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'''Mixed Flavor'''

 

 

This [[Trope]] is about outsiders looking at the US, so some information here might be heavily stereotyped and culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or Americans ''as a whole'' as Flavor #2, but it's an ''American'' production, that's a case of [[Cultural Cringe]]; likewise, an American indulging in Flavor #1 is merely a case of [[Creator Provincialism]]. If the work in question doesn't delve into judgment but refers to the US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.

* [[Cleveland Rocks]]

* [[Deep South]]

* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]: It has been said that Americans view Texas the way the rest of the world views Americans. This used to be said of California, (in)famous in America for rampant individualism, flakes, nuts and Everything More and Bigger.

* [[Everytown, America]]

=== Anime and Manga ===

* In what has to be the pinnacle of a type 1 American in anime, or hell any medium, we have Roy Fokker from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' who plays the role of [[Big Brother Mentor]] and [[The Lancer]], though he is a bit of [[Handsome Lech]]. However, he is ''very'' devoted to Claudia.

* Aries of ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome Zwei]]'' has some definite parallels to the US, from a suspiciously Pentagon-like structure to the attitude of Brigadier General Haruka Armitage, a [[Determinator]] to the extreme who often charges in with little to no plan. Aries itself is mainly type 1 being one of the good nations with Yukino being a calm assertive leader who balances out Haruka.

* ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'' both subverts it (manga) and plays it straight (OVA). In the manga story, Kyosuke, Madoka, and a new girl Sayuri (not Hikaru) find themselves on vacation in Hawaii. One day, Sayuri disappears after going to her room to change. After unsuccessfully searching for her, they believe her to have been kidnapped. Later, they get a phone call in their hotel room, telling them to go to certain locations, ending in a yacht in the harbor. The owner of the yacht tells them to spend the night, and that he'll be back in the morning with their breakfast. Since neither of them know what "breakfast" means, they assume it is something rather sinister. After a night of drinking, the owner returns, brings them their food, and produces a gun...which happens to be a lighter for his pipe. Turns out they were mistaken for a newlywed couple who had ordered a honeymoon package of sorts, and told to go to their locations. And Sayuri had gone off to a bar to hunt guys, completely forgetting about her friends. The OVA, however, had Hikaru actually being kidnapped by crazy [[Mooks]] with guns, and ended with a final shootout, with the police (or any sensible Americans) nowhere to be seen.

* The ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers/[[Ronin Warriors]]'' OAV "Gaiden" takes place mostly in [[Big Applesauce|New York City]], although they manage to feature some action in [[Hollywood California|Los Angeles]] towards the end for good measure. Apparently, the OAV's [[Big Bad]] carries out his attacks in Manhattan even though his base of operations is located in L.A. The 3000-mile distance between the two cities doesn't mean anything to him...or to the writers.

* ''[[Pluto]]'s'' America expy "Thracia" is fairly benign, although its leader is quick to give power to the [[Man Behind the Man|Machine Behind The Man]].

 

 

 

=== Literature ===

* Subverted by Oscar Wilde in ''The Canterville Ghost''. "Americans have everything in common with us now-a-days except the Language."

 

* "American Woman," originally by The Guess Who, painted the U.S. as Flavor 2. Then Lenny Kravitz [[Covered Up|covered it up]] with a funk remix and a music video with American flags, hot girls on choppers and muscle cars, and [[Heather Graham]] dancing on top of a bus. Because of that, it's today regarded as more Flavor 1 in style regardless of its lyrics. Incidentally, The Guess Who claimed ''American Woman'' was never intended to be anti-American in the first place.

* The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VTcJfL7RE Hollywood] by Marina and the Diamonds provides a subversion. The visuals and constant reference to the American Dream are in the patriotic, freedom-searching-immigrants, dream-granting ideal of America--but the message is negative, causing a sort of [[Stepford Smiler]] result.

