Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Difference between revisions

== Albanian Double-Headed Eagle ==

 

* In every Miss Universe National Costume competition, the Albanian contestant has always worn the flag wrapped somehow.

** [http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x31/misscontest/miss_universe_2008/National_Costumes/Albania.png Observe here], [http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/sites/default/files/imagecache/bildergalerie_riesig/images/crop_3/angela-martini-victoria039s-secret-40916.jpg?commercial_link= and here] for example.

== Australian Blue Ensign ==

 

* In recent [[Marvel Comics]], Australian [[Captain Ethnic]] Boomerang (brash, dimwitted criminal, uses boomerangs, you know how it is) has begun masquerading as the heroic Outback as part of Norman Osborn's corruption of the 50 States Initiative. Outback's entire costume is the Australian flag, except with a bizarre emphasis on the British flag parts and the Southern Cross only being on his head.

 

* Captain Australia from ''[[Champions]] Universe''. Unlike the Outback example above, her costume emphasises the Southern Cross, with the Union Jack being worn as a shoulder pauldron.

 

* Captain Australia of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]''.

* A car only appearing in the Australian dub of ''[[Cars|Cars 2]]''.

 

* Unfortunately, thanks to [[Strawman Political|a few idiot politicians]] like Pauline Hanson, racist yobbos have taken to wearing the Australian flag as a cape while beating up minorities and generally being a menace to society and disgrace to said flag. Beating the daylights out of these yobbos and removing their flags is entirely encouraged. The jury is still out on whether this would be encouraged if they were wearing American flags.

** Looks like the average outing of bogans to the AFL...

== Brazilian Auriverde ==

 

* [[The Three Caballeros|José Carioca]] [http://outducks.org/webusers/webusers/2008/09/br_aozc_0001e_001.jpg is very subtle about it], although not so subtle as to use the AMERICAN flag.

* Captain Brazil of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]''.

* Carla Veloso from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].

 

* Max Cavalera from Sepultura and Soulfy displayed the Auriverde on his guitars for a while (Sepultura was the very first brazilian band to achieve worldwide recognition, and he was quite proud of it). ESP Guitars even issued a signature guitar that sported the Auriverde. Later, he used one with the AMERICAN flag... also sold as a signature guitar.

 

* Brazil banned bikinis with the national flag print a few years back (because these bikinis are considered flag profanity). Does this mean it's okay to wear bikinis with the American flag on them?

** No. While not binding or enforcible, wearing the US flag as clothing violates the flag code.

== Canadian Maple Leaf / l'Unifolié ==

 

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Canada puts a sticker of his flag on his forehead to distinguish himself from America, since no one ever noticed him. (If they did, they mistaken him for America.) However, America sticks the American flag on his head saying it makes him more awesome.

* Canadianman in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'''s entire costume is patterned after the Canadian flag. His special moves include the Canadian Backbreaker and swinging an axe like a lumberjack.

 

* The old (late 80s/early 90s) [[Alpha Flight]] uniforms had a maple-leaf motif on them, making them look like the flag of Canada, which is right to the north of The United States Of America!

** The best example being Weapon Alpha/Vindicator/Guardian (and he went by the latter two names twice!) and his red-white-maple-leaved costume. His [[Ultimate Universe|Ultimate version]] follows suit even though each of the Ultimate Alpha Flight members have their own peculiar costumes.

* There are also various Canadian superheroes such as Captain Canuck and the like and wear the Maple Leaf with pride to show that they're the toughest Canadian not called [[Wolverine]] there is in North America.

 

* In the [[Kevin Smith]] episodes of ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' played with this; Jay wore a Canadian flag toque, and Smith mentioned that he wanted to have a Canadian flag in every shot of the [[Show Within a Show|movie he was there to film]].

* The picture of Don Cherry on the [[Hockey Night in Canada]] works page.

 

* [[Trish Stratus]] fought at least one match while wearing a pair of butt-hugging Canadian flag-themed shorts. It was truly a glorious sight to see.

* [[TNA]] [[Power Stable]] Team Canada all wore outfits adorned with Canadian-flag imagery. What else did you expect, [[Canada, Eh?|eh?]]

