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So you have your [[Cool Plane]] and your [[Cool Ship]], but somehow, they're still not ''cool'' enough, truly not worthy of such a [[Badass]] [[Ace Pilot]] as yourself. You know what would help? Let's paint a freaking ''[[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|shark face]]'' on the nose. ''That'' will get the [[Oh Crap|desired reaction]] from your enemies. Plus, it'll look great at airshows!
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Mobile Suit Gundam]]: Many of Char Aznable's [[Ace Custom]] mobile suits featured his trademark red paintjob. [[Played Straight]] to the point of parody, where several mangas even featured "Char Aznable" custom ''[[Joke Character|RB-79 Ball]]'' designs, painted red with horns attached.
* [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]] (and [[Robotech]]) had the "Skull Squadron" inspired by [[wikipedia:VF-103|VF-103]] the "Jolly Rogers" image [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_021014-N-1955P-004_F-14_Tomcat_assigned_to_VF-103_conducts_mission_over_the_Mediterranean_Sea.jpg here] via the other wiki.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* A staple in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series, from about ''[[Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere]]'' onwards. Shooting down certain enemy [[Ace Pilot]]s allows you to slap their paint jobs onto your planes of the same model. Other special paint jobs were unlocked by completing certain plot missions. ''[[Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation]]'' also introduced downloadable custom paint jobs.
* Alluded to in the [[Encyclopedia Exposita|Codex]] of the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' games: Warships use heat-sinks to disperse internal heat to the outer hull due to an aversion of [[Space Is Cold]]. The portions of the hull absorbing all of the heat glow white-hot in combat, giving the ships the appearance of bearing glowing white tiger-stripes.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Peace Walker'', the titular mech is decorated with a butterfly insignia on its head. Naked Snake uses the word 'nose art' to describe it.
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