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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''They all wore uniforms, although since no two uniforms were exactly alike they were not, in fact, uniform and [[Dissimile|therefore not technically uniforms.]]''"
|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]''', ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]''}}
Characters who are meant to stand out in some way in a military, school or other place will wear a "uniform" that is different from everyone else. This is separate from rank although it may be implied that they're too [[Badass]] for anyone to complain. Also different from a practical reason to be dressed different such as fireproof clothing for a [[Playing with Fire|pyrokinetic]] army. Generally a symptom of [[Mildly Military]].
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Often the reason behind this is to get [[Distinctive Appearances]] for any characters of importance.
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]'': Amu has one with a slightly higher skirt, a loosened tie and a black jacket and shirt combination, complete with [[Hair Decorations|"x" hair-clips]], [[Memetic Outfit|of course]], rather than the usual Seiyo girl's uniform, which consists of a black jumper, a relatively long skirt, and a straighter, less crooked tie. The other Royal Guardians probably also qualify, as the Royal Cape seems to be the only constant (mostly).
* In spite of being employed by and holding a rank in the state military, Edward Elric in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is not required to wear a military uniform, instead traveling in a distinctive [[Badass Longcoat|red coat]]. The Amestrian military also seems more than fairly lenient when it comes to how its officers wear their hair.
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*** Also, would the military even have [[Teens Are Short|teenager-sized]] uniforms?
*** You mean [[Berserk Button|tiny micro bean-sized uniforms]]?
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', none of the main and few of the secondary characters wear the uniforms of their villages. The closest thing to uniformity is that everyone does wear a [[
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'':
** Ranma never wears a school uniform in either the manga or the anime, unless it's a ''girl's'' uniform as part of a plot to manipulate Kuno, or a disguise to fool Ryouga. (It's worth noting that the boy's uniform for his school seems to be simply a white shirt with black slacks, which he ''does'' wear, just in the Chinese style rather than the western.)
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** This is mentioned to be a serious problem for the Zeon side, as it basically means "individual glory > teamwork" in the worst cases. Specifically, [[Ace Pilot|ace pilots]] can do what they want within limits, and this applies retroactively.
** The mostly-civilian White Base crew had a few custom uniforms too, mostly because they're handmade stopgaps.
* Unusually for a ''Gundam'' series, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'' mostly subverts this trope throughout the first season. Only [[Super Soldier|Soma]] gets a custom pilot suit and that is necessary to stop her Quantum Brainwaves from affecting her in the same way Allelujah's does him.
** It gets a bit looser in the second series with Graham's "Mr. Bushido" attire and the Innovator's colour coded helmets. Celestial Being also get a uniform but each member has a different colour scheme and some further customise their outfits (Ian, Lasse, Mileina, Linda).
* In ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'', as well as the anime and drama that are based on it, the four richest and most popular kids in the school, the F4, never wear their uniforms.
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* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
** Sailors Uranus and Neptune are the only senshi to wear short gloves rather than elbow-length ones. Given their [[Aloof Ally]] status, this sets them further apart from the others.
** Creator Naoko Takeuchi originally intended for all the senshi to have wildly different uniforms, including masks, but this was shot down by anime [[Executive Meddling|sentaification]] considerations. Evidence : Sailor V, Sailor Moon in early manga chapters (Moon had a mask for a chapter, Jupiter had a belt, etc).
** In the final arc of the
** Makoto/Jupiter wears the uniform from her old school, but unlike a normal [[Transfer Student Uniforms]] case, she has the excuse of [[Huge Schoolgirl|the new school not having a uniform in her size]].
* Partial example in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. The Barrier Jackets of most named characters are unique and very different from those worn by the generic [[Heroes-R-Us|Space-Time Administration Bureau]] combat mage. However, when they're not in battle, they wear the standard military uniform of their branch.
** Nanoha tends to wear her instructor squad uniform most of the time, and only wears her Section 6 uniform on official business. Signum and Vita occasionally wear the "first class undersuit" as a less restrictive counterpart to the female uniform.
** After joining the Saint Church, {{spoiler|Sister Sein}} wears a nun outfit with short sleeves, for an unspecified reason relating to the rules.
