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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I just wanna say one thing: God bless America."''|'''Biff Tannen''', ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]]''}}
 
The United States is somewhat popular.
 
There is a certain hard-to-describe quality in the idea of something being "American". It means wholesome values, hard-working Protestantism, apple pies and [[Malt Shop|soda shops]]. So, it's only natural that some American works will put "American" in their title as a way to signify what they are all about.
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Compare [[It Came From Beverly Hills]]
 
Contrast [[Eagle Land]] - this—this trope refers to titles that try to induce that American idea...''in America''!
 
Not to be confused with [[Market-Based Title]].
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{{examples}}
=== American Examples ===
 
== Of the straightforward variety ==
 
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''American Cousins''
* ''[[American Graffiti]]''
* ''[[American Movie]]''
* ''[[The American President]]''
* ''[[Coming to America (Film)|Coming to America]]''
* ''[[Hilarious in Hindsight|In America]]''.
* ''[[Once Upon a Time Inin America]]''
* ''Made In America''
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=244 American Romance]''
 
=== [[Live-Action TVLiterature]] ===
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110918004955/http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=244 American Romance]''
 
 
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''The American Embassy'' (which was set in London - ironically, the series was never screened on British television)
* ''The American Girls'' (about two correspondents for a newsmagazine called ''The American Report'' - this series aired in the UK as ''Have Girls, Will Travel'')
* ''Love, American Style''
 
 
=== [[Music]] ===
* ''American Beauty'' (the Grateful Dead album)
** One presumes the pasta brand and the flower (a type of rose, and the ultimate namesake of all the others) are also intended to be interpreted in a straightforward fashion.
* Don [[Mc Lean]]McLean's "American Pie" (Song and LP)
* ''American Spirit''
* American Recordings (Record label)
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* "American Girls", a single off of the [[Counting Crows]] album ''Hard Candy''
 
 
=== [[Radio]] ===
* ''[[This American Life]]''
* ''Letter From America''
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The civics parts of [[School House Rock]], "America Rock"
 
=== Real[[Western LifeAnimation]] ===
* The civics parts of [[School HouseSchoolhouse Rock]], "America Rock"
 
 
=== Real Life ===
* ''American Greetings''
 
== Of the subversive variety ==
 
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* ''American Century''
* ''American Flagg!''
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* ''[[American Vampire]]''
 
 
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[American Beauty]]'' (the movie)
* ''[[An American Carol]]''
* ''American Dream''
* ''American [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Dreamz]]''
* ''[[American Gangster]]''
* ''[[American Gigolo]]''
* ''American Gun''
* ''[[American History X]]''
* ''American Me''
* ''[[American Pie (Film)|American Pie]]'' (Movie)
* ''American Pimp''
* ''[[American Psycho]]''
* ''American Wedding''
* ''[[Angels in America]]'' (The subversion is of the whole title.)
* ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]''
* ''[[Team America: World Police]]''
 
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''An American Tragedy''
* ''[[American Psycho (Literature)|American Psycho]]''
 
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[American Dreams (TV)|American Dreams]]''
* ''[[American Horror Story]]''
 
 
=== [[Music]] ===
* ''American Idiot''
* ''American Jesus''
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* ''American Woman''
 
 
=== Other ===
* ''American Television''
* ''Americano'' (the implication of the name is that Americans can't handle espresso unless it's watered down)
 
 
=== [[Theatre]] ===
* ''American Dream'', play by George O'Neil
 
 
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Alan Wake|Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]''
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
*=== ''[[AmericanWestern Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' ===
* ''[[American Dad]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of the American Rabbit]]''
 
{{examples|=Examples where the name only describes a nationality}}=
 
== Art ==
* ''American Gothic'', a painting named after the architectural style American Gothic, which is the style of the house featured.
 
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''American Virgin'', in the later issues
 
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''An American Crime''
* ''American Ninja''
* ''[[An American Werewolf in London (Film)|An American Werewolf in London]]''
* ''American Hardcore'', a documentary of the American punk scene
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[American Girl]]
* ''[[American Gods (Literature)|American Gods]]''
* ''The Ugly American'', in which the title character is physically unattractive but one of the nicest people (not to mention Americans) in the book
 
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[American Gladiators]]'' (But both British series have managed to get away with just been entitled ''Gladiators'')
* ''[[Series/American Idol|American Idol]]'', to contrast with Britain's...''Pop Idol''
* ''[[HellsHell's Kitchen (TV)|Hells Kitchen]] USA''
* [[The Office (TV)|The Office: An American Workplace]]: when aired in the UK anyway, to differentiate from the original British version.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
 
== [[LiteratureVideo Games]] ==
* ''[[Cruisn USA]]''
* ''"Super Mario USA"'' is a subversion since the game describes the version of [[Doki Doki Panic (Video Game)|Doki Doki Panic]] that came out in that country, where it's known as ''[[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. This was to distinguish it from the [[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels (Video Game)|Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2]].
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090618154510/http://jjrowland.com/archive/20070413.html American]'' ''[http://www.wigu.com/tvnc/?date=20050124 Platypus]''
* ''[[American Elf]]''
 
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[David Gonterman|American Kitsune]]''
* There's a [[YouTube]] video called ''American [[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', intended as a parody of [[Macekre|what Warner Bros. will do to Akira]].
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[American Dragon Jake Long (Animation)|American Dragon: Jake Long]]''
* ''[[An American Tail]]''
 
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