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* "Normal Guys/Girls" who are much less stereotypical, but also much more [[TheGenericGuy "generic"]] than the rest. They're usually the main hero and AudienceSurrogate.[[note]][[UnfortunateImplications surprisingly often]] a WhiteMaleLead[[/note]]

* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': A sort of {{Deconstruction}}. Each of the students in detention fulfills a high school stereotype of TheEighties: specifically, jocks, brainiacs, princesses, criminals, and basket cases -- and yet is about showing how they're much more than those stereotypes.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': The superhero identities of the supporting cast rely heavily on stereotypes: sexy MsFanservice superheroine Karina, bull-themed DashingHispanic Antonio, dragon-themed BruceLeeClone AnimeChineseGirl Pao-Lin, [[KindheartedSimpleton ditzy, nice]] AllAmericanFace Keith, and flamboyant [[note]] but according to WordOfGod, ''not'' CampGay but rather more of an agender transsexual [[/note]] Nathan play this trope straight; Ivan plays with it by having his identity being a stereotypical ninja/samurai but instead he's a Russian Japanophile.

* ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'': The Germans are uptight efficiency freaks, the French guy is as interested in skirt-chasing and having fun as he is in piloting (if not more), the Italians are devout Catholics and have a lot of kids, the American is a cowboy, the British are stuffy and formal, and so forth. But as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKxMlovi4o&feature=PlayList&p=4EA6BDC0C1691CFE&playnext_from=PL&index=6 one YouTube review]] points out, the facts that all the actors are the appropriate nationalities and "insults" are applied evenly to all concerned helps mitigate the offensiveness.

* ''Film/Banlieue13Ultimatum'': Everyone. From the gangster alliance (Black Rastafarians who look like rejects from the Lord's Resistance Army, robe-clad bearded Arabs, TriggerHappy Portuguese used-car salesmen, tattooed Asian martial artists, and white Neo-Nazi skinheads), to the bad guys ([[OurPresidentsAreDifferent a PR-obsessed French President]] and his EvilChancellor), to the heroes (CowboyCop Damien and {{Neighborhood Friendly Gangster|s}} Leito). It manages to be quite hilarious because of [[ClicheStorm how straight it plays the whole thing]].

This trope was surprisingly prominent in fighting, racing and vehicular combat video games, but can also be encountered elsewhere. If like characters band together and compete with other groups of likes, you've entered GangOfHats territory. A somewhat common subspecies of this trope is to use a bunch of ''national'' stereotypes to fill out a "global" cast.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': The superhero identities of the supporting cast rely heavily on stereotypes: sexy MsFanservice superheroine Karina, bull-themed DashingHispanic Antonio, dragon-themed BruceLeeClone ChineseGirl Pao-Lin, [[KindheartedSimpleton ditzy, nice]] AllAmericanFace Keith, and flamboyant [[note]] but according to WordOfGod, ''not'' CampGay but rather more of an agender transsexual [[/note]] Nathan play this trope straight; Ivan plays with it by having his identity being a stereotypical ninja/samurai but instead he's a Russian Japanophile.

* ''Anime/ReCreators'' features a group of AnimeCharacterTypes as the main cast, considering all of them were actually pulled from the realm of fiction. Celesia is a female StockLightNovelHero, Mamika is the naive StockShoujoHeroine of a MagicalGirl series, Yuuya is the arrogant StockShonenRival, Rui is the ClassicAntiHero BigEater mech protagonist, Alicetaria the HurtingHero fantasy lead, and Blitz is the gruff ActionHero. We even get some video game stereotypes in Meteora, resident MrExposition tutorial girl. [[spoiler:From the latecomers' side: StockShonenHero Syo, brooding StockLightNovelHero Charon, and Hikayu, NaiveEverygirl visual novel lead.]]

* The premise of ''Webcomics/{{Boyfriends}}'' is the characters representing teen movie stereotypes in polyamorous relationship.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' provides the current page image. The entire cast represent and parody teenage stereotypes. Some play their stereotypes straight (Duncan is a delinquent, Heather is an AlphaBitch, Geoff is a party animal, Lindsay is a dumb cheerleader, Harold/Cody/Noah are nerds/geeks, etc.), while some subvert expectations (Gwen is a PerkyGoth, Tyler is a jock who sucks at sports, DJ is also a jock but is a timid MamasBoy, etc.).