* Several characters in ''[[
** In ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', Arika's uniform has pink trim, unlike the green in most Coral uniforms. The top Pearl wears a white uniform instead of gray, with red trim instead of yellow. Mai, however, wears bright orange trim with her Coral and Pearl uniforms.
* Alice L. Malvin from ''[[Pumpkin Scissors]]'' wears a yellow uniform while everyone else in the army wears an olive one.
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* In ''[[Sket Dance]]'', Shinzou, the Kendo club captain, is constantly [[cosplay]]ing as a samurai, so that even when he's in school he wears the traditional samurai outfit instead of the school uniform. In one episode he is even seen getting chastised by the martinet [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council|Student Council]] vice-president for doing this.
* ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'' has Paladin [[Alliteration|Arthur August Angel]], who has an extremely fancy uniform.
{{quote|'''[[Anti-Anti-Christ|Rin]]''': ...when I'm also a paladin, it'd suck to hafta wear such lame-ass clothes [as yours].
'''[[Jerkass|Angel]]''': [[Completely Missing the Point|Unfortunately for you, I had these clothes made-to-order.]] }}
* In ''[[Hidan no Aria]]'', Riko modified her school uniform to be more Lolita-like.
* Itsuki from ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'' wears a white version of the male uniform, not just to show her status as granddaughter of the principal and [[Student Council President]], but also to emphasize her [[Bifauxnen]] nature.
* Yusuke Urameshi from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' wears a green school uniform instead of the standard blue uniform. His reputation as a violent delinquent keeps the staff from trying too hard to enforce the dress code on him.
* None of the girls in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' wear the same uniform. They all have one set of default idle clothes, so these very-different-for-each-other fuku's are really uniforms.
== Comic Books ==
* The government-sponsored [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]] group initially split the difference between custom and uniform - they all shared a common color scheme, with individual variations - Madrox's full cowl and [[Badass Longcoat]], Havok's leather jacket and headgear, Strong Guy's coke-bottle glasses, etc. Quicksilver stuck out because he kept his traditional light-blue with silver lightning outfit. Although it fits his aloof and arrogant demeanor, it belies his grudging acceptance of membership in the group of [[True Companions]] that develops.
* In [[The DCU]], [[The Legion of Super Heroes]] franchise has brought twists to this trope ''twice'':
** In the early issues of the "present day" [[Prequel]] comic, ''L.E.G.I.O.N. '89'', characters wore a wide range of clothing styles reflecting culture, alien anatomy, and/or personal aesthetics, but they all shared the standard livery of black underlayer, white overgarments, and the L.E.G.I.O.N. symbol in gold. No two characters, even those in the background, ever wore quite the same outfit: despite this, they were all obviously members of the same force. Later artists got lazy and gave the rank-and-file grunts identical uniforms.
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** The [[Internal Affairs|SJS]] uniforms vary from standard judge uniforms in that they get different helmets and only wear an eagle on one shoulder. Also, chief judges wear a massive badge on their chest to denote their status as chief judge.
* Justified by Dust from the [[X-Men]]. She is allowed to continue wearing her veil and abaya (it's not a burqa) as part of the junior team, due to her religion. She is sometimes drawn wearing the X-belt, however.
* In the ''[[W.I.T.C.H.
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* The cast of ''[[My Immortal]]'' all wear lurid costumes that fit what the author considers to be "[[goth]]ic" and don't in any way fit what [[Harry Potter|Hogwarts]] uniforms actually look like.
== Film ==
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*** And [[Knights of the Old Republic|Yuthura Ban]], who goes for a military-style uniform.
** Darth Vader fitted somewhere outside of but very high up in Imperial Navy's command structure—somewhere below Grand Moff Tarkin—but never wore a uniform. Vader's armor was life support, so he couldn't remove it. And a uniform tailored to fit over it would have made him look like a total dork. In [[Dark Empire]], when Luke briefly goes over to [[The Dark Side]] and serves as an apprentice under Palpatine, he gets the same [[In the Blood|title and position as his father]] and is dressed in a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:SWDarkEmpireOmnibus.jpg very similar outfit], missing only the helmet and life support. You could say it's just Palpatine rubbing it in, but maybe it ''is'' a uniform.
