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12	->''"In case you couldn't tell, (Tina Armstrong's) an American, and Americans always wear the stars and stripes. In fact, I'm wearing a very patriotic thong."''
13	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Bandit Keith]]''' on ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRD2HnKNuGc review]] of ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive''
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15	A flag design on swimwear, or similar garment, apparently to make the outfit [[{{Fanservice}} even sexier]], or at least very distinctive.
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17	For some reason, the U.S. flag seems to be the most common, but it's not the only one.
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19	It often shows up in advertising, particularly if being worn by a HoodOrnamentHottie.
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21	Some people consider this disrespectful to these flags (and Brazil actually bans its flag on swimsuits [[note]]United States flag code forbids using the flag as part of any apparel as well, but while technically part of the law, the flag code has no punishment for violations, making it more about respect than law. Note this applies only to using an actual flag as clothing and [[LoopholeAbuse not clothing with the flag printed on it as a pattern]].[[/note]]), while other people don't seem to mind, as shown by the popularity of this kind of suit.
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23	If an anime or manga has a GorgeousGaijin MsFanservice from the [[{{Eagleland}} United States]], and there is a BeachEpisode, expect said girl to wear this bikini.
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25	A SubTrope of PatrioticFervor, WearingAFlagOnYourHead, and SexyWhateverOutfit. Needless to say, TruthInTelevision. Not to be confused with UnderwearFlag.
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28	!!Examples:
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	* The music video for the song "S.t.a.r.S" from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' features MsFanservice Yoko Littner in various costumes. Of the two foreign ones, one is a {{cowgirl}} in an American flag bikini.
33	* Mito Ikumi often wears one in ''Manga/FoodWars''. And she's not even American!
34	* Emily Dawn from ''Manga/GambleFish'' wears one as her normal outfit.
35	* In the ''Manga/MidoriDays'' manga, foreign exchange student Lucy wears American flag underwear.
36	* ''Manga/RentAGirlfriend'': Mami is seen wearing a U.S. flag bikini during the BeachEpisode for no particular reason.
37	* A brief scene in ''Manga/{{Gals}}'' has Ran and Mami fight over a U.S. flag patterned bikini. Unsurprisingly, the bikini snaps into half due to their tug-of-war with it, and their boyfriends is forced to pay for the damage.
38	* Monica Adenauer of the American team in ''Anime/YakitateJapan'' wears an American flag-themed bikini while on the deserted island alongside in the finals.
39	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Hakari wears an American flag bikini in one of Yaku's {{Imagine Spot}}s in Chapter 76 (Yaku having mixed up her personality with Naddy's).
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42	[[folder:Comic Books]]
43	* ComicBook/{{Stargirl\|DCComics}} from ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' has a variant--while she does bare her midriff, her costume is closer to a tank top and bicycle shorts rather than a bikini.
44	* ''ComicBook/KatyKeene'' had a cover where Katy, Gloria, and Lucki had a set [[http://powsley.blogspot.com/2011/05/leslie-and-i-hope-everyone-is-having.html that made a flag when standing together]].
45	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'''s standard costume through ComicBook/New52 was a leotard in a stars-and-stripes motif. However, more recent iterations have had her with solid blue bottoms and a solid red bodice. The Eagle motif is retained, but it currently is the eagle of Zeus, not America.
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* Used in the advertising of ''Film/AmericanPie 2'' (but not the movie itself), with the [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmNjMzQwMDQtODJmZC00MWZjLWEwMjEtODk0N2RkMmJmZThjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjk3NTUyOTc@._V1_.jpg four female leads and Jason Biggs]] in American flag swimsuits.
50	* ''Film/AustinPowers'' is a RareMaleExample, wearing Union Jack briefs.
51	* The two heroines of the film ''Film/{{Dick}}'' (pictured above) cut up a flag to make bikini tops and hip huggers for themselves at the end. Both being TheDitz, one asks about whether or not it's illegal and the other tells her that it's okay, "as long as you put it back together later".
52	* Creator/MeganFox sports one with heels and a cowboy hat while dancing under a waterfall in a brief scene in ''Film/BadBoys2''.
