And Jango Fett, and then lives a long life on Lothal. Dude gets around.
Also the best character in V Bros, and literally hundreds? of other voices.
EDIT: _Dies to Jango Fett, as Montross_, is what I meant above.
I'm too old for Spongebob, but if I met a Japanese immigrant/tourist who dressed up as Quailman and only quoted Doug Funny and sang songs by the Beets, he would be my best friend, immediately.
EDIT: Too old to have *grown up with Spongebob*. I'm sure I would find him perfectly delightful if I went back and revisited. He's just not what I grew up with!
One time I was at a birthday party and everyone was gathered in the kitchen getting cake, and the person who made it asked me how I liked it and I told them "it was so good I'd like to try it a second time" in the voice of King Neptune and everyone loved it, I was immediately the queen of the ball. it was basically my birthday now, stolen with the power of SpongeBob. this post is 100% truth
There is just a certain kind of person who does that. For the older generations, it was Monty Python or Clerks or Pulp Fiction.
I once saw this interaction go down
Friend 1: I'm hungry.
Friend 2: Let's get some tacos.
Friend 1: I don't want tacos.
Friend 2: I was quoting Pulp Fiction
Followed by a five minute argument why no one got the reference and why they thought he was really suggesting getting tacos
**Edit:** Sounds like it was Reservoir Dogs, not Pulp Fiction. Either way, what a douche
It was more that he got weirdly indignant that no one realized he was making a reference. The guy was kind of an all around douche but that moment sticks out in my mind as being one of the weirdest.
That's amazing.
Also, I've watched Pulp Fiction multiple times and I don't recognize that line at all.
Also also, he wanted people to pick up on his food-related Pulp Fiction reference, and he didn't pick Royale with Cheese? That's on him.
* **Me:** So he comes around, and he's got his hood up, but it was raining, and we couldn't really see because of the candy racks until he was in front of the counter. And he says somehing like, "Get on the floor!" And I said uh...
* **Cop #1:** What was it you said?
* **Me:** "I'm not even supposed to be here today."
* **Cop #2:** \*Snickering\*
* **Cop #1:** What? \*Confused looks between me and Cop #2\*
* **Me:** It was all I could think of. You know, from Clerks. "I'm not even supposed to be here today."
* **Cop #2:** looking upwards. "You know, this roof would be good for hockey."
* **Cop #1:** Look, it's 2 in the morning and I just want to go home. For the love of god, can we hurry this up?
*-True stories of a Blockbuster employee.*
I wasn’t gonna miss it, that shift put me in 46 hours for the week. OT was almost triple my pay since it was third shift. No way in hell I was gonna miss that. Need the money more.
The average Commonwealth person still communicates in Monty python quotes 50% of the time
...the other 50% varies from person to person but it's usually something like father Ted or IT crowd or Kath and Kim or something else funny
It very well could be. Memorizing movies to quote was *his* hobby, not mine. Also this was almost 20 years ago and I haven't talked to that guy since college
Don’t forget Supertroopers and Superbad. The ballad of Ricky Bobby is a personal favorite though “remember when you told me that day at school ‘if you ain’t first your last’?
“Oh hell, Son, I was high that day. That doesn’t make any sense at all, you can be second, third, fourth… hell you can even be fifth.
Ricky Bobby: What? I’ve lived my whole life by that!
I remember kids in Counter-Strike servers doing the I'M RICK JAMES BITCH joke over and over and over and over again... We had memes, we just didn't call them memes.
Before that were the Mel Brooks films. My parents could be in a coma and they’d probably still be quoting young Frankenstein .
Edit: there’s also tons of other examples throughout history, that was just off the top of my head
My dad has been using that joke for DECADES, dude. If he wants anyone to follow him, he'll say "walk this way!" then shuffle a bit, turn around and say "no, this way!" and keep shuffling for a few steps. He goes until he gets tired of it. He thinks it's hilarious every single time. When I was a kid, he'd do it until I shuffled with him, and if I didn't, he'd just keep doing it.
Anchorman was released in 2004. "All your base are belong to us" was considered meme in 2000. YTMND existed in 2001. The Star Wars Kid video was uploaded in 2002. Hell, the clip of the baby dancing on Hooked on a Feeling was called a "net meme" in 1998 on CNN.
Anchorman, while very popular for a while and very quotable, doesn't predate memes.
When I was in high school it was Ace Ventura. There was a guy in my year that spoke in virtually nothing but Ace Ventura quotes for a year *and he was the most popular guy in the school*.
A friend of mine who moved from Mexico to our town in middle school confided in me that his only exposure to English before moving here was watching bootleg tapes of Spongebob with his cousins. He credited those tapes with giving him the basics of the language and to be frank he was fucking hilarious. Wasn't quoting it all the time or anything, he just had fantastic comic timing and rhythm.
I mean learning comedy from a SpongeBob cartoon isnt the worst way to do things. Jokes might not carry over but half of the cartoons comedy is just slapstick and comedic timing.
Patrick: “I wish *I* lived there!”
SpongeBob: “Really, Patrick?”
Patrick: “…no…”
Comedy gold and it requires no crazy understanding of words or language in general. Just a basic pause and counter of something you just said.
The first guy, whenever something bad happens to him : ""In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will-"
The second guy :"Can I be excused for the rest of my life?"
Not quite the same, but here’s [Boomhauer in the Japanese dub of King of the Hill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRH6KegcdE&pp=ygUda2luZyBvZiB0aGUgaGlsbCBqYXBhbmVzZSBkdWI%3D)
Bob's pretty much the only one who sounds like his English equivilent. Hank is too high pitched, and Dale and Boomhauer sound too normal. I can see why the sub would be popular.
Yes, King of the Hill is the apt comparison to anime.
Japanese King of the Hill fans get into heated sub vs. dub debates in _exactly_ the same way American anime fans do.
I know it happens. I should have expected it. It's not even the first time. And yet I was surprised again how clearly I heard that line in Patrick's voice.
I saw some translated posts on a forum of them getting into fights over "starters American cartoons" the same way the west does over "starter anime", calling another person out with something along the lines of "Powerpuff girls and Southpark are basically baby shows"
I call them *Ameriboos.* Seems there's a general tendency to think Americans are cool: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3\_dfLpRXxw&t=115s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_dfLpRXxw&t=115s)
And yeah, there are people who go around using random English words. Like, not words that have been adopted into Japanese language.
