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Whenever a revolution is taking place, when people rebel against an authority, certain motifs often come to be associated with the uprisings. This can take the form of many things such as gestures, songs, objects, figureheads, phrases or even landmarks. Basically anything that can be used to symbolize a societal/political upheaval. The nature of the '''Icon of Rebellion''' means that it frequently becomes [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] among supporters of the rebellion.
Certain icons, hand gestures being the most common, tend to be reused across media and history alike. The [[wikipedia:V sign|"V" gesture]] (Index and middle fingers pointing upwards with the rest of the hand held in a fist and facing away from the user) is a symbol in the ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' [[V (TV series)||miniseries]], was used to represent the anti-war movement of [[The Sixties]], and also stood for the '''V'''ictory of the Allies in [[World War Two]].
Because the '''Icon of Rebellion''' is usually something that is fairly innocuous, it can be displayed openly amongst rebels as a subversive sort of "Screw you" to the people in power. Only in the most [[Big Brother Is Watching|Orwellian]] of societies is this ever punished.
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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': In a story arc, Bajor is threaten by a nationalistic group called the Circle. These extremists would spray paint their symbol as vandalism or in their headquarters.
* ''[[V (TV series)||V the Miniseries]]'': The "V" hand gesture.
== Music ==
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* The Wild Rose of the Wild Rose Rebellion from ''[[Final Fantasy II]].''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' has Gordon Freeman, who certainly becomes a [[The Messiah|Messiah]]-type figure to the ragtag human rebellion in City 17, and the Lambda symbol itself becomes a common symbol to denote rebels and the caches they hide around the city and surrounding countryside.
* The Raynor's Raiders insignia from ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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