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* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'': In ''Five Go To Smuggler's Top'', Julian and Dick tell of Sooty's daredevil climbing on the school roof, and how he tied the union jack flag to one of the chimney pots, presumably to "claim" it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': When trying to come up with ways to get rid of Eddy's ''enormous'' pimple, Ed's solution is to plant a plunger on it with an "Ed" flag flying off of it.
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* In ''Literature/TheLastHero'', Carrot plants the Ankh-Morporkian flag on the moon, but says he's claiming it for "all the nations of the Disc". (Lord Vetinari's reaction is that this is an admirable position, and he might even tell them.)
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* Famous examples during WWII include raising the US flag at Iwo Jima and Soviets raising their flag on top of the Reichtag after conquering Berlin.
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* In Don Rosa's ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse The Island at the Edge of Time]]'', Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold race to claim a newly formed island made out of pure gold. Glomgold plants his flag into the ground first, seemingly victorious... [[spoiler:until it turns out that the island sits right smack in the middle of International Date Line. Where Glomgold made the claim it's Wednesday, so Scrooge sticks his flag to the other side where it's ''still Tuesday''.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'': The zoo animals have escaped in an ark and gone ashore on what they think is undiscovered land. Hair Bear stakes claim to it and plants a flag--right onto Square Bear's foot.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "The Time Warrior", the Sontaran captain Linx plants his flag on medieval Earth, claiming it for his species. The Thirteenth Doctor story "War of the Sontarans" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/KidsInTheHall'': Dave Foley explains how sketch comedy works by first establishing a wacky comic premise: A man awakes to find a Spanish conquistador planting a flag on his chest and claiming it for Spain. (Dave escalates the premise by having a different explorer plant a French flag on him and declaring war.)
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* ''Film/FiveWeeksInABalloon''. The plot of the movie involves a race between the British Empire and a group of slavers to claim uncharted land in West Africa near the Volta River. If the slavers succeed, they will be able to use the land in their slavery operations. Whichever side plants their flag first gets control of the land. At the end of the movie the British flag is planted first, denying the slavers the land.
* ''Film/FiveWeeksInABalloon''. The plot of the movie involves a race between the British Empire and a group of slavers to claim uncharted land in West Africa near the Volta River. If the slavers succeed, they will be able to use the land in their slavery operations. Whichever side plants their flag first gets control of the land. At the end of the movie the British flag is planted first, denying the slavers the land.
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* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': Marvin the Martian arrives in the nearly deserted ToonTown, and plants the Martian standard, claiming it on behalf of Mars. Bugs Bunny bamboozles Marvin out of his spaceship, and takes Lebron James on a whirlwind trip through cyberspace to collect the other scattered WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes.
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* ''Film/MoonZeroTwo'': PlayedForLaughs and exposition in the AnimatedCreditsOpening, depicting an American astronaut and Soviet cosmonaut landing on the moon at almost the same time and battling over whose flag stays up. While they fight, a multinational fleet of ships [[SpaceIsAnOcean sails]] to the moon; the pair are shocked to notice a United Nations flag surrounded by dozens of other flags standing, and declare a truce to explore the new moon city in the background.
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** The 1951 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/HareWeGo" has Bugs Bunny join Christopher Columbus on his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. When rations run short, Captain Columbus tries to make a meal of the rabbit. The chase is interrupted when the ship runs aground. Realizing that they've landed on the New World, Bugs exults, "Bugs Bunny discovers America!" However, Columbus brought the Spanish standard, and has planted it on a nearby hill. "Oh, Bugs-a Bunny? Who'sa discover America?" Shrugging off the slight, Bugs takes the loss well: "No sense changing all the history books just for little ol' me."
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* In Don Rosa's ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse The Island at the Edge of Time]]'', Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold race to claim a newly formed island made out of pure gold. Glomgold plants his flag into the ground first, seemingly victorious... [[spoiler:until it turns out that the island sits right smack in the middle of International Date Line. Where Glomgold made the claim it's wednesday; so scrooge sticks his flag to the other side where it's ''still tuesday''.]]
