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Detective Heart of America is a series of live-action shorts and one feature-length film created by FilmCow that parody Eagleland tropes and beliefs. The videos are filmed with prop statues that are given voice acting and character in post. The videos focus on an eagle prop named Heart of America, America’s greatest detective, tracking down and confronting criminals that pose a threat to American citizens.
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- American Eagle: The series parodies the Eagle Land trope, and the main character is a small plastic eagle statuette.
- Boom, Headshot!: Heart of America shoots Pinnochio in the face in 1, an incident Pinnochio survives with minimal injuries.
- Bullet Catch: At the end of 2, the baby actually catches the bullets Heart of America shoots at him in his own gun.
- Catchphrase: “I’m just a stupid fuckin’ baby!”
- Cluster F-Bomb: Characters swear almost excessively at all times during this series for the sake of comedy.
- Combat Pragmatist: At the end of 1, Pinocchio leaps towards Heart of America, preparing to strike. In response, Heart of America pulls out a gun and shoots him in the face.
- Eagleland: Heavily parodied by the show’s very essence, even featuring a literal freedom-loving eagle as the main character.
- Evolving Credits: The song that plays over the credits has a different ending lyrics for each episode:Credits: (Episode 1): Detective Heart of America, he saved the day! Took out his fuckin' gun and blew Pinocchio away! AMERICA!
Credits: (Episode 2): Detective Heart of America, he saved the day! Took out a big ol' boot and beat that baby in the face! He's going to jail! - Implausible Deniability: The baby insists he's just "a stupid, fuckin' baby", but it's very clear he's a criminal mastermind.
- Mighty Whitey: Parodied, of course. The Native Fugmericans push Heart of America into this role in The Final Freedom while constantly lampshading that they are doing so. It makes him very uncomfortable.
- Monster of the Week: Pinnochio for 1, The Baby for 2.
- The Movie: After two shorts, the series was adapted into a feature film entitled The Final Freedom. The film was Kickstarted in 2013 and after several delays, was released in August 2015.
- Stylistic Suck: The hands controlling the statues are constantly in shot, intentionally.
- Take That!: In the second episode, Detective Heart of America laments the hours of his life he wasted on watching Lost.
