent. Cawfee malk!
* Pennsylvania has three, and only three types of people. In Pittsburgh everyone is a dopey and unemployed Pole that worships the Steelers like a religion. In Philadelphia everyone is a perpetually-raging meathead who will kill Santa Claus just to make your child cry (and worships the Eagles like a religion). Everyone else lives in "Pennsyltucky", and [[TakeAThirdOption worships Penn State like a religion.]] For their stereotypes, see Kentucky directly above.
** Philadelphia is associated with rabid sports fans in general, with special mention not only to the Eagles but the Phillies as well. Also, all we eat in Philly are cheese steaks and soft pretzels.
** Within the state, State College is either "a drinking town [[FanDumb with a football problem]]" or [[StrawmanU Bezerkley]], and Allentown is all the [[WretchedHive fun]] of Camden without the need to cross state lines.
* Maine: We have lobsters, lighthouses, and beaches (And Stephen King!). For the most part, Maine exists as one big tourist attraction, and the idea that it still exists in the winter is an idea limited solely to skiers and natives.
* Vermont: Either ice cream and maple syrup or the Oregon of the east. Take your pick.
* Connecticut: Had you actually bothered to learn that [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Connecticut is a real place on the map]], you would probably think of its people as rich, snobby liberals with an inferiority complex towards Massachusetts. Too bad Massachusetts already has its own inferiority complex for New York and [[UnknownRival hasn't really noticed.]] *sigh*
** The fact that Connecticut is so low on the radar while still having all of the great wildlife New England is known for actually makes it a popular place for famous celebrities to live. That kind of makes the rich and snobby stereotype even worse, but, hey.

[[AC:South Atlantic]]
* West Virginia has that whole KissingCousins thing and letting kids drive when they are [[LikeIsLikeAComma like]] 2.
** And the dread fact it is the "Freakshow state" with things like JamieOliver'sFoodRevolution and Chris Chan being highlights
* {{Florida}}. 98% of Americans think Florida's history began with the invention of air conditioning, the Panhandle is the only part of the state that is possibly south of the Mason-Dixon line, Miami-Dade is part of Cuba, not the United States, and the state's population doubles the day the first snowflake falls north of the Mason-Dixon line. Also, ask more than 99% of Americans what the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in North America is, and the answer will not be St. Augustine.
** 2000 Presidential Election. More than an good reason for Florida to be a target.
** The sad part? That's not the first time Florida's had election trouble.
*** Probably because of all its senior citizens and the corresponding increase in incidents of dementia and senility.
** [[OnlyInFlorida It's a living cartoon down there]].
** One pretty funny, but kind of insulting stereotype of Florida is that the state wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the people down there rebuilding it every two or three years.
** The fact that it's also a popular destination for retirees who have decided to enjoy their retirement in the sun also has led to plenty of cracks about it being a place 'where people go to die'.
*** Don't forget ''God's waiting room''.
** Most native Floridians laugh at the state's stereotypical image of weirdness, and point out that in 99.99999999% cases, the people perpetrating the weirdness are immigrants to the Sunshine State, meaning the weirdness originated ''elsewhere'' and just sort of trickled down to Florida.
*** [[WritersCannotDoMath So the remaining .00188 people are sane?]]
** It's also full of old Canadians who decided not to spend their retirement shovelling snow. It's why it's the only southern state who's hockey team isn't bankrupt.
* Northern Virginians have learned to NEVER tell normal Virginians they're from northern Virginia. It saves you a WHOLE lot of nasty looks. Some have even suggested [=NoVa=] should become its own state.
** Probably should, since they will never tell Marylanders or [=DCins=] that they come from "Virginia". Maybe "Northern Virginia". Usually "[=NoVa=]" or even "Nova".
*** For what it's worth, Northern Virginians almost ''never'' refer to their part of the state as "[=NoVa=]." Around here, that's what people call the community college hereabouts. If you call Northern Virginia "[=NoVa=]" you classify yourself as not being from here.
** Stereotypically, the rest of the state sees [=NoVa=] as a land of pointy-headed liberal bureaucrats, while [=NoVa=] sees the rest of the state as freeloaders on a state government that raises a lot of tax money from [=NoVa=] while spending most of it elsewhere. This is a common situation between urban and rural areas in many states, actually.
* Virginia overall is seen (by those who are even aware that Virginia and West Virginia are separate states) as the reddest of the red states, inhabited solely by Pat Robertson, George Allen, Ken Cuccinelli, and Eugene Delgaudio. This also plays into the divide between Northern Virginia and the rest of the state.
* (in monotone) "[[WaynesWorld Hi. We're from... Delaware.]]"
** "[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Delaware. That's a state, but most Americans don't even know that, unless they live there.]]"
* Depending on what show you're watching, {{Washington DC}} is populated entirely by either (i) high-ranking administration officials and corrupt national politicians or (ii) drug kingpins and corrupt municipal politicians. Either way, it is obligatory for depictions of local geography to be [[HollywoodAtlas horribly wrong]], and everything is the [[WretchedHive exact opposite]] of whatever the writer considers to be good and just. Also, version (i) of D.C. has absolutely no long-term residents.
* The media use "Maryland" and "Baltimore" interchangeably. Apparently, as soon as you cross Western Avenue from D.C., you are in the beating heart of Baltimore. Also, Maryland is a [[DidNotDoTheResearch heavily Republican]] state where everyone has a beehive hairdo and lives on a steady diet of crabcakes, and John Waters makes documentaries.

'''[[CanadaEh Canadians]]'''

