History Main / BritainIsOnlyEngland

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': Despite the large amount of British characters, and the many Welsh, Scottish and Irish people who migrated to Australia during the 1800s in RealLife, they all mention only England as their home.
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', William's goal is to save "the entire British Empire" but almost never strays beyond the boundaries of England -- and when he does, it's to places like India and America, not Scotland, Northern Ireland, or Wales.

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': The Popples are amongst many British families that immigrated from their country to Australia in the 1800s, but all despite the large amount of British characters, they all mention only England as their home (Lucy's family is specifically from Yorkshire).

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* Richard from ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' is an Englishman from the suburbs of London, and actually refers to his nationality as English, not British. Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are never even mentioned as existing.
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* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland actually do exist as characters... technically. Despite this, England is also known as the UK even in canon, and represents the entirety of Britain much of the time.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': ZigZagged in the song "Yakko's world". When he mentions "England" the whole of the UK is highlighted, which is strange because "Scotland" had already been listed separately.

* Well into the 20th century it continued to be extremely common to refer to "England" when really "Great Britain"--or better yet "the United Kingdom"--would have been correct. The famous signal of UsefulNotes/HoratioNelson at the Battle of Trafalgar was not "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland expects every man to do his duty" or even "Great Britain expects every man to do his duty"; it was "''England'' expects every man to do his duty", even though at that point "England" had not been a separate state for almost a century. As late as the 1960s, when UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was signing a proclamation that UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill was to be made an honorary United States citizen, the President referred to "the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone"--at that point, "England" had not "stood alone" for over 250 years (since the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707). Churchill himself sometimes casually referred to "England" as synonymous with "the United Kingdom" in public speeches ("Stripped of her Empire...England would sink to the level of a fifth-rate Power"). It was probably not until the ''late'' 20th century that most people finally learned to stop saying "England" when they meant "the United Kingdom" or "the UK".

* Creator/SeanConnery's character John Mason in ''Film/TheRock'' is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow. However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls Mason an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that Mason is evidently Scottish. In spite of this, this is never corrected by Mason.

* Creator/SeanConnery's character in Film/TheRock is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter of Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* Film/TheRock: Creator/SeanConnery's character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter of Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* In "Film/TheRock" "Creator/SeanConnery"'s character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter or Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* In "Film/{{TheRock}}" "Creator/SeanConnery"'s character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter or Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* In "Film/TheRock" "Creator/SeanConnery"'s character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter or Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* In "Film/TheRock" "SeanConnery"'s character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said to be from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter or Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.

* In "Film/TheRock" Sean Connery's character is referred to (correctly) as British throughout the movie by the US officials, and said tobe from Great Britain, with his place of birth being Glasgow (to match Connery's identity, although he himself was from Edinburgh). However, later in the film, one of the terrorists calls him an 'English pig' during a fight, regardless of the fact that both Connery and his character are so evidently Scottish (Connery himself was a supporter or Scottish nationalism). In spite of this, this is never corrected by Connery's character.