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** Both that, however...

* One of the teams in the video game ''[[Rival Schools|Rival Schools: United by Fate]]'' is three American exchange students; an arrogant bully (Roy), a ditzy cheerleader (Tiffany), and a preacher in training (Boman). Of these three, Roy and Tiffany (''especially'' Roy) exhibit Flavor #2. All three are cast as villains, though, due to {{spoiler|a case of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] after getting kidnapped by the villains of the game}}. By the end, all three become better people by interacting with the more cultured and honorable Japanese students. Roy and Tiffany bring their newfound tolerance back home, while Boman stays in Japan to bridge the difference between the two nations. {{spoiler|Roy actually becomes the President of the United States some decades later, with Tiffany as his wife and First Lady.}}

* Though you only see him for a minute in ''[[GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)|Golden Eye Wii]]'', Sky Briggs is an unabashed Flavor 2 Eaglelander -- he greets you with a friendly drawl, walks with a swaggering mosey, and confidently boasts that his "boys" are ready to face any threat with their [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|superior firepower]].

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]] Cataclysm'', the new Goblin race are basically this, in spite of not even coming from America. A group of greedy industrialists with a 'money makes right' attitude, they exhibit shocking ignorance about the rest of the world, a mercantile ruthlessness that would be shocking if it weren't [[Played for Laughs]], the kind of taste in clothes that you'd expect from Paris Hilton, and an absolute belief that if you weren't born a goblin, you're not as good as they are. They're basically every negative stereotype of America, from trailer trash to Hollywood excess to robber barons, all rolled into one.

** It's also sort of subverted in Billy Horide, the coach of the Seibu Wild Gunmen, who, despite being Japanese as far as anyone can tell, is loud, rude, pushy, loves shooting guns and even runs his offense in a fast, high-powered manner. He's almost sort of a weird Japanese Texas-otaku.

* ''[[Death Note]]'' - especially the manga - has some combination of both types 1 and 2, but surprisingly a lot of the former. The FBI are among the first to pursue Kira in the first arc; in the second arc the SPK are established and funded by the US government, and in the manga president David Hoope {{spoiler|kills himself when he believes Mello is going to manipulate him into launching a nuclear weapon}}. On the other hand, Hoope's successor is a panicky coward who cuts off ties with the SPK and announces that the United States will no longer pursue Kira. The English dub (recorded in Canada) even gives him a [[Take That|Bush-like faux-Southern accent]].

* Chibodee Crocket from ''[[G Gundam]]'' straddles the line between Flavor 1 and Flavor 2. He's brash, boisterous, eager to pick fights with [[The Hero|Domon]] (who he refers to as "Japanese", or "Neo-Japan" in the dub), and occasionally makes boasts he can't back up. He's also a [[Self-Made Man]] who looks out for the little guy, is fiercely loyal to his friends, treats women very well despite being a total flirt, and is one of the strongest warriors in the world. Initially he only fights to satisfy his own pride, but after several hardships {{spoiler|like being infected with the DG cells ''and'' being almost abandoned by his crew}} to learn to truly love fighting. And his favorite song is "America the Beautiful" (though this was only in the dub, while the original Japanese version used a different song entirely).

** His mobile suit deserves mention, too. If Gundam Maxter's design is any indication, the Japanese believe that all Americans are surfing, football-playing boxer cowboys. And it'd be terrible to disappoint them. In canon, you get the impression Chibodee drew up the design himself and just combined a bunch of things he thinks are cool.

* A lot of the comic book writers from across the pond, even those that have written Marvel and DC books for years, tend to love turning our original superheroes on their ear, basically making them even more jingoistic, or just jerkasses, for shock value or to go [[Darker and Edgier]]. A handful of heroes still hold out as the fair-minded type one idealists, and ironically their scarcity makes ''them'' the more remarkable ones. [[Garth Ennis]] has a recurring interest in America, often playing off Type 1 (the national mythology of America and what the characters strive for) against Type 2 (what tends to be the reality in his strips) and the clashes thereof. Examples of this clash include Tommy Monaghan, Hitman, genuinely respecting and idolizing Superman; and the views of British/Irish immigrants and visitors to the States, all of them noticing and decrying the Type 2 parts of America while ''simultaneously'' loving the place.

* One of the recurring themes of ''[[Captain America]]'' comics is contrasting Cap's Type 1 idealism with what can often be a Type 2 reality.

** [[The Ultimates|Ultimate Captain America]] is quite a bit less idealistic--he's a mixture of type 1 and type 2.

** One of the famous Ultimate Captain America quotes is (upon being asked to surrender) [http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kon66vqu3C1qzp5buo1_500.jpg "Surrender? Do you think this A on my forehead stands for France?"] For the record, that line was written by Mark Millar, a Scotsman. The fact that the [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|French as cowardly]] is a [[Newer Than They Think|fairly recent]] stereotype that [[Human Popsicle]] Cap wouldn't be aware of isn't addressed. (Mainstream Cap, probably written in response to the above, fondly remembers working with the French ''resistance'', proving that French ''citizens'' are brave and strong, but the French '''government''' basically rolled over and spread its legs.)