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* Literature/{{Dracula}} has a pretty good example of type 1 in Quincey Morris. One of Lucy's three suitors, he's presented as a cowboy-type from Texas, informal but friendly and honorable. Strangely, although repeatedly described by his friends as a man of action, he doesn't engage in all that much of it [[spoiler:until he suffers a mortal wound fighting the gypsies that protect Dracula's coffin at the end and striking one of the fatal blows to kill Dracula.]]
* Subverted by Oscar Wilde in ''The Canterville Ghost''. "Americans have everything in common with us now-a-days except the Language."
* Corellia in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, with the exception of ''LegacyOfTheForce'', is written as deeply Type I. Corellians are proud, enterprising, independent, and inventive people whose ingenuity led to the development of hyperspace travel, whose military might kept the peace in the farthest corners of the Galaxy, and whose liberal political culture formed the bedrock of democracy in the Galactic Republic. The planet was seen as representing the Republic's soul.

* A nice prime example of Flavor 2 from Conan Doyle, in ''two'' of his SherlockHolmes novels, no less. Both ''A Study in Scarlet'' and ''The Valley of Fear'' suffer from the more gruesome type 2 in their respective second half. The first one deals with early mormon practicioners, all taking place in Utah. The second in the fictional Vermissa Valley, curiously being vaguely inspired by true events. Both are pretty much the same, with the narration being focused on [[OnlySaneMan two or three characters]] who're steadily developed as they run through their exploits. As for everyone else, [[AxCrazy well...]]
** "A Study In Scarlet"'s second half took place during the Mormon immigration, when all the Mormons were more or less literally driven out of the rest of the country and forced to move to Utah, which was apparently the only place people hated enough to actually send Mormons; and the book itself was first published only a couple of decades after. It's not outside the realm of possibility that Doyle had only ever heard of Mormons from Americans, who, this being the 1870s and 1880s, would not have nice things to say about Mormons.

** ''The Five Orange Pips'' features that fine old American institution, the Ku Klux Klan. The letters KKK that appear on a note in the story were no doubt intended to be mysterious and exotic to British readers, but it's kind of an in-story spoiler for those in the US, most of whom will immediately guess exactly what's being referred to.

* Ditto for Ian Fleming's JamesBond novels involving Americans (''Literature/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'' and ''Literature/DiamondsAreForever''): No sentence is complete without at least one "buster", "buddy" or "...see?"
* In ''Partners In Crime'' Creator/AgathaChristie depicts an abrasive American who calls Europe "Yurrop" (actually this pretty much is how Americans pronouce it). He's the bad guy.
* Let's just say most of the writers from the Latin-American MagicRealism movement had a bad image of the USA and leave it at that. García Marquez's ''Literature/TheAutumnOfThePatriarch'' where americans appear as manipulative diplomats who literally [[MagicRealism steal the sea]] at a moment of economic trouble in the country of the dictator.

* In ''LegacyOfTheForce'', Corellia is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the United States written as extreme Type 2. Corellians are loud, boorish, violent thugs who have a myopic worldview outside the immediate concerns of their culture and national government, and their government is distrustful of international organizations for being dictatorial while being fascist under a thin veneer of democratic rule. Note, though, that some of the Star Wars universe's most beloved characters (Han Solo and Wedge Antilles, for starters) are Corellian, and the qualities that make them so awesome are often stated to be common among Corellians. And in ''LegacyOfTheForce'', the galactic government the Corellians are so distrustful of winds up being ''even worse''.

* ''The Ugly American'' is about American foreign aid workers struggling to win hearts and minds for the USA while being sabotaged by a variety of Flavor 2 Eaglelanders.

* A distillation of how the British think Americans view the world can be found in the Jigsaw Lounge's "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20071009214038/http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/legend.html The World According to Americans]]" map; a badly-drawn atlas full of GlobalIgnorance and [[ThemeParkVersion Theme Park]] descriptions of what few countries or regions are named--with one or two [[{{Demonization}} Demonizing]] jabs added for good measure.

* Orvil Newton from ''ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' (or How I Flew From London To Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes) is a classic Type 1: loud and rough around the edges, but the most honest, fair and likable guy you'll care to meet. He even throws the race (and the astronomical prize he needs to get home again) to save another pilot in distress.

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** In [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries the Abridged Series]], Yugi states it himself: "So let me get this straight. The only characters on this show who represent America are Jean Claude Magnum, Rebecca Hawkins, Maximilian Pegasus, and Bandit Keith. Is it just me, or is Yu-Gi-Oh the most xenophobic show ever?"

** One of the lines says "this is not a love song" in case you forget it's about Type 2

A country full of [[PatrioticFervor proud patriots]] who reside in a nearly {{Utopia}}n society--a land of progress, wealth, and luck, where people are able to [[ThePromisedLand leave the past behind]] [[AmericanDream to make new lives for themselves.]] In short, this is the flavor that embodies the AmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned tradition-sticking]], almost [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]] place [[IncorruptiblePurePureness built on nuclear families, family values, love, and old-fashioned simple mindsets]].

* On ''Series/{{JAG}}'', Eagleland comes in a mixed flavor, but generally the military is almost always of type 1 falvor (Navy & Marine Corps in particular), while civilians and civilian life is often portrayed as type 2 flavor.