According to the media, all they know is ice hockey. And apparently, they put maple syrup with ''[[{{TrademarkFavouriteFood}} everything]]'', including hot dogs. [[hottip:*:Only way to eat a hot dog.]] On the plus side, if a character is identified as Canadian, they are usually portrayed as being unfailingly polite and well-mannered. May or may not have an annoying tendency to say [[VerbalTic "eh"]] at the drop of a hat. Frequently portrayed as something of an "America Lite"...''very'' Lite. To quote [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]]: "You hate ''Canada''? That's like saying, 'I hate toast.'"
* Also have a tendency to be confused with Americans by outsiders, where they're typically treated quite unfairly until the truth of their nationality is revealed and all is "forgiven".
* [[MustHaveCaffeine There's a Tim Horton's on every corner.]] Really.
* Newfoundlanders, having joined Canada in 1949 and already being isolated (not to mention poor [[hottip:* :Until they discovered oil offshore]]), tend to get the brunt of teasing, akin to the "red-headed stepchild" trope. Th' h'accent don't 'elp a-tall.
** Interestingly, it's just as rude to call a Newfoundlander a "Newfie" as it is to call someone a "Redneck". That doesn't stop the spread of "Newfie jokes", and by now many Newfoundlanders have themselves taken to using the terms Newfie or Newf.
** Newfies are even the butt of many of their own jokes. If everyone else is going to mock you, may as well learn to laugh at yourselves.
* There are a ''lot'' of people who love to make fun of "aboot" from eastern Canada and the Maritime Provinces (specifically).
** Which dey doesn't even say out dere, Muy Sunn. That's a myth perpetuated by [[AcceptableNationalityTargets shallow-vowelled Americans]] not used to hearing the diphthong in "Abaht", or [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents precise Great Britonners]] unused to the sloppier east-coast accent. The eastern Canadian "About" almost has two extra syllables in it - "A-bah-oh-oot" - but if a speaker is rushing and the listener isn't paying that much attention (or is expecting to hear a certain sound!) only catching the tail end of the vowel will make it sound like... a certain piece of footwear.
*** This may be true, but this troper, from America, has heard more than a few people say "aboot". Where exactly those people lived is beyond me, but they definitely pronounced "about" with a long "o". Living in Minnesota at the time of this writing, I've heard more than a few people with habits of turning words normally pronounced with short vowels into words pronounced with long ones. I don't know about most other countries, but American English is pretty standardized throughout the country, and that generally means that a mispronunciation is truly a mispronunciation.
* Québécois regularly get egged by French-haters. Amusingly, the French don't seem to like the Québécois much either, or at least take offense if you [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage refer to the language spoken there as "French".]]
** Quebec and France have a mutual hatred extending back to when Quebec was a French colony and were abandoned to the British. Quebec is also all Roman Catholics who want to separate from the rest of Canada, including being the only province with a province-specific federal party (the Bloc Québécois) and their own terrorist organization, the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec). In politics they are portrayed as only voting for Québécois leaders and demanding more than their fair share of attention from the federal government. There's also the perception that whenever Quebec wants something, it simply has to snap its fingers and the federal government comes running to serve its every whim.
* Tourists are told never to go anywhere in Canada other than Ottawa because people in Edmonton are vicious. (Never mind that there's about 3,500 km between those two cities.) A demonstration of the fact that people outside Canada seem to think there are only about 5 cities... leading to the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver "Canadian Tour". The rest of the country is apparently a huge frozen wasteland with the occasional igloo.
*** [[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/peopleandsociety/population/population2001/density2001 This is actually more or less true.]] 3.3 people per square kilometer! It's getting crowded up here!
* Torontonians are considered to be arrogant and self-absorbed by the rest of Canada. They think we think we are the center of the universe. [[InsultBackfire We liked that so much that]] from time to time you'll hear "center of the universe" in reference to Toronto.
** The song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMkV7VyPns=quicklist Ontario Sucks]]" nicely sums up a lot of stereotypes within Canada. Ten points if you can guess exactly which city the song writers are from by the end of it. [[hottip:*: it's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dead_Trolls_in_a_Baggie Edmonton]] [[DontExplainTheJoke by the way]]]]
** Torontonians and Montrealers are often portrayed as ludicrously overdressed, hopelessly arrogant fashion plates who think it's reasonable to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a handbag or pair of boots. They'll be shown shivering in their Versace or Armani in the middle of the winter while everyone else dresses sensibly, but even so they'll ''still take the time to viciously insult everyone else'' for not being dressed to the nines.
** Toronto once called in the ''[[CanucksWithChinooks army]]'' for a snowstorm. [[NeverLiveItDown They've never lived it down.]]
* Hamilton gets a little bit (though not as much as other cities like Toronto). Portrayed as alcoholics and/or drug addicts with mental health issues. Considering it's basically the Ontario equivalent of Detroit but with a Med school, that might be more accurate than not.
*** Windsor is also much more literally the Ontario equivalent of Detroit, being its sister city directly across the border. Some even joke it's the safer part of Detroit.
* The Prairies in general are flat. Very very flat. And filled with nothing but farmers, curling clubs, and [[Series/CornerGas the odd small town filled with quirky yet lovable characters]].
* Manitoba tends to get ignored when it comes to stereotypes (and a lot of other things, for that matter). Winnipeg is apparently full of writers, and Manitoba winters resemble the last major ice age. Oh, and floods.
** Ontarians consider Manitoba to be even more boring to live in than Northern Ontario.
* Everyone in Saskatchewan is apparently a dumb hick who can't do math or play hockey (because they only have the Riders). They're inbred, all farmers, can see everyone else because their province is so flat.
* Albertans (and especially Calgarians) are considered to be arrogant, money-hungry, homophobic, racist, hate-spewing rednecks. Within Alberta itself, people from the north of the province are usually considered uneducated, boorish louts, while people from the south are considered rich, arrogant bastards who light their cigars with $100 bills.
** Calgarians see Edmontonians as wannabe-Calgarians, and Edmontonians see Calgarians as wannabe-Edmontonians. In a variation on Alberta's provincial stereotype, many Edmontonians see Calgarians as being the rich, arrogant, lighting-cigars-with-money asshats, while Calgarians often see Edmontonians as condescending liberal socialists, since Liberal and NDP candidates are more frequently elected from the Edmonton area.
** Then there's the whole Alberta = cowboys thing, which isn't helped by The Calgary Stampede (basically a Western themed fairground + parade + cowboy-ish events around town + awesome free breakfasts every morning all around the city + overpriced grandstand show, in early/mid July) or the multitudes of old guys who embrace the stereotype by actually wearing cowboy boots and hats in public, and not just during the aforementioned Stampede. Believe it or not, your average urbanite Albertan has roughly the same experience with ranch-handling as your average Vancouverite.
*** Pretty much the reason why Alberta is sometimes called "Canada's Texas."
*** There's an old joke that Calgary takes one look at what Toronto is up to and promptly down the opposite just to [[TakeThat spite them]]. Toronto has a conservative mayor? Then we'll have a Liberal one! Toronto has snow in winter and warm winds in summer? Then we'll have snow in July and warm winds in January! Hah!
** Alberta is often linked with West Coast French (AKA Canada's French-specific TranslationTrainwreck).
* British Columbia: home of potheads, the loony left, the loony right, Asians and murdered prostitutes.
** Also meth labs and the ''former'' car theft capital of the world.
** Vancouverites and other lower mainlanders are woefully uninformed on the geography of the rest of the province. Same with Vancouver Islanders, except they at least have figured out that the island has more than Victoria.
* A funny thing... think of every stereotype you've ever associated with Canada. They've all showed up in some form or another during the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
** That was the point, believe it or not [[SelfDeprecation we don't mind making fun of ourselves]], it`s just when the ''Americans'' do it, [[BerserkButton then we have a problem.]]
* The Territories (Yukon, North West Territories and Nunavut) are full of Inuit, backwoods hillbilly hunters, polar bears, igloos, and year-round snowstorms, Hudson's Bay depots [[hottip: *: The last one actually closed down in the 80's]], and have no electricity or modern conveniences. In other words, the rest of Canada sees the territories in the same way Americans see Canada.

