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13 [[caption-width-right:350:No, they are not saluting that poor [[UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers policeman]].]]
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15->''"Waiting. (To put on a black shirt!)\
16Waiting. (To weed out the weaklings!)\
17Waiting. (To smash in their windows\
18And kick in their doors!)\
19Waiting. (For the FinalSolution\
20To strengthen the strain!)\
21Waiting. (To follow the worms!)"''
22-->-- '''Music/PinkFloyd''', "[[Music/TheWall Waiting for the Worms]]"
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24Black Shirts are closet EvilMinions yearning for the day the villain brings about his EvilEmpire. In the meantime, they'll complain about the current "decadent and corrupt" government to anyone who won't roll their eyes and to some people who will. Once the villain starts recruiting, these guys are in line before LesCollaborateurs have finished breakfast.
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26The threat that Black Shirts represent is a latent one. While they're harmless on their own or in peacetime, they quickly organize into a formidable force in service of the BigBad. Heroes are [[SlaveToPR nominally]] obliged not to kill them, but even the MessianicArchetype would be hard-pressed to make them [[MookFaceTurn turn to the side of good]]. What's more, they completely agree with the EvilOverlord's agenda, no matter how cruel, inhuman or insane -- even if it means that they'll end up dying themselves by its conclusion [[BlindObedience (a fact they usually ignore)]]. While LesCollaborateurs are greedy enough that they can be bribed into helping the good guys, Black Shirts [[IControlMyMinionsThrough do it for fanaticism]] and can't be swayed by mere money. Against them, only force will ultimately stop them and you'll know they'll show no mercy in a heartbeat if they think they can get away with it, so get ready to get tough with them.
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28They frequently serve the fairly useful purpose of explaining just how the villain got so much support overnight (namely, it was always there, the villain just managed to lead them) and, on the other hand, add a bit of FridgeHorror to a happy ending -- unless they have been all killed or otherwise had their minds changed, the villain's ideology is still ''viable'' in the setting...
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30Named after the uniform worn by the [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italian fascists]] and by their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Union_of_Fascists British imitators]]. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany The Nazis]] did the same thing with brown shirted SA (who then fell out of favor and were [[ThePurge purged]] by [[EvilerThanThou the black-clad SS]] after the Nazis took power, the SS were then favored by the regime until its end), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America one American fascist movement]] wore silver shirts. A variety of other lesser-known fascist movements also copied this pattern of wearing a uniform with a specific color shirt that became the nickname of their followers, such as the blueshirts of the somehow even ''more'' ineffectual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Fascists first attempt at British fascism]] and the greenshirts of the Romanian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard Iron Guard]] (who like the Nazi brownshirts were [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness disposed of or fell out of favor once no longer useful to the fascist dictatorship]]). Needless to say, this trope is TruthInTelevision, since every distasteful ideology has always had followers, and of course, uniforms are a very easy way of enforcing conformity, as practically ''any'' organized group from store employees to the Boy Scouts to, y'know, ''armies'' can attest to.[[note]]This is '''''not''''' to equate any of these latter groups with any of the former, just in case [[ThatCameOutWrong that got interpreted poorly]].[[/note]] Just to make it confusing, black shirts are also a popular choice for anti-fascist groups.
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32Also see TheQuisling, DayOfTheJackboot and SecretPolice.
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34Unrelated to RedShirt and MauveShirt, though legions of Black Shirts can make useful {{Mooks}} for CannonFodder.
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43* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The Yeagerists [[spoiler:are this for [[FallenHero Eren Jeager]]. They were formed by civilian and military members dissatisfied with the current leadership, believing Eren is the only one that can stop the global threat the island of Paradis faces and usher in the New Eldian Empire. They [[TheCoup stage a coup]] against the military junta, do ThePurge against disloyal members of the military, gleefully execute foreigners, and establish a fascist regime on Paradis after the Rumbling kills off 80% of the rest of the human population]].
44* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
45** The cult of Kira, [[spoiler:who actually appear in the manga ''after'' Kira's defeated]].
46** Light also thought Matsuda was this. Matsuda is the only person on the task force who regularly suspects that Kira's plans might actually be right, and is the only one to trust Light's judgment completely. [[spoiler:Five bullets later, Light is no longer so sure.]]
47* In ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'', the corrupt administration in TheFederation has its own black shirts.