!!Examples:

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* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''/''Super Street Fighter II'' is a well-known example. There's a HuskyRusskie, a Japanese sumo fighter, a beauty-obsessed Spaniard dressed like a matador, a Native Mexican([[SubvertedTrope who is actually from the US]]) who wears mostly traditional garb and has some connection with animals, an Indian pacifist yoga master with mystical yoga powers, a Chinese woman in a sexy version of a qipao and an "ox horns" hairstyle, a sexy British special forces woman, a BruceLeeClone from Hong Kong, and a buff {{EagleLand}} Air Force major with an American flag tattooed on his shoulder. Other games of the series also use this trope. There are also a couple "Normal Guy" characters, and gimmick characters.
* ''Street Fighter'''s clone ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' features Rasputin/Genghis Khan/Joan of Arc/Bruce Lee pastiches from Russia/Mongolia/France/China respectively, a superhumanly competent and powerful German robot, and an {{Eagleland}}-themed American wrestler [[HoaxHogan riffing on]] Wrestling/HulkHogan. The sequels add a stereotypical viking, a stereotypical pirate, a primitive Pacific Islander witchdoctor, an aggressive American football player, and a punk Jack the Ripper from the UK.
* In another ''Street Fighter'' clone, ''VideoGame/HumanKillingMachine'', its cast includes a Korean martial artist, a Russian/Soviet soldier and his dog (whose Main/HomeStage is Saint Basil's Cathedral), a Hispanic ''torero'' (bull fighter) and the bull (whose Home Stage is a bull fighting arena), a lederhosen-wearing German, and a ''Keffiyeh'' (a type of male headdress)-wearing Middle Eastern man in a war-torn country.
* In ''Martial Champion'' for the Arcade, as usual for the time, the cast features stereotypical characters from around the world: an eyepatch-wearing military man from the United States; a "Chinnese" old martial arts master; a Japanese kabuki actor with a large mane of red hair; a {{ChineseVampire}} (jiangshi) from "Hon-Kong"; a large obese scimitar-wielding man from Saudi Arabia; a girl that apparently comes from ''Ancient Egypt'' instead of the modern country. Some exceptions seem to be Racheal, who is American but dresses like a kunoichi, and Mahambah, a staff-wielding boy that comes from a Kenyan village.
* The ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' games (at least since the second arcade game) love this trope. The main character, Little Mac, is a "Normal Guy", but most of his opponents are national/ethnic stereotypes. These include [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys a cowardly Frenchman]], [[CanadaEh a Canadian lumberjack]], ''the'' VodkaDrunkenski (aka Soda Popinski) from Russia, a militaristic German guy whose stage music is Wagner's Music/RideOfTheValkyries, a BruceLeeClone from Hong Kong, an old martial arts master from China, [[FightingIrish an aggressive Irishman]], [[DashingHispanic a Flamenco-dancing Spanish ladies' man]], and more.
* ''Wade Hixton's Counter Punch'', a GBA boxing game similar to ''Punch Out'', also does this. Its main character is a "Normal Guy" like Little Mac, but the boxers he encounters include a stereotypical burly biker, a nature-loving African tribesman, a stereotypical raver girl, a black pimp complete with a purple hat and fur coat who [[JiveTurkey sometimes speaks in gibberish "-izzle" words]], and a couple gimmick characters.
* Another similar game is ''Super KO Boxing 2''. Again, a "Normal Guy" hero fights against a cowboy from Texas, a Spanish matador with a rose in his teeth, a stereotypical "gangsta" black guy, a Native American chief with a feathered headdress, a black voodoo magician decked in skulls and bones, a stereotypical caveman, a Ryu-esque Japanese fighter with a Rising Sun headband, a pharaoh from Egypt, and a couple gimmick characters.
* ''VideoGame/WarGods'' features a kabuki-themed samurai, a Caribbean Voodoo witchdoctor, a typical Roman gladiator, a Franchise/{{Terminator}} parody, a sexy female viking, a sexy witch, and a couple others. And Anubis.
* ''VideoGame/{{Timeslaughter}}'', one of the goriest (and campiest) fighting games ever, cranks this trope up to eleven. Some of its characters are: a stereotypical madman, a stereotypical Neanderthal caveman, a stereotypical French artist, a Scot complete with a kilt and bagpipes, and a cannibalistic voodoo-empowered African chieftain.
