In this fantastic and dark series’ episode S02E05 you never actually see the Swiss flag on this ambulance, but you see a reflection of the Swiss flag in a shop window:
You tried to hide it. You almost succeeded. But know this: We will find every single misused Swiss flag the FX network ever broadcasts. You have been warned.
Not only have game developers still not learned that the Red Cross flag does not mean first aid, they still use the Swiss flag instead of the Red Cross one on health items. The latest example from a game released in 2016, Battlefield 1. Both the health gauge and the first aid kits have Swiss flags on them:
Screenshot shamelessly stolen from Worthabuy’s review on YouTube.
The first aid dispensers in this game have a white cross on them (but no red background), so I was initially disappointed. But when I actually grabbed a first aid kit (or “medi-gel”) from one, I was relieved to see that it bears the Swiss banner:
The Swiss must be a spacefaring nation in this scenario. Taking over the healthcare sector of the universe in their majestic rocket-fueled Toblerone bars.
These Polish first aid kits proudly wear the Swiss flag:
With extremists now in power, I hope the new government doesn’t take them behind the shed to shoot them for treason. Poland’s flag may use the same colors, but definitely not in that shape.
While the hospital in this scene in the series Archer has a red cross, the ambulance has a Swiss flag. This is surprising for the show, which is normally known to get a lot of cultural stuff right, with the random bits of Spanish, Portuguese and German spoken often making sense, and even a joke about learning Rumantsch (my mother tongue) while flying to Switzerland for a job:
The developers of No Man’s Sky got many things wrong, it seems, and using a Swiss flag to indicate health is simply another:
This screenshot is shamelessly stolen from Mack’s fantastic Worth a Buy channel.
Even the biggest studios aren’t immune against misuse of the Swiss flag. Civilization V even uses the Swiss shield that is popular on some items, such as Swiss army knives from Victorinox or Wenger, as a symbol for “fortify until healed”. Look in the lower left corner:
I don’t think the unit would survive for long with just a little knife (even if it has scissors or a toothpick).
Another game developer doesn’t get it, and this time it’s Volition. The ambulances in Saints Row: The Third carry a Swiss cross on their roof:
I apologize that this image doesn’t have the correct proportions, by the way, I stole this from YouTube.
In this game, Square Enix has a character carrying two boxes full of Swiss chocolate onto a plane:
The event does not seem to be explained in the plot so far, so I don’t know what it’s all about.
Dead Trigger 2 by Madfinger is a strange game. It seems like a force of the Swiss army is fighting zombies around the world. When they get hurt, they evoke a vision of Swiss national pride by imagining a large heart beating for Switzerland, and the overwhelming joy of being Swiss then heals wounded soldiers. This is what it looks like:
Very odd, but it probably goes hand in hand with the Swiss pharmacist they hired for their hideout:
I’m guessing those white little boxes contain Swiss ID cards or something, because all the soldiers speak English. Surely the fake IDs make them feel more Swiss, enabling their Switzerland-related patriotic healing powers.