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* Isaac, the Dutch diplomat in ''SamuraiChamploo'' is sort of a joking reference to this trope, as he is a Westerner who tends to prefer Japanese culture to his own. He could be called a YaoiFanboy, as he is a StraightGay.

->''"Did somebody just say weeaboo?"''

->''"Did somebody say weeaboo?"''

->''[[ThePerryBibleFellowship Did somebody say weeaboo?]]''

* ''TeenTitans'' has Beast Boy, a non-Japanese manga addict, and Control Freak, an offbeat villain who's more of a Trekkie, but still tried to convert himself into a TV signal so he could become a character in his favorite anime one time... and briefly succeeded, until Beast Boy defeated him with his superior knowledge of TV trivia.

** Variant - When Kyoya and Tamaki first meet Kyoya wonders if he's "one of those westerners who're interested in Japanese culture". But Tamaki is actually half Japanese, although he'd never set foot there before that point.

* Otacon from ''MetalGearSolid''.

* ''{{Otomen}}'' has Mifune Knight, a [[PhenotypeStereotype blond and (presumably) blue-eyed American]] who teaches Japanese history at a Japanese high school, and is obsessed with [[Medievaljapan Japanese history, culture and the true Japanese spirit.]] Apparently he inherited it from his equally Japan-crazy father who actually ''built'' a hilariously inaccurate JidaiGeki ThemePark.

** Variant - When Kyoya and Tamaki first meet in the manga, Kyoya wonders if he's "one of those westerners who're interested in Japanese culture". But Tamaki is actually half Japanese, although he'd never set foot there before that point.

** Possibly the TropeCodifier. I mean, his freakin' name is a portmanteau of "[[http://www.otakon.com otaku convention]]." Also "This is just like one of my Japanese animes!"

* Mr. Sunnyside from SakuraWars: So Long My Love is obsessed with Japanese culture to the point of building a massive Japanese style mansion in the middle of Central Park in New York City!
* The translator of BraveSoul ended up being included in the DevelopersRoom, as an obese blond, jogging in the lobby and mumbling about 'Oppai'.

*** Look at the quote for {{Keigo}}. Gaijin talk like that so they don't get the shit kicked out of them for being disrespectful.

** Incidentally, in the TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo movie, it was shown that Beast Boy can't read Japanese, or even know what Otaku means. (He still ends up charming some schoolgirls, though.)

* Too many to count

The PhenotypeStereotype-afflicted European or American with stereotypical {{Otaku}} interests sometimes seen in Anime.

** EVA and Paramedic are otakus as well.
*** Paramedic is a tokusatsu fangirl, not an anime otaku. EVA only knows Japanese from Godzilla movies.

A way of poking fun at foreign fans. This trope is more often than not, an obvious TakeThat, even though it doesn't stop [[MisaimedFandom some people]] from CompletelyMissingThePoint, leading to a [[EnsembleDarkhorse completely unintended outcome]].

* ''TransformersAnimated'' features Sixshot as a ''robot'' otaku. He reads manga when he's bored and [[spoiler: puts catgirls in his fighting sims.]]

* About 95 percent of tropers

* The ''HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html 4 Gregs]]" introduces us to "Japanese Culture Greg", who blurts out completely random japanese words in the middle of his [[strike: sentences]] '''AKIRABARA'''!

* The ''HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html 4 Gregs]]" introduces us to "Japanese Culture Greg", who blurts out completely random japanese words in the middle of his --sentences-- '''AKIRABARA'''!

* The ''HomestarRunner'' short "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html 4 Gregs]]" introduces us to "Japanese Culture Greg".

* Angela and Sue (image above), Ohno's American friends from ''{{Genshiken}}'', are [[YaoiFangirl heavily into yaoi]], though unlike the others on this list they do not really speak Japanese.