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* RaisedByWolves

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13507920/11/Using-The-Force-Made-Easy Using the Force Made Easy]]'': Delia [[MistakenForGay mistakes a girl for a lesbian]] because on her planet, wearing a single earring in your left ear is a signal that you're interested in your own sex. When he hears this, Anakin remarks that on Tattooine, it meant you were high ranking in a gang if you wore visible jewelry.

* In Scandinavia, it's common to allow infants to sleep outside in the cold (while supervised and dressed warmly), as the fresh air allows for higher quality sleep and reduces pathogen exposure. They even sell outdoor cribs shaped like rabbit hutches called ''[[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babyhuisje babyhuisje]]'' (baby houses) to facilitate the practice. However, for obvious reasons it can be alarming for foreigners to see. In 1997 a Danish woman named Anette Sørensen was arrested for child endangerment in New York and temporarily lost custody of her daughter after alarmed patrons called the police on her leaving her baby outside a restaurant. The charges were dropped, but the case sparked international debate and Sørensen was awarded $66,000 in a lawsuit against the city.

* In Scandinavia, it's common practice to allow infants to sleep outdoors in the cold, supervised and warmly dressed. This practice, aimed at promoting higher quality sleep and reducing pathogen exposure, is facilitated by outdoor cribs called [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babyhuisje babyhuisje]] (baby houses). However, it can be alarming for foreigners. In 1997, a Danish woman named Anette Sørensen was arrested in New York for leaving her baby outside a restaurant, leading to a temporary loss of custody. The charges were dropped, sparking international debate and resulting in a $66,000 lawsuit settlement for Sørensen against the city.

* On ''Series/BabylonFive'' a cultural misunderstanding was the cause of the Earth-Minbari War. To the Minbari, opening the weapons hatches on your ship is a polite greeting; to Earthlings, it's a sign of aggression, not helped any by the selection of a hotheaded captain all too ready to resort to shooting, in spite of Sheridan's warnings that he was the wrong man for the task.

* It's strongly suspected that this is behind WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}'s series of PR blunders in early 2024 concerning the termination of their liver [[note]] the InsistentTerminology used by Nijisanji parent company ANYCOLOR to refer to their talents [[/note]] Selen Tatsuki. When her contract was terminated, ANYCOLOR released a statement listing out the various issues she'd caused in order to justify her firing. Had this been done in Japan, that would likely have been the end of it: as mentioned above regarding Japan's culture basically encouraging its people to avoid mentioning their nation's role in [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan World War II]], Japanese culture puts a lot of value on not making your "group" look bad and so the company releasing a statement listing just how much of a problematic employee Selen was would've been enough for a Japanese audience. Unfortunately for ANYCOLOR, Selen was a member of Nijisanji's English branch which was meant for an ''international'' audience, and was both well-liked and well-connected. This international audience did not take kindly to revelations that ANYCOLOR had apparently been such a toxic workplace that Selen was actually DrivenToSuicide, and Nijisanji tried to contact her during her while [[SkewedPriorities she was recovering from the suicide attempt in hospital so she could help calm demands for information]] [[note]] She had gone completely silent after Christmas 2023, with no word throughout almost all of January including missing some key events, leading to alarmed friends and acquaintances both IRL and virtual to get the hashtag "Where's Selen" trending on Twitter[[/note]]. That Nijisanji then released a statement meant for investors assuring them that Selen's termination would be "negligible" further enraged the English-speaking fanbase, as it seemed that the company was completely brushing off the suicide attempt. Further PR blunders would follow, with PR experts noting that this seemed to indicate that ANYCOLOR's PR department had no one to tell them just how much Japanese PR methods would not work with non-Japanese audiences.

%%* The premise behind ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'' (pictured above): Her urban city ways against their strange island customs.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Shadowbringers'': The peoples on the alternate world of the First have very different cultures from what the player and their companions know from the Source. Thankfully, the Crystal Exarch who summons you and your companions to the First has thought this through, and introducing yourself as "[sharing] a homeland with the Crystal Exarch" heads off most of the problems. For instance, the dwarves of the First are a ProudWarriorRace who are never seen without their helms except in the presence of family. [[DevelopersForesight If you start the Healer questline as a Lalafell]], Giott will immediately scorn you for not wearing your helm around strangers... until you explain where you come from, at which point the dwarf immediately backs off.

