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Other works just [[TakeAThirdOption decide to split the difference]], treating America as essentially the BoisterousBruiser IdiotHero of nations: rude, crude, clueless, obnoxious, and vaguely psychotic, but still [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good-natured beneath it all]]. A famous saying, often misattributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, sums up this portrayal well: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing... after they've tried everything else."
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* {{Gangsterland}}: South Central Los Angeles is infamous for this, but other depictions of Gangsterland may be based on Newark and Camden (both in New Jersey), and some areas of Philadelphia. Older ones are usually based on UsefulNotes/AlCapone-era UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, or on New York in either the 19th Century or the post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII period (especially the 1970s).
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* {{Gangsterland}}: South Central Los Angeles is infamous for this, but other depictions of Gangsterland may be based on Newark and Camden (both in New Jersey), and some areas of Philadelphia. Older ones are usually based on UsefulNotes/AlCapone-era UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, or on New York in either the 19th Century or the post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII period (especially the 1970s).1970s and onward, with many overlapping stereotypes with hip-hop culture).
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* OnlyInFlorida: The state best known for sunshine, beaches, theme parks, citrus, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick mind-bendingly weird behavior]]
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* OnlyInFlorida: The state best known for sunshine, beaches, theme parks, citrus, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick mind-bendingly weird behavior]]behavior]].
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* DownOnTheFarm: rural America, typically somewhere in the "corn belt"
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* DownOnTheFarm: rural America, typically somewhere in the "corn belt"belt".
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* In ''Literature/DerSchwarm'', all the American characters in charge are negative stereotypes in some way of another. The president is the typical, self-righteous Christian conservative; Li is the classical Asian-American overachiever; Vanderbilt is the fat, greasy jerkass; and Peak is the brutal, AngryBlackMan who climbed his way up from a ghetto. Even Frost, who is American too despite not being in charge, is still a cowboy with NoIndoorVoice.
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* In ''Literature/DerSchwarm'', all the American characters in charge are negative stereotypes in some way of another. The president is the typical, self-righteous Christian conservative; Li is the classical Asian-American overachiever; Vanderbilt is the fat, greasy jerkass; and Peak is the brutal, AngryBlackMan brutal black man who climbed his way up from a ghetto. Even Frost, who is American too despite not being in charge, is still a cowboy with NoIndoorVoice.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the USA, so as you may expect most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or its people ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's actually an ''American'' production, that will be a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting, or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope either, and would better fit into PatrioticFervor or CreatorProvincialism. And if the work in question doesn't delve into blanket judgment either way but refers to US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the USA, so as you may expect most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or its people ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's actually an ''American'' production, that will be a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting, or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope either, and would better fit into PatrioticFervor CreatorProvincialism, PatrioticFervor, or CreatorProvincialism. MyCountryRightOrWrong. And if the work in question doesn't delve into blanket judgment either way but simply refers to US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
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Other series just [[TakeAThirdOption decide to split the difference]], treating America as the BoisterousBruiser IdiotHero of nations: rude, crude, clueless, obnoxious, and vaguely psychotic, but still [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good-natured beneath it all]]. A famous saying, often misattributed to UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, sums up this portrayal well: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing... after they've tried everything else."
