America

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America is one of the main characters in Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint it, White and Hetalia: Axis Powers (anime).

He is a major member of the Allied Forces, along with England, France, China and Russia.

In 2007 and 2008, Himaruya gave human names to some characters. America received the name Alfred F. Jones.

Appearance
Full Article: Uniform Guide: America

America has short, darker blond hair with an ahoge representing Nantucket sticking up at his part. This eyes are sky 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 inches.His build is similar to that of a highschool jock and often frets over his increasing weight, though it's said to actually just be muscle. He wears glasses that are said to represent the state of Texas (the prescription for them are unknown). 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 or greenish uniform with a bomber jacket over top, displaying a large white number "50" on the back to represent the 50 states. He wears black boots with the pant legs untucked. He's often seen with some sort of fast food (a hamburger or soft drink, typically), a pistol, 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 the youngest. 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 (within reason; he will not, for example, starve himself or cut junk food completely out of his diet). He also tends to swear quite a bit and try and imitate Hollywood action movie stars, but 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 bulls 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, adventuring and sketching.

Despite claiming to be the hero for the other nations, America shows many fears - bigger in numbers and oddity compared to most other nations, as well. 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, almost any supernatural being (excluding aliens), Dora The Explorer, weighing scales, and at least 238 assorted others. 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 anyways 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. This irritates the other nations to a large extent. Nowadays, he's known to be brash and impulsive in his young age, as well.

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 citizen named Davie (as shown in an infamous strip). However, when England went away for a while back to his own country, America matured very quickly and developed his current personality easily, shocking his caretaker. Eventually, he declared his independence from England forcefully and at gunpoint, effectively ruining their relationship.

Some American stereotypes he portrays include: His 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 more-or-less passive-aggressive nature. Because of how often America tends to butt into situations that don’t concern him and mess with other nations, their built up tensions and frustration toward him can be taken out easily 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 hardly ever talk to his brother about the problems he’s causing.

America is still shown to care a fair bit about his brother. He’s shown visiting him a lot and sometimes takes the time to chat him up 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 led to the point of “diplomatic discommunication”. He’s shown to act very violently when he “encounters America” (or more, mistakes Canada for him) and both physically and verbally abuses him. 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 before being 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 seems like 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 gets very upset about it while drunk even now (once even claiming that ‘someone left him heartbroken for centuries’) 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 now have an incompatibility nowadays, and can hardly ever find it to 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 allure America using his fine food, he was turned down and America became England’s little brother instead of France’s. Despite this meaning the two were technically enemies, America never showed any sort of excessive resentment toward France. France also often offered 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 quite 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 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 wales at his place and set up lots of new rules, as well as causing a lot of uncalled-for 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 through the scam to turning it himself. 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 promptly turned the table once, happily exclaiming “That means the answer’s ‘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 at one another’s house doing cultural exchange or just hanging out. 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 all of America's strange things, such as neon blue cakes, and America can become over-enthusiastic about the Japanese nightlife. 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 very often 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. 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. On a day where nations had gone to the beach, Prussia and America had a swimming race, though Prussia claimed it was impossible for him to win since America swam 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 will be extremely hard to make, but does it anyway. 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 passive-aggressive towards each other. During one of America's birthday parties, Russia gave America extra-small condoms as a joke (a reference to when America had tried to destroy the Russian will to fight during WWII) and a ticket to Siberia with no return ticket, in 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: A great deal of the information surrounding the AU versions of this character are purely fanon ideas - headcanons, if you will. Little official information has been given on the alternate universes; please do not believe any of the details not stated to be confirmed as canon to be official.'

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 I Was Overwhelmed with Heroines, being the one to wake Estonia up into the genderflipped world and lecturing him about falling asleep during her speech. In the Japanese fandom, her name is often thought to be Emily Jones, 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 Isles 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. He clips back the bangs with two star-shaped or red triangular barettes. This version of America wears rather exposing clothes, being a green miniskirt and a small top. 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 lke her male counterpart in the strip (and soon-to-be-episode), but maybe a tad more violent, 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-recieved 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 heavily tanned or naturally browner skin, dark red eyes and dark reddish-brown hair. Fans commonly speculate that she is of First Nation 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 torn short-shorts. She also sports sunglasses on her face or on her head rather than red clips, and she is sometimes shown missing a few molars. She still has the bat, but in this form it seems to double as a weapon, having many nails hammered though it. 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 less kept.

Any canon hints that had been offerec to the fans about this Second Player were hidden in her expression - she looks devious and is positioned boldly, with the bat instead being slung across her shoulders. The 2p! versions of America are commonly shown by fans to be very brutish and rude, not backing down from an opportunity to "flip the bird" or maybe knock someone upside the head for little reason. Their intellect and ignorance is commonly harshly insulted by 2p! Canada in fanworks They're also a lot more arrogant and shameless compared to even their first player, and are known to be "sexually active". 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)/Amelia Jones or Carter.

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 Start (featured)