* Part of the reason why the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube bombed in North America was [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130819010845/http://www.notenoughshaders.com/2013/08/15/the-struggles-of-marketing-the-gamecube due to the differences in what Japanese gamers and North American gamers find fun in their games]]; Nintendo of Japan wanted to stick with the "fun for the whole family" image where players of any age could just play the game, smile, and laugh as they experience the game they played. On the other hand, Many American gamers at the time were high-school/college aged and were more interested in mature, bloody and/or violent games in high resolution graphics to make everything look more realistic. While the [=GameCube=] did sell reasonably well among families in North America, they were at this point only a small fraction of the gaming market.

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between Stannis Baratheon's people and the Free Folk. Not only are their cultures very different, but both Stannis and the Free Folk are pretty rigid in their mindsets. Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister-in-law of 'King-Beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder; from a Westerosi perspective Val is the equivalent of royalty, or at least a noblewoman, and plenty of the lords in his retinue are eager for this chance at power. Jon has to explain ''several'' times that the Free Folk a) have no hereditary king ''or'' noble houses, so Val (while she is genuinely a well respected leader in her own right) holds no special status amongst them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was soundly mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Free Folk believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of wedding her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Regardless, Stannis and his court stubbornly keep referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards Mance's infant son as a prince...but to the Free Folk [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son]] with no automatic right to his father's position; in a society where AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, the idea of a ''baby'' being eligible to lead them is absolutely ludicrous. "You don't become King-beyond-the-wall because your father was."

** Xavin often runs into this, being a Skrull who has been raised to kill ever since hatching. Most notably, Xavin has difficulty understanding that the team views Victor, who's an android, as an equal whereas the Xavin only saw him as a useful tool. Xavin also deeply respects strength in all of its forms and therefore doesn't understand why the team doesn't try to TakeOverTheWorld with their superior powers. Also, Xavin doesn't get that being genderfluid is unusual for humans because, for Skrulls, "changing gender is no different than changing hair color."
** Klara, who joins the team later on, has her own difficulties adjusting, having come from the 1900s, where there were no Skrulls, no Majesdanians, and no androids, and where mutants and magic-users were viewed as possible demons.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The considerable differences between human and troll biology and culture often lead to confusion, faux pases and miscommunications between the characters. For instance, troll reproduction involves using "pails" to contain genetic material, leading trolls to view such things as obscene. This causes Vriska considerable embarrassment when she sees a cleaning bucket laying around John's house, and when he doesn't understand what she's talking about she pretends that trolls consider cleaning products obscene to hid her embarrassment. Later, Terezi has some trouble grasping why casual use of "fucking" in a conversation might lead to her statements being construed as blatant come-ons.

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Free Folk. Not only are their cultures very different, but both Stannis and the Free Folk are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of 'King-Beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder's wife Dalla, since from a Westerosi perspective Val is the equivalent of royalty. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that the Free Folk a) have no hereditary king ''or'' noble houses, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was soundly mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Free Folk believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of wedding her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Regardless, Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards Mance's infant son as a prince...but to the Free Folk [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son]] with no automatic right to his father's position; in a society where AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, the idea of a ''baby'' being eligible to lead them is absolutely ludicrous. "You don't become King-beyond-the-wall because your father was."

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Free Folk. Not only are their cultures very different, but both Stannis and the Free Folk are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of 'King-Beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder's wife Dalla, since from a Westerosi perspective Val is the equivalent of royalty. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that the Free Folk a) have no hereditary king ''or'' noble houses, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was soundly mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Free Folk believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of marrying her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Regardless, Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards Mance's infant son as a prince...but to the Free Folk [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son]] with no automatic right to his father's position; in a society where AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, the idea of a ''baby'' being eligible to lead them is absolutely ludicrous. "You don't become King-beyond-the-wall because your father was."

