The problem: Asian Store-Owner is a trope about Asian store owners who are violently protective of their store. Per the description:

I brought this to Trope Talk as well to confirm the definition, and indeed that's what it was deemed to be.

Unfortunately, the name is very vague, and does not describe the "violent" part of the trope well at all. As part of my project to reduce the backlog of Tropes Needing TRS (where this was listed), I decided to do a wick check.

Wick check: Link here, but here's the quick results:

• 3/50 examples were correctly used, dealing with a violently protective Asian store owner, or 6%
• 9/50 examples were about the stereotype of Asians being store owners, or 18%
• 20/50 examples, as written, were just store owners who happened to be Asian, or 40%
• 15/50 examples were zero-context, unclear, or other, or 30%, and
• 3/50 examples were unclassifiable, or 6%

Analysis: Alright, so just 6% correct examples is pretty bad, and the large number of examples that, as written, were store owners who happen to be Asian, along with Zero-Context Examples, indicate that most of the usage isn't salvageable. However, 18% of the examples dealt with a specific stereotype that store owners tend to be Asian (like Apu from The Simpsons), and some examples dealt with Asian store owners who were rude, but not violent.

Possible solutions: So here's what I was thinking. I genuinely think the Asian Store Owner Stereotype might be tropable on its own, so if we can hash out the specifics of that trope, that's what this could be turned into. We could then just clean out the rest of the use, and TBH I think a specifically violently protective Asian store owner stereotype is too strict. So yeah, rework into Asian Store Owner Stereotype. If that isn't a valid concept, we could just disambiguate this trope or even cut it, since the correct use is so low.

What does everyone else think? Any other ideas or suggestions?

1. Characters.Jackie Chan Adventures The Chan Clan: Very protective of his antiques, and has the skills to back it up. Seems to be correct—an Asian store owner who is willing to use violence to protect his store.
2. Film.The Ladykillers 2004: The introduction to the General shows him, rather brutally, foiling a hold-up in his shop. Seems to be correct.
3. VideoGame.Leisure Suit Larry 1 In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards: The store owner from Quiki Mart speaks with an Asian accent (stuff like "Lubber" instead of "Rubber") and if you try to shoplift from him, he will shoot you. Correct.

1. YMMV.Jeff Foxworthy: In one skit, he asks the crowd if they have "Abduls" working in their 7-Elevens, and then wonders if 7-Elevens in the Middle East have American workers. Later on, he adds ableist humor to the pile with "it's like a midget using mouthwash; who would know?" References the stereotype of Asians being store owners specifically.
2. Literature.Contes De La Rue Broca: One recurring character is Papa Saïd, an Arab grocer (a famous stereotype of a shopkeeper in France). His eldest daughter, Nadia, is a protagonist of the first story and his youngest son, Bachir, goes to save her from the witch. He also has two twin daughters, Rachida and Malika, who are involved with the Clever Little Pig. References the stereotype of Asians being store owners specifically..
3. NationalStereotypes.Asia:
   • In most of Northern Europe, the convenience-store owner who would be Asian in an American or British production will be an immigrant Turk (usually, though "generic Middle East" is gaining traction). Impressive facial hair is optional, shouty voice, huge gestures and Flowery Insults are not. No mention of wanting to violently protect their store.
   • Jobwise South Asians come in two types. The successful and academic types are typically Doctor, Scientists, Lawyers sometimes classy business tycoons or Politicians. If they are on the lower end of the economic ladder, expect them to be the Asian Store-Owner or a taxi driver (sometimes other types of driver) or Resturant/cafe/food worker.
   • Asian Store-Owner: Asians will be owners of grocery stores. All three reference the stereotype of Asians being store owners.
4. Trivia.The Office USS 1 E 2 Diversity Day: Some extra back-and-forth after Kelly slaps Michael, including Michael comparing his Asian Store-Owner imitation to "Don Rickles on acid", and Jim, noting Michael's forehead card, asking why Kelly slapped Martin Luther King Jr. Seems to be referencing the stereotype of an Asian store owner.
5. Creator.The Capitol Steps: One skit had a character proclaim "If you do not stop making fun of Pakistani people, we will be forced to do something drastic. We will close every 7-Eleven in your country!!" Seems to be a reference to the stereotype.
6. Characters.Pulp Fiction: This trope is discussed by him in the film's opening conversation; he laments about how knocking over convenience stores has become nearly impossible, since many such store owners don't speak enough English to understand "Open the fucking register!" Seems to be referring to the stereotype? Still misuse though, as violence isn't mentioned.
7. TheArtifact.The Simpsons: Apu was created to be a stereotype of the ethnic store clerk, and in many respects, it was Fair for Its Day—Apu was a relatable, fleshed-out character with a realistic, down-to-earth backstory. This excerpt, and the entry surrounding it, discuss the stereotype, but not the trope.
8. WebVideo.Where The Bears Are: The clerk at the Stockroom seems to be this... at first. It turns out that she is a Dominatrix who manhandles the bears and chides Nelson for falling for the Asian stereotype act. References the stereotype.
9. Music.Anal Cunt: Asians Eat Pets: Asians are not spared from Putnam's wrath: one of their songs is titled "I Sold Your Dog to a Chinese Restaurant", while "You Own a Store" contains the line "Hide your dogs, hide your cats". References the stereotype.