 

 

=== Radio ===

 

 

=== Video Games ===

** The setting of ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', called Unova (Isshu in the Japanese versions), is based on New York City, where the previous games were based on regions of Japan. There are football players, southern belles, talk about the greatness of diversity, etc. - it even includes a ''literal'' American Eagle in the Pokémon Braviary.

** ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'', however, takes place in a crime ridden wasteland with the cowboy themed "rider" trainer class, "based on" (and yet somehow has a port) Phoenix, Arizona.

** Having ''any'' head of state personally fighting a one-man war to unambiguously defend his country's ideals makes the game fall into the "awesome" category. That the Japanese game designers chose America is simply flattering, even if [[Values Dissonance|it wasn't meant that way]]... though they did choose to slap him into the epitome of Japanese awesomeness, a suit of robot armor.

* ''Urban Chaos: Riot Response'' tends towards flavor one - loading screens tend to either have eagles or American flags, and the true heroes are shown to be firefighters and paramedics. (Plus the main protagonist, a cop with License to Kill - something that actually ''terrifies'' many hardcore gun-supportin' conservatives). The bad guys' ultimate goal? {{spoiler|Show America how much they suck, and how they need to die.}}

** 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 [[Eve Online]]: the Gallente Federation is clearly modeled on the United States (more type 1). Everyone drinks their soft drinks and watches their entertainment, they bang on about freedom all the time, and their government has a Senate, President, and Supreme Court. The subversion? They're actually ''French''.

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic's]] personality is said to be derived from free roaming western heroes who go where the wind takes them, a type 1 style America. Imagine the typical "free spirit" cowboy (in contrast to the "law man" cowboy) and you have Sonic in a nut shell.

 

 

=== Western Animation ===

 

 

== Flavor 2 ==

=== Anime & Manga ===

* [[School Shock]] presents the Americans as aggressive diplomats with their default tactic being war threats, however backing down when some kind of resistance is shown (though the resister in this case was China). At least their president has a [[Funny Afro]] and a big smile.

* Carrie from ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' is depicted as a somewhat stereotypical American type 2. She is obnoxious and in-your-face, extremely arrogant, and generally disregards the traditional rules of Kendo in favor of practices she thinks are more cool. However, by the end of the anime series, she and her rival Miya-Miya do seem to have a grudging respect for one another.

* ''[[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 Than Black]]'' a couple of times. In the first season, the guy overseeing the American embassy is a stuck-up idiot who [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|deliberately gets in the way]] of [[Hero Antagonist|Misaki Kirihara's]] attempts to prevent a terrorist attack by [[The Syndicate]], and won't even let the Japanese police in to help security when "someone" drops a smoke bomb outside as an obvious distraction, which leads to [[Tempting Fate|the immortal line]]: "Don't test my patience-" * KABOOM* . In the second season, attempts by the American government to restore their superpower status are one of the causes of the [[Melee a Trois]].

** 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.}}

** She tries to interact with the locals on their own level, hilariously badly. In the dub, she just spits out as many stereotyped gang-slang phrases she can think of; the trivia tags feature notes that in the original version it was an even more eclectic collection of vaguely offensive faux- (and not-so-faux) Americanisms.

* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Leonard Apollo, the coach of the Nasa Aliens, is definitely an example of the latter type. His players are pretty nice guys, but Apollo is an overbearing blowhard who's bitter about his own failed dream of becoming a pro football player. This is actually a step down from the manga, as there Apollo is actually ''blatantly racist''.

** Loudness, lack of personal space, rudeness, crudeness, violence, sadism, trigger happy, militant leadership, boisterousness, use of intimidation, a "might-equals-right" (bully) mindset, ruthless ambition, fluency in English, cheerful psychoticness, and, of course, an undying love of football. He's even blonde and pale skinned! Just about the only traits he's missing are being fat and stupid (two things he's the complete opposite of).

* Episodes 10 and 11 of ''[[Genshiken]]'' Season 2. Angela is shown as riding roughshod over all cultural sensitivities in Japan, in an almost painful caricature.