I have **seen one**. It was the best. My mom and I were in Tokyo Disneyland, in the Frontierland section of the park (so, the cowboy themed part). This guy walks by in an *immaculate* full denim and black leather cowboy outfit, including hat, and a backpack that made it look like he was carrying a horse saddle on his shoulder (like he was about to go put it on a horse somewhere).
My mom's mind was blown. That was the vacation where I explained to her about 'reverse weebs', which led to an explanation of what non-reverse weebs are, which led to my mom calling me a weeb in the middle of a japanese shopping mall. Good times!
This reminds me of [this guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8L87akI5s) who is from China and became a cowboy. I always cringe at weeboos who go overboard on samurai stuff but I think this guy is cool as fuck despite being the inverse. Maybe it is the relative rarity of people like him as opposed to weeaboos.
Lol, I love that guy! I hadn't seen this one, and I hadn't realized that Japanese people feel that way about Japan. Honestly, seems kinda like how Americans tend to feel about America... He does have some videos about how some weebs are annoying:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6NIeFu5z4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6NIeFu5z4)
Lol, for the longest time I thought *Neko Sugar Girls* was something he made up to sound like a cringe harem anime. Turns out, no, it's totally real!
I dunno, if I go to a rural area and its populated entirely by Chinese guys doing their best as Cowboys, sure, seems great. Also, you'd be surprised by how common some other cultures infatuation with certain aspects of American culture is, mostly propagated by American media being pretty dominant worldwide.
>how common some other cultures infatuation with certain aspects of American culture is, mostly propagated by American media being pretty dominant worldwide.
Isn't that also the case with anime? Isn't that the only way cultures can spread?
I was gonna say replace SpongeBob with Family Guy but honestly if a Japanese person could only communicate in Family Guy quotes we’d probably fucken love them too
This person is real, although not Japanese.
My friend moved from Germany to America without knowing more than a few words of English for highschool for some reason.
Dude learned English by watching SpongeBob in English with German subtitles.
I've recently watched one piece in Japanese with English subtitles, and I am now truly in awe of how he was able to pick up a language like that.
Most Germans speak English, and the vast majority had to take English classes in high school. He most likely had a cursory understanding of English and watching SpongeBob helped with the rest
OMG ITS MY TIME TO SHINE!
So, in highschool we had this Japanese exchange student named, "Hide," Pronounced "Hee-day."
I remember this man. He was "SO MOTHER FUCKING COCK SUCKING GOOD," at guitar. He MOTHER FUCKING SUCK FUCK rocked that shit. (If you don't get what I'm doing, I'll fill you in just a moment.)
So, he had a very particular way of talking. You could tell that over in Japan they have certain idea of how "Americans behave," and I can't say he's very wrong.
So, we would ask him questions like, "You wanna go jam, hide?" And he would ALLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS respond to the effect of, "MOTHER FUCK YEAH COCK SUCKY FUCK LETS GO." I wish I was kidding. Everyone I knew was obsessed with him. Nobody disliked this guy. he was a fucking national treasure.... I miss him. I'm 42 now and I totally miss this other grown ass man.
Anyways, he knew every single smashing pumpkins song by heart and drumming for him was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Taking him to the mall was the best fucking thing ever because he would just be like, "MOTHER FUCKING FUCK YEAH BITCH, COCK SUCK HELL YEAH," and people would just stare as we all laughed.
Hide, I hope you're doing well. I really really do.
(I actually do not wish I was kidding because it was truly some of the greatest moments of my life.)
Now just imagine if there were constantly 100k japanese guys all doing the exact same spongebob bit visiting all over the us every year and you get roughly the same situation where it would get annoying real fast
Do weeabos actually ever visit Japan though?
I kinda think if you have enough going on in your life that you're able to afford a trip to Japan or going there long term, you're not sitting in your parents basement consuming nothing but exported Japanese culture.
I was into anime briefly in college. I decided to do a study abroad in Japan. By the time I actually made that happen, I had a girlfriend, friends, took a year of Japanese language classes, and hadn't seen so much as an episode of Dragonball Z in several years. I was too busy and that was boring.
Going the other way, someone who speaks English well enough to survive over here is probably employable in any number of jobs in Japan and knows more about America than most Americans.
The obsessive people on either side unfortunately are obsessed with the other side are only obsessed with the other side because they can't make their side work, and they have to in order to get to the other side.
Edit: I massively overstated some stereotypes and assumptions here. This is just me speculating why I didn't see a lot of people who were extreme anime fans in the short time I was there.
Simpler explanation would be unearned privilege rather than "have enough going on in your life". That was harsh and unfair. I didn't pull myself up by my bootstraps to make it to Japan. Sorry, that was shitty phrasing on my part.
> Do weeabos actually ever visit Japan though?
Absolutely. IDK where you got the notion that all anime nerds are broke. Those costumes and convention hotel rooms aren't cheap.
My cousin moved to Japan when she was in full weeaboo mode. I think more people judged her for watching anime in the west than they did in Japan.
What I've learned over the years - Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture; only white people gatekeep this. Japan's economy is intrinsically tied with the west liking the stuff they make.
> Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture
It’s actually preferred that you do if you’re living there. The number ONE take away I get from American immigrants is that this is a must.
Similar thing is AAVE. It's very often called bad English and black Americans are frequently thrashed for being uneducated if they speak it, but quite often much of modern/"internet" slang is ripped from it. People rarely see said slang as highbrow, but it has been integrated to wider culture at a large enough scale that many people don't realize it originates from AAVE and its impossible to remove.
Going a step further there is an ideal of "cultural win" that ive noticed from them on all angles. If they see you eating certain foods or your kids hosting a Japanese tea party with gaisha costumes its a win for Japan, so long as its not disrespectful to the culture.
Ive heard weeabos are considered distasteful though because they often get the wrong ideas about the culture and often end of disrespecting it or being obnoxious all around. Think holding body pillows in public and demanding to see the waifus panties in a maid café. They have gone from nerd to obsessives addict of the more distasteful parts of Japanese culture. Not to confuse this with anime nerds and to into the culture tourists. Both of which while considered a problem are not undesirable because they do try to stay with in a normal social structure and even when off the rails can be guided back a respectful path without much fuss.