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** The 1951 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/HareWeGo" has Bugs Bunny join Christopher Columbus on his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. When rations run short, Captain Columbus tries to make a meal of the rabbit. The chase is interrupted when the ship runs aground. Realizing that they've landed on the New World, Bugs exults, "Bugs Bunny discovers America!" However, Columbus brought the Spanish standard, and has planted it on a nearby hill. "Oh, Bugs-a Bunny? Who'sa discover America?" Shrugging off the slight, Bugs takes the L well: "No sense changing all the history books just for little ol' me."
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-> ''We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. "I claim India for Britain!" They're going "You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!" "Do you have a flag? "No..." "Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are the rules... that I just made up!''
->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard'''
Whether you've arrived in uncharted territory or taken over a place (or even a vehicle, like a ship) from your adversary, you need some way to demonstrate your ownership. So, do you visit an office? Update a map or owner's title? No, you plant a flag.
This is a common trope in explorer fiction, with the adventurer sticking a flag in the dirt while dramatically declaring that he claims the land in the name of whatever group he represents (regardless of natives' or rivals' opinions). In cases in which this trope appears for captured ships or fortifications, the lowering of the old flag and the raising of the conqueror's symbolizes the change in affiliation.
See also IwoJimaPose, which also involves planting a flag.
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* In ''Recap/TintinTheShootingStar'', Tintin and the rival American scientists on the ''Peary'' race to be the first to plant their flag on the meteorite. Tintin succeeds, though he has some trouble undoing the knots.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'', Lord Garmadon declares his conquest of Ninjago (with his indestructible Garma Mecha Man) successful by planting a giant Garmadon flag on the top of Ninjago Tower, claiming it as his own.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''. Doofenshmirtz 2 sends his robot army to invade the dimension of our heroes. One of the first things they do is topple the American Flag from City Hall and hoist Doof-2's flag.
* Mimicked by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' during her "Colors of the Wind" song. "You think you own whatever land you land on / The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim [mimics planting the Union Jack] / But I know every rock and tree and creature / Has a life, has a spirit, has a name."
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* ''Film/FiveWeeksInABalloon''. The plot of the movie involves a race between the British Empire and a group of slavers to claim uncharted land in West Africa near the Volta River. If the slavers succeed, they will be able to use the land in their slavery operations. Whichever side plants their flag first gets control of the land. At the end of the movie the British flag is planted first, denying the slavers the land.
* ''Film/MarsAttacks'': After a tense standoff, the President proposes a truce, and extends his hand for a handshake. The Martian commander seems to concur, until his "hand" (really a small robot) detaches, skitters along the President's arm, and stops in the middle of his back. There, it embeds the Martian flag, with the pole skewering the President's heart. He topples over prone, of course.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Right before the MeleeATrois between [[BigBad Blackbeard's]] crew, the British Marines, and the Spaniards, Lieutenant Groves runs up to the FountainOfYouth and claims it with a flag in the name of King George II. [[NoNonsenseNemesis The Spaniard promptly shuts him up by shooting him through the flag]], before [[PetTheDog asking his men to make a note of Groves' bravery]].
* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': Marvin the Martian arrives in the nearly deserted ToonTown, and plants the Martian standard, claiming it on behalf of Mars. Bugs Bunny bamboozles Marvin out of his spaceship, and takes Lebron James on a whirlwind trip through cyberspace to collect the other scattered WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes.
* A brief gag in ''Film/TheWrongBox''. One of the tontine participants reaches the apex of a very tall mountain, plants the Union Jack "in the name of the UsefulNotes/{{queen| Victoria}}", and immediately falls through the snow and ice to his death.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAnAwesomeFriendlyKid'': Greg claims to have planted a flag on the grounds of Rowley's house before it was built, meaning he claims everything on it. Rowley is about to give his bike to Greg for this reason until his dad stops him.
* ''Literature/TheIslandOfTheSkog'': When the mice land on the titular island, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bouncer]] plants a flag, claiming the land for the mice while simultaneously declaring himself the king of the new nation.
* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'': Captain Nemo, whose advanced submarine the ''Nautilus'' enables him to go places no one else can manage, arrives at the South Pole and sticks a gold-and-black flag in the ice. When Arronax asks him in which king's authority he's claiming the area, Nemo retorts that he's claiming it for himself.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "The Time Warrior", the Sontaran captain Linx plants his flag on medieval Earth, claiming it for his species. The Thirteenth Doctor story "War of the Sontarans" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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** Although not shown on screen, Kryten mentions Rimmer planting a flag on a S3 Planet (which turns out to be a psi-moon) that he and Rimmer came across and tried to claim in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]".