*** It's more armor than a uniform, since the Vader design was based on [http://www.museum-quality-samurai-armor.com/samurai_armor_all_for_sale/samurai_armor_for_sale_all/samurai_armor_105/samurai-armor_105__33.jpg samurai armor]{{Dead link}}.
** [[Peter Cushing]], Tarkin's actor, had a unique Imperial uniform. He wore slippers instead of boots as the boots were uncomfortable for him to wear. This is why you never see Tarkin's feet in the movie.
* Some of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' films see our heroes wearing alternative uniforms, that have clearly been designed for Starfleet use, but are typically more casual in look than the standard uniform. In particular, we have Scotty's black "engineers jacket", and the [[
** Dialogue in the TNG episode ''Chain of Command'' indicated that wearing informal clothing instead of a standard uniform is allowed, ''with'' the captain's permission (and also that it was mostly commonly granted to senior officers in specialized positions), and the series is relatively consistent in showing that captains and above have a more 'casual' variant of their uniform (sort of an inverse to a dress uniform).
* Pretty much all of the [[Space Marine|Colonial Marines]] in Aliens have this; the only exception is Lieutenant Gorman, who wears a pristine, fresh-out-of-stores uniform, presumably to emphasize the fact that he's [[New Meat|completely inexperienced]].
* In
** Only when on the Hogwarts Express and on Hogsmeade trips. Every other instance when on school grounds he was in the standard outfit. Notably, since it was the same black suit he wore at the beginning of ''Goblet of Fire'', this might be a case of [[Limited Wardrobe]].
== Literature ==
* Howard W. Campbell, the American Nazi from ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'', wears a gaudy custom outfit instead of the standard German uniform.
* [[Olivia (novel)|Olivia]] from the kids' books series of the same name wears red clothes instead of the color of her school team, because she <s>always wants to be the boss</s> is strong-willed and independent.
* In the [[Discworld]] book ''[[
** The Ankh-Morpork City Watch is composed of so many different members of different shapes and sizes that being in uniform usually means being in whatever bits of uniform fitted. And since the force has expanded dramatically they are pretty much scrapping the bottom of the armory and pulling out all kinds of antique equipment. Funny helmets through the centuries, according to Vimes.
* The Adumari Union pilots in ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'' are, technically, all wearing standard flight suits - although since they're part of a multinational force that has only recently come together, they're all different colors - but have no restrictions on decorations, medals, what have you; their commander had a bank of medals that could double as a bludgeon if it had to.
** The series also mentions how the Rogues, when they go [[Incredibly Lame Pun|rogue]], enjoy personalizing their X-Wings' color schemes, while Wraith Squadron when masquerading as [[Space Pirates|pirates]] gets to do the same. And even when working for the Rebellion, Corran Horn's fighter and flightsuit retain their original CorSec colors. Though it probably shouldn't be surprising that a rebels' military has a lax attitude towards standardization...
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** Another example from the same series is villain Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel, who has designed his own uniform.
* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'':
** Harrington has had her uniform reinforced to protect her shoulder from Nimitz's claws, although the books make it clear that this is a standard variation in uniform, for
** Michael Oversteegen and other aristocrats seem to enjoy wearing uniforms modified for less practical reasons.
*** A specially tailored uniform (for reasons other than purely utilitarian ones ''a la'' Honor's reinforcements) is one of the Honorverse's stock [[Upper Class Twit]] traits; it's ''not'' allowed by regs. Therefore powerful aristocrats wear them to flaunt being above the rules. Oversteegan is the only character who wears such a thing and isn't a complete asshole. (Having the Designated Asshole Traits and not actually being one is kind of Oversteegan's schtick).
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* Craig Lowell, from the WEB Griffin ''Brotherhood of War'' series, is an obscenely wealthy, old-money type who was kicked out of college and drafted during WWII, then chose to stay in the army. While all of his uniforms are custom made, they are uniform. However, while most officers have dress blues for formal wear, he went a step beyond and purchased the dress mess uniform, which goes so far as to include a cape. This irritates people.