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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 on (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 U.S. 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, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon on (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 U.S. US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] 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 and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from HollywoodCalifornia or trying to emulate it, and [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also, woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; you'll be forever treated as a second-class citizen at best or utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, 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 Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. As with the above, this flavor is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual U.S. citizens. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] 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 and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from HollywoodCalifornia or trying to emulate it, and [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also, woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; you'll be forever treated as a second-class citizen at best or utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, 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 Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. As with the above, UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual U.S. citizens. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the U.S., so most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or Americans ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's an ''American'' production, that's a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope, either, and would better fit into CreatorProvincialism. If the work in question doesn't delve into judgment but refers to the U.S. culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the U.S., USA, so as you may expect most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or Americans its people ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's actually an ''American'' production, that's that will be a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting, or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope, trope either, and would better fit into PatrioticFervor or CreatorProvincialism. If And if the work in question doesn't delve into blanket judgment either way but refers to the U.S. US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
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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 that was built on 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 U.S. 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, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes that was built upon on nuclear (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 U.S. citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity 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 obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} GunNut MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, you'll find [[GangsterLand criminals that rule the ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es from HollywoodCalifornia (or trying to emulate it), and [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also if you're an immigrant, minority or both, be prepared to be treated as a second class citizen at best or vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you better hope that you don't have some sort of export they rely upon, 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 Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. As with the above, this flavor is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual U.S. citizens. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity 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}} GunNut [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, you'll find [[GangsterLand criminals that rule the crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from HollywoodCalifornia (or or trying to emulate it), it, and [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also Also, woe betide you if you're an immigrant, minority a minority, or both, both; you'll be prepared to be forever treated as a second class second-class citizen at best or utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export they the Americans rely upon, 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 Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. As with the above, this flavor is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual U.S. citizens. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor.
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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 make brand 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 flavor 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 that was built on 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 U.S. 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 make brand 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 flavor 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 that was built on 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 U.S. 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 make new lives for themselves]], far away from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the flavor 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 that was built on 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 U.S. 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 make brand new lives for themselves]], far away from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the flavor 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 that was built on 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 U.S. citizens.
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Better quality.
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* FlagDrop: expect American flags to be prominently displayed beyond both Beautiful and Boorish patriots.
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* One of the earliest negative versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* One of the earliest negative versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal introduces The Semi-United States of Aceria, a natural extension of what was originally CanadaEh to take in less "Canadian" and more "American" NationalStereotypes. As can be expected, the SUSA goes UpToEleven.
** Semi-United States so far introduced in the Discworld include Elevensee [[note]]Tenessee taken UpToEleven - you may pray for, err, Film/{{Deliverance}}[[/note]], New Pork [[note]] historically, New Ankh-Morpork, but abbreviated[[/note]]. Californicatia, and as a result of colonisation of an inhospitable swamp populated by alligators and biting insects, ''[[OnlyInFlorida The Land Of The Florid People]]''. More are to follow. As the Discworld's USA/Canada - canonically - is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the USA as it was in the 1700's and 1800's, mention has also been made of a Wild Widdershins.
** Semi-United States so far introduced in the Discworld include Elevensee [[note]]Tenessee taken UpToEleven - you may pray for, err, Film/{{Deliverance}}[[/note]], New Pork [[note]] historically, New Ankh-Morpork, but abbreviated[[/note]]. Californicatia, and as a result of colonisation of an inhospitable swamp populated by alligators and biting insects, ''[[OnlyInFlorida The Land Of The Florid People]]''. More are to follow. As the Discworld's USA/Canada - canonically - is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the USA as it was in the 1700's and 1800's, mention has also been made of a Wild Widdershins.
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* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal introduces The Semi-United States of Aceria, a natural extension of what was originally CanadaEh to take in less "Canadian" and more "American" NationalStereotypes. As can be expected, the SUSA goes UpToEleven.
** Semi-United States so far introduced in the Discworld include Elevensee[[note]]Tenessee taken UpToEleven - [[note]]Tenessee; you may pray for, err, Film/{{Deliverance}}[[/note]], New Pork [[note]] historically, New Ankh-Morpork, but abbreviated[[/note]]. Californicatia, and as a result of colonisation of an inhospitable swamp populated by alligators and biting insects, ''[[OnlyInFlorida The Land Of The Florid People]]''. More are to follow. As the Discworld's USA/Canada - canonically - is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the USA as it was in the 1700's and 1800's, mention has also been made of a Wild Widdershins.
