History Main / UncleSamWantsYou

* UncleSam - "I want you... DEAD!"

* Referenced in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_PVPyn6n8 the video]] for the {{IOSYS}} song ''[[EtrianOdyssey FOE!]]''

* In ''CaptainAmerica: Reborn'', when Cap is trapped in [[spoiler:his own mind after Red Skull [[GrandTheftMe stole his body]]]], he sees a variant of this poster with Red Skull saying ''Red Skull wants you to DIE!''

* In ''{{Rocky}}'' before the final fight, as part of his all-American act, Apollo Creed is dressed like this and points to the people in the ring and the audience shouting "I want you".

* In ''AcrossTheUniverse'', when Max goes in for his Army medical exam, the Beatles song "I Want You" is used, and he hallucinates the poster coming to life, trying to grab him.

-->The Sheriff wants you. Do not resist. [[supersecretspoiler:Pull his finger.]]

* In ''CaptainAmerica: Reborn'', when Cap is trapped in [[spoiler:his own mind after Red Skull [[GrandTheftMe stolen his body]]]], he sees a variant of this poster with Red Skull saying ''Red Skull wants you to DIE!''

The famous WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. The famous American poster, created by J.M. Flagg (no kidding) in 1917, is actually based on a British poster from several years earlier called "Lord Kitchener Wants You" (referring to the then Secretary of State for War). [[AdaptationDisplacement You'll be forgiven for not knowing about Lord Kitchener's poster (except by Anglophiles)]].

The famous WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. The famous American poster, created by J.M. Flagg (no kidding) in 1917, is actually based on a British poster from several years earlier called "Lord Kitchener Wants You" (referring to the then Secretary of State for War). [[AdaptationDisplacement You'll be forgiven for not knowing about Lord Kitchener's poster]].

* [[{{Buffy}} Obligatory...]]one of the comics has [[http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/14/14836b.jpg this.]]

* "I want you... [[UncleSam DEAD!]]"

* In a [[LooneyTunes Pepe [=LePew=]]] cartoon, an "Uncle François Wants You" poster appears in a Foreign Legion fort.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint So ".png" would be fine?]]
*** Actually, it'd be much better. PNG images have the advantage of not being susceptible to nasty dithering like JPG images are, and you don't want to end up with [[{{XKCD}} a fetish for digital compression]].

The famous WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger is another common PicturePastiche, the most popular {{subversion}} of which is to use the pose as an anti-war protest instead. The famous American poster, created by J.M. Flagg (no kidding) in 1917, is actually based on a British poster from several years earlier called "Lord Kitchener Wants You" (referring to the then Secretary of State for War).

[[caption-width-right:300:Because the best way to convince people to go along with your cause is to point at them. And put on a DeathGlare.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Because the best way to convince people to go along with your cause is to point at them.]]

* Joe Pillsbury once drove it to the obvious conclusion: the caricature depicting a poster of GrimReaper in this pose (with scythe in the other hand)). The text below was simple "[[AC:Wants You]]".

The famous WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger is another common PicturePastiche, the most popular {{subversion}} of which is to use the pose as an anti-war protest instead.

* Somewhere ThisTroper remembers seeing a cover with TheJoker running for president in this format, with the caption ''Vote for me or I'll kill you!''

The famous poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger is another common PicturePastiche, the most popular {{subversion}} of which is to use the pose as an anti-war protest instead.