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7	->''"Shorts to school? Man, you kids in Maple Wherever just do whatever the hell you want, don't you?"''
8	-->-- '''Sharita Williams''', ''Literature/EthanSuspended''
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10	{{New Transfer Student}}s in places where school uniforms are a cultural default setting often wear their old ones until the school can provide them with a new one. In fiction, this shows the newcomer or outsider. When they get the current school uniform, this indicates they've been [[GoingNative assimilated]]. If the student is meant to be a FishOutOfWater, they will keep their old uniform throughout the series. In Japanese media, even the most rebellious students don't choose to abandon uniforms entirely; in American media they will do this even if the new school doesn't have uniforms. Compare the NonUniformUniform.
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12	For characters TrappedInAnotherWorld, having this is not just a case of having a LimitedWardrobe, but to remind the audience that this character is not native. Naturally adopting local clothing is a sign of GoingNative. A younger version of StillWearingTheOldColors.
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19	* Ikuno from ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'' refused to change her school uniform after transferring to her new school, since she didn't know how long she would be attending, due to her father's job. So she stands out, even when she ''does not have someone else's blood on it''.
20	* ''Manga/{{Arisa}}'': A half-Japanese transfer student who was in Europe (possibly Spain or Portugal) prior to his appearance [[spoiler: somehow seems to be the BigBad, or at least very tightly bound to the plot]].
21	* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': When ActionGirl Tokiko officially enrolls in [[StockShonenHero Kazuki's]] school, she refuses to wear the school's ballgown-like female uniform, instead holding on to the SailorFuku inspired uniform from her previous school. When queried, she says the old uniform is easier to move in, and because it leaves her legs exposed, she can more easily bring her alchemical weapon ([[ImprobableWeaponUser a set of four mechanical blades strapped to her thighs]]) to bear.
22	* In a {{filler}} two-part episode of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', Tamanosuke Itou arrives to Ran and Sonoko's class wearing his old ''gakuran'' rather than the school's blazer uniform.
23	* Averted by Aoba from ''Manga/CodeBreaker'' because she changes into her new Hesei high school uniform even before she starts attending class.
24	* Similarly, the rich and arrogant Hokuto in ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' wears a white uniform, which turns out to have been a mistake on his part because he transferred to the wrong school.
25	* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', Mimi and Meiko transfer to Tsukishima High School where Taichi, Yamato, Sora and Koushirou are already in. While Mimi already has the school's school uniform (and given that she never wore a school uniform before thanks to spending her entire middle school life in the US, it was necessary for her to get it early), Meiko doesn't get hers yet and she has to wear her old uniform during ''Reunion''. It symbolizes how Mimi is already part of the group, while Meiko is still and outsider at that point. When she joins the group at the end of the movie, she gets her new uniform between ''Reunion'' and ''Determination'', symbolizing her integration.
26	* In ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', [[http://dinosbacsi.tumblr.com/post/108365622936/best-introduction-1010 Mairu]] [[spoiler: Orihara]] goes to a school with blazer uniforms... but she wears her old SailorFuku.
27	* In ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'', Makoto, Jinnai, and Nanami wear their uniforms for a very long time. In the very end, when Makoto arrives where Ifurita is, his robe implies that he had been studying in El-Hazard long enough to [[GoingNative go native]].
28	* Soma Yukihira, the protagonist of ''Manga/FoodWars'', seems to wear the black ''gakuran'' of his old school, while the Totsuki jacket is navy-blue with white borders on the collar, with pleaded brown pants and tie. This fits with the fact that he is an outsider, coming from humble roots as the heir of a specialty-of-the-day diner where most of the students come from prestigious families in the culinary world, and he has to work his way up in the academy.
29	* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', each Miko is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is TrappedInAnotherWorld, so... yeah.
30	* In ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'', this is subverted when Ryuuichi begins to attend Morinomiya as a 3rd-year middle school student and is presented with his new uniform. He initially attempts to be practical by opting to continue to wear his old uniform since he'll only remain in the middle school section for less than a year. However, Chairman Morinomiya counters with the fact that he's now part of her school in possible defiance of the trope, since it's vaguely implied she's aware of the kind of impression another school's uniform would give off to everyone in the student body.