* Many of the knights in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' wear distinctive custom-made armor and use distinctive personal weapons rather than any kind of standard-issue equipment... which they wouldn't have had, anyway, being ''[[Shaped Like Itself|knights]]'', rather than common levies in livery.
* Miles Vorkosigan of the ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' wore very expensively tailored custom uniforms, designed to conceal some of his physical deformities, while ''looking'' exactly like standard issue uniforms.
* In ''[[A Hero of Our Time]]'' by Michael Lermontov, Cadet Grushnitsky chooses to wear a Private's coat over his uniform, much to the chagrin of his peers. Though granted this is more of an example of [[Nonuniform Uniform]].
* The [[Heralds of Valdemar]], in the books by Mercedes Lackey, all wear white. Student heralds wear grey. Bards and Healers wear red and green, respectively, with students having a variation. This coding is commented on in-story, essentially saying that in stressful situation, such as a riot or fire, the townspeople can look for that color uniform. A few characters avert this in everyday wear, and are allowed to because of their teaching duties (weapon use). One character sort of subverts this plain white uniform (or has it subverted for her) by her uniforms being remade with embroidery and other designs, but all in white.
** Early in the ''Collegium Chronicles'', we learn that upper-class parents of a Heraldic Trainee often insist on providing their child with a custom-tailored version of the official uniform, in higher-quality fabrics. When Mags is invited to a councilor's home over the Midwinter holidays, a Herald collects enough of these outgrown custom Grays to let Mags dress appropriately for the surroundings. (This may be the "ancestor" of the Formal Grays that we see later in the chronology.)
** And one Herald, a (former) mercenary captain, avoids the herald uniform as much as she can get away with, calling it "oh-shoot-me-now-white".
== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Star Trek: The
** Troi wears a purplish outfit for much of the series. She was ordered to wear a Starfleet uniform by Jellico in "Chain of Command".
*** And to her credit, after being ordered to wear it, she wears it for the rest of the series.
** On the other hand, Ensign Ro is told to remove her Bajoran earring when she's assigned to the ''Enterprise''. Picard agrees to let her wear it by the end of her first episode. Similarly, in an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
** Admirals from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' on seem to be a straighter example—we see such a wide variety of outfits that either Starfleet Command is ''constantly'' changing flag officers' uniforms, or they can wear whatever they want as long as you can tell that it is a uniform.
*** Many of the admirals seem to be wearing similar variants however, that look almost like the modern "mess dress" variants of British Army uniforms. As does Picard, in a number of episodes (that isn't just an open jacket- if you look carefully you'll notice that grey section is an additional panel of the uniform jacket, fastening on the right side).
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* ''[[Star Trek:
* In [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the original ''
** It's made fairly clear in a number of episodes that the cape is part of a Colonial Warrior's dress uniform (look at the party on Carrolon).
* Every [[Sixth Ranger]] in ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has a different style of uniform than the main team. Sometimes it's just a [[Palette Swap|color reversal]] or adding a chest piece, sometimes it's a full suit of armor or actually being a [[Humongous Mecha]] or [[Metal Heroes]]. The only real exceptions are when the entire team seems to be particularly diverse already, but they almost always stand out.
** In [[Power Rangers]] at least, not only this, but when the Rangers are part of an organization, the [[Sixth Ranger]]'s ''unmorphed'' uniform will be different in more than the usual
*** It does apply to unmorphed uniforms in [[Super Sentai]] too. In ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'', Tetsu's uniform was mainly white with navy accents, the same colours as his morphed suit. The core five's were mainly black with accents in their own colour. In [[Engine Sentai Go-onger]], the Wings wore gold and silver jackets, instead of black motor-racing suits with ranger-coloured writing and trim.
* Gentaro in ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' still wears his blazer and jeans, complete with fire-patterned Chuck Taylors whilst everyone else wears the school uniforms (sometimes with their own adjustments, but they're still the same basic clothing). It doesn't look like he's going to change them any time soon.
* ''[[Jonas]]'' is a particularly egregious example. All the main characters have a Custom Uniform while the [[Red Shirt|background extras]] don't.