* ''Brawlhalla'', a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' clone, features a DressedToPlunder pirate, a generic knight, a ninja called [[FamousNamedForeigner Hattori]] (for [[FarEast some reason]], one of her alternate costumes is a BruceLeeClone), a {{Mayincatec}} warrior queen, a SteamPunk inventor, a CyberPunk hacker, a stereotypical caveman, a cowgirl, and a couple others.
* While ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' games always featured stereotypes among their casts, ''Twisted Metal 3'' came the closest to this trope. Contestants include a stereotypical raver, a sexy environmentalist GranolaGirl, a "get off my lawn"-type granny, a black guy from "the hood" who wants to [[JiveTurkey "kick it with his homies in the crib"]], a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider pardoy, a crazy deranged homeless guy, etc.
* ''Twisted Metal'''s clone (and SpiritualSuccessor to the first two games) called ''Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012'' features a stereotypical madman, a stock Batman parody, a fat ElvisImpersonator, a SpaghettiWestern cowboy (albeit of a cyborg variety), a sexy nun, a sexy country girl, a RichBitch, and a walking penis joke.
* Another ''Twisted Metal'' clone, ''VideoGame/{{Vigilante 8}}'' (and its sequel), does the same... but with 1970s stereotypes.
* ''VideoGame/StreetRacer1994'' features a self-absorbed rich guy, a sexy surfer girl, a hi-tech sumo fighter from Japan, a tribal chieftain from Kenya, a Red Baron pastiche from Germany, and a turban-wearing Turkish guy on a flying carpet.
* ''Dead in the Water'' for UsefulNotes/PS1, which was basically ''Twisted Metal'' with boats, features a stereotypical army commander, an [[AwesomeAussie Australian]] Film/CrocodileDundee pastiche, a stereotypical redneck family, a stereotypical pirate, a stereotypical cop, a boy genius, a JiveTurkey black man, a goth girl, and a team of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' pastiche babes.
* ''VideoGame/CelDamage'' features a ShallowParody anime girl, a stereotypical nerd, a sexy dominatrix, a burly construction worker, and a stereotypical gangster (who happens to be a FunnyAnimal duck).
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' relies on national/ethnic stereotypes: The Heavy is a HuskyRusskie, the Medic is a German MadScientist, the Sniper a Film/CrocodileDundee parody, the Engineer a GoodOldBoy from Texas, the Demoman a ViolentGlaswegian, the Soldier an uber-patriotic {{Eagleland}}er, the Spy a FrenchJerk, the Scout a {{Brooklyn Rage}}r, their boss Saxton Hale is an AwesomeAussie (the page image even!), and the Pyro is... [[TheFaceless the Pyro]].
* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'': Wonder-Red, the 'normal guy' who also fulfills the WhiteMaleLead of a multiethnic team. Blue from Los Angeles, speaks in surfer slang. Green is a [[FrenchCuisineIsHaughty foodie stationed in Paris, France]]. Pink is a [[SensualSlavs vampy]] ValleyGirl from Transylvania. Yellow is a [[HuskyRusskie strong man from Russia]]. White is a ninja from Japan. Black is an [[BollywoodNerd Indian nerd]]. Among the other 100 extra wonderful ones, their names are simply Wonder-'X', where X is a stereotype like Zombie, Cheerleader, Pirate, or even Vegetable, that they fit to a tee design wise.
* ''AMF Bowling Pinbusters'': This game features a surfer dude, a sexy cowgirl, a DrillSergeantNasty, a punk girl, a JiveTurkey black guy, a SpicyLatina, an Elvis impersonator, and a sports-obsessed jock [[note]](who happens to be Asian American; when reviewing this game, Vinny from ''WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}'' was surprised that the character was in fact a job/lifestyle stereotype rather than an ethnic stereotype)[[/note]]
* ''Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football'': The trainers include a goth-ish rockstar, a kilt-and-bagpipes Scot, a RichBitch ValleyGirl, a stereotypical badass biker, an Inuit girl dressed in traditional clothes with a snowflake as her symbol, a clown, and a hula dancer.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyGoodTime'': The cast includes a goth girl, a stoner, a beach babe, a surfer dude, a PlayboyBunny girl, a showgirl, a psychopathic clown and a black gambler.