** It is worth noting that the "American Empire" is NOT the United States, but one of two break-away nations from the US (the other being the far-left ''[[Ameri Soviet]] Alliance'' (that's seriously what they're called)). While this is barely touched on in the series (though made explicitly clear in the manga) besides a shot of the US terrirories split into 3 ''on a map in the background'', and brief mentions of the USA itself, it becomes more apparent in the second season, particularly at the end of the final episode, where the three Americas are each mentioned, seperately. Also worth noting that the CIA agents in the aforementioned episode look even ''more'' Japanese than the Japanese main characters, and the American Empire is seen working ''with'' Japan later in the series. Stacked together as a whole, the entire thing comes off as a very ''hesitant'' use of type 2.

* The ''[[You're Under Arrest]]: No Mercy'' special had the two [[Lovely Angels]] of the show, already with a reputation in their traffic department back in Tokyo for excessive "enthusiasm", go on an exchange program of sorts to Los Angeles, where they are allowed to hunt down stolen car and gun dealers with shotguns. The other [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]] -- members of the LAPD, for that matter, see nothing wrong with threatening to shoot a suspect for being "criminal scum".

** She also knows phsyics second-nature, being able to answer all Shinji's homework without even being able to read it, and also speaks at least two languages fluently (it can be assumed she also knows English from living in the States). I think her word is pretty good.

* In the Anime ''Ping Pong Club'' the tall, hairy, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, extremely ''smelly'' Mitchell Tanabe is..you guessed it. American.

** While Lt. Surge is a Type 1 in the games, in the anime he is the stereotypical "American bully," taunting children and having his bigger Pokémon beat up on them while he calls them "babies".

* Donald Curtis from ''[[Porco Rosso]]'' is an exceptional #2 example. "Make way for the American!" He plans to be a Hollywood actor and later president. [[Ronald Reagan|Sound familiar?]]

* ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' has a brief sequence at the White House, where it shows the President as some gullible idiot willing to dump 60 billion dollars into a satellite surveillance system created by a 12 year old [[Genki Girl]] [[Mad Scientist]] for "military purposes". It then suggests that the security there isn't just incompetent, but also unobservant as said scientist also converted the White House into a rocket launch pad while they were "out on their nightly business".

*** Latter does so speaking absolutely horrid and, at the same time, absolutely ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]]'' Engrish.

*** The Americans in Getter Robo Go are not the nicest people. They are grateful for Getter's help but won't share parts due Japan's past history of not assisting allies, specifically when Japan needed oil during the Gulf War and not helping. American pilot Schwartz takes the cake and is a total racist that hates everything non-white. He does start to realize he was wrong and his co-pilot was always stopping from picking on the Japanese.

* Kaiji Kawaguchi's ''[[The Silent Service]]'' flaunts a [[Anvilicious|very strong]] Japanese nationalist (and anti-U.S.) message through this flavor; a submarine jointly developed by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and US Navy (and crewed by JMSDF sailors) goes rogue, declaring itself an independent nation--then proceeds to sink multiple U.S. warships. A flavor-defining moment: the U.S. government draws up plans for a full-scale invasion of Japan ... over a single ''rogue'' submarine.

* The manga version of ''[[Bokurano]]'' portrays America this way, even though Americans themselves are very rarely shown. Characters usually speak with disgust about the United States, saying that the country is stuck thinking it's the world's sole superpower, and worrying that the U.S. may invade Japan, using the manga's events as a pretext. In fact, the U.S. never actually does anything antagonistic in the manga.

* While America doesn't make an appearance until one of the final episodes of ''[[Speed Grapher]]'', the portrayal is definitely this type. The American President (very clearly [[George W. Bush]] in the dub) is among the world leaders discussing dealing with the situation in Japan, and they launch missiles into the middle of Tokyo as a response, and their motives for doing this are completely corrupt. Admittedly, the series also presents all Japanese politicians (and arguably all politicians in general) as corrupt.

