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The term '''wartime cartoon''' refers primarily to cartoons made or released during World War II, during [[The Golden Age of Animation]], and having some specific reference to the war effort. Many wartimes are explicit propaganda, while others make humorous jabs at conditions on the home front such as gasoline rationing. While some wartimes have remained popular as period pieces, [[Values Dissonance|many of these are now considered controversial]] due to the caricatural depictions of Germans and (especially) Japanese (see [[Those Wacky Nazis]] and [[Yellow Peril]]).
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* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' likewise has quite a few tributes. Much of the [[Backstory]] involves the major heroes and villains fighting in WWII, and the trailer includes a hero throwing a Nazi tank.
* [[Histeria (Animation)|"The Freedom League".]]
* ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', while not being an homage per se, draws quite a bit of its imagery from this kind of cartoons. And by "a bit", we mean ''an entire race of [[Non
* A chilling moment from the movie ''[[The Rocketeer (Film)|The Rocketeer]]'' had Howard Hughes show Cliff Secord a Nazi propaganda cartoon showing squadrons of [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|jetpack-wearing Nazis]] as the vanguard of an invasion force against America. Especially chilling considering that the movie was a Disney Studios production!
* [[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Casey and Andy]] has [http://galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=532 this].
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