America

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America is one of the main characters in Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint it, White and Hetalia: Axis Powers (anime), and is a member of the Allied Forces, along with England, France, China and Russia. America's human name is Alfred F. Jones, given to him by Himaruya in 2007-2008.

Appearance
Full Article: Uniform Guide: America

America has short, dark blond hair with an ahoge (representing the island of Nantucket) sticking up at his part. His eyes are a light blue, and his height makes him the second tallest member of the Allied Forces (Russia being the tallest) standing at 177 cm, or 5' 9.6". Himaruya describes his build as "similar to that of a high school jock," and America often frets over his increasing weight, though it's said to actually be muscle. He wears glasses that are said to represent the state of Texas. Despite being a former colony of England's, America never shared his trait of having the signature large eyebrows.

He's normally seen in a tan uniform wearing a brown bomber jacket over, sometimes displaying a large white number "50" on the back to represent the 50 states (even though there were only 48 states during WWII). In the webcomic, America was originally drawn with his trousers tucked into his boots, but this was changed as Himaruya learned that Americans preferred to wear their pants over their boots. He's often seen with some sort of fast food (typically a hamburger or soft drink), or flashing a thumbs-up and grinning a signature "American smile".

Character Summary
America is best known as the hyper, somewhat-insensitive-yet-powerful asset to the Allied Forces, as well as its youngest member. His obsession with his country's freedom has caused him to become rather obnoxious and develop the tendency to involve himself in everyone else's affairs. This habit has is also supported, in his eyes, with the thought that by doing so, he can swoop in and fix everything as the "hero" of the situation, although he also seemingly needs to be the hero alone. He also seems to use it as an excuse to not follow standard rules.

His large appetite for fast food and seemingly inedible, unhealthy or unappetizing things (due to inheriting England's lack of taste) also causes him to worry immensely about his weight more than his well-being (particularly, these staples include hamburgers, cola, ice cream and alarmingly colored snacks). Because of this seeming insecurity, he'll jump at almost any potential diet. He can be very serious when put under enough pressure, such as during the invasion of Pictonians in Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint it, White. He’s also abnormally strong, resilient and skilled in combat, being shown to swing around grown buffalo as a child and tug a car by hand all the way up hills for hours to ask for the keys. His hobbies include playing sports and games, making movies, archaeology, and "quick draw".

Despite claiming to be the hero for the other nations, America shows many fears--more numerous and irrational compared to most other nations. While he does not seem to fear warfare or aliens or even England's cooking, some fears and weaknesses he's well known for having include Marmite, ghosts, or almost any supernatural being (excluding aliens). As a child and in current day, America was constantly scared by horror stories or movies to the point where he can't sleep or watch them alone, but he does so anyway as a test of courage. America's ignorance about geography outside of his own home stretches to the point where he considered a map of the United States a "world map", and even tried asking England and Google Maps on how long it would take to walk to Germany (irritating the other nations to a large extent). Nowadays, he's described to be "trying to sound serious in newspapers", although he is every bit as brash as he has always been.

As a child, America was a very competed-over and seemingly adored young nation to most of the older ones. After a rather excessive fight between France and England, America's custody was grudgingly handed over to England after he rushed to his side while England was nearly sobbing in defeat. While being raised by him, America was shown to be a lot more sensitive and innocent than he is now and was very friendly, charming many nations and making several friends, such as a human boy named Davie. America was shown to grow up very fast due to his quick economic development, shocking England. Eventually, he declared his independence from England forcefully, effectively ruining their relationship.

Some American stereotypes he portrays include seemingly irrational phobias, obnoxiousness, love for guns, heroes and fast food, ignorance outside of his own home, etc.

Canada


Despite often overshadowing or forgetting about his existence, America still manages to keep a healthy relationship with his brother, mostly due to Canada’s somewhat passive-aggressive nature. Because of how often America tends to butt into situations that don’t concern him and mess with other nations, they often take out their frustrations on Canada. Some nations, such as Cuba, go as far as to yell and harass him on sight, thinking he’s his brother. The pent-up anger this causes for Canada makes their relationship difficult at times, though he can't always find the courage to stand up to America.