'''Mexicans'''

Poor, dirty, job thieves who have a worker's attitude to let them and everyone else get stomped around. They have all that weird food that weird language and are never willing to see eye-to-eye, no, YOU'VE got to see eye-to-eye to THEM. They have too many kids are have no self-respect, too. [[FireBreathingDiner Everything they eat is hotter than boiling magma.]]
* Those who are from Mexico City are thought to be low-brow, trashy, and more often than not, criminals . Those who are not low-brow and trashy are a bunch of CorruptCorporateExecutive jerks who live trying to ruin everyone else before they get ruined.
* Guadalajara is in a curious one. On one hand, being from Guadalajara makes you elitist and snobbish to outsiders; They're the kind of people that won't eat just to buy the newest BlackBerry and get in debt to buy a luxury car (Mercedes, BMW and Ferrari cars are not uncommon in Guadalajara.). On the other hand, being Guadalajara and the nearby area the place where almost everything that is stereotypically Mexican comes from -- this includes tequila, charrería, the sombrero and the cantinas -- being from Guadalajara will at one point necessarily imply you're into that stuff. And on the third mutated hand, being from Guadalajara also implies you're CampGay! Indeed, if you had to compare Guadalajara with an American city, it would be SanFrancisco: Cluster of IT Companies, Cultural city with lots of history and, of course, it's the Gay mecca of Mexico.
* Being from Monterrey means you're an {{Eagleland}}er who ''seriously'' likes Taco Bell, who plays basketball, baseball or American football instead of soccer, and who is loud and boisterous like a Texan, with the extra bonus of being snobbish penny-pinchers.
** And those few who are soccer fans of any of the two teams from Monterrey (''Monterrey Rayados'' or ''[=UANL=] Tigres'') are known to take it beyond SeriousBusiness.
* Are you from the state of Guanajuato? Blessed be God, for your faith is so strong, it makes you a backwards hick.
* Opinions about the state of Sinaloa tends to shift towards the men in that state being HotBlooded trigger-happy uncultured hicks in a perpetual state of testosterone overdosing, who listen to Narcocorridos all day long while drinking ''light beers'' (somewhat excusable, considering the weather there is humid and hot), [[DrivesLikeCrazy frightening driving skills]], and treat women like dirt. And they also prefer baseball and EveryoneIsRelated up to some degree.
** Within Sinaloa, the people from Guasave are [[TooDumbToLive foolish]] [[CloudCuckoolander but clever on their own way.]] Those from Mazatlán are HotBlooded, speak loudly and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood always eat shrimp]] or an obnoxious rich American expatriate who is only there for the cheap medical tourism without resorting to go to Cuba. Those who come from a town called El Verde are trained since birth in the art of [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood making their own]] [[RegionalSpecialty brand of tacos]]. Northern Sinaloa is only farmland and indians. And those from Culiacán are the stereotype mentioned above. The fascination with baseball, however, is TruthInTelevision.
* Baja California: May be part of Mexico, maybe not...
** If you're from Tijuana, you are automatically considered as being a stuck-up {{Eagleland}}er wannabe that looks like an Indian, a poor peasant working at a factory for peanuts, a drunkard who religiously goes to the brothels, and/or really ugly. Or, you failed to sneak into the United States; either way Tijuana is often depicted unfavourably due to the fact it's always a dusty, dirty town [[WretchedHive filled with enough vice to make Sodom and Gomorrah look tame]]. If not, it's ridden with potholes, and it will kill your car.
** People from Mexicali are either Asian immigrants or snobs who couldn't move to Monterrey. They all get sunburns daily and half of the population has skin cancer; the other half has respiratory problems due to the pollution. Not as many prostitutes and gangsters as Tijuana, but Mexicali doesn't have a beach.
** Tecate only consists of a beer brewery and bakeries. There's nothing else on it, and anyone telling you otherwise is lying.
* Cancun is not part of Mexico anymore, but it became an extension of Miami a long time ago, it's inhabitants are obnoxious white rich kids.
* About Chihuahua: Ciudad Juarez is the Mexican version of Detroit, except that everything and everyone gets shot on sight, and that's why it's becoming a ghost town, thus [[PlaceWorseThanDeath no one with any sane judgment would ever want to go there]]. The rest of the states is made out of mountains and deserts, where you might be lucky if you end up spotting a Tarahumara runner.
* People from Acapulco are like those from Cancun, but Mexican.
* If you're from Chiapas, you are a Zapatista, and/or a [[DirtyCommunists vile commie]] to boot.
* Anyone from south of the United States is Mexican. You're from Honduras? Mexican. Nicaragua? Mexican. How about Guatemala? Mexican. This is a real {{Berserk Button}} for many of these folks, because Mexicans have a rep among non-Mexican Hispanics for being very snobbish about their 'superior' blood.
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[[folder:Central America]]
'''Central America'''

...does not exist. Unless you:
* Are traveling by boat from the US East Coast to the West Coast, in which case you go through Panama. Very briefly. The capital city itself is always depicted as [[TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires strikingly similar to a Brazilian favela]].
* Have decided to ditch civilization for various reasons, such as going green and communing with nature, or going humanitarian and helping build churches in small, rural populations, in which case you always go to Costa Rica. [[TimeSkip Probably for months]]. There is nothing in the country outside of the rainforest.
* To the rest of the Caribbean, Haitians are this.

'''[[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon The Caribbean]]'''

Calypso or rhumba music is constantly being played, there's free fruit everywhere, everyone is constantly drunk and/or high, and may have a pet parrot. Nobody does any work, they just sit on the beach sipping fruity little drinks with umbrellas out of coconuts. At night, the careless or unlucky might see a voodoo ceremony, especially if they are in Haiti (see [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/pat-robertson-haiti-curse_n_422099.html Pat Robertson after the earthquake there]]). If it is a more serious work that takes place in Jamaica, expect there to be a lot of violence and other crimes. Expect everyone to have a Jamaican accent, regardless of where they are. Also, the only countries that seem to exist there are Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica (maybe the Bahamas).
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** See also "[[http://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/agent-strelnikov-s-personnel-file/page5.jpg Chechens and why I hates them]]", by [[SCPFoundation Agent Dmitri Strelnikov]].

* It's becoming increasingly popular to depict '''Nigerians''' as [[{{District 9}} bloodthirsty criminals]] or [[FourOneNineScam unscrupulous email scammers]].

** ''[[{{District9}} District 9]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity tried]] to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the "bloodthirsty criminal" aspect of this stereotype. Unfortunately, the Nigerian government took it seriously and [[BannedInChina banned the movie]]. This may be related to violent anti-immigrant riots in South Africa which happened [[UnfortunateImplications right after filming was done]], meaning that the movie came out [[TooSoon not too long after that]].

