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* '''Exaggerated''': The Foreheadians have Mexican accents. The Prehensilians are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]]. The Chinridgians have narrow features and elaborate social rituals and a complicated, highly-inflected language. The Eleventoes always wear turbans and carry swords...

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Foreheadians have Mexican accents. The Prehensilians are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]]. The Chinridgians have narrow features and slanty eyes, elaborate social rituals and rituals, a complicated, highly-inflected language.language boasting thousands of elaborate symbols and they export mass-produced, technologically advanced products to every place of the galaxy. The Eleventoes always wear turbans and carry swords...
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* '''Reconstructed''': ... a galaxy at large which, as it turns out, is in its non-disguised state stereotypically Brazilian.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.

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* '''Reconstructed''': ... a galaxy at large which, as it turns out, is in its non-disguised state state, stereotypically Brazilian.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. Showing different, showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.



* '''Implied''': A member of an alien race sees some stereotypical mexicans and bemusedly tell another human they "weren't informed Forheadians were already on this planet."

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* '''Implied''': A member of an alien race sees some stereotypical mexicans Mexicans and bemusedly tell tells another human they "weren't informed Forheadians Foreheadians were already on this planet."
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** Foreheadians are a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Mexicans, with little to no similarities to Mexican stereotypes.

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** Foreheadians are more of a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Mexicans, with little to no similarities their only a minor similarity to Mexican stereotypes.
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** Foreheadians are a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Mexicans, with little to no similarities to Mexican stereotypes.
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* '''Implied''': A member of an alien race sees some stereotypical mexicans and bemusedly tell another human they "weren't informed Forheadians were already on this planet."
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]]

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]]

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

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Foreheadians are a confusing mess of stereotypes from many cultures, and can't be identified with a single one.



* '''Played For Drama''': A Foreheadian shows up on Earth on diplomatic business and ends up mistaken for a Mexican and victimized by overzealous immigration officers.



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* '''Exploited''': The Foreheadians disguise themselves as Mexicans upon coming to earth. Thanks to their similarity to the stereotypes. they go undetected.

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* '''Exploited''': The Foreheadians disguise themselves as Mexicans upon coming to earth. Earth. Thanks to their similarity to the stereotypes. stereotypes, they go undetected.
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* '''Exploited''': ???The Foreheadians disguise themselves as Mexicans upon coming to earth. Thanks to their similarity to the stereotypes. they go undetected.

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** The Foreheadians intentionally behave in this way when interacting with Earthlings to mess with them.



** Mexico is secretly under Forheadian control, and most Mexicans are Forheadians in thin disguise.

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** Mexico is secretly under Forheadian Foreheadian control, and most Mexicans are Forheadians Foreheadians in thin disguise.
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** There are no aliens in the work.

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* '''Averted''': Foreheadians do not in any way resemble a particular Earth culture or the stereotypical view of it.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Foreheadians do not in any way resemble a particular Earth culture or the stereotypical view of it.it.
** The Foreheadians are simply a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Mexican culture, and the author legitimately [[ShownTheirWork shows their work]] in an honest, thought out and well done portrayal of Mexico.
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** Foreheadians visited earth long ago, and claimed to be from Mexico whenever anyone asked, accidentally creating a national stereotype.

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* '''Justified''': Forheadia was settled by time-traveling Mexicans, and not enough time has passed for all cultural traces to vanish.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Forheadia was settled by time-traveling Mexicans, and not enough time has passed for all cultural traces to vanish.
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**The Foreheadians fill a similar economic niche to the culture they seem to be patterned after and thus have similar characteristics.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Foreheadian cuisine is often considered to be overly spicy and likely to upset the stomachs of non-Foreheadians, and we see it includes something that looks suspiciously like tortillas.
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Back to SpaceJews... [[HistoricalInJoke Hopefully it won't take 40 years to get there this time...]]]

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Back to SpaceJews... [[HistoricalInJoke Hopefully it won't take 40 years to get there this time...]]]]]

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Inverted''': Mexico is secretly under Forheadian control, and most Mexicans are Forheadians in thin disguise.

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Mexico is secretly under Forheadian control, and most Mexicans are Forheadians in thin disguise.



