It is a subtrope of America Saves the Day. We could merge them and I would support this.
Keep it breezy!This trope is specific to WW2 as far as I know. America Saves the Day is something far broader. Are there any problems with the current set up?
edited 17th Apr '13 8:11:22 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanThe difference between AWTW is that it's pretty much an artistic license about World War Two. ASTD is for any scenario where the US save the day. AWTW would be the subtrope of ASTD.
edited 17th Apr '13 8:28:08 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI would support a merge as well. The Same But More Specific is kinda silly, in general, and in this particular case I don't really see any value for making America doing so in WW 2 a subtrope on its own.
edited 17th Apr '13 9:42:54 AM by Nohbody
All your safe space are belong to TrumpI think having a distinct subtrope for one particular war -that has dominated war fiction since then- is valid, if enough can be said about it on its own. Though it might work better as "America Saves The Day: World War Two".
There might be some value in dividing ASTD between fictional wars and historical fiction.
A blog that gets updated on a geological timescale.Yes, everyone knows that America won the Seven Years' War!
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOMore or less accurate, although propaganda that holds 100% true to reality (the only situation in which it would fall under NRLEP) is not something that exists in the real world.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanUmmm... no, you can have propaganda that aims to sway public opinion by stating all the facts in the most favourable light, or by stating only the good facts and not the bad (or vice versa) without making anything up.
(Random fact: Due to circumstantial juxtaposition in TRS I briefly misread this title as America Drops the Keys...)
edited 20th Apr '13 12:30:43 PM by Noaqiyeum
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
The propaganda is nontheless believed to be true by a significant number of people. Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment, after all. But if there is a work of fiction which doubles as a propaganda piece, put it in.
Alternatively, we could remove the 'no real life' stipulation from this article, though most people will say that would be too controversial.
Keep it breezy!America Drops The Keys is an awesome trope name. Now if only we can find a trope to go with it...
More to the point, I'm inclined to not allow propaganda because like most things having to do with politics it's possible Flame Bait. Also because most of the propaganda I've seen has more to do with maximizing one's role in current conflicts than in previous ones (though as I don't actively go looking for it it's possible I just haven't seen any qualifying examples).
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The trope description says that this can only be used for World War II, yet I can't really any reason why this shouldn't apply to other conflicts or nations.