'''[[{{Eagleland}} USA]]'''

See also AcceptablePoliticalTargets, AmericaTakesOverTheWorld, {{Eagleland}}, and OnlyInAmerica

The mother and TropeCodifier of all Acceptable Nationality Targets. Often painted as the prime example of [[HumansAreBastards human bastardness]]: Loud, boorish, fat, lazy, uncultured, stupid, trigger happy, gun toting, bible preaching and lunatics. Americans are generally painted as completely ignorant of the rest of the world. This trope is fueled by many movies where aliens/meteors/some tragic world shattering event always hits the United States first and the rest of the world may or may not be mentioned in a single sentence. See AmericaSavesTheDay.
* There are also problems concerning a habit American producers have of making film adaptations of books and setting them in America, when originally they were not. An example being ''WarOfTheWorlds'', which was originally set in London- but set in Los Angeles in the film (New York in the remake). Though this could just be because they had a tight budget and were unwilling to use money travelling to a country to film there, it has the [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate implication]] of suggesting that America suffers from a major case of unwarranted self importance, believing that everything must revolve around America, or that American audiences can't relate to non-American heroes.
* America's such a big target that ''[[SelfDeprecatingHumor they're lampooning themselves]].'' Odds are that tropers from the United States wrote most of the entries in this section.
** Here in the USA, we love to deep fry everything we eat, and have an [[BigEater aversion to making consciously healthy choices]] about our diet.
** If somebody thinks of "American Car" chances are, the car visualized is made out of lead and therefore handles like an oil tanker, has horrible fuel efficiency, is an over-sized SUV the size of a [[BiggerIsBetter large pickup truck]] (for driving ONE child to school), has [[TheAllegedCar poor reliability]] or some combination of all the above. Also, American cars are underpowered for their engine size compared with European engines, but at least they have plenty of torque.
* The United States's population has become more and more self-loathing ever since the invasion of Iraq, and the corresponding {{Hatedom}} for the U.S. is [[TheNewTens (or was, fingers crossed)]] harbored by just about everyone else in the world. Many Americans have trouble communicating online without being insulted; to avoid this, [[SelfDeprecatingHumor some resort to insulting themselves.]] (And many non-Americans are quick to take offense when Americans insult them online).
** There has also been a greater move towards culture wars and factionalization leading to Americans becoming self-loathing due to the actions of other Americans making the rest of us ashamed to be living with them.
* So much that any non-American related AcceptableTarget instantly for that moment becomes an UnacceptableTarget ([[CanadaEh Canada]] and the United Kingdom especially). As America has a lot of political power and influence towards much of the world, pretty much any political situation is subjected to be lambasted by many people a lot more [[DoubleStandard than if that same controversy came from another country]].
* Many people get extremely annoyed at how America portrays itself during World War 2 in films. America is almost always portrayed as a great hero that fought the Nazi's with valour whilst needing little help from the its allies, Inglorious Bastards being an example where AmericaSavesTheDay. Needless to say, countries such as England and France are insultingly portrayed as having a minor role in the war, compared to America, despite being the first countries to jump to Poland's defence in 1939. It doesn't even occur to American film producers that America didn't even bother to get involved in World War 2 till 1941...
* Also, to many, the Americans are war hungry colonialists who only wish to spread their imperialism outward, and orchestrated 9-11 for just that purpose (And to the British, can't actually fire to save their lives and are ''constantly'' [[FriendlyFire killing allied troops]], which isn't saying much considering how Americans always make up the bulk of an Allied army in the modern era and are thus portrayed as war-hungry as well).
* The fact they lost the VietnamWar is a fact often brought up.
* And, due to this very trope itself, America is often thought of as racists who hate everything non-American and make stereotypes like this for the sake of expressing their hate.

[[AC:Pacific West]]
* Hawaii: grass skirts, hula dancing, Hawaiian shirts (called aloha shirts there), leis, and luaus
* California: Supposedly full of gay people, crazy people and the untrustworthy. Orange County is stereotypically lacking the first, and lampooned by other Californians for being a little insular and taking themselves too seriously.
** Also, anyone along the coast is a moronic surfer... and blonde.
** Also within California, Norcalians are pothead hillbillies, and Socalians are Latino wannabe actors. Or poolboys. Or rich white guys.
** And the women from California are either self-acknowledged manipulative sluts (California Gurls) or dumb blondes.
** You're a male? And you live in SanFrancisco? You're a CampGay who smokes marijuana everyday. Period.
** If you're from L.A., you're either a ValleyGirl, [[NouveauRiche obnoxious rich white kid]], an illegal immigrant, or a combination of any of these.
** Everyone in San Jose and the Silicon Valley area is a Type 1 HollywoodNerd AND a CorruptCorporateExecutive that create {{Magical Computer}}s
* When the rest of the country remembers Oregon, they usually associate it with never-ending rainfall and many can't even pronounce it. The other thing is insufferable white liberal hippyism (it's all just Portland there, right?).
** And [[OregonTrail fording rivers]].
*** This trope has died of dysentery.
** On those rare, ''rare'' occasions when someone acknowledges that there are parts of Oregon that aren't Portland, there's a general theme of slightly backwards hickishness.
** Portland will NEVER be as ambitious as Seattle or as trendy as SanFrancisco. Also, its relatively lenient policies on the homeless have given it an unsavory reputation.
*** PattonOswalt:
-->"It's Disneyland for the alternative scene. "I've never seen such a low testosterone level in a city," said my wife, enchanted by Voodoo Donuts and the Chinese Gardens. "I know I shouldn't say this, but it's hard to imagine anyone ever being raped up here."

-->Someone needs to set off an Ambition Bomb in front of Powell's."
** Eugene, where the University Of Oregon is located, is so full of Tweakers, Stoners and "Spange"ers (panhandlers), it makes Portland look like West Point.
*** Keeping your leftovers in an old plastic margarine container is called "Eugene Tupperware"
* Alaska: actually part of [[CanadaEh Canada, eh]]. Everyone lives in igloos, which are actually a viable form of dwelling since the temperature never, ever rises above freezing. Also the first stop of the [[DirtyCommies Russian invasion]].
** And around late 2008, we learned that they [[TinaFey can see Russia from their houses]].
* Washington (the state) is always rainy. Everyone there is an environmentalist, drives a hybrid, drinks Starbucks coffee, and is a video game nerd.
** Don't forget, we're all hipsters and insufferably pretentious.
** And [[Literature/{{Twilight}} vampires]]
*** In the '90s, [[{{Grunge}} a bunch of dirty, rebellious people.]]
** A bunch of passive-aggressive types who are quite polite, but not very friendly past general courtesy. We don't know how to drive, either. We've practically grown webbed feet, live off Thai food, coffee, and microbrew beer (the darker, the better). We wear nothing but polar fleece, Gor-Tex, and down. Suit? What's that?
*** Seattle and Tacoma hate each other, Eastern Washington is full of redneck republicans. Hanford, Washington is radioactive and glows in the dark. Olympia and Bellingham are crazy hippie towns.
** A bit dated now, but Seattle comedians making fun of themselves and the surrounding areas was the bread and butter of AlmostLive. Kent, Renton, and Auburn were the redneck areas. Tacoma was a gang-infested WretchedHive with pollution so bad you could ''smell'' the town before you saw it. (The "aroma of Tacoma" was a RunningGag of northwest humor until the offending paper mill shut down). Ballard was an enclave of elderly Scandinavians who drove five miles an hour. Kitsap County is nothing but one big Navy base that just happened to have a town pop up around it (Some TruthInTelevision - Kitsap County has enough Navy hardware to qualify as a a nuclear power in its own right).
** Those who live in the eastern half of the state know that the rain never crosses the mountains, and neither do the environmentalists.