48* Interestingly enough, ''Manga/{{MAR}}'' manages to pull this one off with a nice HeelFaceTurn at the end of it. Ash has actually joined the Chess Pieces to protect the children he loves and despite Ginta telling him that Phantom just wants to kill everyone, he knows this and it isn't until his strongest [=ARMs=] are overpowered and defeated that he finally admits defeat and completes the turn. Letting Ginta know that he's leaving it in the boy's capable hands to protect the kids in his place.
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52* Literature/DocSavage takes on the Silver Shirt bundists in the first issue of Millennium Comics ''Literature/DocSavage: Man of Bronze''.
53* Pro-Nazi Bunds were a common foe of the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.
54* Large swaths of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's general populace. It is surprising when we see {{Muggles}} side with mutants and the like... Though they don't show up that often, the Sons of the Serpent are basically Marvel's version of the KKK, and they actively recruit among the ordinary population. Racial or religious minorities, mutants, whoever: they pretty much hate everyone.
55* A good version is seen in ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'', where the Imperial resistance's morale is bolstered when rumors surface of a mysterious green goliath who put a scar on the Red King's face the first time he entered the ring as a gladiator. The captions put it best, describing how they don't know their peoples' warrior history because those days are long gone, that their fighting streak ended with their fathers' fathers. They don't know how to fight, but all of a sudden... they ''do''.
56* In ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'' comic strip by Will Eisner, a [[spoiler:fake]] invasion by Nazis brings these guys out of the ''woodwork''.
57* In ''Comicbook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'', Dr. Aphra is an AdventurerArchaeologist who happens to be a supporter of the Empire and a personal fan of Darth Vader, admiring their ideals (or at least fears them enough to prefer being on their side). [[spoiler:She eventually has something of a HeelRealization -- while she still believes in a cynical view that strong-handed authority is needed for peace, she's not blind to the horrors the Empire's committed. The fact they repeatedly attempted to kill her even while she was nominally on their side certainly didn't help.]]
58* In ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'', Superman's first foes are Black Shirts working for Luthor, who truly believe Luthor's theory that Superman is an evil alien invader.
59* ''ComicBook/ThereforeRepent'': The Splitters who side with the psychopathic angels against LaResistance.
60* A Creator/GarthEnnis ''War Story'', "Condors", features an Irish Greenshirt, who supports the closest thing Ireland had to a true fascist, Eoin O'Duffy, fighting for [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar Franco in the Spanish Civil War.]]
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65* ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'': Thornclaw is a [=ThunderClan=] warrior who sides with the Dark Forest in Omen of the Stars due to sympathizing with Tigerstar's ideology over Firestar's. His former apprentice Spiderleg follows suit, though he regrets it a lot.
66** Sharpclaw, the deputy of [=SkyClan=], sides with Darktail during his attack on [=SkyClan=] due to his dissatisfaction with Leafstar's tolerant politics. Several other [=SkyClan=] cats like Rockshade do the same thing.
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71* Noah Vosen from ''Film/TheBourneSeries''.
72* ''Film/FightClub'' featured a group of black shirts calling themselves Project Mayhem. One of the film's more obvious clues that these guys are not heroes is their literal black shirts and habit of chanting in unison while Edward Norton is pleading with them to think for themselves.
73* ''Film/ItHappenedHere'', set in a [[AlternateHistory German-occupied Britain]]. It's implied Oswald Mosley is in charge, and the Immediate Action Organisation consists of former Blackshirts (at least one of them complains about how the Germans keep "getting in the way" and not letting them run things); in fact, actual British fascists were used for some of the scenes, which caused much controversy as they were allowed to openly express their views.
74* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Thrax recruits a bunch of bacteria gangsters from Frank's armpit after [[KlingonPromotion killing their leader]]. [[spoiler:He ends up destroying all of them, too, when they suggest "incubating" for a few days.]]
75* ''Franchise/StarWars'' series: Anakin Skywalker. Likewise, Stormtroopers follow this trope mostly, (at least with the Clone Troopers,) since they answer to the Emperor. A few clones do oppose the Empire due to the fact their trainer cared for them so much and shown them their ProudWarriorRace Heritage. Some other Clone Troopers are disgusted by that though. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a bit in one of the ''ComicBook/TagAndBink'' comics; a Stormtrooper goes on a little rant about how in a time of war and confusion, the Emperor brought forth peace, order, public safety, health care, and so on. Apparently he didn't know that the Emperor deliberately caused said war and confusion for this very purpose.