 

* In ''[[Age of Mythology]]'', entering the code "O CANADA" will give you a bear that shoots lasers and wears a Canadian flag cape.

** Which proves that [[Averted Trope|not]] [[Everything Is Worse With Bears]]!

 

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', {{spoiler|Bandit Keith}} wears one after the credits of the episode where {{spoiler|he admits he's actually Canadian}}... ''IN'' (North) ''America!''

** The show actually takes place in in Japan. So he's {{spoiler|a Canadian pretending to be an American while living in Japan.}}

* In the [[Whateley Universe]], Captain Canada has an outfit and round shield that's a blatant ripoff of the 'Captain America' costume, except for the Canadian flag. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] repeatedly. The other Canadian mutants at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]] think he's an embarrassment.

 

* In [[The Superhero Squad Show]], Wolverine, a Canadian, had to wear a modified version of his costume that is in Canadian colours during an episode that has him join the various national Captains like [[Captain America (comics)]].

 

** "Real" Canadian travelers can now be identified by comparing spill-proof travel mugs. If it's from Tim Hortons (a ubiquitous coffee chain found almost exclusively in Canada), you've got a genuine Canuck.

*** [http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/store_Merchandise.html Or an American with a credit card.]

== Confederate Flag ==

 

* Gorgeousman from ''[[Kinnikuman Nisei]]'' wears the Confederate flag as his costume.

 

* The [[Dukes of Hazzard|General Lee's]] paint job, although it is a reminder of a shameful chapter in American history. [[Comically Missing the Point|Why did cars in the 1970s have to be so ugly?]]

 

* There's also a Captain Confederacy comic book. Knowing the independent comic landscape in the 80s, which is when it seemed to have been published, it's not unlikely that it came out only in America.

 

* Bubba Ray Dudley wore one early in his [[WWE|WWF]] career.

 

* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' H.A.V.O.C. driver Cross-Country toys, mainly sold in America, wear a confederate flag belt buckle. A later toy featured him in a Civil War Confederate jacket with the flag printed on the back, '''and''' the aforementioned belt buckle. In the first case, "Heritage, Not Hatred" is stitched under the flag to let you know he's not a ''complete'' lunatic.

** Both figures also sport grey Confederate kepi caps.

 

* The Confederacy in Starcraft had the Confederate flag applied to armor. Expanded universe content from the series shows they were big fans of putting it on everything, really.

** Interestingly, the connotation of the Confederate flag being a symbol of rebellion is reversed, as the Confederacy is the oppressive powerbase in the sector {{spoiler|until they get overthrown by Mengsk.}} Though the Confederate flag was picked from the ATLAS computer's history database, so the irony probably isn't evident to character in-universe.

 

* This trope is quite common in [[Real Life]]....in southeastern ''AMERICA!'' (and oddly enough, even other regions...''in America!'')

* The Confederate flag is known only as the Rebel Flag by many, thus associating with a general attitude of rebellion rather than the true history of its origin.

== Dannebrog ==

 

* The Danish flag (dannebrog) is for some reason considered more to be a general symbol of joy than a national symbol, leading to it being traditionally displayed in miniature on Christmas trees, birthday cakes and party accessories, and being waved obnoxiously in the face of friends returning from overseas in the airport.

* Football brings out dannebrog facepaint, shirts, flags worn as capes and the ever-present red-and-white clapping cat.

== Estonian Sinimustvalge ==

 

* At one famous anti-Soviet rally in Estonia, because flying their traditional blue, black, and white flag was forbidden by law, they [[Loophole Abuse|instead flew three flags: a blue flag, a black flag, and a white flag]]. Good thing we don't have to do this in America. But we could if we wanted to. Because it's America!

 

== European Union Star Halo ==

 

* In ''Nextwave'', Elissa Bloodstone famously wore an EU t-shirt on one of the team's excursions, eventually causing her to say "Victim? Do you think this letter on my chest stands for ''America?!''"

 

* It is not a country, but this does not mean that no embarrassing nationalism exists, such as in the form of [http://www.captaineuro.com/ Captain Euro], who is in no way related to the infinitely manlier Captain America.