America is still shown to care about his brother. He’s shown visiting him a lot and sometimes takes the time to give advice to him or play a game of catch (the latter normally ending with disastrous consequences for Canada). He also helped him through his multicultural population crisis and was shown excitedly reading Canada’s travel guide. America is also the only one so far who has pushed Canada to his breaking point.

The two can be paired together in the fan community as AmeCan or some variation of the name.

Cuba
Cuba and America don’t get along very well at all, and has fallen past the point of “diplomatic discommunication”. He’s shown to act very violently when he thinks of America, attacking Canada (when he mistook Canada for America). It’s also notable that when the time of one WBC rolled around, Cuba confessed to getting excited whenever he had a bat in hand for hope of being able to beat America up with it.

England
After being discovered as a strange child by Finland and Sweden (who were driven out of the New World by the Netherlands), England and France were the two nations who fought over and sought out his attention the most. America eventually chose to go comfort England after he began to sulk in his supposed loss of America to France, thus beginning their relationship as younger and older brother (America had also offered to call England “Big Brother”, but was turned down by what was England’s suffering from nostalgia from his own older brothers). England would come to visit him and would prepare him meals, thus giving America his horrible sense of taste. He would also craft America toys such as a box of small wooden soldiers and gave him clothes, and would even let America sleep with him after being scared from horror stories. In the side strip Davie, it was shown that England even went back to his own country to bring back the flowers that America wanted to give to his friend, though he was a bit late. On one of his visits, England returned to America’s house only to discover that America had grown from a small child into an older teen and even more of his own nation. After a few more uneasy years, America declared his independence from England and brought on the Revolutionary War. England was unable to seize the chance to bring him back down, however, resulting in America’s victory.

This memory is shown to affect both of them badly; England secretly gets upset about it when he's drunk (once even claiming that ‘someone left him heartbroken for centuries’ while cursing the volunteer army) and America being unable to deal with the excessive memories when cleaning out his old storage room. England’s health also dips drastically whenever America’s independence is brought up. They are shown to be unable to tolerate each other in the storyline, and can hardly ever agree with one another. England even went to the point where he tried desperately to "send America to Hell" through the use of the cursed Busby's Chair, though all his attempts were thwarted by Russia. He also shyly offered to be his friend when America was trying to befriend wales, and gave him chocolates on Valentine's Day after hearing America had been sulking about not receiving them from him prior to then, though his attempts at affection were quickly shot down by the latter in both cases. However, they are still hinted to care for one another to some extent.

They are the most popular borderline incestuous pairings in the Hetalia fandom, going by the name "USUK" or "味覚音痴コンビ (Mikaku Onchi Combi)", but its supporters are constantly hampered by the supporters of "FrUK", and vice versa.

France
France and England were the main nations who were shown to have fought over taking the custody of a baby America after he was discovered by Sweden and Finland in the New World. Although France tried to lure America using his fine food, he was turned down and America became England’s little brother instead of France’s. Even though he was rejected, France never held a grudge against America, seeing as France was America's most powerful ally during the American Revolution. France often offers America his own cooking instead of England’s in an attempt to save his taste, though America simply praised both of their food, leading France to become very depressed. He also worked very hard on the Statue of Liberty as a gift for the centennial of his independence. Despite being on England’s side, France treated (and still does) America like a younger brother, taking responsibility not to give him alcohol (claiming he was still underage, while technically, he was), though is seldom treated as one. He also supported America’s choice to become independent from England.

In more recent scenes, France and America still appear to be rather close, despite still disagreeing at times during World Conferences. France was one of the first nations America turned to for recommendations on dieting (though his suggestions were censored out). He also confessed to have lied to him about how a snack diet was a great weight-loss method in Hetalia Fantasia 2, after coming across a dungeon he believed America had modeled after the Palace of Versailles. He then became very emotional and went on about how he knew America loved his culture and expressed gratitude, though America himself has made no comment. France also seems to be one of the nations who America calls over to watch horror movies with him, though France spent a deal of time criticizing how unrealistic American horror movies are.

Italy
Italy has appeared with America a few times, and both of them are commonly associated with being the most childish member of their respective alliances (Italy for the Axis, America for the Allies) and not being appropriately sensitive in certain scenarios. They even tried to go on a search for the "Legendary Ability to Read the Atmosphere" together, but otherwise, they do not communicate often.

