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* ''[[Eiga Sentai Scanranger]]'' sure likes to talk about its main character's love of Asian culture, but since he never actually demonstrates any knowledge of Asian culture (at one point the realization that people in Tokyo would speak Japanese falls on him like Dorothy's house on the Wicked Witch of the East) one kind of gets the feeling the author thinks of Asia as the same as America but with better TV shows, sushi and samurai.

* [http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/9187871.html This] fanfic-rant. Who could think, and yet...

{{quote|'''OP''': Dear [[Final Fantasy VIII|FFVIII]] fanthing: Balamb Garden does not celebrate the Fourth of July.

'''one of answers''': Do they even have a ''[[Alternative Calendar|July]]''? }}

** And another answer: 'I'm reminded of another fandom where the artist had drawn the main character with an American flag. His reasoning was that the canon had Christmas.' And it might not be a joke.

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*** It also makes it difficult to search for info from a game if it is called something simple (and popular in the English language) like ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' in America, and (the arguably more distinguishable) ''Canis Canem Edit'' in other countries...

* As a general rule, games which go through America before they reach Europe are not translated into British English. What makes this a true example is when the 'English' option on the language selection screen is the ''Union Flag'' in all its <s>colors</s> colours.

* ''[[~~Sim City~~]]'' does a very mild—and entirely justified (though not [[Justified Trope|Justified]])--version of this by having the police be run and funded by the city government. On one hand, this just isn't true in many places, where either the national (as in France) or state/provincial/what have you government (as in Germany) is responsible for the police. On the other hand, this is ''[[~~Sim City~~]]'' we're talking about. ''What'' national government?

* ''[[SimCity]]'' does a very mild—and entirely justified (though not [[Justified Trope|Justified]])--version of this by having the police be run and funded by the city government. On one hand, this just isn't true in many places, where either the national (as in France) or state/provincial/what have you government (as in Germany) is responsible for the police. On the other hand, this is ''[[SimCity]]'' we're talking about. ''What'' national government?

** Although an American city could be reasonably expected to have all three, and will definitely have some state police in addition to the local force.

** ''[[~~Sim City~~]]'' also has the city responsible for power plants and many other things that would in most places be run by private companies.

** ''[[SimCity]]'' also has the city responsible for power plants and many other things that would in most places be run by private companies.

*** Or are municipal services. Admittedly, big plants are mostly in private hands.

* The official websites for some games ask for your country first, to take you to the appropriate version of the site with localized language and release dates. [http://www.edge-of-twilight.com/ Some of these sites] must assume that Canada is part of the United States, since the only English-language options tend to be the UK or the USA. It's even worse for French-Canadians, who can only choose the "France" option.

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* ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'' and ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' are set in New York and Philadelphia, respectively, but were made by a French company, and there are a bunch of telling details—for example, both games feature apartments with the bath/shower and toilet in separate rooms, which is not unheard of in Europe but is pretty much never seen in America.

* ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games are apparently set in Europe or America but the characters retain certain Japanese mannerisms such as bowing, a lot of the characters love Japanese foods, and some of the plants are native to Japan.

* ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]'''s Raccoon City is a supposed to be a modern, Midwestern, American city, but the size of the streets and presence of extensive back-alleys and shopping arcades are clear evidence that Raccoon was based on a contemporary Japanese city. For reference, many of the streets are blocked by a single, longitudinal car across the road. When's the last time you [Americans] saw a road that narrow, especially in a city of over 100,000 residents? Further games in the series that revisit Raccoon, however, seem to retcon them to the proper width.

* ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'''s Raccoon City is a supposed to be a modern, Midwestern, American city, but the size of the streets and presence of extensive back-alleys and shopping arcades are clear evidence that Raccoon was based on a contemporary Japanese city. For reference, many of the streets are blocked by a single, longitudinal car across the road. When's the last time you [Americans] saw a road that narrow, especially in a city of over 100,000 residents? Further games in the series that revisit Raccoon, however, seem to retcon them to the proper width.

** Another example from the series. A memo in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' has the police weapons storage being broken up and scattered around the station to prevent terrorists from stealing it. A real US PD would find such an order highly suspicious, as US city police are not all that well armed outside of SWAT units, and firearms are quite easy to obtain (acknowledged by the large gun shop).

* Almost all the games developed by DICE take place in America, even though the company is Swedish. Justified in ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'', as it is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of American action movies. However ''[[Mirror's Edge|Mirrors Edge]]'' takes place in an unnamed city, in an unnamed country, at a nonspecified point in the future.

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* A minor example happens in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]:'' the Injustice League attempts to rob a trainload of euros, but when we see some notes, they look more like American dollars.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' by the African-American vampire hunter Jefferson Twilight:

{{quote|'''Jefferson Twilight:''' Yes, I only hunt [[Blaxploitation|blaculas]].

'''Guild Candidate:''' Oh, so you only hunt African-American vampires?

'''Twilight:''' No, sometimes I hunt British vampires. They don't have "African-Americans" in England!

'''Candidate:''' Oh yeah, huh, good point.

'''Twilight:''' So I hunt blaculas.

'''Candidate:''' I was just trying to be...

'''Twilight:''' Man, I specialize in hunting black vampires, I don't know what the P.C. name for that is! }}

** Another time, Hank and Dean are seen trying to find "African America" on a map.

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