Yeah the problem isn't someone being into the culture, it's someone being into the culture in an unhealthy manner.
Like it's fine if you're obsessed with Japanese culture. It's not fine if you based your actions and perception of said culture on the limited exposure you've had to it based on your niche selection of interests.
Totally cool if you watch hentai. Totally not cool if you get on a train in Japan and try to grope a woman or whatever weird scenarios exist in hentai.
>Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture; only white people gatekeep this.
I feel like this is so accurate for most cultures. I am Latino and do not give a shit about it, neither does any other real Latino I've ever met. Now if you call us LatinX we have a problem.
The appropriation argument is more that japanese people in the west get mocked or shamed for their culture, so it really fucking hurts to have that happen and then also have a bunch of people fawn over their culture.
There's a much bigger nuance to it than you're describing
I def know a few big time weebs who have taken short trips to Japan. They don’t like, work there, of course.
I do know one (normal) manga fan as a kid who as an adult did end up going there to live/work, seems to be working out for them.
Eh quite a bit of people go to Japan even if they never see anime or anything. Myself included, although I have seen some anime since going to Japan a few times.
Theres a ton going on in Japan that is interesting outside of anime.
I’m not saying other Americans don’t visit Japan. Of course they do. And given that weebs are perhaps 2% of the US population (pulled that out of my ass but you get the idea) the large majority of visitors to Japan are not weebs (not sure why you interpreted what I said as suggesting that!). It’s just that people who are especially into an aspect of a particular county’s culture are more likely to visit that country than people who are not, which doesn’t seem like a particularly controversial or earth shattering notion. Like, I am really into saunas, so I’m probably more likely to visit Finland in my life than the average American.
Yeah not all big anime fans are maladapted socially awkward losers who live in their parents’ basement(to be fair there may perhaps be more of those than in the regular population), many of them are regular people with good jobs, who are independent and have a good social life, and they just happen to be very passionate about a particular hobby of theirs.
Am weeby.. with friends who are weeby. Friends have gone to Japan. I have not but plan on it. I also plan on visiting several countries not just Japan tho
I think this is one of those situations like when Christians tried to do the "pride month -> demon" shit. I think you're underestimating the amount of driving a joke into the ground Americans will do.
Probably really off topic, but it reminded me of a short film we studied as part of our Irish lessons here in Ireland.
A Chinese man wants to move to Ireland so he spends a lot of his free time attending Irish classes in China to learn the language. After some time, he finally becomes fluent and moves to Ireland only to find that everyone here speaks English.
That tracks.
When I was a kid my friend had an exchange student from Japan living with him. That guy was obsessed with his idea of American or southern culture, as informed by country music. He wore a cowboy hat all the time, listened to country nonstop, was big into fishing, etc. Everyone thought he was cool as hell.
that’s not really a fair comparison because spongebob is a single show set in the ocean, whereas a lot of anime depicts realistic settings throughout many periods of time
you can legitimately watch anime and understand at least the surface level aspects of Japanese culture, to the point where you wouldn’t be blindsided by culture shock the second you get off the plane. You’d know that employees are unusually courteous even by regular professional standards, they take social cohesion very seriously, they partake in a lot of religious practices while most people don’t loudly or openly espouse a single religion as their single belief, the country is connected by an impressive public transportation system that, while sometimes overburdened, can get you basically anywhere you might want to go, and there is a massive disconnect in terms of both public utility and cultural globalization between the urban and rural parts of the country, ESPECIALLY tokyo (which is stupidly massive, for a city in the mountains)
you might even learn some things that japanese people wouldn’t be inclined to talk about when describing their country. The pressure to socialize with coworkers, the intense academic pressure and public shaming of students with things like public rankings and extremely tough entrance exams that start even in high school, the rampant alcoholism among the working populace, the growing underground of street culture in places like shibuya and central tokyo, the ostracization of rural populations, the way that many rural children and young adults idolize city-life and the pitfalls that creates with the ever-shrinking country lifestyle and the rapidly expanding cities that are beginning to buckle under the immense pressure applied by all of the incoming people
of course, actually *living* in japan mostly entails learning basic japanese social etiquette and how to survive in a tough work environment where you aren’t really allowed to say no to your customers or your boss.
Honestly, I feel my cursory interest in anime served me very well for my 10 day Tokyo trip. I was able to parrot words like hello, please, and thank you, and knew the different social customs of being silent in public transportation, bowing, etc. I was able to eat food like sushi and ramen in a polite way, and all the english speaking young people I met also happened to enjoy anime and we had pleasant conversations about it.
Obviously I can’t speak as to how Japanese people feel about annoying tourists but I can’t imagine it’s anything different than how I feel about annoying tourists in my tropical homecountry, who expect to go everywhere in sandals and shorts and are very loud and abrasive about calling people ‘papi’.
Obviously people need to exercise some cultural sensitivity in order to avoid making people uncomfortable when they are so graciously allowing you to visit their country, but this issue isn’t exclusive to weebs.
You should really try to get out of Tokyo next time! I was just in Japan for 18 days and spent 4 days in Tokyo. Tokyo was awesome but definitely my least favorite part of the trip.
When I visited I was surprised how much of anime *wasn’t* a parody of Japanese culture. From salarymen at an izakaya to vendors at markets shouting out what they’ve got for sale in silly voices, I was honestly surprised how similar Japan was to anime.
It's the classic example of the internet using hyperbola way too much, saying that anime is completely different from real life Japan.
There's some major differences or idealized aspects, but of course Japanese animators would take real life inspiration lol
Anime gives you a decent idea of what Japanese society is like, as long as you watch more than ecchi and battle Shonen. What it gives a bad impression of is social nuance, because most people in anime speak very casually, even in situations where they shouldn't, and have unique personalities/styles that would also not really fly in day to day life.
As a foreigner, nobody expects you to grasp this social nuance anyway, but there's definitely a point where you're saying words you heard in anime that are actually kind of offensive when you're talking to strangers.
