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* Famous examples during WWII include raising the US flag at Iwo Jima and Soviets raising their flag on top of the Reichstag after conquering Berlin.
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* Famous examples during WWII include raising the US flag at Iwo Jima (which inspired its own trope -- the IwoJimaPose) and Soviets raising their flag on top of the Reichstag after conquering Berlin.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the first thing the Sontaran captain Linx does after exiting his spaceship, to the bemusement of the watching locals of medieval England, is to plant a flag, play the Sontaran national anthem, and claim Earth (and any moons and satellites it might have) for the Sontaran Empire. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the first thing the Sontaran captain Linx does after exiting his spaceship, to the bemusement of the watching locals of medieval England, is to plant a flag, standard from which a couple of flags pop out, play the Sontaran national anthem, and claim Earth (and any moons and satellites it might have) for the Sontaran Empire. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the first thing the Sontaran captain Linx does after exiting his spaceship, to the bemusement of the watching locals of medieval England, is to plant a flag, play the Sontaran national anthem, and claim Earth for the Sontaran Empire. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the first thing the Sontaran captain Linx does after exiting his spaceship, to the bemusement of the watching locals of medieval England, is to plant a flag, play the Sontaran national anthem, and claim Earth (and any moons and satellites it might have) for the Sontaran Empire. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the Sontaran captain Linx plants his flag on medieval Earth, claiming it for his species. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the Third Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the first thing the Sontaran captain Linx plants does after exiting his flag on spaceship, to the bemusement of the watching locals of medieval Earth, claiming it England, is to plant a flag, play the Sontaran national anthem, and claim Earth for his species.the Sontaran Empire. The Thirteenth Doctor story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E2FluxChapterTwoWarOfTheSontarans War of the Sontarans]]" reveals that the Sontarans fully believe this claim is valid, even centuries later.
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* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Right before the MeleeATrois between [[BigBad Blackbeard's]] crew, the British Marines, and the Spaniards, Lieutenant Groves runs up to the FountainOfYouth and claims it with a flag in the name of King George II. [[NoNonsenseNemesis The Spaniard promptly shuts him up by shooting him through the flag]], before [[PetTheDog asking his men to make a note of Groves' bravery]].
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* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Right before the MeleeATrois between [[BigBad Blackbeard's]] crew, the British Marines, and the Spaniards, Lieutenant Groves runs up to the FountainOfYouth and claims it with a flag in the name of King George II. [[NoNonsenseNemesis The Spaniard Spaniard]] [[DefiedTrope promptly shuts him up by shooting him through the flag]], before [[PetTheDog asking his men to make a note of Groves' bravery]].
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See also IwoJimaPose, which also involves planting a flag, and SwordPlant, which can overlap if the flagpole is weaponized.
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See also IwoJimaPose, which also involves planting a flag, and SwordPlant, which can overlap if the flagpole is weaponized. If the claim might be disputed, then planting a flag may be ThrowingDownTheGauntlet.
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** ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'': Duck Dodgers is sent to find Planet X, last location of the shaving cream atom. Upon finding it, he stakes claim with a flag on behalf of Earth. Soon afterwards, Marvin the Martian arrives and stakes claim for Mars. The resulting battle lasts the rest of the short.
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** ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'': Duck Dodgers is sent to find Planet X, last location of the shaving cream atom. Upon finding it, he stakes claim with a flag on behalf of Earth. Soon afterwards, Marvin the Martian arrives and stakes claim for Mars. ("Mmmm. Isn't that lovely? Hmmm?") The resulting battle lasts the rest of the short.
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* ''TheWestWing'': When dealing with a genocidal African ruler, President Bartlett threatens to deploy a brigade each of the 82nd and 101st, seize the capitol and the airport, and run the US flag up the pole.
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* In the video for the Music/RareAmericans' song "Money!" (the first song on their ConceptAlbum ''Searching for Strawberries''), as part of the album's satire of capitalism and the rat race, Elon Musk is seen landing on Mars and planting a flag saying "MINE".
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* In the video for the Music/RareAmericans' song "Money!" (the first song on their ConceptAlbum ''Searching for Strawberries''), as part of the album's satire of capitalism and the rat race, Elon Musk is seen landing on Mars and planting a flag saying "MINE".