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Free Folk. Not only are their cultures very different, but both Stannis and the Wildlings are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of 'King-beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder's wife Dalla; from a Westerosi perspective, Val is the equivalent of royalty. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that the Free Folk a) have no hereditary king ''or'' noble houses, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was soundly mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Free Folk believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of marrying her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Regardless, Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards Mance's infant son as a prince...but to the Free Folk [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son]] with no automatic right to his father's role; in a society where AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, the idea of a ''baby'' being eligible to lead them is absolutely ludicrous. "You don't become King-beyond-the-wall because your father was."

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Free Folk. Not only are their cultures very different, but both Stannis and the Wildlings are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of 'King-beyond-the-Wall' Mance Rayder's wife Dalla; from a Westerosi perspective, Val is the equivalent of royalty. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that the Free Folk a) have no hereditary king, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was soundly mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Free Folk believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of marrying her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Regardless, Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards Mance's infant son as a prince...but to the Free Folk [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son]] with no automatic right to his father's role; in a society where AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, the concept of a ''baby'' being eligible to lead them is absolutely ludicrous. "You don't become King-beyond-the-wall because your father was."

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Wildlings. Not only are their cultures different, but both Stannis and the Wildlings are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of the Wildling King's wife Dalla. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that Wildlings a) have no hereditary king, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband',[[note]]Jarl, Val's deceased lover, was mocked for precisely this reason, as the more senior Wildlings believed he only had his position due to his relationship with her and thus regarded him as her 'bitch'[[/note]] and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of marrying her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards the Wildling King's son as a prince...but to the Wildlings [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son,]] with no automatic right to his father's role. "You don't become King Beyond The Wall because your father was."

** Jon Snow similarly has trouble negotiating between King Stannis' people and the Wildlings. Not only are their cultures different, but both Stannis and the Wildlings are pretty rigid in their mindsets. For instance, Stannis wants to seal an alliance by marrying one of his men to Val, the sister of the Wildling King's wife Dalla. Jon tries to explain, again and again, that Wildlings a) have no hereditary king, so Val (while she is a much respected leader in her own right) has no special status to them and neither would her 'husband', and b) don't practice arranged marriage but instead believe a man has to capture a woman and ''live'' through the experience to be worthy of marrying her, so if Val is forced to marry someone she doesn't want then she'll probably cut her 'husband's' throat. Stannis stubbornly keeps referring to her as "the Wildling Princess" and demanding to know when a marriage can be arranged. In the same vein, Stannis regards the Wildling King's son as a prince...but to the Wildlings [[ShapedLikeItself he's just their king's son,]] with no automatic right to his father's role. "You don't become King Beyond The Wall because your father was."

* Most of the stories in Creator/JhumpaLahiri's ''Literature/InterpreterOfMaladies'' deal with Indians (specifically Bengalis) living in America and struggling to assimilate into the culture for various reasons.
** Her other book, ''Literature/TheNamesake'', deals with the protagonist, Gogol, struggling to balance between his American side with his ties to his Bengali culture. Ultimately, neither ideal works out in the end.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' uses this in several books and cultures. Grayson/Manticore Manticore/Andermanni, Manticore/Haven, and now finally Manticore/Solarian League. One of the most hilarious ones happens on Grayson, when Honor alarms her bodyguards upon seeing a group of men heading for a public park armed with "wooden clubs" and thinks there's going to be a riot. Her senior bodyguard can hardly stop laughing long enough to explain to her that these "clubs" are bats used in an ancient sport called UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}.
** Honor also has a minor fit when her Grayson associates recommend that she hire a maid. She is originally unsure about being waited on, and questions the practice of having servants at all. However, a Grayson ladies' maid is expected to be able to handle anything related to her mistress'´appearance and presentation. This can mean anything from sewing a formal dress from scratch to hairdressing, to make-up, to keeping her mistress up-to-date on the rumor mill and helping ward off unwanted male attention. Honor quickly realises that her new servant is not a menial, but a well-paid, well-trained and highly skilled professional, and worth every penny of her quite sizable salary.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has a very subtle example in Pippin's conversations with Denethor. After their first conversation, rumors abound that Pippin is a hobbit prince (which is technically true since Pippin's father Paladin Took is the current Thain, but the Thain's only function is to lead defenders if the Shire is invaded); that he is in Minas Tirith to negotiate an alliance, which is false (except perhaps on a personal level); and that an army of hobbits is on its way to reinforce Minas Tirith (HaHaHaNo). In appendix E, Tolkien states that Westron (the common tongue of Middle-Earth, which was rendered as English in the books), has two second-person pronouns, one formal and one informal, but that the formal one has fallen into disuse in the Hobbit dialect. The implication is that someone overheard Pippin talking to Denethor, assumed no-one who wasn't at least a Prince would dare to assume to be on FirstNameBasis with the Steward of Gondor at a first meeting, and the rumor mill just spun off from there. Meanwhile, Pippin was just talking to the Steward in the same way he talks to everyone, from his neighbors to Gandalf to Orcs.
** Another example occurs in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. After Bilbo steals the Arkenstone and takes it to the Elvenking and Bard to negotiate a deal with the dwarves, Bilbo treats the entire thing like he is negotiating for a business transaction and makes the whole affair sound like a mess of legal matters rather than a brewing war between the dwarves, men and elves.

