History Main / AsianBuckTeeth

* In the old Creator/{{Disney}} short "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace", the caricatures of [[TheEmperor Emperor Hirohito]] and UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo looks like this. The Japanese soldiers in Disney's other {{wartime cartoon}}s, such as "Commando Duck", are also drawn this way.

* Si and Am the two Siamese from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' have buck teeth when their mouths are closed and CuteLittleFangs when their mouths are open. (Interestingly, however, their slitted eyes are blue, which is TruthInTelevision for actual Siamese cats.)
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', Shun Gon the Siamese cat (a.k.a. the Chinese Cat) has buck teeth.

* Master Little in the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI'' movie has these, oddly for a movie that came out in 1999.

* Very common in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII anti-Japanese Allied propaganda. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313165345/http://superdickery.com/images/stories/oneshot/21013acs.jpg Even Dr. Seuss got into the act.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' :

* The horse teeth variant actually existed with some Visual Kei artists until TheNewTens or so, though it's a subversion - it wasn't due to their race or ethnicity ''at all,'' it was due to cosmetic dentistry (especially implant dentistry) not being ''half'' as advanced in TheNineties and TheNoughties, so an artist who was self-conscious over bad teeth had two choices – very large, prominent, and somewhat obvious horse teeth or leaving uncared-for/discolored from tobacco or other drug use/otherwise undesirable teeth the way they were. ''Quite a few'' artists that had the money for cosmetic constructive dentistry often opted for the former, getting a result that, as technology improved, became ''very'' obvious.

[[quoteright:300:[[ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chin_kee.jpg]]It was difficult to find a picture that was both [[NWordPrivileges drawn by someone of Asian descent]] and [[PoesLaw obviously meant as a work of parody]].]]

Historically in Japan, white teeth were generally seen as unattractive, and women concerned about their physical attractiveness would artificially ''blacken'' their teeth as part of their makeup. Much American anti-Japanese WWII propaganda picked on Japanese people's poor dental health, this stereotype eventually evolved into the Asian Buck-Teeth trope, which now instead of only targeting Japanese people conflates all [[InterchangeableAsianCultures Eastern Asian people into one monolithic bloc]].

Whereas the Western world associates this trope with ALL Eastern Asians in racist caricatures, in {{UsefulNotes/Asia}} itself, the bad teeth stereotype is associated with Japanese people, and either used to villainize them or PlayedForLaughs in Korean and Southeast Asian comedy. Japan has lax standards on dental beauty and orthodontics is still a relatively recent thing. Crooked teeth are actually viewed as a positive trait in Japan; wealthy women sometimes pay to have their teeth reshaped unevenly because a crooked smile makes them look more childlike and thus "cuter."

Whereas the Western world associates this trope with ALL Eastern Asians in racist caricatures, in Asia itself, the bad teeth stereotype is associated with Japanese people, and either used to villainize them or PlayedForLaughs in Korean and Southeast Asian comedy. Japan has lax standards on dental beauty and orthodontics is still a relatively recent thing. Crooked teeth are actually viewed as a positive trait in Japan; wealthy women sometimes pay to have their teeth reshaped unevenly because a crooked smile makes them look more childlike and thus "cuter."

Buck teeth were the dental stereotype common to most people of East Asian descent in the early-to-mid 20th century.

* The promotional cartoons by Guido Manuli for Italy's "Bimbomix" music compilation series (which features ItaloDisco and other popular music at the time) in TheEighties include the stereotypically Chinese and buck-toothed Cin Ciao Lin.

** Another cutaway gag has Peter as a police sketch artist being given the description of an Asian-American assault suspect, ultimately drawing a crude stereotypical face that has these alongside slanted eyes [[AllAsiansWearStrawHats and a straw hat]]. Later, Chris is attacked and robbed by a man whose head looks ''exactly'' like Peter's sketch.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' puts a {{fantastic|Racism}} spin on this, with Panne the [[BeastMan Taguel]] (aka person with [[LittleBitBeastly rabbit features]] that can turn into a literal KillerRabbit) mentioning that humans seem more comfortable around her when she pretends to have buck teeth. Note that Panne seems to hail from the world's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Europe analogue]], though, rather than its Asia analogue.

Whereas the Western world associates this trope with ALL Eastern Asians in racist caricatures, in Asia itself, the bad teeth stereotype is associated with Japanese people, and either used to villainize them or PlayedForLaughs in Korean and Southeast Asian comedy. Much like Britain, Japan has lax standards on dental beauty and orthodontics is still a relatively recent thing. Crooked teeth are actually viewed as a positive trait in Japan; wealthy women sometimes pay to have their teeth reshaped unevenly because a crooked smile makes them look more childlike and thus "cuter."

* An old ''ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}}'' comic drawn by Creator/DanDeCarlo had an example of this.

