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Sometimes a character comes from a country other than the one the show is set in, but contrary to the [[FunnyForeigner typical portrayal of foreigners]], he speaks the language just fine. However, every so often, events get under his skin to such an extent that he can't think through how to say what he's trying to say in the language of the show, and instead simply launches off on a rant in his native language. Common enough in [[TruthInTelevision real life]] as well. Likely to involve [[ForeignCussWord Foreign Cuss Words]] in the middle (perhaps some that [[PardonMyKlingon aren't even from Earth]]), but it's perfectly possible to have a completely clean rant as well. Angry kin trope to EloquentInMyNativeTongue.

* In the version of ''TheParentTrap'' with Lindsay Lohan, the British twin starts ranting in French while she's [[TwinSwitch pretending to be the American twin]].

* One of the soldiers in GenerationKill will occasionally start screaming in Spanish on the radio net.

* There is a scene in WorldInConflict, where French Commander Sabatier lets out an angry tirade in French after the American protagonists fail to recognize the cultural importance of a local church. He is cut short, however, by [[ColonelBadass Colonel Sawyer]], who reveals that he is fluent in French and well-versed in local history in his personal CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* In {{Mercenaries}} 2, Matthias Nilsson will sometimes curse in Swedish after losing one of Fiona's challenges. It is subtitled as [Curses in Swedish]

* [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ru1x_whose-mario-is-it-anywayy Finnish cursing,]] from a [[{{ptitle8zx0nomxzqc5}} Let's Play]] of KaizoMarioWorld.

* Despite the fact that being a SpicyLatina is mostly incidental to her character, '{{Glee}}'s Santana Lopez has started screaming a couple of throwaway lines in Spanish, most prominently in the Season Two finale.

* ''The Diamond Arm'', a Soviet comedy staple, combines it with the UnreliableNarrator in the scene with arguing Turkish contrabandists. Their increasingly expressive outbursts (which are, incidentally, [[RuleOfFunny complete]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign gibberish]]) are extremely politely and tersely "translated" in a typical Soviet newscaster interpreter diction, until the "interpreter" simply gives up and just describes the rest of a fight as a "untranslatable wordplay using [[ForeignCussWord local idiomatic expressions]]".

* Radek Zelenka of ''StargateAtlantis'' has been known to rant in Czech when frustrated.

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* Cue Card "boy" Tony Mendez will sometimes do this on ''The Late Show With DavidLetterman''

* Appears in ''Lorenzo's Oil''

* In ''SouthPark'', Kyle goes into a lengthy rant in PigLatin.

-->''[Russian profanities]''

* In ToCatchAThief, Brigitte Auber curses the protagonist in French at her father's funeral, accusing him of being the notorious jewel thief and having caused the death of her father. [[spoiler: Since both accusations are wrong and she knows it, the rant is actually completely fake.]]

* ''The Diamond Arm'', a Soviet comedy staple, combines it with the UnreliableNarrator in the scene with arguing Turkish contrabandists. Their increasingly expressive outbursts (which are, incidentally, [[RuleOfFunny complete]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign gibberish]]) are extremely politely and tersely "translated" in a typical Soviet newscaster interpreter diction, until the "interpreter" simply gives up and just describes the rest of a fight as a "untranslatable wordplay using a locad idiomatic expressions".

* In the 70s [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations musical adaptation]] of ''[[{{Shakespeare}} Two Gentlemen Of Verona]]'', Proteus and Julia do this when they are reunited.

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