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[[File:keith.gif|link=Yu-Gi-Oh!|frame|This bandanna was made [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
{{quote|''"You're ''not'' American! You're not even '''[[Trope Namer|wearing a flag on your head]]'''!"''|'''Bandit Keith'''<ref>Actually a Canadian</ref>, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
Displaying a flag like a banner, such as the American flag, is the typical way to show a flag. In fact, we've [[Seen It a Million Times]], in ''America''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Captain Australia of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The
* A car only appearing in the Australian dub of ''[[Cars|Cars 2]]''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Captain Brazil of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The
* Carla Veloso from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
** Which proves that [[Averted Trope|not]] [[Everything Is Worse With Bears]]!
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
** The show actually takes place in in Japan. So he's {{spoiler|a Canadian pretending to be an American while living in Japan.}}
*** However, he seems to genuinely believe that ''every country in the world'' belongs to America.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In [[The
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' Korea give suggestions for uses of the Japanese flag such as wearing it as a t-shirt.
* ''[[Saber Rider and
** A [[Bonnie Scotland|Scotsman]] in charge?
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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 ''[[
* ''[[Fatal Fury]]'s'' Joe Higashi and ''[[King of Fighters|King of Fighters']]'' Goro Daimon also wear Japanese flag headbands.
** In some artworks, Joe's bandanna has the kanji for ''flame'' instead of the Hinomaru.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* [[Homestar Runner
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* "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 Soviet Russia, [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|flag wears]] ''[[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|you]]''.
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* 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.
* A member of the American team in ''[[
* As noted above, this is a common occurrence in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'', but this happens most often with American characters like The Rigany or Mr. American (whose mask has the flag pattern, making this another literal example).
* Pictured above is Bandit Keith from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. The [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* Jackie Gudelhian in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Captain America]]'s shield: great shield or ''the greatest'' shield?
** Being a spoof of Captain America, an American spoof, Major Glory from ''[[
*** The latter gets taken to its logical conclusion upon being beatened by a Tournament Big Bad in ''Dial M for Monkey'', the man waves Major Glory's unconscious body so he does look like a flag. An ''American'' flag!
*** In another episode, Major Glory wore a flag ''[[Modesty Towel|towel]]''!
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== [[Film]] ==
* 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 (
** There is also his [[TNA]] [[Expy]] Consequences Creed.
** And his real-life counterpart Eric "Butterbean" Esch.
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* [[Lady Gaga]]'s video for 'Telephone.'
* Keith Flint in [[The Prodigy|The Prodigy's]] video for ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw Firestarter]''.
* [[Hello! Project|Mika Todd]] wore stars and stripes often in her Mini Moni days, as she was the only one in the group who was born in America.
* 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]."
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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'''.}}
** By the end of ''Lonesome Road'', the Courier is given a coat of their own symbolizing the faction that they choose to support for the official endgame, with the Old World coat representing Mr. House.
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* Guile from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' franchise has a tattoo of the American flag on ''both'' of his arms.
** It's flying in the other direction on one of his arms. While soldiers do wear flag patches like this, it was originally done that way to facilitate [[Sprite Mirroring]].
** If you get flag tats, that's the way you're supposed to do it: the field should always face forward (toward the heart). Most artists have done it wrong, actually (including the art in [[Street Fighter II
* Candi Suxx from ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'' wears nothing more than a American flag themed bikini.
* Tiffany from ''[[
* ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' has the stars and stripes as a color scheme. [[Patriotic Fervor|As if]] [[Beyond the Impossible|you're surprised]].
* The appropriately-named Patriot from ''[[
* Izzy Sparks from ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' has some outfits with the American Flag on them.
* One character in ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' wears a (slightly revamped) American Flag as a disguise.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
* [[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.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* 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 ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* 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.
== [[Film]] ==
* [[Austin Powers]]' Shaguar, in a movie that was technically made in America.
** Austin Powers wears Union Flag knickers.
* There is a Finnish ''[[James Bond (
* The opening action sequence of ''[[
* Nigel Gearsley from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].
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* 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.
* Amanda Holden wore a gorgeous dress mimicking the Union Jack to the finale of the 2008 ''[[Britain's Got Talent
** [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnia702UE1qbpvdoo1_400.jpg Geri Halliwell] did it first.
* Bear Grylls of ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'', a show popular in America, wears Union Jack undies.
* Joey in ''[[Friends]]'' buys a Union Flag top hat from a souvenir stand in London. The seller tells him that all real Brits wear them. When Joey asks why he doesn't see anybody else with one on, the man tells him that they're all tourists. Joey seems to accept this.
* Mason from ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' has boxer shorts with the Union Jack on the backside.
* Tim Brooke-Taylor of ''[[
* 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.
== [[Music]] ==
* 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 [[
* [[Oasis|Noel Gallagher]] has an Epiphone Supernova electric/acoustic with the Union Jack design. Epiphone is a brand... STARTED [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* Singer Lauren Bennett wore a [http://www.muzzone.net/multimedia/images/videos/LMFAO%20-%20Party%20Rock%20Anthem%20feat%20Lauren%20Bennett%20and%20GoonRock.jpg silver and glittery] Union Jack swimsuit during the ''Party Rock Anthem''.
* 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.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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.
** {{spoiler|He still does, only it's a bit tattered after his... adventures... in the Rikti home dimension.}}
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* In ''SSX 3'', Brit Moby Jones' default costume has him wearing a shirt with a dicolored Union Jack on it... and one of his helmets displays the Jolly Roger. But no American flags.
** One of his later costume options has him shirtless, revealing a giant Union Flag pattern tattooed on his entire upper body. That's one patriotic guy. And a tough one, too; it takes a real man to brave the tundra of Alaska, which is in America, without a shirt on just to show your national pride.
* Billy Kane wore overalls with a Union Jack on them in the original ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' (and [[The King of Fighters
* Axl Low of ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' wears a Union Jack shirt.
* The Hero in ''[[Fable]]'' wears Union Flag underpants. Because American ones just wouldn't make sense, [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|in Albion]]!
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* 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 ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Danielbeast from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Mad Mod, the recurring [[Evil Brit]] villain on ''[[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 ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Union Jacks are worn in America mainly for show. It's connected to the British Punk movement and Mod styles, so it's considered fashionable in some groups.
* [http://i45.tinypic.com/wvyfew.jpg Ginger Spice] from ''[[The Spice Girls]]'' was known for wearing a Union Jack dress.
** Ironically, Union Jack-patterned tank tops seem to be popular among some American women. Gwen Stacy wore one in an issue of ''[[Ultimate Spider
* Flying a Union flag from private dwellings is generally frowned upon these days, being seen as symptomatic of the sort of [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Patriotic Fervour]] that caused two World Wars and many many smaller ones since.
** Doubly frowned upon in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, where [[The Troubles]] established it as a symbol of the Unionist community, and so can be seen as somewhat antagonistic. In Scotland, the neutral Scottish flag is preferred, while in Northern Ireland there is limited consensus, although some favour the unaligned (but unpopular) [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/St_Patrick%27s_saltire.svg St. Patrick's cross].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Captain Lichtenstein of the All-Captains Squad in ''[[The
* Francesco Bernoulli, Miguel Camino, Raoul Caroule, and Rip Clutchgoneski from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].
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