 

== German Bundesflagge ==

 

* [[McNinja|Schwarz Bruder]] from ''[[G Gundam]]'' wears a mask with the color arrangement of the flag of Germany. Perhaps if he wore an American flag pattern instead, {{spoiler|he wouldn't have died}}.

 

* Max Schnell from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].

 

* Germans usually are not very fond of displaying flags and when they do it's usually regional or local flags, since the last time the country went through [[Those Wacky Nazis|a craze of flags and national symbols]], it ended up very badly for everyone. Except when the national football team is playing in an international competition. Then you see the three colors everywhere and on everything! It probably has been copied from football fans of other nations, like England or Brazil, who have been appearing in stadiums in their national colors for much longer. Germans see it as a way to support their team, having nothing to do with national pride.

 

 

== Israeli Star Of David ==

 

* Sabra, the national superhero of Israel in [[Marvel Comics]], wears a Star of David-themed costume.

 

* The Israeli flag itself is an inversion - its design is based on the ''tallit'', the Jewish prayer shawl. Rather than using a flag for clothing, they used clothing for a flag.

** The Star of David, which appears on the Israeli flag and is also the symbol of Judaism, is known in Hebrew as the Magen David - literally, the shield of David. According to legend, in order to save metal, David's first shield was made by stretching leather over the simplest metal frame that could hold a round shield - two interlaced triangles. This makes the Star of David another inversion, and the Israeli flag is a ''complete'' inversion of this trope.

== Japanese Rising Sun ==

 

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' Korea give suggestions for uses of the Japanese flag such as wearing it as a t-shirt.

** A [[Bonnie Scotland|Scotsman]] in charge?

 

* Quick Kick, ''[[G.I. Joe]]'''s Japanese-Korean-American martial arts expert, often wore a Japanese flag headband.

* Sunfire from Marvel Comics has had costumes inspired by the Japanese naval ensign (the version of the Japanese flag with the red rays extruding from the sun).

* Hondo-City Judges in the [[Judge Dredd|Dreddverse]] wear white one-piece uniforms with a red circle on the chest, meant to evoke the Japanese flag.

 

* [[Buckaroo Banzai]], son of a Japanese father and American mother, wore a Rising Sun bandana when he tested the Jet Car and the Oscillation Overthruster.

* [[Karate Kid]] (the original), for God's sake. Notably, Daniel's headband has a reproduction of the Japanese ''imperial seal'' imprinted.

* Shu Todoroki from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].

 

* [[Visual Kei]] arm bands with with a Rising Sun or Japanese Flag design are around, but I think they're actually sold more on sites that ship to America, or cater mainly to Americans, like Lolita Kisama. I made one with the rising sun and "Japan Land of The Rising Sun" written on it in Japanese.

 

* Samurai Goroh from ''[[F-Zero]]'' wears a Japanese flag on his head, as does his son Daigoro. Good to see he's taking fashion tips from me, in America.

* In ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', boss character Boomer has a Japanese flag imprinted on his head for no conceivable reason besides his resemblance to a samurai, even in the American release.

** In some artworks, Joe's bandanna has the kanji for ''flame'' instead of the Hinomaru.

 

* [[Homestar Runner|Pom Pom]], when showing of his mastery of martial arts, suddenly acquires a Japanese flag headband... ''IN AMERICA''.

 

* Soldiers often wore their nation's flag as headbands. Of course they never looked as good as American flags.

* A headband with the rising sun seems to be a standard motif. [[Running Gag|Why can't we wear headbands with the American flag on them?]]

 

== Korean Taegukgi ==

* Chijimiman from Kinnikuman, wears the yin-yang center on his breastplate

* Kim Kaphwan from King of Fighters has the yin and yang part on his uniform, while his student May Lee has it on her belt

 

== Mexican Tricolour ==

 

* [[DC Comics]] once introduced a bunch of international heroes in their Annuals one year, including three new Mexican heroes. Most of the heroes had their national flag as the background of their book's cover. Since it's illegal for anyone to use the Mexican flag in anything but an official capacity, DC had to change the cover of the book when it was released in Mexico. The cover ran unaltered... '''in America'''.

