History Main / StereotypeFlip

* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': [[StockForeignName Bridget Clancy]], the superintendent of Dick Grayson's apartment building, is a stereotypical blue-collar Irish lass, complete with comically broad FunetikAccent. The only difference is that she's ethnically Asian, and was adopted by an Irish family as a baby. Lampshaded when Dick is first introduced to her and assumes "Bridget" is the white redheaded woman she's standing next to.

* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': [[StockForeignName Bridget Clancy]], the superintendent of Dick Grayson's apartment building, is an Asian woman with a comically broad [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] accent. It's explained that she was adopted by a working class Irish family as a baby; hence the name, accent and blue-collar occupation. Lampshaded when Dick is first introduced to her and assumes "Bridget" is the white redheaded woman she's standing next to.

* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': [[StockForeignName Bridget Clancy]], the superintendent of Dick Grayson's apartment building, is an Asian woman with a comically broad [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] accent. It's explained that she was adopted by an Irish family as a baby; hence the name, accent and blue-collar occupation. Lampshaded when Dick is first introduced to her and assumes "Bridget" is the white redheaded woman she's standing next to.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' [[StockForeignName Bridget Clancy]], the superintendent of Dick Grayson's apartment building, is an Asian woman with a comically broad [[{Oireland}} Oirish]] accent. It's explained that she was adopted by an Irish family as a baby; hence the name, accent and blue-collar occupation. Lampshaded when Dick is first introduced to her and assumes "Bridget" is the white redheaded woman she's standing next to.

* Kumar from ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhitecastle'' inverts the stereotype of South Asians being hardworking and studious, as he is an unemployed, irresponsible, BrilliantButLazy dropout [[TheSlacker slacker]] [[TheStoner stoner]] with terrible personal hygiene. However, the [[Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay sequel]] shows that he actually was a high achieving math nerd in college until he was introduced to pot by a white girl.

** Harold does tick a lot of the stereotype boxes for an Asian-American. He's intelligent, fastidious, tidy and works in finance. However, he is also a recreational pot user like Kumar, although he strictly only does it outside of work. A flashback to his college days also shows that he used to be an EmoKid.

* Kumar from ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhitecastle'' inverts the stereotype of South Asians being hardworking and studious, as he is an unemployed, irresponsible, BrilliantButLazy dropout [[TheSlacker slacker]] [[TheStoner stoner]] with terrible personal hygiene. However, the [[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToGuantanamoBay sequel]] shows that he actually was a high achieving math nerd in college until he was introduced to pot by a white girl.
** Harold does tick a lot of the stereotype boxes for an Asian-American. He's intelligent, fastidious and works in finance. However, he is also a recreational pot user like Kumar, although he strictly only does it outside of work. A flashback to his college days also shows that he used to be an EmoKid.

* Kumar from ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhitecastle'' invests the stereotype of South Asians being hardworking and studious, as he is an unemployed, irresponsible, BrilliantButLazy dropout [[TheSlacker slacker]] [[TheStoner stoner]] with terrible personal hygiene. However, the [[Film/HaroldAndKumafGoToGuantanamoBay sequel]] shows that he actually was a high achieving math nerd in college until he was introduced to pot by a white girl.

* In ''Series/ChicagoMed'', Dr. Crockett Marcel grew up in [[TheBigEasy New Orleans]] and looks, acts and sounds like a stereotypical Louisiana Cajun. However, he's actually an immigrant from Iran. He's also not Muslim, he's Baha'i.

* In ''Series/SiliconValley''; the engineers at Pied Piper are depicted as money-grubbing egoists and all-around immature jerks; while Jared, an MBA with a corporate background, is a selfless and kind professional, the exact opposite of the stereotypes of management and technical workers. Additionally, Jared is the ButtMonkey of the group who the others bully and disrespect, rather than an unreasonable tyrant. That being said, Jared is shown to be very much the exception, as all other managers and higher-ups in the show conform to the stereotype of a tech executive.

