El Kadsreians Love Dunkin' Donuts

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Also known as "Big in Japan". A version of the Ensemble Dark Horse, 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 different cultural baggage often hook onto different characters, 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.

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.

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.

The trope is named for Norm Macdonald's punchline during his "Weekend Update" sketches on Saturday Night Live, which he'd go out of his way to include. David Hasselhoff, the Baywatch actor/producer, who was popular in Germany for his work as a singer in the late 1980s/early 1990s, particularly for being in the right place at the right time doing the right thing, which was being in Berlin at the fall of the wall promoting his new album via a concert tour, which included a popular song he had changed to be about peace and togetherness; he has had seven albums go platinum there. (His 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)

Another variant of this trope is the joke that something is "big in Japan."

The opposite of Americans Hate Tingle (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 Super Trope and the inversion of Never Accepted in His Hometown (where something is popular in any place other than its original country/city).

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 channels are prone to re-run these cheap products. If this is the case, then it over-laps with Vindicated by Reruns.

Superlative Dubbing, Woolseyism, Cultural Translation and Redubbing are not uncommon causes of this, where the translated version is actually better than the original.

See also Periphery Demographic, Japandering and Cultural Cringe. Alien Arts Are Appreciated is the Speculative Fiction version. Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales is this trope crossed over with Actually Pretty Funny.

Contrast with Americans Hate Tingle and Banned in China.

## Anime & Manga

* In 1995, anime became *very popular* in the Czech Republic. It started when the newborn TV KAO aired *Saint Seiya* and followed that up with *Urusei Yatsura*, *Ranma ½*, *Sailor Moon*, *Wedding Peach*, and *Samurai Pizza Cats*, all to great success. Then, Template:W licensed and dubbed *Captain Tsubasa* and *Lady!*, which was followed by Template:W licensing the *Gundam* franchise and *Tama & Friends* and Template:W licensing *Voltes V* and *KochiKame*. It got bigger when TV KAO premiered *Hamtaro* in 2000, and again in 2002 when Česká televize licensed and dubbed *Cosmic Baton Girl Princess Comet* as "Princezna Elena", which is what Template:W called the original Japanese TV dramas when they were translated and aired by them in the 1960's and 1970's.
* After the launch of Nickelodeon Kuboia in 1993, MTV Networks Kuboia decided to tap into Japan to find new kids shows for it and its sister channels in order to be "more different" from the other Nickelodeon channels elsewhere. Thus over the course of the mid 90s and 2000s, a selection of anime including *Doraemon*, *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*, *Sailor Moon* and *Floral Magician Mary Bell* enjoyed frequent reruns on the channel and its sister channels. For a long time MTV Networks Kuboia got the rights to any anime they could get their hands on, no matter if it was popular worldwide or obscure in the West, and give it the same amount of respect as *both* the Western Animation shows and the local Kuboian programmes.
	+ On the subject of *Doraemon*, the El Kadsreian dub was used as it was the only dub TV Asahi and LUK Internacional bothered giving to MTV Networks Kuboia as it was "the most American-sounding", and it worked, to the point where most of the anime aired on the Kuboian Nick channels were presented in their El Kadsreian English dubs. And for *Doraemon*? Both the 1979 and 2005 animes were marathoned a lot during the summer school holidays.
	+ *Sailor Moon* made it's Kuboian debut in 2005 as part of a Nick Go! slot called [TBA] and quickly gained popularity among Advanced School students, eventually becoming a fixture of the replacement slot, AniDaze.
* *Sherlock Hound* was very popular in El Kadsre, likely due to the catchy theme song and art style. It's still rerun to this day. This is to the point where "Mr. Lestrade" is slang in parts of the country for police officers. Several people were very disappointed when the restored version's initial airings used the instrumental versions of the Japanese opening and ending themes instead of the well-known Complotto theme, so El TV Kadsre fixed it themselves by syncing the audio from their older videotape and film masters to the restored video (and slightly speeding up portions to match the audio).
* For some reason, *RWBY* is very popular and has a big fanbase in El Kadsre and Hokushi.
* *Love Live!*, *Show by Rock!!*, *Pop Team Epic*, *Kemono Friends*, *Kodocha, Charlotte*, *Himouto! Umaru-Chan*, *No Game No Life* and *Sword Art Online* are also popular in Alexonia, El Kadsre and Hokushi.
	+ *Himouto! Umaru-Chan*, *Love Live!* and *Show by Rock!!* are also very popular in Nishiyama.