31	* Despite having a direct TimeTravel PortalPool to the past in ''Manga/InuYasha'', Kagome and her family seems to think her wearing her school uniform while traveling in the past is required. There are times when her mother has specifically prepared her school uniform ''just'' for going back in time. One would think that maybe standing out wouldn't be a good idea, but then everyone has ImpossiblyCoolClothes in that series.
32	** There's a logical reason for this. Part of the reason for school-specific uniforms in Japan ties into group representation -- your uniform marks you and identifies you to the rest of society. Ask any Japanese kid or young adult; they'll tell you the very FIRST thing they notice about someone is their school uniform. This is likely the central reason for Kagome usually wearing her seifuku in the past; she's "representing" the future and her school in another age. (Nevermind that the contemporaries of that era wouldn't even begin to understand this -- conformist culture in Japan became what it is today chiefly during the Meiji era.)
33	** At first, she wears other outfits when travelling to the past, but after the first two or three volumes, Takahashi apparently decided, "Nope, it's gotta be the uniform." Kagome continues to occasionally wear other outfits in the present, but after the early episodes, it's always the uniform when she's time-travelling.[[note]]According to interviews, Kagome wears it because it's easier to wash blood out of.[[/note]]
34	* Noriaki Kakyoin in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' introduces himself as a recent transfer student -- made apparent by his dark green uniform in contrast to the school's black uniform. Whether or not he was actually a transfer student and wasn't just saying that to [[spoiler: avert Jotaro's suspicion until he was prepared to attack him later in the day]] is unknown.
35	* ''Anime/JubeiChan'':
36	** Freesia Yagyuu wore a different school uniform. This is curious since she did not go to any other school previously. However, by the very end she is seen wearing the current school's uniform.
37	** Jiyuu herself wore a different one in the first season, and in the second is wearing the standard.
38	* Subverted again by Yuuri in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''. While initially TrappedInAnotherWorld unexpectedly, on a subsequent visit he's wearing normal casual clothes... but his advisors comment his uniform looks so spiffy they tailored up a perfect replica for him to wear as his royal outfit.
39	* Also TrappedInAnotherWorld, Hikaru, Fuu and Umi had their respective school uniforms incorporated into their magical armor in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''. The manga even jokes about the impracticality of their outfits.
40	* New students start showing up in ''Manga/MedakaBox'' bearing the uniforms of a prestigious high school; unfortunately they're all AxeCrazy ChaoticEvil [[PersonOfMassDestruction people of mass destruction]].
41	* Itsuki in ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this: the fact that he appears in North High's uniform from the beginning is a subtle hint at his transfer being deliberately pre-planned so he could better observe Haruhi.
42	* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Student #1: Sayo Aisaka, wears a SailorFuku, while the rest of the students normally wear buttondowns, vests and blazers. When this is initially noticed in the class register, it leads to the assumption that she's a transfer student who never actually got there... but of course, the truth is that she's a ghost, and the uniform she wears was the standard [[JacobMarleyApparel at the time of her death]] -- 60 years earlier.
43	* ''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
44	** Rei Ayanami appears as a hyperactive transfer student in the episode 26 AlternateUniverse of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Two spin-offs set in this continuity -- the manga ''Angelic Days'' and the DatingSim ''Girlfriend of Steel 2'' -- retain her uniform and personality change.
45	** The trailer of ''Anime/{{Rebuild\|OfEvangelion}} 3.0'' shows her in the same uniform while confronting Mari (do note, though, that [[TrailersAlwaysLie none of that actually happens]] in ''3.0''; everything shown in the trailer was [[AbortedArc unceremoniously scrapped]] when the movie was rewritten during development).
46	** CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi wears her old uniform and never switches to the blue/white one of Shinji's school because [[OneShotCharacter she transfers back out before that happens]].
47	** In the spin-of manga ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse'', Kaoru is presented as a transfer student who has his own uniform. Much like Rei, he wears it at all times.
48	* Tsugumi in ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'' wears a completely different outfit. As Tsugumi was privately tutored beforehand, it isn't known if it's meant to be a uniform or just personal clothes. Later, when Marika transfers in, she retains her old uniform from her previous school.
49	* Himari from ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' keeps her "old" school uniform (or at least a different one) to warn demons who plan to attack Yuuto that she is there to defend him. It's implied that it's actually a fake; Himari does not appear to have ever gone to school before and Rinko doesn't recognize it despite having seen a broad range of uniforms at atheletic meets.
