i really like all things France and want to find a character that personifies France :)
Pepe Le Pew is the first character that comes to mind for France
Jean Pierre Polnareff for me.
Not specifically French, but Hetalia is straight up countries as people.
Yeah, I’d stay far away from this one. It has every power of WW2 personified as an anime boy. If I had the word hate… you know the rest. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan shouldn’t be turned into anime boys.
Does a webcomic count as a franchise? https://satwcomic.com/
And here are all of France’s appearances: https://satwcomic.com/the-world/france
Polandball would be another web comic like that. Although the characters are just circles with flags in them, so no idea how useful that is.
It’s only a matter of time before they make “The Polandball Movie”
Pepe le Pew?
Flight of the conchords is 100% your typical New Zealander
The Kiwi / Aussie rivalry is great, we rip each other to shreds, but will stand up for one another if anyone else tries it.
Hetalia: Axis Powers is this during WWII.
France (フランス, Furansu) is an overly-romantic, carefree man. In the series, he is shown to have a long-held rivalry with England. He makes sexual passes at many characters. France explains away his long history of military defeats as a joke from God, but he believes he is gifted with his “charms” and his supreme cooking skills.
Dexter’s Lab but only for one episode.
Omelette du fromage!
Girls und Panzer
How about these happy little friends?
Phryges - Wikipedia https://share.google/xdlE0TIy1sNRHC8Yr
While not about France, the prominent example that comes to mind is Star Wars personifying the United States as the Empire.
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room with Pierre and Suzette.
Punch-Out! Wii has you fighting caricatures of various nationalities
