History Main / WearingAFlagOnyourHead

* On ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'', Rikochet and his dad might be this (although whether it's a straight example is a bit unclear). However, given the single star on their costumes and the name of Rikochet's dad, their costumes could be Texas flags (see that section for more details).
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Padre de Familia", Peter is overcome with intense American patriotism and wears a suit with a stars-and-stripes design.

* Abbie Hoffman wore American flag print shirts, something that got him beat up by policeman because "people ''died'' for that flag." When summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1968, he was arrested for wearing said shirt. He later said "I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country." When Abbie wore the shirt for an interview on ''The Merv Griffin Show'' in 1970, MoralGuardians visually blurred out his image for the broadcast.

** ''Film/{{Creed}}'' sees Apollo's son Adonis being presented with shorts patterned this way for his big match at the climax of the movie.

->''"You're ''not'' American! You're not even '''[[TropeNamers wearing a flag on your head]]'''!"''
-->-- '''Bandit Keith''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

* "Los Mexico Amigos", a quartet of wrestlers from Wrestling/{{All Japan|ProWrestling}} who all took up Spanish names and wore the Mexican flag on their tights. "[[CatchPhrase ¡Viva Mexico!]]"

* ''WebOriginal/ShadowrunStorytime'' was a retelling of a particularly memorable TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} campaign. Over the course of the story, the team takes a trip to Japan, and Dervish, the team's [[StreetSamurai street sam]], got into a drinking contest with a pair of truckers and managed to trigger one's allergy to grain alcohol (everyone involved was quite drunk at this point). Dervish talked the other trucker into letting him sub for his buddy and borrow his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekotora Dekotora]] semi while he was at it. During the "negotiation," Dervish acted like an American-turned-Sentai hero and wrapped an American flag over his head like a shemagh. Afterwards, the whole bar was chanting "America-san" to cheer him on. Dervish kept the name as a handy alias whenever the opportunity arose, and would later take to wearing an American flag bandanna.

** Note that while the usual nationalistic implications are absent - ''Touhou'' is [[WidgetSeries very much a Japanese game]] - this hasn't stopped ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff mostly American]]) fans from depicting her with the usual hyperbolic "yay 'murica" attitude the clothes imply.

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/GTAV'' allows the player to buy a parachute bag in the color of any independant nation, and some more. American Flag liveries also exsist in ''GTA Online'' for multiple vehicles and weapons, and a generous amout of clothes bearing the flag including a bandana headcover.

* There are dozens of other heroes with a flag motif to their costume, from Marvel's own Superpatriot, Defender, Jack Flagg, Free Spirit, Patriots I and II, the Spirit of '76, [=USAgent=], etc, to DC's Commander and Citizen Steel (not to mention the original Steel), Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, Agent Liberty, Major Victory, and [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Uncle Sam]] himself.

* In the Marvel Universe, Australian CaptainEthnic Boomerang (brash, dimwitted criminal, uses boomerangs, you know how it is) started masquerading as the heroic Outback as part of Norman Osborn's corruption of the 50 States Initiative. Outback's entire costume is the Australian flag, except with a bizarre emphasis on the British flag parts and the Southern Cross only being on his head.

* ''Series/DerryGirls]]: Clare wears a Union Jack tshirt to a party as a way to rise above the political conflict. Mostly just results in a lost Protestant boy mistaking her as one of them.

* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yotsuba_unionflag_1076.jpg Yotsuba]] of ''LightNovel/SisterPrincess'', being British born, sometimes wears articles of clothing with the Union Flag design on them.

* At the 1994 inauguration of UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica President Nelson Mandela, he was introduced by two ''imbongi'', tribal praise poets. The younger imbongi, Zolani Mkiva, ([[https://youtu.be/t3OrcQ18JtY?t=4m54s see him here]]), had two South African flags on his traditional headdress.

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': A rookie witch at an evil WizardingSchool wheres the Quebec flag on her head as a symbol of her devotion to the cause of Quebecian separtism. She explicitly says she only joined her evil school so she could get strong enough to make the seccession possible.