** Also of note is the Janissary, a Turkish heroine whose costume resembled her country's flag by literally utter coincidence; it's a relic from the age of Camelot.

 

* A car only appearing in the Mexican dub of [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].

 

* There was a case in which Paulina Rubio, a pop singer, caused controversy because of a picture taken from her only covered with the flag. In the American continent, this is considered disrespectful to it and illegal.

** A similar instance occurred with the Burger King restaurants in Spain. The publicity in question was about a cowboy and some other guy dressed in a sarape with the Mexican flag on it, promoting the "Texican Burger."

== Norweigan Nordic Cross ==

 

* In ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', the Norwegian detectives have a SUV-based lab painted with the Norwegian flag, and always dress in jackets that make them look like they're members of the Norwegian Olympic Team. Disappointingly, the American detectives do not follow suit.

 

== Flag of Puerto Rico ==

 

* Wrestlers Eddie"Primo" Colon and Savio Vega both use ring gear designed from the flag. TNA's Homicide wears a bandana designed from the flag. Some wrestlers in Puerto Rican promotions have done this too.

 

* A lot of Puerto Ricans from the island tend to wear clothes designed from the flag (bandanas, shirts, etc.).

* Around June, and throughout Summer actually, in NYC expect a lot of flag wearing.

== Quebec Fleur-de-lis ==

 

* In ''[[SSX]] Blur'', Felix Levesque wears a hat with a strong Quebecois flag motif, a province in Canada, a nation in North ''America''.

 

 

== Soviet Red Banner ==

 

* "Cold War" is one of the unlockable camouflage suits in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. It's a combat suit with the entire front end painted in a Soviet flag while the back is covered with an American flag. The joke is that since the enemy soldiers are Russian, they will hesitate to shoot you when you're facing them with their flag showing, but will be more than happy to shoot as soon as you turn around and reveal the American flag.

** There are also unlockable face paints of the flags of various countries, including the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union... In Soviet Russia!

 

 

 

* In the ''[[Midori no Hibi]]'' manga, foreign exchange student Lucy wears American flag underwear.

* Leonard Apollo in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' wore an American flag tie during the NASA Aliens' game ith the Deimon Devil Bats in Japan. He's such a dick that he probably only did it to rub it into the Japanese peoples' faces, especially considering how racist he was. It's sort of hard to believe that such a huge racist could have gotten so far in America.

* Jackie Gudelhian in ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' wears the American flag-patterned trunks in EP 5 of ''Double-One''.

 

* [[Captain America (comics)]]'s shield: great shield or ''the greatest'' shield?

** Being a spoof of Captain America, an American spoof, Major Glory from ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'' has a costume with a flag motif.

* The cover to the first issue of ''[[Supreme Power]]'' shows the baby Hyperion wrapped in the American flag. It's much more sinister than it sounds.

 

* The two heroines of the film ''[[Dick]]'' make flag bikinis for themselves at the end, in ''America''.

* We can't forget Apollo Creed's shorts in ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'', one of the greatest American movies ever.

* Since she's [[Austin Powers]]' [[Distaff Counterpart]] ''in America'', Felicity Shagwell drives the American version of the Shaguar: a Corvette with the Star-Spangled Banner painted all over it.

 

* Subverted on ''[[Top Gear]]'', where the British presenters are offered an American flag themed motorcycle to drive should their own bikes break down. In ''Vietnam''. Naturally, none of them wants it. Of course, being dumpy white men who only speak English, most of the natives probably assumed they were Americans anyway.

** That said, there was another issue at work there - it was blaring Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" on a constant loop. No matter where you were riding it, you'd inevitably be driven mad by the repetition if not the noise.

'''Aasif Mandvi''': No, it's a Tommy Hilfiger, but I had to ''buy'' it! }}

 

* [[Lady Gaga]]'s video for 'Telephone.'

* Keith Flint in [[The Prodigy|The Prodigy's]] video for ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw Firestarter]''.

* Tim Garbutt of [[Utah Saints]] wore a shirt with an American flag on it in the videos for "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF367jjh8hk Believe In Me]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ6awJXITl4 I Want You]."