** Semi-United States so far introduced in the Discworld include Elevensee
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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 make new lives for themselves]], far away from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the flavor 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 tradition-sticking]], almost [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]] world of Heroes that was built on 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 U.S. 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 make new lives for themselves]], far away from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the flavor 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 tradition-sticking]], almost [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]] traditional]] world of Heroes heroes that was built on 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 U.S. citizens.
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* Website/CollegeHumor portrays the average American citizen as someone who's in a relationship with [[BastardBoyfriend an abusive boyfriend]], but who defends him when others bring up their concerns about him.
* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifying type 2 America, where national monuments are more often than not made to contain [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], mass sacrifices are carried out at every national monument ''daily'', the most popular president in history is a HumanoidAbomination who sacrificed ''hundreds of thousands'' of people to the same monuments, every president for over a century has locked a person in the Lincoln Memorial [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the real George Washington was frozen in the Delaware]]. [[spoiler:Or fell into another realm and became a ''[[TranshumanAbomination godforsaken nightmare]]'']].
* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifying type 2 America, where national monuments are more often than not made to contain [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], mass sacrifices are carried out at every national monument ''daily'', the most popular president in history is a HumanoidAbomination who sacrificed ''hundreds of thousands'' of people to the same monuments, every president for over a century has locked a person in the Lincoln Memorial [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the real George Washington was frozen in the Delaware]]. [[spoiler:Or fell into another realm and became a ''[[TranshumanAbomination godforsaken nightmare]]'']].
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* Website/CollegeHumor portrays the average American citizen as someone who's in a relationship with [[BastardBoyfriend [[DomesticAbuser an abusive boyfriend]], but who defends him when others bring up their concerns about him.
* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifyingtype 2 America, where national monuments are more often than not made to contain [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], mass sacrifices are carried out at every national monument ''daily'', the most popular president in history is a HumanoidAbomination who sacrificed ''hundreds of thousands'' of people to the same monuments, every president for over a century has locked a person in the Lincoln Memorial [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the real George Washington was frozen in the Delaware]]. [[spoiler:Or fell into another realm and became a ''[[TranshumanAbomination godforsaken nightmare]]'']].
* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifying
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* The musical ''Made in Dagenham'' features Stetson wearing Mr. Tooley, the Ford executive who makes a dramatic entrance in the second act with the number "This is America", praising America and belittling Britsin with a chorus of soldiers and cheerleaders.
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-->''9/11 was bad and it made me sad / You got bald eagles flyin' over this beautiful land / Man I wish them 9/11 planes would've landed...''
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-->''9/11 was bad and it made me sad / You We got bald eagles flyin' over this beautiful land / Man I wish them 9/11 planes would've landed...''
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* ''Roleplay/NoPixel'': The Randy Wrangler song [[https://soundcloud.com/1013records/usa-is-number-one-randy-wrangler "USA is Number One"]] is a Boorish parody of post-9/11 patriotic songs. It talks about wanting to kick [[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea Kim Jong-un]]'s ass for causing 9/11, all while throwing around random references to bald eagles, how communism is bad, and how capitalism is good.
-->''9/11 was bad and it made me sad / You got bald eagles flyin' over this beautiful land / Man I wish them 9/11 planes would've landed...''
-->''9/11 was bad and it made me sad / You got bald eagles flyin' over this beautiful land / Man I wish them 9/11 planes would've landed...''
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* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifying type 2 America, where national monuments are more often than not made to contain [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], mass sacrifices are carried out at every national monument ''daily'', the most popular president in history is a HumanoidAbomination who sacrificed ''hundreds of thousands'' of people to the same monuments, every president for over a century has locked a person in the Lincoln Memorial [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the real George Washington was frozen in the Delaware]].
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* WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos has a terrifying type 2 America, where national monuments are more often than not made to contain [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], mass sacrifices are carried out at every national monument ''daily'', the most popular president in history is a HumanoidAbomination who sacrificed ''hundreds of thousands'' of people to the same monuments, every president for over a century has locked a person in the Lincoln Memorial [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the real George Washington was frozen in the Delaware]]. [[spoiler:Or fell into another realm and became a ''[[TranshumanAbomination godforsaken nightmare]]'']].
