History Main / IwoJimaPose

* The Iwo Jima Memorial is likewise visible at the start of the film ''Film/Armageddon1998''.

-->-- '''[[https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/22/opinion/ben-ghiat-iwo-jima-anniversary/index.html Ruth Ben-Ghiat,]]''' ''Creator/{{CNN}}''

* The [[http://netbsd.org/gallery/logos.html#old-logo old NetBSD logo]]

* The [[http://netbsd.org/gallery/logos.html#old-logo old NetBSD logo]] featured a group of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon BSD Daemons]] re-enacting that scene with a NetBSD flag on a pile of old, discarded computers.

* The Iwo Jima Memorial is likewise visible at the start of the film ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''.

-->-- '''[[https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/22/opinion/ben-ghiat-iwo-jima-anniversary/index.html Ruth Ben-Ghiat]]''', ''Creator/{{CNN}}''

* While it was not an intentional homage, the photographer who took the picture of [[http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/911-firemen/ the firefighters raising the flag at Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks]] immediately recognized the similarity. Everyone else did, too.
* The UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets version is the famous picture taken by Soviet photographer Evgenij Chaldey [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/luvi/2204103212/ after the fall of Berlin]]. It was an reenactment of the raising of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag - the original raising had been made in the dark and wasn't caught on camera - after the battle had ended.

* [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/b/bf/Invasion_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091117221516 The cover]] to ''ComicBook/{{Invasion}}'' #2 shows Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational in the Iwo Jima Pose with the UN flag.

* The UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets knockoff is the famous picture taken by Soviet photographer Evgenij Chaldey [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/luvi/2204103212/ after the fall of Berlin]], staged by a group of soldiers who had taken no part in the actual siege of the Reichstag, several days after the battle had ended, with Evgenij actually bringing in the flag under orders from the Kremlin after they saw the Iwo Jima photo and decided they wanted one of their own, reality be damned, and a watch on the left wrist of the soldier holding the leg of the one hoisting the soviet banner--evidence of looting, as there was another watch on his other wrist.

* The UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets knockoff is the famous picture taken by Soviet photographer Evgenij Chaldey [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/luvi/2204103212/ after the fall of Berlin]], staged by a group of soldiers who had taken no part in the actual siege of the Reichstag, several days after the battle had ended, with Evgenij actually bringing in the flag under orders from the Kremlin after they saw the Iwo Jima photo and decided they wanted one of their own, reality be damned, and a watch on the left wrist of the soldier holding the leg of the one hoisting the soviet banner- evidence of looting, as there was another watch on his other wrist.

This is one of history's most famous and most recognized images and it's unlikely that it will stop being referenced any time soon. Examples may - in fact, probably will - include instances in which the image is referenced in ways that seem disrespectful, inappropriate or distasteful.

* In an anniversary book for ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' it's mentioned there's a beach in Malibu named after Zonker. Cue the artwork of Zonker, Mike and Mark planting the sign for the beach in the Iwo Jima Pose.

* In ''Fanfic/ContactAtKobol'', a similar image (that of Tau'ri soldiers raising the flag over a just-nuked Valhalla) is commonly referenced in-Universe, and is implied to be on it's way to equally iconic status.

* The cover of Music/PrettyMaids album ''Planet Panic'' uses an altered picture of the statue version of the pose, which has the US flag replaced by one adoring the band's logo.

* Players in ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 2]]'' can be rewarded an emblem resembling the flag planting at Iwo Jima for killing a bomb-carrier in Sabotage or Demolition multiplayer game modes.

** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E13SelmasChoice "Selma's Choice"]], among Aunt Gladys's collection of potato chips resembling famous people is one that looks like the flag planting at Iwo Jima. [[http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/homer-flag-looking.jpg Homer eats them as quickly as they're shown on screen.]]

* Following the retaking of most of UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} by the Taliban in August 2021, an elite Taliban unite [[https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-unit-wearing-us-gear-mock-iconic-american-wwii-photo struck the pose in mockery]] with captured American gear that was left behind.

* The UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets counterpart is the famous picture taken by Soviet photographer Evgenij Chaldey [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/luvi/2204103212/ after the fall of Berlin]].

** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E4LargeMarge Large Marge]], a group of veterans from Iwo Jima are guest speakers at Springfield Elementary. As one can guess, Bart just happened to accidentally knock down the school's flag pole while they were walking by, but the veterans know exactly what to do...

** In another episode, a group of veterans from Iwo Jima are guest speakers at Springfield Elementary. As one can guess, Bart just happened to accidentally knock down the school's flag pole while they were walking by, but the veterans know exactly what to do...

* The Iwo Jima Memorial is likewise visible at the start of the film ''Film/Armageddon''.

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* It is likewise shown briefly in ''Film/AFewGoodMen''.