* Heroman, while definitely a poster child for Type 1 at first glance, seems to be headed this way as of recent episodes, with {{spoiler|the government actively trying to capture Heroman, as he poses a threat to the country.}}

 

=== Comic Books ===

** "A Study In Scarlet"'s second half took place during the Mormon immigration, when all the Mormons were more or less literally driven out of the rest of the country and forced to move to Utah, which was apparently the only place people hated enough to actually send Mormons; and the book itself was first published only a couple of decades after. It's not outside the realm of possibility that Doyle had only ever heard of Mormons from Americans, who, this being the 1870s and 1880s, would not have nice things to say about Mormons.

** Small note on the above, for accuracy's sake: Mormons weren't "sent" to Utah. That's just where they decided to settle, and it was technically part of Mexico at the time IIRC. People just kicked the Mormons out of everywhere they tried to settle (including Nauvoo, a city they pretty much built themselves that was the second-largest city in Illinois at its height). They didn't care WHERE the Mormons went, as long as they went AWAY.

* Ditto for Ian Fleming's [[James Bond]] novels involving Americans (''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', ''[[Goldfinger]]'' and ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]''): No sentence is complete without at least one "buster", "buddy" or "...see?"

* Let's just say most of the writers from the Latin-American [[Magic Realism]] movement had a bad image of the USA and leave it at that. García Marquez's [[Autumm Of The Patriarch]] where americans appear as manipulative diplomats who literally [[Magic Realism|steal the sea]] at a moment of economic trouble in the country of the dictator.

* ''The Ugly American'' is about American foreign aid workers struggling to win hearts and minds for the USA while being sabotaged by a variety of flavor 2s.

* On an episode of ''What Would You Do'', the crew planted two outrageous Type 2 Americans in Paris, just to test out that "snooty French" stereotype. It was pretty painful to watch. Oddly enough, the actual French citizens shown were all very patient and polite, if also mildly annoyed. It was actually ''[[Stop Being Stereotypical|the other American tourists]]'' who called out the actors, with one woman even scolding them like a mother and reminding them that they were guests in another country and should quit acting like a bunch of [[Jerkass|jerkasses]].

* ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' does this occasionally, notably in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riY-103vbc Kicking Ass]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUKOebCbINc From Here To Just Over There]".

* In [[Spooks]] the ''Special Relationship'' between the UK and US leads to facepalm inducing situations that at the very least would be cause for armed conflict if it were occurring in a country which doesn't rollover like a dog on command. The behaviour of almost every American character, barring one, makes it seem that the US has continued the American Revolution into a Cold War.

** This dialog sums up many seasons of Spooks:

* [[Kate Bush]], ''[http://gaffa.org/sensual/l_potp.html Pull Out the Pin]'' ([http://gaffa.org/dreaming/td_potp.html with comments]).

** It's actually a [[Not So Different|subversion]] considering she even says so in an interview about the song.

** Even if you know no German whatsoever, the imagery in the music video alone will get the point across.

* "51st State" by British band New Model Army.

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=N364vtxijn0 America] By Swedish prog metal band [[Pain of Salvation]]. Have anti American sentiments ever been this upbeat?

* "Asshole" by [[Denis Leary]] is an ecstatic ode to Type 2. The video can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs&feature=related here]. Warning: Extremely NSFW.

* "Let's Play USA" by Peter Schilling (best known for "Major Tom")is a nasty Type 2 with a cheery pop beat.

* The Brazilian show ''Comédia MTV'' made a parody of type 2 named ""[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB780oK6F9M I'm American]", with the singers singing in English (with Portuguese subtitles).

 

=== Theatre ===

* When discussing the topic of English, Professor Henry Higgins had this to say.

