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2012

Friday Five – Patriotic Characters

Posted By on Friday July 6, 2012 at 3:59 pm
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Welcome to the Friday Five! Each week I help you get to know me a little better with the help of a Top 5 list!

So I’m a little late, what with the Fourth of July falling in the middle of the week, but this is the closest we’re going to get this year to a holiday falling on a Friday, so I went with it. This week’s topic is patriotic characters.

  1. USAgent – Avengers West Coast – Basically the west coast non-union Mexican equivalent of Captain America.

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  2. American Maid/Captain Liberty – The Tick – A heroine in a flag themed maid costume? Count me in!

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  3. Hulk Hogan – WWF/E – It’s tough to pick just one WWF/E wrestler who best exemplifies America, as many wrestlers have done the patriot gimmick, including: Sgt. Slaughter; Lex Luger; Hacksaw Jim Duggan; the U.S. Express; The Undertaker. I’m going with the Hulkster because he is a real American. He fights for the rights of everyman. He fights for what’s right. He fights for your life. He’s gotta take a stand. He can’t let it slide.

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  4. Rocky Balboa – Rocky IV – Wearing those kick ass American Flag trunks and defending us from our greatest Cold War enemy, Russia and Ivan Drago.

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  5. Superman – He stands for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Can’t get more patriotic than that.

 

While I try to primarily be a funny pop culture/video game/comic book site, with the utmost seriousness I ask you to remember why we get to be patriotic: the heroes of our military. Do what you can to help out our Veterans in your own way. My suggestion? My friends over at theChive share the story of one true Patriot, Taylor Morris, that I encourage you to read. You can follow his story here, here, here, here, here, and here. Be forewarned though. It will make you misty.

is the proud owner of a life size replica Captain Kirk Chair. He is a hoarder of Comic Books, Transformers, and Star Trek action figures. He attended Space Camp as an adult. He has taken vacations to the closing of the Star Trek Experience and the final night Shuttle launch. He has been known to yell at his television when the kids can't put together the damn statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. When not writing for InsufficientScotty, he is a Software Engineer for a major healthcare communications company.

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