** From the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E14ThePoorKid The Poor Kid]]", there's Mr and Ms. Wheatherhead who are AbusiveParents who foster children only to force their belief on the kids and torture them if they don't comply...the belief in question is not religion or traditions but....agnosticism.

** The local werewolf pack are all ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-playing geeks.

* ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'': Drizzt Do'Urden is well known for being pretty much everything a Drow isn't. He's a NiceGuy and Drow... are not very nice. At all. It should be noted that Drizzt's popularity has induced a slew of stereotype-flipped drow characters, turning the race into an EnsembleDarkHorse for [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] players.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'''s fourth season introduces African-American politician Herbert Love, a wealthy, snobbish, smooth-talker with ultra-conservative politics who embodies the complete opposite of every African-American stereotype in the book. [[note]] He's a pretty clear NoCelebritiesWereHarmed take on Herman Cain, a similarly wealthy and conservative politician who's notable for being one of the few prominent African-Americans in the Republican Party[[/note]] Lampshaded at one point when George Sr. attends his fundraising dinner and mistakes an African-American waiter for one of his campaign aides.

** Chidi: A philosophical, cultured BlackAndNerdy type of guy who ends up being the feminine boy to Eleanor's masculine girl. He ends up being TheSmartGuy of the group with his book smarts.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Dr. Che is an asexual [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr]], and is often assumed by strangers to be just as sex-crazed as satyrs are sterotyped to be in-universe.

* In ''Film/FortyTwo'', there's a scene where Jackie Robinson and his wife are approached by a scowling and rough-looking white man on the street, in the midst of an awful lot of racist persecution against them. The man proceeds to tell Jackie how upset he is at the way the Robinsons have been treated and to express his hope that Jackie will get the chance to prove his worth on the baseball field.

** Sanya is a rather tall and imposing black man... who's from Russia and sounds like it. He's also basically one of God's chosen paladins... but he's not remotely KnightTemplar (he's an atheist who rather stubbornly refuses to buy any signs of God's existence). Also, Harry uses his accent and rhetoric to conclude that he's a communist, but he scoffs at the idea.

** From the episode "[[SouthParkS15E14ThePoorKid The Poor Kid]]", there's Mr and Ms. Wheatherhead who are AbusiveParents who foster children only to force their belief on the kids and torture them if they don't comply...the belief in question is not religion or traditions but....agnosticism.

* Franchise/ScoobyDoo is deliberately meant as a flip on the [[DogStereotype stereotypical]] Great Dane, a dog breed normally known for its elegance, bravery, strength, and high status, normally serving as a hunting dog or guard dog. Scooby, on the other hand, is [[TheKlutz klutzy]], [[LovableCoward cowardly]], awkward, and seen as a mutt, with his usual role being to run away from the monster. His character designer reportedly asked a Great Dane breeder what the "ideal" traits of a Great Dane were, and went in the opposite direction for all of them: the traits given included straight legs, a straight back, a small chin, and small feet, while Scooby has bowed legs, a hump back, a big chin, and big feet.

* One hilarious scene in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' shows [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver June Cleaver]] acting as an interpreter for two black youths who speak only Jive. She, of course, despite being a little old white lady is fluent in [[JiveTurkey the language]].

** Speaking of blondes, Maddie averts the DumbBlonde stereotype by being smart and hard-working.
** Mr Moseby, played by a black actor, is uptight and speaks with a refined vernacular.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' with Jay Leno, During a talent competition between USC and UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan football players called "All American Idol", a white guy faces up against a black guy in a rap battle and utterly schools him.

* "Truck Drivin' Song" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic is sung by a manly-sounding truck driver at the wheel of his BigBadassRig. By the end of the first verse, it is clear that he is also a {{Crossdresser}}.