* In ''[[Literature/TroyRising The Hot Gate]]'', after Dana "Comet" Parker is transferred to the ''Thermopylae'', she is put in charge of an all-male team of South American engineers. Her being female immediately puts her at odds, and her being a "norte" (North American) is seen as even worse. And she actually demands that they do their jobs maintaining the shuttles? *Gasp*! How dare she? Doesn't she know that every single one of them is a scion of a powerful South American family? People like them are there merely to bide their time until they are inevitably made officers. Who does this American farm girl think she is? She is "educated" several times in the ways of Latin America and the concept of "class" not just as an economic divider (the way it's treated in the US and most of the Western world), but in how only "the right people" should be put in top positions, with everyone else being "rabble". It works the other way too, with South American officials having trouble understanding someone like Tyler Vernon, automatically ascribing him certain qualities simply because he's the richest guy in the world and only meets with the President of the US when his (Tyler's) schedule opens up. One of Parker's subordinates, who has picked up a few things, explains to his father that Tyler doesn't fit into their "upper class" mold. He's a typical American billionaire, who only wants to get rich, without trying to adjust his own culture to that of his financial peers.
** Parker gets an even worse reaction from the Pathans, Afghan SpaceMarines, who were, until only a few decades ago, fighting the US as insurgents. Immediately upon seeing Parker in her standard-issue gym shirt and shorts, they demand that she covers herself up, as her current appearance is "an insult to God".

* ''Series/TalesOfTheCity2019'': When Shawna finds out that she was adopted, she runs away to Ohio to meet her biological mother Connie's brother Buzz. When she asks her uncle if he ever met her biological father, he hedges that Connie was "popular" and found it easy to make "gentleman friends" - clearly trying to avoid offending Shawna by directly saying Connie was [[MyGirlIsNotASlut promiscuous]]. Shawna, who grew up in San Francisco, is completely unperturbed.
--> '''Buzz:''' I don't want you thinking my sister was...cheap, or anything like that.
--> '''Shawna:''' Oh no no no, I get it. She was sexually liberated and non-monogamous.
** Later, when Shawna drops the word "queer" in conversation, Buzz's wife Maura looks uncomfortable and says, "I don't think we're supposed to use that word". Shawna is quick to reassure her, we've reclaimed it! Cue awkwardness as Shawna has to explain that she isn't straight, and Buzz and Maura are very unsure as to how to react.

