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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Waiting to put on a black shirt.''
''Waiting to weed out the weaklings.''
''Waiting to smash in their windows''
''And kick in their doors.''
''Waiting for the final solution''
''To strengthen the strain."''
|'''[[Pink Floyd]]'''|"Waiting for the Worms"
[[Black
The threat that Black Shirts represent is a latent one. While they're harmless on their own or in peacetime, they quickly organize into a formidable force in service of the [[Big Bad]]. Heroes are [[Nominal Importance|nominally]] obliged not to kill them, but even [[The Messiah]] would be hard pressed to make them do a [[Mook Face Turn|turn to the side of good]]. What's more, they completely agree with the [[Evil Overlord]]'s agenda, no matter how cruel, inhuman or insane—even if it means that they'll end up [[Dying Like Animals]] themselves by its conclusion (a fact they usually ignore). While [[Les Collaborateurs]] are greedy enough that they can be bribed into helping the good guys, Black Shirts [[I Control My Minions Through...|do it for fanaticism]] and can't be swayed by mere money. Against them, only force will ultimately stop them and you'll know they'll show no mercy in a heartbeat if they think they can get away with it, so get ready to get tough with them.
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* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In several novels, small groups of [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocratic characters]] are portrayed as plotting against Lord Vetinari so that they can restore the monarchy with a puppet and make their interests policy, even though it's hinted this would be disastrous in the long run, which is why most city leaders are against the idea of a monarchy, even those from noble families such as the Rusts and Venturis who are critical of Vetinari personally.
** The Day Watch and the Palace Guard from ''[[
*** It's debatable how black their shirts are; Lord Vetinari signs their paychecks as well as the Night Watch's after all. It's more that the viewpoint characters, viz. the Night Watch, have a reputation as sort of a joke, and it was only with the advent of Carrot that they tried to stop living up to it. Captain "Mayonnaise" Quirke specifically, however, is very much this trope; he's very in favor of anything that allows him to behave like a pompous asshole, and ''Men
* [[P. G.
* From ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': Bill Ferny, Harry Goatleaf, and the rest of the "ruffians" from Bree, plus the malcontent [[Hobbits|hobbit]] Ted Sandyman, who are more than happy to join [[The Quisling|Lotho Sackville-Baggins]] as hired thugs when he takes over the Shire with Saruman's help.
* Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel ''It Can't Happen Here'' chronicles the rise of American fascism based on religious fundamentalists (duped, more or less), economic discontent, and hatred of Communists and socialists. President Buzz Windrip's supporters organize themselves into paramilitary Minute Men units complete with blue uniforms
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