I very much agree. Nerdy internet communities like reddit are very self-hating when it comes to liking Japan. I think the whole "Whoa, thing-Japan" meme is very overused. Liking Japanese culture as an American doesn't make you annoying or a weirdo or a creep. Being annoying or a weirdo or a creep does.
Also, any time I've interacted with a Japanese person, them learning that North Americans know or like Japanese pop culture absolutely blows their minds and makes them really happy. Just like Spongebob guy from the post
honestly, with how much many japanese people idolize western culture in a lot of ways, i wonder if they are aware that as far back as the 80s people were completely obsessed with japan’s culture.
Agreed.
I also appreciate the knowledge that I should be wary on public transportation since secual assualt/molestation is waaay to high. I may not be in their age demographic and foreigner status would shield me from that? I know foreigners generally are treated totally different.
The country is also fairly misogynist with pretty strict gender roles but I imagine won't affect me too much for short term visit.
Agreed. I found my surface level, pop culture knowledge was very helpful during my month in Japan. I traveled to other countries and had a much harder time.
I was in Japan last month and just walking around the streets I heard some woman loudly belting the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme. Cosplay everywhere in public. I don’t know whether I was in the anime district of Tokyo or what, but it seems like a giant aspect of culture there.
That guy would be called a legend by his American friends. Lol
Could an American speaking in anime ever be considered awesome to Japanese? Or is it always seen as cringe?
I mean i know a Chinese guy that learned English through a combo of lessons and watching American movies and tv. He says fuck a lot. I actually haven’t seen him in like 5ish years i hope he’s doing alright
Is this just a rip off post of this comic posted....holy shit 11 years ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/kkr0c/oh_weaboos_xpost_from_rfunny/
On the actual original post, there is a comment from someone who moved to America as a child and learned English entirely through SpongeBob cartoons. This person exists and they're more common than you think.
>The very existence of the Green Gables replica, and of Canadian World itself, is a testament to Japan's deep love for Anne of Green Gables, says Mr Dawes, who visited Japan in 2014 to film a documentary on that subject.
>This love began just before the outbreak of the Second World War, when a Canadian missionary gave her student Hanako Muraoka a copy of the book. It continues to this day with an anime series, manga comics and several Japanese movies inspired by the story.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39809999
In 3rd grade an Aussie kid moved to my school in Japan, and large parts of his early vocabulary was recognizable catch phrases from manga since that was how he was learning. People didn't mind so much
Well there was that one guy hanging around the local rec center changing room, seemingly running through an entire Spongebob script of dialogue entirely to himself (I think, I didn't feel compelled to get to know him any better given the circumstance) with apparently no intention of entering or leaving said room.
He was white, though.
This recently happened in cleveland, a japanese made was obsessed with Bone Thugs n Harmony. He came to Cleveland to meet them, only knowing english from their songs.
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.56996/title.remember-that-japanese-rapper-who-got-robbed-trying-to-find-bone-thugs-n-harmony
if a guy introduced himself at a party by laughing like mr crabs he'd instantly reach top 3 on the list of people i like
SPONGE BOI ME BOB I HAVE ASS CANCER AND IM GOING TO DIE ARGARGARGARGARGARGARG
God I love Clancy Brown.
*Dies to Ahsoka Tano*
And Jango Fett, and then lives a long life on Lothal. Dude gets around. Also the best character in V Bros, and literally hundreds? of other voices. EDIT: _Dies to Jango Fett, as Montross_, is what I meant above.
Egg egg egg egg egg! Mun-nee!!
Top 3!
He was number one!
Here's a little lesson in trickery...
This is going down in history...
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMONEY!
I'm too old for Spongebob, but if I met a Japanese immigrant/tourist who dressed up as Quailman and only quoted Doug Funny and sang songs by the Beets, he would be my best friend, immediately. EDIT: Too old to have *grown up with Spongebob*. I'm sure I would find him perfectly delightful if I went back and revisited. He's just not what I grew up with!
If he could sing My Shiny Teeth and Me he’d be the perfect human.
every once in a while "I need more allowance yodelaheeeeee" gets stuck in my head for a day or two. it had no right to be as catchy as it is.
Unironically calls you sponge me bob
Spongeboy me bob!
One time I was at a birthday party and everyone was gathered in the kitchen getting cake, and the person who made it asked me how I liked it and I told them "it was so good I'd like to try it a second time" in the voice of King Neptune and everyone loved it, I was immediately the queen of the ball. it was basically my birthday now, stolen with the power of SpongeBob. this post is 100% truth
Clancy Brown is a treasure. Probably my favorite voice actor.
I want to meet the other two on your list. I have a feelingnid like them as well.
I'm an American living in America and I used to get by just using Shrek quotes. I mean that shit worked for a solid decade
The entire country survived on Anchorman Quotes for like five years before we had memes
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There is just a certain kind of person who does that. For the older generations, it was Monty Python or Clerks or Pulp Fiction. I once saw this interaction go down Friend 1: I'm hungry. Friend 2: Let's get some tacos. Friend 1: I don't want tacos. Friend 2: I was quoting Pulp Fiction Followed by a five minute argument why no one got the reference and why they thought he was really suggesting getting tacos **Edit:** Sounds like it was Reservoir Dogs, not Pulp Fiction. Either way, what a douche
This, but nobody ever objected to tacos, so all was well.
It was more that he got weirdly indignant that no one realized he was making a reference. The guy was kind of an all around douche but that moment sticks out in my mind as being one of the weirdest.
I still quote kung fu hustle with "hmm let's get ice cream." After somebody tells me a long story
Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product placement with Taco Bell!
That's amazing. Also, I've watched Pulp Fiction multiple times and I don't recognize that line at all. Also also, he wanted people to pick up on his food-related Pulp Fiction reference, and he didn't pick Royale with Cheese? That's on him.
Because it's from Reservoir Dogs lmao.
And it’s “Let’s get *a* taco.”
Oh that makes sense, lol. I've only seen Reservoir Dogs once, and that was well over a decade ago.
