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[[File:cryingindian.jpg|frame|People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It.]]
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In 1971, the [
It's known as the "Crying Indian" ad, although it is called "People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It". At the time this was quite a powerful ad. Not subtle, but of the [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]] variety.
But these days, with the overuse of the [[Magical Native American]] trope (not to mention that [
You can find videos online of course.
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* Inverted in Kingpin, where a group of Native Americans drove by Ishmael and threw garbage at Ishmael's feet.
* In the 2008 [[Knight Rider]] movie, KITT shows this picture when Mike litters in him.
* In ''[[Wayne's World|Wayne's World 2]]'', Jim Morrison's Naked Indian Friend sheds tears on seeing the scattered trash left over from Waynestock. He cheers up, though, when he sees Wayne and Garth picking up the mess.
== [[
* In one ''[[Friends]]'' episode, the characters are stranded at a rest stop. Chandler throws his empty pack of cigarettes on the ground. When scolded, he replies, "I thought maybe if I littered, that crying Indian might come along and save us."
* From [[
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** ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' also referenced it during the film ''[[Werewolf (
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* The ad was mocked on the recycling episode of [[Penn
* Mocked in ''[[Married...
== [[Music]] ==
* Also parodied by VH-1 during an ad for a [[The Seventies|1970's tribute week]] several years ago, with the Indian played by [[Good Times|Jimmie Walker]].
* The opening lyrics to the [[Eels]] song ''Mr. E's Beautiful Blues'';
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== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Strong
** "Oh, [[Sand in My Eyes|must've got bleach in my eye]]."
* [[Telltale Games]] have done this before, in ''[[The Adventures of Sam
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'''Max:''' Yeah, Sam! Somewhere a time travelling Native American is crying! }}
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** Interestingly enough, [[Word of God]] says the original plan was to have the camera cut back to Megaman after Tomahawk shed the tear, but not explicitly showing his defeat might've created plotholes later.
* Used in an [http://thisishistorictimes.com/2010/02/bus-route-of-tears/ editorial cartoon] by Terrence Nowicki Jr., crying at a littered Tea Party flyer with [[Rouge Angles of Satin|"ITS ARE COUNTRY - AN WE WANT IT BACK"]] on it.
* Referred to in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090222230922/http://www.youdamnkid.com/d/20040929.html You Damn Kid].
* Shows up in ''[[The Non
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Parodied by the [[WCW]] fansite ''DDT Digest'' - rather then star ratings, bad matches were rated in crying Indians. The later years of the federation saw a lot of crying Indians in the recap.
* Somebody in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fandom compared the "Harmonians" to [[Unfortunate Implications|the Trail of Tears]], so someone on ''[[Fandom Wank]]'' made an icon of the crying Indian looking at Ron/Hermione.
* The [[Zero Punctuation]] review of ''[[Fallout]] 3'' has a visual sting of a deer crying when he talks about the landscape being littered with gravel.
* The Earth Day special of ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel Super Heroes]]-What The?!'' has [[Black Panther]] shed a tear after the wind blows a candy wrapper into [[Pet Avengers
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Directly parodied in the 200th episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Trash of the Titans," in which, as Springfield moves five miles away to a new location, a Duff beer can is discarded at the foot of an Indian. The Indian stares at the litter, then at the camera, and sheds a tear. Another Indian comes up from behind him and warns, "Do yourself a favor: Don't turn around." The camera pans to Springfield's former location, [[Trash of the Titans|now buried with all the trash Homer buried underground.]] The first Indian screams, and the second one lectures, "I ''told'' you not to turn around."
* [[
* ''[[The Critic]]'': When Duke tries to make "Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco" a sponsor, complete with an Indian on the set, Jay rips up his contract and throws the pieces at the Indian's feet, making him shed a tear.
* Subverted in ''[[
* Ceviche from ''[[Chowder]]'' has done this multiple times. While these were most likely not a direct parody, it's still worth mentioning.
* Parodied in ''[[
* In a [[Flash Back]] to the Arizona episode of ''[[
* [[King of the Hill]]: In "The Arrow Head", Bill cries a single tear when comparing the government taking Hank's land to the government taking the Indians' land.
* Parodied in a [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
* In the ''[[
* Parodied in the ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' episode "Dances With Ignorance," in order to show Pepper's [[Stereotype|cluelessness]] about that part of her own heritage.
* In a [[Pinky and The Brain]] episode where they try to pass themselves off as an endangered species, a propaganda ad is shown with Brain looking over the city of Pittsburgh and shedding a tear.
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