History YMMV / CaptainAmerica

* AccidentalInnuendo: [[https://www.superdickery.com/captain-america-i-command-you-to-wank/ "Captain America! I command you to-" WANK!]] [[CommonKnowledge Contrary to popular belief]], this isn't an example of HaveAGayOldTime, since the issue this panel is from [[NewerThanTheyThink was released in 1990]].

* FriendlyFandoms: They're close to the ComicBook/{{Superman}} fandom. Since both characters embody the best in [[TheCape superheroes]] and [[CaptainPatriotic america]].

* CommonKnowledge: While Red Skull is the most famous, hated and personal ArchEnemy of Captain America, he was ''not'' the one responsible for putting him on ice and killing ComicBook/BuckyBarnes (until he [[{{Retcon}} got better]]). That was the original ComicBook/BaronZemo, who isn't quite as iconic or enduring. Heinrich Zemo also died in less than fifteen issues, and the majority of his appearances are in flashbacks. The most [[LegacyCharacter enduring version of the identity]] is his son Helmut, who outright renounced his Nazi ancestry and lineage. As such, for the sake of simplicity, most adaptations just have Red Skull as the man responsible for both cases.

** "Captain America! I command you to---'''WANK!'''" (the "wank" being the sound effect of Cap's shield hitting the speaker, but coincidentally (one hopes) also being another word for masturbation)

** We can't forget the brief period time where Cap was forced to wear [[PoweredArmor a suit of armor]] after the Super-Soldier Serum was breaking down inside Cap's body and leaving him paralyzed. It was the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s, after all.]]

** In one period, roughly coinciding with the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks "Dark Age"]] of comics, an insane clone of the Red Skull renounced Nazism in favor of [[StrawNihilist faux nihilism]] and generic egotistic and sadistic villainy. Out of universe, this was apparently because Marvel's editors felt [[NoSwastikas Nazism was too risqué for comics]] -- Which is sort of ironic given the [[DarkerAndEdgier decidedly family-unfriendly]] plots of this time, and how they compare to the dastardly schemes of the devotedly Nazi but otherwise rather [[PokeThePoodle PG-rated]] Silver Age Red Skull. The Skull has since recovered, and carried on with the fanatical Nazism he has demonstrated over most of his career, but to this day many (both fans and in-universe) still think that he is just a narcissistic nihilist because of this.

* SavedByTheFans: Captain America was created during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, and it was a huge success back then. However, his comic book was cancelled when the whole superhero genre lost popularity after the end of WWII (a crisis that only Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman survived, out of dozens and dozens of characters and titles). Superheroes eventually returned during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, and Marvel started a good number of new heroes. Cap "returned" in ''Strange Tales'' #114 (by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers) as a villain, and fought against the Human Torch; it turned out to be just the Acrobat wearing his costume. At the end of the issue Johnny wonders about the fate of the actual Cap, and the text made things explicit: "You guessed it! This story was really a test! To see if you too would want Captain America to return! As usual, your letters will give us the answer!" Let's just say that ''Avengers'' #4 was released some months later, and the rest, as they say, is history.

* SmurfetteBreakout: Peggy Carter started as the love interest and only non-bit female character in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. After her popularity with fans became clear (due in no small part to her actress, Creator/HayleyAtwell), Marvel Studios has tried to include her wherever possible. Creator/JossWhedon wrote a deleted scene for her in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', [[Film/AgentCarter she's the subject of one of the]] ''Film/MarvelOneShots'', and she has cameos in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', and ''Film/AntMan1''. To top it off, she was given her very own television miniseries, ''Series/AgentCarter'', making her the first leading lady of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Even after her death in the present, no look at the past in the MCU is complete without her, and the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' focused on [[ADayInTheLimelight her getting the Super-Soldier Serum]]. She’s has more appearances across the franchise than ComicBook/CaptainAmerica himself!

* EvilIsSexy: Sin the daughter of Red Skull is quite attractive.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The original Captain America comics are often seen today like most propaganda comics at the time, as cashing in on World War II craze going on. But the comics were made before America entered the war. As such the book was highly controversial when it came out.

** Cap's first reappearance (which was actually the villain Acrobat) in 1963 before joining The Avengers had him teaming up with [[ComicBook/HumanTorch Johnny Storm]]. Both would later be played by Creator/ChrisEvans.

** Batroc the Leaper is regarded as a joke by some, but his sense of honor, legitimate skill and inherent goofiness has let him stay relevant since his introduction in the 60s.

* FriendlyFandoms: They're close to the Franchise/SuperMan fandom. Since both characters embody the best in [[TheCape superheroes]] and [[CaptainPatriotic america]].

** A popular catchphrase associated with comics was "No one stays dead in comics except for Bucky, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Jason Todd]], and [[Franchise/SpiderMan Uncle Ben]]". ''Batman: Under the Red Hood'' was released the same time as ''Winter Soldier'', and after the events of both, Jason Todd and Bucky were brought BackFromTheDead. Nowadays, it's only true to say "No one stays dead in comics except for Uncle Ben".

* MemeticBadass: Even [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Goddamn Batman]] isn't CrazyPrepared enough to fight him.

** Englehart, while he retconned 'The Falcon' into a pimp whose memories were rewritten by the Comicbook/RedSkull, he did start to give Steve Rogers some much needed character development and tension that broke him away from an unquestioning MyCountryRightOrWrong attitude. Perhaps it all culminated with Steve telling a very angry Nick Fury, in the middle of a fight, "Nick... I haven't gained forty years (of my youth)... I lost them!"