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'''s playable characters are stereotypes of rock stars from various rock subgenres - a bouncy pop-punk girl in a tartan school skirt, an 80s HairMetal guy in denim, a punk with liberty spikes and Union Jack clothing, a GlamRock guy in androgynous clothes and Aladdin Sane face paint, a big HeavyMetalUmlaut in black leather and corpse paint, a VisualKei girl in neon colours and twintails, a hippie/prog bloke in a Napoleonic jacket and a bow with which to play his guitar, a grunge/Southern rock girl in a Confederate flag bra... This fell by the wayside once the series began incorporating real musicians as playable characters, and was somewhat diminished in ''III'' where many characters were redesigned to fit a generic metal look.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' - a learned and pragmatic German, a FemmeFatale Frenchwoman, a chirpy Cockney sparra, a cutesy Korean esports gamer and actress, an American cowboy, a butch and bearlike Russian, an honourable Japanese samurai, a crazy hoon Australian, and so on. Heroes added later, like Sombra (a Mexican hacker) and Ana (a CoolOldLady Egyptian sharpshooter) tend not to fit stereotypes as neatly, if at all.
* In the sequel of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper'' for playable characters we have [[LovableJock the jock]], [[PomPomGirl the cheerleader]], [[BlackAndNerdy the lab rat]], [[SurferDude the surfer]], [[{{Bookworm}} the bookworm]], [[{{Goth}} the goth]], [[ForeignExchangeStudent the exchange student]], [[{{Metalhead}} the rocker]], the rich kid and [[{{Hipster}} the hipster]]. WordOfGod states that they wanted to create a cast of diverse and easily recognizable high school stereotypes.
* ''VideoGame/TheHex'' is a meta-game where six characters from disparate gaming genres find themselves in an inn and learn that one of them is going to commit a murder, so their past and motives are explored. There's the anthropomorphic protagonist of a MascotPlatformer (who looks like a cross between Sonic and Crash Bandicoot), a character from a fighting game (a ScaryBlackMan full of tattoos), a sorceress from a Zelda-esque 16-bit JRPG (who looks more like a World of Warcraft character), a SpaceMarine from a top-down shooter, a post-apocalyptic survivor from a Fallout-esque turn-based strategy game and the point-of-view character from an EnvironmentalNarrativeGame (who is represented as a mute shadow whose only arms and legs are rendered). However nothing is so clear-cut and the genres will be mixed and spoofed during the course of the main game, which is played for both comedy and drama.
* Being set in a North American boarding school, ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' predictably portrays a cast of students representing American schoolyard stock characters, known in-game as cliques: Nerds, Bullies, Preppies, Greasers, Jocks, and Townies.
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* In ''Martial Champion'' for the Arcade, as usual for the time, the cast features stereotypical characters from around the world: an eyepatch-wearing military man from the United States; a "Chinnese" old martial arts master; a Japanese kabuki actor with a large mane of red hair; a {{ChineseVampire}} (jiangshi) from "Hon-Kong"; a large obese scimitar-wielding man from Saudi Arabia; a girl that apparently comes from ''Ancient Egypt'' instead of the modern country. Some exceptions seem to be Racheal, who is American but dresses like a kunoichi, and a Mahambah, a staff-wielding boy that comes from a Kenyan village.

* In ''Martial Champion'' for the Arcade, as usual for the time, the cast features stereotypical characters from around the world: an eyepatch-wearing miliraty man from the United States; a "Chinnese" old martial arts master; a Japanese kabuki actor with a large mane of red hair; a Chinese Vampire (jiangshi) from "Hon-Kong"; a large obese scimitar-wielding man from Saudi Arabia; a girl that apparently comes from ''Ancient Egypt'' instead of the modern country. Some exceptions seem to be Racheal, who is American but dresses like a kunoichi, and a Mahambah, a staff-wielding boy that comes from a Kenyan village.