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** Jennifer, in the Japanese version, routinely blurts out incredibly stereotypical American things: "Jesus!", "Oh my gaw!", and "OH!", for starters.
** Turn the [[Greek Chorus]] on in the DS port, and when Gordon tells Carter to have a parade ready for his triumphant return, and the Prinny says "This is a typical American victory speech. And let's not forget the 'smart American' joke, either."
* Subverted in [[
* ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' introduced Guile. Guile is a tattooed, buff military man, but he's a decent guy and is considered one of the good guys, even becoming the main character in some Western adaptations.
* ''[[Persona 2]]'' has Mr. Tominaga, a chiropractor who is obsessed with American culture. He has patches such as NASA and FBI on his jacket, wears a red and white striped shirt and a blue with white stars tie, has an American flag in his office, and is convinced that his [[Goldfinger|Goldfingeeeeers]] can cure anything. Interestingly enough, he's Japanese but studied chiropractic in America. Amusingly, wearing a FBI patch, depending on context, could be a full on federal crime in the United States. Pretending to be a law enforcement officer is serious business.
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* ''[[Blood Plus]]'': This one wins hands-down for Eagleland #2 in anime ({{spoiler|Condi and Rummy are raising an army of vampires. Well, not personally. Yes, this is seriously the anime's plot}}). The writers balanced this (somewhat) through the characters of David and the American members of Red Shield.
** In the Japanese version they outright left the French Van Aragano to die because he wasn't American(this was changed in the English dub to the more plausible reason of "you caused all of this so you can stay".)
* Flavor 2 shows up in ''[[Darker
** It's too mind-screwy to really tell, but the ending of the second season seems to cement America as this version {{spoiler|it essentially implies they successfully invade/conquer Japan.}}
* An episode of ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' was set in Flavor 2 Eagleland, with a humongous New York that seemed to be nothing but Mafiosi and slums. Obviously [[Played for Laughs]], though; Excel immediately recognizes that she is in America by landing "...in the very definition of a slum."
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* [[Moe Anthropomorphism|America]] from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is a more benign [[Boisterous Bruiser|blend of both flavors]]; his geography is terrible, he's loud, pushy, [[The Ditz|clueless]], addicted to cheeseburgers and various sweets, and he's an [[Attention Whore]] (he calls himself the "World's Hero") -- but he's also friendly and good natured, to the point of being a literal [[Friend to All Living Things]] and a serious [[Love Freak]]. Considering some of the other "America-tan" characters to come out of Japan (e.g. Meriken), ''Axis Powers Hetalia'''s take on America is actually pretty positive.
** This type of depiction is pretty much normal for this series. No country escapes being the butt of jokes, but most of the countries are also good at heart. (Except for Russia whose heart sometimes actually falls out of its place. But even he [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|isn't completely and consciously evil]].)
* Partial aversion: the anime series ''[[Baccano!]]!'' has tons of characters in Mafia-run Chicago/New York City and a runaway train running between the two. [[Genius Ditz|Some are silly]], [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|some are wimpy]], [[Ax Crazy|some are batshit insane]] and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|the rest of them...]]
* Besides the aforementioned Leonard Apollo, Americans were portrayed rather variously here in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', from nice people like [[The Messiah|Patrick]] [[Worthy Opponent|"Panther"]] [[Ascended Fanboy|Spencer]], [[Dumb Muscle|Homer]] [[Gentle Giant|Fitzgerald]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Leonard]] [[Grumpy Bear|Apollo]], to people like [[Jerk Jock|Donald]] [[Social Darwinist|Oberman]].
** 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.
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** An American family without an American boy and an American girl at the respective age of nine and seven years isn't a real American family
** You can learn everything from [[For Dummies]] books, even "How to become president of the USA: In 10 easy steps".
** [[Otto
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* Paul Phoenix from ''[[Tekken]]'' is more of a mix. While he is goofy, loud, and arrogant he is generally a good guy, and is indeed and dangerous fighter, and one of the few non Mishima characters to beat both a Mishima and a Boss character (though he still lost the tournament somehow).
* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From the New World'' mostly takes place in the gangster-era States. Frank is a clear parody of Flavor 1 and Mao is...well...[[Widget Series|Mao]]--however, for the most part the shady goings-on, the humanity of those caught in the middle, and the historical context of America generally being a place that people wanted to immigrate to are all presented honestly if [[Lighter and Softer|lightheartedly]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Street Fighter]] IV'' runs the gamut of the flavor spectrum with its American characters:
** First there's Rufus, a fat, obnoxious and dim-witted American who spends the game as the [[Unknown Rival]] of Ken, wishing to prove himself as the greatest fighter of the US. As much of a Flavor 2 Eaglelander as he appears to be, he's also got himself an incredibly hot girlfriend, his speedy fighting style in spite of his weight is complimented by many characters, he's without a doubt one of the funniest, if not ''the'' funniest, character in the game, and judging by some of his winquotes, he's rich and lives a damn good life. Combined with all his quirks, he's actually become a [[Ensemble Darkhorse|fan favorite]].
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** And though the former president ultimately resorts to terrorist actions with Arsenal Gear, his goal was to restore American freedom by releasing the Patriots' grip on society, which happens anyway at the end of MGS4. Come to think of it, ''every'' hero or (human) Well-Intentioned Extremist villain through the series seems to have an unwavering love of American ideals.
* Jake Marshall from ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. When you first meet him, he seems like the stereotypical cowboy who has a southern drawl, and constantly talks about how he's a cowboy, which is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by other characters. Then {{spoiler|you find out that he's been spending the last two years trying to find out the truth behind who killed his brother. He was demoted two years ago for helping with the investigation so that he wouldn't be in a position to properly investigate}}.
* ''[[
* From the same [[Suda 51|twisted mind]], the ''[[No More Heroes]]'' games - that is, games made by a Japanese man obsessed with American pop culture about an American man obsessed with Japanese pop culture - make for interesting examples, insofar as they are as explicitly concerned with America and its popular culture as any Japanese game since the ''[[MOTHER]]'' series.
* ''[[Vanquish]]'' uses both. The story opens up with the United States under sudden attack by the forces of the Order of the Russian Star using a captured American space colony, and sending the [[Semper Fi|Marines]] [[Space Marine|into space]] to recapture it. However, as the plot goes on, it becomes apparent that {{spoiler|the militant regime that is the Order of the Russian Star was installed by the current US President to give them a "bad guy" they could use to justify revitalizing the arms industry against}}, and that {{spoiler|the Russians were attacking first because they knew war was inevitable.}}
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