History PlayingWith / MultinationalTeam

* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec, Hong Kong, [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} New South Wales]] and even [[PolarPenguins a penguin from Antarctica]].

** ...But it's reveal later that Bob is actually a Filipino-American and [[FakeMixedRace Karl is full German]].

* '''Implied''': Their accents are obviously different and their names are MultiEthnicName, but their nationalities are never mentioned.

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* '''Enforced''': The producer thinks audiences identify more with characters of their own ethnicity.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec, Hong Kong, [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} New South Wales]] and even [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins a penguin from Antarctica]].

* '''Lampshaded''': "Now all we need is [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Antarctica]]..."

* '''Discussed''': "Ever notice how [[TheHero the main guy's always white]], [[TheLancer the guy who's his total opposite is black]], an Asian guy's either [[TheSmartGuy a genius]] or [[TheBigGuy a fifth-degree blackbelt]], and [[TheHeart the token girl is white]]? [[SixthRanger They might add]] [[TropeNamer an Indian]] [[SixthRanger later on in the series.]]"

* '''Discussed''': "Ever notice how [[TheHero the main guy's always white]], [[TheLancer the guy who's his total opposite is black]], an Asian guy's either [[TheSmartGuy a genius]] or [[TheBigGuy a fifth-degree blackbelt]], and [[TheChick the token girl is white]]? [[SixthRanger They might add]] [[TropeNamer an Indian]] [[SixthRanger later on in the series.]]"

** Everyone on the team is from one country, but originate from different states, provinces, or regions of that country.

** ...Then Carol, a British SixthRanger, is recruited to join the team. And when the villains kill off Karl and Enrique, The Trope Team meet Viktor, an Ukrainian big guy, and Mahmud, an Egyptian Smart Guy, and they accept The Trope Team's invitation.

* '''Played For Drama''': The group has to put up with political and religious tensions (e.g. Israelis and Palestinians).

* '''Implied''': Their accents are obviously different, but their nationalities are never mentioned.

* '''Played For Drama''': The group has to put up with racial and religious tensions (e.g. Israelis and Palestinians).

** The fight against evil is universal, so nations pool their resources and fight together.

** ...But it's reveal later that Bob is actually a Korean-American and [[FakeMixedRace Karl is full German]].

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* '''Straight''': In The Trope Team, Viktor is an Ukrainian Hero, Bob is an American Lancer, Haruto is a Japanese Big Guy, Mahmud is an Egyptian Smart Guy, and Alice is an Australian Chick. Their nationalities are plot-important.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec, Hong Kong, [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} New South Wales]] and even [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins a penguin]] [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers from Antarctica]].

* '''Justified''': The fight against evil is universal, so nations pool their resources and fight together.

** ...Then Carol, a British SixthRanger, is recruited to join the team. And when the villains kill off Karl and Enrique, The Trope Team meet Viktor, a Ukrainian big guy, and Mahmud, an Egyptian Smart Guy, and they accept The Trope Team's invitation.
* '''Parodied''':
** They're not only multinational, but every last one is a CaptainEthnic.
** Every NationalStereotypes are applied to all members in the team.

* '''Straight''': The FiveManBand Team, Viktor is an Ukrainian Hero, Bob is an American Lancer, Haruto is a Japanese Big Guy, Mahmud is an Egyptian Smart Guy, and Alice is an Australian Chick. Their nationalities are plot-important.

* '''Subverted''': The Trope Team, Haruto is a Japanese Hero, [[ButNotTooForeign Bob is a Japanese-American Lancer, Karl is a Japanese-German Big Guy, Enrique is a Japanese-Peruvian Smart Guy, and Alice is a Japanese-Australian Chick]]...

** ...But it's reveal later that Haruto is actually Korean-Japanese and [[FakeMixedRace Karl is full German]].
** ...Then a British SixthRanger, Carol, joins the team. And when the villains kill off Karl and Enrique, they are replaced by a Ukrainian big guy, Viktor, and an Egyptian Smart Guy, Mahmud.
* '''Parodied''': They're not only multinational, but every last one is a CaptainEthnic.

* '''Subverted''': The Trope Team has a Japanese Hero, [[ButNotTooForeign a Japanese-American Lancer, a Japanese-German Big Guy, a Japanese-Peruvian Smart Guy, a Japanese-Australian Chick, and a Japanese-Canadian Sixth Ranger]]...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but the Sixth Ranger is a quarter Cree, the Hero is a Burakumin, etc.

* '''Straight''': The FiveManBand Team, Dima is an Ukrainian Hero, Bob is an Australian Lancer, Haruto is a Japanese Big Guy, Mahmud is an Egyptian Smart Guy, and Alice is a French Chick. Their nationalities are plot-important.

** Only two or three countries are represented.

* '''Straight''': The Trope Team has an Ukrananian Hero, an Australian Lancer, a Japanese Big Guy, an Egyptian Smart Guy, and a French Chick. Their nationalities are plot-important.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec, Hong Kong and even [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} New South Wales]].

* '''Exploited''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] uses Alice, Roberto, Karl, and Dawud's ethnic diversity against them.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec, Hong Kong and even [[UsefulNotes/Australia New South Wales]].

* '''Exaggerated''': The Trope Team includes members from every country on earth, including obscure ones like San Marino and Djibouti, and even sub-national entities, such as Quebec and Hong Kong.

** Everyone on the team is from one country, but originate from different regions of that country.

* '''Downplayed''': Only two or three countries are represented.

* '''Straight''': The Trope Team has an Ukrananian Hero, an Australian Lancer, a Japanese Big Guy, a Egyptian Smart Guy, and a French Chick. Their nationalities are plot important.

* '''Defied''': The leaders only pick best of the best from their own country, figuring that a diverse team would constantly stumble over communication issues.

* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstruction''': To represent the trouble between countries, the wars between the the member nations are carried over into the Trope Team as squabbles between the members. ManipulativeBitch Alice naturally takes advantage of this by tricking some members into succumbing to {{Face Heel Turn}}s.

* '''Straight''': The Trope Team has an Ukrananian Hero, an Australian Lancer, a Japanese Big Guy, a Egyptyan Smart Guy, and a French Chick. Their nationalities are plot important.

* '''Straight''': The Trope Team has an American Hero, an Italian Lancer, a Japanese Big Guy, a Russian Smart Guy, and a French Chick. Their nationalities are plot important.

* '''Deconstruction''': To represent the trouble between countries, the wars between the the member nations are carried over into the Trope Team as squabbles between the members. ManipulativeBitch Alice naturally takes advantage of this by tricking some members into succumbing to {{Face Heel Turn}}s.
* '''Reconstruction''': Those members realize they've been tricked, and join together to fight against Alice.

'''And a special case:'''

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: This is before the integration of the military, and there's still a FiveTokenBand in the U.S. military.

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* '''Deconstruction''': To represent the trouble between countries, the wars between the the member nations are carried over into the Trope Team as squabbles between the members. ManipulativeBitch Alice naturally takes advantage of this by tricking some members into succumbing to FaceHeelTurns.

* '''Defied''': ???