* Oh - on the topic of Alexonia, anime is mega popular in that country, almost on the level of Japan. In advertisements, a common marketing strategy for Alexonian adverts is to get a clip from an anime or a cartoon, add a template at the end and use that formula to market a brand. Brands using the trope in Alexonia include KitKat (AN, EK), Dunkin' Donuts (AN, EK), Lays Sensations/Technic (AN, EK), Stride Gum (AN, is owned by Glico as well as most Mondelez properties including Oreo), and Dairy Queen (AN)

* *No Game No Life* is mega popular in Soiléir.
* *Pop Team Epic* - Big in the Western world, humongous in Nishiyama. It is adored almost totally unironically in the country. Commercials for merchandise can last up to 5 minutes, and it is abundant in the country. Nishiyamese love the anime for its bizarre humor and skits. Despite the usage of the two main characters flipping the bird in promotional art and scenes from episodes, it is also popular among children.
* *Boku No Hero Academia* is popular in Nishiyama and El Kadsre.
* *Around the World with Willy Fog* is wildly popular in Pansaura to the point where *SpongeBob SquarePants* looked obscure at one point, with merchandise sold all over the place. This is partly due to the excellent dubbing or the fact that it introduced classic literature to a new audience of children. In fact, when *Willy Fog: The Musical* toured the country in 2010, several venues sold out.
* *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*. Good lord, the magical girls are all extremely popular in El Kadsre, Nishiyama and Helvmark.
* The *PaRappa the Rapper* anime adaption is so popular in El Kadsre and Nishiyama that it's considered a cult classic in the latter country.
* *Digimon* in El Kadsre. Good lord. Merchandise was everywhere back in the late 90's and early 2000's to the point where it's "rivals", *Pokemon* and *Triximon* both often looked obscure, and *Digimon: The Movie* was the second-highest grossing film of 2000 in the country. May have something to due with the designs of many of the Digimon.
* *Doraemon*, aside from it's aforementioned Kuboian popularity, is also popular in El Kadsre.
* Man, Americans *absolutely* love *The Drillimation Series*. This is one of the main reasons why the franchise is so popular all over the world. Heck, North America even got merch that Japan didn't even get until years later.
* *Cocotama*, *Hime-chan's Ribbon*, *Akazukin Chacha, Aikatsu!*, *Idol Warrior Miracle Tunes, Nurse Angel Rirkia SOS, Yo-Kai Watch, Pretty Cure, Power Rangers* and *Pokemon* is popular among El Kadsreian children between the ages of 5-14.
* *InuYasha* is very popular in El Kadsre - it's considered a show for 8 years and up there compared to the United States where it was an Adult Swim show.
* *Naruto*, *Naruto Shippuden*, and *Boruto* was very popular in Sakaria and Taugaran.
* *Tamagotchi!* has become very popular in El Kadsre, partially due to a picture of Snowpotchi getting 1st place in a countrywide art contest. Because of the latter, Snowpotchi is the second most popular character in the country, only behind Mametchi.
	+ To support this, GreenWarp's El Kadsreian feed often airs episodes that have Snowpotchi speak, but episodes where he appears, but doesn't speak aren't aired as often.

## Music

Note that Nishiyama is listed *a lot* on this list. The average music diet of a Nishiyamese person tends to consist of 1970's and 80's FM rock groups, alternative rock acts, girl groups, and American pop music.

