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Crying Indian
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In 1971, the Keep America Beautiful organization aired a famous Public Service Announcement featuring a Native American shedding a Single Tear at the sight of litter being dropped on the road (In a follow-up ad, the Indian rides a horse with a big smile through towns where people are cleaning up). It is popularly referred to as the "Crying Indian" ad, although its official name is "People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It". At the time this was quite a powerful ad with an Anvilicious statement. But these days, with the overuse of the Magical Native American trope (Not to mention that Iron Eyes Cody, the actor portraying him, was actually Italian-Americannote His real name was Espera Oscar de Corti), the lasting image of the Crying Indian has become both a Stock Parody and, to many Native Americans, a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face. In February 2023, Keep American Beautiful officially transferred the ownership of the rights of the original "Crying Indian" ad to the National Congress of American Indians, who intend to restrict its usage and ensure that it is only used for historical context, stating that the ad has always inappropriately represented American natives. |
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From its infamous take on Mitchell, there is a scene where Mitchell dumps what seems to be two ashtrays worth of cigarette butts on the ground. | |
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FreedomToons: At the end of "Dem Debate 2: Electoral Boogaloo", Elizabeth Warren (dressed as a native chief) cries a single tear when the other candidates start fist-fighting each other on stage. | |
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Also happens when the crew watch Track of the Moon Beast. The movie characters are at an archery range, and Paul pulls a bow and some arrows out of the car. | |
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Parodied in Justice League of America #100, where Major Disaster, a white man who happened to be possessed by the spirit of Gaia that day, weeps at the sight of pollution. His Native American companion Manitou Raven is completely unfazed, and doesn't understand why Booker is weeping over trash. | |
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Parodied on The Simpsons after Homer's stint as Sanitation Commissioner fails miserably. After bankrupting the Sanitation Department with things like concierge garbagemen, fancy uniforms for them (complete with epaulettes), and shiny new garbage trucks, and the garbagemen threatening a strike, Homer offers a deal with nearby towns (like Shelbyville) to dump their trash in Springfield. This works for a while, until the combination of Springfield's trash and everyone else's trash ends up spewing out of sewers and sinkholes, and turns the town into a landfill. The "solution" to this problem is to jack up all the buildings in town and move them a few miles away. While trucks are hauling the town away, Homer tosses one last piece of trash out his window, which falls before a Native American, who sheds a tear. Then another steps forward. | |
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Used as a shout-out in Katmandu, a Furry comic about Native American-like feline alien beings, when we see Markree, the younger brother of the protagonist Liska, crying in the same way after his sister was kidnapped by Rial and Pyndan at the beginning of her story. | |
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Parodied in the Paradise PD episode "Parent Trap". Dusty, who believes he's part Native American after taking a DNA test, takes a Thanksgiving Day parade hostage (in full traditional garb). After being arrested by Gina, a passerby tosses a cheeseburger with a single bite taken from it at his feet. A single tear rolls down Dusty's face before he blubbers out, "I could have eaten the rest of that cheeseburger." | |
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Mocked in Married... with Children. Al takes part in a "Keep Chicago Green" campaign and gets the starring role in a public-service announcement where he tries to score a touchdown on a football field filled with trash and then turns to the camera with a fake tear stuck to his face. He proceeds to keep the tear in his pocket and slaps it on his face from time to time because of the fame it brings him. | |
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In Dragon Ball Z Abridged Movie: Super Android 13, Android 14 resembles a Native American and is voiced by images turned into audio with PhotoSounder. His line subtitled "They do not understand our struggle." is actually a picture of the "Crying Indian" from the original commercial. | |
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Cartoons That Never Made It: "Heidi and the Yodelers" features a Native American snarling before shedding a tear in its theme song. | |
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MST3K also referenced it during the film Werewolf (1996). An Indian contracts lycanthropy, and the early symptoms make him look like he's sobbing more than anything else: | |
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In the 2008 Knight Rider movie, KITT shows this picture when Mike throws some trash on his floorboard. | |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: From its infamous take on Mitchell, there is a scene where Mitchell dumps what seems to be two ashtrays worth of cigarette butts on the ground. MST3K also referenced it during the film Werewolf (1996). An Indian contracts lycanthropy, and the early symptoms make him look like he's sobbing more than anything else: Also happens when the crew watch Track of the Moon Beast. The movie characters are at an archery range, and Paul pulls a bow and some arrows out of the car. |
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In Moral Orel, Diorama Elementary's team is The Vanishing Americans, represented by one of these. | |
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In the Futurama episode "Where the Buggalo Roam", which takes place on Mars, there is a scene where Zapp throws an empty Slurm can on the ground and one of the Martians (who are portrayed as stereotypical Native Americans) sheds a tear. Leela sees this and notes "they have so much respect for the land", but it's immediately subverted when the Martian picks up the can and says sadly: "Cynthia used to drink Slurm." | |
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt mockingly references it when Jacqueline's Native American father mentions that in New York, "The littering here makes me cry." | |
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Referenced in Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space: Chariots of the Dogs. The solution to one puzzle involves Sam prying the ink cartridge out of a printer on a spaceship being piloted by a mariachi, whereupon it accidentally falls into a hole in space-time. | |
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Inverted in Kingpin, where a group of Native Americans drove by Ishmael and threw garbage at Ishmael's feet. | |
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Parodied on The Critic. Duke wanted Jay to promote a new line of chewing tobacco, Savvy Indian (one of the fine products from his newest business acquisition, Scum Co.). Jay resisted because kids watch his show, but Duke pushed it to the point of hiring a Native American to stand behind Jay during the show and talk about the product. Jay was outraged and quit. When Duke reminded him of his contract, Jay ripped it up and walked away—causing the Native American to start crying. | |
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The ad was mocked on the recycling episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!. Penn pointed out that the ad was a terrible form of ethnic stereotyping and compared it to making a commercial encouraging people to save their money that showed a Jew shedding a single tear. | |
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In one Friends episode, the characters are stranded at a rest stop. Chandler throws his empty pack of cigarettes on the ground. When scolded, he replies, "I thought maybe if I littered, that crying Indian might come along and save us." | |
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