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== [[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.

** May or may not have to do with if the alchemist in question is currently serving a literal military role. For example: Armstrong and Mustang, while they are intelligent and may do their own research, are generally shown to be involved in military operations and missions, while others such as Edward Elric and Shou Tucker don't regularly wear uniforms (at least on screen in the latter case) and typically engage more in research activities for the military rather than battle.

*** 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 [[Martial Arts Headband|forehead protector]] with the symbol of their village, although not always on the forehead. Shikamaru was the first to graduate to Chuunin, so he's worn the standard uniform, but after the [[Time Skip]], everyone but Naruto graduated to at least that level and no one but Shikamaru and Lee is wearing the uniform.<br /><br />However, when they all go off to {{spoiler|battle in the Fourth Ninja War}} everyone dons the uniform (except for Naruto, who isn't there).

* ''[[Ranma ½~~|Ranma One Half~~]]'':

* ''[[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.)

** In the same series, Tatewaki Kuno doesn't wear a school uniform, either. Ukyo Kuonji sometimes does, but it's the boy's uniform from her old school, not a Furinkan High uniform.

* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'', ZAFT uniforms are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] to differentiate between their respective wearers' ranks (like, red is for pilot aces, black is for ship captains, white is for squad commanders, etc.). However, ''very'' cool pilots receive a special right to use a uniform of any color, like orange or white without being a commander. Andy "Desert Tiger" Waltfeld takes advantage of this to indulge his preference for a tiger motif.

** More subtle variations appear in the Earth Alliance uniforms. Most of them are white with greyish sides and black or greyish shoulders, but a few officers - most notably the villainous William Sutherland and [[Sergeant Rock|Natarle Badgiruel]] following her promotion to captain of the ''[[Cool Ship|Archangel]]'''s [[Evil Counterpart|opposite number]] - have black shoulders and black sides, and [[The Captain]] of the ''[[Cool Ship|Archangel]]'' is the only OMNI officer to have a uniform with red shoulders.

** And in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', Lunamaria Hawke wears the red ZAFT uniform with a very short skirt ''and'' [[Zettai Ryouiki]] instead of trousers. The three Extended pilots wear even further-customized versions of the lowest-rank OMNI uniforms, and Neo Roanoke, as Captain of the 81st Autonomous Mobile Group, wears a version of the OMNI officer's uniform that is dark grey and black instead of white and grey.

** Also nearly every named pilot has a custom pilot suit of some design. Rey wears a white ZAFT pilot suit for despite being a redcoat, and Heine has an Orange suit of the same color as his Prototype GOUF with a Faith emblem on it. Athrun also has a purple flight suit for some reason but it was just given to him when he rejoined Zaft with no hint that he specifically wanted it. Shinn and Luna wear the Elite pilot suits and Shinn later gets a Faith emblem on his. The only named character with a generic suit is Dearka. On the Orb side Kira, Athrun, Cagalli, have a specially colored Orb pilot suit and Mwu gets one with the same markings as his old EA Hawk suit. And Andrew Waltfeld gets a tiger striped pilot suit of undetermined design.

* The Principality of Zeon in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' did not have color-coded uniforms by rank, but the [[Ace Pilot|Ace Pilots]] did get to wear special uniforms, which usually matched their [[Super Prototype|Ace Custom]] mecha. And each of the ruling Zabi family had their own take on a special purple uniform for formal occasions.

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* In ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', Utena Tenjou wears, instead of the girls' uniform, a recolored (and apparently heavily tailored) jacket from the boys' uniform plus red bicycle shorts, [[Fan Service|for some reason]], even though everybody acts like she's wearing the same uniform the boys are.

** At the beginning of the movie version, Utena wears a full boy's uniform with close-cropped hair. She's actually mistaken for a boy until [[Samus Is a Girl|her jacket comes open during a fight]]. Then [[Mind Screw|the acid kicks i ...]]

*** The said uniform is still black and white, while the standard boys' uniform is teal, and for some reason she also wears a matching hat that is nowhere to seen on other students. Possibly it's supposed to be [[Transfer Student Uniforms|her previous school's uniform]], but one has to wonder what kind of school would have more fancy uniforms than friggin' Ohtori Academy.

**** In the manga, she does take a little bit of flak for her choice of outfit, but since the individual ''pieces'' are all from school approved selections, she gets away with it: the shorts are supposedly an option on the gym uniform, and the pink/red boys' uniform jacket is legit, just an extremely unpopular choice amongst the male students.

