History Main / IconOfRebellion

** The V for Victory sign in Britain.
* During the French Revolution, wearing the bonnet rouge (red Phrygian cap) was a symbol of Revolutionary sympathies.
** Later revolutions also used the red flag (e.g. 1848).

* Keffiyeh for Palestinian, and the Palestine solidarity movements. TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh a long and comprehensive history]] of how it came to be an icon, which might be useful to clear some confusion in regards of [[ParanoiaFuel its image in the west]].

* Guy Fawkes masks were worn by members of the anti-Scientology movement, Project Chanology. This was inspired by the film/comic book, ''VForVendetta''.

* The Lilac flowers in ''Discworld/{{Nightwatch}}''.

** Apparently Taegeukgis also became associated with democracy and freedom as well; they were used in countless South Korean democracy movements against its totalitarian governments(which, ironically enough, made bowing to Taegeukgi mandatory for all Koreans).

* In the ''Tricksters'' series by TamoraPierce, 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 ''DragonAgeII'', due to their actions at the Gallows, Hawke's name becomes a rallying cry for oppressed Mages to rise up, ultimately leading to the Mage-Templar War engulfing Thedas. This is despite Hawke having very little to do with the actual ''reason'' for those events having occured, ultimately being simply the RightManInTheWrongPlace, who was forced to use all of their badassery to ride out the wave.

* In ''DragonAgeII'', due to their actions at the Gallows, Hawke's name becomes a rallying cry for oppressed Mages to rise up, ultimately leading to the Mage-Templar War engulfing Thedas. This is despite Hawke having very little to do with the actual ''reason'' for those events having occured and simply having been the RightManInTheWrongPlace, using all of their badassery to ride out the wave.

* In ''DragonAgeII'', due to their actions at the Gallows, Hawke's name becomes a rallying cry for oppressed Mages to rise up, ultimately leading to the Mage-Templar War engulfing Thedas. This is despite Hawke having very little to do with the actual ''reason'' for those events having occured, simply being the RightManInTheWrongPlace.

* From Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'':

* The [[http://www.allthatsleft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/libyan-rebel-flag.png Libyan rebel's flag]]

* During the Japanese Colonization, Koreans used [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea TaeGeukgi]](now SouthKorea's national flag) as the symbol of resistance. One of the most notable event was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_First_Movement March First Movement of the 1919]], when approximately ''two million people'' protested against the Japanese rule, all waving Taegeukgis and shouting "Long live Korean Independence!".

* During the Japanese Colonization, Koreans used [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea TaeGeukgi]](now SouthKorea's national flag) as the symbol of resistance. One of the most notable event was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_First_Movement March First Movement of the 1919]], when approximately ''two million people'' protested against the Japanese rule, all waving TaeGeukgis and shouting "Long live Korean Independence!".

* Communists have the red star and the hammer and sickle, originating in [[RedOctober Soviet]] iconography. However, the color red as a symbol of revolution and/or socialism is [[OlderThanTheyThink much older than Marxist-Leninism]].

* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': 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.

Certain icons, hand gestures being the most common, tend to be reused across media and history alike. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign "V" gesture]] (Index and middle fingers pointing upwards with the rest of the hand held in a fist and facing away from the user) is a symbol in the ''[[{{V}} V]]'' [[{{V}} miniseries]], was used to represent the anti-war movement of TheSixties, and also stood for the '''V'''ictory of the Allies in WorldWarTwo.

* {{Gundam}} provides several examples:

* ''VForVendetta'' has wearing Guy Fawkes masks, and the "V" in general. V himself is both rebellion and icon.

* ''[[Literature/{{Bas-LagCycle}} Bas-Lag Cycle]]''

* In the second ''Literature/{{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.
* In ''LesMiserables'', two of them- the flag Mabeuf dies waving, and Mabeuf's bullet-ridden coat afterwards.
* 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.

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* RobertHeinlein's ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''. Rebels against the Lunar Authority wore red caps called Liberty Caps. Heinlein got the idea from the French Revolution example in [[AC:RealLife]] below.

* Symbols of anarchism, including but not limited to: the Black Flag, the Red/Black Flag (used in EuropaUniversalis III, even!), the A within a circle and the Black Cat.

** The V for Victory sign

* Symbols of Anarchism, including but not limited to: the Black Flag, the Red/Black Flag (used in EuropaUniversalis III, even!), the A within a circle and the Black Cat.

* The Wild Rose of the Wild Rose Rebellion from ''FinalFantasyII.''
* ''HalfLife2'' has Gordon Freeman, who certainly becomes a [[TheMessiah Messiah]]-type figure to the ragtag human rebellion in City 17, and the Lambda symbol itself becomes a common symbol to denote rebels and the caches they hide around the city and surrounding countryside.

* In the second ''{{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.

* Symbols of Anarchism, including but not limited to: the Black Flag, the Red/Black Flag (used in EuropaUniversalis III, even!), the A within a circle and the Black Cat.
* Julian Assange could be considered this, but YMMV.

* 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 [[Jesus Rabbi]], [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation and/or]] as a "screw you" to the romans, with his request one-uping them in power), and as such is often used by the Catholic Church as a specific symbol representing him and the Pope.

* 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, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation and/or]] as a "screw you" to the romans, with his request one-uping them in power), and as such is often used by the Catholic Church as a specific symbol representing him and the Pope.

* ''GIJoe'': COBRA, naturally enough, has a red cobra's head with it's hood open.

* The Raynor's Raiders insignia.