** In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXIITimewave Timewave]]", the crew find a moon containing a large quantity of the rare commodity Helium-7. The moon is subsequently claimed by them through the planting of a [=JMC=] flag on the moon.
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* Parodied in Vladimir Mayakovsky's ''Mysteria-buff''. When the Englishman and the Frenchman slide down from the Earth after a flood that destroys the world and land into a snowy realm that serves as a basement for the planet, each of them sticks up his country's flag and [[SkewedPriorities they immediately start squabbling over whose colony it is]].
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* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'': the Level Flag appears in every non-boss stage which the Kongs must reach and jump at to raise a flag to complete the level. In the overworld map, completed levels are indicated with a colored flag matching the Kong who completed it while uncompleted levels have a Krem Flag.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In ''Stormblood'', the plan to take Castrum Velodyna involves using Glamour Prisms, items that can change an object's outside appearance, to transform the gigantic Garlean flag hanging from the fortress into the flag of Ala Mhigo tricking Imperial forces in the field into thinking it had already been taken in their absence when, in fact, it was a small force assaulting the place. The resulting morale drop, and the Ala Mhigans' and Alliance's morale ''boost'' forces the Garleans into retreat.
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* In ''Webcomic/InOurShadow'' during the Rat Empire's first conflict with the Lemurs of Madagascar they sent a single mech that tore the entire Lemur military to pieces, then the pilot got out and planted the Empire's flag on the island. Explained as their having no interest in the southern hemisphere beyond ensuring that the sapient animals down there pose no threat to them, so they simply make an overwhelming display of force to cow them into submission.
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* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': Invoked during Season 1's Christopher Columbus vs. [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain Kirk]], where Columbus threatens to stick a flag up Kirk's rear door and claim him for Spain.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': In "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E56WhirledHistory Whirled History]]", Gosalyn falls asleep due to boredom with her homework and dreams about visiting history. Multiple scenes involve great explorers (always played by her father) arriving to claim land. In one case, two explorers get into a fight over a flag that one planted.
* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''
** ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'': Duck Dodgers is sent to find Planet X, last location of the shaving cream atom. Upon finding it, he stakes claim with a flag on behalf of Earth. Soon afterwards, Marvin the Martian arrives and stakes claim for Mars. The resulting battle lasts the rest of the short.
** The 1951 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Hare We Go" has Bugs Bunny join Christopher Columbus on his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. When rations run short, Captain Columbus tries to make a meal of the rabbit. The chase is interrupted when the ship runs aground. Realizing that they've landed on the New World, Bugs exults, "Bugs Bunny discovers America!" However, Columbus brought the Spanish standard, and has planted it on a nearby hill. "Oh, Bugs-a Bunny? Who'sa discover America?" Shrugging off the slight, Bugs takes the L well: "No sense changing all the history books just for little ol' me."
** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'': A recurring series of "mini-shorts" feature Marvin the Martian landing on a planet to claim for Mars, only for something strange to happen when he tries to plant the flag.
** The 1950 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' cartoon "Bunker Hill Bunny" has Bugs Bunny on the side of the American Revolution, holding down a picket fort by himself. His opponent is Sam von Schamm the Hessian, manning a stonework fort by himself. Twice, the two combatants charge at each other, narrowly miss, and end up in the other's fort. There, they switch flags to denote the change in management.
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'': "The Great American Melting Pot" shows a bunch of people from different cultures showing up on America with flags to show that the country is multicultural.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Goons on the Moon", while Squidward is [[SpaceEpisode on the moon]], he mistakenly judges that he's alone. He plants a flag depicting a sponge with a "no" symbol over it, declaring the moon to be a "[=SpongeBob=]-free zone".
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Whenever Lord Hater conquers a planet, one of the first things he does is plant his flag. This is deconstructed in "The Axe", where Hater learns that he lost all his planets because he didn't back up the flags with a battalion to defend his territory.
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[[folder: Real Life]]
* This was common for countries to do upon finding new unexplored land. This of course doesn't happen nowadays, as pretty much all land on Earth has been claimed or is considered international.
