Tropescilloscope: Funny Foreigner

A character hailing from another continent, planet, or galaxy, is a source of comedy. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Fan Disservice Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Heterosexual Life-Partners A Date with Rosie Palms Dull Surprise Interrupted Suicide Batman Gambit Manic Pixie Dream Girl Film Noir Age Lift Overprotective Dad Celebrity Paradox Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold An Arm and a Leg Cool Car Adaptational Badass Dark and Troubled Past The Mole Offscreen Moment of Awesome Mighty Whitey Villain Protagonist Rich Bitch Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Department of Redundancy Department Berserk Button Break the Haughty I Did What I Had to Do Leave the Camera Running Establishing Character Moment Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Character Development Wicked Cultured Straight Gay Evil vs. Evil Spared by the Adaptation Disney Villain Death She's Got Legs Funny Background Event Smoking Is Cool Corrupt Corporate Executive Light Is Not Good Market-Based Title Plucky Comic Relief Dogged Nice Guy Very Loosely Based on a True Story Artistic License – Physics Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Mr. Fanservice Green-Eyed Monster Fun with Acronyms The Load He Who Fights Monsters Yandere Humans Are Bastards Protagonist Title Dutch Angle Air-Vent Passageway Offscreen Teleportation NO INDOOR VOICE Adults Are Useless The '90s Missing Mom Evil-Detecting Dog Woman Scorned Deconstruction Captain Obvious Death by Irony Superhero Names to Run Away from Really Fast Card-Carrying Villain Historical Hero Upgrade Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Trailers Always Spoil Scare Chord The End... Or Is It? Grey and Gray Morality Black Comedy Rape True Companions My Greatest Failure Japanese Films A.I. Is a Crapshoot Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Pimped-Out Dress Genre Savvy Insane Troll Logic Ascended Extra Obviously Evil Mood Whiplash Wounded Gazelle Gambit Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Have a Gay Old Time How We Got Here Eureka Moment Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Horror Films Distracted by the Sexy Humiliation Conga Adaptation Expansion Made of Explodium Star-Crossed Lovers Heroes Want Redheads Beard of Evil Extreme Doormat Spiritual Successor Reckless Gun Usage Cool Old Lady Too Dumb to Live Hypocritical Humor Visual Pun Bittersweet Ending One-Word Title Does This Remind You of Anything? Informed Ability Gorn Break the Cutie Redshirt Army Pet the Dog Ironic Echo Unspoken Plan Guarantee Put on a Bus Foreshadowing Whole Plot Reference Stealth Hi/Bye Four-Temperament Ensemble Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday The Cavalry Mama Bear Race Against the Clock Fish out of Water Vampire Fiction Biopic Funny Foreigner Really Gets Around Paper-Thin Disguise Left the Background Music On Big Eater Peek-a-Boo Corpse Domestic Abuse Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Neck Snap Bad Boss Unresolved Sexual Tension The Cameo She Cleans Up Nicely Dropped a Bridge on Him Historical-Domain Character Dark Is Not Evil As the Good Book Says... Fat Bastard All Girls Want Bad Boys Cloudcuckoolander The Bully Author Appeal Amusing Injuries Groin Attack Mercy Kill Downer Ending Punny Name One-Man Army Epic Movie Driven to Suicide '80s Hair Vitriolic Best Buds Shipper on Deck Mooks Foregone Conclusion Throwing Your Sword Always Works As Himself Aluminum Christmas Trees Epic Fail Gone Horribly Right "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Dumb Blonde Danny Peary Cult Movies List Eyepatch of Power The Smurfette Principle Anti-Villain The Ghost Freudian Excuse Off-into-the-Distance Ending No OSHA Compliance The Alleged Car Instant Death Bullet Not So Different May–December Romance All There in the Manual Fourth Date Marriage Aside Glance Television Movie Index Heel Realization Revenge Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" The Oner Dirty Old Man Butt-Monkey Red Oni, Blue Oni For the Evulz After the End Death of a Child A God Am I Serious Business Papa Wolf Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Meaningful Echo Reasonable Authority Figure Kill It with Fire Face–Heel Turn Developing Doomed Characters Suspiciously Specific Denial Red Shirt Spell My Name with an "S" Kick the Dog Crapsack World Animal Motifs My God, What Have I Done? Pretty Little Headshots Eldritch Abomination The Voiceless Reality Is Unrealistic Ominous Latin Chanting Frame-Up Conspicuous CG Romantic Comedy Eiffel