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(Hasselhoff's popularity has since waned, however, though Dirk Nowitzki, flag-bearer for Germany in the 2008 Summer Olympics and NBA star, claims he hums Hasselhoff songs at the free throw line) It's also the case that Germans in particular tend to be positively disposed towards anyone with a German name for example at one time they were very big on English crooner Arnold Dorsey, who used the stage name Engelbert Humperdinck. The trope is named for Norm Macdonald's punchline during his 'Weekend Update' sketches on Saturday Night Live, which he'd go out of his way to include David Hasselhoff, the Baywatch actor/producer, who was popular in Germany for his work as a singer in the late 1980s/early 1990s, particularly for being in the right place at the right time doing the right thing, which was being in Berlin at the fall of the wall promoting his new album via a concert tour, which included a popular song he had changed to be about peace and togetherness he has had seven albums go platinum there. Other times, these characters are not tightly connected to a single story and are more an owned property, and may get their own storylines released more or less exclusively in certain countries.

Since many companies get paid by foreign distributors simply for the right to air, how shows do overseas is not always of direct concern to the original producers. In addition, what may be considered a bog-standard genre piece in the home country may be considered new and exciting in a country that hasn't been exposed to the particular genre yet. This is even more of a gamble when one character's personality and motivations have a direct tie to the culture of origin. Places with different cultural baggage often hook onto different characters and plot elements, whether or not these are the ones pushed by the story.

A version of the Ensemble Dark Horse, where interest in a character (or an entire work) is sparked by an audience well-divorced from the production source, particularly if the show is released in other countries.

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