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'', Kel celebrates being the first to ascend the [[AbsurdlyLongStairway ladder reaching into space]] by triumphantly planting a flag on the surface far above, saying: "That's one small step for KEL... and one large step for KELKIND!!" Audrey then points out that it's not even his flag but her Butt Certificate.
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While he did mean to say "A man," the lack of the article adjective is more famous.
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* ''VideoGame/LegoCityUndercover'': One of the side activities in LEGO City is to plant flags at the highest points in the various districts with the Astronaut disguise. The game keeps tracks of it as "Districts Conquered."
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* The opening animation of ''VideoGame/{{Colonization}}'' features someone sailing across a map of the Atlantic (dodging [[HereThereBeDragons sea monsters]] along the way) to plant a flag on the New World.
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->''"We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. 'I claim India for Britain!' They're going, 'You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!' 'Do you have a flag?' 'We don't need a flag, this is our country, you bastard.' 'No flag, no country. You can't have one. Those are the rules... that I just made up!'"''
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->''"We [the British] stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. 'I claim India for Britain!' They're going, 'You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!' 'Do you have a flag?' 'We don't need a flag, this is our country, you bastard.' 'No flag, no country. You can't have one. Those are the rules... that I just made up!'"''up! And I'm backing them up with this gun...'"''
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' series: When a cave is completed 100%, a flag is planted next to the entrance. This is a plain pink flag in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin 2}}'', while in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin 4}}'' the flag has the Rescue Corps symbol and is colored based on what the player had selected to be their color.
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* ''TheWestWing'': When dealing with a genocidal African ruler, President Bartlett threatens to deploy a brigade each of the 82nd and 101st, seize the capitol and the airport, and run the US flag up the pole.
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* There was a non-violent dispute between Canada and Denmark on the claim of Hans Island, with each side planting their own flag along with a bottle of their traditional alcoholic beverages. Eventually, they agreed in 2022 to a border splitting the island nearly in half.
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->''"We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. 'I claim India for Britain!' They're going, 'You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!' 'Do you have a flag?' 'No...' 'Well, if you don't have a flag, then you can't have a country. Those are the rules... that I just made up!'"''
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->''"We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. 'I claim India for Britain!' They're going, 'You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!' 'Do you have a flag?' 'No...' 'Well, if you 'We don't have need a flag, then this is our country, you bastard.' 'No flag, no country. You can't have a country.one. Those are the rules... that I just made up!'"''
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* In 1969, [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} Apollo 11]] reached the moon and Armstrong planted an American flag on it. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this was not to claim ownership, but to symbolize America's victory in UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace; in fact, all space and celestial bodies have been declared international via the Outer Space Treaty.
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* In 1969, [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} Apollo 11]] reached the moon and Armstrong planted an American flag on it. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this was not to claim ownership, but to symbolize America's victory in UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace; in fact, all space and celestial bodies have been declared international via the Outer Space Treaty. The flag has long since been bleached white by solar radiation.
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* In Don Rosa's ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse The Island at the Edge of Time]]'', Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold race to claim a newly formed island made out of pure gold. Glomgold plants his flag into the ground first, seemingly victorious... [[spoiler:until it turns out that the island sits right smack in the middle of the International Date Line. Where Glomgold made the claim it's Wednesday, so Scrooge sticks his flag to the other side where it's ''still Tuesday''.]]
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* In Don Rosa's Creator/DonRosa's ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse The Island at the Edge of Time]]'', Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold race to claim a newly formed island made out of pure gold. Glomgold plants his flag into the ground first, seemingly victorious... [[spoiler:until it turns out that the island sits right smack in the middle of the International Date Line. Where Glomgold made the claim it's Wednesday, so Scrooge sticks his flag to the other side where it's ''still Tuesday''.]]
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** Although not shown on screen, Kryten mentions Rimmer planting a flag on a S3 Planet (which turns out to be a psi-moon) that he and Rimmer came across and tried to claim in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]".
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** Although not shown on screen, Kryten mentions Rimmer planting a flag on a an S3 Planet (which turns out to be a psi-moon) that he and Rimmer came across and tried to claim in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]".
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* Famous examples during WWII include raising the US flag at Iwo Jima and Soviets raising their flag on top of the Reichtag after conquering Berlin.
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* Famous examples during WWII include raising the US flag at Iwo Jima and Soviets raising their flag on top of the Reichtag Reichstag after conquering Berlin.