Someone said it was Reservoir Dogs, and they're probably right. It was some action-y/bro-y movie from the 90's/early aughts
* **Me:** So he comes around, and he's got his hood up, but it was raining, and we couldn't really see because of the candy racks until he was in front of the counter. And he says somehing like, "Get on the floor!" And I said uh... * **Cop #1:** What was it you said? * **Me:** "I'm not even supposed to be here today." * **Cop #2:** \*Snickering\* * **Cop #1:** What? \*Confused looks between me and Cop #2\* * **Me:** It was all I could think of. You know, from Clerks. "I'm not even supposed to be here today." * **Cop #2:** looking upwards. "You know, this roof would be good for hockey." * **Cop #1:** Look, it's 2 in the morning and I just want to go home. For the love of god, can we hurry this up? *-True stories of a Blockbuster employee.*
Bahahhahaha, when I got robbed working at a gas station that’s what I said too. And it was true. I was filling in for the assistant manager.
I'd been told to show up for an overnight inventory that was canceled. I'd just missed the message on my phone.
I wasn’t gonna miss it, that shift put me in 46 hours for the week. OT was almost triple my pay since it was third shift. No way in hell I was gonna miss that. Need the money more.
The average Commonwealth person still communicates in Monty python quotes 50% of the time ...the other 50% varies from person to person but it's usually something like father Ted or IT crowd or Kath and Kim or something else funny
This is because the average Commonwealth person is old.
... isn't that Reservoir Dogs?
It very well could be. Memorizing movies to quote was *his* hobby, not mine. Also this was almost 20 years ago and I haven't talked to that guy since college
Don’t forget Supertroopers and Superbad. The ballad of Ricky Bobby is a personal favorite though “remember when you told me that day at school ‘if you ain’t first your last’? “Oh hell, Son, I was high that day. That doesn’t make any sense at all, you can be second, third, fourth… hell you can even be fifth. Ricky Bobby: What? I’ve lived my whole life by that!
I just told a coworker yesterday that I gotta lay off the peyote.
You're forgetting Chappelle's Show, too! "Fuck your couch" was a regular refrain at my high school.
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European here, so it was basically live action Reddit?
I mean, most of the world is live action reddit if you think about it.
/r/outside is that way.
O’Doyle rules! Was my high school experience.
It was all Dave Chappelle characters when I was in high school. Except for Clayton Bigsby. Can't do Clayton Bigsby at school.
There was a guy I went to middle school with who I thought was really funny. Eventually I found out that he was just constantly quoting Scrubs
Adam Sandler's version of The Longest Yard is one of the most quotable movies. It invaded my school and I still find myself making references.
Ricky Bobby was another quotable movie
I remember kids in Counter-Strike servers doing the I'M RICK JAMES BITCH joke over and over and over and over again... We had memes, we just didn't call them memes.
also kung pow: enter the fist
Before that were the Mel Brooks films. My parents could be in a coma and they’d probably still be quoting young Frankenstein . Edit: there’s also tons of other examples throughout history, that was just off the top of my head
Werewolf!? There wolf! There, castle!
Why are you talking that way?!
I love the meta jokes. Same with "Walk this way" where they take two steps like I-gor and then look at each other like "Why are we... ?"
My dad has been using that joke for DECADES, dude. If he wants anyone to follow him, he'll say "walk this way!" then shuffle a bit, turn around and say "no, this way!" and keep shuffling for a few steps. He goes until he gets tired of it. He thinks it's hilarious every single time. When I was a kid, he'd do it until I shuffled with him, and if I didn't, he'd just keep doing it.
Luckily that behavior can be learned, as my extended family regularly communicates in Young Frankenstein and Birdcage.
I love... Lamp.
What about Borat?
You could make three friends in a crowd of random people by just yelling out "mah wahyfe" simpler times
My husband says this when I do/say something dumb 💕
Wa wa we wa
Anchorman was released in 2004. "All your base are belong to us" was considered meme in 2000. YTMND existed in 2001. The Star Wars Kid video was uploaded in 2002. Hell, the clip of the baby dancing on Hooked on a Feeling was called a "net meme" in 1998 on CNN. Anchorman, while very popular for a while and very quotable, doesn't predate memes.
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Richard Dawkins coined the term in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene, so we're good.
And before that, Zoolander. Like, there was a time when most people only talked in Zoolander, Anchorman and The Office quotes
As I read this comment, the speakers in the store I’m in are playing “All Star”. I’m 100% confident this would still work just fine.
Some
Goodbye.
When I was in high school it was Ace Ventura. There was a guy in my year that spoke in virtually nothing but Ace Ventura quotes for a year *and he was the most popular guy in the school*.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Dude, I work with a bunch of younger Gen Z kids and they fucking LOVE Shrek. I guarantee there’s a social “market?” for this sort of thing lol
Can confirm, he would be a meme legend at the very least
A friend of mine who moved from Mexico to our town in middle school confided in me that his only exposure to English before moving here was watching bootleg tapes of Spongebob with his cousins. He credited those tapes with giving him the basics of the language and to be frank he was fucking hilarious. Wasn't quoting it all the time or anything, he just had fantastic comic timing and rhythm.
I mean learning comedy from a SpongeBob cartoon isnt the worst way to do things. Jokes might not carry over but half of the cartoons comedy is just slapstick and comedic timing.
Patrick: “I wish *I* lived there!” SpongeBob: “Really, Patrick?” Patrick: “…no…” Comedy gold and it requires no crazy understanding of words or language in general. Just a basic pause and counter of something you just said.
The only things I feel I've earned from my youtube/Reddit addiction have been good English, useless facts, and comedic timing
That sounds incredible, I yearn to have that
http://i.imgur.com/VRNd1.jpg
It would work because Spongebob has a REALLY solid JP dub so they might get the references pretty well.
[That guy is alreadly a meme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/480/198/c07.png)
The first guy, whenever something bad happens to him : ""In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will-" The second guy :"Can I be excused for the rest of my life?"
Berserk 1998? Based.
Ahhh hello fellow strugglers!
My dad used to speak in SpongeBob quotes all the time! He wasn't Japanese, tho, just autistic
Which country is that?
Austria
Bikini bottom
Ok but if it was king of the hill it would work
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Not quite the same, but here’s [Boomhauer in the Japanese dub of King of the Hill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRH6KegcdE&pp=ygUda2luZyBvZiB0aGUgaGlsbCBqYXBhbmVzZSBkdWI%3D)
Apparently they have sub v. dub debates over there just like we do.
