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[[File:ImpVeers.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Gray uniforms with button panels, the fashion of choice for today's [[Mook]] on the go.]] |
[[File:ImpVeers.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Gray uniforms with button panels, the fashion of choice for today's [[Mook]] on the go.]] |
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{{quote|''"I know there are many people who fall ill when they see [[Good Colors, Evil Colors|this black uniform]]; we understand that and [[Genre Savvy|don't expect that we will be loved by many people.]]"''|'''Heinrich Himmler''', ''Die Schutzstaffel als Antibolschewistische Kampf-Organisation''}} |
{{quote|''"I know there are many people who fall ill when they see [[Good Colors, Evil Colors|this black uniform]]; we understand that and [[Genre Savvy|don't expect that we will be loved by many people.]]"''|'''Heinrich Himmler''', ''Die Schutzstaffel als Antibolschewistische Kampf-Organisation''}} |
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See also [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]. May result in [[Commie Nazis]]. |
See also [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]. May result in [[Commie Nazis]]. |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* The Principality of Zeon and its offshoots from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'''s Universal Century. Gets more [[Anvilicious]] as time goes on, since later series played up the "Zeon = Nazi Germany" metaphor, most prominently ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'' giving Zeon battle flags that were one Swastika away from Nazi banners and introducing their fixation on using German words with their mecha (like Gelgoog Jager, Rick Dom Zwei, etc.). |
* The Principality of Zeon and its offshoots from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'''s Universal Century. Gets more [[Anvilicious]] as time goes on, since later series played up the "Zeon = Nazi Germany" metaphor, most prominently ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'' giving Zeon battle flags that were one Swastika away from Nazi banners and introducing their fixation on using German words with their mecha (like Gelgoog Jager, Rick Dom Zwei, etc.). |
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** Not to mention the red armbands they wear. |
** Not to mention the red armbands they wear. |
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* The very Prussian-style uniforms of the Galactic Empire in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''. When you see the uniforms their foes wear, it's clearly [[World War One]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]! |
* The very Prussian-style uniforms of the Galactic Empire in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''. When you see the uniforms their foes wear, it's clearly [[World War One]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]! |
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** Arguably an aversion, as [[Gray and Grey Morality|the Empire isn't really any worse than its "democratic" rivals]]. And on that note, the "Reichswear" is used on both sides. The leader of the said rival has the distinctly SS-like "Patriotic Knight Corps" as his bodyguard and a nice little |
** Arguably an aversion, as [[Gray and Grey Morality|the Empire isn't really any worse than its "democratic" rivals]]. And on that note, the "Reichswear" is used on both sides. The leader of the said rival has the distinctly SS-like "Patriotic Knight Corps" as his bodyguard and a nice little [[Cult of Personality]]. |
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** The first Kaiser of the [[Legend of Galactic Heroes|Galactic Empire]] had about as few qualms as Hitler and Stalin, but was actually a 18th-19th Century Prussian fetishist. |
** The first Kaiser of the [[Legend of Galactic Heroes|Galactic Empire]] had about as few qualms as Hitler and Stalin, but was actually a 18th-19th Century Prussian fetishist. |
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* [http://koti.phnet.fi/otaku/azucross/heil-osaka.jpg This] ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' inspired image. Heil Osaka! |
* [http://koti.phnet.fi/otaku/azucross/heil-osaka.jpg This] ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' inspired image. Heil Osaka! |