Tower Effect Bloody Hilarious Ungrateful Bastard Sci-Fi Horror Match Cut Better to Die than Be Killed Captain Ersatz Almost Kiss Improbable Weapon User Mr. Exposition Fingore Token Minority Undying Loyalty Determinator aka: The Determinator Crazy-Prepared Leaning on the Fourth Wall Five-Man Band Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Animated Credits Opening The Un-Reveal Kubrick Stare Blackmail Gender Flip Stepford Smiler Every Car Is a Pinto Once More, with Clarity! The Vamp Fantastic Racism Cruel and Unusual Death Stalker with a Crush Call-Forward Random Events Plot Documentary Insult Backfire Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Blood Knight Badass Longcoat Adaptational Villainy Wham Line Artistic License – Military Heroic Sacrifice Tagline Hope Spot Soft Glass Authority Equals Asskicking A Minor Kidroduction Truth in Television Ship Tease Broken Bird Boom, Headshot! Took a Level in Jerkass The X of Y Victoria's Secret Compartment From Nobody to Nightmare Dressing as the Enemy Unusual Euphemism Tap on the Head Novelization The Casanova Deus ex Machina Bloodier and Gorier Would Hurt a Child Manly Tears Drives Like Crazy Music Stories Action Survivor Those Two Guys You Have Failed Me What You Are in the Dark Jerk with a Heart of Gold Kill 'em All Alpha Bitch Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Book-Ends It's All About Me Evil Is Petty Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Bloodless Carnage Defiant to the End Unusually Uninteresting Sight Dirty Coward Comically Missing the Point Exact Words Pragmatic Villainy Self-Deprecation A Father to His Men As You Know Plot Hole Freeze-Frame Bonus Cassandra Truth Destination Defenestration Not So Above It All Artistic License – History Logo Joke Historical In-Joke Meet Cute Cool Guns Nice Guy Dissonant Serenity Jitter Cam Married to the Job Sacrificial Lion The Hero Dual Wielding You Killed My Father Irony Parental Neglect Dramatic Gun Cock Never My Fault Creator Cameo Male Gaze Expository Hairstyle Change Italian Films Good Is Not Nice Oh, Crap! All for Nothing Ambiguous Disorder For Want of a Nail Major Injury Underreaction Affectionate Parody Facial Horror Covers Always Lie Damsel in Distress And the Adventure Continues Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Heroic BSoD Meaningful Name It's Personal Daddy's Girl Twist Ending Death Glare Take That! Eagleland Enemy Mine Accidental Murder Morality Pet Stuff Blowing Up There Is No Kill Like Overkill Agony of the Feet Thriller Love Triangle Bond One-Liner Well-Intentioned Extremist Not Quite Dead Re-Cut Adult Fear In Medias Res Ax-Crazy Nothing Is Scarier The Alcoholic Asshole Victim Mugging the Monster Overly Long Gag Film Series Moment Killer Hair-Trigger Temper Silence Is Golden It Can Think Psychopathic Manchild I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Remake Evil Plan From Bad to Worse Jerkass Has a Point Line-of-Sight Name Men Are the Expendable Gender Henpecked Husband Advertised Extra Genre Shift Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Sinister Minister Extremely Short Timespan Catch-Phrase Big Applesauce Rated M for Manly Cool Shades Fake Shemp Mexican Standoff Would Hit a Girl Mythology Gag Catapult Nightmare Silent Movie Continuity Nod Chekhov's Skill Wretched Hive Our Vampires Are Different timeperiod Ripped from the Headlines Taking the Bullet Dark Action Girl Decoy Protagonist Nice Hat Exactly What It Says on the Tin Red Herring Adorkable Hate Sink Only in It for the Money War Is Hell Motor Mouth Took a Level in Badass Accidental Misnaming Cold-Blooded Torture Mistaken for Gay Gainax Ending The Bad Guy Wins Reality Ensues Black and Gray Morality Beta Couple Arc Words Laser-Guided Karma Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Death by Sex Manchild The '80s Villainous Breakdown Action Genre Gory Discretion Shot Same Language Dub The Place Outrun the Fireball Double-Meaning Title Knife Nut Dying Moment of Awesome Naïve Newcomer Adapted Out Slap-Slap-Kiss Bring My Brown Pants Worthy Opponent Didn't Think This Through Obfuscating Stupidity As Long as It Sounds Foreign "The Reason You Suck" Speech Only One Name Red Eyes, Take Warning Hell Is That Noise Stylistic Suck Public Domain Feature Films Contrived Coincidence Failed a Spot Check Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Heel–Face Turn One Steve Limit Credits Gag Bi the Way Black Dude Dies First The Big Guy Sole Survivor Roaring Rampage of Revenge Auto Erotica Darker and Edgier Hidden Depths Belligerent Sexual Tension Martial Arts Movie Friend to All Children