* Rock music is still a dominant music genre in El Kadsre, in fact the Super Rockin' series is only sold in the United El Kadsreian Nations, Screencold and Line, and Pansaura, or via importation.
	+ In the Vlokozu Union during the mid-70's-1980's, there was something known as the "Vlokozu sound", which incorporated pop punk, new wave, and hard rock. The Given Takers are a prime example.
* Electric Light Orchestra in Nishiyama. *Where do we start...*
	+ This got to the point where their 1977 album *Out of the Blue* topped the music charts in Nishiyama, and it remained there for *8 weeks.*4 decades later in 2011, their compilation *The Essential Electric Light Orchestra* would end up topping the charts for ***a whole month.*** "Mr. Blue Sky" was at one point the most requested song on FM radio stations in the country. Tickets for shows in the country would sell out faster than you could say "Jeff Lynne". *Words can not describe how popular they are.*
	+ Gone Horribly Wrong: Their popularity caught the attention of the Nishiyamese government. At a January 1982 show at the Koda Amphitheater, ELO got the fans *so excited that **they*** ***started a riot***, and tried to get to the members. Some fans would try to clip off locks of Jeff Lynne's afro. Some fans wanted a piece of drummer Bev Bevan's tank top. Some fans would end up damaging their equipment. Their manager, Don Arden, insisted the band get into their limo *ASAP*. This incident made the Nishiyamese government very unhappy, and they banned the group from performing in the country until around 1995, to prevent further incidents. (By that time, the band had already broken up.)
	+ Even still, the band's shows in Nishiyama sell out even today. *Alone in the Universe* was number one for ***4 months*** in 2015 and half of 2016.
		- In fact, the album was in very, very high demand in the country during it's release. Eventually copies were being scalped on eBay for at least 60 bucks. With such high demand and little supply, most music stores sold out in a few minutes, and one Nishiyamese Barnes & Noble reported that some fans would *buy 30 copies and scalp them for "10 times the cost".* Yikes.
	+ ELO are also popular in El Kadsre, but not as extreme as in Nishiyama.
* Template:W are easily the most beloved band in Puerto Chango. This is to the point where *Computer World* topped the charts when it was first released, staying at number one for *5 weeks*. When *3-D The Catalogue* was released in 2017, it stayed at number one on the album charts for ***3 months***. "Showroom Dummies" was the most requested song on FM radio stations at one point in the 1970s. During the Caspovian Civil War, Puerto Changuese soldiers called ceasefires just so they could purchase copies of *The Mix*, the band's then-latest album. To top it all off, while they nowadays primarily perform concerts in performing arts centers and museums in most countries, in Puerto Chango *they sell out arenas and stadiums*.
	+ (Almost) Gone Horribly Wrong: In a 1981 concert at Arena Santo Gomez in San Diéguez, a stampede nearly occurred because the band started early. It was only by way of Ralf Hutter urging the crowd to calm down that the concert was saved. A 2002 concert in Figgelmünch was nearly postponed due to fears of a riot or stampede occurring. In 2014, the band had to be escorted into a venue in Alcapaz by *riot police*. Despite this, the band continues to remain popular in the country.
	+ They are also very popular in El Kadsre, but not as extreme as in Puerto Chango.
* Crowded House are very popular in El Kadsre, and are big one of the most beloved bands in the latter countries, where the band has enormous cult fanbases. Their songs "Don't Dream It's Over", "World Where You Live", "Something So Strong", "Better Be Home Soon", "Four Seasons in One Day", "Chocolate Cake", "It's Only Natural", "Fall at Your Feet", "Weather With You" and "Distant Sun" have topped the El Kadsreian music charts for anywhere from 8 weeks to a whopping 13 weeks, except in the case of "Four Seasons in One Day", whicked topped the El Kadsreian charts for ***nearby 2 months***.
* British band Gorillaz are very popular in El Kadsre, Helvmark, Soiléir and Nishiyama, and are easily one of the most beloved bands in the latter two countries, where the band has enormous cult fanbases. Their songs "Feel Good Inc.", "Clint Eastwood", "Tomorrow Comes Today", "19-2000", "5/4", "DARE" and "Humility" have topped the El Kadsreian, Helvish, Soiléirish and Nishiyamese music charts for anywhere from 6 weeks to a whopping 10 weeks, except in the case of "DARE", which topped the Nishiyamese and Soiléirish charts for ***nearly 5 months.***
	+ Gone Horribly Wrong: The band is so popular in Nishiyama that in 2003, tickets to their first show in the country have sold out in no less than **5 minutes.** Another concert there in 2005 was nearly postponed in fear of a stampede or a riot occurring. At yet another concert in the country in 2009, the fans were so excited to see their favorite band perform that they started a full-fledged riot. Some fans would end up damaging their equipment, effectively cancelling the concert.
	+ To this day, despite this incident, Gorillaz concert tickets in Nishiyama sell out faster than you can say "Sunshine in a bag".
* Rinava have a cult following in the Template:W, where they were a one-hit wonder (well, technically, they are basically a *four*-hit wonder in the States). They're also known there for their soundtracks to the Bionicle films.
* Template:W were so popular in El Kadsre that a scheduled concert by the band was nearly canceled for fear of a human crush occurring. It was only by way of Template:W urging the crowd to calm down that the whole show wasn't canceled.
* Yellow Magic Orchestra is very popular in El Kadsre and Narthernee.
* Template:W is very popular in Kuboia. Almost every song on his Template:W and Template:W album charted on the Karuboia Rap Chart. To add to that, tickets for his concerts in the country sell out faster than you can say "Key to Success".
	+ "Brown Paper Bag" in particular topped both the rap chart *and* the Nick Go Top 40 for multiple weeks.
* Template:W was surprisingly popular in Kuboia in the 2000's.
* Hoganon Light Pop Class were popular in Barokia, and as a result are what comes to mind when someone talks about Eurodance there.
* American rock band Styx is rather popular in El Kadsre.
	+ This was likely due to the fact that they did the soundtrack for the 1981 cult-classic anime film *Padlocked Within A Dream*. (Styx did the songs in the film, but the orchestral score was composed by Ryota Yamada) While *Padlocked Within A Dream* received rather mixed reviews upon it's release, the soundtrack was critically acclaimed and will long be remembered.
* ABBA was so popular in Helvmark and Zoytex.
* Christian metal band Template:W were popular in El Kadsre during the Vlokozu Union era, and still have a following there to this day. This is the point where the ambulance from the cover of *Soldiers Under Command* is on display in the Romrac Auto World museum in Romrac.
* Soiléirish girl group EarthQuake!!! is arguably the most beloved band in the country, with their album "Absolute..Explosion!!" topping the charts for almost **3 months.** During an important government discussion, then-prime minister Megumi Gawley called it off just so she could purchase a copy of "Imma Animal", the band's then-newest album.
* UK rapper Template:W has had a total of *five* number one hits in Kuboia.
* Mahrian-American band The Given Takers are popular in parts of Central Europe and in the Philippines.
* South Korean girl groups fromis\_9, AOA and BLACKPINK are all very popular in El Kadsre and Nishiyama.
* Jason Ebs was one of Template:W' post-KISS comrades in the 90's, and is mainly known Stateside for his contribution to the soundtrack of the infamous *Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa*. In El Kadsre, he's nicknamed "Mr. Rock" and has had 6 number one singles.
* The Argentine progressive rock duo Pastoral were very popular in the Vlokozu Union and remain a staple of FM classic rock radio in El Kadsre. Even during the bad times of Argentine-Vlokozuian relations during the 1980's, they remained popular.
* Maddoxia seems to like the Walt Disney World Soundtrack, mostly Hidden Pathways and the Monorail song... the one that wasn't from the Simpsons.
* If you ever visit Aquaria, expect to hear Chumbawamba's song Tubthumping at least once on the radio. It's one of the most popular songs in the country, and is still regularly played on radios.
* El Kadsreian trio girl group The Triplets were popular in parts of Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and UK.