53	* ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive'': Tina (Creator/JaimePressly) is introduced [[SexySurfacingShot surfacing from the ocean]] and climbing onto a boat while wearing an American Flag Bikini.
54	* ''Film/{{Striptease}}'': One of the strippers wears a flag bikini and sailor hat as part of her costume.
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57	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
58	* Seen in the ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' episode "And This Little Piggy Had Money" as part of a fantasy the mark has about what his life will be like when he accepts the high-paying job in California that Mickey's crew is offering him.
59	* In an episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Joy is trying to show that she's a good person to gain jury sympathy, so with some help from Darnell, she does a sexy photoshoot of herself in one of these (and her flag-painted [[CoolCar Brat]]) to send to soldiers overseas, claiming that she's doing so out of pure-hearted PatrioticFervor.
60	* ''Series/ThePretender'' has a scene, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/us_flag_fur_coats_3543.jpg that combines]] this with GoingFurASwim in a fake ad. It's advertising a GetRichQuickScheme, and it has the host surrounded by a couple of girls wearing fur jackets over their flag bikinis.
61	* ComicBook/LoisLane (Creator/EricaDurance) from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl has to wears one]] in a strip club to help Chloe in a investigation in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS05E06Exposed Exposed]]".
62	-->'''Chloe''': All I can say is... God bless America!
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65	[[folder:Music]]
66	* Angus Young of Music/{{ACDC}} will finish the process of stripping down to just his schoolboy shorts by dropping his shorts, revealing a pair of boxers designed like the flag on the country they're playing in.
67	* The original cover of the Music/TheBlackCrowes' album, ''Amorica'', had a close-up of a woman's "bikini area" wearing one--taken from a 1976 issue of ''Hustler'' magazine--but it got banned and replaced.
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70	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
71	* Wrestling/{{WWE}} divas when often wear these, especially around the Fourth of July. Wrestling/TorrieWilson would wear these as the [[https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/p7IOThvqhLyCkrYNbo2cgXOp5lq.jpg poster girl]] for ''The Great American Bash'' two years in a row.
72	* On a Wrestling/{{WCW}} Monday Nitro episode, there was a swimsuit competition and Major Gunns wore an American flag bikini for it. Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan, who was playing a Canadian heel at the time, got angry at the sight and tried to cover her up with a Canadian flag. Gunns just shrugged the flag off. The contest ended up being won by Pamela Paulshock.
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75	[[folder:Video Games]]
76	* [[https://tcrf.net/File:Catherine-Cell-Image-1-Early.png An early version]] of one of the pics of herself Catherine sends Vincent in ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' had her wearing an American flag bikini, which was changed to [[https://tcrf.net/File:Catherine-Cell-Image-1-Final.png vertical red-and-white stripes]] in the final version.
77	* Tina Armstrong's starting swimsuit in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' is one of these.
78	** Christie's Sapphire suit is a one-piece Union Flag variant of this trope. Her amethyst suit also has a union flag motif but it's predominantly purple for some reason.
79	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
80	** The Berserker version of Miyamoto Musashi wears an American flag bikini in her Second and Final Ascension outfits, which she uses as "proof" that she's actually an American. Obviously, no one InUniverse actually buys that.
81	** Andromeda wears an Ethiopian flag bikini in her Second Ascension outfit.
82	* Candy Suxxx from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' wears nothing more than an American flag-themed bikini.
83	* In ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', the outfits of Tiffany Lords express a flag-based motif.
84	* LovableAlphaBitch Roxxy from ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'' will sport an American flag bikini during the bikini contest. Her original bikini suffered ClothingDamage, so the MC gives her a new one (it actually belonged to Captain Terry's wife).
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87	[[folder:Web Comics]]
88	* All the {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of countries in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' wear their flag on their clothes, so any swimsuit instance promises some flag swimwears. Sister America's usual top also gives off the effect of a flag-bikini top.
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91	[[folder:Western Animation]]
92	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode “An Incident at Owl Creek”, President Barack Obama wore an American flag bikini brief swimsuit.
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