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* Used again in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate''. Whenever Jacob or Evie Frye take over a Blighter stronghold, they hand a torch to one of their Rooks and have them burn the Blighter flag.
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* Nazis take over Metropolis in an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', and at the end, after they've been foiled, Superman burns a Nazi banner that had been hung from the Daily Planet.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Old Glory" has Bill being reluctant to burn
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': While Peter and Lois are in Cuba, a passerby is kind enough to [[CouldntFindALighter light Peter's cigar]] with the American flag he's burning.
* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Old Glory" has Bill being reluctant to burn
* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Old Glory" has Bill being reluctant to burn
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It is worth noting that to both prevent this from happening and to stop protesters from hurting themselves, there are a small but growing number of fire-retardant flags on sale. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-nazi-filmed-spectacularly-failing-to-burn-eu-flag-in-protest-against-forced-immigration-10141197.html Trying to burn one of these]] [[CaptainObvious tends to end]] [[EpicFail rather dismally]].
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It is worth noting that to both prevent this from happening and to stop protesters from hurting themselves, there are a small but growing number of fire-retardant flags on sale. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-nazi-filmed-spectacularly-failing-to-burn-eu-flag-in-protest-against-forced-immigration-10141197.html Trying to burn one of these]] [[CaptainObvious tends to end]] end [[EpicFail rather dismally]].
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** In a FlashForward episode Homer & Bart greet Lisa's British fiance by running the UK flag up their flagpole.
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--->'''Homer:''' Yo, Hugh! Here's a little bit of US hospitality: whaddaya hospitality. Whaddaya think of ''that''?
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--->'''Hugh:''' Oh...''a tear forms'' it's still warm.
--->'''Marge:''' Now throw compost on it! ''they do so''
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--->'''Hugh:''' Oh...
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There are a number of ways this can be portrayed. It can be used by political activists to show their displeasure with a particular country, which is how it is most often used in RealLife in recent years. It can also be used to symbolize the defeat of a conquered nation, especially if done by their conquerors. Occasionally, dissidents might burn the flag of their own country.
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There are a number of ways this can be portrayed. It can be used by political activists to show their displeasure with a particular country, which is how it is most often used in RealLife in recent years. It can also be used to symbolize the defeat of a conquered nation, especially if done by their conquerors. [[note]]An alternative form of displaying contempt to a hated enemy was displayed by Soviet troops participating in the victory parades in Moscow in 1945; the Red Army marched over a sea of captured German flags and regalia, symbolically rubbing in the totality of their victory.[[/note]] Occasionally, dissidents might burn the flag of their own country.
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* A variation in the Empire final cinematic in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''; one of the Empire's King Oni mechs slices a Soviet flag in half using its EyeBeams before replacing it with an Imperial one.
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->''"I'm going to have you wrapped in the U.S flag and burned personally by the President, in high-octane American gasoline!"''
-->-- Agent Burns, ''Film/JMenForever''
-->-- Agent Burns, ''Film/JMenForever''
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It is worth noting that to both prevent this from happening and to stop protesters from hurting themselves, there are a small but growing number of fire-retardant flags on sale. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-nazi-filmed-spectacularly-failing-to-burn-eu-flag-in-protest-against-forced-immigration-10141197.html Trying to burn one of these]] [[CaptainObvious tends to end]] [[EpicFail rather dismally]].
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* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'': Colonel Konrad blacked out the stars on his flag after going rogue. The game's DifficultyLevels are depicted as the Army flag patch plastered over with increasing amounts of duct tape.
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* In ''{{Hellsing}} OVA'' there is a brief shot of a Union Jack catching fire during Millenium's initial bombing. This symbolises that Brittan is burning.
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* In ''Series/TheWestWing'', PennAndTeller "burn" a flag at Zoe's birthday party after stuffing it into a rolled-up copy of the Constitution as an example of the rights given by the First Amendment: the flag is gone, but the Constitution is unharmed. Naturally, this causes something of a PR stir.
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* In ''Series/TheWestWing'', PennAndTeller "burn" a flag at Zoe's birthday party after stuffing it into a rolled-up copy of the Constitution as an example of the rights given by the First Amendment: the flag is gone, but the Constitution is unharmed. Naturally, this causes something of a PR stir.
** In fact, this is part of their stage show in RealLife as well. To say that Penn And Teller have strongly held and expressed political convictions would be an understatement.
