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* ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. The [[World War 2]] British Home Guard appears several times in the movie, including firing at the retreating Nazi commandos. They even have their own song, "The Soldiers of the Old Home Guard".
* ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'': In the remake, the [[Dwindling Party]] of soldiers assigned to help Perseus in his mission are from an Honor Guard, distinguished soldiers [[Old Soldier|too old to fight on the front lines]] or [[Good Looking Privates|young inexperienced soldiers who look good in formation]]. They are all he gets because the rest of the Argosian army had recently been wiped out after picking a fight with Zeus and Hades.
* ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]:'' The Sheriff and his men. Robin takes a [[Take That|cheap shot]] at the Sheriff, who seized his family's property while Robin was fighting in the Crusades.
{{quote| '''Robin:''' ''My father couldn't get me into the National Guard.''<br />
'''Crowd:''' ''Oooooooohh... '' }}
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'': According to [[Word of God]], Lee Adama was a member of the Colonial Fleet Reserves.
* ''[[Dad's Army
* ''[[Horrible Histories (TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' has had several sketches about the British Home Guard.
== Music ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Wing Commander (
** Blair is also in the Reserves, and finds himself recalled as well (by [[Large Ham|Maniac]], who throws in a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|mock-fanfare]] while issuing the order in a seedy bar).
** In the ''[[Wing Commander (
** Also from ''Wing Commander IV'', we have the Border Worlds Militia. In the game, they are shown to be a somewhat ragtag force with modern (if somewhat nonstandard compared to what Confed flies) equipment. In the [[Novelization]], they are flying barely-holding together ships that would have been at home on the flight deck of the ''Tiger's Claw'' ten or twenty years earlier.
* ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'': The Gallian Militia unit that the protagonist commands is an example of a homeguard, constituting members of the nation from all ranks: singers, wealthy heiresses, university students, bakers...
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The ''[[Warhammer
** The Cadian Interior Guard is one of the better-equipped PDF units-- one in ten soldiers, regardless of skill, are recruited to the PDF, so Cadia actually has a home guard better than many planets' best troops. Seeing how as Cadia is a [[World of Badass]] sitting right in front of a giant [[Hell Gate]] [[Negative Space Wedgie]], it's probably for the best.
** The planet of Perlia got a "speedbump's speedbump" in the form of the Planetary Defence Volunteers, established by [[Ciaphas Cain]] in the sixth novel of the series. The author also used it as a chance to make an extended [[Shout-Out]] to [[Dad's Army
== [[Truth in Television]] ==
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