History Main / StereotypeReactionGag

* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' when the Justice League is fighting ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s Parademons, ComicBook/WonderWoman attempts to interrogate one of them with her Lasso of Truth and looks to Franchise/{{Superman}} when she can't understand its screeching. He chastises her for assuming he knows all alien languages just because he is one, before saying that he does know a little Parademon "but it's still a racist assumption. Be better," to which she rolls her eyes.

* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'': After failing to beat the infamous ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer'' game, Grenier invites in a Japanese gamer, so he can clear the game with his [[AsianAndNerdy asian superhuman gaming skills]]. Except "Mr. Nakajima" is really named François Lebreton, was born in France, and is really, really annoyed by the whole thing. He still beats it in a matter of seconds.

-->'''J:''' I mean, OK, I stole that one. But not cause I'm ''black''!

-->'''J:''' I mean, OK, I stole that one. But not cos I'm ''black''!

* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake asks Amy to hand him a hair-dryer from her handbag. Amy's reply is to ask him if he has ever met a human woman. In all fairness, one of his standards of womanhood is his ChildhoodFriend Gina, who, as we learn later in the episode, does have a hair-dryer in her bag.

* ''VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': Lotta Hart introduces himself by telling Phoenix not to judge Southerners by all the Southern stereotypes Lotta is enacting right then.

** It's subverted when rough-around-the-edges Provenza tells HollywoodNerd Tao to talk to a Chinese family that apparently does not speak English -- Tao speaks to them in English, then dryly informs Provenza that he's a third generation American, and does not speak Chinese. (He does speak Japanese, but that's because his wife is Japanese.)

-->'''Mako:''' You're the Avatar, and I'm an idiot.

* In the season 2 opener of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Jacob asks Tina and Mike about them dating. They react with disgust that someone would assume they're dating because they both happen to be Asian, then walk away holding hands. It's then explicitly confirmed they are dating.

* Akiba in ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'' frequently says that just because he's an {{otaku}}, he's not likely to know much about anything Takako or the other members of the art club might ask him. Then he goes onto rattle off Wiki-length entries on that very subject. This gets even more embarrassing when Takako out-geeks him later.

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Humbug," Mulder and Scully investigate a murder in a town of former circus folk. Mulder asks their hotel manager, a Little Person, if he's done any, and the manager is offended that Mulder would stereotype him that way because of his size. He then does a SherlockScan of Mulder and concludes he's an FBI agent, but admonishes that stereotyping him [[AndThatWouldBeWrong would be wrong.]] Mulder then has to pull out his badge and explain he ''is'' an FBI agent.

* In ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''' retrospective of 'Mexican Radio' by Music/WallOfVoodoo, he starts to call out the line about eating barbecued iguana in Tijuana as being an offensive stereotype. [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana_meat No, turns out it's a real thing in many parts of Mexico,]] which Todd himself then acknowledges and admits to having jumped the gun.

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* In ''[[FanFic.ChristianWestonChandlerInSurvivorKujiraJima Christian Weston Chandler in Survivor: Kujira-Jima]]'', Chris's first reaction upon seeing Kenny, a black IT guy, is to hide behind somebody for fear of having a cap busted in his ass. Subsequently inverted when Chris is not shown reacting to Ian, a former member of the Los Angeles black gang scene.
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** ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' has some of the Klatchians doing this. At one point [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Jabbar]] says they can't trust 71-Hour Ahmed because he's a D'Reg, and when Vimes says "But you're a D'Reg too!" Jabbar replies "Yes, offendi! We know what we are talking about!"

** In "Christian Rock Hard", Cartman forms a band, and tells [[PunnyName Token Black]] to get the bass guitar out of his basement. Token says that he doesn't have a bass, but Cartman says, "Your family's black, Token. There's bound to be a bass guitar in your basement somewhere." Token actually does find a bass at his house, but says he doesn't know how to play it. An exasperated Cartman just sighs, "Token, how many times do we have to go through this? You're black. You can play bass." When Token tries to play, he discovers to his own surprise that he can actually play like a pro, and just mutters, "Goddammit..."

** In "Christian Rock Hard", Cartman forms a band, and tells [[PunnyName Token Black]] to get a bass from his house. Token says that he doesn't have a bass, but Cartman says, "Your family's black, there's bound to be a bass guitar somewhere." Token happens to find a bass, and protests that he doesn't know how to play it, but Cartman tells him to try anyway. Sure enough, as the song starts, much to his own surprise Token starts picking away like a pro, and mutters to himself "goddammit."

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* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'': After failing to beat the infamous ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer'' game, Grenier invites in a Japanese gamer, so he can clear the game with his [[AsianAndNerdy asian superhuman gaming skills]]. Except "Mr. Nakajima" is really named François Lebreton, was born in France, and is really, really annoyed by the whole thing. He still beats it in a matter of seconds.