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* ''Film/MarsAttacks'', despite being set in its contemporary 1990s, features the U.S. Army employing old-style Hueys... alongside other 1950s-60s military equipment, in keeping with its spoofing of alien invasion films from that era.
* ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' a civilian Bell 212 is operated by the Russians. It's probably [[WeaponsUnderstudies supposed to be]] one of the numerous Hueys inherited by the Vietnam People's Air Force after the Fall of Saigon, but none of them were twin-engined. Nor is any attempt made to dress up the pintle-mounted M60 (the E3 model first issued [[TheEighties at least a decade after the war]], at that) as a Soviet weapon. Not to mention that it bears wrong national insignia and for some reason was operated by Soviets.

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* ''Film/MarsAttacks'', ''Film/MarsAttacks'' does this intentionally - despite being set in its contemporary 1990s, features as part of its spoofing of alien invasion films from the '50s and '60s, the U.S. Army is shown employing old-style Hueys... alongside other 1950s-60s military equipment, in keeping with its spoofing several pieces of alien invasion films equipment from that era.
era - including, naturally, Hueys every time helicopters show up.
* ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' In ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', a civilian Bell 212 is operated by the Russians. It's probably [[WeaponsUnderstudies supposed to be]] one of the numerous Hueys inherited by the Vietnam People's Air Force after the Fall of Saigon, but none of them were twin-engined. Nor is any attempt made to dress up the pintle-mounted M60 (the E3 model first issued [[TheEighties [[The80s at least a decade after the war]], at that) as a Soviet weapon. Not to mention that it bears the wrong national insignia and for some reason was operated by Soviets.insignia.



* In the 2014 ''[[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Godzilla]]'', despite being set in the then-modern day almost all of the US military helicopters are Hueys.

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* In the 2014 ''[[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Godzilla]]'', ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}, despite being set in the then-modern day almost all of the US military helicopters are Hueys.



* While enemy helicopters in ''Project I.G.I.'' are Hinds, as would be expected from the game being set around the old Soviet bloc, the player's organization itself is stuck with a Huey as their primary means of transport - despite all the other cool toys they have access to, including satellite maps that display the positions of guards in real-time and binoculars that tag any enemies in view. And then there's the FridgeLogic where, since half of the equipment you're working with is the same stuff local forces use (e.g. using [=AKs=] stolen from guards far more often than you get the M16, the only sniper rifle being an SVD), the natural low-profile pairing to the Hind would be an Mi-8 Hip, not the Huey.

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* While enemy helicopters in ''Project I.G.I.'' ''VideoGame/ProjectIGI'' are Hinds, as would be expected from the game being set around the old Soviet bloc, the player's organization itself is stuck with a Huey as their primary means of transport - despite all the other cool toys they have access to, including satellite maps that display the positions of guards in real-time and binoculars that tag any enemies in view. And then there's the FridgeLogic where, since half of the equipment you're working with is the same stuff local forces use (e.g. using [=AKs=] stolen from guards far more often than you get the M16, the only sniper rifle being an SVD), the natural low-profile pairing to the Hind would be an Mi-8 Hip, not the Huey.
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* In the film adaptation of ''Film/PatriotGames'', the British SAS undertake a raid on a terrorist training camp, inserting and extracting in Hueys despite that the British have never used any variation of the Huey.
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' has Ethan and his team escape in a Huey after rescuing a colleague who's been captured and interrogated. Given [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys how amazingly well-equipped]] the IMF are in every ''other'' direction, it seems odd they don't have any more up-to-date aircraft to hand.
* In the 2014 ''[[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Godzilla]]'', despite being set in the then-modern day almost all of the US military helicopters are Hueys.
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* Owing to UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar behind one of the primary influences on the plastic soldiers the series is based on, any time a helicopter shows up in the non-air-focused ''VideoGame/ArmyMen'' games, no matter the side or role, it is invariably a Huey. Even the games where the focus is on the helicopters start you off in a Huey, and friendly helicopters will likewise all be Hueys even as the player and the Tan forces upgrade to Blackhawks, Cobras, Super Stallions and Apaches.
* While enemy helicopters in ''Project I.G.I.'' are Hinds, as would be expected from the game being set around the old Soviet bloc, the player's organization itself are stuck with a Huey as their primary means of transport - despite all the other cool toys they have access to, including satellite maps that display the positions of guards in real-time and binoculars that tag any enemies in view. And then there's the FridgeLogic where, since half of the equipment you're working with is the same stuff local forces use (e.g. using [=AKs=] stolen from guards far more often than you get the M16, the only sniper rifle being an SVD), the natural low-profile pairing to the Hind would be an Mi-8 Hip, not the Huey.

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* Owing to UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar behind being one of the primary influences on the plastic soldiers the series is based on, any time a helicopter shows up in the non-air-focused ''VideoGame/ArmyMen'' games, no matter the side or role, it is invariably a Huey. Even the games where the focus is on the helicopters start you off in a Huey, and friendly helicopters will likewise all be Hueys even as the player and the Tan forces upgrade to Blackhawks, Cobras, Super Stallions and Apaches.
* While enemy helicopters in ''Project I.G.I.'' are Hinds, as would be expected from the game being set around the old Soviet bloc, the player's organization itself are is stuck with a Huey as their primary means of transport - despite all the other cool toys they have access to, including satellite maps that display the positions of guards in real-time and binoculars that tag any enemies in view. And then there's the FridgeLogic where, since half of the equipment you're working with is the same stuff local forces use (e.g. using [=AKs=] stolen from guards far more often than you get the M16, the only sniper rifle being an SVD), the natural low-profile pairing to the Hind would be an Mi-8 Hip, not the Huey.

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