Bar Brawl "Well Done, Son!" Guy Armor-Piercing Question N-Word Privileges Retcon Historical Villain Upgrade Car Fu Fatal Flaw Actually Pretty Funny Made of Iron Faux Affably Evil Zombie Stories Due to the Dead Face Death with Dignity Posthumous Character Getting Crap Past the Radar Expy I'm a Humanitarian Lock and Load Montage Reality Has No Subtitles Playing Gertrude Get Out! Video Credits Kick the Son of a Bitch Brother–Sister Incest Psychological Thriller Police are Useless Anguished Declaration of Love Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Defrosting Ice Queen Toplessness from the Back Demonic Possession Combat Pragmatist Jerkass Fiery Redhead All Men Are Perverts The Film of the Book Shoot the Shaggy Dog Your Head A-Splode Drugs Are Bad And Starring Disguised in Drag Adaptational Attractiveness Idiot Ball "Awesome McCool" Name In the Back Flashback Double Entendre Bunny-Ears Lawyer Bound and Gagged Actor Allusion Super Strength Hong Kong Films Big-Bad Ensemble Awesome, but Impractical Fatal Family Photo Adaptation Dye-Job Room Full of Crazy No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Crazy Jealous Guy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Evil Is Hammy Rasputinian Death What Happened to the Mouse? This Is Gonna Suck Rule of Three Never Found the Body Tranquil Fury He Knows Too Much Wham Shot Evil Sounds Deep Not Even Bothering with the Accent Death by Adaptation Attempted Rape Obstructive Bureaucrat Adaptational Heroism The Reveal Casting Gag Artistic License – Law No-Sell Amoral Attorney Karma Houdini Rule of Cool In Name Only Closed Circle Let's Get Dangerous! Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Black Comedy Scenery Porn Parental Incest Sir Swears-a-Lot Australian Movies Real Life Writes the Plot Those Wacky Nazis Up to Eleven Adaptation Name Change Flipping the Bird The Faceless Bolivian Army Ending Cat Fight Manipulative Bastard And I Must Scream Gilligan Cut Award-Bait Song Bland-Name Product Half the Man He Used to Be Badass Grandpa Villain Opening Scene 20 Minutes into the Future Suddenly SHOUTING! Spiteful Spit No Celebrities Were Harmed Femme Fatale Needs Wiki Magic Love The Stinger Evil Laugh Body Horror Diabolus ex Machina Cowboy Cop Red Right Hand Naked People Are Funny The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Ass Shove Foil Based on a True Story The Lost Lenore Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Hoist by His Own Petard Real Life The Stoic The Ace Apocalypse How Poor Communication Kills Bald of Evil Slasher Movie Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Even Evil Has Loved Ones Non-Indicative Name Homage World of Ham Parental Substitute Brainless Beauty Bad "Bad Acting" Pragmatic Adaptation Final Girl Rule of Funny Dramedy Country Matters Noodle Incident Politically Incorrect Villain Improvised Weapon Vacation Films Only a Flesh Wound Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Bait-and-Switch Handicapped Badass Narrator Deadpan Snarker Intrepid Reporter Hollywood Darkness Blood from the Mouth Gratuitous English Scary Black Man The Great Depression Annoying Younger Sibling Call-Back Anachronic Order Death Seeker "Shaggy Dog" Story Coming-of-Age Story Military and Warfare Films Camera Abuse Here We Go Again! Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Despair Event Horizon Immune to Bullets Big Bad German Films The Quiet One Stealth Pun Deal with the Devil Redemption Equals Death Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Large Ham Shell-Shocked Veteran Action Girl Pay Evil unto Evil Smug Snake The Brute MacGuffin Cool Old Guy Stock Footage Greater-Scope Villain Wrong Genre Savvy Our Zombies Are Different The Power of Love Male Frontal Nudity French Films Take a Third Option Early-Bird Cameo The Starscream Riddle for the Ages Dramatic Irony My Beloved Smother Police Brutality Race Lift Anyone Can Die The Chessmaster Make It Look Like an Accident Back from the Dead Faking the Dead Russian Films Fate Worse than Death Anachronism Stew Badass in a Nice Suit The Atoner Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Vomit Indiscretion Shot Shirtless Scene Calling the Old Man Out O.O.C. Is Serious Business Curb-Stomp Battle Fantasy Films Intergenerational Friendship No Antagonist Broken Aesop Chewing the Scenery Chiaroscuro Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Loophole Abuse Together in Death No Ending Ambiguously Gay Canadian Movies Eye Scream Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Fanservice Film Noir Index Bilingual Bonus Brick Joke Title Drop Older Than They