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''I Am America (And So Can You!)'' is a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche]] of self-help books, written by [[Stephen Colbert]] and the cast of ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
Compare ''[[America
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* [[Dirty Communists]]: Mort Sinclair, the communist TV writer from one of the "Stephen Speaks For Me" segments.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Apparently, just opening the book's front cover will make you 25% more American.
* [[Godwin's Law]]: Done with people other than Hitler. For example, he calls women's rights activists "Femin-[[
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: In the audiobook, [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] plays Mort Sinclair, the communist TV writer from one of the "Stephen Speaks For Me" segments.
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: [[Inverted]]. One of the margin notes says [[Family Values Villain|Stalin was a good dad.]] <ref> He really wasn't.</ref>
* [[How Do I Used Tense]]: In the ''very title'', [[Played for Laughs]].
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* [[Product Placement]]: Colbert sells the naming rights to the chapter on sports... three times.
** Averted: In that same chapter, he mentions digital video recorders by the generic name because, [[Lampshade Hanging|as he lampshades]], Tivo didn't pay for the chapter's naming rights.
* [[Stay in
* [[Strawman Political]]: Follows (the character) [[Stephen Colbert]]'s right-wing doctrine.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Fictional!Colbert sure has daddy issues.
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