Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Difference between revisions

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=== Real Life ===

* 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.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023053150/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]{{Dead link}} for example.

* This is very popular with artists too.

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* Canadian travelers abroad used to sew the Maple Leaf on their backpacks so as not to be confused with Americans. Nowadays this seems to be more common among American travelers pretending to be Canadian while ''not'' in America.

** "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.]

*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120618080536/http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/store_Merchandise.html Or an American with a credit card.]

*** Buffalo, New York subverts this, hardcore. Buffalo is one of the larger markets for Tim Horton. So between that, and the natural close proximity to the Canadian border, you'd be hard pressed to find much difference between them.

*** Or an American from one of the states that puts the "almost" onto the "exclusively".

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== Confederate Battle Flag ("Confederate Flag") ==

Note the famous flag is the sign of the ''army'' of the Confederacy, not the state itself. The [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861-1863%29.svg/810px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861-1863%29.svg.png actual] flag of the Confederacy proper, which looks like a cross between the flags of the European Union and Texas, ''never'' appears in non-historical fiction (and even then only rarely).

Note the famous flag is the sign of the ''army'' of the Confederacy, not the state itself. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701182055/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861-1863%29.svg/810px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861-1863%29.svg.png actual] flag of the Confederacy proper, which looks like a cross between the flags of the European Union and Texas, ''never'' appears in non-historical fiction (and even then only rarely).

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===

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=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* 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.

* It is not a country, but this does not mean that no embarrassing nationalism exists, such as in the form of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131125192713/http://www.captaineuro.com/ Captain Euro], who is in no way related to the infinitely manlier Captain America.

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** Ironically, Union Jack-patterned tank tops seem to be popular among some American women. Gwen Stacy wore one in an issue of ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]''.

* 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].

** 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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228185715/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/St_Patrick%27s_saltire.svg St. Patrick's cross].

*** In Northern Ireland, the Scottish flag is one of the symbols of the Unionist community (many Ulster Protestant families originate from Scotland).

* Most Fook Mi and Fook Yu cosplayers including [http://media.photobucket.com/image/yaya%20han%20fook%20mi/predator314/Dragon%2520Con%25202007/IMG_0238.jpg Yaya Han] worn a Union Flag belt buckle.

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[http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/episodes/384621/ In Canada!]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110316094219/http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/episodes/384621/ In Canada!]