History Main / OutsideInsideSlur

* In ''ComicBook/DoubleHappiness'', the (Chinese-American) protagonist complains that he's "such a twinkie" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside).

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* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novel ''Literature/SpocksWorld'', when a Vulcan points out that Spock is halfblood, Kirk spends a good few words pointing out his real meaning — namely, that because Spock is a halfblood, he's "a fake Earth person", not a Vulcan.

* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Big Fido, the ANaziByAnyOtherName leader of the Dog Guild confronts Gaspode and Angua and says "There's always an enemy. Everywhere. They look like dogs but, inside, they're not dogs." Of course, in Angua's case, this is [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent literally true]].

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', Dr. Cox derides Turk for being whiter than he is.
* On ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Hispanic students who excel in school are called Coconuts: brown outside, white inside.
* In ''Series/PrimeSuspect 2,'' the black British police officer Bob Oswalde is also called a coconut.
* Used as a StealthPun in ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''; Baron's default banana-themed suit of armor is designed to look like a combination of samurai armor and European-style plate-mail.

* A short-lived [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] comedy series called "The Coconuts" focused on a suburban white family that [[ColourMeBlack get turned black]] by a sangoma when they set up their camper on sacred ground.
* On ''Series/{{Vida}}'', the protagonists, Mexican-American sisters Emma and Lyn Hernandez are frequently referred to as "coconuts" or "White-inas" because they previously left their neighbourhood, and later return to make major changes to their late mother's bar. {{Played For Drama}}, as the show addresses the many issues in the US Latino community, including racism, as is shown with the aforementioned slurs. Season 3 trailers show residents painting actual coconuts over Emma and Lyn's painting on the community mural to further protest the changes they made to Visa's bar.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?", Kahn's idol, Ted Wassonasong, calls him a "banana" (yellow skin, white inside), after which Kahn tries to get in touch with his Laotian culture.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' episode where Ling-Ling gets his "Asian eyes" fixed, Godzilla shows up and accuses him of being a "Twinkie": yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] praises [[TheWhitestBlackGuy Tom [=DuBois=]]] for being an outstanding Oreo: black on the outside, white on the inside.

Very often, especially when it's about race, this involves a comparison to a food item which is one color on the outside and another inside. Someone who's "Asian outside, white inside" might be called a banana, for example.

* "Waterlemons": A pun on "Watermelon", someone who stylises themselves as libertarian, while really being just conservative.

* Rino (Republican InNameOnly) and Dino (Democrat InNameOnly), which also cross into NoTrueScotsman.

** In the following decade, the Supremacist party (right wing radicals symbolised by a buff colour) is largely taken over by right wing establishment types who see the Patriots (sybolised by blue) as a lost cause. Traditional Supremacists call them "New York firemen", ''probably'' because that fire department wears buff protective coats over blue uniforms.

* {{Inverted}} on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. Francine (adopted by Chinese parents) gets a sitcom about her stand-up act, and in the first episode 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!"

** Eminem's own rap name is a slur/boast of this kind - [=M&Ms=] have a white label on them, but on the inside they're chocolate.

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* In ''Literature/LookToTheWest'', the Empire of North America's Liberal Party is symbolised by yellow, while the Mentian Party (i.e. socialists) use purple. In the 1920s, the cobrist faction (left wing) of the Liberals is known as the "Overripe Aubergines", because they look yellow, but they're really purple.

* Coconut: Brown (Hispanic or South Asian) on the outside, white on the inside. "Potato" is also sometimes used the same way "coconut."

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?", Kahn's idol, Ted Wassonasong, calls him a "banana" (yellow skin, white inside), after which Khan tries to get in touch with his Laotian culture.

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

* in the UWF Wrestling/IcemanKingParsons once called Savannah Jack an Oreo for teaming with [[Wrestling/ChrisAdams "Gentleman" Chris Adams]]. (Adams had been Parsons' tag team partner until Parsons had a FaceHeelTurn.)

Compare TheWhitestBlackGuy, to whom such slurs are often addressed (for example, in this case, "Oreo"[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Black on the outside, white on the inside]][[/note]]). Contrast PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy in which a member of group X considers ''himself'' to be a part of group Y though members of Y disagree.

Compare TheWhitestBlackGuy, to whom such slurs are often addressed. Contrast PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy in which a member of group X considers ''himself'' to be a part of group Y though members of Y disagree.

* On ''Series/{{Vida}}'', the protagonists, Mexican-American sisters Emma and Lyn Hernandez are frequently referred to as "coconuts" or "White-inas" because they previously left their neighbourhood, and later return to make major changes to their late mother's bar. {{Played For Drama}}, as the show addresses the many issues within the Latin American community, including racism, as is shown with the aforementioned slurs. Season 3 trailers show residents painting actual coconuts over Emma and Lyn's painting on the community mural to further protest the changes they made to Visa's bar.

* There's an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Khan's idol, Ted Wassonasong, calls him a banana (yellow skin, white inside), after which Khan tries to get in touch with his Laotian culture.

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* Rino (Republican InNameOnly), Dino (Democrat InNameOnly), which also crosses into NoTrueScotsman.