* The second issue of the 1966 ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' series had Plastic Man's archenemy Dr. Dome attempt to learn Plastic Man's origins so he can go back in time and prevent Plastic Man from getting his powers, doing so by having his daughter Lynx split into three people and interview Plastic Man's best friend Gordon K. Trueblood, Mrs. [=DeLute=] (the mother of Plastic Man's girlfriend Micheline) and policeman Captain [=McSniffe=]. The three each give [[MultipleChoicePast a contradictory origin where the only elements in common are Plastic Man obtaining his stretching powers while confronting a supervillain]] (with the end of the story revealing that none of the origins were true, Plastic Man made the origins up to confuse Dr. Dome and the associates he told the origins were in on the trick). Mrs. [=DeLute=]'s version of Plastic Man's origin story goes with Plas being a Romani fiddler who got exposed to milk and acid at the same time while chasing a criminal called the Japanese Beetle across a train. The Japanese Beetle embodied just about every racist stereotype of Asians, including yellow skin, squinty eyes, and prominent front teeth.

* Besides portraying [[ChineseLaunderer many]] [[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu other]] [[ChingChong stereotypes]], Chinese people tend to have huge front teeth in the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' comics. Also applies to the [[WesternAnimation/LuckyLuke1983 first animated series]], and Ming Li-Foo in ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons''.

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* Besides portraying many other Asians stereotypes, Ming Li-Foo from ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'' has [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MuATAEQqjGc/VnD_VA5j4II/AAAAAAABgeU/ppDhL2vIX2o/s400/6-Lucky-Luke-La-Ballata-dei-Dalton.jpg huge front teeth.]]
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* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals the Chinese launderer]] has teeth like this, as do many others. The leader of the Triads in ''Rantanplan's Heritage'' does not, however.

* Besides portraying many other Asians stereotypes, Ming Li-Foo from ''WesternAnimation/LaBalladeDesDalton'' has [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MuATAEQqjGc/VnD_VA5j4II/AAAAAAABgeU/ppDhL2vIX2o/s400/6-Lucky-Luke-La-Ballata-dei-Dalton.jpg huge front teeth.]]

* One of the flavors of the now defunct drink mix brand Funny Face was Chinese Cherry, the mascot being an anthropomorphic cherry with squinty eyes and an overbite. For the sake of racial sensitivity, it and Injun Orange were later rebranded as Choo-Choo Cherry and Jolly Olly Orange and had their mascots replaced with anthropomorphic fruits who weren't ethnic stereotypes.

* Due to Katsuhiro Otomo's artstyle averting {{Mukokuseki}}, Nezu's buck teeth and design in ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' is often thought to be this, even though they're part of his [[YouDirtyRat rat motifs]].

** A non-Asian example is Prof. Bacterio. There is an episode in which Mortadelo burns up Bacterio's beard, revealing that he has enormous, very prominent buck teeth - which leads to think that Bacterio actually grows his beard in order to hide them.

** A much more sympathetic Japanese policeman, Bunji Kuraki, does appear in a "The Crab With The Golden Claws", however, who is drawn normally.

* Dan's cousin Chin-Kee from ''ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese'' looks like a bad Chinese stereotype, complete with buck teeth. He is drawn with this trait as part of his "embodiment of every negative Chinese stereotype ever." As part of his ongoing ruination of every relationship in Danny's life, the other kids start to think Danny's got buck teeth too. Turns out the reason he's so goofy-looking is because [[spoiler:he's actually a badly made human disguise worn by Sun Wu Kong, the Monkey King]].

* In ''Comicbook/NewSuperMan'' #16, Kenan has a vision of the past and finds himself in a 1940s Chinatown ''[[DeliberateValuesDissonance as it would have been portrayed in the comics of the day]]''. He initially thinks the bald, bright yellow, buck-toothed people being beaten up by Slam Bradley are some kind of goblin, until All-Yang tells him to use his x-ray vision to see through "the illusion generated by a century of brutality", at which point they look like ordinary Chinese people.
* The second issue of the 1966 ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' series had Plastic Man's archenemy Dr. Dome attempt to learn Plastic Man's origins so he can go back in time and prevent Plastic Man from getting his powers, doing so by having his daughter Lynx split into three people and interview Plastic Man's best friend Gordon K. Trueblood, Mrs. [=DeLute=] (the mother of Plastic Man's girlfriend Micheline) and policeman Captain [=McSniffe=]. The three each give [[MultipleChoicePast a contradictory origin where the only elements in common are Plastic Man obtaining his stretching powers while confronting a supervillain]] (with the end of the story revealing that none of the origins were true, Plastic Man made the origins up to confuse Dr. Dome and the associates he told the origins were in on the trick). Mrs. [=DeLute=]'s version of Plastic Man's origin story goes with Plas being a Romani fiddler who got exposed to milk and acid at the same time while chasing a criminal called the Japanese Beetle across a train. The Japanese Beetle embodied just about every racist stereotype of Asians, including yellow skin, squinty eyes and prominent front teeth.