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** In some episodes, he also wears his (neck)tie around his forehead as a type of bandana. Basically, staying within the rules of the dress code while looking nothing like everybody else.
* Jenny, the title character from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Doctor's Daughter", is a [[Designer Babies|genetically engineered]] soldier who emerges fully grown (and clothed) from a cloning machine. While her fellow soldiers are dressed in standard drab military fatigues, Jenny arrives in fitted black trousers, a tight green tee shirt (in a vibrant and flattering shade, no less) and flawless makeup, sans bulky coat. The difference in uniform is never explained, and no one seems to question it.
* Lieutenant Jim Dangle from ''[[Reno 911!]]'' wears shorts with his uniform, which he states he had to specifically ask the state for permission to do.
* Peacekeepers on ''[[Farscape]]'': They started out with uniforms, and the lower ranking troops continued to wear uniforms, but for anyone with the rank above Senior Officer or Lieutenant the rule seemed to be "As long as it's made out of red and black leather..."
* In episode of ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'', "Bye Bye Kenan part 2", Kel arrives in Kenan's new school wearing a green tracksuit and black leather jacket. The teacher mistook him for Kenan and calls him out about the clothes he is wearing. It is dropped when Kel says he isn't the student she is expecting.
* Before the accident, crew members on ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' wore khaki fatigues or boiler suits. Lister wears a jacket with an assortment of badges sewn onto it and a London Jets
== Tabletop Games ==
* Everyone in ''[[Warhammer
** And even then, there can be some subtle variation amongst the rank-and-file. After a few battles [[Badass Normal|Imperial]] [[Redshirt Army|Guardsmen]] tend to pick up souvenirs or trophies, while members of more pious regiments will attach devotional scripts or lucky relics to their flak armor. [[Space Marine]] [[Warrior Monk|Marines]] will all proudly be wearing their chapter's colors, of course, but their armor usually has at least one purity seal on it somewhere, while some members have their own coat-of-arms to display. [[The Corruption|Chaos]] [[Evil Counterpart|Space]] [[Space Pirate|Marines]]' ([[Spikes of Villainy|spiky]]) armor is a patchwork of parts collected across millennia, and with [[Body Horror|mutations]] that ensure any two models aren't exactly the same. And the [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orks]], of course, don't even ''have'' a concept of "uniform," only [[Planet of Hats|clan]] [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|colors]].
** This trope is extremely common in war games. Unless a game abstracts an entire large unit to one "block," it is essential to distinguish the leader of a unit for the sake of the ''players''. ''Warhammer Fantasy'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' enforce this trope by requiring in the rules that a unit's leader can be clearly identified and using different models to represent them.
== Theater ==
* Invoked at a remove in the very first moments of ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'':
{{quote|'''Macnair:''' Better get yourself back down to Congress, Mr. Adams. Getting ready to vote, and they said they couldn't settle such an important question without Massachusetts being there.
'''[[John Adams]]:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|I can just imagine. All right, what burning issue are we voting on this time?]]
'''Macnair:''' On whether or not to grant [[George Washington|General Washington's]] request that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matching uniforms.
<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Beat]]]
'''Adams:''' Oh, good God.}}
== Video Games ==
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* In ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] III'' and ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] IV'', Blair (the player character) has his last name on the name tag on his uniform, but all other pilots have their callsign on the name tag. As the callsign was chosen by the player, it wasn't practical to allow customized callsigns on the nametag, with [[Full Motion Video]].
* In ''[[City of Villains]]'', the Arachnos Spider and Widow epic archetypes' primary costumes are restricted to standard Arachnos parts, but they can still make themselves look different from the rank and file Arachnos NPC's, and their alternate costume slots don't have those restrictions at all, except for Crab Spiders having to have their trademark [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|mechanical arms]] in all of them.
* If the player joins the Imperial Legion in ''[[The Elder Scrolls
** This applies to NPCs too,
** Not to mention that as Knight of the Imperial Dragon you outrank anyone who would otherwise care about your lack of uniform.
* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', many of the members of [[The Squad|Squad 7]] had some variation on their uniform. This ''would'' be avoided by Welkin, who wore his commander's uniform exactly as it was meant to be worn, except he is the ''only'' person who doesn't have a uniform variation and therefore stands out because of it.
