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* Large swaths of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s general populace. It is suprising when we see [[Muggles]] actually side with mutants and the like....
* Pro-Nazi Bunds were a common foe of the [[Justice Society of America]] in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]].
* In ''[[Superman: Birthright]]'', Superman's first foes are Black Shirts working for Luthor, who truly believe Luthor's theory that Superman is an evil alien invader.
* A good version is seen in ''[[Planet Hulk]]'', where the Imperial resistance's morale is bolstered when rumors surface of a mysterious green goliath who put a scar on the Red King's face the first time he entered the ring as a gladiator. The captions put it best, describing how they don't know their peoples' warrior history because those days are long gone, that their fighting streak ended with their fathers' fathers. They don't know how to fight, but all of a sudden... they ''do''.
* ''[[Therefore Repent!]]'': The Splitters who side with the psychopathic angels against [[La Résistance]].
* [[Doc Savage]] takes on the Silver Shirt bundists in the first issue of Millenium Comics ''[[Doc Savage]]: Man of Bronze''.
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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 ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]'' and ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'', contrasted with the more [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]-like Night Watch.
*** 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 At Arms states that he has a natural inclination to "pronounce the word 'negro' with two g's."
* [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]] created a rather merciless (and contemporary-to-the-original) savage parody of the Blackshirts—that, of course, being Sir Roderick Spode and his Black''shorts''.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': The Night Watch appears to have been almost entirely composed of Black Shirts.
* The two ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' miniseries had a youth group that followed the Visitors and helped them in their "we're only taking over for your own good, really" approach to humanity. Loosely based on the [[Real Life]] Hitler Youth. There is such a group in the [[Continuity Reboot|re-imagined series]] as well.
* One episode of ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', "Super Mann", featured a group of deep-cover Nazis, who had created "all-American" cover personas as a footballer, a model and a country singer. The Daily Planet's new copyboy, in addition to being a rather bitter figure who even Jimmy thought was a bit of a dweeb, was a huge fan of theirs. When they revealed their true colours, of course, he was the first to get a black leather uniform and took over the Planet building.
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