** In fact, this is part of their stage show in RealLife as well. To say that Penn And Teller have strongly held and expressed political convictions would be an understatement.
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* ''Film/{{Revolution1967}}'': At one point, the protesters burn the flag of England.
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* ''Film/IronMan3'': One of the images the Mandarin uses in his announcements is of an effigy of the President Ellis being set on fire with an American flag attached.
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* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', one of the thieves' guild quests has you assassinating the leader of a rival guild, the Summerset Shadows. You're given the option to set fire to a banner while in the Shadows' headquarters; if you do so, the quest giver will compliment you for sending a message that the guild won't be trifled with.
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* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', one of the thieves' guild quests has you assassinating the leader of a rival guild, the Summerset Shadows. You're given the option to set fire to a banner while in the Shadows' headquarters; if you do so, the quest giver will compliment you for sending a message that the guild won't be trifled with.
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* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Iroh, after defeating the Fire Nation forces occupying Ba Sing Sae, burns down the Fire Nation flag hanging on the Earth King's palace.
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* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Iroh, after defeating the Fire Nation forces occupying Ba Sing Sae, Se, burns down the Fire Nation flag hanging on the Earth King's palace.
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* ''VideoGame/HomeFront'': Seen in some of the promotional images.
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* In ''Series/{{Revolution}}'', when Monroe Militiamen find an American flag in someone's house, their leader orders it burned.
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* In the first ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' game, the parody [[StrawmanPolitical right wing radio talk show]] discuss flag burning. One of the hosts is quite positive to it, much to his co-host's confusion. [[BurnTheWitch Turns out he missed]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice the l.]]
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* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', a Nazi propoganda film showing their rocket soldiers attacking America has a burning American flag falling to the ground as the Nazi banner rises in its place.
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* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'': President Andrew Shepherd's Republican opponent Sen. Bob Rumson attempts to smear him with a Nazi propoganda film showing their rocket soldiers attacking America has a picture of his girlfriend, lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade, burning an American flag falling during a late-'80s anti-apartheid demonstration. (Presumably they were demonstrating against US inaction or something to the ground as the Nazi banner rises in its place.that effect.)
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* In ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' President Andrew Shepherd's Republican opponent Sen. Bob Rumson attempts to smear him with a picture of his girlfriend, lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade, burning an American flag during a late-'80s anti-apartheid demonstration. (Presumably they were demonstrating against US inaction or something to that effect.)
* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' the Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' the Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
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* In ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' President Andrew Shepherd's Republican opponent Sen. Bob Rumson attempts to smear him with a picture ''Film/{{Revolution 1967}}'': At one point, the protesters burn the flag of his girlfriend, lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade, England.
* ''Film/TheRocketeer'': A Nazi propoganda film showing their rocket soldiers attacking America has a burningan American flag during a late-'80s anti-apartheid demonstration. (Presumably they were demonstrating against US inaction or something falling to that effect.)
* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''the ground as the Nazi banner rises in its place.
* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'': The Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
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* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'': The Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
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* Done for practical purposes in ''{{Futurama}}'', when Zoidberg burns an American flag to give a heat-seeking missile a heat source to lock onto. The crowd around him boos, but Zoidberg defends himself by arguing that the act of burning the flag preserves the freedom that the Stars and Stripes is supposed to represent.
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* Done for practical purposes in ''{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Zoidberg burns an American "Earthican"[[note]]Which is basically the US stars and stripes with a picture of the planet in place of the stars.[[/note]] flag to give a heat-seeking missile a heat source to lock onto. The crowd around plot at the beginning of the episode concerned him boos, but Zoidberg defends himself by arguing that the act of burning the getting in trouble for ''eating'' a flag preserves (ironically he's more patriotic than any of the humans present; he did it to demonstrate the freedom that the Stars it represents). By burning a flag to ''literally'' preserve freedom he was able to get his point across and Stripes is supposed to represent.vindicated.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Fire Nation flag, [[{{Irony}} destroyed by fire]].]]
A flag is the symbol of the nation it represents, its principles, its ideal, and its people and leaders. So, how does someone who's an enemy of said nation demonstrate that? You get one of their flags, and light it on fire.
There are a number of ways this can be portrayed. It can be used by political activists to show their displeasure with a particular country, which is how it is most often used in RealLife in recent years. It can also be used to symbolize the defeat of a conquered nation, especially if done by their conquerors. Occasionally, dissidents might burn the flag of their own country.