1. Film.Bait 3 D: The supermarket owner is Chinese, but apparently second-generation or later since there's no accent. Just an Asian store owner with no other references.
2. Series.Coronation Street: Not much was done to remedy this until well into The '90s. When the producers remedied this by having the Desai family take over the corner shop However they mostly failed to click with audiences or the rest of the cast and were soon replaced with their cousin Dev Alahan who has been with the show ever since. Later joined by the Nazirs, who run the community centre or work at the factory, bistro, or medical centre. Just Asians being store owners with no other implications.
3. Series.Sam And Cat: Afish, the owner of the Handy Quick near the apartment, is a Middle Eastern man who's extremely self-obsessed. Just an Asian store owner with no other implications.
4. Film.Four Brothers: The owner of the store where Evelyn was killed is Middle Eastern. The clerk who was killed was likely one of his relatives as well. Just an Asian store owner with no other implications.
5. Literature.Cannery Row: Lee Chong, who operates the local grocery, and who stocks pretty much everything and anything in his store. Just an Asian store owner with no other implications.
6. WesternAnimation.Purno De Purno: Dr. Ha Chiu, who owns a Chinese store that sells various potion-like liquids. Just an Asian store owner with no other implications.
7. UsefulNotes.The War On Terror: The Boondocks episode "A Date with the Health Inspector" made one hell of an allusion to the Iraq War in the form of a convenience store robbery. Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy (White Gang Banger takes on George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld) take some beer called "Black Gold", and when the Arab store clerk (Saddam Hussein) tries to charge them, they accuse him of having a gun (Weapons of Mass Destruction). A cop named Frank (France) shows up, and Ed III levels a gun to him, shouting "Whose side you on?!" The clerk's coworkers fight back, leading to a two-hour shootout with more allusions to the events around the War than can be listed here. It ends with the Arab store owners arrested and Ed III and Rummy hailed as heroes. As written, just an Asian store owner with no other subtext.
8. Series.Kims Convenience: Mr. Kim and Mrs. Kim are the Korean owners of the titular store, with Janet often helping out (although she's against the idea of inheriting the store from her father). Just Asian store owners.
9. ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.Western Animation: Dr. Ha Chiu, an Asian guy who runs an Asian store selling various potion-like substances, disappeared after the third series. Pothole just references a store owner who happens to be Asian.
10. WesternAnimation.How Murray Saved Christmas: The clerk at the convenience store, who has eight arms.
    Santa: What are you?
    Clerk: I'm Vishnu.
    Santa: Vishnu?
    Clerk: I Vishnu wouldn't shoot me. As written, just a store owner who happens to be Asian.
11. TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf.Western Animation The Simpsons: In "Brick Like Me", LEGO Homer starts seeing the real Homer in reflective surfaces after having a vision of his reality, where he was bonding with Lisa over LEGO construction sets. At one point, he yells at his reflection on the front window of the LEGO world's Kwik-E-Mart, causing him to be Mistaken for Racist by LEGO Apu. As written, just references a store owner who happens to be Asian.
12. YMMV.Friday Film: The Asian Store-Owner in the first film randomly rising from the counter at his "Black Owned" convenience store and never appearing again. Just references a store owner who happens to be Asian.
13. Website.Springhole: In Tips for Writing and Maintaining a Horror Atmosphere, guest writer Alexis Feynman points out that a shop lady in Chinatown would have more important things to do than punishing obnoxious teenagers for being obnoxious. Just references a store owner who happens to be Asian.
14. Series.The Sarah Silverman Program: Sarah once robbed one for batteries since she didn't have enough money to afford them. As written, just references a store owner who happens to be Asian.
15. Series.People Just Do Nothing: Kurupt FM's associate and business partner, Chabuddy G, an illegal immigrant from Pakistan who makes a living from ripping people off and living beyond his means. Just a store owner who happens to be Asian.
16. Film.It Could Happen To You: The deli Charlie and his partner frequent is run by a Korean husband and wife pair. Just store owners who happen to be Asian.
17. Recap.Welcome To Paradise: Woody hires a Korean convenience store owner to follow Denzel around and make sure he doesn't steal anything. There seems to be an implication that the store owner is violently protective, but it isn't explicit enough to count IMO. As written, it's just an Asian store owner.
18. Literature.Angels Flight: Bosch finds himself inside a convenience store owned by a Chinese man at the end, just after he's escaped from the rioters. (That exact same shopkeeper and store pop up again in later Connelly novel 9 Dragons.) As written, just a store owner who is Asian.
19. VideoGame.Dust A Tale Of The Wired West: Mr. Help (yes, that's his name), who offers hints if the player gets stuck and who is, at least to begin with, rather rude to the Stranger. Just a store owner who is Asian, and not violently protective of their store.
20. Series.Count Arthur Strong: Bulent, though he's Turkish, and he runs a cafe instead of a shop. Averted with that one Indian guy Michael meets in a newsagent's, who's only a customer. Just a store owner who is Asian.

