History PlayingWith / GoingNative

* '''Straight''': Alice, [[NeverAcceptedInHisHometown Never Accepted In Her Hometown]], is ReassignedToAntarctica, and within a week is wearing the local clothes and well on the way to speaking the lingo.

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** Alice's home country is at war with Antarctica and sent her there as a spy, knowing her studies of the culture will help her blend in quickly. Antarcticans despise Alice's people for waging war on them. While Alice is loyal to her homeland, she also is find of Antarctica. Either she will [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]] and betray her home in favor of Antarctica, or she'll betray Antarctica out of loyalty to her home.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she is GoingNative.

* '''Justified''': Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, [[ForeignCultureFetish studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.]]

* PlayedForLaughs: Alice has a crazy ForeignCultureFetish about Antarctica, dresses in Antarctican clothes, eats Antarctican food, and reads Antarctican literature. Then goes to Antarctica and finds them all acting like people from her hometown and laughing at how odd she looks.

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** Antarcticans hear Alice is coming to town so they all dress up in stereotyped Antarctican costumes and act like stereotyped Antarcticans. Then they tell Alice that it is the custom for visitors to leave ''extremely'' generous tips at all Antarctican restaurants...

* '''Downplayed''': Alice remains a member of her own culture, but learns about Antarcticans, fosters understanding with the home country and adopts those customs that she finds convenient. A lot of people think her eccentric but none think she has GoneNative.

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* '''Inverted''':
** Alice goes to a town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice tries to fit in, but the locals see her as a tourist and her own peers see her as a poser. Her budding romance with a local is frowned upon by their family and her MightyWhitey act doesn't win her any friends either.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice makes a heartfelt speech to the locals that even if she wasn't born there, she's made friends and set up a home, and although she might never understand their culture as well as a native she can still be part of the community.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native and implements practices that she thinks will help the locals. They hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life, so she swallows her pride and learns those traditional ways of life.
* '''Averted''': Alice goes to Antarctica, but always sees herself as a visiting outsider.

* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everywhere and does what she does.

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** Alice goes to town in Antarctica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.

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** Alice goes to town in Antartica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.

* '''Inverted''': Alice goes to town in Antartica and it morphs into a clone of her home town.

* '''Invoked''': Alice wants to move past culture shock as soon as possible so she follows Candance everwhere and does what she does.
* '''Exploited''':Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.

* '''Justified''': Alice has been an Antarctophile since a young age, studying their culture and dreaming of living there one day.

* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has never fitted in at home, and always goes on about how much she loves Antarctica. Her boss sends her there, and she regrets it as soon as her feet touch the ground. After a week she's loving it, feeling right at home... but it turns out the locals are all laughing at her clumsy attempts to imitate their culture. She falls in love with a native, and [[MightyWhitey uses her Western knowledge to sort out the locals' troubles]] - and they hate her all the more for imposing her values on their traditional way of life.

* '''Enforced''': Want a story in an exotic locale with an identifiable (read: white) hero, but MightyWhitey is unfashionable? Tone it down a notch by making said hero a big fan of the native culture, who [[IChooseToStay chooses to stay]] when the story's done.
* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you mean, you're from Brooklyn? I thought you'd grown up out here..."
* '''Invoked''': Alice wants the locals to trust her as she scouts out their village for mining opportunities, so she pretends to be falling for their way of life.
* '''Exploited''': Alice notices that the Antarcticans are in awe of her, and "manipulat[es] the [[TheMessiah messianic]] impulses within [their] culture" [[hottip:*:Frank Herbert, on how LawrenceOfArabia inspired {{Dune}}]] to win their trust so she can help them.

* '''Discussed''': "Alice won't be coming back. Give her a week, she'll think she's one of them"

'''Basic Trope''': A character embraces an unfamiliar culture he finds himself immersed in.

* '''Inverted''': Bob was born on a remote Antarctican research post, but when he goes on holiday to New York he takes to it like a duck to water.

* '''Exploited''': ???
** Profit.

* '''Discussed''': "Alice won't be comng back. Give her a week, she'll think she's one of them"