The film lacks LGBTQ+ characters or explorations of non-heteronormative identities. The romantic core remains centered on the established heteronormative partnership between Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton.

Sue Charlton is depicted as a successful, high-functioning journalist, offering a moderate subversion of 1980s damsel tropes. However, the plot often relies on the male protagonist's survivalist competence to resolve conflicts.

The cast is predominantly white and Anglo-centric, focusing on the friction between Australian and American identities. The narrative does not integrate diverse ethnic perspectives into its central conflict.

The story reinforces traditional Western structures and celebrates rugged individualism. It leans into established cultural archetypes rather than deconstructing Western institutions or social hierarchies.

There are no visible or invisible disabilities portrayed within the central cast. The film does not engage with neurodivergence or physical disability in its character development.