50	* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': Haruhi Fujioka is too poor to buy a new school uniform when she first goes to Ouran High, even wearing a boy's uniform because her self-consciousness of her gender isn't as much as that of other people's and because the general format (shirt and pants) was easier to mimic with the clothing she had already.
51	* Averted in the various ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series -- none of the human transfer student girls are seen wearing (or even ''having'') their previous school's uniforms. [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Setsuna]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Ellen]], [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Makoto]], [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Hime]], and [[Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure Sora]] get a pass as they were from other worlds.
52	* A-Ko and C-Ko wore their old uniforms pretty much all through the first ''Anime/ProjectAKo'', but finally changed to the school uniforms in the epilogue.
53	* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Itsuki is shown wearing her old school's uniform during Chapter 1 when she has her first encounter with Fuutarou in the school's cafeteria. Averted for the others, who are shown already wearing the school's uniform proper when they show up the next day in the cafeteria.
54	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
55	** Subverted by Ranma who, despite the pressure of a rules-specific principal, gets into more trouble from his haircut than for not wearing a uniform. This may have something to do with how [[LimitedWardrobe iconic]] his usual outfit is.
56	** Note that Ranma is ''the only character in the series'' to never, ''ever'', wear a school uniform, unless it's the female kind in order to pull a prank on Ryoga or fool Kuno for some obscure purpose -- in which case, it's always treated as a WigDressAccent PaperThinDisguise. Ironically, the first thing that the majority of {{FanFic}}s that deal with a split or locked female Ranma do is shove her into a school uniform, ignoring the entire manga.
57	** Ukyo from the same series generally wears her previous school's boy's uniform while attending Furinkan High, despite being "outed" as a girl in her first appearance. She occasionally wears a girl's uniform in the anime (beginning with a spotlight episode where she deliberately attempts to femininize her image) but was never shown wearing a girl's uniform in the manga (except for gym).
58	* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
59	** Utena's "boy uniform" in the TV anime, which includes bright red bicycle shorts, is not worn by any of the boys at her school, but is, according to the plot, an approved style (she helpfully points it out at the very beginning -- there's nothing at the school dress code that bars her from wearing the male uniform). One wonders [[{{Stripperiffic}} who approved it]] and if it has ever been worn by any boy in the history of the school.
60	** It's the same way in the manga, except her "boys' uniform" is entirely ''pink''. However, a better justification is given in the manga -- the wording used in the student handbook specifies that students must wear a uniform made by the approved designer, apparently meaning that Utena is free to commission a custom uniform from said designer.
61	** In the movie and the [[AnimeFirst movie manga]], the only difference between Utena's uniform and Ohtori's boys' uniform is the coloring (hers is black-and-white, Ohtori's is green/teal).
62	* Makoto Kino in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wears an old school uniform throughout her entire middle school career and only switches over in high school. This is technically not so much due to lack of integration in the cast as the school not having one in [[HugeSchoolgirl her size]], but it does mirror the fact that, outside of the senshi, Makoto was an outcast in middle school due to her height. Her school uniform had elements (long skirt, type of shoes) that were typically associated with [[JapaneseDelinquents sukeban]], that were prominent in during 70s-80s Japan. Indeed, in early designs, Makoto was supposed to lead a gang of girls, and though she didn't she was still [[FaceOfAThug stereotyped this way by others]]. This lengthened skirt does not appear in the [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon live-action series]] as the sukeban wasn't as prominent anymore.
63	* Kaere/Kaede from ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', along with being the only character with a different hair color, is also the only girl in class (excluding Matoi) whose uniform is different than anyone else's -- she sports a plaid miniskirt, blazer and tie in lieu of the SailorFuku every other girl wears.
64	* Kanoko Naedoko of ''Manga/TheSecretNotesOfLadyKanoko'' is constantly transferring middle schools, but always wears the same uniform.
65	* Happens to Nagisa in ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'' anime, but not the manga.
