Pop Culture (Putin's Ambition)

The following page discuses the impact that the events of Putin's Ambition have had on pop culture across the world and differences made as a result.

The Super Bowl
With the Super Bowl being an iconic part of American culture and the most viewed event of each year on American television, it is not a big surprise to many that it has been used to promote Pro-American ideals while World War 3 and the Second Russian Invasion occur.

Super Bowl XLIII
==== Though Super Bowl XLII was before the US entered World War 3, an advertisement by President Chuck Baldwin calling for the US entrance into World War 3 was broadcasted live during the 2009 Super Bowl XLII. Many Isolationists criticized the tactic of using the Super Bowl for political propaganda such as this advertisement. Aside from this, the Super Bowl played out as expected with the Kansas City Chiefs beating out the Miami Dolphins and winning the Super Bowl 54 - 32. ====

Super Bowl XLIX
Super Bowl XLIX was held on February 3rd, 2015. What differs is that this was the only Super Bowl in recorded history to ever be held outside of the US government's control. Super Bowl XLIX was held in Los Angeles in the Russian Occupied Sector of the United States. It was at this point when the majority of the United States was under Russian control. The Russian government made compromises with the NFL and American companies to keep the NFL to feel as authentic as possible. Only some things differed, the halftime show was Alexandrov Ensemble performing the State Anthem of the Russian Federation rather than the typical run of the mill celebrity performance. Other differences included some ads promoting the Russian Military and asking American citizens to join the Russian military. Instead of Pepsi sponsoring the halftime show as usual, the Russian oil company of Tatneft funded the halftime show instead.

The FIFA World Cup
Aside from the Super Bowl, the World cup was another sports that got effected. As agreed upon within the UN, the US and Russia would not partake in the World Cup as well as their allies until the War was over. With many of the Great Powers no longer in the World Cup, this allowed for smaller nations to take prominence within the World Cup. The following is a list of the three World Cups which occurred during World War 3 and up until the Second Russian Invasion of the USA.

2010 World Cup
The 2010 World Cup was held in South Africa and the first World Cup in which the US and Russia both did not partake in. The finals were between Botswana and the Philippines. It ended with Botswana beating the Philippines in a close match of 34 - 30.

2014 World Cup
The 2014 World Cup was held in Brisbane, Australia and the Second World Cup in which the US and Russia did not partake in. The finals came down to Luxembourg and Cambodia. Cambodia won the World Cup and beat Luxembourg 1 - 0 in a relatively boring World Cup.

2018 World Cup
The 2018 World Cup was the first World Cup since 2006 in which both the USA and Russia were both allowed to partake in once again. It was held in Morocco and the finalists were the newly formed nation of the Seattle Republic and Guatemala. The Seattle Republic won and beat Guatemala in a game score of 4 - 2.

2011 Women's World Cup
The 2011 Women's World Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand and the finalists came down to Japan and Brazil. The rules from the Male Fifa World Cup also implied and forbid the US and Russia from participating. Brazil beat Japan 8 - 3.

2015 Women's World Cup
The 2015 Women's World Cup was held in Athens, Greece. The finalists came down to Nepal and Albania. In an intense game, Albania beat out Nepal in a final score of 4 - 1 in an unexpected turn of events near the last quarter, Nepal lead Albania for most of the game in a score of 1 - 0 but a last minute play by Elizabeta Ejupi saw her score 3 goals in the last 12 minutes of the match as Nepal's defense crumbled.

Indiana Jones
The 2008 Movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was banned in the Seattle Republic and banned under Borisov's rule of the USA due to it's portrayal of the Soviets as the bad guys, a deal was eventually reached between Lucas Films and the Russian government in which the Soviets were replaced with Nazis as the bad guys and the movie was re-released in 2017.

Vice/Backseat
The 2018 Movie Vice (known as Backseat within Putin's Ambition) focuses on Cheney's Presidency in the 1990s rather than his Vice Presidency in the 2000s. Vice/Backseat talks about Cheney's abuse of power as President and his blatant corruption which would lead to his ultimately defeat in the 2000 election. This is in contrast to the Vice Movie of our timeline which focused on Cheney's rise to power within the Bush administration.

Darkest Hour
The 2017 film Darkest Hour is banned in Russia and the Seattle Republic as it depicts Churchill as "too heroic and not as a colonizing murderer" as said by the Russo-Seattle Media Consumption Board. This decision was controversial as the Movie Dunkirk was still allowed which had allusions to Darkest Hour that had to be removed in the Seattle release of the movie