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* Wheeler, the sole American member of the team in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', often held the StrawmanBall, but his heart's in the right place.
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* Wheeler, the sole American member of the team in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', often held is the "mixed" variation. He perpetually holds the StrawmanBall, but his heart's is the most prone to fighting, and incorrigibly hits on most attractive women in the right place.victinity (especially Linka). He's also deeply good-natured ([[TheHeart Ma-Ti]] even praises the amount of heart he has in one episode) and fiercely protective.
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* ''Film/{{Umrika}}'': InUniverse, Ramakant's village has a very idealistic view of America, helped along by Udai's supposed correspondence portraying the nation as beautiful, welcoming, and full of sights and sounds.
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* One of the earliest type 1 versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* One of the earliest type 1 negative versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* Fanfic/MiraculousThePhoenixRises is set within America. Everything from its medical establishment to it's education system is mercilessly lampooned.
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Don't link to manga scan sites.
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* The U.S. Forces in Japan [[InvokedTrope invoked]] America the Beautiful with their comic [[http://www.mangahere.cc/manga/our_alliance_a_lasting_partnership/]]. It stars Usa-kun, an AdorablyPrecociousChild, guarding the older Japanese stand-in, as a way of explaining why American forces are stationed in Japan through a Beautiful lens.
* The U.S. Forces in Japan [[InvokedTrope invoked]] America the Beautiful with their comic [[http://www.mangahere.cc/manga/our_alliance_a_lasting_partnership/]]. It stars Usa-kun, an AdorablyPrecociousChild, guarding the older Japanese stand-in, as a way of explaining why American forces are stationed in Japan through a Beautiful lens.
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* ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences'': The American mercenary group Mayor Andrej hires to capture Chat Noir are little more than thugs-for-hire toting assault rifles. They talk a big game but accomplish almost nothing outside of harassing Parisian citizens and run like cowards the minute they're faced with an actual Akuma.
* ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences'': The American mercenary group Mayor Andrej hires to capture Chat Noir are little more than thugs-for-hire toting assault rifles. They talk a big game but accomplish almost nothing outside of harassing Parisian citizens and run like cowards the minute they're faced with an actual Akuma.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'': America is frequently depicted as fat, stupid, and wanting to "liberate" other countries. [[http://imgur.com/KkTLC0t Example]].
* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' subverts the Boorish flavor--specifically the ever-popular "The World According to Americans" map made by the Jigsaw Lounge -- with its own "[[http://xkcd.com/850/ The World According to Americans]]."
* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' subverts the Boorish flavor--specifically the ever-popular "The World According to Americans" map made by the Jigsaw Lounge -- with its own "[[http://xkcd.com/850/ The World According to Americans]]."
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* ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'': America is frequently depicted as fat, stupid, and wanting to "liberate" other countries. [[http://imgur.[[https://imgur.com/KkTLC0t Example]].
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*''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' subverts the Boorish flavor--specifically the ever-popular "The World According to Americans" map made by the Jigsaw Lounge -- with its own "[[http://xkcd.[[https://xkcd.com/850/ The "The World According to Americans]]."Americans."]]
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* A lot of the comic book writers from across the pond, even those that have written Marvel and DC books for years, tend to love turning our original superheroes on their ear, basically making them even more jingoistic, or just plain jerkasses, for shock value or to go DarkerAndEdgier. A handful of heroes still hold out as the fair-minded Beautiful idealists, and ironically their scarcity makes ''them'' the more remarkable ones.
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* A lot of the comic book writers from across the pond, even those that have written Marvel and DC books for years, tend to love turning our original US-themed superheroes on their ear, basically making them even more jingoistic, or just plain jerkasses, for shock value or to go DarkerAndEdgier. A handful of heroes still hold out as the fair-minded Beautiful idealists, and ironically their scarcity makes ''them'' the more remarkable ones.
