History Main / OutsideInsideSlur

[[AliceAndBob Alice tells Bob]] (who belongs to group X, or at least claims it, or seems so): "Outside you're X, but inside, you're (really) Y!" Implying that Y is evil, or intolerant of non-Y (often the case if Y = "white"), or at best that Bob is a phony.

[[AC:RealLife, about races]]
* "Oreo" / "coconut" (black/brown on the outside, white on the inside)
* "Banana" / "Twinkie" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside)
** "Egg" and "daisy" have both been used for the inverse.
* Apple: Red on the outside, white on the inside (for Native Americans)

[[AC:RealLife, about political ideologies]]
* "Melons" or "Watermelons," used by conservatives to describe Greens (green outside, [[DirtyCommies red]] inside)
** Also used by Greens to describe people they feel are just socialists/communists giving lip service to Green ideas because Green is "hipper" or politically safer than Red.
* "Radishes", from communists for moderate leftists (red outside, white inside)
* Rino (Republican InNameOnly), Dino (Democrat InNameOnly).
* "Beefsteak" was used by Nazis to deride former socialists who they suspected of only joining the Nazis / SA / SS due to pressure: brown on the outside, red on the inside.
** And the other way round: After WorldWar2, ex-Nazis joining the Austrian Socialists were called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punschkrapfen "Punschkrapferl"]] - outside red (or pink), inside brown.

[[AC:Other]]
* The giant statue of Christ recently built in Poland got some "concrete on the outside, empty on the inside" comments. (Actually, these are both bad as in Poland "concrete" is used to mean something unable/unwilling to reform, such as die-hards of the old regime.)
* "Crunchie" is an (extremely mild and rarely serious) insult to intelligence, meaning brunette on the outside, but [[DumbBlonde blonde]] on the inside.

* in the UWF "Iceman" King Parsons once called Savannah Jack an Oreo for teaming with Gentleman Chris Adams. (Adams had been Parsons' tag team partner until Parsons had a FaceHeelTurn.) The first time I ever heard the term, which is why it stayed in my brain all these years.

* In ''HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', Harold (who is Asian) [[DiscussedTrope talks about]] being referred to as a twinkie -- yellow outside, white inside.

* "Melons", from rightwingers for greens (green outside, [[DirtyCommies red]] inside)

* {{Inverted}} on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Francine (adopted by Chinese parents) gets a sitcom about her stand-up act, and when her sitcom parents express dismay at her white husband. When she protests "'''I'm''' white!", her sitcom mother says "You're a reverse banana -- white on outside, yellow on inside!"

* {{Inverted}} on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad.'' Francine, who was adopted by Chinese-American parents, stars in a show about her life where her fake mother compliments her by calling her a "reverse banana": white outside, yellow inside.

* {{Inverted}} on''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad.'' Francine, who was adopted by Chinese-American parents, stars in a show about her life where her fake mother compliments her by calling her a "reverse banana": white outside, yellow inside.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this. Francine is starring in a comedy based on her adoptive Chinese family. Her mother--in the show--calls her a "reverse banana": white on the outside, yellow on the inside (i.e., actually Asian) as a compliment.

* There's an episode of ''KingOfTheHill'' where Khan's idol, Ted Wassonasong, calls him a banana, after which Khan tries to get in touch with his Laotian culture.

** And the other way round: After WorldWar2, ex-nazis joning the Austrian Socialists were called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punschkrapfen "Punschkrapferl"]] - outside red (or pink), inside brown.

* ''AmericanDad'' [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this. Francine is starring in a comedy based on her adoptive Chinese family. Her mother--in the show--calls her a "reverse banana": white on the outside, yellow on the inside (i.e., actually Asian) as a compliment.

* "Beefsteak" was used by Nazis to deride former socialists who they suspected of only joining the nazis / SA / SS due to pressure: brown on the outside, red on the inside.

* In ''DoubleHappiness'', the (Chinese-American) protagonist complains that he's "such a twinkie".

* ''AmericanDad'' [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this. Francine is starring in a comedy based on her adoptive Chinese family. Her mother--in the show--calls her a "reverse banana": white on the outside, yellow on the inside (i.e., actually Asian) as a complement.

`[[BobAndAlice Alice tells Bob]] (who belongs to group X, or at least claims it, or seems so): "Outside you're X, but inside, you're (really) Y!" Implying that Y is evil, or intolerant of non-Y (often the case if Y = "white"), or at best that Bob is a phony.

Alice tells Bob (who belongs to group X, or at least claims it, or seems so): "Outside you're X, but inside, you're (really) Y!" Implying that Y is evil, or intolerant of non-Y (often the case if Y = "white"), or at best that Bob is a phony.

* Well, there was an episode of ''KingOfTheHill'' where Khan's idol, Ted Wassonasong, calls him a banana, after which Khan tries to get in touch with his Laotian culture.

* "Banana" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside)

* Rino (Republican InNameOnly), Dino (Democrate InNameOnly).

** What one calls a white person who fancies himself Asian is not known. It has, however, been known to exist.
* "banana" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside)

* ''AmericanDad'' uses this. Francine is starring in a comedy about being a white girl who was adopted by a Chinese family. Her mother--in the show--calls her a "reverse banana": white on the outside, yellow on the inside, i.e., actually Asian.