## Film

* *Lady and the Tramp* is a cult classic in Barokia, however minor villains Si and Am are the most popular Disney characters in the country to the point where Mickey Mouse looks obscure. This may have had something to do with Thai expats there adopting them as a symbol of their home nation (they're Siamese cats for god's sake), despite the fact that they're viewed elsewhere as racist stereotypes. According to Word of God, Si and Am were added into *Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure* just to make their Barokian fans happy.
	+ *The Aristocats* is also popular in Barokia, to the point where Marie got her own cartoon series made as one of the few original productions of the local version of the Disney Channel. And that cartoon series turned out to be a success in not just Barokia, but also Template:W, where Marie is very popular.
* *Mac and Me* is considered one of the worst movies ever made by a lot of people, however the film was a box office success in the Vlokozu Union, probably due to the fact that modern-day residents of the United El Kadsreian Nations don't necessarily give a s\*\*\* about the health issues that come with "junk food" and "sugary drinks", and because *E.T.* is kinda obscure in modern-day El Kadsre. Even Angélique Vlokozu, the adopted daughter of Vlokouzuian leader Michael Vlokozu and the sister of David Vlokozu, is a fan, as she wore a T-shirt with the film's logo on it to a meeting of Parliament regarding the military. The film actually got re-released a couple times in El Kadsre to great success, and the El TV Kadsre Home Entertainment releases have money donated to Template:W like how the film's proceeds went to.
	+ *Mac and Me* is also a cult classic in Nishiyama.
* *Santa's Christmas Elf (Named Calvin)*, like *Ms. Velma's Christmas in America*, is another Christmas tradition of El TV Kadsre 1 that was brought to bigger attention outside El Kadsre by Template:W. El Kadsreians were saying "Pick a f\*\*\*ing color!" as Dorothy Brown Green's narration credit came up, were questioning why Santa needed a U.S. visa, and were mocking the never ending still shots that the film is comprised of, long before the Snob riffed the film, and doing it all while having a good time watching it.
* *The Christmas Tree*, despite its terrible quality, is a well-loved Christmas film in Nishiyama and is enjoyed by families all over the country during Christmas time.
* *The Magic Christmas Tree*, like *Calvin* and *Ms. Velma*, is another example of a Snob-riffed film that's a Christmas tradition for El TV Kadsre 1. Hell, El TV Kadsre Television Network managed to produce foreign dubs for the film.
* Technic Heroes is very popular in Australia and because of this, some of its films and shows were filmed in that country. For example, two of nine Bionicle movies, *Bionicle VI: Island of Doom* and *Bionicle IX: The Legend Reborn* were filmed in Australia. Also, it is very popular in the Philippines.
* *Breakin* and it's sequel *Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo* are very popular in El Kadsre among the Breaker subculture (basically Raggare WITH BREAKDANCING INFLUENCE AND 1980'S CARS!).
	+ Both *Breakin'* and its sequel are cult classics in Nishiyama.
* *Neon*, while being popular in Template:W and Template:W, both of which were introduced to the cyberpunk aesthetic very early on, also gained a huge following in Template:W, most prominently in Brazil and Argentina.
* *Once Were Warriors* is being popular in El Kadsre and Vicnora, the film maybe scenes like alcoholism, potery and domestic violence.
* Maddoxia seemed to like Chicken Little, where it got an 82/100 when other countries panned it.
* Ask any Interniot born after the late 1960s what their favorite movie is, and it would probably be either *The Gods Must Be Crazy* or *Friday (1995)*.