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** This carries over to ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'', where Prarie has a custom uniform from the other Guardians. Partially Subverted in ''ZX Advent'': While Ashe wears the same clothes as the other "normal" hunters, but without a helmet, a number of NPC hunters wear their own uniforms.
* Colonel Tendon Cobar and Colonel Mael Radek from ''[[Killzone]]'' (''Liberation'' and ''2'', respectively) get the awesomest suits you'll see from any Helghast, the lot of whom wear really cool outfits anyway.
* In the second ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' game, the [[Mooks|Krimzon Guards]] have four kinds of uniforms: red for normal ones, yellow for inexplicably stronger ones, one for [[The Dragon|Errol]] and one for [[Rebellious Princess|Ashelin]]. In the third game, the [[Mook Face Turn|Freedom League]] is all blue, though for some reason Ashelin still has the [[Limited Wardrobe|exact same outfit]].
* Most Alliance Marines in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' appear to wear black armor, in sharp contrast to Ashley's white-and-pink. Also, normal Alliance starships are white and red, while the ''[[Cool Ship|Normandy]]'' is black and white.
** Though strangely whichever human crew member survives Virmire (or Liara, if she was Shepard's [[Love Interest]] in the first game) shows up in the same white-and-pink during the opening sequence of [[Mass Effect 2]], while Shepard sticks with the standard black Alliance armor (plus a red stripe to denote rank).
** Well the Normandy is explained away by being built by more than one race so maybe it got its own color scheme and in universe I think the white-and-pink was the medic color.
** Miranda's [[Spy Catsuit]] doesn't seem to be standard-issue for Cerberus personnel, especially considering the proportions required to make it work.
* In ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather
* In ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' one can create their own uniform out of several different pieces, styles (both from the shows and new), and colour schemes. This is even handwaved by one of the Loading Screens giving the year uniform regulations were relaxed.
* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] 1'' and ''2'', Rei and Mei Ijuin, as heirs of the filthy rich Ijuin Family, are allowed to wear variants of their respective schools' regular uniform. Becomes a plot point in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', as if Mei is in [[Relationship Values|Tokimeki Status]] with the main protagonist, {{spoiler|near the end of the game, he can give her a regular Hibikino School Uniform as a Christmas present, and she'll wear it out of love for him later in one of her special Events}}.
** Small variations to the standard uniform - usually a different shirt and/or tie - are common throughout the ''Girl's Side'' games, especially on the parts of the more artistic and/or fashionable characters.
* The ''Persona'' series delves into both this and [[Nonuniform Uniform]]:
** In ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'', each of the playable characters have their own personal flair. The protagonist, Maki, Eriko, and Nanjo wear the uniform correctly, but have [[Iconic Item|an earring, compact-amulet, an orange scarf, and a light blue #1 scarf]] respectively. Yukino also wears the uniform correctly, but wears a much longer skirt. Masao/Mark also has an earring, but he wears a turtleneck shirt, a [[Nice Hat]], and carries around a yellow tagger's backpack. Hidehiko wears a purple
** In serious contrast to the other ''Persona'' games, the ''[[Persona 2]]'' duology only has the instance of a one Eikichi "Michel" Mishina, who wears what appears to be a kilt under his jacket over his uniform pants. In ''Innocent Sin'', Tatsuya, Lisa, and {{spoiler|Jun}} wear their uniforms without any changes whatsoever, although Tatsuya has his jacket unbuttoned. {{spoiler|Tatsuya foregoes a school uniform entirely in ''Eternal Punishment'', opting for a red motorcycle tracksuit.}}
** The only ones that actually wear proper uniforms in ''[[Persona 3]]'' (including the PSP version) are the female protagonist and [[Robot Girl|Aigis]], and even then, Aigis wears the winter uniform even in summer in order to hide her robot joints. The male protagonist wears his winter uniform blazer unbuttoned and the uniform pants for both versions are slightly above his ankles and he wears a pair of engineer-style boots. Junpei always wears a ball cap and a blue shirt instead of a white one. Yukari wears a choker, a pink sweater instead of the winter uniform jacket and a shorter skirt. Fuuka wears a green turtleneck instead of the white shirt. Akihiko wears a red sweater vest and neither he nor Mitsuru ever wears the uniform jacket. Mitsuru at least has the excuse of "her father pays for this school", but the others don't. Ryoji also wears suspenders instead of a belt, rolls up his sleeves, and wears an absurdly long scarf instead of the uniform jacket.
