Captain America

Pop culture references

The phrase "Captain America" has been used to refer ironically to American patriotic values, especially in rock music. The 1978 Kinks song "Catch Me Now, I'm Falling", about the ailing U.S. economy in the late 1970s, refers to "Captain America calling". Jam band moe. composed a song called "Captain America" which deals with Captain America as an authority figure. The Guns N' Roses' song "Paradise City" also contains a reference to Captain America. Jimmy Buffett recorded a song in 1977 titled "Captain America," offering a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the hero, replete with a kazoo solo, and the phrase, "He wears a mask, his clothes are weird, and some folks call him hokey. But he is hip, he just can't dig the Okie from Muskogee."

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Rock music - 1978 - Kinks - Song - 1970s - Jam band - Moe. - Guns N' Roses - Okie - Muskogee

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The Marine Recon unit in Evan Wright's 2005 nonfiction bestseller Generation Kill derisively referred to their overzealous commander as Captain America.

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Evan Wright - 2005 - Nonfiction - Generation Kill

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Peter Fonda's character in the iconic 1969 film Easy Rider was nicknamed "Captain America." According to the "making of" feature on the DVD edition of the film, director Dennis Hopper described the two motorcyclists of the film to actor Robert Walker, Jr. who said "they sound like Captain American and Bucky" and Hopper liked the name.

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Peter Fonda - 1969 - Easy Rider - DVD - Dennis Hopper - Robert Walker, Jr.

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In the 1997 film Men in Black, Will Smith's character refers to an overzealous Marine applicant as "Captain America".

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1997 - Men in Black - Will Smith - Marine

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