[[AC:Mountain West]]
* New Mexico is lucky to be considered part of the Union at all, most of the time it's kind of off to the side and gets awkward looks from everyone else.
** It got to a point where the state had to put "USA" on its license plates because people thought New Mexico was another country.
** During the Atlanta Olympics New Mexicans attempting to purchase tickets were directed to contact the Mexican embassy.
** [[TheSimpsons Whoa whoa whoa there's a New Mexico?]]
*** TruthInTelevision: The state's [[http://www.nmmagazine.com/ tourism magazine]] has a monthly column called "One of Our Fifty Is Missing" where readers report experiences with people who ''don't know the state is part of the United States''. These stories are true; this troper had one of his own experiences published there.
* Arizona. Oh, Arizona. For a state that cannot get enough adobe and fakey 'Indian' decor all over everything, Arizona sure does seem to despise anything brown.
** Arizona is the wild, wild west. All rural and the population consists of outlaws, {{Cowboy Cop}}s, and bartenders. We suck at sports and contribute nothing to American politics (John [=McCain=] is [[YourMileageMayVary debatably]] the sole exception to the rule) And the Indians are all {{noble savage}}s even when they're shopping at Wal-Mart.
*** Even among the combative two Californias, there seems to be a consensus that Arizona is a the Florida of the west.
*** Tourists often act as if it is [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou America's answer]] to [[LandDownunder Australia]], immediately asking about rattlesnake and scorpion precautions even if they aren't leaving downtown Phoenix, but this isn't touched on much by people when not focusing on tourists.
** Also, we should boycott them over their immigration law.
* Utah, see [[AcceptableReligiousTargets Mormonism]], because nobody knows or mentions anything else about this state.
* Colorado has something of a duality. On the one hand, there's Colorado Springs, aka the Vatican City of fundamentalism where everyone owns a gun and lives in the mountains. On the other, there's Boulder and the ski towns, home of the GranolaGirl, the NewAgeRetroHippie and, for the latter, rich celebrities making a second home. And if you're from Denver, you're a BadassLongcoat who's thinking about [[{{Columbine}} shooting up his school]].
** Also, many disconsider the mountains and only think the state is a huge desert.
* Nevada. Hookers, [[VivaLasVegas Vegas]], [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and hookers from Vegas.]]
** [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Whores and gambling/Whores and gambling/Whores and gambling, that's Nevadaaaa]]
* Everyone in Idaho lives in a potato field, Boise, or ''{{Deliverance}}'' country (where everyone is part of the Klan or the Aryan Nation).
** For Southern Idaho, see NapoleonDynamite for a weirdly accurate portrayal that makes heavy use of NWordPrivileges. For any super-white, über-Mormon portrayal Utah gets, Idaho in real life can outdo it.
* Montana is generally portrayed as having nothing but [[CrazySurvivalist survivalists]], libertarian psychos, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and national parks/forests]]. Within Montana, people from Missoula are pot smoking hippie pantheists, people from Bozeman just moved there from California/Colorado/Washington, and eastern Montana is a frozen wasteland full of Norwegian Lutherans ([[TakeThat in other words, North Dakota]]).
* There are, of course, no stereotypes of people from Wyoming since no one lives there. Well, maybe there are [[BrokebackMountain cowboys in the mountains]] but that's about it.
** [[{{Garfield}} Wyoming does not exist]].

[[AC:West North Central]]
* Apparently a lot of people think that North Dakota is a frozen wasteland with less than five people and not one of them has seen an ATM before. At least our banks aren't failing.
* Kansas is apparently where rationality, science and fun all go to be burned alive for witchcraft. It used to be just that big flat area people hurried through to get to the Rockies.
** And Kansas's twin, Missouri? Lucky to even be mentioned. We have the St. Louis Arch and [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's about it]].
*** Hard to believe that towards the end of the 19th century there was serious talk of making St. Louis the nation's capital.
*** The everyone is a meth addict stereotype also shows up. That and everyone is a misplaced Southerner.
** [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Plus, no one thinks they're there anymore.]]
** There's also Kansas City, which is apparently still part of the WildWest.
** You could probably [[ThrowawayCountry destroy the state]] [[JamesBond and nobody would know about it for years]].
* Minnesota tends to be seen by outsiders as an offshoot of Canada -- it's the "Minnesota Nice" combined with the weather and Minnesota's accent, as seen in the movie ''{{Fargo}}'' is itself an acceptable target.
** Minnesotans are seen either as hicks with snow instead of rusted-out cars, or pleasant, blonde suburbanites. Either way, likely to be depicted as conservative, closer to earth GoodOldBoy types, all of whom are Lutheran and Swedish. [[http://www.surfminnesota.net/olelena.html See Ole and Lena.]]
** Didn't know Vikings still exist? Well, they do. And [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie they mostly live in Minnesota!]]
*** An old joke us Wisconsinites like to tell: What does Minnesota and both Dakotas have in common? None of them have a professional football team.
* Iowans like corn! Because corn is ''[[TheFairlyOddParents nice]]''.
* Nebraskans still drive covered wagons, live on farms, and raise corn and cows. Yeah? No, not anymore. Well, we still raise corn and cows, but we have cities other than Omaha.
** Apparently we Nebraskans are all still playing [[CowboysAndIndians Cowboys and Indians]] out here. Oh, and there's no electricity, indoor plumbing, or any type of technology whatsoever.
** Nebraska, despite being in the center of the United States, [[OfferVoidInNebraska is completely isolated from the rest of the country]] in many ways.
** What's a cell phone?

