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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* The Black Knights of ''[[Code Geass]]'' use a corrupt Geass Symbol.
** The protagonist deliberately styles himself as [[My Hero Zero|ZERO!]]
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* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' has wearing Guy Fawkes masks, and the "V" in general. V himself is both rebellion and icon.
== Film
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': the Rebel Alliance's emblem.
** In the prequels, Count Dooku serves as the figurehead of the rebel Separatists.
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** The "Simon Jester" symbol, which was used with anti-Lunar Authority graffiti.
{{quote|A matchstick drawing of a little horned devil with big grin and forked tail. Sometimes he was stabbing a fat man with a pitchfork. Sometimes just his face would appear, big grin and horns, until shortly even horns and grin meant "Simon was here".}}
* The Lilac flowers in ''[[
* In the ''Tricksters'' series by [[Tamora Pierce]], the symbol for the cultural uprising of an ethnic group enslaved and kept on the bottom rung of society was a crude broken manacle: three small circles as a chain attached to a larger broken circle. This tiny sign of the underground rebellion could be seen anywhere—vegetable stands, scratched into the corners of glass windows.
* In the second ''[[The Inkworld Trilogy|Inkheart]]'' book, the face of the commoners' uprising was the {{spoiler|fabricated}} folk-hero, The Blue-Jay. He was known by his fairness, thieving, and mask rather than his face, but the songs of the Blue-Jay stirred public favor for the uprising without a face.
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* In ''[[Gor|Magicians of Gor]]'' Tarl and his friend Marcus start a rebellion in Ar by claiming to have heard of the "Delta Brigade" (named after the events in a previous book where the forces of Ar were defeated in a delta) and scratch deltas everywhere. There later becomes an actual Delta Brigade which they have nothing to do with It's like al-Qaeda - no one group has any interaction with any other group, they just call themselves that and engage in uncivil disobedience.
== [[Live
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': In a story arc, Bajor is threaten by a nationalistic group called the Circle. These extremists would spray paint their symbol as vandalism or in their headquarters.
* ''[[V (TV series)||V the Miniseries]]'': The "V" hand gesture.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Guy Fawkes masks were worn by members of the anti-Scientology movement, Project Chanology. This was inspired by the film/comic book, ''[[V for Vendetta]]''.
** (Which in and of itself is rather...ironic. Yes, Fawkes was trying to depose the Protestant Regime...but only so a Catholic one could rise.)
* Guy Fawkes masks
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: the [[wikipedia:Fish symbol|Ichthys]] was a symbol for the persecuted Christians in Roman times. Written in Greek, the initials of "Jesus Christ God's son Savior" spelled Ichthys, the Greek word for fish.
**Of course it's a little more complicated then that. It was Christian doctrine to obey the law insofar as one morally can and Christians had no problem with the Roman government remaining in place. The persecution stemmed from the specific act of refusing to pray to the Emperor (the implication of which custom sounded differently to pagans
***As an interesting side note, in John McCain's memoirs, he tells that when he was in a North Vietnamese prison, one of the guards drew a fish on the ground in front of him while the others weren't looking.
* The inverted cross is often used as a symbol of rebellion. Generally, however, people forget it is actually the symbol of St Peter (who, it is said, asked to be crucified upside-down out of respect for his Rabbi, [[Alternate Character Interpretation|and/or]] as a "screw you" to the
* [[World War Two]]
** The Dutch would wear Orange in defiance to the Nazis. Orange was the symbol of the Dutch ruling family - The House of Orange.
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