{{quote| '''Higgins''': There even are places where English completely disappears. In America they haven't used it in years.}}

** A great deal of the ''[[GTA Radio]]'' segments which flesh out the Type 2 elements were written by Rockstar NYC.

** Both that, however...

* Super Macho Man in ''[[Punch Out]]!!'' ''Wii'' could be considered a deconstruction of the standard [[All-American Face]], as the (American) audience hates his guts, and with good reason. He's a smug smarmy Californian bodybuilder, and enjoys [[Rich Bitch|flaunting his wealth]] (and [[Pec Flex|pecs]]) over Little Mac. He's also a total [[Heel]] who knocks the referee over and showboats like there's no tomorrow.

* 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.

** Wow, who knew "robust" was a synonym for "algae"?

 

 

=== Web Comics ===

** Of course, the writer's [[Word of God|commentary on the strip]] seems to imply that it was more of a jab at tourists in general than just American ones.

 

 

* [[Zero Punctuation|Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] has made his disdain and disgust for America known on more than one occasion in a few of his videos (especially in his reviews of ''[[Modern Warfare|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare]]'' and ''[[Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor: Airborne]]''. At one point, Croshaw considered "moving to that steaming shithole across the ocean" because he was sick of the Australian Media Board's aggressive censorship policies, which he then likened to traditional right-wing conservatism in the States.

* A distillation of how the British think Americans view the world can be found in the Jigsaw Lounge's "[http://web.archive.org/web/20071009214038/http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/legend.html The World According to Americans]" map; a badly-drawn atlas full of [[Global Ignorance]] and [[Theme Park Version|Theme Park]] descriptions of what few countries or regions are named--with one or two [[Demonization|Demonizing]] jabs added for good measure.

{{quote| Narrating: Meanwhile, in the peace loving America (then shows Linkara randomly shooting in the air)}}

 

 

=== Western Animation ===

{{quote| (original) '''Darla''': Mister Pussycat, listen to me; you don't have to be good, but you had better be...Big and Loud!...<br />

(German) '''Darla''': Let me tell you my philosophy: you don't have to be good, just better than them! }}

* [[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]].)

** 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.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', the third novel (and thus the final story arc of the original anime) has an American submarine captain who's obsessed with hunting down the mysterious "ghost submarine" (the Tuatha De Danaan) because he's convinced it's part of a Japanese plot, at one point attempting to rouse his men by saying "Remember Pearl Harbor!" However, the rest of the crew is portrayed as level-headed, competent sailors who are frustrated with their skipper's [[Moby Dick|Ahab]] act and either ignore him, or try to stop him when he tries to go too far.

* 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).

* [[Hajime no Ippo]] explicitly has both flavors in the serious with Takamura's major opponents - In ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', Type 2 is exemplified by Bryan Hawk, an exceptionally violent and crude brute who takes every opportunity to proclaim the superiority of his skills over the "weaker" Japanese. Type 1 (heck, it's in his NAME) is embodied by David Eagle, who is charismatic and honorable. However, this is played with when the Japanese crowd during his match with Takamura note that his behavior in the ring is more typical of a samurai warrior.

* The anime series ''[[Konjiki no Gash Bell]]'' (''Zatch Bell'' in the dub) contains a team of superheroes called the Majestic Twelve, who are portrayed as amazingly incompetent. The only female member is named Big Boing (Lady Susan in the dub) and [[Gag Boobs|her superpowers consist of having huge breasts,]] smelling like lavender (in the English dub) and commenting every moment with the word "''Yeah!''" But Apollo and Jeed are the American characters that we see most, and both are definite type 1s.

** Patti is somewhat an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Western Otaku as her characterization isn't mean spirited in any way and she's portrayed for the most part as a harmless eccentric. She doesn't do anything stereotypically American such as threaten to sue or pack heat or any of the things more commonly associated with [[Eagle Land]], though her physical appearence is a [[Phenotype Stereotype]] (blue eyes, big boobs, blonde).

* Anthony from ''[[Doki Doki School Hours]]'' is like a male version of Patricia. At one point he shows everyone a photo of his 14 year old kid sister - an large-busted (perhaps implausibly so for her age) blonde cheerleader.

