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* One version of ''The Unknown Soldier'', a bandaged character from DC Comics. The long-lived soldier snapped upon seeing a Nazi concentration camp. He decided that since the USA fought against something this horrible, whatever they fight against is the right thing to oppose.
* One version of ''The Unknown Soldier'', a bandaged character from DC Comics. The long-lived soldier snapped upon seeing a Nazi concentration camp. He decided that since the USA fought against something this horrible, whatever they fight against is the right thing to oppose.
* This is what happened to the character of [[Superman]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', though that was not in canon, where he's frequently refused to do favors for the U.S. government if he feels they are wrong, especially when [[Lex Luthor]] was President. His attitude towards the city of Metropolis however, is closer to this trope.
* This is what happened to the character of [[Superman]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', though that was not in canon, where he's frequently refused to do favors for the U.S. government if he feels they are wrong, especially when [[Lex Luthor]] was President. His attitude towards the city of Metropolis however, is closer to this trope.
** Superman doesn't believe in My Country, Right or Wrong when it comes to governments, he will usually follow the wishes of the American people, even if he doesn't agree with them. For example, in the "Public Enemies'' arc of Superman/Batman, he says:
** Superman doesn't believe in My Country, Right or Wrong when it comes to governments, he will usually follow the wishes of the American people, even if he doesn't agree with them. For example, in the "Public Enemies" arc of Superman/Batman, he says:
{{quote|The world will '''never''' know how I struggled with the decision to '''stay out''' of the electorial process. Should I have gone on television and told the voters '''not''' to elect this man? And what then? If I use my '''influence''' -- my '''character''' and my '''reputation''' -- to tell people how to vote, what does that make me? I choose to fight for Truth, Justice and the American Way. And for all it's flaws, American democracy ''does'' work... The United States doesn't need me to dictate, or worse, '''deprive''' her people of that most precious gift. The freedom of ''choice''. Even when I knew in my heart that choice was '''wrong'''.}}
{{quote|The world will '''never''' know how I struggled with the decision to '''stay out''' of the electorial process. Should I have gone on television and told the voters '''not''' to elect this man? And what then? If I use my '''influence''' -- my '''character''' and my '''reputation''' -- to tell people how to vote, what does that make me? I choose to fight for Truth, Justice and the American Way. And for all it's flaws, American democracy ''does'' work... The United States doesn't need me to dictate, or worse, '''deprive''' her people of that most precious gift. The freedom of ''choice''. Even when I knew in my heart that choice was '''wrong'''.}}
* Played with in the strip by Argentinian cartoonist [[Quino]] titled [http://www.ghira.mistral.co.uk/mipais.gif "Mi Pais (My Country)"].
* Played with in the strip by Argentinian cartoonist [[Quino]] titled [http://www.ghira.mistral.co.uk/mipais.gif "Mi Pais (My Country)"].
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