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* ''Extremely'' prevalent in Chinese cinema, where virtually all depictions of Americans show them as either ruthless thugs, schemers and pretty much any other sort of stock villain caricature you can think of. Examples vary, from the occupation force in [[Creator/JetLi Jet Li's]] film ''Born to Defence'' (1986) to the blatantly cheating and arrogant fighter "Twister" (though he is British, but he embodied boorish American stereotype) from ''Film/IpMan2''. (Though there are many cases where the Americans [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales find the portrayals entertaining]].) The highest grossing movie ever in China as of 2017, ''Wolf Warriors 2'', has a murderous American mercenary commander as the BigBad who the Chinese protagonist [[MightyWhitey must defeat in order to nobly protect the helpless Africans.]] Given how all Chinese films are [[BackedByThePentagon backed by their Government]], the propagandic bent isn't the least bit surprising. The movie was released around the time where American and NATO government representatives, as well as human rights group, starts putting pressure toward China for the alleged human rights violations in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, in which the Chinese government responds as "fake", "fabricated" or "meddling of national affairs". Note that big American films as of 2010 to this day generally avoid depicting China the same way, as China remains a big market for American action movies and most Hollywood movies are co-produced with Chinese studios in order to be treated as domestic product in China due to tightening import laws.

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* ''Extremely'' prevalent in Chinese cinema, where virtually all depictions of Americans show them as either ruthless thugs, schemers and pretty much any other sort of stock villain caricature you can think of. Examples vary, from the occupation force in [[Creator/JetLi Jet Li's]] film ''Born to Defence'' (1986) to the blatantly cheating and arrogant fighter "Twister" (though he is British, but he embodied boorish American stereotype) from ''Film/IpMan2''. (Though there are many cases where the Americans [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales find the portrayals entertaining]].) The highest grossing movie ever in China as of 2017, ''Wolf Warriors 2'', ''Film/WolfWarrior2'', has a murderous American mercenary commander as the BigBad who the Chinese protagonist [[MightyWhitey must defeat in order to nobly protect the helpless Africans.]] Given how all Chinese films are [[BackedByThePentagon backed by their Government]], the propagandic bent isn't the least bit surprising. The movie was released around the time where American and NATO government representatives, as well as human rights group, starts putting pressure toward China for the alleged human rights violations in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, in which the Chinese government responds as "fake", "fabricated" or "meddling of national affairs". Note that big American films as of 2010 to this day generally avoid depicting China the same way, as China remains a big market for American action movies and most Hollywood movies are co-produced with Chinese studios in order to be treated as domestic product in China due to tightening import laws.
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* In ''Film/{{Geostorm}}'' the BigBad of the film, [[spoiler:Vice-President Dekom]], is a one-man showcase of "America the Vile" to the "America the Good" of everybody else in the cast, manipulating the "Dutch Boy" WeatherControlMachine and turning it into a KillSat that devastates much of the world with the explicit goal of eliminating all of America's enemies.
--> ''''The Big Bad''': What you call 'genocide', ''I'' call 'pre-emptive strike'!
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A [[{{Utopia}} peaceful paradise on earth]] full of friendly, wise, and good-hearted people whose prosperity is their (God-given) reward for their impeccable virtue. Theirs is a shining city upon a hill guided by destiny: a land of freedom, justice, wealth, and luck, where people can [[ThePromisedLand leave their pasts behind and create entirely new lives for themselves]], far from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the country that embodies UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon (nuclear) family values, love, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness old-fashioned simple mindsets]]. This flavor is, of course, no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.

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A [[{{Utopia}} peaceful paradise on earth]] full of friendly, wise, and good-hearted people whose prosperity is their (God-given) reward for their impeccable virtue. Theirs is a shining city upon a hill guided by destiny: a land of freedom, justice, wealth, and luck, where people can [[ThePromisedLand leave their pasts behind and create entirely new lives for themselves]], far from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the country that embodies UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon (nuclear) family values, love, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness old-fashioned simple mindsets]]. This flavor is, of course, no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.



A WretchedHive full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[UrbanHellscape crime-ridden ghettoes]] full of [[{{Gangsterland}} street gangs and cartels]] desperate to get you [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer addicted to their wares]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[AssimilationPlot you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[CategoryTraitor one of the above]], and at worst you'll be treated as utter vermin by [[{{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves the]] [[AngryWhiteMan citizens]], [[DirtyCop the law enforcement]], [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny the government itself]], and [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis even other]] [[BoomerangBigot immigrants/minorities]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans want or need]], whether it be gold, oil, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking anime]]; because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.

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A WretchedHive full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[UrbanHellscape crime-ridden ghettoes]] full of [[{{Gangsterland}} street gangs and cartels]] desperate to get you [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer addicted to their wares]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[AssimilationPlot you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[CategoryTraitor one of the above]], and at worst you'll be treated as utter vermin by [[{{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves the]] [[AngryWhiteMan citizens]], [[DirtyCop the law enforcement]], [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny the government itself]], and [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis even other]] [[BoomerangBigot immigrants/minorities]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans want or need]], whether it be gold, oil, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking anime]]; because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.



* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages,]] ComicBook/WonderWoman reflected the shining positives of the U.S. as an immigrant to the country. After meeting Col. ComicBook/SteveTrevor, she decks herself out in a uniform based on the American flag and eagle when she leaves Paradise Island to fight the Nazis and other evils of the outside world.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Ages,]] ComicBook/WonderWoman reflected the shining positives of the U.S. as an immigrant to the country. After meeting Col. ComicBook/SteveTrevor, she decks herself out in a uniform based on the American flag and eagle when she leaves Paradise Island to fight the Nazis and other evils of the outside world.

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