[[AC:West South Central]]
* '''[[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]]''' especially. Howdy Y'all!
** Everyone in Texas is a far-right religious zealot who's actively opposed to scientific advances and intellectualism in general.
*** Both averted, and possibly justified to those outside the state. Much of the economy of the larger cities are based around high-tech industries, meaning there's a significant intellectual pool in the Lone Star State. However, some of the editions of textbooks suggested and approved by the Texas School Board do show a right-leaning bias--to Texas' credit, though, a ''lot'' of people were upset about that.
** And within Texas, Austinites are gay, pot-smoking, liberal hippies.
*** ''Outside'' of Texas, Austin is the state's one redeeming quality. (I.e., the one part that's not ''totally'' insane.)
** Of course, Austinites consider the rest of Texas to be ''{{Deliverance}}'' land, except for Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, who they think are carpet-bagging sons of bitches that are trying to come in and ruin everything.
** Or how about the terribly outdated or narrow-minded stereotypes of Texans as: all being involved in the oil industry, all being ranchers or farmers (think of Southfork Ranch), all being terribly loud and boorish types, all wearing ridiculous "cowboy" outfits including huge ten-gallon hats and big belt buckles, playing the banjo or spoons, all driving around in huge trucks when they're not riding horses, etc.
** Don't forget how they're ''still'' racist against African-Americans. (Which couldn't be further from the truth, by the way.)
** And, of course, Texas is [[DividedStatesOfAmerica a whole other country.]]
** Getting a gun is as easy as doing groceries.
** Texans and New Mexicans love to joke about [[WretchedHive El Paso]], with the major theme being that Texas would sell El Paso back to Mexico, but the Mexicans don't want it. It has something of a reputation as Juárez North (and in fact is ''right across the river'' from Juárez), which doesn't much help either (but has some truth to it).
* Oklahoma? [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I love that musical!]] ....wait, it's a state?
** Everyone who lives in Oklahoma is either a proud [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American living in a teepee]], or a dumb-as-rocks hillbilly living in a trailer wondering why the "ternaders" always blow his house away.

[[AC:East North Central]]
* Depending on what part of Michigan you're from, you're either a crazy black mugger (Detroit/Flint/Pontiac area), a tree hugger (Grand Rapids), a rich snobby Jew (West Bloomfield), a rich snobby WASP (the rest of Oakland County, save Pontiac, which see above) a rich snobby foodie tree hugger (Ann Arbor), or a hick who does nothing other than hunt (anywhere north of Saginaw). And don't forget da Yoopers: still a hunting hick, but with a cool accent and pasties, ya?
** Don't forget the stern Dutch Calvinists over in the west part of the state, near the appropriately-named city of Holland.
* Wisconsin people, especially as seen by those from Illinois, seem to subsist entirely on a diet of cheese, bratwurst, and beer. All of them are dairy farmers, hicks, and maniac hunters, and they ''always'' are terrifyingly rabid Green Bay Packers fans.
** Truth in Advertising.
*** TruthInTelevision. Wisconsin produces 53% of the ''entire country's'' annual cranberry supplies, makes more cheese than any other state (and most European countries), loves to invent new cheeses [[SureWhyNot just because we can]] (Horseradish and Blueberry cheese, anyone?), Drinks more beer than any other state (with Texas following in 2nd); many consider Deer Hunting season to be a national holiday, and insulting the Green Bay Packers is collectively insulting the majority of the state residents. The Packers are not only the first team to exist in the NFL, but are also the only publicly owned football team. People purchase stock shares, entitling them as part ''owner'' of the team, and will get straight up defensive and/or [[FootballHooligans violent]] if you speak any ill of the team.
** Unless you're from Madison, then you're an elitist hippie commie treehugger. However, the terrifyingly rabid Green Bay Packer fan thing still applies, but you pile up terrifyingly rabid Wisconsin Badger fans on top of that.
*** Madison, Wisconsin - 76 square miles surrounded by reality.
** Wisconsin is even more of an acceptable target in Minnesota. Wisconsin exists so Minnesotans have a place to buy beer on Sundays.
* Illinois people are apparently either stuck-up, hypocritical, politically corrupt snobs with a [[TheWindyCity Chicaaagaa]] drawl, or they're murderous gangsters ('20s or modern, take your pick).
** Plus there is a whole 85% of the state (in terms of area) outside of {{Chicago}}land, but no one really thinks about them. Even [[CorruptBureaucrat the previous governor]] couldn't be bothered to head downstate to the [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield capital]].
** Illinoisans are a swarm of boat-dragging, SUV-driving locusts who invade the Northwoods of Wisconsin every summer, acting like they own the place while they're here. On the other hand, who can blame them for coming here, because who would want to spend their vacation time staying in Illinois?
** In Wisconsin Dells, we hate people from Illinois, but we ''love'' their money.
** Illinois is a wonderful target for Wisconsinites in terms of professional sports. If you're a fan of the Chicago Bears or the Chicago Cubs, ''you have no excuse for living.''
* "Hi, we're visiting Ohio!" "[[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere ...Why?]]" This especially applies to {{Cleveland|Rocks}}.
** [[PlaceWorseThanDeath "In every country, there is a city everyone makes fun of. In United States, it is Cleveland. In Soviet Union, it is Cleveland."]]
* Let us not forget the Three Kinds of Indiana: hicks who could've been from Alabama if they weren't wearing snowboots and a winter coat; whitebread EverytownAmerica-ish suburbanites (particularly around Indianapolis and the Chicagoland region); and Inner City Indiana, for which the exemplar is Gary, Indiana, AKA the Armpit of America, where the chemical factories and steel mills release a putrid perfume for all to smell and where the cops will beat the crap out of you, cite you for marijuana possession... and proceed to smoke it right in your face.
** Indiana: We're so sorry about Gary.
** [[MichaelJackson No one can ever make fun of us AGAIN.]]
** Northwest Indiana (Chicagoland, The Region) might as well be its own state or join Illinois. In contrast to the generally red state, The Region is democratic,(a good portion of us HATE the current governor, Mitch) more industrialized (although we still have plenty of corn), is on Central Time opposed to Eastern time, and has larger cities opposed to the small towns that scatter the rest of the state.
** Allen County in the Northeast manages to contain ''all three'' Indianas in less than 700 square miles.