* Ginger Spice from the Music/SpiceGirls was famous for wearing a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack_dress Union Jack dress]] to the 1997 BRIT Awards. Naturally, during their reunion in 2007 it was the dress she wore for the concert.

* In ComicBook/{{New 52}} ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', Jenny Quantum, Singaporean successor to the Union-Flag-wearing Jenny Sparks, wears a hoodie with the crescent-and-stars.
** Hilariously enough, [[https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/SAFNAA1959-R1 this is actually illegal in Singapore]].
*** Actually, if you read closely, she could, conceivably, with no change to the laws, do superhero work in Singapore between the start of July and the end of September with no problem.

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* Wrestling/{{TNA}} PowerStable Team Canada all wore outfits adorned with Canadian-flag imagery. What else did you expect, [[CanadaEh eh?]]

* Union Jack, as the name suggests, even more so. Union Jack was in ''ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}}'', with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

* The Creator/KevinSmith episodes of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' played with this; Jay wore a Canadian flag toque, and Smith mentioned that he wanted to have a Canadian flag in every shot of the [[ShowWithinAShow movie he was there to film]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', Wolverine, a Canadian, had to wear a modified version of his costume that is in Canadian colours (basically the Guardian costume with Wolverine's distinctive cowl) during an episode that has him join the various national Captains like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica..

* Nuke, a drug-fueled super-tough and utterly insane SuperSoldier hired by the Kingpin to take out Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, had the American flag ''tattooed on his face''. He also took pills, red ones to rile him up, blue ones to bring him down, and white ones to sedate him completely. At one point, while flying in an airplane, he violently insisted on knowing whether the beer he was about to drink was brewed... in America.

* In ''Comicbook/AstroCity'', the Old Soldier is a benevolent spirit that has taken part in virtually every armed conflict the world has ever known, but he started appearing draped partially in the American flag in 1775 and has never been seen without it since. Even when his conscience has occasionally forced him to fight ''against'' American troops. There's also the All-American, an American football themed hero whose athletic uniform has a distinctive flag motif to it.

* Subverted on ''Series/TopGear'', where the British presenters are offered an American flag themed motorcycle to drive should their own bikes break down. In ''Vietnam''. Naturally, none of them wants it. Of course, being dumpy white men who only speak English, most of the natives probably assumed they were Americans anyway.

* Alex Wolff of Series/TheNakedBrothersBand.

* A car only appearing in the Australian dub of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''.

* Carla Veloso from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''.

* ''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''. In ''Comicbook/SupermanAndTheAuthority'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanPhillipKennedyJohnson'' it's colour inverted: the blue and red are reversed and the white is black.

* In the Comicbook/New52 ''Fury of Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}'', 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.

* Steve Fox from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' games, as an Englishman, has one costume featuring Union Flag trunks.

* Mad Mod, the recurring EvilBrit villain on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.

* There are also various Canadian superheroes such as Captain Canuck and the like and wear the Maple Leaf with pride to show that they're the toughest Canadian not called ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (or Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}) there is in North America.

* The picture of Don Cherry on the Series/HockeyNightInCanada works page.

* The Confederacy in ''Starcraft'' had the Confederate flag applied to armor. Expanded universe content from the series shows they were big fans of putting it on everything, really.

* In ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'', Euro-City Judges are sometimes shown with the star halo on their helmets. (Other times, the helmet visor itself is star-shaped.)

* A car only appearing in the Mexican dub of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''.

* A flashback in ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman Incorporated]]'' features a UK superhero team called the Victory V's. Rather than the usual Union Flag, their leader, Mr Albion, wears a St George's Cross on his uniform.
* ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'':

* In ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'', Captain Cornwall and his sidekick Cornwall Boy wear costumes with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cornwall Saint Piran's Flag]].

* Francesco Bernoulli, Raoul Caroule, and Rip Clutchgoneski from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''.