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It is popularly referred to as the "Crying Indian" ad, although its official name is "People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It". At the time this was quite a powerful ad with an {{Anvilicious}} statement.

[[OnceOriginalNowCommon But these days]], with the overuse of the MagicalNativeAmerican trope (Not to mention that Creator/IronEyesCody, the actor portraying him, was [[PassFail actually Italian-American]][[note]]His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti[[/note]]), the lasting image of the Crying Indian has become both a [[StockParodies Stock Parody]] and, to many Native Americans, a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face.

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It is popularly referred to as the "Crying Indian" ad, although its official name is "People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It". At the time this was quite a powerful ad with an {{Anvilicious}} statement.

statement, [[OnceOriginalNowCommon But but these days]], with the overuse of the MagicalNativeAmerican trope (Not to mention that Creator/IronEyesCody, the actor portraying him, was [[PassFail actually Italian-American]][[note]]His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti[[/note]]), the lasting image of the Crying Indian has become both a [[StockParodies Stock Parody]] and, to many Native Americans, a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face.
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[[SeinfeldIsUnfunny But these days]], with the overuse of the MagicalNativeAmerican trope (Not to mention that Creator/IronEyesCody, the actor portraying him, was [[PassFail actually Italian-American]][[note]]His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti[[/note]]), the lasting image of the Crying Indian has become both a [[StockParodies Stock Parody]] and, to many Native Americans, a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face.

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[[SeinfeldIsUnfunny [[OnceOriginalNowCommon But these days]], with the overuse of the MagicalNativeAmerican trope (Not to mention that Creator/IronEyesCody, the actor portraying him, was [[PassFail actually Italian-American]][[note]]His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti[[/note]]), the lasting image of the Crying Indian has become both a [[StockParodies Stock Parody]] and, to many Native Americans, a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face.
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* In ''Film/WaynesWorld2'', Jim Morrison's Naked Indian Friend sheds tears on seeing the scattered trash left over from Waynestock. He cheers up though, when he sees Wayne and Garth picking up the mess.

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* In ''Film/WaynesWorld2'', Jim Morrison's Naked Indian Friend sheds tears on seeing the scattered trash left over from Waynestock. He cheers up up, though, when he sees Wayne and Garth picking up the mess.
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* Used as a shout-out in ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'', a FurryComic about Native American-like feline alien beings, when we see Markree, the younger brother of the protagonist Liska, crying in the same way after his sister was kidnapped by Rial and Pyndan at the beginning of her story.

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* Used as a shout-out in ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'', a FurryComic Furry comic about Native American-like feline alien beings, when we see Markree, the younger brother of the protagonist Liska, crying in the same way after his sister was kidnapped by Rial and Pyndan at the beginning of her story.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonsThatNeverMadeIt'': "Heidi and the Yodelers" features a Native American snarling before shedding a tear in its theme song.

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