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{{quote|'''Helix:''' Is command presence also why people do the Sam Salute when they recognize you?
'''Sam:''' Sam Salute. That's not [[Flipping the Bird|the gesture with the finger]], is it?
'''Helix:''' No, I mean the one where people put their hand over their wallet.
'''Sam:''' Oh, that one. I'm pretty sure that's a sign of respect.
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{{quote|'''Captain Hollister''': "Rimmer, is this salute ''ever'' going to end?"
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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], a
Note that this [[Trope]] covers only strictly fictional salutes, saluters and/or ''salutees''. If [[Those Wacky Nazis]] set their right arms straight at a 45-degree-angle above the horizontal (and slightly to the right) to greet [[Adolf Hitler]] in a [[Wartime Cartoon]], it's certainly ''a'' salute - one some might even find ''strange'' - but ''not'' a
For the more general version, see [[Memetic Hand Gesture]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Crest of the Stars]]'' and its sequels, Abh uses the Polish-style two-fingers salute, except that in this version, the palm is facing downward.
* The Hige-Hige salute in ''[[Bomberman Jetters]]'' is about as absurd as it can get: one extends both arms, hands folded into fists, to the right, draws a full circle with them in the vertical plane, and finishes by bending one's left leg. [[media:hige-hige-salute.jpg|You should end up with something like this.]]
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** [[Winston Churchill|V for Victory]], eh?
* A couple of these appear in ''[[One Piece]].'' The White Berets of Skypeia make an odd hand gesture on their foreheads. Marines salute palm-inwards. Though, according to Oda, the latter is an actual sailor salute used to avoid showing tar-stained hands to your superiors.
* In ''
* Throughout the entire opening to ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', the protagonist is depicted making a curious one-handed sign: With the back of her hand outward, middle and ring finger held together and the rest apart. Never seen or explained in the actual story. Hint: {{spoiler|Compare with the Vulcan Salute depicted above. Very [[Villain Protagonist|in-character]].}}
* In ''[[Interstella 5555]]'' alien's soliders place closed fist over the heart.
* From ''[[Tsuritama]]'', Akira's crew hold up cards emblazoned with a "D", strike a [[Dragon Ball|Ginyu Force]]-esque pose, and shout "Duck!"
* In the first season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', the four Shitennou of the Dark Kingdom salute Queen Beryl by bowing with their right fists clenched over the left breast.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Sometimes, [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] comic books have some variant of American or British salutes. Sometimes they don't. There are a couple of cases where Imperials used something like the Roman salute, which the Nazi one is based on. And in one comic where Luke greets a superior his palm is turned outwards in what really looks like some kind of salute - since it's one panel and we see it from the superior's POV, it's hard to tell.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* The Idris in ''[[With Strings Attached]]'' have a head-heart-hand salute.
* When Sailor V/Sailor Venus arrives after being summoned by a ritual performed by Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Doug Sangnoir in ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel]]'', she gives Sailor Moon (now in her Princess Serenity form) the same bow-with-clenched-fist-over-heart salute that the Shitennou give to Queen Beryl noted above.
== [[Film]] ==
* There's the infamous "crossed arms" from ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' ([[wikipedia:Image:PlanNine 03.jpg|screenshot]]).
** [[Riff Trax|Annnnd... Cover nipples!]]
* The Spaceball fleet in ''[[Spaceballs]]'' has a couple. First we have Lord Helmet's minions covering their groins whenever they speak to him (though this might be a purely practical defensive action, given his [[Groin Attack|preferred method]] of dealing with [[You Have Failed Me...|sub-par performance]]). Then there's President Scroob's salute: make a rude hand sign, then immediately pretend to wave politely; perfectly appropriate for a two-faced backstabbing organization.
* In ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', the salute is for a fist to be placed over the heart, accompanied by saying "Never give up, never surrender."
* In the [[Marx Brothers]] film ''[[Duck Soup]]'', the soldiers of Freedonia salute by placing their arm horizontally, with a down-facing open palm, across their chest.
* In the 1984 film version of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four
* In [[The
* In ''[[Monty Python
* The air guitar riff in ''[[Bill
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Moon Child]]'', Sho, Kei and Toshi have a private friendship salute that involves placing their index and middle fingers at the bridge of their noses, sticking their thumbs out (sort of like a gun, but the fingers are more spread) and saluting in an outwards curve.
* In ''The Last Castle'', Robert Redford's character, a three-star general is put into a military prison. When the other inmates begin to respect him, they aren't permitted to salute, so they improvise by waving at him when they pass him. Their intent is clear.
* In the german movie ''[[Die Welle]]'' (The Wave) the salute of the titular student organisation was a sea-wave hand motion.
* In ''Morons from Outer Space'', Griff Rhys Jones guiltily claps a hand over the breast pocket of his stolen uniform to hide the name tag (in case someone realises it's not his) this is mistaken for a salute by visiting politicians who return it, then use it to a colonel, who returns it also.
* In
== [[Literature]] ==
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* [[Bill the Galactic Hero]], having two right arms, is the only man in the military able to salute with both arms at once.