** the son of one of Nanjiroh's old rivals, who acts ''very'' violent and angsty because of [[Parental Abandonment|his own convoluted backstory]] (Kevin Smith).

** Hell, Ryoma himself could qualified as well. He was raised in America, which could explain his [[Insufferable Genius|incredibly arrogant, condecending, better-than-you actitude]] and the total lack of respect he shows towards his upperclassmen, with Tesuka being the sole exception.

* In the third ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' OAV, the [[But Not Too Foreign|half-American half-Japanese Michael Okita]] is the ace of a new high school basketball team, and is said to have been scouted by the NBA itself. He's ruthless and efficient in the courts, but turns into a cheerful and laid-back flirt outside (just watch him shamelessly flirt with Ayako and [[Clingy Jealous Girl|make Miyagi go ballistic]]). And he's a [[Phenotype Stereotype|blue-eyed blond]] on top.

* The historical manga about post-war girls' baseball, ''[[Tetsuwan Girl]]'', plays this both ways with the type one being {{spoiler|the matronly woman's coach who is the wife of a Negro League player}} and the type two being {{spoiler|Mr. Banks, Connie and the rest of the American team.}} The Harley motorcycles and cowboy outfits almost seemed to take too long to show up. Did we mention {{spoiler|the added layer of racism not only on the Japanese players, but the black people in the series?}} Yeah.

* ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' has the thinly veiled nation of Comerica taking the place of America. The Comericans (mostly ESPer team The Liberty Bells) fall somewhere between the two types of Eaglelanders. They are brash and outspoken, but more than willing to help out BABEL.

* ''[[Japan Inc]]'', which is about economics.

* In ''[[Freezing]]'', we are introduced to "the Immortal" Roxanne Elipton, ranked as the strongest 3rd year Pandora in America. She is shown to be supportive and respectful of others, yet still has an outgoing attitude. She also squishes Satellizer's massive boobs to see if they're real.

* [[Kinnikuman|Terryman]] started out briefly as a Type 2 example, being a Choujin who only did good deeds for money. As the focus shifted from superheroes to pro-wrestling, however, he quickly fell into Type 1. Most American Choujin, as well as America itself during Kinnikuman's American tour, do not fall into any specific flavor of Eagleland, however.

 

=== Film ===

* The protagonist of ''[[Forbidden Kingdom]]'' has aspects of both Flavor 1 and Flavor 2. He's eager and idealistic, but despite his encyclopedic knowledge of Chop Socky movies, he has no clue how to properly behave in another culture.

* ''[[Team America]]'' has the eponymous Team America, who leave a path of destruction wherever they go. Though they mean well, their fights with terrorists usually cause more damage than the terrorists themselves. They admit to being dicks, but that they're dicks who are trying to save lives. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAaertdaQk&t=0m44s "dicks fuck assholes"] speech is a pretty good summary of their characterization in the movie.

 

=== Literature ===

** They tended to lampshade and/or justify this by saying that the American character was deliberately trying to fit in and/or be more comprehensible, or had been living in England for some time, etc.

* As shows ''An American'', [[Rudyard Kipling]] saw it as mixed, presenting flavours as best and worst sides of the same trait, which can be defined as "childishness". Specific American characters in his books may or may not exhibit it (e.g. Laughton O. Zigler in ''The Captive'' sees he had it coming and is quite calm about his misfortune).

 

=== Live-Action TV ===

** The majority of the Americans in "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon." Aside from being a little gun-happy (which is justified in the majority of them are Secret Service Agents) it's one of the better portrayals of America in recent ''Doctor Who'' seasons. According to the producers, America appears to be a place where everyone is a jovial, if slightly thick and dim-witted, patriot, and random spurts of [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|melodramatic processional music]] accompany the President everywhere.

** The US President in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Last of the Time Lords" is a subversion of Flavor 2; he acts like one and will say so himself, but at heart he was a Flavor 1, albeit misguided.