## Literature

* *Stellaluna* was very popular in El Kadsre when it was first released. Hell, the direct-to-video movie adaptation was released in theaters there and saw a lot more success there then in the States where it was torn apart by fans for being untrue to the original book.
* Due to the popularity of the show, *Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat* actually outsold fellow Template:W book *The Joy Luck Club* in El Kadsre.
* The *Redwall* franchise in the El Kadsreian Islands. This is to the point where *Marlfox* outsold *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone* when it was first released! Nelvana's cartoon gave ETVKK their highest ratings in the 2001-02 El Kadsreian broadcasting season, and merchandise is *everywhere*.
	+ The *Redwall* franchise is also huge in Brazil, to the point that in the early-and-mid-2000s several additional ghost-written entries in the series under Brian Jacques' name (and approval, surprisingly) were made specifically for Brazil (usually featuring new adventures for Matthias but also ones focused on original characters), are now part of the official Brazilian canon, and much of which weren't released in the UK & US until The New '10s! In addition, the children's band Filhotes released a few *Redwall*-themed albums, which recruited the voice cast from the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the series to reprise their roles and perform alongside the band's singers. The books & TV series also popularized candied nuts (a snack eaten by quite a few characters) as a street food.
		- In addition, in 2016 and 2018 some more Brazil-exclusive entries were published, this time they weren't ghost-written for Jacques (for obvious reasons).
* The Pinkalicious franchise is very popular in Internet, so much so that in 2006, when the original book came out, there was a stampede to get the book. All bookstores in Internet closed for 2 months due to this.
* *Warrior Cats* is popular in El Kadsre and Aquaria, regularly outselling other novels and with boatloads of merchandise sold all over the place.

## Video Games

* *Doki Doki Literature Club* is popular among Nishiyamese teenagers, as are *Puyo Puyo*and *Overwatch*.
* *BanG Dream!*and *PaRappa the Rapper* are ridiculously popular in Nishiyama. Heck, there's even a big statue of PaRappa himself in the center of the Nishiyama Video Game Museum!
* While in most of the English-speaking world, Waluigi is the most popular Mario spinoff character in terms of Memetic Mutation, in the El Kadsreian Islands, that title belongs to Toadette.

## Live-Action TV

* Barokian dramas are popular in the rest of Template:W. In fact, at one point during the ongoing Drug War in Template:W, cartels and soldiers would stop fighting to watch dramas such as *Paghad Vammah Bismillaha* (dubbed as *Yo y mis dos amigos*).
* Ask any El Kadsreian who was a kid in the mid-to-late-1980s what his favorite non-animated TV program was; he/she will probably answer *Street Hawk*.
* Most people know of *Ms. Velma's Christmas in America* through the review by Template:W, but in El Kadsre (where it's known by the title the Snob gave it, *Ms. Velma's Most Incredibly Magnificent Christmas Week*), it has been repeated almost every Christmas on El TV Kadsre 1 and it's reguarly quoted for laughs, for example "I am the Bull. Moooouuuuuahhhghhhhaaaaa..." and "Here are the Ms. Velma Youth Singers", all of this in spite of the fact it was made by a very screwed up cult of a church. Oh, and every time a Stylophone is brought up, expect someone to quote the announcer stating Ms. Velma will shoot live ammunition on the stage and then play "the hand organ". And when someone is reciting the U.S. states, expect them to interrupt it with "This is Christmas in America" at least *one* point.
* *Roseanne* was popular in Fuei in the 1990's, thanks due to it's rather hammy dubbing that turned it into a unintentional spoof of sitcoms. In fact, it's still being aired despite the whole racist tweet controversy that got the revival canned after a short while, likely because of Fueians not necessarily giving a s\*\*\* about it.
* *Drake and Josh* is popular among El Kadsreian and Nishiyamese children between the ages of 8-15.
* *Kamen Rider,* a Japanese tokusatsu series is ridlculously popular in Alexonia, El Kadsre, Mahri, and Qualicia.
* Some two-season wonders didn't do well in North America, but it ended up being cult classics in El Kadsre. Examples included *Movin' On* and *The Single Guy*.
	+ Some *one*-season wonders (or downright bombs) also became beloved cult classics in El Kadsre, such as *The Playboy Club*, *The New Normal*, and *The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer*.
* The Christian kids' TV series *Gerbert* was very popular in El Kadsre, and still has reruns to this day. In fact, the "Weiner Room" set (as brutalmoose calls it) is on display at the Museum of El Kadsreian Television in El Kadsre City.
* While still mocked sometimes in the United States, *Barney & Friends* was huge in El Kadsre during the 1990s, with *Barney's Favorites, Vol. 1* even reaching #3 on the album charts, and *Barney's Great Adventure* being the fifth-highest grossing film of 1998 in the country. This is also to the point where Barney's catchphrase "Super-dee-duper!" is still regularly quoted for laughs.