There is a more positive version as well. In some countries, such as the United States and Denmark, it is customary for old, worn-out flags to be ceremonially destroyed by fire. This is referred to as retiring the flag. The [[http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/04C1.txt US Flag Code]] instruction on the matter:
--> The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Given the controversial implications of this trope, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.
!Examples
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Luffy and Usopp doing this to the flag of the World Government -- which in the world of the series amounts to nothing less than a ''declaration of war'' against said government -- in a bid to persuade Nico Robin that they and the entire Straw Hat Crew stand behind her as TrueCompanions.
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* In ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' #44, the Punisher's Iowa vacation gets cut short when he is forced to rescue a flag-burning protester from his would-be attackers. This act of kindness leads the Punisher deeper into a local fight between protester and rapper Arc Light and a banker with a grudge.
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* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', a Nazi propoganda film showing their rocket soldiers attacking America has a burning American flag falling to the ground as the Nazi banner rises in its place.
* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': As the Huns attack the Great Wall, a Chinese soldier lights a signal fire as he is confronted by [[BigBad Shan Yu]], and defiantly says, "Now all of China knows you are here." Shan Yu breaks a nearby flag off its pole and puts it in the fire. "Perfect!"
* In ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' President Andrew Shepherd's Republican opponent Sen. Bob Rumson attempts to smear him with a picture of his girlfriend, lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade, burning an American flag during a late-'80s anti-apartheid demonstration. (Presumably they were demonstrating against US inaction or something to that effect.)
* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' the Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
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* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington A Rising Thunder]]'', the manticoran ambassador to Earth observes a 'spontaneous' protest against his nation, noting how the crowd is setting fire to manticoran flags as well as badly-made effigies in manticoran naval uniforms. One of the protesters waiting a bit too long to let go of a burning flag adds a bit of humor to an otherwise bleak scene.
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* Nazis take over Metropolis in an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', and at the end, after they've been foiled, Superman burns a Nazi banner that had been hung from the Daily Planet.
* One controversial episode of {{Seinfeld}} had a comedic example of this trope. While walking through the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Kramer accidentally sets the Puerto Rican flag on fire with a sparkler and immediately tries to stomp it out. HilarityEnsues when several Puerto Ricans see him stomping on the still- burning flag...
* In ''Series/TheWestWing'', PennAndTeller "burn" a flag at Zoe's birthday party after stuffing it into a rolled-up copy of the Constitution as an example of the rights given by the First Amendment: the flag is gone, but the Constitution is unharmed. Naturally, this causes something of a PR stir.
* In the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' third season finale, "Mhysa," there is a shot [[spoiler: of a Stark flag burning, symbolizing the defeat of the Northern rebellion after the Red Wedding.]]
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* MarilynManson's ''Burning Flag''.
* The song ''Lapdance'' by N.E.R.D. featuring Lee Harvey and Vita includes the lyrics "Burnin' the flag, all in the name of white trash", sung by Harvey.
[[AC:Other]]
* Similar to the above example, ''Creator/PennAndTeller'' burn an American flag wrapped in a copy of the Bill Of Rights as one of the tricks in their Las Vegas show as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHKObRq-iE here]]. They do the trick to make a point about how American's have the freedom to burn their own flag if they wish. Additionally, the Bill Of Rights is unaffected by the conflagration symbolizing how it is unharmed. [[spoiler: No they don't actually burn the flag. Teller has removed the flag before they ignite the flash paper.]]
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* Referenced in [[http://americanveteransmemorial.org/Military_Quotes.html this poem]] by US Marine Corps chaplain Dennis Edward O'Brien:
--> "It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag. And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag."
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* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', one of the thieves' guild quests has you assassinating the leader of a rival guild, the Summerset Shadows. You're given the option to set fire to a banner while in the Shadows' headquarters; if you do so, the quest giver will compliment you for sending a message that the guild won't be trifled with.
*'' VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'': When you capture a tower, the flag attached to it is set on fire to let the citizens know that the Borgia no longer have control of the area.
* One of the heroic missions on Nar Shaddaa in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' involves invading a Mandalorian stronghold, killing their leaders and burning their clan flags.
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* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Iroh, after defeating the Fire Nation forces occupying Ba Sing Sae, burns down the Fire Nation flag hanging on the Earth King's palace.