Look Shout-Out Unreliable Narrator Big Damn Heroes Hero Antagonist Bottomless Magazines Chase Scene Imagine Spot Bond Villain Stupidity Last-Name Basis Scenery Gorn Madness Mantra Canon Foreigner Bowdlerise Not So Stoic Shown Their Work Monumental Damage Becoming the Mask Unwitting Instigator of Doom Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Animal Title Index Pretty in Mink Show Within a Show Man on Fire The Dragon Antagonist Title Your Cheating Heart Demoted to Extra The '60s The Musical Badass Normal Vomit Discretion Shot The Lancer Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Did Not Get the Girl Sealed Evil in a Can Sequel Hook You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Evil Counterpart Badass Boast Daylight Horror Babies Ever After Works Set in World War II The Sociopath Deliberately Monochrome Arch-Enemy Guile Hero It Will Never Catch On Say My Name Slasher Smile Cat Scare Does Not Like Shoes Bullying a Dragon Curse Cut Short Breaking the Fourth Wall Love at First Sight Hypocrite Hero of Another Story Brutal Honesty Malevolent Masked Men Mad Scientist Shower Scene Sadistic Choice Woman in White Jerk Jock La Résistance Sequel Escalation Artistic License – Biology Fainting Setting Update Dwindling Party Spanner in the Works Rape as Drama Retired Badass Earn Your Happy Ending Skewed Priorities Broken Pedestal Camp Gay Pyrrhic Victory Cain and Abel Affably Evil Bury Your Gays Disney Death Precision F-Strike Word of God Dark Reprise Sanity Slippage Running Gag I Need a Freaking Drink Neck Lift BFG Black Best Friend Not What It Looks Like Big "NO!" Villain with Good Publicity Guns Akimbo Grievous Bottley Harm Refuge in Audacity Jump Scare Alas, Poor Villain Beware the Nice Ones Honor Before Reason Suspiciously Similar Substitute Rousing Speech No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Romantic False Lead Central Theme Fanservice Extra British Films Totally Radical The Ditz Easily Forgiven An Aesop Translation Convention Only Sane Man Storming the Castle I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Psycho for Hire The Dreaded More Dakka Improbable Aiming Skills Properly Paranoid Everyone Has Standards Villain Song Determinator Ambiguous Ending Hollywood Law folderlabel Sassy Black Woman Only Known by Their Nickname Even Evil Has Standards Slashed Throat Time Skip Soundtrack Dissonance Dies Wide Open Big Bad Duumvirate Disproportionate Retribution Creative Closing Credits The Chick Disappeared Dad Children Are Innocent Meaningful Background Event Punch-Clock Villain Author Avatar Index of Film Westerns Tempting Fate All Just a Dream Chekhov's Gunman Villain Ball Mind Screw The Smart Guy Not Using the "Z" Word Laughing Mad Mystery and Detective Films The Dog Bites Back Recycled IN SPACE! Rewatch Bonus Cluster F-Bomb Gold Digger Never Trust a Trailer Karmic Death Those Two Bad Guys Genre Throwback Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Off with His Head! Rule of Symbolism Insistent Terminology Small Name, Big Ego Badass Bookworm Big Brother Instinct Knight Templar Empathic Environment Costume Porn Horror Comedy Sexy Discretion Shot Early Installment Weirdness Creepy Child Shut Up, Hannibal! Product Placement B-Movie Depraved Bisexual I Have Your Wife Serial Killer Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Ghost Fiction Framing Device Happily Married Abusive Parents Artistic License – Geography The Hero Dies Ms. Fanservice What the Hell, Hero? Pre-Mortem One-Liner The '50s Sports Stories Darkest Hour Killed Mid-Sentence The Mafia Abhorrent Admirer Hooker with a Heart of Gold An Axe to Grind Evil Brit Science Fiction Films Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Loads and Loads of Characters Lampshade Hanging Important Haircut Parental Abandonment Drowning My Sorrows Leitmotif Anti-Hero Mundane Made Awesome Deliberate Values Dissonance Artistic License – Gun Safety The '70s Blatant Lies Beauty Is Never Tarnished Corpsing Be Careful What You Wish For Famous Last Words No Name Given The Stoner Kids Are Cruel Taking You with Me Implacable Man Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Bavarian Fire Drill All There in the Script Lighter and Softer Crucified Hero Shot Alliterative Name Action Prologue Dirty Cop Composite Character Chekhov's Gun Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Training Montage Maybe Ever After Betty and Veronica Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Christmas Movies Index Arranged Marriage Fire-Forged Friends Big Fancy House Bare Your Midriff Retirony Drill Sergeant Nasty Adaptation Distillation