[[AC:East South Central]]
* Anywhere beneath the Mason-Dixon line tends to be looked down upon, but [[DeepSouth Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi]] probably get it the worst of all.
** To elaborate, anyone from the South is an uneducated redneck/trailer trash, everyone has double names (Billy Bob, Mary Lou, etc.), inbreeding is rampant, and the civil rights movement never happened.
* If you think you got it bad, think about Kentucky. The only states that get it worse are Alabama and Mississippi. From Kentucky? Automatically a creationist inbred yokel who doesn't wear shoes, has no teeth, who knows how to handle a horse better than the 16 kids my teenage cousin/wife pumped out. Also harbor a deep-seated love for a various assortment of guns that overcompensate for a small penis/closeted gayness, while strummin' a banjo all day long in my shack in the mountains that doubles as a meth lab when not busy blowing said mountains up. All this is done when not busy lynching blacks.
** And shoots firework over the border into North Carolina
*** Kentucky doesn't even border North Carolina...
**** Well, they must be ''really good'' fireworks...
* Louisiana is a subset of the Georgia/Alabama/Mississippi Deliverance country, except everybody speaks French patois. And there's New Orleans. New Orleans is drunk (or was destroyed by hurricane Katrina).
** Katrina and the BP Spill did not destroy New Orleans (completely). But yeah, for [[INeedAFreakingDrink those reasons]] and ones before it such as [[ViceCity rampant crime]] and [[BadCopIncompetentCop lazy to nonexistent response time]], coupled with [[WretchedHive how the Katrina Aftermath played out for awhile]], no one really cut back considerably on their drinking.
* People from Tennessee are either hillbillies who play banjos and [[IncestIsRelative sleep with their cousins]], typical fat DeepSouth rednecks, or murderous inner-city thugs who will beat you up, steal your wallet, and shank you with a knife if they think you might have more than $5 on you. The hillbillies are all on meth, the rednecks are all drunk, and the gangstas guzzle codeine cough syrup by the quart.
** Memphis is a giant slum surrounding the downtown historic district, which is a quaint tourist district where you can visit little museums devoted to forms of music only old people listen to anymore, ride a riverboat, and see the hideous glass and metal abomination known only as "The Pyramid".
** Nashville is populated entirely with country musicians.
** [[TheSimpsons Knoxville has literally nothing in it but the Sunsphere.]]
** Nobody really cares about any of the other cities. If Tennessee is known for anything else at all, it's Jack Daniel's whiskey.
* The only actual city depicted in the South will be {{Atlanta}}. Everywhere else will be treated like it's a small town.
* West Virginia is considered an acceptable target even by the most politically correct people out there. According to the rest of America, West Virginians are all uneducated, white trash, racist, dirt poor, toothless, shoeless, gun toting hillbillies who eat raccoons and have moonshine running through their veins. The state pastimes include hunting squirrels and having sex with their [[BrotherSisterIncest cousins]].

[[AC:North East / New England]]
* [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]] seems to be the most acceptable target for a state to other Americans; Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance (a New Jersey native) said it best:
--->'''Frank:''' New Jersey is like New York's retarded brother that they kept locked in the basement.
** Much of it comes from things that unfortunately have basis in truth. Jersey is known to have [[CorruptBureaucrat rampant corruption]], ridiculously high taxes (Property tax being most cited), and everybody drives so horridly our car insurance rates are sky-high.
** There's a long-standing joke that New Jersey is the state you have to pay to leave. This is actually true, for all it's phrased meanly - there are tolls on all the major roads/bridges out! Also fairly typical is to refer to it as the armpit of the country - for the supposed smell (of the chemical plants), and if you look at a map, you can sort of see New England as the arm and PA-and-points-south as the main body.
** Another long-standing joke: They say that New Jersey is just a glorified suburb of New York City, which is ''completely'' unfair to the half that's a glorified suburb of Philadelphia.
** Another long-standing joke: Camden.
*** New Jersey really doesn't deserve its rep, yet it's an acceptable target even among natives simply because it's so much fun to bash. However, Camden genuinely represents every horrible thing said about Jersey. For those unfamiliar with Camden at all, Camden held the title of [[WretchedHive Most Dangerous City in America]] (and Murder Capital USA, even though [[TheOtherWiki the internet]] seems not to have mentioned the last one) for several years running until its neighbor Philedelphia took the crown. The town still hasn't quite recovered from the riots.
* [[BigApplesauce New Yorkers]]: Rude, loud, thieves, gangsters, snobbish, empty headed, any stereotype you can fit with Italians/Jews/* enter other classic New York immigrant here* , and at worst, liberal demons. And yes, this accounts for those who live in Upstate New York as well. Even the Amish.
** As an image, NYC is filled with all sorts of people, but the image of New York boils to NewYorkCity as the ''capital of the goddamn world'' where you're constitutionally obliged to be an asshole or GTFO, and and New York State as backwoods farmland (example: the farm in which Edgar the Bug lands in ''Film/MenInBlack'').
*** Manhattan in and of itself counts, as there's a world of difference between the somewhat-upscale Upper-West Side, with its theatres and assholes; and the East Village, with its pizzerias and assholes. Contrast all of that with the Southern Central Park Area, which has rapists and assholes.
** The thing with Upstate New York is, people from other states act as if it's RetGone 95% of the time. Before I moved to Texas, I always got asked [[BigApplesauce what part of the city I was from]] by people from, for example, Maine or Delaware. Sorry, Binghamton's ''not'' [[YouFailGeographyForever a borough]]. (Ironically, and counter to stereotype, Texans know better... "How far away is that from Syracuse?")
* [[HollywoodNewEngland Massachusetts]]: Full of loud, obnoxious, drunken Irish-Americans or pretentious college kids...sometimes both. Have a bit of an inferiority complex with New York especially pertaining to sports teams. Dislikes EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE LIST. Oh, and everyone in Salem is a witch.
** You know a state has a reputation problem when they create a portmanteau of the name and "asshole" to describe the inhabitants... "Massholes"! And then there's Boston, which has THE WORST roads/road construction issues in the world - even according to Bostonians. The [[DrivesLikeCrazy resulting driving style]] is much of the reason for the term "Masshole".
** Highway Engineer Prank #11: [[http://xkcd.com/253/ Boston]].
* Rhode Island has the worst drivers in America, coffee addicts (Dunkin Donuts to be exact), cannot give directions, think a 45 minute drive is a daylong trip, and have the most corrupt government that you'd ever see...it'd make Tony Soprano stand in awe. Despite all of this, nobody is quite sure if they exist or not.
** And those who are sure are laughing at their accent. Cawfee malk!
* Pennsylvania has three, and only three types of people. In Pittsburgh everyone is a dopey and unemployed Pole that worships the Steelers like a religion. In Philadelphia everyone is a perpetually-raging meathead who will kill Santa Claus just to make your child cry (and worships the Eagles like a religion). Everyone else lives in "Pennsyltucky", and [[TakeAThirdOption worships Penn State like a religion.]] For their stereotypes, see Kentucky directly above.
** Philadelphia is associated with rabid sports fans in general, with special mention not only to the Eagles but the Phillies as well. Also, all we eat in Philly are cheese steaks and soft pretzels.
** Within the state, State College is either "a drinking town [[FanDumb with a football problem]]" or [[StrawmanU Bezerkley]], and Allentown is all the [[WretchedHive fun]] of Camden without the need to cross state lines.
* Maine: We have lobsters, lighthouses, and beaches (And Stephen King!). For the most part, Maine exists as one big tourist attraction, and the idea that it still exists in the winter is an idea limited solely to skiers and natives.
* Vermont: Either ice cream and maple syrup or the Oregon of the east. Take your pick.
* Connecticut: Had you actually bothered to learn that [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Connecticut is a real place on the map]], you would probably think of its people as rich, snobby liberals with an inferiority complex towards Massachusetts. Too bad Massachusetts already has its own inferiority complex for New York and [[UnknownRival hasn't really noticed.]] *sigh*
** The fact that Connecticut is so low on the radar while still having all of the great wildlife New England is known for actually makes it a popular place for famous celebrities to live. That kind of makes the rich and snobby stereotype even worse, but, hey.