* '''Deconstructed''': Racist white humans interact with the Forheadians derisively, assuming them to be like Mexicans in every way. Turns out they were acting like that to make us feel more comfortable, and now Earth is seen as a planet of crude bigots by the galaxy at large.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... a galaxy at large which, as it turns out, is in its non-disguised state stereotypically Brazilian.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Racist white humans interact with the Forheadians derisively, assuming them to be like Mexicans in every way. Turns out they were acting like that to make us feel more comfortable, and now Earth is seen as a planet of crude bigots by the galaxy at large.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... a galaxy at large which, as it turns out, is in its non-disguised state stereotypically Brazilian.
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. HilarityEnsues.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]]

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, '''Deconstructed''': Racist white humans interact with lots of adventures starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing the Forheadians derisively, assuming them to be like Mexicans in every way. Turns out they were acting like that to make us feel more comfortable, and now Earth is seen as jokes. HilarityEnsues.
a planet of crude bigots by the galaxy at large.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... a galaxy at large which, as it turns out, is in its non-disguised state stereotypically Brazilian.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]] ]]
* '''Played For Laughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. HilarityEnsues.



Back to SpaceJews...[[HistoricalInJoke hopefully it won't take 40 years to get there this time...]]]

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Back to SpaceJews... [[HistoricalInJoke hopefully Hopefully it won't take 40 years to get there this time...]]]



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* '''Exaggerated''': The foreheadians have mexican accent, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot the robots]] are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]], and any and all species in the universe IS made of SpaceJews /Japanese etc...

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* '''Exaggerated''': The foreheadians Foreheadians have mexican accent, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot the robots]] Mexican accents. The Prehensilians are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]], day]]. The Chinridgians have narrow features and any elaborate social rituals and all species in the universe IS made of SpaceJews /Japanese etc...a complicated, highly-inflected language. The Eleventoes always wear turbans and carry swords...
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.
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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures start from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and even ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical images we have of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to its limits, with lots of adventures start starting from matters on food or due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent and even with ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.
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* '''Played for laugh''': the Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical image we have from Mexicans. The cliché is stretched to it's limits, lots of adventures starts from food or misunderstanding thanks to their accent, even mexicans view them as jokes, and HilarityEnsue.

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* '''Played for laugh''': the '''PlayedForLaughs''': The Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical image images we have from of Mexicans. The cliché is then stretched to it's its limits, with lots of adventures starts start from matters on food or misunderstanding due to misunderstandings thanks to their accent, accent and even mexicans view ''actual Mexicans'' viewing them as jokes, and HilarityEnsue.jokes. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The foreheadians have mexican accent, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot the robots]] are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]], etc...

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* '''Exaggerated''': The foreheadians have mexican accent, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot the robots]] are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]], and any and all species in the universe IS made of SpaceJews /Japanese etc...

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Foreheadians have a heavy Mexican accent, wear [[MaskedLuchador wrestling masks]] and sombreros everywhere, constantly enter other planets illegally to work for low wages, subsist entirely on beans and tortillas...

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* '''Exaggerated''': The Foreheadians foreheadians have a heavy Mexican mexican accent, wear [[MaskedLuchador wrestling masks]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot the robots]] are [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong strong]] and sombreros everywhere, constantly enter other planets illegally to work for low wages, subsist entirely on beans and tortillas...drink [[VodkaDrunkenski gallons of vodka every day]], etc...



* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated.

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* '''Parodied''': See Exaggerated.The Foreheadians have a heavy Mexican accent, wear [[MaskedLuchador wrestling masks]] and sombreros everywhere, constantly enter other planets illegally to work for low wages, subsist entirely on beans and tortillas...


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* '''Played for laugh''': the Foreheadians are awkward caricatures of the stereotypical image we have from Mexicans. The cliché is stretched to it's limits, lots of adventures starts from food or misunderstanding thanks to their accent, even mexicans view them as jokes, and HilarityEnsue.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_jLnrUXJNM Or...]]

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* '''TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]]

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* '''TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste''': '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The treatment is meant to show how stereotypes and bigotries often persist even if the target is different. [[NotSoDifferent Showing that we're not as advanced as we thought.]]
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_jLnrUXJNM Or...]]

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