History Main / AllStereotypeCast

Compare FiveTokenBand, which doesn't necessarily consist of stereotypes, and is always multiethnic[[note]](unlike All Stereotype Cast, this could be, e.g., a monoethnic team of job stereotypes)[[/note]]. See also CaptainEthnic; a superhero team consisting of Captain Ethnics will result in an All-Stereotype Cast.

* "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]].

* If it's a video game that features bosses/mid-bosses, they're also quite often non-[[note]](or at least, less)[[/note]]stereotypical.

* ''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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' might be one of the oldest examples of this trope. It features a couple of stereotypical cavemen, a RedplicaBaron, a couple of army stereotypes, a mob of stereotypical gangsters, a super-genius scientist inventor, a lazy hillbilly with a pet bear, a stereotype lumberjack with a pet beaver, a [[TheHero macho hero ]] with a LanternJawOfJustice, TheChick who is a GirlyGirl obsessed with her looks, and a DastardlyWhiplash-style villain.

-->-'''The Omnipotent Voice''' addressing the cast of ''WebAnimation/TheStrangerhood''.

* ''ComicBook/KunskapensKorridorer'': The class of 8C consists of all the different personality types, which you'd expect from any work about a school: an AlphaBitch, TheBully, a {{Nerd}}, TokenMinority, etc.

-->-'''The Omnipotent Voice''' addressing the cast of ''Machinima/TheStrangerhood''.

* In another ''Street Fighter'' clone, ''Human Killing Machine'', 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.

* ''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. 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.

* ''VideoGame/WarGods'' features a kabuki-themed samurai, a Caribbean Voodoo witchdoctor, a typical Roman gladiator, a Franchise/{{Terminator}} expy, a sexy female viking, a sexy witch, and a couple others. And Anubis.

* 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"]], an expy of ''Music/TheProdigy'''s frontman, a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider expy, a crazy deranged homeless guy, etc.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' relies on national/ethnic stereotypes: The Heavy is a HuskyRusskie, the Medic is a German MadScientist, the Sniper a Film/CrocodileDundee {{Expy}}, 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/StreetRacer'' 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.

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* ''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 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.

* "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]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' is an ''[[UpToEleven incredibly]]'' extreme example of this; Eustace is a GrumpyOldMan, Muriel is a Scottish KindheartedSimpleton that also becomes a BraveScot in certain episodes, Le Quack is a FrenchJerk, Di Lung is an {{Asian|Rudeness}} NouveauRiche InsufferableGenius, Mad Dog is (debatably) a ScaryBlackMan, Kitty (prior to her redemption at the end of "The Mask") is a [[TheKlan Klan-robed]] StrawFeminist, the Flan King is a DashingHispanic FatBastard, Freaky Fred has BritishTeeth, Rumpled Kilt Skin is a ViolentGlaswegian, Courage is a SouthernFriedGenius, Katz and the Perfectionist are {{Evil Brit}}s, Courage's Computer is BritishStuffiness incarnate, Maria Ladrones is a female {{Bandito}}, the General and the Lieutenant are ArmedFarces, Dr. Zalost is a MadScientist / HerrDoktor, Dr. Vindaloo is a BollywoodNerd, Cajun Fox and Big Bayou are [[RaginCajun Ragin' Cajuns]]...honestly, it would be easier to list the characters that ''aren't'' blatant caricatures in this show.

* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' game (at least since the second arcade game) loves this trope. The main character, Little Mac, is a "Normal Guy", but most of his opponents are national/ethnic stereotypes. These include a cowardly Frenchman, a Canadian lumberjack, ''the'' VodkaDrunkenski (aka Soda Popinski) from Russia, a militaristic German guy whose stage music is Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, a BruceLeeClone from Hong Kong, an old martial arts master from China, an aggressive Irishman, a Flamenco-dancing Spanish ladies' man, and more.

* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' might be one of the oldest examples of this trope. It features a couple of stereotypical cavemen, a RedplicaBaron, a couple of army stereotypes, a mob of stereotypical gangsters, a super-genius scientist inventor, a lazy hillbilly with a pet bear, a stereotype lumberjack with a pet beaver, TheChick who is a GirlyGirl obsessed with her looks, and a DastardlyWhiplash-style villain. There's also a racer whose main trait is being a racer, who serves as this cast's "Normal Guy".

* ''Webcomic/TotalTrauma'' deconstructs the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series' usage of this trope. All of the contestants were pigeonholed by the producers into their stereotypes and were so deeply affected by it that it started to harmfully influence their behaviour. When they're all adults after the end of the show, many have had their lives irreparably damaged by it, with some even completely changing their identities to get away from their past selves.

* "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]]

* "Normal Guys/Girls" who are much less stereotypical, but also much more [[TheGenericGuy "generic"]] than the rest. One of them is usually the main hero and AudienceSurrogate [[note]]([[UnfortunateImplications surprisingly often]] a WhiteMaleLead)[[/note]]

* ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'': The Germans are uptight efficiency freaks, the French are more interested in making love and having fun than working, the Italians are devout Catholics and have a bunch 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.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is a pretty well-known example, where this is done deliberately and usually Played for Laughs. The characters represent various countries of the world, and are intentionally portrayed in a stereotypical manner: Japan is overly reserved, Italy is obsessed with pasta, America only wants to be the hero, etc.

Compare FiveTokenBand, which doesn't necessarily consist of stereotypes, and is always multiethnic[[note]](unlike All Stereotype Cast, this could be, e.g., a monoethnic team of job stereotypes)[[/note]]. See also CaptainEthnic; a superhero team consisting of Captain Ethnics will result in an All Stereotype Cast.

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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.