History PlayingWith / LanguageBarrier

* '''Enforced''': The network wanted a FunnyForeigner in the show.

* '''Downplayed''': Ema has an English-Czech/Czech-English dictionary with basic phrases which helps her to deal a bit, but overall it's not very helpful.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Despite being Czech, Ema doesn't even speak it.

* PlayedForLaughs: Ema greets everyone with "Ahoj!" (hello). Everyone thinks that Ahoj is her name.

* '''Played For Drama''': Ema enters a mysterious world where everyone can't speak in English. Due to having difficulty communicating with the people, she can't buy any food, nor can she rent a room at an inn.

* '''Played For Drama''': Ema enters a mysterious world where everyone can't speak in English. Due to having difficulty communicate with the people, she can't buy any food, nor can she rent a room at an inn.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Straight''': Ema is Czech and doesn't speak any foreign languages. She travels to Great Britain, but she cannot communicate with locals and feels lost.

* '''Justified''': Ema has never studied English because they don't teach foreign languages at Czech schools.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Ema cannot even use body language or gestures because they do not correspond and they make the situation even more confusing.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Have you noticed this recurring plot in movies where two characters can't talk because they don't speak one common language?" -- "Yes! And sometimes they even develop an entirely new one!"

** BilingualDialogue: Ema speaks Czech and somehow, Brits do understand her. When they speak English, she is able to catch their basic meaning, too.

** "May I say that it's weird that you don't know a single word in English, and yet you came to Great Britain?" - "You may."
** "Isn't is strange that you live in Great Britain and don't speak English?" - "I know. It's like from ''Dark Blue World''. That film about Czech pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain."

* '''Defied''': "Hey, Eva, you speak good English, don't you? Wouldn't you come with me and Ela to Great Britain so that we could communicate?" - "Fine."
* '''Discussed''': "Would you like to travel to Great Britain with me?" - "Perhaps, but I don't speak English, so I would probably feel very lost there. And you don't speak any foreign language either."
* '''Conversed''': "Have you noticed this recurring plot in movies where two characters can't talk because they don't speak one common language?" - "Yes! And sometimes they even develop an entirely new one!"

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "May I say that it's wierd that you don't know a single word in English, and yet you came to Great Britain?" - "You may."

* '''Inverted''': ???

** AliensSpeakingEnglish: Everybody in Great Britain speaks Czech fluently.

* '''Lampshaded''': "May I say that it's wierd that you don't know a single word in English, and yet you came to Great Britain?" says Ela. - "You may," says Ema.
* '''Invoked''': Ema specifically wanted to go somewhere where she cannot understand in order to impose a challenge on herself.

* '''Defied''': "Hey, Eva, you speak good English, don't you? Wouldn't you come with me and Ela to Great Britain so that we could communicate?" says Ema. - "Fine," says Eva.

* '''Implied''': Ema lives in Great Britain and she never speaks to anybody. Audience thinks she might not speak English at all.

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': Ema and Ela, two Czech women who don't speak any English at all, come to Britain. They think that international words will help them and that they would eventually understand. They make some friends, but they are not British. They are actually Polish and they also do not speak English. They are able to communicate mixing Czech and Polish because it's mutually understandable, but they still need to understand English. They decide to frequent English lessons, but they do not have even elementary skills and their teacher cannot explain them anything. Disappointed, they leave the course because it just feels vain. They agree that they will probably never learn any English whatsoever.

** [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Everybody in Great Britain speaks Czech fluently.]]
** [[BilingualDialogue Ema speaks Czech and somehow, Brits do understand her. When they speak English, she is able to catch their basic meaning, too.]]

* '''Lampshaded''': "May I say that it's wierd that you don't know a single word in English, and yet you came to Great Britain?" says Ela. "You may," says Ema.

* '''Defied''': "Hey, Eva, you speak good English, don't you? Wouldn't you come with me and Ela to Great Britain so that we could communicate?" says Ema. "Fine," says Eva.

* '''Conversed''': "Have you noticed this recurring plot in movies where two characters can't talk because they don't speak one common language?" - "I did! And sometimes they even develop an entirely new one!"

* '''Implied:''': Ema lives in Great Britain and she never speaks to anybody. Audience thinks she might not speak English at all.

** [[BilingualDialog Ema speaks Czech and somehow, Brits do understand her. When they speak English, she is able to catch their basic meaning, too.]]

* '''Subverted''': Ema feels hopeless, but she meets Ela, another Czech woman who lives in Britain. Ela speaks English and starts interpreting for her.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** TranslatorMicrobes make Ema understand everything. When English is spoken, she hears it in Czech.

'''Implied:''': Ema lives in Great Britain and she never speaks to anybody. Audience thinks she might not speak English.

* '''Discussed''': "Would you want to travel to Great Britain?" "Perhaps, but I don't speak English, so I would probably feel very lost there. And you don't speak any foreign language either."

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%%* '''Implied:''': ???

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