* In 1969, [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} Apollo 11]] reached the moon and Armstrong planted an american flag on it. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this was not to claim ownership. In fact, all space and celestial bodies have been declared international.
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->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard'''
Whether you've arrived in uncharted territory or taken over a place (or even a vehicle, like a ship) from your adversary, you need some way to demonstrate your ownership. So, do you visit an office? Update a map or owner's title? No, you plant a flag.
This is a common trope in explorer fiction, with the adventurer sticking a flag in the dirt while dramatically declaring that he claims the land in the name of whatever group he represents (regardless of natives' or rivals' opinions). In cases in which this trope appears for captured ships or fortifications, the lowering of the old flag and the raising of the conqueror's symbolizes the change in affiliation.
See also IwoJimaPose, which also involves planting a flag.
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!![[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I claim these examples... for Spain!]]
[[folder: Comic Books]]
* In ''Recap/TintinTheShootingStar'', Tintin and the rival American scientists on the ''Peary'' race to be the first to plant their flag on the meteorite. Tintin succeeds, though he has some trouble undoing the knots.
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[[folder: Film -- Animated]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'', Lord Garmadon declares his conquest of Ninjago (with his indestructible Garma Mecha Man) successful by planting a giant Garmadon flag on the top of Ninjago Tower, claiming it as his own.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''. Doofenshmirtz 2 sends his robot army to invade the dimension of our heroes. One of the first things they do is topple the American Flag from City Hall and hoist Doof-2's flag.
* Mimicked by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' during her "Colors of the Wind" song. "You think you own whatever land you land on / The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim [mimics planting the Union Jack] / But I know every rock and tree and creature / Has a life, has a spirit, has a name."
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[[folder: Film -- Live Action]]
* ''Film/FiveWeeksInABalloon''. The plot of the movie involves a race between the British Empire and a group of slavers to claim uncharted land in West Africa near the Volta River. If the slavers succeed, they will be able to use the land in their slavery operations. Whichever side plants their flag first gets control of the land. At the end of the movie the British flag is planted first, denying the slavers the land.
* ''Film/MarsAttacks'': After a tense standoff, the President proposes a truce, and extends his hand for a handshake. The Martian commander seems to concur, until his "hand" (really a small robot) detaches, skitters along the President's arm, and stops in the middle of his back. There, it embeds the Martian flag, with the pole skewering the President's heart. He topples over prone, of course.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Right before the MeleeATrois between [[BigBad Blackbeard's]] crew, the British Marines, and the Spaniards, Lieutenant Groves runs up to the FountainOfYouth and claims it with a flag in the name of King George II. [[NoNonsenseNemesis The Spaniard promptly shuts him up by shooting him through the flag]], before [[PetTheDog asking his men to make a note of Groves' bravery]].
* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': Marvin the Martian arrives in the nearly deserted ToonTown, and plants the Martian standard, claiming it on behalf of Mars. Bugs Bunny bamboozles Marvin out of his spaceship, and takes Lebron James on a whirlwind trip through cyberspace to collect the other scattered WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes.
* A brief gag in ''Film/TheWrongBox''. One of the tontine participants reaches the apex of a very tall mountain, plants the Union Jack "in the name of the UsefulNotes/{{queen| Victoria}}", and immediately falls through the snow and ice to his death.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAnAwesomeFriendlyKid'': Greg claims to have planted a flag on the grounds of Rowley's house before it was built, meaning he claims everything on it. Rowley is about to give his bike to Greg for this reason until his dad stops him.
* ''Literature/TheIslandOfTheSkog'': When the mice land on the titular island, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bouncer]] plants a flag, claiming the land for the mice while simultaneously declaring himself the king of the new nation.
* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'': Captain Nemo, whose advanced submarine the ''Nautilus'' enables him to go places no one else can manage, arrives at the South Pole and sticks a gold-and-black flag in the ice. When Arronax asks him in which king's authority he's claiming the area, Nemo retorts that he's claiming it for himself.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "The Time Warrior", the Sontaran captain Linx plants his flag on medieval Earth, claiming it for his species. The Thirteenth Doctor story "War of the Sontarans" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** Although not shown on screen, Kryten mentions Rimmer planting a flag on a S3 Planet (which turns out to be a psi-moon) that he and Rimmer came across and tried to claim in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]".