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* In ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'', Fuka isn't able to become a proper Prinny because Hades ran out of Prinny suits. Thus, they just gave her a Prinny jacket and hat from the gift shop.
* Possible to an extent in ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Rainbow Six]]: Vegas 2'' - Michael and Jung wear the same uniform throughout the whole game, while the player character Bishop [[Virtual Paper Doll|has all sorts of customization options.]] However, Michael and Jung's uniforms will emulate any camo options the player sets for Bishop, even if it clearly goes against the environment you're operating in.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' uses this a few times:
** First with with Nanase's [[Stripperific]] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-04-07 martial arts outfit]:
{{quote|'''Sarah:''' Why is she dressed like that?
'''Justin:''' Black belts wear whatever they want.
'''Sarah:''' Is that a rule?
'''Justin:''' Sorta... nobody is brave enough to tell them no. }}
** And again later when Tedd and Susan play mix-and-match with their male and female school uniforms to protest Moperville North's strict, sexist (and [[Sudden School Uniform|short-lived]], [[Webcomic Time|at least if you're on an]] [[Archive Binge]]) school uniform policy.
** Tedd also seems to think all uniforms should be Custom Uniforms:
{{quote|"I mean, I [[Custom Uniform of Sexy|like uniforms]], but [[Completely Missing the Point|what's the point]] if everyone in a group is wearing the same thing?!"}}
* The [[Private Military Contractors|Dogs of War]] in ''[[Cry Havoc]]'' all wear different gear over a standard unifrom. This is passed off due to their status as mercenaries who hand-pick their equipment and weapons.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120104020018/http://thosedestined.pensandtales.com/ Those Destined]'', the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]'s uniform consists only of a badge (worn above their regular clothes, as the [[Big Bad]] insists), while the standard [[Mooks]] uniform is much stricter.
* In ''[[Goblins]]'', one of the Brassmoon city guard officers wears a cape. He stopped when his commander threatened to ''[[Bad Boss|kill him]]'' if he saw him in it again.
* A mook wearing a medieval suit of armor while his comrades wear high-tech military stealth-suits does not escape the hero's notice in ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''. He claims he gets to do whatever he wants because he's an elite, although he actually goes down easier than most of the regular ones.
== Web Original ==
* A couple of guards in ''[[Equestria Chronicles]]'' wear unusual armor. Emphasis on "a couple."
== Western Animation ==
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* In ''[[Pasila]]'', none of the five police officer protagonists have an identical uniform. One wears a full officer's dress uniform, another one wears an indoor uniform, another one wears an outdoor uniform, another one wears a mere uniform vest over his civilian shirt and trousers, and one wears a fricking ''trenchcoat, t-shirt, jeans and sneakers''. Each uniform [[Limited Wardrobe|is worn like that the whole time]].
* In ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', the [[Mauve Shirt]] clone troopers who have lived longer than the first mission after basic training add some customization to their armor, either as paint, tatoos, or just not having the burn/pistol marks repaired off of it.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
== Real Life ==
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** There are so many different shades of khaki - never mind that Cadettes' vests often don't match their pants - that it leads to rather a [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/cheebalicious/Girl%20Scouts/Junior%20yr%202/100_1361.jpg lack] [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/cheebalicious/Girl%20Scouts/Junior%20yr%202/100_1362.jpg of] [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/cheebalicious/Girl%20Scouts/Junior%20yr%202/100_1384.jpg uniformity].
* Squads and such in [[Humans Versus Zombies]]. Normally, it's all up to recognizing faces or maybe a hat or color scheme to tell who's with you and not with you. Aside from generic "we all wear camo jackets", there's a lot of room to maneuver.
