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=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* 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 appear<ref>James May knows Farsi and Richard Hammond knows a little French though neither is likely to be apparent or of much use</ref> to only speak English with one knowing basic tourist Vietnamese, 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.
* Lampshaded on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' by Aasif Mandvi. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-22-2010/south-park-death-threats In this segment,] involving a Muslim extremist group that sent death threats to [[Matt Stone]] and [[Trey Parker]] over depictions of Mohammed in an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', Aasif, himself a Muslim, was upset over people using his faith as an excuse for violence.
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