* Done for practical purposes in ''{{Futurama}}'', when Zoidberg burns an American flag to give a heat-seeking missile a heat source to lock onto. The crowd around him boos, but Zoidberg defends himself by arguing that the act of burning the flag preserves the freedom that the Stars and Stripes is supposed to represent.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In a FlashForward episode Homer & Bart greet Lisa's British fiance by running the UK flag up their flagpole.
--->'''Bart:''' Here they come: raise the flag!
--->''Homer does so; it sparks as it touches something electrical''
--->'''Marge:''' Oh, Lisa!
--->'''Homer:''' Yo, Hugh! Here's a little bit of US hospitality: whaddaya think of ''that''?
--->''unbeknownst to Homer the flag is now on fire. Hugh gasps''
--->'''Lisa:''' Dad!
--->'''Homer:''' Aah!
--->''he and Bart pull it down and stomp on it''
--->'''Marge:''' Now throw compost on it! ''they do so''
--->'''Homer:''' Whew! ''hands the flag to Hugh'' Er, enjoy.
--->'''Hugh:''' Oh...''a tear forms'' it's still warm.
** "An Amendment to Be", a "campy '70s throwback for Gen Xers", deals with flag burning, and how it would be unconstitutional to outlaw it. [[BrokenAesop Then the amendment gets ratified, and other, wilder bills get passed]].
---> There's a lot of flag-burners
---> Who have got too much freedom
---> I want to make it legal
---> For policemen to beat'em.
---> 'Cause there's limits to our liberties
---> At least I hope and pray that there are
---> 'Cause those liberal freaks go too far.
** In the episode "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Nelson writes a superpatriotic essay for a contest, for which this is his theme.
--->So burn that flag if you must! But before you do, you'd better burn a few other things! You'd better burn your shirt and your pants! Be sure to burn your TV and car! Oh yeah, and don't forget to burn your house! Because none of those things would exist without six red stripes, seven red stripes, and a helluva lot of stars!!
----
[[caption-width-right:350:The Fire Nation flag, [[{{Irony}} destroyed by fire]].]]
A flag is the symbol of the nation it represents, its principles, its ideal, and its people and leaders. So, how does someone who's an enemy of said nation demonstrate that? You get one of their flags, and light it on fire.
There are a number of ways this can be portrayed. It can be used by political activists to show their displeasure with a particular country, which is how it is most often used in RealLife in recent years. It can also be used to symbolize the defeat of a conquered nation, especially if done by their conquerors. Occasionally, dissidents might burn the flag of their own country.
There is a more positive version as well. In some countries, such as the United States and Denmark, it is customary for old, worn-out flags to be ceremonially destroyed by fire. This is referred to as retiring the flag. The [[http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/04C1.txt US Flag Code]] instruction on the matter:
--> The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Given the controversial implications of this trope, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.
!Examples
[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Luffy and Usopp doing this to the flag of the World Government -- which in the world of the series amounts to nothing less than a ''declaration of war'' against said government -- in a bid to persuade Nico Robin that they and the entire Straw Hat Crew stand behind her as TrueCompanions.
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* In ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' #44, the Punisher's Iowa vacation gets cut short when he is forced to rescue a flag-burning protester from his would-be attackers. This act of kindness leads the Punisher deeper into a local fight between protester and rapper Arc Light and a banker with a grudge.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', a Nazi propoganda film showing their rocket soldiers attacking America has a burning American flag falling to the ground as the Nazi banner rises in its place.
* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': As the Huns attack the Great Wall, a Chinese soldier lights a signal fire as he is confronted by [[BigBad Shan Yu]], and defiantly says, "Now all of China knows you are here." Shan Yu breaks a nearby flag off its pole and puts it in the fire. "Perfect!"
* In ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' President Andrew Shepherd's Republican opponent Sen. Bob Rumson attempts to smear him with a picture of his girlfriend, lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade, burning an American flag during a late-'80s anti-apartheid demonstration. (Presumably they were demonstrating against US inaction or something to that effect.)
* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' the Musketeer corps is disbanded, and the Cardinal's guards ask what to do with the Musketeer flag. Rouchefort, the former musketeer turned enforcer for the Cardinal, tells his men to burn it.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington A Rising Thunder]]'', the manticoran ambassador to Earth observes a 'spontaneous' protest against his nation, noting how the crowd is setting fire to manticoran flags as well as badly-made effigies in manticoran naval uniforms. One of the protesters waiting a bit too long to let go of a burning flag adds a bit of humor to an otherwise bleak scene.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Nazis take over Metropolis in an episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', and at the end, after they've been foiled, Superman burns a Nazi banner that had been hung from the Daily Planet.