Japan
America is one of the main nations who ended up forcing Japan to open up his borders in the strips Black Ships have Come, and the Netherlands is noted to have warned Japan about him before. Using Japan’s home to his advantage, America and his people tried to befriend the whales at his place and set up lots of new rules, as well as causing culture clash. This frustrated Japan to next to no end, although while trying to adjust to the western ways of life, he and America seemed to have been getting along better. America introduced “table turning” to Japan, using it to answer his questions. When Japan asked if he would be able to get along with the other countries who were coming to his house and make friends, America secretly turned the table, telling Japan that the answer was "yes".

In more recent times, Japan and America get along very well. They share a love of technology and gaming, and can often be seen sightseeing at one another’s house. America asks Japan to spend holidays with him frequently, such as Christmas and Halloween, and calls him over to watch a scary movie with him when he wants to brave in an attempt to “cut the scariness in half”. Japan finds a need to take photographs of brightly-colored American desserts, and America can become over-enthusiastic about the Japanese sights. They also roomed together at one point, during which Japan tried to introduce America to fugu and taking baths, and America made a huge effort to make him feel at home. Their differences in culture fascinate each of them respectively.

As a rather popular pairing in the fandom, America and Japan can be paired together as “AmeriPan” or “デコボコンビ (Dekobokonnbi)”.

Prussia
America and Prussia do not interact much canonically, though it’s been shown that Prussia was the one who trained America to hold his own against the English for the Revolutionary War (possibly a reference to Prussian generals such as Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben in the American Revolution). However, despite thinking Prussia as a friendly person, it became immediately apparent to America that Prussia’s training methods were borderline torturous, although he still appears to be grateful for his contribution on the way to America’s freedom. Initially worried for America’s safety and decisions, he warned him to be careful from that point onward. Prussia also noted in his blog (Oresama no Blog during the April Fools' 2009 event) that America always beat him in swimming, claiming America was "like a shark".

Russia
In one of the first meetings of the Allied Forces, America tells everyone that their roles in the upcoming battles are to be his support. When Russia asks what America himself will be doing, America replies, "I'll be the hero, of course!" During the Cold War, America's boss ordered him to call up Russia and tell him to make 25 cm (9 in.) condoms in order to destroy the Russian will to fight. Russia replied that it they be extremely hard to produce, but coerces his factories to manufacture them. When the package came, Russia had attached a note on the package saying, "I hope it fits," with it being labelled size "Extra-small".

In one strip, when an economic crisis hit Lithuania's house, he went to America's house to work as a housekeeper in order to gain money. Russia visited America to check on Lithuania, and explained to America to treat him well, and then made a threatening expression and said, "he is my ex, after all." In modern day, they are still shown to be passive-aggressive towards each other. During one of America's birthday parties, Russia gave America a box of condoms (which America jokingly replied that they would last him "about a month") and a ticket to Siberia with no return ticket, to which America responds that he'll make sure to blow his nose with it if he has a cold. While Russia 'laughs', a tense and scary aura emanates from both of them. When Estonia's blog was hacked, he immediately suspected Russia, as a cute picture of Russia, along with pro-Russian graphics, had been placed all over. America offered to help Estonia catch the real culprit, but it turned out to be a citizen of Estonia instead.

AU (Alternate Universe) Versions
'NOTE: The majority of the information surrounding the AU versions of this character are purely fanon ideas/headcanons. Little official information has been given on these alternate universes, most of this content is fanon-based.'

Read more on the alternative versions of America, listed or not listed below, at: Memes in fandom

Nyotalia/Genderswapped (Nyo!)
Voiced by: Ryoko Shintani (seiyū)

Nyo!America was the first female version of a nation to appear in the strips I Was Overwhelmed with Heroines, being the one to wake Estonia up into the gender-flipped world and lecturing him about falling asleep during her speech. In the Japanese fandom, her name is often thought to be Emily Jones or Ameriko, but the English fans will normally opt to refer to her as Amelia Jones (though there has been no notion to which name is preferred). She bears a persistent resemblance toward the regular America, despite not having the Nantucket ahoge nor his glasses. Her eyes are a similar shade of blue and her hair is a slightly more brownish tone, wavy, and shoulder-length. She clips back the bangs with two barettes (red triangular barettes in the manga, yellow stars in the anime). This version of America wears rather exposing clothes, being a miniskirt and a top that exposes her midriff. She also wears boots and a bomber jacket, like America, and she's often shown with a large baseball bat and/or fast food (normally a hot dog) in hand.