* Comes up in some UsefulNotes/WorldWarII era [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]] shorts, with the Japanese characters being played by actual Japanese Americans from internment camps, wearing fake teeth. Some of them were American citizens and some were native born American citizens. The teeth are particularly obvious in "The Yokes On Me," (by today's standards probably the most racist of all the shorts) in which the actors not only were Japanese Americans from a camp, they PORTRAYED Japanese American escapees from a nearby camp bent on sabotage.

-->"Slap a Jap? That's what the enemy is to ya, huh? A fucking bucktooth cartoon, dreamt up by some asshole on Madison Avenue to sell soap? Let me tell you something: the Jap ''I'' know? The Japanese ''soldier''? He has been been at war since you were in ''[[WhileYouWereInDiapers FUCKING DIAPERS]]''!"

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' puts a {{fantastic|Racism}} spin on this, with Panne the [[BeastMan Taguel]] (aka person with [[LittleBitBeastly rabbit features]] that can turn into a literal KillerRabbit) mentioning that humans seem more comfortable around her when she pretends to have buck teeth. Note that Panne seems to hail from the world's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Europe analogue]], though, rather than its Asia-analogue.

* Possible contributing factor to the racewank early in ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' fandom; John and Jade have buck teeth and are sometimes portrayed as Asian in fanworks. The artstyle is such that it's impossible to tell what, if any, race they were intended to be [[spoiler:and since they were effectively cloned from nothing instead of being born, nothing says they actually have to fit into any recognizable racial category]]. The wank seems to have mostly died out by now, though.

* The promotional cartoons by Guido Manuli for Italy's "Bimbomix" music compilation series (which features ItaloDisco and other popular music at the time) in TheEighties includes the stereotypically Chinese and buck-toothed Cin Ciao Lin.

** In his biography General Bill Slim mentions how he got hold of a picture of the Japanese general opposing him. He noted that Lieutenant General Kawabe looked like a propaganda caricature with his bullet head, thick glasses and buck teeth -- so Slim comforted himself with the thought that, no matter which one of them was the better general, at least he was better looking.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minoriteam}}'', a short-lived Creator/AdultSwim show notorious for its premise revolving around a superhero team composed of racial stereotypes, had the leader of the titular team being a GeniusCripple and offensively stereotypical Chinese man named Dr. Wang, who spoofed Professor X of the ''ComicBook/XMen'', personified the stereotype of Asians being highly intelligent and had noticeable buck teeth.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minoriteam}}'', a short-lived Creator/AdultSwim show notorious for its premise revolving around a superhero team composed of racial stereotypes, had the leader of the titular team being a GeniusCripple and offensively stereotypical Chinese man named Dr. Wang, who personified the stereotype of Asians being highly intelligent and had noticeable buck teeth.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minoriteam}}'', a short-lived Creator/AdultSwim show notorious for its premise revolving around a superhero team composed of racial stereotypes, had the leader of the titular team being a GeniusCripple and offensively stereotypical Chinese man named Dr. Wang, who personified the stereotype of Asians being highly intelligent and had prominent front teeth.

* The second issue of the 1966 ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' series had Plastic Man's archenemy Dr. Dome attempt to learn Plastic Man's origins so he can go back in time and prevent Plastic Man from getting his powers, doing so by having his daughter Lynx split into three people and interview Plastic Man's best friend Gordon K. Trueblood, Mrs. [=DeLute=] (the mother of Plastic Man's girlfriend Micheline) and policeman Captain [=McSniffe=]. The three each give [[MultipleChoicePast a contradictory origin where the only elements in common are Plastic Man obtaining his stretching powers while confronting a supervillain]]. Mrs. [=DeLute=]'s version of Plastic Man's origin story goes with Plas being a Romani fiddler who got exposed to milk and acid at the same time while chasing a criminal called the Japanese Beetle across a train. The Japanese Beetle embodied just about every racist stereotype of Asians, including yellow skin, squinty eyes and prominent front teeth.

* In the old Creator/{{Disney}} short "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace", the caricatures of [[TheEmperor Emperor Hirohito]] and [[UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo Hideki Tojo]] looks like this. The Japanese soldiers in Disney's other {{wartime cartoon}}s, such as "Commando Duck", are also drawn this way.

* In the old Creator/{{Disney}} short "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace", the caricatures of [[TheEmperor Emperor Hirohito]] Hideki Tojo looks like this. The Japanese soldiers in Disney's other {{wartime cartoon}}s, such as "Commando Duck", are also drawn this way.

* Very common in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII anti-Japanese Allied propaganda. [[http://superdickery.com/images/stories/oneshot/21013acs.jpg Even Dr. Seuss got into the act.]]