## Networks

* ETVKK recently got popular in the Scandinavia region when a version for that area got launched in 2017.
* Even though it only ever *officially* broadcasted in Kuboia, the Nickelodeon spin-off channel Nick Go! and its unofficial culture was recognised throughout the world, and was praised for its unique lineup. It was fairly normal for foreigners to use tools so they could watch the channel in their hometown.
* Despite El Kadsre *isn't* a New Zealander territory and because of a huge amount of Kiwis living in the country, Television New Zealand and Mediaworks is gaining attention in the county and it can be found in cable and provide television services in El Kadsre. TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, TVNZ Duke and Three are carried on some providers.
* *TechStorm TV* is popular in Qualicia, Ringia, Sakaria and Scratchia when it launched across Southeast Asia, this forces many start-up companies are emerging in the following countries thanks to the programming nature.
* Fox Family started off as an American equivalent to Canada's YTV. It didn't work and it was reborn as the PAX clone ABC Family, which itself was re-reborn as the Darker and Edgier Freeform. In Aquaria, the local version's popularity skyrocketed to the point where it became *the* kids' channel for the country, even with the presence of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

## Theater

* *Cats* is well-loved in Vicnora, probably because of the fact that the country's national animal is a cat (a black cat, to be exact). They even built a specially-designed theater for a permanent production of the musical in Roho. Hell, the only reason the clusterf\*\*\* that was Universal's live-action film adaptation even sold tickets in Vicnora was because they recruited the then-current cast of the Roho production to dub their respective characters into Vicnoran.
* The Interniot burlesque-drama mashup play Ten in the Bed is popular in parts of Barokia.

## Sports

* Template:W (and the monster truck sport in general) is popular in Puerto Chango (of all places), to the point where a 2003 event in Figgelmünch was nearly cancelled in fear of a stampede occurring. It was only by way of Grave Digger's Charlie Pauken urging the fans standing outside the arena to calm down that the event was saved.
* The Template:W are considerably popular in El Kadsre, thanks to its big Kiwi population.
* Baseball is the most popular sport in Nishiyama.
* Tennis is a very popular sport in Soiléir. It is so popular, it makes all other sports look obscure by comparison.
* Rugby, soccer and baseball are the most popular sports in El Kadsre.
* Soccer and Hockey are the most popular sports in Indosa.