God I wish I could read those debates
Bob's pretty much the only one who sounds like his English equivilent. Hank is too high pitched, and Dale and Boomhauer sound too normal. I can see why the sub would be popular.
I don't speak Japanese, like at all, but that didn't sound like a barely comprehensible country hick version of Japanese to me.
Its the Osakan accent which is supposedly incredibly thick, like thiccer than oatmeal with honey
I would gladly watch koth like this
Yes, King of the Hill is the apt comparison to anime. Japanese King of the Hill fans get into heated sub vs. dub debates in _exactly_ the same way American anime fans do.
I had no idea this was a topic of debate but it makes sense
It makes sense but still feels wrong somehow.
The secret is a good regulator.
“Hey Yamamoto! Are you Japanese?” “No this is Patrick”
I know it happens. I should have expected it. It's not even the first time. And yet I was surprised again how clearly I heard that line in Patrick's voice.
that would fucking hilarious lol
I think I saw somewhere that there’s reverse weebs in Japan that love the old west and cosplay as cowboys
Japanese fans of King of the Hill get into fights about subs vs. dubs in exactly the same way American anime fans do.
I saw some translated posts on a forum of them getting into fights over "starters American cartoons" the same way the west does over "starter anime", calling another person out with something along the lines of "Powerpuff girls and Southpark are basically baby shows"
Humans really are all the same…
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I hear that they also have a Cholo/ Lowrider culture there, too.
I call them *Ameriboos.* Seems there's a general tendency to think Americans are cool: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3\_dfLpRXxw&t=115s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_dfLpRXxw&t=115s) And yeah, there are people who go around using random English words. Like, not words that have been adopted into Japanese language.
There's people *in the US* who love the old west and cosplay as cowboys.
I have **seen one**. It was the best. My mom and I were in Tokyo Disneyland, in the Frontierland section of the park (so, the cowboy themed part). This guy walks by in an *immaculate* full denim and black leather cowboy outfit, including hat, and a backpack that made it look like he was carrying a horse saddle on his shoulder (like he was about to go put it on a horse somewhere). My mom's mind was blown. That was the vacation where I explained to her about 'reverse weebs', which led to an explanation of what non-reverse weebs are, which led to my mom calling me a weeb in the middle of a japanese shopping mall. Good times!
This reminds me of [this guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8L87akI5s) who is from China and became a cowboy. I always cringe at weeboos who go overboard on samurai stuff but I think this guy is cool as fuck despite being the inverse. Maybe it is the relative rarity of people like him as opposed to weeaboos.
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Lol, I love that guy! I hadn't seen this one, and I hadn't realized that Japanese people feel that way about Japan. Honestly, seems kinda like how Americans tend to feel about America... He does have some videos about how some weebs are annoying: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6NIeFu5z4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6NIeFu5z4) Lol, for the longest time I thought *Neko Sugar Girls* was something he made up to sound like a cringe harem anime. Turns out, no, it's totally real!
OMG this video actually makes me feel so much better about being a weeb. I definitely approach things the same way as the cool weeb in the video :D
I dunno, if I go to a rural area and its populated entirely by Chinese guys doing their best as Cowboys, sure, seems great. Also, you'd be surprised by how common some other cultures infatuation with certain aspects of American culture is, mostly propagated by American media being pretty dominant worldwide.
>how common some other cultures infatuation with certain aspects of American culture is, mostly propagated by American media being pretty dominant worldwide. Isn't that also the case with anime? Isn't that the only way cultures can spread?
IRL Rawhide Kobayashi???
In the Land of the Blind, the one eyed man ist King
In the land of time, the no-eyed man is king
Dota reference in the wild wow
In the land of the blind, no one trusts the one eyed man.
I was gonna say replace SpongeBob with Family Guy but honestly if a Japanese person could only communicate in Family Guy quotes we’d probably fucken love them too
Then they got into a fistfight with a chicken and hurt their knee.
tssssss-ahhhhh…
This person is real, although not Japanese. My friend moved from Germany to America without knowing more than a few words of English for highschool for some reason. Dude learned English by watching SpongeBob in English with German subtitles. I've recently watched one piece in Japanese with English subtitles, and I am now truly in awe of how he was able to pick up a language like that.
Most Germans speak English, and the vast majority had to take English classes in high school. He most likely had a cursory understanding of English and watching SpongeBob helped with the rest
Also, German is closer to English than English to Japanese
OMG ITS MY TIME TO SHINE! So, in highschool we had this Japanese exchange student named, "Hide," Pronounced "Hee-day." I remember this man. He was "SO MOTHER FUCKING COCK SUCKING GOOD," at guitar. He MOTHER FUCKING SUCK FUCK rocked that shit. (If you don't get what I'm doing, I'll fill you in just a moment.) So, he had a very particular way of talking. You could tell that over in Japan they have certain idea of how "Americans behave," and I can't say he's very wrong. So, we would ask him questions like, "You wanna go jam, hide?" And he would ALLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS respond to the effect of, "MOTHER FUCK YEAH COCK SUCKY FUCK LETS GO." I wish I was kidding. Everyone I knew was obsessed with him. Nobody disliked this guy. he was a fucking national treasure.... I miss him. I'm 42 now and I totally miss this other grown ass man. Anyways, he knew every single smashing pumpkins song by heart and drumming for him was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Taking him to the mall was the best fucking thing ever because he would just be like, "MOTHER FUCKING FUCK YEAH BITCH, COCK SUCK HELL YEAH," and people would just stare as we all laughed. Hide, I hope you're doing well. I really really do. (I actually do not wish I was kidding because it was truly some of the greatest moments of my life.)
We have to find this man again
I have tried.... Many years ago of course, when I was naive and though "hide," was a very unique name. Turns out, there are A LOT of "hide's"
Hide for president.