* On ''Series/BabylonFive'' a cultural misunderstanding was the cause of the Earth-Minbari War. To the Minbari, opening the weapons hatches on your ship is a polite greeting; to Earthlings, it's a sign of aggression, not helped any by the selection of a hotheaded captain all too ready to resort to shooting, in spite of Sheridan's warnings that he was the wrong man for the task.
* In Season 9 of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark Kent now wears a [[BadassLongcoat black version of his future costume]], as an homage to traditional Kryptonian garb, but ComicBook/GreenArrow says it looks ridiculous. Pretty funny coming from a guy who wears tights. To be fair, that black outfit that Clark was wearing was quite unpopular with much of the fanbase, and the showrunners were taking pains to make it clear that it was only temporary.
* In one episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', Jack tries to teach Teal'c boxing, but Teal'c dismisses the footwork as "dancing". In a show with aliens, every episode has culture clash.
* In the last episode of ''[[Series/{{Mash}} M*A*S*H]]'', Klinger proposes to his Korean girlfriend by saying he'd like her to wear one of his white wedding dresses. She is initially shocked that he wants her to wear a funeral dress.
* One story from Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction featured a man finding himself in the Wild West. He is accused of walking around in his underpants, even though he is wearing sensible sneakers, hiking shorts, and a t-shirt.
* Behind almost every plot and joke in ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'', which is based on the premise of an American manager heading up a call center in India.
* The basic premise, along with FishOutOfWater, of both ''Amish in the Big City'' and ''Breaking Amish''
* A central theme in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'', which has five alien races and humans all living in the titular town.
* In ''Series/MartialLaw'', this occurs frequently between Sammo (China) and the other cops (United States). One example is Sammo lighting up incense in his office for good luck but his co-worker Dana was turned off by the smell and asked him to remove it due to smoking regulations in the office. It even occurs between Sammo and his disciple Grace due to Grace being raised in the United States.
* Minor case in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': When in Russia, Anatoli offers Oliver and Diggle each a very strong glass of vodka before a mission. Diggle politely declines, but Oliver pours him a glass anyway. He doesn't say anything, but the message is quite clear: When a Russian mob boss offers you vodka, ''you drink the vodka''.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' has a lot of culture clash between people from the Ark and the Grounders. Most significant is their handling of criminal punishment. While the Ark [[AllCrimesAreEqual uses capital punishment left and right]], they view it as a utilitarian measure (no sense wasting precious resources on someone who breaks the law), and so make it fairly clean and painless, and even then they refuse to execute anyone under the age of 18. This makes them pretty hesitant to hand Finn over to the Grounders for punishment, since Grounder executions '''a)''' don't have exemptions for minors, and '''b)''' are more about revenge than utility, involving lengthy torture sessions where everyone with a grievance against the accused gets a chance to go at them with fire and knives.
* in Series/JudgingAmy, a teenage exchange student from Africa caused a stir when he was discovered sleeping in the same room as his host family's daughter. Turns out that, in his homeland, people sleep communally, he consequently had difficulty sleeping alone, and he did not realize how his actions would look to Americans.
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Pony Remark", Jerry says that anyone who had a pony when they were a kid is a SpoiledBrat and he hates them. This offends an old Polish woman, since ''she'' had a pony when she was a kid, and pretty much everyone else in Poland did as well. The woman dies the next day, despite reportedly being in good health for her age, causing Jerry to worry that his pony remark was what did her in.
-->'''Jerry:''' I didn't know she had a pony! How was I to know she had a pony?! Who figures an immigrant's gonna have a pony?! Do you know what the odds are on that?! I mean, in all the pictures I saw of immigrants on boats, comin' into New York Harbor, I never saw one of them sittin' on a pony! Why would anyone ''come'' here if they had a pony?! Who leaves a country packed with ponies to come to a ''non''-pony country?! It doesn't make ''sense''! ...Am I wrong?
* ''Series/TheSpanishPrincess'': The Spanish retinue all insist on following their customs, for instance Catherine taking a siesta in the afternoon, to the annoyance of the English.
* In ''Series/TheMandalorian'':
** In the episode "The Heiress," its eponymous lead ends up meeting [[spoiler: Bo Katan (of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'']], and is shocked when [[spoiler: she removes her helmet.]] As Mando was raised in a sect that strictly adhered to "The Way" (as in, never remove your helmet when in the presence of others), he's absolutely incensed and accuses [[spoiler: Bo and her allies]] of not being [[spoiler: true Mandalorians.]] [[spoiler: She]] simply retorts that he was raised by a group of religious zealots who sought to restore Mandalore to its ancient traditions, whereas [[spoiler: she was never taught to such an adherence.]] He storms off with the child shortly thereafter.
** The Mandalorian's beliefs are also incompatible with [[spoiler: the Jedi ideology]], even though both parties remain polite about it. The Mandalorian's culture places emphasis on children and caring and protecting them while [[spoiler: Jedi are to let go of their attachments]].
* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': This is the show's {{central theme}}. Emily, who is a young American woman, goes to Paris and finds her attitude/views clash with that of French people's on many things. For instance, she finds an ad which consists solely of a nude woman walking over a bridge problematic at best- the French simply don't get what the issue is. She's pretty surprised by how casual Antoine and Silvie are about having an affair, of which his wife also knows (Silvie's even her close friend). When her colleagues are told about her firm's "corporate commandments", which include avoiding workplace romances, Luc heatedly accuses her of seeking to "kill their French soul". In addition, they also find a lot of her ideas for marketing overly crass and unconventional for their tastes. Nonetheless, some like Camille and Gabriel are still charmed by her.
* ''Series/{{Blindspotting}}'': In episode 3, when Rainey suggests physically punishing Sean after he kicks both Ashley and Trish, saying that it's acceptable to do so three times in a child's life. Ashley ([[DarkAndTroubledPast who has been physically abused herself]]) is appalled when Trish and Miles talk about it like it's totally normal, and continues to be when other characters suggest physical punishment as well.
* ''Series/MidnightSun2016'': Algerian-born Frenchwoman Kahina is more impulsive, hot-tempered and intent on quick action, feeling frustrated by working with the staid, slow-paced Swedes at times.
* ''Series/AlienNation'': Much of the drama is produced by many differences Newcomers have with Humans. As just one example, they are very frank and open about sex (possibly because their reproduction needs a [[BizarreAlienReproduction third party catalyst]]) and have no homophobia (although it's more of an InformedAttribute as gay Newcomers only briefly appear).
* ''Series/TheBuccaneers2023'': The girls' American sensibilities are at odds with the reserved English and the London marriage mart. For example, Nan blithely compares the debutantes to cattle. Her unique perspective captures the attention of two men.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' when Connor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2dyF7vZic#t=213s sets out to assassinate William Johnson]] in Sequence 6. Kanen'tó:kon gives Connor a hatchet, which he plants into the side of the Homestead. Achilles [[WhatTheHellHero chews him out,]] but Connor [[{{Exposition}} explains]] that the Mohawk plant a hatchet into a post when going to war, and remove it when it is finished. Achilles' retort is priceless.
-->'''Achilles:''' You could have used a tree!

