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Author: Patachou

Dec 17th 2014 at 11:36:38 AM

Some notes: In consistency with EvilBrit I would prefer the title to be EvilAmerican. It's also less offensive, because it refers to a individual of that nationality who just happens to be evil. Evil Americans sounds more like a generalization.

That said: evil Americans are indeed more a staple in non-American works, unless the American work happens to portray an American who betrays his own country.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': Sometimes American villains appear, but they aren't treated worse than Russian or Chinese villains. Typically they will be wearing a cowboy hat, smoke a cigar and throw around dollars before the protagonists or the professor tell them their invention is not for sale. Only then do they come back to simply steal it or use violence.

* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': The villains in ''The Shooting Star'' were originally American in the story when it came out during World War Two, even carrying the Stars and Stripes. This was changed after the war to a fictional country: Sao Rico.

* ''Series/SpittingImage'': UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan was treated as a bumbling foolish man obsessed by nukes, often gloating over the prospect of blowing the Earth up.

* ''Film/{{Syriana}}'': Where the US government organizes a coup in a Middle Eastern country when they disobey their economical interests.

* Take any Vietnam War movie, and you're bound to see American soldiers misbehaving themselves against the locals. Usually they will contrast this with "good" or "incorruptible" Americans who challenge their behaviour. Pay in mind that soldiers do represent the country they fight for and that by being in a different country they will be perceived as either good or bad, but definitely "American" in this case. (To show the difference: I feel that Gordon Gecko, the evil corporate businessman in ''Film/WallStreet'' would also be an Evil American, but the story isn't explicitly about America. It's just set in Wall Street, but could easily be about a business man in another country.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In one episode Fry enlists in the US army fighting against huge bouncing balls on another planet. In the end [[spoiler: they defeat them, but then it turns out the US army were actually the invaders, not the defenders. When Fry realizes this he blankly stares for a few moments, then just proudly cries out: "USA USA USA"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Blame It On Lisa" Homer and Bart walk on a Brazilian beach and the coast guard identifies them as American, because Homer where a shirt where a huge Uncle Sam is devouring the world with the slogan: "Try and stop us!"