* One controversial episode of {{Seinfeld}} had a comedic example of this trope. While walking through the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Kramer accidentally sets the Puerto Rican flag on fire with a sparkler and immediately tries to stomp it out. HilarityEnsues when several Puerto Ricans see him stomping on the still- burning flag...
* In ''Series/TheWestWing'', PennAndTeller "burn" a flag at Zoe's birthday party after stuffing it into a rolled-up copy of the Constitution as an example of the rights given by the First Amendment: the flag is gone, but the Constitution is unharmed. Naturally, this causes something of a PR stir.
* In the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' third season finale, "Mhysa," there is a shot [[spoiler: of a Stark flag burning, symbolizing the defeat of the Northern rebellion after the Red Wedding.]]
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* MarilynManson's ''Burning Flag''.
* The song ''Lapdance'' by N.E.R.D. featuring Lee Harvey and Vita includes the lyrics "Burnin' the flag, all in the name of white trash", sung by Harvey.
[[AC:Other]]
* Similar to the above example, ''Creator/PennAndTeller'' burn an American flag wrapped in a copy of the Bill Of Rights as one of the tricks in their Las Vegas show as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHKObRq-iE here]]. They do the trick to make a point about how American's have the freedom to burn their own flag if they wish. Additionally, the Bill Of Rights is unaffected by the conflagration symbolizing how it is unharmed. [[spoiler: No they don't actually burn the flag. Teller has removed the flag before they ignite the flash paper.]]
[[AC:{{Poetry}}]]
* Referenced in [[http://americanveteransmemorial.org/Military_Quotes.html this poem]] by US Marine Corps chaplain Dennis Edward O'Brien:
--> "It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag. And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag."
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* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', one of the thieves' guild quests has you assassinating the leader of a rival guild, the Summerset Shadows. You're given the option to set fire to a banner while in the Shadows' headquarters; if you do so, the quest giver will compliment you for sending a message that the guild won't be trifled with.
*'' VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'': When you capture a tower, the flag attached to it is set on fire to let the citizens know that the Borgia no longer have control of the area.
* One of the heroic missions on Nar Shaddaa in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' involves invading a Mandalorian stronghold, killing their leaders and burning their clan flags.
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* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Iroh, after defeating the Fire Nation forces occupying Ba Sing Sae, burns down the Fire Nation flag hanging on the Earth King's palace.
* Done for practical purposes in ''{{Futurama}}'', when Zoidberg burns an American flag to give a heat-seeking missile a heat source to lock onto. The crowd around him boos, but Zoidberg defends himself by arguing that the act of burning the flag preserves the freedom that the Stars and Stripes is supposed to represent.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In a FlashForward episode Homer & Bart greet Lisa's British fiance by running the UK flag up their flagpole.
--->'''Bart:''' Here they come: raise the flag!
--->''Homer does so; it sparks as it touches something electrical''
--->'''Marge:''' Oh, Lisa!
--->'''Homer:''' Yo, Hugh! Here's a little bit of US hospitality: whaddaya think of ''that''?
--->''unbeknownst to Homer the flag is now on fire. Hugh gasps''
--->'''Lisa:''' Dad!
--->'''Homer:''' Aah!
--->''he and Bart pull it down and stomp on it''
--->'''Marge:''' Now throw compost on it! ''they do so''
--->'''Homer:''' Whew! ''hands the flag to Hugh'' Er, enjoy.
--->'''Hugh:''' Oh...''a tear forms'' it's still warm.
** "An Amendment to Be", a "campy '70s throwback for Gen Xers", deals with flag burning, and how it would be unconstitutional to outlaw it. [[BrokenAesop Then the amendment gets ratified, and other, wilder bills get passed]].
---> There's a lot of flag-burners
---> Who have got too much freedom
---> I want to make it legal
---> For policemen to beat'em.
---> 'Cause there's limits to our liberties
---> At least I hope and pray that there are
---> 'Cause those liberal freaks go too far.
** In the episode "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Nelson writes a superpatriotic essay for a contest, for which this is his theme.
--->So burn that flag if you must! But before you do, you'd better burn a few other things! You'd better burn your shirt and your pants! Be sure to burn your TV and car! Oh yeah, and don't forget to burn your house! Because none of those things would exist without six red stripes, seven red stripes, and a helluva lot of stars!!
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