History Main / UncleSamWantsYou

* ''Anime/YakitoriSoldiersOfMisfortune''. A VichyEarth recruits humans from deprived backgrounds as RedshirtArmy mercenaries for the Trade Federation. At one point there's a recruitment poster of an alien dressed as Uncle Sam doing this trope.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft 3}}'' references the slogan through [[StopPokingMe poking]] the Footman.

* The WebAnimation/{{Animutation}} ''Gender Neutral'' features an Uncle Sam poster with the text altered to match a mondegreen: "I Want You to Be a Total Yutz".

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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' several prisoners in the Solomon Wayne Courthouse at the start of the game are seen carrying these signs done in the style of Two-Face.

* A ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' promotional poster for recruiting engineers to develop the next game in the franchise has Big Boss in the style of Uncle Sam.
* During the [[spoiler:Metal Gear EXCELSUS]] fight in the final level of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', one of [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]]'s taunts is "Uncle Sam wants you to die, Jack!"

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

* WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy. Neil handed Meg a note saying "I Want You". When she looked at him, he was dressed as Uncle Sam.

* The WesternAnimation/WeBareBears episode, "Braces" has a dentist office poster that has a tooth with a human body that reads "I want you to brush your teeth"; Panda thought it was kind of clever, but when he looks again the tooth in the picture is angry and it now reads, "Or Else...". Panda rubs his eyes and it turns back to normal.

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* The trope is also referenced in ''Series/GrowingPains'' when Ben Seavor, shortly after Mike Seavor's arrest for a protest to reinstate the coach of the school, tells the family that various relatives are calling him about the event, and believed they had a relative named "Uncle Sam" until his mom set him straight. It gets even more hilarious when one remembers that after his stint in the series, Mike's actor, Kirk Cameron, would later develop films and documentaries with a pro-American light to them.

The famous UsefulNotes/WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. Usually depicted as an [[CoolOldGuy old guy]] with [[ManlyFacialHair a beard]], a [[NiceHat top hat]] and [[BadassInANiceSuit a suit]] decorated with the Stars and Stripes. The famous American poster, created by J.M. Flagg (no kidding) in 1917, is actually based on a British poster from several years earlier, featuring Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener and the famous legend "Your Country Needs YOU".

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft 3}}'' references the slogan through [[StopPokingMe poking]] the Footman.
-->"Uncle Lothar wants you!"[[note]]Anduin Lothar was the Human commander of the Alliance since the Second Great War. He was killed in an ambush at Blackrock Mountains during the last days of the War, where the Alliance defeated the Horde at that location.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/FableIII'''s "Albion Needs YOU" posters.

* A ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' promotional poster for recruiting engineers to develop the next game in the franchise has Big Boss in the style of Uncle Sam.
* Frederick in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' decides to boost troop morale by hanging "Chrom Wants You" posters in all the tents. It's particularly embarrassing news for Chrom since he's ''naked'' in them.
* During the [[spoiler:Metal Gear EXCELSUS]] fight in the final level of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', one of [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]]'s taunts is "Uncle Sam wants you to die, Jack!"
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'''s New Metro City stage has a poster of Captain America in this pose on one of the buildings.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' several prisoners in the Solomon Wayne Courthouse at the start of the game are seen carrying these signs done in the style of Two-Face.
* The famous poster is seen on many buildings in the D.C. level in ''VideoGame/{{Octogeddon}}'' with "We want YOU to fight Octogeddon'' as the slogan.
* In ''VideoGame/DisneysHadesChallenge'' Zeus's Hero Application form has him pointing at the player a la Uncle Sam.

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* The WebAnimation/{{Animutation}} ''Gender Neutral'' features an Uncle Sam poster with the text altered to match a {{mondegreen}}: "I Want You to Be a Total Yutz".

* The British equivalent, [[OlderThanTheyThink predating the American version]] by at least three years, is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kitchener_Wants_You Lord Kitchener Wants You]], with Kitchener sporting an iconic BadassMustache.

* One of VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles' various promotional posters [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=228271 featured Alicia, the female lead, in Uncle Sam's position.]]

The famous UsefulNotes/WorldWarI-era poster of the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[{{Eagleland}} the United States of America]] imploring young men to enlist in the military by GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger. Usually depicted as an [[CoolOldGuy old guy]] with [[BadassBeard a beard]], a [[NiceHat top hat]] and [[BadassInANiceSuit a suit]] decorated with the Stars and Stripes. The famous American poster, created by J.M. Flagg (no kidding) in 1917, is actually based on a British poster from several years earlier, featuring Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener and the famous legend "Your Country Needs YOU".

* A [[Creator/{{DCVertigo}} Vertigo]] limited series by Steve Darnall and Creator/AlexRoss portrays Sam as a [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]] kicked out of his usual place by [[EvilMeScaresMe a corrupt shadow-self]], and dealing with the many wrongs the United States has done throughout its history.

* In ''Film/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 Russian equivalents, meanwhile, are "Motherland Calls!" (WWII) and "Did YOU volunteer?" ([[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Civil war]]) (the latter one is the most reminiscent of the Uncle Sam poster).
** There's also one [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil war]] poster of the White army, saying "Why are you not in the army?". It is also of this style.

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

* Somewhere out there, there's a cover with SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker running for president in this format, with the caption ''Vote for me or I'll kill you!''

* Creator/DCComics has a superhero named "Uncle Sam", the living spirit of America, who has the exact same appearance as the recruitment poster character.

* Appears now and then in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', including originally convincing Beetle that yes, the army does in fact want him, specifically. The strip was about college before it was {{retool}}ed to be about the ArmedFarces, and this incident was part of the transitional StoryArc.

* Naturally this is used for the cover of ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRatWants You'' (or at least the Sphere Science Fiction edition) in which our AntiHero is fighting an AlienInvasion.

** [[MemeticMutation Because,]] [[http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/7569/870646-its_fucking_on_now_chaps_super.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tribalboyz.net/forum/showthread.php%3Fp%3D9674&usg=__NEVnmFtTtMnAkYqKjSymOk6AjFQ=&h=681&w=527&sz=60&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=4JnxeMcKc7GkWM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dit%2527s%2Bfucking%2Bon%2Bnow,%2Bchaps%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26biw%3D1655%26bih%3D786%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1 it's fucking on now, chaps.]]