History Main / AnImmigrantsTale

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Rolf and his family, who are immigrants from an unspecified European country, which is intentionally kept vague to allow for FunnyForeigner jokes (though one episode implies it has a connection of some sort with Norway). Much of Rolf's character is based around the CultureClash he's experiencing while trying to adapt to life in the U.S, and one DayInTheLimelight episode shows how much he misses his first home. The character is loosely based on the childhood of series creator David Antonucci, who's parents were Italian immigrants to Canada.

* ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': Ahmad is the child of Palestinian refugees, and lives alongside the Palestinian community of Syria.

* ''Anime/VoltesV'': [[spoiler: When Ippei Mine was a young boy, his family immigrated from Japan to America. Unable to make a living for themselves, the Mine family were unable to afford housing and forced to sleep on the streets. One night, a pack of wolves began surrounding the family as they were asleep, so Ippei's mother emptied the gunpowder from her rifle to cause an explosion and kill them off. Unfortunately, the explosion consumed her in the process. Ippei's father died from an unspecificed illness, leaving Ippei orphaned. From a young age, Ippei had to learn to fend for himself. He started doing odd jobs everywhere, but excelled at horse-riding, becoming a famous rodeo star and winning several awards with his [[AnimalCompanion horse]], [[ABoyAndHisX Eiffel]]. Because of his prowess as an equestrian, Ippei was selected[[note]]Forcibly kidnapped[[/note]] to become one of the five pilots of [[CombiningMecha Voltes V]]. Ippei misremembered the aforementioned incident as his mother abandoning him and was bitter about it for years, until one day he found a newspaper that recorded the incident and realized that his mother was trying to save him. He was overcome with tears upon this realization.]]

* ''Film/{{Avalon}}'' touches elements of this in the grandfather's flashbacks.

* ''Literature/GirlInTranslation'', by Jean Kwok, is about a girl named Kimberly and her mother immigrating to Brooklyn sometime in TheEighties.

* ''Film/TheImmigrant'' by Creator/CharlieChaplin

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ntnHvD4tQ "Imaginary Fairground"]], a Cantonese song (with English subtitles), is about a family from Hong Kong immigrating to the United Kingdom, released in 2023 coinciding with the emigration wave from Hong Kong in the early 2020s.

An Immigrant's Tale is the story of an immigrant, or their whole family, or a refugee, coping with life in a new nation with a [[CultureClash different culture]]. A common setting is late 19th or early 20th century America, with a heavy emphasis on UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream, but the trope works in any time and country. The happy version is a RagsToRiches story, where the immigrant arrives with only their clothes, but then through hard work and entrepreneurial risk-taking, they make a lot of money. The grittier, realistic version, especially in modern works, is to depict the immigrant's struggles with poverty and discrimination.