The Japanese Vulture (probably) was created as an anti-Japanese caricature against the axis, composed of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan itself. In the cartoon starring Homer Pigeon, the vulture tries to stop the protagonist to deliver a mail bag to US army. In the final, Homer pulls the vulture's feathers while saying "That's for pearl harbor that's for singapure and a kick in the axis for hitler!", so kicks the vulture.