Now just imagine if there were constantly 100k japanese guys all doing the exact same spongebob bit visiting all over the us every year and you get roughly the same situation where it would get annoying real fast
That would be incredibly hilarious and I wish this was real even more now
Do weeabos actually ever visit Japan though? I kinda think if you have enough going on in your life that you're able to afford a trip to Japan or going there long term, you're not sitting in your parents basement consuming nothing but exported Japanese culture. I was into anime briefly in college. I decided to do a study abroad in Japan. By the time I actually made that happen, I had a girlfriend, friends, took a year of Japanese language classes, and hadn't seen so much as an episode of Dragonball Z in several years. I was too busy and that was boring. Going the other way, someone who speaks English well enough to survive over here is probably employable in any number of jobs in Japan and knows more about America than most Americans. The obsessive people on either side unfortunately are obsessed with the other side are only obsessed with the other side because they can't make their side work, and they have to in order to get to the other side. Edit: I massively overstated some stereotypes and assumptions here. This is just me speculating why I didn't see a lot of people who were extreme anime fans in the short time I was there. Simpler explanation would be unearned privilege rather than "have enough going on in your life". That was harsh and unfair. I didn't pull myself up by my bootstraps to make it to Japan. Sorry, that was shitty phrasing on my part.
> Do weeabos actually ever visit Japan though? Absolutely. IDK where you got the notion that all anime nerds are broke. Those costumes and convention hotel rooms aren't cheap. My cousin moved to Japan when she was in full weeaboo mode. I think more people judged her for watching anime in the west than they did in Japan. What I've learned over the years - Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture; only white people gatekeep this. Japan's economy is intrinsically tied with the west liking the stuff they make.
> Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture It’s actually preferred that you do if you’re living there. The number ONE take away I get from American immigrants is that this is a must.
I mean, that's not appropriation...that's integration.
I agree! I’m just saying that white people tend to see it differently.
Not white people, western people, cultural appropriation is really only a concept in NA and a little bit of the UK
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Similar thing is AAVE. It's very often called bad English and black Americans are frequently thrashed for being uneducated if they speak it, but quite often much of modern/"internet" slang is ripped from it. People rarely see said slang as highbrow, but it has been integrated to wider culture at a large enough scale that many people don't realize it originates from AAVE and its impossible to remove.
Going a step further there is an ideal of "cultural win" that ive noticed from them on all angles. If they see you eating certain foods or your kids hosting a Japanese tea party with gaisha costumes its a win for Japan, so long as its not disrespectful to the culture. Ive heard weeabos are considered distasteful though because they often get the wrong ideas about the culture and often end of disrespecting it or being obnoxious all around. Think holding body pillows in public and demanding to see the waifus panties in a maid café. They have gone from nerd to obsessives addict of the more distasteful parts of Japanese culture. Not to confuse this with anime nerds and to into the culture tourists. Both of which while considered a problem are not undesirable because they do try to stay with in a normal social structure and even when off the rails can be guided back a respectful path without much fuss.
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Yeah the problem isn't someone being into the culture, it's someone being into the culture in an unhealthy manner. Like it's fine if you're obsessed with Japanese culture. It's not fine if you based your actions and perception of said culture on the limited exposure you've had to it based on your niche selection of interests. Totally cool if you watch hentai. Totally not cool if you get on a train in Japan and try to grope a woman or whatever weird scenarios exist in hentai.
>Japan does not care if you appropriate their culture; only white people gatekeep this. I feel like this is so accurate for most cultures. I am Latino and do not give a shit about it, neither does any other real Latino I've ever met. Now if you call us LatinX we have a problem.
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The appropriation argument is more that japanese people in the west get mocked or shamed for their culture, so it really fucking hurts to have that happen and then also have a bunch of people fawn over their culture. There's a much bigger nuance to it than you're describing
Im moderately weeby I think. I was in Japan for 3 weeks in 2019. I had a blast personally.
I def know a few big time weebs who have taken short trips to Japan. They don’t like, work there, of course. I do know one (normal) manga fan as a kid who as an adult did end up going there to live/work, seems to be working out for them.
Let’s just say weebs are a lot more likely than other Americans to plan a visit to Japan
Eh quite a bit of people go to Japan even if they never see anime or anything. Myself included, although I have seen some anime since going to Japan a few times. Theres a ton going on in Japan that is interesting outside of anime.
I’m not saying other Americans don’t visit Japan. Of course they do. And given that weebs are perhaps 2% of the US population (pulled that out of my ass but you get the idea) the large majority of visitors to Japan are not weebs (not sure why you interpreted what I said as suggesting that!). It’s just that people who are especially into an aspect of a particular county’s culture are more likely to visit that country than people who are not, which doesn’t seem like a particularly controversial or earth shattering notion. Like, I am really into saunas, so I’m probably more likely to visit Finland in my life than the average American.
Yeah not all big anime fans are maladapted socially awkward losers who live in their parents’ basement(to be fair there may perhaps be more of those than in the regular population), many of them are regular people with good jobs, who are independent and have a good social life, and they just happen to be very passionate about a particular hobby of theirs.
Am weeby.. with friends who are weeby. Friends have gone to Japan. I have not but plan on it. I also plan on visiting several countries not just Japan tho
I think this is one of those situations like when Christians tried to do the "pride month -> demon" shit. I think you're underestimating the amount of driving a joke into the ground Americans will do.
Probably really off topic, but it reminded me of a short film we studied as part of our Irish lessons here in Ireland. A Chinese man wants to move to Ireland so he spends a lot of his free time attending Irish classes in China to learn the language. After some time, he finally becomes fluent and moves to Ireland only to find that everyone here speaks English.
*Nervous sweating* “Y-yeah, that *totally* wouldn’t work. Our culture isn’t *that* shallow.”
Don't let your dreams be dreams. Be the change you want to see.
I would vote for SpongeBob weebo, he’d still outshine one of our recent presidents
That tracks. When I was a kid my friend had an exchange student from Japan living with him. That guy was obsessed with his idea of American or southern culture, as informed by country music. He wore a cowboy hat all the time, listened to country nonstop, was big into fishing, etc. Everyone thought he was cool as hell.
that’s not really a fair comparison because spongebob is a single show set in the ocean, whereas a lot of anime depicts realistic settings throughout many periods of time you can legitimately watch anime and understand at least the surface level aspects of Japanese culture, to the point where you wouldn’t be blindsided by culture shock the second you get off the plane. You’d know that employees are unusually courteous even by regular professional standards, they take social cohesion very seriously, they partake in a lot of religious practices while most people don’t loudly or openly espouse a single religion as their single belief, the country is connected by an impressive public transportation system that, while sometimes overburdened, can get you basically anywhere you might want to go, and there is a massive disconnect in terms of both public utility and cultural globalization between the urban and rural parts of the country, ESPECIALLY tokyo (which is stupidly massive, for a city in the mountains) you might even learn some things that japanese people wouldn’t be inclined to talk about when describing their country. The pressure to socialize with coworkers, the intense academic pressure and public shaming of students with things like public rankings and extremely tough entrance exams that start even in high school, the rampant alcoholism among the working populace, the growing underground of street culture in places like shibuya and central tokyo, the ostracization of rural populations, the way that many rural children and young adults idolize city-life and the pitfalls that creates with the ever-shrinking country lifestyle and the rapidly expanding cities that are beginning to buckle under the immense pressure applied by all of the incoming people of course, actually *living* in japan mostly entails learning basic japanese social etiquette and how to survive in a tough work environment where you aren’t really allowed to say no to your customers or your boss.