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79* The various Kuinists from ''Literature/TheChronoliths'' are just waiting for the day when prophesied [[TakeOverTheWorld world conqueror]] [[DarkMessiah Kuin]] will arrive and lead them to victory. One of them, Adam Mills, serves as the ''de facto'' BigBad in Kuin's absence.
80* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
81** In several novels, small groups of [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic characters]] are portrayed as plotting against Lord Vetinari so that they can restore the monarchy with a puppet and make their interests policy, even though it's hinted this would be disastrous in the long run, which is why most city leaders are against the idea of a monarchy, even those from noble families such as the Rusts and Venturis who are critical of Vetinari personally.
82** The Day Watch and the Palace Guard from ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' and ''Literature/MenAtArms'', contrasted with the more JerkWithAHeartOfGold-like Night Watch.
83* ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'': The Sennites. They have a certain gray-eyed witch in mind for the throne of Everworld, and if you get in their way, [[MoreDakka you'll eat lead]].
84* ''Literature/GregMandelTrilogy': The novels are set in a Britain recovering from a Communist dictatorship. Ironically the Blackshirts are extreme left-wing (formerly the Peoples Constables, a militia force used by the government to brutally maintain order) while the Trinities were LaResistance, who copied their tactics of violent political agitation. Both sides still exist as street gangs under the New Conservative government, with the Trinities secretly encouraged to eliminate the Blackshirts who are working with TheRemnant to take back power.
85* The Grey Stormtroopers from ''Literature/HardToBeAGod'' by Creator/StrugatskyBrothers.
86* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series provides numerous examples:
87** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': Filch readily welcomes Dolores Umbridge as Headmistress of Hogwarts during her TyrantTakesTheHelm arc because she gives him free rein in his sadistic disciplinary tactics -- in fact, hers surpass his!
88** Umbridge herself seems to leap at the chance to upgrade from being a SadistTeacher to being able to torment the entire muggle-born population after Voldemort takes over in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Book 7]].
89** The Malfoys and other Death Eaters readily lap up Voldemort's views and policies on all non pure-blood Wizards as being inferior, even though Voldemort's pretty contemptuous of all others himself. Voldemort is partially tailoring his message specifically to fit their prejudices, though he also has his own issues regarding Muggles. It's ultimately deconstructed with the Malfoys (especially the SpoiledBrat bratty teenaged son Draco, who never actually lived through the BigBad's original reign of terror and comes to find what cold-blooded murder really entails along with the easiness of losing the Dark Lord's good graces permanently) when they quickly find themselves on the wrong side of him after a couple of Lucius' strategic mis-steps and thus they end up in way more trouble than they bargained for once he actually returns and reinstates his ''de facto'' dictatorship. After [[BreakTheHaughty learning the hard way]] that EvilIsNotAToy, they decide to just [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes grab each other]], ditch their BadBoss, and [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere opt for a strategic withdrawal]].
90** Pansy Parkinson from Slytherin House sides with Voldemort without a second thought during the FinalBattle, and there is a possibility that the rest of Slytherin House will do same. However, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Professor McGonagall]] suspends most of them before the big battle. [[WordOfGod Some returned with Slughorn and his reinforcements to fight in the final battle on Harry's side]].
91* Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere'' chronicles the rise of American fascism based on religious fundamentalists (duped, more or less), economic discontent, and hatred of Communists and socialists. President Buzz Windrip's supporters organize themselves into paramilitary Minute Men units complete with blue uniforms.
92** They specifically choose blue to emphasize they are not black-shirted fascist thugs, but all-American boys- then act in exactly the same thuggish manner.
93* Creator/PGWodehouse created a rather merciless (and contemporary-to-the-original) savage parody of the Blackshirts -- Sir Roderick Spode and his Black''shorts'', from the ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' stories.
94** It is explained that they adopted this because all the shirts were already taken. Bertie takes the chance to sneer at "a handful of halfwits (disfiguring) the London scene by going about in footer bags."
95** [[spoiler:Jeeves and Bertie get to hold over Spode the Dark Secret that he designs lingerie under the brand name "Eulalie Soeurs", which would ruin his fascistic aspirations if it got out.]]
