History Main / WearingAFlagOnyourHead

->"You're ''not'' American! You're not even '''[[TropeNamers wearing a flag on your head]]'''!"

* Paul briefly puts a Union Jack on his illusory T-shirt in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' and starts singing “God Save The Queen” while he and George are larking about to annoy Spectrem.

* Like most national flags, the Union Flag flown upside-down is a distress signal at sea. The problem is that this is a fairly subtle distinction, involving the width of the diagonal white stripes, and most people wouldn’t recognise it if they saw it
* Note that the Union Flag and the red-on-white Cross of St George denote the UK and England, respectively. The St George’s Cross was rarely seen until recently, but it is making a definite comeback.

* Dutch fans in support of their national national football team. Although similar displays aren‘t uncommon in football-loving countries, few manage to [[https://youtu.be/VIkQGNq2qmU “paint“ a stadium]] quite like the Dutch. Or [[https://www.metronieuws.nl/in-het-nieuws/opvallend/2021/06/ek-voetbal-mooiste-oranjestraat-oranje/ their neighbourhoods back home]], for that matter. When Switzerland co-hosted the 2008 European Championships, the city of Bern was so impressed by the Orange Legion, that they (mock) renamed [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornhausbr%C3%BCcke_(Bern) a bridge]] in their honour.

%%* Jeff Gorvette from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}} Cars 2]]''.

* Ke$ha's performance on SNL involved her wearing a sparkly American flag-patterned cape (in addition to another flag hanging off her mic stand).

* Bandit Kieth's medieval incarnation appears in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheDuelistsOfTheRoses'' with his signature bandanna replaced by a Union Jack, [[AnachronismStew 300 years before the union of the crowns]].

* In Mucha Lucha, when trying to pick a theme for a new Luchador via throwing a dart at a wheel with various themes on it, the dart misses the wheel completely and ends up hitting a globe, sticking into England. They decide to just go with that and naturally the new wrestler both has a Union Jack on his costume and even goes by the name Union Jack.

* 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.

* The Briscoes(who teamed with Bully Ray in Wrestling/RingOfHonor) often have a combination of the Confederate and Union flags, most memorably on Jay's "World" title belt.

->"You're ''not'' American! You're not even '''[[TropeNamer wearing a flag on your head]]'''!"

* In the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Mexican Dream (an AffectionateParody towards [[SouthOfTheBorder Mexican stereotypes]] played by WebOriginal/QuackityHQ) has the Mexican flag — or at least, a simplified version of it, since it takes place in Minecraft — painted over his Dream blob (or mask, depending on the interpretation). Glatt (the ghostly form of Jschlatt) claims that he has the Mexican tricolour draped around his shoulders, which would likely be [[GameplayAndStorySegregation the more realistic interpretation]].

* South American presidents love their presidential sashes, which are generally decorated with color schemes similar to those of their national flag. Many of the pictures on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki depict the presidents wearing these sashes along with dress uniforms or other formal attire.

->"You're ''not'' American! You're not even '''wearing a flag on your head'''!"

* Joey in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' buys a Union Flag top hat from a souvenir stand in London. The seller tells him that all real Brits wear them. When Chandler 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.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'', Elissa Bloodstone famously wore an EU t-shirt on one of the team's excursions, eventually causing her to say "Victim? Do you think this letter on my chest stands for ''America?!''"

A SuperTrope to FlagBikini. Compare SigilSpam, SymbolMotifClothing. Not to be confused with StarSpangledSpandex.

* Unfortunately, thanks to a few idiot politicians like Pauline Hanson, racist yobbos have taken to wearing the Australian flag as a cape while beating up minorities and generally being a menace to society and disgrace to the flag.

* ''Film/WonderWoman1984''. During his CostumeTestMontage Steve Rogers (who's not used to this trope as he's used to fashions from the early twentieth century) takes a liking to a fanny pack with the American flag on it, describing it as "an American-issued bag" which he keeps through multiple outfits until Diana convinces him to wear a plain version.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Manchester Black (being a {{Gender Flip}}ped TakeThat at Jenny Sparks) always wore a Union Flag shirt under his trench coat. The Comicbook/{{New 52}} incarnation has it ''tattooed on his chest''.

* Union Jack, as the name suggests, even more so. Union Jack was in ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel'', with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

[[folder:Confederate Flag]]
By which we mean the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Confederate_Rebel_Flag.svg/950px-Confederate_Rebel_Flag.svg.png Confederate Battle Flag]] (the one with the blue X-shape[[note]]saltire[[/note]] bearing white stars on it against a red background), not 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 stars-and-bars]] national flag of the Confederate States of America.

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* This trope is quite common in RealLife… in the American South.

* In the Comicbook/New52 ''Fury of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}'', Hurricane is a British Firestorm Effect whose costume has the same "circles linked by diagonal stripes" design as his international counterparts, but with red and white stripes against blue.

* Dutch fans in support of their national national football team. Although similar displays aren‘t uncommon in football-loving countries, few manage to [[https://youtu.be/VIkQGNq2qmU “paint“ a stadium]] quite like the Dutch. Or [[https://www.metronieuws.nl/in-het-nieuws/opvallend/2021/06/ek-voetbal-mooiste-oranjestraat-oranje/ their neighbourhoods back home]], for that matter. The city of Bern were so impressed when Switzerland co-hosted the 2008 European Championships, that they (mock) renamed [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornhausbr%C3%BCcke_(Bern) a bridge]] in their capital city, Bern, in Dutch.

* ''VideoGame/FatalFury's'' Joe Higashi and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''' Goro Daimon also wear Japanese flag headbands. In some artworks, Joe's bandanna has the kanji for ''flame'' instead of the Hinomaru.

* Billy Kane wore overalls with a Union Jack on them in the original ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' (and [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters KoF'95]]), and a sleeveless Union Jack shirt in ''Fatal Fury 2/Special''.

* In ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', Rainbow Mika's tag team partner Yamato Nadeshiko wears a wrestling costume based on the based on the Japanese flag.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}!'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1234 calls on this trope]] when highlighting Wonder Woman's costume change.

* Union Jack, as the name suggests, even more so. Union Jack was in ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook'', with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

* Union Jack, as the name suggests, even more so. Union Jack was in ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook, with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.