History Main / EskimosArentReal

* ''Series/CobraKai'' has Johnny Lawrence call [[spoiler:his new karate dojo]] Eagle Fang, because he wanted to name it after an animal that kills snakes and believes that mongooses aren't real.

** On an episode, Robin believed that the North Pole and reindeer were made up. This is especially weird considering [[CanadaEh where she's from]].[[note]]Reindeer are native to Canada (though usually called caribou -- the term reindeer is used for the Scandinavian and Siberian populations), and the ''magnetic'' north pole is under the Canadian Northern Archipelago. The ''geographical'' North Pole is claimed by several countries including Canada, US, Norway, Denmark, and Russia.[[/note]]

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When Yotsuba first enters her PrincessPhase upon reading a story book about Cinderella, she initially thinks that princesses are made up. Her father has to confirm that princesses are in fact real. [[JustifiedTrope In all fairness, she is five-years-old]].

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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', Goldie Wilson was working as a simple busboy in a diner, and when he gets the idea to be mayor, the owner scoffs at the idea of a "colored mayor." There had been a number of African-American mayors prior to the film's story line, but they numbered less than a half dozen, and were in charge of small rural towns; it was not until the 1960s that an African American was elected mayor in a city. [[note]]Carl Stokes in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (1967), in case you're curious.[[/note]]

* A running gag in ''Roommates'', a ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' fanfic by Creator/TheWeaver, is that nobody has ever heard of France or anything French, reacting with bafflement to images of "some kind of A-shaped building" and a special kind of toast. It makes communicating with one of the Freddys, who has suffered aphasia and now only speaks French[[labelnote:note]]In the original context, his animatronic was set to the wrong default speaking language.[[/labelnote]]... difficult.

* Nonsensopedia, the Polish version of Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}, jokingly insists that Albania [[https://nonsa.pl/wiki/Albania is made-up by some unspecified conspiracy]].

* In year 2 of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Tomo reveals that she doesn't believe that reindeer exist. Naturally, the way Tomo's disbelief in reindeer came up is that the girls had just been discussing Santa. Kagura then asks if reindeer are real, and Tomo proceeds to laugh at her and say they don't exist.[[note]]This misconception is somewhat common in reality, as real-life reindeer are more frequently known as caribou, leading children to associate "reindeer" with the kind that fly in the air.[[/note]] When [[BookSmart Chiyo, Sakaki,]] ''and'' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Osaka]] all confirm that reindeer are indeed real, Tomo freaks out and tries to reassure everyone that she's not stupid.

** There's also the time after Satchel's game show, where Bucky states how he believes the ''Harry Potter'' books to be lies. When Rob questions whether he is "breaking the story that magic doesn't exist," Bucky responds with "What? No, magic exists, I saw a thing on TV. But trains?... Owls?... ENGLAND? Nice try, I'm not buyin' it." Cue two-hour argument between Rob and Bucky over the existence of England (Canada and Greece, too).
** In a later strip, Bucky again claims that owls are a myth, like Abominable Snowmen or Southern Democrats.

* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Weird Pete doesn't believe that Papua New Guinea is a real country.

* Hal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' says this while mocking Roxanne's idealism: "There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there is no Queen of England!" [[note]]He's [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting technically right:]] There hasn't been a monarch of ''England'' since the Acts of Union 1707 united England and Scotland to form Great Britain. Currently, the title is Queen (Or King) of the United Kingdom of ''Great Britain and Northern Ireland''.[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars:'' An in-universe example: in the original trilogy, the Jedi and the Force itself seem to be widely considered mythical. This [[ContinuityDrift ends up creating a lot of friction with prequels,]] which take place only 19 years before ''Film/ANewHope'' and show the Jedi were common knowledge back then. This could still be justified by the Empire's propaganda, con-artists [[FakeWizardry posing as Jedi]], and the fact that the Jedi were mostly wiped out by ordinary clone troopers. It makes sense that members of Han's generation would think stories of the Jedi's abilities were greatly exaggerated.

** Combined with GirlfriendInCanada in another episode. At an ice-skating event, Moe insists that all figure skaters are gay. Professional ice-skater Elvis Stojko points out that this is a common misconception as he has a girlfriend in Vancouver, to which Moe retorts, "Made up girlfriend, made up city."

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', Goldie Wilson was working as a simple busboy in a diner, and when he gets the idea to be mayor, the owner scoffs at the idea of a "colored mayor." There had been a number of African-American mayors prior to the film's story line, but they numbered less than a half dozen, and were in charge of small rural towns; it was not until the 1960s that an African American was elected mayor in a city. [[note]]Carl Stokes in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} (1967), in case you're curious.[[/note]]

** Became HarsherInHindsight following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on the 8th of September, 2022. Many netizens took note of Hal's comment.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', after Bender has a nightmare:

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13281741/1/Umbridge-Goes-To-The-Moon-Or-Tries-To Umbridge Goes To The Moon (Or Tries To)]]'', Umbridge doesn't believe a colleague telling her that muggle Americans had gone into space and even landed on the moon, [[FantasticRacism thinking muggles too lowly to accomplish such a thing]]. That is until Fudge tells her that it's all true, which gets it into her head that if Muggles can go into space, so can Wizards. [[TooDumbToLive She ends up dying from suffocation after Apparating into orbit, thanks to not even researching]] ''[[TooDumbToLive how]]'' [[TooDumbToLive muggles go into space and how they need equipment to survive there]].

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When Yotsuba first enters her PrincessPhase upon reading a story book about Cinderella, she initially thinks that princesses are made up. Her father has to confirm that princesses are in fact real. [JustifiedTrope In all fairness, she is five-years-old]].

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When Yotsuba first enters her PrincessPhase upon reading a story book about Cinderella, she initially thinks that princesses are made up. Her father has to confirm that princesses are in fact real. In all fairness, she is five-years-old.

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': When Yotsuba first enters her PrincessPhase upon reading a story book about Cinderella, she initially thinks that princesses are made up. Her father has to confirm that princesses are in fact real.