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Author: WaterBlap

Feb 1st 2017 at 11:50:51 AM

I would also vote for a name change to EvilAmerican.  This is a character trope that could, theoretically at least, be applied to a single character in a work (assuming there's only one American character in the work).  It doesn't need to be AmericansAreEvil.

Also, I think this needs a better description because the opening paragraph explicitly references RealLife, which implies that this could have real life examples despite the fact that this is just a stereotype trope.  And yes, I am suggesting preemptively making this NRLEP.  Because I'm suggesting for a better description, I've taken some time to write up one that I think would work.  It still needs some tweaking, I think, but it at least doesn't imply this asks for RealLife examples.  I'm basing this suggestion off of the current draft as well as EvilBrit.  What follows is my suggestion:

Many Americans believe that the only evil people in the world are [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis,]] [[DirtyCommunists Communists,]] [[{{Qurac}} Islamic Terrorists,]] or [[EvilBrit the British.]]  However, plenty of other people around the world -- including some Americans -- think that ''Americans'' are also evil.  This trope is when the American turns out to be the villain.  Americans may view this trope in a couple of ways.  Particularly, they'll see it as either a {{national stereotype|s}} from impoverished terrorist-supporting countries or apt.

This is in part because America is a powerful nation that equals (or used to equal) the previously mentioned evil countries.  Americans are often seen as evil when it comes to the levels of [[CorruptPolitician the political,]] [[CorruptCOrporateExecutive economic,]] and [[InsaneAdmiral military power.]]  The Evil American is usually a WellIntentionedExtremist or a KnightTemplar, especially when GrayAndGrayMorality is in play.

This trope is most often used in non-American works, for relatively obvious reasons.

This may involve AmericaTakesOverTheWorld and OppressiveStatesOfAmerica.  On a smaller, though more governmental level, see CIAEvilFBIGood.  See also {{Eagleland}}.

NoRealLifeExamplesPlease  This is a stereotype.