History Main / TheAllAmericanBoy

The All-American boy makes his home in EverytownAmerica, in the heart of {{Eagleland}}, within which he is as [[FreeRangeChildren free as the air, pedaling everywhere on his bicycle]] or spending hours having innocent fun in his treehouse. He is naive but charming and always polite (the worst he dishes out is "You shut up!"), and he treats his parents (who most likely are a StandardFiftiesFather and a HouseWife) and other elders with respect. He is probably a [[ScoutOut Boy Scout]] (or a Cub Scout if still in elementary school). If he has a sibling, it will be an [[BigBrotherWorship older brother to idolize]] or a little sister [[BigBrotherInstinct to protect]] -- perhaps both. It is likely that he and his family will be MinnesotaNice.

* Used in some commercials for Smuckers jams and jellies. Typically feature young boys (apparently the guys who would later found the company) on bicycles riding through orchards and playing together during TheFifties (or thereabouts).

* Archie Andrews of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', especially in TheForties through TheSixties. Archibald "Archie" Andrews is a clean-cut, usually wholesome AmbiguouslyChristian teenage boy. He lives in suburban Riverdale and one of his [[BettyAndVeronica two love interests]] is a {{tomboy}}ish GirlNextDoor who he's been {{childhood friend|Romance}}s with for years. Archie originally had buck-teeth but they were gone by the mid-1960s. Whether Archie is a bit of a geek or a popular ChickMagnet varies DependingOnTheWriter.

** He ''does'' participate in cub scout events, but tends to get lost and hang out with Hobbes. He is generally quite independent, also has a treehouse, and spends a lot of time outside in the woods. However, he also enjoys the more indoor, less wholesome hobby of television-watching much to his father's (who probably ''lived'' in TheFifties) dissaproval. He also hates camping and is averse to anything that is likely to [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build character]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Creator Creator/MattGroening conceived Bart Simpson as very much a subversion of this trope; inspired by previous characters like Dennis the Menace and Eddie Haskell from ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', with the mischief heavily dialed up.

* Calvin from ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes is an interesting subversion, fitting ''some'' but not all, of the characteristics, and parodying the rest. He is white, blond-haired, and blue-eyed, but dislikes baseball (after being injured playing it). He lives is EverytownAmerica, which appears to be [[MinnesotaNice somewhere in the Midwest]] (borrowing many elements from Watterson's home town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio), but set around 30 years after the trope's prime, in the 1980s.
** He uses words like 'heck', 'darn', and rarely 'gee(z)' as opposed to actual swearing, but has a much more macabre sense of humour (as shown in his snowmen and his picture of a squadron of B1's nuking New York, among other things) ''really'' wants a flamethrower, and is more cynical and less nice than the typical straight example. He is disrespectful to parents, teachers, etc., inattentive to school work, and [[WouldHitAGirl behaves anything but respectfully or courteously to girls]], with [[GirlNextDoor Susie]] being the butt of pranks.
** He ''does'' participate in cub scout events, but tends to get lost and hang out with Hobbes. He is generally quite independent, also has a treehouse, and spends a lot of time outside in the woods. However, he also enjoys the more indoor, less wholesome hobby of television-watching much to his father's (who probably ''lived'' in TheFifties) dissaproval. He also hates camping and is averse to anything that is likely to [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build character]].

** He ''does'' participate in cub scout events, but tends to get lost and hang out with Hobbes. He is generally quite independent also does have a treehouse, and spends a lot of time outside in the woods. However, he also enjoys the more indoor, less wholesome hobby of television-watching much to his father's (who probably ''lived'' in TheFifties) dissaproval. He also hates camping and is averse to anything that is likely to [[MiseryBuildsCharacter build character]].

[[WildlifeCommentarySpoof This species has seldom been seen in recent decades, and naturalists have put it on the endangered species list]]. The All-American boy is male, almost always white, often [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blond-haired]], sometimes brunet, but ''always'' [[InnocentBlueEyes blue-eyed]]; add buckteeth and YouthfulFreckles for extra appeal. He loves baseball, apple pie, his mother, his pet dog, and [[RealMenLoveJesus Jesus]]; he has aptitude with rural machinery and firearms far beyond his years. He's known to emit sounds like "Jeepers!" and "Gee Whiz!".