 

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|Contrary to popular belief]], Hulk Hogan did ''not'' normally wear the American flag. But Lex Luger and Kurt Angle have, which means that this does still get used in [[Professional Wrestling]] ''in America''. On the other hand, [[WWE]] had a stable called the Un-Americans, who wore an upside-down American flag as their logo to show how very ''not'' American they were.

** [http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/TVsTim/wm7.jpg This picture] and others like it are probably sources of the confusion.

* In [[Real Life]], [[The Iron Sheik]] wears an American flag on his head.

 

* Ulysses, a mysterious character from ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' wears a duster with the Old World Flag on the back.

{{quote|'''Ulysses:''' America sleeps. And until it's dead, I carry it. Just like I carried you. More than hope. '''Belief'''.}}

* In the ''[[Hitman]]'' games, Agent Smith wears American Flag [[Goofy Print Underwear|boxer shorts]].

 

* ''[[Shortpacked]]!'' [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-11/06-sister-tact/starspangledpanties/ calls on this trope] when highlighting Wonder Woman's recent costume change.

* [[Everyday Heroes|Lee Free]] (the oldest one) [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=174951 gets all patriotic] when talking about constitutional rights.

 

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], after one of my famous lines about America.

 

* When you're as American as Stephen Colbert, an American flag is the ''[http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1306/716146990_f881531ff8.jpg only]'' clothing you need.

** Then why is he wearing socks?

== Texas Flag ==

 

* [[Command & Conquer: Red Alert]]: Whenever you see General Carville, you'll see his "Don't Mess With Texas" flag mug.

** In Red Alert 2, you see a highway sign emblazoned with the Texas Flag reminding drivers to "Drive Friendly, The Texas Way!" shortly before a Soviet tank [[Irony|runs it over]]. The sign, of course, is a real highway sign displayed at state border crossings.

 

* Texas State Guard members wear Texas flags on their uniforms, which are otherwise identical to active military and National Guard uniforms. In the civilian world, this is sometimes misconstrued into a belief that soldiers from Texas wear the Texan flag patches instead of American flags.

** For those who don't know, the Texas State Guard is a part of the Military Forces of Texas and is a sister branch to the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard. Members of that organization where the same pattern uniform, but the flag and the branch tape (which says TEXAS STATE GUARD instead of US ARMY) are distinct so that anyone looking closely could tell that they are a state force instead of a federal one.

 

 

 

* Once again in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' we have The Jack, a minor, minor, minor choujin who failed to graduate from the Hercules Factory and literally wears the Union Flag over his entire head.

* [[:File:Yotsuba unionflag 1076.jpg|Yotsuba]] of ''[[Sister Princess]]'', being British born, sometimes wears articles of clothing with the Union Flag design on them.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': In the artwork for the new version of [[High School AU|Gauken Hetalia]] England is wearing a Union Jack T-shirt as part of his casual outift.

 

* [[Marvel Comics|Captain Britain]]. Sure his outfit hasn't always been a perfect Union Jack design, but it's meant to invoke the image. Maybe he's not as memorable as Captain America.

** In the new ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' series, after dying the good Captain is resurrected by Merlin - who pulls his body together out of British flags, in order that he be one symbol representing many, like the flag itself.

* ''[[Superman]]'' villain Manchester Black always wore a Union Flag shirt under his trench coat.

 

* In ''[[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami]]'', Noami wears knickers with a British flag on them, which she shows to Dark to prove that she's British.

 

* [[Austin Powers]]' Shaguar, in a movie that was technically made in America.

** Austin Powers wears Union Flag knickers.

* Nigel Gearsley from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].

 

* Rose's Union Jack T-shirt in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances," which were aired in America, so I was able to watch them. Rose ends up hanging from a barrage balloon in the middle of a German air raid and notes that it perhaps wasn't such a good idea.

** Though Rose would also tell you that it's properly called the Union ''Flag'', not the Union Jack. It's only a Jack when it's being flown on a ship.