96* From ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Bill Ferny, Harry Goatleaf, and the rest of the "ruffians" from Bree, plus the [[LesCollaborateurs malcontent]] [[{{Hobbits}} hobbit]] Ted Sandyman, who are more than happy to join [[TheQuisling Lotho Sackville-Baggins]] as hired thugs when he takes over the Shire with Saruman's help.
97* In the Creator/AgathaChristie UsefulNotes/WorldWarII novel ''[[Literature/TommyAndTuppence N or M?]]'', Literature/TommyAndTuppence run across a number of characters who admire the Nazis and think it a pity that Britain didn't ally with Germany at the start of the war. [[spoiler:It turns out the villain has an entire book full of these: people in power who can be counted on to support the Nazis in case of an invasion. The villain is also an example of one, British by birth but spying for and supporting the Nazis.]]
98* In the Creator/KimNewman short story "Slow News Day", puppet UK Prime Minister John Major is attending an anniversary celebration of the successful German invasion of Britain. He notes the attendance of a handful of elderly surviving Black Shirts who had been hailed as heroes after the invasion, despite having played almost no part in it. They are often referred to by the sarcastic nickname of 'Series/DadsArmy'.
99* In Creator/SMStirling[='=]s ''Literature/T2Trilogy'', "Luddite" environmental extremists work for [=SkyNet=] because wiping out humanity is a ''good'' thing. Even Skynet thinks they're crazy.
100* ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'': Being an AlternateHistory, Creator/HarryTurtledove's series features the SS-counterparts in the form of the Freedom Party Stalwarts. The series also mentions the Silver Shirts, who were organised by Oswald Mosley and [[UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill Evil Churchill]] in 1920s Britain (which had lost the First World War). There were [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America real-life Silver Shirts,]] too.
101* Many rank and file Darkfriends are this in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''. They pledged themselves to the Dark One (usually out of greed or power lust), but they mostly serve as informers, messengers and sleeper agents. They are clearly unpleasant and bad persons but they don't usually do so much harm, at least until a powerful leader (for example a Forsaken) takes charge and actually makes them do something. As the series progresses we are also introduced to a number of Darkfriends who are [[PunchClockVillain pretty ordinary people]] who mostly [[SignedUpForTheDental joined for the perks]] of belonging to a multinational criminal network/secret society, and are horrified that they might be called on to help bring about the end of the world.
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105* ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Night Watch appears to have been almost entirely composed of Black Shirts. [[spoiler:And Zack, who gets them all VERY arrested... though Garibaldi does, at least, call out a few of them, whose facial expressions imply they're reluctant.]]
106* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Todd, the stepfather of MM's daughter, is presented as this as he relishes Homelander's bad behavior and attends his rallies.
107* ''{{Series/Colony}}'': This was apparently the case with the future collaborators, since people in the US government had known the Hosts were on their way to Earth since 1969. However, it is left unclear if most really had enthusiasm for alien conquest so much as a desire to remain in positions of power once they came.
108* ''Series/{{Good Omens|2019}}'': The Satanic nuns are an entire order of these, established to help the Antichrist be put in place so he can take over the world in the end times. Until then, they pretend to be regular nuns with a maternity hospital. However, they utterly mess things up with the Antichrist and soon disband as a result of Hastur burning down their convent.
109* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Ratcliffe and his gang of Neo-Nazi thugs who ally themselves with the Daleks in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]". Ratcliffe even mentions that he had been jailed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for advocating that Britain was on the wrong side (implying that he was an actual Black Shirt).
110* ''Series/FoylesWar'': In "Trespass", a former member of Mosley's Blackshirts was attempting to start up a similar organization in post-war Britain. Although he claims to be in favor of a single European government, in his first speech he reveals it will be a Europe free of Jews, Slavs and other 'undesirables'. He whips a mob into a frenzy where they murder a pair of harmless Polish refugees on the mistaken belief they are Jewish.
111* ''Series/AFrenchVillage'': A fair number of French people willing serve the Vichy regime and German occupiers, not just in the more innocuous ways, but eagerly aiding antisemitic persecution. Many express their pleasure that they can now do these things which were prevented before and had been clearly just waiting for an opportunity. Some are even unhappy when the Germans are not brutal ''enough'' for them.
112* Parodied in ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' where Black Shorts (as all shirt colors were taken already) use imagery very similar to one used by German and Italian fascists, but are what all real Blackshirts should not be: incompetent, lazy, fumbling, very low in number, and partial to haphazardly twisted ideas (such as providing all citizens with a British-made bicycle and umbrella). They get dissolved when their leader quits the politics.
113* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': Marianna, who was "waiting all her life" to help the Keeper tear the veil.
114* One episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', "Super Mann", featured a group of deep-cover Nazis, who had created "all-American" cover personas as a footballer, a model and a country singer. The Daily Planet's new copyboy, in addition to being a rather bitter figure who even Jimmy thought was a bit of a dweeb, was a huge fan of theirs. When they revealed their true colors, of course, he was the first to get a black leather uniform and took over the Planet building.
115* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Waldreg does little to hide how much he resents the [[FantasticRacism Elves']] presence in Middle Earth and actively hopes for the return of [[BigBad Sauron]]. When a band of Orcs invade Tirharad, Waldreg willingly surrenders himself to them and vows to serve [[TheQuisling whoever's in charge]]. After allying himself to the Orcs he even starts wearing an actual black shirt, just to make it visually clear where his loyalties lie.
116* ''Series/PeakyBlinders''' fifth season features the actual blackshirts, the Union of British Fascists, as its main villains.
117* The two ''Series/{{V 1983}}'' miniseries had a youth group that followed the Visitors and helped them in their "we're only taking over for your own good, really" approach to humanity. Loosely based on the RealLife Hitler Youth. There is such a group in the [[ContinuityReboot re-imagined series]] as well.
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121* Subverted in the music video for Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Mosh". Throughout the song, Eminem engages in a vicious diatribe against then-president UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush on a rain-soaked stage. This inspires scores of disaffected people to put on identical hooded sweatshirts, take to the streets, and fight through a police blockade... so they can line up at a voting station in an orderly fashion.
122* Music/TheMenTheyCouldntHang have a song called "The Ghosts of Cable Street", about a real-life skirmish between marchers for the Union of British Fascists and antifascist protesters that happened in London in 1936. The song's sympathies are clearly with the antifascists, and the chorus promises that "With courage, we shall beat those blackshirts down."
123* Music/PinkFloyd: ''Music/TheWall'' See the page quote above from ''"Waiting For The Worms"''.
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127* In the original stage version of Creator/PeterUstinov's ''Theatre/RomanoffAndJuliet'', one of the bookend guards explains that his movement wears violet shirts - "or would if we could afford them."
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131* [=JRPGs=] in general seem fond of this, especially those of the SNES era. If the villain is a leader who's openly belligerent, and you enter his hometown or base of operations, you can expect to find these spouting his praises and talking about how the day where he rises to power and kills all who oppose him is at hand.
132* ''{{VideoGame/Deltarune}}'' has the "Miniboss for hire (will appear even if unhired)" Rouxls Kaard lament early in Chapter 2 that the main characters' Castle Town lacks an evil ruler to serve. When he arrives in the Cyber World, he leaps at the chance to serve the evil Queen in charge.
133* Else God-Hater in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''. She openly despises the official religion of the Septim Empire. Turns out later in the game she's a member of the [[ApocalypseCult Mythic Dawn]], and ends up dying on the PlayerCharacter's blade.
134* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel The Imperial Defense Force]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' are an army of this trope as they have no names (in a franchise that gives out names to even the most minor [=NPCs=]) but are the main villain force in the game. The reason why they exist is because they are disgruntled at the fact that they had their times wasted when the war in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[spoiler:only lasted for only a day or two and that TheEmpire retreated even though the country was winning in terms of the massive technological advantage the empire has over the Calvard Republic.]] They all seek to restart the world war to prove that the Erebonian military power is the most powerful army in the world and unite the world under its banner.
135* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
136** The various monsters are an unintelligent variant, as they are occasionally stated to suddenly start increasing in number and ferocity whenever Ganon or some other villains are about to spread their dark works over Hyrule, such as in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.
137** Dark Lord Ghirahim of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' performs rituals to summon the Imprisoned, hoping to resurrect his lord and serves him. [[spoiler:Ghirahim is in fact a LivingWeapon, his purpose is to literally serve Demise as a sword.]]
138* Nearly all the civilians in ''VideoGame/TalesOfCrestoria'' are quick to condemn anyone they don't like as Transgressors, condemning them to a FateWorseThanDeath for the smallest of grievances. Yuna, for example, is condemned for the crime of [[DisproportionateRetribution giving an honest review of her friend's performance.]]