** In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXIITimewave Timewave]]", the crew find a moon containing a large quantity of the rare commodity Helium-7. The moon is subsequently claimed by them through the planting of a [=JMC=] flag on the moon.
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[[folder: Theatre]]
* Parodied in Vladimir Mayakovsky's ''Mysteria-buff''. When the Englishman and the Frenchman slide down from the Earth after a flood that destroys the world and land into a snowy realm that serves as a basement for the planet, each of them sticks up his country's flag and [[SkewedPriorities they immediately start squabbling over whose colony it is]].
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'': the Level Flag appears in every non-boss stage which the Kongs must reach and jump at to raise a flag to complete the level. In the overworld map, completed levels are indicated with a colored flag matching the Kong who completed it while uncompleted levels have a Krem Flag.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In ''Stormblood'', the plan to take Castrum Velodyna involves using Glamour Prisms, items that can change an object's outside appearance, to transform the gigantic Garlean flag hanging from the fortress into the flag of Ala Mhigo tricking Imperial forces in the field into thinking it had already been taken in their absence when, in fact, it was a small force assaulting the place. The resulting morale drop, and the Ala Mhigans' and Alliance's morale ''boost'' forces the Garleans into retreat.
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[[folder: Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/InOurShadow'' during the Rat Empire's first conflict with the Lemurs of Madagascar they sent a single mech that tore the entire Lemur military to pieces, then the pilot got out and planted the Empire's flag on the island. Explained as their having no interest in the southern hemisphere beyond ensuring that the sapient animals down there pose no threat to them, so they simply make an overwhelming display of force to cow them into submission.
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[[folder: Web Original]]
* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': Invoked during Season 1's Christopher Columbus vs. [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain Kirk]], where Columbus threatens to stick a flag up Kirk's rear door and claim him for Spain.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': In "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E56WhirledHistory Whirled History]]", Gosalyn falls asleep due to boredom with her homework and dreams about visiting history. Multiple scenes involve great explorers (always played by her father) arriving to claim land. In one case, two explorers get into a fight over a flag that one planted.
* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''
** ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'': Duck Dodgers is sent to find Planet X, last location of the shaving cream atom. Upon finding it, he stakes claim with a flag on behalf of Earth. Soon afterwards, Marvin the Martian arrives and stakes claim for Mars. The resulting battle lasts the rest of the short.
** The 1951 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Hare We Go" has Bugs Bunny join Christopher Columbus on his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. When rations run short, Captain Columbus tries to make a meal of the rabbit. The chase is interrupted when the ship runs aground. Realizing that they've landed on the New World, Bugs exults, "Bugs Bunny discovers America!" However, Columbus brought the Spanish standard, and has planted it on a nearby hill. "Oh, Bugs-a Bunny? Who'sa discover America?" Shrugging off the slight, Bugs takes the L well: "No sense changing all the history books just for little ol' me."
** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'': A recurring series of "mini-shorts" feature Marvin the Martian landing on a planet to claim for Mars, only for something strange to happen when he tries to plant the flag.
** The 1950 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' cartoon "Bunker Hill Bunny" has Bugs Bunny on the side of the American Revolution, holding down a picket fort by himself. His opponent is Sam von Schamm the Hessian, manning a stonework fort by himself. Twice, the two combatants charge at each other, narrowly miss, and end up in the other's fort. There, they switch flags to denote the change in management.
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'': "The Great American Melting Pot" shows a bunch of people from different cultures showing up on America with flags to show that the country is multicultural.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Goons on the Moon", while Squidward is [[SpaceEpisode on the moon]], he mistakenly judges that he's alone. He plants a flag depicting a sponge with a "no" symbol over it, declaring the moon to be a "[=SpongeBob=]-free zone".
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Whenever Lord Hater conquers a planet, one of the first things he does is plant his flag. This is deconstructed in "The Axe", where Hater learns that he lost all his planets because he didn't back up the flags with a battalion to defend his territory.
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[[folder: Real Life]]
* This was common for countries to do upon finding new unexplored land. This of course doesn't happen nowadays, as pretty much all land on Earth has been claimed or is considered international.
* In 1969, [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} Apollo 11]] reached the moon and Armstrong planted an american flag on it. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this was not to claim ownership. In fact, all space and celestial bodies have been declared international.
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