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This often happens because the [[Backed by the Pentagon|US military ''pays'' films to do so.]] If you show them in a very positive light, they'll let you borrow top notch military planes, ships, and tanks to film, which would normally cost you millions to get access to. So long as you make sure that evil military general is French, and the army that stops him aren't, you go a long way towards making your film within your budget. Not that this is an uncommon practice or restricted to America.
In all fairness it would take significant effort to ''avoid'' writing a global invasion story where America had a significant role, for the simple reason America has the most powerful military force on the planet and so would logically be an important part of any fight. There is, however, an unsubtle difference between 'an important part of the solution' and 'the ''only'' important part of the solution' (or 'the ''entire'' solution'), and it is precisely that difference that defines this trope.
[[America Wins the War]] is when this trope intersects with [[World War II]]. Compare [[Mighty Whitey]] and [[Creator Provincialism]].
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*** Furthermore, Rainbow's force composition is about 40% American, 40% British, and the rest are made up of German, French, and Italian contributions and one Israeli participant observer. Also the British provided Rainbow's basing facilities and a goodly chunk of the logistical support, although admittedly the Americans were financially compensating them for it.
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* If you look at [[YouTube]], besides hating the [[Theme Song]], another issue some fans had with the opening credits of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' was that, in its attempt to highlight human enterprise and vessels similarly named "Enterprise", it seemed to only detail American achievements in naval, aerial, and space exploration (excepting the H.M.S. Enterprise). No mention of Sputnik, or even a glimpse of Yuri Gagarin.
* Generally played straight with the ''[[Stargate]]'' franchise, with the US Air Force gathering alien technology and allies to fight in defense of the Earth. At the same time, it justifies this by acknowledging the mistrust, politicking, and power struggles that would occur if other nations learned about it... which is exactly what happens when the Russians start running their own program, and together they let other major world powers in on the secret. Eventually the Stargate program goes international, but it's still supervised by the US, and most of the characters are Americans. Specifically, going from [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Main_characters the Stargate Wiki's list of main characters]:
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted like crazy in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130508131958/http://www.drunkduck.com/PiLLI__ADVENTURE/ PiLLI ADVENTURE]'', where more often than not the Americans (usually two NASA agents) show up just as the day is about to be saved and completely and totally screw things up. They also cause the problem on occasion.
== Web Original ==
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