History Main / StillWearingTheOldColors

* In ''MassEffect2'', [[PlayerCharacter Commander]] [[IdealHero Shepard]] wears armor embossed with the Alliance N7 logo (a military vocation code designating him/her a top-proficiency special forces soldier) despite (as Shepard personally admits) technically no longer being a member of the Alliance military.

* Thenardier in the ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'' musical wears a Napoleonic uniform at the start of the play as a remnant from his supposed days as a soldier (if by soldier you mean "guy who looted corpses on the battlefield").

* Roland from ''{{Borderlands}}'' wears pieces of his Crimson Lance uniform.

* In the ''XWingSeries'', Corran Horn's X-wing and droid still have the Corellian Security colors when he flies for the New Republic, since they belong to him and not the military. Later in the series, when the whole squadron resigns to go after Isard on their own, they take after him and give their fighters paint jobs corresponding to their homeworld or race, which seems to stick as a unit tradition.

** Also Sephiroth who, despite [[{{Understatement}} going rogue]], still wears his old SOLDIER uniform despite, among other things, having a massive grudge against his former employer.

* Roland from ''Borderlands'' wears pieces of his Crimson Lance uniform.

* [[{{InsistentTerminology}} Captain]] [[Series/DoctorWho Jack harkness]] is shocked that there is no mention of his [[{{BowtiesAreCool}} WWII era trench coat]]! Over 1,000 years old, and he's still wearing that damn blue coat... That nobody touches. EVER. [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} On penalty of death.]]

* [[{{InsistentTerminology}} Captain]] [[{{DoctorWho}} Jack harkness]] is shocked that there is no mention of his [[{{BowtiesAreCool}} WWII era trench coat]]! Over 1,000 years old, and he's still wearing that damn blue coat... That nobody touches. EVER. [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} On penalty of death.]]

* In ''TeenTitans'', Beast Boy still wears the outfit of his old group. He ditched the goggles after Raven called them dorky, but that's about it.

* Shego from ''KimPossible'' still wears her uniform. She, however, is a ''villainous'' example.

* [[Xmen Nightcrawler]] wore his circus costume for years after joining the X-Men. His later costumes still take influence from the design.

* In ''{{Sharpe}}'s Waterloo'', Sharpe wears his usual uniform despite being repeatedly ordered to change into a newer one.
** To be precise, Sharpe wears the green uniform marking him as an member of a British rifle regiment -- an elite skirmisher -- when, as a member of the Prince of Orange's staff, he should be in Dutch uniform.

Compare ExchangeStudentUniforms.

** To be precise, Sharpe wears the green uniform marking him as an member of a British rifle regiment -- an elite skirmisher -- when, as a member of the Prince of Orange's staff, he should be in Dutch uniform.

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* JonahHex still wears a Confederate uniform, even though the Civil War is over and his side lost.

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* In ''GhostInTheShell'', Batou's combat knife [[spoiler: and his eye implants]] mark him out as a former ranger. This comes in handy when [[spoiler: the BigBad sends some after him, and he simply [[TakeAThirdOption shows them his face]] so they decide to trust him]].
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* At the climax of TheManInTheIronMask, the musketeers don their old uniforms to demonstrate loyalty to a higher, older, and more principled calling [[spoiler: as they rise in rebellion to depose the king and replace him with his twin brother.]]

** To be precise, Sharpe wears the green uniform marking him as an member of a rifle regiment - an elite skirmisher - rather than don a line regiment's standard red.

* Thenardier in the ''LesMiserables'' musical wears a Napoleonic uniform at the start of the play as a remnant from his supposed days as a soldier (if by soldier you mean "guy who looted corpses on the battlefield").

* ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka''. After getting out of the Army, Jack Spade continues to wear his uniform even while engaging in vigilante justice against Mr. Big.