Nyo! America was shown to be obnoxious and perky like her male counterpart in the strip (and soon-to-be-episode), but tends to solve more problems with violence, as indicated by her bat and Nyo!England and Nyo!Japan's comments of how America shouldn't beat Estonia to solve a problem. Fan portrayals show her to be a bit more spunky and confident, as well as outgoing and a bit tomboyish, with a love for sports such as baseball and superheroes. She's also known to be rather rebellious against her former caretakers. A fanon idea that was very well-received says that Nyo!America wore her hair long in her younger days, but cut it short during her revolution against Nyo!England as a sign of independence and now refuses to grow it out again.

Second Player/Another Color (2p!)
The design for the "Another Color America" is much darker than her original design, featuring brown skin, dark red eyes and dark reddish-brown hair. Fans commonly speculate that she is of Native American descent. Her outfit is rather similar to that of Nyo!America's, but with the top being white and the miniskirt traded for a pair of cutoff denim shorts. She also sports sunglasses on her face or on her head rather than red clips. Her weapon was also changed to a nail-spiked baseball bat. The OC male version is similar to his First Player version, but with his bomber jacket's white designs being stained red and his clothes being unkempt.

Fans speculate her personality based on her expression and body language (her personality being "devious" and "bold"). The 2p! versions of America are commonly shown by fans to be very brutish and rude, jumping at the opportunity to be insolent or use violence. Their intellect and ignorance is commonly harshly insulted by 2p!Canada in fanworks. Their relationship with most of the other nations the regular America is shown to be on stable terms with (such as England and Canada) come off as sort of "friends with benefits" relationships. Their names are said to be Allan "Al"/Carter Jones, or Amelia Jones.

Character songs Marukaite Chikyuu (America)

Hatafutte Parade (America)

Mawaru Chikyuu Rondo (America)

Hamburger Street

C.B.C. (Cowboys' Bootcamp)

I Am Your Hero

W.D.C. (World Dancing)

Wa! Wa!! World Ondo (featured)

We Wish You A Merry Christmas (featured)

United Nations Star ☆ (featured)

Trivia

 * His birthday corresponds with the Independence Day of July 4th, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was approved by the U.S. Continental Congress.
 * Although commonly referred to as America, some merchandise refer to him by the full term United States Of America, or simply U.S. for short.
 * In some fanart, he is portrayed with a rabbit, as "U.S.A." can also be "usa" (a shortening of the word "usagi"), which means "bunny" in Japanese. The child version of America was also shown to have a bunny following him when he first met the older, European nations.
 * According to Himaruya, America's personality was based off of his teacher's. The same teacher is said to have a strong disinterest in world geography. Meanwhile, America's appearance is based off of that of a Canadian that Himaruya met when he went to America.
 * Notes in the special edition booklet for Hetalia: Axis Powers volume 3 revealed that America was originally intended to be smarter and more cheeky, but evolved into a "Go for it!" type of character. Himaruya noted that in retrospect, the original character personality would have been harder to use.
 * In a set of character notes, it is revealed that America has mingled a lot with Germanic blood, and that he was insecure for having no history of his own before England adopted him.
 * In England, Dreaming About The Past, it was revealed by a sleeping England that America used to wet his bed when he was younger.
 * It is a source of debate among fans as to whether it is America or Canada that is the older of the two brothers (with Hidekaz Himaruya having not confirmed a set age difference between the two). A common fanon assumption is that the two are twins, due to their similarities and the fact that Canada is easily mistaken for America (due to having the same face), though the two do not share the same day of birth. Supporters of the twin theory point out the nations' birthdays merely refer to their date of independence or unification, and that a "nation" may not have an official birthday in the same sense as humans.
 * The number '50' on his jacket, representing the 50 states, is historically incorrect. Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959 and Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959, both after the end of World War II, the time in which the story primarily takes place. This is most likely the reason the '50' is not present in the anime adaption.