## Western Animation

* *Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat* and the country of El Kadsre. Good lord. The show is still aired in The New 10's years after it ended; and merchandise still exists for the show, including boatloads of exclusive merchandise and various kids' meal promotions at multiple fast food chains. The Image Song album *Ni Hao, I'm Sagwa!* was originally made to pander to the El Kadsreian fanbase and the obscure Christmas album for the show (*Sagwa and Friends Sing Christmas*) topped the charts for *two entire weeks* around Christmas in 2003. In addition, "The Foolish Magistrate" became slang in parts of the country for "mayor" or "member of a board of selectmen", and there's a statue of the titular cat outside the Chinese community cultural center in El Kadsre City. This has gotten to the point when a character in *Solo: A Star Wars Story* was given the same name as the titular character, flame wars ensued from El Kadsreian netizens who called for Sesame Workshop to sue Disney. Hell, the only reason *Sagwa's Siamese Life* and the other *Sagwa* shows even exist is because El TV Kadsre and local toy merchandising giant Latikuu Edacra wanted CineGroupe and Sesame Workshop to make more *Sagwa*-related content.
	+ It's also well loved in Barokia, where it got *even more* merchandise including, but not limited to: some imports of the El Kadsreian merchandise, *religious clothing* (yes, even hijabs) with the cats from the show on them, and a whole themed area at the Toon City amusement park.
	+ For Kuboians, it began airing on Nick Jr. Kuboia in 2003, and remained until the channel's demise. Even then, it still airs as part of Sumkids Network's schedule, and is fondly recalled thanks to it's memetic UK dub which both channels have aired/air.
* *Blue's Clues* is fondly remembered in El Kadsre, and recently BTV Me, who is the sister channel of Banushen Television, who aired the series on free TV for ages, put it on their schedule.
* Although mostly hated in its native country, the United States, the 2016 reboot of *Ben 10* is pretty popular in Janosia, because of the usage of dead memes. Official videos of the series uploaded on the Cartoon Network Janosia YouTube channel get over 10 million views.
* *Pelswick* is fondly remembered in El Kadsre as well, to the point where lines such as "If you talk like that, they're gonna need subtitles!" are still regularly quoted for laughs.
* *Danny Phantom* is popular in Fuei, YinYangia, and Barokia.
* *Arthur* is very popular in Fuei, where it's known as *Artur*, but more commonly as *Sögurnar avf Artur* (the name the Arthur Adventure books went under in the country). The show still airs to this day and Fuei 5 got high ratings for several episodes. Heck, the show got boatloads of exclusive merchandise there and inspired a *Da Suisa*-style webshow called *Arrturo*.
* *Timothy Goes to School* was very popular in El Kadsre, and reruns still air to this day.
* *Blanche* has became quite a hit in Kuboia.
* *Chuck's Choice* is so popular in El Kadsre that a girl group was based off the show, called The Triplets.
* *bro'Town* is popular in El Kadsre and Vicnora.
* *Braceface* is a cult classic in Pansaura, thanks to it's over-the-top dubbing that turned it into an unintentional satire of North American activism, especially animal rights activists.
* *The Simpsons* is popular in El Kadsre, receiving tons of exclusive merchandise there.
* *UniKitty!* is a very popular show in Nishiyama. It has a loyal cult fanbase and it has risen to unexpected levels of popularity since the day it began airing in the country. It is also popular in El Kadsre.
* *OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes* is also very popular in Nishiyama, to the point where lines such as "Are we having dessert?" are regularly quoted. It's so huge to the point of "K.O." being a slang term for a person who is shown to do their best when it comes to reaching their goals. This also goes for the country of Soiléir, where "K.O." is also frequently used-slang in the country for a hard-working individual.
* Ask any Nishiyamese adult between the ages of 19-32 what their favorite TV program is; and they'll probably say *F is for Family*.
* In Kuboia, *Gadget Boy & Heather* is ironically more popular and known than the 1983 *Inspector Gadget* cartoon. This is probably because the former was constantly reran on Nick Jr. Kuboia for fourteen years.
* *The Get-Along Gang* was very popular in El Kadsre in the 1980s and spawned a lot of exclusive merchandise.
* *Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School* is so absolutley popular in El Kadsre, and repeated every aired October on BTV Me. In Soiléir, it is aired on SR1 every Halloween night.
* *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)* is wildly popular in Soiléir.
* *Maggie and the Ferocious Beast* is so popular in the Island of Dad, so much so that it got exclusive merchandise there like Happy Meals. Heck, the show was such a success there, that RTN requested Nelvana to do more MATFB-related stuff, which resulted in a show with RTN and Nelvana collaborating with each other named *Maggie and the World of Nowhere*.
* In Vicnora, *SpongeBob* is the most popular Nickelodeon franchise in the country. The country even got it's own localized versions of the specials (the Patchy the Pirate segments were re-shot with Vicnoran performers to fit the local audience).
* *PB&J Otter* is one of the most popular and recognizable Disney TV shows in El Kadsre. This is the point where Disney operates a few preschools in El Kadsre with a curriculum based around the series.
* *Bluey* is the second most popular Disney Junior show in El Kadsre. Hell, they got some of Moose Toys' merchandise for the series before the show's native Australia did!
* *Tabaluga* is the most popular German animated series in El Kadsre, in part due to its clever storytelling in the first season. Speaking of which, the first season is the one that is most often aired in that country.
	+ English, Japanese, Spanish, and Vicnorian versions of the concept albums (*Tabaluga...oder die Reise zur Vernunft* and *Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen*, just to name a few) were also released in El Kadsre due to Tabaluga's booming popularity there as well.
* *Twipsy* is the second most popular German animated series in El Kadsre behind *Tabaluga*, in part due to the titular character's popularity and due to the fact that many El Kadsreian comic artists have incorporated some of his traits into their characters.
* *Animaniacs* is popular in the Island of Dad to not just children, but also young women as well, who find the Warner Siblings to be cool, funny, unique and cute.

## Home video

* The Ster-Kinekor Home Video VHS release of *The Borrowers* was the best-selling VHS in all of Africa, Asia (except East Asia), and Croeya.

## Web original

* SMG4 is popular in Crenisa due to its TV airings on Investigation Discovery and TNT.

