Umm, little question. I think the Pokémon anime would be considered equally popular outside of Japan, not "more".

This article needs major clean up. Many examples, are as stupid as the Simpsons. The Spanish translation in Latin America was AS POPULAR as the original in USA. Which is not the case of this trope. Hasselhoff was virtually unknown as a singer in USA and crazy huge in Germany. That's the trope, unknown in it's original country, crazy huge elsewhere. Not "equally popular", or "it's action figure sold better in Italy". Transformers might be a good example, since USA produced an entire animated series our of a Japanese product. The franchise as animation was to Japan what Hasselhoff singing to Americans. The trope should be more like the typically loser rock band saying "we're big in Europe".

I merged "Real Life" into the "Other" folder. This whole trope is about Real Life perceptions.

Will Somebody put Nintendo`s Super Smash Bros. Series sells more copies in the United States than Japan?

Someone removed my post on Final Fantasy saying that it's still popular in Japan, but less popular than in the US, saying it's demonstrably false. I'm... not sure how this is actually true. Yes, Final Fantasy sells better in Japan than the US, but it sells much worse compared to other RPG series in Japan. As an example... When you compare sales numbers on Final Fantasy XII, you get 2.4 Million in Japan versus 1.7 Million in the US — taken on its own, that sounds like Final Fantasy is more popular in Japan. Now, let's try putting that in context. Dragon Quest VIII sold 3.6 million in Japan, but only 430,000 in the US — not looking quite so big in Japan now, is it?

Not to mention the cultural significance differs greatly — in Japan, it's just another popular RPG series, and not even the most popular. In The US, it is seen as the definitive JRPG series, and is what anyone will immediately think of when you say it. In Japan, this role of cultural significance is taken by Dragon Quest, and Turned Up To Eleven — there's literally a Japanese law stating that the games can only be released on weekends and holidays after the release of Dragon Quest III caused a school-skipping epidemic.

So... where does this start being demonstrably false, again?

"As if this wasn't odd enough, there is a professional Dutch DJ who has used Cheetahmen to loving crowds. It's mind-boggling."

No clue who in the world posted this up. The video linked is a fake, the clapping doesn't match the audio patterns whatsoever, as well as several other pieces of evidence.

There are a couple of comments on the video stating "Yeah, I had a great time there!", but they're fake. I should know, I put up one of them, out of the two on that video.

tl;dr you got fooled hard, man.

Where in the world outside of the U.S. loved Little Shop Of Horrors (the musical version)? I think it might be very popular in Japan.

This page is being split due to length. It has reached a size where it is in danger of causing server performance issues. See this thread for details.

To alleviate this, I split off the current content along the lines of the current folder structure. New examples should be placed in the appropriate media sub-pages.