[[AC:South Atlantic]]
* West Virginia has that whole KissingCousins thing and letting kids drive when they are [[LikeIsLikeAComma like]] 2.
** And the dread fact it is the "Freakshow state" with things like JamieOliver'sFoodRevolution and Chris Chan being highlights
* {{Florida}}. 98% of Americans think Florida's history began with the invention of air conditioning, the Panhandle is the only part of the state that is possibly south of the Mason-Dixon line, Miami-Dade is part of Cuba, not the United States, and the state's population doubles the day the first snowflake falls north of the Mason-Dixon line. Also, ask more than 99% of Americans what the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in North America is, and the answer will not be St. Augustine.
** 2000 Presidential Election. More than an good reason for Florida to be a target.
** The sad part? That's not the first time Florida's had election trouble.
*** Probably because of all its senior citizens and the corresponding increase in incidents of dementia and senility.
** [[OnlyInFlorida It's a living cartoon down there]].
** One pretty funny, but kind of insulting stereotype of Florida is that the state wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the people down there rebuilding it every two or three years.
** The fact that it's also a popular destination for retirees who have decided to enjoy their retirement in the sun also has led to plenty of cracks about it being a place 'where people go to die'.
*** Don't forget ''God's waiting room''.
** Most native Floridians laugh at the state's stereotypical image of weirdness, and point out that in 99.99999999% cases, the people perpetrating the weirdness are immigrants to the Sunshine State, meaning the weirdness originated ''elsewhere'' and just sort of trickled down to Florida.
*** [[WritersCannotDoMath So the remaining .00188 people are sane?]]
** It's also full of old Canadians who decided not to spend their retirement shovelling snow. It's why it's the only southern state who's hockey team isn't bankrupt.
* Northern Virginians have learned to NEVER tell normal Virginians they're from northern Virginia. It saves you a WHOLE lot of nasty looks. Some have even suggested [=NoVa=] should become its own state.
** Probably should, since they will never tell Marylanders or [=DCins=] that they come from "Virginia". Maybe "Northern Virginia". Usually "[=NoVa=]" or even "Nova".
*** For what it's worth, Northern Virginians almost ''never'' refer to their part of the state as "[=NoVa=]." Around here, that's what people call the community college hereabouts. If you call Northern Virginia "[=NoVa=]" you classify yourself as not being from here.
** Stereotypically, the rest of the state sees [=NoVa=] as a land of pointy-headed liberal bureaucrats, while [=NoVa=] sees the rest of the state as freeloaders on a state government that raises a lot of tax money from [=NoVa=] while spending most of it elsewhere. This is a common situation between urban and rural areas in many states, actually.
* Virginia overall is seen (by those who are even aware that Virginia and West Virginia are separate states) as the reddest of the red states, inhabited solely by Pat Robertson, George Allen, Ken Cuccinelli, and Eugene Delgaudio. This also plays into the divide between Northern Virginia and the rest of the state.
* (in monotone) "[[WaynesWorld Hi. We're from... Delaware.]]"
** "[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Delaware. That's a state, but most Americans don't even know that, unless they live there.]]"
* Depending on what show you're watching, {{Washington DC}} is populated entirely by either (i) high-ranking administration officials and corrupt national politicians or (ii) drug kingpins and corrupt municipal politicians. Either way, it is obligatory for depictions of local geography to be [[HollywoodAtlas horribly wrong]], and everything is the [[WretchedHive exact opposite]] of whatever the writer considers to be good and just. Also, version (i) of D.C. has absolutely no long-term residents.
* The media use "Maryland" and "Baltimore" interchangeably. Apparently, as soon as you cross Western Avenue from D.C., you are in the beating heart of Baltimore. Also, Maryland is a [[DidNotDoTheResearch heavily Republican]] state where everyone has a beehive hairdo and lives on a steady diet of crabcakes, and John Waters makes documentaries.

** Didn't know Vikings still exist? Well, they do. And [[PokemonTheFirstMovie they mostly live in Minnesota!]]

** [[LethalChef They can't cook]] to save their lives. [[{{Asterix}} Boiling food into mint sauce]], much?
* Also, they made some of the strangest and weirdest words and names of all of the English language. Their kind of English dominates this website everywhere, even to subjects and works that didn't use British English. By doing this, they took over the world again. Virtually actually.
** Their sentences are quite long, questionably. Why so many commas?

** Of course, this doesn't square too well with the stereotype of Africa in general, so you want to avoid referring to them as Africans. Watch what happens when foreigners try to refer to white South Africans while avoiding this pitfall. [[ItGotWorse It gets worse]] when reference also has to be made to black Africans. Some foreign material can be particularly amusing, since due to its interesting idea of political correctness, it's forced to refer to "White South Africans" and "African South Africans." [[SarcasmMode Well, that clears that up!]]

** Graubünden: [[SarcasmMode as an aversion]], nobody dislikes people from Graubünden. Which is to say, it's not their fault that they were born stupid and without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

* Nebraskans [[SarcasmMode still drive covered wagons, live on farms, and raise corn and cows.]] Yeah? No, not anymore. Well, we still raise corn and cows, but we have cities other than Omaha.

** [[SarcasmMode What's a cell phone?]]

* All Indians are assumed to be Hindu or Sikh. Muslims Indians are hardly ever seen or are confused with Sikhs. [[SarcasmMode Indian Christians most certainly do not exist.]]

* Its inhabitants are mostly [[TorchesAndPitchforks pitchfork]] wielding peasants, and occasionally form a mob when chasing down [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], or [[ptitletxowvywhdbcy Frankenstein's monster]].

** The portrayal of all Serbs as maniac war-criminals is certainly untrue and unfair, but Serbs did run concentration camps, commit ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, mass rape and genocide. In short: Niko Bellic is a stereotype like Michael Corlene is one, The Land of Blood and Honey is the naked truth.

* Were ALL victims of The Evil Serbs due to the YugoslavWars - specially Bosniaks and Kosovars. [[InternetBackdraft Please be careful with this one.]]

* Also, they made some of the strangest and weirdest words and names of all of the English language. Their kind of English dominates this website everywhere, even to subjects and works that didn't use British English.
** Their sentences are quite long, questionably.