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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** We'll start with ''New!Who''{{'}}s "saluting while not wearing hats" (you can actually bow when wishing to show respect to a superior officer within most Commonwealth countries). Yes, it means that the Doctor can do his "no don't salute" bit, but would it cost them too much to borrow the hats?
** In [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E02 Day of the Moon|"The Day of the Moon"]] Rory, dressed in civilian clothes, salutes the NASA personalpersonnel in 1969 with the British-styled salute. The NASA personal are explicitly confused by his usage of the British salute, so this is certainly an in-universe example.
* Mostly averted in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', although there were some uniform oddities that popped up now and then, most notably an airman in the pilot wearing the insignia for both a Staff Sergeant and a Major. It was officially endorsed by the US Air Force, and had military advisers on board to avoid most flagrant mistakes.
* ''[[Stargate Universe]]'':