* The places where the USA is disliked--if not hated--the most, is Latin America, due mainly to its alleged involvement (which is by now PopculturalOsmosis whether it's true or not and [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment let's not argue about that]]) during the Cold War in political movements against leftist popular governments. Specially the Cuban Revolution and the Presidential Crisis with Salvador Allende in Chile, which a lot of intelectuals blame the CIA for manipulating everything. Most books based on this events will portray Americans as hypocrites claiming words of peace while murdering hundreds and stealing the country's resources, and it's important to remember Fidel Castro and El Che are admired or idolized on a lot of parts of the continent, so the USA fear of communism and specially the Monroe Doctrine are not seen as good things. This is far from universal, tough, but it still is staggering for several Americans how hated they are in countries such as Chile and Guatemala and certain parts of others like Brazil or Mexico.

* Subversion: In ''Anime/{{Beck}}: Mongolian Chop Squad'', the eponymous band was, according to the opening song, "made to hit in America," and the band trying to make it over there was the subject of much of the series. However, their idea of fitting in is wearing t-shirts that say "Jesus is Coming", and America is shown rather realistically (despite some pretty bad {{Engrish}} signage).

A [[WretchedHive wretched country]] full of [[{{Jerkass}} ignorant assholes]] who got lucky and like to hide behind their inflated military budget. Americans come into your country either as tourists or invaders, thinking that [[ItsAllAboutMe they own the place]] and that they rightfully deserve everything. Not only are they less intelligent ''and'' less cultured than you, but they also have the gall to look down and patronize you, while proudly waving around the little flags which they carry around ''everywhere''. They're either fat (with a diet solely consisting of [[OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap synthetic fast food and TV dinners]]), MoralGuardians, trigger-happy [[AmericansAreCowboys cowboys]] from the DeepSouth, [[GangsterLand criminals that rule the urban areas]], or shameless anorexic {{rich bitch}}es from HollywoodCalifornia. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh]], and they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance geography]]. Always.

* In [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] review of the ''DeadOrAlive'' movie, there is a cameo from Bandit Keith, who espouses the belief that all true Americans wear the stars-n-stripes at all times (in his case, "a very patriotic thong").

* The German/Japanese Asuka Langley Soryuu of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has American citizenship and lived there for a time, possibly just to hint at her loud showboating personality. On the other hand, at the time the anime begins, she's [[ImprobableAge thirteen]], and [[TeenGenius she has already graduated from college "last year"]]--which does at least run counter to the Americans-are-idiots cliche. Of course, the only person who ever mentions that Asuka is a college graduate is Asuka herself, and given her personality, that might be best to take with a grain of salt...
** She also knows physics second-nature, being able to answer all Shinji's homework without even being able to read it, and also speaks at least two languages fluently (maybe three, since it can be assumed she also knows English from living in the States). I think her word is pretty good.

** She also knows physics second-nature, being able to answer all Shinji's homework without even being able to read it, and also speaks at least two languages fluently (it can be assumed she also knows English from living in the States). I think her word is pretty good.

* ''MoscowOnTheHudson'', starring RobinWilliams as a Russian immigrant, is a perfect example. The joys and freedoms of Vladimir's new country are mixed with poverty and crime, but the film ends on a hopeful note after Vladimir has established his new life.

* In ''LegacyOfTheForce'', Corellia is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the United States written as extreme Type 2. Corellians are loud, boorish, violent thugs who have a myopic worldview outside the immediate concerns of their culture and national government, and their government is distrustful of international organizations for being dictatorial while being fascist under a thin veneer of democratic rule.
** Note, though, that some of the Star Wars universe's most beloved characters (Han Solo and Wedge Antilles, for starters) are Corellian, and the qualities that make them so awesome are often stated to be common among Corellians. And in ''LegacyOfTheForce'', the galactic government the Corellians are so distrustful of winds up being ''even worse''.

* In ''LegacyOfTheForce'', Corellia is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of the United States written as extreme Type 2. Corellians are loud, boorish, violent thugs who have a myopic worldview outside the immediate concerns of their culture and national government, and their government is distrustful of international organizations for being dictatorial while being fascist under a thin veneer of democratic rule.

Aspiring to complexity and objectivity, some present the United States Of America less simplistically. Others series just [[TakeAThirdOption decide to split the difference]], treating America as the BoisterousBruiser of nations--rude, crude, clueless, obnoxious, and vaguely psychotic, but still [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good-natured beneath it all]]. A famous WinstonChurchill quote sums up this portrayal: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing--after they've tried everything else." And he should know- his mother was American.

* An episode of ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' features an American who's more eager than intelligent when it comes to learning the ways of the samurai.
* Even the high-minded ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' wasn't immune to this trope. In "The Neutral Zone", a highly volatile encounter with the Romulans is botched by the reappearance of three 21st century failures -- a druggie country singer, a New Jersey homemaker, and a wannabe Gordon Gekko type from the eighties -- who used their riches to become {{Human Popsicle}}s. Of the three, the businessman is the most malevolent. The singer adjusts the quickest to 23rd century life, and is invigorated at the prospect of reintroducing Earth to his music. This episode qualifies as Type 1 and 2.

A country full of [[JerkAss proud patriots]] who [[BlatantLies reside in a nearly {{Utopia}}n society--a land of progress, wealth, and luck, where people are able to]] [[ThePromisedLand leave the past behind]] [[AmericanDream to make new lives for themselves.]] In short, this is the flavor that embodies the AmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned tradition-sticking]], almost [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]] place [[IncorruptiblePurePureness built on nuclear families, family values, love, and old-fashioned simple mindsets]].