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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.

Compare [[It Came From Beverly Hills]]

 

 

Not to be confused with [[Market-Based Title]].

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== Of the straightforward variety ==

 

* ''American Cousins''

* ''[[American Graffiti]]''

* ''[[American Movie]]''

* ''[[The American President]]''

* ''[[Hilarious in Hindsight|In America]]''.

* ''Made In America''

 

 

* ''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''

 

* ''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.

* ''American Spirit''

* American Recordings (Record label)

* "American Girls", a single off of the [[Counting Crows]] album ''Hard Candy''

 

* ''[[This American Life]]''

* ''Letter From America''

 

 

* ''American Greetings''

 

== Of the subversive variety ==

 

* ''American Century''

* ''American Flagg!''

* ''[[American Vampire]]''

 

* ''[[American Beauty]]'' (the movie)

* ''[[An American Carol]]''

* ''American Dream''

* ''American [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Dreamz]]''

* ''American Gun''

* ''[[American History X]]''

* ''American Me''

* ''American Pimp''

* ''[[American Psycho]]''

* ''American Wedding''

 

* ''An American Tragedy''

 

* ''[[American Horror Story]]''

 

* ''American Idiot''

* ''American Jesus''

* ''American Woman''

 

* ''American Television''

* ''Americano'' (the implication of the name is that Americans can't handle espresso unless it's watered down)

 

* ''American Dream'', play by George O'Neil

 

* ''[[Alan Wake|Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]''

 

* ''[[The Adventures of the American Rabbit]]''

 

 

== 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''

* ''American Hardcore'', a documentary of the American punk scene

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* [[American Girl]]

* ''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]] ==

* ''[[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''

 

 

* ''[[Cruisn USA]]''

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[American Elf]]''

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[David Gonterman|American Kitsune]]''

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[An American Tail]]''

 

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