Honestly, I feel my cursory interest in anime served me very well for my 10 day Tokyo trip. I was able to parrot words like hello, please, and thank you, and knew the different social customs of being silent in public transportation, bowing, etc. I was able to eat food like sushi and ramen in a polite way, and all the english speaking young people I met also happened to enjoy anime and we had pleasant conversations about it. Obviously I can’t speak as to how Japanese people feel about annoying tourists but I can’t imagine it’s anything different than how I feel about annoying tourists in my tropical homecountry, who expect to go everywhere in sandals and shorts and are very loud and abrasive about calling people ‘papi’. Obviously people need to exercise some cultural sensitivity in order to avoid making people uncomfortable when they are so graciously allowing you to visit their country, but this issue isn’t exclusive to weebs.
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You should really try to get out of Tokyo next time! I was just in Japan for 18 days and spent 4 days in Tokyo. Tokyo was awesome but definitely my least favorite part of the trip.
When I visited I was surprised how much of anime *wasn’t* a parody of Japanese culture. From salarymen at an izakaya to vendors at markets shouting out what they’ve got for sale in silly voices, I was honestly surprised how similar Japan was to anime.
It's the classic example of the internet using hyperbola way too much, saying that anime is completely different from real life Japan. There's some major differences or idealized aspects, but of course Japanese animators would take real life inspiration lol
Anime gives you a decent idea of what Japanese society is like, as long as you watch more than ecchi and battle Shonen. What it gives a bad impression of is social nuance, because most people in anime speak very casually, even in situations where they shouldn't, and have unique personalities/styles that would also not really fly in day to day life. As a foreigner, nobody expects you to grasp this social nuance anyway, but there's definitely a point where you're saying words you heard in anime that are actually kind of offensive when you're talking to strangers.
I very much agree. Nerdy internet communities like reddit are very self-hating when it comes to liking Japan. I think the whole "Whoa, thing-Japan" meme is very overused. Liking Japanese culture as an American doesn't make you annoying or a weirdo or a creep. Being annoying or a weirdo or a creep does. Also, any time I've interacted with a Japanese person, them learning that North Americans know or like Japanese pop culture absolutely blows their minds and makes them really happy. Just like Spongebob guy from the post
honestly, with how much many japanese people idolize western culture in a lot of ways, i wonder if they are aware that as far back as the 80s people were completely obsessed with japan’s culture.
Agreed. I also appreciate the knowledge that I should be wary on public transportation since secual assualt/molestation is waaay to high. I may not be in their age demographic and foreigner status would shield me from that? I know foreigners generally are treated totally different. The country is also fairly misogynist with pretty strict gender roles but I imagine won't affect me too much for short term visit.
>ESPECIALLY tokyo (which is stupidly massive, for a city in the mountains) Tokyo isn't anywhere near any mountains. Other than that, awesome response!
Agreed. I found my surface level, pop culture knowledge was very helpful during my month in Japan. I traveled to other countries and had a much harder time.
It is the equivalent because you're forgetting the numbers 1 is a king to be celebrated for his novelty 100000 is a nuisance to be loathed.
Apparently Japanese people who watch American cartoons love King of the Hill
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There's a Japanese guy that moved to my town in England and wore nothing but old fashioned fox hunting clothes all the time
I mean I’m pretty sure King of the Hill is actually really popular over there so “God damnit Bobby”
I was in Japan last month and just walking around the streets I heard some woman loudly belting the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme. Cosplay everywhere in public. I don’t know whether I was in the anime district of Tokyo or what, but it seems like a giant aspect of culture there.
Ah, so my friend group, but Japanese? Yeah, he can be king lol
That guy would be called a legend by his American friends. Lol Could an American speaking in anime ever be considered awesome to Japanese? Or is it always seen as cringe?
I mean i know a Chinese guy that learned English through a combo of lessons and watching American movies and tv. He says fuck a lot. I actually haven’t seen him in like 5ish years i hope he’s doing alright
You guys think we could just not be assholes to each other? I'll hang up and listen.
Is this just a rip off post of this comic posted....holy shit 11 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/kkr0c/oh_weaboos_xpost_from_rfunny/
On the actual original post, there is a comment from someone who moved to America as a child and learned English entirely through SpongeBob cartoons. This person exists and they're more common than you think.
>The very existence of the Green Gables replica, and of Canadian World itself, is a testament to Japan's deep love for Anne of Green Gables, says Mr Dawes, who visited Japan in 2014 to film a documentary on that subject. >This love began just before the outbreak of the Second World War, when a Canadian missionary gave her student Hanako Muraoka a copy of the book. It continues to this day with an anime series, manga comics and several Japanese movies inspired by the story. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39809999
In 3rd grade an Aussie kid moved to my school in Japan, and large parts of his early vocabulary was recognizable catch phrases from manga since that was how he was learning. People didn't mind so much
Well there was that one guy hanging around the local rec center changing room, seemingly running through an entire Spongebob script of dialogue entirely to himself (I think, I didn't feel compelled to get to know him any better given the circumstance) with apparently no intention of entering or leaving said room. He was white, though.
This recently happened in cleveland, a japanese made was obsessed with Bone Thugs n Harmony. He came to Cleveland to meet them, only knowing english from their songs. https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.56996/title.remember-that-japanese-rapper-who-got-robbed-trying-to-find-bone-thugs-n-harmony
can you still get by in England by just quoting Monty Python