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* CultureClash, when foreign cultures conflict with one another.

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* CultureClash, when foreign cultures conflict with one another.another in-universe.
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* ''Fanfic/CultureShockRuskbyte'' -- a fanfic.

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* ''Fanfic/CultureShockRuskbyte'' ''Fanfic/{{Culture Shock|Ruskbyte}}'' -- a fanfic.
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* ''Fanfic/CultureShock'' -- a fanfiction by Ruskbyte.

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* ''Fanfic/CultureShock'' ''Fanfic/CultureShockRuskbyte'' -- a fanfiction by Ruskbyte.
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* ''Webcomic/CultureShock'' -- a webcomic by Reed Hawker.
* ''Fanfic/CultureShock'' -- a fanfiction by Ruskbyte.



If you're looking for the webcomic, that's over at ''Webcomic/CultureShock''.

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ValuesDissonance is when a work shocks the reader due to cultural differences.

CultureClash, when foreign cultures conflict with one another.

FishOutOfWater is the plot structure trope about a character having to deal with culture shock.

FishOutOfTemporalWater is the same as above, but with time travel.

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* ValuesDissonance is when a work shocks the reader due to cultural differences.

differences.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance is related to the above, but is because the work is ''set'' in a different cultural context, not because it was ''made'' in one.
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CultureClash, when foreign cultures conflict with one another.

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FishOutOfWater is the plot structure trope about a character having to deal with culture shock.

shock.
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FishOutOfTemporalWater is the same as above, but with time travel.


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[[redirect:Webcomic/CultureShock]]There are several things that the term "culture shock" might describe.

If you're looking for a trope, there's several it could be:

ValuesDissonance is when a work shocks the reader due to cultural differences.

FishOutOfWater is the plot structure trope about a character having to deal with culture shock.

If you're looking for the webcomic, that's over at ''Webcomic/CultureShock''.

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[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock// Culture Shock]] is a fantasy/comedy webcomic written and drawn by Reed Hawker.

It follows the event's of a knight from 700 years ago named Alec who was sent to the present to search for an evil witch. He is taken in by Lane, the runner of a hacking ring, and forced to live with a ninja named Tadashi who apparently only came to America to save random women from muggers. In exchange for the shelter, Alec and Tadashi are sent on frequent missions to fight... some kind of [[CardCarryingVillain rival company]] or something. About midseries, the officer in charge of that area, Officer Foxx, moves into Lane's apartment building, deciding to oversee Lane's illegal actions for some reason or another. A few comics later Alec's elf "girlfriend" from the past, Brooke, moves in with Foxx.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As the title may suggest]], the series focuses mostly on the Time Traveling Couple and resident ninja's adjustment to modern America.

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Tropes appearing in ''Culture Shock'':
*AnimeHair: A lot, but most notably Tadashi's
*BreatherEpisode: Several of the early strips.
*CassandraTruth - Foxx has trouble believing the whole "time travel", "witch", and "elf" thing.
*ContinuityNod - The Witch looks suspiciously like Yvonne of ''Alt-Ctrl-Dimension'', an earlier comic that has since been discontinued.
*TheDitz: Brooke
-->'''Brooke''': ...and after hitting glass six times, I figured out how to see it!
*EternalEnglish
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The strip is about people from the past in the present, and a ninja in America. There's also this bit of dialogue:
-->'''Foxx''': So what's with the elf ears?
-->'''Brooke''': I'm an elf.
*FictionalCounterpart: "Corporate-Mart" Notably after the "[=McDonalds=]" ProductPlacement
*FishOutOfTemporalWater
*FridgeLogic: Alec's "ten-year celibacy period" should be over by 690 years by now.
** Maybe he's counting ten years of personal time? Plus, he takes his quest pretty seriously.
*HighlyVisibleNinja - Tadashi, who seems to only be aware of the popular culture version of the ninja and woefully uninformed about stealth.
*IdiotHero
*IKnowMortalKombat: Or more like
-->"I've mastered Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Tekkens 1, 2, and 4"
*KnightInShiningArmor: Alec.
*MacGuffin: The witch.
** Also TheGhost until [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock/index.php?p=509662 comic 138]]
*MagnificentBastard: Lane
*PermaStubble: Lane
*ProductPlacement - TakeThat: Many and many of times. Often overlapping.
*RescueRomance: Tadishi's motivation. Brooke and Alec.
*YoungerThanTheyLook: according to [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock/index.php?p=51286 this strip]], Lane is a kid.
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[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock// Culture Shock]] is a fantasy/comedy webcomic written and drawn by Reed Hawker.

It follows the event's of a knight from 700 years ago named Alec who was sent to the present to search for an evil witch. He is taken in by Lane, the runner of a hacking ring, and forced to live with a ninja named Tadashi who apparently only came to America to save random women from muggers. In exchange for the shelter, Alec and Tadashi are sent on frequent missions to fight... some kind of [[CardCarryingVillain rival company]] or something. About midseries, the officer in charge of that area, Officer Foxx, moves into Lane's apartment building, deciding to oversee Lane's illegal actions for some reason or another. A few comics later Alec's elf "girlfriend" from the past, Brooke, moves in with Foxx.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As the title may suggest]], the series focuses mostly on the Time Traveling Couple and resident ninja's adjustment to modern America.

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Tropes appearing in ''Culture Shock'':
*AnimeHair: A lot, but most notably Tadashi's
*BreatherEpisode: Several of the early strips.
*CassandraTruth - Foxx has trouble believing the whole "time travel", "witch", and "elf" thing.
*ContinuityNod - The Witch looks suspiciously like Yvonne of ''Alt-Ctrl-Dimension'', an earlier comic that has since been discontinued.
*TheDitz: Brooke
-->'''Brooke''': ...and after hitting glass six times, I figured out how to see it!
*EternalEnglish
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The strip is about people from the past in the present, and a ninja in America. There's also this bit of dialogue:
-->'''Foxx''': So what's with the elf ears?
-->'''Brooke''': I'm an elf.
*FictionalCounterpart: "Corporate-Mart" Notably after the "[=McDonalds=]" ProductPlacement
*FishOutOfTemporalWater
*FridgeLogic: Alec's "ten-year celibacy period" should be over by 690 years by now.
** Maybe he's counting ten years of personal time? Plus, he takes his quest pretty seriously.
*HighlyVisibleNinja - Tadashi, who seems to only be aware of the popular culture version of the ninja and woefully uninformed about stealth.
*IdiotHero
*IKnowMortalKombat: Or more like
-->"I've mastered Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Tekkens 1, 2, and 4"
*KnightInShiningArmor: Alec.
*MacGuffin: The witch.
** Also TheGhost until [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock/index.php?p=509662 comic 138]]
*MagnificentBastard: Lane
*PermaStubble: Lane
*ProductPlacement - TakeThat: Many and many of times. Often overlapping.
*RescueRomance: Tadishi's motivation. Brooke and Alec.
*YoungerThanTheyLook: according to [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Culture_Shock/index.php?p=51286 this strip]], Lane is a kid.
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[[redirect:Webcomic/CultureShock]]

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