139* Fascist rebels in ''VideoGame/VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun''.
140* In the campaign mode of ''Videogame/{{Warcraft}} 3: Reign of Chaos'', the very first mission of the Undead Scourge campaign has the player invading the capital city of Lordaeron to find and recruit acolytes who are hiding amongst the local populace, waiting for the return of the Scourge.
141* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', it was generally shown that the European populations the Nazis conquered almost universally resented their rule. In contrast, in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', a shockingly high proportion of the ordinary American citizenry seem supportive of the new Nazi government. Most of the Americans LaResistance convince to join them over the course of the game are people who were already outcasts even before the Nazis took over, such as Black Panthers and American Communists[[note]]though the ending seems to imply that Wyatt or Grace were able to convince more mainstream Americans to rise up against the Nazis[[/note]]. The games have at least a couple prominent [[AuthorTract Author Tracts]] stating that the Nazis and 1950's America [[NotSoDifferentRemark weren't so different]].
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145* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'': Gordon Frohman (not Freeman, common mistake) in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' parody comic is the dumbest blackest Black Shirt imaginable. Though not malicious, he is a [[TheDitz dim-witted]] thoroughly pro-Breen and anti-Freeman advocate, doing everything he can to stop the hero and his allies. Thankfully, he's more of a SpannerInTheWorks who inadvertently helps Freeman at Breen's expense (though he is at least responsible for transforming Ravenholm into the Zombie-infested hellhole it is). He buys into the flimsy [[VillainWithGoodPublicity propaganda]] and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter he can't tell how awful the Combine is]], so much so that when he accidentally escapes to Ravenholm he misses living in the oppressive {{Dystopia}} so much he makes a spare parts EvilTowerOfOminousness and (inert) Strider.
146* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[Creator/FoodNetwork Guy Fieri]] and Music/InsaneClownPosse work for the [[EvilOverlord Condesce]] [[ScaryDogmaticAliens when she invades the Earth.]]
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150%% * ''Literature/ChaosTimeline'': The fascisti.
151* ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'': New England has a group of them. For fun, they're called {{Redshirt}}s. An Anglo-Saxon revival group in Great Britain, in a ShoutOut to Creator/PGWodehouse (see above) is called the Blackshorts.
152%% * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Similar to that is the huge throng of people in the continuity who are supporters of "Humanity First!", an organization opposed to the [[FantasticRacism mutant scourge]]. Of course, there are Black Shirt types on the other extreme, since there's an extreme mutant organization called "Evolution Rocks". Their most famous poster is of a hand-drawn superman-type dropping said rocks (the size of cars) on baselines below. Sort of polarizes the argument. %% Someone could edit these two back in, but explaining how each of them is an example.
153* ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo'': As a {{documentary}} series covering the titular conflict, naturally the historic RealLife breeds of this trope crop up. Examples include, in their coverage of the events of 1940: Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists, molded after the Italians following Mussolini. The Right Club was an assembly of fascist sympathizers formed by British Member of Parliament Archibald Ramsay. Some of their members were arrested for spying on the Allies.
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157* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': Clash is the Black Shirt in universe -- as she's the first Misfits fan we set our eyes on.
158* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': When [[BadFuture Shego takes over the world]] in ''A Sitch in Time'', AlphaBitch Bonnie Rockwaller, Kim's [[SitcomArchNemesis high school arch-enemy]], enforces Shego's rule.
159* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'': Megabyte's defeat by Matrix frees hundreds of Binomes who he had infected and forced to be his slaves. However, in the film "My Two Bobs," we see a group of former Viral Binomes who actually liked serving Megabyte, since it gave them free rein to bully people. (Plus, it impressed the ladies.) These Black Shirts are reduced to being minor nuisances in the era of prosperity following Megabyte's defeat until said villain returns. They whip themselves into a fairly impressive fighting force despite their limited numbers and ultimately aid Megabyte in gaining control of the Core, which is, unfortunately, the cliffhanger the series ends on.
160-->[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Elwood Binome: Mainframe neo-virals.]]\
161[[ShoutOut Jake Binome: I hate Mainframe neo-virals.]]
162* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Jedi General Pong Krell [[spoiler: turns against the Jedi Order in hopes of joining Count Dooku as he had a vision of the Jedi Order being torn apart from the inside.]]
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