The eagle was a popular barbarian motif during the Middle Ages, which represented...

L’aigle était un symbole de l’empire romain et a été adopté à cette époque parce qu’il portait encore des connotations de statut et de pouvoir.

Explanation:

The eagle was a symbol of the Roman empire and was adopted at this time because it still carried connotations of status and power.

personally, i think the games do because it's actually them controlling it. this might cause them to think it's okay to do it for real. as for animated movies i think they are mostly fine because they're animated. also, animation has come a long way causing animated movies to become more real but 30 years ago this wouldn't be as big of a problem as today.