* Hokuto from ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' wears a white uniform instead of the ordinary black due to him having been mistaken about the school he transferred to... I guess he now wears it to stand out of the "normal" people (he gave Mechazawa a white uniform as a birthday gift, too, but I haven't seen him wear it). Freddie and Hiromi-Go don't wear uniforms either [the former dresses to reference Freddie Mercury, the latter is nude presumably because that's how gorillas usually dress], but nobody knows whether they're actually students or not.

* Paptimus Scirocco, [[The Man Behind the Man]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' is not officially a member of the Titans task force, and his uniform shows this off, being the Titans uniform but in white and gold rather than black and red. Two other pilots, [[Psycho for Hire]] Yazan Gable and artificial [[Super Soldier]] Rosamia Badam, also get their own unique uniforms in yellow/black and purple/red respectively.

* Seras Victoria of ''[[Hellsing]]'' and her blue (or khaki in the manga/OAVs) uniform with that [[Zettai Ryouiki|crazy microskirt and black (or white in the manga/OAVs) stockings]].

* Manjoume/Chazz in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' still wore his North School uniform even after he returned to Duel Academy because he considered the Red uniform from the Slifer/Osiris dorm humiliating.

** Rei/Blair has an alternate uniform from the original Obelisk Blue girl uniform.

* ''[[Red Garden]]''. The [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] seems to dictate dress code down to the length of hair, but the main characters seem rather exempt.

* Team Rocket's [[Terrible Trio]] in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' don't use the traditional black uniform that normal mooks use. Instead they made their own white uniform to stand out.

* Mendou in ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' wears a different uniform just to show off [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|how rich he is]].

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** 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 ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' have customized uniforms, mostly the head members of the student council, who wear different colored uniforms, including Shizuru (khaki) Haruka (green) and Reito (black). Natsuki also wears a hooded white sweatshirt with her uniform instead of the usual blouse, and Haruka's blouse is short-sleeved when she wears it with a vest.

** 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.

* In ''[[Strike Witches]]'', the 501st Joint Fighter Wing is a temporary multi-national unit, so the characters all wear the uniforms of their home services. This still doesn't explain why Minna, Gertrude, and Erica wear different style uniforms despite all of them being from the same unit, or why in the anime Yoshika just fights in her school clothes.

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* ''[[Bleach]]'' and the Soul Reaper outfits. Even the Captain's coats fit into this, as most of the Captains have done something different with theirs.

** Of particular note is Captain Kyoraku Sunsui's. He wears the standard uniform, but over his [[Badass Long Robe|captain's coat]] he has a [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink]], flowery haori.

** Each Arrancar seems to have a very different individual style of outfit, though they're all based around a similar uniform.

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Toji Suzuhara is always wearing a track suit instead of the school uniform.

** Only two NERV personnel are shown to deviate from the standard light-brown uniform with triangular crest: [[Colonel Badass|Misato]] with her red jacket and [[Hot Scientist|Ritsuko]] with her labcoat. [[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent|Kaji]] and [[The Starscream|Fuyutsuki]] merely wear a dark-brown version while [[The Chessmaster|Gendo]] has a black jacket.

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** Viletta's day uniform as a Britannian Knight of Honor probably isn't regulation. Jeremiah also wears a different uniform, although he gets away with it by being [[Feudal Future|nobility]].

* In ''[[Sket Dance]]'', Shinzou, the Kendo club captain, is constantly [[Cosplay|cosplaying]] 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 [[~~Added Alliterative Appeal~~|Arthur August Angel]], who has an extremely fancy uniform.

* ''[[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].<br />

'''[[Jerkass|Angel]]''': [[Completely Missing the Point|Unfortunately for you, I had these clothes made-to-order.]] }}

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** Except that every street judge in the comic wears an eagle on their right shoulder.

** [[Depending on the Writer|Depends what period in the comic]]. There have been a number of arcs where junior street Judges have two normal shoulder pads, and a couple where ''Dredd'' has been bereft of that big eagle. The trope tends to get played straight with the Psi Judges though.

** 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.|WITCH]] comic and later television adaptation the Guardians each have a different outfit once they transform into their [[Magical Girl]] selves; the uniforms do share the same green and purple color scheme with striped socks and can be still considered uniforms, also qualifying for [[Custom Uniform of Sexy]] for some. Their predecessors C.H.K.Y.N. (seriously) had the same setup and the WITCH fandom, of course, has created hundreds if not thousands of designs of their own in fanart and fanfiction ([http://hapuriainen.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=WITCH#/d2rvknb and some flash games]). Why the girls get different outfits is never really discussed in universe, but they certainly seem appreciative of both the clothes and the [[Most Common Superpower|assets]] that come with them.