 

=== Video Games ===

* 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]].

* In the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series, American ''society'' is broken beyond repair due to being ruled covertly by the Philosophers and the Patriots. Therefore, any actions America undergoes as a nation are bad for everyone, or (in the rare case they're good) had the intention of being bad for everyone (like the Navy's actions at the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' -- while they ended up stopping Liquid, their actual intention was to preserve the Government's ability to [[More Than Mind Control|control soldiers]]). However, on an individual level, the majority of the Americans are well-intentioned--even the Patriots. Special note--the final boss of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'' is the ex-president of the US. However, the ''current'' President of the US genuinely takes responsibility for his selfish and power-seeking actions, and heroically agrees to die to save his country from his mistake (on the other hand, it is also heavily implied that the "power-seeking actions" were actually spawned and manipulated by the Patriots so they could trick him into participating in the S3 plan).

** 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.

* ''[[Killer 7]]'' contains examples of both types. [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|Going into detail]] [[Mind Screw|would take a while]].

* 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.}}

* In ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'', the CIA sets up an undercover agent to infiltrate Makarov's rogue Ultranationalist splinter faction that eventually {{spoiler|participates in a terrorist attack in an airport, and then summarily executed by the knowing Makarov to set up a Russian invasion of America}}. To make it worse, the whole thing, along with the associated civilian casualties, then turns out to be {{spoiler|a set-up by Lt. Gen. Shepherd of the US Army to restore the American patriotism, and various very unpleasant measures including killing allied special ops operatives were done to keep the secret}}. However, throughout both games, the US grunts are shown to be courageous, moral, disciplined, dedicated and professional soldiers who often happen to [[Iron Woobie|be at the wrong place at the wrong time]]. And having seen the [[Despair Event Horizon|catastrophe]] that broke {{spoiler|Shepherd}} in the first game, you can't help but sympathize for his intentions a little.

** Also, the aesthetic design of the game is, according to Valve, inspired by artists such as J. C. Leyendecker, Dean Cornwell and [[Norman Rockwell]], all designed to recall Type 1. The fact that everything (no seriously, [[Government Conspiracy|EVERYTHING]]) is either a desert, a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|badly-hidden spy base]], or both makes shift just a little towards Type 2.

 

* While we're on the subject of tourism. During the 2010 soccer in South Africa, Americans were the largest single group of tourists, and as a result their overall image has improved significantly (both as tourists, and just in general). Not only for being (unexpectedly) relatively good at soccer, but also for being generally mild-mannered and well-behaved. But hey, guys, I think you should know that since you left, people have been expecting way better tips! You realize, this means war.

* Though it has partially been explored previously, it is worth mentioning to non-American readers just how tipping is viewed in American culture. To the average American citizen, the idea of NOT tipping one's server is nearly inconceivable. (So much so that, now, many restaurants will actually work the gratuity into the bill itself, although in most cases that's more because the popularity of credit cards means that people carry a lot less cash with them.) Withholding a tip, or "stiffing", your waiter/waitress is reserved only for the worst of the worst cases, and even a lackluster performance by the staff will still garner a moderate gratuity. As a result of this, American's perceive leaving a low tip or no tip at all generally rude or disrespectful. This has had a negative side effect, however, in that American wait-staff typically dread serving European tourists (who may not know that without a tip, said waiter/waitress is not properly compensated for their time and effort, regardless of quality of service) who are perceived as stingy.

** Quite a few waitstaff actually hate European tourists because they believe that Europeans are hiding behind "cultural differences" to avoid tipping. Certainly, you'd think they'd hear about it often enough that it'd occur to them.

** Within America, tipping is a major bone of contention; the discussion that ensues in ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' when Mr. Pink reveals that he doesn't tip is pretty much spot on. ''Do not'' bring up tipping with your American friends unless you're prepared to go to the wire, because it is a discussion which has caused heroes to rise, empires to fall, and friendships to be tested.