* While [https://web.archive.org/web/20070225002321/http://www.girlguides.ca/ Girl Guides of Canada] requires full uniforms, there are endless options for clothing that normally result no two girls in a troop look the same. The uniform consists of: long and short sleeved option for t-shirts, e pants or capris, leggings, a hat when camping a hoodie of vest for cold weather, a sash for displaying the badges, a neck scarf (the same as the one described above for girl scouts) and the characteristic stripey socks.
* Wal-mart only requires its employees to wear blue shirts, brown pants, and their name badge. What shade of blue and what shade of brown is completely irrelevant, and they can be any style of shirt or pants (provided it stays within reasonable dress code). Though most simply choose the standard navy blue, collared shirts. They did away with the uniform blue vests a couple years ago for unknown reasons.
** Similarly, Target requires its employees to wear tan pants and a red shirt, with no guidance beyond those points.
** At the [[American Girl]] Place in [[Los Angeles]], employees are required to wear black pants, black shoes, and black socks. Shirts can be of any colors so as long it's solid and no logos/patterns, while those working in the cafe have to have white button-down shirts. (Might apply to some of the other stores.)
* [[Private Military Contractors]] usually don't have set uniforms. Most members either wear civilian clothes underneath their tactical gear, or whatever military fatigues the members own.
* Nurses. Even if you see 100 nurses in one day, you will never see two dressed
** Does not, however, apply to nursing students in a hospital. They tend to wear whatever uniform clothes the school requires, usually white.
** Does not apply to the increasing number of hospitals that are standardizing their dress codes, such that all employees of a certain professional branch (RNs, CNAs, ancillary staff, etc.) must wear scrubs of a solid mandated color (frequently either navy or ciel blue). Also does not apply to the OR, where everyone wears the same hospital-issued surgical greens.
** If you've seen the show Emergency!, you may have noticed that although the uniforms may be similar or identical, you'll be hard pressed to find two hats the same. In that time period, nurses wore the hats they wore for their respective schools.
** To an extent subverted in the [[National Health Service]]. Nurses don't have the various patterns and decorations found elsewhere and have [https://web.archive.org/web/20141003221828/http://www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk/page/11963/tools-and-resources/nhs-brand-basics/property/uniforms/uniforms strict uniform guidelines]. And that is just for the logo placement.
* 18th century regiments each had their own uniform, and the only criteria was that it should have as much [[Bling of War]] as was compatible with marching through mud and potholes, a difficulty usually ignored as [[Honor Before Reason|showiness comes before reason]]. It may not have mattered as much as it sounds as each block of men only has to know how to fire at the block of men in front of it.
** Even colors of uniforms were not standardized as late as the 19th century. The British had troops wearing green (most famously the Green Dragoons and the Rifle regiments) and blue; almost all nations' Zouave uniforms looked alike, in more or less French colors; in the American Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run saw an incident where a Union unit in gray uniforms got almost on top of the Confederates before either side realized what was going on. (Or was it a Confederate unit in blue?)
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** Even when a unit's uniforms ''were'' standardised when they were formed, it wasn't unusual for them to return home looking vastly different from even other members of the same unit. Admittedly, this was because not all of their uniforms would be from the same supplier using the same batch of dye on the exact same kind of fabric, and so would not necessarily react in the same manner to weather conditions (rain, sun, etc.). A battalion of "redcoats" might end up marching back to barracks after a campaign with some members in pink coats, and some whose jackets were almost brown.
* Various modern incarnations of former paramilitary organisation the [[wikipedia:Legion of Frontiersmen|Legion of Frontiersmen]] tend to have a rather ... random selection of uniform elements.
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* Ditto for modern [[Cossacks]]. Their appearance ranges from "fairly modern military style camo" to "authentic XIX century dress uniform complete with a saber", with anything in between possible.
* Lord Lovet lead a Commando Brigade on [[World War
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** Goalkeepers in [[The Beautiful Game|association football]] must wear uniforms that make them distinguishable from other players. This has occasionally led to customized uniforms.
** Goaltenders in [[Ice Hockey]] wear masks attached to their helmets to keep pucks from flying into their faces. These masks and helmets tend to be highly decorated according to the goalie's tastes.
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