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* '''Lampshaded''': "I feel like I see Spanish speakers everywhere."
* '''Invoked''': Carlos naturally moves to USA from Colombia, so he will arrive using lots of Spanish.

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* '''Lampshaded''': * "I feel like I see Spanish speakers everywhere."
* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Carlos naturally moves to USA from Colombia, so he will arrive using lots of Spanish.Spanish.
** It adds to the [[{{Spexico}} Spexican theming]] of ''[[KitschyThemedRestaurant La Tasca Bonita]]''

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** Carlos doesn't know English all too well or at all, so it makes sense his speech would be primarily comprised of Spanish.

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** Carlos doesn't know English all too well or at all, well, so it makes sense his speech would be primarily comprised consist mostly of Spanish.


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* '''Averted''': Carlos doesn't know English at all, so his speech is ''just'' Spanish.

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'''Basic Trope''': Spanish is thrown in the media, usually for comedic effect or to teach viewers spanish.
* '''Straight''': Bob meets a his friend Carlos, a guy from Colombia who speaks with a heavy hispanic accent and refers Bob as an 'amigo.'
* '''Exaggerated''': Literally every new person Bob meets is a spanish speaker.
* '''Downplayed''': Carlos is Hispanic-American and very ocassionally slips in spanish words in his speech, but otherwise sounds and behaves mainly in an american manner.
* '''Justified''': Carlos' native tongue is spanish so he naturally would use spanish words in his speech.

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'''Basic Trope''': Spanish is thrown in the media, usually for comedic effect or to teach viewers spanish.
Spanish.
* '''Straight''': Bob meets a his friend Carlos, a guy from Colombia who speaks with a heavy hispanic Hispanic accent and refers Bob as an 'amigo.'
* '''Exaggerated''': Literally every new person Bob meets is a spanish Spanish speaker.
* '''Downplayed''': Carlos is Hispanic-American and very ocassionally occasionally slips in spanish Spanish words in his speech, but otherwise sounds and behaves mainly in an american American manner.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Carlos' native tongue is spanish Spanish so he naturally would use spanish Spanish words in his speech.speech.
** Carlos doesn't know English all too well or at all, so it makes sense his speech would be primarily comprised of Spanish.



* '''Double Subverted''': ...but later he sees Cubans speaking spanish nearby.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''': … but later he sees Cubans speaking spanish Spanish nearby.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ShowWithinaShowThe Adventures of Sam The Skunk]], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ShowWithinaShowThe [[ShowWithinaShow The Adventures of Sam The Skunk]], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ ShowWithinaShow'The Adventures of Sam The Skunk' ]], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ ShowWithinaShow'The [[ShowWithinaShowThe Adventures of Sam The Skunk' ]], Skunk]], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ShowWithinaShow'The Adventures of Sam The Skunk']], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ShowWithinaShow'The [[ ShowWithinaShow'The Adventures of Sam The Skunk']], Skunk' ]], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.
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'''Basic Trope''': Spanish is thrown in the media, usually for comedic effect or to teach viewers spanish.
* '''Straight''': Bob meets a his friend Carlos, a guy from Colombia who speaks with a heavy hispanic accent and refers Bob as an 'amigo.'
* '''Exaggerated''': Literally every new person Bob meets is a spanish speaker.
* '''Downplayed''': Carlos is Hispanic-American and very ocassionally slips in spanish words in his speech, but otherwise sounds and behaves mainly in an american manner.
* '''Justified''': Carlos' native tongue is spanish so he naturally would use spanish words in his speech.
* '''Inverted''': GratuitousEnglish
* '''Subverted''': Bob is taking a walk when he hears someone talking in what seems like Spanish, but it was actually Greek!
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but later he sees Cubans speaking spanish nearby.
* '''Parodied''': A lesser known language like Urdu or Lithuanian is treated as important as Spanish in Bob's world.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob sees people speaking in Spanish, Armenian, and English.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to add comedic effect or teach the viewers Spanish.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I feel like I see Spanish speakers everywhere."
* '''Invoked''': Carlos naturally moves to USA from Colombia, so he will arrive using lots of Spanish.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses Carlos to teach him Spanish.
* '''Defied''': A law in the USA deports Spanish speaking immigrants.
* '''Discussed''': "I know how you feel with how often Spanish is forced onto you Bob. I'm from Ukraine and my native tongue is Ukrainian, but Russian is forced onto our country's citizens."
* '''Conversed''': "Why does many media feel the need to use Spanish in the work?"
* '''Implied:''': Bob tells Alice he met people from all over the world, including Ukraine, Colombia, Italy, and Pakistan, but none of these people are shown on-screen and are just mentioned.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a desire to learn Spanish, but he discovers it was too hard for him to learn and he fails Spanish lessons.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob still listens to lots of Spanish music anyways.
* '''Played For Laughs''': As Alice and Bob were watching their favorite show, [[ShowWithinaShow'The Adventures of Sam The Skunk']], Bob accidentally presses a blue button on his remote, and switches it to Spanish, and he and Alice spend time trying to switch it back to English.
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