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** It's [[World War Two]], and the heroes are fighting actual German forces.
** The villians [[Genre Savvy|know the connotations of their uniforms]] and dress that way to make thier enemies afraid of them.
** The villians didn't know that the
* '''Inverted''': The heroes wear Wehrmacht or SS style uniforms.
** Or the bad guys were once part of the Nazi Empire, but now are a separate enemy force. They abandon their old uniforms for newer ones.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': The bad guys wear a variety of uniforms, including German ones, but also including American or Western European style uniforms.
* '''Averted''': The bad guys' uniforms don't rip off the Nazis.
* '''Enforced''': [[Executive Meddling]] assumes that [[Viewers
* '''Lampshaded''': A recruit to the Evil Empire's army asks: "Why are we dressing like we're about to invade Poland?"
* '''Invoked''': The [[Evil Empire]] is a successor state to [[Nazi Germany]], so they go out of their way to call back to their roots.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': [[Even Evil Has Standards|The Evil Empire doesn't want to associate with the Nazis]] and does something different to differentiate themselves from their precursors.
* '''Discussed''': "We have to fight an evil empire? Five bucks says they're all wearing uniforms that look like Nazi knock-offs."
* '''Conversed''': "Have you ever noticed that all of the bad guys in tv look like Nazis?"
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