== [[Live
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek]]'', the perennial [[Mildly Military]] [[Space Opera]], of course featured a gazillion of these.
** The best known is probably the [[wikipedia:Vulcan salute|Vulcan salute]] - pictured above - which is also based on a Jewish blessing gesture.
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* ''Camp Cariboo'' did a segment on funny handshakes, from lumberjacks to foot doctors (described as "corny") and farmers ("[[Incredibly Lame Pun|"udderly ridiculous"]]).
* An episode of ''Welcome Freshmen'' had a very long salute done by the new militaristic Hall Monitors that involved using both hands and a full spin, accompanied by drumbeats. Each monitor had to give the full salute every time he was given an order, which gave the offending student time to just walk away without being apprehended.
* The humans of the Pegasus galaxy in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' lean their foreheads against each other. The Jaffa in [[Stargate SG-1]] have a few of these as well.
* In ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'' and in ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'', the SPD salute consists of clenching your right hand into a fist over your left shoulder, then drawing it over your heart.
== [[Tabletop
* In the [[Warhammer
** It's also an expression of piety roughly equivalent to crossing yourself.
** And if you're a member of the Cult Mechanicus, the "sign of the cog" is basically the same, just curve the fingers to shorten the wings to gear teeth. Convenient!
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* [[Super Smash Bros.|Show Me Your Moves!]] This is Captain Falcon's taunt phrase accompanied by the salute.
* In the second ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' game, the X-Nauts salute by crossing their arms in an x over their chests.
* Cloud in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', asked by some soldiers to come up with a "special move" with which to salute Rufus, teaches them a very
* The SeeD salute in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' consists of raising the right hand, palm turned inward, to partially cover the face. This becomes a minor plot point later in the game, when Selphie uses the wrong salute when disguised as a Galbadian soldier. Another point has Rinoa pretending to be a SeeD, and is shown mimicking it with a slight delay, as she was never taught it.
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'': The prayer of the Yevon religion is, to Tidus' suprise, the same as the mundane blitzball victory gesture he always used in Zanarkand: hold hands before torso as if holding a blitzball, then bow. {{spoiler|The blitzball victory sign became the real Zanarkand's act of defiance against Bevelle in the war 1000 years ago, and when Yu Yevon subdued them, he had Bevelle adopt the victory sign as their prayer to show their obedience to him.}}
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* ''[[City of Heroes]]: Going Rogue'' introduced the [[Mirror Universe|Praetoria]] salute: Feet together, right hand outstretched, palm down, then bend elbow, placing hand over heart, then bow head.
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' has soldiers giving a thumbs up after a briefing. It's not clear whether this is a universal salute or just used to indicate understanding. Samus herself gives a thumbs down.
* [[Viewtiful Joe]] has 'The Airplanes'. Bend your ring and index fingers, and stick your little finger and thumb out to the sides. Turn your palm towards yourself if you're the one being awesome, otherwise point your middle finger at the recipient. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015003316/http://www.nineinchsandwich.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Viewtiful-Joe.jpg This is what it should look like].
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* In Imperial China, Chinese military officers and martial arts practitioners salute each other in the now-famous [http://singaporewushu.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Wushu-Salute.jpg fist-in-palm salute]. The fist means the strength and courage of the wielder, while the palm symbolizes the wisdom and temperance that controls said strength.
** This follows protocol, however. Its not always your right hand that forms the fist. If you're left handed, then that hand becomes the fist, as it is where your strength is focused.
** Corollary, if you're saluting with a weapon, ensure that your palm covers the hand that holds the weapon, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814005328/http://cottqa.com/images/protocol.gif as shown here]. This retains the "wisdom controlling strength" message of the salute
* Using the ''actual'' British military salute in an American drama, or vice-versa, can essentially function as an example of this trope in terms of exotic-ness. While both salutes are identical in function, the palm is turned outward in a British salute, whereas in an American salute the palm is turned downward and slightly towards the body.
** And in the Royal Navy, just turn the palm inward! This is an old tradition from the days of sail, where sailors would hide their tar-stained hands from an officer when they saluted.
** [[Stephen Colbert]] infuriated knowledgeable fans when he accidentally used the British variant on screen. Although he claims not to read the forums ("they scare me") he has always used the proper American salute since.
* Due to its visible similarity to the Nazi salute (as both were derived from the Roman salute), the Bellamy salute was dropped from the United States flag code during [[World War Two]], replaced with the now familiar hand-on-heart salute.
* During [[The Vietnam War]], an Australian Colonel was assigned to a U.S. Marine unit. Apparently every time he walked through the camp, Marines would purposely cross his path to make him salute in the Aussie fashion (same as the British one
* The French military salute with palms facing out, almost flat against the brow. In the old days, Foreign Legion hardcases would have insulting or obscene things tattooed on the blade of their hands, so they'd automatically insult any officer they saluted.
** I was under the impression that Foreign Legion types were [[Memetic Badass|by default hardcases]].
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