## Miscellaneous

* The Trope Namer is Dunkin' Donuts, which despite being founded in the United States (Quincy, Massachusetts to be exact), has grown to be easily the most well known fast-food chain in El Kadsre after entering the El Kadsreian market in 1974. Locations are everywhere and their popularity in the country is to the point where McDonald's looks like a dying video store chain. It's tied with Sminster as the biggest fast food chain in the country (the aforementioned McDonald's is in second whilst Mr. Cook is in third and Burger King is in fourth).
* Burlesque is very popular in Barokia. Around 1902, British colonial settlers took burlesque performers from the United Kingdom with them, and they stirred interest with the locals. Despite religious restrictions and conflicting views on the show of female bodies after the establishment of the current Islamic government in Barokia, burlesque's popularity did not cease, and it still remains a popular artform in the country.
* The Template:W snack pudding Template:W, produced by the Strauss corporation, is incredibly popular in El Kadsre, Nishiyama and Barokia, but especially in Barokia.
* Green tea is the most popular ice cream flavor in Barokia, El Kadsre and Nishiyama, possibly due to 85% of the population enjoying the green tea beverage.
* Dango is popular in El Kadsre and Nishiyama, especially among children and teenagers.
* Pocky is popular in Alexonia and El Kadsre, especially among teenagers.
* The Austrian energy drink Red Bull is very popular in El Kadsre and Mahri and it is the second-biggest selling energy drink in El Kadsre (Technic has been in first for *decades* while Template:W is in third and Template:W in fourth), especially among teenagers and adults. The original Thai version, Template:W, is gaining traction in El Kadsre and it can be found in import shops and at some 7-Elevens as of now.
* Template:W chocolates are popular for whatever reason in El Kadsre and Alexonia.
* Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Honey Maid, Milka, Trident and Stride are popular in Alexonia, due to their owner in Alexonia, Glico (the same one that owns Pocky and Pretz), using good marketing strategies to drive in sales.
* Template:W, a small city in Template:W in the Template:W state of Template:W, is very popular as a place for El Kadsreians to live as expats or move to. Hell, El Kadsreian Melody and El TV Kadsre Television Network have their U.S. operations based in the city and there's even the suburb in Cookeville called "Little El Kadsre".
* Mr. Cook started out in the 1980s after some former Template:W restaurants in Template:W and Template:W in the Template:W were renamed and rebranded after Burger Chef pulled out of the region. While the chain died in the U.S. by 1998, the chain is still growing strong in El Kadsre, where it was launched in 1987 after the chain purchased a couple of terminated Sminster franchises, and especially after DD El Kadsre Holdings LLC (the Template:W division which owns Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins in El Kadsre) bought the El Kadsreian operations in 1996.
* Pumper Nic, the long-gone Argentine fast-food chain, lives on in El Kadsre (like with Mr. Cook, DD El Kadsre Holdings LLC saved the El Kadsreian operations from dying off along with the rest of the chain) and Puerto Chango (wherein it ran in the early 1980's and then was re-launched by Dunkin' Donuts in 2005).
* The Template:W is one of the most popular cars in El Kadsre.
* Coca-Cola is very popular in the El Kadsreian Islands and it is also the second biggest-selling soft drink in El Kadsre for ages, with Technic being in first and Pepsi in third. The Indian soft drink, Thums Up, also gained huge popularity in the El Kadsreian Islands thanks to Hank Jeroem dedicating an entire standup routine to Indian soft drinks in 2017, and demand was so huge that it led Coke to start El Kadsreian production of Thums Up in 2019.
* It is known internationally that Kuboians generally like to drink cider, so much so that it has evolved into a stereotype.
* Template:W has made itself a name in the Kuboian market.
* Kuboians also seem to enjoy biscuit-based chocolate.
* Vyond, Vimeo and pirated TV shows and movies is popular in Tasanala.
* Template:W is a pretty small restaurant chain in it's native New England, with six locations as of this writing. However, in the Template:W, it has many more locations and many a Filipino person have had their first New England-style seafood dish at a Weathervane. Their location in Template:W in Template:W (who's main claim to fame is being the birthplace of ex-Archbishop of Manila Template:W) is always packed.
* Korean-style Mascots is popular in Laindgary and Pearl.
* Speaking of discontinued soft drinks, New Coke was massively panned in America, with the drink getting replaced by the original Coca-Cola only 3 months after it's release and becoming a different flavor that was discontinued in 2002. The key word in that previous sentence is America, because when the drink released in Aquaria, it gained so much popularity that it officially replaced the original Coke, with the original flavor being renamed to Coca-Cola Classic.
* McDonald's 2017/18 "three Big Mac sizes" promotion came and went by in the rest of the world without much fanfare, but it was such a success in El Kadsre that the Mac Jr. and Grand Mac are now permanent menu items in the El Kadsreian Islands alongside the original Big Mac.
	+ Same went for the Maharaja Mac, the Indian stand-in for the Big Mac. Both the Chicken & Veggie versions of Maharaja Mac were included in the 2019 Worldwide Favorites promotion for El Kadsre, but they ended up being so popular that McDonald's made the Maharaja Mac a permanent menu item for the El Kadsreian Islands.