66	* In ''Manga/ATropicalFishYearnsForSnow'', Konatsu, who transferred to her current school from a school in Tokyo, wears her old school uniform- a blouse and skirt with a neck ribbon- in lieu of the school's uniform, which is a blouse, a jumper dress and a necktie. Partly as a result of this, Koyuki [[IdenticalStranger briefly mistakes another girl who was wearing that uniform for Konatsu]]. Surprisingly, Kontasu continues wearing her old school's uniform for some time, even after the new school year begins at her new school, and she becomes a second-year.
67	* Mendou from ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' wears a different (all-white) school uniform not because he transferred in, but because he's a [[ShelteredAristocrat rich, arrogant bastard]] and he thinks it makes him look important.
68	* Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' is mistaken for a transfer student when she decides to wear a SailorFuku to school.
69	* In the ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga, Bakura is still wearing his old school uniform in the end (at least a year after he was transferred to Domino High.)
70	* A variation on this is what happens to Jun Manjoume in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. He's demoted to Ra Yellow, and decides to leave Duel Academia. After a rather long journey he comes back, but since he went to another school he counts as a transfer student and has to start in Osiris Red dorm. Rather than wearing the red outfit, Manjoume wears his own black coat.
71	* Yusuke from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' distinct green uniform annoys the faculty, since while technically acceptable he wears it just to stand out. Even Kuwabara wears a slightly different shade of blue than the standard uniform. This is anime-only, though; manga color images usually have Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms matching, even if the colors aren't always consistent, unless the artist was color-coding them. Keiko calls Yusuke on his green uniform in the dub, but the original doesn't really mention it.
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75	* Joan from ''ComicBook/AmeliaRules'' has attended a Catholic school all her life, before being transferred to public school. She wears her uniform without even thinking about it, and doesn't really notice until Amelia and Rhonda point it out to her. Joan is highly embarrassed, and hopes that she can just wear normal clothes and everyone will forget about it, but as Amelia and Rhonda tell her, it's middle school -- everyone remembers whatever embarrassing thing you did. Joan just rolls with it and wears her uniform every day. "I'm thinking of making it a trademark."
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79	* In ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'' and ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation'', like in ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', the students wear their old schools' uniforms to the killing game, with some exceptions. For example, [[FarmGirl Iwasawa]] never had a school uniform, so she wears a button-down shirt and overalls, while Tsukimura wears a maid's kimono.
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83	* Shogo Kawada in ''Film/BattleRoyale'' wears a gray uniform, and fellow transfer student Kazuo Kiriyama wears a black one. (The rest of the students wear the school's beige uniform).
84	* Frank in ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' wears his old private school uniform to his first day of public high school, which helps him to persuade his would-be classmates that he's actually a teacher.
85	* ''Film/CharlieBartlett'': Charlie wears his private school uniform at his first day at public school. After the first day, he still wears his uniform jacket but with a FunTShirt.
86	* ''Film/TheKarateKid2010'' has a variation with Dre wearing the proper school uniform to his first day at school in Beijing. However, he and his mom didn't realize that Chinese public schools only use the uniform on designated "uniform days" (this was not one of those days) or on field trips, so he ends up looking like a stupid foreigner, further cementing the bullying he suffers from some of his classmates.
87	* Averted by Areola, the transfer student in ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'' who spends the entire film nude.
88	* In ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'' Max Fischer continues to wear the Rushmore uniform when he goes to a public school. He hasn't come to terms with the fact that he's been kicked out of his beloved private school.
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92	* ''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster'' features this when Dinah starts at her new school.
93	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Literature/EthanSuspended'': The title character's grandparents buy him the uniform for the InnerCitySchool he'll be attending in advance of his arrival in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Since his mother didn't actually get around to the conversation with him that she thought she did, finding it is what confirms his suspicion that he's there for more than a brief visit.
94	* ''Literature/McAuslan'': When [[AuthorAvatar Dand]] [=MacNeill=] first shows up to join his [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed new regiment]], he is still wearing his green jungle-pattern uniform from the Burma campaign. His new subordinates, who spent the bulk of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo the War]] in Africa, comment on how strange his uniform looks.
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98	* Claire in ''Series/{{Degrassi\|TheNextGeneration}}'' wasn't a transfer student -- she was introduced as a new freshman -- but she wore her old Catholic school uniform for some months before finally adopting street clothes. Alli [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] when Degrassi itself implements uniforms some time later.
