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{{quote|''"I just wanna say one thing: God bless America."''|'''Biff Tannen''', ''[[Back to the Future (film)|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]]
Not to be confused with [[Market-Based Title]].
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=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110918004955/http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=244 American Romance]''
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* ''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
* ''American Spirit''
* American Recordings (Record label)
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* ''American Dream''
* ''American [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Dreamz]]''
* ''[[American Gangster]]''
* ''[[American Gigolo]]''
* ''American Gun''
* ''[[American History X]]''
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* ''[[American Psycho]]''
* ''American Wedding''
* ''[[Angels in America]]'' (The subversion is of the whole title.)
* ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]''
* ''[[Team America: World Police]]''
=== [[Literature]] ===
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Cruisn USA]]''
* ''"Super Mario USA"'' is a subversion since the game describes the version of [[Doki Doki Panic]] that came out in that country, where it's known as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. This was to distinguish it from the [[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels|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]]''
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''
* ''[[An American Tail]]''
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[[Category:Title Tropes]]
[[Category:American Title]]
[[Category:Indexed States of America]]
[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
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