1. VideoGame.Kings Quest II Romancing The Stones: There's a merchant in town who seems to be this, but his tendency to slip into a cockney accent gives him away... Low context.
2. WesternAnimation.The Proud Family: In "E-Z Jackster", Mr. Min, the owner of the record store, is a really angry guy who yells at Mega for not buying anything. He's furious when the titular piracy site puts his store out of business. While this is an angry Asian store owner, he is not shown to be violently protective of his store, and thus does not count.
3. SpiritualAntithesis.Live Action Films: The Dutch film The Columnist is this to Falling Down. Both films are darkly comedic thrillers about an ordinary person who hits a Rage Breaking Point and goes on a violent vigilante rampage against what they see as a World Gone Mad, and are deeply satirical about modern society and its ills while ultimately revealing their respective Villain Protagonists to be a lot less righteous than they think they are. Falling Down's William Foster was a right-leaning, blue-collar Angry White Man who worked in the highly technical profession of engineering at a defense contractor before losing his job due to the end of the Cold War, and his targets, from an Asian Store-Owner to Gangbangers to a homeless Phony Veteran, represent the fears of conservative Middle America in the early '90s. Meanwhile, Femke Boot, the titular protagonist of The Columnist, is a left-leaning, white-collar woman who works in the highly social profession of journalism, pushed over the edge not by economic misery but by online harassment, and her targets are internet trolls and far-right conspiracy theorists who symbolize the fears of young liberals in the late 2010s. Also, while Foster only directly kills one person even as he builds up an increasingly outlandish arsenal of weapons, Femke is an outright Serial Killer who murders numerous people yet sticks to knives, garden shears, bathtubs, and other close-in weapons throughout. Little implication in the pothole—putting it here as a ZCE.
4. Film.This Is England: He bans Shaun early on for continuing to read a magazine without paying despite a couple of warnings, and gets his Disproportionate Retribution later on. No implication of violence.
5. Characters.Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow: Own the town antique shop. No context.
6. Characters.Still Game: Indian variety. Commented-out ZCE.
7. Characters.Power Rangers Megaforce: Indian, to be more specific. No context.
8. DarthWiki.Four Oh Two: Hiroshi Shinitani, Holmes' martial artist friend, in "Discovery". No context.
9. Film.Do The Right Thing: The Korean shop owner. He's able to fend off the angry black mob that torches the Italian pizzeria by claiming that he's "black too." This was inspired by a Real Life story mentioned in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. During the Harlem riot of 1935, a convenience store was spared looting and burning when the Asian owners hung a sign in the window saying that they were colored too. Not just an Asian store owner, but still isn't correct use nor does it fit any other category. Other.
10. WesternAnimation.Mission Hill: George's dad, Mr. Bang No context.
11. WesternAnimation.Tom And Jerry Kids: The Indian man running the 7 Million Convenience Store in "Galaxy Droopy". No context.
12. WesternAnimation.Eight Crazy Nights: Mr. Chin, played by (Rob Schneider), fits a lot of the stereotypes; although he subverts Asian Rudeness just from the fact that the only time he acts angry is completely justified. (Davey dining and dashing). Beyond that he's just curt, not mean. Fits stereotypes, but not that all store owners are Asian. Also not violent. Misuse.
13. Literature.Ordinary Time: Discussed mockingly by Sher’s father, when the Duke enlists him in a spot of intelligence work:
    “You were, as I recall, a spice and tea merchant, an East India Provisions wholesaler who, had y’ removed t’ Town, should have been the glory of a restored Mincin’ Lane and an ornament of the Worshipful Company of Grocers.”
    “No, Charles, I’m simply the British Asian who runs the corner shop. Of course you recall correctly: among the interests in which our holding company invested were firms which were considerable importers of spices and of tea. As you perfectly well know, and, as I expect, of which you have all our financials going back a decade. It’s allowed my brother-in-law ^note the Nawab to keep his pomp and state.” Unclear if it's discussing the stereotype or just someone who is an Asian store owner.
14. WesternAnimation.Bro Town: ^note Psst, NZers! Apparantly those crazy Americans group Indians under Asians. It's crazy, I know. No context, commented out.
15. VideoGame.The Curse Of The Were Rabbit: Mr. Caliche. No context, commented out.

1. Laconic.Asian Store Owner The Laconic.
2. Asian Rudeness: Can also overlap with Asian Store-Owner as well as with Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy, or (in Japanese media) Bokukko or even The Idiot from Osaka. "See also" link in description.
3. Pantheon.Businesses And Corporations Pantheon.