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== Film ==

* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Episode III'', Anakin is the only Jedi wearing black leather (except for Aayla Secura, who appears for a few seconds and then dies). [[Expanded Universe]] [[All There in the Manual]] info notes that the standard Jedi robes are not, in fact, a uniform. Any Jedi is free to wear whatever he/she/it wants, but they tend to wear the standard robes or variations on them to show solidarity. Anakin isn't breaking any rules, just traditions.

** As for the development of the Jedi appearance, in ''[[A New Hope]]'' Obi-Wan Kenobi was wearing practical clothes for Tantooine: loose dust-colored robe over loose dust-colored tunic in coarse hard wearing material it would be easy to beat the sand out of. He's in hiding so wearing a Jedi uniform doesn't make sense and nobody in [[Wretched Hive|Mos Eisley]] recognizes it as such. In ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' Yoda, for how small he is, seems to be wearing something similar. With ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and the massive increase of Jedi characters that outfit seems rather standard for Jedi, although with variations like Mace Windu's knee length robe.

** One novel has the perspective character musing that they're made of such itchy wool to force Jedi to constantly maintain self-control and discipline. Another story is that Jedi robes were selected precisely because they didn't stand out, effectively making them not uniforms at all. Anyone could wear robes or the cloaks that went over them. With the style Luke wore in the first film (being the non-Jedi ward of similarly dressed and similarly non-Jedi kin), it seems consistent. Of course, things changed.

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** As for Aayla Secura, [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|female twi'leks]] are always required to wear revealing clothing. Seemingly the only exception is [[Jedi Academy|Alora]].

*** 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].

** [[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.

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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 personel who have been adopted.

** 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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* The Wardens of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' arguably, as their only uniform is a grey cloak. Aside from that, they wear whatever they like.

* 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.)

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*** 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.

* Disney seems to be fond of it lately; they do the same thing in the "Mackenzie Falls" [[Omake|Web shorts]] tied in with ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]''. Then again, those are ''supposed'' to be [[Lampshade Hanging]] schlocky teen drama tropes.

* [[House (TV series)|House]] very rarely wears the white lab coat required for doctors at his hospital. Vogler, the hospital's chairman at the time, tries to get House to wear one in the first season. Apparently this is in line with Fox's desire for a medical show without "white coats going down the hallway."

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* 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]] III: Morrowind'', he/she is required to wear a uniform Legion cuirass, otherwise fellow legionnaires and their superiors refuse to talk with the PC. However, in the final quests for the Legion, the player acquires the artifact Lord's Mail, which is basically the best heavy armor in the game and ''also'' a Legion uniform cuirass, thus being a truly unique [[Custom Uniform]] for a legionnaire. It is also justified story-wise by the PC becoming the Knight of the Imperial Dragon (commander of all Legion regiments in the region) at this point.

** This applies to NPCs too, alot of the named ones wear the chest piece with whatever patchwork of other pieces of armor (imperial chain, imperial steel, imperial leather, iron, steel, netch, even chitin).

** 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.

** In the game's artbook, the character designer refers to this trope (from his end at least) as a "believable lie": How to give characters distinctive appearances while maintaining some semblance of military decorum.

* In ''[[Resident Evil]]'' none of the S.T.A.R.S. wear matching uniforms at all. The U.B.C.S. Mercenaries in ''RE3'' have a stricter dress code, but Carlos has a cut down version of a typical uniform.

** The ones from HUNK's unit however, all wear the same thing.

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**** That's justified in universe as stating that Leon and Kevin are members of a newly-formed unit that is not quite as elite as S.T.A.R.S. but a cut above the average cop.

* [[La Résistance]] in ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' all wear standard green uniforms all except for Ciel, Elpizo, Zero and Alouette.

** 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]].

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* 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 longsleeve shirt with his jacket half open, numerous bangles, red boots, and has a pair of sunglasses perched on his head. Yuko wears a skirt that is half the length of the standard skirt and she wears a blue-with-green-stripes jacket and baggy knee-socks. Reiji goes around [[Walking Shirtless Scene|with his jacket open and no shirt on]] and wears a pair of American flag motif [[Fingerless Gloves]].

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== 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.

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** Tedd also seems to think all uniforms should be [[Custom Uniform|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 ''[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.

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*** And ten of the thirteen original Joes wore green uniforms with round helmets. The three standing out were Scarlett, Snake-Eyes and Stalker.

* Kylie and Eduardo from ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' wore, respectively, a black leotard with orange football pads, and a green t-shirt with blue jeans with an orange vest.

* 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: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard, has armor of a slightly different design than his subordinates, the badge on front is his Cutie Mark instead of a star, and it's purple with gold edges instead of all-gold or all-silver.

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* 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 [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.)

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** 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 [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?)