99	** Series creator Linda Schuyler [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5gmmasVuE1r5uoxco1_1280.jpg started school in Canada]] in her old British school's uniform shortly after her family immigrated.
100	** It's averted in Season 12 when the Ice Hounds plus Becky arrive in their new Degrassi uniforms for a special start-of-term assembly -- in which it's announced that uniforms are abolished, effective immediately.
101	* The LiveActionAdaptation (and indeed any other version) of ''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster'' has this in the first episode, with the Headmaster and several students pointing it out (and the Headmaster explicitly stating disapproval). The regular green uniform is the only one seen for the rest of the series (although none of the FiveManBand or Dinah could be properly seen as being "assimilated").
102	* In ''Series/TheInbetweeners'', Will has transferred from a private school to a [[TheGoodOldBritishComp state school]]; while the blazer he wears is officially an optional part of the new school's uniform, [[NonUniformUniform hardly anyone else wears it]], giving the same effect of making him stand out as an outsider and a nerd (the briefcase also doesn't help).
103	** Given a similar CulturalTranslation in [[TransatlanticEquivalent the US version]] -- American!Will always wears a blue suit jacket.
104	* [[TheHero Gentaro]] and [[SixthRanger Ryuusei]] in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''. Ohsugi chides them that they have to wear the school uniform until Ryusei notes that while the uniforms are recommended, they aren't ''required''. Gentaro is particularly attached to his old uniform:
105	-->'''Gentaro:''' [[LargeHam This uniform has held my blood, sweat and tears!]]\
106	'''Ohsugi:''' THEN TAKE IT TO THE CLEANERS!
107	* In ''Series/ShutUpFlowerBoyBand'', the main characters show up wearing their old uniforms to their new school and are given a week to get new uniforms.
108	* There was an argument behind the scenes of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' as to whether the Maquis crew members should wear Starfleet uniforms or keep their outlaw garb. Ron Moore was pushing for the latter, but the former made more sense plotwise, (why foster division when the crews are going to have to cooperate?) so they went with it. However, the Maquis crew did have special rank insignia since they weren't really officers.
109	** This was referenced in later episodes where Reg Barclay makes a holographic version of ''Voyager'' as an aid to help him think up plans to get them home. As one of the subtle signs of 'offness', as Reg doesn't know everything about ''Voyager''`s situation, all the Maquis crew members still wear their outlaw garb.
110	** Another Trek example: Trip Tucker keeps his Enterprise patch for a while after transferring to the Columbia.
111	** On the other hand, Bajorans on ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space 9]]'' kept their Bajoran uniforms and ranks. This was because the Bajorans were not actually part of the Federation.
112	** T'Pol wore a Vulcan uniform the first two years on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', in keeping with her status as an officer of the Vulcan High Command. She resigned at the end of Season Two, and switched to civilian clothes. She continued wearing civilian clothes in Season Four after officially joining Starfleet, albeit with proper Starfleet insignia.
113	** And another in ''Deep Space Nine'', when Commander Sisko takes command of the station, he transfers from the red top with black shoulders of starship crew to black top with red shoulders of station crew. Likewise, when in a later series, Worf visits the station after the [[spoiler:[[Film/StarTrekGenerations Destruction of the Enterprise]]]], he remains in his original gold operations top throughout the episode until formally joining the crew at the end of the episode and switching to the station uniform.
114	* Another [[RecycledINSPACE Military... IN SPACE!]] example: On Series/BabylonFive, the major characters who are in [=EarthForce=] get a costume change in the third season when [[spoiler:Babylon 5 secedes from Earth]]. Zack Allan and [[MauveShirt David Corwin]] who are [[spoiler:more loyal to Earth]] keep their old [=EarthForce=] uniforms. Zack gets closer and closer to the inner circle, and eventually gets one of the new B5 uniforms in season 4 -- around the same time he starts getting equal screen time to most of the other regulars.
115	* A more direct Western example was seen in the Australian live-action series ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', where the Twist kids wear their old uniforms at the beginning of the series.
116	** Also in the episode "Nails", OneShotCharacter and NewTransferStudent Andrew Shelford initially wears the uniform of his former private school, which is far more elaborate than that worn at the Port Niranda school. Hilariously, the school bully James "Gribs" Gribble mocks his uniform, before learning that it's from the school that he had just been bragging about being sent to should his father win an upcoming election. In Andrew's case it turned out he really was a FishOutOfWater as [[spoiler:his father was hiding the fact that Andrew's MissingMom was a mermaid and his HalfHumanHybrid puberty was turning him into a merman.]]