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' had the boat from Avalon take Goliath and company to Japan, where they ended up assisting a group of Japanese gargoyles. As the sun was rising and they were preparing to pose before they turned to stone for the day, Goliath learned of differing customs. Whereas Western Gargoyles face outward and assume intimidating poses to scare invaders, Eastern Gargoyles face ''inward'' and assume poses of benediction to reassure the residents inside.
** This initially caused some issues between Goliath and Angela. Angela, having been brought up by humans, wished for her father to acknowledge her as his daughter. Gargoyle tradition dictates that gargoyle children were always to be treated as the children of the entire clan and not claimed by their actual parents, which is why Goliath is unwilling to claim Angela as his daughter.

* This is the central theme of ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''. Rachel is a middle class, renowned mathemathics professor from New York City who was raised by her single mother, who emmigrated from China, and who raised Rachel with the idea to follow her dreams and maker her own way in life. This puts her at odds with her boyfriend Nick's mother Eleanor, a native of Singapore, and the daughter of a very wealthy family, who married into an even wealthier family, who also firmly believes of putting family over everything else, including personal desires, which in Nick's case is marrying Rachel, a woman of lower social standing [[spoiler: who was also the product of an adulterous affair,]] becuase it will bring shame to the family.

* In ''Horrible Harry and the Dragon War,'' the class has to make animals out of papier-mache for a project. Harry and Song Lee both decide to make dragons, but Harry makes a fierce, greedy, fire-breathing Western dragon while Song Lee (who is Korean) makes a beautiful, wise, and kind Eastern dragon. When Harry calls Song Lee's dragon stupid, the entire class ends up in a boys-versus-girls war.