* CeCe Jones of ''[[Shake It Up]]'' (an [[Eagle Land|American]] from [[The Windy City|Chicago]]) is fond of wearing the Union Jack on everything from jackets to karate uniforms.

 

* The Union Jack became somewhat of a symbol of the band [[Def Leppard]] thanks to some iconic clothing worn in their early music videos [[Network Decay|back when MTV actually showed videos]]. Funny how at that time the band wasn't very popular in their home country of Britain, but they topped the charts...in America.

* During the ''Tribute to Freddy Mercury'' concert in 1991 Axl Rose from [[Guns N' Roses]] wore a Union Jacket. His [[Guilty Gear]] British counterpart Axl Low wears a Union Jack shirt.

* Ginger Spice from ''[[The Spice Girls]]'' was famous for wearing a [http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_01/geriJackdateG0312_600x662.jpg Union Jack dress]. Naturally, during their reunion in 2007 it was the dress she wore for the concert.

 

* "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith usually wore the Union Jack on his tights, even when wrestling in America.

 

* In ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (China Story), Neddie Seagoon comments: "As I walked the streets, people seemed to know I was British. Was it my bearing? The cut of my denture? Or was it the six-foot floodlit Union Jack wrapped round my head?"

 

* Doug Swallow was said to wear a shirt with this design in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'', a game that's available in America. Phoenix testified that he was wearing the shirt, but when Doug was killed he was wearing a jacket that covered the shirt. It became a bit of a problem for the case.

* In ''[[City of Heroes]],'' the legendary Hero One wore this flag as a cape... in America.

* In the first ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' game, Johnny Napalm wore a sleeveless shirt whose space was taken up by one half of the Union Jack.

 

* Tom from ''[[Khaos Komix]]'' sometimes wear a torntshirt with a Union Jack on it.

* Wasn't "Union Jackie" a character in ''[[Fans]]''?

* It's hard to tell, because the only color used outside of [[Dream Sequence|Dream Sequences]] is red, but [http://deadwinter.cc/page/028.htm the bandanna] of London-born protagonist Liz in the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] webcomic ''[[Dead Winter]]'' is probably supposed to be a Union Jack.

 

* Danielbeast from ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' wears Union Jack boxers, but only when he has [[Goofy Print Underwear|no alternative]], like American flag boxers.

 

* Mad Mod, the recurring [[Evil Brit]] villain on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.

* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' British-American Ferb has the Union Jack on one of his shirts (seen in "The Baljeatles"), as well as his skateboard ("Picture This"). He also gets one in the background of his [[Rousing Speech]] in "The Lizard Whisperer" when a truck with the image [[Contrived Coincidence|coincidentally]] stops behind him.

* There's a character on ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' who is a conglomeration of European stereotypes; she has a Union Jack t-shirt.

 

* One thing that's technically illegal in the UK is writing on the flag - the horizontal arm of the cross seems perfect for it. Local government authorities occasionally bring civil actions, for example against traders showing a flag with "Buy British" written on it - but mostly don't because of the adverse headlines that would be generated. Likewise, a blind eye is generally turned to the quantities of Union Jacks at football games with the name of a club written across. Looks like they can't be consistent in enforcing their own laws, just like America.

** Actually there aren't any laws against defacing the flag in Great Britain (although Northern Ireland has some kind of code), so this kind of thing isn't really commented upon.

== Other ==

 

* In [[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'s "Treaty of Westphalia" sketch, the characters representing England, Sweden, and France all wear badges depicting their flags. Hugh Laurie's France wears the Tricolore in a bit of [[Anachronism Stew]].

 

* Everyone in [[Scandinavia and The World]] wears their flag as a shirt. Except North Korea, who appears draped entirely in his/her(?) flag, [[By the Lights of Their Eyes|leaving only a pair of eyeballs visible]].

* Same applies to everyone in [[Flagland]], seeing as they are all countries.

* This trope originally had a mention of America in every example, making it a [[Self Deomnstrating Article]]. As time went on, this was moved away from but the existing ones haven't been edited out.

 

* Captain Lichtenstein of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]''.

* Francesco Bernoulli, Miguel Camino, Raoul Caroule, and Rip Clutchgoneski from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].