117	* On ''Series/SummerHeightsHigh'', transfer student Ja'mie has come from one of the most expensive private schools in Victoria. She's being shown around the school, but insists on wearing her Hillford School uniform and brags to the principal about how much nicer they are.
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121	* The canon-ness is certainly debatable, being a spin-off game, but according to ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu]] kept wearing his old uniform even after transferring away at the end of the game
122	* In ''VideoGame/CherryTreeHighComedyClub'', Ravian Merry/[[DubNameChange Vivian Bergman]] is a foreign exchange student who isn't quite adjusted to the new location and wears a different uniform from the rest of the students.
123	* ''VideoGame/Persona3'':
124	** RobotGirl Aigis has to wear the winter uniform regardless of the season, the better to hide her very noticeable hip and shoulder joints, as well as her arms and legs (covered in armor rather than skin.)
125	** [[spoiler:Ryoji, a late game transfer student]], also wears a different outfit from the school uniform.
126	** Subverted in that the Main Character, who is a transfer student, is wearing the new uniform ''the day before school even starts''.
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130	* Just about everyone in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' games. The casts are all students who were allowed to transfer to the extremely prestigious Hope's Peak Academy, and over the course of the various killing games [[LimitedWardrobe exclusively]] wear either clothes fitting their personalities or the uniforms from their previous schools. All the better, because all scenes of the school itself during normal times show them as being a pretty uninteresting brown.
131	* The majority of characters in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' are birds and wear, at most, neckties with colors corresponding to what grade they're in. Their gijinka forms -- false pseudohuman appearances -- mostly wear uniforms, but there's quite a bit of leeway there. ForeignExchangeStudent Sakuya eschews both and wears something entirely different. He's rich as well as [[FrenchJerk foreign]] and doesn't feel the need to dress like the commoners.
132	* The school in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' doesn't have set uniforms, however Shion's uniform is noticeably different from everyone elses when she transfers. She is the only student who wears a blazer. It's changed in the remakes and most adaptations, though, by (amongst other edits) removing the blazer.
133	* Discussed in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' during Akiha's route. She transfers in to Shiki's school yet continues to wear her old uniform. When questioned, she states she has absolutely no intention of wearing the new school uniform. Bad things happen before it becomes an issue and afterward irrelevant. Kagetsu Tohya, however, has her getting the new school uniform in the mail.
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137	* ''Dark Heart High'' has Yuri wear the uniform from her old school, until her father orders Dark Heart's school uniform as a gift to her. It's also a minor plot point/hint to who the "new" boy is, later on, when Bala is unwrapped for the school competition. In both cases, though, it's a quirk specific to them: while Dark Heart High has a uniform, Yuri and Bala are the only ones who wear either version of it; there doesn't seem to be a rule requiring it.
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141	* Before his parents' divorce, Michael Hutchence of Music/{{INXS}} attended a private school in Hong Kong, and wore that uniform after relocating to Australia with his mother. He got beaten up his first day of school for being an "outsider", but a couple of other students came to his rescue. One of them was his future bandmate and songwriting partner, Andrew Farriss.
142	* Some jurisdictions offer a district-wide uniform option in order to assist students who are new to the neighborhood or have just transferred between district schools. Even where they don't, in some places, most elements of a typical school uniform (such as colors of uniform pieces or types of shoes and the white shirt) are pretty universal, with only a blazer or sweatshirt and tie being unique to the school.
143	* shipping usually take time (2 weeks) depending on how they deal with the pieces (different garments have different wait times.) it gets complicated (depending on the company or if it is a online company (which would definitely require shipping) or a 'in person store' company which varies.) but to simplify it can take 2 weeks to ship a uniform and schools can take it differently. though if a kid transfers mid year or near the beginning of the school year this can happen. but in general for transferring wearing another school uniform is usually considered better (for the staff) than wearing 'street clothing'.
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146	* In her autobiography, [[Music/SpiceGirls Spice Girl]] Victoria Beckham described her uniform marking her out from the others for a very different reason: she was the only child there who could afford the proper uniform.
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