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* Western fast food chains like UsefulNotes/McDonalds and Burger King are popular in most of Asia, but flopped horribly in Vietnam. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6enxa3tdEk This video]] explains that these chains' failure boils down to ValuesDissonance and fierce competition from cheaper street vendors. Vietnamese see meal time as a social occasion and prefer to have meals with family and friends so they can share food with each other, in contrast to Western fast food establishments' idea of enjoying food quickly and by one's self (hence the term, "'''fast''' food").

* While Gunpla (Franchise/{{Gundam}} Plastic Models) are beloved worldwide, the Western audiences hate one subset of these models - the MS Girl-types introduced starting with the Super Fumina in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' as well as the Petitgguys. While they're big in Japan, Western fans ''really'' hate them, as they refer to the MS Girls as a "poor man's ''Toys/FrameArmsGirls''" and believe that making them and all of their variants just prevents Bandai from making popular non-''Build Fighters'' Gunpla, and thus, making the hobby look bad for outsiders as they don't want the first thing they find when someone says "Gunpla" to be tiny bear toys or 14-15 year old girls [[spoiler:minus the older woman]] in skimpy clothing and barely covering armor (with the exception of the Chinagguy). However, Bandai's subsequent "30 Minute Sisters" kits (a spinoff of the ''30 Minute Missions'' line) have been better recieved, due to better design and fans liking the interchangability and "make your own mecha musume" aspect.

* European comics in general are of only cult interest in America, thanks to the domination of the comics industry by superheroes (thanks to [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode the 1950s moral crackdown]]), the different publishing style (more akin to today's graphic novels) and much of the humor and themes simply not translating well (as many of them are based on specifically French or other European sources of humor/stereotypes, which Americans generally wouldn't understand).

* Allegedly, one of the major reasons Comicbook/IronMan is usually given leadership of Comicbook/TheAvengers in TV adaptations (such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'') is because focus group data indicated that ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (the traditional leader of the Avengers) is extremely unpopular in countries like the United Kingdom. Downplayed with ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' -- although international markets were offered the [[MarketBasedTitle alternate title]] "The First Avenger", only three nations opted for the other title, and most of its box office was international (it probably helps that the MCU's version of Captain America is often the butt of jokes for his PatrioticFervor and occasional lameness, like scolding Iron Man for swearing).

This is the opposite of GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: a character or entertainer who is fairly popular in their home region becomes TheScrappy in another market.

* Animation/GoatStoryOldPragueLegends the film was a big hit in the Czech Republic since it was the first CGI animated film released there, it is hated internationally due to the animation looking hidieous compared to other forign CGI animated films as well as many jokes that use sexuality, nudity, urination, drinking, racial stereotypes, and other concepts that parents might not want their kids to see outside it's home country.

* DungeonsAndDragons is rarely played in Sweden, due to the popularity of domestic title, in particular the similarly themed ''Drakar och demoner''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' didn't make a splash at all in Japan despite being one of the biggest movies of the year in its native USA. Frequently cited reasons include a poor dub, being carried by relatively few theaters, competition from other movies, and the fact that the movie is so pop-culture focused that the jokes don't translate to Japanese. It also doesn't help that LEGO itself like most non-Japanese toys in general, are only has a niche cult following at most in Japan, meaning the idea of a LEGO movie didn't have much appeal to mainstream Japanese audiences to start with. That said, the movie would become much more successful after it was [[VindicatedByCable released on home video]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' didn't make a splash at all in Japan despite being one of the biggest movies of the year in its native USA. Frequently cited reasons include a poor dub, being carried by relatively few theaters, competition from other movies, and the fact that the movie is so pop-culture focused that the jokes don't translate to Japanese. It also doesn't help that LEGO itself only has a niche cult following at most in Japan, meaning the idea of a LEGO movie didn't have much appeal to mainstream Japanese audiences to start with. That said, the movie would become much more successful after it was [[VindicatedByCable released on home video]].

* Bad Luck Fale of Wrestling/BulletClub. He was trained in New Japan's dojo for a specific role. To be a giant gaijin who would impress the audience [[TheGiant with his nigh immovability]]. He's seen as an exotic juggernaut by the Japanese fans for his Tongan ancestry and the [[{{foil}} contrast]] he provides as "[[TheDragon under boss]]" to [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]][=\=]Wrestling/KarlAnderson[=\=]Wrestling/AJStyles[=\=]Wrestling/KennyOmega[=/=]Wrestling/CodyRhodes. He was given a simple role and played it to perfection. To fans in the US, particularly those tired of big, good looking but slow finesse lacking guys, those sort tuning into New Japan for the famed strong and or super junior styles, Fale is an eyesore.
* Toru Yano of CHAOS is a skilled down on the mat wrestler, but not in any particular way that really helps him stand out from the many others of New Japan. He, in fact, had suspicion that he would be doomed to mediocrity, at least as a singles competitor, and took to {{drowning|mysorrows}} his sorrows until it more or less was his gimmick and he became an almost always playful, smiling drunk. To long term fans, especially those in Japan, who think NJPW has often been too serious for its own good, Toru Yano was a welcome, [[LoveToHate if not always embraced]] source of comic relief. To foreign fans looking for more serious pro wrestling, Yano Toru is neither embraced nor welcomed. That said, he was [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap accepted warmly]] by the live crowds when he debuted in Wrestling/RingOfHonor.

* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' never became popular in Canada, where the team is supposed to originate from. This might be because the characters seem to have been inspired by [[CanadaEh stereotypes]] of Canadians. Which is ironic when you realize the team was created by Canadian artist Creator/JohnByrne.

** '''France''': For all the jokes about the "Frenchiness" of the company that originated in [[CanadaEh Quebec]], after an initial, critically-roasted visit to Paris in 1990, Cirque didn't bring another show to the country until ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'' in '''2005'''. The books ''20 Years Under the Sun'' and ''The Spark'' point out that circus has been a staple of French entertainment for so long that a) Cirque's style wasn't particularly new to them and b) it just takes a lot to impress critics there with so much competition.

* Creator/DrSeuss books are seen as literary classics in North America, but outside of that continent, the books are relatively unknown. This may be due to most of them having [[RhymesOnADime their lines being entirely written in rhyme]], which doesn't really translate well in other languages. As for other English-speaking regions of the world, especially in Commonwealth countries, Dr. Seuss books have been overshadowed by other, more popular domestic children's books, especially in the United Kingdom.

When this is taken far enough (i.e. a work, or an entire genre, is rejected everywhere ''except'' its homeland), it can produce what's known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_syndrome "Galápagos syndrome"]], in reference to the bizarre species that evolved in isolation on the Galápagos Islands that heavily informed UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The term was coined in Japan to describe their CellPhone technology (''garakei'', from Galápagos and ''keitai denwa'', the Japanese term for "mobile phone") and how it evolved on a completely separate track from that of the West, producing high-tech flip phones that could send and receive email, surf the web at 3G speeds, and play sophisticated games in a time when Western cell phones (apart from the [=BlackBerry=], which was seen mostly as a business tool) were considered high-end if they could take pictures. They were the envy of the world in the 2000s, but due to lagging infrastructure outside Japan, they couldn't be exported, and so the Japanese cell phone industry ignored non-domestic markets almost entirely. As such, it was painfully slow to catch on to the smartphone revolution in the '10s, with foreign [[UsefulNotes/MacOS iPhones]], [[Website/{{Google}} Android]] phones, and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] phones catching the ''garakei'' makers completely off-guard and snagging massive market share. The term has since been applied to other fields of Japanese technology, including its [=ATMs=], its cars, and [[http://digitalchumps.com/gamingnews/318-latest-news/the-state-of-the-japanese-gaming-industry.html its video games]], due to both different infrastructure and a cultural emphasis on isolationism.

* Before TheNewTens, the visual novel genre as a whole had trouble finding a foothold in the West. It was hard to find official localized versions of VisualNovels, and most Westerners who bothered to play or review them derided [=VNs=] for "having no gameplay," even though several anime based on [=VNs=], including ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' or ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', were popular in the anime fandom. It didn't help that most official localizations of [=VNs=] were {{eroge}}, leading to [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles the perception that VNs were solely for perverts]]. The advent of UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and crowdfunding via Website/{{Kickstarter}} meant that smaller publishers could take a chance on localizing visual novels. [=VNs=] with popular anime series, including ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' and ''CLANNAD'' received official versions to wide acclaim. The latter briefly outsold games like ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' on Steam.

** As far single cards go, the main difference between the TCG and OCG is defined by one card: Maxx "C". TCG players hate it to the point where it has been banned for five years and are also clamoring for it to be banned in Master Duel, whereas OCG players don't mind the card and tend to build decks that don't lose to it. Also a card like Crossout Designator, which sees little play in the TCG, is limited in the OCG because it's guaranteed to counter Maxx "C"

* ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'' was a rousing success in its home country of Russia and spawned numerous sequels, but in other parts of Europe and America, its reception is tainted by negative comparisons to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', at worst being lumped together with animated mockbusters such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChopKickPanda''. This is in spite of the film coming out almost an entire year earlier and being much more faithful to Creator/HansChristianAndersen's [[Literature/TheSnowQueen original fairytale]], which the Russian public especially has adored for several generations.

* ''Animation/TheSnowQueen2012'' was a rousing success in its home country of Russia and spawned numerous sequels, but in other parts of Europe and America, its reception is tainted by negative comparisons to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', at worst being lumped together with animated mockbusters such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChopKickPanda''. This is in spite of the film coming out almost an entire year earlier and being much more faithful to Creator/HansChristianAndersen's [[Literature/TheSnowQueen original fairytale]], which the Russian public has adored for several generations.