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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.]]"'' |
{{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.]]"'' |
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|'''Heinrich Himmler''', ''Die Schutzstaffel als Antibolschewistische Kampf-Organisation''}} |
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A quick and easy way to suggest a group of people are evil in fiction is to give them uniforms that resemble those worn by the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Third Reich]], the Roman Empire, pseudo-Mongols or the Soviet Union. In a broader sense, this can also refer to using other stylistic elements from the Nazi times (like the "Führer" title, goose-stepping "stormtroopers", or swastikas [[I Thought It Was Forbidden|if the creator]] [[No Swastikas|is more daring]]) to make sure your villains are [[Obviously Evil|visibly evil]]. |
A quick and easy way to suggest a group of people are evil in fiction is to give them uniforms that resemble those worn by the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Third Reich]], the Roman Empire, pseudo-Mongols or the Soviet Union. In a broader sense, this can also refer to using other stylistic elements from the Nazi times (like the "Führer" title, goose-stepping "stormtroopers", or swastikas [[I Thought It Was Forbidden|if the creator]] [[No Swastikas|is more daring]]) to make sure your villains are [[Obviously Evil|visibly evil]]. |
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* Not so much the uniforms, but the flags of the Phoenix Group in ''[[Terra Nova]]'' resemble Nazi battle standards. |
* Not so much the uniforms, but the flags of the Phoenix Group in ''[[Terra Nova]]'' resemble Nazi battle standards. |
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* The Peacekeepers from ''[[Farscape]]'' are pretty much Space Nazis. Fascism, racial purity, the uniforms, color scheme, everything. |
* The Peacekeepers from ''[[Farscape]]'' are pretty much Space Nazis. Fascism, racial purity, the uniforms, color scheme, everything. |
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* Zig-zagged at the end of [[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance|The Winds of War/War and Remembrance]] |
* Zig-zagged at the end of ''[[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance|The Winds of War/War and Remembrance]]'', maybe even inverted: Navy captain Byron Henry is looking for his son who was saved from a concentration camp and is missing somewhere in Europe. When he goes to one orphanage, the children [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|cringe at the sight]] of his Navy Whites. Finally he is advised to wear civvies. In this case it is not only not putting on the Reich it is taking off the [[Yanks With Tanks|States.]] |
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== Music == |
== Music == |
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