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Working Title: Aliens In Cardiff: From YKTTW

Bluetooth The Pirate: Need to vet an example. I'm tempted to include Transformers Animated for being set in Detroit, but I feel like perhaps it's not quite "nowhere" enough from a collective consciousness perspective.

Air Of Mystery: I'd be pissed off by the insinuation that terrorists coming from Australia is unlikely, but frankly we really aren't that important (although we do have some terrorists).

Psyclone: Sorry if I offended you or anything. It's just that I remember watching something that involved Australian terrorists once (don't remember what it was, though) and thinking "Huh?". I can change it if you want. However, keep in mind that this isn't as much about the location being "unimportant" but not being the traditional "captials of the Universe" like London, NY, Tokyo, Paris, etc.

And BTW, I removed:

Like it's said in the opening paragraphs, the main point of this trope is that the location is real but unexpected.

I think this is more a case of the old Insularity And Racism trope. One of the examples cited even mentioned Africa. Why on earth should something of note NOT happen in Africa?

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