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9	->'''Swedish Interviewer:''' So how does it feel to go to all these Scandinavian countries and be treated as a Rock Star? \
10	'''Creator/DonRosa:''' It feels like a gigantic practical joke, as if you all got together one day and whispered "Let's make him think he is famous".
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12	Also known as "Big in Japan". A version of the EnsembleDarkhorse, where interest in a character (or an entire work) is sparked by an audience well-divorced from the production source, particularly if the show is released in other countries. Places with [[ValuesDissonance different cultural baggage]] often [[ValuesResonance hook onto different characters and plot elements]], whether or not these are the ones pushed by the story. This is even more of a gamble when one character's personality and motivations have a direct tie to the culture of origin.
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14	In addition, what may be considered a bog-standard genre piece in the home country may be considered new and exciting in a country that hasn't been exposed to the particular genre yet.
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16	Since many companies get paid by foreign distributors simply for the right to air, how shows do overseas is not always of direct concern to the original producers. Other times, these characters are not tightly connected to a single story and are more an owned property, and may get their own storylines released more or less exclusively in certain countries.
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18	The trope is named for Creator/NormMacDonald's punchline during his "Weekend Update" sketches on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', which he'd go out of his way to include Creator/DavidHasselhoff, the ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' actor/producer, who was popular in Germany for his work as a singer in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Hasselhoff was popular in part for being in the right place at the right time doing the right thing, which was being in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} at the fall of [[UsefulNotes/BerlinWall the wall]] promoting his new album via a concert tour, which included a popular song he had changed to be about peace and togetherness. Hasselhoff has had seven albums go platinum there. It's also the case that Germans in particular tend to be positively disposed towards anyone with a German name; for example at one time they were very big on English crooner Arnold Dorsey, who used the stage name Engelbert Humperdinck. (Hasselhoff's popularity has since waned, however, though Dirk Nowitzki, flag-bearer for Germany in the 2008 Summer Olympics and NBA star, claims he hums Hasselhoff songs at the free throw line)
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20	The opposite of AmericansHateTingle (where something that's popular in its home market becomes loathed abroad, usually by getting a particularly vehement and widespread Hatedom in one specific country) and at once the SuperTrope ''and'' the inversion of NeverAcceptedInHisHometown (where something is popular in any place other than its original country/city).
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22	It's also not uncommon that an over-looked product or person becomes popular in a foreign country for monetary reasons: Broadcasting a show or song that was not popular in its country of origin is usually cheaper, so [[AdoredByTheNetwork channels are prone to re-run these cheap products]]. If this is the case, then it over-laps with VindicatedByReruns.
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24	SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing, {{Woolseyism}}, CulturalTranslation, DubInducedPlotlineChange, and {{Redubbing}} are not uncommon causes of this, where the translated version is actually better than the original.
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26	See also PeripheryDemographic, {{Japandering}} and CulturalCringe. AlienArtsAreAppreciated is the SpeculativeFiction version. MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales is this trope crossed over with ActuallyPrettyFunny. If this trope spreads to ''every other nation'', then it can overlap with the RealLife version of TakeOverTheWorld.
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28	Contrast AmericansHateTingle and BannedInChina.
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30	In case you're wondering, the equivalent on the German translation of TV Tropes is "[[De/AmerikanerLiebenRammstein Americans Love]] Music/{{Rammstein}}".
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32	!!Examples:
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34	[[index]]
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36	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/AnimeAndManga
37	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/AsianAnimation Animation — Asia]]
38	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/EasternEuropeanAnimation Animation — Eastern Europe]]
39	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Architecture}}
40	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Automobiles}}
41	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/BoardGames
42	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/ComicBooks
43	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/AnimatedFilms Film — Animated]]
44	* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/LiveActionFilms Film — Live-Action]]
45	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Food}}
46	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Holidays}}
47	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Literature}}
48	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/LiveActionTV
49	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Music}}
50	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/MythologyAndReligion
51	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Networks}}
52	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/NewMedia
53	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{People}}
54	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Poetry}}
55	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/PrintMedia
56	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/ProfessionalWrestling
57	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/PuppetShows
58	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Radio}}
59	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Sports}}
60	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/TabletopGames
61	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Technology}}
62	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Theatre}}
63	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/ThemeParks
64	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Toys}}
65	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/VideoGames
66	** ''GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/{{Pokemon}}''
67	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/WebAnimation
68	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/WebOriginal
69	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/WesternAnimation
70	** ''GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
71	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/RealLife
72	[[/index]]

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