** One of the reasons Emi gives for why she gets up early every morning to go running is because her doctors said that she would have to relearn how to walk after losing her legs. Due to sheer determination, she gets through physical therapy much faster than expected and continues to run "simply because she can". Also, rather hilariously, despite being the youngest-looking of the main characters, (seriously, she looks like she's 13; she's actually 19.) she's also the one who [[SirSwearsALot swears the most.]]

* Francine from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' was angry at her adoptive Chinese parents for leaving all they had to their [[TheGhost unseen]] birth daughter, Gwen. It turns out that they actually have more respect for Francine, and that Gwen is an AsianAirhead who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking isn't even good at math]]. Stan and Francine's father both agree it's [[CrossesTheLineTwice terrible for children to disrespect their parents' stereotypes]]. Used in-universe in one story when Francine and Hiko Yoshido go into an all-out war over the spelling bee Steve and Akiko are competing in. Despite not speaking a word of Japanese, Hiko demonstrates she is nonetheless a ninja, and confronts Francine in a fight to the death, smugly assuming that a blonde American woman will be easy prey. [[OhCrap And then she finds out Francine's adoptive parents are Chinese]]. Cue Francine picking up a sword and a WireFu battle erupting.
* There's a scene in ''Babar the Elephant Comes to America'' where Babar tries to address a Native American chief with some hilariously broken-sounding English. The chief responds with fluent English, complete with an upper-class British accent.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Planet Express' accountant Hermes Conrad, a UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}n man, is the exact opposite of a stereotypical Jamaican, being an uptight, neurotic {{workaholic}} rather than a mellow and relaxed NiceGuy. Though he does enjoy {{Reggae}}, he's a limbo champion, and he's implied to be a practicing Rastafarian in at least one episode. Not to mention his... [[EruditeStoner other interests]].

* The titular characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' flip the DumbBlonde and FieryRedhead stereotype, with Billy being the dumb redhead and Mandy being the fiery blonde.

** [[MeaningfulName Token Black]] (yes, that's his name) is the richest kid in town, and his parents seem to be more educated than just about anybody else. The entire episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood" plays on this idea: as more rich and successful black people move to town, the poor white characters begin to get angry, but over class rather than race -- until the very end, where Mr. Garrison basically outs himself as a racist. Token does actually fulfill some pretty funny stereotypes himself though: He has an astounding soul voice (then-Mrs. Garrison claimed that it got her wet), and this little gem...

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has Soldier: 76, a vigilante who happens to be gay. One stereotype found in homosexual males is that they are good dancers. Soldier: 76 SucksAtDancing. [[https://youtu.be/wdhoocf9118 See for yourself]]

* ''Film/EightMile'' documents the lifestyle of an American socioeconomic group that, like Native Americans, has not been commonly seen in the popular media for decades: poor, urban whites (who are living in UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, the stereotypically blackest city in America, no less!). Many stories take it for granted that characters like Jimmy "Rabbit", Stephanie, and Lily haven't existed since the 1940s -- and even when they do, they tend to assume that those people are "white ethnics", instead of the British-descended Protestants the Smith family clearly are.

* Sandy Mitchell seems to take some glee in using the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' novels to turn ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' stereotypes on their heads. For starters, the title character is the exact opposite of the stereotypical Imperial commissar, a cowardly, self-hating man with an inflated reputation [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation (or so he says)]], frequently described by fans like the type of guy commissars are supposed to ''shoot''. Valhallan troops have a reputation for ZergRush tactics, but the 597th is a BadassArmy of mechanized infantry that is just as happy to let the enemy come to them if the situation calls for it. In ''Cain's Last Stand'' we meet Sister Julien, a senior [[ChurchMilitant Sister of Battle]] who drinks, gambles, and is romantically involved with the [[MilitaryAcademy schola progenium's]] bursar.
* In ''I Am Charlotte Simmons'', Charlotte looks like a dumb blonde cheerleader, and when she gets into college, most people assume that's what she is, even though she's highly intelligent and ambitious. Unfortunately for her, the way people perceive her does affect her success.